History Characters / YoungJusticeLeagueOfShadows

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[[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeam The Team]] ([[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonOne Season One]], [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonTwo Season Two]], [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonThree Season Three]]) | [[Characters/YoungJusticeNightwingsTeam Nightwing's Team]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeBatmanIncorporated Batman Incorporated]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders Outsiders]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeJusticeLeague Justice League]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherHeroes Other Heroes]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeMinionsOfTheLight Minions of the Light]] ('''League of Shadows''') | [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheReach The Reach]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeApokolips Apokolips]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherVillains Other Villains]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

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!The League of Shadows
An organization of assassins founded and run by super villain Ra's Al Ghul, until Deathstroke took over.
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!!Leadership

[[folder:Deathstroke]]
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight See here]].
[[/folder]]

!!Current Members

[[folder:Lady Shiva]]
-->See her folder under the "Head Enforcers" section on [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight The Light]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bane]]
!!''ComicBook/{{Bane}}''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"No one gets on or off Santa Prisca without Bane knowing."'']]
!!!'''Species''': Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DannyTrejo ("Drop Zone"), Eric Lopez (''Legacy'')

A supervillain who uses a strength-enhancing steroid known as "Venom" to increase his strength and body mass.
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* AdaptedOut: His history as a nemesis of Batman is gone for this version of the character. WordOfGod confirms that they have never met prior to Seasons 1 and 2. Their brief confrontation during Season 3 appears to be the first meeting between the two.
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed example. Bane in the comics is one of the smartest and most formidable members of Batman's RoguesGallery. Whilst this series does show him to be somewhat intelligent, its mostly in the opportunistic sense rather than the schemer from the comics and he doesn't seem to have any further ambitions for himself other than being in control of Santa Prisca. His strength and combat abilities seem somewhat downplayed as well. His debut features him on the losing side of a CurbStompBattle with Mammoth. In the comics, Bane came out on top when he and Mammoth met. He also loses to Robin and Zatanna later on.
* BadassNormal: Became this in Season 3 after giving up his Venom addiction and putting in some serious martial-arts training. He's now one of the best hand-to-hand fighters on the planet.
* BatmanGambit: A small-scale one, he guides the team into routing out the warehouse for him, then attempts to entomb them in a tunnel when they can't do the job in order to get the League to intervene. He reasons he can clean up once the dust settles.
* BigBadWannabe: Bane's attempts at conning the Team into doing his dirty work fall apart amazingly quickly, and in the end, all he can do is watch and be enraged while his Venom-producing operation goes up in smoke.
* BroughtDownToBadass: An unusual variant - he voluntarily gave up his Venom-induced superpowers in Season 3 so that he could clear his mind and learn martial arts properly. It worked, too - he's now a solid physical match for Batman.
* CaughtMonologuing: What leads to his defeat in ''Drop Zone''. Bane chooses to partake in some EvilGloating to the Team, explaining how he manipulated them to ensure he would take back his island, intending to blow them up with explosives, visibly holding a detonator. He does this whilst talking to persons whose powers include SuperSpeed, {{Telekinesis}}, and SuperStrength. Predictably, they use these combination of powers to remove the explosive threat and then take Bane down.
* ExpressiveMask: One of the most expressive in the series. At times, it almost looks like face-paint.
* GeniusBruiser: One of the few times he's portrayed as this outside of the comics.
* GratuitousSpanish: Refers to the Team as "such clever ''ninos''" (Spanish for "children").
* GrowingMusclesSequence: Whenever he injects himself with Venom.
* GutturalGrowler: Bane's voice makes him sound like he gargles with thumbtacks.
* PsychicStatic: Recites Spanish and football scores in his head to block out Miss Martian's mind reading abilities.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Wears a black undershirt.
* SuperSerum: The Venom drug, which gives the user immense strength and muscle.
* SuperStrength: When he's on Venom.
* TookALevelInBadass: Whilst not quite to the level of his comic counterpart, Season 3 shows him having abandoned his Venom addiction, and Bane puts up a serious fight against Batman that the Dark Knight is forced to make a retreat from.
* VillainTeamUp: Provides security for Luthor on his island in exchange for Apokolyptian technology in "Usual Suspects".
* TheWorfEffect: Gets curbstomped by Mammoth.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Black Spider]]
!!''Black Spider (Eric Needham)''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Why do they always run? Do I need better quips?"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton

A spider-themed assassin.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The original Black Spider has practically no humor and acts as KnightTemplar, whereas this version is a wisecracking assassin.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: This version has a ComicBook/SpiderMan-like power set derived from a [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman special suit]]. The original version is a BadassNormal who mainly relies on martial arts, knives, and sometimes guns. While the original did take ''some'' inspiration from Spidey, it's made much more obvious here.
* AgeLift: Confirmed to be 22, whereas his comics counterpart is usually somewhere in his thirties.
* AllThereInTheManual: He's the Eric Needham version of Black Spider [[WordOfGod according to Greg Weisman]].
* BuildingSwing: How he gets around.
* TheBusCameBack: After being subdued in his second appearance, and missing the entirety of ''Invasion'', Black Spider makes a reappearance in ''Outsiders''.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He jokes around and even asks if Artemis and Green Arrow would just let him kill Jones and go about his business. He's still an assassin with no qualms about murdering a man in front of his daughter. In ''Outsiders'', he acts very chummy with an assassination target, telling him that he deserved to have a grand old time in a nightclub... because this is to be his last night on Earth.
* GrapplingHookGun: His webshooters.
* HarmfulToMinors: He had absolutely no qualms about trying to kill Bernell Jones with his daughter watching, despite Jones' pleas to spare her the image. Fortunately, Artemis and Green Arrow [[BigDamnHeroes save Bernell's life]] and incapacitate the assassin.
* InNameOnly: This version of Black Spider is basically an evil Spider-Man as opposed to a direct adaptation of the comics.
* NoodleIncident: He was captured in the first season and remained as such, missing the entirety of ''Invasion''. However, he evidently broke out offscreen, as he's out and about with the League of Shadows again, but the details aren't known.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Granted, it didn't take, but it's still a pretty good one:
-->'''Bernell Jones:''' Please. Please, not in front of my daughter!
-->'''Black Spider:''' Nah, I'm sorry. You know how it is-I'm on deadline. And so are you.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Traditionally a Batman villain, here he never menaces him but rather the Team.
* ScaryBlackMan: Though it's never shown onscreen, he is Eric Needham who is (traditionally) African-American.
* SpiderManSendUP: Despite being based on a DC character named Black Spider, he's basically a CaptainErsatz of Spider-Man if he was evil. He makes wise cracks during battle, he refers to swinging through the city as 'web slinging', and he's even voiced by [[Creator/JoshKeaton Spider-Man's voice actor]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. Of course, "Evil Spider-Man" was pretty much the premise for the original comic character as well.
* WallCrawl: Spider powers and what have you.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Hook]]
!!''The Hook''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

