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| “ | You have FAILED THIS CITY! | „ |
| ~ The Hood’s catchphrase when confronting his targets. |
| “ | I WANTED TO! AND I LIKED IT! | „ |
| ~ Oliver revealing his true motivation for killing. |
| “ | You have failed this universe! | „ |
| ~ Oliver's last words to the Anti-Monitor, before sacrificing himself to stop him. |
Oliver Queen is the titular main protagonist of the Arrowverse.
He was a spoiled billionaire playboy who returned after five years of being stranded on the island of Lian Yu and having gone through journey of growth and survival to become the murderous vigilante, the Hood, to atone for his and his father’s mistakes by taking down the corrupt members of Star City’s elite on his father’s list. Following the death of his best friend Tommy Merlyn in the disastrous Undertaking, Oliver adopted a no-killing oath to honor his memory and became known the Arrow. After lethally defeating Ra’s Al Ghul, he would come out of retirement to continue his crusade finally known as the superhero Green Arrow, later publicly revealing his identity to the world in a deal with the FBI to take down Ricardo Diaz. After being reborn as the Spectre during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, he would sacrifice himself to defeat the Anti-Monitor and rebirth the multiverse.
He is portrayed by Stephen Amell
His Goodness Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
Past[]
- He defeated Edward Fyers to stop him from decimating China and killing thousands of innocent people.
- He didn't betray Yao Fei despite Fyers having him tortured.
- Went back for Yao Fei to try to get him off the island despite it lowering the chances of his own escape.
- Cured Slade's infection with herbs after he was shot in the hand by Fyers.
- Despite everything Dr. Anthony Ivo did to him and Sara, he honored his deal with Ivo and gave him a mercy-kill after Ivo told him about the Mirakuru cure and prevented Sara from having to kill.
- Stopped Ivo from killing Sara when he threatened to murder both her and Shado.
- He freed Anatoly Knyazev and the other prisoners on Ivo's ship from captivity.
- He protected Akio Yamashiro from A.R.G.U.S.
- He came clean to Mei about Yao Fei and Shado dying in Lian Yu.
- He tried to stop China White and Matthew Shrieve from unlieashing the Alpha-Omega virus in Hong Kong. He rescued Amanda Waller from Shrieve's forces.
- When infilitrating in Baron Reiter's Slam plantation he pretended to kill Taiana Venediktov and kept her safe in a cave in order to save her.
- He reluctantly killed Taiana Venediktov when the Khushu idol was corrupting her mind.
- He trained under Talia Al Ghul to officially become a vigilante and start taking down the corrupt elite, stopping Konstatin Kovar from overthrowing the Russian government and using sarin gas.
Season 1[]
- After orchestrating his return to Starling City, he honored his vow to his father and took down the city's corrupt elite on his father's list and defeated the Dark Archer aka Malcolm Merlyn. Although he wasn't able to fully stop the Undertaking from devastating the low-income area, the Glades, he deactivated one of the two earthquake machine devices, saving hundreds of lives and preventing the Undertaking from being much worse.
- He saved John Diggle from the curare poisoning and offered him a position as his sidekick so he could have a purpose.
- Exonerated Peter Declan after he was falsley imprisoned for murder.
- Offered Derek Reston a job after finding out he turned to crime because Robert cheated him out of his pension.
- He showed genuine sympathy for Garfield Lynns and offered to help him.
- Rescued Diggle from Ted Gaynor.
- Stopped Quentin from kiling Cyrus Vanch.
- He revealed his identity to Tommy in order to save Malcolm's life after Deadshot tried to kill him.
- He saved Roy Harper's life from The Savior when Roy was kidnapped by him.
- Rescued his stepfather Walter Steele after Malcolm kidnapped him.
- He forgave his mother for her involvement in The Undertaking since she was under coercion from Malcolm and encouraged Thea to make up with Moira.
- He defeated Malcolm Merlyn and while he was outgambitted by him and unable to stop the Undertaking, he did prevent it from being far worse by shutting down 1 of 2 earthquake generators, saving hundreds of lives.
- Tried to save Tommy and comforted him as he died.
Season 2[]
- He adopted a no-killing rule to honor his best friend Tommy Merlyn who gave up his life to save their mutual friend and love-interest Laurel and reconciled with Oliver, but still died thinking Oliver was a murderer.
- Saved Thea from the hoods.
- Took down China White and Ben Turner when they were stealing medical supplies.
- He used his connections with the Bratva to help Diggle rescue his then ex wife Lyla who had been imprisoned in a Russian gulag.
- Although he broke his no-killing rule to kill the Count, he only did so to save Felicity from him and his facial expression might have implied he felt some remorse for doing so (although considering what he did to the Count before, he probably didn't feel bad about killing him specifically but breaking his promise to Tommy).
- Helped Roy after he became infected with mirakuru.
- He defeated his former mentor Slade Wilson without having to resort to killing him even though Slade killed his mother and ruined his life, saving Starling City and curing Slade and his Mirakuru army.
