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Best static costumes worst to best: 4).White shirt 3).Adult costume 2).Old Man 1).Black and Blue jacket

It sucks that Plastic Man didn't appear in the DCAU, he is perfect for the universe

According to McDuffie, he wanted to include Icon, Hardware and other Dakota Heroes on Static Shock but Kids WB wanted him to alter the characters to be teenagers. Dwayne McDuffie declined to alter the characters and that's why you never saw them on Static Shock.

Actually, in an episode, we do see Speedy as a JLU reserve, but the Titans are not mentioned. But Speedy was used with the same animation as in Teen Titans. Also, Hal Jordan showed up when the timeline was being tampered with in an episode of JLU.

Poor Plastic Man! Elongated Man gets to pop up, not him. And is in current Flash show regularly!

My favorite obscure character is, The yellow bat symbol

Static dressing like Black Vulcan is so cool cause in Young Justice they did an homage to the Super Friends with having Samurai, Apache Chief, and El Dorado, but Static was their stand in for Black Vulcan!

I would have loved to see Barry Allen and plastic man

When Hermes shows up in "The Balance", he is first seen in shadow with his winged helmet, and Diana thinks it might be Wally. But he says, just prior to emerging, "It's me, the original speedster". I always took this as a Jay Garrick tease.

The reason this was posted on April 1st is because The DCAU is fooling us by not showing us these characters.

The reason why it took so long for Richie's Bang Baby powers to surface was because it took along time for the Big Bang Gas chemicals to affect him. It was revealed in the episode where they discovered he was a Bang Baby. While he wasn't anywhere near the Big Bang, Virgil was and his clothes were coated in the chemicals of the Big Bang. So Richie came in contact with the chemicals in Virgil's clothes but it was a smaller dose then the huge air born cloud so it took longer to work it's way through his body and change his DNA.

Ted Kord always gets the shaft sadly, too bad, he's my favourite.

I wish I had seen the Blue Beetle in the DCAU. I'd love to see a story with him and the Booster Gold.

Vigilante the cowboy was badass.

Man I wonder if the guys at watchtower database ever thought about making a video on where all the other active heroes were that weren’t in the JL during the Thanagarian invasion. If you read this you’re thinking about it now. You guys are awesome !

I want more 1992-2004 style cartoons

Triumph vs Sentry to see who can forget who first

Actually Barry Allen is Canon and does appear in a justice League Unlimited tie in comic. In the comic Wally Explains that Barry died many years before Justice League. Just look up DCAU Barry Allen in Images it’ll show the panel.

Thank you for not making this an April fools video

Fun Fact: Hanna Barbera and Warner Brothers weren't the only companies to have animated series from DC. Plastic Man had his own series from Ruby Spears, Swamp Thing had his own from DiC, and even Superman himself had his own from Ruby Spears as well.

What if Barry Allen is the identity of the original flash instead of Jay? And like, the kid flash costume was what Wally wore when he was being directly trained by This flash and once Wally proved to be a worthy successor. He received the actual flash suit we see on the show

I've always been curious on where Killer Moth was during BTAS

Actually, besides the weird yellow glasses, I kinda dig Static's white t-shirt outfit. Looks homemade enough, and I like how they work in the greys on the belt, gloves and shoes.

I prefer when static had that sleeveless shirt costume going on, that one was lit.

Hardware should've been in the league in JLU. That would've been an awesome nod to him, Milestone, and that Static Shock episode.

Ya know what, I like that there are a lot of heroes and villains that we never actually see but are confirmed to be in universe, makes a DCAU feel a little bigger than just what we see

They're not mentioned or referenced at all, but some characters who are oddly absent from the DCAU also include Blue Beetle (specifically Ted Kord, Jaime didn't exist yet), Adam Strange, Firestorm, Black Lightning, and Reverse Flash. I know Blue Beetle couldn't appear due to some rights issue with a radio show that fell through a couple decades prior, and I think Black Lightning couldn't appear because DC was still on bad terms with Tony Isabella. That's why Static Shock introduced Soul Power, who was originally supposed to be Black Lightning. As for Firestorm, Adam Strange, and Reverse Flash, who knows.

Omfg! When he takes deep breath before trying to explain Blue Condor! I’m still lmfao!

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With the "Power-Girl" thing, I have a little theory about that: since "Super-Babes" is obviously not really a stand up place they don't care enough to fact check leading to the menu being labled Power-Girl instead of Supergirl then the waitress is just Galita-a (or however you spell it)

Its possible the Kid Flash Costume in this continuity was Wallys first outfit before he got his current look. Like a Prototype suit before he got what he has now.

