Did They Nerf Green Lantern in the DCAU?

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[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

If you want to kill a green lantern... use a #2 Pencil, it is both Yellow and made of Wood.

[@TimChapelLosesPasswords]

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[@GKzoofooclick]

Bro they need to animate brightest day and get really in depth with the green lantern core and the other course I hate that the green lantern animation stop because I love learning about the other colors and how they came about you know the true origin story. A combination of these two being animated would be the best thing of the year

[@Rattrap007]

There was a great bit in Batman Brave and the Bold where Guy Gardner meets Alan Scott. At one point Guy mocks him for being weak against wood. “What happens when someone attacks you with a pointy stick?””Same thing that happens to you if they paint it yellow”

[@Ultriac301]

Does this mean that if i can go at them with a yellow stick i can beat them both?😅

[@firebird1080]

@@Ultriac301a number 2 pencil would do the trick

[@corryjamieson3909]

​@@firebird1080The Eraser: Well well well, if it ain't my lucky day.

[@ashleytuchin7693]

That reminds me of the Big Bang Theory episode where Raj says he could beat every Green Lantern with a no. 2 pencil.

[@magnusm4]

"Happy Australian camping noises".

[@MtnSmithy]

The fact that they just made everything that beat him yellow and didn't call it out explicitly was perfect, I think.

[@dannyphantom3090]

True calling it out would've been stupid because it is a silly weakness. I never noticed it until the video

[@millo7295]

The people calling it out are US WE CAN SEE THAT YELLOW IS THE ONLY COMMON THING

[@MegaZeta]

@millo7295 Yeah the point is that they’re better than KZbin trivia mongers at putting together an entertaining TV show

[@The_Phantasm]

For all the issues I have with Geoff Johns' writing, the retcon that the reason for the Green Lanterns' weakness to yellow was Parallax being trapped inside the Power Battery was very efficient and also helped redeem Hal Jordan in a way that made sense.

[@Paradox-es3bl]

And it’s pretty freaking cool. Like, name another weakness with such a badass excuse. Kryptonite? Ooh, it’s irradiated shards of your exploded homeworld. Boo freaking hoo. Lame. Weak to everything, because you’re just a normal human? Pedestrian. Weak to yellow because the LIVING EMBODIMENT OF FEAR IS TRAPPED IN YOUR SOURCE OF POWER? Freaking awesome.

[@_V.Va_]

@@Paradox-es3blStill lamer than radiation poisoning. Scary feeling in the battery!

[@chrisblanc663]

I liked the reasoning behind the weakness. Also for most of these superheroes, they have stupid weaknesses. Superman: weak to pebbles. Martian manhunter: fire, which is very common. Flash: being disconnected from the speed force, or the cold. Wonder Woman: being tied up. (Her creator was kinda kinky) Batman: bankruptcy. Hawkgirl: disruptive memories.

[@RippahRooJizah]

@@chrisblanc663 To be fair, said "pebbles" gave Lex cancer.

[@chrisblanc663]

@@RippahRooJizah true.

[@alcatrazvongola]

Could you imagine Green Lantern going "UGGGARRGH!" and dramatically collapsing whenever he sees a yellow villain?

[@greensonickid3304]

*"EEEEEEEEPAAAH!"*

[@TMSokoya]

Sounds like Wolverine 😂 (who conveniently also wears yellow)

[@afrophoenix3111]

Just some dude with an army of yellow cardboard cutouts, vats of yellow paint, and a warehouse of yellow glitter bombs is effectively untouchable.

[@loganshaw4527]

Cheese has to be a bizarre weakness.

[@Knightfall1012]

He’d be the Justice League’s Jean Grey lmao

[@someguycalledgoober155]

The Guardians legit went: "It's not a bug, it's a feature."

[@steelydyl]

Green Lantern would be doomed in a Simpsons crossover Also with my green lantern ring the first thing I'm doing is flying.

[@siraxlrose5659]

How did you comment 21hrs ago on an 18 minute old video

[@steelydyl]

@@siraxlrose5659 my abilities are beyond your comprehension

[@Paradox-es3bl]

But what’s the first thing you’re MAKING? That was the question.

[@steelydyl]

@@Paradox-es3bl I’m making a plane to fly in!

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

You're joking, but in the 60's he got a plucky Asian sidekick, who's skin the ring did not work on, explicitly because it was yellow. There's no logical reason to mention this, there's no reason you would ever need to use your ring's powers on another human's skin, but the went there, because racism.

