DC Animated Showcase (2006 Edition)

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Hypesters, Atten-Hut!!!

Your commanding officer, Kenny Eugene McCall, is here to bring back one of the greatest animated series ever!

You know you want it! DC's greatest heroes and Hanna-Barbera's coolest cartoon heroes all in one funky series. But this time, it's going to be ten times better than before with illustrated pictures of each hero to describe the series, and we've got some brand-new heroes that will debut in the Showcase, as well as two-new funky series featuring two very pretty voice actresses and their characters done in the "Justice League Caption This" style that will also make their debuts.

So, without further ado, let's get on with the show.

Animated Showcase: 2006 Edition​

Production Company: Warner Brothers Animation
Executive Producer: Kenny Eugene McCall and Bruce W. Timm
All stories written by Kenny Eugene McCall.

"Taradise Found," featuring the characters of Tara Strong, and "The Hale Storm," featuring the characters of Jennifer Hale, created for Superhero Hype! by Kenny Eugene McCall. Screencaps courtesy of their respective websites.

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment One:
Young Justice Unlimited

Voice Cast:

Conner Kent/Superboy: Jason Marsden
Cassandra Sandsmark/Wonder Girl: Maggie Blue O'Hara
Tim Drake/Robin: Matthew Valencia
Bartholomew West/Kid Flash: Kyle Gallner
Cissie King/Arrowette: Hayden Pannettierie
Stephanie Brown/Spoiler: Hynden Walch

Episode One: Superboy Unleashed

Supeman (George Newburn) and Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) guest star in an episode that is a follow-up to Identity Crisis (from Superman: TAS). Remember how Bizarro was created from Superman's DNA years ago? Well, Lex has done it again. This time, it's a brash 16-year-old clone made from both Superman and Lex Luthor's DNA! And his first mission: destroy Superman!

Episode Two: Cassandra - Paradise Found!

Wonder Woman (Susan Eisenberg) guest stars in this episode where it is five years later, and she is reunited with the young blonde girl she rescued five years ago in "Paradise Lost". Only this time, she's now 14, and she wants to repay Wonder Woman for saving her life - by being just like her! But, can she cut it as the new Wonder Girl?

Episode Three: The Fastest Kid Alive!

Flash (Michael Rosenbaum) finds himself in race against to save his nephew, Bart, from a life-threatening disease. The only way he could do that is to give him part of his Speed Force energy! But, can Wally deal with the new Fastest Kid Alive when he and Bart deal with a vengeful Captain Cold (Lex Lang) terrorizing Central City?

Episode Four: Trick Shots

Green Arrow (Kin Shriner) and Black Canary (Morena Baccarin) find themselves in a real pickle when they have to protect a bratty new teen actress named Cissie King on the set of her new movie. But, Roxy Rocket (Charity James) has other plans for the superhero couple, and it could be Cissie to the rescue of the Emerald Archer in her new identity of the Red Arrowette in this episode!

Episode Five: To the Robin Goes the Spoiler!

It's Tim Drake's 17th birthday, and Dick Grayson (Loren Lester) takes him to check out the Hex Girls in concert at Gotham Knights Arena. There, he meets a fellow classmate named Stephanie Brown, who he takes a liking to. But, what is the superheroic secret Stephanie has that's got both Robin and Nightwing concerned, especially when a dangerous musician named Punk Rocket comes looking for Thorn (Jennifer Hale), one of the Hex Girls? Can our three heroes deal with this punk-rock menace, and bring their bat-sounds to the lovely Goth girl group (and maybe see Tim get some of Stephanie in the process)?

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Two:
Penelope Pitstop: Grand Tour
(The Wacky Racing Southern Belle in her first modern series in forty years!)

Main Voice Cast:

Penelope Pitstop-Monroe: Heather Locklear
Phoebe Monroe/Sweet Sixteen: Jennifer Hale
Eliza Nygma/Bookworm: Katie Leigh
Eve Evans/Prom Queen: Cree Summer
Rachel Foley/Pom-Pom Girl: Andrea Taylor
Phillip Monroe (Ant Hill Mob): Frank Welker
Paige Monroe/Calendar Girl: Sela Ward (recurring role)
Robert Sutton/Gearhead: Jason Marsden
Roxanne Sutton/Roxy Rocket: Charity James

Episode One: Welcome to Seaboard City, Penelope Pitstop!

