History Characters / YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonTwo

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[[WMG:[[center:[-''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' '''[[Characters/YoungJustice Main Character Index]]'''\\
[[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeam The Team]] ([[Characters/YoungJusticeTheTeamSeasonOne Season One]], '''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]] ([[Characters/YoungJusticeLeagueOfShadows League of Shadows]]) | [[Characters/YoungJusticeTheReach The Reach]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeApokolips Apokolips]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherVillains Other Villains]] | [[Characters/YoungJusticeOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

This page is for listing tropes related to the Team, the group of young heroes assigned to undertake covert operations on behalf of the Justice League in the animated series ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
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!Joined between Season 1 and Season 2

[[folder:Tempest]]
!!''Tempest (Garth)''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B10
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Atlantis
!!!'''Species:''' Atlantean
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 08 ("Downtime")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal

Aqualad's best friend. With Kaldur, he assisted Aquaman just enough to help him defeat Ocean Master, but unlike Kaldur, he declined being Aquaman's apprentice and continued studying at the Conservatory of Sorcery under Queen Mera, where he learned the power of the tempest. Joined and left the team during the 5-year TimeSkip. Shows up in Season 3, as the Atlantean ambassador to the United Nations.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: A former member of the team, and currently the Atlantean ambassador to the United Nations.
* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: As a "pure" Atlantean he looks almost exactly like a normal human his age.
* AscendedExtra: He's a playable character in ''Young Justice: Legacy'', surprisingly enough.
* BackForTheFinale: Shows up in the background of a group shot in "Endgame."
* BoringButPractical: As noted by Mera, while his technique in casting spells is excellent, his choices are often predictable and needs to learn improvisation.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Tula.
* DecompositeCharacter: His time as Aqualad was given to Kaldur'ahm instead.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Like all Atlanteans, he prefers going barefoot.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Has the power to summon "the Tempest", which manifests as powerful whirlpools and storms.
* FunctionalMagic: The specifics of Atlantean sorcery is taught in schools.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Tula's a redhead and romantically involved with Garth.
* KungFuWizard: Compared to MagicKnight Aqualad.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: His entire time with the team happened during the timeskip and he's since left by the time season 2 starts. The videogame will take place while he was still part of it, however.
** He also manages to become an ambassador for {{Atlantis}} in-between the two year TimeSkip.
* PrettyBoy: Drawn as such.
* PutOnABus: Leaves the team following Tula's death.
* SuperpowerLottery: As an Atlantean sorcerer, he has a variety of ElementalPowers thanks to FunctionalMagic, as well as being stronger and tougher than a normal human.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall, dark-haired, and considered attractive.
* TronLines: Part of his get-up as Tempest.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: The original dynamic between him, Kaldur and Tula.
* WellTrainedButInexperienced: A far better sorcerer than the IncompletelyTrained Kaldur, but Garth also lacks in combat experience and his problem of second-guessing his attacks is acknowledged by Mera during a sparring session between himself and Tula. In season 3, Garth's single fight against an enemy has him rather easily dispatched and it is quite telling that he doesn't have Kaldur to aid him.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Discussed in-universe. Garth could easily have become Aqualad, like he is in many other iterations of the DC universe, instead of Kaldur.
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[[folder:Aquagirl]]
!!''Aquagirl (Tula)''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B11
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Deceased
!!!'''Species:''' Atlantean
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 08 ("Downtime")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CreeSummer (Season 1, ''Legacy''), Creator/StephanieLemelin (''Invasion'')

Aqualad's crush and one of his closest friends. Joined the team during the 5-year TimeSkip.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Implied to be the reason she wound up with Garth instead of Kaldur.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Has brown hair in the comics but is a redhead in the show.
* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: As a "pure" Atlantean she looks almost exactly like a normal human her age.
* BareYourMidriff: Part of her get-up.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Garth.
* DoomedByCanon: She's already dead by Season 2, so her fate in ''Legacy'' (which takes place between Seasons 1 and 2) is a given.
* DudeMagnet: Managed to win the affections of both Garth and Kaldur.
* ElementalPowers: Water.
* FieryRedhead: Usually {{Averted}} mostly due to her short screentime.
* ForegoneConclusion: Dialogue in season two establishes that Kaldur quit the team after Tula's death about a year before. When ''Legacy'' established that it took place a year before season 2 and that Tula was still alive, pretty much everyone guessed that her death would be part of the plot.
