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* [[Aborted Arc]]: [[Dwayne McDuffie]] initially had plans of Dinah going through confidence issues during his [[Justice League of America]] run, [[Character Development|only for her to develop into a determined leader.]] Unfortunately, McDuffie was pulled from the title and the next writer decided to [[Canon Dis Continuity|ignore most of McDuffie's storylines]] leaving Dinah OOC. |
* [[Aborted Arc]]: [[Dwayne McDuffie]] initially had plans of Dinah going through confidence issues during his [[Justice League of America]] run, [[Character Development|only for her to develop into a determined leader.]] Unfortunately, McDuffie was pulled from the title and the next writer decided to [[Canon Dis Continuity|ignore most of McDuffie's storylines]] leaving Dinah OOC. |
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* [[Action Girl]]: When written properly, Dinah is one of the best in [[The DCU]]. |
* [[Action Girl]]: When written properly, Dinah is one of the best in [[The DCU]]. |
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* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: A type II "Animal Alias" variation. |
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* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Dinah Drake, when she was originally given the Canary Cry. Dinah Lance also qualifies, with a lot of attention being paid to her formidable martial arts skills in close combat confrontations where the Canary Cry would do too much damage to be ethical. |
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Dinah Drake, when she was originally given the Canary Cry. Dinah Lance also qualifies, with a lot of attention being paid to her formidable martial arts skills in close combat confrontations where the Canary Cry would do too much damage to be ethical. |
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* [[Badass Biker]]: Both mother and daughter. |
* [[Badass Biker]]: Both mother and daughter. |
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* [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot]]: Inverted with her and Green Arrow. |
* [[Guys Smash Girls Shoot]]: Inverted with her and Green Arrow. |
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* [[Irony As She Is Cast]]: In an episode of the Brave and the Bold cartoon, Catwoman mockingly says that Black Canary being gagged is a good thing, as she apparently has a lousy singing voice. In real life, her voice-over actress, [[Grey Delisle]], is a professional singer. |
* [[Irony As She Is Cast]]: In an episode of the Brave and the Bold cartoon, Catwoman mockingly says that Black Canary being gagged is a good thing, as she apparently has a lousy singing voice. In real life, her voice-over actress, [[Grey Delisle]], is a professional singer. |
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* [[It's All Junk]]: In ''Action Comics #609'', Black Canary burns her (admittedly ugly) Eighties costume. Oddly, the costume had been established previously as fireproof. |
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** There were also several references to the awful Eighties costume in the [[Gail Simone]] run on ''[[Birds of Prey]]''. |
** There were also several references to the awful Eighties costume in the [[Gail Simone]] run on ''[[Birds of Prey]]''. |
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* [[Judd Winick]]: Writer on ''Green Arrow/Black Canary''. Widely considered to be a prime example of [[Did Not Do the Research]], regarding Dinah's character and background before he attempted to write her. |
* [[Judd Winick]]: Writer on ''Green Arrow/Black Canary''. Widely considered to be a prime example of [[Did Not Do the Research]], regarding Dinah's character and background before he attempted to write her. |