While the story focuses on Paragon!OL and Renegade!OL, there other versions of the SI who land in different universes and get different lantern colors.
Power Ring Blue
The villainous variant of the Self-Insert in the Crime Syndicate Universe of Earth -14 with a blue power ring. He first appears in Episode 27: Gaolbreak.
- Age-Gap Romance: Ends up married to Zorina despite being twice her age at the time.
- Anti-Villain: He is a Made Man of Ultraman and the watcher of the Young Offenders, but he has never killed anyone (which makes him more suspicious around his peers) and is an acquaintance of the Justice Underground. However, he doesn't intend to turn against the Syndicate.
- Becoming the Mask: He was forced to become the watcher of the Young Offenders and his narration made it clear that he doesn't like nor trust any of them. But down the line, he genuinely grew to care for them and tries to be a supportive figure.
- Blessed with Suck: He has the amazing versatile powers of a Blue Lantern that can recharge itself with ambient hope...but it is super slow which makes it difficult for him to actually uses his powers for anything outside an emergency.
- Competence Zone: Unlike his good counterpart, he still looks like an adult and is severely outmatched by his charges in power. Although it's subverted because, while he's not powerful, he's very cunning and good at manipulation and give him enough hope to power himself...
- Drama-Preserving Handicap: Despite to Hope being one of the more powerful of the Emotional Spectrum, he is limited due to having no battery to recharge from.
- Emotion Eater: Since he doesn't have a power lantern, he charges his ring through the latent hope in the atmosphere...which causes him to be a...
- Gone Horribly Right: He gives Ultraman personalized gold coins to appease him for beating up his made Men during his first outing. This confrontation ends up convincing Ultraman into recruiting him and to test his his mettle by putting him in charge of the Young Offenders.
- Good Powers, Bad People: Paul is this, seeing as how he's a Made Man of Ultraman and part of an evil team, but he's a Blue Lantern. Blue lanterns operate on the power of hope, and are mostly known for their psychological and physical healing powers, as well as the ability to charge Green Lantern Rings by proximity.
- Happily Married: Is shown to be this with Zorina in Episode 135: Butcher's Blood.
- Hope Bringer: A villainous variant, as he raises the hope of those around him for his own ends.
- Hypocritical Heartwarming: His opinion of the Young Offenders."They're fuckwits, but they're my fuckwits."
- Irony: Earth 16 Paul is an Orange Lantern which runs on greed, but he's a superhero. Earth -14 Paul is a Blue Lantern which runs on hope, but is a supervillain.
- Lesser of Two Evils: As the fall of the Crime Syndicate led to a horrible power vacuum, his goal is to make a more kinder, more pragmatic Syndicate.
- Logical Latecomer: Due to Power Ring coming from a society that isn't dominated by supervillains, he's able to see when the supervillains are doing something completely insane (i.e. making a planet destroying bomb).
- Morality Chain: He is this to the Young Offenders, by trying to steer them more towards Pragmatic Villainy.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: He could refuse Ultraman and die or accept Ultraman's offer and live.
- Only Sane Employee: He is in charge of keeping the volatile Young Offenders in line and more or less responsible for raising them. Despite all of the Young Offenders being perfectly capable of killing him without breaking a sweat, he keeps the group together.
- Ring of Power: He uses a blue power ring instead of Orange.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: Power Ring never murdered anyone until Emperor Rickard, the first man he has ever killed.
- Token Good Teammate: Has heroic tendencies.
Red Lantern
The version of the Self-Insert that was placed on Earth 32. He has a red power ring and is basically a bounty hunter. He first appears in Episode 42: Fool's Canon.
- 24-Hour Armor: He seems to wear his armor whenever he's out of his apartment.
- "Anger Is Healthy" Aesop: Despite the inherently violent nature of his powers, he not only remains stable, but achieves a state of enlightenment, comparable to the main protagonist, and establishes a happy family with Blackfire — whom he credits with giving him the courage to freely express his anger.Red Lantern: The point I was making is that I've learned to act when I'm angry. The things that make me angry are -I think- things that a right-thinking person would get angry about, but condition themselves to accept.
- Badass Bureaucrat: He follows the rules and hates it when others don't.
- Badass Creed:"Embrace your hate; vengeance for all!
My ring answers to rage's call,
And once I'm done, been your downfall,
I'll put your skull upon my wall" - Battle Trophy: For particularly nasty targets, Red Lantern Paul uses his ring to burn the flesh off their skull, which he then keeps as a trophy.