* FunctionalMagic: She learned Atlantean magic at the Conservatory.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices herself to re-imprison Tiamat, just as the young hero Marduk did before her.
* TheLostLenore: For both Garth and Kaldur.
* MissionControl: Acts as this in ''Legacy.'' She does a lot of the research and keeps in touch with Alpha Squad over the radio.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: It's revealed she was killed in-between seasons. ''Legacy'' expands on why.
* TakingTheBullet: For Garth when he was attacked from behind.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She appears in one episode and a few tie-in comics, before being killed off in-between seasons.
* YouthfulFreckles: Came with the red hair, apparently.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Troia]]
!!''[[ComicBook/WonderGirl Troia]]''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B12
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Themyscira
!!!'''Species:''' Amazonian
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 48 ("Royal We")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyGriffin

Wonder Woman's sister. Joined (and apparently left) the team sometime during the TimeSkip between Seasons 1 and 2. She made her first appearance in Season 3, as the Themysciran ambassador to the United Nations.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: A former member of the team, and currently the Themysciran ambassador to the United Nations.
* AllThereInTheManual: Her existence was revealed through the creators, and she was not alluded to in the actual show until Season 3.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->'''Bialyan ambassador:''' Why has no Bialyan hero been invited to join [the Justice League]?\\
'''Troia:''' When Bialya produces a hero who ''isn't'' a wanted criminal, perhaps the League will consider her or his candidacy.\\
'''Bialyan ambassador:''' That statement is an outrageous exaggeration!\\
'''Troia:''' Meaning it is largely accurate.
* OnlyOneName: The GBS broadcast of the UN Summit showed her name as just Troia, while other ambassadors had both first and last names shown, indicating that Troia is the only name she has.
* SecretPublicIdentity: According to WordOfGod, she went by Troia while she was a member of the team, which seems to be her actual name in this universe.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robin II]]
!!''ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Jason Todd)''
!!!'''Designation:''' B13
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Deceased
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JoshKeaton

The second Robin. Not a lot is known about him, besides the fact that he died in the five year gap between seasons.
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Birds.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In Season 3]].
* DeadSidekick: To Batman.
* DyingToBeReplaced: Specifically, by Tim Drake.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:When he returns in Season 3, it's as a masked, nameless League of Shadows grunt with no memory. His memories begin to return by the end of the episode, something Ra's al Ghul takes satisfaction in]].
* LegacyCharacter: The second Robin, taking up the mantle after Dick Grayson became Nightwing.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's never directly mentioned in dialogue. We only know he existed because there's a memorial hologram of him in the grotto.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler: He’s revealed to have been the red-hooded assassin when he takes off the hood, revealing his signature hairstyle.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lieutenant and Sergeant Marvel]]
!!''Lieutenant and Sergeant Marvel (Freddy Freeman and [[ComicBook/MaryMarvel Mary Bromfield]])''
!!!'''Designation:''' B14-15
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Species:''' Metahuman

Joined (and apparently left) the team sometime during the TimeSkip.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Their codenames sidestep the issues of ComicBook/MaryMarvel using her real first name and Captain Marvel Jr. being unable to actually say his codename (since "Captain Marvel" was his transformation phrase in the comics). [[http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=19009 AskGreg states that Mary is Sergeant Marvel and Freddy is Lieutenant Marvel]].
* MythologyGag: In the comics, Mary Marvel briefly considered calling herself Lieutenant Marvel. Which itself was a Mythology Gag to the Three Lieutenant Marvels in Earth-S continuity (three guys who happen to be named Billy Batson, who become Fat Marvel, Tall Marvel and Hill Marvel.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Batgirl]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B16
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Nightwing's Team
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeNightwingsTeam See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bumblebee]]
!!''Bumblebee (Karen Beecher)''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B17
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 10 ("Targets")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasasaMoyo

Once just a student at Miss Martian and Superboy's high school, Karen Beecher is now both the lab assistant and protégé to the Atom, as well as a full-fledged member of The Team.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Beautiful" from her boyfriend, Mal.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: She's a bee-themed superhero.
* AscendedExtra: She was first seen in season 1 "Targets" and made a brief cameo in "Secrets" but becomes one of the main heroes in season 2.
* BabiesEverAfter: By ''Outsiders'', she's mothering a child with her longtime boyfriend Mal.
* BadassInDistress: In "War," she is kidnapped by the Reach and kept in the War World.
* BattleCouple: With Guardian II -- They are HighSchoolSweethearts and heroes, even getting into a relationship fight in the middle of a mission.