In what is to be the first of many adventures in the newly-revived town last seen on Justice League called Seaboard City, let me reintroduce you to a sexy blonde Southern Belle named Penelope Ann Monroe. She was once a race-car driver on the Wacky Racers circuit that is now married to the leader of the Ant Hill Mob, Phillip Monroe, with a superpowered teenage daughter named Phoebe, and a successful business of her own: Pitstop Stuntworks, the top motion-picture stunt casting company in Seaboard City! But, an old childhood friend from her past last seen on the New Batman/Superman Adventures has come to settle an old rivalry that's doomed to end both their lives! Don't you wish that the late, great Hooded Claw was still alive?

Episode Two: Penelope and Roxanne

Roxanne Sutton, Penelope Pitstop's trashy old girlfriend, has come to Seaboard City looking to start anew. But, Roxanne has a new name: Roxy Rocket! And, she's been causing trouble for a certain Caped Crusader for years now! This is especially true when Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) arrives in Seaboard City to help restart the Wacky Races under the Wayne Foundation banner and finds himself smitten with Penelope Monroe herself! Roxy Rocket, however, has plans for Ms. Pitstop as she challenges her former best friend to a race over the dangerous Suicide Hill, and Batman may be too late to rescue both women in this hair-raising adventure!

Episode Three: There's A Penguin in My Pitstop!

When Penelope Pitstop and Sweet Sixteen participate in a wild, race-themed modeling shoot for sister-in-law Paige's new modeling agency, things go from good to bad to worse as the Penguin (David Ogden Stiers) and his female associates Jay and Lark crash the party! But, are Penelope, Phoebe and Paige ready to tangle with the rotund b**tard, his girls and 25 gun-toting thugs at the same time? Let's hope that the surviving members of the Ant Hill Mob come to the Monroes' rescue pronto!

Episode Four: Vox Populi

Sweet Sixteen and her Pep Squad find themselves trapped on a wild new version of the game show "Think, Thank, Thunk!", hosted by the sadistic quizmaster, Arthur Brown, the Cluemaster (Glenn Shadix)! But the real mastermind behind Phoebe, Eliza, Evelyn and Rachel's predicament is a dangerous network executive named Thaddeus Vox (Gabe Khouth), the maniacal Control Freak! And, with mom Penelope involved in a fight with the evil Talia Al-Ghul in Calcutta alongside Nightwing, it's Stephanie Brown, the Spoiler (Hynden Walch) to the rescue! But are all five girls ready for the appearance of his uncle, the revived Colonel Vox? Not if his sonic scream has anything to say about it!

Episode Five: Thinking Outside the Vox!

Spoiler and the Pep Squad are in the fight of their lives against the combined forces of Cluemaster, Control Freak and Colonel Vox inside the Vox Network studios! And, with sonic disruptors aimed right at the girls with deadly results, can Bookworm find a way to shut down the Colonel's machines and get out alive in the conclusion of this two-part thriller?

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Three:
Nightwing: The Animated Series
(Dick Grayson is back for brand-new adventures!)

Main Voice Cast:

Richard "Dick" Grayson/Nightwing: Loren Lester
Bridget Clancy: Jennifer Jason Leigh
John Law/Tarantula I: Sam Waterston
Catalina Flores/Tarantula II: Michelle Rodriguez
Hank "Hero" Hogan: Sam Elliott
Matt "Mutt" Hogan: Ryan Hirakida
Amygdala: Dennis Haysbert
Sgt. Amy Rohrbacher: Yancy Butler
Inspector Dudley Soames: Lance Henriksen
Detective Ellen Yin: Ming-Na
Detective Ethan Bennett: Steve Harris
Roland Desmond/Blockbuster: Dick Durock
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl: Tara Strong (recurring role)
Miranda Kane: Jane Wiedlin (recurring role)

Episode One: The Kane Legacy: The Return of Miranda Kane

Dick's childhood friend from his circus days, Miranda Kane, makes her return into Dick's life as she needs his help in a case that concerns both their families when none other than Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) looks to acquire the Haly Circus for LexCorp! And if that's not enough, the connection between the Kane and Grayson families is about to extend even further as Dick is about to be reunited with Miranda's three other sisters in a five-part storyarc in this segment!

