Justice League Unlimited

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Justice League Unlimited (JLU) is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series. JLU debuted on July 31, 2004 on Toonami and ended with the episode aired May 13, 2006. It was also the final series set in the long-running DC animated universe, which started with Batman: The Animated Series in 1992.

Boomerang reran the Series from 2007 until November 28, 2010. In August 2012, The CW's Vortexx Saturday morning block began airing reruns of this series. Reruns of this show ended in August 2014.

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Overview

According to animator Bruce Timm, the series finale of Justice League, "Starcrossed", was originally planned to be the final episode of the series; however, Cartoon Network ordered the production of a successor, entitled Justice League Unlimited. Taking place shortly after its predecessor ended, it features a greatly expanded League, in which the characters from the original series--now referred to as "founding members"--are joined by many other superheroes from the DC Universe; in the first episode, well over 50 characters appear. A number of these were heroes who had made guest appearances in Justice League, but many heroes and other characters made their first animated appearances in this series. The general format of each episode is to have a small team assemble to deal with a particular situation, with a focus on both action and character interaction. This extension of the Justice League was originally planned to be explained in a planned direct-to-video feature film, but the project never materialized.

Stan Berkowitz, a member of the production team, left the show later for the TV series Friends and Heroes, and writer Matt Wayne was contracted to replace him. Most episodes tell a self-contained story, but the series also features extended story arcs, the first involving the building conflict between the League and a secret government agency known as Project Cadmus. This plot line builds upon events that occurred during the second season of Justice League (which in turn built upon events in Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, and The Zeta Project), and has affected the plotlines of most of its episodes. It was resolved in a four-part story at the end of the second season of Justice League Unlimited. The third and final season story arc focuses on the new Secret Society (which is based on the Legion of Doom of the Challenge of the Super Friends season of Super Friends) as the main villains, a loose-knit organization formed to combat the increased superhero coordination of the first season. However, the Secret Society was never referred as the Legion of Doom, although it was originally planned to use the original name used by the Flash as his comical way to refer the Society, but the idea was rejected.

The series, along the entire DC animated universe, was originally planned to end after the second-season finale "Epilogue", but a third season was greenlighted by Cartoon Network. The third season started in 2005 with the episode "I Am Legion" (which was written before the announcement of a third season) and ended in 2006 with the episode "Destroyer". According with Matt Wayne, if the show had been renewed for a fourth season, he would have liked to write more episodes focusing on Superman and Wonder Woman.

Towards the end of the series, certain characters became off-limits to the show, like Blue Beetle and Hugo Strange. Characters associated with Batman and those who appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (aside from Batman himself) were restricted due to the unrelated animated series The Batman and the Christopher Nolan's live-action theatrical The Dark Knight Trilogy to avoid continuity confusion. Aquaman and related characters were unavailable due to the development of a pilot for a live-action series featuring the character as a young man (planned to be a spin-off of Smallville), which wasn't picked up at the end. Characters from DC's "mature readers" Vertigo imprint were also not allowed, like Swamp Thing and Phantom Stranger. No characters from the Teen Titans animated series appeared in JLU until after that show had been canceled (when Speedy appeared in an episode referencing the Seven Soldiers of Victory). The Joker, Batman's archenemy, was restricted to appear in the series, unlike its predecessor, like Riddler and Scarecrow, which were supposed to be members of the Secret Society as a nod to the original Legion of Doom.

To compensate for this, the producers focused some stories on previously overlooked DC Comics characters. These included characters like Deadman, Warlord, and an unnamed modern equivalent of The Seven Soldiers of Victory.

DC Comics created an ongoing monthly comic book series based on the TV series, as part of its Johnny DC line of "all ages" comics.

Justice League Unlimited, like the second season of Justice League, is animated in widescreen. The show also features new theme music and intro. The two-part series finale was aired in the UK on February 8 and 18, 2006, and in the United States on May 6 and 13, 2006.

Some romantic relationships develop as in Justice League. Some of these relationships are Question and The Huntress, Black Canary and Green Arrow, and the love-triangle between Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Vixen. Additionally, the series continuously hints at a mutual attraction between Batman and Wonder Woman. However, Batman is reluctant to develop a full romantic relationship due to his duty as a superhero, Diana's immortality, and his belief that a relationship within a team will bring issues and disaster. He nonetheless has admitted that he and Wonder Woman may have something special.

