History BigBad / YoungJustice2010

** Arc 4: Ocean Master, seemingly returned to life (unbeknowst to the heroes, Shiva had killed him in the prior season), returns to Atlantis to cause strife as a prophecy for high king takes hold around the same time as Child's rampage, coming into conflict with Kaldur'ahm's own return there and the seeming return of Vandal's heroic grandson Arion. [[spoiler:Vandal and Humanite used [[CloningBlues Operation Thrinos]] to create the current Ocean Master clone as a decoy while the real Ocean Master's mind is inserted into [[EvilAllAlong Arion's clone body]], with the intention of exploiting the prophecy so this Arion would rule the entire underseas for Vandal]].

Nearly every conflict in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' is instigated by [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheLight The Light]].

** Granny Goodness is an agent of Darkseid sent to join the Light, becoming a VillainWithGoodPublicity similarly to Lex under the guise of Gretchen Goode. Using her corporation of Goode World Studios as a front to traffic metahuman teens, Beast Boy working for her studio as he discovers what her technology does is the central cause behind him forming the Outsiders. All the trafficked metahumans go to her Orphanage in space, making her the reason why the Justice League's strongest are now in space trying to retrieve them. When she later discovers Halo's role in containing the Anti-Life Equation, she moves to capture her for Darkseid [[TheStarscream against]] Vandal's wishes, making her the penultimate threat of the season as Vandal forms an EnemyMine with the Team to expose her to them.
** Ultra-Humanite, a former member of the Injustice League used as a front to throw the heroes off the Light's tail in season 1, is the mentor of [[MadScientist Helga Jace]], who uses [[HoneyPot her romance]] with Black Lightning to infiltrate Nightwing's team. He is therefore behind her actions as part of Baron Bedlam's trafficking ring, her activation of Geo-Force and Terra, and her euthanizing of Gabrielle Daou, the human host of the Motherbox that becomes Halo, and out of a desire to keep her from taking her "children", she and Humanite agree to take Halo to Granny for her plans to acquire the Anti-Life Equation.

* The ''Targets'' comic miniseries sees Count Vertigo escape prison with the help of an army of drones who capture his good niece Perdita. Various members of the Light are aiding him in his plan, with Zviad Baazovi, who continues manipulating Geo-Force and is the new overseer of Infinity Inc, having Everyman impersonate her to fake a rescue, the drones actually being the technology of Lex Luthor, and Queen Bee having Onslaught (who have recently recruited Superboy's EvilTwin Match) battle with the Outsiders when they search in Bialya before then arriving herself to seemingly take control of several members of the Team. It is then revealed that the Light was after a piece of kryptonite found in Vlatava, which Perdita had attempted to bring to the Justice League before her capture.

* The ''Targets'' comic miniseries sees Count Vertigo escape prison with the help of an army of drones who capture his good niece Perdita. Various members of the Light are aiding him in his plan, with Zviad Baazovi, who continues manipulating Geo-Force and is the new overseer of Infinity Inc, having Everyman impersonate her to fake a rescue, the drones actually being the technology of Lex Luthor, and Queen Bee having Onslaught (who have recently recruited Superboy's EvilTwin Match) battle with the Outsiders when they search in Bialya. It is then revealed that the Light was after a piece of kryptonite found in Vlatava, which Perdita had attempted to bring to the Justice League before her capture.

* The ''Targets'' comic miniseries sees Count Vertigo escape prison with the help of an army of drones who capture his good niece Perdita, the Queen of Vlatava who he sees as the obstacle he needs to remove to become the King. Various members of the Light are aiding him in his plan, with Zviad Baazovi, who continues manipulating Geo-Force and is the new overseer of Infinity Inc, having Everyman impersonate her to fake a rescue, and the drones actually being the technology of Lex Luthor.

