History Recap / JusticeLeagueS1E4And5InBlackestNight

* HumanAliens: Hawkgirl forgets for a moment that Superman isn't human. He takes it as a compliment.

** Early on, after one of the Green Lanterns calls a Manhunter “Stupid robot”, the Manhunter is about to turn and kill him, before the lead Manhunter stops him, saying “Not yet”, hinting that the Manhunters have a grudge against the Green Lantern Corps that this is meant o resolve.

* YouExclamation: John yells this out before attacking Kanjar Ro for framing him.

* AdaptationalJerkass: The present Green Lanterns in the story all growl at how John Stewart is a disgrace because of what he is accused of. In the comics, the Green Lantern Corps encourages a strong esprit de corps with its members and would ''never'' condemn one of their own so easily at least until all the facts have been examined. In fact, the Guardians themselves would have had no shortage of volunteers in the Corps to conduct in an internal investigation of the incident. Though they at least realize their mistake not giving John the benefit of the doubt

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Likely unintentional, but Flash asks Hawkgirl whether there is a "Hawkboy" (if she was seeing anyone on Thanagar). Hawkgirl just smiles coyly and flies off. It turns out Hawkgirl ''does'' [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E24To26Starcrossed have a boyfriend]].

* BarBrawl: Hawkgirl confronts the members of the Corps who are unwilling to help John, calling him a disgrace, at a bar. This infuriates Hawkgirl and causes her to single-handedly beat up four of the five Lanterns present. Kilowag sits the fight out, eventually breaking it up after deciding Hawkgirl has a point.

* SurpriseWitness: The irony wasn't lost on Flash, who introduced Kilowag as a "surprise witness". When asked which sort of witness he was, Flash came with a joke about Kilowag's size. He winds up as a character witness.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The Manhunters were built by the Guadians of Oa as a precursor to the Green Lanterns. Their inability to discern morality led to the Guardians stripping them of their original role, relegating them to lesser duties. The Manhunters resented this demotion and the entire trial was a ruse for them to invade Oa and kill the Guardians.

** Hawkgirl condemns the other Lanterns for not even trying to give John the benefit of the doubt or trying to help him, leading to the brawl. Kilowag (who sat out the fight) admits she's absolutely right and tries to help John.

* SpottingTheThread: Superman and Martian Manhunter notice something very important while investigating- if John destroyed a planet, why is its moon still in orbit?

* WrittenInAbsence: Heading down to Earth, J'onn notes Wonder Woman is busy with another case and that Batman would just say he's too busy to help right now. Subverted with Superman, who's said to be busy with an earthquake but shows up anyway because "It was just a 4.0."

* CourtroomAntic: Flash stalls time by offering to be John's lawyer.

* AbsenteeActor: Batman & Wonder Woman are absent; this sets the standard for the show going forward, where one-to-three members of the League will typically be absent for any given episode.

* BarBrawl: Hawkgirl confronts the members of the Green Lantern Corp who are unwilling to help John, calling him a disgrace, at a bar. This infuriates Hawkgirl and causes her to single-handedly beat up four of the five Lanterns present. Kilowag sits the fight out, eventually breaking it up after deciding Hawkgirl has a point.

* BigNo: The lead Manhunter screams this as John expel his essence from the Power Battery.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kanjar Ro invokes this by claiming that while he might be a thief, "it's nothing compared to what [John] did!" (which would be true if the whole thing wasn't a ruse).

-->'''Flash''': The same penalty? You mean... That's crazy!

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Likely unintentional, but Flash asks Hawkgirl whether there is a "Hawkboy" (if she was seeing anyone on Thanagar). Hawkgirl just smiles coyly and flies off. It turns out Hawkgirl ''[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E24To26Starcrossed does]]'' [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E24To26Starcrossed have a boyfriend]].

* GeniusBonus: The Flash's attempt to delay the trial involves discussing ''habeas corpus'', ''ipso facto'', and Phi Beta Kappa. Anyone unaware of their meanings would assume this is nonsense Flash is throwing around (Hawkgirl seemed to think so), but Habeas corpus (Latin for "that you have the body") is a writ on illegal confinement, ipso facto is Latin for "by the fact itself", and Phi Beta Kappa is both a US honor society and an initialism for a Greek phrase, "Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs," meaning, "Love of wisdom is the guide of life". A regular viewer wouldn't know any of that, ''but forensic scientist Wally West would''.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: InUniverse: The Manhunters overlooked a critical detail that results in their FrameUp being exposed: Moons don't stay in orbit if the planet that they orbit around gets destroyed.

* GeniusBonus: The Flash's attempt to delay the trial involves discussing ''habeas corpus'', ''ipso facto'', and Phi Beta Kappa. Anyone unaware of their meanings would assume this is nonsense Flash is throwing around (Hawkgirl seemed to think so), but Habeas corpus (Latin for "that you have the body") is a writ on illegal confinement, ipso facto is Latin for "by the fact itself", and Phi Beta Kappa is both a US honor society and a Greek phrase meaning, "Love of wisdom is the guide of life". A regular viewer wouldn't know any of that, ''but forensic scientist Wally West would''.

* RealityEnsues: Superman and J'onn are on the barren, airless moon for an extended period. Naturally, they need to use spacesuits, but just for the lack of atmosphere.
** Also, John ''doesn't'' easily forgive [[WithFriendsLikeThese his fellow Lanterns]] for not considering his own innocence [[TrueCompanions like the League did]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Lanterns for not trusting John, if their reaction to being unforgiven is anything to go by.

* AdaptationalJerkass: The present Green Lanterns in the story all growl at how John Stewart is a disgrace because of what he is accused of. In the comics, the Green Lantern Corps encourages a strong esprit de corps with its members and would ''never'' condemn one of their own so easily at least until all the facts have been examined. In fact, the Guardians themselves would have had no shortage of volunteers in the Corps to conduct in an internal investigation of the incident.

** Also, John ''doesn't'' easily forgive [[WithFriendsLikeThese his fellow Lanterns]] for not considering his own innocence [[TrueCompanions like the League did.]]

* AdaptationalJerkass: The present Green Lanterns in the story all growl at how John Stewart is a disgrace because of what he is accused of. In the comics, the Green Lantern Corps encourages a strong esprit de corps with its members and would ''never'' condemn one of their own so easily at least until all the facts have been examined. In fact, the Guardians themselves would have no shortage of volunteers in the Corps to conduct in an internal investigation of the incident.

* PragmaticAdaptation: This episode is loosely adapted from a 1977 two-part story that ran in Justice League of America #140-141, titled "No Man Escapes the Manhunter" and "No World Escapes the Manhunters".

-->'''Flash''': "Don't you have any lawyers here?"
-->'''Chief Judge''': "We solved our lawyer problem a long time ago.

-->'''Second Judge''': But be aware: If you lose, you will share the same penalty as the accused."
-->'''Flash''': "The same penalty? You mean... That's crazy!"
-->'''Chief Judge''': "No, that's how we solved our lawyer problem."