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[[File:youngjusticepromotional1_2367.jpg|frame|[[Intro Dump|The original team from left to right]]: [[The Archer|Artemis]], [[Badass Normal|Robin]], [[Insufferable Genius|Kid Flash]], [[Badass|Superboy]], [[Naive Newcomer|Miss Martian]], [[Team Dad|Aqualad]].]]

 

{{quote|"''Don't'' call them sidekicks."|'''Tagline'''}}

The second season is set [[Time Skip|five years later]] with an [[Heroes Unlimited|expanded Team]] of old and new members. The now-adult Robin, now known as [[Nightwing]], is still on the Team as leader and mentor to the junior members -- [[Legacy Character|the new Robin]], [[Wonder Girl]], Beast Boy, Lagoon Boy, [[Blue Beetle]] and others. Superboy and Miss Martian also remain as mentors, while other members have left the team, some to join the League itself.

 

 

Despite sharing the title, it is not an direct adaptation of the [[Young Justice (comics)|comic book series of the same name]] created by [[Peter David]], and the storyline with The Light is original to the show. However, it does draw material from ''Young Justice'', ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' and other DC Comics series, and David is one of the scriptwriters.

The series is set in a "young [[The DCU|DC Universe]]", Earth-16 of the DC [[Multiverse]], during an era informally dubbed by the [[Powers That Be]] as the New Age of Heroes. While the series follows an episodic format, there are [[Myth Arc|multiple subplots and overall story arcs weaved throughout the episodes]]. Though the Team's missions are the main focus, their personal lives at home and school are explored as well. The series makes use of many, ''many'' characters from the wider DC Universe as the supporting cast, including characters which had never previously been animated.

 

 

 

Has a [[Young Justice (animation)/Recap|Recap page]] and, [[The Wiki Rule|in the grand tradition of the internet]], the show [http://youngjustice.wikia.com has its own Wiki].

'''Superboy:''' And you can't drown me! I'm a Kryptonian! We don't breathe air! }}

* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]:

** With the addition of Zatanna in "Humanity", the Team gained a female set of Artemis (Blonde), Zatanna (Brunette) and Miss Martian (Redhead).

** Season two gives a new set with Wonder Girl (Blonde), Bumblebee (Brunette) and Batgirl (Redhead).

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Miss Martian gets these after a compliment from Superboy. Or after he takes his shirt off.

* [[Body Horror]]:

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Karen Beecher [[Chekhov's Gunman|appears as a classmate of Superboy and Miss Martian in several episodes of season one]]; during the Halloween episode she is dressed as Bumblebee, the superhero identity she had in the comics which she did not assume until season two of the series.

* [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]]: Vandal Savage believes it ''should be'', at least.

* [[Emergency Transformation]]: Unintentional, but in order to save the life of a dying boy, Miss Martian shapeshifts her cells to match his blood type. His eyes are shown to have changed green later on. His name is [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Garfield Logan]].

* [[Emotionally Tongue-Tied]]: Superboy spends episode 3 uncertain on how to apologize to Miss Martian after he lashes out at her for using [[Telepathy]].

** In season one, the male members of the Team are either straight hand-to-hand combatants, or include hand-to-hand with their weaponry. The female members of the Team, however, have telekinesis, a bow-and-arrow, magic and technology gadgetry so they do not need to physically touch their opponents.

** [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in season two, where the first episode introduces Wonder Girl and Batgirl, two hand-to-hand combatants that serve as some of the members of the newer Team.

* [[Harmless Freezing]]: At least to Miss Martian, due to her [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]. Being frozen by an ice villain is implied to usually be fatal.

{{quote|'''Miss Martian''': It's pretty cold where I come from...}}

* [[He's Just Hiding]]: Wally's in-universe reaction to Artemis and the rest of the Team's deaths in "Failsafe", because he thinks the beams are just transporters.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Dick Grayson (Robin I) and Wally West (Kid Flash) according to [[Word of God]].

* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: Mount Justice is this, by Robin and Kid Flash's admission. See [[Home Base]] below.

'''Kid Flash''': Uh... He means, we're hiding in plain sight. }}

* [[Holding Hands]]:

** "Failsafe" opened with the defeat of the entire Justice League and steadily went downhill. {{spoiler|[[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Which was the entire point]].}}

* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Kid Flash and Robin {{spoiler|share a wordless sentiment right before charging into their "final battle." It's likely that such a message was conveyed between the two best friends.}}

** When Superboy first awakes in Cadmus, they make a point of referring to him as "it" and "the weapon."

** Harm calls Artemis and Zatanna "its."

** Batman defeated Clayface in his first appearance with electric batarangs; when Robin tried it again in Clayface's second appearance, Clayface explained that that trick did not work anymore. {{spoiler|It is a good thing the Team knew that and were only using the batarangs as a distraction}}.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Speedy.

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Subverted by Vandal Savage in the first season finale. He goes on a [[Motive Rant]] to Black Canary, Red Tornado, and Red Arrow, but he never actually gives any specific details about his plans.

