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Overview
The series is a continuation of its predecessor, taking up soon after Justice League ended. It features a greatly-expanded League, in which the characters from the original series—now referred to as "founding members"—are joined by a large number of other superheroes from the DC Universe; in the first episode, well over 50 characters appear. A number of these were heroes who had made guest appearances in Justice League, Batman: The Animated Series, and Superman: The Animated Series, but many heroes and other characters made their first animated appearances in this series. The general format of each episode is to have a small ad hoc team assemble to deal with a particular situation, with a focus on both action and character interaction.
Most episodes tell a self-contained story, but the series also features extended story arcs, the first involving the building conflict between the League and a secret government agency known as Project Cadmus. This plot line builds upon events that occurred during the second season of Justice League (which in turn built upon events in Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, and The Zeta Project),[1] and has affected the plotlines of most of its episodes. It was resolved in a four-part story at the end of the first season of Justice League Unlimited. The second season story arc focuses on the new Secret Society (which is based on the Legion of Doom) as the main villains, a loose-knit organization formed to combat the increased superhero coordination of the first season.
Towards the end of the series, certain characters became off-limits to the show.[citation needed] Characters associated with Batman and those who appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (aside from Batman himself) were restricted due to the unrelated animated series The Batman to avoid continuity confusion. However, in the episode "Grudge Match", a silhouette of Nightwing can be seen in one shot crouching amongst the stone gargoyles. Aquaman and related characters were unavailable due to the development of a pilot for a live-action series featuring the character as a young man (similar to Smallville), which wasn't picked up. Characters from DC's "mature readers" Vertigo imprint were also not allowed. No characters from the Teen Titans animated series appeared in JLU, nor vice versa, though Speedy appeared in an episode referencing the Seven Soldiers of Victory after Teen Titans was cancelled.
To compensate for this, the producers used previously overlooked DC Comics characters to focus on in the stories. These include characters like Deadman, Warlord and an unnamed modern equivalent of The Seven Soldiers of Victory. Also, reflecting the previous series, Superman: The Animated Series' focus on Jack Kirby's modern DC characters, Justice League Unlimited similarly focused on the DC/Charlton Comics characters created by Steve Ditko
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(Series Cast)
Carl Lumbly ... J'onn J'onzz /The Martian Manhunter
Phil LaMarr ... Green Lantern
George Newbern ... Superman
Kevin Conroy ... Batman
Maria Canals-Barrera ... Hawkgirl
Michael Rosenbaum ... The Flash
Susan Eisenberg ... Wonder Woman
Clancy Brown ... Lex Luthor
Jennifer Hale ... Giganta
Corey Burton ... Brainiac
Jason Marsden ... Snapper Carr
Mark Hamill ... Solomon Grundy
Powers Boothe ... Gorilla Grodd
CCH Pounder ... Amanda Waller
Kin Shriner ... Green Arrow
Dana Delany ... Lois Lane
Lex Lang ... Atomic Skull
Juliet Landau ... Tala
Nicholle Tom ... Supergirl
Olivia d'Abo ... Star Sapphire
Phil Morris ... Vandal Savage
Susan Sullivan ... Queen Hippolyta
Michael Beach ... Michael Holt
Chris Cox ... Captain Atom
Scott Rummell ... Aquaman
Robert Picardo ... Amazo
Robert Foxworth ... Professor Emil Hamilton
Ted Levine ... Sinestro
Rene Auberjonois ... Desaad
Gina Torres ... Vixen
Oded Fehr ... Dr. Fate
Michael Dorn ... Kalibak
J.K. Simmons ... General Wade Eiling
Ron Perlman ... Orion
Hector Elizondo ... Lt. Kragger
Jeffrey Combs ... The Question
