Young Justice Season 1

Plot

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The pilot episode (later re-broadcast as the opening two episodes of season 1) aired a month prior to the debut of the regular series and introduced four characters: Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Speedy. It established their desire for greater recognition and respect, namely, a promotion from sidekicks to full-fledged superheroes. Met with opposition from their respective mentors in the Justice League, Batman,Aquaman, Flash, and Green Arrow, the protégés react in different ways. Speedy resigns from being Green Arrow's partner and begins calling himself Red Arrow.

The others seek to persuade their mentors of their worth by secretly taking on a Justice League mission to investigate the Cadmus building. During their infiltration of Cadmus' headquarters, the three heroes find a clone of Superman named Superboy. After the discovery, the team finds out Cadmus is creating living weapons called Genomorphs. The episode deals with this revelation, the origin of Superboy, and how this relates to a mysterious group of people called the Light.

In the end, Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Superboy negotiate with Batman to organize a covert operations team as a practical contrast to the Justice League, whose celebrity status makes it difficult to maintain secrecy or initiate stealth operations. After consulting with his colleagues, Batman establishes Young Justice in a secret cave located inside a former Justice League headquarters, Mount Justice, a hollowed-out mountain. Here the teens are trained and mentored by the Justice League. Miss Martian makes an appearance at the end of the episode and joins as the fifth member.

The "Invasion" of the second season title refers to the potential invasion of Earth by the Light and their partners the Reach, who are trying to control Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle).

Although Young Justice follows a continuity considerably different from that of the mainstream DC Universe, Weisman has stated that the series covers its early stages.

Earth-16 was chosen by DC Entertainmentfor the show because it was largely untapped, freeing the series and its franchise from established continuity restraints set by either the main DC Universe or other worlds in the Multiverse.There are differences in the line-up of this Young Justice team as compared to the team in the comic series of the same name.

Dick Grayson and Wally West were chosen over Tim Drake and Bart Allen/Impulse.^[14]Miss Martian was added because the date of her arrival to Earth could still fit in the early DC Universe concept.Aqualad, as opposed to Robin, is established in the beginning as the leader of the team. Furthermore, the Aqualad presented in the show is an entirely new character created by Weisman and Vietti, with Bourassa responsible for the original character design.Arrowette was replaced by Artemis^[16]because of the producers' desire to focus on the latter's storylines. Some of the Young Justice characters' ages are tweaked from those of their original counterparts;^[6] however, the spirit and intent of the characters were kept.

Characters who are a part of the line-up in the comic will also make an appearance in the show. This includes Garth,the first incarnation of Aqualad who later becomes the third Tempest in DC Comics;Arrowette, the archer of the team in the Young Justice comic book series; and Wonder Girl, whose legal issues originally prohibited the producers from using the character but later allowed her to be included. In the show, Garth features as the best friend of Aqualad/Kaldur'ahm.

Don't call them sidekicks! Young Justice follows the adventures of the teenaged superheroes Aqualad (the team leader, age 15 or 16), Robin (age 13), Kid Flash (age 15), Superboy (age 16 weeks), Miss Martian (age 16 in Martian years), and Artemis (age 15), who have finally gained independence from their leaders and the privilege to start their own covert operations team (of the very popular Justice League).

The series is not based on the Young Justice comic series by DC Comics or any comic series in particular, but is simply based on various young heroes of the DC universe - who are sidekicks and protégés of infamed adult DC superheroes (most of which make up the Justice League). Set in Earth 16, the show focuses on the heroes trying to use their powers and abilities to fight crime on their own and make a name for themselves while trying to

Main Cast

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Robin / Nightwing / Dick Grayson (voiced by Jesse McCartney) – In Season 1, Dick Grayson, the thirteen-year-old adopted son of Batman is known as Robin, and acts as team leader when Aqualad is unable to. In Season 2 (set five years later), Dick is the team leader and trainer under the identity of Nightwing, and Tim Drake is now Robin. In "Endgame", Grayson returns leadership to Aqualad, then decides to take a leave of absence after Wally's sacrifice. Grayson does not possess any superpowers. However, he is an excellent hand-to-hand combatant and tactician, and he is a technological genius. Justice League designation B01.

