The following is an episode list for Young Justice, an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. The series follows the lives of teenaged heroes (some of them sidekicks) who are members of a fictional covert operation team — called Young Justice — of its celebrity-level famous adult counterpart, the Justice League. The series debuted on January 7, 2011 with a two week reairing of the first two episodes, which originally aired as an hour long special on November 26, 2010.[1][2]
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| Season; | Episodes | Originally aired (U.S. dates) | DVD and Blu-ray release date | ||||||||||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26[3] | January 7, 2011 | 2012 | Vol. 1 | July 19, 2011[4] | Vol. 1 | N/A | Vol. 1 | N/A | ||||
| Vol. 2 | October 25, 2011[5] | Vol. 2 | N/A | Vol. 2 | N/A | ||||||||
| Vol. 3 | February 21, 2012[6] | Vol. 3 | N/A | Vol. 3 | N/A | ||||||||
| 2 | 20[7] | 2012 | TBA | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||
In the following table, "№" refers to the episode's number within the entire series, whereas "#" indicates the episode's number within that particular season. Episodes are listed by the order in which they aired, and may not necessarily correspond to their production codes. The show was on hiatus since March 2011, but resumed on September 16, 2011.[8]
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | U.S. Original air date | Production code |
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| 1 | 1 | "Independence Day" | Jay Oliva | Greg Weisman | January 7, 2011 | 101 |
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July 4: After helping Batman, Aquaman, Flash, and Green Arrow take down Mr. Freeze, Killer Frost, Captain Cold, and Icicle, Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, and Speedy are brought to the Hall of Justice. Speedy is disappointed that they can't become members of the Justice League and walks out. While the Justice League are called away to prevent Wotan from blotting out the sun, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash break into Cadmus (which was on fire at the time) and find that it is being run by Mark Desmond and the Genomorphs in the building's sub-levels. The Genomorphs have taken control of Guardian's mind. The sidekicks find a clone of Superman known as Superboy. NOTE: On November 26, 2010, Cartoon Network aired the episode as a special "world premiere." |
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| 2 | 2 | "Fireworks" | Sam Liu | Greg Weisman | January 14, 2011 | 102 |
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July 5: Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash free Superboy from Cadmus' control. When getting close to the surface, Mark Desmond arrives and drinks the Blockbuster Formula which transforms him into Blockbuster. When Blockbuster is defeated, the Justice League arrive and Blockbuster is arrested. With some helpful convincing from Superboy, Robin, Aqualad, and Kid Flash end up getting their own covert team that works for the Justice League. |
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| 3 | 3 | "Welcome to Happy Harbor" | Jay Oliva | Kevin Hopps | January 21, 2011 | 103 |
| July 17: Speedy refuses to join the group after a battle with Brick. July 18: The group faces off against Mister Twister who is attacking Happy Harbor under the false belief that Red Tornado is testing them. |
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| 4 | 4 | "Drop-Zone" | Christopher Berkeley | Andrew R. Robinson | January 28, 2011 | 104 |
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June 19: Kobra has taken over the operations in Santa Prisca where Kobra's minion Mammoth ends up defeating Bane. |
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| 5 | 5 | "Schooled" | Michael Chang | Nicole Dubuc | February 4, 2011 | 105 |
| August 3: Superboy's nonexistent relationship with Superman takes its toll on him, as he ignores Black Canary's training and becomes more angry and irrational. Things get worse when the team faces Professor Ivo's Amazo, a threat which even taxed the Justice League. Meanwhile, Batman advises and tries to convince Superman to accept Superboy as his protege. August 4: Batman congratulates the team on their mission. They discover that an archer saved their lives from Amazo. Superboy decides to train with Black Canary. |
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| 6 | 6 | "Infiltrator" | Jay Oliva | Jon Weisman | February 11, 2011 | 106 |
| August 7: Red Arrow rescues Dr. Serling Roquette from the League of Shadows who had kidnapped her and forced her to make the FOG program for them. August 8: Newcomer heroine Artemis must prove herself to the team while protecting Dr. Roquette from the League of Shadows (a mission brought to them by Red Arrow) as she prepares to make a program to counter the FOG. While Professor Ojo disperses the FOG, Sensei sends Cheshire, Black Spider, and the Hook to assassinate Dr. Serling Roquette. Artemis is accepted by the team. August 9: Upon Artemis' return to Gotham City, she runs into Red Arrow. Red Arrow knows that Artemis is not who she seems and threatens her not to hurt his friends. The Sensei is revealed to be in league with The Light where dialogue between Sensei and L-2 reveals that they have someone on the inside. |