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Episodes

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Cast

Amy Acker - Huntress
Tomas Arana - Tharok
Ed Asner - Hephaestus / Granny Goodness
Dee Bradley Baker - Blockbuster
Adam Baldwin - Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) / Jonah Hex / Rick Flag
Jason Bateman - Hermes
Morena Baccarin - Black Canary
Michael Beach - Mister Terrific / Devil Ray
Powers Boothe - Red Tornado / Gorilla Grodd
Ben Browder - Bat Lash
Clancy Brown - Lex Luthor / Guardians of the Universe
Corey Burton - Aztek / Brainiac / Key / Sonar / Weather Wizard
Maria Canals-Barrera - Hawkgirl / Hawkgirl (Justice Lord) / Fire / Livewire
Nestor Carbonell - El Diablo
Seymour Cassel - Chuck Sirianni
Jeffrey Combs - Question / Doctor Moon
Kevin Conroy - Batman / Bruce Wayne (in future timeline) / Batman (Justice Lord) / Atom Smasher / Commander Steel / Crimson Avenger / Joe Chill
Bud Cort - Toyman
Chris Cox - Captain Atom / Shining Knight
Matt Czuchry - Brainiac 5
Olivia d'Abo - Morgaine Le Fey / Star Sapphire
Dana Delany - Lois Lane
Alexis Denisof - Mirror Master
Grey DeLisle - Downpour / Shifter
John DiMaggio - Dreamslayer / Lord Havok
Michael Dorn - Kalibak
Robin Atkin Downes - Gentleman Ghost
Douglas Dunning - Deimos
George Eads - Captain Atom (in "Initiation")
Héctor Elizondo - Hath-Set
Robert Englund - Felix Faust
Susan Eisenberg - Wonder Woman / Wonder Woman (Justice Lord) / Rampage
Mike Erwin - Speedy
Dennis Farina - Wildcat
Oded Fehr - Doctor Fate
Nathan Fillion - Vigilante / Spy Smasher
Farrah Forke - Big Barda
Robert Forster - The President of the United States
Robert Foxworth - Professor Hamilton
Will Friedle - Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) / Batman (Terry McGinnis)
Brian George - Parasite
Donal Gibson - Captain Boomerang
Peri Gilpin - Volcana
Googy Gress - Bouncing Boy
Ioan Gruffudd - Mister Miracle
Paul Guilfoyle - Warlord
Kim Mai Guest - Green Lantern (Katma Tui) / Linda Park / Silver Banshee
Jennifer Hale - Zatanna / Bernadeth / Giganta / Killer Frost
Mark Hamill - Trickster
Dennis Haysbert - Green Lantern (Kilowog)
Jason Hervey - Dove
Michael Ironside - Darkseid
Arte Johnson - Virman Vundabar
Jonathan Joss - Pow Wow Smith
Bob Joles - Hades
David Kaufman - Jimmy Olsen
Daniel Dae Kim - Metron
Phil LaMarr - Green Lantern (John Stewart) / Green Lantern (Justice Lord) / Steel / S.T.R.I.P.E. / Machiste / Static
Juliet Rose Landau - Zatanna (in "The Balance") / Plastique / Tala
Lex Lang - Atomic Skull / Blue Devil / Captain Cold / Heat Wave
Ted Levine - Sinestro
Giselle Loren - Stargirl
Carl Lumbly - Martian Manhunter / Martian Manhunter (Justice Lord)
Peter MacNicol - Chronos
Alan Rachins - Clock King
Virginia Madsen - Roulette
Karen Maruyama - Tsukuri
Tim Matheson - Maxwell Lord
Christopher McDonald - Jor-El
Malcolm McDowell - Metallo
John C. McGinley - Atom
Stephen McHattie - The Shade
Dick Miller - Oberon
George Newbern - Superman / Superman (Justice Lord) / Bizarro / Evil Star
Jerry O'Connell - Captain Marvel
Peter Onorati - B'wana Beast / Warhawk
Scott Patterson - King Faraday
Ron Perlman - Orion
Robert Picardo - Amazo
Jeremy Piven - Elongated Man
C.C.H. Pounder - Amanda Waller / Juice
Sheryl Lee Ralph - Cheetah
James Remar - Hawkman / Shadow Thief
Eric Roberts - Mongul
Michael Rosenbaum - Flash / Flash (Justice Lord) / Vigilante (in "Task Force X") / Deadshot / Doctor Polaris
Scott Rummell - Aquaman
Tom Everett Scott - Booster Gold
Fred Savage - Hawk
Raphael Sbarge - Deadman
Glenn Shadix - Steven Mandragora
Armin Shimerman - Professor Milo
Kin Shriner - Green Arrow
James Sie - Wind Dragon
J. K. Simmons - General Wade Eiling / Mantis
Tom Sizemore - Metamorpho
Gregg Rainwater - Long Shadow
Susan Sullivan - Hippolyta
Bruce Timm - Solomon Grundy
Lauren Tom - Doctor Light / Green Lantern (Kai-Ro)
Nicholle Tom - Supergirl / Galatea
Gina Torres - Vixen
Hynden Walch - Ace
Michael T. Weiss - Etrigan the Demon
Joanne Whalley - Emerald Empress
Michael Jai White - Doomsday
Marc Worden - Parasite (in "Epilogue")
Jose Yenque - Copperhead
Michael York - Ares
Rachel York - Circe

Non-speaking characters

Aside from the voice-cast, numerous DC comics super heroes are shown as Justice League members (and it is implied that there are even more members not shown). Heroes seen, but not heard, are listed below.

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Home releases

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Soundtrack

La-La Land Records released a 4-disc Justice League soundtrack on 29 July 2016. A potential Justice League Unlimited soundtrack depends on how well the Justice League soundtrack sells.