History YMMV / YoungJustice

** Bizarrely, [[spoiler:Aqualad's ([[ReverseMole false]]) FaceHeelTurn]] and [[spoiler:Miss Martian's new penchant for MindRape]] are appreciated by some fans as finally giving them some character depth.

** Wally's [[WhatTheHellHero call out]] of Dick applies just as well [[HistoryRepeats in Season 3]] as it did in Season 2, making it all the harsher because Dick doesn't seem to have learned anything. The Anti-Light was a complex, highly-sensitive operation that is [[spoiler: exposed]] as a result of circumstances that [[DidntSeeThatComing couldn't be foreseen]] by anyone. But, unlike with the undercover op, the situation can't be salvaged by the individuals involved, and it's outside of their power to stop it all from falling apart after [[spoiler: Jefferson forces them to admit it in front of half a dozen other people, irrevocably breaking the [[BrokenMasquerade masquerade]].]] The fact said operation involves two of the three major players as the one that was originally being called out only makes it more applicable. On the bright side, at least it wasn't Dick's idea this time.

** Subversive and surprising it may have been, there's still no getting around the fact the show decided to resolve something as big as [[spoiler: Darkseid possessing the Anti-Life Equation and using it successfully on many of the heroes]] by simply having [[spoiler: Victor Boom Tube in, shoot off the visor Granny used to control Violet, and then have both proceed to swiftly and easily turn the whole situation around and snag complete victory, with no lasting consequences for the heroes.]] To say that is not what fans had been expecting/hoping for would be to put it mildly. “Nevermore” would indicate there's possibly another means for Darkseid to [[spoiler: obtain the Anti-Life Equation,]] but it can still feel like a pretty big wasted opportunity for fans who thought things were going to get much bigger after “Terminus”, rather than just have the heroes [[spoiler: return to Markvoia]] for the finale.

** Arrowette ''was'' a member of the original Young Justice in the comics, but left the life of heroism behind permanently and post-''Flashpoint'' [[RetGone she has not returned at all]]. She makes her animated debut here, after having a small role as the little girl in "Insecurity".

** Kaldur, after having been absent in the marketing beforehand yet still confirmed to be in the series, was widely expected to return as Aqualad. Instead he returns as Aquaman, succeeding Arthur Curry.

** While ComicBook/LoisLane was expected to appear in Season 3 nobody also expected that both Clark and Lois are married here and both have a child who is no other than Jon Kent, who wasn't even ''created'' when the show first debuted (though Superman having a son, usually with [[SuperCouple Lois]], named Jon Kent had already occurred in alternate continuities decades before the introduction of the main universe version).
** Ultra-Humanite only appeared as a minor villain in one episode in Season 1 as part of the Injustice League, never seen again afterward. Few were expecting him to ever return, much less be promoted to a ''council member'' of the Light.

** The second half of the season featuring the ComicBook/SuicideSquad was a welcomed surprise, as it appeared they were AdaptedOut of this continuity, although of the members shown, only longtime member Captain Boomerang newly debuted on the team, with Black Manta (a member in the New 52 incarnation) and [[KillerGorilla Monsieur Mallah]] (who has never been on the team in any prior version), plus Amanda Waller, being the only ones to have appeared before.

** M'gann may enter this territory in "Nevermore". She attempts to [[spoiler: give back her engagement ring to Conner]], heartbroken that he still can't forgive her for how she abused her powers in the past, while [[spoiler: Conner immediately declares otherwise and they happily reconcile.]] Only problem is, in just the previous episode,[[spoiler: she abused her powers to deceive Artemis, having her believe she communicated with Wally's spirit when really it was just a construct created by M'gann from Artemis' own mind.]] Conner, of course, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop doesn't know this]] and it's very difficult to imagine he would be accepting of such a plan when he considers her lying to everyone to be little different than her abusing her powers, and her actions in "Overwhelmed" are her abusing her powers again. Thus, M'gann can be seen as [[KarmaHoudini receiving forgiveness while she continues her previous behavior, only this time manages to keep it secret from Conner.]] Zatanna was, of course, equally responsible for the ploy, but unlike M'gann, she doesn't already have a history of abusing her powers to trick others and isn't shown being forgiven for said previous abuses.

** Cheshire's more sympathetic depiction has been met with criticism of her being softened by the show. However, Jade was more of a PunchClockVillain and NobleDemon in her original appearances. She once helped stop a group of racists who wanted her to kill a black civil rights activist and was shown to care for Lian. She became the AxCrazy DragonLady she is known for being in the comics after the story in Deathstroke where she nuked Qurac but prior to this, she had more in common with her depiction in this show.

