Young Justice (2010) - Justice League / Characters

This page is for listing tropes related to members of the organization known as the Justice League in the animated series Young Justice (2010).

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In General

Current Members: Clark Kent / Superman, Bruce Wayne / Batman, Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, Barry Allen / The Flash, Hal Jordan / Green Lantern, J'onn J'onnz / Martian Manhunter, Oliver Queen / Green Arrow, Katar Hol / Hawkman, Shayera Thal / Hawkwoman, Nathanial Adams / Captain Atom, Dinah Lance / Black Canary, John Stewart / Green Lantern, Billy Batson / Captain Marvel, Red Tornado, Nabu / Doctor Fate, Ray Palmer / The Atom, Eel O'Brien / Plastic Man, Icon, Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning, Guy Gardner / Green Lantern, Zatanna Zatara, Raquel Irvin / Rocket, Kaldur'ahm / Aquaman II, Curtis Metcalf / Hardware, Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana, Kate Kane / Batwoman, Tora Olafsdotter / Ice, Beatriz de Costa / Fire, Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man, Magog, Dan Cassidy / Blue Devil, John Henry Irons / Steel
Former Members: Giovanni Zatara, Will Harper / Red Arrow, Ted Kord / Blue Beetle II, King Orin / Aquaman

Adults Are Useless: The incident with Red Tornado stands out as an example of where they should be far more competent, but otherwise they are pretty on the ball.
Back for the Finale: The six that were in Rimbor, Hawkman, Icon and the Green Lantern members that joined them.
Badass Crew: Actually subverted. Individually each League member is incredibly powerful, but they aren't a cohesive force like The Team is so their capabilities when working in groups tend to be somewhat underwhelming. Which makes sense, as the Team consider each other family, while the League are more like adults at work. Several of them are friends, but not in the same way.
Badass Teacher: Many of them are mentors towards The Team.
Big Good: The League itself, which the characters frequently mention as possible support when it looks like the situation is something they can not handle themselves. The League also has a rotating chairman who embodies the trope more then others.
Brainwashed and Crazy: At the end of Season 1, the entire League is taken over by Vandal Savage and Klarion.
Breaking the Fellowship: At the beginning of Outsiders, the Justice League deal with mass resignations with Batman leading the charge, due to their inability to operate against the crime they were formed to stop. By the end, Batman gets Green Arrow, Batwoman, Hardware, Steel, Katana, and Plastic Man to leave, while Black Lightning quits for different reasons. It even seeps into the Team, with Robin, Spoiler, and Arrowette leaving with their mentors.
Clear My Name: A variation. The "sixteen hours" (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, John Stewart, and Hawkwoman) Leaguers leave Earth (with Hawkman, Hal Jordan, and Icon in tow) to face charges in "Alienated". Although they actually did do it, they were Brainwashed and Crazy at the time.
Demoted to Extra: The entire team, since the series focuses their sidekicks. Cartoon Network even touted the show this way in early promos, counting on the audiences familiar with the Justice League cartoon to cause shock when the protagonists were revealed to be the children.
Elaborate Underground Base: Formerly operated out of Mount Justice.
Expressive Mask: The members who actually wear masks are usually presented as this.
Final Boss: The season 1 finale has the Team fight the entire league... and win.
Good Is Not Soft: They are the premiere hero team, with the virtue and dedication to the good fight that entails. But they're also willing to entertain darker methods than you would believe clear cut heroes like Superman and Wonder Woman would engage in. Their use of the Team is essentially the employment of Child Soldiers, said Team has been tasked with acting where the League can't because of their charter with the United Nations, and they are seen to keep numerous secrets from the public, with the implication that they don't even announce members dying in action for reasons relating to public relations.
Heroes of Another Story: There are occasional mentions of Leaguers being busy on other missions while the Team is busy. Prisons like Belle Reve are full because of them and The Light itself was founded because the Justice League was doing its job too well in the minds of Vandal and Ra's.
Hero with Bad Publicity:
- As of the second season, the entire League are wanted criminals in Rann space. This is because the Light sent a team of brainwashed Leaguers to their area of space and had them go on a rampage while broadcasting their identity.
- Closer to home, G. Gordon Godfrey is running a smear campaign on the Justice League, particularly the alien members. It seems to be working.
Legacy Character: By the events of Phantoms several lineages of heroes are active in the League at once, with both Jay Garrick and Barry Allen as successive Flashes and Orin seeking to return to active Justice League duty as Aquaman alongside his successor Kaldur.
Living Prop: Some members haven't received lines yet.
Old Superhero: Due to Young Justice averting Comic-Book Time, the first to fourth seasons cover an entire decade of history meaning that many of the adult superheroes are in their forties by the fourth season.
One-Steve Limit: Averted; four separate members of the League are named "John" (Jones, Stewart, Smith, and Irons), and one has the Italian variation of the name (Zatara).
Order Versus Chaos: Order to The Light's chaos.
Put on a Bus: The six Leaguers who were brainwashed into attacking Rimbor have now left to stand trial and prove their innocence. Accompanying them are Hawkman (who refuses to leave Hawkwoman) and Icon, who's acting as advocate.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Most of the League members who regularly interact with the Team are this.
Secret-Keeper: He knows about the Legion of Super-Heroes, but is sworn to secrecy.
Space Base: The Watchtower.
Story-Breaker Power: Probably the reason why most of the League's strongest members get Put on a Bus to space early in season 2. Freely admitted by Greg Weisman when it comes to the League's two (in season two, three and four by the events of Phantoms) Green Lanterns: they are frequently off world because they're so powerful that they should be able to neutralize just about anything, but also justified because they're responsible for protecting more than just Earth.
Two Girls to a Team: Although there are three female members on the team, which technically means it doesn't count, the full roster is sixteen members so the essential truth of this trope is still in play. Interestingly, Wonder Woman seems to be actively working against this, as one of her stated criteria for an ideal new member to the League is that they be a woman to help shift the gender ratio.
The Worf Effect: As stated above, the entire League is beaten by the Team in the season 1 finale. Justified by the fact that Klarion had to control all of them at once (therefore making it harder to make them each effective in battle), while the Team could take on one to a few at a time. Kid Flash comments on this to Artemis.

Founding Members

Superman

Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)

Designation: 01

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Kryptonian

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Nolan North

The Big Blue Boy Scout — though, perhaps a little less so than most interpretations. Though still the symbol for Truth, Justice and American Way, Superman was more than a little freaked out about the discovery of his clone, Superboy. He spent most of the first season avoiding any responsibility for him, despite the efforts of the rest of his colleagues to make him reconsider. He eventually accepts Conner as a little brother rather than a son come Invasion.

One of the most powerful characters, with flight, super-strength, heat-vision and much, much more.^note

Action Dad: Home Fires reveals that he and Lois already have Jon.
Adaptational Jerkass: Downplayed. Superman is still the All-Loving Hero Nice Guy but he acts quite aloof and distant to Superboy. Post-Season 1, however, he's become very involved in his "little brother's" life, to the point where Superboy complains that he's "pushy".
All-Loving Hero: In theory at least, though not always in action.
Aloof Big Brother: Averted. When Superman chooses to consider Superboy as a younger brother, rather than being his father like everyone else wanted or refusing to interact as he wanted, he warms up to him quite considerably, even giving him a Kryptonian name and essentially adopting him.
Badass Cape: As per custom for every version of Superman.
Baritone of Strength: Fitting a man of his size, power, and gravitas, Superman sports a deep, mature voice.
Big Brother Instinct: He does not respond well to people trash talking or attacking Conner.
- In the tie-in comics where Superman fried Brainiac with his heat vision for insulting Superboy.
- He took a missile in the chest for Superboy in the season 2 episode Alienated.
- He was Conner's first choice to be his Best Man for his wedding and said 'Yes' before fully processing the fact that Conner was even getting married since he's been busy off world.
Big Brother Mentor: To Superboy in Season 2.
Black-and-White Morality: Lex Luthor claims he has this.
Brought to You by the Letter "S": As with Badass Cape, it's Superman. You can't not have this trope.
The Cape: 'Natch. Superman is considered one of the world's most beloved heroes who in turn inspired others like Zatara to be heroes themselves.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: His refusal to leave the Kroloteans behind plants him in the middle of an explosion that can be seen from orbit. He survives, but Superboy knows that failing to save them means he still won't be okay.
Clark Kenting: Spectacularly done in the tie-in comics, where Clark tags along on Superboy and Miss Martian's mission. Miss Martian instantly recognizes him because she recognizes Conner's face despite his glasses and hat, and tells him so, explaining that Superboy doesn't because he doesn't keep mirrors and rarely sees his own reflection. Clark sheepishly explains that he wants the chance to get to know Superboy as Clark, not Superman.
Costume Evolution: Superman spends both Season 1 and 2 in the classic costume the character is traditionally known for, red trunks and all. By the time of Season 3 however he's switched to a new outfit that resembles a mixture of his DC Animated Movie Universe and DC Rebirth costumes.
Eye Beams: Superman's laser vision makes a return.
The Face: He's the most popular and recognizable hero in the world, but he's not the leader of the Justice League. In fact, even with the rotating chairman position, we've never actually seen him in charge once or take any real declarative positions (besides nominating Icon for League induction). He seems content to simply defer to others' opinions and decisions while remaining the League's spokesman.
Flying Brick: A given considering he originated the trope.
Heroic Build: Has an impressive muscular build and is obviously a hero.
He's Dead, Jim: He's first to realize that Black Lightning accidentally killed a mutated little girl because his Super-Senses couldn't detect a heartbeat.
Human Aliens: Kryptonians are superficially identical to humans.
Interspecies Romance: As tradition, he's in a relationship with Lois Lane. Season 3 reveals that he and Lois now have a son, Jon Kent.
Kryptonite Factor: As always, his major weakness is Kryptonite.
Last of His Kind: As usual, he is the last surviving Kryptonian, and he's apparently on the lookout for people who have similar powers in the hopes they are also survivors of Krypton.
Superman: I nominate Icon for League membership.
Green Arrow: Why? Because you suspect Icon might be Kryptonian like you did with Captain Marvel?
- In the tie-in comic, he Facepalms when the Collector of Worlds leaves before he can ask if he collected anything from Krypton.
- Subverted in Season 4 when he finds out that other Kryptonians survived. Unfortunately, they're all psychotic criminals under the leadership of General Zod.
Parental Substitute: Even though he rejected his "child" in the beginning, he counts as this to Superboy.
Primary-Color Champion: As per tradition, Superman still wears a blue uniform with his famous red-and-yellow "S" shield on his chest, red trunks, a yellow belt, red boots and a red cape.
Shipper on Deck: For Conner and M'gann. When Conner asks him to be his best man at his wedding, he quickly accepts without even getting to the specifics first.
Super-Senses: Enhanced vision and hearing. Probably the other three as well, but the two main ones are those.
Super-Speed: As always, Superman can run and fly at superhuman speeds. However, according to Word of God, he is slower than the two Flashes, Jay Garrick and Barry Allen, and is also slower than Captain Marvel.
Super-Strength: Again, Superman. He can support a collapsing bridge and lift a bus into the air, which Superboy was struggling to lift. He's twice as as strong as his half-brother and arguably the strongest member on the League.
Red Is Heroic: Per usual for every version of Superman to wear a red cape.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Either as Superman or Clark Kent, he qualifies.
That Thing Is Not My Child!: Deconstructed and Downplayed. There's nothing particularly anti-clone about it and he doesn't actually dislike Superboy, but he's not happy when Batman calls him Superboy's "father". His rationalization is that Conner will do better with role models who don't have all their baggage. Also, to be fair, pretty much anybody would be freaked out by the idea of a younger copy of themselves walking around. Since he is Superman he never acts in a negative way towards Conner and is simply distant and visibly uncomfortable around Conner but not repulsed or disgusted. By Season 2, He's comfortably referring to Conner as a little brother. Doubles as a Mythology Gag to the comics, where both the Silver Age and Clone Superboys were involved in a "Cool Big Brother" dynamic. Clark with Mon-El, Conner with Clark.
Took a Level in Kindness: In season 2, in which he accepts Superboy. Not that he was horrifically unkind before so much as too distant for his own good.
You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: His reaction when he learns Lex Luthor took the credit for stopping the Reach and is now the favorite for "new secretary-general of the United Nations". It's actually quite funny.

Batman

Batman (Bruce Wayne)

Designation: 02

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Bruce Greenwood

The Dark Knight of Gotham City. Like always, he's brooding and suspicious, but his caring nature is much closer to the surface than in most interpretations. He has a close relationship with the first Robin, Dick, and eventually takes the entire Team under his wing.

Action Dad: Is all three of the Robins' adopted dad and kicks all kinds of ass. With the additions of Cassandra Cain and Damian (albeit as a baby) in season 3, YJ stands to be the only adaptation with all five of his canonical children.
Adaptational Nice Guy: Compared to other incarnations where he's The Stoic, he's much more expressive here. Outsiders shows, however, that this incarnation is still capable of the manipulative and shadowy ways of his modern comics counterpart, orchestrating a schism in the League and the Team to create his own splinter group to better combat the Light. That being said, he's still perfectly willing to work alongside the League to get the job done, albeit behind unknowing members' backs.
Animal Motifs: A bat, as usual.
Armor-Piercing Response: His response to Wonder Woman asking if he had indoctrinated nine-year-old Robin into crimefighting after the murders of his family "so that he would turn out like you":
Batman: So that he wouldn't.
Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving:
- Pulls this one on the team in "Drop Zone".
- And again in "Usual Suspects".
Badass Cape: He's Batman after all.
Badass Normal: To the point where he has the respect from, and authority over, beings with various superpowers even though he has none of his own.
Big Good: He's the League Chairman in Season One. He may seem (and sometimes is) hard and strict on the team, but he ultimately praises them and encourages them to work together.
Brainy Brunette: Has dark hair and is Batman.
Broken Pedestal: Downplayed example. In "Disordered", Dick tells Black Canary that he'd always wanted and expected to be Batman when he grew up, but his stint as leader in "Failsafe" made him realize that he just can't be the obsessive, at-all-costs kind of person that Bruce is. "Agendas" shows that Bruce himself would be nothing but relieved by this.
Control Freak: As Barbara points out to him in Antisocial Pathologies, his need to control people is the reason why his covert team in season 3 is made up almost entirely of people who were trained to defer to his orders no questions asked. Diana is the only one in on it that will not tolerate this and she's off in space, meaning that she can't actually do it.
Costume Evolution: Batman wears a more practical-looking version of his grey-and-black comic batsuit during Season 1 and 2. By the time of Season 3, his batsuit looks somewhat closer to his counterpart from the DC Animated Movie Universe.
Crazy-Prepared: He's Batman after all.
Dark Is Not Evil: Again, Batman.
Dating Catwoman: Talia al Ghul declares her love for Batman in issue #11 of the tie-in comic, while Batman is noticeably bothered by the fact that she's going to hate him because her father, Ra's, temporarily died during the fight. In her first appearance in the show, she's holding a dark haired baby who according to Word of God is their kid, Damian.
Deadpan Snarker:
- Not in front of the team (though he still has his moments then), but when it's just him and Robin on a mission:
  Ra's al Ghul: Why are our encounters always so... adversarial?
  Batman: Something to do with your disdain with human life.
- Later, in Season 3, when on a mission to Santa Prisca, he ends up fighting Bane, who declares that no one gets on or off his island without him knowing; Cue Batman listing everyone who has snuck onto Santa Prisca without Bane's knowledge.
Demoted to Extra: For season 2, his role as mission control for the team is taken over by Nightwing, and Batman himself is sent to trial with 5 other leaguers for most of the season.
Determinator: According to Robin, who's figured out it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Doting Parent: "Hmm, do I try to prevent my friend, the President of Qurac's assassination or do I go to my kid's birthday party? Well, Superboy and Miss Martian can handle the first one, right?"
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Subverted in "Drop Zone" where at first he appears to be furious that they made so many mistakes in their first mission, only to tell them that they did a good job.
Dynamic Entry: Done this twice already, once in the pilot episode and then in "Downtime".
Expressive Mask: One can know if he's angry.
Good Parents: When noticing that Robin was jealous of the attention he was giving to Kaldur, Batman simply invites Robin for some basketball with him to assure him that no one would replace him.
Heroic Build: Muscular? Check. Hero? Double check.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- In Outsiders he coldly leads several League members in leaving because of increasing restrictions from the UN hindering the League's ability to do its job. He makes a valid point that if the UN is to going to prevent them from helping people and saving lives then they should take steps in order to resume their stated goal.
- Even worse: the UN's recent hindrances to the League are heavily implied to be the work of Lex Luthor, a known member of a criminal organization that is responsible for (among other things) the Justice League's mind-controlled rampage, the Reach invasion, and much of the recent outbreak of metahuman trafficking. And the League can't do a thing about it.
- Also, he's still working with the League, or more specifically, Kaldur and Diana, to circumvent the Light.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Batman, to no surprise, is grim, brooding, and not the easiest person to get along with, but he's still a genuine hero, a good parent to his adoptive children, and a nurturing, if rather strict mentor to the Team.
Not So Stoic: In "Disordered", he makes a squirmy face when J'onn scolds him for overestimating the Team's ability to recover from the trauma of "Failsafe", and he sighs in disappointment when Superboy runs off without his radio. There's also "Agendas", where his voice becomes heavier and his shoulders slump when he admits that he didn't want Robin to turn out like him.
Parental Substitute: He is very much this to Dick Grayson. Dick actually gets jealous in one episode when Bruce privately lectures Aqualad after a disastrous mission. Bruce then alleviates Dick's concerns by playing basketball with him (claiming that it's "training").
Reasonable Authority Figure: He consistently appears hard and authoritarian, but fair and judicial.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: His suspicions towards CADMUS and Conner. Although Conner doesn't turn out to be the mole, he was at CADMUS long enough for them to program him to immediately stop whatever he's doing at the moment when he hears the words "Red Sun". On the other hand, CADMUS DID program another clone to be the mole: Red Arrow.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He ultimately decides to leave the Justice League because of their complete inability to operate under the law, and convinces Green Arrow, Batwoman, Hardware, Steel, Katana, and Plastic Man to leave with him, while taking Robin, Spoiler and Arrowette off the Team as well.
Secret-Keeper: Knew Captain Marvel was a ten-year-old kid and that Artemis was the daughter of Huntress and Sportsmaster. Word of God is that Batman is also aware of the secret identities of every other member of the Justice League... not all of whom are aware that Batman knows.
Secretly Selfish: "Antisocial Pathologies" sees Barbara's What the Hell, Hero? moment to Bruce imply he's this, stating that his secret alliance with her, Dick, Tim, Kaldur, M'gann, and Diana is about furthering Bruce's own personal goals rather than the League's, given Diana seems to only be there as a courtesy and is in space, where she can't really do anything but criticize whereas the others, either being proteges or because the Team was formed during his time as League leader, are used to deferring to Bruce.
Start My Own: Forms Batman Inc. to fight against The Light when it becomes clear the Justice League can't.
Stealth Hi/Bye: Is able to pull this of in the middle of a fight!
The Stoic: As usual. Batman isn't visibly emotive. Which says something about the character in general considering this incarnation is more considerate than others.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's Bruce Wayne. It's to be expected.
Tall, Dark, and Snarky: When he shows his snarky side.
Uncle Pennybags: Besides being Dick's and Tim's legal guardian, he also provides for Superboy's expenses and gives Artemis an expensive scholarship to a private school.

