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* WhamShot: While the viewers [[ItWasHisSled likely weren't surprised]], [[spoiler:Mogo's WorldHealingWave]] certainly acts as one for Bolphunga.

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* WhamShot: While the viewers [[ItWasHisSled likely weren't surprised]], surprised, [[spoiler:Mogo's WorldHealingWave]] certainly acts as one for Bolphunga.

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* CanonForeigner: The first Green Lantern Avra is exclusive to this animated film, as not only is his story the only one in the anthology to be original rather than adapted from the comics, but the title of first Green Lantern in the comics belonged to Rori Dag, whose origin isn't at all like how Avra became a Green Lantern (and was subsequently retconned by the ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' arc of Geoff Johns' run and the "Out of Time" arc of ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'', which respectively established that a being called Volthoom was the first Lantern in general and that the first Green Lanterns were seven recruits gathered to fight Volthoom).

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** Ardakian Trawl did not exist in the comics.
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The first Green Lantern Avra is exclusive to this animated film, as not only is his story the only one in the anthology to be original rather than adapted from the comics, but the title of first Green Lantern in the comics belonged to Rori Dag, whose origin isn't at all like how Avra became a Green Lantern (and was subsequently retconned by the ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' arc of Geoff Johns' run and the "Out of Time" arc of ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'', which respectively established that a being called Volthoom was the first Lantern in general and that the first Green Lanterns were seven recruits gathered to fight Volthoom).


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* StartToCorpse: The film begins with Ardakian Trawl's death.
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* CanonForeigner: The first Green Lantern Avra is exclusive to this animated film, as not only is his story the only one in the anthology to be original rather than adapted from the comics, but the title of first Green Lantern in the comics belonged to Rori Dag, whose origin isn't at all like how Avra became a Green Lantern (and was subsequently retconned by the ''ComicBook/WrathOfTheFirstLantern'' arc of Geoff Johns' run and the "Out of Time" arc of ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'', which respectively established that a being called Volthoom was the first Lantern in general and that the first Green Lanterns were seven recruits gathered to fight Volthoom).
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* AnAxeToGrind: Bolphunga wields an [[ShockAndAwe electrified]] one.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: The Omotos are a very dark example. [[RebelliousPrincess Laira]] is a heroic Green Lantern, but her father [[AntiVillain Kentor]] and stepmother Ree'Yu have become [[KnightTemplar vengeful fanatics]] bent on avenging Jayd by massacring Khundians in cold blood, while her brother [[AxeCrazy Rubyn]] is a sadist who relishes tormenting her and others. Needless to say, things do not end well for this family.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: The Omotos are a very dark example. [[RebelliousPrincess Laira]] is a heroic Green Lantern, but her father [[AntiVillain Kentor]] and stepmother Ree'Yu have become [[KnightTemplar vengeful fanatics]] bent on avenging Jayd by massacring Khundians in cold blood, while her brother [[AxeCrazy [[AxCrazy Rubyn]] is a sadist who relishes tormenting her and others. Needless to say, things do not end well for this family.
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** Kilowog's drill sergeant Deegan and the first Green Lantern Avra also qualify as examples of the trope, as the stories featuring them end with the implication or overt depiciton of their deaths.

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** Kilowog's drill sergeant Deegan Deegan, Laira's father Kentor and the first Green Lantern Avra also qualify as examples of the trope, trope in regards to the FramingDevice, as the stories featuring them end with the implication or overt depiciton of their deaths.
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* AdaptedOut: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of "Tygers" from the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'', omits the child Abin Sur rescued after being informed by Qull that she is the only survivor of the ship crash he arrived to investigate. In addition, the foretelling of the downfall of the Green Lantern Corps omits Sodam Yat and replaces the Children of the White Lobe with the Sinestro Corps.

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* AdaptedOut: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of "Tygers" from the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'', omits the child Abin Sur rescued after being informed by Qull that she is the only survivor of the ship crash he arrived to investigate. In addition, the foretelling of the downfall of the Green Lantern Corps omits Sodam Yat and replaces the Children of the White Lobe with the Sinestro Corps, while Qull himself is omitted due to Atrocitus taking his place as the prisoner interrogated by Abin Sur who foresees the demise of Abin Sur and the Green Lantern Corps.
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Kentor Omoto's portrayal in Laira's story is more sympathetic than how he was portrayed in the source material. The original comic story from issue six of ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'' established that Kentor used to be a Green Lantern, but was kicked out for being a myopic zealot and is ultimately confronted by his daughter for his cruel reign over their planet. The ''Emerald Knights'' version makes it so that Kentor was never a Green Lantern and resents his daughter for being chosen over him, but in the end is remorseful of having to fight her.


