- I'm chlorophyll kid.
- Thanks for auditioning.
Wanna show us
what you can do?
[Grunts]
- Grow!
[Plant roars]
- You can call off
your plant now.
- Oh, I just
make plants grow fast.
I can't control 'em.
[Both sigh]
[Sighs]
- And so it begins.
[Plant roars]
[Theme music]
- Uhh!
Can't you do anything
To stop this thing?
- Well, would it help
if I made it bigger?
All: no!
- Then not really.
- Yo! Over here!
[All gasp]
[Plant growls and roars]
[Giggles]
- That's enough
of you today.
- I got a really
good feeling
about this. Heh.
- Who's next?
- Um...stone boy?
Superman:
and what's your power?
- I can change
the color of anything!
- Then you must be
color kid.
- Mm-hmm. Ha!
[Giggles]
- Hi. My superhero name
Is porcupine pete.
- Uh-uh, no way!
Not him again.
- No, no, it's okay.
He passed my prep course
with flying colors.
Pete! Do your thing!
[Grunts]
- aah!
[Crash]
- So he needs to work
on his aim a little.
Ow!
- Cam.
Good to see you, buddy.
- Hey, thanks, but it's...
It's matter eater lad now.
- Cool name.
[Gasps]
- huh?
[expl*si*n]
- You're next, star boy.
- Is that all he can... Whoa!
Unh! Ow!
Okay, I get it.
He makes things heavy, too.
Saturn girl: alright,
infectious lass,
Whenever you're ready.
- Ew. Eww.
Ah... Ah-choo!
Ah-choo!
Ah-choo!
- I'm happy to announce
that the newest members
Of the legion
of superheroes are...
Matter eater lad
and star boy.
- As for the rest of you,
better luck next time.
As long as there
isn't a next time.
- [Sighs] I just wish
I had another chance.
- Me, too. I mean,
I turned superman
lime green!
That was dumb.
If I had turned him
forest green,
I<i> know</i> I would've gotten in!
- Father was right.
- What about you, stone boy?
Anything you'd
do differently?
- Hey! Sorry you guys
didn't get in.
You know, I failed
my first audition, too.
- [Sniffs] really?
- Actually, according
to the official
Collector's edition
of the legion log,
It took you
- Yeah, well...
The point is, keep trying.
At first glance, my power
may not seem that cool,
But being a hero
isn't about your powers.
It's how you choose
to use them.
[Radio beeps]
- legionnaires...
Report to the launch bay.
We've got trouble.
- Don't give up!
- Oh, yeah.
That's gonna be us someday.
- Why not now?
If we want
to get into the legion,
We have to show them
what we can<i> really</i> do!
- What<i> is</i> that?
- I'm not certain.
Whatever it is,
It seems to be feeding
on the ionosphere.
- I take it
that's a bad thing?
- Without its protection,
Cosmic rays
would incinerate the earth.
- Then why are
we still in here talking?
- Hang on a sec.
Let's see what
the new guys can do.
- Ahh!
Hmm. Tastes like chicken.
- Well, I hope
he saved room for seconds.
- This isn't
just any city, guys.
<I>this</i> is new metropolis.
We're gonna need
to be alert,
Vigilant, smart.
Now let's hit the streets
and do some good!
Thanks, mom!
- [Narrating]
infectious lass,
hero log.
On our first day protecting
the city from evil,
[Sniffs]
it went even better
than expected.
[Woman sneezes]
[Woman groans]
[Bank alarm rings]
Infectious girl:
every one of us
used our powers
In exciting new ways.
We protected the innocent
And braved terrible dangers.
- Thanks, kid.
- Uh, whoa, whoa,
Hey, hey, hey, stop! Stop!
- Bebop!
Infectious girl:
I actually think
we made a big difference.
- Aah! Aah!
[Screaming]
Infectious girl:
I think we could
get used to this.
We sure showed the world
what we can do.
[Stomping]
- They want to mock me,
you know that.
They mock starfinger.
But that was before
I had a different power
In every finger, like ice!
Or sonic boom!
I could never figure out
What this little guy
did, though...
Until yesterday!
No one will mock me now.
Not when I use
these little furries
To rob new metropolis blind.
[Gasps]
- The creatures do tend
to float away unexpectedly,
But, uh, what are
you gonna do?
- I'll tell you what
<i>you're</i> gonna do.
Time...in jail!
[Infectious girl
uses inhaler]
- And who are you?
- We're...
You know,
that's a good question.
We never did pick
a name for ourselves...
- Pete. [Sniffs]
uh, villain.
- Right!
Let's get him!
Both: uhh! Unh!
- Aah! Uhh!
Whoa!
- Unh!
Aah! Uhh!
- Grow!
-<I> that</i> was easy.
- Hello!
You still have
to get past me.
- Very well.
[Grunts]
- Some chartreuse
should stop you!
No? How 'bout magenta?
Taupe?
Lavender?
Aah!
Unh!
- Okay, then,
If there's nothing else,
I'll be going.
Fuzzies,
Grab the loot!
- We gotta follow him!
- How?
- I don't think
it'll be that hard.
Bouncing boy:
oh, there's more of 'em?
