Justice League Unlimited "Kid Stuff" Talkback (Spoilers)

[Supernovametalstar]

This episode would have been better aired along with Teen Titan's "Fractured" last week, since that episode was so silly.

I"m not normally a fan of the adult turned into child episodes, but I really liked this one. Probably because the dialogue was so well written. I just hope no one gets the idea to do a Superkids series, for that would be bad.

[John6777]

This EPISODE ROCKED!!!! All I did was laugh through the whole thing. It was so funny and by far one of my favorite episodes. Baby Etrigan was one of the funniest things I have ever seen and the animation was great. Dakota Fanning as Wonder Woman was also great.

I give this episode 5 STARS because it was just so funny. I loved it.

John

[slackermonkey]

I'm torn. This wasn't necessarily a bad episode, but it felt out of place, like it didn't belong as an episode of "Justice League." It had a certain lighthearted tone that felt more in line with "Teen Titans."

Still, there were some nice bits here. Green Lantern's Kyle Rayner-esque glasses, him being all excited about what elaborate device he can make with his ring next, Wonder Woman being called Batman's girlfriend, the "For a guy with, like, 50 kinds of vision, you can be so blind" line. I could've done without the burping and pooping Etrigan gags though.

Since I can't make up my mind as to whether I like or don't like this one, I'll just take the middle of the road and give it 2-1/2 stars.

I didn't expect to see Etrigan, Cheetah or Copperhead though, so those were pleasant surprises. I really would like to see a more substantial appearance for Cheetah - we haven't gotten to see her as Wonder Woman's archenemy, and aside from "Injustice for All," she's pretty much been relegated to cameos or small fight scenes. Her brief line tonight is the first time she's spoken since "IFA."

By the way, who were the other two villains fighting the League in the teaser? I thought the guy up against Batman was Bane in some horrible new costume, until electricity came out of his little wrist device instead of that venom drug and I realized it wasn't him.

[InfinityBlade]

That was awesome.

Baby Etrigan is the greatest. Thing. EVER.

[TheScarecrow]

A fun episode with very good animation. Kid Batman rocks as much as adult Batman does.

Three stars.

[Eddie G.]

That was just ****ing hilarious.

No depth to go into, the episode was just filled with some great gags. Ha ha, "Mommy." There's not much to say, the ending felt a little cliche but still pretty damn creepy.

A good "just for fun" episode with only one flaw. The ending with Batman complaining about not having a childhood. The line felt out of place and frankly I don't see Batman as someone who like to complain. They should have had some punchline with him and the running gag of Wonder Woman's crush.

[Grimlock]

The moment they showed them as kids and had them saying...well, kid stuff, i rolled my eyes.

But you know what? It turned out to be pretty enjoyable. Bats outsmarts the bad guy at the end, so i was pleased .

We really are missing flash...a lot...he going to be in an episode soon?

Was it just me, or did it seem like batman had some other plan when he started saying, "what we need to do is...nevermind, GL, go nuts." Did he inform the others of the plan, or what? Seemed like an unnatural cut by toonami at that point anyway.

And i'm a bit confused on mordred's fate...so he has eternal life, but wasn't he like an 18 year old man when we left him?

Anyway, i thought it was a decent episode. Not near the quality the creative team's capable of, but they made it enjoyable...and isn't that really why we watch this show?

[Batman-Dark Knight]

I don't know but, I LOVED this episode. It was different, funny, and I loved seeing them as kids (expectly Batman). I loved the way W.W. was flirting with Batman and he was like "whatever". And then G.L. was like "Your girlfriend sure is bossy," Batman, "Shut up!" Anyway I gave it 5 Star for it's unique ideas and for showing us a different side to our heroes.

[Style]

Yay, Kids! Superboy! Batboy! Kid Lantern! Wondergirl! (no, not that Wondergirl!)

The Moment they had their kid looks, I knew it was gonna be just as rediculous as I envisioned.

Award for most changed Personality: Wonderwoman! She's gone to an anything you can do I can do better thing here, and here once sly flirtation with Batman shifts into a really juvenile gear, (when she keeps changing teams.)

Award for least changed personality, Superman! Unfortunatly, that's just a matter of getting the least lines and screen time of the league.

Other observations: John Stuart, who normally uses constructs sparsley, goes crazy with them here.

If I were Bruce, I would have countered Lantern's "Is your girlfriend always this bossy?" line with the comeback, "Well, at least I didn't start dating a spy from an alien culture who betrayed the League and almost destroyed the earth!" Though, that would have been a little mean-spirited.

