Young Justice - Episode 2x6 - Bloodlines - Group Reaction

[@Thenormies]

This episode is wild. What did you think of this episode?

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

Another one of those episodes that make you realize this show is special.

[@Yeahimreallydumb]

One of my favorites in the series. Just love Impulse

[@smdownh9]

Wally recreated Barry experiment that gave him Flash powers

[@another_julia]

one of my favorites of the whole show. i love speedsters, i love super families, i love time travel plots. it’s like this episode was engineered in a lab for me

[@Wyldling]

Is it dark? Wait for the series series with Ocean Master. That's where the real thriller will be. Honestly, all the next seasons will be like this.

[@helenduarte4341]

The justice league animated show's flash was Wally West. In the comics Wally started as kid flash, and was slow, then became the fastest flash when he got older. He got his powers by replicating the accident that gave Barry his powers. This show went a different way then the comics with most peoples origins. All very close but with there own twist.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

Its also supposed to be based of a rarely used Earth variant I forget which universe specifically but I'm glad I'd never heard of Miss Martian till Young Justice

[@FunkatronicGeek]

@@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni The DCAU hadn't used her until the Fatal Five movie. She premiered in comics a year after JLU ended, so she didn't even exist for them to use in that show

[@cliffd8380]

​@@FunkatronicGeekRight.😂 This show is basically for DC fans. It's like asking not to get spoiled about who won WW2 while watching Saving Private Ryan.😂

[@Mushruums]

I was looking for this comment

[@cwjb]

If I’m remembering correctly, it’s said at one point in the comics that for a while, even as the Flash, Wally was still slower than Barry because he had a mental block & didn't want to outclass and be faster than his mentor

[@Envyus1]

Wally said how he got his powers. He replicated the accident that gave Barry his powers.

[@gchild1286]

Yes he did. Thank you.

[@AvatarTheLastPodcasters]

It's funny that here Wally is like the slowest speedster when in the comics he's often depicted as the fastest flash ever.

[@cliffd8380]

Wally was the slowest Flash. It was a mental thing.

[@DanielGonzalez-vo5ni]

Yeah I was gonna say if I remember correctly I think it was something like a mental block just him basically respecting Barry too much and holding himself back he's definitely my favorite though

[@Andros1921]

Ater the 1st Crisis he was only topping out at the speed of sound until he got over the loss of Barry.

[@elistewart3170]

That's only after he got over his self-doubt which is what the show is displaying here

[@jado4prez]

he was the slowest til he became the flash

[@sgcastle8389]

Future dictionnary here: The mode "bad" Crash : "GOOD" Crash the mode" great" Moded: "fucked".

[@diegopansini3152]

Perfect

[@macewindu7278]

Love this reaction and the B plot kind of connects thematically, the A plot explores the Flash 'bloodline' and the B plot the Arrow 'bloodline', both families just grew by one

[@TheZapan99]

20:29 There's multiple Green Lantern for the Earth Sector because it's where all the big battles keep happening, and also several instances of the original Lantern turning evil or having a higher calling for a while, that led to finding a replacement who eventually stuck around.

[@9TrixieTurner6]

Wally West was the flash from the animated justice league so hes my favorite.

[@Apex2191]

Thank you! I remember then calling him Wally in the animated series.

[@mr.moviemafia]

The Red Arrow & Cheshire subplot is paired with the main story in this episode because it’s about “Bloodlines” (as the title states)

[@watchdog8360]

3:30 This...This right here is why I love your conversations lmao that's too much I'm dead 🤣

[@TheKyrix82]

I love the term 'Flash Mob' for the Flash Family. Seriously, the Flash Family could and should have an entire 12 season series just about them, and they shit they do together

[@bolt2134]

Wally is Iris's nephew (Barry's wife) so he's not blood related to Barry in any way and he didn't inherith the powers at all, just like Barry he got caught up in the same accident that once gave Barry his powers. I always find it ironic how Wally is so much slower than the Allen bloodline in this show because in the comics Wally is the absolute most powerfull speedster and the fastest BEING in existence.

[@ved26]

Because there's no speedforce in the show.

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

Well in the comics it took a long time for Wally to become that fast. When he was Kid Flash he was consistently slower than other Speedsters, but several years into being The Flash he started getting really fast.

