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In the midst of flight training, Hal is forcibly summoned by a nearby alien who was near death, Abin Sur. Given the GreenLanternRing, he quickly adapts to its powers, but discovers he is one of TheChosenMany of the Green Lantern Corps. Taken to Oa, the central hub of the Corps, he is given to {{Sinestro}} SelfDemonstrating/{{Sinestro}} to be trained and attempt to prove himself worthy of the ring.
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--> "Kadmandur was a pustule of a planet. [[WretchedHive A breeding ground of criminal scum.]] [[KillEmAll One time I suggested we clean it out with a meteor shower.]] [[RefugeInAudacity The Guardians thought I was kidding.]]"
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* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:After Sinestro was defeated, Kilowog decides to destroy the yellow ring by stomping it. While it was still on Sinestro's hands.]]
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:After Sinestro was defeated, Kilowog decides to destroy the yellow ring by stomping it. While it was still on Sinestro's hands.]]
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** Though the reason for the subversion is because of both the upcoming live-action ''Green Lantern'' movie is expected to cover it and ''JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier'' ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' covered a good deal of it in animated form and was done by much of the same crew as ''First Flight''.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sinestro, who just wants to make the galaxy a peaceful place. ''By any means necessary''.
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** Sinestro is likewise very confident in his control over [[spoiler:the yellow power ring]], despite being warned about it.
--> '''Weaponer of Qward''': The weapon is a mighty force. The most powerful and absolute in your universe. With one exception. One… slight… imperfection. The imperfection every weapon has. Its user.
--> '''Weaponer of Qward''': The weapon is a mighty force. The most powerful and absolute in your universe. With one exception. One… slight… imperfection. The imperfection every weapon has. Its user.
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* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Tricia Helfer of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' as Boodikka.
** Hal Jordan is [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot Stabler]] ([[ActorAllusion We should probably keep Hal very much]] ''[[BerserkButton away]]'' from ''SupermanDoomsday'''s [[MemeticMolester Toyman]]), Sinestro is [[Series/{{Alias}} Syndey Bristow's dad]], Kilowog is [[ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] and [[KillBill Bud]], the Weaponers of Qward are all RobPaulsen, Kanjar Ro is [[That70sShow Red Forman]], Labella is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], Tomar Re is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]], Ch'p is [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Smartass]], KathSoucie is Arisia, and Carol Ferris is [[JusticeLeague her own alter ego, Star Sapphire]].
** Hal Jordan is [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot Stabler]] ([[ActorAllusion We should probably keep Hal very much]] ''[[BerserkButton away]]'' from ''SupermanDoomsday'''s [[MemeticMolester Toyman]]), Sinestro is [[Series/{{Alias}} Syndey Bristow's dad]], Kilowog is [[ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] and [[KillBill Bud]], the Weaponers of Qward are all RobPaulsen, Kanjar Ro is [[That70sShow Red Forman]], Labella is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], Tomar Re is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]], Ch'p is [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Smartass]], KathSoucie is Arisia, and Carol Ferris is [[JusticeLeague her own alter ego, Star Sapphire]].
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* AdaptationDistillation: Most of the plot elements are taken right out of ''Emerald Dawn'' and ''Emerald Dawn II'', especially in adapting the denouement of the first for the final battle with Sinestro, who becomes the main antagaonist of the latter.
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** Hal Jordan is [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot Stabler]] ([[ActorAllusion We should probably keep Hal very much]] ''[[BerserkButton away]]'' from ''SupermanDoomsday'''s [[MemeticMolester Toyman]]), Sinestro is [[Series/{{Alias}} Syndey Bristow's dad]], Kilowog is [[ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] and [[KillBill Bud]], the Weaponers of Qward are all RobPaulsen, Kanjar Ro is [[That70sShow Red Forman]], Labella is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], Tomar Re is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]], Ch'p is [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Smartass]], KathSoucie is Arisia, and Carol Ferris is [[JusticeLeague her own alter ego, Star Sapphire]].
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''Green Lantern: First Flight'' is a movie based upon the poster child for the GreenLantern comics, Hal Jordan.
In the midst of flight training, Hal is forcibly summoned by a nearby alien who was near death, Abin Sur. Given the GreenLanternRing, he quickly adapts to its powers, but discovers he is one of TheChosenMany of the Green Lantern Corps. Taken to Oa, the central hub of the Corps, he is given to {{Sinestro}} to be trained and attempt to prove himself worthy of the ring.
Hal is pulled into the intergalactic politics as he finds Abin Sur's murderer and a conspiracy involving the criminal Kanjar Ro. What he also discovers is that the mission was given a high priority because Kanjar Ro is searching for the dangerous Yellow Element, the only weakness to the Green Lantern powers.
The next animated Green Lantern movie, ''Film/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights'' shares the same art style with this film, but is not part of the same continuity.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AgonyBeam: Sinestro shows that a GL ring can work as one in a pinch.
* BarBrawl
* BigBadFriend: Sinestro.
