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* [[Older Than They Think]]: It's an FAQ where casual viewers confuse ''[[Justice League]]'''s Green Lantern John Stewart with all others and ask "Isn't Green Lantern black?," even though Hal first appeared a dozen years before John.

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Kyle Rayner to Hal Jordan fans. Hal Jordan to Kyle Rayner fans. Both to fans who only know about Green Lantern from the [[Justice League]] cartoons.

* [[Rescued ~~From~~ the Scrappy Heap]]: Kyle Rayner, as written by [[Grant Morrison]] in ''JLA''.

* [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]: Kyle Rayner, as written by [[Grant Morrison]] in ''JLA''.

** Grant Morrison asked Ron Marz "How would Rayner work in a team book as opposed to a solo one?" The characters were very similar, and Kyle's era was a best seller until Ron Marz left the book. and by that time Morrison was no longer writing JLA. It would be BETTER to say he became a Scrappy during the [[Judd Winick]] / Ben Raab Era and Ron Marz and [[Geoff Johns]] rescued him from the Scrappy Heap. The only people to whom he was ever a scrappy were [[Broken Base|die-hard Hal Jordan fans]]. Kyle Rayner was the star of the Green Lantern book for ten years, and thus had an entire generation of ''his own fans'' who couldn't care less about Hal Jordan and thus never saw him as [[The Scrappy]] in the first place. To those fans, it was Hal Jordan, and not Kyle Rayner, who was [[Rescued ~~From~~ the Scrappy Heap]].

** Grant Morrison asked Ron Marz "How would Rayner work in a team book as opposed to a solo one?" The characters were very similar, and Kyle's era was a best seller until Ron Marz left the book. and by that time Morrison was no longer writing JLA. It would be BETTER to say he became a Scrappy during the [[Judd Winick]] / Ben Raab Era and Ron Marz and [[Geoff Johns]] rescued him from the Scrappy Heap. The only people to whom he was ever a scrappy were [[Broken Base|die-hard Hal Jordan fans]]. Kyle Rayner was the star of the Green Lantern book for ten years, and thus had an entire generation of ''his own fans'' who couldn't care less about Hal Jordan and thus never saw him as [[The Scrappy]] in the first place. To those fans, it was Hal Jordan, and not Kyle Rayner, who was [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]].

** Anyone who was around for the time of Emerald Twilight can say that Kyle was very much a Scrappy when he was first introduced. Morrison's JLA run went a long way towards establishing him as an interesting character.

* [[Rooting for the Empire]]: Sinestro has been getting some attention in this manner recently, mainly due to him being a very charismatic villain and his arguments against the Guardians being too involved with their mysteries and prophecies to do an effective job policing the cosmos.

* [[Straw Vulcan]]: The Guardians have been used this way in recent stories, with their rejection of emotion being emphasized at the same time as their inability to run their own corps.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: When the Butcher looks into Atrocitus' mind to find out what makes him angry, we see a flashback him with his daughter, telling her they'll be a family forever, followed by one when the [[AI Is a Crapshoot|Manhunters]] attacked.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: When the Butcher looks into Atrocitus' mind to find out what makes him angry, we see a flashback him with his daughter, telling her they'll be a family forever, followed by one when the [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|Manhunters]] attacked.

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Kilowog's been a popular character since his debut, and several Lanterns in the comics informally nicknamed him after the last syllable in his name, with the writers presumably unaware that this is a racial slur in England. In the 2011 film, he's being voiced by a black man.

* [[What an Idiot!]]: Hey Mongul--Sinestro created the friggin' rings; of course he'd have a manual override in case of an attempted coup!