Brian George ... Forian
Jose Yenque ... Copperhead
Kevin Michael Richardson ... General Wells
Stephen McHattie ... The Shade
James Remar ... Carter Hall
Michael Ironside ... Darkseid
Amy Acker ... Huntress
Virginia Madsen ... Dr. Sarah Corwin
Kim Mai Guest ... Katma Tui
John C. McGinley ... The Atom
Tara Strong ... Sera
Ashley Edner ... Little Girl
Richard Doyle ... Big Brother Hawk
Peter Renaday ... Diplomat
Kristin Bauer ... Mera
Kenji Nomura ... Lex Luthor
Dave Thomas ... Ernst
Elizabeth Peña ... Paran Dul
Will Friedle ... Future Batman
Adam Baldwin ... Benjamin Knox
Giselle Loren ... Courtney Whitmore
Scott Patterson ... Agent King Faraday
Lauren Tom ... Chung
Peter Onorati ... Rex Stewart
Jeremy Piven ... Elongated Man
Dee Bradley Baker ... Blockbuster
Morena Baccarin ... Black Canary
Eric Roberts ... Mongul
Robert Englund ... Felix Faust
Hynden Walch ... Ace
Ian Buchanan ... Ultra-Humanite
David Ogden Stiers ... Solovar
Soren Fulton ... Mordred
Michael T. Weiss ... Etrigan
Sheryl Lee Ralph ... Cheetah
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Alfred Pennyworth
Dennis Haysbert ... Kilowog
Max Brooks ... Howie
Wanda Christine ... Female Technician
Ted McGinley ... Tom Turbine
J. Grant Albrecht ... General Hoffman
Patrick Duffy ... Steve Trevor
Lisa Edelstein ... Mercy Graves
Stan Ridgway ... Communications Officer
Victor Rivers ... Hro Talak
Edward Asner ... Granny Goodness
Donal Gibson ... Captain Boomerang
Peter MacNicol ... Chronos
Mike Farrell ... Jonathan Kent
Michael Jai White ... Doomsday
Brad Garrett ... Lobo
Ed O'Ross ... General Olanic
Mindy Sterling ... Enid Clinton
James Sie ... General Kwan
Robin Atkin Downes ... Gentleman Ghost
Nicholas Guest ... Dino Trooper
Shane Haboucha ... Billy Batson
Bruce W. Timm ... Kid
Daniel Dae Kim ... Metron
Jamie Alcroft ... Esposito
Chad Einbinder ... Attendant
Xander Berkeley ... General Brak
Richard Green ... Orm
Kurtwood Smith ... Prosecutor
Cathy Cavadini ... Dr. Mary
Ian James Corlett ... Sarge
Earl Boen ... Simon Stagg
Julie Bowen ... Aresia
Fred Dryer ... Sgt. Rock
Pam Grier ... My'ria'h
Neil Patrick Harris ... Ray Thompson
Jeffrey Jones ... Sir Swami
William Katt ... Green Guardsman
Udo Kier ... The Music Master
Vanessa Marshall ... Lipstick Lady
Karen Maruyama ... Tsukuri
Michael McKean ... Sergeant O'Shaughnessey
Danica McKellar ... Sapphire Stagg
Richard Moll ... Java
David Naughton ... The Streak
John Rhys-Davies ... Lord Hades
Stephen Root ... Cat Man
Tom Sizemore ... Metamorpho
William Smith ... Draaga
André Sogliuzzo ... SWAT Officer
Maggie Wheeler ... Antiope
William Atherton ... Dr. Destiny
Dorie Barton ... Princess Audrey
Dan Castellaneta ... Minister
Greg Cipes ... Jack
Enrico Colantoni ... Glorious Gordon Godfrey
Keith David ... Despero
Brian Doyle-Murray ... Artie Bauman
Larry Drake ... Vox
Carlos Ferro ... Radocko
Charles Howerton ... Armed man
David Kaufman ... Jimmy Olsen
Tom Kenny ... Search Leader
Bruce McGill ... General McCormick
Scott Menville ... King
Alfred Molina ... King Gustav
Rob Paulsen ... Lightray
Khary Payton ... Ten
Mitch Ryan ... Highfather
Pepe Serna ... Shifflet
Arleen Sorkin ... Dr. Harleen Quinzel
Tracey Walter ... Mophir
Larry Cedar ... Radar Tech
Javier Grajeda ... Sentry
Nathan Fillion ... Vigilante
Robert Forster ... The President
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Overview
The series is a continuation of its predecessor, taking up soon after Justice League ended. It features a greatly-expanded League, in which the characters from the original series—now referred to as "founding members"—are joined by a large number of other superheroes from the DC Universe; in the first episode, well over 50 characters appear. A number of these were heroes who had made guest appearances in Justice League, Batman: The Animated Series, and Superman: The Animated Series, but many heroes and other characters made their first animated appearances in this series. The general format of each episode is to have a small ad hoc team assemble to deal with a particular situation, with a focus on both action and character interaction.
