DC Showcase: Green Arrow

{{Infobox film

| name = DC Showcase: Green Arrow

| image = Green arrow title banner.png

| caption = Green Arrow title banner

| alt =

| director = Joaquim Dos Santos

| based_on = {{Based on|Green Arrow|Mort Weisinger and George Papp}}

| producer = Bobbie Page
Joaquim Dos Santos

| writer = Greg Weisman

| starring = Neal McDonough
Malcolm McDowell
Ariel Winter
Steve Blum
Grey DeLisle
John DiMaggio

| music = Benjamin Wynn
Jeremy Zuckerman

| studio = Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Premiere
DC Comics

| distributor = Warner Home Video

| released = {{Film date|2010|09|28}}

| runtime = 12 minutes

| country =

| language = English

| budget =

}}

DC Showcase: Green Arrow is a 2010 short animated film, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos and written by Greg Weisman, featuring Neal McDonough as Green Arrow, who must protect a young princess at an airport. The film, which was released on September 28, 2010 as a bonus feature on the Superman/Batman: Apocalypse DVD, was the third of the DC Showcase series and was included on the compilation DVD DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection in an extended version.{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=James|url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=814|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615071448/http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=814|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2011|title=Warner Home Video Unveils "DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection" Release|publisher=worldsfinestonline.com|date=August 5, 2010|access-date=August 6, 2010}}

The short is considered by Weisman to be adjacent to the Young Justice cartoon, meaning a version of this event happened within the show's continuity.{{cite web |last1=Weisman |first1=Greg |title=Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight |url=https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=1236 |website=www.s8.org |access-date=13 March 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520003811/https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?rid=1236 |url-status=live }} In 2022, the back-up story of Young Justice: Targets shows the canon version of this event, which has differences to the short.{{cite web |last1=Weisman |first1=Greg |title=Search Ask Greg : Green Arrow : Station Eight |url=https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=26381 |website=www.s8.org |access-date=26 January 2023 |archive-date=26 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126232907/https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=26381 |url-status=live }}

Plot

While waiting outside Star City international airport for his girlfriend Dinah Laurel Lance, Oliver Queen discovers Merlyn is there to assassinate Princess Perdita of Vlatava. After fighting off a group of thugs, Oliver rescues Perdita, who he learns recently became Vlatava's queen following her father's assassination and Merlyn was hired by her uncle, who stands to become the new king in the event of her death. Eventually, Oliver defeats Merlyn and his men but is overpowered by Perdita's uncle, Count Vertigo. Nonetheless, Dinah arrives to defeat him. Afterward, Oliver proposes to Dinah with Perdita's help and they kiss.

Cast

Neal McDonough as Green Arrow / Oliver Queen{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1006/08/|title=Neal McDonough: Green Arrow|publisher=comicscontinuum.com|date=June 8, 2010|access-date=June 8, 2010|archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014163237/http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1006/08/|url-status=live}}
Malcolm McDowell as Merlyn{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=James|url=http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=856|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615071741/http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=856|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2011|title=Main Cast, Crew Details For "DC Showcase: Green Arrow" Animated Short|publisher=worldsfinestonline.com|date=September 24, 2010|access-date=September 25, 2010}}
Steve Blum as Count Vertigo
Grey DeLisle as Black Canary / Dinah Laurel Lance
John DiMaggio as Merc #1
Ariel Winter as Princess Perdita