[@bobtherandomguy805]

Ever notice both of Shayera's outfits are yellow? She was GL's biggest weakness afterall

[@ComicChum]

John had a yellow turtleneck in his nightmare from Only a Dream. This probably wasn't intentional, but would make sense for Doctor Destiny to try to make him weaker.

[@dcauwatchtower]

It's the same one he wears in the beginning of "In Blackest Night"!

[@Bookdragon6660]

Omfg why is this the funniest thing ever

[@anhquannguyen8190]

They definitely knew what they were doing, Lex as the Flash threw a bowl of cheese at GL and it was the only thing that gets past his barrier.

[@Idran]

​@@anhquannguyen8190that was the jello shown in this video a couple times

[@MegaZeta]

@Idran Don’t take away “just say a thing that we all saw in the video” from KZbin commenters, it’s all most of them have

[@comixproviderftw_02]

All roads lead back to that damn yellow batsuit.

[@ravinraven6913]

you mean the black bat suit with the yellow on his chest with a bat? Which reflects the spotlight the police use to call batman? God people are dumber than a box a rocks, the hippy that carries it and the yuppies who buy them put together.

[@violacola]

Truthully, if I had a green lantern ring, I'd probably spend the first couple of hours designing the coolest looking green lantern uniform possible so I'd at least have a sick outfit to wear while inevitably failing my first super hero-ing attempt in spectacular fashion. I'm thinking something with a hood.

[@ArcDragoon]

So... Hal Jordon as The Spectre?

[@amalgama-dette1430]

ohhh thats ocool ill steal it from u, i would make mine with a dress or a skirt or shorts-skirts, and gaunlets cuz cool

[@TheRenegade...]

Green Lantarrow

[@BearthatBaresFoodinBelly]

That's pretty much exactly what Kyle Rayner did lol. You want a crab mask?

[@stanislausklim7794]

As Megamind once said, the difference between a villain and a supervillain is presentation.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

ok but if you think about it Parallax living in the central battery can justify the weakness to Yellow entirelly: - the Lantern rings are connected to the Users mind on a subconscious level, right? - so if Parallax who is the Yellow Light of fear is inhabiting the Central battery then it means every Lantern is subconsciously aware a parallax - the Green light of Willpower weakens when exposed to ANY Fear, not just the Yellow Light of Fear therefore Yellow works on lanterns because they ARE Subconciously afraid of yellow. Why? because Yellow represents the biggest fear a Lantern could ever have: the Fear of Fear Itself

[@loganshaw4527]

Their is nothing to fear but fear itself.

[@pokefire953]

That actually makes a lot of sense. Reminds me of that time when one of Batman’s contingency plans against gl was to put his ring on while he sleeps, which would convince him he’s blind, and then the ring would actually make him blind

[@Artista_Frustrado]

@@pokefire953 lmao, that's so convoluted i love it

[@pokefire953]

@@Artista_Frustrado yeah, when it gets used on him superman just tells him to take off the ring and he's able to see again

[@MegaZeta]

If you’re just going to rattle off wiki trivia for cheap approval from dimwits, at least don’t be so pathetic as to pretend otherwise

[@charleschamp9826]

Possible that Parallax in the DCAU is just classified and most Lanterns, like the one in Batman Beyond's time period, were just told something like "The Impurity took millennia of work to remove" without having the nature of what the impurity was explained cause it wasn't important. It's just a little bit of trivia like "In those days we had to deal with X" that the older guys in the Corps joke about.

[@addchannelname2052]

Yeah... Do the lanterns know that Parallax gets defeated when he does?

[@wolffang489]

Sounds like something the Guardians would lie about.

[@MarcAquino1095]

“Detective, if I had a Green Lantern ring, I’d probably make myself an excellent grilled cheese sandwich that won’t stain all over my shirt that hides my awesome pecs.” -Ra’s Al Ghul at some point, idk

[@bobmasters9871]

As long as you don't use any yellow cheese

[@mattanozteklehimenot8000]

how the cheese is yellowwwwwww, well come to think of it, the grilled cheese would be Green because of the ring😂

[@bobmasters9871]

@@mattanozteklehimenot8000 That just does not sound appetizing

[@mattanozteklehimenot8000]

@@bobmasters9871 defiantly

[@pickedceasar1216]

@@bobmasters9871 but you could imagine it would be appetizing therefore it would be because the rings can make anything apparently 😂

[@TheUncleBob]

Food for thought. Those little blue men in red dresses aren't known for telling the truth, embellish their own importance (and power), and have a history of rewriting historical events to make themselves look better. It's entirely possible the Parallax entity did exist in the DCAU, was trapped in the primary Power Battery, got out, did a little crazy and a little killing, was defeated, and by the time Kai-Ro became a Green Lantern, GL School included a chapter on how the Guardians managed to single-handedly defeat Parallax, with no help from anyone else, thus removing the Yellow weakness. And they can see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

[@LeviChurch]

*sees GL has turned evil* Batman: "It's time" *puts on the yellow batsuit*

[@bloody4558]

The lantern was Kyle, Batman gets steamrolled in seconds.

