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"Misplaced" is the 19th episode of the first season of Young Justice, and the 19th of the overall series. It aired on March 3, 2012. It was the first episode of Young Justice to air as a part of the DC Nation programming block.[1]

Logline[]

When every adult on the planet disappears, only the team, Zatanna, and Billy Batson are left to defeat the five most powerful sorcerers on Earth.[1]

Synopsis[]

 
Roanoke Island
November 5, 19:46 EDT
Klarion and the crystal

Klarion holds the gem, Ambre Jeune Perdu.

Klarion places a gem in the ground, which he uses to form a magical pentagram and summon four more sorcerers: Wotan, Felix Faust, Wizard and Blackbriar Thorn. The group begins chanting a spell.

 
Mount Justice
November 5, 19:47 EDT

Miss Martian and Superboy unload several crates for Batman as well as groceries. Zatanna arrives with Artemis; the former wants to join the Team but her biggest obstacle is her overprotective father Zatara. Suddenly, Zatara, Batman, and Red Tornado vanish without rhyme or reason.

 
Roanoke Island
November 5, 19:47 EDT

The four sorcerers Klarion had summoned moments ago now disappear.

 
Fawcett City
November 5, 18:47 CDT

Billy Batson is with his Uncle Dudley in their house watching a news report about Captain Marvel stopping an attack by Ibac and Sabbac. Suddenly Dudley disappears, as does Cat Grant on television and every other adult in Fawcett city. Billy at first decides to transform into Marvel but he realizes that might make him disappear too.

Zatanna and Robin read news

Zatanna and Robin read pleas for help from the children of the world.

Meanwhile, at the Cave Kid Flash informs Robin and Zatanna that Happy Harbor High has been turned into a refugee camp. He, Superboy, and Miss Martian are bringing in the town's children there for safety. Robin, in the meantime, has been trying to reach various adult heroes but no-one is available. Robin is also working with Zatanna to figure out what is going on.

With traditional media offline, kids are posting on various websites the same thing, that every adult on the planet has gone missing. According to Zatanna, pulling off a feat like that requires a high level of magic. Robin brings up security footage of Zatara using a locator spell to find the Injustice League a month earlier and asks her to use the locater spell to find the source. She is not confident about her abilities, and has to practice more.

 
Happy Harbor
November 5, 20:19 EDT
Superboy and child

Superboy rescues a child.

Superboy is on the streets rescuing children trapped in cars and bringing them to the high school. Artemis is trying to keep the children entertained by singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". She does not know the full lyrics, but the children are amused at her version. Wally receives a sippy cup from a baby he just rescued. Artemis asks him if he was able to get through to his parents, but he says they did not pick up the phone. He doesn't want to investigate further, as he's seen enough empty houses.

Artemis sings to kids

Artemis entertains children with her lack of knowledge of nursery rhymes.

Billy is running through the streets of Fawcett City. He makes sure no-one sees him as he enters a derelict photo booth and orders the computer to teleport him to the Justice League. Unfortunately, the computer does not recognize Billy as Captain Marvel, so he has to come up with a different plan. As he walks past an electronics store, the Team appears on every television screen.

They speak a message of comfort and hope, and ask the elder children to take good care of the younger ones. They will work on a solution.

 
Gotham City
November 5, 22:07 EDT

As Barbara Gordon and Bette Kane nurse several young children, they listen to the broadcast.

The Team on TV

Aqualad, Robin and Kid Flash address the children of the world.

 
Dakota City
November 5, 21:08 CDT

Rocket saves a bus full of children that hangs precariously off a bridge.

 
Paris
November 5, 04:09 CEST

Several kids listen to Kid Flash as he urges them to protect the younger children in French.

 
Taipei
November 6, 11:10 NST
Zatanna locator spell

Zatanna successfully locates the source of the magic.

On the other side of the world, children in Taipei find comfort in the message.