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira)

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Designation: 03

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Amazon

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Maggie Q

"When all is said and done, the question must be - whom do we trust?"

Wonder Woman seems to stand as the moral center of the League. She takes a backseat in the story for the majority of the time, but is quick to call Superman and Batman out on their mistakes, and takes on Wonder Girl as her protege between seasons 1 and 2.

Adaptational Modesty: While still muscular and buxom, this incarnation's iconic bustier covers her cleavage entirely.
Artificial Human: Word of God confirms that she was molded from clay as a baby.
Costume Evolution: Wears her traditional outfit from the comics in Season 1 and 2. By the time of Season 3 her costume has changed to have elements from both DC Rebirth and more notably the DC Animated Movie Universe.
Flying Brick: Has superhuman strength and can fly.
Friend to All Children: Implied. She didn't agree with Batman's choice of letting Robin I enter the world of crimefighting at the age of nine; earlier, Wonder Woman didn't like the idea of Captain Marvel being in the League when he is only ten and was quite upset he (along with Batman) withheld the information.
The Heart: Acts as the moral center of the League.
The Leader: In Outsiders, she and Kaldur are co-chairmen of the Justice League with Kaldur handling the part of the League still on Earth while she's leading the rest of the League in space.
Older Than They Look: Her official stats say she was born in 1925, making her 80 years old in Season 1. However since she's an immortal she looks to be in her mid thirties.
Primary-Color Champion: As per tradition, she still wears a strapless red bustier held up by a brace of gold resembling two W's, a large golden belt, blue briefs with five white stars on them, red boots with a white stripe on the front side, silver bracelets around her wrists, red star earrings, and a golden diadem with a red star on her forehead.
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Long, raven hair and has a pale complexion.
Super-Strength: Enough to rival Superman.
Token Good Teammate: Downplayed; while everyone involved in the "Anti-Light" conspiracy is a hero, Diana is the only one to voice reservations about what they're doing, and won't hesitate to call the others out when she feels they've gone too far.
Warrior Princess: She's the daughter of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, and she kicks ass. Drawing from her Amazonian training, Wonder Woman is quite adept in close-range battle. Using her bracelets, she is able to skillfully deflect incoming projectiles.

The Flash II

The Flash (Barry Allen)

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Designation: 04

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: George Eads (Season 1, "Bloodlines"), James Arnold Taylor ("Endgame" onward)

Mentor to Kid Flash, Flash took up his mantle from his predecessor, Jay Garrick. He's a dedicated uncle and mentor, and one of the more friendly League members, though still serious when needed.

Action Dad: He becomes one after the birth of Don and Dawn Allen. And with Bart around, he’s technically an action grandpa.
Adaptational Badass: This version of Barry is faster than Wally, a reversal of the comics where Wally was even faster than him, thus making him one of the most powerful characters in the setting. The reason for him being faster is that his "accident" was actually the result of Barry purposefully recreating the original accident that gave Jay Garrick powers using the chemicals at the Police forensics lab where he works. Whereas Wally copied his uncle using the chemicals from his high school chemistry set. The inferiority of the chemicals from said chemistry set is what led to Wally gaining a lesser version of super speed.
Ascended Fanboy: In the tie-in comics, Wally explains that Barry was a big fan of The Flash and spent a lot of time talking to Jay Garrick before duplicating the Freak Lab Accident that gave him his powers.
Big Eater: Pretty much a given because he has to eat to regain his super speed.
Character Catchphrase: "Back in a flash!" Lampshaded by the Flash Family.
Impulse: "Does he say that often?"
Rest of the Family: *sigh* "Too often."
Cool Uncle: He's a little dorky, but Wally thinks he's cool.
Costume Evolution: His outfit in Seasons 1 and 2 was essentially the same look as that featured in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and Justice League: Doom, which itself was a slightly more anatomically realistic take on Wally West's Flash design from Justice League. By Season 3 his costume now looks more similar to his counterpart from the DC Animated Movie Universe.
Expressive Mask: In previous seasons, but now his regular eyes are visible in costumes as of Outsiders.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A Nice Guy who's also a super hero.
Happily Married: To Wally West's aunt Iris.
In-Series Nickname: "Bartholomew" is his full name, but he's nicknamed "Barry".
Interspecies Romance: Him (a metahuman) and Iris (a human).
Legacy Character: As seen in "Downtime", the Flash family has had several generations of speedsters.
Longing Look: To Iris in "Failsafe", but subtle since they're on air at the time and aliens are killing everyone.
Mundane Utility: In "Downtime", he uses his super speed to clear the dinner table inside of ten seconds.
Nice Guy: Which Mary West has been heard to hope will rub off on Wally.
Not His Sled: In the finale he recreates his famous death scene with his two proteges. Except in a twist he doesn't die — Wally does. It even looked like he was going to give his life to save Wally's, but when Barry got to him, Wally was already beyond saving.
Oh, Crap!: A much more tragic and heartbreaking one, but the look on his face when it's clear that he can't save Wally in Endgame is all over this.
Old Superhero: According to Word of God he was born in 1975, which means that except for the long-lived Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter he's the oldest of the founding members. By Season 4 this makes him 45 years old while having fought crime for twenty years.
Red Is Heroic: Like always The Flash is a hero and sports his signature red suit.
Science Hero: He gained his powers by carefully recreating Jay Garrick's accident in a controlled experiment, and is a police scientist in his day job.
Kid Flash: "Are you having a CSI moment?"
Flash: "Kid, I was CSI before anybody knew what CSI was."
Super-Senses: Flash can also speak, hear, and see faster than any normal being.
Super-Speed: He's the Flash. Fastest man alive and all that. He's not only confirmed to be the fastest of all the Flashes, including Jay and his grandson Bart, Word of God confirms that he's also faster that Superman, at least when it comes to running.

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

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Designation: 05

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker ("Agendas")

A former Air Force pilot and the first human Green Lantern to join the corps (Alan Scott only having a ring, not being a full corps member).

Hero of Another Story: Season 4 would go on to show that some version of the events of Green Lantern: The Animated Series happened in Earth-16 that in turn involved him in Broad Strokes.
Imagination-Based Superpower: Being a Green Lantern, his ring can create anything he can think of.
Mythology Gag: He looks visibly middle-aged in Season 3 compared to his teammates. In the comics, Hal suffered from Rapid Aging was a result of being influenced by Parallax, an evil parasite in his power ring that would eventually possess him.
Out of Focus: He has the least amount of focus out of the founding members of the league, and has no little to no dialogue of his own so far.
Space Police: The entire point of Green Lanterns in the first place.
The Voiceless:...except for when Flash suggests they recruit Guy Gardner to the League, which he responds to with a firm "No." and another "No." when Flash tries to defend him.

Aquaman I

Aquaman (King Orin of Atlantis)

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Designation: 06

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Atlantean

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Phil LaMarr

King of Atlantis, mentor to Aqualad, and later Lagoon Boy.

Action Dad: He is one after Season 1.
Chew Toy: During Season 2 he thinks Aqualad has betrayed him, Aquagirl is dead, and Lagoon Boy has been captured by Aqualad and Black Manta.
The Good King: Of Atlantis.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: A wise and reasonable adult, who happens to be a hero.
Happily Married: He has a close and loving relationship with Queen Mera.
Heroic Bastard: He was born out of wedlock yet is none the less one of the Earth's greatest heroes.
My Greatest Failure: Believes Kaldur'ahm's Face–Heel Turn to be his, not knowing that he's really been undercover.
Nice Guy: A good king in front and away from the public eye.
Overshadowed by Awesome: By, of all people, his sidekick. This comes to a head in Outsiders, as Kaldur actually succeeds him as the new Aquaman.
Put on a Bus: By Outsiders, Aquaman has evidently retired from superheroics and succeeded by his former apprentice Kaldur in the title, focusing instead on kingly and family duties. The events of Phantoms see him hand over the crown to his wife, Mera, leading him to rejoin the Justice League.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Aside from running his kingdom, he is an active member of the Justice League.
Spotting the Thread: Clone!Ocean Master casually mentions Orin visiting him during his six-year stint in prison. The problem? Orin never actually visited his brother in prison. This immediately tips him off to something being wrong, putting him on the trail of Vandal's plot.

Martian Manhunter

Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz / John Jones)

"Trauma tends to linger - as I know you know, my friend."

Designation: 07

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Martian

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson

The uncle of Miss Martian, this green skinned alien is a serious and reserved figure, though still a kind one. He clearly cares deeply for his niece, and is a formidable super-hero.

The Ace: He is Recognized on Mars as the greatest M’hontrr
Adaptational Angst Downgrade: In the comics, J'onn is the Last of His Kind, but not in this adaptation.
Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Kevin Michael Richardson seems to be channeling Carl Lumbly in his performance for J'onn.
Composite Character: Not of J'onn himself, but of his family. Earth-16's versions of Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian are a biologically related uncle and niece with Miss Martian being his sister's daughter, while in the comics they treat each other as family in an adoptive sense. No other version of J'onn is known to have a sister, only a brother, and both of Miss Martian's parents are good White Martians like her. This version of M'gann's mother retains most of the qualities of the original character, except she is a Green Martian and takes the place of J'onn's brother Ma'alefa'ak.
Decomposite Character: Some facets of his comic book self have been notably shifted over to his niece Miss Martian, such as being the world's most powerful telepath and being the sibling of Ma'alefa'ak.
Flying Brick: Just like the comics except slightly downplayed similar to his appearance in the DCAU. His super strength while strong, is not as strong as Superman and his flight is technically closer to Not Quite Flight at least in this continuity as according to Word of God, Martians fly by using telekinesis on themselves.
Humanity Is Infectious: M'gann's father, M’aatt, noted to Conner that before he made his first voyage to Earth, J'onn wasn't that much different from the other Green Martians, but during his time among humans, he became more empathetic and compassionate, and in turn began championing the plight of the White Martians among others.
Intangible Man: Officially called Density Shifting In-Universe.
Kryptonite Factor: Just like the comics, he is weak to fire.
Massive Numbered Siblings: As is common for Martian families. While only his sister J'ann has appeared on-screen so far, the fact that he is mentioned to have several hundred nieces and nephews back on Mars, with J'ann only accounting for twenty-nine of them, heavily implies that she's not his only sibling.
Nice Guy: J'onn is a mellow, kindly man, even taking a moment to gently, albeit firmly, chide Batman when he fails to understand why the Team isn't bouncing back from their traumatic experience in "Failsafe".
Really 700 Years Old: 135 Earth-years old in Season 1 - in Martian terms, mid-forties.
Shapeshifter Default Form: According to Word of God, J'onn's natural form is pretty similar to M'gann's, except bigger and greener.
Shapeshifting: Like all Martians he can change his form.
Super-Strength: He has super strength but its downplayed similar to his DCAU incarnation.
Telepathy: A staple of the Martian Manhunter, although unlike his comic counterpart, he is outpaced in terms of potential by his own niece.

Season One

Green Arrow

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

Designation: 08

Date Joined: 2004

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Alan Tudyk

Green Arrow is a friendly face, politician and capable fighter. He suffered a falling-out with his first sidekick, Speedy, who took on the mantle Red Arrow, though he still cares deeply for him and tried to bring him back to the straight and narrow. After that, he took on Artemis as his new protege, per Batman's request. He is also in a relationship with Black Canary.

Adaptational Nice Guy: His comics version was rather infamous for his Holier Than Thou personality, hypocrisy, and philandering, which all contributed to him estranging himself from his loved ones. This version is much friendlier and much less self-righteous. He still does become estranged from his sidekicks and Black Canary for a time, but those were the result of honest-to-God mistakes rather than fundamental flaws with his personality.
Actually Pretty Funny: When Batman and Martian Manhunter show him and Black Canary a recording of Canary and Superboy kissing after a sparring match he is initially angry, until they see the rest and it turns out it was Miss Martian, who shapeshifted into Black Canary. Then he immediately starts laughing at the whole thing, much to Canary's anger.
Badass Normal: He's got no powers, he's just a really good shot with a bow.
Blatant Lies: Claiming Artemis is his niece, which Red Arrow knew immediately was a lie.
Cool Uncle: To Artemis though it's an obvious lie. After Roy marries Cheshire, Green Arrow technically becomes this to Artemis.
Costume Evolution: Much like Batman, he's sporting a different costume in Outsiders than he did in the first two seasons.
Doom Magnet: Starts to see himself as this in "Satisfaction".
Oliver: It's a curse isn't it? Having me as a mentor? Speedy, Red Arrow and... Artemis. The three of you all poster children for the "stay away from Green Arrow club".
Expressive Mask: He wears a domino mask that, per comic book/animation tradition, moves depending on what he's doing with his eyes.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: One of the easiest League members to talk to and he has his usual blond hair.
Interspecies Romance: He (a human) and Black Canary (a metahuman).
In the Hood: This version of Green Arrow incorporates the hood from his later costumes in the comics.
Master Archer: A brilliant shot with a bow and arrow, and thus a Badass Normal since he's just as good at crimefighting with it as the rest of the League. Roy and Artemis owe a lot of their own skill to him.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: Inverted. In "Satisfaction", Oliver comes to consider himself a complete failure as a mentor. Speedy I was kidnapped and replaced by a clone without him ever noticing, something which his former protégé angrily chews him out for in addition to having stopped looking for him. Red Arrow fell into a Clone Angsts-induced spiral of self-destruction that Oliver couldn't avert. Finally, as far as he knows, Artemis was killed in the line of duty.
Nice Guy: One of the easiest League members to talk to.
Official Couple: With Black Canary.
Parental Substitute: Artemis always admired Green Arrow, even before she joined The Team. So, it's subtly hinted that after the duo became protégé and student, Artemis sees Green Arrow as a father figure. And if you consider what kind of father Sportsmaster was...
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He is one of the members of the League that resigns at the beginning of Season 3 out of frustration with the U.N. sanctions put on the organization by Luthor.
Trauma Conga Line: He has it worse than Aquaman. He thinks Artemis is dead, Red Arrow Rage Quit, and the original Speedy (Now Arsenal) was pissed off that he stopped looking and went to try and assassinate Luthor.

Hawkman & Hawkwoman

Hawkman (Katar Hol) & Hawkwoman (Shayera Thal)

Hawkman

Hawkwoman

Designation: 09 and 10

Date Joined: 2004

Status: Active

Species: Thanagarian

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Hawkman voiced by: James Arnold Taylor

Hawkwoman voiced by: Danica McKellar (first season), Zehra Fazal (Outsiders and Phantoms)

Two aliens from the planet Thanagar who arrived on Earth as some point in the past and eventually joined the Justice League.