[@wolffang489]

You know he has a wood suit somewhere too.

[@ravinraven6913]

I think the wooden one would have worked and looked better.

[@Nathan-qp9uv]

@@wolffang489 he doubled up its a wood suit painted yellow.

[@mr.honeycomb]

I never really felt the color yellow being a weakness was too goofy, but the WAY it was so often such an impediment in the comics, like GL couldn't think of any other way to defeat someone wearing yellow, that was often worth an eye rolling. 'Oh no, the villain donned a yellow mech suit, I'll have to retreat and come up with another plan. Never mind that I can just hurl boulders at the chump.'

[@The_Swordfish]

Head canon, maybe its a subconscious thing like it doesnt actually weakening him but more making him think of the fear thus subconsciously lowering his will power.

[@ArcDragoon]

Because that is exactly how it works. You can overcome your fear, which allows intermittent resilience against yellow. Here, it would be more like yellow gas always worked because John Stewart just assumed that it would in his head, it was a weakness that he made up and the yellow impurity took hold of that. Other times, when he showed weakness against it, was because like the suitcase it was solid yellow and he was aware of it. When it did work against yellow, it must've been surprising for any Green Lantern, but if they tried to replicate it, they wouldn't know why it wouldn't work a second time. The avoidance of it is because at this point, they didn't know about Parallax and hence the exact way to combat it. You instinctively put up a shield regardless if you're weak against it, some times it worked, other times not, and you would never know why, but a 50-50 was better than just taking a hit without trying. Which is why John still avoided yellow beams or tried to throw green energy against yellow shields. A weakness does not have to be absolute.

[@magnusm4]

Yellow wouldn't be a weakness to me. I would just jokingly hear "Nobody expects the yellow team" every time I see it. Of all the colors why would yellow be scary?

[@wolffang489]

@@magnusm4 The point is that the ring *makes* yellow subconsciously associated with fear because of the impurity, be that Parallax or something else. It's an irrational fear that they don't even realize is just a fear.

[@MegaZeta]

@ArcDragoon Nope, wrong, that’s not “how it works”. Different versions of these characters work different ways. None of that applies to this TV show.

[@Josephmc2503]

21:54 I was really worried that the guardians were gonna do something with a “yellow impurity” at this point in an old comic like this 😂

[@davinator1212]

thank god I'm not the only one that thought that... I mean... look how they drew the people...

[@TonyGiannamore]

@@davinator1212dude my whole body tensed up when he was explaining the story with that still image😂😂😂

[@jxbermudez]

I love the idea that a Pikacku could solo an army of green later. As for the qotd: I'd make a hoverboard. I wanna see if it's as cool as it sounds

[@Paradox-es3bl]

Back To The Future style? Of course. It’s a flying skateboard. What’s cooler? Besides sex.

[@PIMPTD]

I get that but I think if you can fly , Hoverboard is kinda weak experience compared to flying.

[@wraithgames]

I would make a mech suit with my green lantern ring

[@Zane_Is_Insane]

Honestly, just sucks my favorite color is blue yet the Blue Lantern Core is the one i don't fit in at all-

[@officialwatershieldchannel3858]

Cool man

[@MetroBison]

Bro how did you comment 18 hours before the video came out

[@TheReZisTLust]

​@@MetroBisonpeople pay money to see a KZbin video early and message

[@all9472]

They should make batman batmobile and jet into a transformer that's a giant mech, car, jet good buff and not to similar to iron man yet still similar rich Playboy genius vibe

[@PosthumanHeresy]

25:05 It might be because it's the whole Justice Lords, not just him. He's merely part of a council of leaders, not the unilateral leader of the society, and they may feel that it's fine for a Green Lantern to be a governmental leader, and not have an issue with a power structure like the Lords, since it's not dissimilar to the Guardians themselves.

[@falleneldor]

Oooh. Very good point!

[@pamelabenson6212]

if I had a green lantern ring I would make a tiny Godzilla and a tiny King Kong and see them fight

[@enzovulkoor]

So joker kept a number two pencil ✏️ not for a magic trick but to cover all his bases with green lanterns huh?

