History YMMV / YoungJustice2010

* SpiritualAdaptation: ''Outsiders'' is the closest thing to an ''ComicBook/XMen'' animated series we've had in a very long time. Substitute "mutant" with "metahuman", and it's a very easy comparison to make, and some would say that ''Outsiders'' have done the ''X-Men'' concept ''better'' than the recent stories. ''Outsiders'' focuses on the discrimination and weaponization of {{Differently Powered Individual}}s via metahuman trafficking, a criminal enterprise that's plagued the world. The main characters are heroic outcasts, fighting the good fight when the world is actively pushing against them to do so, and integrates real-world subtext in with the storyline by tackling social issues in a way that isn't intrusive or at the expense of the plot. One of the things it does better is how the general public reacts -- many civilians support the heroes, and they gain more support over time. The metahumans aren't treated with universal hatred like the mutants often are, and there's more nuance than many ''X-Men'' stories had while also avoiding potential questions that comes in dealing with FantasticRacism for one superpowered race in a setting where many different origins exist; one of the most commonly asked questions by the fans of Marvel is "why does everyone hate mutants, but give all the ''other'' superpowered beings a pass?". To that end, it's done very well.

* SpiritualAdaptation: ''Outsiders'' is the closest thing to an ''ComicBook/XMen'' animated series we've had in a very long time. Substitute "mutant" with "metahuman", and it's a very easy comparison to make, and some would say that ''Outsiders'' have done the ''X-Men'' concept ''better'' than the recent stories. ''Outsiders'' focuses on the discrimination and weaponization of {{Differently Powered Individual}}s via metahuman trafficking, a criminal enterprise that's plagued the world. The main characters are heroic outcasts, fighting the good fight when the world is actively pushing against them to do so, and integrates real-world subtext in with the storyline by tackling social issues in a way that isn't intrusive or at the expense of the plot. One of the things it does better is how the general public reacts -- many civilians support the heroes, and they gain more support over time. The metahumans aren't treated with universal hatred like the mutants often are, and there's more nuance than many ''X-Men'' stories had while also avoiding potential questions that comes in dealing with FantasticRacism for one superpowered race in a setting where many different origins exist; one of the most commonly asked questions by the fans of Marvel is "why does everyone hate mutants, but give all the ''other'' superpowered beings a pass?". To that end, it's done very well.

** Season 4 attempted to address this criticism by finally giving the founding members of the Team the spotlight they lost in the previous season and dedicating storylines to them again, through the form of an experimental formula where each hero had their own storyline to themselves with an ArcVillain while a major antagonist advanced in the background. However, this did not entirely pan out in the long run and resulted in another season derided by the fandom, as many heroes still faded into the background of their own story arcs, which also had to compete with the show's focus on real-world issues (now taking the form of a divisive depression storyline handed to Beast Boy throughout all their storylines), and it got to the point even the Light was less relevant to the season (only returning in full force in the finale).

* SeasonalRot: Season 3 is considered much weaker than its previous seasons by most of the viewership. The structure changed dramatically to mimic a live action show, abandoning its previous recon tone. While Season 2 marked the start of members of the Team being out of focus, it only truly started negatively affecting the quality in season 3. The Team is DemotedToExtra, while most of the focus shifts to the newcomers recruited into Nightwing's team and the Outsiders, which is considered to be very inefficient, with characters who were given the spotlight all throughout the season still coming off as underdeveloped, such as Impulse, Blue Beetle, and M'gann being OutOfFocus. A lot of Fanservice served to hurt the series further. And at some point it simply feels like the show is some twisted parody of itself (i.e. Garfield having Teen Titans Go! hallucinations, or Wally West unnecessarily appearing in hallucinations.) The series also starts handing out its IdiotBall, with characters making questionable choices, even Batman (i.e. allowing Helga Jace, a civilian who was knowingly doing questionable acts such as tar-ing two of the Markov siblings, was allowed to overhear much of the heroes development, even the compartmentalization plot. And, with none of the Bat-family detectives figuring out that Jace had been leaking information to The Light.)