[@mochii813]

​@@CommanderSteelTrap i kinda like that honestly it's like exponential growth

[@afroman9541]

I love Chris throwing up the Blood sign and not saying C's while wearing the BLUEST SHIRT EVER CREATED

[@bogatovika]

Cousin once removed means that Wally is cousin to Bart’s father. Iris is Wally’s aunt, her kids are gonna be his cousins. Bart is Iris’s grandson and Wally is her nephew. Suddenly I realized that I don’t know how to explain it.

[@michaelcarlton1484]

The two plots are related to the title of the episode. Bloodlines refers to the Flash Family, Bart's introduction as Impulse, and Cheshire and Red Arrow finding Roy alongside their daughter.

[@Laroca13z1r]

Literally my favorite episode of the series

[@randyzochoa6358]

A note for the future, when season 3 starts, pay attention to the first letter of each episode title.

[@josephg3462]

Alright, so a quick breakdown as to why Wally is so much slower than any other Flash. Wally was a flash fan and wanted to be like his idol, so he tried to recreate the experiment flash used to give him his powers. However, Wally was still a kid, so he made some small mistakes. He still got super speed, but because the experiment wasn't perfectly replicated, he wasn't as fast. He's still incredibly fast, but compared to regular Flash, you can literally see him being lapped.

[@risottopose9970]

That’s not entirely accurate, Wally is usually the fastest flash

[@bthsr7113]

@@risottopose9970 They're talking about this one.

[@millasboo]

8:28 Removed is used when the cousin is a generation older than you through your parents. So first cousins would have the same grandparents once removed would mean your grandparents would be their aunts or uncles

[@another_julia]

i think this is the first time i’ve seen it explained so simply and easy to understand

[@destructorzombis1735]

19:21 Suraj, the Flash in the Justice League show is not Barry, is Wally he became The Flash after Barry death on crisis on infinite earth in the comics (in the show Barry makes an appearance on the Superman animated show)

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

Barry never appears in the DCAU. Wally was canonically the one who raced Superman in STAS. The only time Barry was gonna be used was in a planned episode of JLU, but they never made it so Barry is effectively not canon to the DCAU.

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

Iris West is Barry's wife, Wally West is her nephew through her brother.

[@ImperfectXIII]

Bart Allen/Impulse is one of my favorite characters in the series. So funny, despite coming from such a dark future.

[@Calzaki]

The original justification for multiple Green Lanterns was that you have one per space sector and then you have one back up/deputy. Then the back up got changed around back and forward and then comic stuff happened so theres a load of human green lanterns now but usually in the comics they work in different space sectors

[@arnoldoaad]

Another Peter David episode, he definitely loves writing Impulse

[@michaelcarlton1484]

Wally West is canonically one of the slowest Flashes but in multiple continuities he becomes the fastest once he stops doubting himself and discovers the Speed Force.

[@gchild1286]

This is one of the best episodes of the season. Not just the A plot, but the B plot too. The connection is that Bart Allen (Impulse) and the “original” Roy Harper (???), are a part of the show in some way. Wally explains in season 1 episode 6 (when the team meets Kent Nelson/Dr. Fate), that he recreated the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Also, Wally’s mom and Barry’s wife are sister, which is how they’re related. This show, like many others, uses comics as a stepping off point. It isn’t an exact copy. So origin stories will be different. Genders and ethnicities may be different. Even power sets may be different. The writers have been given an opportunity to write a new story using familiar characters.

[@antidave]

Impulse one of the original Young Justice members in the comics. Hes my favorite boi.

[@FunkatronicGeek]

The Flash in the Justice League cartoon is actually Wally West. As far as we know, he is the only Flash in that continuity

[@CommanderSteelTrap]

There’s supposed to also be a Kid Flash, but we just never see them. Plus there’s references to Jay existing and they did at one point plan an episode of JLU that was gonna bring in Barry and Hal, but they never made it.

[@rickjonzz]

The meta gene is the DC explanation for why when Barry Allen got struck by lightning he didn’t just cook. Any super powered folks who aren’t aliens like Superman, magic like Wonder Woman or have tech like Green Lantern or Steel have the meta gene. (And yeah there’s also Nightwing who just whups butts)

[@Phantom8941]

In this reality maybe, but normal comics barry is not a metahuman, just a speed force conduit, whenever the speed force gets knocked out, so do Barry's powers. Jay is a metahuman though, and without his speed force reverts to his golden age comics speed of around mach 1 (still very fast).

