With a knowing wink and a cheeky grin, Arrow casually gave viewers a throwaway line that viewers of Vixen will appreciate. After Vixen has been brought into the fold by Oliver Queen, the Emerald Archer makes comment that they were involved in an animated encounter last year and have remained friends since. Vixen, of course, is a character who has her own animated show over on CW Seed. So, animated encounter animated as in like a cartoon as in like ah, you get what they mean.