** Darkseid being portrayed as rarely getting his hands dirty[[note]]His only onscreen fight to date takes place in a flashback detailing Vandal Savage's backstory and how they became partners[[/note]] has met some criticism for Darkseid seeming to barely do anything in the show, instead taking a backseat to his minions and partners in regard to screentime and story relevance despite being one of the primary candidates for the BigBad of the DC comics canon. However, this is actually quite accurate to his earliest appearances in the 1970s and 1980s, when Darkseid largely remained confined to the ComicBook/NewGods comic, never paid attention to the other heroes of the DC universe, and preferred not to actively fight heroes (with ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga'' and ''ComicBook/{{Legends}}'', some of the first major storylines to have him directly face non-New Gods heroes, primarily portraying him as a manipulator similar to the members of the Light, with the latter even inspiring ''Young Justice'''s portrayal of Glorious Godfrey)[[note]]Even his flashback appearance saw him only use Omega Beams, as Darkseid in the comics preferred using these rather than fighting people directly[[/note]], comics that Greg Weisman would have been familiar with during his tenure as a comic book writer at that point. It's primarily due to [[AudienceColoringAdaptation Audience-Coloring Adaptations]] such as the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse and Creator/GeoffJohns' run on ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'' (and in turn the myriad of adaptations based on it, such as ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'') that he became popularized as a more openly aggressive conqueror, making it quite unusual for ''Young Justice'' to revert him back to his classic portrayal as working from behind the scenes. Granted, the show's tendency to portray him as TheVoiceless (chalked up to the show's constrained budget limiting the use of guest actors such as Michael-Leon Wooley, who only voiced Darkseid in a single episode), contrasting his original comics self still having plenty of dialogue, did also play a part in making him appear overshadowed by his more frequently appearing minions.

*** This becomes even more complicated in the latter half of Season 3, where Beast Boy's newly created 'public' team is referred to by him as 'Outsiders', and Nightwing's team that had the spotlight in the first half has seemingly now had the majority of its members rejoining the old team or joining Beast Boy's new team, barring Nightwing, Black Lightning, and Cyborg[[note]][[spoiler: Until Cyborg joined the Outsiders later on, Nightwing finally returned to the Team, and Black Lightning became the Justice League's new leader]][[/note]]. One could make the case that the "Outsiders" of the title is meant to refer to both teams, with Nightwing's team in the first half of the season being 'outsiders' (albeit drawing inspiration from the [[ComicBook/OutsidersDCComics Outsiders]] of the comics), while Beast Boy's in the second half is actually ''named'' the Outsiders (but based primarily on the ComicBook/TeenTitans).

** WordOfGod says [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=13322 "Young Justice" is just the name of the show]] while the team is just "the team". Thus they have yet to be [[TitleDrop called "Young Justice" on-screen]]. In-universe, since the team isn't public like the Justice League, it doesn't get to have a "fancy name." This also further differentiates the team from the original ComicBook/YoungJustice of the comics.

*** This becomes even more complicated in the latter half of Season 3, where Beast Boy's newly created 'public' team is referred to by him as 'Outsiders', and Nightwing's team that had the spotlight in the first half has seemingly now had the majority of its members rejoining the old team or joining Beast Boy's new team, barring Nightwing, Black Lightning, and Cyborg[[note]][[spoiler: Until Cyborg joined the Outsiders later on, Nightwing finally returned to the Team, and Black Lightning became the Justice League's new leader]][[/note]]. One could make the case that the "Outsiders" of the title is meant to refer to both teams, with Nightwing's team in the first half of the season being 'outsiders', while Beast Boy's in the second half is the Outsiders.

** WordOfGod says [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=13322 "Young Justice" is just the name of the show]] while the team is just "the team". Thus they have yet to be [[TitleDrop called "Young Justice" on-screen]]. In-universe, since the team isn't public like the Justice League, it doesn't get to have a "fancy name." This also further differentiates the team from the original Comicbook/YoungJustice of the comics.

** In the wake of Arsenal joining up with the Runaways, fans have started calling dubbing the group "[[ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders The Outsiders]]" and "[[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws The Outlaws.]]"

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of the ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' comics give this show flak, particularly because it's [[InNameOnly using the name]] while being closer in sensibility to the more serious ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comics. In the same way, the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon is closer to the less serious ''Young Justice'' comics, and caught some flak of its own for that. Still, roster additions in season 2 increased the number of ''Young Justice'' comics characters.

