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* TheOtherDarrin: After the first arc of Season 4, Jennifer goes from China Anne McClain to Laura Kariuki, though McClain comes back for the series finale.
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* FanNickname: The Series/{{Arrowverse}} connection happened too late and too abruptly for the series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe to [[TheUnreveal receive a canon designation]], leading [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] to designate it "Earth-BL" for the time being, much like [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38). Unlike [[SacrificialLamb the other universes that went poof]] during the search for the Paragons, Earth-BL wasn't some random one-shot universe, but the setting of an ongoing series.
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* FanNickname: The Series/{{Arrowverse}} connection happened too late and too abruptly for the series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe to [[TheUnreveal receive a canon designation]], leading [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] to designate it "Earth-BL" for the time being, much like [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38).Earth-38]]). Unlike [[SacrificialLamb the other universes that went poof]] during the search for the Paragons, Earth-BL wasn't some random one-shot universe, but the setting of an ongoing series.
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* FanNickname: The Series/{{Arrowverse}} connection happened too late and too abruptly for the series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe to [[TheUnreveal receive a canon designation]], leading [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] to designate it Earth-BL since, like [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38]] and unlike [[SacrificialLambthe [[SacrificialLamb the other universes that went poof]] during the search for the Paragons, it wasn't some random one-shot universe but the setting of an ongoing series.
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* FanNickname: The Series/{{Arrowverse}} connection happened too late and too abruptly for the series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe to [[TheUnreveal receive a canon designation]], leading [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] to designate it Earth-BL since since, like [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38]] and unlike [[SacrificialLambthe other universes that went poof]] during the search for the Paragons, it wasn't some random one-shot universe but the setting of an ongoing series.
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* FanNickname: The Series/{{Arrowverse}} connection happened too late and too abruptly for the series' pre-Series/{{Crisis|OnInfiniteEarths2019}} universe to [[TheUnreveal receive a canon designation]], leading [[TheWikiRule the Arrowverse Wiki]] to designate it Earth-BL since it wasn't some random one-shot universe or even as minor as [[Series/CrisisOnEarthX Earth-X]].but the setting of an ongoing series.
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* FollowTheLeader: The TV series was first ordered by Creator/{{Fox}} in 2016 during the positive early buzz for ''Series/LukeCage'', ''Series/LukeCage2016'', another street-level series about a black superhero. Cress Williams had even auditioned to play Cage before being cast as Black Lightning.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why the show isn't part of the Series/{{Arrowverse}} despite having Creator/GregBerlanti as Executive Producer and airing on Creator/TheCW. It's filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Atlanta}} while the other shows are filmed in UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} -- it's not feasible to do a crossover at the time. Come 2019/2020, Black Lightning will appear in the upcoming Arrowverse crossover.
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Anaya's father is deaf, and is played by deaf artist Warren "WAWA" Snipe.
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* DawsonCasting: To varying degrees.
** Anissa is played by the 5 years older Nafessa Williams.
** China Anne [=McClain=] is 3 years older than Jennifer.
** Khalil is perhaps the most extreme example. He is supposed to be 17, but played by the 28 years old Jordan Calloway.
** Anissa is played by the 5 years older Nafessa Williams.
** China Anne [=McClain=] is 3 years older than Jennifer.
** Khalil is perhaps the most extreme example. He is supposed to be 17, but played by the 28 years old Jordan Calloway.
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** Creator/TerrenceCCarson is best known for his roles on ''Series/LivingSingle'', where he played a suave upper-class stockbroker who was proud of being black, and Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' an angry man with pale skin[[note]]Cutscenes indicate Kratos was even dark-skinned before the gods bleached his skin/[[/note]] and a shaved head who accidentally killed his daughter. In this show, he plays a working-class bigot who deliberately abused his pale-skinned son, who became a bald man with super strength and a shaved head who hates black people.
** Also, Carson played a lead character on ''Series/LivingSingle'' while Creator/CressWilliams played a supporting character. In this show, they're reversed.
** Black Lightning's mentor and father figure is none other than fellow electricity-user [[Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation Raiden]] himself.
** Creator/TerrenceCCarson is best known for his roles on ''Series/LivingSingle'', where he played a suave upper-class stockbroker who was proud of being black, and Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' an angry man with pale skin[[note]]Cutscenes indicate Kratos was even dark-skinned before the gods bleached his skin/[[/note]] and a shaved head who accidentally killed his daughter. In this show, he plays a working-class bigot who deliberately abused his pale-skinned son, who became a bald man with super strength and a shaved head who hates black people.
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** Creator/TerrenceCCarson is best known for his roles on ''Series/LivingSingle'', where he played a suave upper-class stockbroker who was proud of being black, and Kratos in ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' an angry man with pale skin[[note]]Cutscenes indicate Kratos was even dark-skinned before the gods bleached his skin/[[/note]] and a shaved head who accidentally killed his daughter. In this show, he plays a working-class bigot who deliberately abused his pale-skinned son, who became a bald man with super strength and a shaved head who hates black people.
** Also, Carson played a lead character on ''Living Single'' while Cress Williams played a supporting character. In this show, they're reversed.
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** Christine Adams is from UsefulNotes/{{London}}, but her character of Lynn Stewart, formerly Lynn Pierce, is American.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: To quote series showrunner Salim Akil - [[https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/black-lightning-showrunner-salim-akil-says-show-isnt-anti-white-wants-static-lightningverse-exclusive-154633227.html "I’m writing what I know, I come from a place like Freeland. I know guys like Lala. This is not something that I am making up to be cutting edge or edgy this is what I have lived so, as an artist, what I am thinking about when I’m writing is telling a good story."]]
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why the show isn't part of the Franchise/ArrowVerse despite having Creator/GregBerlanti as Executive Producer and airing on the CW. It's filmed in Atlanta while the other shows are filmed in Vancouver -- it's not feasible to do a crossover at the moment.
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