If I'm not mistaken, Tamerainins (however you spell Starfire's race) age slower so she's actually much older...or something. Maybe I'm mixing Saiyans and Kryptononians. They are all similar.

It's kind of a shame that Barry never made an appearance, but oh well. Although I did hear from somewhere that the main reason that Barry wasn't the Flash was because at the time during Superman TAS through JLU Barry was presumed "dead" in the comics and they didn't want to cause confusion if say, a kid bought a Flash comic during that era and his name was different.

I like the batman beyond static suit.

"gizmo was the name of my cat in elementary school" earned you a subscriber, that caught me so off guard. time to binge watch!!

Should do a video of why static shock is so important in its limited time on the air. Show all the unknown heros that get casted!

Another potential reference to Jay Garrick, in scrambled name form only, is in the Batman Beyond episode Revenant, where they talk about an old dead school athlete named Garrison Jacobs. May be nothing, just coincidence, but the names just seem so similar in my opinion.

I have a really crazy theory regarding Barry. What if there was a DCAU crisis on infinite earths style event in which Barry sacrificed himself ala the original story and time was re-shuffled as in the comics, with Wally possibly being more connected to the speed force than we all thought, this connection causing him to remember Barry and become the Flash to honor his forgotten mentor, later recreating his Kid Flash costume (which would have been erased from history I guess) and giving it to the museum.

Thanks for this video! I knew most of these already, but it's nice to this video regardless. Of all these hidden heroes in the DCAU, its the existence of the Teen Titans that bother me the most. I don't hate them, but their existence in this universe raised a lot of questions that were best left to never being brought up in the first place. 1. I brought this up in my last comment, but who are the members of the Titans in the DCAU? We know a few since Tim Drake (who in this universe is really Jason Todd with Tim Drake's name) and Beast Boy were mentioned. Possibly Starfire as well, but the Batman & Harley Quinn movie never stated she was a Titan in this universe though it never stated she wasn't as well. Also, multiple people were Titans in the comics don't exist in this universe at all like Garth/Tempest, Donna Troy/ Wonder Girl, Mary Batson/Mary Marvel, Frederick Freeman/Captain Marvel Jr., Victor Stone/Cyborg, and Raven; Or if they do, are given no indication that they were ever part of the Titans like Roy Harper/Speedy, Wally West/Flash (this version is essentially Barry and Wally were amalgamized into one character) and the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern who apparently went off to training shortly after getting his Power Ring (he was a member of the Teen Titans briefly in the comics), Or did not debut into comics until after JLU ended like Miss Martian and the Jaime Reyes Blue Beetle. 2. Would it be worth it? Those Titans references in Static Shock were only put in the hopes of one day doing a crossover with the Teen Titans cartoon. However, the Teen Titans cartoon went into a different direction than originally planned. To make a version of the Titans that is compatible with the DCAU, one would have to diverge quite a bit from the source material to make it work. An adaptation doesn't need to be exactly like the source material and can be quite liberal with it if it still retains the spirit of the original work. A notable example would be Jurassic Park. The movie is quite different than the novel, but many would still say that it is a good adaptation. That's not the case with the DCAU Titans though, the changes that would have to be made wouldn't be done to tell a good story, but to go through a bunch of continuity gymnastics to make sure it doesn't cause inconsistencies with the other shows in the DCAU. The membership of the team would include some notable characters, but as I outlined earlier a lot of the characters that were members in the comics don't exist in this universe, and if a person were to try to make things more similar to the comics, he would have to make a bunch of ham fisted and increasingly convoluted retcons to make it work that will strained credibility very quickly. I really wish the producers of the Static Shock cartoon could have gone back and edited out those references. It wouldn't have been the first time, they would have had to done this. I remember early in Static Shock's run, Virgil once said the line, "Even Clark Kent had a day job." Superman was originally a fictional character, but once Static Shock's place in the DCAU was established that line was edited out. I think even Paul Dini once said that the references to the Titans in the episode Hard as Nails was a mistake since it was written under the assumption that the Teen Titans cartoon was going to be in the DCAU. I just don't see any good solution with the problem of the Titans in the DCAU that could keep fans satisfied. It would just be an ugly mess. I'm still looking forward to that video from you though. Whatever answers you can come up with are certainly worth knowing, and you have the best chance of coming up with some sort of solution!

You have earned yourself a fan & subscriber sir, this was amazing & very well done. I'm glad this is my first WD video.