** Miss Martian. A horrible abomination of a character, or a delightful breath of fresh air in a team full of jerks? Her CatchPhrase ("Hellooo, Megan!") isn't helping matters. [[spoiler:Though these turned out to be ArcWords as well, directly connected to her character issues (and indirectly, Beast Boy).]] As of "Earthlings", we have whether or not [[spoiler: her {{mind rap|e}}ing a Krolotean leader to get information was [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill unnecessary and overkilling it]] or whether [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she did what she had to do.]]]] This latter behaviour also extends into her romantic relationship with Superboy, with the disturbing implications of her abuse of power on him in Season 2 to make him forget they argued, though she eventually realizes she was wrong and apologizes. It also doesn't help that his status as an impressionable, freshly created clone and her chronological age (48, the equivalent of 16 for a Martian), and giving him the name of her TV boyfriend as part of her insistence on modeling her life after her favorite TV show, can come across as child grooming and just plain psychologically unhealthy for both of them.

** Miss Martian. A horrible abomination of a character, or a delightful breath of fresh air in a team full of jerks? Her CatchPhrase ("Hellooo, Megan!") isn't helping matters. [[spoiler:Though these turned out to be ArcWords as well, directly connected to her character issues (and indirectly, Beast Boy).]] As of "Earthlings", we have whether or not [[spoiler: her {{mind rap|e}}ing a Krolotean leader to get information was [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill unnecessary and overkilling it]] or whether [[IDidWhatIHadToDo she did what she had to do.]]]] This latter behaviour also extends into her relationship with Superboy, with the disturbing implications of her abuse of power on him. It also doesn't help that his fresh clone status and her age and insistence on modeling her life and his name after her favorite TV show can come across as child grooming.

** Lagoon Boy. In the comics, he was pretty cool, despite not being as characterized as the other heroes. He was even pretty ripped, to the point where his puffer form reaches [[Franchise/DragonBall Roshi-On-Max-Mode]] levels of ripped. Here, he’s less characterized and a PlotDevice in Superboy and Miss Martian's story and is a {{Jerkass}} to almost everyone, especially Superboy. It reaches the point where he even disrespected his ex-girlfriend M'gann once when immediately threw an accusation into her face that she was still in love with Conner after she breaks up with him (La'gaan). Also, he’s lacking the muscular features that his comic counterpart had, instead being a bit lanky and being extremely fat in his puffer form.

** [[spoiler:Robin and Wonder Girl]] hooking up in the series finale, mostly because ''they're never seen interacting with one another beforehand''.

** Miss Martian and Superboy making out while still disguised as brother and sister. Would it have been so hard for Conner to give Megan some sort of warning so she could drop the disguise ''before'' she and Superboy played tonsil hockey? Icicle Jr. has this ''exact'' reaction in-universe.

** One significant criticism of season 4 was the extensive focus on the traumas suffered by Beast Boy, which while a [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome more realistic depiction of trauma]], was happening to a famed comic relief character in the comics who usually [[SadClown put a smile on in spite of his suffering]]. But he had shown problems with coping with his losses as far back as season 2. There, he had a brief moment where a waterfall on Rann reminded him of his mother's death, and another where he watched his mother's old TV show. Being the only such moments showing how he was hurting, it was used to show emotional depth, and he didn't angst over it every episode. Season 3 expanded on how he coped with several deaths of people in his life (both revealed in flashbacks and having already been known to have died in season 2), but he had been DemotedToExtra at that point, so it was ADayInTheLimelight for him until [[AscendedExtra he retook his spot in the cast]], and even then he still didn't angst over any of them throughout the season (Wally's then-recent death was being grieved over by other characters like Dick and Artemis instead). In contrast to both earlier seasons keeping his trauma in check, season 4 used it to make Beast Boy [[TookALevelInJerkass become far more paranoid and agitated]]. This initially fit with his focus in Miss Martian's arc, but following [[spoiler:Lor-Zod's seemingly successful murder of Superboy]], he was handed a depression arc that excessively stole screentime from Artemis', Zatanna's, Kaldur's, and Raquel's arcs throughout the season and further contributed to the divisive nature of his characterization, and had a less satisfying payoff for some (his recovery is shown in less detail than his downfall aside from his new therapy dog Wingman, [[spoiler:he never joins the final battle against the forces of General Zod nor encounters Lor-Zod, and he mentions Superboy being alive without his reaction to Superboy's survival being shown onscreen]]).

* ShippingGoggles: A sect of fans seem to believe Superman and Wonder Woman may be a couple in this show's universe, despite a lack of screen time, characterization and interaction. Must be the fact that Lois Lane was nowhere to be seen before season 3 (minus a cameo in the tie-in comics).