[@jamesspears7242]

GENIUS !!!!!

[@safebox36]

Worth mentioning that, while probably unintentional, the word that "parallax" derives from can also mean "to change" or "to exchange". Which kinda ties in with the idea that a parallax is a change of perspective (whether literal or figurative), and can be seen as relating to anxiety and fear being either a useful survival mechanism or a crux in that moment.

[@danielmacdonald5703]

GL's eye at 3:45 threw me for a loop.

[@spidremi875]

Yeah, what the fuck happened there?

[@Vanluxen]

Might be a leftover bit of fruit juice or whatever splatted on his face in the prior scene. That’s from the In Blackest Night 2 parter.

[@ShockWithoutFear]

I think it's also important to mention that the yellow impurity was officially taken away from the GL comics once Kyle took over with the last power ring made uniquely for him. Implying that the guardians had the ability to take away the impurity before the parrallax retcon. I think this had a play in how lax they could be with the weakness in the show and leaving it in as an homage makes a lot of sense. It's definitely there but can fit in the space where the Guardians can take it off once they trust that the lanterns won't turn on them like the manhunters turned on second 666/in dire situations

[@calagar40000]

Thank you, I knew I remembered a Gray Lantern from somewhere, but I could never find anything on it! Also since you brought him up, "Purple Cloak" from your video identifying every JLU member looks like Alan Scott to me, maybe with a hood instead of his usual high collar. Since Obsidian exists, it would make sense for him to be in the DCAU.

[@duckie730]

That shirt design is actually cool. And if I had the ring I would make an extend hand so I can grab things without getting up.

[@Theycallmetomu]

Giving the ring weakness to yellow is like taking an ability flaw on a tabletop RP character to get some extra feats. They removed the weakness at the cost of something else when they realized the weakness was too problematic. As for the QOTD, if I had a green lantern ring I would make ... well I'd start making simple shapes in order to feel out the capacity of the ring obviously. You know, kind of like a telekinetic stress ball. Then, since I associate green lanterns with psionics, and psionics with crystals, probably some crystals. But like, what would I WANT to make? I dunno, nothing the lantern rings make is permanent, and it's not like I'm fighting supervillains or anything. I'd probably just use the danged thing to fly.

[@Duskof81]

It's always a good day when the WD posts a new video! Always found weird that we never had that classic weakness for the GL in the DCAU, especially before the comics' retcon.

[@blakethebeast3174]

I'm most impressed with how many times you put pop culture references to yellow in this one. (And the Hawkgirl shirt comment made me make a noise of amusement, it was very unusual.)

[@TheXell]

"So does GL have a wekness to yellow in the DCAU?" "Well yes, but actually, no."

[@loganshaw4527]

Yes but only half of the time.

[@darkychao]

5:10 you _do not_ need yellow to make green light, you can create any color of the rainbow with a single wavelength. the only lantern color that requires more than one wavelength is the white light of life (and maybe arguably the violet light of love, since that's usually depicted as closer to magenta).

[@jjack3136]

I don't know how to properly describe it but your videos are so calming, watching these videos lowers my blood pressure

[@dcauwatchtower]

🙏

[@millo7295]

What happens if your internet fails? Do you just explode?

[@jimhenry5552]

For a short time, one writer made a point that the phrasing was "Due to a necessary impurity..." (As opposed to an "inherent impurity.." The idea was that a lantern or two abused the power of the rings and they added an flaw/weakness so that the Lanterns would not be "all-powerful." This fact allowed the Guardians to make changes to rings at times. too. The ring that Alan Scott would come to possess was a regular Lantern Corp ring that was being abused by a GL on Earth in Asia. He was tormenting Rice Paddy farmers and a Guardian *shifted* the weakness from "yellow" to "wood" -- which allowed the farmers to stop the rogue Lantern. When Alan Scott found the ring, it retained the new weakness to wood and not the color yellow. I really liked this ret-con and thought it was quite elegant and innovative. It answered a lot of questions and added to the lore.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Yep! We bring that up later in the video 🫡

[@jimhenry5552]

@@dcauwatchtower I wrote that after watching half the video. I saw that you had indeed covered it later on. I should have had more patience....

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[@rolandswift4311]

An easy explanation would be that the GL ring requires the user to be in the right state of mind. Fear makes the necessary state of mind harder, but not impossible, to maintain. The yellow light of fear can project fear into a person’s mind, making it harder for GLs to fight YLs. With their greatest weakness being symbolized with, empowered by, and just generally being yellow; GLs probably develop a conditioned fear response(basically what PTSD is) to the color, so they have a debilitating moment of panic when they see it, which pushes them out of their necessary mental state and disrupts their ability to use their powers.