- Pleaded with Slade to spare his mother's life.
Season 3[]
- He convinced Barry Allen to become a superhero after Barry gained superpowers in the Central City particle accelerator explosion and to inspire hope in a way he never could and became close friends with him and mentored him.
- He protected Eddie Thawne from The Flash when Barry was being influenced by Rainbow Raider's powers and fought Barry while Team Flash brought a color machine to undo his anger effect.
- He fought Digger Harkness while Team Flash and Team Arrow worked to deactivate Digger's bombs in Starling City. Oliver also refused to kill Digger.
- Took the blame for being Sara Lance's killer to protect Thea from the League of Assassins.
- Convinced Merlyn to spare Brick's life.
- He joined the League of Assassins in exchange for Thea being revived.
- He defeated the Reverse-Flash for Barry when Barry enlisted his help.
- He killed Ra's Al Ghul in their duel after realizing Ra's wouldn't stop until he made Oliver kill him, but despite this and everything Ra's did, Oliver recited a traditional prayer for Ra's. He honored his deal with Malcolm Merlyn to give him the League ring to make him the new Ra's for Merlyn's help and despite understandably being unwilling to forgive him for brainwashing Thea to kill Sara, he was willing to let Merlyn go for his help in defeating Ra's.
Season 4[]
- He adopted a new alter-ego as the Green Arrow to inspire hope like he previously never could and ran for mayor of Star City to help restore the city to glory and fix societal problems, politely refusing Damien Dhark's offer of support in exchange for scrapping the Bay Restoration project.
- He saved Damien Darhk's family from Lonnie Machin even though Damien Darhk was his enemy.
- He defeated Vandal Savage with Barry, saving Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Central City, and Star City from him.
- When Barry revealed that he traveled through time and that in the previous timeline Central City was destroyed, he told Barry that he could use the oportunity to defeat Vandal Savage.
- After Barry confirmed to him that William Clayton was his son, he connected with him without admitting yet to be his father.
- He saved Thea and prevented the Lazarus Pit bloodlust from killing her and Malcolm and Nyssa legally fighting each other for it by taking Nyssa's place in their duel and non-lethally defeating Merlyn to get the elixir and save Thea.
- He comforts Quentin when he breaks down in grief over Laurel's death.
- He saved the world from Damien Darhk. Though he does kill Darhk while doing so, it was necessary to stop his genocidal plans.
Season 5[]
- He recruited new recruits to restart Team Arrow following the retiring or death of nearly all of its former members.
- Broke Diggle out of prison after he was falsley imprisoned for treason and convinced him to make up for killing his brother by fighting crime as Spartan.
- After Cisco revealed to everyone that Barry had went back in time to save his mother and changed several people's lives Oliver was one of the few that sympathized with his motives and urged him not to beat himself up, admitting that he would do the same thing in his shoes.
- He saved Earth and all meta-human life from the Dominator alien race and apologized to Kara aka Supergirl for his previous prejudice to her for being an alien and became close friends with her.
- Stopped General Walker from selling a nuclear weapon to seperatists.
- When Evelyn faked being a captive of Prometheus Oliver showed concern for her despite her betrayal and tried to convince Adrian to spare her life.
- He saved Star City from Prometheus and defeated him to rescue Team Arrow by enlisting the aid of his former enemies, Slade, Malcolm, and Nyssa and saved his son. He also refused to kill Prometheus when the latter tried to goad him into doing so.
Season 6[]
- He temporarily retired as Green Arrow to help William overcome the trauma of losing his mother.
- He saved Slade from his son Joe.
- He defeated Cayden James to stop him from devastating Star City by proving to him that he didn't kill Cayden's son and left on good terms with him.
- In Earth-X, while impersonating his doppelganger there he attempted to shoot Earth-X's Quentin Lance when he tried to make him kill Felicity's doppelganger for giving food to children. After defeating the Nazis he rescued Felicity's doppelganger and told her that heroes are the ones that helped out the weakest people.
- When his Earth-X doppelganger tried to make him surrender Kara, he and he other heroes refused to do so and stated that he wouldn't surrender his friends.
- While he did spy on Curtis, Rene, and Dinah, this was only because he suspected one of them being a mole which was true. When they found out, Oliver did apologize for his actions and did his best to regain their trust.
- He only put Rene in critical condition because Rene tried to slice him with an axe and refused to backdown, which Oliver did intentionally.
- Let himself be captured because he wanted to help Anatoly see the error of his ways which worked and resulted in his redemption.
- He defeated the true mastermind of the events of the season and the murderer of both Cayden and his son, Ricardo Diaz, and liberated Star City from his control by striking a deal with the FBI to turn himself over in exchange for their assistance, revealing his identity as the Green Arrow to the world following Diaz's defeat.
- As part of his deal with Watson Oliver made sure he was the only one who had to serve prison time while the rest of the team got immunity.
Season 7[]
- He worked with Talia al Ghul to expose Jarrett Parker's brainwashing methods in Slabside's Level Two.