%%* EvilIsSexy: Cheshire, Harm and Queen Bee (It doesn't hurt that she shares a voice actress with [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Demona]].)

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: ''Nightmare Monkeys'' is certainly quite the BizarroEpisode, from its ArtShift to ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'''s art style to it being a parody of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

** The show's tendency to use FakingTheDead, sometimes treated with equal weight to real deaths to avoid actually killing characters off, and largely avoiding the use of CListFodder as other iterations of DC comics stories would do, started to become more visible by season 3 and reached its apex in season 4[[note]]With the season long focus on [[spoiler:Superboy]] being thought dead and [[spoiler:Nightwing, Rocket, and Miss Martian]] being thought killed for a single episode[[/note]] and the ''Targets'' comic miniseries[[note]]Where [[spoiler:Miss Martian, Tigress, and Arrowette]] are seemingly attacked by their mind-controlled teammates only to have planned the whole encounter in advance to trick the Light[[/note]], with the actual deaths instead being given to civilians such as Joan Garrick, villains such as Baron Bedlam and [[spoiler:Lor-Zod]], and non-Justice League, non-Team heroes such as most of the Doom Patrol and [[spoiler:Tomar-Re]]. But it had warning signs from the earlier seasons where this was kept in check. The season 1 episode "Failsafe" killed nearly every hero off on Earth before turning out to take place inside a [[AllJustADream mental training program]], and season 2 had as a major plot point Artemis Crock faking her death to become Tigress and aid Aqualad in [[TheMole infiltrating the Light]]. However, both instances still had consequences. The Team members who underwent the simulation had to seek therapy when Miss Martian inadvertently hijacked control of it, and Artemis' undercover role was concealed from the Team by Nightwing, causing various consequences for these actions, and it was later followed by an actual death, the HeroicSacrifice of Wally West in the season 2 finale. Season 3 had the only faked death courtesy of Forager tricking Lobo into crushing his shed exoskeleton, but most other episodes would have Halo (who can heal from fatal wounds) seem to take all the gory deaths meant for other heroes. Season 4 marked the point where this was no longer able to be tolerated, as not only were several heroes only thought dead for at least one episode before turning up alive, but the entire season hinged on the fate of [[spoiler:Superboy]], who was still shown in [[InterfaceSpoiler the intro]] despite being presumed killed four episodes in, and resulted in consequences audiences were less tolerable about for being nearly nonexistent ([[spoiler:Superboy seamlessly returned to his old life unscathed]]) or for dragging on too long (such as Beast Boy's depression arc). This also continued the growing problem with the show building up such a large cast of characters, as the show became much darker and more violent, avoiding killing off major heroes permanently further contributed to the show's bloated cast.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Roy “Will” Harper suffered from a bad case of UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to an abrasive attitude, which even preceded his CloningBlues, developing a implied drug addiction, and then lashing out at his friends and family when they staged an intervention. So ''many'' fans were pleasantly surprised when he reappeared at the start of Season 3 as a [[CharacterDevelopment devoted]], [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]], mostly-retired-from-heroics single father focused on running his own small business and doing his best to raise his young daughter after his wife's [[AmbiguousSituation mysterious]] departure. His [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] episode is one of the better-regarded episodes of the first half for being a BreatherEpisode after a three-part DarkerAndEdgier season premiere. It helps greatly that he is based off a version of Roy Harper whose absence in the comics for over a decade now is something a [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall vocal]] group of fans are still ''very'' bitter about, giving fans starved for any content relating to that character something to enjoy. Also, the existence of both him and the original Roy Harper means that fans of either (or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]) versions of the character can get what they want. Fans of the more mature, single-father Red Arrow Roy Harper (and his daughter, Lian) have 'Will', while fans of the newer, edgier Arsenal Roy Harper have the physically-younger, brasher, original Roy Harper. The only new aspects of 'Will' Harper a majority of fans don't seem to appreciate are his [[ShipTease heavily-suggested]] romantic interest in his [[NoYay sister-in-law]] and that his mostly-retired status means, like [[DemotedToExtra Wally]] in Season 2, he has [[OutOfFocus little-to-no relevance]] to the overarching plot of the season, with his appearances outside of his limelight episode being mostly a side-benefit of Artemis and Violet (and later, Tara) living in his house, and once Violet and Tara move out, he disappears almost entirely for the second half of the season.