Meanwhile, Billy has snuck into an airfield and asks the only person there, Amber, if she has a pilot's license.

In the Cave, Aqualad and Kid Flash are discussing the option of using the Helmet of Fate but they agree that they aren't that desperate yet. Zatanna informs them that she's ready to use the locator spell. She successfully pinpoints the sorcerers in Roanoke Island.

Amber has flown Billy to the east coast, and remarks that it's midnight—and it's her birthday. Billy is startled, and before he can ask her if she just turned eighteen, she's gone, leaving the plane without a pilot.

 
Roanoke Island
November 5, 19:47 EDT

As the sorcerers chant, Klarion and Teekl disappear in the process.

 
Mount Justice
November 5, 19:47 EDT
Kids gone

Zatara and Batman notice the kids are gone.

Miss Martian drops off the groceries and supplies Batman wanted. Batman and Zatara spot Zatanna entering with Artemis; they discuss the possibility of allowing her to join the Team. Zatara is concerned about losing his only daughter. Suddenly, the Team disappears. In Happy Harbor, a panicked man crashes his car into a pole when his son disappears from the backseat. A panicked Dudley watches the news reports about the missing children.

 
Gotham City
November 5, 22:07 EDT

A crowd forms around STAR Labs led by Lawrence Crock. He instigates a riot, accusing the scientists at the facility of knowing more, and even being behind the disappearance. James Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department have their hands full stopping the crowd. Riddler uses this distraction to walk out of the laboratory with a briefcase. Lawrence picks him up with a car and they drive off, content.

At Mount Justice, Batman and Zatara discuss the possibility of using Doctor Fate but they agree that it's too dangerous.

 
Happy Harbor
November 6, 00:01 EDT
Missing pilot

Billy tries to fly a plane with his pilot gone.

Billy is trying to regain control of the plane. Left with no other option, he transforms into Captain Marvel and instead of him disappearing, the plane does. He hears Amber's scream and manages to catch her. He makes his way to Mount Justice, where he is surprised to find Batman and Zatara, but not the Team. After being told that every child has gone missing, he realizes that there are two worlds—one for adults and one for children. Batman asks him to travel between them and he does.

The Team is surprised at the sudden appearance of a kid in the Cave, and even after Miss Martian reads his mind, they still can't believe he's Captain Marvel. He convinces them by reminding Wally of the time he waited for him when his arm was broken.

With Captain Marvel and Billy as their relay, Batman and Aqualad form a plan. They head to Roanoke to disrupt the magic.

Klarion easily fends off the Team, and remarks that Zatanna's magic is nowhere near the level of his. Kid Flash comes up with the plan to hurt Teekl, but Klarion sees through it. He transforms his familiar into a giant saber-toothed cat and sics it on Superboy.

Zatanna as Doctor Fate

Zatanna dons the Helmet of Fate.

In the other world Red Tornado, Batman, Captain Marvel, and Zatara attack the sorcerers. Zatara orders Captain Marvel to relay the fact that the gem in the center of the circle is the focal point of the spell. He changes to Billy, and relays the message.

Left with no other option, Zatanna summons the Helmet of Fate and allows Nabu to possess her. She struggles at first, because Nabu cannot keep stable in the separated world. After Doctor Fate destroys Klarion's field, Kid Flash runs in to pick up the gem. On the adult world, Captain Marvel tunnels under the pentagram to avoid the four sorcerers that defend it. Zatara and Doctor Fate merge the worlds back together with a spell in unison. Klarion escapes with Teekl; the other sorcerers collapse.

Nabu refuses to give up Zatanna's body.

Zatara and Zatanna

Zatara says goodbye to his daughter, and tells her he loves her.

Kent Nelson had tried to reason with him, but with Klarion running wild, the world needs Doctor Fate.

He says he released Kent to the afterlife to get rid of him. Shocked at the revelation, Zatara offers to give up his body. He is physically stronger, and more adept at magic, than his daughter. After giving his word, Nabu agrees.