Expressive Mask: Both of them have masks that make normal brow movements, giving them expressions.
Good Wings, Evil Wings: One of Hawkman's most distinguishing features are the giant wings on his back.
Happily Married: They're quite devoted to each other, with Hawkman being the only loved one to accompany one of the accused six leaguers during their trial on Rimbor.
Military Superhero: They're both officers in the Thanagarian military (Katar is a captain, Shayera is a lieutenant), and they're shown dealing with Thanagarian officials in Outsiders when the League's mission brings them to the Hawks' homeworld.
Super-Toughness: Hawkman's able to take a punch from Superboy and still hold his footing.

Zatara

Zatara (Giovanni Zatara)

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Designation: 11

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Inactive

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Nolan North

"She's grounded for life!"

Zatara appears to be one of the older Leaguers— while Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman have the years, they age differently. Zatara took a turn as the team's Den Mother after Captain Marvel and later brought his daughter, Zatanna, to meet them.

And I Must Scream: He doesn't say it aloud, but he makes a point that he required his faith to endure being stuck in Doctor Fate for a decade.
Badass in a Nice Suit: A very capable mage, in a very fancy suit.
Heroic Sacrifice: Allows Nabu to take him as a host to save Zatanna from the same fate.
Legacy Character: Becomes the new Doctor Fate, though not by choice.
Magicians Are Wizards: Both a stage magician and a powerful wizard.
Papa Wolf: It even shows as the new Doctor Fate, which is immediately remarked upon by the rest of the League.
Parents as People: He is very well aware that his career and hero work cut into his time with his wife and daughter, but not only did his actions as a hero save many lives, but his stage magician act was important in paying for his wife's medical bills. The requirements tormented him, but he felt like it was necessary. If nothing else, there is no indication that Zatanna resents him for it.
Rapid Aging: It's revealed in Season 3 that being Fate's host has a rather negative effect on his body, and his hair has gone completely white in the nine years since he took up the helmet.
Religious Bruiser: A poweful magician whose also a very devout Christian (Catholic to be specific).
Spared by the Adaptation: As of "Misplaced", Zatara is the new Doctor Fate. At least he's not dead, though Zatanna is effectively orphaned.
Stage Magician: Looks like one and operated as one publically for years, but has real magic.
Take Me Instead: When Nabu has taken over Zatanna, Zatara begs him to spare her and take his body instead. Nabu complies after Zatara geases himself to put on the Helmet of Fate if Nabu lets Zatanna go.
Team Member in the Adaptation: Zatanna is the only member of the family in the comics to be a Leaguer.
Younger Than They Look: Played With. When he was in mid 20s he looked at least 10 years older. In his 30s he looked older as well and in season 4 he has white hair and wrinkles. That being said, he still has a full head of hair and his wrinkles are less than you'd expect from a 50-year old.

Captain Atom

Captain Atom (Nathaniel Adams)

Designation: 12

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Michael T. Weiss

A time-displaced veteran of the Vietnam War, Captain Atom was brought in to teach the team espionage and covert ops techniques. By season two, he's taken over as the Justice League's current leader.

Adaptation Name Change: In the original comics, his name is Nathaniel Adam, with no 's' on the end, to drive home his Punny Name that much more. Weisman (who, as noted below, helped relaunch the character in the '80s) commented that it sounded unnatural to him even then and took the opportunity to adjust it.
All There in the Manual: If you thought his cameo in Homefront was out of left field, the tie-in comics explain that he was the team's instructor in covert ops. For practical experience, they cleared his name after he was accused of war crimes during the Vietnam War, which allowed him to reestablish contact with his estranged wife and adult children, so he knows the team, is grateful to them, and would be just as concerned as their other mentors when they realized something was wrong at Mount Justice. The tie-in comics also establish that Captain Atom was one of the first superheroes Jaime met, probably suggested him for recruitment, and Jaime respected him enough that he wanted to consult him before joining the team.
Big Good: He's League Chairman in Season 2. He's a lot more hands-off than Batman, mostly because the Team has more than proven themselves by this point.
Captain Superhero: His name is Captain Atom.
Clear My Name: In the tie-in comic he sends the Team to do that. He doesn't tell them whose name they're clearing, though.
Energy Absorption: One of his powers— he's seen absorbing the energy of a power plant about to go nuclear in Revelations.
The Leader: He served as Chairman of the Justice League over the course of Season 2.
Military Superhero: More apparent in the tie-in comic, but also informs his leadership style in season two.
Older Than They Look: He's actually 70 years old but, other than the white hair, doesn't look a day over 40.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Upon G. Gordon Godrey's speculation that Lex Luthor would be the next Secretary General of the United Nations, Cap formally resigned his Chairmanship of the League.

Black Canary

Black Canary (Dinah Lance)

Designation: 13

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Vanessa Marshall

A powerful hand-to-hand fighter, aided by her "sonic scream", Black Canary is one of the main mentors to the team. Although her role was initially to train them in fighting and make sure they didn't get into trouble, she stepped into a more emotionally supportive role, even offering them therapy sessions when necessary. In a relationship with Green Arrow.

Artistic License – Medicine: Acts as a therapist to most if not all League-sanctioned heroes. In real life, as she has a business relationship with all of them, and an interpersonal relationship with several, this would be a massive ethics violation. Justified in that she may be one of the few therapists who can fully understand some of the issues that superheroes face.
Author Appeal: Greg Weisman admits that her prominent role is at least partially because she's his favorite DC character.
Badass Teacher: The combat teacher to the Team. And one-upped Superboy.
Big Good: She's made the new League Chairman in the second season finale.
Bound and Gagged: In "Auld Acquaintance".
Brutal Honesty: Likes to get right to the point.
Cool Big Sis: Her relationship with Red Arrow, according to Word of God.
Dark Is Not Evil: Wears black clothing and she's a heroine.
Dude Magnet: Besides being in a relationship with Green Arrow, Kid Flash flirted with her the first time they meet. M'gann took Dinah's form to engage in a shapeshifter makeout game with Superboy, implying the young man has a small crush on her. And one of Victor Stone's classmates commented that he had a crush on her.
Fights Like a Normal: As usual, she is a very capable fighter without using her powers. Just ask Superboy.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Despite her demeanor, she's an easy person to talk to.
Hot Teacher: She has Wally drooling over her, and though Superboy isn't exactly the most emotive of the cast, he clearly has a crush on her.
Interspecies Romance: Her (a metahuman) and Green Arrow (a human).
Legacy Character: Is the daughter of the original Black Canary according to Word of God.
Meaningful Name: "Dinah" is Hebrew for "judged", like how she judged (not harshly), but truly the psyches of the members of the Team. See Warrior Therapist.
Ms. Fanservice: She embodies this trope as much as Cartoon Network would allow, given her prominently displayed cleavage and legs.
Nice Girl: Dinah is compassionate, patient, and understanding, even when she's shown disrespect (by Superboy in "Schooled") or angry (with Miss Martian, in "Identity").
Official Couple: With Green Arrow.
Resigned to the Call: Her reaction to becoming League Chairman.
Sexy Mentor: To Superboy, leading to M'gann taking her form in a little shapeshifter makeout game with him. Dinah herself is not pleased.
Shipper on Deck: Implied. During her private therapy conversations with Wally and Artemis in "Disordered", she points out the former's extreme reaction to Artemis's "death" in the previous episode and the latter being concerned with how Wally would take the reveal of her family's villainous history. Also, when she notes that in regards to Artemis, she briefly smiles to herself.
Stern Teacher: To the Team but gives praise when it is deserved.
Super-Scream: Black Canary has the power to emit a supersonic scream attack known as the "Canary Cry". However, because of how powerful it is, she rarely uses it and mostly relies on hand-to-hand combat to defeat criminals.
Taught by Experience: Firmly believes that injuries and setbacks in missions is "part of the hero's job" and helps mature the hero.
Warrior Therapist: As shown in "Disordered". Not only does she train the Team, she helps them deal with trauma.
What the Hell, Hero?: Canary calls out Green Arrow for going behind Kaldur's back to join Batman in resigning from the League. She's so angry that she refuses to consider leaving with them, coldly telling Oliver to just leave.
You Are Not Alone: Invoked. Black Canary tries to tell Clone Roy that even though he feels lost, that doesn't means he's alone. Sadly, it doesn't sink in.

Green Lantern (John Stewart)

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Designation: 14

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson

A former US Marine and the second Human Green Lantern.

Dark Is Not Evil: His costume is mostly black, except for green parts on his wrists and on his shoulders and upper chest.
Genius Bruiser: In addition to being a superhero, John is also an architect, and he's shown helping with repairs to Mount Justice following Red Torpedo and Red Inferno's attack.
Heroic Build: John has quite a huge, slender build.
Imagination-Based Superpower: Being a Green Lantern, his ring can create anything he can think of.
Related in the Adaptation: In this universe, John is brother to Lynn Stewart-Pierce and former brother-in-law to Black Lightning.^note
Space Police: The entire point of Green Lanterns to begin with.

Shazam/Captain Marvel

Shazam / Captain Marvel (Billy Batson)

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^{Click here to see him as Billy Batson, circa between Season 1 and Invasion}

Designation: 15 / A05

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Captain Marvel /Shazam voiced by: Rob Lowe ("Alpha Male" & "Humanity"), Chad Lowe ("Secrets" and after)
Billy Batson voiced by: Robert Ochoa (Season 1), Chad Lowe (Season 2 and 3), Eric Lopez (Flashback, Season 4)

Though on the surface just a brave and chivalrous super-hero, Captain Marvel is actually just a good-hearted young boy in a super-powered adult's body. A little boy who just really, really wants the Team and Justice League to like him. Don't let his puppy-dog demeanor fool you, though. His good nature earned his powerful abilities, and when he's not fooling around, he's pretty wise, too.

Ascended Fanboy: Billy idolizes all heroes and is a hero himself who works with the very heroes he looks up to.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Being a young boy on the inside, Billy can be easily distracted by something cool. Like tigers.
The Baby of the Bunch: Deconstructed. After his real age was found out, a few of the Leaguers wondered if Captain Marvel should be on the team because of it. And that while he may have the Wisdom of Solomon, that doesn't mean he's mature.
Brainy Brunette: He has black hair and the Wisdom of Solomon.
Butt-Monkey: He constantly tries to get close to the team, who are essentially his peers. The team tends to assume that he's as authoritarian and hard-nosed as the other members of the League, so they (often unintentionally) undermine, take advantage of, or otherwise reject him in the process of saving the day. It's probably not the case after Billy revealed who he really was to them in "Misplaced".
Calling Your Attacks: He would sometimes announce or reference which of his powers he was using at a time, whether it was using the Power of Zeus and Speed of Mercury to drill into the ground, or cite the Wisdom of Solomon as the source of his good advice.
Captain Superhero: His codename is Captain Marvel. Although this was changed in Season 3 when DC decided to officially change his name across all media.
Flying Brick: His comic counterpart was one of the first Superman Substitutes, so it carries over here. According to Green Arrow, this was one of the reasons why he was invited to join the League, because Superman noticed the similarly in powers and thought that Captain Marvel was Kryptonian like him.
Henshin Hero: Transforms from the powerless Billy to superpowered Captain Marvel.
Heroic Build: He has a big build and besides being a hero, he's one of the nicest.
Honorary True Companion: Honorary because he won't join the Team; he's part of the Justice League. During Invasion, the League usually paired him with former team members Rocket and Zatanna, and he was with Zatanna helping the group who lived at Mount Justice move.
I'm Standing Right Here: After his secret's revealed to the League at large, they have to debate whether he can stay.
Red Tornado: He does possess an adult body and the wisdom of Solomon.
Aquaman: Wisdom does not equal maturity.
Marvel: Hey, I'm sitting right here!
Just a Kid: He gets this treatment from some of the League in "Agendas" after his real age was revealed.
Lying by Omission: While discussing potential new recruits for the Justice League, the current members start arguing about whether or not Captain Marvel should be allowed to remain a member since in truth he's ten years old. Wonder Woman in particular argues that he can't be fully trusted after lying about his age. When Captain Marvel retorts that he didn't really lie but simply left it out, Wonder Woman replies with "a lie of omission is still a lie".
Manchild: As with the comic example, Captain Marvel is really a kid. However, none of the teens know his real form, so he definitely comes off as being this trope.
Morphic Resonance: As a young adult, Billy now shares the same voice as Captain Marvel.
Nephewism: In this version, Billy is being properly cared for by his Uncle Dudley.
Older Alter Ego: He's a kid when he's not being Captain Marvel.
One of the Kids: Captain Marvel is known for retaining his innocence, but this incarnation is especially childish.
Papa Wolf: In order to protect the team from Despero. Considering his true age, maybe its more of a Big Brother Instinct.
Primary-Color Champion: His costume is mostly red with gold accents like his thunder bolt logo, sash, and boots. He also wears a white cape.
Secret-Keeper: Billy has to keep the identity of Captain Marvel a secret due to the fact that he's really a ten-year-old kid. As of "Misplaced", the Team knows about his true identity. It's also clear that Batman knows but other Leaguers like Zatara don't, though they find out after this.
Shock and Awe: An unorthodox version: he gets struck by lightning every time he transforms from Billy to Captain Marvel or vice versa, and he's not above weaponizing it when the situation calls for it.
Sixth Ranger: How he views himself in regards to the team. Unfortunately for him, the team didn't know that he's a kid until he revealed himself in "Misplaced", so they did what they could to keep him out of the loop.
Something Only They Would Say: Billy goes back to the world of kids in Misplaced and asks Miss Martian to read his mind to prove that he's really Captain Marvel. Kid Flash doesn't buy it. Then, Billy goes:
Billy: Gee Wally, do I really have to bring you nachos and pineapple juice to get on your good side?
Sudden Name Change: His superhero name was Captain Marvel for season 1 and 2, but he was credited as Shazam in Season 3. The reason for the change was the word Marvel being off-limits from Season 3 onwards.
Super-Speed: He can fly and run at superhuman speeds thanks to the Speed of Mercury. According to Word of God, he's faster than Superman but slower than the Flashes, Jay Garrick and Bary Allen.
Super-Strength: He's as strong as Superman thanks to the Strength of Hercules.
Tagalong Kid: Despite never being a kid at the time.
Weaksauce Weakness: He'll revert back to Billy if he's ever tricked (or magically forced) to say "Shazam".
What the Hell, Hero?:
- In "Agendas", he's the first Leaguer to call out Nabu for the events of "Misplaced". He doesn't know why they're even keeping him in the League.
- Shortly after, however, the rest of the League, particularly Wonder Woman, call him out for concealing his age.
Wise Beyond Their Years:
- Lampshaded by Captain Marvel himself (the "wise" part anyway), when Aqualad thanks him for a pep talk.
  Marvel: Hey, wisdom of Solomon.
- Seems to be in an "Only when I feel like it" way, since whenever nothing serious is going down, he's just a big kid.
- As pointed out by Aquaman when the League finds out about his alter-ego, "wisdom" doesn't necessarily mean "maturity".
You Didn't Ask: The reason why he hid his age from the Justice League.
Younger Than They Look: As Captain Marvel. Billy looks his young age.

Red Tornado

Red Tornado (John Smith)

"Human customs still elude me."

Designation: 16 / A04

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Robot

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Jeff Bennett

A robot with wind powers, Red Tornado doesn't quite get human emotions. That doesn't stop him for caring deeply for the Team he's been assigned to protect, (in his own way).

Action Dad: By Outsiders, he's become an adoptive father to a girl named Traya Sutton and remains a member of the Justice League.
Blow You Away: He has the power to generate wind.
Color Character: Red Tornado.
Composite Character: With Abigail Hunkel the original Red Tornado, taking her name and association with the JSA as she doesn't exist in this continuity.
Demoted to Extra: He's conspicuously absent in the second season (likely because Nightwing and the others have replaced him in the mentor role), and has only had two non-speaking appearances in "War" and "Summit". Later seasons give him a few more moments, but nowhere near as extensive as the first season.
Face–Heel Turn: Subverted. It seems as if he defects in "Homefront", but in reality, he leaves to protect the Team and to find his creator, T.O. Morrow.
Fake Defector: He seemingly defects from the Justice League for his evil siblings Red Torpedo and Red Inferno but it turns out he did it in order to locate their creator T.O. Morrow.
Helping Would Be Killstealing: Every time the team ask for help he tells them they have to do it on their own.
Heroic Sacrifice: Was trying to make one with his siblings when he nearly melted to take down his evil brother. Superboy saved him at the last minute.
Interspecies Adoption: By Season 3 he's the proud adoptive father of a human girl.
Mundane Utility: In Outsiders, he demonstrates that his wind powers aren't just useful in heroism; they're also good for parlor tricks to entertain children.
Old Superhero: It's revealed that before the Justice League was formed, he was part of the Justice Society of America decades earlier. Of course, being an android, he hasn't physically aged.
Primary-Color Champion: He's a red robot who has a yellow T symbol on his chest, and a yellow arrow on his forehead. He also wears a blue cape.
Red Is Heroic: He's a heroic, red robot.
The Stoic: He is a robot, so stoicism isn't unexpected for him. "Auld Acquaintance", however, shows that, while in his "John Smith" body, he can display emotion far more readily. Specifically, when ordering the team to get out of the cave, the urgency in his voice is especially noticeable.
Team Mom: Tornado's role in Season 1 is to act as a den mother to the Team.
Took a Level in Kindness: He became the Den Mother in order to become more human. It has had an effect, as he's come to care for the Team... and later on, his "father". By Season 3 he has adopted a daughter as John Smith and happily plays with children by creating little tornadoes to amuse them.

