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A doctor and surgeon at Metropolis General Hospital, Emil is kept on retainer by Oliver Queen beginning in Season 8; as Green Arrow's inside man, his job is to look the other way when a [[Justice League|member of the team]] comes in with bullet wounds or even weirder injuries. Emil's role quickly evolves, however, and he becomes the team's tech-guy, biologist, coroner and confidant -- all rolled into one. He's been to Watchtower, examined Doomsday's blood and whipped up cures for [[Everythings Deader With Zombies|zombie]] [[The Virus|viruses]], among other things. All in a days work for a [[Superhero]]'s MD.

* [[Hey Its That Guy]]: Wait... [[Death Note (Manga)|L]]?!

* [[Non Action Guy]]: Emil has no fighting skills and doesn't pretend to, panicking very easily when threatened with physical violence. He never betrays the team though, even under threat of torture.

Returning briefly in Season 7, Oliver had his secret outed in front of Lois during a battle with [[Black Canary]]. In Season 8, he became a regular cast member. This led to many revelations about his past, including his tortured relationship with [[The Baroness|Tess Mercer]], whom he assists in taking over LuthorCorp. Forced to {{spoiler|kill Lex in "Requiem"}}, Oliver would go on to struggle with an intensification of his already-existing feelings of self-loathing, emptiness and alienation, ultimately resulting in a {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide|suicide attempt]]}}. Entering a relationship with {{spoiler|Chloe}} seemed to help snap him out of it, but her disappearance early in Season 10 sent Oliver into another downward spiral. He has since {{spoiler|revealed his identity to the public, had several bad run-ins with the VRA, and resumed his relationship with Chloe}}. When [[Torture Technician|Desaad]] kidnapped her and lied to Oliver about having killed her, Oliver tried to beat the [[Serial Killer]] to death, {{spoiler|resulting in his apparent corruption by [[Big Bad|Darkseid]]. He is eventually freed from this corruption after attacking Clark in the [[Grand Finale]], and defeats the [[Co Dragons|Disciples of Darkseid]], redeeming himself}}.

* [[Anti Hero]]: When we first meet him, he believes that, if a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] buys valuable artifacts from evil warlords or [[The Mafia]], it's justifiable to steal the artifacts away from them and use them to fund charities. He provides the cynicism to Clark's idealism and, unlike our hero, is willing to stray from [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] if it gets the job done.

* [[Dual Wielding]]: In "Dominion".

** Appropriate, given that intially [[Green Arrow]] was very much [[Poor Mans Substitute|the poor man's Batman.]]

* [[Hell Bent for Leather]]

* [[Heroic Self Deprecation]]: Saying that Oliver hates himself is not an understatement.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]: In the Season 8 finale. {{spoiler|He and Chloe are more or less responsible for Jimmy's death}}.

* [[What the Hell Hero]]: Courtesy of Chloe, after {{spoiler|his murder of Lex}}. He turns it around on her by pointing out that she would have done exactly the same thing.

* [[Cheap Costume]]: Bart wears sunglasses and a red hoodie with a lightning bolt sewn on. Oliver wears green leather and, again, sunglasses. A.C. dresses in green scuba pants and an orange shirt. Victor wears a silver-grey jumpsuit. Dinah relies on a makeup mask, a [[Hell Bent for Leather|black leather outfit]] and a wig in her [[Secret Identity]]. Clark, of course, had his red jacket/blue shirt combo (later a black [[Badass Longcoat]]). For bonus points, compare their looks with those of the JSA, who all wear their classic spandex costumes.

* [[Five Man Band]]: One could make the case that, in "Justice", [[Badass Normal|Green Arrow]] was [[The Hero]], [[Superman|Clark]] [[The Lancer]], A.C. [[The Big Guy]], [[Genius Bruiser|Victor]] [[The Smart Guy]], and [[Bratty Half Pint|Bart]] [[The Chick]]. The addition of Black Canary and the [[Martian Manhunter]] to the team, as well as Clark and Oliver's more or less joint leadership has altered this dynamic considerably, however, and it likely no longer applies.

* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: A.C. bordered on this in his first appearances, what with sinking ships and blowing up factories in order to [[Animal Wrongs Group|save the environment]].

* [[Anti Hero]]: Is a flawed and misguided, but well-intentioned heroine in her first appearance. In her later appearances, she's a genuine heroine.

* [[Hell Bent for Leather]]

* [[The Obi Wan]]

* [[M Agicians Are Wizards]]: Can perform both [[Stage Magician|stage magic]] and the real thing.

* [[Small Name Big Ego]]: He thinks he can replace [[Superman]]. Wow...