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* DecompositeCharacter: Laira's story is an adaptation of "What Price Honor?" from the sixth issue of ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly'', but changes it so that her father Kentor wasn't a Green Lantern. Instead, Laira's predecessor is Galius Zed, and Kentor resents his own daughter for inheriting the ring instead of him.
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* AlternateContinuity: The film shares character models with ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', but is demonstrably not in the same continuity, the most notable discrepancies including Abin Sur's design being somewhat closer to how he was depicted in the comics, the fact that none of the characters are voiced by the actors who voiced them in ''First Flight'' and how Sinestro has yet to betray the Corps and obtain a yellow power ring when his FaceHeelTurn was the major conflict of ''First Flight''.
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* The First Lantern, the sole original story int he anthology.

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* The First Lantern, the sole original story int he in the anthology.
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Revising the heading to give more details about the individual stories, specifically the exact comics the adaptations originated from and to clarify that The First Lantern is an original story and not based on any tale from the comics.


* The First Lantern,
* Kilowog, based upon the story "New Blood"
* Laira, based upon the story "What Price Honor?"
* Mogo Doesn't Socialize, based upon the Creator/AlanMoore story of the same name.
* Abin Sur, based upon "Tygers", also by Alan Moore.

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* The First Lantern,
Lantern, the sole original story int he anthology.
* Kilowog, based upon the story "New Blood"
Blood" from issue three of ''Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps''.
* Laira, based upon the story "What Price Honor?"
Honor?" from issue six of ''Green Lantern Corps Quarterly''.
* Mogo Doesn't Socialize, based upon the Creator/AlanMoore story of the same name.
name (originating from issue 188, Vol 2 of ''Green Lantern'').
* Abin Sur, based upon "Tygers", also by Alan Moore.
Moore and originally published in the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual''.
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** Kilowog's drill sergeant Deegan and the first Green Lantern Avra also qualify as examples of the trope, as the stories featuring them end with the implication or overt depiciton of their deaths.
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* AdaptationalUgliness: Deegan has a less human appearance than Ermey, the comics character he is based on. Instead of a yellow-skinned human, he is depicted as a bald, pale-skinned being with red eyes, tusks and wrinkles.

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* AdaptationalUgliness: Deegan has a less human appearance than Ermey, the comics character he is based on. Instead of looking like a yellow-skinned human, he is depicted as a bald, pale-skinned being with red eyes, tusks and wrinkles.
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* AdaptedOut: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of "Tygers" from the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'', omits the child Abin Sur rescued after being informed by Qull that she is the only survivor of the ship crash he arrived to investigate.

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* AdaptedOut: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of "Tygers" from the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'', omits the child Abin Sur rescued after being informed by Qull that she is the only survivor of the ship crash he arrived to investigate. In addition, the foretelling of the downfall of the Green Lantern Corps omits Sodam Yat and replaces the Children of the White Lobe with the Sinestro Corps.

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* AdaptationNameChange: Kilowog's story is an adaptation of "New Blood" from the third issue of ''Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps'', but changes the name of Kilowog's drill instructor from Ermey to Deegan.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Deegan has a less human appearance than Ermey, the comics character he is based on. Instead of a yellow-skinned human, he is depicted as a bald, pale-skinned being with red eyes, tusks and wrinkles.
* AdaptedOut: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of "Tygers" from the second edition of ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'', omits the child Abin Sur rescued after being informed by Qull that she is the only survivor of the ship crash he arrived to investigate.



* CompositeCharacter: Abin Sur's story, an adaptation of the Alan Moore story "Tygers", has future founder and leader of the Red Lantern Corps Atrocitus take the place of Qull.



** [[RuleOfThree Mogo doesn't socialize.]]

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** The phrase "Mogo doesn't socialize" is used [[RuleOfThree three times]] when his story is brought up. Tomar-Re is the first to do so, referencing how he was the one who told Arisia the tale of Mogo doesn't socialize.]]in the original comic story.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: A lot of action takes place near -- or ''on'' -- the surface of Oa's sun. The sun should have appeared a '''lot''' bigger.


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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: A lot of action takes place near -- or ''on'' -- the surface of Oa's sun. The sun should have appeared a '''lot''' bigger.
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While something of a tie-in to the [[Film/GreenLantern Live Action Film]] it's not in the same continuity, and shares the drawing style and character models with ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', though it's not a sequel to that either (where Hal is the rookie and Arisia is the veteran).

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While something of a tie-in to the [[Film/GreenLantern [[Film/GreenLantern2011 Live Action Film]] it's not in the same continuity, and shares the drawing style and character models with ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternFirstFlight'', though it's not a sequel to that either (where Hal is the rookie and Arisia is the veteran).
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Bolphunga's spacecraft.

