History YMMV / DCNation

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''New WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/PlasticMan'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemWorld'' were all considered standout shorts that should have become fully-fledged TV shows; ''New Teen Titans'' was well-received enough that ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' was created, and ''Super Best Friends Forever'' eventually achieved a SpiritualSuccessor in the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' TV series.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''New WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''ComicBook/PlasticMan'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemWorld'' were all considered standout shorts that should have become fully-fledged TV shows; ''New Teen Titans'' was well-received enough that ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' was created, and ''Super Best Friends Forever'' eventually achieved a SpiritualSuccessor in the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' TV series.

* TooGoodToLast: As one of the last bastions to the SaturdayMorningCartoon format, and airing two popular cartoons in the forms of ''Young Justice'' and ''Green Lantern: the Animated Series'', the block caught on very well with fans. But then both cartoons got abruptly cancelled, replacement series ''Beware the Batman'' suffered DevelopmentHell due to the Aurora Shooting, and the ''DC Nation Shorts'' slowed production. The block ended up being scrapped two years after it's creation.

* CrackShip: Averted...mostly. Most of the ships have some basis in comics, or (in the case of canon/OC pairings or pairings that came about due to canon differences) were handled matter-of-factly. There is no explanation for Kory and Hugo that ''isn't'' made of crack, however.

** The Shazam short "Courage" has Billy Batson fumbling his magic word because he's too scared to say it properly. He eventually turns into a skinless Captain Marvel. Did we forget to mention that we see '''his internal organs and his exposed muscles?'''

** The Shazam short "Courage" has Billy Batson fumbling his magic word because he's too scared to say it properly. He eventually turns into a skinless Captain Marvel. And yes, we get to see his ''internal organs and his exposed muscles.''

* TooGoodToLast: As one of the last bastions to the SaturdayMorningCartoon format, and airing two popular cartoons in the forms of ''Young Justice'' and ''Green Lantern: the Animated Series'', the block caught on very well with fans. But then both cartoons got abrupts cancelled, replacement series ''Beware the Batman'' suffered DevelopmentHell due to the Aurora Shooting, and the ''DC Nation Shorts'' slowed production. The block ended up being scrapped two years after it's creation.

* HarsherInHindsight: The ''New Teen Titans'' shorts. A SuperDeformed parody of the original series, it was very popular with fans and successful enough to spawn a show based on it. However [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo the result]] [[InNameOnly wasn't what fans of the shorts or the original show were expecting at all]], and it would end up being the only show to get regular airtime, and the only one to survive the block's cancellation.

** The Shazam short "Courage" has Billy Batson fumbling his magic word because he's too scared to say it properly. He eventually turns into a skinless Captain Marvel. And yes, we get to see his internal organs and his exposed muscles.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''New WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemWorld'' were all considered standout shorts that should have become fully-fledged TV shows; ''New Teen Titans'' was well-received enough that ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' was created, and ''Super Best Friends Forever'' eventually achieved a SpiritualSuccessor in the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' TV series.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: ''New WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemWorld'' were all considered standout shorts that should have become their own series; ''New Teen Titans'' was well-received enough that ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' was created, and ''Super Best Friends Forever'' eventually achieved a SpiritualSuccessor in the 2019 ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls'' TV series.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Due to the shorts featuring many less well-known characters along with being stylistically interesting, some of them lead to hope in them getting their own fully-fledged series, such as ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld''. ''New Teen Titans'' was also well-received enough to spur the creation of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''.

* InternetBackdraft: The changing of the block from its first version to the second.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Due to the shorts featuring many less well-known characters along with being stylistically interesting, some of them lead to hope in them getting their own fully-fledged series, such as ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'', ''New Teen Titans'', and ''WesternAnimation/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'', with ''New Teen Titans'' more or less leading into ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The ''New Teen Titans'' shorts. A SuperDeformed parody of the original series, it was very popular with fans and successful enough to spawn a show based on it. However [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo the result]] [[InNameOnly wasn't what fans of the shorts or the original show were expecting at all]], and it would end up being the only show to get regular airtime, and the only one to survive the block's cancellation.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The ''New Teen Titans'' shorts. A SuperDeformed parody of the original series, it was very popular with fans and successful enough to spawn a show based on it. However [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo the result]] [[InNameOnly wasn't what fans of the shorts were expecting at all]], and it would end up being the only show to get regular airtime, and the only one to survive the block's cancellation.

* TheyJustDidntCare: This is how Creator/CartoonNetwork basically treats the block. They not only [[InvisibleAdvertising just barely advertise]] it, but when they do, they make flimsy promises of "new episodes"... even though the shows they've promised new episodes for (''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', specifically) have already ended. There's also that incident where the block was removed from the air without any warning or reason whatsoever in Fall 2012, [[InternetBackdraft angering the fans greatly]], and it wasn't reinstated until the following ''January''. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Creator/CartoonNetwork is secretly trying to ruin the block's ratings just so they can have an excuse for canceling it permanently.
** This same treatment extends to the shows themselves that air on DC Nation. As already stated, ''Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' and ''Young Justice'' were treated lazily at best before getting screwed over, and eventually replaced by ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. ''Beware the Batman'' itself is also getting screwed over royally, being limited to only one slot on DC Nation, barely advertised, and then being unceremoniously put on hiatus. On the other hand, ''Teen Titans Go!'', the only DC Nation show so far to have gotten preferential treatment (possibly due to the fact that it's a comedy instead of an action show like the others), is given constant advertising and airs on two timeslots: one for new episodes on prime time Tuesdays, and one on DC Nation for reruns.

* HilariousInHindsight: The Shazam short "Courage" has Billy Batson turn into his alter ego so he can watch a scary movie. The movie's title happened to be ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''.

* FanonDiscontinuity: the sentiment explaining how [[http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower JLA Watchtower]] and Roleplay/DCNation became an AlternateContinuity. One of the original intents was to parallel the events in "regular" DC Comics, but events like Infinite Crisis and the controversial [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Nightwing #91]] disgusted some of the players so much it was then decided that the game would establish its own damn continuity.

* FanonDiscontinuity: pretty much the sentiment explaining how [[http://community.livejournal.com/jla_watchtower JLA Watchtower]] and Roleplay/DCNation became an AlternateContinuity. One of the original intents was to parallel the events in "regular" DC Comics, but events like Infinite Crisis and the controversial [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Nightwing #91]] disgusted some of the players so much it was then decided that the game would establish its own damn continuity.

** This same treatment extends to the shows themselves that air on DC Nation. As already stated, ''Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' and ''Young Justice'' were treated lazily at best before getting screwed over, and eventually replaced by ''BewareTheBatman'' and ''TeenTitansGo''. ''Beware the Batman'' itself is also getting screwed over royally, being limited to only one slot on DC Nation, barely advertised, and then being unceremoniously put on hiatus. On the other hand, ''Teen Titans Go!'', the only DC Nation show so far to have gotten preferential treatment (possibly due to the fact that it's a comedy instead of an action show like the others), is given constant advertising and airs on two timeslots: one for new episodes on prime time Tuesdays, and one on DC Nation for reruns.