* BlackAndNerdy: Becomes a lab assistant with ComicBook/TheAtom in season 2 and she's a full scientist by season 3.
* BrainyBrunette: A {{science hero}}ine and prioritizes her college studies, even at the expense of her boyfriend.
* TheCameo: In "Schooled" and "Secrets".
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her powers come from her suit.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Bumblebee's outfit consists is a yellow and black scheme.
* {{Flight}}: Part of her powerset.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: As "Targets" and "Happy New Year" show, she and Mal have been together since their high school days.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With her boyfriend, Mal. Bonus points in that she can make herself much tinier.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Part of her powerset.
* OfficialCouple: With Mal Duncan aka Guardian III.
* SassyBlackWoman: Occasionally.
* ScienceHero: Like [[ComicBook/TheAtom her mentor.]]
* ShockAndAwe: She can use her suit to fire electric projectiles at her opponents.
* {{Sidekick}}: This version is the protege of ComicBook/TheAtom. They weren't connected in the comics, but it makes sense to pair them as they both have shrinking powers derived from their suits.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her suit lets her shrink to atomic levels, although she prefers insect-size.
* TronLines: Part of her superhero suit.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: She balances her studies and her superheroing at the expense of spending time with Mal.
* WhatTheHellHero: She calls out Arsenal for nearly taking the entire team with him in his suicide attempt. Arsenal retorts that it worked out in the end (though it's not like he was thinking that far ahead at the time).
* WingedHumanoid: As Bumblebee, as the wings are part of the suit.
* {{Workaholic}}: Which frustrates her boyfriend Malcolm to no end. Somewhat solved after [[TookALevelInBadass he steps out into the field]] [[BattleCouple with her.]]
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[[folder:Lagoon Boy]]
!!''Lagoon Boy (La'gaan)''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B18
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Species:''' Atlantean
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 08 ("Downtime")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal

An amphibious student of sorcery from Atlantis, La'gaan, or "Lagoon Boy" is one of the newest additions to the team during season two. Lagoon Boy is always eager to prove himself, is the new sidekick of Aquaman after the FaceHeelTurn of Kaldur and was in a relationship with Miss Martian.
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* AmicableExes: With Miss Martian.
* AscendedExtra: Appeared during Aqualad's visit to Atlantis in "Downtime" and becomes a main hero in season 2.
* AscendedFanboy: According to Cartoon Network's supplementary material, he's a surface world fanboy, much like his comic counterpart.
** Was also a huge fan of Aqualad... y'know, before he appeared to go over to Team Evil.
** According to tie-comics, one of the reasons he wanted go to the surface was because he wanted to get away from Atlantis, [[FantasticRacism where he was discriminated against because of how he looks]] and, obviously was disappointed.
* BadassInDistress: For a few episodes before he was rescued.
* BoisterousBruiser: He's always excited to kick ass.
* BrokenPedestal: Used to idolize Aqualad.
* DeadpanSnarker: As this line from "Happy New Year" would show:
-->'''La'gaan''' ''(after Jaime takes out a suspected zeta-tube hideout)''''':''' Congratulations, Blue. You took out an actual toolshed.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: In “Summit” he is one of the members who disguises himself as one of the assassins working for The Light and works as TheCavalry for Kaldur and the rest of the heroes while Savage actually believed they were reinforcement for The Light.
* FantasticRacism: Among Atlanteans, there are "purists" who discriminate against those with non-human attributes like fins and gills. If Kaldur, who has hardly-noticeable gills and webbed fingers but is otherwise indistinguishable from a standard human, is given a hard time, you can imagine what life was like for poor La'gaan, who looks only vaguely human-shaped. (WordOfGod is that he is human, however-- ancient Atlanteans used a combination of magic and science to enable themselves to survive underwater. In La'gaan's case, it's more obvious than others.)
* FishPeople: Unlike [[ApparentlyHumanMerfolk Kaldur, Garth, and Tula]], who have more "pure" human blood (the last two are pure-blooded Atlanteans), La'gaan has green skin, red eyes, fins, and gills, but manages to look humanoid.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: He’s constantly berated for being whiny, constantly ruining the mission, and he can be found unbearable. Even those who he usually doesn’t interact with have clear implications that they dislike him for some reason (Take Beast Boy who's a ShipperOnDeck for M'gann and Superboy). Aqualad is probably the only one who likes him.
* FullContactMagic: All his magic is punctuated with grand gestures.
