Justice League Unlimited

From the flashback/fantastical nature and the sadistic beatings of the previous episode, this week we have a more light-hearted and whimsical episode (for the most part). While it's not quite the bundle of yuks that last year's "Comfort and Joy" was, it's definitely about the next funniest.



Of course, the main humor stems from the "Junior Justice League." All the voice artists are well-chosen and clearly they're having fun with the parts. Superman doesn't get a lot of focus (other then being perenially clueless), but Batman gets a few new looks - he's sympathetic toward Green Lantern's feelings, clearly irritated he can't keep up physically, and still trying to play the team leader. Clearly his reference to "not being a kid since he was 8" refers to the death of his parents. The only regret is that he doesn't seem to have enjoyed his second childhood...or perhaps his first childhood since he was forced to grow up so suddenly.



Wonder Woman is in fine form, being alternately bossy and flirty - Green Lantern loses the commanding authority (verging on obnoxiousness) since in "Initiation" and elsewhere, and is pretty likeable here - clearly a kid in a candy shop, so to speak, with a power ring of infinite power. He displays a lot more imagination then his future-adult self does.



All the kid actors do a good job of conveying the basics of the characters - you don't even totally realize they got new actors. But the voices wouldn't do any good without good writing - Henry Gilroy here is an amazing discovery. He probably didn't come up with the basic idea, but he certainly runs wild with what he's given. All of the Junior Leaguers are well-realized, and Baby Etrigan's appearance is a great surprise. Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, which Gilroy produces, is coming out this fall on ABC Family and based on Gilroy's writing here, it might be worth a look.



But besides the humor, there's also the underlying tragedy and serious stuff. There's a bit of Peter Pan with Mordred as the boy who's never grown up, and never will. Until the end, when he unwisely chooses to do so anyway and pays the price. He's clearly bored with the responsibilities of rulership and seems almost thankful the Leaguers present a challenge to him.



Morgaine is also well-drawn as the mother doing the best for her child, in her own twisted way. If her relationship with Blood gave her a little more dimension in "A Knight of Shadows", then her mothering here is another facet.



The half-hour format seems pretty beneficial here - the kiddie stuff would have become annoying expanded to 2 episodes. And like "Initiation," this episode seems packed with stuff. All four Leaguers get characterization, Mordred gets characterization, and we get Baby Etrigan. We also get some visits from a few old villainous friends, and two new ones (the KGBeast and Blockbuster).



The only potential problem is that the writers and producers still seem uncomfortable with the expanded cast they put in (or were forced to put in). Granted, the first two seasons also had times when the absence of the other heroes were pretty awkward, a problem even worse here. On the other hand, would we care about a young Captain Atom? Although a young Green Arrow might be interesting... Part of this may be the schedule rejuggling - this episode was apparently moved up on the schedule from where it was originally supposed to air. This may be to address concerns that folks weren't fond of the expanded ranks, although ironically there's also some fans griping that the whole expanded-team concept is wasted. Go figure.



Overall I'd give the episode high marks. Entertaining and funny, laugh-out-loud in spots, yet with a certain tragic note both with Mordred's final fate and Batman's final statement on his own childhood.

This episode is perfect! Batman even as a kid is a punk! hehe! I love it! The league turns into kids in order to save the world. Diana was more of a cute brat princess who gives in more easily to the urge making bruce like her. Even trying to make batman jealous of superman. The movie is so cute with the teasing of green lantern to bruce about her bossy girlfriend and the uber dense superman not even getting that diana likes batman! And of course batman making comments like when they were sprinting towards the castle he says something like "hey, this isn't a race" and when etrigan pooped he said now "this is a job forr superman" hahaha! i love it!

aaw, it is such an adorable episode, and it also has the four key eliments to a great show- dilamma, resolution, comedy and drama. Not to mention revealing, especially as far as Wonder Woman and Batman go. The character's childish attitudes in this episode reminds me heavily of Teen Titans, Batman being very 'Robin', and Diana 'girling' around and crushing on Bats like Starfire. It couldn't be funnier if Flash were there (although he couldn't be with the whole Kid Flash thing going on with the Titans series.), and not at all silly. However, medeivil is not really a period as history i enjoy in shows like this, with predictable sword fights and dungeons and all that garble.

this is a hilarious episode and i loved every second of it!!! it was really funny and although kind of silly... that is one of the things that made it soo great. it doesnt add to the over all justice league plot but it IS hige for character development and since they are kids, it really shows how they are inside. Example, how diana really likes bruce and is best friends with clark. you can just tell by the way they act. and i just have to add that this is one of the few episode that i laughed constantly throughout and that didnt include the Flash. This is a recommended episode!!!!!! a MUST SEEE!!!!

its alot like the next generations episode when picard and his crew are turned into kids and have to figure out how to turn into grown ups again.that episode was okay not standard next generation quality but it wasnt terrible."kids stuff" isnt good at all .i fell asleep watching it the first time and had to go back to see what i missed.well it wasnt much.great for ages 5-12 but for adults like myself its boring.the writers usally come up with better episodes than this they just dropped the ball on this one.tip: skip "this little piggy" and "kids stuff" both are poor excuses for justice league episodes.