[@ashleydavis2124]

I can definitely say babies laugh at violence like my nephew was watching Mickey Mouse and Donald has ended up getting wrapped in a present through a machine and he was dying of laughter

[@_thenovanerd]

Ironic Wally's actually the fastest flash alive.

[@Akakaze22]

That’s if you’re not counting “Buried Alien”.

[@castelox9996]

i really hope they show that if they get another season

[@Wezt334]

Now you’ll likely see people say something along the line of “But Wally is actually the fastest Flash and they did Wally dirty” and while it’s true Wally is the fastest Flash keep in mind in this universe Wally is not the Flash. Wally only learnt that he was subconsciously running slower than Barry after Barry had died and Wally took on the mantle of the Flash so while a great amount of the details in this universe are not “comic accurate” they do try to stay within the lines as much as they can

[@TheKyrix82]

It's also a comics thing. Around Crisis on Infinite Earths, something happened to Wally to lock his top speed at Mach 1. And it stayed that way for a LONG time.

[@fajenthygia5760]

Navi: "But Kulki in general means yesterday." Mickey: "But it can also mean tomorrow, can't it?" Janet: "And sometimes Tuesdays." Michael: "Yes, and Tuesdays."

[@jonjohns8145]

"Oh My God, that was SO Dark!" .. Wait til next week .. "Welcome Back".

[@kwahniko]

Wally is actually the one in the Justice League animated series. It's because during the time that cartoon was made Wally had been the main flash for years succeeding barry. But when YJ was made Barry had returned and become the main flash again.

[@kwahniko]

Also, to avoid spoilers. Crash and mode mean different things when Impulse says them and when the villains do

[@ss103022]

LOL they are in for a ride , buckle your seatbelts

[@mel_pamzzz001]

I identify 100% with Navi in terms of drooling over Nightwing in every scene of his, is my man

[@Avatarconner]

I feel bad for Wally, dude is the fastest being in all of DC comics but he constantly gets upped by his uncle in all other media. Hell the suit that Barry wears in the show is actually Wally’s suit!

[@jbriggs06]

The funny Flash in the justice league is actually Wally West... the kid flash here that takes over...

[@Fireheart__]

Fun fact, when Roy said that comment about his daughter "enjoying the ultra-violent" and Cheshire said that its genetic she technically wasn't joking; since Roy is a clone who's mission was to infiltrate the justice league he's a 100% accurate clone of the original except he was genetically engineered to be more temperamental and violent to give him the drive to thrive solo and prove himself to the leaguers and be accepted. Since she's his daughter, she inherited his genetic code including his tendency for violence; it's *literally* genetic

[@airsoft6147]

They mentioned in an earlier episode that Wally got his powers from recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers, so I guess it didn't happen the exact same way which is why he isn't as fast as the original or Barry's descendants.

[@ved26]

Any episodes related to the Flashes are my instant favorites.

[@allmightylowercasejay1138]

Chirs is a fool for throwin up gang signs and tryin to explain it to the group

[@In-The-Zone]

Its crazy how far future slang has come. Crash and Mode are a long way from Shway and Shworbbage

[@TrzaGoesHard]

First cousin once removed is your cousin's child. Their grand child is twice removed. Second cousin is your cousin's cousin.

[@Andros1921]

Wally is the nephew of Barry's wife.

[@ejr87r]

Wally West was in JL & JLU animated universe. Also it's still like another 4-6 I think Flashes. The Flash family, love them. Young Justice is a show you constantly have to pay attention. Also funny that when he's grown up, Wally is actually the fastest out of all of them.

[@elijahmiddleton2877]

Y'all future chants remind me of "In the year 2000" lmfao

[@jstarwars360]

Me: You're Flash, he's Flash, are there anymore Flashes I need to know about?!?

[@pettywithat9838]

Man knowing what happens down the line with you know who, episodes like this remind me I'm not ready to experience it all over again. Gotta enjoy episodes like these while we can.

[@eddyvega5501]

Kid Flash is Wally West. Brother/nephew(depends) to Iris West, Who is Barry Allen’s wife.

[@babydawg7762]

It doesn’t really “depend” hes always been Barry and iris’s nephew. CW made them siblings which was so sus, but CW is sus all together so 😭

[@oliviarogers2808]

"once removed" means a generation down. "Twice removed" two generations etc. So a cousin once removed would be your cousin's kid. A cousin twice removed is your cousin's grandkid.