An assassin with a mechanized right hook.
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* ArtificialLimbs: His hook acts as a replacement for his arm.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: More like a hook.
* HookHand: A mechanized hook to be exact.
* HooksAndCrooks: Uses one as his motif and weapon.
* MeaningfulName: Has a giant hook in place of a hand.
* RocketPunch: Can fire his hook at an enemy. Fortunately it's attached to a chain for retrieval.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: '''The''' Hook.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Wears an open jacket and a {{Sarashi}}.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Professor Ojo]]
!!''Professor Ojo''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NolanNorth

An assassin who uses a helmet with laser beams.
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* CyberCyclops: He uses a mechanical cycloptic helmet to both see and fight.
* EnergyWeapon: Fires artifical EyeBeams from his helmet.
* HandicappedBadass: Ojo is blind, requiring his helmet to see (which is why he gets to keep it, albeit with a boot to stop him from using the laser, in Belle Reve).
* HisNameIs: A non-fatal example in "Terrors" when Ojo recognizes Superboy and tries multiple times to tell people only to be knocked unconscious by said Superboy.
* MeaningfulName: "Ojo" is Spanish for "eye".
[[/folder]]

!!Affiliates/Former

[[folder:Ra's al Ghul]]
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cheshire]]
!!''Cheshire (Jade Nguyen)''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellyHu

Cheshire (real name Jade Nguyen) is a highly-skilled assassin who worked for the League of Shadows. She is the daughter of Sportsmaster and Huntress, and the older sister of Artemis. She is married to Red Arrow, and the mother of Lian Nguyen-Harper.
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* ActionMom: Kicks ass while carrying her infant daughter.
* AdaptationalBadass: Her comic counterpart tends to rely on seduction and poisons to gain an advantage and has been shown to be very easily beaten in a straight fight. This version is a more impressive physical combatant.
* AdaptationalHeroism: She's not ''nice'' by a long shot, but she's also a far cry from the genocidal psychopath of the comics. There's also the fact that there seems to be no doubt that she loves her daughter and her husband, unlike her comic counterpart who has tried to kill the latter and attempted to replace the former.
* AdaptationalModesty: While her ''Young Justice'' attire has a DangerouslyShortSkirt, it's more tamed in comparison to how her outfits in the comics would accentuate her bust and butt.
* AffablyEvil: After some CharacterDevelopment, she's gotten into this territory by ''Outsiders''; she's a BenevolentBoss to her team of mind-controlled metas, calmly answers all of Artemis's questions about the League of Shadows, and later releases Shade from Branchwater's control with no strings attached.
* AffectionateNickname: Of all people, she's nicknamed "Chesh" by her husband, Roy Harper/Red Arrow.
* AirplaneArms: She tends to run like this.
* AloofBigSister: To Artemis. Although she does care for her little sister in her own way. And as seen in "Satisfaction" she regrets not being that close to her sister.
* AnimalMotifs: Cats. Her alias comes from the famous [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Cheshire Cat]], she had a poster of said cat in her shared childhood room with Artemis, the mask she wears resembles a cat, and she can be as coy and mysterious as a cat.
* AntiVillain: She's a ruthless assassin most of the time but she definitely has people she cares about and has a tragic past that sort of explains her actions. In season 2 and during the time skip she seems to have become a NominalHero.
* ArrogantKungFuGirl: Cheshire likes to gloat her enemies while using her martial arts.
* AsianBabymama: For Roy, as she is half-Caucasian, half-Vietnamese and introduced their daughter, Lian, to him in "Salvage". Her goal was to help get her husband back on track by showing that his child needs him in her life.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Which we first see in "Usual Suspects" when she saves her sister from an avalanche.
-->'''Cheshire''': [[OhCrap Artemis!!]]\\
--''later''--
-->'''Cheshire''': Ok, fine, we're sisters, I don't actually want you dead.
* BabiesEverAfter: Has a daughter, Lian, with Roy/Red Arrow in season 2.
* BadassAndBaby: In the timeskip, Cheshire manages to fight an army, while carrying her infant daughter.
* BadassNormal: Badass enough to go toe to toe with Aqualad... and the rest of the (superpowered) Team... and pretty much anyone while snarking the whole time.
* BattleCouple: With Red Arrow, her husband. They battle the henchman of a Tibetan monastery who were guarding the original Roy Harper...along with their infant daughter.
* BerserkButton: Cheshire '''''really''''' hates her father, [[AbusiveParents Sportsmaster.]] And once commented she has no problem ''killing'' him.
* BigSisterInstinct: Saved Artemis from an avalanche that could've killed her, even though they were on very different side. And Jade swore vengeance on Aqualad when he "killed" Artemis.
* BloodKnight: She enjoys a good fight in general, and even seems to be a bit bloodthirsty - she considered killing Dr. Roquette even after she'd succeeded in downloading the program to stop the nano-tech the Light were using (after forcing Roquette to develop it in the first place) even though it would no longer accomplish anything; she spared her only because her employers might still have use her later (at least, this is what she claims).
* BrainyBrunette: Jade has black hair and is quite the intelligent one. The best example would be how she managed to find a link to Speedy I's location, when no one else could. Not even the ''entire'' Justice League, which included "the world's best detective" Batman.
* BrokenBird: Beneath her playful demeanor is a lot of anger at her abusive father.
* CainAndAbel: {{Subverted|Trope}}. She's a villain (Cain) while her sister is the hero Artemis (Abel) and both have little problem fighting each other. However, they ''do'' love each other as evident in Artemis's relief that Jade wasn't dead from a plane crash and Jade saving her from an avalanche. To further prove this point, it turns out that she named her daughter after Artemis' middle name.
* CharacterDevelopment: In season one, she believed in the "every girl for herself" mentality. In season 2, she appears to have forgo that way of thinking as evident in her diligent care and parenting of Lian, helping her estranged husband from his self-destructive funk, and openly admitting to and regretting not taking better care of Artemis when they were growing up together.
* CheshireCatGrin: Her mask is permanently set in one.
* ColorMotifs: Green. Her outfit is mainly green and the color can often represent mystery, a character trait of hers. Also, her real name is Jade.
* ContraltoOfDanger: She is a female assassin with a smooth contralto.
* CoolMask: First appeared in the ''Teen Titans'' [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans animated series]].
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Inverted for season 3, [[spoiler:Cheshire has returned to being a villain and doesn't spend time with Lian despite obviously loving her very much because she's a villain. However, when she encounters Will in the tenth episode, her body language, facial expressions, and use of words are all implying she has another reason why she cut herself out of their lives, and she might not have returned to villainy of her own volition.]]
* DaddyIssues: Cheshire ''hates'' her father, Sportsmaster. While on missions together, her sense of professionalism is about the only thing that stops her from trying to kill him. A desire for revenge brings them together again in season 2, but she still clearly loathes him.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Odd example; Cheshire is a rare case of a daughter being just as evil and effective as her father, even working in tandem with him... and actively despising him all the while. Though she does have more redeeming traits than her dad and she eventually makes a HazyFeelTurn.
* DarkActionGirl: She's just as skilled a fighter as anyone on the team, only she works for the Light.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Both of her parents were career criminals; however, while Jade had a loving relationship with her mother, she hated her father who was emotionally and verbally abusive to her and her little sister, Artemis. When their mother was sent to prison, the relationship between Jade and her father truly became acrimonious resulting in running away from home at only 13, leaving behind Artemis (who was 9 at the time). And somehow, she ended up in a life of crime.
* DatingCatwoman: She acts like she and Roy have this relationship in the first season, just to mess with Artemis. In season 2, they're married and have a child.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a dry sense of humor, and treats her opponents like a cat would treat a mouse, allowing herself to be involved in playful banter to a small extent.
* DeliverUsFromEvil: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. She and Roy got married during the time-skip, but she left him and returned to crime ''after'' having a child. Why? So she could better finance the search for the original Speedy, allowing Roy to get off his butt and step up as a parent. [[spoiler:Subverted by season 3 when she just couldn't adjust to a normal life apparently between season 2 and season 3.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: In "Usual Suspects", Jade refuses to help Sportsmaster after he gets trapped by the team, leaving him to be captured.
* EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: {{Implied|Trope}}. Most of their relationship has yet to be fully explored, but there are hints that Jade always held her mother in high esteem. First, Artemis' flashback implies that Paula was a decent parent (despite being a villain back then) and her daughter's {{downplayed|Trope}} MoralityChain, as Jade said she wasn't going to stay in their house since Paula would be in prison for a while. Secondly, Jade has enough trust in Paula to [[spoiler:babysit Lian.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Results in her first [[PetTheDog genuinely altruistic act]] of the series. As she states:
--->'''Cheshire''': (''after pushing Artemis out of an avalanche'') "Okay fine, we're sisters. I don't actually want you dead."
** As stated under EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas, Jade loves her mother.
** In season two, her husband Roy and their daughter Lian. It's implied in their dialogue in "Salvage" that she left the League of Shadows because she fell in love with him; for the latter, Jade is a good mother to her daughter, putting her needs a first priority.
** {{Averted|Trope}} with and ''only'' with her father, Sportsmaster, as she makes statement after statement about how much she truly hates him.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:In Season 3, Jade leaves Lian with Roy, explicitly saying in "Triptych" that [[GiveHimANormalLife Lian is better off without her]].]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: As a villain, she adopted a playful, flirty demeanor, especially with Red Arrow. The development of their relationship shows that her attraction to him was likely genuine.
* FemmeFatale: Flirts with Roy while working against him. Ironically, they end up married with a child.
* FoeRomanceSubtext: In season 1, she's clearly attracted to Red Arrow, flirts with him to no end, and even steals a kiss during a fight. All subtext is dispensed with in ''Invasion''; they've since fallen in love, married, and had a child together.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish Sibling, who works for the League of Shadows to Artemis's Responsible Sibling who works for the good guys.
* FreudianExcuse: Dad was a dick. Mom was an enabler.
* GoodParents: From what we have seen of Jade's interactions with Lian, Jade would do ''anything'' for her daughter.
* GreenAndMean: She wear a nearly green colored attire as Cheshire and is an assassin for the League of Shadows.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: One that shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
* HeroesWantRedheads: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. She does love Red Arrow, but she starts off as a villain, or AntiVillain in season one. In season two, Cheshire is now more of a NominalHero.
* HiddenDepths:
** In ''Young Justice: Legacy'' Jade's below comment may imply she regrets getting into the villain business.
--->'''Artemis''': We know what you want.\\
'''Cheshire''': Please. Half the time I don't even know what I want.[[note]]Might also be a dry commentary on how the Light tends to keep their true objective secret even from their field operatives.[[/note]]
** Despite being a villain who becomes something of a NominalHero in season 2, turns out to be the "responsible, level headed" parent, than her husband, Red Arrow, even though he was a hero long before her.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Despite leaving Red Arrow between season 2 and season 3, she still loves him but feels like she can't adjust to a normal life and thus it's better for him and Lian to move on.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} with Red Arrow. Both are human, but he's technically a clone of another human.
* {{Irony}}: The daughter who hated Lawrence Crock so much she refused to go by his family name (and ran away in an attempt to get out of his life) ended up working alongside him (albeit grudgingly). Adding to it, her sister (who resembles their father while Jade takes after their mother) ended up an indisputably heroic individual.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** When fighting Artemis, her sister demands to know who she's working for, but Jade replies that while she may know Artemis' secrets, that doesn't mean she'll tell all of hers to Artemis.
** When she returns to her estranged husband, Roy, he rebuffs her attempts to help him since she left him to return to a life of crime. After a coy response to his accusation, Jade tells him that his obsession with finding Speedy was all consuming, which made it hard for anyone to get close to him, herself included.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's ''very'' subtle, considering how she is an {{arrogant|KungFuGirl}}, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] jerk, but it ''is'' there. She only shows her softer side to the people she deeply loves (Artemis, her mother, Red Arrow, and Lian).
* LadyOfWar: She's a very graceful and feminine combatant.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Some creepy, sneaky bell notes.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: A sibling example: The Dark (works for the League of Shadows) to Artemis's Light (a protege of Green Arrow and member of the Team).
* MagicSkirt: {{Averted|Trope}} in "Targets", where the skirt on her disguise [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome predictably]] shows her underwear when she performs acrobatic flips and kicks.
* TheMaidenNameDebate: {{Implied|Trope}}. When introducing her husband, Roy, to their daughter, Jade states that their daughter's full name is "Lian ''Nguyen''-Harper", implying that Jade kept her last name after marrying Roy.
* MamaBear:She found every lead she could to find the original Roy Harper, so Red Arrow could get out of his funk to help raise their daughter.
* McNinja: All of the stealth, finesse, and deadly skill associated with ninjas. It almost makes you forget that she's [[ButNotTooForeign half-Caucasian, half-Vietnamese]].
* MeaningfulName: "Jade" is often associated with the color green and is a synonym of being mysterious. The former being her main color scheme in her "Cheshire" attire and the latter is a main part of her personality. Not to mention, to be called "jaded" means "cynical", which she definitely is under her playful exterior.
* MeaningfulRename: {{Justified|Trope}}. Due to her father's emotional abuse and the implied good relationship between Jade and Paula, Jade legally changed her surname (her father's last name) from Crock to her mother's maiden name, Nguyen.
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Has become this to her daughter Lian in season 3. She apparently ''tried'' to return to a normal life, but couldn't adjust, and felt Roy and Lian were better off without her.]]
* MultiEthnicName: Her first name is of Spanish origin and her last name is of Vietnamese origin.
* MysteriousPast: The exact circumstances of Jade entering into a life of crime after running away from home.
* NiceHat: In her civilian attire, Jade wears a black hat.
* NobleDemon: She actually enjoys the prospect of killing, but she is not without her own sense of duty, following the orders of her masters to the letter, despite how easy it would be for her to ignore them.
* NomDeMom: Due to issues with her dad Jade took her mother's maiden name.
* OffScreenBreakUp: She and Red Arrow apparently split between season 2 and season 3.
* OffScreenTeleportation: Befitting her namesake, Cheshire disappears in a cloud of smoke in "Infiltrator".
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's 19 (24 after the first timeskip), but can pass for 17 or 18.
* {{Omniglot}}: WordOfGod confirms that Jade is able to speak Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and possibly many more.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Whenever Jade drops her usual coy, sarcastic attitude, it means something has happened that is serious enough for her to treat as such, like helping her husband out of his funk or Artemis' "death".
** [[spoiler: While trying to convince Will Harper to move on and that she's never coming back to him ''or'' Lian, Jade appears at her most vulnerable, runs off without slinking into the shadows or disappearing as she is known to do, and even ''cries''. There is definitely more to her departure than she wishes to tell.]]
* PoisonedWeapons: She incapacitates Aqualad with jellyfish poison in their first bout (it's not as effective due to his Atlantean heritage, but still causes him trouble).
* PregnantBadass: {{Implied|Trope}}. Cheshire became pregnant with Lian around January 2015 and after her falling out with Roy, went back in the League of Shadows.
* RapunzelHair: It reaches down her waist.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation:
** Here, she's a member of the Crock family, but in the comics, she has no connection to them.
** A minor example with Red Arrow. In the comics, Lian's conception came as a result of a fling between Jade and Roy Harper. In the series, their counterparts were actually married when Lian was conceived, and thus Lian wasn't born out of wedlock.
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home at the age of 13, because of her father's constant emotional abuse.
* SaiGuy: A female example. Her preferred weapons; enough that Wally (nearly) takes one as a souvenir after a mission was resolved.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Very pointedly walks away when Sportsmaster gets captured by the heroes.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In "Targets". She looks ''very'' nice in her dress.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: {{Implied|Trope}}. Jade does fall in love and marry Red Arrow AKA Roy Harper. And even after he shuts her out during his whole "Speedy recon" thing, she doesn't stop loving him. She even went out of her way to find the clue that ended in Roy finally finding Speedy I.
* SmokeOut: One of Chesire's favourite tricks.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Jade got a lot of her looks from her mother.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Jade is usually aloof and coy towards others; the exception is her father, whom she acts hostile and aggressive to just downright cold when they are together. But to those she has an actual emotional attachment to she's caring and, surprisingly, sweet.
* TermsOfEndangerment: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Her father calls her "Little Girl", but she hates him for how emotionally abusive he was to her and Artemis during their childhood. But, since they work for essentially the same group, she must remain professional.
* TookALevelInCynic: Jade's CharacterDevelopment killed a lot of her playful attitude. By ''Outsiders'', she's somber and generally unhappy, often expressing a sense of self-loathing about her lifestyle.
* TookALevelInKindness: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. In season one, she was a mysterious, coy enemy to Artemis and the team, performing ''one'' genuine PetTheDog moment for her sister. And she's ''still'' the same coy, mysterious, sarcastic rogue in season 2, but shows more vulnerability and PetTheDog moments.
* TranquilFury: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She is seething with murderous rage over Aqualad "killing" Artemis but usually keeps her voice even sounding and only shouting a few times.
* {{Tsundere}}: In "Complications", after finding out that Artemis is alive, Jade is relieved and begins to do the same witty banter with her sister and claimed she was angry at Artemis' death because she lost a babysitter for Lian.
* UnkemptBeauty: Even without makeup, a pretty dress, or combing her hair, Jade is still ''hot''.
* VillainExitStageLeft: She is a master at this. That's why she calls herself Cheshire.
-->'''Cheshire''' (''to Artemis''): "So like [[Literature/AliceInWonderland the Cheshire Cat]], I'll just disappear."
* VillainessesWantHeroes: She becomes infatuated with Roy over the course of Season 1, and they married during the TimeSkip to Season 2.
* WeaponOfChoice: Prefers to use her sais in combat.
* WildHair: Goes with her personality.
* YouKilledMyFather: Swears revenge on Aqualad for her sister's "death". She later discovers Artemis is alive.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Clayface]]
!!''Clayface (Matt Hagen)''
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!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NolanNorth

