Every Easter Egg You Missed in JUSTICE LEAGUE vs the FATAL FIVE

[@dcauwatchtower]

How many eggs you did already know was even there? Not? Even more we missed: - GL music motif plays when Jessica enters the GL area of the museum (Bad Idea Boss) - The 3 flashes signaling time travel is also a “Back to the Future” reference (Nathan Skip)

[@twoface4458]

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[@dcauwatchtower]

Geoffrey Lane Screenshotting this for the next podcast episode’s “Everyone’s Trash” mail segment!

[@farhanrahman3609]

can someone explain why green lantern had a logo in front of her eye

[@eobardthawnethereverseflas5440]

Actually, there are some that aren't discovered until the 22nd century.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Eobard Thawne, The Reverse Flash Some what?

[@theyoungladd7700]

So you cant get mad at the hal jordan picture in the cafe in batman and harley anymore

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Why is it Pudding Night? Batman: BECAUSE ITS THURSDAY!

[@ZanePalmer]

Can confirm, it’s Thursday.

[@KidFlash87]

"sigh" I miss the vanishing point 😢

[@KidFlash87]

But yes it is Thursday my dude

[@carrotcupjuster]

I'm just waiting for the "naming all bang babies" vid

[@chrisanderson2204]

I got chills down my spine when I heard the different superhero themes throughout the movie

[@theeverywheregoldenretriev7981]

Same here especially the ones done by Shirley Walker

[@amccomics7560]

Insanely detailed list as alwsys, guys. I gotta say, I was a little bummed that there weren't any of the JLU from Terry's time in the Legion Museum, given that it would too be the past in the 30th/31st century. I did love those music cues, though!

[@dennybecton]

Gonna have to rewatch this a couple of times, just to make sure all this stays in my brain and that I’ll always come back to this info for important situations in my life.

[@prinzessinugk1279]

6:43 Did anyone else pause here to read the script, only to find out that the "Mattie told me to do that prison joke here you go"-joke literally was written down there? I don't know if I am to be amused or to be shocked.

[@battleupsaber462]

I’m missing a video about Teen Titans from Watchtower Database in my subscription feed

[@Alx_sis]

Im always asking it in their community posts

[@1mccaffery879]

8:09 Idk about an STAS episode, but it did happen in Young Justice with Superboy

[@dupersuper1938]

I think it also happened in an episode of the current Supergirl series.

[@zacharymorales1656]

I like how u divided the Easter eggs in categories u guys put a lot of work in your videos and the results are just fantastic

[@Mudkip971]

I love the Egg Baby sound

[@TJ52359]

it makes Me want to Punch Kittens

[@Juan_x_Pedro]

I liked this before watching

[@thecollectordude9956]

I also believe that Superman holding up the building was a reference to the old theatrical Superman cartoons. Specifically the magnetic telescope.

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

7:52 - dunno about Superman, but it did happen to Superboy in YJ Season 1.

[@Ahmed-DB]

2000 views 200 likes 0 dislikes *"Perfectly balanced, like everything should be..."*

[@unchallengedmediocrity7886]

Fun Fact: David McCallum (Illya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.") also voiced Professor Paradox in the original Ben 10 franchise, which also includes DCAU actors such as: Tara Strong, Cree Summer, Jennifer Hale, Kevin Michael Richardson, Kevin Conroy, Jeffrey Combs, George Newbern, Jeff Bennett, and Mark Hamill. 😎

[@theqriousqrmudgeon]

Having just watched this last night in a mini binge of your content, I do have another semi Easter egg for you: an obscure additional Star Trek original series reference. As soon as you mentioned the name of Star Boy's medication as Quadroclozapine, I realized it was a call back to The Trouble With Tribbles, In which the grain that the tribbles consume is called quadrotriticale, with triticale being a form of plain old wheat from the present. And in fact since I had paused the video on the close-up of the package of clozapine in order to brag to my husband about this realization, I finished it with saying "I guess in the future everything is just four times better"... which you subsequently said in the video as well. Anyway, super impressed with the sincere effort, excruciating detail & personal style you all put into these videos; amazing work!

[@HaddaClu]

Timm is usually pretty good with keeping story-threads making appearances in other episodes / movies of the dcau; so it's dissapointing that there was no mention or sight of Kara (Supergirl) when dealing with the future.

