Favorite Plot Twist

[Aldrius]

Mask of the Phantasm.

I had the movie spoiled for me, and yet I was still kinda surprised.

 

[Daphne Blake]

Oh yeah, don't know why I didn't think of that film, that one was awesome.

 

[MJC]

Hawkgirl being a spy, easily.

Terry being Bruce's son was probably the worst.

 

[oofadoofa]

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Darksied(sp?)'s return in the JLU finale yet.

 

[Donomark]

...Probably shouldn't have made this a poll.

 

[murmur]

...Probably shouldn't have made this a poll.

Don't sweat it, guy. This is a fun spoiler-filled romp of a thread. At least you were honest enough to realize you probably couldn't cover every good twist. I couldn't either.

Tough to beat the Phantasm reveal or the Turpin murder.

Anyone mention Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne? Robin was set up so early in the episode we forgot about him. A little cartoon-y for him to do such a good impression, but what the heck, he learns from an expert impersonator too. I especially got a kick out of the episode's ending when I first saw it, because I saw it when Robin had only been in a few tantalizing episodes so far (the Joker's answering machine, though not a twist, is still the episode's highlight for me though). Come to think of it, even the episode's premise alone is a bit of a surprising twist, Bruce's identity revealed to an extortionist, and they never have to resort to a cheat like amnesia or dreaming.

 

[creativerealms]

Favorite Twist: Strange New World, The whole city was not infected only Batman was. It made the episode much more solid, made all the pieces of the puzzle fit in place and made an already good episode great.

Least Favorite Twist: Brainthor, I fealt that the Cadmus arc would have been better if the final villains of it were not two Superman rogues merged together. I would have liked it more if Luthor ended up not being the biggest contributor to project Cadmus but the Illuminati was with Vandal Savage and his secret orginasation being the final villains of that arc and Waller being a member and playing Luthor like a pawn. Hey I can dream.

 

[Nemesis]

I liked the Luthor/Brainiac twist but I also was very freaked out by the twist in Legends, not one of my favorite episodes. But I will give them this. that was freaky and unexpected. Had the whole episode had tinges of it, it might have been great.

 

[murmur]

Actually I thought Legends did a great job of foreshadowing that twist. Though most of the arc was classic, corny, old-school comic fun, J'onn's visions and the "too good to be true" aspect of the arc set up the twist pretty darn well. It brought a much more meaningful contrast to the ways, good and bad, that we idolize our heroes past.

 

[Donomark]

Another great one is the climax to "Almost Got 'Im" where Croc is revealed to be Batman.

Also the twist in "Target" where Lytner is revealed to be the guy after Lois. It was a pretty creepy episode, so I never figured the nice tech guy was the perp when I first saw it.

 

[Anarky]

Tim Drake = The Joker
surprised noone's mentioned that one

I liked the twist in Mystery of the Batwoman of there being 3 different Batwomen.

my favorite twist is the reveleation at the end of Panic in the Sky. That come completely out of leftfield. I'd say the same for Alive!

I'm not certain if you can classify Turpin's death as a plot twist. It was obviously an impactful moment in the series as well as the dynamic between Superman and Darkseid.

 

[ROBOTRON]

How the hell is Judgement Day not on here?

I mentioned it in post #14...unless u mean the poll itself.

 

[Nygma]

I would have liked it more if Luthor ended up not being the biggest contributor to project Cadmus but the Illuminati was with Vandal Savage and his secret orginasation being the final villains of that arc and Waller being a member and playing Luthor like a pawn. Hey I can dream.

IMO I thought Vandal Savage's story ended with Hereafter. Once you know, how he'll react to his success, what's the point of taking his evil intentions seriously.

I may be wrong but I thought Timm and co. thinking behind Vandal Savage since he's immortal, was to show a pattern with each of his appearances.
His 1st appearance was in the past (The Savage Time).
His 2nd appearance was in the present (Maid of Honor).
And his 3rd and final appearance was in the future (Hereafter).