Clayface is a shape-changing supervillain with a monstrous, mud-like appearance.
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* BadassInDistress: Is kidnapped by Task Force X after trying to go straight and join Bowhunter Security, presumably so he can forced into joining their ranks. He is thankfully rescued by Will and several of the original members of the Team, and is deeply grateful.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Hagen hoped to cure his cancer thanks to the Lazarus Pit... but it turned him into a mud monster instead.
* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one ''off-screen'' to the team. Only to be given one himself by Batman.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Had a whole issue of the tie in comic devoted to about how he became Clayface. It's really something since he only appeared for a few seconds in the show itself.
* HeelFaceTurn: After his experience with Mad Hatter and Stagg, he reforms and joins Bowhunter Security as "Harlan Matthews."
* FreakOut: After his transformation. Ra's uses this to his advantage.
* IChooseToStay: Declines an invitation to the Justice League after he goes straight, instead retaining his position at Bowhunter Security as an alternative way to affirm his commitment to turning over a new leaf.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Five years later, he is immune to electricity, his usual weakness.
* PetTheDog: He genuinely thanks Robin for freeing him of Hatter's nanotech.
* RefusalOfTheCall: After he is rescued from his kidnapping attempt, he tells Kaldur he is genuinely grateful they went through so much to save him, and Kaldur actually extends to him an offer to join the Justice League. Hagen however declines, but instead affirms his dedication to remaining on the side of good by remaining with Bowhunter Security.
* SizeShifter: As a shapeshifter, he can change his size to impersonate smaller people.
* SincerityMode: He's genuinely relieved when Tim releases him from Hatter's control and thanks him. This inspires him to go straight, with him even consenting to a mind meld wih Megan to confirm his intentions so he can work for Bowhunter Security. He again expresses genuine gratitide when he is saved from being forced into Task Force X by members of the original Team.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: He can shape his body into any form he likes, including various weapons.
* VoluntaryShapeShifting: His primary schtick. He can mimic the appearance of anyone.
* WasOnceAMan: Being trapped in a Lazarus Pit for months did cure Hagen's cancer, as he wanted it to, but it also mutated him into an inhuman monster.
* WomanScorned: Becomes a victim of this from Talia after he uses her to access the Lazarus Pit.
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[[folder:The Sensei]]
!!!'''Species''': Human
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeoneYoung

