Rose and Thorn/Tropes


 * Actor Allusion: Chloe Bennet vouces Melinca. She previously played a superhero who was friends with a Melinda.
 * Adaptstion Distillation: The first season is based on the Neil Gillman comics, but the first episode adapts the National Comics one-shot.
 * Adaptational Nice Guy: Granted, Thorn is still someone you don't want to mess with, but she's far less violent than in the comics.
 * Adaptational Villany: Detective Curtis Leland is still crooked in this show, and dosen't regret his actions.
 * Ascended Extra: Skye and Melinda from the one-shot National Comics issue are given recurring roles in the series.
 * Gilligian Cut: In episode 1, just as members from "The 100" claim nothing will stop them, the scene cuts to Rhosyn at school.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * Thorn's surname in this show is an homage to Rose's original surname, Canton.
 * Green Arrow's appearance on this show is an homage to a Chuckie Dixon storyline in the Green Arrow comics featuring Rose and Thorn.
 * Some of Thorn's gadgets are plant-themed, alluding to her Silver Age incarnation's plant-controlling powers.
 * Role Reprise: Stephen Amell returns from the Arrowverse as Green Arrow.
 * Shout-Out: Green Arrow stealing from criminal and giving that money to poor people brings to mind Robin Hood.
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Rose isn't too keen in following Thorn's revenge plans since A) Having just learnt she even has an alter, Rose is still procesing the info, and B) Going on a revenge mission would destroy her life in more ways than one.
 * Truer to Text: The series' lighthearted ootrayal of Green Arrow is more faithful to the comics than the last time Amell played the character.