* TheScrappy: Slobo/Lil' Lobo was a polarizing figure among fans and writers. The final issue of the series saw him transformed [[AndIMustScream turned into a living statue]] and he has not been seen or mentioned since. DC editor-in-chief Creator/DanDiDio reportedly despised the character, and claimed that he nearly ruined the original Lobo. Of course, [=DiDio=] disliking a character [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} hasn't]] [[ComicBook/TheFlash always]] [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 translated to]] [[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 similar feelings among fans]], but unlike most, there has been very little fan outrage due to this grudge.

** "Evolution" revealed that Vandal Savage was once a god-king of ancient Babylonia and saved it from an otherworldly invasion. The episode came out about a month after ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' released its ''Babylonia'' story chapter [[note]](about a month after the English version, that is; it was originally released in Japan years earlier)[[/note]] which has a broadly similar premise, and this leads to some strange ''deja vu'' if you're a fan of both. The goddess Ishtar appears in both and she is Vandal's daughter here, and the kicker is that Doctor '' Fate'' is given an unexpected origin story connection to Vandal, as Nabu the original Fate becomes Vandal's son. Similar to the ''Justice League'' movie above, while the game predates the release of Season 3, the cartoon as a whole and thus the planning for it predates the game by several years.

** "Evolution" revealed that Vandal Savage was once a god-king of ancient Babylonia and saved it from an otherworldly invasion, about a month after ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' released its ''Babylonia'' story chapter [[note]](about a month after the English version, that is; it was originally released in Japan years earlier)[[/note]] which has a broadly similar premise, and this leads to some strange ''deja vu'' if you're a fan of both. The goddess Ishtar appears in both and she is Vandal's daughter here, and the kicker is that Doctor '' Fate'' is given an unexpected origin story connection to Vandal, as Nabu the original Fate becomes Vandal's son. Similar to the ''Justice League'' movie above, while the game predates the release of Season 3, the cartoon as a whole and thus the planning for it predates the game by several years.

** "Evolution" revealed that Vandal Savage was once a god-king of ancient Babylonia and saved it from an otherworldly invasion about a month after ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' released its Babylonia story chapter, which had a broadly similar premise. The goddess Ishtar appears in both and she is Vandal's daughter here, and the kicker is that Doctor '' Fate'' is given an unexpected origin story connection to Vandal, as Nabu the original Fate becomes Vandal's son.

** The subplot in "Beneath" heavily implies that the mother of one of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Jaime Reyes]]' friends is being [[DomesticAbuse physically abused by her boyfriend]]. The same episode also reveals that Queen Bee is essentially running a [[HumanTrafficking child-trafficking ring]], where innocent teenagers are kidnapped and sold to evil aliens who use them for horrific biological experimentation.