* [[Kid Hero]]: The creators have promised that there will be some deconstruction of this trope on the show, especially in regards to Robin.

** Jaime Reyes mentions that Captain Atom was the one who told him about Ted Kord, the previous Blue Beetle. In the comics, Captain Atom and Ted were both [[Charlton Comics]] characters, and the latter even debuted in a back-up feature in Captain Atom's series.

** Jaime's Native American friend Tye Longshadow looks like a teenage version of [[Captain Ethnic|Apache Chief]] from ''[[Superfriends]]'', and he comes from a long line of [[wikipedia:Mescalero|Mescalero Apache]] chiefs. His last name is an allusion to Long Shadow from ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]] Unlimited'', who was himself an [[Expy]] of Apache Chief.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Miss Martian.

* [[Nay Theist]]: Kid Flash plays this role in "Denial."

* [[Nice to the Waiter]]: When the Flash and Zatarra rescue Iris West-Allen from an alien invasion in "Failsafe," the first thing Iris does, after thanking the heroes, is ask Denny, her camerman, if he is okay. She is visibly relieved, and smiles, when he gives a thumbs-up.

* [[No Biochemical Barriers]]:

** Averted, as the characters explicitly point out that the biology of different alien species renders them immune to threats that would endanger the others. {{spoiler|That is why the Light uses magically enhanced biotechnology to get around the problem.}}

* [[No Conservation of Energy]]: Averted. Zatanna explicitly mentions that magic can only happen when there is energy to fuel it, usually given by the spellcaster.

* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]]: When it becomes clear to Black Manta that he won't be able to steal Starro's frozen body, he angrily declares that no one will have it and blows it up. This turned out to be the contingency plan if he couldn't steal it.

* [[No Social Skills]]:

** Superboy, as a clone grown in a controlled laboratory environment, is hostile and unaware of how to work with a team of equals.

* [[Panty Shot]]: In episode 10, Cheshire's dress is [http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm302/suss2it/3e0daa79.png evidently] not magic.

* [[Le Parkour]]: Kid Flash, in sort of a stumbly, not-always-exactly-as-intended way. Robin, on the other hand, is the stylish one.

{{quote|'''Red Volcano:''' [[Ironic Echo|No more "Pinocchios"]].}}

* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Wendy and Marvin are "[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=13510 best platonic friends]," according to [[Word of God]].

* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: Superboy, who's only 16 weeks old at the start of the series, but had already been aged to an adolescent by Cadmus so they could "weaponize" him.

* [[Pokémon-Speak]]: [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Secret]], since the last thing she saw before {{spoiler|her brother killed her was a neon sign that said "Secret."}}

* [[Popularity Food Chain]]: Lampshaded by Icicle, Jr. in the [[Prison Episode]]: there are strict groups and everyone better know his place.

* [[Power Glows]]:

** Doctor Fate is called "[[Doctor Strange|Earth's Sorcerer Supreme]]."

** Psimon: "Simon says: ''forget''!"

** Wally: [[Planet of the Apes|"Get your hands off her you]] [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|darn]] [[Planet of the Apes|dirty ape!"]]

** Judging from Wally's Halloween costume, he is a fan of ''[[Teen Wolf (film)|Teen Wolf]]''.

{{quote|'''Black Spider''': I don't suppose you'll let me finish off Jones and let me go on my web-slinging way?}}

** In "Schooled", Miss Martian briefly uses her shapeshifting powers to become a four-armed green-skinned Martian, reminiscent in form (though not in dress) of ''[[John Carter of Mars]]''.

** In "Earthlings", Adam Strange quotes Lewis Carroll in order to get some Rannian policemen to chase him, specifically [[Jabberwocky]] and [[Alice in Wonderland]]. Later Alanna, who obviously has never heard this tale and does not speak English, tries to do this to Kroleteans:

{{quote|'''Alanna''': [[Mondegreen|Bewore tha Jabarwok!]]}}

** Black Manta proves [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] when he notices that {{spoiler|Aqualad forgot to conceal his water-bearers when he and Garth stole the uniforms of two of his men.}}

** When {{spoiler|the Justice League was mind-controlled by Vandal Savage}}, one of the things that alerted the Team was {{spoiler|Batman}} [[Something They Would Never Say|calling them "kids".]]

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Zatanna is the only member of the Team who never does hand-to-hand combat.

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]:

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: It seems Artemis and Miss Martian are fitting this dynamic.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|Red Arrow was the most gung-ho about finding the mole, only to find out that he was unknowningly the mole the entire time. Even worse, he is actually a clone of the original Roy Harper, who was kidnapped by the Light three years prior.}}

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The commercial still during the debut spoiled that Miss Martian and Artemis would join the Team.

* [[Tracking Device]]: Amazo has these built in. So do Red Arrow's arrow heads.

* [[Translator Microbes]]:

 

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