"First Impression" is the 17th episode of the third season of Young Justice, and the 63rd of the overall series. It debuted on July 9, 2019 on DC Universe.
The Reach warships are remnants from their fleet tucked away in the ocean, first seen in "Before the Dawn".
Aquaman's line about not putting targets on underage heroes echoes what the Flash said in "Fireworks" to explain why the Team had to operate covertly, as opposed to the Justice League's public operations.
He also pulls the selfie that Angel O'Day took with him in "Influence".
Beast Boy repeats Superboy's line from "Fireworks" when he stands up to the League, "Get on board or get out of the way". The latter even grunts and rolls his eyes out in recognition.
Blue Beetle says the Reach outed him two years ago, referring to "Complications", when under their control, he unmasked himself to the public and acted as an unwilling advocate for the Reach.
The final scene features two reused shots from the meeting in the Batcave in "Triptych":
The shot of Batman cross-armed and Robin standing next to him with his left hand on the waist.
The close-up of Wonder Woman turning her head to the left. This is actually a reverse shot of the original scene, in which she turns her head to the right, while asking what the Reach device did.
When Brion exited his room complaining about the volume of the "Troub-Alert", his left hand was seen shutting the door as if the doorknob was on the right, even though the door closes from the left. Also, the door was missing its knob.
Cultural references
The Hub's computer has a notification Beast Boy has named the "Troub-Alert". This was the name of a similar system in the Super Friends animated series.
Mayor Tompkins' derisive comment about a "Newsgirl Legion" is a reference to the Newsboy Legion, the young allies of the Golden Age Guardian in Brooklyn, NY.
Several references to Scooby Doo and in particular, the animated series Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, appear in this episode.
Antonia loses her glasses, which she is helpless without, much like Velma Dinkley.
Mayor Tompkins resembles mayor Fred Jones, Sr., who also has a child with the same name and is reluctant to allow the gang to do their exploring and news gathering.
The alien monsters turn out to be humans in disguise, and Whisper A'Daire laments that they could've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those meddling kids; this was a common ending for Scooby-Doo episodes.
Questions
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Beast Boy:We're gonna break the rules the League can't. We're gonna connect with people in ways that can't be blocked by governments. We're gonna quiet the fears of the public terrified by the Meta-Gene Generation. And we'll do it all by inspiring that generation, because we are them, raised alongside them in the fallout of a scary meta-human world.
Tigress: Are you sure you're ready for this kind of spotlight?