** [[TheEvilPrince Orm the Ocean Master]], first appearing in season 1, is the [[CainAndAbel treacherous younger brother]] of Aquaman, King of Atlantis. Masquerading as a loyal brother and supporter of the crown, Orm participates in the evil activities of the council known as the Light, while attempting to seize Atlantis. Using a racist group of Atlanteans known as [[FantasticRacism the Purifiers]] against the "impure" Atlanteans, Orm attempts to inspire them to wipe out anyone they deem as impure, knowing it will cause a civil war, after which he will take over what’s left. He also kidnaps his sister-in-law Mera and tries to drain her powers, slowly killing her, despite knowing well that she is pregnant. After the attempted genocide and civil war fail, Orm is eventually exposed and imprisoned for six years until he escapes. [[Recap/YoungJusticeS3E9HomeFires Seeking revenge]], Orm intends to enact the "nuclear option": finding where the heroes' loved ones have their playdates, Orm waits until 18 of them have arrived, including [[WouldHurtAChild babies and children]] alike, before planning to blow the house up and kill them all solely out of spite for being deservedly punished for his crimes.
** [[AristocratsAreEvil Count Werner Vertigo]] is always second in line to the throne of Vlatava. Having [[SiblingMurder murdered his brother]], Vertigo also assists the Injustice League in destruction to gain a hefty ransom with no regard for the lives of the innocents in the cities he would see leveled. [[WouldHurtAChild Trying to murder]] his 10-year-old [[EvilUncle niece]] Queen Perdita, Vertigo is eventually bested, only to later return as a major figure in the [[SuperhumanTrafficking Bedlam Syndicate]]. Vertigo happily captures teenagers with the metagene, subjecting them to experimentation with a massive fatality rate, all to eventually take the throne of Vlatava, whoever he needs to murder along the way.
** [[KnightOfCerebus Frederick DeLamb]], from [[WesternAnimation/YoungJusticeRevivalSeries season 3]], is the security chief and brother to the Queen of Markovia; he is also secretly [[AristocratsAreEvil Baron Bedlam]], leader of the heinous Bedlam Syndicate. Bedlam masterminds the capture and [[SuperhumanTrafficking trafficking]] of countless young metahuman children and teenagers, having them tortuously experimented on and drowning them in a thick tar of his own creation to awaken their metagene. Killing enough of them to warrant regular mass burials of failed experiments, those who do survive are mutated and auctioned off as living weapons to the highest bidder. In his own grab for power in Markovia, Bedlam has his own sister and the King assassinated before killing the Quraci assassin himself, throwing pressure onto the Quraci populace as a convenient excuse to screen for more metagenes. [[EvilUncle Bedlam even has his own niece and nephew]], Tara and Brion Markov, subjected to the experiments, mocking them later for how he's orphaned them. Bedlam attempts a coup in the season 3 finale, attempting to have his nephew Gregor's loyalists killed while snidely vowing never to stop trying to kill his family and take Markovia's throne-—a sentiment that prompts Brion to kill him.
** [[FauxAffablyEvil Granny Goodness]], aka Gretchen Goode, from [[WesternAnimation/YoungJusticeRevivalSeries season 3]], is one of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s most powerful followers and a savage sadist underneath her kindly, grandmotherly facade. With a love of "discipline," Granny [[BadBoss abuses and tortures her followers]], conditioning them by forcing them to bear the conditions of her agonizing X-Pits, while operating a massive [[SuperhumanTrafficking trafficking]] business that steals hundreds of young metahumans across the universe to be twisted into slaves for Darkseid. Gretchen uses her persona as Gretchen Goode to further this agenda on Earth by peddling a series of VR goggles that scan wearers for the metagene, repeatedly attempting to torture and break the heroes with a pleasant, cheery smile. Granny, upon discovering Halo is the living personification of the Anti-Life equation, attempts to use her to spread Anti-Life all across the universe, horribly killing off all non-meta life and utterly enslaving the metahuman survivors to Darkseid's will.

** Robin has his moments, especially when he gets nervous and flustered when put in charge of leading team alpha and his facial expressions to his teammates' antics.* AuthorsSavingThrow: Fans were not enthused with the idea that a Pre-Teen could somehow hack into Green Lantern Tech, both due to its nigh-impossibility and how it wasn't initially elaborated on. The revelation that it was tech salvaged from what was strongly implied to be a GL imposter, settled some of these issues.

** The second half of the season featuring the ComicBook/SuicideSquad was a welcomed surprise, as it appeared they were AdaptedOut of this continuity, although of the members shown, only longtime member Captain Boomerang newly debuted on the team, with ComicBook/BlackManta (a member in the New 52 incarnation) and [[KillerGorilla Monsieur Mallah]] (who has never been on the team in any prior version), plus Amanda Waller, being the only ones to have appeared before.

** The second half of the season featuring the ComicBook/SuicideSquad was a welcomed surprise, as it appeared they were AdaptedOut of this continuity.

** Aquagirl is hated by some fans who believe her to have strung Kaldur's feelings along, when she rejected him and started dating Garth instead. It doesn't help that any more possible character development occurred offscreen before her death (during the timeskip between seasons).

*** This becomes even more complicated in the latter half of Season 3, where Beast Boy's newly created 'public' team is referred to by him as 'Outsiders', and Nightwing's team that had the spotlight in the first half has seemingly now had the majority of its members rejoining the old team or joining Beast Boy's new team, barring Nightwing, Black Lightning, and Cyborg. One could make the case that the "Outsiders" of the title is meant to refer to both teams, with Nightwing's team in the first half of the season being 'outsiders', while Beast Boy's in the second half is the Outsiders.

** Similarly, Batman in season3 becomes more in line with his more mission obsessed depiction from the comics than in earlier seasons.

