Far from Home

Far From Home Justice League Unlimited Season 3, episode 10 Television » DCAU Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes Previous episode (JLU) Grudge Match (Legion) New Kids in Town Next episode (JLU) Ancient History (Legion) none Original airdate (US) April 15, 2006 Original airdate (UK) March 1, 2006 Creators Directors(s) Dan Riba Writer(s) Dwayne McDuffie (story), Paul Dini (teleplay) Guest actor(s) Matt Czuchry: Brainiac 5 Googy Gress: Bouncing Boy Joanne Whalley: Emerald Empress Tomas Arana: Tharok

Story Synopsis

TV listing

• On her 21st birthday, Supergirl, Green Lantern & Green Arrow are kidnapped and taken to the 31st Century by Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes, where Supergirl is destined to embark on her very last mission -- a battle against the Fatal Five and the Legion itself.

Expanded synopsis

A futuristic landscape leads to the Legion Clubhouse. Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy walk through the Hall of Heroes (with statues of Legionnaires such as Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, Ferro Lad, and others). Brainy says that "they" would never think to look for the Legionnaires there, which gives them a chance to mount a counterattack. Bouncing Boy notes that they are the only two left. Brainy's plan: use the Time Bubble to go back in time and recruit some heroes from the past to help. His research shows that three members of the Justice League once came to the future, but only two went back home.

Back in the present, Supergirl and Green Lantern (John Stewart) are ready to stop the next menace to Metropolis. She encounters Queen Bee and Dr. Cyber and easily dispatches them, at which point they turn back into the Justice League's training robots. GL tells Superman and Green Arrow, back at the simulator console, to turn it up. Training versions of Atomic Skull and Blockbuster come out swinging. Green Arrow notes to Superman that today is her 21st birthday, but she'd rather be training than going out with him and Black Canary. They discuss how left out she must feel, having come from a planet more advanced than Earth, as opposed to how Superman grew up on Earth. Superman had tried to let her develop into her own person by taking a hands-off approach, that he didn't want her to feel in his shadow. GA notes that she's so proud of being Superman's cousin that she changed her costume to resemble his. Outside, GL tells Supergirl that he's got nothing left to teach her, and GA comes out to talk to them. Suddenly an energy bubble appears around them and they disappear, before Superman has a chance to get them. They reappear in the Legion HQ, and Supergirl recognizes the Brainiac symbol on Brainiac 5's head. Thinking they're under attack, Supergirl takes the offensive, only to be repelled by Brainy's force field. He explains that the original villainous Brainiac was his ancestor, and he later learned to pass his code biologically. They didn't kidnap the Leaguers maliciously; they're part of a group called the Legion of Super-Heroes, and a team of criminals called the Fatal Five attacked their new HQ and kidnapped their teammates. While he's talking, images of the various Legionnaires appear on the wall behind him. Brainy and Bouncing Boy couldn't figure out what the Five's plan was, so they needed help from Earth's past. It was just random luck that brought those three to the future. GL offers help, but Supergirl is skeptical. Alone with Brainy, Bouncing Boy notes that they day the pulled her from was the day she vanished from the historical records. They think that they've pulled her into the future to die, but Brainy tells him not to do so in order to avoid time paradoxes. The three Leaguers decide to help, but on their way to the lab, the Emerald Eye appears in front of them.

GL throws up a barrier in time to protect them - then the Emerald Empress and Persuader appear. She remarks that it's rare to see a Green Lantern in the galaxy these days. Green Arrow fires explosive arrows, which fail to stop Persuader. In return, he picks up GA and throws him to the Empress, who places a disc on his head. The Persuader then beats back GL's force blast, with the feedback knocking him unconscious. Bouncing Boy tries to rebound into Persuader, but harmlessly bounces off and crashes into a wall. Brainy uses some martial arts to leg-whip Persuader down, but he recoils against Brainy, sending him flying - into Supergirl's ams. Bouncing Boy rebounds into Persuader, this time from behind, knocking him down, but the Emerald Eye catches him in mid-bounce. Brainy, too, is taken down by the Empress, and both have the disc affixed to their foreheads. Supergirl, being restrained by Persuader, has her own disc. Brainy manages to remove his own, protected by GL who attacks the Emerald Eye. He's no match for the Eye, and when he is knocked out, Persuader gives GL a disc. Brainy jumps Supergirl from behind and removes her disc shortly before being blasted by Persuader. He tells her that she must bring the others. But now that the Empress has Green Lantern, she's content, so she leaves Green Arrow behind and the Emerald Eye transports the Empress, Persuader, Bouncing Boy, and GL away, leaving Green Arrow, Supergirl, and Brainiac 5. Brainy and Supergirl take one of the left-over mind control devices to the lab for analysis. He notes that it uses psionics, and she notes that they used psionics back on Argo.

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Cast

Justice League

• Green Arrow (voice of Kin Shriner)
• Green Lantern (voice of Phil LaMarr)
• Supergirl (voice of Nicholle Tom), joins the Legion in this episode
• Superman (voice of George Newbern)

Legionnaires

The following appear in the episode. Only Bouncing Boy and Brainiac 5 are named. The names of the others are speculated based on their costume design in relation to their appearance in the comics, some of which are different from their previous appearance in New Kids in Town:

• Apparition
• Blok
• Bouncing Boy
• Brainiac 5
• Chameleon Boy
• Colossal Boy
• Cosmic Boy
• Live Wire
• Saturn Girl
• Shadow Lass
• Timber Wolf
• Ultra Boy
• Wildfire

Villains

• Fatal Five
  • Emerald Empress
  • Mano
  • Persuader
  • Tharok
  • Validus
• Queen Bee, Dr. Cyber, Atomic Skull, Blockbuster (as training holograms only)

Other Characters

• unknown

Miscellaneous

• Time Bubble

Locations

• 21st century Justice League training facility
• 31st century Metropolis
  • original Legion HQ

Trivia about the episode

• This is the second (and to date, final) appearance of the DCAU Legion.
• The future segments are set after the Legion's prior appearance in New Kids in Town. In the first episode, the Legion uses their upside-down rocketship Clubhouse, while in this episode, that same Clubhouse (using the same animated backgrounds) is referred to as their old place, where unused equipment is stored. Thus, some time has passed.
• This episode was held back by Cartoon Network (US) for several weeks, as the show had already been announced as ending with that season. Cartoon Network (UK), however, aired episodes without that delay, so UK viewers (and internet downloaders) saw the episode about 6 weeks before viewers in the US saw it.

Quotes

• Bouncing Boy: "I know you are a Level 12 Mega-genius, but you are seriously out of your mind."
• Brainiac 5: "Yes, I am a Brainiac, but I'm not a machine."
• Bouncing Boy: "You're the famous John Stewart! The father of -- " GL: "You wanna shut up before you create a time paradox?"
• Supergirl: "Just because he's seriously cute doesn't mean that we should trust a Brainiac."
• Bouncing Boy: "You know, Brainiac, being organic and having a heart -- not the same thing."
• Supergirl: "So what's your power? Super-strength, speed?" Brainiac 5: "I have a 12th level intellect." Supergirl: "Great. You can knock them out with your diploma."
• Brainiac 5: "That was unnecessary. My belt protects me from any impact." Supergirl, who has caught Brainy flying through the air: "Maybe I was just trying to cop a feel."

DVD Information

• This episode was released in the Justice League Unlimited Season 2 DVD set.