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* '''[[Red Arrow|Red Arrow/Speedy/Roy Harper]]''' ([[Crispin Freeman]]) is the former partner of [[Green Arrow]] who now works as a solo hero, but helps the Team from time to time.
 
* '''[[Red Arrow|Red Arrow/Speedy/Roy Harper]]''' ([[Crispin Freeman]]) is the former partner of [[Green Arrow]] who now works as a solo hero, but helps the Team from time to time.
* '''[[Zatanna|Zatanna/Zatanna Zatara]] '''([[Lacey Chabert]]) is a rebellious, teenage magician who was introduced to the Team by her father, [[Zatara]].
 
   
 
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==== Mentors ====

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This article is about the TV series. For the homonymous tie-in comics, see Young Justice (comic).

"Don't call them sidekicks."
— Tagline

Young Justice is an American animated television series created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti for Cartoon Network. Despite its title, it is not an adaption of Todd Dezago and Todd Nauck's Young Justice series of comics, but rather, an adaptation of the entire DC Universe with a focus on young superheroes.

The series follows the lives of teenaged superhero sidekicks, who are members of a fictional superhero team simply known as the Team, and their relationships with their Justice League mentors. The story is set at a time where superpowers and superheroes are a recent phenomena.

Production

Young Justice/news Development for the series began sometime in 2009, when Sam Register, Executive Vice President of Creative Affairs of Warner Bros. Animation (and executive producer of the show) wanted a show based on the Teen Titans and Young Justice comic series, but was not solely one or the other.

Register sought Greg Weisman immediately after he finished work on The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series, and after seeing Brandon Vietti's work on the DC Universe Animated original movie Batman: Under the Red Hood, hired him also. After taking the production name of Young Justice League, Weisman and Vietti created characters, ideas, and story arcs for at least two seasons, although the number of seasons Warner Bros. Animation wants from Young Justice is unknown.

Although there were several characters the producers were not allowed to use in the first season, such as Wonder Girl, the list has become shorter throughout the course of the development, they were usually in charge of the decisions determining which DC Universe character would or would not be used. Geoff Johns, Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, and Phil Bourassa, lead character designer for the show, also played a role in the conception and development process. Peter David, who penned the Young Justice series of comics, was approached to write several episodes. The show continued to remain in its development stages in early February 2010, when Stephanie Lemelin announced on her blog that she had been recently cast.

The first two episodes of the series, "Independence Day" and "Fireworks" premiered on Cartoon Network as a special one hour event of the series.

Main title

Animated by MOI Animation, Inc. and Wutitis, the opening sequence starts off with close-ups of the main cast and then dissolves into a montage of assorted scenes featuring the heroes in action. This footage was created either for promotional purposes or specifically for the main title.[1] The end of each main title also features clips from its respective episode. The sequence is 20 seconds long, which was mandated by the network.[2] Finally, the theme music is mostly synth.[3] The special one hour event didn't feature an opening sequence.

Episode titles

Series creator Greg Weisman has spoken about the naming of episodes, saying that "[his] tendency has always been for one word titles", as 21 out of 26 episodes have been (including the hyphenated title "Drop-Zone").[4] The titles usually have layered allusions, referring to more than their literal meanings.

Timestamps

The Young Justice television series and comic tie-in both feature the presence of timestamps in order to maintain an established timeline. Each timestamp indicates the current date, time and location, and usually appear when the location of scenes are changed. According to Greg Weisman, the timestamps were originally conceived to "ground the show in the moment and allow fans to get how much time has passed between episodes."[5] There has been one instance where timestamps were incorrect. The issue was subsequently resolved by Greg Weisman and the production team, who said "I'm seriously not at all sure how this happened. We did review the timestamps, and they were correct, but obviously at some point during the process of post-production they were changed and nobody noticed it."[6] The timestamps were fixed for future airings[7] and DVD releases.

Characters

Main cast/characters

The Team

Recurring cast/characters

Allies

Mentors

Season one

Main article: Season one

The first season of Young Justice follows the origins of the Team, starting from July 4. The season then proceeds through the Team's missions, and how they interact with one another on and off duty. The main antagonist for the series is the Light.

Greg Weisman has stated that the overall theme of this season is "secrets and lies, and also independence."[13]

Season two

Main article: Young Justice: Invasion

A second season in the form of a ten episode serial was confirmed shortly after the show's regular release in early 2011. Greg Weisman has since confirmed that the second season will contain 20 episodes instead, and he is currently pitching the idea of the arc to DC, Warner Bros., and Cartoon Network. More information on the series is yet to be revealed.

Comics

YJ-c0

Young Justice Issue 0

Main article: Young Justice (comic)

A tie-in comic further explores the characters and locations of the television series, published by DC's Johnny DC imprint. The first issues were written by Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, with Mike Norton providing the art. Christopher Jones took over art duties with #5, and Greg Weisman and Kevin Hopps started writing from #7, after having done the zero issue.

Home video releases

Recurring motifs

References

  1. Weisman, Greg (2012-01-26). Question #14071. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  2. Weisman, Greg (2011-02-24). Young Justice Stats - Part II. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  3. Weisman, Greg (2012-01-19). Question #14029. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  4. Weisman, Greg (2012-01-17). Question #14013. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  5. Weisman, Greg (2011-02-02). Question #12929. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  6. Weisman, Greg (2011-01-29). "YOUNG JUSTICE TIMESTAMP HORROR". Ask Greg. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  7. Weisman, Greg (2011-02-25). "Question #13071. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
  8. Weisman, Greg (writer) & Youngberg, Matt (director) (October 21, 2011). "Humanity". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 15. Cartoon Network.
  9. Weisman, Greg (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (March 3, 2012). "Misplaced". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 19. Cartoon Network.
  10. Weisman, Jon (writer) & Cook, Victor (director) (March 10, 2012). "Coldhearted". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 20. Cartoon Network.
  11. Robinson, Andrew (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (November 11, 2011). "Disordered". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 17. Cartoon Network.
  12. Hopps, Kevin (writer) & Chang, Michael (director) (October 14, 2011). "Revelation". Young Justice. Season 1. Episode 14. Cartoon Network.
  13. Weisman, Greg (2012-02-22). Question #14429. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-02-23.