This is one of my favorite episodes of the season, particulary because I like the whole concept of adult characters being turned into children. The premise of the episode was very interesting, and I really liked the use of Morgan Lefay, Mordred, and other magical elements.



True, there was some stuff in this episode that didn't exactly make sense, but it was still fun to watch.



This episode has some good (not to mention funny) lines in it, the childish Justice Leaugers were interesting to watch, and we got to see hints of Batman/Wonder Woman. All in all, a pretty good episode.

I just enjoyed watching this episode. Its not too deep, its just funny. In this episode Wonderwoman, Superman, Green Lantern, and Batman all transform into kids to save a place called Limbo and release all of the parents that have been sent there by Mordred. This episode is very funny and it shows that JLU can have a less serious side to it. Great fun.

Any Batman/Wonder Woman fans will love this episode. Probably the funniest episode of the whole series it was simply just fun to watch. I'm not the biggest Green Lantern fan but kid Green Lantern is a hoot. He really lets his imagination run wild and his ring shows us everything. Great great episode =)

this episode was great, the justice league being kids to stop mordred spell to have no adults so he sends all the adults to another realm so his mother gets sent there to so she turns the justice league into 8-year olds to stop mordred and save the world as kids this episode was a fun episode to watch, don't miss it.

When eight-year-old kid green lantern, wonder woman, batman and superman went back to earth to stop mordred from taking over the world of kids, they were absolutely adorable. All their personalities changed to kid like personalities. Baby etrigon was kind of cute. Bossy diana, stubborn batman, clueless clark, excited john and babiesh etrigon, it all changed. Plus wonder girl had a crush on batboy (he was very cute when he was little but he didnt show much liking to wonder girl).



Why didnt they make more of those kid shows, it will really be cute to see the kid justice league again... :D

By far,this is one of the goofest,but strangely funniest episodes of JLU.Tired of waiting for his Mother to obtain his "Kingdom",Mordred uses a powerful artifact to banish all Adults and for him to rule over all Kids not older then he is.



In the "Adults Only Limbo",Morgan asks Superman,Batman,Green Lantern and Wonder Woman to stop him...so she transforms them into kids so they can enter his World.



And this is were it gets weird...



But a good kind of weird.You now have Kid verisons of forementioned Heroes,but most of them still act like their Adult selfs.Minus Batman who's still "Mr.Serious" and Superman who's still a "Boy Scout".Kid Wonder Woman(voiced by the always charming Dakota Fanning)openly shows her crush on Batman as the four are trying to split into teams to catch Morgred.The one to really have fun with his Kid form is Green Lantern who wants to summon crazy stuff,like a lawnmower to chew the badguys up.



While it is a funny edition of JLU,some people by not like it for being too "out there" and others my not like some of the plot holes(How was the Demon able to appear in Mordred's world?)

A good episode to even out some of the darker episodes from the first two seasons.Recommanded.

"Kid Stuff" was truly an adorable episode with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern turned into little kids. Part of their personalities reverted to their younger personalities as an eight-year-old. As for Etrigan... He was turned into Baby Etrigan.

This episode was also funny because of the Kid Justice League's childish acts. Wonder Woman -- I mean... Wonder Girl -- was continuously changing her mind about who to go with while they were all partnering up. Or maybe it was just her crush on Batboy.

Awww... Etrigan was so cute! So were the others. They were so small, and they acted so... so adorable!

Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, and Superman are all turned in to kids(i think they are were 10). They all were so cute and silly except for Batman, the brain of the League. This episode was good and fun. Wonder Woman finally reveals her crush on Batman and i love it. I think they make such a good couple and a I am a big fan of WW and BM. I hope it all works out between them.

This is a silly episode. It typifies what makes the show enjoyable to children. Not only are the heroes made younger (see the Trivia section for all the goofs) but the adults are removed to another dimension. I just know I've seen this somewhere else before.



The way Kid Batman tricks Mordred to lose his powers is also flawed. If he makes himself older, then the spell should bring back more people. After all, the flaw was to banish everyone older than him. That way when he became older the age limit would age with him.



But this is supposed to be a review, not a critic.



The episode on its own was rather amusing and fun to watch, if you ignore the blatant problems with it. After all, many children would have died when their vehicles went out of control (planes, trains, automobiles, etc.). And most babies would die without the proper foods. As the children age they too would disappear to the other dimension, eventually leaving him alone in an empty world.



But it was amusing to watch. Just don't pay attention to anything other than the fighting and Wonder Woman's need for Batman's love/attention.

This episode topped "Initiation" and "For the Man Who Has Everything", but was not as good as "A Knight of Shadows" Morgaine's first appearance. Seeing them as kids was okay, and seeing more new villains was great. All in all, the episode was just another episode of JLU with a new twist.