- Blood Knight: Channeling his rage all the time has made him decide to kill anyone he thinks deserving of it if there is nothing stopping him.
- Bounty Hunter: He makes money by taking bounties on people he wouldn't mind killing.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He sleeps with his world's version of Blackfire.
- Enlightenment Superpowers: Achieves enlightenment after a big battle against Trigon.
- Power Of Hate: He uses his hatred of people and things he finds abhorrent to use his ring.
- Sociopathic Hero: A problem brought about by using a red power ring.
- The Soulless: Averted. Atrocitus noticed this about Red Lantern Paul and fixed it without mentioning anything
. - Unstoppable Rage: He is sometimes driven by rage to do something immediately against someone or something he finds reprehensible.
- Would Hurt a Child: Doesn't hesitate to kill children if they are evil or twisted enough.
- Wrong Assumption: He thought killing every Trigon cultist would be enough to prevent Trigon's summoning.
Anti-Green Lantern
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on Earth 13, which has the unaired pilot version of Justice League, with an anti-green power ring that takes control of him. He first appears in Episode 42: Fool's Canon.
of Justice League, with an anti-green power ring that takes control of him. He first appears in Episode 42: Fool's Canon.- Acquired Poison Immunity: Being constantly exposed to the ring's torture has made him more resistant to it.
- Back from the Dead: He is repeatedly brought back from the dead via a Lazarus Pit everyday.
- Blessed with Suck: His ring is sentient, controls his actions, and causes him pain whenever used or just whenever the ring feels like it.
- Driven to Suicide: Does this multiple times, most likely because it's less painful than his ring killing him.
- Forced into Evil: Has no choice in killing.
- Heroic Willpower: His willpower has been tempered by the sheer agony he is put through from being an Anti-Green Lantern. This willpower makes him eligible to wield a gold ring.
- It Gets Easier: He contemplates this by the sixth day he's had his ring.It's amazing what you can become accustomed to, really. And how quickly.
Five days ago I committed my first murder. I suppose I could argue it down to manslaughter. My choices after all were -and still are- severely curtailed. But I feel that would be dishonest. I didn't choose to kill, but I did have a free choice of the target. Or I.. could have chosen to die myself. I'm not surprised I wasn't… I'm not brave, certainly not enough to suffer through what I would have had to in order to make that choice. Learning things about yourself isn't always nice.
Four days since I started committing what even a relatively sympathetic jury would have to admit was unarguably murder. I am.. a serial killer. I'm sure that various law enforcement organisations around the world are trying to assemble a profile of me even as I float here in the skies above Detroit. My victim profile probably doesn't make much sense yet. The Society of Shadows doesn't exactly advertise its employees' occupation, and local police most likely have not yet been informed by their country's intelligence agencies exactly who the bodies in the morgue belong to.
And… I'm okay. I'm okay with it. I really am. I'm okay with them being dead so long as I get to live. Obviously, there's the argument that I'm saving lives by killing assassins but in my own head I'm not completely sure it would matter. - Made a Slave: Enslaved by his sentient ring. No longer the case after he gets a gold ring and destroys the anti-green ring.
- Resurrective Immortality: Uses Lazarus Pits in order to resurrect himself after the ring starts killing him.
- The Soulless: Averted. Repeatedly using Lazarus Pits led to him developing a soul.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: He's finally freed of his ring's control after he gets a gold ring.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: He becomes much happier after he gets a gold ring to replace his anti-green ring.
Indigo Lantern/Saul Talbot
A version of the Self-Insert that ended up in the world of The Boys. He has an indigo power ring and is acting as a healer. He first appears in Episode 42: Fool's Canon.
- Celibate Hero: Because of how his mind is altered by the Indigo Light, he can't be in a real relationship.
- Healing Hands: Heals the injuries of civilians injured as collateral damage from superhero fights.
- Internal Reformist: Saul aims to slowly change how superheroes work and how they're treated on the world he ended up in.
- Nice Guy: Stands out compared to almost literally every other superhero in the world.
- Token Good Teammate: He's one of the few superheroes in the world who's a genuinely good person.
- Wrong Context Magic: Aside from his powerset, he leaves the experts of his world baffled, as the only way to get superpowers in their world was through Compound V.
Future Orange Lantern
A version of the Paragon from some time in the future. He first appears in Episode 42: Fool's Canon.