[@dcauwatchtower]

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[@CTrent7]

Starboy taking QuadroClozapine might also be a Star Trek TOS nod since in "The Trouble with Tribbles", they were protecting a grain called QuadroTriticale which I suppose could be 4 times better than triticale.

[@GhettoJohnWick]

#37 is actually somewhat plausible. Theoretically, there are frequencies that can only heard by particular people. Each person would have a different frequency that would be heard by only them.

[@burningforyou6078]

That statue of the hero could be Orion since he was a justice league member

[@lance3059]

There is just something so satisfying to see all these listed off... Hats off to yall for having the patience to put this together!!

[@blumpth]

You: "Happy Easter Everyone!" Me: *shoving jumbo Easter jelly beans in my mouth* 😲 "How, what?"

[@assassinmaster3419]

I am still mad at Back to the Future and Blade Runner that we don't have flying cars. I WANT MY DAMN FLYING CAR BRUCE!!!

[@anonymousperson6462]

In addition to the flying cars reference being a nod to back to the future, there's also the sound made when time travel happens so the future people who knew Thomas can be at his funeral. Those three small "booms" is similar to the sound that can be heard when the delorean and the train time travel (or rather when they end up in the next timeline after they made the jump beforehand).

[@dcauwatchtower]

Good catch!

[@maloc1824]

Nothing wrong with reusing assets to keep costs low + it helps with continuity.

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Excellent Easter eggs guys!I appreciate your hard work! Also even if isn't Fatal Five related, I love your Black Manta facts- it was a very cool and 'whoa' inspired!

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Also #60 & 61 thanks again for giving Bruce Timm a shout out on voice acting . I remember we were the only ones who acknowledged him as Twoface. Never knew played another character too!

[@mrheroprimes]

Superman stopping a building from falling, could be a reference to the fleischer superman cartoon specifically to the first cartoon that was released which was the mad scientist in the cartoon he stops a building from falling.

[@mrheroprimes]

@@mattiesavannahpahl9934fleischer superman cartoon's are what first exposed me to the man of steel.

[@MommomaxIncarnate]

4:18 could be a fun video in the future

[@ohgoditshimrun1346]

Regarding the "help me" moment, the forearm on the right of the screen looks like Atom Smasher's costume, while the wrestling trunks on the left side of the screen look a lot like Etrigan, but given the lack of either claws or cape, I'm going to guess that it's either Orion or the Starman from JLU.

[@hitmanarthas012]

My head canon for this movie why Supergirl and Bouncing Boy are not in this movie is because they were off on another mission, because I noticed a lot of missing Legionaries as well. So that's what I think it is.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Easy peasy!

[@melancholicfool792]

3:14 was that lip-sync intentional?

[@ElleRoni]

I mean the bit with Superman holding up a building is like the most obv Fleischer homage

[@philtkaswahl2124]

As long as enough people find properly cleaning their teeth a tedious chore, dentists will be eternal.

[@TheWildWatchers7-Cali]

Hal Jordan has the same character model as his appearance in Justice League Unlimited

[@dcauwatchtower]

Yes

[@BadIdeaBoss]

There's also the Green Lantern DCAU motif a couple times, like when they enter the Lantern part of the museum

[@dcauwatchtower]

I listened for the JLU GL motif but didn’t hear it, they definitely created a new Jessica Cruz one for this movie that’s used multiple times and I love it.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Damn! I just went back and watched the scene and you’re totally right! It’s very subtle but it’s there! Tack another one on!

[@BadIdeaBoss]

@@dcauwatchtower Huzza I was real worried that I'd gone insane for a second there

[@alexandernathan01]

Masters of the Universe has already crossed over with Injustice

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I'm pretty sure it has also crossed over with the main DCU, but I think he meant the animated movies. I mean if they can do an animated movie of Batman/Ninja Turtles, surely they can do an animated movie about the Masters of the Universe characters in the DCU. I would buy it.

[@bedlamtom]

Lex did the frequency only you can hear thing in young justice with super boy as well

[@jarlbalgruuf7701]

Man, a new DCAU Batman beyond movie would make me happy.

[@Darkpoet1792]

That's how I want all my shoutouts to be. Definitely was not creepy with headphones in while laying in the dark.