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| 7 | 7 | "Denial" | Michael Chang | Thomas Pugsley | February 18, 2011 | 107 |
| July 27: Kent Nelson visits Madame Xanadu and is kidnapped by Abra Kadabra. August 19: The team is sent to the Tower of Fate by Red Tornado to find Nelson and prevent the helmet of Doctor Fate from falling into the hands of Abra Kadabra and Klarion the Witch Boy, forcing Kid Flash to put his skepticism of magic aside. August 20: Kid Flash keeps the helmet until he finds a new host for Doctor Fate. |
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| 8 | 8 | "Downtime" | Jay Oliva | Kevin Hopps | March 4, 2011 | 108 |
| August 27: The team's mission against Clayface ends in disaster with Batman stepping in to save them and scolding Aqualad for letting the rest of Young Justice get taken down in battle. Aqualad travels home to Atlantis to consider returning to the team or living with Tula below the ocean's surface. While Aquaman is away, Black Manta and his men invade Atlantis in order to steal a large starfish creature frozen in ice. September 3: Aqualad retakes his responsibilities as team leader and the team is briefed on a new mission in Bialya. Black Manta reports his mission to The Light as L-5 states that they will obtain the starfish creature another way. |
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| 9 | 9 | "Bereft" | Michael Chang | Nicole Dubuc | March 11, 2011 | 109 |
| September 4: The team discovers that they have forgotten the last six months of their lives, including each other and a final fateful mission in Bialya. The team turns to Miss Martian to recover their memories, before it is too late for Superboy. With help from Superboy after restoring his memories, Miss Martian manages to defeat Psimon and recover the piece of alien-tech. September 5: Superboy and Miss Martian meet with the rest of the team who are tending to Aqualad. Miss Martian was able to get a 'souvenir' from the trip. Psimon reports his mission to The Light. In dialogue between Psimon and L-4, it is mentioned that their new ally had sent the sphere through something that resembles a boom tube. |
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| 10 | 10 | "Targets" | Christopher Berkeley | Andrew R. Robinson | September 16, 2011 | 110 |
| September 7: While in Taipei, Red Arrow prevents Cheshire from assassinating Lex Luthor (who is assisting in a peace effort between General Singh Manh Li of Northern Rhelasia and Prime Minister Tseng of Southern Rhelasia). When Red Arrow questions Cheshire on why the League of Shadows wants to assassinate Lex Luthor, Sportsmaster appears and springs Cheshire from prison. Aqualad ends up coming to Red Arrow's aid. Meanwhile, Superboy and Miss Martian adopt the names Conner Kent and Megan Morse when they begin their first day of school where they meet Wendy and Marvin, Mal Duncan, Karen Beecher, and their teacher Lucas Carr. When the League of Shadows gets away upon defeat, Red Arrow tells Aqualad that he heard Sportsmaster mentioning something about a mole on the Young Justice team. Unbeknownst to the public, it turns out that Lex Luthor was in cahoots with Ra's al Ghul in order to further the goals of The Light. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Terrors" | Jay Oliva | Greg Weisman | September 23, 2011 | 111 |
| September 14: Superman and Martian Manhunter defeat the Terror Twins in New Orleans. With the Terror Twins defeated, Batman has Superboy and Miss Martian disguise themselves as the Terror Twins in order to infiltrate Belle Reve since the ice-based villains that were defeated were sent there. September 16: A disguised Superboy and Miss Martian arrive at Belle Reve which is run by Warden Amanda Waller and prison psychiatrist Hugo Strange. When in the male section of Belle Reve, Superboy hears of a plot by Icicle Sr. to break out of jail. Superboy and Miss Martian kiss when Megan gets thawed. In the aftermath of the breakout attempt, all the prisoners were rounded up except for Riddler and Hugo Strange becomes the new warden of Belle Reve. It is revealed that Hugo Strange is in cahoots with Icicle Sr. in order to further the goals of The Light. |
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| 12 | 12 | "Homefront" | Michael Chang | Jon Weisman | September 30, 2011 | 112 |
| September 22: Artemis attends the Gotham Academy. There, she meets Bette Kane, her new student liaison. Dick Grayson quickly takes a picture of both of them. Barbara Gordon makes a brief appearance as a fellow student. Upon returning to the cave, Robin and Artemis find that Mount Justice itself has been attacked by two "relatives" of Red Tornado, Red Inferno and Red Torpedo. Artemis and Robin (the two teens without super-powers) must save the team from the invaders. When Robin is captured, Artemis pretends to surrender, then quickly fires Wally's "souvenir" arrow at the E.M.P. Mitter to create a shock-wave that shuts down Red Torpedo and Red Inferno. Red Tornado arrives, and after making contact with other robots, creates a whirlwind that sucks the air out of the room, leaving the team unconscious. When they wake up, the "Reds" are gone. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Alpha Male" | Jay Oliva | Thomas Pugsley | October 7, 2011 | 113 |