Zatanna is allowed to take off the Helmet. Her father tells her he loves her, and asks the others to take care of her. As he puts on the Helmet, Zatanna tries to dissuade him, but there's no way. She falls to the ground sobbing; the rest of the Team try to comfort her.

 
Mount Justice
November 7, 09:16 EST
Starro segment

Riddler and Sportsmaster deliver the remains of the echinoderm to the Light.

The Team helps Zatanna carry her belongings to her room as she moves into the Cave. They try to give her solace, but for the moment, she just wants to be alone. When the others leave, she sits down and cries.

Klarion communicates with the Light, and the Brain is especially pleased. Though it might have been extreme, the plan formed the perfect distraction for Sportsmaste and Riddler's mission. They arrive and give Brain the briefcase, which contains the last surviving piece of the echinoderm from Atlantis.

Title[]

"Misplaced" means "unable to be found or recovered". It may refer to the adults and children who find themselves placed in separate dimensions, and thus lost to one another. It may also refer to Billy Batson's initial fear of becoming Captain Marvel, as well as Zatanna's nervousness over the situation. Finally, Zatara relinquishes control over himself to become the new Doctor Fate, and consequently becomes lost to everyone else.

Cast and characters[]

Voice actor Character
Lacey Chabert Zatanna
Stephanie Lemelin Artemis
Jesse McCartney Robin
Danica McKellar Miss Martian
Nolan North Superboy
Zatara
Khary Payton Aqualad
Jason Spisak Kid Flash
Thom Adcox Klarion
Dee Bradley Baker Teekl
Felix Faust  
Corey Burton Wizard  
James Gordon  
Brain
Nick Chinlund Sportsmaster
Bruce Greenwood Batman
Wotan
Chad Lowe Captain Marvel
Masasa Moyo Cat Grant
Amber Joyce  
Robert Ochoa Billy Batson
Kevin Michael Richardson Blackbriar Thorn  
Nabu
Uncredited
Stephanie Lemelin Computer
Dee Bradley Baker[2] Kid #1
Lacey Chabert[2] Kid #2
Masasa Moyo[2] Mother
Khary Payton[2] Father
Kevin Michael Richardson[2] Driver
Kid #3
Non-speaking roles
Atomic Skull (footage)
Barbara Gordon
Bette Kane
Bio-Ship
Black Adam (footage)
Count Vertigo (footage)
Karen Beecher
Lex Luthor
Mal Duncan
Marvin White
Mary West
Monsieur Mallah
Ocean-Master
Paula Crock
Poison Ivy (footage)
Queen Bee
Ra's al Ghul
Red Tornado
Riddler
Rocket
Rudy West
Starro
Ultra-Humanite (footage)
Uncle Dudley
Vandal Savage
Wendy Harris
Full credits
5 Character debut
0 Speaking debut
0 Episode debut


Continuity[]

  • Robin refers to the fight against the Injustice League, and Zatara's locator spell, from "Revelation".
  • Kid Flash still has his arm in a cast after breaking it in "Revelation".
  • Zatanna reiterates that she's not at her father's level of magic. She said so in "Humanity".
  • Aqualad converses with Kid Flash about the peril of putting on the Helmet of Fate, because Nabu may not want to relinquish its host. This is a predicament all too well-known to both teens, who faced it in "Revelation" and "Denial", respectively.
  • Billy Batson points out to Kid Flash how he waited on him in "Humanity".
  • Kid Flash tells Artemis that when he fought Klarion donning the Helmet of Fate in "Denial", Doctor Fate won by attacking his familiar, Teekl.
  • Doctor Fate says he released Kent Nelson from the Helmet to the afterlife. As of "Denial", after dying, Nelson went to inhabit the Helmet and played an intrinsic role in convincing Nabu to release Kid Flash, and then Aqualad in "Revelation".
  • The Riddler is revealed to be an agent of the Light. He was the only Belle Reve inmate who managed to escape in "Terrors".
  • Sportsmaster and the Riddler abscond with the remainder of the echinoderm. The Light had attempted to obtain it before in "Downtime".

