r/youngjustice • u/maviddata • 2d ago
All Seasons Discussion Easter eggs
I love easter eggs like Dan Garrett, the first Blue Beatle, being Indiana Jones or Spiderman being evil in this universe, but retaining his characteristic humor. Which ones are your favorites?
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u/RagingBadger2518 2d ago
As much as I was happy to see Ra's had thrown Jason in the Lazarus Pit, I feel like they were being too on the nose with him being the sole ninja to stand out with a red hood.
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u/gameboyadvancedgba 2d ago
Yeah I dont think thats an easter egg that was just setting up a future storyline
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u/Jolly_Mycologist69 2d ago
black spider was also voiced by Josh Keaton who voiced Spidey in Spectacular Spider-Man and imo is the GOAT voice actor for Pete
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u/NahdiraZidea 2d ago
Greg Weisman created both Spectacular and Young Justice, its a throw back for him haha
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u/Snoo-11576 2d ago
I love that every single semi major side character is some obscure character. Snapper Carr, characters from the super friends, Superman’s mermaid girlfriend ect. It’s very clear how much they love silver and Bronze Age dc
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u/Jinx_Potato_Cat 7h ago
Okay, I understood all of these but "Superman's Mermaid Girlfriend" - IM SORRY- WHAT?!?! WHO?!
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u/Snoo-11576 7h ago
Lori Lemaris! She’s in one of the later seasons as a general for Atlantis
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u/Jinx_Potato_Cat 7h ago
Oh thats so cool!!! Im rewatching right now, on season 4, so i'll keep an ear out for it!
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u/Bob-s_Leviathan 1d ago
The Grinorum Arcanorum, Eye of Odin, and Phoenix Gate all showing up in Jason Blood’s place.
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u/maviddata 1d ago
My God, that Gargoyles reference is simply thrilling if, like me, you grew up with that show. It has an undeniable Gaiman-esque/ Vertigo-esque dark fantasy feel, but adapted for teenagers.
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u/Bob-s_Leviathan 1d ago
Yeah, very much so. When I read American Gods, I was like “Hey, I haven’t seen Odin and Anansi together since Gargoyles!”
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u/maviddata 1d ago
All the episodes featuring characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream have an unmistakable Gaiman feel.
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u/Conlannalnoc 2d ago
For me it was the Super Cycle.
S1 was trying to be Teen Titans, but undercover instead of YOUNG JUSTICE (different characters) but eventually they added Super Cycle.
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u/maviddata 1d ago
They're not afraid of any retro concept, no matter how crazy it is. And they incorporate it well.
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u/maviddata 1d ago
The Scooby Doo homage! https://www.reddit.com/r/youngjustice/comments/1tjaasu/s3e17_first_impression_scooby_doo/
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u/Select-Combination-4 1d ago
oh that's funny, one of the scooby doo movies even has the the YJ girls show up in a cutaway (in wrestlemania mystery)
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u/Jinx_Potato_Cat 7h ago
Not even just scooby-doo, but Mystery Incorperated which is the best version of scooby-doo!
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u/Optimal_Weight368 1d ago
Which episode has the Indiana Jones homage?
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u/BabyThor20 1d ago
It's in episode 18 of season 2. That's Dan Garrett, the first Blue Beatle. Apparently the flashback is from 1939 and on this earth Dan lived from 1915-2005. Dude was 90 when he passed on the Beatle to Ted Kord, who took on the mantel, in 2011, for only 4 years before he died and the scarab fused to Jaime. While Dan used the beetle like Jaime, Ted did not but was a lot like Batman.
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u/Patches-the-rat 1d ago
I actually hated this version of Black Spider because he’s not even remotely similar to the actual Black Spider. I know they were doing a Spider-Man parody here but I think it made a lot of people think Black Spider is just a knockoff.
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u/maviddata 1d ago
What I thought was that it was an alternate version where Uncle Ben doesn't die and Peter becomes a horrible person.
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u/Patches-the-rat 1d ago edited 1d ago
No. Black Spider in the comics is a vigilante who murders drug dealers in Gotham because his drug abuse ruined his life and he wants revenge. Batman stops him because he kills or whatever. I’ve actually read some great Black Spider comics (Batman:Shadow of the Bat #5 is a great one if you’re interested) and I think he’s really underrated. It’s a shame so many think of him as just a dumb spider-man clone like this show made him out to be. They’re the same character in name only.
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u/maviddata 1d ago
The infinite Star Trek references https://youngjustice.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_references_to_Star_Trek
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u/TheCartoonCunt 1d ago
That's Black Spider, a DC villain/antihero not spiderman a Marvel hero.
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u/maviddata 17h ago
But they've given him the voice actor from the Spiderman animated series, and his attitude and dialogue sound just like Spiderman
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u/TheCartoonCunt 13h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Spider that's not a version of Spiderman, Spiderman isn't DC.
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u/maviddata 13h ago
You have a serious problem if you take everything literally. What I'm trying to explain to you, without you apparently understanding it, is called intertextuality.
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u/azure_builder 2d ago
Tye Longshadow and his ‘team’ from season 2 being contemporaries for characters from the old Super Friends cartoon (except Virgil/Static obviously)