Members joined during Season One

Doctor Fate

Doctor Fate (Nabu)

"Fate has intervened."

Designation: 17

Date Joined: December 30, 2010

Status: Active

Species: Spirit (formerly metahuman)

Debut: Episode 07 ("Denial")

Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson

An ancient being tasked with protecting the world from the powers of chaos, Dr. Fate must take on a mortal body as his host- and he doesn't much care what said host has to say about it. While he can be a major asset to the forces of good, the price paid might sometimes be too high.

Adaptation Origin Connection: Nabu is revealed to be a son of Vandal Savage from Babylonian times in this continuity, which is something that hasn't ever happened in the comics or any other adaptations before.
And I Must Scream: Fate's host is trapped inside their own head, able to observe how Nabu controls them but unable to do anything about it. Nabu himself is trapped in the Helmet of Fate and part of his lack of concern over possessing his host is because he's sick of being nothing more than an ornament.
Attack Reflector: In "War", he is able to absorb the beam from the WarWorld's Wave-Motion Gun and send it right back, utterly wrecking the gun.
Badass Boast: In Revelation, he gives a nice one as he disperses the Joker Venom.
"Fear not! Fate has intervened!"
Badass Cape: Whoever wears the Helmet of Fate get a badass golden one.
Becoming the Mask: Quite a literal case with him since when he died the Lords of Order placed his soul to his own helmet. However, even inside the helmets mindscape, while his hosts manifest as themselves, Nabu manifests as just his helmet. Perhaps sympbolizing that, at this point, he's disregarded his humanity and has fully embraced his identity as Doctor Fate.
Body Snatcher: How many regard him, especially Captain Marvel.
Brutal Honesty: He tends not to bother with beating around the bush, most of the time. This is actually one of his better traits, since the League knows he doesn't bother with lying, such as when he explains why Zatara, his current host, wants him on the League - so they can keep an eye on him.
Clingy Costume: Once someone puts on the Helmet of Fate, it cannot be removed unless Nabu allows it.
Combat Stilettos: When possessing Zatanna and later Traci in Season 4
Composite Character: This version of Nabu retains many of the traits of the comic version: Lord of Order, patron of Dr. Fate, and resides within the Helmet of Fate. Like the mythological Nabu, he was worshipped as the god of wisdom by the ancient people of Babylon and is the son of Marduk (Vandal Savage). As a mortal who ascended to become a Lord of Order, he shares similarities with Ahti, the woman who became Kismet.
Converse with the Unconscious: Regularly converses with whoever is serving as his host, even though he's fully inhabiting their body.
Cool Helmet: Essentially IS the helmet.
Deadpan Snarker: Very occasionally.
The Faceless: Nabu's original body is never seen without his helmet, and the ones who later wear it have to essentially give up their own identities to be Doctor Fate, which is why Kent Nelson stopped wearing it for a time.
Fatal Flaw: Arrogance. Fate acts like his power and supposed wisdom give him not just authority but superiority in matters. He takes his immense power for granted and acts as though all of his victories are his alone, disregarding that he can do nothing without a host which Zatara points out to him. During Zatanna's arc in Phantoms he makes several blunders because he thinks he can just swoop in and save the day like always, not aware and unwilling to admit he's up against someone who has more power than he does this time. Though at the end of the Phantom Arc he does learn to trust Zatanna's judgement, atleast.
Forbidden Chekhov's Gun: The helmet is mentioned during a crisis and the League considers if they're desperate enough to use it - mainly because Nabu doesn't particularly like the idea of relinquishing his host. Every time someone puts the helmet on it's because the situation has crossed the Godzilla Threshold.
Good Is Not Nice: He's never claimed to be nice. Or even specifically good, for that matter.
The Hat Makes the Man: Possesses the body of whoever puts on the Helmet.
Haunted Fetter: The Helmet is possessed by Nabu, who in turn possesses whoever puts it on.
Jerkass: Nabu is arrogant, prideful, blunt, callous, and self-righteous; while he's on the side of good, few people are particularly pleased by his company.
Jerkass to One: He's unpleasant on the best of days but seems to really have it in for Zatanna. Any interactions between the two typically has Fate acting spiteful to her in some way. In Outsiders he practically snarls at Zatanna that she should be grateful he allows her one hour a year to spend with her father, despite basically forcing the man into a Deal with the Devil. And Phantoms has Fate outright refuse to share Zatara's story as a hero with Zatanna in the likely event that he dies battling Child just because he doesn't see it as his responsibility, though he does begrudingly acquiese when Zatara puts his foot down.
Killed Off for Real: Kent Nelson. His spirit did reside in the Helmet of Fate for a while, but Fate eventually got tired of his nagging every time someone used the helmet and sent him off to the afterlife.
Large Ham: He's not too emotive, but nearly everything Nabu says has a tremendous amount of gravitas.
"Wotan! You are mine!"
Legacy Character: Several people have wore the Helmet of Fate, but most of them temporarily.
Light Is Not Good: A borderline example. Calling him good is generous, all things considered, yet, his golden light powers and ankh symbol definitely render him light aligned.
Like Father, Like Son: Like his father Vandal, Nabu is a Well-Intentioned Extremist willing to cross quite a few moral lines for the sake of the greater good. Like Vandal, he's also somewhat sympathetic to family bonds.
Mask of Power: The Helmet of Fate turns the wearer into a host for an extremely powerful Lord of Order, who's got some crazy powerful magic abilities.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: He's called Doctor Fate, but whether he is a doctor is unspecified. He's also not particularly nice.
Not So Stoic: Sometimes, partly because it's hinted that he was lonely all those years being left on a shelf, partly because it's indicated that his personality is at least somewhat influenced by whoever is serving as host at the time. For instance, when being hosted by Zatara, he breaks his usual emotionless attitude when Zatanna is considered for League membership. This is noticed by the rest of the League.
Order Versus Chaos: Represents order, and not necessarily in a very nice (or classically good) way.
Pet the Dog:
- He listens to Kent Nelson, who's just about the only person who can persuade him to do anything, until Nabu eventually gets tired of his nagging to release those who put on his helmet, and releases him to the afterlife.
- He also accepts Zatara's promise to become the new host of Fate and willingly releases Zatanna, even though he'd have no control over whether or not Zatara actually followed through.
- It's revealed in Season 3 that he lets Zatanna and Zatara speak for one hour every year. Considering he's under no obligation to grant them even that meager time, that he allows it all is kind... for him.
- In season 4, he agrees to Zatanna's proposition of rotating hosts, admitting that it's both a logical suggestion and that he trusts her judgement in spite of the animosity between them.
Possession Burnout: Wearing the helmet 24/7 is detrimental to the host. Ten straight years with almost no breaks ages Zatara nearly triple that amount.
Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Wearing the Helmet of Fate will make the wearer speak with Nabu's deep voice overlaying their voice.
Powers That Be: Is a personification of order given form on the physical plane.
Powers via Possession: How Fate works - though it is indicated that it helps if the host is already magically gifted.
Related in the Adaptation: In Season 3, Nabu is revealed to be Vandal Savage's son from Ancient Babylon, where Savage was ruling as the god-king Marduk. Nabu also had a sister who's remembered as the goddess Ishtar.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: When discussing whether or not to release Wally as his host, Nabu first mentions how lonely and depressing his existence as a helmet on a shelf is before loudly asserting that he just wants to stop the forces of Chaos. Seeing as Kent agrees to hang around and keep Nabu company, it wasn't a very convincing claim.
Token Evil Teammate: While more morally ambiguous than outright evil, compared to the rest of the League, he's very dark. The League serves as a Morality Chain on him, a status he doesn't object to - he outright states that his current host wants him on the League for this exact reason.
Took a Level in Jerkass: Implied by the fact that Kent, his original host, had a full life outside of being Doctor Fate, suggesting that Nabu used to be more relaxed about being put on and taken off. Several decades on a shelf seem to have somewhat soured his disposition and made him very disinclined to release his host.
Took a Level in Kindness: His disposition improves somewhat after getting a permanent host.
Transhuman Abomination: He's revealed to be one in Outsiders, with Phantoms further elaborating. Nabu was born a metahuman thousands of years ago, and after he died, the Lords of Order retrieved his soul, obtained an oath of fealty to Order from him, and turned his helmet into his anchor to the mortal plane while explicitly making him a Lord of Order in his own right.
Unscrupulous Hero: His actions are motivated purely by a desire to maintain order rather than any moral compulsion and he has few qualms about suppressing the identity of anyone he possesses, even if they're children - though he was convinced to release both Kid Flash and Aqualad without anyone else sacrificing themselves, and he is at least aware that putting on the helmet is a sacrifice. For example, when he possesses Zatanna:
"Fate decrees her sacrifice will not be in vain!"
Voice of the Legion: A (largely) heroic example. Whoever wears the Helmet of Fate will speak with Nabu's deep voice overlying their voice. One voice or the other may be more dominant depending on which will is being expressed.
Was Once a Man: Nabu was once a warrior living in ancient Babylonia, a son of Marduk (aka Vandal Savage) who died fighting by his father's side. The Lords of Order transformed his soul into one of their own and bound it to his helmet, needing a human host to influence the world around him.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is absolutely convinced that the world needs him (and not without reason), and if that means whatever mortal happens to be wearing the helmet never gets to take it off, so be it. It's reached the point that Captain Marvel doesn't understand why they're letting him stay in the League, and is justifiably skeptical when Nabu claims that Zatara wants him to remain part of the League. Nabu then explains that Zatara wants him there so they can keep an eye on him.
Willing Channeler: Someone has to choose to put the helmet on, though in a twist he gets to decide if they ever get to take it off again. When Kent Nelson played host to him, Nabu was fairly permissive about when Kent chose to employ him. However, an extended break by Kent soured Nabu's opinion of this arrangement, and presently he insists on being active full-time, even to the detriment of his host.

The Atom

The Atom (Ray Palmer)

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Designation: 18

Date Joined: December 30, 2010

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 22 (Agendas)

Voiced by: Jason Marsden

A super-heroic physicist. Mentor to his lab assistant, the young heroine Bumblebee.

Blue Is Heroic/Red Is Heroic: He wears a blue and red costume, with bright red line patterns.
Brainy Brunette: Season 2 reveals that The Atom has brown hair.
Incredible Shrinking Man: His suit allows him to shrink to microscopic sizes.
Science Hero: He is a molecular physicist in Ivy Town.
Tron Lines: Bright, red tron lines.

Plastic Man

Designation: 19

Date Joined: December 30, 2010

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 14 ("Revelation")

Voiced by: N/A

Plastic Man is a superhero and member of the Justice League who left with Batman.

Costume Evolution: Much like Batman and Green Arrow, he's sporting a different costume in Outsiders than he did in the first two seasons.
Fun Personified: He's nearly always smiling, and according to Captain Marvel, stages practical jokes every April Fool's Day. At one point, the mere mention of his name sends Cap into uncontrollable laughter.
Perpetual Smiler: Every appearance he's seen in, he's always smiling.
Rubber Man: Plastic Man has the ability to stretch his body, and assume the shape of other objects.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He is one of the members of the League that resigns at the beginning of Season 3 out of frustration with the U.N. sanctions put on the organization by Luthor.

Icon

Icon (Augustus Freeman)

"We both seem to have found teams that suit us."

Designation: 20

Date Joined: December 30, 2010

Status: Active

Species: Unspecified alien

Debut: Episode 14 ("Revelation")

Voiced by: Tony Todd

Icon is a superhero of extraterrestrial origin, partner and mentor to Rocket, and a member of the Justice League.

Badass Cape: He wears a large green cape. The back of his cape features a thin golden circle with a stylized I in the center.
Big Damn Heroes: Saves a crashing helicopter.
Black and Nerdy: Presents himself as an African-American human and is a lawyer.
Flying Brick: He can fly and possesses superhuman strength. Green Arrow jokes that this makes Superman think that Icon might be Kryptonian, and that this is why Superman wants him in the League.
Genius Bruiser: In addition to being a powerful superhero, Icon is also experienced in handling interplanetary law.
Hand Blast: Icon can shoot blue beams of energy from his hands.
Really 700 Years Old: He arrived on Earth as an infant in 1810. Assuming they're sticking to the comic origin, he has been doing the My Grandson, Myself thing to avoid suspicion.
Space Police: Or rather, space mediator, if they're sticking to the comic origin, he's a member of a massive interplanetary alliance, who was stranded on Earth and decided he could continue law enforcement in this planet's sector.

Red Arrow

Red Arrow / Speedy (Roy William "Will" Harper)

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Designation: 21

Date Joined: December 30, 2010

Status: Inactive

Current Affiliation: None (Retired)

Species: Human Clone

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Crispin Freeman

"I don't need help from the Junior Justice League."

Red Arrow, formerly Speedy, was the junior partner of Green Arrow who trained the young man in the use of trick arrows as crimefighting tools. After being disgusted with the Justice League's idea of "bringing them into the circle", the younger archer set out on his own, leaving Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash to decide what to do with themselves by themselves. However, he's admitted that he respects the team, and that if they ever need a hand he's willing to help. He joins the team in "Insecurity", to set a good example for the others until he officially joins the Justice League, and not-so-secretly to uncover The Mole he suspects is on the team.

In "Usual Suspects" and "Auld Acquaintance" it's revealed he was The Mole all along, a Manchurian Agent planted on Green Arrow by The Light. Moreover, he isn't even the "real" Roy Harper, but a clone of Roy, that replaced the original mere months after Green Arrow took him on as his sidekick. After announcing his resignation from both the Justice League and the Team, Roy vows to find the original Speedy, who is last seen frozen in one of The Light's facilities and mysteriously missing his right arm.

Five years later, we find Red Arrow married to Cheshire, though the two have an on-again-off-again relationship due to Roy's obsession with finding the previous Speedy. The two also have a daughter, named Lian Nguyen-Harper. During the events of "Salvage" and "Bloodlines" the couple reconciles, and using Cheshire's underworld connections, Roy is finally able to locate and rescue Green Arrow's original sidekick.

By the time of Outsiders, he runs a private security company called Bowhunter Security while using his and the original Roy's middle name, Will, to distinguish himself.

