Justice League Doom: Difference between revisions

Just like the ''[[Superman Batman Public Enemies|Superman/Batman]]'' [[Superman Batman Apocalypse|movies]] (and ''[[Superman Brainiac Attacks]]'' in regards to Superman and ''[[Batman Gotham Knight|Batman: Gotham Knight]]'', the ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum|Arkham]]'' [[Batman Arkham City|games]] and ''[[DC Universe Online]]'' in regards to Batman), Tim Daly, [[Kevin Conroy]], and Susan Eisenberg reprise their respective roles from the [[DCAU]] as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. In the same vein, fellow DCAU voice actors Carl Lumbly, Phil Morris, Olivia d'Abo, Alexis Denisof, and David Kaufman reprise their respective roles as [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Vandal Savage]], Star Sapphire (though d'Abo also voiced a pre-Star Sapphire Carol Ferris in ''[[Green Lantern First Flight (Animation)|Green Lantern: First Flight]]''), Mirror Master, and Jimmy Olsen, and [[Nathan Fillion]] reprises the role of Hal Jordan/Green Lantern from ''[[Green Lantern Emerald Knights (Film)|Green Lantern Emerald Knights]]''. Michael Rosenbaum also voices the Flash, but [http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/39061/nycc2011-dc-animation-panel-report---catwoman-justice-league-doom the Flash is Barry Allen] and not Wally West like the Flash he voiced in ''[[Justice League]]''. Other voice actors include Bumper Robinson (''[[Transformers Animated]]'') as Cyborg, Paul Blackthorne (''[[The Dresden Files (TV)|The Dresden Files]]'') as Metallo, [[Carlos Alazraqui]] (''[[Reno 911]]'') as Bane, [[Grey Delisle]] (''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'') as [[Lois Lane]], and [[Claudia Black]] (''[[Stargate SG 1]]'') as Cheetah.

 

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: Vandal Savage, once more.

* [[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 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.}}

* [[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.

** Considering the readiness with which he countered the plans, it's likely that Batman also [[Up to Eleven|had contingency plans for the contingency plans]].

** Bane's first fight against Batman also counts. Bats only survives because of Bane's [[Bond Villain Stupidity]], as explained above.

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Vandal Savage. {{spoiler|While every other supervillain would build a single missile, thus allowing his plan to be foiled just by destroying it, Vandal puts smaller missiles in his big missile, AND THEN puts smaller mini-missiles inside those missiles. Sup, dawg, we heard you like missiles...}}

** Vandal Savage's plan involving solar flares is similar to the Legion of Doom's plan [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] in an episode of ''[[Super Friends]]''.

* [[Neck Snap]]: Bane does this to an alligator that attacks him.

* [[No Badass to His Valet]]: In the opening battle sequence, Batman gets pretty badly hurt, but being Batman wants to shrug it off and keeps working. Wonder Woman offers to let him use her [[Auto Doc|Purple Healing Ray]] to cut down his recuperation time; he ignores her. But when he's back at the Batcave, Alfred insists that he rest and get medical care, and stares him down.

* [[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.

'''Alfred:''' By whom?<br />

'''Batman:''' By {{spoiler|me}}!! }}

** {{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.}}

* [[Whip It Good]]: How Wonder Woman uses her Golden Lasso.

* [[Woman Scorned]]: Pretty clearly this is Star Sapphire's problem with Green Lantern.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Happily averted. When he's in an ensemble, Superman often goes down very easily to emphasize how dangerous an opponent is; early seasons of [[Justice League]] were especially bad about this. But in ''Doom'' he is clearly the team's mightiest member.