I'm looking forward to the video you guys put out about the DCAU Titans. There actually was a DCAU Teen Titans show pitched at one point in the 90's, and it included all the original members (Dick Grayson/Robin, Roy Harper/Speedy, Wally West/Kid Flash, Donna Troy/Wonder Girl, and Garth/Aqualad), but it fell through for some reason. There's even concept art for it online. It would've been interesting if it had been made, given what would come later. In regard to the DCAU Titans, I think we can probably safely say that it was the first iteration of the team that existed in the DCAU. The original silver age team wouldn't make sense, with the only members who would work being Dick and Roy. Aquaman doesn't become public knowledge until his appearance in Superman TAS, so it'd be kind of weird if Aqualad were running around as a superhero before then. Same goes for Wonder Girl, since Wonder Woman doesn't make her debut until the beginning of Justice League. Wally would be around, but he was always just the Flash and never Kid Flash. The Kid Flash costume in the museum makes that weird, but my recently-developed headcanon/rationalization to explain it is that when Wally first started out as the Flash he wore the Kid Flash suit, and later changed to the red costume. That just leaves Dick and Roy, and while you could say it's possible that they could have a history of teaming up as some kind of consolation, there just doesn't seem to be any way they were part of a Titans team that resembled the silver age version.

14:10 also Starfire appeared in the limited "Superman Beyond" series part of Batman Beyond Universe which was set in the DCAU, whether you consider it canon or not

Plastic man has always had some sort of legal issues with being used in cartoons ever since his own cartoon series was aired back in the late '70s & '80s.

A long time back, I saw a theory on Quora or Reddit which made Superman/Batman: Public Enemies fit in the DCAU. One element of this theory was that Galatea didn't die, but in time heals, turns good, and becomes Power Girl. While I totally reject trying to shoehorn Public Enemies into the DCAU (despite understanding why the theorist would want to with all the DCAU voice actors involved), I do think the idea about Galatea recovering and becoming Power Girl has merit and is as good as any other theory about the origin of the DCAU Power Girl.

These would have all been amazing to see on screen!

Hardware > Iron Man

IIRC in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry was erased from time, Wally being one of the only people who remembers him, so maybe something similar happened in the DCAU? It could explain how Wally becoming The Flash as an adult and Kid Flash can both exist. Except I don't think Wally made the Flash Museum. Maybe it just doesn't make any sense.

9:19 god I love you guys! Subtle inside jokes are so much better than taking a pause to say the joke and pointing out the joke

What if the DCAU takes place after crisis on infinite earths. This would mean that Barry Allen is stuck in a paradox and Wally took his place out of respect.

It's a shame that the Teen Titans didn't show up, even in the episode where Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern John Stewart were turned back into children to defeat Mordred.

6:40 The first Black Condor stole the identity of a dead senator who looked like him and started dating the guy's fiancee.

Are you going to do a video on counterfeit versions of characters in the DCAU like Soul Power or the Justice Guild of America? You mentioned the group based on the superfriends, the Ultamen.

Shows a unique origin. Him: Wow is this real? Rewrites origin to a common one. Him: So original.

how is this channel only 20k?

WOW I never realized how much I missed the dcau nice video

Could the Kid Flash suit be Bart's or some other Kid Flash (maybe a proto suit of Jay Garrick's?) Also, favorite is from Static costume is from Once and Future Thing. I like seeing the blue coat with the black and yellow suit. Never liked the white mask, seemed to clash with the rest of the suit.

The green lantern/booster joke killed me best joke ever

Let's be honest, JLU gave its characters more screen time in 39 episodes than most anime do in 100 episodes 😂

As someone who just found your channel today, I’ll take you up on that watch every video challenge.

I've always wondered who the extra Leaguers were in Initiation during a wide aerial shot that shows the League. There are about ten heroes I can't seem to identify, including one who looks like Swamp Thing and another with wings. Any possibility of a video about those unidentified Leaguers?

I would have loved to have seen Zauriel in action on JLU and not just in the comics or onscreen for 2 seconds in initiation

Love the occasional frustrated side-tracks he gives. Enjoy this channel

Thanks for this video! I’ve always wondered about theses heroes especially Barry Allen!!!