** Ocean Master may be the least focused on of the bunch, but as Aquaman's evil brother, is TheMole for the Light's operations in Atlantis. His manipulations involve sending Black Manta to retrieve or destroy Starro, and leading the Purists to purge all impure Atlanteans.
** The Brain is behind the incident with mutating animals with Kobra Venom (a chemical created from Blockbuster's formula and Bane's venom by the cultist Kobra), among them Superboy's Wolf, and later plays a part in creating the Starro-tech from Starro's arm.

* The ''Targets'' comic miniseries sees Count Vertigo escape prison with the help of an army of drones who capture his good niece Perdita, the Queen of Vlatava who he sees as the obstacle he needs to remove to become the King. He is aided in his scheme by Zviad Baazovi, who continues manipulating Geo-Force and is the new overseer of Infinity Inc, of which speedster Trajectory and shapeshifter Everyman are in on his manipulations.

** Lex Luthor promotes the Reach drinks as part of the Light's partnership with them, but his role in creating the original Roy, now named Arsenal, is given focus as he tries to pursue him. Later deploying the Runaways to liberate the Team from the Warworld as a cover for the acquisition of its key, he becomes the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the aftermath of the Reach's defeat.

* The ''Targets'' comic miniseries sees Count Vertigo escape prison with the help of an army of drones who capture his good niece Perdita, the Queen of Vlatava who he sees as the obstacle he needs to remove to become the King.

** Arc 3: [[CreepyChild Child]], an independent villain and new Lord of Chaos who is called to Earth because Klarion's interests have become too aligned with Vandal's goals of Order, and whose chaotic attacks across the entire planet force Phantom Stranger and Vandal to forge an EnemyMine, and Klarion, revealed to have forged his alliance with Vandal several thousand years prior to his alliance with Darkseid, to forge one with Zatanna, her Sentinels of Magic, and Doctor Fate.

** Arc 1: A murder mystery occurs when Superboy and Miss Martian arrive on Mars and learn of the murder of King S'turnn J'axx, whose killer [[spoiler:S'yraa S'mitt]] had only murdered him [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]]. The stirred up racial tensions are also exacerbated by Ma'alefa'ak, Miss Martian's [[CainAndAbel evil brother]] and a WellIntentionedExtremist who seeks to better society for the White Martians at the expense of the other races, and whom had previously caused stirred racial tensions on New Genesis that culminated in Forager's exile and admission into Nightwing's team. [[spoiler:The inciting event of the season comes when a gene bomb he planted, gifted originally from Apokolips, is interfered with by Lor-Zod, and destroyed at the cost of Superboy's life, though in reality he wound up in the Phantom Zone]].

** Arc 5: [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Lor-Zod]]'s actions are explored to show him as the overall BigBad in service to Darkseid. A fugitive from the future and the son of [[KneelBeforeZod General Dru-Zod]], he went to the past and altered Ma'alefa'ak's bomb so the ensuing explosion would assassinate Superboy and [[RetGone erase]] the Legion of Super-Heroes from the timeline out of revenge for them re-imprisoning his father, leading to a BadFuture ruled by General Zod. The surviving three heroes from the Legion, Saturn Girl, Chameleon Boy, and Phantom Girl had gone back to stop him, and the ensuing grief from Miss Martian, Tigress, and Beast Boy can also be traced back to him. Joined by Ma'alefa'ak as his [[TheDragon main partner]] and Mantis, Forager's former master on New Genesis, his overall goals are to release his family from the Phantom Zone several years early to ensure their takeover, while Rocket is on Justice League business there]].

** Arc 6: [[spoiler:General Zod finally escapes the Phantom Zone when Lor-Zod, who kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes, intercepts the heroes on Trombus as they open it up. Having indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him and turning him against the Team when Nightwing leads a rescue mission, and joined by Lor-Zod, Ma'alefa'ak, and Ursa (who becomes the new Emerald Empress), he becomes the FinalBoss of the season as he moves to conquer Earth and force the brainwashed Superboy to make the ultimate choice. To show that the threat the Light poses has not been forgotten in spite of the various arc villains, once the heroes do finally defeat General Zod, Vandal Savage then imprisons him and the other Phantom Zone Kryptonians on the Warworld as potential assets.]]