[@demianoff]

Maaty is such an outspoken badass for such a tiny, vulnerable, breakable guy. Good for him

[@michaelbrent1536]

I’m still waiting for Paul Dini and Bruce Timm To do a tiny Toons it adventures,Animaniacs, Freakazoid(Dexter Douglas),Pinky and the brain and Justice league Unlimited crossover set they were all created by those two creative juggernauts. It would be close to a Looney Tunes and justice league crossover.

[@zyaicob]

Freakazoid not already being a member of the JLU hurts me a littlw

[@MJ-zl3vo]

BY COMPLETE CHANCE it is the day before Easter when i decided to give this a rewatch

[@Power-9Hunnid]

I thought "Great Rao" was a revamped version of "Great Hera".

[@toonman5099]

So is there a reason why it skips over Jessica Cruz's origin at 1:29 - 1:30? I don't know if that's just on my end though. Also a thought regarding John and Shayera Hol being involved in the Ran-Thanagar War, maybe they're simply trying to act as peace keepers/messengers for either side along with trying to figure out what instigated the war?

[@dcauwatchtower]

I had to remove that part of the video due to a copyright claim, unfortunately.

[@toonman5099]

@@dcauwatchtower Ahhh, well darn.

[@thecowboyofoklahoma5866]

Batman's cape was always meant for gliding/parachute, but it's odd how he doesn't use it in that particular jlau episode or throughout the series.

[@tygrus3495]

Probably the episode you were referring to, where only Superman hears a certain frequency, is Jimmy's Olsen watch in "Superman's pal" episode.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Nah, I felt like there was something much like the ear-splitting frequency pain in the Donner movie, but I think I was just thinking of Superboy/Luthor in “Young Justice.”

[@frogoat]

This Easter Egg video is absolutely mindblowing. You guys went above and beyond and I for one can't thank you enough! Fantastic work, gentlemen!

[@dcauwatchtower]

Thank you!

[@aviatordanz]

Better to be apolitical than alienate your audience. That was a funney.

[@xxRAWxx]

Yup

[@Ahturos]

Wow even background characters, you guys are next level nerds. Keep up the good work!

[@BrownHairL]

12:39 Tuh-bah-buh-dum-BUM-bam, tuh-bah-buh-dum-BUM-bam, BUUH-bah-buh-dum-dum-bah-bum-bam-BAH!

[@ColdFuse96]

8:00 I know the answer to that. It wasn’t in a Superman TAS episode, it was in Young Justice. Lex Luther uses a frequency that only *Superboy* can hear to communicate with him. It’s when he gives him the Shield patches that disables his human DNA in exchange for investigating the Cadmus lab for him.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Right, a few others have suggested that, I think I may have combined this in my mind with when Joker shows Superman a video so bright only he can see it, in “World’s Finest.” Which...is impossible to do with just a computer monitor...?

[@exploding_cat3336]

KZbin recommends videos at just the right time

[@Zentron]

The He-Man reference is a little deeper, Bruce Timm worked on the original Filmation animated series, along with the art for several of the mini comics, others such as Paul Dini and a number of Bruce's other compadre's also worked on the Filmation series!

[@BovineDesigns]

4:30 this is insane!

[@DynamiteGuys]

When Bats paralysed Mono I called it! That was a nerve bundle in your deltoid. It might not've hurt, but you won't be moving that arm for a while.

[@helenabrooks384]

I know this is super late, but I don't see many comment mentioning this. In one of the Huntress episodes of JLU (after she's kicked out of the League), Huntress steals a watch from Jimmy Olsen that was given to him by Superman. She uses it to call Supes so they can go find Question. I think the watch worked on the same premise of "only Superman can hear this frequency." Could be remembering this wrong, but I thiiink that's how that went.

[@dcauwatchtower]

That watch definitely appears a few times in the DCAU. I was thinking more of a shrill, painful kind of scene, but I may have been thinking of Superboy and Lex Luthor in “Young Justice.”