* HeartbrokenBadass: After M'gann breaks up with him, even referring to him as her "rebound guy".
* HeroicResolve: Gets experimented on? Still fights Black Beetle. Gets electrocuted and thrown into a console? Still dodges plasma blasts and carries a very heavy Blue Beetle to the ship. And as soon as he can stand, he goes to give M'gann a hug.
* HiddenDepths: For all his arrogance and brash attitude, he is actually very insecure about his physical appearance, going as far as saying that "a scary monster" is something he sees everyday on a mirror, and genuinely cares for his friends' safety (including Superboy's).
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Another interpretation of his character, his attitude problem steams off that he, apparently, is insecure about everything about himself: as said above, his physical appearance, because he's a victim of racism; his worth in the team, evident in his eagerness to prove himself, and the stability of his relationship with his girlfriend, he's aware of the sexual tension that exist between her and her ex [=Superboy=] and that may be the reason of why he flaunts their relationship in front of [=Superboy=].
* HoldYourHippogriffs: A chronic offender. His pet name for M'gann is "angel''fish''", he calls friends (and enemies, when he's being vaguely threatening) "''chum''", he says that something easy will be "a piece of ''crab''cake"...
* HotBlooded: He probably wouldn't have been captured in "Depths" if he hadn't gotten angry at Superboy's comment and decided to prove he didn't need help from the "Boy of Steel".
* InterspeciesRomance: He (an Atlantean)and Miss Martian (a Martian).
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to Superboy, he's kind of a jerk, but is sweet on M'gann. So far though, the only person he seems to frequently disrespect is Superboy himself.
* TheKidsAreAmerican: Most Atlanteans in the series speak with a very slow, formal syntax and slight accent, developed by Kaldur's voice actor to reflect that he was not a native English speaker and mimicked by the other actors for consistency. La'gaan is the youngest of the named Atlantean characters, and his English is much more relaxed and fluent, with little to no traces of an accent at all. It's especially interesting, because La'gaan and fellow Atlantean Garth are both played Yuri Lowenthal, and while Garth's dialogue is limited to one episode and the video game, his speech is consistent with Kaldur's, meaning La'gaan's much more casual English is likely a deliberate choice, possibly reflecting a greater level of immersion with native English speakers at a younger age than Kaldur and the others, or a more concentrated attempt to "fit in."
* LeeroyJenkins: The reason for his capture in "Depths."
* MagicKnight: Like Aqualad, he combines magic with weapon-based combat training.
* MakeOutKids: With Miss Martian.
* MarkedChange: When his tattoos start to glow, Lagoon Boy we'll get bigger and stronger.
* MayDecemberRomance: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} with Miss Martian. She's chronologically 53, but biologically 18, while he's 17.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Was the first incarnation of the character to be named. He's "La'gaan" to justify his codename.
* NonIndicativeName: "Lagoon Boy" doesn't exactly tell you he comes from the sea, does it? As noted above, he was given the name "La'gaan" to semi-justify his codename's non-indicativeness. At a convention appearance, Greg Weisman explained that he just heard the English word "lagoon" one day, didn't exactly understand what it referred to, but noted its similarity to his own name and that was water-related, and took it for his own.
* OfficialCouple: With Miss Martian.
* OhMyGods: "Neptune's beard!"
* PowerTattoo: Though since he completed more of his training, unlike Aqualad, his [[MarkedChange only appear when they're in use]].
* PungeonMaster: Loves his fish puns.
* RebuiltPedestal: In the Season 2 finale, he asks Aqualad if he really trusts him, to which he replies that he's ''always'' trusted La'gaan. [[WhenSheSmiles His smile after hearing this]] seals the deal.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted as he's one of the heroes.
* ShoutOut: Visually, a homage to the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon.
** LampshadeHanging: Superboy mocks him as "The Rebound Guy from the Black Lagoon."
** Also to [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Aquaman]].
* {{Sidekick}}: Of Aquaman in Season 2.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: Laggon Boy's real name is La'gaan.
* SuperMode: Can increase his size in a pinch, like a toad or puffer fish. This also gives him increased strength and durability.