Acrofatic: Downplayed - by Outsiders he's developed a bit of a belly, but has lost none of his hand-to-hand combat skill, easily holding his own against super-strong metacriminals and League of Shadows assassins.
Action Dad: In Season 2 he has a daughter, and straightens up partly for her sake.
Aloof Big Brother: To Aqualad, Robin, and Kid Flash. He's protective of them and has absolute faith in their trustworthiness, but he deliberately sets himself apart from them and belittles their choices for the first ten episodes. On their end, they all respect his opinions, trust him implicitly, and, in the early episodes, have an adorable tendency to parrot anything he says about how the adults just don't understand.
Babies Ever After: Has a daughter, Lian, with Jade/Cheshire in season 2.
Back for the Finale: In both seasons.
Badass Normal: His skill with the bow is such that he was able to aim for (and actually hit) a target that Artemis (who's been shown to hit multiple targets at once) didn't want to risk aiming at. On the other hand, Artemis's reluctance likely had something to do with her desire to keep her relation to Cheshire and Sportsmaster a secret, the latter being the target Speedy hit.
Battle Couple: With Cheshire, his wife as of season 2. They battle the henchman of a Tibetan monastery who were guarding the original Roy Harper...along with their infant daughter.
Beard of Sorrow: Has one in "Salvage", but soon shaves it off after finding out he's a father.
Be Careful What You Wish For: In season one, Roy made it clear how much he wanted to join the Justice League. He gets his wish...and then discovers he was the brainwashed mole for the The Light and a clone.
Benevolent Boss: "Private Security" implies he gets along really well with the men he employs at Bowhunter Security, casually mentioning that he attends company softball games and post-game parties with them. When he adds his usual staff all got food poisoning the night before, there's no annoyance or frustration in his voice. And since he had to find suitable replacements for the goggle delivery job, it's telling how patient he is with them.
Berserk Button: Being called a sidekick.
Better as Friends: Ultimately where he and Artemis start and then end up again in season 3.
Beware the Nice Ones: He's mellowed out considerably come Season 3 and gained a dorky sense of humor. That doesn't make him any less of a threat in combat, like how he jammed a pen into an opponent'ss back in a spot they would've never been able to reach.
Big Beautiful Man:
- By Season 3 he's put on some weight and is sporting a visible belly. Fan reception of Will's dad bod has been mostly positive since he's still attractive and has no issue fighting alongside Dick, Roy, and Jim. It also serves as a contrast to how malnourished and sickly he was in Season 2, with his weight gain indicating he's taking better care of himself and thus makes him more attractive since it's an improvement to his health. Season 4 takes this further by showing his arms are totally jacked, coupled with his gut and beard making him look like a beefy hunk.
- On another level, his weight gain works as a metaphor for his change in demeanor. His midsection softened just as his personality did.
Big Fun: Well not as extreme as most uses of this trope, but it's telling he seemed to have gained an honest to God sense of humor along with his belly. Given how rarely he joked in the past two seasons, and how often said jokes were rather dry and/or mean, it's a significant change for him.
Big Little Brother: Technically to the original Roy Harper AKA Arsenal. Red Arrow is chronologically 8 years old in season 2, but physically 23; Arsenal is actually 23, but his body is still that of a 15-year-old due to being a Human Popsicle. Inverted with Red Arrow and Jim Harper, since the former is technically older, while the latter was force grown to appear older.
Born as an Adult: He was force grown to look 15 by the time he was fully created.
Character Development: He goes from a hot-tempered, disrespectful sidekick before turning solo to a self-hating hero with a ton of Clone Angst to a happier, nicer, and more adjusted man, business owner, and father.
Clipboard of Authority: Played for Laughs, as he treats his Bowhunter Security Clipboard as Serious Business, deliberately flipping through it to annoy Dick. Later his documents on the clipboard allow him to stop Brick's scheme to steal Goode Goggles, as Brick's men are not the ones listed on the clipboard. He even uses it as an Improvised Weapon to take out Brick.
Clones Are People, Too: Even after finding out he was a clone, he eventually got married and had a daughter.
Clone Angst: The Roy seen throughout season 1 is a clone, and his existential angst about this revelation has nearly destroyed him by the beginning of season 2. Luckily, Cheshire steps in to save him from himself. Come Season 3 he started going by "Will" to further cement he's his own person and not a knock off of Roy Harper.
Dark Is Not Evil: His "Red Arrow" outfit is mostly black. Ultimately played with when it's discovered he's The Mole; he wasn't doing it on purpose and thought he was the good guy.
Dating Catwoman: With Cheshire.
Deadpan Snarker: Like Wally, more deadpan than snarky. The snarkiness becomes more playful in Season 3.
Decomposite Character: Once Arsenal shows up. They borrow different elements from the original comic book Speedy, who has gone by both Red Arrow and Arsenal, does not have a clone, and is the father of Lian by Cheshire.
Disappeared Dad: Justified and downplayed, to Lian. For the former, Cheshire willingly didn't inform him about being pregnant because his obsession with finding Speedy left little for him to be with his loved ones, so he couldn't properly take care of a baby. For the latter, it was roughly a year before he found out he was a father. After that he began taking his parental role seriously.
Evil Redhead: Enforced. Red Arrow turns out to be the clone of the original Roy Harper and was programmed by the Light to infiltrate the Justice League.
Expressive Mask: His Domino Mask can show a variety of expressions.
Fashionable Asymmetry: Roy's Red Arrow outfit is nearly the same, except for the gloves. His left arm has a longer glove with holes, while his right glove is shorter and has no holes. This actually serves a purpose; it acts as an arm guard, to prevent Roy from hitting his own arm with the string of his bow when firing.
Fiery Redhead: A short-tempered and judgmental redhead. He gets better.
Foil: To Arsenal. Both are presented as Jerkasses whose main redeeming trait is that they're still fighting on the good team. They each start with an obsessive and selfish personality that serves as their fatal flaws. However, Red Arrow represents Arsenal had he taken a better path, curbing his extremely negative traits and becoming a kind friend and a loving father. Arsenal, on the other hand, represents Red Arrow if he remained on the same path, as he only becomes an even bigger jerk who values Revenge Before Reason, alienates others, and acts in a completely unscrupulous manner.
Formerly Fit: Subverted in Season 2, where he was less fit because he wasn't taking care of himself and had lost weight and muscle tone. Defied in Season 3, where his weight gain is seen as an improvement to his health since he's back to the competent fighting form he had in Season 1 even if he's not as sculpted as before.
The Gadfly: He enjoys playing up his dad humor to mess with people, such as cheerfully telling Dick, Roy and Jim to buckle up in his car and then unnecessarily revealing his usual crew are all suffering from "explosive diarrhea." When Roy complains that's Too Much Information, Will happily snarks they did ask him why he needed help. Earlier, he messes with Dick by pretending to check his schedule to see if he'll have time to help with his mission, to which Dick flatly responds he knows Will is doing it on purpose.
Good Is Not Nice: He's a hero, but is a jerk to his mentor, his teammates, and even the people he's rescuing. Averted in Season 3 where he's become a legit Nice Guy.
Good Parents: Knowing he had a daughter who needed him, Roy immediately got his act together and eventually retired to be a dad. Season 3 shows this in full force, as Will now owns and runs a successful private security company and prioritizes getting home in time to have dinner with Lian. Considering Jade left them, he's probably working harder to make up for her absence and give Lian enough love for two parents.
Heroic BSoD: After finding out he was both The Mole and a clone of the original Speedy. It lasts a good five years.
Heroic Build: Played straight in season 1, averted in season 2, and played with in seasons 3 and 4. After neglecting his health in season 2, he loses some of his muscular build and his fighting capabilities suffer as a result. In the following two seasons his health greatly improves and with that his fighting skills recover. His arms are shown to be sculpted and much more muscular than he appeared even in season 1. However, he also has a "dad bod" with a visible amount of fat around his waist. Even with sporting a belly he's in better shape than he was before.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: After finding out he was a clone. Specifically shown in "Salvage" of how much he comes to hate himself. He's gotten over it after making his own identity as Will Harper.
Honorary True Companion: He's True Companions with the Team's three founders and was part of the Team for about two weeks in-series time.
Humble Pie: It's one thing to find out you're a clone. It's another to find out that the mole you've been looking for all this time is YOU.
Ineffectual Loner: He sets himself apart from the rest of the Team, but manages to do well fighting alongside them nonetheless.
Insistent Terminology: He's no longer "Roy", but "Will". Though he didn't seem particularly angry when Dick mistakenly called him his old name out of habit, he did get some snarky revenge afterwards.
Dick: Hey, Roy! I mean, Will... Will! Sorry, still not used to it.
Will: Well, Richard... I mean, Dick, who are you here to recruit this time?
It's All About Me: Shows a lot of this into the first season, but grows out of it in the second season.
I Will Find You: Non-romantic version. He spent most of the five-year time skip searching for the original Roy Harper, even as everyone else gave up.
I Will Wait for You: Come Season 3 Cheshire has essentially walked out on him and Lian because she believes she's no good for them and will always be a villain first and foremost. Will clearly doesn't believe that and is shown to still love Jade and wants her to come home without trying to force her to do so.
Jerkass: Often treats his friends and random bystanders like a jerk, especially in the first season.
Jerkass Ball: In "Insecurity", he is especially nasty to Artemis, Superboy and Miss Martian. This turned out to have been part of his subconscious Cadmus programming to get suspicion off him as the true mole while causing discord within the team.
Jerkass Has a Point:
- In "Independence Day", Roy was right in calling out the mentors for promising their proteges to become full members of the Justice League, only to not take them to the actual headquarters and keep the truth of that from them.
- Also, while he's kind of an asshole to his old teammates in Season Two as he desperately hunts for the real Roy Harper, he is dismissive towards Wally in particular, asking why he's even present, which does hold some merit considering that Wally basically gave up being a superhero because he wanted to focus on college and being Artemis's boyfriend. This really seems like a waste of talent, especially given Wally wanted to be Flash's sidekick so much that he deliberately recreated a very dangerous experiment of his, just so he could have superpowers too, and Artemis is still doing hero work despite being in the exact same situation and she doesn't even have powers like he does.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his jerkass nature, he does genuinely care about his friends and secretly looks out for them. In "Performance" for instance, he shows real concern for Robin when he finds out the hero's become ill. Come Season 3, the "Heart Of Gold" aspect's been magnified so much "Jerk" doesn't apply to him anymore.
Karmic Jackpot: After being dealt a raw hand since he was created, from being born as a replacement to the original Roy Harper, being programmed into acting like an uptight asshole while bein used as a brainwashed stooge against his will, to running himself ragged to the point of wasting away into a shaggy mess. Come Season 3 Will's finally gained a semblance of happiness. Even though Cheshire left him, Will's still taking better care of himself and Lian, is the proud owner of a successful business and earns enough money to afford his own house, is now on better terms with his friends than he ever was before, and has moved his life into a direction he wants instead of what others wanted for him.
Manchurian Agent: For the Light, as he was made to infiltrate and dismantle the Justice League.
Meaningful Name: "Roy" is Gaelic and English for "red" which is part of his attire as a hero.
Meaningful Rename:
- Changes his original name from Speedy to Red Arrow, signifying his path from sidekick to solo.
- Come Outsiders, he goes by Will (from Roy's middle name, William) to differentiate himself from the original.
My Greatest Failure: The Targets comic mini-series reveals that during his Red Arrow days, Sportsmaster used his Cadmus programming to incapacitate him while he murdered Perdita's father. Will blames himself since he could've protected him if he had back-up. It's also why he takes Perdita's safety VERY personally when Bowhunter Security acts as bodyguards to her.
Nice Guy: In Season 3, there's nothing left of the uptight jerk he was in the past two seasons. Instead he's a goofy, friendly dad.
Middle Name Basis: By the third season, he prefers to go by Will, which is his middle name of William. Understandable considering his issues of being the clone of the original Roy and wanting to be his own person.
Older and Wiser: He shows this in "Private Security" when he is the one who recognizes Dick is looking for a Wally West substitute and needs to deal with the Markovian kids. Given Dick attended Will's intervention in Season 2, it shows how far he's grown as a person. It's a bit Played for Laughs when Will invokes this to which Dick responds, as a clone, Will isn't that old.
Will: Hey, I'm older than Jim.
Jim: But I'm prettier!
Out of Focus: He basically vanishes from the plot in Season 2 after rescuing the original Roy Harper. In Season 3 he was given at least one significant appearance per weekly episode drop, including his A Day in the Limelight episode "Private Security." He slips back into this trope in the second half of the season, especially after Tara and Violet move out of the house.
Papa Wolf: Roy gets out of his funk in season 2 after realizing he has a daughter who needs him.
Primary-Color Champion: Zigzagged. As Speedy, he wore a yellow sixteenth century-style hat complete with feather, yellow gloves, boots, belt and a red suit. And he was actually a clone of Roy Harper and was sent to become a mole for the Light.
Put on a Bus: In season 2, after finding the real Roy Harper, clone Roy disappears from the series entirely besides a cameo at the finale. He returns to prominence in season 3 and 4.
Rage Against the Mentor: Goes on a tirade against Green Arrow and Rage Quits in the very first episode of the show for being put on the "sidekick team", then spends much of season 1 operating alone as Red Arrow to prove to Ollie he's just as good. Inverted 5 years later in "Satisfaction", where after Ollie rages against himself for failing all his proteges, Roy reassures him that, despite their differences, he's always considered Ollie a good man.
Rage Quit: In the very first episode. Because of his outrage at being placed in "the Junior Justice League," he quits being Speedy.
Red Is Heroic: He has red hair and is a hero. His first superhero outfit was completely red, except the yellow hat; his second costume is both red and black.
Retired Badass: Subverted. By season 3, Will's decided to focus on being a father and a business owner but he's not entirely out of the hero game. In "Private Security" he's asked to help Nightwing break up a metahuman trafficking operation in Star City and later has to fight off Brick on top of a speeding truck. The fight with Brick and the successful completion of the later mission show Will hasn't lost his edge as Red Arrow. This trend continues in season 4 when he participates in relocating Cassandra Savage and Onyx to a safe house and successfully fights off three assassins with no assistance. He's later shown in his Red Arrow uniform and actively discusses what to do regarding the two possible defectors. It goes to show that while Will's first priorities are Lian and Bowhunter Security, he has no issue stepping into the role of Red Arrow if he's needed or if there's a clear danger to his family.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In episode one, he defiantly declares himself to not be part of the Team.
Secret-Keeper: Knew Artemis wasn't Green Arrow's niece from the start, but only confronts Artemis about it when they're alone, and leaves it to her to tell her friends the truth.
Settle for Sibling: In season 3, after being abandoned by Jade, Will develops mutual attraction with her sister Artemis. Subverted by the end of the season as they decide to remain friends.
Sidekick Graduations Stick: Within the first six episodes, Roy changes his hero identity from Speedy to Red Arrow.
Sixth Ranger: An older peer of the team who sometimes works with them but tries to be independent. His designation is also B06.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: Doesn't wear any sleeves in his "Red Arrow" attire.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Red Arrow is serious, aloof and a loner who refuses to join the team, but he still cares about his friends.
Tomato in the Mirror: "I... I was the mole?" He's a clone of Roy Harper who replaced the original mere months after Roy became Green Arrow's sidekick, which means he was Speedy for years, much longer than the original Speedy!
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: Seasons 1 and 2 Roy was a surly, generally unpleasant person who did care about his friends and was capable of being happy but rarely, if ever, smiled. Season 3 Will makes jokes and bad puns like the dad he is, likes to playfully mess with his friends, and can get easily flustered and embarrassed in certain situations without getting pissed off. In fact, come "Home Fires" and it's probably the first time he's ever let out a genuinely content laugh while having fun with Lian and the other kids.
Took a Level in Kindness:
- After recovering the original Speedy in Season 2 there is almost nothing of the old angry and resentful Roy, even giving Ollie a You Are Better Than You Think You Are speech. By Outsiders, he's completely mellowed out and is a retired hero taking care of his kid and spending time with his sister-in-law Artemis (keep in mind that they used to dislike each other).
- His sense of humor and mellowness is more inline with his characterization from the comics.
Trauma Conga Line: Finds out he was The Mole and a clone, gets hunted like an animal by Brainwashed and Crazy Leaguers, and then spends the next 5 years in a Heroic BSoD while all his friends tell him he's gone crazy.
Weight Woe:
- When he first appears after the Time Skip in the second season, his muscular frame appears somewhat malnourished as a result of neglecting his health due to his relentless hunt for the original Roy Harper. By the third season, he's regained his musculature but has also gained some pounds with a noticeable belly. This serves to highlight he's in a better place physically, mentally, and emotionally.
- Played with in the audio episode "The Prize" where Will receives teasing for his dad bod, with Will noting he somehow gained weight despite being one of Cadmus's genetically modified clones. Captain Boomerang even dismissively calls Will "Captain Beer Belly", much to Will's frustration. He still manages to take Boomerang down with one punch.
Younger Than They Look: He's 3, 8 by the Time Skip, and has the physique of an 18-year-old.
Youthful Freckles: Averted. Notable that he's one of the few redheads without them, even in his younger days.

Season Two

Blue Beetle II

Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)

Designation: 22

Date Joined: Post-November 1, 2011

Status: Deceased

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 34 ("Satisfaction")

The second Blue Beetle. His death in a lab explosion indirectly led to Jaime finding the Scarab and becoming his successor.

Badass Bookworm: Kord was a brilliant inventor.
Badass Normal: He never used the Scarab himself, just based his hero persona on it.
Blue Is Heroic: True to his name, Blue Beetle wore blue. His pants and shirt were of a light blue color, with darker blue trunks. The top section of his shirt was adorned with a dark blue cutout that resembled bug's legs. He wore dark blue gloves and boots, and a belt with a golden buckle. To hide his face, he wore a dark blue cowl with yellow goggles.
Color Character: Blue Beetle.
Dying Moment of Awesome: Going head to head against both Deathstroke and Sportsmaster at the same time in order to keep the Light from getting the Scarab forever cements him as an incredible badass. Taking into account the fact that Jaime ended up getting it, this also means that the explosion which claimed his life probably wasn't deliberate on the part of the villains.
Gadgeteer Genius: Batgirl's dialogue in "Intervention" and everyone's initial belief that the Scarab was something he created implies that he was this.
Legacy Character: The second Blue Beetle.
Nice Guy: He was considered a good man.
Posthumous Character: He died during the Time Skip between seasons 1 and 2, making him this in relation to season 2 (he would have been alive during season 1, but he never appeared).
Sonic Stunner: Apparently his weapon of choice, no doubt inspired by the Scarab armor's version.

Black Lightning

Black Lightning (Jefferson Pierce)

Designation: 23/G01 as part of Nightwing's team

Date Joined: Post-November 1, 2011

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 27 ("Happy New Year")

Voiced by: Khary Payton

Black Lightning, as his name would suggest, is a metahuman with powers over electricity, and Static's mentor. Initially a member of the Justice League, he eventually leaves to join the Nightwing's Team and seek redemption following his accidental murder of a young girl.

