History YMMV / JusticeLeagueOfAmerica

** Snapper Carr, ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' and the late-'90s ''{{Hourman}}'' series.

* MemeticSexGod: Dale Gunn, a bald, middle-aged, unpowered mechanic who [[http://absorbascon.blogspot.com/2006/01/real-world-detroit-starring-dale-gunn.html inexplicably]] had both Zatanna and Vixen after him in the Detroit era.

* {{Asspull}}: The Justice League of America once went up against Despero (an alien with vast mental powers, at the time recently powered-up to be almost as strong and invulnerable as {{Superman}}) with a mostly C-List team. How to beat him? With an innate Martian power that the MartianManhunter had never before mentioned that he had, because using it was so stressful that any given Martian can only do it [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]] in their life. Despite that, it was still a fairly well-received story. Another weird power of his was the ability to see through the flow of time. This somehow resulted in him being immune to the powers of an opponent who completely rewrote reality. Pulling never before seen powers out of his ass is the ComicBook/MartianManhunter's shtick. And then getting lit on fire the next time said power would have been useful.

** Creator./GrantMorrison's run did this for [[Franchise/GreenLantern Kyle Rayner]].

* AngstWhatAngst: The current version of Jhonny Quick apparently had a pretty horrific past that he is very keen not to talk about. His psychological scarring comes out in his willingness to kill people and laugh about it.

* AlienScrappy: Yazz.

* CompleteMonster: Felix Faust is one of the most power hungry sorcerers alive. Kicking off his career by selling his infant son's soul for his own ability, Faust committed many acts of cruel murder and torture to fuel his black magic. When he finally realized he could no longer bargain with his own tainted soul, Faust resorted to harvesting the soul of an innocent little girl to trade to demons. Faust offered his assistance to Black Adam to help resurrect Black Adam's wife Isis, but deceived Adam into thinking Isis's revival had failed, while Faust kept a paralyzed Isis to serve as his personal sex toy.

* {{Asspull}}: The Justice League of America once went up against Despero (an alien with vast mental powers, at the time recently powered-up to be almost as strong and invulnerable as {{Superman}}) with a mostly C-List team. How to beat him? With an innate Martian power that the MartianManhunter had never before mentioned that he had, because using it was so stressful that any given Martian can only do it [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]] in their life. Despite that, it was still a fairly well-received story. Another weird power of his was the ability to see through the flow of time. This somehow resulted in him being immune to the powers of an opponent who completely rewrote reality. Pulling never before seen powers out of his ass is the MartianManhunter's shtick. And then getting lit on fire the next time said power would have been useful.

* TheScrappy: Vibe, a member during its [[SeasonalRot "Detroit" era]], was widely hated for being a "hip", slang-spouting caricature of Puerto Rican youth whose power was basically super-breakdancing. His inevitable death, though, is one of [[AlasPoorScrappy the saddest moments]] in the League's history. Ironically enough, in the New 52 continuity, he's been given a big push by the company and is already enjoying [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap more popularity than his original ever did]].
* TakeThatScrappy: Vibe and Steel from the reviled ''[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Detroit]]'' were killed off several years after they were created due to negative fan reaction. Decades after their deaths, the characters are almost never mentioned in-universe unless in a negative manner.
** This itself got lampshaded when [[BlackestNight Black Lantern]] versions confronted the surviving Detroit Leaguers and basically asked why they were remembered as jokes while their teammates, Gypsy and Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, got to join the "real" League.

** Everything that came out as a result of ''Cry for Justice''.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: V1, #158. By this point, Red Tornado (who happens to be an android,) has been a member of the group for a while, but still has doubts about both himself, and his relationships with his other teammates. There are times when he isn't sure if his teammates truly trust him; where he wonders if all they think of him is just some machine. In this issue, that matter is solved once and for all. After Red Tornado ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome contains a freaking explosion,]]'' he briefly falls unconscious, and drops into the sea below. He probably could have flown out shortly after, but Batman, after dealing with other matters, fly's back to Reddy' in his jet, and pulls him out of the drink with a rope. As he's climbing, we get this:

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tomorrow Woman of Grant Morrison's run on ''JLA''. Originally debuting and making a HeroicSacrifice in the same issue, she was so popular she reappeared in a special one-shot dedicated to her, was briefly brought back in ''{{Hourman}}'' #2 by the main character, and then was brought back in ''Trinity'', [[spoiler: where she was permanently revived as a human woman with superpowers after the series ended]].
* FridgeHorror: ''JLA: Rock of Ages'' showed a possible future where Darkseid ruled. Darkseid had a scar on the right side of his face in that future and his jawline was more pronounced. In ''JLA: WWIII'' General Eiling says that he is "the face of tomorrow". Note that he had red eyes, a lantern jaw and a scar on the right side of his face. Now take into account FinalCrisis, where Darkseid manages to cheat death by hiding in human hosts...