| September 10: In India, a group of hunters led by Mayor Hamilton Hill are set upon by Monsieur Mallah. September 23: Already exhausted and rattled after a home turf invasion of The Cave and what had happened to Red Tornado, the team learns that Aqualad withheld vital information that put them all at risk. Batman sends the team and their replacement “den-mother” Captain Marvel to India to investigate bizarre reports of armed animals attacking human beings. They discover that Brain is behind the Venom-enhanced animals. September 24: Captain Marvel returns home to tell his Uncle Dudley about the mission. |
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| 14 | 14 | "Revelation" | Michael Chang | Kevin Hopps | October 14, 2011 | 114 |
| October 1: When Plant Creatures attack major cities around the world, the team is eager to join the fight alongside the Justice League. Instead, Batman assigns them a still more dangerous task which is taking out the Plant Creatures' masters: a secret society of super-villains called the Injustice League (consisting of the Joker, Count Vertigo, Poison Ivy, Atomic Skull, Wotan, Black Adam, and Ultra-Humanite). In the end, it is revealed that the Injustice League are a "fall guy" meant to distract the heroes from discovering the true motivators behind recent events whom are "The Light" as its members are finally revealed. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Humanity" | Matt Youngberg | Greg Weisman | October 21, 2011 | 115 |
| October 10: The team and Zatanna are on the hunt for Red Tornado, determined to find out once and for all whether the robot was the mole. They track down the robot and meet Tornado's little brother Red Volcano, who attempts to destroy the Earth. The three reds attack him and manage to melt him in lava. Red Tornado is saved by Superboy and reveals the truth: he had left in order to protect the team from further attacks. He also admits that he does care about them, and soon after goes to take care of his "father." | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Failsafe" | Jay Oliva | Nicole Dubuc | November 4, 2011 | 116 |
| October 16: During an alien invasion, the Team faces the ultimate challenge when they are forced to replace the fallen Justice League. However, the team later learns that the invasion was a mental training simulation containing an unwinnable scenario, and Miss Martian's unexpectedly powerful psychic talents caused them all to forget that the experience was a simulation.[11] | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Disordered" | Michael Chang | Andrew R. Robinson | November 11, 2011 | 117 |
| October 23: Still traumatized by the training exercise in the last episode, the team attempts to work through their feelings with Black Canary. Meanwhile, Superboy's pet Sphere comes to the attention of the people who previously possessed it called the Forever People. They identify that Conner actually saved the New Genisphere from the Bialyans and welcome him as a friend. Superboy and the Forever People end up stumbling upon Intergang who are using technology from Apokolips to rob an underground gold vault. Superboy and the Forever People learn that Intergang received the Apokolips technology from Desaad. They defeat the villains and gather up the rest of the missing technology. The episode ends with the Forever People allowing Conner to keep Sphere.[11] | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Secrets" | Jay Oliva | Peter David | November 18, 2011[11] | 118 |
| October 31: Artemis and Zatanna go to Manhattan for a girls' night after learning that Superboy and Miss Martian are a couple. While out they encounter a dangerous psychopath, Harm.[12] Meanwhile, Wally, Megan, and Conner attend a Halloween party at Megan's and Conner's school. There, Megan introduces Wally to Wendy, Marvin, Karen and Mal.[11] | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Misplaced" | John Connor | Greg Weisman | TBA | 119 |
| 20 | 20 | "Coldhearted" | Victor Cook | Jon Weisman | TBA | 120 |
| 21 | 21 | "Image" | TBA | Nicole Dubuc | TBA | 121 |
| 22 | 22 | "Agendas" | TBA | Kevin Hopps | TBA | 122 |
| 23 | 23 | "Insecurity" | TBA | Peter David | TBA | 123 |
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| 24 | 24 | "Performance" | TBA | Jon Weisman | TBA | 124 |
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| 25 | 25 | "Usual Suspects" | TBA | Kevin Hopps | TBA | 125 |
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| 26 | 26 | "Auld Acquaintance" | TBA | Greg Weisman | TBA | 126 |
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The show's creator, Greg Weisman, confirmed the show had been renewed for a second season of 10-20 episodes, the season entitled Young Justice: Invasion.[7][13][14]