[@inspectorhound7931]

You didn't show it, but I've always liked the scene near the end where Bart, having endured Barrys "I'll be back in a flash" pun, came up with his own "I gotta run". And of course Jay and Wally winced, while Barry just smiled.

[@coreydaprince]

I’ve never seen someone say incorrect things/facts so often and confident as Suraj…

[@eagleangel5568]

I appreciate the Squidward meme Lol also i just realized i could be Wrong but if you watched static shock the voice for impulse is the same actor for richie

[@kaybaumann4989]

Such a great episode. The “modern” Green Lanterns are essentially space cops (still doesn’t explain why all earth Lanterns are from the US). The classic one is just a dude with a similar power set. The Kroloteans aren’t in the picture anymore. The new aliens call humans “meat” and you already figured out part of their plans.

[@bignate5368]

Actually wally west was the flash in the JL animated series not Barry. Even I didn't catch that till I was older

[@parook1747]

lol i love suraj is just like guys we have to redo the intro that wasn't professionals enough meanwhile chris is doing gang signs

[@davidphilpott2487]

"once removed" means "a generation apart".

[@brianmclain1955]

Your second cousin once removed is your second cousin's child or your parent's second cousin

[@Noah-xy8in]

now that was crash

[@MikeP828]

For you, maybe. But I was totally feeling the mode during this reaction.

[@lazulimusics]

I was feeling the aster

[@hirvale]

meat.

[@munashendou1890]

I'm feeling the mode just watching y'all react to one of my fav episodes❤‍🔥

[@jonathanshaw9704]

One of my favorite episodes of the series. It’s just so crash. Also, the time travel in this show is very different compared to the speedster time travel in both the comics and tv.

[@fireured]

The intro to this episode was the wildest, y'all crack me up too much

[@mikef2609]

Wally West is Iris West's(Barry's wife) Nephew.. thats how Impusle is related to Kid Flash

[@1000g2g3g4g800999]

Once removed means there's a generational gap, so a first cousin once removed would be like, your first cousin's child.

[@NKO_lindo]

I love watching people who don't know anything about DC watch stuff because every few minutes I start imagining me explaining the entire lore for them like I'm there lol

[@3COI]

My brain keeps translating "meta gene" to "Medellin" every time yall say it lol

[@jmt3116]

Love, Love, LOVE this episode. It's really crash.

[@SubzeroBlack68]

A comment you would probably never read but Greg Weisman has stated that Young Justice show is all a single timeline and to forget the multiverse stuff you usually hear about. The Young Justice Earth-16 allows time travel within your own timeline and allows rewriting history.

[@catxborsuq1]

First cousin once removed means person A is either a cousin of person B'd parent or is child of person B's cousin

[@andrewdunn8778]

"once removed" refers to generations. My mom's first cousin is my first cousin once removed. Works both ways, it would refer to my kid's first cousin too.

[@treyblack3751]

Wearing blue and throwing up a Blood sign...bold.

[@krysisstorm2703]

Removed when in a family tree refers to the level/generation that separates 2 or more members. For example, if my mother's sister has a kid, we would be 1st cousins. Now my kid and my cousin's kid would be 2nd cousins, but my 1st cousin and my kid would be 1st cousins once removed, because my kid is 1 generation removed from the 1st cousin relation.

[@cliffd8380]

Wally is the Flash in the series Justice League. Barry is never mentioned because when that series came out Barry was dead (part of the speed force) in the comics. Barry died in the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event (All DC comics) which was the early 1980s. Barry was brought back to life in the crossover event Final Crisis which was the mid 2000s. So Barry was dead in the comics for about 20+ years our time. This series is not a series meant for newcomers to DC comics but for DC fans who have a knowledgeable history of DC. Major events that occurred will be part of time skips because frankly it would be nearly impossible to cover in seasonal weekly 22 minute animated shows. That's not me being snobby but the writers stated intentions when they presented the show at Comic-Con back in 2009. This show requires the viewer do some investigation of DC character origins on their own. Like you are already suppose to know Jay Garrick was the original Flash stuff. It is okay to research origins for the show. That's also part of the running joke in this episode. Some spoilers are okay if it helps.

[@svvanksinatra]

Funny how the show depicts wally as the slowest flash when in actuality he is the fastest flash alive in the comics

[@Seek1878]

My favorite episode of the season!