Episode Two: The Kane Legacy: Mystery of the Batwoman

Remember that awful Batman animated movie "Mystery of the Batwoman?" Okay folks, I've got to say this: Enough! Let's get it right, and tie this damn thing to the Nightwing series, okay?

The adventures of Dick and Miranda continue as they find themselves going to Metropolis to find a way to stop Lex Luthor's purchase of the Haly Circus. But they're in for a surprise when Miranda's older sister, Kathy Kane (Lori Loughlin), surprises them in Superman's home turf! She's here for an interview with Lois Lane (Dana Delany) for the Daily Planet! the real acid trip here is that she's got a crimefighting secret of her own that connects her to the entire Batman mythos, and she's about to put that to the test when she helps Nightwing deal with Lex's newest enforcer, Rampage (Susan Eisenberg), as the mysterious Batwoman, in this episode!

Episode Three: The Kane Legacy: The Dynamic Duo of Bludhaven

News of Nightwing and Batwoman's appearance in Metropolis, and Luthor's attempt at the Haly Circus has reached Superman (George Newbern), prompting Clark Kent and Lois Lane to accompany Dick Grayson and the Kane sisters back to Bludhaven for a performance. While in Nightwing's home turf, Kathy and Miranda introduce Lois and Clark to their younger sister, Elizabeth (Michelle Trachtenberg). She a spunky little hellcat who's got a major-league crush on Dick that goes back to his late Robin days! Meanwhile, Lex's arrival in Bludhaven has sent a shockwave through the town, and it has got Roland Desmond concerned and making a play to join forces with Superman's archenemy to find a way to eliminate his own nemesis, Nightwing! And, if that's not enough, Elizabeth gets her chance to score with Dick when she becomes a brand-new heroine called Flamebird in this episode!

Episode Four: The Kane Legacy: Luthor's Big Bludhaven Score

The timely arrival of Flamebird is music to the ears of Nightwing, Batwoman and Superman, as they find themselves dealing with Luthor's hired assassins at the circus performance! Meanwhile, Miranda and Lois find out what Luthor's plans for the circus really are, and find themselves captured by Luthor's new business partner, Blockbuster! If that's not enough, Lois is forced to watch as Miranda becomes the first subject of Luthor's grand plan to create a race of superpowered animal-human crossbreeds out of the animals from the circus itself! Can Nightwing, Superman, Batwoman and Flamebird get to them before it's too late?

Episode Five: The Kane Legacy: Magenta

Nightwing and company may have stopped Luthor and Blockbuster's grand plan to create an army of animal assassins, and rescued Lois and Miranda last episode, but it is not without a price, as the Kane family is about to get another superpowered member in Miranda herself when she becomes the snake-woman Reptillica! But, will she be able to control her newly-acquired powers? And if that's not enough, what happens when Miranda's twin sister, Frances, arrives in Bludhaven from Central City with a Gothic new look and magnetic powers to boot? And, what's it got to do with the Flash when he meets Nightwing in his own series in Segment Six?

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Four:
Birds of Prey
(Dinah, Helena, and Barbara are back in all-new adventures!)

Main Voice Cast:

Barbara Gordon/Oracle: Tara Strong
Dinah Laurel Lance/Black Canary: Morena Baccarin
Helena Bertinelli/Huntress: Amy Acker

Episode One: Night of the Jade Canary

Poor Dinah. She gets more than she bargained for when she meets a brand-new, similarly-dressed superhero by the name of the Jade Canary (Jolene Blalock), who arrives just in time to rescue Dinah from a beatdown at the hands of the Batman villainess Red Claw (Kate Mulgrew) in Calcutta. But, there's something fishy about this new songbird, especially when she turns out to be none other than Red Claw's own younger sister, Lady Shiva, who is looking to settle an old score with Black Canary by becoming her deadly, dark-haired, green-costumed twin!