[@pjvaz1985]

First green lantern ring construct: a cartoon style piano to drop on people

[@LaNoLaCola]

I didn't know I needed to hear the best friend forever ring Jingle in a major key. For the qotd: I'd probably construct multiple lantern light copies of myself to do a bunch of tasks at the same time

[@leblanc3536]

Lex accidentally beating John by throwing yellow jello at him was hilarious

[@docsavage4921]

Parallax is kind of all over the place too, one moment he's scaring off The Spectre, the next he's getting taken down by Thunderer mooks on Quard while in possession of Superman.

[@TrippleBPlays]

I can't wait to dive into this video. I always wondered was Yellow a Green Lantern weakness in the DCAU!

[@monorayjak4377]

I always loved one particular explanation the most, one I found originally in the "Generations" series (the series where time actually passes and characters age - it probably didn't originate there, but its where I first saw it) - the Guardians were well aware that the rings were far too powerful to not have some kind of counter to them, so when they began the core they also spread the idea that the rings were weak to yellow, and since the rings are fueled by the power and belief of the wielder (something we've seen in other stories like Tower of Babel where Kyle Rainer is given a post-hypnotic suggestion to believe he's blind, and since he has his ring on it actually makes him blind for as long as he keeps it on), the weakness became "truth" to everyone who heard about it, and since it was common knowledge within the core, everyone had heard of it. This is also used to explain why the original green lantern was weak to wood - during his first fight he was beaten by someone sneaking up behind him and hitting him with a wooden club, making him think that the ring must be weak to wood because it didn't automatically protect him from it - in essence, he created the exact kind of mental block by accident that the guardians produced on purpose. This inconsistency is even used in the series when Hal Jordan works it out that the weakness isn't real, he had turned down the role in this reality, but he knew that the original lantern was weak to wood but had no issue with yellow and that newer ones were vice-versa, so he figured it was probably false that it had any weakness at all.

[@jacksonhorrocks4281]

So Kryptonite was randomly made up because the Superman voice actor on a radio show wanted to go on vacation and they needed a reason for him to be gone

[@loganshaw4527]

Lol that mahogany color kryptonite. It causes Superman to race swap.

[@just_a_tepig3611]

The writer's statements make it seem that at the time, jon having trouble against yellow items was just a meta reference, not a hard rule. The one thing thats really funky to ne is just the yellow jello breaking the shield.

[@SomeRandomKydd]

What might be a GL reference in Ben 10 Omniverse was the choice that Toepick, alien with a face so terrifying it causes the reanimated, psychotic dead to run for the hills, was one of the four or five aliens colored yellow.

[@burner555]

*Death Battle debate flashbacks💀💀💀*

[@Idran]

Isn't it more likely that that"s just a reference to yellow often representing fear in general, like green for envy or pink for love?

[@burner555]

@@Idran Omniverse had a lot of pop culture references though

[@daddysolaire]

QOTD Answer: A panacea medicine (you could immediately start curing preventable diseases with the power of the ring). Also, super nervous that you wouldn't cover the yellow impurity, glad you did. Would have also been cool to mention Black Hand's power over lanterns when mentioning Black Light.

[@anthonychang1426]

7:25 I NEVER REALIZED THAT!!!! IT WAS YELLOW!!!!🤯🤯

[@smolidk7981]

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[@demfrodegroot7596]

Arguably, the guardian's 'dealing' with the yellow weakness might not have been them just snapping their fingers to remove it, it could have been a battle, even the expression and the way he says it, that they 'dealt with it', treats it like a problem, not an intentional flaw to limit the power of green lanterns.

[@omniunown]

I always thought it was a nice touch that the yellow weakness is still sometimes a thing, even though mechanically it's not. The nature of Green Lantern powers makes it so that, if they subconsciously acknowledge the weakness, even though it no longer exists, it should still count. It'd be even cooler if old Green Lanterns had trouble with yellow, but new ones who never had to work around it didn't

[@SaipanMen]

There was a tie in coloring book for the justice league show. In the Dr. Destiny episode, they made GL’s nightmare that he was trapped in yellow. They had to simplify most of the fears, so the flash’s fear was being trapped in roots. May not be cannon but they did acknowledge it. QOTD: I would create a Gundam robot mech suit. Would draw alot of attention but it would be super cool

[@dcauwatchtower]

Oh cool! Which coloring book?