- Alternate Universe: He visits various other works of fiction in order to help the people there in his own way.
- We later see him trapped in Gate as well as visiting the world of I Want To See You Smile!
- We later see him trapped in Gate as well as visiting the world of I Want To See You Smile!
- Experienced Protagonist: This is Paul long after he's accomplished everything we'll see him do in the story.
- Sealed Good in a Can: He's turned into a ring by the gods of Falmart when he visits their world. He's unable to find a way to undo it before Prince Diabo puts him on.
Avenger Orange Lantern
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on Earth 8096.
- Deal with the Devil: Hela offered him one. He gave a counteroffer.
- Divine Date: He ends up dating Hela.
- Dope Slap: Hela slaps him after she learned how he charges his ring (using Norn Stones to open a portal to the plane of Avarice, which was apparently really, really stupid), before making him a lantern-shaped regulator.
- The Face: Avenger!OL is able to head off some fights by either reforming would-be villains or convincing them that fighting against the heroes wouldn't be in their best interest.
- Only Sane Man: Because he's from another universe, he's not infested with the telepathic bacteria that nudge humanity into hating mutants.
- Parental Substitute: He adopts Rogue.
Mandated Orange Lantern
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in an altered version of Paragon!OL's timeline.
- Distressed Dude: He is this when captured by Krona.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: He finally gets what his timeline back after Krona is defeated.
- Idiot Ball: He thought working with Krona was worth it.
- Moral Myopia: He cares about his timeline, and is willing to create and subsequently destroy entire timelines to get it back.
- Polyamory: He is trying out a relationship with two women. Interestingly, one of the women is the one pushing him to do this. He and the other woman is hesitant about it.
- Token Minority: The only European to get a mandate.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: As the Time Trapper, he tries to find way to save his timeline, no matter how many timelines he has to destroy to do so.
Common Sense Orange Lantern
A version of the Self-Insert who has more common sense.
- Boring, but Practical: Instead of making special coins made out of asteroid metal to use as money, he just takes off his ring whenever he has to hold paper money.
- Stating the Simple Solution: His main attribute is doing this.
- Weak, but Skilled: He is less powerful than other versions of him that are Orange Lanterns, but his way of thinking allows him to more easily avoid disasters before they even happen.
Sybarite
A version of the Self-Insert who never got to meet Alan Scott and found an alternative power source.
- Belly Mouth: Sybarite has one that also has his ring. He only uses it to eat demons.
- The Hedonist: What he's become thanks to demonic influence.
- Hidden Depths: He comes off as, in his own words, shallow as a puddle. Wonder Woman was able to get him to admit that he is more than just a powerful horndog. He is still a powerful horndog, but he obeys the law and admits that the Purple Ray of the Amazons could be used to save lots more lives than are saved via traditional superheroics.
- Point of Divergence: Instead of meeting Alan and getting a power battery, Sybarite runs into an incubus and absorbs it to recharge, leading to him absorbing magic in general for power and becoming more demonic.
- Really Gets Around: He sleeps with a lot of women.
- Shameless Fanservice Guy: Feels no shame upon first meeting Wonder Woman while he is flying in the sky and admiring the sunrise in the buff.
- Slasher Smile: He has this as he is part demon.
Peter Wynne
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on Earth 12 with no way to recharge.
- Benevolent Boss: It seems that he helps all the villains that he hires. The only ones who don't get better were hired by others to act as moles.
- Boring, but Practical: He used most of his ring's charge to get rich mining platinum from the asteroid belt. He also just leaves the block in a warehouse without much in the way of any guards, because it's an 800 ton block of solid metal- in his mind, if someone can take it, they deserve to have it.
- Dating Catwoman: He's dating the former villain Cheetah- literally "dating cat woman."
- Happily Married: Revealed to have eventually married Cheetah in Episode 143: Reconstruction.
- Honest Corporate Executive: He's a wealthy businessman who rehabilitates villains and gets them to use their abilities for positive ends.
- Meaningful Rename: Part 9 of Episode 111: Negetiations reveals that Peter is actually his cousin's name, while Wynne is close to his real last name: Tallowin. As such, he's given himself a name that is as close to his real one that he can pick as possible.
- Non-Action Guy: He can use his high tech weaponry to defend himself, but unlike his counterparts, he isn't an active crimefighter and prefers to be a businessman.
