DC Showcase: Green Arrow
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Directed by	Joaquim Dos Santos
Written by	Greg Weisman
Based on	Green Arrow by Mort Weisinger and George Papp
Produced by	Bobbie Page Joaquim Dos Santos
Starring	Neal McDonough Malcolm McDowell Ariel Winter Steve Blum Grey DeLisle John DiMaggio
Music by	Benjamin Wynn Jeremy Zuckerman
Production companies	Warner Bros. Animation Warner Premiere DC Comics
Distributed by	Warner Home Video
Release date	September 28, 2010 (2010-09-28)
Running time	12 minutes
Language	English

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 (2010-09-28) 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.^[1] Issue 2 of the 2022 comic Young Justice: Targets, also written by Greg Weisman, establishes that this short is part of the Young Justice continuity.

Plot

Oliver Queen waits outside Star City international airport for the arrival of his girlfriend, Dinah. He is delayed in traffic due to the arrival of Princess Perdita.

Count Vertigo has hired Merlyn to assassinate Perdita, who is Vertigo's niece. Perdita will soon become queen of Vlatava following her father's assassination by her uncle. As Merlyn attacks his target, Queen discovers the plan and is forced to intervene as his alter ego Green Arrow. He dispatches several of Merlyn's henchmen before getting Perdita to a place of safety. He is forced to duel Merlyn himself, and defeats him.

Count Vertigo arrives and attempts to kill both the hero and Perdita himself, incapacitating them. Dinah, revealed to be Black Canary, arrives at that moment and knocks Count Vertigo unconscious with her sonic "Canary Cry". Afterwards, Arrow proposes marriage to Black Canary. Urged by a supportive Perdita, Dinah accepts Oliver's proposal and they share a passionate kiss.

Cast

• Neal McDonough as Green Arrow /
  Oliver Queen^[2]
• Malcolm McDowell as Merlyn^[3]
• Steve Blum as Count Vertigo^[3]
• Grey DeLisle as Black Canary /
  Dinah Laurel Lance^[3]
• John DiMaggio as Merc #1^[3]
• Ariel Winter as Princess Perdita^[3]