Sensei is one of the League of Shadows' most senior members. He is also an associate of the Light, and directs the League of Shadows based on the Light's orders.
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* BadassBoast: When Brion demands to know where the Shadows' army of ninjas is hiding, Sensei calmly replies "I don't need an army; I ''trained'' the army".
* BeardOfEvil: A high-ranking assassin with a beard.
* CoveredWithScars: Scars on his chest and face.
* DeadpanSnarker: His encounter with Brion is filled with calm snark as he mocks the young prince's temper.
-->'''Sensei''': Perhaps your sister ''chooses'' not to be found by you. I've hardly known you five minutes, but already sympathise with such a decision.
* TheDragon: To Ra's al Ghul.
* EvilMentor: He claims to have trained most members of the League of Shadows. Incidentally, it's why he's not worried to face three young heroes at once. He doesn't need an army, he trained one himself.
* EvilOldFolks: An older man and member of the League of Shadows. He shows just how badass he is when he takes on Brion, Forager and Halo all at once with minimal fuss. He even snaps Halo's neck, the only reason she survives at all is because of her powers.
* FeelNoPain: He walks barefoot over magma and when Halo asks if it hurts, Sensei merely replies with, "Pain is an illusion."
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has an evil one over his left eye. Judging from the clouded iris, the injury seems to have blinded that eye.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Shown to wield one in issue #12 of the tie-in comic.
* NervesOfSteel: He handles the arrival of Brion, Halo, and Forager with aplomb, and his composure never falters for a second during the subsequent fight. Even when seemingly outmatched, the Sensei calmly calls for reinforcements and ends the engagement quickly.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ra's al Ghul. Even after Ra's [[spoiler:leaves the Light and loses control of the League of Shadows]], the Sensei stays with him, and won't let anyone treat his master with disrespect.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Despite "The Resurrection of Ra's al Ghul" revealing that the Sensei was Ra's's father, [[WordOfGod Weisman]] [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=13773 has said]] that isn't the case on the show.
* WouldHurtAChild: Snaps the teenage Halo's neck without a second thought. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Halo recovered]], but Sensei had no idea that she would.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sportsmaster]]
-->See his folder under the "Head Enforcers" section on [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight The Light]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ubu]]
!!''Ubu''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore ("Summit")

A servant of Ra's al Ghul.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin seems lighter than his appearance in other animated adaptations.
* TheBrute: Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard and muscle.
* GrapplingHookGun: Uses it to make his getaway.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ra's, when he's ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Black Beetle, Ubu charges through Artemis and Lagoon Boy to grab him and escape. His appearance in the comics also has him dragging away his master's body.
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[[folder:Talia al Ghul]]
!!''ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

Ra's al Ghul's daughter. Talia had previously only appeared in the tie-in comics but officially appeared in the show in the sixth episode of the third season.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Her first on-screen appearance in the show has her displaying this trait.
* AgeLift: Talia in the comics is many decades older than the 30-something woman that she actually looks, due to having access to the Lazarus Pit. In this continuity, Talia was born in 1984 and thus actually is a woman in her 30s as of 2018.
* ArtEvolution: Talia previously made appearances in the tie-in comics set during Season 1 and 2. When she finally makes her appearance in the show proper during Season 3 her design has been altered so that she more closely resembles the character's appearances in the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''.
* AsianBabymama: [[spoiler:Anyone familiar with comics will tell you she really wanted to bear a child by Batman. She would ultimately succeed.]]
* DatingCatwoman: What she was to Batman. In the tie-in comics, he rejects her when she can't choose between joining him or staying with her father. [[spoiler: As of season 3, they have a kid together.]]
* WomanScorned: Briefly dated Matt Hagen when she realises that a relationship with Batman is impossible. When she realises that he only used her so he could get to use the Lazarus Pit to treat his cancer, she locks him inside, transforming him into Clayface.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Talia's Child]]
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

Talia's newborn, fathered during the TimeSkip between ''Invasion'' and ''Outsiders''. According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: this is Damian Wayne.]]
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* AgeLift: [[spoiler: Given that this is Damian Wayne - then he's at least a decade younger than he is in the comics amongst his peers. Damian in the comics first appeared when he was 10 years old, and during that time Nightwing was an adult in at least his mid-20s and Tim Drake was in his mid-late teens. He even appears to be slightly younger than Jon Kent who appears to be more a toddler, when in the comics he was 3 years older than Jon. According to Weisman, he’s not even a year old.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Hard to see because this is a baby, but Talia's pouty lips are quite prominent [[spoiler:and these black spiky hair really look like Bruce Wayne's hairstyle.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red-Hooded Ninja]]
!![[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]]
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton

One of Ra's al Ghul's new mysterious minions.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: In the comics, he's known as Red Hood, but here, he's known descriptively as the Red-Hooded Ninja (in the credits, anyways).
* BadassNormal: No superpowers, but he easily takes down Forager and holds his own against the Outsiders.
* InTheHood: Keeps his [[MythologyGag red hood]] up for most of his first appearance, only lowering it [[spoiler:and revealing his signature hairstyle]] when the Outsiders have departed Infinity Island.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:He can't remember his past, but after meeting Dick/Nightwing (again), he starts to remember him.]]
* MysteriousPast: No one outside of Ra's and his people know who he is. [[spoiler:He's an amnesiac Jason Todd, brought back from the dead.]]
* PragmaticAdaptation: In the comics, [[spoiler:he was resurrected]] as a result of ComicBook/SuperboyPrime causing a CosmicRetcon. As Superboy Prime doesn't exist in the series, the manner of his resurrection was changed. Here, [[spoiler:his body was tossed into a Lazarus Pit, reviving him in a similar manner to that of Ra's Al Ghoul, albeit amnesiac.]]
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't talk much. [[spoiler:When he does, it's slow and slurred. Given that he has amnesia, it can be assumed this is a result of brain damage.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Anyone familiar with the comics ([[ItWasHisSled or has at least heard about him]]) would know that his true identity is [[spoiler:Jason Todd, the second Robin, having become Red Hood after Ra's revived him from the dead using the Lazarus Pits.]]
[[/folder]]
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* MixedAncestry: Vietnamese on her mother's side and Caucasian on her father's side.

