When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Going

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**When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Going** is the twenty-fifth episode in the second season of "The Justice League Show".

## Synopsis

As Brainiac 1.0 prepares to use his Fatherbox to end the universe, the Legionnaires finally reveal the plan that could finally bring him down by exorcism. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor prepare one final measure to try and stop Brainiac 1.0 by finally reorganizing the Legion of Doom.

## Plot

Various inmates of the Belle Reve Penitentiary begin screaming for help because the heaters in their cells are already dead, so the Justice League go down to the prison to fix the heaters.

Meanwhile, at Gus' Galaxy Grill, Eclipso, who has managed to get her mouth back thanks to the Female Furies, explains about Brainiac 1.0 and the end of the universe. Then comes Lex Luthor to ad lib that his Legion is freezing up due to the Earth already ripped out of orbit. Luthor also reveals that there is a way to take down Brainiac 1.0 by exorcism, so he sent his two lackeys, Sinestro and Black Manta, to recover the Justice League's Survival Manual and bring it to him. However, before they leave, Luther, Eclipso, and the Female Furies watch in shock as a man, who had recently ordered a Space Special, ends up letting a small but hideous alien burst out of his stomach before it dances back to the kitchen while singing, "Hello! Ma Baby."; this perplexes the Furies more than Luthor and Eclipso much that they promptly ask for the check.

Meanwhile, at the Watchtower, Sinestro and Black Manta infiltrate the Watchtower and enter the library to recover the survival manual, only to trigger a burglar alarm which forces Supergirl into catching them off guard and bringing them before the rest of the League, who use the survival manual to help memorize the secret of the Fatherbox and the Orphan Stones; according to the manual, the Legionnaires conclude that each of their hero factors give them a chance to beat one of the Orphan Stones, as strategized by Superman. They soon send Sinestro and Black Manta to lure Brainiac 1.0 to the Watchtower as live bait.

When Luthor receives his lackeys' current position, he, Eclipso, and the Female Furies finally meet up with Brainiac 1.0 and begin exorcising him from Brainiac 5 with his exorcism device, but the evil android eventually overpowers everyone before finally meeting up with the League inside the Watchtower for the final showdown over the fate of the universe.

### Script

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### Screenshots

The Female Furies reacting to something they don’t want to see.
## Trivia/References

* While he and Black Manta play the role as live bait, a la Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, Sinestro should also memorize the opening lines of "Be Our Guest", a song from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", but only to get to "Be...our...", and then start screaming as Brainiac 1.0 begins chasing them. This is a similar sequence which should be taken from the 2019 live-action version of Disney's "The Lion King".
* The Dancing Alien from *Spaceballs* appears in this episode as a cameo.
	+ It is a parody of the Chestburster from *Alien*and Michigan J. Frog from *One Froggy Evening*.