[@SaipanMen]

@@dcauwatchtower my family got rid of the book awhile ago but let me see if I can find a similar one

[@loganshaw4527]

​@@dcauwatchtowerI thought flashes fear would be ice a strong weakness of his is captain cold.

[@supreme84x]

Just because the bald green lantern says the guardians remove the yellow impurity, doesn't exclude that the yellow impurity was parallax. It just wasn't how Jordan who removed/freed parallax from the central battery. Could have been the guardians who put them in a different cell, or their attempts to stop his influence of instituting the purity caused him to get free, or any other number situations. The situation with parallax could also be a secret and so the average Green lantern doesn't know about it and is just told that the guardians removed.

[@saintplayer86]

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[@Hanmerhack]

I remember that another Alen Scott reboot was that the Guardians had attempted to get rid of magic but were just able to draw all the magic of Oa into the green meteorite and it escaped into space crash landing on earth.

[@chriscaseybrown5587]

“because it’s Friday” doesn’t rolloff the tongue. QotD:A wave motion gun whenever I’m fighting a large group of enemies.

[@dcauwatchtower]

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[@ContagiousRepublic]

Sounds like a paintball machinegun is the only accessory a sidekick would need, LOL.

[@Arachnid-scribe]

R.I.P Benny the Comicstorian. You are eternally missed.

[@crazyvool9567]

I'd like to belive it's like how the plan is to make Hal go blind, When they notice that the beam is yellow long enough to process the color that yellow weakness pops up at the back of their brain so it makes it weaker in the moment

[@ArcDragoon]

How did Justice Lord Green Lantern keep his power ring even though he was abusing it? The same way Sinestro kept his power ring originally when he was abusing it. No one reported them. The ring monitors if you kill, and that was basically it. Neither Sinestro or Justice Lord John Stewart killed people. The only reason why Sinestro loss his ring and status was because Hal Jordon interfered. Now, if you're questioning why none of the other Earth Green Lanterns stopped John, the answer is simple: Superman. Remember when Green Arrow pointed out that you can't argue against Superman because he's Superman? Yeah, none of the other Green Lanterns saw the wrong that was being done, because they believed in Superman.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Good thoughts!

[@esdraslopez4658]

Completely unrelated, but shoutout to the amazing Phil Lamar who voiced GL AND Static...two completely different voices

[@kingbeauregard]

In case anyone's wondering, the art on that Alan Scott part was substandard, because that was work by Mart Nodell, the guy who first drew Alan Scott back in the 40s. He also gave us the Pillsbury Dough Boy. The Alan Scott retcon was, IMHO, a bad idea. Not because I object to Yalan Gur - I like that part - but because of the Guardians being able to switch off the yellow weakness at any time. I sez: Yalan Gur found the Starheart on earth, used it to patch the yellow weakness, and the rest of the story proceeded in much the same fashion (including the Guardians making his ring weak to wood). In other words, the Guardians can introduce weaknesses, but they don't. The yellow weakness, on the other hand, was real.

[@Idran]

Oh, I like that a lot better too. It does reintroduce the question of what the Star Heart is, though. Maybe some ancient artifact associated with Ion?

[@kingbeauregard]

@@Idran The original pre-Crisis idea was, the Guardians scooped up most of the magic of the (Earth-One) universe, and sent it off to another universe (that of Earth-Two). In the early 90s, it was changed to, the Starheart was still a big bundle of magic, but the Guardians disposed of it in some other manner (since there were no other universes any longer).I like your idea that the Starheart was somehow connected to Ion, but it wouldn't be something the Guardians built. So how about, there was a sorcerer who tried to bind Ion to magic, and the Guardians undid his work and contained the magic. It would explain why a magic GL ring functions so much like a scientific one.

[@Idran]

@@kingbeauregard Ooh yeah, that's a cool direction to take it; I like leaning more into Scott's ring being magical with that take

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

One time in the comics, Hal Jordan realized that a space ship that had been painted entirely yellow still had to have vents for its propulsion system and that the entire interior of the ship is not likely yellow. Guess what happens when you will the lantern energy to enter those vents and start breaking the propulsion systems and all that energy suddenly has no where to go and be used?

[@bluegatito8684]

I never tought they would make this video, I hear that idea for old video, and it finally came out.

[@mysterionlibrary]

12:57 Parallax's name makes sense because it's reference to idiom "fear has big eyes".