* MixedAncestry: Like in the comics, she's mixed Arab and Chinese even though she's explicitly at least half Chinese here. [[note]] Sometimes Ra's is mixed Chinese/Arab as well. He's sometimes the descendant of Chinese nomads who moved to the Arabian peninsula and intermarried. [[/note]] Her mom was canonically Chinese in this universe.

* MixedAncestry: WordOfGod said Talia was the product of Ambiguously Arab Ra's marrying a Chinese woman, so there's that. [[spoiler:And since he is Damian, he's half-Caucasian by his dad.]]

!!''ComicBook/LadyShiva (Sandra Wu-San)''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"There's power to be drawn from grace, from serenity."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GwendolineYeo

The Light's new chief enforcer.

* ActionMom: Though it was never outright stated in the first half of season 3, she is Cassandra Cain's mom. She's also the deadliest woman on the planet.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She seems much more stoic and less of a BloodKnight than her comic self.
* AffablyEvil: Shiva is as polite as she is ruthless; she engages in a calm, civil discussion with [[spoiler:Ocean-Master]], then swiftly kills him when he rejects her offer to settle the matter peaceably.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy:
** The Light's previous two enforcers, Sportsmaster and Deathstroke, were white men, while she is an Asian-American woman.
** Also, she takes over as the Sensei. Her predecessor is male.
* ArrogantKungFuGirl: While calm and controlled at all times, the sheer confidence and pride with which she holds herself screams this. She very specifically wants to beat Katana in a sword fight to demonstrate her superiority as a fighter.
* BadassNormal: While seemingly without metahuman powers, she is able to kill [[spoiler: Ocean-Master]] in seconds. Though in the comics, Shiva and Cassandra regularly push the boundaries of not being meta-humans.
* BloodKnight: Although less evident than in the comics, Shiva, true to form, still clearly enjoys battle. She spends her duel with Katana with a smile on her face as she boasts of claiming the Soultaker for herself.
* CleavageWindow: It's diamond-shaped.
* CompositeCharacter: Is an assassin and wears a similar outfit to her Post-Crisis self, but like her Pre-Crisis counterpart she uses a sword instead of her bare hands.
* DarkActionGirl: She's noted to be the most dangerous woman alive, and for good reason.
* TheDragon: To the Light now that Deathstroke is the DragonAscendant. Also, to Deathstroke himself, more personally within the League of Shadows.
* DragonLady: As is the norm.
* TheDreaded: Oracle calls her the “Deadliest Woman in the World,” and she lives up to that reputation. Deathstroke, a SuperSoldier who managed to join the Light’s inner circle and is her ''boss'', even quickly ''apologizes'' when he accidentally insults her while politely inquiring how she’s juggling being an enforcer and teacher, and even lets her get away with a blatant, if polite, threat.
* EvilMatriarch: She's the mother of Cassandra Cain, and if her comics counterpart holds true here, Shiva is in the running as one of the worst moms in the DC Universe.
* EvilMentor: She’s the new Sensei of Deathstroke’s incarnation of the League of Shadows, on top of being the Light’s main enforcer.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Beheading Ocean-Master, a would-be usurper of his brother's throne, and who nearly committed a mass murder of the League's spouses and children.]]
* LadyOfWar: She carries herself with a tranquil, polite demeanor, fights in a fluid style, and is reputed as a martial arts grandmaster and the most dangerous woman alive. She invokes this when training members of the League of Shadows.
-->'''Lady Shiva''': There's power to be drawn from grace, from serenity.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: When she calls out Katana, both of them quietly march over to an open space, bow to each other, and then begin a proper duel. It doesn't last long, as Metamorpho moves in to help Katana when things start going south, but the sentiment was there; Lady Shiva wanted to win a fair fight. This is in line with Shiva's character; for as ruthless as she is, Shiva wants to win a fight ''properly'' to prove herself legitimately superior. In many cases, being a CombatPragmatist is your best bet to outfighting her, as Batman proves.
* MasterSwordswoman: Capable of decapitating an Atlantean with a single sword stroke, and she outright states she’s a superior sword wielder to Katana, who not only has to DualWield to keep pace, but eventually switches opponents with Metamorpho before they and Batman simply retreat. Katana is a MasterSwordswoman hero, and she does better against ''Deathstroke'' than she does against Shiva.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Shiva has a noticeably voluptuous bust that has a diamond-shaped CleavageWindow.
* {{Pride}}: Shiva is quite confident in and proud of her abilities, boasting of her swordfighting skills as she duels Katana. While she handles it calmly, she also proves that she's not fond of any implication that she's not as good as she believes herself to be; when Deathstroke inadvertently questioned Shiva's abilities, she gave him a DeathGlare and ended their conversation with a veiled threat. Deathstroke was wise enough not to call her on the comment.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Shiva's outfit is primarily red and black, and she accentuates the look with her dark hair, a black-bladed sword, and black lipstick; all of this helps to sell her as a villain at a mere glance.
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[[folder:Bane]]
!!''ComicBook/{{Bane}}''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"No one gets on or off Santa Prisca without Bane knowing."'']]
!!!'''Species''': Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DannyTrejo ("Drop Zone"), Eric Lopez (''Legacy'')

A supervillain who uses a strength-enhancing steroid known as "Venom" to increase his strength and body mass.
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!!''Sportsmaster (Lawrence "Crusher" Crock)''
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NickChinlund

Sportsmaster (real name Lawrence "Crusher" Crock) is a supervillain, a former member of the League of Shadows, and was the personal enforcer for the Light. He is the father of Artemis and Cheshire, and estranged husband of Paula Crock.