* Lex Luthor's portrayal in Season 3 is more in line with his other counterparts, coming across as being a somewhat petty and vindictive man in his P.R. war with the Outsiders.
* Similarly, Batman in season3 becomes more in line with his more mission obsessed depiction from the comics than in earlier seasons.

* AlasPoorScrappy: Okay, admit it, you hate L'gaan because of so many reasons, but it’s hard to leave him in the dirt because M'gann left him. In fact, he may have problably went worse than Superboy because despite Superboy getting MindRaped, at least he and M'gann hd a genuinely loving relationship, whilst L'gaan was selfishly used to wound M'gann's self-esteem.

** Ocean-Master. He was the least featured member out of of the original seven members of "The Light", and whilst it is known that he is actually Aquaman's brother Prince Orm by DC fans and from reading the tie-in comic, those who are only following the show will have no idea that Orm and Ocean-Master are one and the same. In between seasons 1 and 2, he has been "disgraced" and replaced by Black Manta, who was already featured in an episode. [[spoiler:He returns in Season 3, only to be unceremoniously killed off by Lady Shiva before he even does anything.]]
** ComicBook/BlackAdam and the [[MadScientist Ultra-Humanite]] both got this treatment in their first and only appearances (not counting the tie-in comics). In the show, they were both reduced to TheVoiceless DumbMuscle to Count Vertigo of all people (an AdaptationalBadass, but partly just because he's bossing around guys like these two), and are defeated relatively easily. In the comics, both are A-list {{Genius Bruiser}}s and {{Visionary Villain}}s who can challenge entire teams of heroes by themselves, and neither would look out-of-place amongst the leaders of the Light. [[spoiler:Ultra-Humanite ends up becoming one of the Light's newest members.]]
** The Justice League as a whole. Many of the members barely get any speaking lines (and some like Hawkman and Hawkwoman never speak at all), and generally the League is shown to be fairly incompetent at their jobs, requiring the Team to do most of the actual work in defeating the Light. In fact, it's often when the Team ignores the League's orders to stay out of things that saves the day. It seems like the world would be a better place if the League placed the Team in charge of things.

** The Runaways. They were set up as a potential anti-heroic rival for the Team, only for Static to join the Team and the others besides Arsenal to quit. (Their quitting isn't even shown on screen.)
** Bane. He's shown to be every bit as smart as members of The Light, but the episode he appears in has already suffering from an EvilerThanThou/TheWorfEffect at the hands of Lord Kobra, and the next he appears, he's just relegated to the role of a generic thug.
** Klarion is a powerful and entertaining villain, but by season two he gets no speaking roles and appears only to shuttle Vandal Savage around.
** Wally West himself, one of the most popular characters in DC comics, founding member of the Teen Titans, longtime member of the Justice League and the definitive Flash for an entire generation, is DemotedToExtra in Season 2, [[spoiler: and then killed off before he can even become the Flash]].

*** The irony with the above is [[spoiler: the heroes are ALSO aware from the very beginning that Terra is TheMole compared to most versions where no matter how explicitly evil she is, they're completely unaware and blindsided. The changes allow the viewers to get a look into Terra's mindset and understand why she is willing to spy for Slade (and why she ultimately turns on him when she realizes the heroes truly care about her) and also allows the heroes to seem far more intelligent.]]
** It was a very common complaint among fans that The Light in the first two seasons often bordered on, or were, {{Invincible Villain}}s, with even the hardest fought victories ultimately resulting in them gaining some kind of benefit that negated whatever the loss they incurred. The second half of the season has [[spoiler: Zatanna cleverly trap Klarion in Fate's Tower (though this is later somewhat undermined by him seemingly escaping off-screen)]] and in the next episode has [[spoiler: the Outsiders outmaneuver Lex Luthor, resulting in him being humiliated on live television and leaves him raging, as well as establishing that Luthor does, in fact, share some of his comic counterpart's pettiness and greed, and despite previous statements to the contrary, isn't above getting revenge when someone actually manages to hurt him. This continues when Superboy, Superman, Cyborg, and Black Lightning also force him to resign from the position of Secretary-General, although possibly due to JokerImmunity, he isn't removed from the Light because of this.]]

* CharacterRerailment: Lex Luthor's portrayal in Season 3 is more in line with his other counterparts, coming across as being a somewhat petty and vindictive man in his P.R. war with the Outsiders.

