Runaways

"Runaways" is the 14th episode of the second season of Young Justice, and the 40th of the overall series. It aired on February 2, 2013.

Logline
Nightwing tasks Blue Beetle with chasing down a group of potentially dangerous super-powered teenage runaways. But Blue's not the only one hunting them...

Title
The title refers to the rescued abductees, whose Meta-Genes were activated by the Reach, therefore supplying them with superhuman abilities. The term "runaways" is used because at least two of the abductees, Tye Longshadow and Eduardo Dorado Jr., had run away from their family. The other two were erroneously mistaken for runaways.

Cast and characters
! colspan="3" | Non-speaking roles
 * rowspan="2" | Jeff Bennett
 * colspan="2" | Red Volcano
 * David Wilcox
 * Bruce Greenwood
 * colspan="2" | Eduardo Dorado Sr.
 * Kevin Grevioux
 * colspan="2" | Black Beetle
 * Bryton James
 * colspan="2" | Virgil Hawkins
 * Janice Kawaye
 * Asami "Sam" Koizumi
 * Phil LaMarr
 * colspan="2" | Green Beetle
 * Eric Lopez
 * colspan="2" | Blue Beetle
 * Jesse McCartney
 * colspan="2" | Nightwing
 * Gregg Rainwater
 * colspan="2" | Tye Longshadow
 * Freddy Rodriguez
 * Eduardo "Ed" Dorado, Jr.
 * Mark Rolston
 * colspan="2" | Lex Luthor
 * rowspan="2" | James Arnold Taylor
 * colspan="2" | Nathaniel "Neut" Tryon
 * Burton Thompson
 * Jesse McCartney
 * colspan="2" | Nightwing
 * Gregg Rainwater
 * colspan="2" | Tye Longshadow
 * Freddy Rodriguez
 * Eduardo "Ed" Dorado, Jr.
 * Mark Rolston
 * colspan="2" | Lex Luthor
 * rowspan="2" | James Arnold Taylor
 * colspan="2" | Nathaniel "Neut" Tryon
 * Burton Thompson
 * colspan="2" | Lex Luthor
 * rowspan="2" | James Arnold Taylor
 * colspan="2" | Nathaniel "Neut" Tryon
 * Burton Thompson
 * Burton Thompson
 * Burton Thompson
 * colspan="3" | Adam Strange
 * colspan="3" | Mercy Graves
 * colspan="3" | Mercy Graves
 * colspan="3" | Mercy Graves

Trivia

 * The four runaways bear traits of characters from Super Friends, namely their ethnicities and color patterns:
 * Virgil Hawkins (despite also being an established character in the comics) is an analogue of Black Vulcan. While Virgil has electromagnetic abilities, Black Vulcan powers are based on only lightning;
 * Eduardo Dorado Jr.‎ is an analogue of El Dorado. Both have teleportation powers;
 * Tye Longshadow is an analogue of Apache Chief. Tye is able to project an astral form that can grow to a gigantic size, while Apache Chief can physically grow into a giant;
 * Asami Koizumi is a female analogue of Samurai (her nickname is "Sam"). Samurai was able to propel his body by means of wind control.