Barack "Barry" Obama is the former president of the United States.
Biography
Early life
Obama studied political science at Occidental College. In 1979 while working on his term paper, Barack was attacked in his dorm room by Grodd, who was attempting to kill him to create an anachronism in the hopes of weakening his master, Mallus. The attempt on his life was eventually thwarted by the Legends, and shortly afterward he advised Sara Lance in his dorm room before she erased his memory of the entire ordeal.[1]
Later career
At some point between 2007 and 2012, Barack was elected as the president of the United States.[2][3]
On October 13, 2014 in Washingon, D.C., Obama was visited by Amanda Waller to talk about the Onslaught problem. He took partial responsibility for all of this, although he admitted that he would never publicly say anything like that. Obama asked Amanda to stop and avoid wars, and she claimed to have the perfect team.[3]
In January 2015, Obama appeared alongside the Governor of California to pledge more assistance and money to help California with the enormous blaze the state was facing.[4]
At some point before May 2016, Obama was succeeded in office by an unnamed man.[5] It is unknown what happened to him after the destruction of the multiverse, possibly being merged with his Earth-TUD5 counterpart into his Earth-Prime counterpart.
Abilities
- "Where are you going?"
- "To go talk to someone who can think straight when the whole world has gone crazy."
- —Rip Hunter and Sara Lance[src]
- High-level intellect/Political acumen: As a political science student, Obama wrote "The Underworld's Contempt for Democracy" and received an A+ on his paper. He studied John F. Kennedy's book, "Profiles in Courage" and was nearly done with his final term paper for "Poly-Sci 505" before Grodd attacked him. Obama was calm in the face of adversity, as he even attempted to reason with the giant ape with diplomatic rhetoric. He was even able to grasp Sara Lance's convoluted situation after she came to him for advice on her predicament, and he encouraged her to face the unorthodox situation with an equally unorthodox solution.[1]
Appearances
Arrow
Season 1
- "Pilot" (mentioned)
Season 3
- "Sara" (pictured)
The Flash
Season 1
- "Revenge of the Rogues" (mentioned)
- "Rogue Air" (mentioned)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Season 3
Season 4
- "Witch Hunt" (mentioned)
- "Tagumo Attacks!!!" (mentioned)
The Chronicles of Cisco
- Post 77 "Breacher 2.0" (mentioned)
Comics
Arrow: Season 2.5
Behind the scenes
- In real life, Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States of America, who served two terms from 2009 to 2017.
- Various depictions of Obama have appeared in DC comics and subsequent adaptations.
References
| Presidents of the United States | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New multiverse | ||||
| Earth-Prime U.S. |
Abraham Lincoln • Warren G. Harding • Calvin Coolidge • Roosevelt • Ike Eisenhower • John F. Kennedy • Obama • Olivia Marsdin • Shaw • Unnamed (current) • Dwayne Johnson (potential future) | |||
| Original multiverse | ||||
| Earth-1 U.S. |
George Washington • Ulysses S. Grant • Roosevelt • Ike Eisenhower • John F. Kennedy • L.B. Johnson • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Barack Obama • Traveler • Susan Brayden | |||
| Earth-38 U.S. |
George Washington • Eisenhower • Olivia Marsdin • Phil Baker • Plastino | |||
| Earth-TUD5 U.S. |
George Washington • Barack Obama • Shaw | |||
| Other versions of Barack Obama | ||||
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| To see other versions of this character, click the Earth name below for that Earth's counterpart of Barack Obama. | ||||
| New multiverse | ||||
| Earth: Prime | ||||
| Original multiverse | ||||
| Earth: 1 • TUD5 | ||||
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