** That Terra [[spoiler:is, or at least will become, a triple agent, since [[ItWasHisSled her betraying the heroes is a well-known plot]] that has already been done in the comics and the [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans animated]], [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo adaptations]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract that followed]], and that it wouldn't be above the ''Young Justice'' writers to do something fresh with a plot twist.]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The original series on Creator/CartoonNetwork was guilty of this. The show is rife with GettingCrapPastTheRadar (including a ''joke about {{twincest}}''), many references to and depictions of murder, and doesn't shy away from the severe mental strain that is put on ChildSoldiers.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Roy “Will” Harper suffered from a bad case of UnintentionallyUnsympathetic due to an abrasive attitude, which even preceded his CloningBlues, abandoning his (pregnant) wife, developing a [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar implied]] drug addiction, and then lashing out at his friends and family when they staged an intervention. So ''many'' fans were pleasantly surprised when he reappeared at the start of Season 3 as a [[CharacterDevelopment devoted]], [[LighterAndSofter lighthearted]], mostly-retired-from-heroics single father focused on running his own small business and doing his best to raise his young daughter after his wife's [[AmbiguousSituation mysterious]] departure. His [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] episode is one of the better-regarded episodes of the first half for being a BreatherEpisode after a three-part DarkerAndEdgier season premiere. It helps greatly that he is based off a version of Roy Harper whose absence in the comics for over a decade now is something a [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall vocal]] group of fans are still ''very'' bitter about, giving fans starved for any content relating to that character something to enjoy. Also, the existence of both him and the original Roy Harper means that fans of either (or [[TakeAThirdOption both]]) versions of the character can get what they want. Fans of the more mature, single-father Red Arrow Roy Harper (and his daughter, Lian) have 'Will', while fans of the newer, edgier Arsenal Roy Harper have the physically-younger, brasher, original Roy Harper. The only new aspects of 'Will' Harper a majority of fans don't seem to appreciate are his [[ShipTease heavily-suggested]] romantic interest in his [[NoYay sister-in-law]] and that his mostly-retired status means, like [[DemotedToExtra Wally]] in Season 2, he has [[OutOfFocus little-to-no relevance]] to the overarching plot of the season, with his appearances outside of his limelight episode being mostly a side-benefit of Artemis and Violet (and later, Tara) living in his house, and once Violet and Tara move out, he disappears almost entirely for the second half of the season.

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* IronWoobie: Bart Allen/Impulse [[spoiler:is from a BadFuture and goes back to the past on a one-way trip to save the Earth. To prevent even more damage done to the future, he has to put on a chipper MotorMouth mask, but that doesn't hide the fact that he needs a hug.]]
* JerkassWoobie: [[TheWoobie/YoungJustice It's now in this page.]]

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** Freakin' ''Lagoon Boy'' got some much-needed depth in issue #23 of the tie-in comic. He expresses a lot of the same desires M'gann had over coming to Earth-- but, unlike her, La'gaan isn't a shapeshifter. So he's still isolated from general society despite living his dream of seeing the surface world. The episode "The Fix" provides him with depth as well, or at least some Woobie points. Issue #25 also gives him a BigDamnHeroes moment.

* StoicWoobie: Aqualad's life sucks. His birth father is a supervillain, his best friend died, his girlfriend died, his team-mate {{Mind Rape}}d him. But he keeps a stiff upper lip that would make Britain proud.

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** Megan's [[spoiler: true form falls under this. Despite being a 'hideous' White Martian?]] You ''still'' want to hug and comfort her due to her genuine sweet personality. Doesn't hurt that she's a full on [[TheWoobie Woobie.]]

* WheelchairWoobie: Paula Crock, because of her DarkAndTroubledPast and the fact that she genuinely cares about Artemis.
* TheWoobie: [[TheWoobie/YoungJustice Its now in this page.]]

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* JerkassWoobie: [[TheWoobie/YoungJustice Its now in this page.]]

* TheWoobie: [[TheWoobie/YoungJustice Its now in this page.]]

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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: To get the League found innocent the KangarooCourt demands a bribe. Miss Martian instead convinces them that a fair ruling here will bring more trials to them, and more opportunities for even bigger bribes. Essentially saying don't fight a corrupt system, use it to your advantage. The scene teaches to keep one's priorities in mind; a moral grandstanding would not have gotten them anywhere in this case.

** Nightwing faking Artemis's death and not telling the team. While it may have been necessary on some level to ensure Aqualad's cover, not telling M'gann in particular was utter insanity, as she's a telepath who has been getting way too MindRape-y with her powers of late. Best case scenario, she finds out by reading Aqualad's mind. Worst case, she psy-blasts him and turns him into a vegetable. Which is exactly what happened.