10-Minute Retirement: Leaves the Justice League to retire from superheroism altogether because of his guilt, but is then convinced by Nightwing to join his team for a one-off mission, and ultimately stays afterward. Does it again at the end of the season. He becomes enraged and quits after finding out about the "Anti-Light" scheme, but later exposes Lex Luthor's deception from the rest of the world, with the help of Oracle and Cyborg.
Accidental Murder: He kills a monster that he didn't know was actually a 14-year-old trafficked metahuman, to his horror.
Amicable Exes: With Lynn, as she allows him to see their daughters during the night and then they engage in a non-argumentative discussion.
Art Evolution: Originally he looked like his classic comic design, but in "Outsiders" it's been heavily reworked to resemble his concurrent live-action portrayal.
Ascended Extra: In his debut season, he only had minor appearances in five episodes with only one speaking role at the end. In Outsiders, he's one of the main cast members as a founder of the team.
The Atoner: He leaves the Justice League to join Nightwing's Team over the guilt of accidentally killing one of the trafficked meta-human children.
Awesomeness by Analysis: He manages to figure out that Batman and some of the other heroes were having a secret coup to combat the light by picking up the pieces from past events, from Batman and the rest of the League's resignation to spotting a drone after being freed from Granny Goodness' grasp and rips into them apart with a long What the Hell, Hero? speech.
Big Brother Mentor: Offers himself as one to Static, should the younger hero need one.
Color Character: Black Lightning.
Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: His Outsiders look is obviously inspired by Cress Williams's portrayal of Black Lighting from the live-action show airing concurrently.
Cool Shades: To hide and/or protect his eyes, he wears small goggles with yellow lenses.
Dark Is Not Evil: He wears a black and blue unitard with lightning motifs, blue sleeves, black pants, and black shoes.
Drama-Preserving Handicap: His inability to generate electricity prevents him from being able to help out more in combat, and makes Nightwing's Team's first mission much more difficult than it would've been had he been at his A-game.
Electric Black Guy: The Trope Maker.
Glass Cannon: For all the power his special lightning has, Black Lightning himself is no stronger or tougher than an ordinary human and thus is vulnerable to harm should he be hit.
The Heart: For Nightwing's squad, he's always the one most willing to object to the morally ambiguous choices they sometimes face. It's for this reason that Nightwing nominates him to be the new leader of the Justice League at the end of the season.
I Am Not Left-Handed: He regulates his lightning to knock his foes out, but he can amp it up considerably when needed. When Devastation boasts that his ordinary lightning blasts can't hurt her, he thanks her for the advice and hits her with enough power to knock her out on the spot.
Interspecies Romance: He (a metahuman) with Lynn and Helga (both humans). The former was his ex-wife and the latter became his love interest in season 3.
Meaningful Name: Not only is he of African descent and have electrical powers, but he generates literal black lightning.
My God, What Have I Done?: Black Lightning is immediately struck with guilt when he learns he just killed a 14-year-old girl who was trafficked and forcibly turned into a monster. It's what starts his quest for redemption by leaving the Justice League and joining Nightwing's Team.
Papa Wolf: He is very protective of children, having two young daughters himself. He quit the League over the guilt of accidentally killing a little girl, is devastated when eight metahuman children are teleported away before they can be rescued, and joins Nightwing's Team to fight back against metahuman child trafficking.
Psychosomatic Superpower Outage: Due to his feelings of guilt, his ability to generate electricity severely diminishes by the time he joins Nightwing's Team. He gets it back when he sees Halo (supposedly) dead.
Rank Up: Becomes the new leader of the Justice League at the end of season 3.
Shock and Awe: With a distinctive black coloration. It's got some other unusual properties to it, since Livewire wasn't able to absorb it.
Team Dad: He's the oldest member of Nightwing's Team and acts as a mentor of sorts to some of the younger members (particularly the newest recruits such as Geo-Force, Halo, and Forager) when they're not on missions.
What the Hell, Hero?: Delivers a long and vicious speech to Batman, Nightwing, and the rest of the "anti-Light" conspiracy upon realizing they're secretly working together. He's absolutely enraged that they're sinking to the Light's level and lying about it, and tears them a new one upon realizing mid-speech that they've also been faking incidents for the Outsiders to tackle.
Willfully Weak: Black Lightning is one of Nightwing's Team's biggest heavy hitters, and his special brand of electricity could vaporize most of his enemies with ease. However, his refusal to kill means he holds back a great deal. When he's facing off against Devastation, who boasts that she can withstand his electricity, he points just how lucky she is for that before electrocuting her in a single blast. He's strong enough to pin down even Metron, a New God.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: He draws the line at kids getting hurt or worse, killed. One can imagine his horror when he ended up accidentally killing one.

Green Lantern (Guy Gardner)

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Designation: 24

Date Joined: Post-November 1, 2011

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 34 ("Revelation")

Voiced by: Troy Baker

Earth's third Green Lantern. When the League considers an expansion in "Agendas", the Flash puts his name forward - something Hal and John are both very opposed to.

Alliterative Name: Guy Gardner.
Big Damn Heroes: Saves a falling bus of children when Green Arrow, Red Arrow, and Black Canary all fail to stop it from falling.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He's such an annoying, pretentious jerk that you kinda wonder if the ring didn't make a mistake when it picked him to be a Green Lantern. It didn't, and Guy will unleash all the whoopass when necessary.
Eyelid Pull Taunt: After the League left a Thanagarian Nth Metal refinery in "Influence", Guy pulled this towards Talak with the other members not happy.
The Friend Nobody Likes: Guy's such an immature, obnoxious showboat, you'd be hard pressed to find a Leaguer who likes having him on the team.
Hidden Depths: Despite his obnoxiousness and immaturity, he's shown to have the strongest willpower of the three Lanterns, not even flinching when Granny unleashes the Ghost Dimension, causing incalculable pain to all that are caught in it.
Imagination-Based Superpower: Being a Green Lantern, his ring can create anything he can think of.
Irony: Flash is the one who insists on inducting him on the League, but in the comics, he hated Gardner so much that he actually hoped that he died once (albeit subsequently acknowledging that wishing for his death was beyond the pale regardless of the kind of person Gardner is).
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Implied. Judging by Hal's and John's "No. Just… No" Reaction at the idea of letting Guy join the League and Cassie's own exclamation that he doesn't like anyone one could reasonably say that he's a bit difficult in terms of personality. However, Guy is a hero first, as seen when he saves a bus full of innocents. Nightwing also says that Guy is actually fond of Jaime Reyes in his own way (which is quite possibly a Mythology Gag to the fact Guy was rather fond of Jaime in the comics as well), which is a telling thing for Cassie.
Manchild: Quite possibly the only Leaguer who's as childish, if not even more so than Captain Marvel.
"No. Just… No" Reaction: How Hal and John react to the proposal of adding Guy to the League, though they eventually add him to the League anyway. Quite a few Leaguers come to regret it.
Shameless Fanservice Guy: You have to be in order to sing an ode to your own buttocks. Right in front of your teammates' vehicle, no less.
Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: Guy has short red hair and green eyes.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: He wears black pants and a black sleeveless shirt with a green front. He's noticeably the only Green Lantern whose uniform is not a full bodysuit.

Zatanna

Zatanna (Zatanna Zatara)

"Be as chalant as you like."

Designation: 25

Date Joined: Pre-December 1, 2015

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 15 ("Humanity")

Voiced by: Lacey Chabert

Magician and teenage daughter of Giovanni Zatara. She joins the team in their search for Red Tornado. Zatanna later ends up joining the team in full after her father becomes the latest host of Doctor Fate. Robin takes an immediate liking to her.

Five years later, Zatanna has become a full-fledged member of the Justice League.

Alliterative Name: Zatanna Zatara.
Amicable Exes: With Nightwing after the time skip. Occasionally implied to still be Friends with Benefits with him, given their rather flirtatious interactions.
Attack Reflector: In "Cornered", she uses a spell that reflects Despero's Deadly Gaze back at him.
Badass in a Nice Suit: She follows her traditional design of wearing a snazy magician's wardrobe.
Badass Teacher: By the time of Phantoms, she became the magical mentor to a new generation of magical superheroes, guiding them to be just as powerful as the Justice League.
Be Careful What You Wish For: In "Misplaced", she wishes her father, Zatara, would give her some space. By the end of the episode, she gets what she wants, in the absolute worst way possible.
Birds of a Feather: With Robin I, as they both are fond of Buffy Speak.
Black Magician Girl: She's a spunky young girl who uses her magic to attack. Post-Time Skip, she's more of a Lady of Black Magic, having grown much more competent with her magic and generally more mature in the five years between seasons.
Bound and Gagged: In "Secrets" Zatanna is bound and gagged by Harm◊.
Break the Cutie: Zatanna suffered this in "Misplaced" after her father had became a permanent host for Dr. Fate.
Buffy Speak: It requires closed captions to see what she's saying when casting a spell, and most of them are this Trope. For example: "Etativel taht ssorg gniht".
Character Focus: Shares the spotlight with Artemis in "Secrets".
Combat Stilettos: Averted in this incarnation of the character. She wears square-heeled boots which are practical enough for battle. Lampshaded in "Secrets" when she magically changes them into flat sole boots during a chase scene.
Zatanna: Okay, these boots? Adorable, but for a chase sequence? Lacticarp raewtoof won! (Practical footwear now!)
Costume Evolution: Her outfit remains basically the same when she's older, but now shows cleavage and more leg.
Cute Witch: Even wears a "traditional" witch costume for Halloween.
Deadpan Snarker: A more subtle variant compared to Artemis and the boys.
Demoted to Extra: In Season 2, courtesy of graduating from the team in favor of the Justice League. That being said, she still plays a major role in a few episodes, notably in "Misplaced" and "Intervention". She eventually returns to the spotlight with her own arc in Phantoms.
Deus Exit Machina: In "Cornered" Despero tries to do this trope by paralyzing her with his Deadly Gaze as soon as he sees her. It was a good idea too; as soon as Miss Martian wakes her up, Zatanna possesses Mal Duncan in about half a second and then renders Despero, who had spent the entire episode effortlessly Curb Stomping Captain Marvel and Superboy, helpless with one spell.
Elemental Powers: As part of her magic. She can employ any element she likes, be it ice, water or fire.
Flight: Adds this ability to her magical portfolio in Season 2. She can either fly under her own power or use Instant Runes as makeshift levitating platforms, the latter being a technique she inherited from her father.
Friends with Benefits: Implied with Nightwing, given the sensual manner she kisses him on his birthday.
Functional Magic: She got her magicking from her father. It's Rule Magic, that requires the spells to be said backwards.
Glass Cannon: Zatanna can usually render a target helpless in half a second if she can cast a spell before they can stop her. Keyword being "if", since magic is her only source of both offense and defense, and she's pretty much helpless in a physical fight.
Hot Witch: Her outfit for season 2 seems hell bent on emphasizing the fact, especially with its much lower neck line.
Lady of Black Magic: As of Season 2, she is much more graceful, mature, and her spells have become more powerful.
Locked Out of the Loop: Plays a pivotal role in Artemis infiltrating the Light as Tigress, courtesy of making the glamour charm that masks her appearance. Despite this, she isn't let in on the larger plan until much later, with Nightwing keeping her in the dark regarding the charm's true purpose.
Ms. Fanservice: In Season 2, when her hero outfit displays her buxom chest and trades her shorts for a leotard.
Mundane Utility: Seems to know a lot of spells for quickly altering her own or others' clothing.
Plucky Girl: Zatanna doesn't give up, ever. Not even her father suffering a Death of Personality due to taking on Doctor Fate's identity keeps her down for long.
Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: She has black hair, pale skin, and is considered beautiful.
Real Name as an Alias: "Zatanna" is both her real name and her superhero codename.
Secretly Selfish: After Zatara sacrificed himself to spare Zatanna from becoming the next Doctor Fate she becomes more desperate to find a way to save her father from Nabu's grip, even if it means lying and resorting to unethical actions. Ostensibly, her recruiting her apprentices was to help them become better magicians. But in reality, she intended have them become one of four rotating Doctor Fate hosts alongside her to liberate her father, effectively condemning them to serve Nabu for the rest of their lives. When Khalid calls her out on this, she looks away and doesn't respond to his accusation, proving that her intentions were for personal reasons.
She's All Grown Up: She evolves from a Cute Witch into a Hot Witch.
Shout-Out to Shakespeare: Her go-to spell for creating bursts of fire is "Erif nrub, nordluac elbbub!".
Sidekick Graduations Stick: She's left the team and has become a member of the Justice League between seasons.
Sixth Ranger: Though initially a Guest-Star Party Member in "Humanity" and "Secrets", she becomes this at the end of "Misplaced".
Squishy Wizard: Even more so than Miss Martian, as she has to actually speak all of her spells, doesn't have stealth or mobility, and is apparently the shortest on the team.
Team Mom: She becomes this to her sentinels.
Took a Level in Badass: Not really accustomed to being a superhero when she first joins the team, she generally tends to play a support role in battle. Over the course of the season she steadily grows more and more competent and creative in the use of her magic. Come Season 2, she's become even more powerful, outclassing even most of her fellow Justice League members.
Town Girls: The Neither to Miss Martian's Femme and Artemis's Butch.
Truer to the Text: Originally, Zatanna was a teenager when she started out, with the DCAU starting the trend of her being around the same age as the rest of the League, including being Ret-Canon to the comics. Here, she starts out as a teenager like her original counterpart.
Warrior Therapist: To Artemis in "Secrets", though Artemis refuses to heed her advice concerning bad secrets.
Weak, but Skilled: In the beginning, as she's an inexperienced magician but her spells really help out the team in battle.
Younger and Hipper: Zatanna in the modern-day comics is about the same age as Bruce Wayne, the two having been Retconned into being Childhood Friends (which had originated from the DCAU), as well as her being an occasional Love Interest for him. This version of her is made a contemporary of Dick Grayson instead, making her almost two decades younger than Bruce in this series, as well as shifting her status as a friend and occasional Love Interest to Dick as well. However, it's been brought up by Greg Weisman that Zatanna was originally introduced into the comics as a teenager in the '60s, when Dick Grayson was still a teenager, too. Zatanna was simply allowed to "grow up" faster than Dick, due to becoming the universe's de facto magician after her father died, while Dick must always be younger than Batman. He also noted that there are very few cases of a superhero legacy between a parent and child, and that by not taking advantage of Giovanni and Zatanna Zatara's relationship, the show would have lost something.

Rocket

Rocket (Raquel Ervin)

"Is it always like this?"

Designation: 26

Date Joined: Pre-December 1, 2015

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 14 ("Revelation")

Voiced by: Miss Kittie (Season 1, "Satisfaction"), Denise Boutte ("Intervention", Outsiders, Phantoms), Cree Summer (Legacy)

Sidekick of Icon. She and Icon debuted in an earlier episode dealing with the Injustice League's monster plants, along with other superheroes around the world. They intermittently appeared in later episodes, leading to Icon's induction into the Justice League and Rocket joining the Team.

Five years later, Rocket has become a full-fledged member of the Justice League.

11th-Hour Ranger: Joins the team in the second-to-last episode of the first season. By the time the second season starts, she's already joined the Justice League.
Absurdly Youthful Mother: By Outsiders, she's an Action Mom at the age of 22.
Action Mom: As of Season 3, she has a son and is still a member of the League.
Amicable Exes: With Nightwing after the time skip.
Ascended Extra: Originally she was the last teammate to join the cast and received minimal screentime before the time skip where she joined the Justice League. But by the time of Phantoms she's gained her own story arc, with a gaze into her life as both a mother and hero.
Ascended Fangirl: In "Usual Suspects" she says that sidekicks like Aqualad, Kid Flash and Robin were her inspiration. And now, she is one of their teammates and, at one point, dated Robin.
Audience Surrogate: Justified since she was the newbie in the last parts of season one.
Babies Ever After: The tie-in comics for the Time Skip reveals that at some point she had a son.
Barrier Warrior: She can create force fields that absorb kinetic energy. This means that all forms of physical attacks simply reinforce the bubble, enabling her to hold down heavy hitters like Wonder Woman.
Chekhov's Gunman: She appeared in the background of a few episodes before Icon's induction into the League and her joining the Team.
Childhood Friend Romance: It's implied in "Encounter Upon The Razor's Edge" that she and Amistad's father, Noble, have known each other since they were young.
Clothes Make the Superman: Rocket has no innate powers but can draw upon an alien belt for flight and energy barriers.
Crippling Overspecialization: Her barriers absorb kinetic energy, effectively neutralizing even the physically strongest beings if she can manage to catch them. What they don't do is absorb other forms of energy, so they quickly collapse from any sort of directed energy attack.
Deadpan Snarker: She's snarky even in the heat of battle.
Demoted to Extra: In Season 2, her screen-time is even less. This gets rectified by Phantoms.
Energy Absorption: Her barriers only get stronger when kinetic energy is applied. She demonstrates and explains this when she traps Wonder Woman in one. Other forms of energy, however, aren't absorbed.
Flight: Part of her powerset.
Happily Married: Or engaged. Even has a bridal shower in "Satisfaction". Subverted by Phantoms since she and her husband have separated and now live in different neighborhoods. The two do remain on friendly terms.
Intergenerational Friendship: She seems to grow fond of Jay Garrick, the elderly Flash. Their adventure in Phantoms reveals that the two have grown close enough to talk with one another like good pals.
Is It Always Like This?: Asked pretty much word-for-word when she joins the Team.
Rocket: It is always like this!
Zatanna: Told ya.
Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better: Uses her force fields as projectiles sometimes.
Parents as People: Her arc in Phantoms shows that she's struggling to properly raise her kid. Her responsibility as a superhero have taken a toll on her, and she struggles with accepting Amistad's autism diagnosis/deciding what's the best thing to do.
Sassy Black Woman: A milder example than most people who fall under the trope, but she still fits the bill.
Sidekick Graduations Stick: Joined the Justice League as a superhero in her own right between seasons.
Weaksauce Weakness: Maintaining a force bubble around someone else, whether to protect them or trap them, leaves her more or less a sitting duck.