* CastingGag: As noted in "Hey, It's That Voice", Olivia d'Abo had voiced Carol Ferris's comic book alter ego, Star Sapphire, on ''JusticeLeague''.
* CatchPhrase: Sinestro often talks about "incentive", often meaning things that really aren't good incentives.
* TheChosenMany: The Green Lantern Corps.
* CuttingTheKnot: Hal [[spoiler: manages to destroy the yellow battery by crushing it between two moons]].
* DeathByOriginStory: Abin Sur
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Sinestro, though he was pretty far gone already.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Boodikka]].
** [[{{Sinestro}} Does it even need to be said?]]
* FantasticDrug: The "Moon Ball".
* GoodCopBadCop: Hal and Sinestro, respectively.
* GreenLanternRing
* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Tricia Helfer of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' as Boodikka.
** Hal Jordan is [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot Stabler]] ([[ActorAllusion We should probably keep Hal very much]] ''[[BerserkButton away]]'' from ''SupermanDoomsday'''s [[MemeticMolester Toyman]]), Sinestro is [[Series/{{Alias}} Syndey Bristow's dad]], Kilowog is [[ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] and [[KillBill Bud]], the Weaponers of Qward are all RobPaulsen, Kanjar Ro is [[That70sShow Red Forman]], Labella is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], Tomar Re is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]], Ch'p is [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Smartass]], KathSoucie is Arisia, and Carol Ferris is [[JusticeLeague her own alter ego, Star Sapphire]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Boodikka]].
* InterrogatingTheDead: "I'm reconnecting synapses for some information. This shouldn't take long..."
* ItWasHisSled: Any remotely familiar with Green Lantern comic books [[spoiler: can see Boodika's betrayal coming a mile away.]]
* KickTheDog: Sinestro to Labella.
* KnightTemplar: Sinestro.
* MightyWhitey: Hal Jordan is an interstellar variant.
* MythologyGag:
** The powered armor used by Kanjar Ro's [[TheDragon dragon]] looks to be themed after the Blue Beetle.
* NoodleIncident: the opening dialogue between Hal and Carol indicates a weekend when they got drunk together and... the noodle incident kicks in
* PunyHumans: What everyone thinks of Hal Jordan.
-->[[spoiler:'''Boodikka:''' ''[her last word]'' Humans...]]
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Hal seems to have no problem adapting to his new powers.
* PragmaticAdaptation
* RecycledInSpace: This is basically a water down version ''SpaceAdventureCobra'' with power rings. [[TropesAreNotBad Not that that's a bad thing]].
** In interviews and the behind the scene featurette, the crew also compared it to ''TrainingDay''.
* ReplacementScrappy: Hal Jordan is an InUniverse Replacement Scrappy for Abin Sur.
* RookieRedRanger: Hal Jordan. Very new guy joining a very old group. "Very new" as in "less than a month." "Very old" as in "since the beginning of time." In the end, it is Hal Jordan who [[spoiler: defeats Sinestro in single combat]].
* RRatedOpening: The first scene shows Abin Sur bleeding from a gut wound.
* ShoutOut: one of the Lanterns is apparently [[SailorMoon moonlighting as a Sailor Scout]].
* SuperHeroOrigin: Subversion, while they do show how Hal got the ring, they decided to skip this and move straight on to the plot.
** Though the reason for the subversion is because of both the upcoming live-action ''Green Lantern'' movie is expected to cover it and ''JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier'' covered a good deal of it in animated form and was done by much of the same crew as ''First Flight''.
* SuperweaponSurprise: The Yellow Element powered battery/WaveMotionGun.
* TransformationSequence: Hal gets an extremely SailorMoon-esque one of these the first time he puts the ring on.
* VillainousBreakdown: Averted mostly. Sinestro doesn't have one directly, but he is very much on the verge of one during the end fight with Hal, where he decides to kill him and steal his ring "for insurance", but when he starts getting knocked around, his face gets very angry and twitchy.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sinestro, who just wants to make the galaxy a peaceful place. ''By any means necessary''.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Hal uses his ring to create a folding chair to hit people with during the BarBrawl scene.
* WretchedHive: Cadmendoh. As Sinestro puts it;
-->'''Sinestro''': Cadmendoh is a pustule of a planet. A breeding ground of criminal scum. One time I suggested we clean it out with a meteor shower. The Guardians thought I was kidding.
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''Green Lantern: First Flight'' is a movie based upon the poster child for the GreenLantern comics, Hal Jordan.
In the midst of flight training, Hal is forcibly summoned by a nearby alien who was near death, Abin Sur. Given the GreenLanternRing, he quickly adapts to its powers, but discovers he is one of TheChosenMany of the Green Lantern Corps. Taken to Oa, the central hub of the Corps, he is given to {{Sinestro}} to be trained and attempt to prove himself worthy of the ring.