* ArcFatigue: By the conclusion of season 3, very little progress is seemingly made on the overall series arc. [[spoiler: Luthor loses his position as Secretary-General, but [[KarmaHoudini remains free]] and retains his position in the Light. Granny is being punished by Darkseid as a scapegoat, but will undoubtedly be free to continue as before. Despite everything that happened, the alliance between Darkseid and the Light remains firmly intact. There's talk of a great galactic war coming, but it's kept so [[VaguenessIsComing vague]] that its near-impossible to guess what the threat could be.]] The conflict of this entire season can be considered just setup for the actual central conflict that may or may not finally happen in Season 4. Either way, the arc of the series is moving a lot more slowly than many had expected. Most took as practically ''given'' after the Season 2 stinger that Apokolips would invade Earth in Season 3, which [[spoiler: doesn't happen. The Earth is arguably never under direct threat in Season 3, unless you count the very few minutes it appeared Granny had won.]]

** Provided you are of the position that [[NeverFoundTheBody Wally]] is dead and [[KilledOffForReal gone for good]] (which, of course, many are), then the reveal that the [[spoiler: whole 'meeting' between Artemis and “Wally” being a deception by Zatanna and M'gann wastes a perfect opportunity to ''unambiguously'' confirm [[HesDeadJim Wally is dead]] and put to rest any doubts; give both of the characters some closure with one another; and maybe give Wally a slightly more satisfying send-off than his abrupt death in “Endgame”. Instead, it's revealed to have all been nothing but a trick. Artemis never went to Limbo and met Wally, M'gann used her powers to create “Wally” from Artemis's own mind for her to speak to, meaning Wally himself was no more present than he was in Dick's hallucination in “Terminus”. It also may render (depending on the viewer) just about everything “Wally” says to Artemis less meaningful in hindsight, since, essentially, it's just Artemis talking to herself.]] Zatanna's claim about not being able to call back or contact the dead that have passed on at all can seem like a pretty arbitrary rule that hasn't been [[NewRulesAsThePlotDemands previously established]] (granted, it doesn't contradict anything either), existing just because the show doesn't want it to happen, perhaps because that would be too neat and straightforward in a show that prefers to be [[CruelTwistEnding twisty]].
** The idea of the heroes suffering a split from disagreement in how they should operate is never explored, ''at all''. After the premiere, the heroes simply operate separately and aren't shown interacting with each other. Little to no attempt is made to show how such a split would inevitably result in friction or bitterness between members on the opposing sides, or how it could make the heroes less effective at operating, and only brief passing nods are ever made at the effect it has on their personal lives.

** M'gann may enter this territory in "Nevermore". She attempts to [[spoiler: give back her engagement ring to Conner]], heartbroken that he still can't forgive her for how she abused her powers in the past, while [[spoiler: Conner immediately declares otherwise and they happily reconcile.]] Only problem is, in just the previous episode,[[spoiler: she abused her powers to deceive Artemis, having her believe she communicated with Wally's spirit when really it was just a construct created by M'gann from Artemis' own mind.]] Conner, of course, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop doesn't know this]] and it's very difficult to imagine he would be accepting of such a plan when he considers her lying to everyone to be little different than her abusing her powers, and her actions in "Overwhelmed" are her abusing her powers again, just in a different manner. Thus, M'gann can be seen as [[EsotericHappyEnding receiving forgiveness while she continues her previous behavior, only this time manages to keep it secret from Conner.]] Zatanna was, of course, equally responsible for the ploy, but unlike M'gann, she doesn't already have a history of abusing her powers to trick others and isn't shown being forgiven for said previous abuses.

** It was a very common complaint among fans that The Light in the first two seasons often bordered on, or were, {{Invincible Villain}}s, with even the hardest fought victories ultimately resulting in them gaining some kind of benefit that negated whatever the loss they incurred. The second half of the season has [[spoiler: Zatanna cleverly trap Klarion in Fate's Tower (though this is later somewhat undermined by him seemingly escaping off-screen)]] and in the next episode has [[spoiler: the Outsiders outmaneuver Lex Luthor, resulting in him being humiliated on live television and leaves him raging, as well as establishing that Luthor does, in fact, share some of his comic counterpart's pettiness and greed, and despite previous statements to the contrary, isn't above getting revenge when someone actually manages to hurt him.]]