Episode Two: Day of the Lady Blackhawks

The Birds find themselves on Blackhawk Island helping out the only surviving member of the original Blackhawk squadron, Chuck Siranni (Seymour Cassel), start up the new Blackhawk Academy when they meet up with two of his first students: 17-year-old Zinda Blake (Rose McGowan) and 16-year-old Natalie Green (Kaley Cuoco). But, will these two young ladies (and the other potential Blackhawks) be able to make the cut when they help our heroines deal with a dangerous modern-day Aryan warlord named Per Degaton (Alan Rickman) in this adventure? Hawk-aaa!

Episode Three: Ben 10 Meets the Birds of Prey

It's a Tara Strong-themed episode, as Barbara Gordon gets a strange visit from a spunky 10-year-old kid named Ben Tennyson when he and his family visit Gotham City to attend the Sumo Slammers tournament at Wayne Enterprises! Throw in new BOP member Raven and a visit from both Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn (Diane Pershing and Arleen Sorkin) and their respective groups, the Black Rose and Royal Flush Gangs, and it may be up to Ben 10 himself to help Babs and Raven deal with these two deadly and divine divas in this special episode!

Episode Four: The Rebecca Crown Affair

Babs and Helena travel to Seaboard City to meet with a young teen actress named Rebecca Crown (Jodie Sweetin), who has just gone through the death of her father, actor and superhero Bradley Crown (John Stamos) days earlier. But the real story here is the secret connection between Becky, a powerful cyborg canine named Dynomutt II, and the return of Blue Falcon, who makes her appearance helping the Birds of Prey deal with Killer Frost (Jennifer Hale), who is visiting her cousin, also named Rebecca (Denise Crosby) in this H-B-themed ep!

Episode Five: Of Hex Girls and Teen Angels

Helena Bertinelli gets into the music business when she helps the Hex Girls (Jennifer Hale, Kimberly Brooks and Jane Wiedlin) deal with their rivals, the Teen Angels (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Tara Strong, and Nicholle Tom). But, what Thorn, Dusk, Luna, Brenda, Taffy and DeeDee don't know is that their rivalry is being exploited by none other than Stephen Mandragora himself, in this episode!

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Five:
The Brave and the Bold: 2006 Edition
(That wacky fifth-segment series is back and better than ever!)​

Episode One: Ben 10: And Now, an Interesting Offer from Wayne Enterprises!

Ben Tennyson (Tara Strong), as he gets kissed by both Oracle and Raven during the Black Rose Gang/Royal Flush Gang debacle in the Birds of Prey segment, finally gets to meet the man who sponsored the Sumo Slammers tournament: Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy)! And, as his company is about to acquire the Sumo Slammers rights, he has an offer for Ben's grandfather Max Tennyson to become part of the Applied Sciences department of Waynetech! But the real deal is for Ben 10, as he and his cousin Gwendolyn are booted straight into the Justice League's Young Justice division! Can Ben and Gwen, with their newfound powers, be able to deal with the team's distinguished young members, not to mention senior instructor Starfire (Venus Terzo), who knows a lot more about the Omnitrix than she's telling? If you only knew, Ben!

Episode Two: Blue Falcon: And the Lady's Name is... Permafrost!

It's a chilling tale of two young women named Rebecca, as the new female Blue Falcon - Rebecca Crown (Jodie Sweetin) - deals with her first mission in helping the Huntress (Amy Acker) fight off the icy Dr. Rebecca Frost (Denise Crosby) in her new identity of Permafrost! But, the real battle of the episode is between Permafrost and her own similarly-dressed, dark blue-haired cousin Crystal - Killer Frost (Jennifer Hale) herself! And both Drs. Crystal and Rebecca are about to give new meaning to the term "blood is colder than water" in this first Blue Falcon adventure!

Episode Three: Mercy Graves: The Return of Freakazoid

A hilarious comedic superhero from the 90's makes his return to animation in the DCAU after an eight-year absence, as Mercy Graves (Lisa Edelstein) searches for an old friend of hers named Dexter Douglas, only to find a mysterious advanced holographic being inside what's left of LexCorp's computers named Freakazoid! Now, Mercy must take the form of Freakazoid! herself in order to find Dexter and stop the return of his old nemesis the Lobe (Malcolm McDowell) from coming back to life in this special episode!