Most of Plastic Man's old tales take place in Mammoth City, so that's likely the location of the Crawford Chemical Works lab

Also Hal Jordan does appear in the JLU when Jon Stewart is changed because of the Time Master is screwing with the timelines

i believe in one batman beyond comic book there's one panel making reference to "an old hero" and the way the hero is drawn seems to be cyborg. plus Ted Kord blue beetle is shown in the comics as a JLU member, so did firestorm, black lightning, space cabby, mary marvel, Guy Gardner, Natasha Irons as the second steel and detective chimp... that is, of course, if the JLU comics are in continuity... which is debatable since it does follow the storyline where JLU left it and the things that happen in them are not contradicting batman beyond.

Black Adam is mentioned in one episode. He is mostly a bad guy, but some series have him as antihero or hero.

this video is hilarious u earned a sub dude

I’m glad the JL showed up in static Shock for continuity sake. But it could’ve been very cool if the justice league heroes were swapped with milestone characters

Blood Win was actually revealed as Martian Man Hunter in Justice League International.

I think i figured out the appearance of Wally in the lab. You see his comic book origin involved him replicating the Flash's accident that gave him his powers in his lab before becoming Kid Flash. So he probably did that in the DCAU as well. Then becoming Kid Flash and assisting Barry for a bit before replacing him as the Flash.

There's an issue of one of the justice league tie-in comics (I think it was unlimited) that featured Jay, I seem to remember. Although that book never seemed to give a hoot about proper continuity so who even knows

I am super late but I always feel sad that Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, the teen titans are not shown in this universe. I really like Nightwing too and they dint really showcase him aside from the Batman show.

They show Bart Allen when they mention Wally West being Kid Flash.

My favorite Static Shock costume is the one from Young Justice. :p or the 3rd one you showed that looks like Black Lightning's.

im counting "evil powergirl" as our canon power girl for the JL animated series. unfortunately this was the first time I ever saw the character so it warped my perception of her a bit. I am also biasedly in favor of Wally as my favorite Flash and John as my favorite Lantern as well partly because of the series. Although everything I've recently seen of Barry has not persuaded me to discontinue preferring wally. Same goes for the Lanterns.

I know he came out in the universe but I wish there was more of The Creeper

Where is Jason Todd in all of this

Black Condor features in the Justice League Comics that tied in with the animated series when the Freedom Fighters teamed up with the JL. So while not technically in the animated version, he did appear in the (maybe) canon universe.

If you count the tie in comics as canon, a lot of the hidden heroes appear eg Power Girl,Blue Beetle, Firestorm,Black Lightning etc

Most of the pictures of kid flash are Bart Allen

Black Manta should've appeared in the DCAU.

I figured that the first Black Condor was from the late 50's early 60s, peak Silver Age, but he debuted in 1940. Superman was still fighting mostly gangsters. Batman used a gun. A backstory that silly does not belong in the crime and death of the 40's

Really like this but could you do a breakdown of all the unnamed DCAU heroes in JLU and TT. Like names, powers, etc.

During Comic Con one of the writers told me that at the time, Plastic Man was tied up with another studio to develop a movie or series, so he couldn't be in JLU.

Super late, but my favorite Static costume is the updated 2nd look with no coat.

at times your voice sounds like comic book guy from the Simpsons and it is hilarious when you do it.

"This universe drives me insane" and thus Watchtower Database was born.

It's interesting that Static’s costume is a mixture of the color schemes of Black Ligntning and Black Volcan

this is why Richie's Powers don't appear till later on he was exposed to the fumes little-by-little because they were on virgil hawkins clothes

Where did you get your music? I know it's from Justice League. I think from Secret Origins episodes. I have always wanted the track.

Can you make a video explaining how Wally's powers and the speedforce he used worked? I never understood how he almost got stuck in their and was then pulled out by Hawk Girl.

Well to answer a question tamaranians are older so starfire would be 18 to 20 years old at the time the new teen titans were formed when nightwing was still robin so she’s about a year younger than nightwing but she would be an infant compared on tamaran since they can live to 10 billion years old

I still thought it was absolutely weird that The Creeper was a JLU member.

Wait wasn't impulse's costume also shown in flash and subsistence? (or was it his reverse... its been a while..)

Funny that static dressed up as Black Vulcan since both are voiced by Phil LaMarr

Considering Speedy shows up in the DCAU in his Teen Titans (cartoon) look, I'd just go ahead and say that the titans probably consist of the New Teen Titans team (Tim Drake, Super Boy, the 2nd Wondergirl, and our other favs BB, Cyborg, Starfire, and Raven. It's not canon to the DCAU, but it shouldve been

Imagine if we got to see plastic man in initiation but only in the background during Superman’s speech

Good Job Guys !!

My personal head cannon is that after the Cadmus arc Galatea eventually reformed to be this universe’s version of Power Girl