Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1038387-20120921185155/@comment-5646806-20130314002826

Zergrinch wrote: By the time the two beetles unleashed their Zatanna killing blast, the spell was already unleashed. Impulse's presence was inconsequential for Blue Beetle, but he (1) helped cleanse Green Beetle; and (2) saved Zatanna's life. What would have happened if Green Beetle remained uncleansed, and Zatanna died? Your guess is as good as mine.

I beg to differ here, Zerg! I just re-watched the episode (again, for like the 25th time!) and realized Blue is still encased in Rocket's kinetic-energy bubble when she tells Z..."we're on the clock here, girl!"...this is all happening as Z is BEGINNING her spell and the pillars are re-formimg and Isis is manifesting...and THEN Rocket releases her hold on BBeetle while Z BEGINS to unleash her spell...Beetle yells out "Fools!" and GB says "You will all die!" while they begin to blast Zatanna...THEN Impulse does what he does...which is to grab GB by WG's lasso, which he was already ensnared with, and SLAM him into the path of Blue's blast...thus cancelling out each other's plasma blast. I believe if he had NOT done this then either or both of the Beetle's blasts would have hit Zatanna and negated or stopped the "cleansing spell" and then inflicted further damage to hurt/stop the  Team...keeping BBeetle "on mode"...further insuring Reach Apocalypse!