* AbusiveParents: WordOfGod is that he was verbally and emotionally abusive to his daughters, and according to Cheshire, he used to make them fight each other. He's easily the worst parent seen in the series, period - even Black Manta, a more devoted agent of the Light with greater aspirations (who does more damage overall) shows his son Kaldur'ahm a lot more genuine love than Lawrence displays towards both his daughters combined.
* ActionDad: An evil version -- Sportsmaster is a highly trained martial artist with the ability to use a variety of weapons.
* AdaptationalBadass: His comic book counterpart is about as hokey as one would expect from someone with the name "Sportsmaster", and essentially never shows up unless writers want a joke villain, and he retired in the same story that Artemis was introduced in. Here, he's a badass mercenary who's about in the same league as ''Deathstroke.''
* ArchnemesisDad:
** To Artemis -- she works for the good guys while he's employed to [[BigBad The Light]]. Needless to say, they come to blows often.
** {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Jade -- she ''clearly'' hates him, but since they work for essentially the same organization, she is forced to remain professional with her father.
* BadassNormal:
** He doesn't have any powers, but he gives the metahumans and other superheroes in The Team a hard time.
** That part above, about Sportsmaster being a poor man's Deathstroke? He and Slade go head to head at one point. And ''Crusher gives as good as he gets.'' And while it's not stated in the series if Slade is [[EmpoweredBadassNormal augmented]] like normal, he is actually younger than Crusher!
* BattleCouple: In the past, with Paula -- they were married criminals before her injury.
* CompositeCharacter: He's absorbed the role of Jade Nguyen/Cheshire's (unseen) father (as in the original comics she had no blood ties with the Crock family).
* CoolMask: Vaguely resembles the Jacques Plante/[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] style of hockey goalie mask.
* DangerousDeserter: Deserts the Light with plans of killing Black Manta. Woe to any who gets in his way.
* DarkIsEvil: His usual outfit consists of dark clothing.
* TheDragon: Acts as one to the Light as a whole, being one of their most frequently appearing operatives.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. Swears to kill Black Manta in response for Manta's son killing his daughter... because Sportsmaster thinks it made him look bad.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Evil and a {{Jerkass}} he may be, he takes his status as a professional killer seriously, and no amount of money can repair a soiled reputation. Indeed, he thinks taking a payoff in place of revenge on his daughter's killer makes him look ''worse''.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: "So I hear you're going by '[[ComicBook/GreenArrow Red Arrow]]' now. More like broken arrow!" "Broken arrow" is later revealed to be a trigger phrase programmed into Roy by Cadmus.
* EvilVersusEvil: His war against Black Manta and the Manta family for murdering his daughter, Artemis.
* FingerlessGloves: His gloves have no fingers on them.
* HateSink: Crusher is a self-interested thug, sociopath, abusive parent, and all-around {{jerkass}}.
* HeroicBuild: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He has the build, but none of the heroic qualities.
* HonorBeforeReason: While he has very, very few good qualities, he does value his image and reputation more than money. This might also stem from his {{Pride}} but as a professional assasin/mercenary, reputation is important for business. So when he targets Black Manta's son in retaliation for the "death" of his daughter, he refuses a generous payoff from his superior's in exchange for dropping the matter.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: When he and Paula were still together: he was the Huge Guy to Paula's Tiny Girl.
* HyperspaceArsenal: The javelin could be explained as collapsible. His pockets must be BiggerOnTheInside if they can hold that big-ass [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammer_throw hammer]].
* IKnowMaddenKombat: He's a recurring mercenary and the Light's main enforcer, with lots of weaponised sports equipment.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Some of his many weapons, which include exploding javelins and a discus strong enough to destroy a building.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Crusher's only concern when it appears as though his youngest daughter is dead is that her murder reflects poorly on his reputation. The affront to his rep is enough to make him turn on the Light and set out to kill Black Manta.
* {{Jerkass}}: Yeah, when you react to your daughter's death with "This is an insult to my professional reputation, everyone will think I'm weak over this." it stands to reason that you qualify for this label. Bonus points when your other daughter is genuinely grieving. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he gives up on revenge on the spot when he realizes Artemis is alive, so he does care to some degree, but he's still a horrible parent and person.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Calls Deathstroke a "chump" and tells him that the Light will betray him, too. Considering the way the Light betrayed the Reach over the course of the season, he might not have been wrong.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's mad about Artemis's death and wants to get back at Black Manta for being responsible, because it makes him look bad by association.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't care about Jade's grief over Artemis' death; he only cares about his damaged reputation.
* ManipulativeBastard: Towards his own daughter, no less.
* MeaningfulName: "Lawrence" in French and Latin means "crowned with laurel". A laurel is a wreath used to crown the winners of an athletic contest. And Lawrence's code name, "Sportsmaster" just alludes to his mastery of every type of athletic competition.
* MultiMeleeMaster: He uses multiple sports-themed weapons in combat, all to great effect.
* MultiRangedMaster: His various weapons (javelins, foils, shot-puts, discuses) enable him to be dangerous at any range.
* NotSoDifferent: He argues this is the case with him and Cheshire.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's sixty by season two, but barely looks half that.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He was an effective and highly competent chief enforcer for the Light in the first two seasons... but his first replacement maneuvered to take a seat on the Light, and the second proudly pulls double duty as Sensei as well, making his current state of affairs as a simple (if very good) gun-for-here in Season 3 seem small beans in comparison.
* {{Omniglot}}: WordOfGod states that Sportsmaster is fluent in Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and possibly many more.
* PapaWolf: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. He's not angry about Artemis being killed. He's angry that she was killed ''without his permission'' because it soils his reputation. Chesire tells him he's full of crap and when he finds out that Artemis IS alive, he calls off the mission and leaves his reputation still soiled. It's mainly because he knows that Artemis is working to bring down the organization that screwed him over.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: Zigzagged. He doesn't recognize Artemis' presence even inside her own mind, but he ''does'' recognize the fighting techniques he taught her.
* RevengeByProxy: He's pissed that Artemis was killed without his permission since it damaged his reputation, so he leaves Aqualad to Jade, while he gets Black Manta.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: If someone damages his professional reputation, no amount of money is going to stop him from taking them down.
* SlaveToPR: His VillainCred seems to be the only thing he cares about. He'll even take on the Light to keep people from thinking he's an easy mark. [[spoiler:Subverted when he finds out Artemis is alive. He leaves with his rep still stained, knowing that she's plotting to take them down from the inside. So he cares more about {{Revenge}} than about his rep. Or possibly his daughter, but its probably revenge.]]
* TheSociopath: Enjoys hurting people, distinct LackOfEmpathy, self-centered, and manipulative.
* UnholyMatrimony: In the past, with his wife as they were both married criminals before Paula's injury.
* UtilityBelt: Wears one to hold his weapons.
* VillainousVirtues: He has no real redeeming qualities but he does posses a few that you can at least respect in that he takes pride in being a professional mercenary and take the job seriously to the point where you can't buy him off if it's a matter of personal pride or honor. He's also a CombatPragmatist but not a DirtyCoward. In spite of having no powers and taking on beings that do, he doesn't back down and turn tail, and will do anything to complete a mission unless there is literally no feasible way he can succeed.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: At one point knocks down Aqualad with a clothesline move.

