League of Shadows

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***League of Shadows*** is the story featured in episodes 43 and 44 of the series *DC Super Hero Girls*. The episodes feature the titlular *League of Shadows* headed by Ra's Al Ghul, who uses red kryptonite to make Supergirl susceptive to mind control. Ra's wants to "purify the world", starting with the annihilation of the boy band Up Past 8. Ra's Al Ghul and the League of Shadows are first mentioned in the short *Booked*, in a text message Kara receives from Carter where he says they are making a surprise concert at the Lazarus Pit. *Part 1* premiered on Cartoon Network Australia on August 8th 2020 and Part 2 on August 9th 2020.

## Promotional material

The episodes are numbered 35 and 36 in a tweet by Lauren Faust.

The episodes' four-minute climactic battle and song *Save You with My Love* was released on the Cartoon Network UK YouTube channel on July 12, 2020.

## Plot summary

Kara tells the Super Hero Girls and three of the Super Hero Boys at the secret base about the band League of Shadows performing at the Lazarus Pit club. Karen tells them about the band Up Past 8 and says she has tickets to their concert. Kara says she'll take Karen to the League of Shadows live show, and gives her a makeover. At the show, Kara is invited backstage where she meets Ra's Al Ghul and the band members of League of Shadows. Ra's gives Kara the "Demon's Fang", a red, glowing guitar pick. Later, on stage, Ra's sings Kara the song *When You're Mine* whose lyrics say the Demon's Fang will make the listener obey Ra's.

   Karen returns to the secret base and throws away her makeover clothes, returning to her old self. Kara arrives at the secret base with red irises wearing the Demon's Fang on a choker. She disrupts all the other girls and boys at the base and flies away. Karen notices her tickets are missing and suspects Kara took them. She follows Kara and sees her using the tickets to get into the Up Past 8 concert. Karen spots Ra's at the concert and hears him telling his acolytes that he controls his new weapon with "a stone from outer space." Karen uses her wrist computer to analyze the Demon's Fang, and it says it is from Kryptonian origin, and that red kryptonite causes, among other things, "susceptibility to mind control" in Kryptonians.

Karen uses her wrist computer to call for help. When the lights turn on, the boys on stage are Barry, Hal, and Garth, dressed in the white Up Past 8 clothes, while Karen ties up the three actual band members backstage in their undergarments. The boys sing *Let Me Save You with My Love* while Kara attacks them repeatedly. Karen says Supergirl's got the mind-control song stuck in her head and "the only way to get it out is to hit her right in the heart." They sing about snapping out of Ra's influence and after the Super Hero Girls hug Supergirl, Ra's retreats and Supergirl lands on stage and starts dancing to the song.

## Release

Episode 44, *League of Shadows Part 2* includes the following line spoken by Ra's Al Ghul in the Amazon release at the four minutes and fifty four seconds mark: "Cockroaches. Viruses. Or cockroaches carrying viruses." This line is cut from the Cartoon Network and Netflix releases.

## Songs

* *We Really Mean It* - sung shortly after Kara and Karen enter the Lazarus Pit club
* *Ra's Song (When You're Mine)* - sung after Kara receives the Demon's Fang necklace
* *Save You with My Love* - sung at the climactic battle between Supergirl and the Super Hero Girls

## References

1. ↑ Lauren Faust (March 7, 2020). SUN 5/17 35/36 #LeagueOfShadows SUN 5/24 30 #AwesomeAuntAntiope. Twitter