Episode 3: Welcome to Happy Hour
Takes place on July 18.
The Team repels an attack on Happy Harbor by "Mister Twister", an element-wielding android trying to lure Red Tornado out and subvert his programming. The confrontation mostly plays out very much like canon, except that the SI accidentally ruins Superboy's ears with a sonic attack, and in the process of rebuilding them, he reveals that Superboy is only half Kryptonian. After the attack, with Robin's assistance, the SI is able to communicate that his first name is Paul.
Equivalent canon episode: "Welcome to Happy Harbor". The meaning of "Happy Hour" is otherwise unclear.
- Domino Mask: Averted. As stated by the SI:NO. FUCKING. TINY. MASK.
- Double Standard: Called out by the SI when talking with Miss Martian about her chosen appearance; she claims that "it's okay for guys to look like big ogres but girls need to look like girls." He can't just let that pass without comment when Wonder Woman is his mentor.
- Given Name Reveal: The SI, thanks to Robin's assistance, is able to communicate that his first name is Paul. Unfortunately, he finds that he is still unable to say it.
- I Just Shot Marvin in the Face: A variant, with OL using a sonic weapon when Superboy was in range, leading to the latter's temporary deafness.
- In Spite of a Nail: The confrontation with Mister Twister plays out almost exactly like canon despite Orange Lantern's presence. Possibly justified because he isn't very experienced in using his ring yet.
- Internal Reveal:
- The fact that Superboy is a human/Kryptonian/genomorph hybrid is revealed thanks to Orange Lantern's scan.
- Orange Lantern's first name is also finally made known: Paul. Note that this occurred through Robin's initiative, and thus only in the Paragon timeline; the Renegade has a more distant relationship with Robin.
- Just Between You and Me: Mister Twister tells "Red Tornado" that he's about to be reprogrammed. Which is useful for the Team to know, after they promptly beat him into submission.
- Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: Not conventionally so, but that's effectively what happened to Superboy due to his telepathic education: patches of brilliance surrounded by gaps in normal social learning. The SI notes that he makes beef stroganoff and poached pears quite well, but it appears to be all he knows how to make. Similarly, he knows a lot about politics and geography, but sounds like he's reading from a textbook.
- Shout-Out: The SI thinks about an iconic insane video game villain after seeing his teammates attempts to rush Mister Twister despite him having already shown that that wasn't going to work.Are they all just going to rush him again? Even Vas knows that's dumb. And what the hell is 'turbed'?
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: When the SI asks Miss Martian about her shapeshifting clothing and whether Martians actually need clothing when they can just shapeshift the appearance of it, she becomes very embarrassed and insists that she does wear clothes. Which wouldn't be all that suspicious, except that she keeps reiterating it even after he accepts her answer.Orange Lantern: Oh. Shape shifting clothes. That's fairly impressive, actually. Though I suppose for a Martian on Earth something like that would be pretty essential.
Miss Martian: I'm not naked.
Orange Lantern: Alright. What sort of range do these wonder garments of yours have? Just standard humanoid, or can they do extra arms as well?
Miss Martian: Really. I'm wearing clothes. Totally wearing clothes.
Orange Lantern: I fully accept that you are wearing clothes.
Miss Martian: I mean, you don't seem to care but some people would probably find it really strange if I wasn't wearing clothes.
Orange Lantern: They probably would.
Miss Martian: It would be really humiliating.
Orange Lantern: Okay.
Miss Martian: I just want to be clear.
Orange Lantern: You are fully clad. The matter is resolved.
Miss Martian: Okay.
Orange Lantern: Okay. - What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Orange Lantern tries to prevent robot Stikk's destruction by arguing that he has as much a right to live as Red Tornado. This becomes moot after the robot's self-destruction.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Miss Martian, impersonating Red Tornado, pretends to be defeated so that she can seize and hold Mister Twister at close range for the Team to beat him up.