* TakingTheBullet: He does this for Megan, taking the final blow of Klarion’s conjured giant fire snake in order to protect her. Because he’s MadeOfIron most of the time, he survives this with little difficulty.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: His "hero uniform" consists of a pair of black swimming trunks.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: For the most part his offensive options on land is to turn into his super mode and hit/tackle/smash stuff. He has some limited water control and Atlantean magic too, but typically defaults to this. In Young Justice Legacy all of his special attacks are this.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Takes out a Krolotean mech with a suplex.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Beast Boy]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B19
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robin III]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B20
!!!'''Date Joined:''' 2015, Before February 16
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wonder Girl]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B21
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-February 17, 2015
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Blue Beetle III]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B22
!!!'''Date Joined:''' December 1, 2015
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Scarab]]
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Guardian III]]
!!''ComicBook/{{Guardian}} III / Mal Duncan''
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!!!'''Designation:''' A10 / B24
!!!'''Date Joined:''' Post-2010
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 10 ("Targets")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson

Originally one of Superboy and M'gann's classmates at Happy Harbor High, Mal Duncan is both Karen's boyfriend and the [[MissionControl tactical coordinator]] for the team during season 2. During a battle with Despero, he adopts the identity of the Guardian as a distraction. He later joined the team as a field operative.
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: The two previous Guardians were white.
* AscendedExtra: ''Twice.'' In season two, he ascends from just being a friend of Conner's and Megan's to the team's MissionControl. He ascends again in "Cornered," from MissionControl and "Bumblebee's neglected boyfriend" to being Guardian, a hero in his own right.
* AscendedFanboy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's shown wearing a Superman shirt the first time we meet him, and in "Secrets" even makes his own custom Superman Halloween costume. [[note]]which also happens to look exactly like [[MythologyGag Superboy's old get-up in the comics]][[/note]] And while Mal is never seen personally working with Superman, he has become close friends with Superman's brother, Superboy, by season 2.
* BabiesEverAfter: By ''Outsiders'', he's fathering a child with his longtime girlfriend Karen.
* BadassBaritone: Has a deep voice and becomes a BadassNormal.
* BadassBeard: Mal has grown a thich beard since the end of Season 2.
* BadassInDistress: In "War," he is kidnapped by the Reach and kept in the War World.
* BadassNormal: Thanks to Black Canary's training he can help out in the field.
* BaldOfAwesome: It appears he's lost his hair during the time skip to ''Outsiders''.
* BattleCouple: With Bumblebee after becoming Guardian III -- They are HighSchoolSweethearts and heroes, even getting into a relationship fight in the middle of a mission.
* TheCameo: In "Schooled" and "Secrets".
* DarkIsNotEvil: Except for his helmet, Guardian's main color scheme is black.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He intentionally distracts Despero with his FakeUltimateHero routine despite knowing that a single punch could kill him to give his other teammates time to rally and take him down.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mal getting shot down when trying to tear Karen away from her work as [[ComicBook/TheAtom Dr. Ray Palmer's]] lab assistant.
* FakeUltimateHero: Uses this as a means to distract Despero. It worked and he would become a field operative of the team as the new Guardian.
* GentleGiant: He's built like a line backer and is a total sweetheart.
* HeroicBuild: When he becomes Guardian II.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: As "Targets" and "Happy New Year" show, he and Karen have been together since their high school days.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With his girlfriend, Karen.
* InkSuitActor: His appearance in Season 3 is the *spitting* image of Kevin Michael Richardson.
* InSeriesNickname: His full name is actually "Malcolm", but he's always called, "Mal".
* InsecureLoveInterest: He admits to Karen that he feels stupid when it comes to her and her scientific brilliance.
* JerkJock: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He comes off as an arrogant punk in his first appearance when he challenges Connor...after he thought Connor was bullying one of his friends. Moreover, that friend was smaller and more timid than either him or Connor.
* LegacyCharacter: The original Guardian was Roy Harper's great-grandfather, Jim Harper, and the second was a clone of Roy also named Jim Harper who believed himself to be Roy's uncle and the original Guardian's grandson.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: When hamming it up in an attempt to intimidate Despero.
* MissionControl: He acts as this for the Team, coordinating the different squads while on a mission.
* NiceGuy: Along with Jaime he's the nicest guy on the Team.
* NonActionGuy: Defied in "Cornered" where he takes the guise of the Guardian against Despero, using Black Canary's training to distract Despero long enough until a plan could be formulated.
* OfficialCouple: With Karen Beecher AKA Bumblebee.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall, dark-skinned and dark-haired, and attractive.
* TookALevelInBadass: He went from MissionControl and NonActionGuy to joining in on the battles from "Cornered" and onwards.
* TookALevelInKindness: In his brief appearances in the first season he comes across as a somewhat arrogant and thuggish, but in the five year time skip, he's become more mellow.
