History Recap / JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E7PatriotAct

* WinTheCrowd: InUniverse example, this is what the League members have to do with the parade audience, though they themselves never realize this; by episode's end, they manage it anyway.

'''Kid In Crowd:''' I didn't come here to see some stupid cowbow!\\

* RoleReprisal: Speedy shows up, and he has the same voice actor as his '"WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' incarnation, Mike Erwin, and has the same outfit.

General Wade Eiling from Cadmus steals the [[StupidJetpackHitler "Captain Nazi"]] [[SuperSerum super-soldier serum]] and injects it into himself to "protect" the world from metahumans. With the more powerful League members busy, Green Arrow leads Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., Shining Knight, Crimson Avenger, Vigilante, and Speedy against him. Eiling only stops short of killing Shining Knight when a civilian points out that Eiling's reason for attacking the heroes is non-existent, as his entire reason for the attack was to rid the world of meta-humans and he was the only one there with super powers.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: "*You're* the only one around here with superpowers."

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: We get three in this episode. Spy Smasher stops the Nazis [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from creating a super soldier]] and steals the formula. General Eiling, who is [[ComicBook/TheHulk a general obsessed with stopping metahumans and protecting America]], injects himself wtih the Super Formula and becomes [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk a giant muscle bound monster that gets around by leaping]]. Although Eiling's monster form is actually from when (in the comics) he transferred his mind into the body of the monster "Shaggy Man." This episode also aired [[HilariousInHindsight a couple of years before]] ComicBook/RedHulk [[HilariousInHindsight debuted]].
* ArmorPiercingResponse: "You're the only one around here with super powers."

* BadassBystander[=/=]ShamedByAMob: After Eiling gives all the Justice League people a sound thrashing, he gets into another "must protect the people from metahumans regardless of the cost" spiel. The crowd responds with angry stares, and then a old lady calls him out on his disregard of the cost and a little kid tells him ''he's'' the only one with superpowers around. This makes him realize that [[YouAreWhatYouHate he's become what he hates]]. He leaves, [[KnightTemplar but not before he says he will be right one of these days and that they need the likes of him to protect the people from the likes of the Justice League]].

--> '''Speedy''': ''Oliver how many guys has this bozo taken out?''

* GodzillaThreshold: ComicBook/GreenArrow's [[TrickArrow Quantum Arrows]] are painted as such in this episode (given that they seemly create a explosion comparable to a pretty large explosive device), and are used, [[WorfBarrage but they don't work]].

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Despite their best efforts, the BadassNormal heroes in this episode are completely unable to defeat Eiling and he ultimately wins the fight. Near the end of the episode he (sort of) has a HeelRealization and simply [[PutOnABus leaves]], making the whole fight pointless. He isn't seen again.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Invoked repeatedly, as the entire reason that Eiling's not fighting the JLA's A-team is that the parade was considered too unimportant for Superman's busy schedule.

* GodzillaThreshold: ComicBook/GreenArrow [[TrickArrow Quantum Arrows]] are painted as such in this episode (given that they seemly create a explosion comparable to a pretty large explosive device) and are used [[WorfBarrage but they don't work]].

** The "Captain Nazi" serum is a pretty tongue-in-cheek reference to the ComicBook/{{Shazam}} villain.

* CallBack: The test animals mentioned by the Cadmus scientist are likely the ones seen in Ultimatum.

* ArmourPiercingResponse: "You're the only one around here with super powers."

* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: We get three in this episode. Spy Smasher stops the Nazis [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica from creating a super soldier]] and steals the formula. General Eiling, who is [[ComicBook/TheHulk a general obsessed with stopping metahumans and protecting America]], injects himself wtih the Super Formula and becomes [[ComicBook/RedHulk a giant muscle bound monster that gets around by leaping]].
** Although Eiling's monster form is actually from when (in the comics) he transferred his mind into the body of the monster "Shaggy Man." This episode also aired [[HilariousInHindsight months before Red Hulk debuted]].

* MythologyGag: The heroes that defend the parade (Green Arrow, Vigilante, Shining Knight, Stargirl, S.T.R.I.P.E., Crimson Avenger and Speedy) are the DCAU versions of the original Seven Soldiers of Victory.

** The "Captain Nazi" serum is a pretty tongue-in-cheek reference to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

** The four children the Vigilante deputizes resemble Tommy, Big Words, Gabby, and Scrapper of DCs 40's "kid gang" the Newsboy Legion.

** Although Eiling's monster form is actually from when (in the comics) he transferred his mind into the body of the monster "Shaggy Man." This episode also aired [[HilariousInHindsight months before Red Hulk debuted]]/

** The "Captain Nazi" serum is a pretty tongue-in-cheek reference to [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica]].

* CallBack: The test animals mentioned by the Cadmus scientist as likely the ones seen in Ultimatum.

* GodzillaThreshold: GreenArrow [[TrickArrow Quantum Arrows]] are painted as such in this episode (given that they seemly create a explosion comparable to a pretty large explosive device) and are used [[WorfBarrage but they don't work]].

** Although Eiling's monster form is actually from when (in the comics) he transferred his mind into the body of the monster "Shaggy Man."

* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake: even though all the heroes present do not have any superhuman abilities they refuse to yield to Eiling and his demands to bring Superman and refuse to lie down in defeat even in the face of the utter beatings he giving to all of them.

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Despite their best efforts, the BadassNormal villains in this episode are completely unable to defeat Eiling and he ultimately wins the fight. Near the end of the episode he (sort of) has a HeelRealization and simply [[PutOnABus leaves]], making the whole fight pointless. He isn't seen again.

* StupidJetpackHitler: The source of the the SuperSerum Eiling uses to become a hulked-out monster in his bid to gain equal footing versus the Justice League ,The original batch was confiscated during WWII in the episode opener and reading a report on it's effects is why Eiling steals it for his use during the episode.

* CanonImmigrant: Eiling was first mentioned in the third incarnation of the Justice League (the ''JLA'' comics series). In that version, he was suffering from a brain tumor, leading him to give illogical orders and transplant his mind into the body of the "Shaggy Man."
* CastingGag: Speedy shows up, and he has the same voice actor as his '"WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' incarnation and has the same outfit.

* HilariousInHindsight: General Eiling appears to be a take on General Thunderbolt Ross, as both of them are concerned about metahumans and believe the military should take them down. In this episode he transforms himself into [[ComicBook/RedHulk a large muscle bound monster]]. This was before Ross did the same thing in the comics.