* TakeThatScrappy: Vibe and Steel from the reviled ''[[JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Detroit]]'' were killed off several years after they were created due to negative fan reaction. Decades after their deaths, the characters are almost never mentioned in-universe unless in a negative manner.

* FridgeHorror: ''JLA: Rock of Ages'' showed a possible future where Darkseid ruled. Darkseid had a scar on the right side of his face in that future and his jawline was more pronounced. In ''JLA: WWIII'' General Eiling says that he is "the face of tomorrow". Note that he had red eyes, a lantern jaw and a scar on the right sine of his face. Now take into account FinalCrisis, where Darkseid manages to cheat death by hiding in human hosts...

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: V1, #158. By this point, Red Tornado (who happens to be an android,) has been a member of the group for a while, but still has doubts about both himself, and his relationships with his other teammates. There are times when he isn't sure if his teammates truly trust him; where he wonders if all they think of him is just some machine. In this issue, that matter is solved once and for all. After Red Tornado ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome contains a freaking explosion,]'' he briefly falls unconscious, and drops into the sea below. He probably could have flown out shortly after, but Batman, after dealing with other matters, fly's back to Reddy' in his jet, and pulls him out of the drink with a rope. As he's climbing, we get this:

-->'''Red Tornado:'''"Am'' I... your ''friend?''" *And at that, Batman, of all people, simply clasps Reddy's hand, and smiles; Reddy smiles in turn.*

-->Red Tornado: "But... how could you find me, out '''here...?'''
-->Batman: "How do you think? I followed you in my Batplane! A Justice Leaguer doesn't desert his friends, Reddy!"
-->''"Am'' I... your ''friend?''" *And at that, Batman, of all people, simply clasps Reddy's hand, and smiles; Reddy smiles in turn.*

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The latest version of ''Justice League International'' after ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The latest version of ''Justice League International'' after ''{{Flashpoint}}''.

* Asspull: The Justice League of America once went up against Despero (an alien with vast mental powers, at the time recently powered-up to be almost as strong and invulnerable as {{Superman}}) with a mostly C-List team. How to beat him? With an innate Martian power that the MartianManhunter had never before mentioned that he had, because using it was so stressful that any given Martian can only do it [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once]] in their life. Despite that, it was still a fairly well-received story. Another weird power of his was the ability to see through the flow of time. This somehow resulted in him being immune to the powers of an opponent who completely rewrote reality. Pulling never before seen powers out of his ass is the MartianManhunter's shtick. And then getting lit on fire the next time said power would have been useful.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The latest version of ''Justice League International'' after ''{{Flashpoint}}''.
* UnfortunateImplications: ''Justice League'' #22 revealed that Doctor Light, as in former CompleteMonster Arthur Light, is a member of the Justice League of America. Not only that, but he is now a conflicted but good man who is also a father of three children and married to a woman named "Kim" who is implied to be Kimiyo Hoshi, the second and heroic Doctor Light and whom Arthur threatened to rape and kill on a number of occasions.
** Also, the three children mentioned? ''All girls.'' There is nothing about that which is okay.

* UnfortunateImplications: ''Justice League'' #22 revealed that Doctor Light, as in former CompleteMonster Arthur Light, is a member of the Justice League of America. Not only that, but he is now a conflicted but good man who is also a father of three children and married to a woman named "Kim" who is implied to be Kimiyo Hoshi, the second and heroic Doctor Light and whom Arthur threatened to rape on a number of occassions.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The latest version of ''Justice League International'' after ''{{Flashpoint}}''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tomorrow Woman of Grant Morrison's run on ''JLA''. Originally debuting and making a HeroicSacrifice in the same issue, she was so popular she reappeared in a special one-shot dedicated to her, was briefly brought back in ''{{Hourman}}'' #2 by the main character, and then was brought back in ''{{Trinity}}'', [[spoiler: where she was permanently revived as a human woman with superpowers after the series ended]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tomorrow Woman of Grant Morrison's run on ''JLA''. Originally debuting and making a HeroicSacrifice in the same issue, she was so popular she reappeared in a special one-shot dedicated to her, was briefly brought back in ''{{Hourman}}'' #2 by the main character, and then was brought back in ''{{Trinity}}'', [[spoiler: where she was permanently revived as a human woman with superpowers after the series ended]].