* WillingChanneler: Allowed himself to be possessed by Zatanna to beat Despero.
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!Joined in Season 2

[[folder:Kid Flash II (Impulse)]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B23
!!!'''Date Joined:''' March 21, 2016
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
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[[folder:Arsenal (Speedy I)]]
!!''Arsenal / Speedy (Roy Harper)''
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!!!'''Designation:''' B25
!!!'''Date Joined:''' April 8, 2016
!!!'''Status:''' Active
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' The Team (After "The Prize")
!!!'''Species:''' Cybernetically-enhanced human
!!!'''Debut:''' Episode 26 ("Auld Acquaintance")
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CrispinFreeman
->''"We were partners, friends!"''

The real Roy Harper, the former sidekick of Green Arrow who was kidnapped by the Light three years before the beginning of the series. Red Arrow, his Cadmus-made clone, eventually rescues him in season 2. After acquiring a robotic right arm from [=LexCorp=]--he had lost his arm during his kidnapping--he returns to hero work to get revenge on the people who ruined his life.

As of ''Outsiders'', Roy does some part-time work as a security guard just to make ends meet, before being invited back to join the team by Tigress in "The Prize".
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* AntiHero: He's an unscrupulous hero. For example, he tries to assassinate Lex Luthor for ruining his life when he first wakes up. "True Colors" demonstrates that he'd gladly go against orders and ''plant a bomb'' during a covert operation for no reason other than to give Luthor grief.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Picks up his name when Luthor compliments him during the hero's assassination attempt.
--> '''Lex Luthor:''' Quite the arsenal you've brought tonight, Mr. Harper.\\
'''Arsenal:''' You haven't seen the half of it, Luthor!\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' Oh, I wasn't talking about the weaponry. I myself never go armed. No, the greatest arsenal any man can bring to the party consists of the resources of his own mind: his intelligence, his stratagems, his force of will. And you, my young friend, have all of those in spades.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his right arm after being captured by The Light.
* ArmCannon: A gift from Lex Luthor.
* ArtificialLimbs: Luthor gives him an artificial ArmCannon to replace his missing limb, partly as a way of dissuading Arsenal from future assassination attempts.
* BadassInDistress: Was a hostage of the Light for nearly a decade.
* BadassNormal: Has no superpowers when he first wakes up, is missing an arm, and still beats Luthor's personal {{cyborg}} bodyguard in a fight.
* CloningBlues: {{Inverted|Trope}}. He spent years of his life as a HumanPopsicle while his clone, Red Arrow, unwittingly took his place. Despite that, he blames Luthor for imprisoning him and Green Arrow for giving up on him, while he's grateful for Red Arrow's tireless search.
-->'''Red Arrow:''' I don't want to be the cause of more conflict between you two. I'd understand if you never wanted to lay eyes on me again.\\
'''Speedy:''' I dunno. Seems to me the clone didn't do anything wrong. He didn't ask to be created, plus he found me. I can't blame him for this. ''[turning to Ollie]'' [[SuddenlyShouting BUT I CAN TOTALLY BLAME YOU!]]
* CombatPragmatist: One of the most impressive cases on the show. He's able to outmaneuver [[{{Chessmaster}} Lex Luthor]], his bodyguard and several mooks in his assassination attempt of the former with only one arm (remember, his training and specialty is ranged combat, and it's his right arm missing, implied to be his dominant arm). More impressively, he [[IncrediblyLamePun single-handedly]] co-ordinates a piercing attack on the Reach inside the [=War World=] mostly on the fly, first coming up with a combat strategy for the Runaways that actually holds out against [[ImplacableMan Black Beetle]]. Then, before releasing his allies from captivity, he goes straight for Mongul's pod first, knowing he would fight Black Beetle instead of any of the heroes, providing a cover/distraction for them. Among all that chaos, he also attempted to retrieve the [=War World=] key (unfortunately, Deathstroke got to it first). He came up with all of this while on the run and facing his worst fears. Not too shabby for a guy who is mentally in his mid-teens.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: His parents died before he was 15.
* {{Cyborg}}: He becomes one after replacing his missing arm with a robotic ArmCannon as a prosthesis.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Parents died when he was 15. Kidnapped by the Light so they could clone him and use his said clone as a spy. This, also meant they had to cut off his arm to keep his clone alive. And he was kidnapped and kept in a coma for eight years.