Most episodes tell a self-contained story, but the series also features extended story arcs, the first involving the building conflict between the League and a secret government agency known as Project Cadmus. This plot line builds upon events that occurred during the second season of Justice League (which in turn built upon events in Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, Static Shock, and The Zeta Project),[1] and has affected the plotlines of most of its episodes. It was resolved in a four-part story at the end of the first season of Justice League Unlimited. The second season story arc focuses on the new Secret Society (which is based on the Legion of Doom) as the main villains, a loose-knit organization formed to combat the increased superhero coordination of the first season.
Towards the end of the series, certain characters became off-limits to the show.[citation needed] Characters associated with Batman and those who appeared in Batman: The Animated Series (aside from Batman himself) were restricted due to the unrelated animated series The Batman to avoid continuity confusion. However, in the episode "Grudge Match", a silhouette of Nightwing can be seen in one shot crouching amongst the stone gargoyles. Aquaman and related characters were unavailable due to the development of a pilot for a live-action series featuring the character as a young man (similar to Smallville), which wasn't picked up. Characters from DC's "mature readers" Vertigo imprint were also not allowed. No characters from the Teen Titans animated series appeared in JLU, nor vice versa, though Speedy appeared in an episode referencing the Seven Soldiers of Victory after Teen Titans was cancelled.
To compensate for this, the producers used previously overlooked DC Comics characters to focus on in the stories. These include characters like Deadman, Warlord and an unnamed modern equivalent of The Seven Soldiers of Victory. Also, reflecting the previous series, Superman: The Animated Series' focus on Jack Kirby's modern DC characters, Justice League Unlimited similarly focused on the DC/Charlton Comics characters created by Steve Ditko
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(Series Cast)
Carl Lumbly ... J'onn J'onzz /The Martian Manhunter
Phil LaMarr ... Green Lantern
George Newbern ... Superman
Kevin Conroy ... Batman
Maria Canals-Barrera ... Hawkgirl
Michael Rosenbaum ... The Flash
Susan Eisenberg ... Wonder Woman
Clancy Brown ... Lex Luthor
Jennifer Hale ... Giganta
Corey Burton ... Brainiac
Jason Marsden ... Snapper Carr
Mark Hamill ... Solomon Grundy
Powers Boothe ... Gorilla Grodd
CCH Pounder ... Amanda Waller
Kin Shriner ... Green Arrow
Dana Delany ... Lois Lane
Lex Lang ... Atomic Skull
Juliet Landau ... Tala
Nicholle Tom ... Supergirl
Olivia d'Abo ... Star Sapphire
Phil Morris ... Vandal Savage
Susan Sullivan ... Queen Hippolyta
Michael Beach ... Michael Holt
Chris Cox ... Captain Atom
Scott Rummell ... Aquaman
Robert Picardo ... Amazo
Robert Foxworth ... Professor Emil Hamilton
Ted Levine ... Sinestro
Rene Auberjonois ... Desaad
Gina Torres ... Vixen
Oded Fehr ... Dr. Fate
Michael Dorn ... Kalibak
J.K. Simmons ... General Wade Eiling
Ron Perlman ... Orion
Hector Elizondo ... Lt. Kragger
Jeffrey Combs ... The Question