** Arc 6: [[spoiler:General Zod finally escapes the Phantom Zone when Lor-Zod, who kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes, intercepts the heroes on Trombus as they open it up. Having indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him and turning him against the Team when Nightwing leads a rescue mission, and joined by Lor-Zod, Ma'alefa'ak, and Ursa (who becomes the new Emerald Empress), he becomes the FinalBoss of the season as he moves to conquer Earth and force the brainwashed Superboy to make the ultimate choice.]]

** Lex Luthor promotes the Reach drinks as part of the Light's partnership with them, but his role in creating the original Roy, now named Arsenal, is given focus as he tries to pursue him, and he becomes the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the aftermath of the Reach's defeat.

** Ultra-Humanite, a former member of the Injustice League used as a front to throw the heroes off the Light's tail in season 1, is the mentor of [[MadScientist Helga Jace]], who uses [[HoneyPot her romance]] with Black Lightning to infiltrate Nightwing's team. He is therefore behind her actions as part of Baron Bedlam's trafficking ring, her activation of Geo-Force and Terra, and her euthanizing of Gabrielle Daou, the human host of the motherbox that becomes Halo, and out of a desire to keep her from taking her "children", she and her mentor agree to take Halo to Granny.

** Baron Bedlam is a DiscOneFinalBoss who runs the Bedlam trafficking ring alongside former Injustice League leader and ex-count of Vlatava Count Vertigo, and the EvilUncle of Geo-Force and Terra. As the initial threat to Nightwing's team and the reason they recruit Geo-Force and Halo, his actions are why Geo-Force was exiled and Terra was taken in by Deathstroke. He is also the FinalBoss when he tries to overthrow Gregor as king of Markovia, leading to Terra's HeelFaceTurn and Geo-Force's FaceHeelTurn via [[ThouShaltNotKill killing him]]. This makes Geo-Force a PuppetKing of Markovia under [[EvilChancellor Ambassador Zviad Baazovi]], who takes Granny's seat in the Light following her betrayal and is a psychic who can nudge peoples' worst impulses to the surface.

** Arc 1: A murder mystery occurs when Superboy and Miss Martian arrive on Mars and learn of the murder of King S'turnn J'axx, whose killer [[spoiler:S'yraa S'mitt]] had only murdered him [[AccidentalMurder accidentally]]. The stirred up racial tensions are also exacerbated by Ma'alefa'ak, Miss Martian's [[CainAndAbel evil brother]] and a WellIntentionedExtremist who seeks to better society for the White Martians at the expense of the other races. [[spoiler:The inciting event of the season comes when a gene bomb he planted, gifted originally from Apokolips, is interfered with by Lor-Zod, and destroyed at the cost of Superboy's life, though in reality he wound up in the Phantom Zone]].
** Arc 2: [[EvilMatriarch Lady Shiva]], the Light's [[TheDragon enforcer]], corrals the League of Shadows to try to recapture two traitorous members who've gone to Tigress for help, Vandal's daughter Cassandra and inexperienced assassin Onyx, and threatens a PrisonerExchange by capturing her daughter [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Orphan]]. [[spoiler:The entire scheme is actually an attempt to steal Justice League intel, with Cassandra being a FakeDefector feigning injuries to access the intel and Onyx being an UnwittingPawn who is furious to find out she was being manipulated, and Shiva lied about letting her daughter go]].
** Arc 3: [[CreepyChild Child]], an independent villain and new Lord of Chaos who is called to Earth because Klarion's interests have become too aligned with Vandal's goals of Order, and whose chaotic attacks across the entire planet force Phantom Stranger and Vandal to forge an EnemyMine, and Klarion to forge one with Zatanna, her Sentinels of Magic, and Doctor Fate.

