- "First time at the Hall. I'm a little overwhelmed."
- ―Kid Flash
| "Independence Day" | |
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| Series Young Justice Season 1, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | November 26th, 2010 |
| Writers | Greg Weisman |
| Director | Jay Oliva |
| Producers | Sam Register; Brandon Vietti; Greg Weisman |
| Starring | Jesse McCartney; Khary Payton; Jason Spisak; Crispin Freeman |
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"Independence Day" is the first episode of season one of the animated superhero fantasy series Young Justice. The episode was directed by Jay Oliva with a script written by Greg Weisman. It first aired on Cartoon Network on November 26th, 2010.
Synopsis[]
In four different locales, four young heroes and their mentors face off against different villains. The common thread amongst all of them is: their adversaries are using cold-based abilities. But more importantly, each of these youths are readying themselves to become members of the Justice League of America. Green Arrow and Speedy fight up against Icicle. Batman and Robin fight up against Mister Freeze. Aquaman and Aqualad battle Killer Frost, and Flash and Kid Flash tangle with their old foe, Captain Cold.
After the villains are defeated, the mentors bring their young charges to the Hall of Justice. "Today is the day", they all intone. However, they soon find that they are only being given a small taste of things to come. Speedy is disgruntled over the fact that this so-called ushering into the League is largely ceremonial and he is tired of being treated like a sidekick. Angrily, he storms off.
Superman calls in to tell the League about a fire taking place at Cadmus Labs. In the middle of the call, another JLA member, Zatara, sends the League a communique alerting them to an emergency that threatens to blot out the sun. The League prioritizes this issue over the Cadmus fire and tells Robin, Kid Flash and Aqualad to stay put.
The four youths echo Speedy's earlier sentiments and have no intention of just sitting on their hands. They go off to deal with the fire at Project Cadmus. They help to save civilian lives, but discover that there is more to Cadmus than meets the eye. Giant genetically modified trolls wanders the hallways as do diminutive telepathic creatures called G-gnomes. Aqualad catches sight of a strange being and follows him. The trail brings the young heroes down to sub-level 52 where they find a top-secret project called Kr.
Cadmus administrator Mark Desmond sends the costumed security specialist Guardian to deal with these youths. Desmond insures Guardian's loyalty by having the G-gnomes telepathically control his actions.
In sub-level 52, the heroes find that Kr is actually a clone in a stasis pod. He is wearing a white costume bearing the mark of a very familiar S-shield. The symbol of Superman. Robin hacks the Cadmus computer systems and finds that Kr is a clone of Superman dubbed Superboy. They set Superboy free, but he too is controlled by the G-Gnomes in his pod. He turns against the heroes and they are captured.
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