* DeadpanSnarker:
--> '''Arsenal''': So new Roy goes by "Red Arrow". Wow, that's an original name.
* DecompositeCharacter: He and Red Arrow each borrow different elements from the original comic book Speedy. To explain, the comic book Speedy took the name Arsenal before switching to Red Arrow. However, this show's version of Arsenal is based off the comic book's Red Arrow during the period where he became an AntiHero. Comic book Roy does not have a clone, and is the father of Lian by Cheshire.
* DistressedDude: By virtue of his being captured and imprisoned on ice for eight years by The Reach, before Red Arrow and Cheshire rescued him.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: After getting a {{cyborg}} ArmCannon of his own.
* EnergyWeapon: His robot arm has a wrist-mounted laser that actually proved capable of damaging Black Beetle's armor. Lex really didn't spare any expense.
* ExpressiveMask: Again, an example of an expressive DominoMask.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His outfit would be identical without the robotic arm.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Lost 8 years of his life, during which "The sidekicks formed their own team, aliens invaded the Earth, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and... Ollie grew that dopey goatee?]]".
* FieryRedhead: The angrier, grumpier kind of redhead.
* {{Foil}}: To Red Arrow. Both are presented as {{jerkass}}es whose only redeeming traits are that they are fighting on the side of good. They both also have an obsessive and selfish personality that serve as their {{fatal flaw}}s. However, Arsenal represents what Red Arrow could've become had he not have friends or a daughter (the latter which was the real reason he got himself together) and didn't curb his extremely negative traits. Also, while Arsenal still remains a jerk, who [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes even more so]], Red Arrow ultimately proves to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who [[TookALevelInKindness became nicer.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: He's on the side of good, but he's also a selfish, impulsive {{jerkass}}.
* HandicappedBadass: Comments how, with only one arm, it's harder for him to get on his pants than to ''use a rocket launcher.''
* HumanPopsicle: Due to being cryogenically frozen.
* ImportantHaircut: Gives himself a buzz cut as part of [[ThatManIsDead abandoning his past as Speedy]].
* InterruptedSuicide: When Blue Beetle reveals he's been brainwashed into an agent of the Reach, Roy is so horrified at the idea of being taken prisoner again he opens an airlock and almost gets sucked into outer space. When that doesn't work, he flees the battle rather than try to take on Beetle.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Risking a covert mission to make someone's life miserable, also putting the lives of his teammates in jeopardy? Check. Pull an InterruptedSuicide, which also risked the lives of the Team, all because HE doesn't want to get captured? Check. After being rightfully called out for the former, his reason is that he wasn't going to risked being "put on ice" again, and sarcastically scolds the one in the right (Bumblebee) that she should be thanking him, and he doesn't apologize? Double check.
* IWorkAlone: Decides to go solo in the end.
* {{Jerkass}}: So you can at least see where his clone got it from. But, ''unlike'' Red Arrow, Arsenal continues to be a jerk with a only a few PetTheDog moments.
* JerkassToOne: {{Inverted}}. The only person we see that he’s been genuinely nice to without any selfish regard and even sympathizes with is his clone.
* TheLancer: After he joins the Runaways. He sets the biggest contrast with Virgil because he's a hothead and a veteran and none too heroic.
* LeeroyJenkins: On a perfectly planned covert ops mission, Arsenal decides to blow up the lab they came to investigate, for no other reason than to spite Luthor. This not only manages to blow their cover and nearly get them killed, but does nothing more than superficial damage. [[SarcasmMode Great job.]] Gets him booted off the Team in "The Hunt" after Nightwing learns about the airlock fiasco.
* MeaningfulName: "Roy" is English and Gaelic for "red" which matches his [[RedIsHeroic choice in clothing when it comes to his role as a hero]].
* MeaningfulRename: Trades in being "Speedy" to become "Arsenal".
* TheMillstone: Selfish, unstable, impulsive, and prone to making incredibly poor decisions, he is a gigantic liability to the team, and it is that set of characteristics coupled with his absolute refusal to take responsibility for his actions that gets him thrown off the team.
* MythologyGag: Arsenal is Roy Harper after the events of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice''. (Red Arrow can be viewed as Roy before his NinetiesAntiHero makeover.)