** Arc 5: [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Lor-Zod]]'s actions are explored to show him as the overall BigBad in service to Darkseid. A fugitive from the future and the son of [[KneelBeforeZod General Dru-Zod]], he went to the past and altered Ma'alefa'ak's bomb so the ensuing explosion would assassinate Superboy and [[RetGone erase]] the Legion of Super-Heroes from the timeline out of revenge for them re-imprisoning his father, leading to a BadFuture ruled by General Zod. The surviving three heroes from the Legion, Saturn Girl, Chameleon Boy, and Phantom Girl had gone back to stop him, and the ensuing grief from Miss Martian, Tigress, and Beast Boy can also be traced back to him. Joined by Ma'alefa'ak as his [[TheDragon main partner]], his overall goals are to release his family from the Phantom Zone several years early to ensure their takeover, while Rocket is on Justice League business there]].
** Arc 6: [[spoiler:General Zod finally escapes the Phantom Zone when Lor-Zod, who kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes, intercepts the heroes on Trombus as they open it up. Having indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him and turning him against the Team when Nightwing leads a rescue mission, and joined by Lor-Zod, Ma'alefa'ak, and Ursa (who becomes the new Emerald Empress), he becomes the FinalBoss of the season as he moves to conquer Earth and force Superboy to make the ultimate choice.]]

** The Reach are the alien beings who created the scarab that Ted Kord owned, and now bonded with current Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes. They were slated to [[TheBadGuyWins take over Earth]] in the future, making them the reason Impulse came back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, and consist of the Ambassador, the Scientist, and the Warrior aka Black Beetle. After their partnership falls through with the Light, Black Beetle takes control and activates the chrysalises all over Earth as the final threat the Team must form an EnemyMine with the Light to defeat.
* In Season 3, when the Team managed to cause Ra's Al-Ghul to [[BackFromTheDead temporarily]] die (now residing on Infinity Island with a squad of assassins still loyal to him), while also capturing Black Manta (now reduced to a ComicBook/SuicideSquad operative) and the Brain while also stopping the Reach, the Light takes center stage again, using trafficking of metahumans to stir up an army for Earth's eventual takeover of the galaxy (and for Darkseid to use as an army for the Anti-Life Equation). The voids in their group are now filled by [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] (an enforcer who appeared in the previous season and has now taken over the League of Assassins, using Terra as a [[TheMole mole]] [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract to infiltrate the heroes]]), Ultra-Humanite (a former member of the Injustice League who is using [[MadScientist Helga Jace]] as a mole as well), and, due to Darkseid's partnership, [[ComicBook/NewGods Granny Goodness]] (becoming a VillainWithGoodPublicity much like Lex Luthor and fellow New God Glorious Godfrey in order to help traffic teenagers for the Light). While the Light does the trafficking, Lex uses his new powers as the Secretary-General of the United Nations to limit what the Justice League can do (causing the League and Team to form splinter groups in response). [[spoiler:Near the end of the season, Granny prioritizes loyalty to Darkseid over Vandal, so when she realizes Halo could be the key to the Anti-Life Equation, she [[TheStarscream goes against Vandal]] in order to use Halo to plunge the cosmos in the Anti-Life Equation, forcing him to rat her out to the heroes. The season 3 finale revolved around a coup d'etat in Markovia the Light planned on using to orchestrate a reason for a SuperRegistrationAct which would limit heroes further, but the plan was sidelined when Terra was convinced into a HeelFaceTurn, providing crucial evidence which would throw Lex Luthor out of the United Nations. Granny's void in the Light was then revealed to be filled by [[EvilChancellor Ambassador Zviad Baazovi]], who turned Terra's brother Geo-Force into a PuppetKing of Markovia.]]

** Vandal Savage, as the immortal master of the Light, desires to make Earth the dominant superpower in the cosmos, orchestrating various conflicts throughout the season to gather resources for a plan to put the Justice League under mind control through the Starro-tech, not only to control them but to use them to alert other intergalactic worlds to the power posed by Earth's heroes.