Episode Four: Flash: Lady Impulse - The Fastest B***h Alive!

Wally and Bart (Michael Rosenbaum and Kyle Gallner) are in for a rude awakening when the two speedsters rescue Bart's girlfriend Lisa Marie (Melody Perkins) from a brutal beating at the hands of her brother Captain Cold (Lex Lang) and the Flash Rogues' Gallery when she is given a part of the Speed Force by Bart, turning her into a female version of Bart's old Impulse identity - only this time clad in pink and purple, much faster and smarter than even Bart! But, is Central City ready for Lady Impulse when Lisa tangles with the insane speedstress Christina (Denise Quinones) and Blue Trinity in this wild episode?

Episode Five: Hex Girls: A Long Journey Into Midnight!

The DCAU's freakiest female Goth band is embarking on a search for a new fourth member when Thorn (Jennifer Hale) introduces her bandmates to a promising young guitarist and vocalist named Midnight (Kelly Osbourne), whose awesome guitar riffs and vocal range thrill the gothic rocker chicks themselves! But, who is Ingrid Karkull, and why is her appearance as the new Hex Girl have to do with the return of her grandfather, the demonic Ian Karkull, who has a history with Luna Cramer's uncle, Doctor Fate (Oded Fehr), and his appearance at Ingrid's first performance with the band?

 

[facsmth]

Where'd you get that Young Justice picture?

 

[Rainer7]

Is that Static I see in Young Justice Unlimited?

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

That picture is from www.wikipedia.org

Type in "Young Justice" and then click "go". It will take you there.

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Six:
The Power of Shazam
(Captain Marvel and the Fawcett City gang are back in brand-new adventures!)

Main Voice Cast:

Billy Batson: Shane Haboucha
Mary Batson: Anna Sophia Robb
Captain Marvel: Jerry O'Connell
Mary Marvel: Amy Jo Johnson
Uncle Dudley: Paul Eiding
Mentor: Michael Bell
Dr. Andrea Thomas: Diane Pershing
Dianna Pershing/Isis: Michelynne McGuire
Principal Patricia "Trixie" Ruthless: Maylo McCaslin-Upton

Episode One: The Bulleteer Returns

Since the last DC Animated Showcase, Billy Batson was transferred to the superhero-friendly confines of Fawcett Academy, where he has now been introduced to the next generation of Hero High students and their manipulative principal, Miss Patricia Ruthless! Now, Billy finds himself meeting a brand-new student named Deanna Barr (Bethany Joy Lenz), a 15-year-old girl looking to make it at Fawcett Academy! But, what is the secret behind her strange new powers, and the connection to her deceased parents, James and Susan Barr? Find out in this episode!

Episode Two: The Monster Society of Evil

Principal Ruthless has a very serious problem ahead of her: You see, her husband's killers, Blaze, Satanus and the Monster Society of Evil have returned looking to finish what they started with the Ruthless family, and not even Dirty Trixie's bag of tricks can save her! Can Billy and Captain Marvel be able to stop his demon offspring from ending Miss Ruthless' life before it's too late?

Episode Three: Wormwood Family Secrets

Batman (Kevin Conroy] guest stars in this episode where Billy and Mary's old teacher, Miss Wormwood (Diane Delano), has come to Fawcett Academy to hide out in fear of her life, for her nephew, Josiah Wormwood, has put a nasty little contract out on her life! But, is Captain Marvel prepared for the arrival of Wormwood the Inquisitor, a creep last seen on "Batman: The Animated Series?"

Episode Four: Hex and the Power of Shazam!

Black Alice (Alyson Hannigan) and the Hex Girls (Jennifer Hale, Kimberly Brooks, Jane Wiedlin and Kelly Osbourne) all make an appearance at Fawcett Academy for a concert, in addition to the young teenage witch joining the Fawcett student body! And all five of them suddenly have a major-league crush on the World's Mightiest Mortal! Check out the Goth girl group as they experience what it is to have the power of Shazam in this special episode!