So having him appear again would sort of go against that. Besides I thought the point of the cadmus arc was to prove that despite all the Justice Lords rumors and potential foreshadowing events, The Justice League are not The Justice Lords.

 

[Donomark]

^I actually never thought of that, but I'm sure that was intentional.

 

[BrendaBat]

My favorite plot twist was at the end of the episode Growing Pains (the one where the sweet young girl Tim spent the entire episode trying to save turned out to be a piece of Clayface). Mainly because I TOTALLY didn't see that twist coming and what happened to Annie had me depressed for a week after I watched the episode. I'm not even exaggerating here.



And Over the Edge was a fantastic episode and all, but I don't see why it's in the poll. I wouldn't call the ending of it a "plot twist". I mean really, who among us actually thought that Barbara would stay dead and Bruce, Tim, and Dick would live as fugitives for the rest of the series.

 

[CBright7831]

Where's...

Andrea Baumont as The Phantasm
Joker living inside Tim Drake
Braniac popping out of Luthor
Hawkgirl turning on the Justice League
Epilogue (Bruce = Tim's father)

 

[murmur]

IMO I thought Vandal Savage's story ended with Hereafter. Once you know, how he'll react to his success, what's the point of taking his evil intentions seriously.

I may be wrong but I thought Timm and co. thinking behind Vandal Savage since he's immortal, was to show a pattern with each of his appearances.
His 1st appearance was in the past (The Savage Time).
His 2nd appearance was in the present (Maid of Honor).
And his 3rd and final appearance was in the future (Hereafter).

So having him appear again would sort of go against that.

My thoughts exactly. I always thought the time-traveling view of Savage was a terrific way to explore his most salient supernatural trait: immortality. And yes, Hereafter really does seem to put the Savage story to rest. In fact, if the JL really did do "whatever it takes" to stop Savage, as he specifically asked Supes to do, and we are to take his fadeout seriously, then he's already gone.

Besides I thought the point of the cadmus arc was to prove that despite all the Justice Lords rumors and potential foreshadowing events, The Justice League are not The Justice Lords.

Well that's one point of it. I don't see how that relates to Brainthor v. Savage v. some other unnamed villain.

 

[creativerealms]

I don't want to gwt into it in this topic. Hoever that view on Savage which neat is flawed. By that same logic, Brainac's Story came to an end in Twilight, and Luthor's in "The Return" yet both were showed down our thoats more.

I love JLU but I hate how Superman Villains ended up being the big bads at the end. I have came to accept it and I still like those episodes but it just feels like Big Justice League threats were shafted for more Luthor, Brainiac, and Darkseid.

Thats all for my ranting sorry for bringing it up.

Savages fade out was simply that Savage not existing in the new future. Because he never destroyed the world he's history was changed dramaticly and that Savage never came to be. I saw his vanishing as the two futures changing places and not Savage not existing in the future. Really how did Superman Perminatly stop him? Did he throw him in the Phantom Zone. Thats the only thing I can think of yet Superman did not think like that just yet.

Sorry it's just from the moment the Question mentioned/hinted to the Illuminati in "Galatea" I expected them and their leader to be the masterminds behind Cadmus. That made more sense to me then Luthor.

 

[Nygma]

Sorry it's just from the moment the Question mentioned/hinted to the Illuminati in "Galatea" I expected them and their leader to be the masterminds behind Cadmus. That made more sense to me then Luthor.

How did Luthor not make sense? The paranoia with Cadmus began with the news about how Justice Lords Superman killed President Luthor in another dimension. There was alot more potential with Luthor as the big bad at the end then there was with Savage. With Luthor there was that built up suspense with whether this Superman would go to far (killing Luthor). With Vandal Savage as the big bad, that suspense isn't really there, and isn't anywhere near as interesting. That's why IMO Luthor was the better way to go.

Anyways back on topic, I liked the twist in Secret Society on J'onn being Clayface in disguise. Maybe I was just so caught up in the story, but it's a twist I didn't see coming.