[@WiGgYof09]

Maybe it's not a known weakness. Perhaps GL is only weak to yellow if he doubts his willpower. Something subconsciously makes him doubt himself when he sees yellow but he can overcome it by being especially determined. When facing Sinestro, GL is already esoecially deterimed to win so he has a built up defense against yellow. When he us hit with Jello-O, he isnt esoevially on guard so the yellow gets through as he doesnt deem it as a real threat. So, he is only weak to yellow when he doesnt think he will be weak to yellow or caught off guard.

[@leroyhudson8952]

Bro yellow weakness makes it sound like an old sleazy uncles term for his ladies of the night with Asian descent 😂

[@yourconscious]

It may not be the first thing I'd make, but if I were a lantern, I'd absolutely make use of feints. You think I'm hitting you with a construct from the right? No, that one isn't solid. The one behind you is

[@docsavage4921]

Frank Miller Batman painting an entire room yellow and offering Hal lemonade just to mess with him was priceless.

[@docsavage4921]

And I think the room was in the desert, e.g. yellow sand. 💛

[@andydrew3834]

18:33 Nah that’s just her cool new monocle

[@dcbandit]

Theory, or rather an idea of how this could work in the DCAU. Maybr, if each color represents an emotion, and yellow being a representation of fear, with fear being the weakness of Green Lanterns, then maybe if a GL is experiencing a moment of doubt, a jolt of fear, then they become vulnerable to the color yellow. Basically, if you get shaken by something, if only a little, then fear has touched you, and weakened you.

[@dcauwatchtower]

And that Jell-O DID look pretty spooky

[@DaMina63]

I mean how can it be yellow when in this universe one of the most famous green lanterns wears exclusively yellow and blue

[@kanna-san.]

Eyyyy

[@Artista_Frustrado]

(also not a US citizen but I wanna answer the QOTD anyway) The first construct I would make would be a cool suit, I have this idea for a trenchcoat & a Daft Punk-styled screen helmet. The second would be a set of tiny tools so I can work on electronics without breaking stuff

[@powerrangernerd8122]

If I had a Green Lantern ring, the first thing I'd make would probably be a bubble. But a really good bubble... shield!

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

1:44 he was once quoted as saying “I wish I was known for flying the planes” (or something similar, you get the idea) when someone brought up a threesom he had

[@phoenixshadow6633]

Another place where people heard of Parallax is that 2011 Green Lantern film. We don't talk about that film.

[@falleneldor]

But deadpool shot Ryan Reynolds in the head and splattered his blood on the only copy and we all lived happily ever after tho...

[@Solitaire001]

Thing about the yellow weakness is that it just means that the rings are ineffective against yellow. Being around the color yellow doesn't weaken them like kryptonite does Superman. Also, although Green Lanterns can't affect yellow directly, there are ways around it. Hal Jordan was able to defeat an enemy in yellow armor by tossing him into a pit of mud. While covered with mud Jordan was able attack and defeat him. Another option is to create a bubble around the target and then remove all of the air within it, knocking the target out. Concerning Sinestro's ring, Guy Gardner discovered how Sinestro's ring was powered: It is powered by contact with the energy from a Green Lantern ring. Thus, when Sinestro fights a green lantern, the green lantern is powering the very weapon he is using. Also, it is logical that if Sinestro's ring is powered by fear and the Central Power Battery contains Parallax who is the entity of fear, then Sinestro is tapping into the power of fear through green lantern energy.

[@mousermind]

"You can't even make the color green without [yellow]!" If he were a paint man, sure. But we're talking light frequencies, mate.

[@luminusprime]

Indeed, it's the other way around, yellow is primarily produced from the green emitter in RGB systems.

[@thekurgan14]

I'd make an interstellar phone to call Atrocitus and ask where the hell my red ring is.

[@ashleytuchin7693]

So, was John hooking up with the yellow-clad Hawkgirl the equivalent of Martian Manhaunter hooking up with Fire in Tom King's 'Human Target' series? Was it some sort of weird BDSM type thing for him? Furthermore, does that mean she started wearing even more yellow as a kind of 'f#$k you'?

[@ShooterQ]

Hey, I've been watching for what feels like years. I just wanted to say you REALLY outdid yourself with the editing, jokes, research, and references in this video. Kudos, mad respect.