On a serious note, I was wondering if the reason why this episode was shifted up is because Cartoon Network is getting leary of this "Legion of Superheros" approach and would rather focus on those episodes most akin to the original format. (This is the second week in a row where it didn't feature any new heroes besides the ones established in the first two seasons.) On the other hand, maybe they just chose it to counter program Teen Titans' dark "Aftershocks" episode. But I still wonder.

[Grimlock]

I could've done with the burping and pooping Etrigan gags though.

Yeah, but come on...batman's line, "now *this* is a job for superman" was priceless.

[Merlin Missy]

I want a Baby Etrigan plushie right now.

That was certainly the funniest JL/JLU episode ever made, and did make both myself and the Husband muse that the writing staff stole the TT staff's Secret Stash what led to "Fractured."

Before anyone objects, remember, it could have been Superbaby and Wonder Tot. There could have been a genie.

"Your girlfriend sure is bossy." "Shut up!" LOL

MM

[Borg4of3]

A good "just for fun" episode with only one flaw. The ending with Batman complaining about not having a childhood. The line felt out of place and frankly I don't see Batman as someone who like to complain. They should have had some punchline with him and the running gag of Wonder Woman's crush.

I felt the same way about that line. An entire episode of setup for his response, and... Oh well, guess its just a sign he's back in adult mode. *sigh* I think my only other complaint would be that Supes was purely a background character - they didn't really need him, and he didn't have a 'kid personality' Still, he made a good butt for quite a few jokes.

I hadn't been regularily watching Teen Titans, but I did find the similarities in look appealing - and its a strange change when TT is the serious one, and JLU is the crazy one.

[Behonkiss]

Apparently Mordred overdid his aging spell, so he's going to keep aging, but never die. Tough beans, even for a brat like him.

Funny, light-hearted episode, and better than I expected. I found a lot of GL's lines quite good ("I'll make a pair of giant handcuffs and...!").

[Pyro]

The animation was amazing. Leaps and bounds better than previous seasons. I believe the storyboarding has gotten more enthusiastic too.

[Knight]

By the way, who were the other two villains fighting the League in the teaser? I thought the guy up against Batman was Bane in some horrible new costume, until electricity came out of his little wrist device instead of that venom drug and I realized it wasn't him.

Well the "Bane in some horrible new costume was The KGBeast a Batman adversary from the comics and the other guy was Blockbuster not sure exactly which one but I would say the first since the Nightwing villain who is the brother of the first looks a lot different.

[Batman's Biggest Fan]

When Batman says that line

"I haven't been a kid since I was 8 years old."

what was up with Diana's reaction?

[InfinityBlade]

And i'm a bit confused on mordred's fate...so he has eternal life, but wasn't he like an 18 year old man when we left him?

Morgan said that Mordred BROKE the spell that gave him eternal youth. Now he only has eternal life.

Keeping in mind that he's been alive for several centuries, this thus meant that with the spell broken... he made up for lost time. Fast.

[Rebis]

Loved it. An excellent blend of light-hearted fun and dark menace. I thought that the animation was fantastic and that the backrounds were cool and spooky. (Really dug the look of the dimension into which Mordred dumped the adults). Some fun tips-of-the-hat to fans (L'il John wearing Kyle's mask, plus cameos by Blockbuster and KGBeast). The music was dramatic, with nice echoes of both the Superman and Batman themes at points ... and not too much metal guitar!

And can I say that I love Olivia d'Abo's voice?

[Borg4of3]

We really are missing flash...a lot...he going to be in an episode soon?

And i'm a bit confused on mordred's fate...so he has eternal life, but wasn't he like an 18 year old man when we left him?

Yeah, and Flash would have fit in perfectly in this ep -- tho maybe a little too perfectly...

Mordred was eternally youthful for millenia - when his youth spell was cancelled out, I suppose he started aging to his real age. Nasty much for him, tho at least he doesn't look a day older than 100.

[Nightwing]

I thought it was already generally known that Clark had his powers even as a baby. He's a battery. The only difference is that he isn't as strong as a child as he is as a full grown Superman powerhouse adult.

Anyways, when you look at the episode through the part of your mind where imagination is instead of the more grounded intelligence based stuff, it was a giggle fest of an episode. Yeah I know, JL episodes aren't supposed to be giggle fests, but seeing a story like that once in a while is really enjoyable, because it's something you wouldn't normally get, don't normally see, yet still recognize as an episode of the show because it accents key parts of all the characters.

Lots of laugh out loud moments in this one, but I'll agree that the story didn't have as strong a presence as last week's episode did or the week before, but hey, I had fun.