- That said, during the Thanagarian Invasion, he did offer to destroy the array but the Justice League, not knowing who he was, refused.
- No-Sell: Batman tries to pull his "Extremely Intimidating" thing that he does on Paul, and Peter keeps his wits about him the whole time.
- Outside-Context Problem: The only reason that Batman finds out that there's something strange about Peter is that two parallel-universe versions of Paul show up and he recognizes their voice.
Orange Lantern of Eternia
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in Eternia.
- Celebrity Resemblance: Episode 122: Vantavendi reveals that his ring sounds like Number 5 from Short Circuit.
- Innocently Insensitive: Thanks to Paul taking Krass' joke a little too seriously, he accidentally makes Krass think that Krass offended Paul.
- Insistent Terminology: Paul still does the thing where he insists people call villains by their real names. And yes, his allies are sick of it here, too.
Krono
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on a version of Fallout.
- Discard and Draw: He has no charge on his ring, but was able to give himself telepathy and telekinesis with alien tech.
- Mind over Matter: Krono has telekinesis thanks to utilizing alien tech to give himself the ability.
- Telepathy: The alien tech also gave Krono telepathy.
Angel Paul
A version of the Self-Insert who grafted Gabriel's wings unto himself with his one ring charge.
- Cassandra Truth: The other members of the Suicide Squad didn't believe him when he said he had angelic powers until he proved it by healing Captain Boomerang by singing.
- Discard and Draw: Instead of using his ring, he uses theurgy, which he got from grafting Gabriel's wings onto himself.
- The Medic: He provides medical aid to the Suicide Squad via theurgy.
- Our Angels Are Different: As he puts it, he is a fake angel. He never claims to be a real one or to be working for God.
- Token Good Teammate: He acts as this in the Suicide Squad.
Paol
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in Warhammer.
- Ambadassador: He prefers peaceful negotiation but isn't helpless, as his army of Construct-Lanterns can attest.
- Wrong Context Magic: His ring derived abilities are mistaken for dark magic by the locals.
P'ol
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in Warhammer 40,000.
- Only Sane Man: He's basically this to the entire universe, although that's not so much a "high bar", as it is a "tripping hazard."
Lord Protector
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on Third Earth.
- Alternate Universe: Quite aside from him being sent to a version of the Thundercats timeline and him getting a yellow ring, he is shown punching his way through to Worm in Episode 100: A Week in the Life of to set up a trade agreement with Nilbog.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Played with. He isn't evil, but Wilykit and Wilykat think of him as such. He gets together with Wilykit and Wilykat's mother and they're confused about it when they meet him.
- Good is Not Nice: He makes it very clear that he rules through fear (in a way similar to Sinestro), but he does so to make a functioning society where everyone is safe, fed, and follows the rules.
- Infinite Supplies: Averted. Since he allied with the Ro Bears, he is able to provide Lion-O with supplies for the Thundertank. He isn't able to provide Lion-O's party with food though, since his people need that food more.
- Interspecies Romance: He ends up in a relationship with a Cat Girl.
- Pragmatic Hero: He uses brutal methods to discourage people from committing crimes. That said, he doesn't fall into Lawful Stupid. When Wilykit and Wilykat realize that they're talking to the person who brutally punished those who stole food- and they themselves are thieves- he explains that there's a difference between a hungry person stealing from someone who has lots of food and people who have the same amount trying to take from someone else- when everyone is just above starvation rations as it is.
- Terror Hero: He intimidates people so that they will not cause chaos.
- We Cannot Go On Without You: Lord Protector realizes after his kidnapping at the hands of Krona that he's been taking all the power unto himself, and that's not good for someone attempting to forge a productive society. He immediately starts setting things up so that if he dies or disappears, they won't be left bereft of leadership.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He points out to Lion-O in explicit detail how he screwed up, why Pumyra hates him, and why despite him being the presumptive King, he holds no authority over the cats in his dominion.
Black Lantern Paul
A version of the Self-Insert that died, rose as a vampire, and has a black power ring. He lives in Sunnydale.
- And Show It to You: In order go feel emotions, he needs to rip hearts out of people strongly feeling one of the seven emotions of the Emotional Spectrum.
- Kill the God: He rips Glory's heart out, putting an end to her before her series of events even gets started.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Due to the demon that would've possessed him being eaten by his power ring, he is very different from the vampires of the world he is in.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: The only way for this Paul to gain the motivation to do... anything at all really, is for him to consume hearts filled with emotion. Since this is Sunnydale, he feeds largely on vampires and demons.