** Lex Luthor is the head of Cadmus and therefore the one who created Superboy (who also has his human DNA) and the Genomorphs, and attempts to manipulate him using the power boosting Shields. He also is partnered with Ra's al Ghul in having engineered the conflict in Rhelasia to gain power.

* In Season 2, the Light (who have lost Ocean Master in a TimeSkip, his place on the Light now filled by Black Manta, ArchnemesisDad to Aqualad, who had earlier attempted stealing the Starro arm the Light later converted into the devices used to control the Justice League in Season 1) [[BigBadEnsemble shares the role of Big Bad]] with their mysterious "partner", later revealed to be [[AlienInvasion the Reach]], who are led by [[ManipulativeBastard the Ambassador]], [[MadScientist the Scientist]], and [[SmugSuper Black Beetle]]. Of course, both groups are also using and plotting against the other and at the end of the season, Black Beetle takes full command of the Reach and sets in motion the doomsday threat the heroes must deal with in the season finale. The very last scene reveals that the Light (or at least Vandal Savage) have been working with Darkseid the entire time.
* In Season 3, when the Team managed to cause Ra's Al-Ghul to [[BackFromTheDead temporarily]] die (now residing on Infinity Island with a squad of assasins still loyal to him), while also capturing Black Manta (now reduced to a ComicBook/SuicideSquad operative) and the Brain while also stopping the Reach, the Light takes center stage again, using trafficking of metahumans to stir up an army for Earth's eventual takeover of the galaxy (and for Darkseid to use as an army for the Anti-Life Equation). The voids in their group are now filled by [[Characters/BatmanDeathstroke Deathstroke]] (an enforcer who appeared in the previous season and has now taken over the League of Assassins, using Terra as a [[TheMole mole]] [[ComicBook/TheJudasContract to infiltrate the heroes]]), Ultra-Humanite (a former member of the Injustice League who is using [[MadScientist Helga Jace]] as a mole as well), and, due to Darkseid's partnership, [[ComicBook/NewGods Granny Goodness]] (becoming a VillainWithGoodPublicity much like Lex Luthor and fellow New God Glorious Godfrey in order to help traffic teenagers for the Light). While the Light does the trafficking, Lex uses his new powers as the Secretary-General of the United Nations to limit what the Justice League can do (causing the League and Team to form splinter groups in response). [[spoiler:Near the end of the season, Granny prioritizes loyalty to Darkseid over Vandal, so when she realizes Halo could be the key to the Anti-Life Equation, she [[TheStarscream goes against Vandal]] in order to use Halo to plunge the cosmos in the Anti-Life Equation, forcing him to rat her out to the heroes. The season 3 finale revolved around a coup d'etat in Markovia the Light planned on using to orchestrate a reason for a SuperRegistrationAct which would limit heroes further, but the plan was sidelined when Terra was convinced into a HeelFaceTurn, providing crucial evidence which would throw Lex Luthor out of the United Nations. Granny's void in the Light was then revealed to be filled by [[EvilChancellor Ambassador Zviad Baazovi]], who turned Terra's brother Geo-Force into a PuppetKing of Markovia.]]

* In season 1, the Light is shown pulling the strings behind various criminal activities, with the immortal supervillain [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]] acting as their leader, and the other operatives being [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] (the leader of the League of Assassins and ArchEnemy of Batman), [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] (the corrupt head of [[MegaCorp LexCorp]] who serves as a VillainWithGoodPublicity and mastermind behind the [[CloningBlues cloning]] of Speedy), Queen Bee (the tyrannical ruler of [[{{Qurac}} Bialya]]), Ocean Master ([[CainAndAbel evil brother]] of Aquaman and TheMole for the Light's operations in Atlantis), [[BrainInAJar the Brain]] (brain in a robotic body and the creator of Superboy's pet Wolf), and ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy (Lord of Chaos who is involved in the Light's plans ForTheEvulz). Vandal's motivation to have Earth as the dominant superpower in the cosmos drives the Light's goals throughout the series. Their evil plans lead to the Light taking control of the Justice League in the Season 1 finale, the Team having to break the Light's control of the League.