Trivia[]

  • Main title clips:
    • Klarion rubbing his hands in delight (00:55)
    • Zatanna talking (reversed) (01:54)
    • Robin and Zatanna working on the Cave's computer (03:40)
    • The gem glowing on the center of the pentagram (14:18)
    • Billy Batson looking shocked (06:31)
    • Klarion in the center of the pentagram (00:33)
  • Number 16: The Team helps Zatanna unpack as she moves into the Cave at 09:16 EST.
  • The broadcast of this episode within the DC Nation block replaced the opening sequence with an intertitle logo. The high definition airing, however, features the customary opening sequence.
  • The last timestamp is the first to use Standard Time instead of Daylight Time. The clock is moved back one hour on the first Sunday of November, in this case November 7.
  • Rocket stops a school bus from falling off a bridge. This also happened in "Schooled" and "Revelation".
  • When Commissioner Gordon is addressing the mob, he tells them "all you're doing is creating a dangerous distraction from what really matters tonight". This overlaps with Sportsmaster and the Riddler driving away with a stolen briefcase, thus gaining a double meaning and explaining the plot of the episode to the viewers.
  • Captain Marvel refers to the children's world as a "world without grown-ups". World without Grown-Ups was the storyline that introduced Young Justice in the comics.
  • Klarion says "Team work is so overrated." Thailog said the same thing in the episode "Sanctuary" of Gargoyles, also produced by Greg Weisman.
  • The order of the on-screen members of the Light in the Brain's headquarters corresponds to the order of their induction: L-1, L-2, L-3, (L-7 is centered because he is speaking directly to the Brain) L-4 and L-5. The sixth screen presumably belongs to L-6, but the Brain is not on it because we see the scene from his point of view.
  • This episode aired in Brazil on March 8.[3]
  • Zatara's self-sacrifice in this episode parallels the death of the original DC Comics version of the character. Here, he becomes Nabu's host in place of his daughter, saying "Ekat em daetsni" ("Take me instead"). In the Swamp Thing comic series, Zatara saved Zatanna from being consumed fighting the Original Darkness by incanting "Ssenkrad ekat em daetsni" ("Darkness take me instead").
  • A sequence depicting two tweens joyriding in a speedboat, and rescued from certain death by Aqualad, has been animated but was cut for time. It would have formed part of the montage where Superboy rescues a toddler trapped in a crashed car and Miss Martian scares off a couple of grafitti artists.[4]
  • When Artemis says that she is not a "cat person", she is alluding to her sister Cheshire.[5]
  • Roanoke was chosen as the location for the spell because it was the site of the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony.[6]

Language translations[]

Language Line Translation
German Klarion: Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln! We are the Pipers of Hamelin!
French Website: Rayons de Soleil Adolescent [sic]
Sujet: Les adultes ont disparu!
Adolescent rays of sunshine
Subject: The adults have disappeared!
French Kid Flash: Protège-les. Protect them.
Chinese Kid Flash: Baohu tamen. Protect them.

Backwards spells[]

Speaker Spell Translation
Zatara
Tup hcae meti ni sti reporp ecalp![7] Put each item in its proper place!
Nommus eht gninthgil![7] Summon the lightning!
Ekat em daetsni.[7] Take me instead.
Zatanna
Etacol retnecipe fo yrecros![7] Locate epicenter of sorcery!
Etativel mih ffo eht margatnep![7] Levitate him off the pentagram!
Temleh fo Etaf, laever flesruoy![7] Helmet of Fate, reveal yourself!
Klarion
Fi ehs stnaw ot etativel os yldab, tel reh.[7] If she wants to levitate so badly, let her.
Zatara & Doctor Fate
Yam eht owt emoceb eno ecno erom![7] May the two become one once more!