Season Three

Aquaman II

Aquaman / Aqualad / Black Manta (Kaldur'ahm)

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Designation: 27

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human-Atlantean hybrid

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Khary Payton

"We stand ready."

Aqualad is an Atlantean who, through his own skills with water manipulation and focus, earned the right to take on the role of junior partner of Justice League member Aquaman. Although somewhat hesitant in regards to listening to Speedy's rant about them needing to branch out, he soon begins to discover that it may actually be for the better. Somewhat stoic, he soon becomes the team's voice of reason when it comes to dealing with obstacles, whether they be friend or foe.

During the five-year gap between seasons Kaldur joins his father, Black Manta, following the death of Tula during a mission after she joined the Team as Aquagirl. Tula's death, along the revelation that Aquaman had kept the identity of his biological father from him, apparently drives Aqualad to betray the Team and become Black Manta II.

By Outsiders, Kaldur has succeeded Orin's as Aquaman and has joined the Justice League.

Acquired Poison Immunity: As a result of living under water all his life, he's developed a resistance to jellyfish venom.
Adaptational Sexuality: Kaldur's comic book counterpart is gay, whereas in Young Justice he is either bisexual or pansexual, having dated Rocket and Tula before gaining a boyfriend in season 3.
Affirmative-Action Legacy: Becomes the new Aquaman in Outsiders, succeeding King Orin.
Ambiguously Gay: Is not straight according to Word of God, and this is actually followed through in the official DC comics continuity. Rocket kissed him on New Year's and Word of God is that they dated a bit afterward. Actually has enough Homoerotic Subtext to leave fans speculating for a while; it's not clear if he is gay and Tula was an exception or if he's attracted to both men and women. As of season 3 he has a boyfriend, and Word of God has confirmed him as bisexual or polysexual.
Animal Motifs: He has eel tattoos on his arms, can generate electricity, and can conjure a giant eel made of water with his powers.
Anti-Hero: In season 1 he's willing to hide from his friends that there's a possible mole on the team to keep them from turning on each other. In season 2 he's willing to put both his mentor and his friends in danger, and actively attack them, to protect his cover.
Apparently Human Merfolk: Looks similar to a human being but hides his Atlantean traits when he is in public.
The Apprentice: In "Downtime" it was shown that Aquaman was impressed with Kaldur and his friend Garth's bravery and offered them both the role of his apprentice. Garth refused, while Kaldur accepted and became Aqualad.
Archnemesis Dad: Black Manta in season 1, though Kaldur doesn't know it at the time. Double subverted in season 2.
Badass Arm-Fold: Best shown in the episode "Secrets"◊.
Beware the Nice Ones: Aqualad is often very caring and reasonable, but is terrifying when pushed the wrong way.
Big Brother Instinct: Primarily to Robin. When Black Canary points out that he's just as much a logical choice for leader, Kaldur gets a haunted look and says "But he is so young".
Big Brother Mentor: To Robin and arguably, Superboy. Lampshaded by Miss Martian in "Infiltrator".
The Blank: During his Battle in the Center of the Mind in "The Fix", but he gets his face back in the next scene thanks to Artemis telling him You Are Not Alone.
Break the Badass: Temporarily in "Failsafe".
Broken Pedestal: Lagoon Boy used to idolize him.
Bruiser with a Soft Center: In season one, he's the second strongest member after Superboy... but he's whole a lot nicer than Superboy is.
The Cameo: Shows up in an episode of Teen Titans Go! to show up the Titans. While Superboy and Miss Martian also appear, Kaldur is the only one who speaks, likely because his voice actor, Khary Payton, also plays Titans regular Cyborg.
Canon Foreigner: Zigzagged. He was made for the show, but DC liked him so much he was adapted to the comics before the show even aired, though there's very little similarity between the two of them, beyond their costume, power set, identity of biological father, and ethnicity. He was adapted into the Brightest Day and Teen Titans books, but he's since been wiped out of existence by the New 52 reboot— finally reappearing more than two years later in Teen Titans (Rebirth). He was, however, ported to the universes of Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox and Teen Titans Go!.
The Captain: Batman has been known to refer to "You and your team" when talking to Aqualad; in addition, he reports directly to Batman after the team completes missions. He becomes a villainous example after his Face–Heel Turn.
The Chains of Commanding: Mentioned in "Drop Zone" and "Downtime" and fully explained in "Disordered".
Character Development: He first starts out as submissive in the first few episodes and later emerges as The Leader of the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits. He then goes on to become a mole in his villainous father's organization. And now he's the new Aquaman and the leader of the Justice League.
Childhood Friend Romance: He had a longtime crush on his friend Tula. Unfortunately for him, she began a relationship with his best friend Garth during the time he was away.
Child Soldiers: Word of God is, it's required for Atlanteans to enlist in military training until the age of 16.
Conflicting Loyalty: In "Downtime" between Atlantis and the surface world.
Dark Is Not Evil: His "evil" outfit in season 2 certainly makes him look more evil.
Deadpan Snarker: His usual stoicism breaks at times to remind us he's still a teenager.
Kaldur: Captain [Marvel], wait! (to himself) Hey, "Speed of Mercury".
Defusing the Tyke-Bomb: Early in season one he calms Superboy down and helps adjust to the world until Superboy gets with Miss Martian. In addition, it's been stated by Word of God that Superboy is closest to Aqualad out of all of males in season 1.
Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Tula in "Downtime" until he got over it at the end of the episode.
The Dragon: To Black Manta in Season 2. He turns out to be a Dragon with an Agenda: He's still a good guy, and just using his father to get closer to the Light and their new partner.
Dual Wielding: He often solidifies water into two weapons he uses to attack.
Elemental Baggage: Aqualad cannot create the water he telekinetically manipulates, it either comes from the pack on his back or a standing supply near by.
Emotions vs. Stoicism: He tends to stay on the stoic side. Has since went to the emotional side since his Face–Heel Turn. Only not, since he's a Fake Defector.
Evil Costume Switch: After joining his father and becoming Black Manta II, complete with a creepier haircut.
Evil Former Friend: Subverted. It's all part of the plan.
Expy: According to creator Greg Weisman, Kaldur's design was inspired by The Lord of the Rings' elves.
Eye Beams: As Black Manta II.
Face–Heel Turn: In Season 2, but it turns out he's a Fake Defector.
Fallen Hero: In Season 2, but later subverted.
Fantastic Racism: Aqualad and other Atlanteans with non-human traits face discrimination from the Purifiers.
Fights Like a Normal: Training with the team during season one.
Freudian Excuse: His first love Tula was killed as a direct result of becoming involved with the Team, and he's been trying to hurt his own father for years because of the lies of a man whom he called both his king and his friend. This turns out to be a subversion; he's a Fake Defector.
Guile Hero: This and his levelheadedness is why he was chosen to be leader in the first season. He was also the one who started the plan to infiltrate the villains by pretending to be evil to get close to his father. Together only he, Wally, Artemis, and Dick know of this ruse.
Half-Human Hybrid: His father is the human Black Manta, while his mother is an Atlantean.
Heartbroken Badass: After Tula chooses Garth over him. After her death between seasons, it's stated to be the catalyst for his (fake) Face–Heel Turn.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: So far: Aqualad's good, but then he's bad, then he's still good, then he might just be pretending to be good, then he actually is good. He was, however, Good All Along.
Heroic Bastard: The result of a human/Atlantean non-marriage union.
Heroic Sacrifice: Sacrifices himself in "Failsafe" to save Martian Manhunter, who eventually turns out to be the key to freeing everyone from the Unwinnable Training Simulation they're trapped in.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: He doesn't believe in his leadership abilities until "Alpha Male". Made worse in "Failsafe", where he believes himself to be unfit to lead the team.
Hydro-Electro Combo: He can use both water and lightning magic.
I Did What I Had to Do: Had to make several compromising choices undercover as Black Manta's henchman.
Important Haircut: He has a normal haircut in season 1, but he gets a shorter hair style in season 2.
Impossibly Cool Weapon: He wields a pair of waterbearers that he can use to augment his powers and and create a variety of water weapons.
In a Single Bound: He does this a few times in the episodes like "Humanity". Although he doesn't jump as high and does not do it as much as Superboy has.
I Should Have Been Better: He wishes he'd acted more like a leader than a soldier during "Failsafe".
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Wishes Tula and Garth the best together, as he wants Tula to be happy.
Jack of All Stats: Definitely the most well-rounded member of the original Team. He's not as fast as Kid Flash, as strong as Superboy or as super-powered as Miss Martian, and he doesn't pack as many cool gadgets as Robin or Artemis, but he's definitely more versatile than any of them. He's adept at strategy and hand-to-hand combat, he's got magic training, and his waterbearers can shape-shift into any weapon he needs. He's even more bruising after the Time Skip, now that he's got magic, super strength and a weaponized power suit with missiles and freaking eyebeams.
Kick the Dog: Kills Artemis in "Depths". Soon subverted when it turns out they were just faking her death.
Kid Hero: He is 16 years old in the first season.
Kubrick Stare: He delivers a damn creepy look when he rises out of the water in "Depths".
The Leader:
- Type Levelheaded. The position is made official in "Drop Zone" and reaffirmed at the end of "Alpha Male".
- Played With in "Disordered"; after his actions in "Failsafe", he doesn't believe himself to be an effective leader, yet he continues to be one since he doesn't want to burden Robin with the role.
- No longer true as of Season 2. However, his leadership qualities are what makes him a dangerous villain, and it's notable that he makes sure all of his mooks have time to escape.
- After rejoining the team after completing his mission, Nightwing immediately defers leadership back to Kaldur.
Legacy Character: As Black Manta II, and later, Aquaman.
Licked by the Dog: In "Darkest", Sphere rolls right up to him and doesn't even sound the alarm after he gives her a pet, like in old times. This makes him feel even more guilty about blowing up Mount Justice in order to secure his cover.
Locked Out of the Loop: Aquaman, his parents, and Black Manta all know that Black Manta is his biological father, something Kaldur himself is not aware of until Legacy.
Love Hurts: Kaldur's first love Tula wound up falling for his best friend, Garth. Making matters worse, she later died, and Kaldur's mindscape in Invasion makes it clear that he still has feelings for her. By Outsiders, however, he's managed to move on and found love with Wynnde.
Love Makes You Evil: Subverted, as he's a Fake Defector.
Love Triangle: In one between him, his crush Tula and his good friend Garth.
Luke, I Am Your Father: He's the son of Aquaman's nemesis, Black Manta.
Magic Knight: His powers come from Atlantean magic, but his fighting style is considerably more hands-on than other Atlantean magicians.
Master Actor: Gives a stunning Rage Against the Mentor speech to Aquaman, regularly drops messages to the others involved in his deception disguised as badass threats and convinces everyone he actually killed Artemis with a little sleight of hand. He is so convincing that even Wally, who is in on the plan, is concerned that Aqualad might really be an evil triple agent playing Nightwing.
Meaningful Name:
- His name is an Atlantean spin on his adoptive father's name, Calvin Durham.
- In Icelandic his name means "cool".
Meaningful Rename: Becomes Black Manta II after his fake Face–Heel Turn, as he's the son of Black Manta.
Mind Rape: M'gann rips the memories out of his mind and leaves him catatonic in "Before the Dawn".
The Mole: Infiltrated Black Manta's organization to get intel on the Light.
Mole in Charge: Not in charge, but he is The Dragon to Black Manta.
Morph Weapon: His waterbearers have a lot of different uses, thus becoming an Impossibly Cool Weapon.
Mr. Exposition:
- Whenever a new face pops up that the audience doesn't know, he's usually the one to give the exposition on who they are.
- He actually explains all the reasons for his apparent Face–Heel Turn before the end of his first appearance as a villain in "Alienated".
Multi-Melee Master: His waterbearers can turn into swords, maces, hammers, bats and whips.
Nerves of Steel:
- Comes along with the stoic part.
- What else do you call pretending to be evil in order to infiltrate some very powerful enemies, incurring the wrath of two equally powerful superhero teams, fending off attacks from his former friends, keeping his cool and sanity surrounded by villains, all the while making on-the-fly decisions that at once cement his position amongst his foes and minimize casualties amongst his friends to maintain his cover as a mole?
- In "Complications," while pretending to be an Empty Shell, Chesire hurls a sai at him (which is blocked at the last second by Miss Martian) and Aqualad doesn't so much as blink.
Nice Guy: The nicest member on the team after Miss Martian.
Not So Stoic: Sometimes, Kaldur's stoicism gives way to snark.
Red Arrow: (after Kaldur asks if he needs help) Please. I don't need help from the Junior Justice League.
Aqualad: Just our computers.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Took Deathstroke out of the picture offscreen, allowing Miss Martian to take his place in "Summit".
Omniglot: He can speak English, Atlantean, and a little bit of Greek.
Only Sane Man: Compared to most of team early in the first season.
Overlord Jr.: As part of his infiltration of the Light, he plays this part to his father, Black Manta.
Powered Armor: Kaldur's Black Manta uniform in season two. It gives Kaldur missile launchers and Eye Beams on top of the Atlantean abilities his father lacks.
Power Glows: His tattoos glow blue when he uses his powers.
Power Tattoo: Has eel tattoos on his arms.
A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: Subverted, that's what everyone is supposed to believe.
Rage Against the Mentor: Calls out Aquaman for hiding the identity of his true father. In "Alienated" it was probably part of the ruse, but in Legacy, he was genuinely hurt and angered.
Aquaman: Perhaps you should discuss this with your parents.
Aqualad: I am discussing it with you.
Rank Up: Goes from Aquaman's sidekick to taking up the mantle himself between seasons 2 and 3, and becomes leader of the League after that.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives a short but sweet one to Vandal Savage on his chronic case of Underestimating Badassery, punctuated by a Big Damn Heroes moment.
Redeeming Replacement: He is in fact a deep cover agent.
Red Is Heroic: His shirt is red and he's one of the good guys.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: In Season 1, Kaldur has this dynamic with both Red Arrow and Superboy, being the stoic and cool-headed blue to their Hot-Blooded and ill-tempered red.
Rousing Speech: Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash to give one in "Misplaced" to kids who can help pick up the slack after all the adults going missing.
Sadistic Choice: Gives one to Superboy and Nightwing after his Face–Heel Turn, either fight him and try to bring him in or disarm a bomb that could kill a lot of Kroloteans and the other heroes in the base. The worst part is they couldn't even disarm the bomb. He was trying to warn Nightwing about the bomb without blowing his cover.
Scary Black Man: Played with. Despite his stature and voice making him somewhat intimidating, he's a straight-up Nice Guy — but in "Depths," he's well and truly terrifying.
Secret Test of Character:
- He was put through this by his father, Black Manta. Kaldur "kills" Artemis, but what really earns him Black Manta's trust is that he didn't take credit for the rocket he was sent to destroy blowing up in an apparent fluke accident.
- Again in "Darkest" where Kaldur blows up Mount Justice to prove his loyalty to The Light and their partner.
Shaping Your Attacks: In addition to shaping water into weapons, Kaldur is capable of fashioning water into the shapes of attacking sea creatures, as seen in "Targets".
Shirtless Scene: In "Welcome to Happy Harbor" and "Infiltrator".
Sleeves Are for Wimps: His uniform is a skintight suit that leaves his arms bare.
Something Only They Would Say: He was on the receiving end of this by Red Arrow.
Spock Speak: Without the antisocial stigma.
The Stoic: He's calm, soft-spoken, and doesn't express emotion all that much.
The Strategist: His plan to turn the Light and the Reach against each other worked to near-perfection. Vandal Savage, quite possibly the best strategist in the series, states that Kaldur had done more damage to his plans in a few minutes than anyone had in 50 millennia.
Strong Family Resemblance: Has his mother's hair color, eyes, and Atlantean traits, but physically looks like his father.
Superdickery: Shows up as an apparent villain out for revenge against all his friends in the early episodes of season 2. It's eventually revealed he's actually a mole for the Team.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: One of the tallest of the team, dark skinned, and has often been found very attractive (eg. Rocket in season one).
Taught by Experience: He, along with the other original members of the Team, became exceptionally more skilled over the 5 year time skip.
Team Dad: Stated as such by Miss Martian. Aqualad often keeps the others in line, and even literally acts like an older brother/mentor to both Superboy and Robin.
Technician vs. Performer: Kaldur is the technician to Superboy's performer and the perfomer in contrast to Robin's technician.
Thicker Than Water: Claims to feel this way in Season 2.
Tranquil Fury: Kaldur is the definition of this trope until season two, though that is likely an act.
Two Guys and a Girl: Had this dynamic with Garth and Tula. He has feelings for Tula, but Garth and Tula start dating while Aqualad is on the surface.
Undercover as Lovers: Not necessarily by intent, but while Kaldur and Artemis-as-Tigress were inflitrating Black Manta's organization, Black Manta at least assumed they were a couple.
Undying Loyalty: After "Alpha Male" Kaldur stands up and defends his team mates no matter what. Subverted after his Face–Heel Turn, though it's arguably because he felt the team betrayed him when Tula died. Then double subverted when it turns out he's been a Fake Defector all along.
Villainous Lineage: Goes evil after finding out his father is Black Manta. Later subverted when it's revealed he's actually a mole.
Villainous Widow's Peak: Averted. Subverted in season 2.
Warrior Therapist: Shades of this when he first meets Superboy.
Weak, but Skilled: His magic is quite weak compared to his friends Garth and Tula. Because of his training under Aquaman though, he's far superior in physical combat. When compared to other members of the Team he floats in between because he has super strength, great agility and other above average abilities and skills, but is outdone by other members of the team in a few of them.
What Could Have Been: In-universe. Both Kaldur and Garth, the comics' original Aqualad, were offered the chance to be Aquaman's sidekick. Kaldur accepted; Garth declined, choosing to further his magic studies. Lampshaded when Kaldur asks Garth if he ever wonders what would have happened if he'd become Aqualad instead.
White Sheep: He is a hero while his father Black Manta is a villain. Double subverted in Season 2.
Would Hit a Girl: Has no problem punching out female villains. Just ask Killer Frost.
You Are Not Alone: In "Fix", Artemis tells him this in his ruined mindscape while suffering through the Mind Rape placed on him. Artemis states a word in Atlantean ("symbiosi") to show that she and M'gann want to help him.
Young and in Charge: By Outsiders, he's the leader of the Justice League, full of experienced members far older than him, at 23.