[[folder:Ubu]]
!!''Ubu''

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore ("Summit")

A servant of Ra's al Ghul.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: His skin seems lighter than his appearance in other animated adaptations.
* TheBrute: Ra's al Ghul's bodyguard and muscle.
* GrapplingHookGun: Uses it to make his getaway.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Ra's, when he's ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Black Beetle, Ubu charges through Artemis and Lagoon Boy to grab him and escape. His appearance in the comics also has him dragging away his master's body.

[[folder:Talia al Ghul]]
!!''ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul''
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Ra's al Ghul's daughter. Talia had previously only appeared in the tie-in comics but officially appeared in the show in the sixth episode of the third season.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her first on-screen appearance in the show has her displaying this trait.
* AgeLift: Talia in the comics is many decades older than the 30-something woman that she actually looks, due to having access to the Lazarus Pit. In this continuity, Talia was born in 1984 and thus actually is a woman in her 30s as of 2018.
* ArtEvolution: Talia previously made appearances in the tie-in comics set during Season 1 and 2. When she finally makes her appearance in the show proper during Season 3 her design has been altered so that she more closely resembles the character's appearances in the ''WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse''.
* AsianBabymama: [[spoiler:Anyone familiar with comics will tell you she really wanted to bear a child by Batman. She would ultimately succeed.]]
* DatingCatwoman: What she was to Batman. In the tie-in comics, he rejects her when she can't choose between joining him or staying with her father. [[spoiler: As of season 3, they have a kid together.]]
* MixedAncestry: Like in the comics, she's mixed Arab and Chinese even though she's explicitly at least half Chinese here. [[note]] Sometimes Ra's is mixed Chinese/Arab as well. He's sometimes the descendant of Chinese nomads who moved to the Arabian peninsula and intermarried. [[/note]] Her mom was canonically Chinese in this universe.
* WomanScorned: Briefly dated Matt Hagen when she realises that a relationship with Batman is impossible. When she realises that he only used her so he could get to use the Lazarus Pit to treat his cancer, she locks him inside, transforming him into Clayface.

[[folder:Talia's Child]]
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Talia's newborn, fathered during the TimeSkip between ''Invasion'' and ''Outsiders''. According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: this is Damian Wayne.]]

* AgeLift: [[spoiler: Given that this is Damian Wayne - then he's at least a decade younger than he is in the comics amongst his peers. Damian in the comics first appeared when he was 10 years old, and during that time Nightwing was an adult in at least his mid-20s and Tim Drake was in his mid-late teens. He even appears to be slightly younger than Jon Kent who appears to be more a toddler, when in the comics he was 3 years older than Jon. According to Weisman, he’s not even a year old.]]
* MixedAncestry: WordOfGod said Talia was the product of Ambiguously Arab Ra's marrying a Chinese woman, so there's that. [[spoiler:And since he is Damian, he's half-Caucasian by his dad.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Hard to see because this is a baby, but Talia's pouty lips are quite prominent [[spoiler:and these black spiky hair really look like Bruce Wayne's hairstyle.]]

[[folder:Red-Hooded Ninja]]
!![[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]]
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton

One of Ra's al Ghul's new mysterious minions.
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* AdaptationalNameChange: In the comics, he's known as Red Hood, but here, he's known descriptively as the Red-Hooded Ninja (in the credits, anyways).
* BadassNormal: No superpowers, but he easily takes down Forager and holds his own against the Outsiders.
* InTheHood: Keeps his [[MythologyGag red hood]] up for most of his first appearance, only lowering it [[spoiler:and revealing his signature hairstyle]] when the Outsiders have departed Infinity Island.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:He can't remember his past, but after meeting Dick/Nightwing (again), he starts to remember him.]]
* MysteriousPast: No one outside of Ra's and his people know who he is. [[spoiler:He's an amnesiac Jason Todd, brought back from the dead.]]
* PragmaticAdaptation: In the comics, [[spoiler:he was resurrected]] as a result of ComicBook/SuperboyPrime causing a CosmicRetcon. As Superboy Prime doesn't exist in the series, the manner of his resurrection was changed. Here, [[spoiler:his body was tossed into a Lazarus Pit, reviving him in a similar manner to that of Ra's Al Ghoul, albeit amnesiac.]]
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't talk much. [[spoiler:When he does, it's slow and slurred. Given that he has amnesia, it can be assumed this is a result of brain damage.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Anyone familiar with the comics ([[ItWasHisSled or has at least heard about him]]) would know that his true identity is [[spoiler:Jason Todd, the second Robin, having become Red Hood after Ra's revived him from the dead using the Lazarus Pits.]]
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* MagicSkirt: {{Averted|Trope}} in "Targets", where the skirt on her disguise [[RealityEnsues predictably]] shows her underwear when she performs acrobatic flips and kicks.

* PragmaticAdaptation: In the comics, [[spoiler:he was resurrected]] as a result of SelfDemonstrating/SuperboyPrime causing a CosmicRetcon. As Superboy Prime doesn't exist in the series, the manner of his resurrection was changed. Here, [[spoiler:his body was tossed into a Lazarus Pit, reviving him in a similar manner to that of Ra's Al Ghoul, albeit amnesiac.]]

-->'''Cheshire''': [[OhCrap Artemis!!]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's ''very'' subtle, considering how she is an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant]], [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] jerk, but it ''is'' there. She only shows her softer side to the people she deeply loves (Artemis, her mother, Red Arrow, and Lian).

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Cheshire likes to gloat her enemies while using her martial arts.

[[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeam The Team]] ([[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonOne Season One]], [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonTwo Season Two]], [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonThree Season Three]]) | [[Characters/YoungJusticeNightwingsTeam Nightwing's Team]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeBatmanIncorporated Batman Incorporated]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders Outsiders]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeJusticeLeague Justice League]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherHeroes Other Heroes]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeMinionsOfTheLight Minions of the Light]] ('''League of Shadows''') | [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheReach The Reach]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherVillains Other Villains]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

* OdangoHair: As part of her disguise in "Targets".

* ColorMotifs: Green. Her outfit is mainly green and the color can often represent mystery, a character trait of hers.

!!''ComicBoo/TaliaAlGhul''

!!''Talia al Ghul''