Hal is pulled into the intergalactic politics as he finds Abin Sur's murderer and a conspiracy involving the criminal Kanjar Ro. What he also discovers is that the mission was given a high priority because Kanjar Ro is searching for the dangerous Yellow Element, the only weakness to the Green Lantern powers.
The next animated Green Lantern movie, ''Film/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights'' shares the same art style with this film, but is not part of the same continuity.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AgonyBeam: Sinestro shows that a GL ring can work as one in a pinch.
* BarBrawl
* BigBadFriend: Sinestro.
* CastingGag: As noted in "Hey, It's That Voice", Olivia d'Abo had voiced Carol Ferris's comic book alter ego, Star Sapphire, on ''JusticeLeague''.
* CatchPhrase: Sinestro often talks about "incentive", often meaning things that really aren't good incentives.
* TheChosenMany: The Green Lantern Corps.
* CuttingTheKnot: Hal [[spoiler: manages to destroy the yellow battery by crushing it between two moons]].
* DeathByOriginStory: Abin Sur
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Sinestro, though he was pretty far gone already.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Boodikka]].
** [[{{Sinestro}} Does it even need to be said?]]
* FantasticDrug: The "Moon Ball".
* GoodCopBadCop: Hal and Sinestro, respectively.
* GreenLanternRing
* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Tricia Helfer of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' as Boodikka.
** Hal Jordan is [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit Elliot Stabler]] ([[ActorAllusion We should probably keep Hal very much]] ''[[BerserkButton away]]'' from ''SupermanDoomsday'''s [[MemeticMolester Toyman]]), Sinestro is [[Series/{{Alias}} Syndey Bristow's dad]], Kilowog is [[ReservoirDogs Mr. Blonde]] and [[KillBill Bud]], the Weaponers of Qward are all RobPaulsen, Kanjar Ro is [[That70sShow Red Forman]], Labella is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Drusilla]], Tomar Re is [[NightCourt Dan Fielding]], Ch'p is [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Smartass]], KathSoucie is Arisia, and Carol Ferris is [[JusticeLeague her own alter ego, Star Sapphire]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Boodikka]].
* InterrogatingTheDead: "I'm reconnecting synapses for some information. This shouldn't take long..."
* ItWasHisSled: Any remotely familiar with Green Lantern comic books [[spoiler: can see Boodika's betrayal coming a mile away.]]
* KickTheDog: Sinestro to Labella.
* KnightTemplar: Sinestro.
* MightyWhitey: Hal Jordan is an interstellar variant.
* MythologyGag:
** The powered armor used by Kanjar Ro's [[TheDragon dragon]] looks to be themed after the Blue Beetle.
* NoodleIncident: the opening dialogue between Hal and Carol indicates a weekend when they got drunk together and... the noodle incident kicks in
* PunyHumans: What everyone thinks of Hal Jordan.
-->[[spoiler:'''Boodikka:''' ''[her last word]'' Humans...]]
* PossessionImpliesMastery: Hal seems to have no problem adapting to his new powers.
* PragmaticAdaptation
* RecycledInSpace: This is basically a water down version ''SpaceAdventureCobra'' with power rings. [[TropesAreNotBad Not that that's a bad thing]].
** In interviews and the behind the scene featurette, the crew also compared it to ''TrainingDay''.
* ReplacementScrappy: Hal Jordan is an InUniverse Replacement Scrappy for Abin Sur.
* RookieRedRanger: Hal Jordan. Very new guy joining a very old group. "Very new" as in "less than a month." "Very old" as in "since the beginning of time." In the end, it is Hal Jordan who [[spoiler: defeats Sinestro in single combat]].
* RRatedOpening: The first scene shows Abin Sur bleeding from a gut wound.
* ShoutOut: one of the Lanterns is apparently [[SailorMoon moonlighting as a Sailor Scout]].
* SuperHeroOrigin: Subversion, while they do show how Hal got the ring, they decided to skip this and move straight on to the plot.
** Though the reason for the subversion is because of both the upcoming live-action ''Green Lantern'' movie is expected to cover it and ''JusticeLeagueTheNewFrontier'' covered a good deal of it in animated form and was done by much of the same crew as ''First Flight''.
* SuperweaponSurprise: The Yellow Element powered battery/WaveMotionGun.
* TransformationSequence: Hal gets an extremely SailorMoon-esque one of these the first time he puts the ring on.
* VillainousBreakdown: Averted mostly. Sinestro doesn't have one directly, but he is very much on the verge of one during the end fight with Hal, where he decides to kill him and steal his ring "for insurance", but when he starts getting knocked around, his face gets very angry and twitchy.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Sinestro, who just wants to make the galaxy a peaceful place. ''By any means necessary''.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Hal uses his ring to create a folding chair to hit people with during the BarBrawl scene.
* WretchedHive: Cadmendoh. As Sinestro puts it;
-->'''Sinestro''': Cadmendoh is a pustule of a planet. A breeding ground of criminal scum. One time I suggested we clean it out with a meteor shower. The Guardians thought I was kidding.
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