[@Pwerdna]

Wally west said in season one in the Kent Nelson episode that he recreated the experiment that gave the flash his powers

[@tvftw1]

"Barry Allen, who was in the animated Justice League..." Welp, there goes the comment section on this video

[@diegopansini3152]

Yep 😂

[@Schramm456]

"one per planet" Nah, there's two Green Lanterns per galaxy quadrant

[@BishopTDE]

The reason there are multiple Human GLs is because the GL is assigned to the sector of Space, this includes earth and also our solar system and other parts, but Earth is enough of a problem on its own that it requires more attention. The GL for any sector can also be called in and reassigned at any point as well. In some ways it makes them similar to jedi. So its why at this point in the show there are 3 of them. In the comics there are as man as 8-9 of them on earth depending on continuity.

[@dcthebeatlord2732]

Bro came Bhris spoilerman Johnson 😂😂😂😂

[@micahnieman673]

As others have pointed out, Wally West was the Flash in the animated Justice League cartoon. This was because Barry Allen was canonically dead at the time, having died in the Infinite Crisis storyline against the Anti Monitor. Barry was eventually brought back to life, but that was after the cartoon. Adult Wally is the fastest Flash in the comics. The continuity we see in this show had Wally step away from superheroing to be with Artemis, and getting slower as a result of falling out of practice and stopping his growth as a Flash. So the Wally we're seeing in this show is already a little different from comics Wally. Same can be said for the other characters.

[@jesselioce]

Wally got his powers by replicating the accident Barry Allen underwent

[@anthonydean1743]

The Flash from the early 2000s Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited was Wally West voiced by Michael Rosenbaum aka Lex Luthor in Smallville. He also voiced Kid Flash in Teen Titans, Flash in various animated movies as well as other DC characters in other animated properties.

[@MademoiselleRed1390]

Wally is Iris West's nephew (Notice they're both red heads, unlike Barry) and Iris is Barry's wife. So, Wally is related to Barry and Iris's decendants through the West bloodline. Hence, he is Bart's cousin once removed.

[@phantasm516]

I can't wait til they start seeing where some of impulses slang comes from

[@liamwarner5749]

Removed just means generations as I recall so once removed means one generation removed from someone else e.g. parent and son. The parent would be a cousin and the son would be a cousin once removed.

[@madladexe9450]

The fact that Marketa and Navi don't know "FUUTTTUUURRREEEE!!!...."

[@Kngly1]

Flash is my favorite superhero and to see the flash family is so so good! Love this episode! If only there were an episode with the Question ... Still hope you guys watch jl and jlu animated shows.

[@JrLibrarian-m4n]

hope question gets utilized more in the future comics or animation wise

[@Kngly1]

it needs to happen@@JrLibrarian-m4n

[@BaithNa]

​@@JrLibrarian-m4nor even in the DCU

[@millasboo]

3:39 😂 His hood is showing a lot now!

[@joeyallain8364]

And the third founding member of the young justice comics joins the team, Robin (tim drake) Superboy (conner kent) and Impulse (bart allen) in the comics founded young justice.

[@jonasquinn7977]

For the Green Lantern thing, the universe is split up into thousands of different sectors with each one having two Green Lanterns. Earth has more due to a combination of the situation being complicated and different Lanterns being replaced.

[@thatlevigreen]

The flash from the Justice League show was actually Wally! And in the comics he is the fastest of all they flashes, he becomes flash after Barry dies in Crisis On Infinite Earths

[@RandomNPC001]

Get ready, because from here on out it`s non stop action!!

[@ChrispyCulture]

I know I'm not the first to note it but this Wally West (Kid Flash) was stated to be Iris West's nephew, not Barry's blood relative, so he's cousins with their unborn twins. Of course there's universes where alternatively, Wally is Iris' brother (e.g. CW). There's also Justice League cartoon where Wally is the Flash and there's just no Barry.

[@knavehart]

Once removed - Barry and Iris' kids will be Wally's first cousins, as Barry's Grandson, he's once removed from the first cousin. Wally's kids would be Bart's 2nd cousins. It all goes be counting back to the common ancestor. If your on the same generation your a nth cousin (n=number of generations) if your in different generations your "removed".

[@bogatovika]

Also this two story are interconnected by Artemis and Wally. One big dysfunctional family

[@darthekul1]

The thing most people dont know is that bart allens granfather is eobard thawne his mom is the reverse flashes kid who got together with don of the tornado twins cause the flash tv show did it way differently most people who dont read comics dont know

[@TheZeroAssassin]

"Don't bring the baby" Who exactly can they leave her with that can be trusted? :)