Goofs[]

  • When Amber checks her watch, it's five minutes to twelve. She disappears seconds later, before midnight.
  • When the sorcerers are chanting and the four adults disappear, Klarion's eyes are solid red when he stops chanting. However, when Klarion disappears from the adult world, his eyes are human.
  • The Paris timestamp uses Central European Summer Time on November 5. Though the American daylight savings time ends on the first Sunday of November, in France, it's the last Sunday of October, in this case, October 31.
  • Marvin had brown eyes when introduced in "Targets". In spite of this, he has blue eyes in "Failsafe", "Secrets", and this episode.
  • When Billy materializes in the Cave and the Team is walking towards him, a frame shows Miss Martian's body as being in front of Superboy's. This is impossible because her feet are behind his feet.
  • When Artemis lines up to shoot at Teekl, Kid Flash's cast is missing.
  • When Klarion raises his hand to transmorph Artemis's arrow, his long black fingernails are missing.
  • When the Riddler enters the room, he is carrying the case holding the piece of Starro in his right hand, but he sets it down with his left hand.
  • Furthermore, he was wearing a black glove on the arm that carried the case holding the piece of Starro, but after he sets the case down, both hands are bare.
  • The television broadcast came with credits of the next episode, "Coldhearted".

Cultural references[]

  • The five sorcerers chant "Wir sind die Pfeifer von Hameln", which translates to "We are the pipers from Hamelin," and is a reference to the German folktale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, about a ratcatcher who lured away a town's children out of spite for not being paid. However, in German, he was not called "Pfeifer", but "Rattenfänger" (Ratcatcher).
  • The song Artemis sings is a combination of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep and the Alphabet song, three nursery rhymes set to the same tune.
  • Kid Flash refers to himself as "Speedy Gonzalez".

Questions[]

Questions

Unanswered questions[]

  • How does Klarion know the four sorcerers in his "old band"?
  • How has Wotan escaped incarceration since "Revelation"?

Quotes[]

  • Zatanna: Zatara is so overprotective. I mean, just getting him to let me visit takes a full day's wheedling. I wish he'd just give me a little space.
  • (Zatara, Batman and Red Tornado disappear)
  • Robin: I know it's hard, but try to stay whelmed. We'll find your dad, Batman, all of them. It's what we do.
  • Artemis: Did you call home?
  • Wally: No answer.
  • Artemis: You could Zeta there.
  • Wally: I've been collecting kids all day. I don't need to see another empty house.
  • Billy: Wait, are you telling me you turn 18 at midnight?!
  • (Amber disappears)
  • Billy: I'll take that as a yes.
  • Billy: Captain Marvel may have the courage of Achilles, but Billy Batson... has the courage of Billy Batson. Shazam!
  • Miss Martian: He's Captain Marvel!
  • Kid Flash: Yeah, and I'm "Speedy Gonzales". Look, just because he believes he's Cap-
  • Billy: Gee, Wally. Do I really have bring you nachos and pineapple juice to get on your good side?
  • (The Team look at him in shock)
  • Klarion: Well, they sure don't make evil immortal sorcerers like they used to. Oh, well. Fun while it lasted.
  • Zatara: Remember, I love you.

Home video releases[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Harvey, James (2012-01-27). "New "Young Justice," "Green Lantern: The Animated Series" Episodes For March 2012". World's Finest. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Weisman, Greg (2012-04-13). Question #14602. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
  3. Tsuha, Erika (2012-03-08). SBT exibe dois episódios inéditos de Justiça Jovem (AT). ANMTV. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  4. Weisman, Greg (2012-04-18). Question #14639. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  5. Weisman, Greg (2012-08-15). Question #15353. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
  6. Weisman, Greg (2012-08-23). Question #15382. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Weisman, Greg (2012-04-11). Question #14549. Ask Greg. Retrieved 2012-04-11.

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