History Recap / JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E11PanicInTheSky

* BigBadassBattleSequence: The Cadmus raid on the Watchtower results in a full on brawl between [[CoolVsAwesome the members of the JLU and an army of superpowered clones.]]

* DramaticIrony: The retcon that the DCAU Lex has had a photographic memory this entire time. While it's not actually pointed out in this episode, this revelation ''does'' mean that the DCAU Lex could easily have realized that Clark Kent and Superman are dead ringers for one another. But even with an eidetic memory, Lex ''still'' can't see the forest for the trees if his life depended upon it (or conceive that Superman ''wouldn't'' spend all his time as a demigod).

* TheDissenterIsAlwaysRight: When the Justice League are blamed for an attack against Cadmus, the founding members of the League agree to surrender to authorities until they can prove their innocence. Batman is once again the lone dissenter, arguing that they're more likely to bring the real culprit to justice if they aren't behind bars. His confrontation with Amanda Waller proves crucial to uncovering the truth and [[spoiler:preventing Lex Luthor from transferring his consciousness into a powerful and immortal android, making himself a living god.]]

** Galatea calls Hamilton "Daddy", revealing that she has actual feelings for him and foreshadowing her BerserkButton, when Supergirl invokes CloningBlues by supposing that Tea's Cadmus handlers see her as nothing more than a tool for a job.

* CloningBlues: Supergirl while fighting Galatea.
-->'''Supergirl:''' You know what? No matter how bad you beat me, I'm real, not a clone.\\
'''Galatea:''' [[BerserkButton Shut up.]]\\
'''Supergirl:''' Deep down you know the truth. You're not a person; you're just a weapon grown out of one of Hamilton's petri dishes\\
'''Galatea:''' [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!]]

-->'''Brainiac''': [[AC:But you've forced my hand.]]

In his laboratory, Luthor has finished his great project: An android body based on the design of Amazo albeit with his own likeness. He intends to transfer his consciousness into the android, but Batman confronts him before he can begin. He has finally solved the puzzle: When Luthor worked with the Atom to stop Amazo, he saw the android's blueprints and memorized them. Batman realizes that the Cadmus crisis is all a cover for Luthor's true goal: Giving himself superpowers. Luthor confirms this, but adds that he'll also gain his revenge on Superman. The world has turned against the Justice League, so him killing the Man of Steel will be seen as a heroic act. Batman attempts to destroy the android, but Luthor intercepts and crushes his explosive Batarang. They briefly fight, but Luthor quickly subdues Batman and throws him out of the window with his mysterious super-strength. Before he can hit the ground, however, Batman is rescued. Meanwhile, Luthor has hooked up his equipment and is ready to begin the consciousness transfer. Just before he throws the transfer switch, Waller appears with a nano-disassembler cannon (Luthor's own design) and disintegrates the android. Luthor rages that Waller has ruined weeks of hard work, but then she declares him to be under arrest for framing the League and attempting to kill everyone at Cadmus. Backing Waller up, the seven founders of the Justice League have entered the room. Superman tells Luthor that it's over. Outnumbered and out of options, Luthor still refuses to give up...but suddenly interrupts himself with a scream of pain. He falls to the floor, his body mutating into a tentacled, top-heavy monstrosity with a familiar three-dot triangle on his chest. As a skeletal metal face emerges from his abdomen, Luthor's voice becomes mingled with, then rapidly subsumed by, a robotic monotone: Brainiac.

* KillEmAll: During the assault, Galatea's orders to the Ultimen are to sanitize the Watchtower.

* BatmanGambit: Bruce's conversation with Waller when he infiltrates the new Cadmus HQ. He knows Waller will never believe his claims that the League's been framed (plus his time to make said argument is almost certainly limited due to Cadmus security inevitably responding to his break-in). Knowing Waller is a patriot, Bruce plays on that. He points her in Lex's direction...and despite her own skepticism and distrust, Waller starts digging. She ''has'' to be sure Cadmus hasn't been played and that they're not unwittingly endangering national/global security. It works.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Galatea delivers an utterly ''brutal'' one to Supergirl. Both Steel and Atom after the beating she dished out was nothing to scoff at either.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Kara desperately goading Galatea during their fight by reminding her of her origins and that she's ultimately just a lab experiment. While it catches Galatea off-guard, it also makes the clone more determined than ever to kill her counterpart -- enough that she openly defies Waller's direct orders to end cease the assault and nearly succeeds in destroying the Watchtower.

* WorfHadTheFlu: The Ultimen clones controlled by Galatea have no free will or appreciable intelligence, reducing their efficacy against the Justice League.