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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Bolphunga's spacecraft.spacecraft is a 3D model, while the rest of the film is standard 2D animation.

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* ActionGirl: Laira and Arisia, as one would expect from Green Lanterns.



** There's also the fate of [[spoiler:Bolphunga]]. He's last seen getting [[spoiler:blasted by a Green Lantern beam from Mogo]], but we don't know if [[spoiler:he's dead or if Mogo just apprehended him]].



* ChekhovsGunman: Mogo.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Mogo.The reveal of Mogo's nature is the entire point of "Mogo Doesn't Socialize".



* TheChosenMany: And these are their stories.

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* TheChosenMany: And these are The Green Lantern Corps consists of countless members who have been chosen by their rings to enforce justice, and the film recounts their stories.



* CoDragons: Ree'Yu and Rubyn, to Kantor.

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* CoDragons: Ree'Yu and Rubyn, Rubyn are both fiercely loyal to Kantor.Kentor, and Laira must defeat them both before challenging her father.



* GeniusLoci: Mogo doesn't socialize.

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* GeniusLoci: Mogo doesn't socialize.socialize, because [[spoiler:being a living planet]] makes it rather difficult.



* LeotardOfPower: Laira wears a fairly modest one.

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* LeotardOfPower: Laira wears a fairly modest one.surprisingly heavily-armored leotard, with a green breastplate and armored leggings.



* OneManArmy: The first four Lanterns against an Armada.

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* OneManArmy: The first four Lanterns against defeat an Armada.alien Armada. Later, Laira defeats the three greatest warriors on her homeworld, but not before intimidating their royal guard into surrendering.



* {{Seppuku}}: Laira's father commits a PG version of this.

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* {{Seppuku}}: Laira's [[spoiler:Laira's father Kentor]] commits a PG version of this.this. He stabs himself with a dagger, but doesn't quite disembowel himself.



** Kilowog's segment is all about how he learned how to become a Green Lantern under the tutelage of [[DrillSergeantNasty Deegan]].



** In a sense, the whole film could serve as Arisia's origin story, detailing [[spoiler:her first major victory as a Lantern when she defeats Krona]].



* ThisIsADrill: Seen as a ring construct during "The First Lantern" story.

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* ThisIsADrill: Seen as a ring construct during "The First Lantern" story.story, and used to bore a hole through an ''entire starship''.
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* BigBad: Krona, of the framing story.

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* BigBad: Krona, of the framing story. The whole film revolves around Arisia and the Corps preparing for Krona's attack, while Hal tells stories about the other Lanterns to pass the time. In the big finale, Krona and his demons battle the Corps with the fate of the universe hanging in the balance.



* CoDragons: Ree'yu and Rubyn, to Kantor.

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* CoDragons: Ree'yu Ree'Yu and Rubyn, to Kantor.



** In Laira's story, her mother; Laira is unfavorably compared to her mother by Ree'yu (Laira notes that she inherited her mother's humility), and an image of his late wife visibly moves Kentor as he and Laira fight.

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** In Laira's story, her mother; Laira is unfavorably compared to her mother by Ree'yu Ree'Yu (Laira notes that she inherited her mother's humility), and an image of his late wife visibly moves Kentor as he and Laira fight.



* SpacePolice

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* SpacePoliceSpacePolice: The Green Lantern Corps, as usual. They are a militaristic organization, complete with [[DrillSergeantNasty irate drill sergeants]] and [[BuddyCopShow buddy cops]], and battle intergalactic threats such as the Khundians and Krona.
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* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Lavender-Skinned Space Babe]]: Laira.

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* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Lavender-Skinned Space Babe]]: Laira.[[ActionGirl Laira]] is a Jaydian, which means she looks like a human with pointed ears and purple skin, and is quite attractive.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: The Omotos are a very dark example. [[RebelliousPrincess Laira]] is a heroic Green Lantern, but her father [[AntiVillain Kentor]] and stepmother Ree'Yu have become [[KnightTemplar vengeful fanatics]] bent on avenging Jayd by massacring Khundians in cold blood, while her brother [[AxeCrazy Rubyn]] is a sadist who relishes tormenting her and others. Needless to say, things do not end well for this family.



* SiblingYinYang: Laira is a humble, moral, and stoic Green Lantern, while her brother Rubyn is a smug and smarmy villain (Laira notes that she'd be unsurprised if he had been responsible for the atrocities their father had carried out).

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* SiblingYinYang: Laira is a humble, moral, and stoic Green Lantern, while her brother Rubyn is a smug and smarmy villain (Laira villain. Laira even notes that she'd be unsurprised if he had been responsible for the atrocities their father had carried out).out.

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