The second part of this episode begins with Batman showing why he's the brains of the team, but fortunately Amazo isn't kept down for long. If anything, the second battle against Amazo is even more impressive, as the League seems to have their act together this time around and fights the android to a standstill before Luthor arrives - making up for their poor showing (before Superman shows up to bail them out) the first time around.
As becomes clear in this episode, and is clear in retrospective for the first episode, is that Amazo is "evolving" and growing. There are some subtle hints of this in part 1, when it takes on the face of its father figure, Lex. This time we get it "adapting" Flash's ladykiller persona (somehow, despite a visual scan, but go with it), then its starting to question Lex, and then adapting/evolving to overcome the kryptonite. This sets the stage for Amazo to duplicate the powers of the cosmos and fly away at the end, its "evolution" complete.
Lex Luthor doesn't play a really large part in this episode - much of his role could have been played by any villainous characters. Here he plays Lucifer, corrupting Amazo. Still, it's nice to see Lex's storyarc moving along, which will lead to the events of "A Better World."
The other theme of the episode is "humanity" - Amazo gains humanity of a sort and then rejects it to become something greater, while J'onn is forced to cope with being exposed to the full spectrum of humanity's thoughts and impulses. Presumably he is just overwhelmed by the sheer volume of it, since he's scanned the minds of major villains before. While J'onn doesn't become "human" himself, he accepts humanity for what it is, and the final hug with Wonder Woman seals the deal. Hopefully they'll do something with this in future.
Overall, "Tabula Rasa" is another in a fairly stream of good episodes that we've had since late in Season 1, and look to continue.moreless
Even Superman is unable to defeat the android once it duplicates all of the League's powers. Only with the aid of J'onn, suffering a crisis of faith when he is overwhelmed by humanity's pettiness during a telepathic scan, can they turn Amazo against Lex.
 George Newbern |
Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El |
 Maria Canals |
Hawkgirl/Shayera Hol |
 Carl Lumbly |
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz |
Kevin Conroy |
Batman/Bruce Wayne |
Susan Eisenberg |
Wonder Woman/Diana |
 Michael Rosenbaum |
Flash/Wally West (Seasons 1-2, 4+) |
 Lisa Edelstein |
Mercy |
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 Ashley Edner |
Little Girl |
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 Tom Kenny |
Search Leader |
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 Clancy Brown |
Lex Luthor |
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 Robert Picardo |
Amazo |
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TRIVIA (4)
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At one point Amazo is flying along using Hawkgirl's wings but at the time he already had Superman's powers. Superman is a much faster flyer than Hawkgirl, so why not use his powers of flight instead?
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The same for Amazo having an initial weakness to kryptonite. He didn't see Superman being vulnerable to kryptonite, so why would he acquire that weakness? Overall, the whole "Has to see them to duplicate them" thing doesn't seem to make much sense.
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If Amazo depends on sight to duplicate powers...then how does he duplicate J'onn's telepathy? It's not like he can...well, see J'onn's telepathic powers in use.
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Amazo can't adapt to duplicate Batman because he purportedly has no super-powers...but neither does Hawkgirl and he gets her fighting ability and mace just fine. So why doesn't he adapt Batman's martial arts and batarangs?
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Amazo: You don't have any special powers.
Batman: I have this. (pulls out kryptonite) It's a package deal. You get our strenghs; you get our weaknesses. -
Flash: It's all making sense now, even to me.
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Lex Luthor: He's just a machine. I don't care how powerful he is - he's no god.
Superman: Then why do I have a feeling if he ever comes, you're going to be doing a lot of praying? -
Hawkgirl: You always carry kryptonite with you ?
Batman: Call it insurance.
Hawkgirl: And they say I'm scary.
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The entire League appears in this episode
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Batman having the kryptonite at the ready is reminiscent of the two-part Batman Beyond episode "The Call," in which the elderly Bruce Wayne had a small piece of it ready in case Superman went rogue again. Whatever remained of the chunk of kryptonite when Amazo threw at Superman could have been the sliver he had in the Batman Beyond episode.
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