<Li> Roy Harper is a major character in the Young Justice animated series, voiced by Crispin Freeman . This appearance is unique in that it features both a clone of Speedy who becomes Red Arrow, separate from the real Speedy who becomes Arsenal . In the pilot "Independence Day", Speedy forfeits his place as Green Arrow's sidekick out of frustration that the Justice League won't make him a full - fledged member . He takes on the Red Arrow alias when he starts operating solo and confronts Artemis, Green Arrow's new sidekick who he suspects is a mole, due to still having respect for the Team . In "Usual Suspects", Red Arrow finally gains membership in the Justice League, only to realize that he was the mole all along; he's in fact a Cadmus clone controlled through programming and hypnosis . In season 2, Red Arrow has spent the past 5 years obsessively searching for the real Roy Harper, to the detriment of his health and his friendship with his allies, but also married Cheshire and had a daughter, Lian Nguyen - Harper . Red Arrow and Cheshire eventually find the original Speedy cryogenically frozen in a temple in Tibet, missing one arm, a reference to Red Arrow losing his arm in "Cry for Justice ." The real Speedy eventually wakes up and seeks revenge on Lex Luthor, but he later obtains a cybernetic arm from Lex Luthor and later goes by the Arsenal alias . Arsenal eventually joins the Team, highly capable yet also brash, reckless and disobedient . Arsenal is temporarily fired from the Team until he can learn to be a team player . By the end of the second season, Arsenal is operating solo and Red Arrow has retired to focus on being a father . </Li> <Li> The Roy Harper version of Speedy appears again in the Teen Titans Go! cartoon series, voiced by Scott Menville . In the episode "The Date", Speedy and Robin get in a fight over a date with Starfire . </Li> <P> Colton Haynes portrays Roy Harper in The CW TV series Arrow, the character's first live - action appearance . Roy first appears in episode fifteen of season one, "Dodger", as a pickpocket who steals Thea Dearden Queen's purse . However, they fall in love after he gets caught and they start dating, though their relationship is on and off . After Oliver Queen saves his life from a killer in the episode "Salvation", he gains an active interest in the vigilante and wants to emulate him . Roy is a recurring character throughout the season and a series regular in season 2 . </P> <P> In season 2, Roy, wearing a red hood, attempts to fight crime as a vigilante like Oliver, but he is captured by Brother Blood, who experiments on him by injecting a drug into his blood in an attempt to recreate Deathstroke's powers . Oliver rescues him too late and Roy finds out he has superhuman strength and healing like Slade, so that he can punch through solid concrete and recover from being shot at point - blank range, but it also causes his behavior to become hostile and violent . Oliver offers to train him as a vigilante in order to teach him control over both his physical and mental performance, to keep those around him safe . Eventually, Roy learns his true identity when Bronze Tiger attempts to steal a Markov earthquake generator prototype and Roy officially joins Team Arrow . The name Speedy is mainly used by Thea, though Oliver also uses it on Roy twice . Eventually Roy is consumed by the drug and goes on a rampage, killing a police officer before Oliver and Black Canary finally knock him out and inject him with a cure . When he wakes up, Roy finds he lost his superpowers, but Oliver forgives him for his actions, so he relies on his archery and martial arts training to continue as a member of the team . Roy chooses to fight by Oliver's side to save the city from Slade in the season 2 finale, earning himself a domino mask just like Oliver's except red, but it ends up costing him his relationship with Thea, who gets tired of not being able to defend herself and secretly leaves for Corto Maltese to train with her biological father, the infamous assassin Merlyn . </P>

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