Hardware

Hardware (Curtis Metcalf)

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 47 ("Princes All")

Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He is one of the members of the League that resigns at the beginning of Season 3 out of frustration with the U.N. sanctions put on the organization by Luthor.

Katana

Katana (Tatsu Yamashiro)

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 47 ("Princes All")

Advertised Extra: Despite being featured prominently in the promotional material for Outsiders, not only is she not a member of Nightwing's team or the titular Outsiders, she's barely in the season at all.
Badass Normal: The only unusual thing about her is her sword, the Soultaker.
Dual Wielding: She also wields a second smaller sword in addition to her Soultaker.
Master Swordsman: Although Lady Shiva considers herself the superior swordfighter, Katana manages to go toe to toe with the most dangerous woman alive, and puts up a good fight against Deathstroke as well.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She's one of the members of the League that joins Batman in resigning in protest of Luthor's U.N. sanctions on the League.
The Stoic: She shows no emotion throughout "Exceptional Human Beings", besides a small smile.
Worthy Opponent: She seems to see Lady Shiva as one.

Batwoman

Batwoman (Kate Kane)

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 47 ("Princes All")

Batman's maternal cousin, who began fighting crime as Batwoman the same year Batman was on trial in Rimbor. Differs from most of the Batfamily by actually being biologically related to Bruce.

Dark Is Not Evil: Dresses in red and black from head to toe, but Batwoman is one of the good guys, going so far as to quit the Justice League in order to do the right thing outside the law if necessary.
Hero of Another Story: According to Word of God some version of Catwoman: Hunted occurred on Earth-16 in Broad Strokes. Batwoman had been part of that film and had teamed up with Catwoman.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: She is one of the members of the League that resigns at the beginning of Season 3 out of frustration with the U.N. sanctions put on the organization by Luthor.

Ice

Ice (Tora Olafsdotter)

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Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 46 ("Princes All")

A heroine with ice powers, based out of Norway.

An Ice Person: She has the power to create ice as her name would suggest.

Fire

Fire (Beatriz da Costa)

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Ambiguous Situation: Nightwing mentions that she made Geo-Force's superhero costume. This might be because of her connection to Wayne Industries, as in her Pre-Crisis origin.

Elongated Man

Elongated Man (Ralph Dibny)

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 68 ("Terminus")

Voiced by: David Kaye

Badass in Distress: One of the Leaguers to fall victim to the Anti-Life Equation.
Rubber Man: His main power-set.

Magog

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

The Ghost: Has never actually appeared on screen; even his secret identity, David Reid, appeared in Failsafe, an episode taking place almost entirely within a psychic simulation.
Team Member in the Adaptation: In the comics, Magog was a member of the Justice Society, not the Justice League.

Blue Devil

Designation: A15

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

See The Outsiders.

Steel

Steel (Dr. John Henry Irons)

Designation: 36

Date Joined: December 2017

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 46 ("Princes All")

Voiced by: Zeno Robinson

Cassandra Truth: He warns Silas Stone that Father Boxes are "pretty much pure evil", only for Stone to reply that technology can't be good or evil, only used for such purposes. Stone quickly learns otherwise when he uses the Father Box to try and save his son's life.
Genius Bruiser: Steel is a towering mass of metal and muscle, as well as a scientist who, if the series follows the comics, built his own suit of armor.
Power Armor:

Members joined during Season Three

Metamorpho

Metamorpho (Rex Mason)

Designation: 37

Date Joined: February 24, 2019

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 56 ("Exceptional Human Beings")

Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore

Adaptational Attractiveness: He looks much more put-together than most versions of the character, including his appearing to wear a uniform.
Advertised Extra: Despite being featured prominently in the promotional material for Outsiders, not only is he not a member of Nightwing's team or the titular Outsiders, he's barely in the season at all.
Body Horror: As he takes damage his hold on his form slips, making him look more and more monstrous. In the process, he starts looking like the mismatched Metamorpho from the comics.
Feel No Pain: He's always in pain, which means new sources of it are little more than an annoyance.
The Golden Rule: In contrast to Clayface who lives the lifestyle of a criminal whose interactions are loose alliances of barely restrained contempt, Metamorpho uses his powers to help the public as a superhero, which has won him the implicit trust of other heroes such as Batman and Katana. Neither of them are horrified by his more monstrous form which shows itself during the battle at Santa Prisca.
Good Counterpart: To Clayface. A terrible accident caused them to take on monstrous new appearances. Yet while Clayface's transformation caused his narcissism to evolve into murderous sociopathy, Metamorpho used his powers to help others and eventually became a world-renowned superhero.
Immune to Bullets: Shrugs off a full magazine from Deathstroke, to his annoyance.
Deathstroke: Bulletproof. That's annoying.
Metamorpho: Tip of the iceberg, Strokey.
Motor Mouth: Easily the most chatty of the three heroes who infiltrate Santa Prisca in "Triptych" (although this isn't really surprising, given that his squadmates are Batman and Katana). Oracle even singles him out when ordering the squad to keep chatter to a minimum at the start of the mission, to Metamorpho's annoyance.
Nigh-Invulnerable: Demonstrated three different ways of avoiding harm in the course of a single fight and has yet to actually be injured despite being shot, stabbed, and exploded.
Sad Clown: As mentioned above he's in constant pain, and assuming the source material holds true his mutation is permanent. Despite this, he's almost always smiling and has a good sense of humor to mask it.
Super Smoke: His preferred way to avoid melee opponents.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Not only does he have Rubber Man powers, he can morph his body into different weapons and change completely into different substances, like methane or steel.

Season Four

Cyborg

Cyborg (Victor Stone)

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Designation: 39

Date Joined: Post-February 24, 2019

Status: Active

Species: Cybernetically-Enhanced Human

Debut: Episode 56 ("Exceptional Human Beings")

Voiced by: Zeno Robinson

A wide receiver for the Henry Heywood High School football team and the son of Dr. Silas Stone. After an accident, he was given cybernetics by his father to save his life.

11th-Hour Ranger: By the time he finally decides to join the Outsiders, there are only two more episodes left in the season.
Academic Athlete: Victor is both a star football player and has a 4.0 GPA in all his classes, which his own workaholic father isn't even aware of.
Adaptational Attractiveness: Mind you, he was never bad-looking, but his appearance as Cyborg is much more flesh-and-blood than the character is often portrayed. His only visible cybernetics are on his neck, left arm and the left side of his torso and face, though it's unclear if any other parts of him beneath the skin were converted as well. This changes in later episodes, as his Father Box begins to convert more of his body.
Adaptational Jerkass: While Cyborg is still a good guy, he's not always in control of himself; whenever the Father Box takes control, he becomes violently berserk to his own family and friends.
Adaptation Origin Connection: Traditionally his prosthetics are the result of experimentation by his father, and the New 52 version incorporates the New Gods' Mother Boxes. In this universe, they are instead brought about by a Father Box, the Mother Box's counterpart that powers the equipment of Season 3's villains.
Big Damn Heroes: On at least two different occasions, he boom-tubes into Granny Goodness's headquarters and winds up turning the tide into the heroes' favor.
Body Horror: We get to see his wounded state right after the accident that made him Cyborg. It wasn't pretty at all.
Casting Gag: Notably, while Khary Payton voices a lot of black men in the show, Cyborg, his Star-Making Role, isn't one of them. To rub in the salt, he voices Cyborg's father and Robotman (who was the analogue to Cyborg in the Doom Patrol Go! gag). Going even further, one of Victor's classmates on the football team is also voiced by Payton, who actually has a resemblance to Cyborg from the show (minus the cybernetics), and uses his signature bombastic Cyborg voice right up to yelling "Booyah!" as if to hang a further lampshade on this.
Character Catchphrase: While his Teen Titans counterpart's "Booyah!" is often homaged, this Cyborg is more likely to say he's "crushing it" or "crushing that magic."
Cyborg: Though in this version, Cyborg's machine half is made out of Father Box technology from Apokolips.
Demonic Possession: He occasionally gets possessed by the Father Box AI lurking inside his cybernetics, temporarily turning him evil until Halo returns him to his senses (in a manner very reminiscent of an exorcism ritual). This side is completely purged once he connects with Metron's Mobius Chair.
Divine Parentage: A non-biological version and less creepy than the Bed Trick most gods pull on hapless mortal or the worse reason. Victor was given new life by a fatherbox and is a hybrid of human and living Mobius technology. Father Boxes are alive and their creator, Metron, considers them his "children". Victor has god-tech inside of him and Metron considers Victor a "grandson" as one of his "parents" was a Father Box.
Early-Bird Cameo: He was namedropped in "Evolution" in a news report, before appearing a couple of episodes later in "Another Freak".
Empowered Badass Normal: He was a skilled though ordinary high school athlete, until a freak laboratory accident/experiment transformed him into a powerful cyborg.
Fighting from the Inside: Victor manages to suppress Father Box for a bit when he corners Violet. It doesn't work for long, but gives her enough time to figure out how to temporarily purge it from his systems.
Foil:
- To Halo — They're both humans fused with New Gods tech to revive them. However, the Father Box deliberately built itself into Victor and suppressed his humanity in classic Jekyll & Hyde style, while Mother Box binding to Gabrielle was an accident and after Gabrielle was dead, leaving the Mother Box as the sole personality.
- To Blue Beetle — Both are human teenagers who unwillingly bonded to sentient alien devices that give them special abilities and try to turn them evil. Jaime is able to revert between his armored form and civilian form at will, while Vic has the issue of a permanent cyborg appearance as a result of injury. Unlike Jaime with the scarab, Vic was able to resist the control of the Fatherbox. Also Jaime is ecstatic about being a hero while Vic wants a normal life.
Genius Bruiser: Just as he's usually portrayed, Cyborg excels in both brains and brawn.
Hand Blast: He has a small energy blaster that deploys from his palm, and it packs quite the punch. This later gets upgraded to a full-on Arm Cannon.
Heroic Willpower: Perhaps the first person in series to successfully resist mind control, delaying Fatherbox to buy Violet time to escape.
How Do I Shot Web?: Many of his powers are revealed as he discovers them, like being able to network to any computer system instantly, displaying holograms from his hands, and sensing Apokolips tech.
Wonder Girl: Okay, since when can you do that?
Vic: First time. Doing a lot of stuff for the first time these days.
I Am a Monster: He views himself as a freak after being turned into a cyborg, though eventually he comes to accept this.
I Just Want to Be Normal: His transformation was neither wanted nor convenient. All Victor wants is to find a way to safely remove his prosthetics and return to his old life.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Inverted. Red eye and circuitry means that it's Vic in control, while purple is used to indicate Fatherbox.
Spanner in the Works: Is ultimately the one who frees Violet from Granny's control, which majorly derails Apokolips plans.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Victor has a lot of daddy issues, feeling that his father doesn't care about him as much as he does his job.
- Ironically, the other paternal figure Victor has, Metron (who sees Victor as a grandson for him being a creation of a father box which Metron considers one of his children), has actually voiced approval and pride in how victor has developed. Victor gets no encouragement from the father figure he wants it from but gets the respect of a god from the paternal figure he never knew he had.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: Victor feels that his workaholic father doesn't pay enough attention to him. Of course, his dad never comes to his football games and didn't even know about his 4.0 GPA, so he has legitimate frustrations.
You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!: Due his cybernetics being derived from a Father Box, when he gets mad, he turns murderous, much to his horror.

The Flash I

The Flash (Jay Garrick)

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Designation: A13

Species: Metahuman

Voiced by: Geoff Pierson

The original Flash. Though retired at the start of the series, he maintains close ties with the other Flashes and the superhero circle. By the fourth season he's unretired and joined up with the Justice League.

Cool Old Guy: Acts as an honorary grandpa to the Flash family.
Happily Married: Jay and his wife Joan have been together for decades, and she still dotes on him. Her death in season 3 shakes him up pretty badly. The fact that he only returns to heroism afterwards implies that he gave up the life for her.
Long-Lived: In season 4 he's a century old and still quite sprightly.
Mandatory Unretirement: Despite his advanced age, he's seen in costume among the assembled heroes in "Endgame." The fate of the world is at stake, after all.
Old Superhero: The original Flash, retired. At least until Season 4.
Parental Substitute: For Impulse, who becomes his legal ward in season three.
Impulse: 'You must be the Garricks. That makes you, like, my honorary great-grandparents!' cue hug
Super-Speed: A given considering he is the original speedster. Although he himself admits that he's not as fast as he used to be due to his old age.

Others

Catherine Cobert

Designation: A02

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 27 ("Happy New Year")

Voiced by: Stephanie Lemelin

Catherine is the public relations officer of the Justice League. Whenever the public needs to know what's happening in the group, she's the person to go to.

The Face: Catherine's the PRO of the League. As such, she's responsible for making statements on behalf of the group.

Characters / Young Justice (2010) - Justice League

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Founding Members

Superman (Kal-El / Clark Kent)

Designation: 01

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Kryptonian

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Nolan North

Batman (Bruce Wayne)

Designation: 02

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Bruce Greenwood

Wonder Woman (Princess Diana of Themyscira)

Designation: 03

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Amazon

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Maggie Q

The Flash (Barry Allen)

Designation: 04

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: George Eads (Season 1, "Bloodlines"), James Arnold Taylor ("Endgame" onward)

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)

Designation: 05

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Voiced by: Dee Bradley Baker ("Agendas")

Aquaman (King Orin of Atlantis)

Designation: 06

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Atlantean

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Phil LaMarr

Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz / John Jones)

Designation: 07

Date Joined: February 2003

Status: Active

Species: Martian

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Kevin Michael Richardson

Season One

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

Designation: 08

Date Joined: 2004

Status: Active

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Alan Tudyk

Hawkman (Katar Hol) & Hawkwoman (Shayera Thal)

Designation: 09 and 10

Date Joined: 2004

Status: Active

Species: Thanagarian

Debut: Episode 02 ("Fireworks")

Hawkman voiced by: James Arnold Taylor

Hawkwoman voiced by: Danica McKellar (first season), Zehra Fazal (Outsiders and Phantoms)

Zatara (Giovanni Zatara)

Designation: 11

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Inactive

Species: Human

Debut: Episode 01 ("Independence Day")

Voiced by: Nolan North

Captain Atom (Nathaniel Adams)

Designation: 12

Date Joined: 2008

Status: Active

Species: Metahuman

Captain Marvel /Shazam voiced by: Rob Lowe ("Alpha Male" & "Humanity"), Chad Lowe ("Secrets" and after)
Billy Batson voiced by: Robert Ochoa (Season 1), Chad Lowe (Season 2 and 3), Eric Lopez (Flashback, Season 4)