- He framed prison guard Peter Yorke of stabbing him in order to make him leave the prison safely and protect him from getting killed by Danny Brickwell or his accomplices.
- He tried to clean Stanley Dover's name in good faith when he was accused of killing Dunbar and accused Ben Turner, but later disavowed Stanley after learning that Ben Turner was framed by him.
- When Ricardo Diaz escaped, he tried to warn Felton about it to no avail, and after Diaz caused a mutiny, he and Ben Turner worked to save the prison guards and to get Diaz imprisoned.
- After getting released from prison, he became an officially deputized law enforcer and led Team Arrow in protecting the city as legitimate officers this time.
- He saved reality from John Deegan and saved Kara and Barry from sacrificing themselves to stop him by striking a deal with the mastermind of the events, the Monitor, to take their place in the upcoming crisis in the future.
- He apologized to Emiko for her father's abandonment of her and her mother and stopped her from destroying Star City and redeems her just before she dies.
Season 8[]
- In Earth-2 he tried to stop the Dark Archer there. When he discovered it was Tommy Merlyn he tried to stop his plan to bomb the Glades and in a confrontation persuaded him to abandon the plan.
- He got to save Earth-2 Laurel when said Earth was being absorbed by antimatter.
- After the Monitor revealed to him that Earth-2 was destroyed, he expressed sadness for the doppelgangers of his loved ones, including Rene Ramirez and Dinah Drake.
- He worked with Tatsu Yamashiro to prevent China White from using the Alpha-Omega virus against Hong Kong again.
- He was accepting of his future children after they were sent to 2018. When William confessed to him he was gay he accepted his son.
- He stopped Mia Smoak from killing Grant Wison.
- He fully reconciled with Anatoly and accepted his advice to let his future children help him with the mission to get data for a pulse wave generator for the Crisis and to let them know about his dark parts, like his involvement with the Bratva.
- Before the Crisis, Oliver had John Diggle make sure William and Mia grow together.
- He sacrificed his life to save Earth-38 to ensure they were able to evacuate from the Anti-Monitor's destructive anti-matter wave, saving billions of lives.
- He sacrificed his chance to go back to his previous life and instead become the Spectre entity to lead the 7 paragons and stop the Anti-Monitor.
- He empowered Barry Allen so he could search the other paragons in the Speed Force, although it had the side effect of temporarily killing it.
- He sacrificed his life to defeat the Anti-Monitor and rebirth the multiverse, reviving several of his loved ones that had previously died inspiring the heroes to keep on fighting and posthumously inspiring Barry to form a team of heroes (basically the Justice League) to honor his sacrifice.
- As the Spectre, he has been a watchdog for the new multiverse.
Flash Season 9 Crossover[]
- After Ramsey Rosso returned and killed Barry, he listened to Barry about his pain about losing Frost and possibly Caitlin. He then revived Barry and went to Earth-Prime to help him stop Ramsey.
- He saved the entire multiverse from being condemned to a fate worse than death as Ramsey's mindless slaves by stripping Ramsey of his powers and curing him from the HLH.
- He used his time in Earth-Prime to say goodbye to Diggle and helped Barry confront his insecurities.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is a brutal extremist especially in the beginning of his vigilante crusade where he was essentially an anti-villain willing to commit questionable and immoral acts including cold-blooded murder and torture to achieve his goals. He revokes his no-kill code that he adopted which didn't hold up anyway considering since he was still willing to torture suspects and only tried not to kill to prove to Tommy and Prometheus that he isn't a killer, rather than having actual regret and remorse for taking lives, telling Prometheus he believed they deserved to die. Of course, he would be forced to infamously reveal his true motivation being that he killed people not because he had to to, but because he wanted to and liked it. Overall, while he became better than he started, his efforts of improving were never complete or lasting, ultimately slipping back into doing some questionable and extreme acts to achieve his goals.
- He tends to be a cold jerk even towards his closest allies and easily loses his temper. Upon discovering Rene was the mole working with Agent Watson to unmask him as Green Arrow, Oliver kicked him out without sympathy, even though Rene was blackmailed by Watson into testifying against him or he would never see his daughter Zoe again for his activities as a vigilante.
- He can be quite arrogant and stubborn and refuse to admit his own faults at times, even comparing them to actions commited by his loved ones. When Laurel confronted him for releasing Lonnie Machin, a sociopathic murderer, into the streets, Oliver compared it to Laurel bringing her deceased sister Sara back to life through the Lazarus pit, which left her temporarily soulless and rabid, before accidentally releasing her into the city. During his intense argument with Diggle, he mentioned Diggle executing his own brother Andy. Though Diggle made the mistake of blaming Samantha Clayton's death on Oliver and regretted it immeditely afterwards, Oliver still crossed a line by mentioning Andy instead of maturely disregarding John's words as lies.
External Links[]
- Oliver Queen on the Heroes Wiki
- Oliver Queen on the Villains Wiki
- Oliver Queen on the Arrowverse Wiki
- Oliver Queen on the DC Database Wiki
- Oliver Queen on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
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