Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,963
edits
Justice League Doom: Difference between revisions
BOT: Replaced link(s) to "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" with link(s) to "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy"
m (Mass update links) |
(BOT: Replaced link(s) to "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" with link(s) to "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy") |
||
| (9 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{
[[File:
{{quote|''"You each have a personal vendetta against the Justice League. Their deaths would serve my goals. You've all tried and failed to kill members of the League on multiple occasions. Welcome to the [[Legion of Doom]]."''|'''[[Vandal Savage]]'''}}
Line 6:
{{quote|''"My actions don't require any defense. In the same situation, I'd do it again. [...] As individuals, and even more so as a group, the Justice League is far too dangerous to lack a failsafe against any misuse of our power. [...] What if we ever use it for some other purpose? If you people can't see the potential danger of an out-of-control Justice League, I don't need to hear a vote. I don't belong here."''|'''Batman'''}}
A film in the [[DC Universe Original Animated Movies]] line, ''[[Justice League: Doom]]'' is a loose adaptation of the classic ''[[Justice League of America|JLA]]'' arc, "Towel of Babel''. In another one of his schemes, [[Vandal Savage]] has gathered together Metallo, Bane, Cheetah, Mirror Master, Star Sapphire, and Ma'alefa'ak, along with members of the Royal Flush Gang, to form the [[Legion of Doom]]. Armed with plans designed to take out the [[Justice League]], they set out defeat their enemies and [[Take Over the World]]...
The last movie written by [[Dwayne McDuffie]] before his death, the film was released in February 2012.
Just like the ''[[Superman
{{tropelist}}
* [[Affably Evil]]: Vandal Savage, once more.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Green Lantern's interactions with Star Sapphire make a lot more sense if you've read the comics.
* [[Animesque]]: Especially Star Sapphire.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Vandal Savage plans to control this by using a device to incinerate the sun facing side of the planet, while ruling over the other.
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote|
* [[Batman Cold Open]]: Literal version.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: Hal makes one.
Line 25 ⟶ 24:
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Savage is defeated, the world is saved, all the Leaguers come out alright and Cyborg becomes a member of the league... but the League's faith in Batman is shattered and he himself quits when called out on his actions. That said, it ends a ''lot'' better than the comic it's based off of. Here, it's played like a semi-amiable conflict of interest (especially when Superman is involved), in the comic it's a total schism which near shatters the trust of the entire League and has ripple effects to other teams around the DC Universe.
* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Ma'alefa'ak's disguise as a blonde woman.}}
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: A villainous example. When {{spoiler|Ma'alefa'ak, disguised as}} a human woman asks [[Martian Manhunter|John Jones]] for a light, he replies "I don't smoke." {{spoiler|After poisoning J'onn to make his skin secrete magnesium and [[Kill It
* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]]: Bane's first fight against Batman is a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] that ends {{spoiler|with him dumping the still-living but quite unconscious Bruce Wayne into the grave of one of his parents and burying him alive. If he had simply killed him then and there rather than deciding to humiliate them, the Legion of Doom would probably have won.}}
** For that matter, if Star Sapphire {{spoiler|had killed [[Green Lantern]] while he was vulnerable during his [[Heroic BSOD]], the bad guys would likely have succeeded.}}
* [[Buried Alive]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Batman}}.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Star Sapphire seems fond of these.
* [[Composite Character]]: In design rather than characterization. Cyborg's personailty is closer to his comics counterpart, but his design melds elements from his look from the ''[[Teen Titans (
** The Flash is Barry Allen, but acts (and sounds) like Wally West.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Batman. This proves to be the impetus for the plot, as Batman had made plans to take down the League just in case. The others see it as paranoia, but he sincerely believes that all of them need to have something that can take them down just in case the worst happens - even himself.
