| 1 | * ActorSharedBackground: Creator/MarvinJonesIII is an albino black man, much like Tobias Whale. |
| 2 | * DawsonCasting: To varying degrees. |
| 3 | ** Anissa is played by the 5 years older Creator/NafessaWilliams. |
| 4 | ** Creator/ChinaAnneMcClain is 3 years older than Jennifer. |
| 5 | ** Khalil is perhaps the most extreme example. He is supposed to be 17, but played by the 28 years old Jordan Calloway. |
| 6 | * DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Anaya's father is deaf, and is played by deaf artist Warren "WAWA" Snipe. |
| 7 | * FakeAmerican: |
| 8 | ** Creator/ChristineAdams is from UsefulNotes/{{London}}, but her character of Lynn Stewart, formerly Lynn Pierce, is American. |
| 9 | ** Creator/ChantalThuy is Canadian, whereas her character Grace Choi is ([[UsefulNotes/CanadianAccents prob]][[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents ably]]) American. |
| 10 | * FollowTheLeader: The TV series was first ordered by Creator/{{Fox}} in 2016 during the positive early buzz for ''Series/LukeCage2016'', another street-level series about a black superhero. Cress Williams had even auditioned to play Cage before being cast as Black Lightning. |
| 11 | * TheOtherDarrin: After the first arc of Season 4, Jennifer goes from Creator/ChinaAnneMcClain to Creator/LauraKariuki, though [=McClain=] comes back for the series finale. |
| 12 | * PlayingAgainstType: Creator/WayneBrady as the villainous super soldier Gravedigger. |
| 13 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why the show wasn't part of the Series/{{Arrowverse}} from the get to go 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 due to filming locations. Come ''[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'', and ''Black Lightning'' becomes officially incorporated into the Arrowverse. |
| 14 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: The TV series was originally going to air on Fox before it was picked up by Creator/TheCW. |
| 15 | * WriteWhatYouKnow: To quote series showrunner Creator/SalimAkil - [[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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