[@Chrismas815]

Watching this on palm Sunday 3 years later. Close enough to Easter

[@DarthSyric]

Hey, so super late to this party, but with regards to the frequency so high only Superman can hear in Superman the Animated series, it wasn’t quite that but something similar. In the World’s Finest crossover, after Joker kidnaps Lois he video calls the Metropolis PD office and uses a screen brightness so piercing that only Superman can actually see it instead of just being blinded to show where Joker is hiding (obviously in an attempt to death trap him). Someone may have mentioned this already, but I figured I’d try. Just found your channel, love detailed work and analysis!

[@dcauwatchtower]

Thanks! We do videos like this every week so be sure to subscribe! 😀

[@silvercomet6782]

Oh shoot, I think I was the one that pointed out the sinestro corps thing in the discord, awesome to see It made it in a video^^

[@dcauwatchtower]

Thanks! I scoured the Discord to try and find the original message about it. Glad to know you saw it :)

[@fishwrld]

Man I love your channel I love your videos watching your videos actually makes me want to watch the dcau keep up the good work man have a lovely day

[@JacobyJ56]

Also when the Oa power battery is dead and Jessica Cruz wills its power back into her ring and goes all Super Saiyan the exact same thing happened in Green Lantern first flight.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Yeah, I mean it’s a pretty common Green Lantern trope in general. Can’t say the oath without being a badass.

[@zyaicob]

@@dcauwatchtower here's an interesting one. In Crisis on Two Earths, Hal wills his ring back onto his finger without even saying the oath. What's up with that?

[@dcauwatchtower]

erm4gundr John does that in JL a couple times too. Doesn’t require the oath to do. The oath in this movie was in part due to the ring being destroyed.

[@rorylumley4727]

The trunks statue is Intrepid who is a spectre superhero active since 1937. Being undead he is active both in the justice leauge and legion of superheroes.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Check out our Easter egg breakdown videos of the new “Justice League Infinity” comic, we just might have figured it out!

[@marvelboi3416]

I like how Bruce Timm hinted that these movies like Batman and Harley Quinn and Justice League vs The Fatal Five is a continuation and the same continuity of his hit shows Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League/JL: Unlimited.... And actually there is a fourth person name Hynden Walch who also do Harley Quinn's voice as well!!!

[@dcauwatchtower]

Oh, they most certainly are! kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3q7nH9mmLqabdU

[@RunningToNotBeSeen]

How did you guys identify the background characters? Do you have a personal database that you compared them against or do you just remember every background character?

[@dcauwatchtower]

Almost all the ones here are just ones we collectively remembered. A couple we wound up finding on accident while confirming ones we knew. I’m sad to say we’ve watched these cartoons...a couple times.

[@SpadePyro]

Jon and Martha retired and moved to Metropolis, just down the street from Clark. He's never been happier. This isn't canon, but we can make it canon

[@christopherparson4028]

I think the two JL member statues at 14:06 are Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter with the frame reversed/mirrored from the earlier shot. The one on the right has GA's bow hanging behind him (again reversed) and his gauntlet cutouts on his arm. It's definitely GA flipped, which, by that logic, MM is right next to him albeit missing his cape(production goof?). The frame is hanging just low enough that you can't see his X straps on his chest and the belt buckle but just high enough that you can't see the bottom of the boot cuffs/start of the boots. That would make it look like its different boots but in reality you just aren't seeing the bottom of the cuffs. Plus the hands and trunks are in the same mirrored positions. Unless that's not supposed to be GA. Maybe it's a grown up Speedy with at new costume? But if it's GA then that has to be Vixen or a cape less MM and it's definitely not Vixen. I could be wrong but I think it's either a production goofed MM without a cape or they intentionally flipped the frame and edited out the cape to make it look like there are more heroes than there are. Edit: The superimposed image at 14:09 could be a close up of Captain Atom's arm. He's the only one with glove lines/bands like that already seen in the video.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Good digging! I don’t fully agree, but it’s fun to see someone analyzing it as hard as we do!

[@ElJorro]

#37: That also happened in Young Justice with Lex Luthor and Superboy

[@dcauwatchtower]

Yep!

[@johnchestnut5340]

Flying cars: Jetson's cartoon. Duh.

[@dcauwatchtower]

She says “movies.”

[@johnchestnut5340]

@@dcauwatchtower There are Jetson's movies.