Tangseid
A version of the Self-Insert who decided that the ends justified the means.
- Affably Evil: He will speak with you politely even as he mind controls you.
- Brainwashing for the Greater Good: Tangseid believes creating a better world justified mind controlling the Justice League, as well as about 10,000 others.
- Villain with Good Publicity: He seems to be acknowledged as a hero and a member/associate of the Justice League. In reality, he is the man who has secretly taken over the world to make it more peaceful.
Ringman Paul
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in a version of Stargirl (2020).
- The Apprentice: Acts as this for Jennifer-Lynn "Jenny" Hayden.
X-Man Paul
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in Universe 534834.
- Celibate Hero: Downplayed. After Rogue reveals that she's a bit anxious about the fact that their relationship hasn't progressed physically after dating for a few months, X-Man!Paul tells her he was holding off on it because he thought she was uncomfortable about it and because he was thinking of proposing first.
- Official Couple: Is in a relationship with Rogue as shown in Episode 132: Fleet Traction.
- Wrong Assumption: He thought that he wouldn't need training to use his powers effectively the was a Green Lantern would. A few fights with experienced supervillains showed him otherwise.
The Ancestor
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up 50000 years before present day on an alternate Earth.
- Been There, Shaped History: As a result of interacting with humanity over the millennia, numerous stories and sightings of the Ancestor have been noted.
- Shrouded in Myth: There are numerous stories and sightings of the Ancestor throughout the Earth he landed on.
Paul Freeman
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on Earth 10.
- Expy: Essentially becomes Overman's Jimmy Olsen, as he is a journalist and has a wristwatch that can contact Overman.
Pull
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up in a version of Transformers: Prime and is the mercenary partner of Slipstream.
- Cyborg: This version of Paul has a cybernetic implant which allows his to bond with Slipstream.
- Robosexual: He's in a relationship with his partner Slipstream.
Green Knight
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on an Earth that is secretly inhabited by various alien species. He first appears in Episode 136: Home Field.
- Heroic Mime: Green Knight doesn't talk in front of most other people because his predecessor didn't talk either and in order to lessen the chances of anyone figuring out he's not the same guy.
- Legacy Character: Has inherited the Code Name Green Knight from his employer.
Star Sapphire
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on a world populated by living version of the dolls from Barbie. He first appears in Episode 138: Pyrrhucy.
Divine Mammon
A version of the Self-Insert who ended up on an unknown planet in Stargate-verse and accidentally impersonated Goa'uld Mammon. He first appears in Episode 145: Unreal.
- God Guise: The locals mistake Paul for a god because the orange power ring he's wearing makes his eyes glow. Since removing the ring will turn off the translator and render him unable to communicate, Paul has to go along with it.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Invoked. Since the original Mammon was evil, the locals can't comprehend the idea of an altruistic "god", so Paul frames his help as purely pragmatic "investments".
- Redeeming Replacement: The original Mammon was a Goa'uld: an evil parasitic alien who owned human slaves and kept them in Medieval Stasis. The local priests say that he never gave things away. Paul creates a road to thank one of the locals for providing basic information, cleans up radiation from a crashed spaceship, and starts making plans to technologically uplift their entire society.
Power Rangers Paul
A version of the Self-Insert who was created by Rita Repulsa's magic. He first appears in Episode 146: Mighty Morphin' Lantern Rangers.
- Born of Magic: Zordon is able to confirm that this version of Paul is purely a creation of Rita Repulsa's magic, and that the magic that brought him to life will wear off soon enough.
- Existential Horror: He's horrified to realize that he's a creation of magic, that all of his memories might be a fabrication, and that he will stop existing within a few days at most.
- Guile Hero: He's able to manipulate both the Rangers and the villains so that he gets what he wants and blows up Rita's lair with nukes.
- Take Over the World: Effectively decides to do this after Rita is blown up and he gets her staff, ensuring his continued existence.I told the world-. The comic world, that the Justice League had effectively become its rulers. But here, it… Really is just me. And there's no one whose-. Who I like enough to listen to, to let myself be talked down by.
That.. might not be a good thing. But it's where we are. And looking at the piles of shallow-buried corpses littering the countryside around here, I'm not exactly worried about my ability to do better than the default option.
Hail Orange Lantern, I guess.
