Plastic Man

A superhero, and a member of the Justice League.

## Description

### Appearance

**Plastic Man** is the main comedy character of the series and is shown as slim and of medium height with a mass of dark wavy hair on his head. His red outfit is in the style of a leotard or swimming costume with sleeves. There is a belt of black and yellow bands at the waist, and he has dark goggles tied around his head. He tells us that this costume is just a pattern on his body.

### Personality

He is talkative and eccentric, always trying to make a joke of everything which makes it difficult for his colleagues to take him seriously. Within the Justice League, he is not always held in high regard and is told that he is outranked by the Watchtower's computer and by Krypto. However, the League have to reassess him when he foils an attempt to destroy Metropolis, and then even the dismissive Brainiac is forced to see him as a major threat. His fellow heroes can call him "Plazz/Plas".

### Powers

His power is his ability to distort the size or shape of his body in different ways and extents. One is to stretch his torso or limbs (or even his ears) to great length to grip or ensnare a foe or to reach up to height.

Plastic Man can also use this extensibility to punch or kick with great force. His body and limbs can be coiled into springs to allow him to bounce along the street or to propel himself high into the air, and he can stretch back like a catapult to be hurled at an opponent. Another type of distortion is where he blows up like a balloon to be able to hold a prisoner, to contain the force of an explosion internally, or just float in the air.

When passing inside a device like a robot or gun, he can burst it open by expanding himself. To participate in ordinary conversation, he is often seen to extend his neck.

Another major ability of his is to change shape to represent any object. Examples are: types of people (golfer, matador), animals (duck, rat, giraffe), inanimate objects (boxing glove, cat litter tray, snow sled, fire hydrant, pizza in a box), also including Deadshot's gun, and Wonder Woman's lasso. On almost all occasions when he does this, the object still has the same color scheme as his 'costume'.

However, a few times, he completely mimics the look of a person (Superman, Two-Face), particularly after he says he has recently "learned to do colors".

His body sometimes has a more fluid consistency so that he can ooze through a grille and then reform himself.

### Weaknesses

Plastic Man must have general vulnerability as he always dodges shots either by stretching out of the way or by opening holes in himself to let them pass through.

However, on one occasion, he swallows an RPG round to absorb the explosion. When he is hit directly by a Red Lantern's power blast, he appears to lose control of his form and dissolves into a puddle.

### Relationships

Plas mentions that his mother lives in Ashtabula (in Ohio).

## Appearances

4. Abate and Switch
17. Plastic Man Saves the World
23. Double Cross
29. Mxy's Mix-Up (cameo)
37. The Ringer (cameo)
46. Party Animal
51. Unleashed
Short 6. Lasso of Lies
Short 10. Justice 1, 2, 3, Go!
Short 11. Toymano a Mano
Short 15. Plastic Man of Steel
Short 16. Something in the Hair
Short 17. Super Stakeout

## Notes

* Dana Snyder, Plastic Man's voice actor in *Justice League Action*, reprises his role from the Mad segment *"That's What Super Friends Are For"*.