Line 59 ⟶ 58:
** Savage mentions that he payed [[Lex Luthor|LexCorp]] for the device Mirror Master uses to steal Batman's files.
** Green Lantern was attacked with a version of Scarecrow's fear gas.
** Vandal Savage's plan involving solar flares is similar to the Legion of Doom's plan [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] in an episode of ''[[
* [[Neck Snap]]: Bane does this to an alligator that attacks him.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Arguably, everything the League goes through is Batman's fault.
Line 66 ⟶ 65:
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Hal Jordan's long and sordid past with Star Sapphire. It's brought up several times in an important context but not actually explained.
** Also, [[Martian Manhunter]] mentions a previous fight between the League and the Royal Flush Gang which left Superman embarrassed by Ace. No details are given. Leads directly to a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].
* [[No
* [[
* [[Off
* [[Oh Crap]]: The entire Legion when {{spoiler|Savage gets up after Cheetah slashes his throat.}}
** Batman, when he realizes that {{spoiler|his contingency plans are being used against the League.}}
Line 75 ⟶ 74:
* [[Opponent Switch]]: Sadly averted: {{spoiler|In the climactic battle, the Leaguers begin the attack, and all of them attack their designated arch-enemies. But since their purpose was less to capture the villains than to stop their missile from launching, and time was clearly a factor. You'd think [[Informed Ability|brilliant combat tactician]] Batman would have suggested that Superman trade opponents with either Green Lantern or Martian Manhunter, as Metallo's kryptonite weaponry makes him pretty much a [[Crippling Overspecialization|one-trick pony]].}}
* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: Flash, {{spoiler|after vibrating the bomb off his wrist.}} Being the Fastest Man Alive, of course, means he literally can outrun the fireball (though the shrapnel wings him).
* [[The Power of Trust]]: A major theme. Though it's not quite as shattered as in "Tower Of Babel," mostly as it isn't revealed until well after he's gone out of his way to save them all, the team's trust in Batman is wavered by the fact that he made the plans against them in the first place. In the end, however, it leads to a heartwarming moment of sorts where it's shown that even though they don't like his methods they, particularly Superman, still trust him to do what's right even if it's against them, and likewise Batman trusts the League to counter him should he go too far.
* [[Provoke Me Taunt]]: Green Lantern delivers one to Ten after the first warning shot.
{{quote|
* [[Punch
* [[Recursive Ammo]]: Vandal Savage's missile works this way. In multiple layers, no less.
* [[Servile Snarker]]: Alfred, who is in top form.
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: J'onn vs. Ma'alefa'ak.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Ten of the Royal Flush Gang.
* [[Spanner in
* [[The Stoic]]: Ma'alefa'ak. While the rest of the Legion {{spoiler|celebrates the apparent destruction of the Justice League}}, he simply leans back without a word. He only loses his cool when {{spoiler|Martian Manhunter is revealed to be alive}}, and when {{spoiler|the missile ignites in his face.}}
** Martian Manhunter as well. When King knocks him out, he just looks up and says, completely deadpan, "I am unharmed". He loses his cool when {{spoiler|Ma'alefa'ak attacks him}}, but in his defense {{spoiler|it's hard to remain calm when you're on fire.}}
Line 90 ⟶ 89:
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Superman Can Breathe In Space]]: {{spoiler|And he also talks too.}}
* [[Talking to Himself]]: Carl Lumbly voices both Martian Manhunter and Ma'alefa'ak.
* [[Wham! Line]]:
{{quote|
'''Alfred:''' By whom?
'''Batman:''' By {{spoiler|me}}!! }}
* [[What Happened to
** {{spoiler|The Legion of Doom, to an extent. Savage is the only one explicitly said to be in prison. Ma'alefa'ak is likely dead, given his proximity to the missile when it launched, and one could assume the other five were arrested, but it's never brought up.}}
** Also, {{spoiler|the old lady in the "hostage box." Since she vanishes immediately after Flash is tagged with the bomb, it's most likely she was just a hologram of Mirror Master's. But, again, they don't actually address it.}}
Line 105 ⟶ 104:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:TMS Entertainment]]
[[Category:
[[Category:
[[Category:Films of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Film]]
| |||