** Arc 6: [[spoiler:General Zod finally escapes the Phantom Zone when Lor-Zod, who kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes, intercepts the heroes on Trombus as they open it up. Having indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him and turning him against the Team when Nightwing leads a rescue mission. Joined by Lor-Zod, Ma'alefa'ak, and Ursa (who becomes the new Emerald Empress), he becomes the FinalBoss of the season as he moves to conquer Earth and force Superboy to make the ultimate choice.]]

** Arc 6: [[spoiler:After Lor-Zod's plans failed, he kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes and continues along with another plan, intercepting the heroes on Trombus as they open the Phantom Zone up and finally free General Zod himself. Zod, meanwhile, has indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him in the wake of Nightwing leading the Team to free Superboy, having turned him against the Team.]]

** Arc 5: [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Lor-Zod]]'s actions are explored to show him as the overall BigBad in service to Darkseid. A fugitive from the future and the son of [[KneelBeforeZod General Dru-Zod]], he went to the past and altered Ma'alefa'ak's bomb so the ensuing explosion would assassinate Superboy and [[RetGone erase]] the Legion of Super-Heroes from the timeline out of revenge for them re-imprisoning his father, leading to a BadFuture ruled by General Zod. The surviving three heroes from the Legion, Saturn Girl, Chameleon Boy, and Phantom Girl had gone back to stop him, and the ensuing grief from Miss Martian, Tigress, and Beast Boy can also be traced back to him. His overall goals are to release his family from the Phantom Zone several years early to ensure their takeover, while Rocket is on Justice League business there]].
** Arc 6: [[spoiler:After Lor-Zod's plans failed, he kidnaps the Legion of Super-Heroes and continues along with another plan. General Zod himself, meanwhile, has indoctrinated the stranded Superboy into joining him in the wake of Nightwing leading the Team to free Superboy.]]

In season 1, the Light is shown pulling the strings behind various criminal activities, with the immortal supervillain [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]] acting as their leader, and the other operatives being [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] (the leader of the League of Assassins and ArchEnemy of Batman), [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] (the corrupt head of [[MegaCorp LexCorp]] who serves as a VillainWithGoodPublicity and mastermind behind the [[CloningBlues cloning]] of Speedy), Queen Bee (the tyrannical ruler of [[{{Qurac}} Bialya]]), Ocean Master ([[CainAndAbel evil brother]] of Aquaman and TheMole for the Light's operations in Atlantis), [[BrainInAJar the Brain]] (brain in a robotic body and the creator of Superboy's pet Wolf), and ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy (Lord of Chaos who is involved in the Light's plans ForTheEvulz). Vandal's motivation to have Earth as the dominant superpower in the cosmos drives the Light's goals throughout the series. Their evil plans lead to the Light taking control of the Justice League in the Season 1 finale, the Team having to break the Light's control of the League.

Nearly every conflict in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' is instigated by [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheLight The Light]], with the immortal supervillain [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]] acting as their leader, and the other operatives being [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] (the leader of the League of Assassins and ArchEnemy of Batman), [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] (the corrupt head of [[MegaCorp LexCorp]] who serves as a VillainWithGoodPublicity and mastermind behind the [[CloningBlues cloning]] of Speedy), Queen Bee (the tyrannical ruler of [[{{Qurac}} Bialya]]), Ocean Master ([[CainAndAbel evil brother]] of Aquaman and TheMole for the Light's operations in Atlantis), [[BrainInAJar the Brain]] (brain in a robotic body and the creator of Superboy's pet Wolf), and ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy (Lord of Chaos who is involved in the Light's plans ForTheEvulz). Vandal's motivation to have Earth as the dominant superpower in the cosmos drives the Light's goals throughout the series. Their evil plans lead to the Light taking control of the Justice League in the Season 1 finale, the Team having to break the Light's control of the League.