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ā€œ I'm going to save the human race, Sara. Maybe you can help me. ā€ž
~ Ivo offering Sara a position in his field of work.
ā€œ Time to choose, Oliver. Who lives, and who dies. But pick quickly, because in 30 seconds, I will shoot them both. ā€ž
~ Ivo before killing Shado, his most infamous quote.

Anthony Ivo is the overarching antagonist in Season 2 of the TV series Arrow.

He is a scientist obsessed with finding the Mirakuru, an experimental serum capable of creating human weapons, and use it to "save" the human race. He is also responsible for Slade Wilson's descent into villainy after killing Shado.

He was portrayed by Dylan Neal, who also portrayed District Attorney Ray Sacks in Smallville.

His Evil Ranking[]

His Villainous Deeds[]

  • He held innocent people hostage on his Shi- and tortured them for his experiments with the Mirakuru. At one point, he exposed an inmate named Peter to radiation poisoning in order to see if the Mirakuru could cure cancer.
  • He captured Oliver Queen and interrogated him to find out the location of the Mirakuru.
  • He forced Sara to trick Oliver into revealing Slade Wilson and Shado’s location, and then forces Oliver to take him to them.
  • Arriving at Slade and Shado’s hideout, Ivo ordered his ship’s captain to blow it up when he couldn’t find them.
  • He forced Oliver to take him to the grave of the Japanese soldiers from WW2, but when he was unable to find the hozen, which was previously taken by Slade and Shado, Ivo threatens to shoot off Oliver’s hand if he fails to tell me where it was.
  • After Oliver escaped from him, Ivo killed the captain of his ship for failing to prevent his escape.
  • He held Sara and Shado at gunpoint, giving Oliver 10 seconds to choose which one of them lives, threatening to shoot them both if Oliver didn’t make a decision. When Oliver instinctively threw himself in front of Sara as Ivo points the gun at her, he perceived it as Oliver’s choice and kills Shado. This makes Ivo responsible for Slade’s villainy, as he would blame Oliver for Shado’s death even though Ivo was the one who killed her and vowed to kill everyone he loves to get revenge. It’s aloud implied that Ivo would’ve shot Shado no matter what happened. This is despite the fact that Ivo already had he wanted and purely did this to spite Oliver for kicks.
  • He was willing to ravage all of Lian Yu just to claim the Mirakuru.
  • When Sara refuses to rejoin with him, Ivo calls her ā€œan ungrateful bitchā€, and vows that he will hunt her and Oliver down so he could torture and experiment on them.
  • He attempted to take out Anatoly’s eye for his research.
  • When Oliver corners him, Ivo cowardly blames him for Shado’s death while Slade was within earshot, then manipulating Slade to turn on Oliver and begin a path of villainy.
  • Despite caring for Sara at first, he quickly turns on her once she refused to rejoin with him, even going so far as to call her ā€œan ungrateful bitchā€.

Why He Doesn’t Stand Out?[]

  • Despite passing the general baseline and having lower resources than other villains, he fails the heinous standards of the Arrowverse to Slade Wilson and Prometheus, who had less resources.
    • While he is technically responsible for Slade's descent into villainy, he wasn't aware of how far Slade would go. Nor is it made clear if it was his intention to turn Slade into the villain he became.
  • He is a well-intentioned extremist and only wants to use the Mirakuru to cure his wife of Alzheimer’s disease, also wanting to use it to save the human race from illnesses. Though it’s a weak prevention, since he’s willing to engage in pointless acts of sadism and spite just to achieve his goals.
  • He felt some remorse for his crimes in his final moments and tells Oliver and Sara he made a cure for the Mirakuru and tells them where it is in exchange for a quick death, thus redeeming himself.

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            Villainous Benchmarks

Arrow
Oliver Queen | Edward Fyers | Mr. Blank | Anthony Ivo | Isabel Rochev | Ra’s Al Ghul | Danny Brickwell | Andrew Diggle | Konstantin Kovar

The Flash
King Shark

Supergirl
Lena Luthor

Black Lightning
Tobias Whale | Khalil Payne

Crossovers
Quentin Lance (Earth-X)