* NeverMyFault: When Bumblebee calls him out on his actions at the end of "War", mainly how he recklessly opened an airlock that almost got the entire team killed ''and'' guaranteed their capture against the brainwashed Blue Beetle and then ran away to save himself, he argues back that after spending 8 years as a captive he wasn't going to risk being put "on ice" again. He also points out that his escape was what allowed everyone to be saved, and [[JerkassHasAPoint while not entirely wrong there]], he wasn't thinking that far ahead at the time and still expects a "thanks you" for his actions, refusing to apologize despite having pulled this kind of stunt in the field previously. This results in him getting kicked off the team by Nightwing, due to him being more of a liability than anything.
* OlderThanHeLooks: Has the body and the psyche of a 15-year-old, because he was put on ice at that age for 8 years, but he should actually be 23.
* PetTheDog: Roy doesn't once blame his clone, Roy Harper II, for "replacing" him since he knows the clone never asked to be born and at least he was the one who found and freed him.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: Blames Green Arrow for giving up the search for him.
--> '''Arsenal:''' We were partners, friends! [...] How could you leave me in [[BigBad Luthor's]] hands for ''8 years''? And how did I not see how ''useless'' you are? GetOut... ''[[GetOut GET OUT]]!''
* RedIsHeroic: His superhero suit is red and he has red hair, although he's a bit more antiheroic than the other examples in the series.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Blows up a covert ops mission just to make Luthor miserable.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one against Lex Luthor and the Light almost immediately after waking up.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Leaves the Team before Nightwing can fire him due to his reckless actions and joins The Runaways.
* SealedGoodInACan: Captured by the Light to create a clone of him in order to further their plans. And for eight years, he has been in cased in cryogenic storage.
* ShadowArchetype: To his clone, Roy Harper II aka Red Arrow. Arsenal represents what could've happened to him had he let his obsessive, jerkish nature be his main attributes.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He would literally rather die than be captured.
--> "''You'll never pod me again! '''NEVER!'''''"
* {{Sidekick}}: To Green Arrow. And unlike Red Arrow, he doesn't take offense to the term.
* SixthRanger: To the Runaways. He joins them after he is kicked off the team.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The events of "The Hunt" would have gone very differently if Arsenal hadn't attempted to space himself in "War". Namely, the Team would still be in stasis and him with them, and the Runaways would be dead or at least still under Luthor.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: That arm cannon is really useful in a fight.
* ThatManIsDead: "Speedy died 8 years ago. But I kinda like the sound of Arsenal."
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Favors grenades and other handheld explosives.
* TookALevelInJerkass: While his anger at what happened to him may have been understandable, but it reaches to unacceptable levels as time passes. The biggest example of how he became a full-on {{jerkass}} was when Bumblebee [[WhatTheHellHero rightfully calls him out for his actions]] at one point, Arsenal tells her that [[ItsAllAboutMe after all he went through he wasn't going to risk being captured again]]. Then he [[{{Jerkass}} gripes on her about not giving him some thanks for saving her]]. Which probably wouldn't have happened if he hadn't pulled attempted suicide in the first place!
* TookALevelInKindness: While he's still hot blooded he seems to have mellowed out a lot during the 2 year time skip between season 2 and 3. He even seems to be on better terms with Nightwing.
* TraumaCongaLine: [[BadassInDistress Was kidnapped]], [[AnArmAndALeg deprived of his right arm]], [[HumanPopsicle frozen for 8 years]], [[CloningBlues replaced by a clone]], [[AdultsAreUseless left for dead by his mentor]], then kicked off the team. Although the last one is his own fault, see TookALevelInJerkass section.
* TrickArrow: To be expected of a former Green Arrow protege.
* UngratefulBastard: Defied. He is genuinely grateful to his clone for spending 5 years trying to save him, and notes that he didn't ask to be born. [[RageAgainstTheMentor Green Arrow, on the other hand...]]
* WalkingSpoiler: The specifics of his backstory and even his ''real name'' give away some rather large twists from Season 1.
* WildCard: He frequently goes against the team and doing actions that benefits ''him'' before others.
* WillNotBeAVictim: "No one's putting me on ice again... ''ever''." [[{{Deconstructed}} The fear of that is so overpowering]] that he nearly spaces the entire team when Blue Beetle turns on them rather than be taken alive. When that fails, he makes a fast escape into the [=War World=].
* WouldHitAGirl: While attempting to assassinate Lex Luthor, Roy didn't show any qualms about shooting and injuring Mercy.
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[[folder:Static]]
!!!'''Designation:''' B26
!!!'''Date Joined:''' July 4, 2016
!!!'''Status:''' Inactive
!!!'''Current Affiliation:''' Outsiders
-->[[Characters/YoungJusticeOutsiders See here]].
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