[@dcauwatchtower]

I am defeated

[@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667]

10:47 #52 Easter egg For me is also a reference to the Ju: crisis in two earths. I mean if you look closely is very similar to when wonder woman kicks owl man out of his plane and he does that thing with his cape. The scene looks very similar. Or maybe it is just me. Because you many other batman did same thing with his cape. Except battinson. My man prefer skydiving style.

[@Sheamus1212]

any excuse to revisit the JLU universe is good to me

[@zyaicob]

I think the "frequency only you can hear" scene you're thinking of might be the Superboy one from Young Justice. Either that or we both have bad memory. Edit: Couldn't figure out who it was at 14:13. Tried to find an official written list of all the JLU members so I wouldn't have to go through your video and cross reference all of them (besides it would make sense to assume you probably already did that). The DCAU wiki is pretty good but it could be better (given how nerdy we can be).

[@dcauwatchtower]

You’re probably right, it’s been suggested a couple times now

[@shelbybayer200]

7:09 This is also used a lot in Ben 10 Another show by Man of Action the company that did a lot of things for the DCAU

[@NIDELLANEUM]

I was expecting a reference to how Batman considers Mr. Terrific one of the 3 smartest people on Earth

[@EmperorSteele]

At around the 8 minute mark you say you can't remember when Animated Superman was given the "only you can hear this" thing... you're at least half-right. It happened to Superboy in Young Justice.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Hmmmmm, MAYBE that’s what I’m thinking of...I thought it happened in STAS, too. But maybe I’m not a real DCAU anymore.

[@johnnydc7478]

oh my god 15:01

[@michaelsemenak8878]

Last week I met Kevin Conroy

[@KidFlash87]

Anyone else notice that the metro tower look kinda like the Hall of Justice

[@CrowsCalling]

FINALLY WAS ABLE TO WATCH THIS THANKS TO WINNING THE GIVEAWAY!

[@PirateJohnson]

This was 100%, a DCAU movie.

[@nicolasmontes7207]

Great video as usual. And hey! It would be cool if you guys review GL TAS, even if isn´t DCAU...or is it???

[@nicolasmontes7207]

also the same could be said about Legion Of Superheroes (2006)

[@MoreLikeMagicMan]

Funny how Batman knows about Skeletor but not Pinky and the Brain

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

I love this video ... but yeah, that was some OCD level easter egging. Still awesome. Thanks

[@charleshardesty1828]

7:59 I dnt know about Superman TAS, but Lex communicated with Superboy that way in Young Justice S01E22 "Agendas." With Superman off world Superboy is the only one on 2 legs that could hear it.

[@dcauwatchtower]

That’s probably what I was thinking of!

[@manof2moro]

They should’ve just chosen a true successor to Sorkin and stuck with them for consistency’s sake

[@Dungeonstone]

Pa Kent may have just retired from farming or moved on to running the Smallville General Store.

[@KrisBN]

Watching this on Easter. Weird. 🐰

[@dcauwatchtower]

Today is not Easter you silly!

[@Scupple]

It's good to see Eggbaby is getting proper stimulation.

[@alexdavis7090]

I’m watching this on Easter by bizarre coincidence.

[@dcauwatchtower]

FINALLY

[@ToaVentron]

The lex talking to super man is actually from young justice, and he’s talking to super boy

[@andreapitre1978]

Gliding mechanism could also be a reference to the arkham games, arkham asylum and arkham city, which paul Paul Dini wrote the stories for.

[@dcauwatchtower]

Maybe!

[@darkhawk5]

As a matter of fact it is Easter as I watch this.

[@dcauwatchtower]

YES

[@TimdeVisser86]

Shoutout to Mattie for having his priorities straight. ;)

[@Alice-me2qk]

I love the music that's played in the background when you're discussing the music in the movie. What is that by the way?

[@dcauwatchtower]

It's all stock music off the KZbin Audio Library 🤙

[@j6ajackson34]

This movie would have came out back in 2005 as a JLU special and Batman and Harley Quinn in 2008 in my opinion, but instead got released in 2019 and 2017 respectively for nostalgic reasons I guess?

[@KidFlash87]

So much because it's Thursday I miss the vanishing point

[@petergrnbech3125]

I came for the centrist cowardice. Stayed for the easter eggs.

[@Justmenesto2]

Awesome video. Great work as always.

[@offthepoint2208]

I love the egg baby sound