Episode Five: Mary Marvel Meets the Web Woman

A classic, long-forgotten Filmation heroine makes her DC Universe debut in this episode where little Mary Batson is introduced to her new babysitter, a young woman named Kelly Webster (Susan Ward), whom Mary takes a particular liking to, especially when the little 10-year-old discovers Kelly's mysterious superhero identity as Web Woman, a superheroine with powers that would make Marvel Comics' Spider-Woman jealous? Can you say "Welcome to my parlor, said the spider to the fly?"

 

[Kenny Eugene McCall]

Segment Seven:
Flash: The Fastest Man Alive!
(Wally and Bart are back for brand-new episodes!)

Main Voice Cast:

Wally West/Flash: Michael Rosenbaum
Bartholomew West/Kid Flash: Kyle Gallner
Lisa Marie Snart/Lady Impulse: Melody Perkins
Jessica Chambers/Jesse Quick: Sarah Michelle Gellar
Medical Examiner Barry Allen: John Wesley Shipp
Police Commissioner Jay Garrick: Tim Thomerson
CSI Hunter Zolomon/Zoom: Charlie Schlatter
Dr. Christina McGee: Amanda Pays
Dr. Julio Mendes: Alex Desert
Linda Park: Kim Mai Guest
Officer Fred Chyre: Dennis Haysbert
Det. Frank Morrillo: Patrick Warburton
Frances Kane/Magenta: Jane Wiedlin (recurring role)

Villains' voice actors introduced in episodes.

Episode One: Smoke and Mirrors

Zatanna Zatara (Jennifer Hale) and June Moone (Amanda Bynes) make a special appearance in this Flash eppy where they help Flash and Kid Flash deal with a bizarre series of seemingly magically-based crimes committed against various magicians at a magic convention in Central City. But, there's more than meets the eye, as Zatanna and Flash are trapped in a special effects-laden room by none other than the Mirror Master (Alexis Denisof), and Kid Flash and the Enchantress are the only ones that can rescue them. Plus, is there a romantic attraction between Bart and June? Not if Wally, Zatanna, and a jealous Lisa have anything to say about it!

Episode Two: Cobalt Blue

Wally finds himself in an eerie situation when he must protect an up-and-coming politician named Malcolm Thawne (John Wesley Shipp) from an assassination attempt on his life. The situation at hand: his 26-year-old daughter, Meloni Thawne (Stacy Keibler), who has a dangerous new alter ego of her own: Cobalt Blue! But, who is Cobalt Blue, and what is her connection to her father and his own connection to his lookalike, Barry Allen? Can you say "Twin brother?"

Episode Three: Frances and Miranda

Speaking of twins, Nightwing (Loren Lester) guest stars, as he visits Central City to deal with the events surrounding twin sisters Miranda and Frances Kane (Jane Wiedlin in a dual role), especially when Frances comes back into the lives of both Miranda and Wally, and also when Dick needs Wally's help in dealing with her magnetic alter ego of Magenta, who's been causing havoc in Bludhaven. And, will Fran's emotional state affect Miranda as well?

Episode Four: Fast as Lightning, Slow as a Turtle!

When Ben Tennyson (Tara Strong) visits Central City for a reunion of sorts between Grandpa Max (Paul Eiding) and Police Commissioner Jay Garrick, he finds himself out of his league when his superspeedster alter ego, XLR8, deals with one of the Flash's most perplexing foes, The Turtle Man (David Kaye)! Luckily for him, Flash and Kid Flash are there to help! Plus, check out Ben and Gwen (Meagan Smith) as they challenge Bart and Lisa to a race around Central City! All in this hilarious Flash/Ben 10 crossover episode!

Episode Five: Lisa and Jessica

When Lisa Snart finds herself getting into a fight with her big brother's new girlfriend, Killer Frost (Jennifer Hale), Lady Impulse is the one in over her head! That is, until she meets a sexy speedstress named Jessica Belle Chambers, who's looking for a new sidekick of her own! Throw in an appearance by big bro Captain Cold (Lex Lang), Crystal's cousin Permafrost (Denise Crosby), who's looking to score with her new man, and worse, Cold's ice queen of a wife, Diane (Diane Delano), who's looking to see why hubby Leonard would choose Crystal over her, and both Lady Impulse and Jesse Quick are about to have a fight on their hands in this all-female episode!