6:34 Spoiler is Stephanie Brown. She was briefly the fourth Robin. Stephanie Brown is the daughter of the Cluemaster, one of Gotham City third-rate villains. To ruin his schemes, she became the vigilante Spoiler. Stephanie's father Cluemaster spent most of her childhood in prison or away from the family. Though he claimed to be "rehabilitated" upon his return to Gotham, Stephanie was furious to discover that he was actually returning to crime without his need to leave clues behind. She decided something needed to be done. Stephanie tailored a costume for herself, and called herself the Spoiler. She knew where her father was hiding out, found out his plans, and left clues so that the police and Batman could stop him. Robin (Tim Drake) tracked her down, and she joined in on the capturing of Cluemaster. She also became attracted to Robin, and it annoyed her that he knew her identity but she did not know his. Eventually Tim and Stephanie fell in love. Stephanie also began a friendship with Batgirl Cassandra Cain (who was Batgirl when Barbara was paralysed and is in this episode as the character Orphan). After Tim had to stop being Robin for personal reasons for a bit, Stephanie volunteered to be Robin. After Stephanie disobeyed Batman's orders (in order to save his life), Batman later fired her and told her that she was done being a hero because he could not trust her in the field. She later would use the identity of Batgirl in addition to Barbara Gordon and Cassandra Cain.
You'll see the plot is much deeper in this season, and in the next. This was when the series moved to Max from Cartoon network, so there will be blood, more graphic and realistic depictions of violence, and even some mild cursing, as well as more complex plots. I sort of equate it to being like the progression of the Harry Potter series, which started as just a young wizard having adventures and turned into end of the world, death is on the line stuff. I know some have problems with this series and its continued focus on new characters at the expense of the original team, but I'm not one of them. I actually like the progression of the characters into positions of leadership and trust within the larger superhero world. To Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, the characters of Nightwing, Aquaman, Superboy, etc, are adults whom they trust implicitly. But yeah, it would have been cool to see spin off series from this show, with Robin (Tim Drake) leading a new team of apprentices and possibly being run by Nightwing and Oracle instead of Batman. Or maybe a new Birds of Prey run by Oracle, with Black Canary, Artemis, and other heroines. But who knows? You may get your wish about seeing other teams... And yeah, "You haven't had Black Lightning before!" was hella funny. I'm an old white guy (55) and I laugh every time I hear it, because I know it's a nod to the blaxploitation origins of Black Lightning. And it's nice to see the character getting some mojo back after the darkness he fell into at the beginning of the season. Something tells me we are far from done with the story of Black Lightning...
12:27 Simon Stagg is also the one responsible for creating Metamorpho. Rex Mason (Metamorpho) is also in love with Stagg's daughter, Sapphire Stagg.
I lowkey love this episode because of the twists and also seeing Mad Hatter in this universe for the first time ever. That man is funny
6:34 Spoiler is Stephanie Brown. She was briefly the fourth Robin. Stephanie Brown is the daughter of the Cluemaster, one of Gotham City third-rate villains. To ruin his schemes, she became the vigilante Spoiler. Stephanie's father Cluemaster spent most of her childhood in prison or away from the family. Though he claimed to be "rehabilitated" upon his return to Gotham, Stephanie was furious to discover that he was actually returning to crime without his need to leave clues behind. She decided something needed to be done. Stephanie tailored a costume for herself, and called herself the Spoiler. She knew where her father was hiding out, found out his plans, and left clues so that the police and Batman could stop him. Robin (Tim Drake) tracked her down, and she joined in on the capturing of Cluemaster. She also became attracted to Robin, and it annoyed her that he knew her identity but she did not know his. Eventually Tim and Stephanie fell in love. Stephanie also began a friendship with Batgirl Cassandra Cain (who was Batgirl when Barbara was paralysed and is in this episode as the character Orphan). After Tim had to stop being Robin for personal reasons for a bit, Stephanie volunteered to be Robin. After Stephanie disobeyed Batman's orders (in order to save his life), Batman later fired her and told her that she was done being a hero because he could not trust her in the field. She later would use the identity of Batgirl in addition to Barbara Gordon and Cassandra Cain.
You'll see the plot is much deeper in this season, and in the next. This was when the series moved to Max from Cartoon network, so there will be blood, more graphic and realistic depictions of violence, and even some mild cursing, as well as more complex plots. I sort of equate it to being like the progression of the Harry Potter series, which started as just a young wizard having adventures and turned into end of the world, death is on the line stuff. I know some have problems with this series and its continued focus on new characters at the expense of the original team, but I'm not one of them. I actually like the progression of the characters into positions of leadership and trust within the larger superhero world. To Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, the characters of Nightwing, Aquaman, Superboy, etc, are adults whom they trust implicitly.
But yeah, it would have been cool to see spin off series from this show, with Robin (Tim Drake) leading a new team of apprentices and possibly being run by Nightwing and Oracle instead of Batman. Or maybe a new Birds of Prey run by Oracle, with Black Canary, Artemis, and other heroines. But who knows? You may get your wish about seeing other teams...
And yeah, "You haven't had Black Lightning before!" was hella funny. I'm an old white guy (55) and I laugh every time I hear it, because I know it's a nod to the blaxploitation origins of Black Lightning. And it's nice to see the character getting some mojo back after the darkness he fell into at the beginning of the season. Something tells me we are far from done with the story of Black Lightning...
We didn't get enough of robins team n season 3
Season 3 garbage ngl
It's not at the same level as the others but it's still good