Aqualad / Kaldur'ahm (voiced by Khary Payton) – In Season 1, Kaldur'ahm (or "Kaldur" for short) was the sixteen-year-old leader of the team, until Robin was able to take charge as Nightwing. In Season 2 (set five years in the future), the 21-year-old Aqualad is Nightwing's mole in his father Black Manta's organization in order to infiltrate the Light and discover who their partner is. He completes his mission in "Summit", and Nightwing returns leadership to him in "Endgame". He displays super strength, durability, as well as the ability to breathe and speak underwater, typical of Atlanteans. He also possesses the ability to form hard water constructs through the use of his Atlantean water bearers and to generate electricity. Justice League designation B02.

Kid Flash / Wally West (voiced by Jason Spisak) – In Season 1, Kid Flash is the team's flirtatious fifteen-year-old (he turns sixteen in Coldhearted) speedster. He has enhanced speed, although he has not fully mastered his abilities, and does not demonstrate the range of abilities that his mentor The Flash does. Wally and Dick Grayson know each other outside the team, extending to knowing each other's secret identities (Wally also alludes to knowing Bruce Wayne is Batman, to Robin's chagrin) In Season 2 (set five years in the future), the 21-year-old Wally has given up the superhero life and is in a relationship with Artemis with the two living and attending college together, though he temporarily returns to service in "Bloodlines", "Summit", and "Endgame". Justice League designation B03.

Superboy / Conner Kent (voiced by Nolan North) – Superboy is introduced as a sixteen-week-old clone of Superman (later revealed to be a hybrid clone of Superman and Lex Luthor) created by Project Cadmus. Although he does not have all of Superman's abilities, he has super strength, invulnerability, enhanced hearing, and infrared vision.Superboy is typically sullen, ill-tempered, and hates being told what to do. He becomes romantically involved with M'gann in Season 1, but ended their relationship by Season 2. Five years after the events of Season 1, the 21-year-old Superboy has remained with the Team. He has not aged outwardly, but now has more control over his anger. Justice League designation B04.

Miss Martian / M'gann M'orzz / Megan Morse (voiced by Danica McKellar) – Miss Martian is Martian Manhunter's niece, as well as being an inexperienced superhero.As a Martian, she has telekinesis,telepathy, invisibility, flight, and limited shape-shifting. By Season 2, her shape-shifting has improved, and she can now density-shift as well. She is kind and optimistic, but often naive. She becomes romantically involved with Superboy half-way through Season 1, but sometime in the five-year lapse before Season 2, Superboy ended their romantic relationship because M'gann had been abusing her powers to get information from her enemies. She then dates Lagoon Boy. Also, she also adopted Garfield Logan (Beast Boy) as a brother after the death of his mother. By Season 2, she has become more confident and less naive. Justice League designation B05.

Artemis / Tigress / Artemis Crock (voiced by Stephanie Lemelin) – Artemis was the team's fifteen-year-old archer. Like Robin, she has no superpowers, but is very skilled with a bow and arrow. She is introduced as Green Arrow's "niece" but it is later revealed she is the daughter of the villain Sportsmaster and the now paraplegic ex-villain Huntress, as well as the sister of Cheshire. In Season 2 (set five years in the future), the now twenty-year-old Artemis and Wally West (Kid Flash) left the superhero life, and are in a relationship, with the two living and attending college together. She returns to duty in "Depths", only to subsequently fake her death so she can go undercover with Aqualad, adopting the identity Tigress, and apparently help him complete his long term mission. In "Summit", her disguise is uncovered. In "Endgame", after Wally sacrifices himself, Artemis is left devastated, and resumes her identity as Tigress in order to "get some distance". Justice League designation B07.

Trailer

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