Brian George ... Forian
Jose Yenque ... Copperhead
Kevin Michael Richardson ... General Wells
Stephen McHattie ... The Shade
James Remar ... Carter Hall
Michael Ironside ... Darkseid
Amy Acker ... Huntress
Virginia Madsen ... Dr. Sarah Corwin
Kim Mai Guest ... Katma Tui
John C. McGinley ... The Atom
Tara Strong ... Sera
Ashley Edner ... Little Girl
Richard Doyle ... Big Brother Hawk
Peter Renaday ... Diplomat
Kristin Bauer ... Mera
Kenji Nomura ... Lex Luthor
Dave Thomas ... Ernst
Elizabeth Peña ... Paran Dul
Will Friedle ... Future Batman
Adam Baldwin ... Benjamin Knox
Giselle Loren ... Courtney Whitmore
Scott Patterson ... Agent King Faraday
Lauren Tom ... Chung
Peter Onorati ... Rex Stewart
Jeremy Piven ... Elongated Man
Dee Bradley Baker ... Blockbuster
Morena Baccarin ... Black Canary
Eric Roberts ... Mongul
Robert Englund ... Felix Faust
Hynden Walch ... Ace
Ian Buchanan ... Ultra-Humanite
David Ogden Stiers ... Solovar
Soren Fulton ... Mordred
Michael T. Weiss ... Etrigan
Sheryl Lee Ralph ... Cheetah
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ... Alfred Pennyworth
Dennis Haysbert ... Kilowog
Max Brooks ... Howie
Wanda Christine ... Female Technician
Ted McGinley ... Tom Turbine
J. Grant Albrecht ... General Hoffman
Patrick Duffy ... Steve Trevor
Lisa Edelstein ... Mercy Graves
Stan Ridgway ... Communications Officer
Victor Rivers ... Hro Talak
Edward Asner ... Granny Goodness
Donal Gibson ... Captain Boomerang
Peter MacNicol ... Chronos
Mike Farrell ... Jonathan Kent
Michael Jai White ... Doomsday
Brad Garrett ... Lobo
Ed O'Ross ... General Olanic
Mindy Sterling ... Enid Clinton
James Sie ... General Kwan
Robin Atkin Downes ... Gentleman Ghost
Nicholas Guest ... Dino Trooper
Shane Haboucha ... Billy Batson
Bruce W. Timm ... Kid
Daniel Dae Kim ... Metron
Jamie Alcroft ... Esposito
Chad Einbinder ... Attendant
Xander Berkeley ... General Brak
Richard Green ... Orm
Kurtwood Smith ... Prosecutor
Cathy Cavadini ... Dr. Mary
Ian James Corlett ... Sarge
Earl Boen ... Simon Stagg
Julie Bowen ... Aresia
Fred Dryer ... Sgt. Rock
Pam Grier ... My'ria'h
Neil Patrick Harris ... Ray Thompson
Jeffrey Jones ... Sir Swami
William Katt ... Green Guardsman
Udo Kier ... The Music Master
Vanessa Marshall ... Lipstick Lady
Karen Maruyama ... Tsukuri
Michael McKean ... Sergeant O'Shaughnessey
Danica McKellar ... Sapphire Stagg
Richard Moll ... Java
David Naughton ... The Streak
John Rhys-Davies ... Lord Hades
Stephen Root ... Cat Man
Tom Sizemore ... Metamorpho
William Smith ... Draaga
André Sogliuzzo ... SWAT Officer
Maggie Wheeler ... Antiope
William Atherton ... Dr. Destiny
Dorie Barton ... Princess Audrey
Dan Castellaneta ... Minister
Greg Cipes ... Jack
Enrico Colantoni ... Glorious Gordon Godfrey
Keith David ... Despero
Brian Doyle-Murray ... Artie Bauman
Larry Drake ... Vox
Carlos Ferro ... Radocko
Charles Howerton ... Armed man
David Kaufman ... Jimmy Olsen
Tom Kenny ... Search Leader
Bruce McGill ... General McCormick
Scott Menville ... King
Alfred Molina ... King Gustav
Rob Paulsen ... Lightray
Khary Payton ... Ten
Mitch Ryan ... Highfather
Pepe Serna ... Shifflet
Arleen Sorkin ... Dr. Harleen Quinzel
Tracey Walter ... Mophir
Larry Cedar ... Radar Tech
Javier Grajeda ... Sentry
Nathan Fillion ... Vigilante
Robert Forster ... The President