[@David_Gallaher]

What an amazing episode

[@AlienIOIandroktone]

Yeah I'm guessing from everything that it's there, to an extent, in some GLs, but it's not telegraphed for obvious reasons, and doesn't completely nullify the green energy, just works better against it (& maybe specifically yellow energy/gas, not really solid objects, unless it's jello). I like the idea that overcoming fear is in play too, and DCAU John hasn't really overcome it like his Justice Lord counterpart, but would be immune to the yellow impurity is he was, like Jessica becomes. Then at some point the Guardians are able to remove it completely. Hey maybe Kai Ro is weak to wood

[@CushionSapp]

Green Lantern would get his ass handed to him by The Condiment King

[@dcauwatchtower]

MUSTARD

[@skarloey1214]

Condiment King: Luckily for me; I don't like brown mustard

[@bequiet5373]

if i got any lantern ring, i'd immediately make a crab

[@solidus_cipher1620]

Based

[@ramble3539]

First thing I would do with a Green Lantern ring? Give myself a cool hat.

[@eliandervalderen5849]

Well in the comics how Jordan after a few years of being a Green lantern believing that his ring wouldn't work directly on yellow started using indirect action to affect yellow things including heating up the are so that the yellow metal would start glowing red hot and allow him to use his ring against it

[@spidremi875]

If i had a green lantern ring, i'd make a construct that allows me to scratch my back easily. Pretty useful, isn't it?

[@laerbear6760]

"until you conquer your fears - whatever they may be -" And it's hawkwoman strutting her stuff

[@prtfdc2]

Does Plastic Man Wear CLOTHES?!

[@dcauwatchtower]

Good question

[@silentnight6810]

@@dcauwatchtower j'onn doesn't and I don't think plastic man does either

[@TrumbullComic]

27:02 Fun Fact: Phil LaMarr didn't get the "Old Yeller" gag until I mentioned it to him during my interview with him. (Which, if you think about it, makes total sense. He wasn't in either scene where it was mentioned, so why would he remember those lines nearly 20 years later?) I totally disagree with you on Sinestro's Sinestro Corps uniform being better, though. I've never liked the yellow combined with his hot pink skin. He looks much better in his original blue & black outfit, IMO.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Admittedly, the STAS costume that carried through IS a very cool interpretation of his zany '60s costume 😅 That's hilarious about Phil as well!

[@TrumbullComic]

@@dcauwatchtower Sinestro definitely looked much more formidable beefed up on STAS! Another Fun Fact: Gil Kane modeled the original comics version of Sinestro after David Niven.

[@dcauwatchtower]

I love that 🙏

[@BleachFan9891]

John Stewart is definitely my favorite Green Lantern

[@BleedingGreenDrakeford7]

I think he's your favorite because Bruce Timm ruined it by introducing John Stewart before Col Hal Jordan. Hal is a part of the original seven.

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@BleedingGreenDrakeford7 Also Jon isn't a total mess.

[@GokuBlackRose978]

He is my favorite, aside from Bruce and Clark, he’s my third favorite, flash is 4th and Wonder Woman is 5th, 6th is Jon and 7th is hawkgirl, just because she is last dosent mean I didn’t like her, she was amazing, I liked the other leaguers more

[@BleedingGreenDrakeford7]

No offense but you all didn't read comics because if you did. You wouldn't like this lineup. Wally west, John Stewart and Hawkgirl are not original seven. They should've came along later.

[@BleedingGreenDrakeford7]

@@GabePuratekuta they turned Hal into it. All characters in someways or another have some kind of hang up.

[@kwayneboy1524]

27:46 I would make a sandwhich so I could have a light lunch.

[@CatKingultra]

I would make more green lantern rings. The Guardians won't be able to stop me if i pull up to oa with seven hundred rings and a cool green necklace.

[@Idran]

No they still can; GL rings can already canonically do that anyway

[@TectonicImprov]

Took a lot of restraint to wait five minutes before making the Coldplay joke, hats off.

[@TheKillerMoth]

I love how the sponsor segment is called "Bill pay" 💀

[@cleebe823]

I can reconcile the guardians being able to alter the purity of the lanturn "at will" while parallax forces an impurity. Perhaps Parallax, as you put it, is a *bug*. The guardians are supposed to be "tech" based, and an undetected bug that gets into the (like a computer virus) makes sense. It's an entity that's essentially made of fear, and the battery is mainlined into the spectrum. That's not really even head cannon though as I only found out about their ability to change it at will here 😅

[@chaos4654]

Given Hawkgirl wore a yellow top often, John might've been feeling light-headed on multiple levels around her.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Keep watchin' ;)

[@saintplayer86]

Also, not to chew up comment space in the comment section (lol) but the fact that this video ended with a variation of the song I was hoping would play the entire video, made every minute so, sooo, SOOOOO worth it! You're a class act and delivered in full!😂👏🏾

[@andrewdeluca7352]

Booster gold walks into the watchtower cafeteria. Every Green Lantern in the room: (Indescribable sounds of pain).