Justice League Doom Abridged

## Description

*Justice League Doom Abridged*is the fifth movie in the DC Abridged Universe. It was uploaded to YouTube in 2018 but was later taken down. The full movie can be viewed here on the DC Abridged website.

## Plot

In 2005, the Justice League battles a team of their enemies at the Hall of Justice. The team says farewell to Cyborg, who is leaving to help Dick Grayson start the Teen Titans. Batman attempts to contact his partner Robin, also known as Jason Todd, but finds out that he's been kidnapped by the Joker. The clown beats the Boy Wonder with a crowbar and leaves him to die in an explosion. Batman is too late to save him.

Three years later, Vandal Savage gathers various enemies of the Justice League to explain his failure to them. Fifty thousand years ago, Savage was a caveman who stumbled upon a meteorite and gained immortality. Many years later, he watched as all the heroes of the Justice League began their careers and did nothing to stop them. To make up for this, he wants to use knowledge stolen from Batman (as depicted in *Suicide Squad: Assault on Arkham Abridged*) to expose the heroes' weaknesses and destroy them.

While out for dinner, J'onn J'onzz is attacked by his brother Ma'alefa'ak, who uses the martian's weakness to fire to badly injure him. Bruce discovers that Jason's grave has been desecrated by Bane, who buries the Dark Knight alive. Refusing to die in a non-badass way, Bruce escapes. Mirror Master tricks the Flash into getting a device stuck on his hand that forces him to keep running lest a bomb blows up Central City. Green Lantern is subjected to a fake scenario by his former lover Star Sapphire where she dies, convincing him that he's unworthy to wield the Green Lantern ring. Cheetah injects Wonder Woman with a hallucinogen that causes her to fight everyone she sees. John Corben summons Superman to blame him for the accident that turned him into the robotically-enhanced Metallo. It was the Man of Steel's suggestion to declare war on Canada that caused Corben to launch a one-man assault on the nation, which caused him to get trampled by wild moose while crossing the border. As revenge, he shoots Superman with a kryptonite bullet.

Batman realizes that the attacks on the Justice League were from his plans that Savage stole; failsafe operations to disable each and every hero of the League. He sets about saving them from their predicaments. Batman instructs the Flash to phase through a glacier, leaving the bomb behind in the ice. Cyborg realizes that the hallucinogen affecting Wonder Woman is slowly killing her and disables it. The two of them rescue Martian Manhunter. Batman tracks down Green Lantern and reveals that the various bad things he's done to him over the past nine years have been to stop him from killing himself in the pursuit of seeming brave; he was always brave. The heroes gather around Superman, thinking it might finally be an opportunity to rid themselves of the bigoted hero, but Batman refuses to let him die.

Savage gathers his Legion of Doom and commends them on a job well done. However, he is horrified to learn that Bane left Batman alive, knowing that all their plans will come crashing down. The Justice League attack the villains' headquarters. Cyborg discovers that Savage is planning on killing humanity with a missile, and the heroes are unable to stop him. Superman prays to God to save them... which He does. In reality, this is Doctor Manhattan, but the heroes are unaware of that.

The League debates on kicking Batman out for his destructive plans. He sort of apologizes and laments that they need to be kept in check should any of them go the route of evil. League member or not, Batman will always have a plan. As the Dark Knight leaves, the other heroes confirm that they won't be kicking him out, since he's the one who pays for their headquarters. Batman heads back to the Batcave when a young boy named Tim Drake comes knocking, claiming that the hero will always need a Robin.

In a post-credits scene, Vandal Savage and the Light gather their forces, intent on defeating the Justice League once and for all.

## Cast

* LordJazor as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Lex Luthor, Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, Joker, Vandal Savage, and Alfred Pennyworth
* Starbeastrave as Clark Kent/Superman, Toymaster, and Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan
* Milkpiece as Diana/Wonder Woman
* Mattroks101 as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern and Jason Todd/Robin
* BlazingAzureCrow as Barry Allen/The Flash
* Malcolm X-Ray as Victor Stone/Cyborg and J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
* Leik777 as Bane
* Throkk Grundgeshield as John Corben/Metallo
* Kendra Murray as Barbara Minerva/Cheetah
* TallestSilver as Carol Ferris/Star Sapphire
* Omahdon as Sam Scudder/Mirror Master
* DemonGroceryStore as Ma'alefa'ak
* DustyOldRoses as Lois Lane

Additionally, Hippolyta, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Queen Bee, Orm/Ocean Master, Ra's al Ghul, the Brain, Mercy, Garfield Logan, Kaldur'ahm/Aqualad, Mera, Klarion, Giovanni Zatara, Red Tornado, Nathaniel Adams/Captain Atom, Katar Hol/Hawkman, and Shayera Thal/Hawkwoman all appear in a non-speaking capacity. Starfire, John Stewart/Green Lantern, Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Más y Menos, Roy Harper/Speedy, Patrick O'Brian/Plastic Man, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Lance-Queen/Black Canary, Edward Nigma/Riddler, Iris West-Allen, and Tim Drake are also mentioned.

## Trivia

* The way Cyborg explains the Teen Titans break-up could imply that Dick Grayson and Jason Todd were Robin at the same time, with the former still filling that title till 2008, three years after Jason's death. Then again, it's possible that Dick was already Nightwing by 2005 and Cyborg's phrasing was just weird.