Superman:
where are they all
coming from?
- I'm not sure.
They don't appear
to be from this dimension,
Or any of the ones
adjacent to it.
- Great.
Well, is there
anything we<i> do</i> know?
Brainiac:
yes. Wherever
they're coming from,
There appears to be
unlimited supply.
- Huh?
- You guys ready to do
what has to be done?
All: yeah!
- Okay!
- Brainiac 5.
Wait. Weren't all of you
at the audition?
Yes, sir!
Porcupine pete here.
We've got urgent news.
Starfinger is on the loose
in new metropolis!
- What's the<i> urgent</i> news?
- Um, th... That was it.
- We've got
something up here
Eating
our planet's ionosphere.
I don't have time
for a science lesson,
But let's just say
this is a very bad thing.
- But...what about
starfinger?
- He's a third-rate nuisance
and a waste of our time.
I'm sure you'll
think of something.
Brainiac 5, out.
- Yeah, but...
- Star boy, watch your back!
I'm calling in
reinforcements.
Rendezvous at 17.48 degrees
to intercept.
- Copy that.
- I just don't know
what to do.
I'm stuck!
- You're not the only one.
[Sighs]
- No, I mean I'm stuck
on what to do next.
If the legion isn't coming,
it's up to us!
All: aah!
- They're up there
saving the world.
The least we can do
is our part down here!
Who's with me?
Hey!
Wait up!
[Bang]
All: aah!
- Oh!
Who are you people?
Seriously.
Do I owe you money
or something?
- We're the...
Heroes that are gonna
take you down!
- You're welcome to try.
I am starfinger!
- He's a little dramatic,
don't you think?
- Ha ha!
Huh?
[Rustling]
- Gotcha!
[Screams]
[Infectious girl grunts]
- Ha!
- Uhh! Unh!
- Aah! Whoa!
[Laughs]
- Ah-choo!
[Moans]
- Ha!
- Ah-choo!
- Oh!
- Yoo-hoo!
- Unh!
[Grunts]
- Stone boy?
[Grunts]
- Uhh! Getting tired?
- Ha! You kidding?
I could do this all week!
- We may have to.
Brainie, I guess
it's too much to hope
That you've come up with some
sort of brilliant solution?
- Actually, I have.
But you're not
gonna like it.
This cannon
I'm building
Will polarize
the ionosphere,
Making it inhospitable
to any creature
that touches it.
Superman: like a giant
bug zapper. Cool.
There's also
a 14.349% chance
It will incinerate the sky
over the western hemisphere.
- Maybe you should
keep thinking.
- At the rate
these things are eating,
We have less than
an hour left.
If I had some idea
where they were coming from,
We might have
a better chance.
[Roars]
Brainiac:
watch your left flank,
element lad.
- Incoming, sun boy!
[Grunts]
[Creatures screaming]
[grunts]
Brainiac: good job, tyroc!
Blok, clear a path.
And...stone boy?
It's charging.
- There has to be
another way
To stop these things.
- Solar radiation
on the earth's surface
Is nearing critical,
superman.
I don't have
any other options.
- Then we'll have
to work faster.
All: aah!
[Starfinger laughing]
- This will teach you
to tangle with starfinger!
Huh?
- Chlorophyll kid,
it's up to you.
- You can do it!
We believe in you!
- Unh!
[Grunts]
Grow!
- Aah!
All: yes!
[Plant roars]
[All gasp]
all: no!
- Aah!
[All whimper]
- You should feel honored.
You'll be the ones
to put me onto the map.
My name will be
synonymous with evil.
Prepare yourselves
for my 10-finger salute!
Aah! Aah!
[Groans]
Infectious girl:
whew! That was close.
- Ha! Lucky you landed
where you did.
- Lucky?
I had to calculate
the exact trajectory
Of my descent
while factoring in
Air pressure, wind speed,
not to mention...
What?
- You're talking.
- Look, what's important now
is that the furries
Are what's eating
the atmosphere.
- It's no good!
I can't get through
to anybody.
- Of course not.
By now the atmospheric
disturbances will have
The whole system down.
- But if we can't reach
the legion,
Or... Or the science police,
- Then the fate
of the whole world
Is in<i> our</i> hands!
- Actually,
It's in starfinger's hand.
[Grunting]
[Grunts]
how do we get
your glove off?
- I'll never tell.
- Aw, come on,
Why not?!
- Well, mostly because
I never...
Figured out how.
- We're at full power.
- I just hope
we're not about
To save the world
by destroying it.
- Huh?
- Uh, guys,
When I said keep trying,
I meant next year.
- No, listen...
It's starfinger.
His glove... It's...
It's what's creating
these creatures.
- I have finally
unleashed a plan
That will destroy the world.
- If we're going
to save the earth,
We have to fire
the neutralizer now!
- You've got to believe us!
- I believe you.
- But we need...
- I believe 'em, too.
Brainie, check the glove.
- Hey! How did you do that?
Give that back or I'll...
- Move anything...
And he'll bite it off.
- Well?
- It appears
you are correct.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
- We saved the world!
- Not yet.
Now you've saved the world.
It appears
we've underestimated
the danger of starfinger.
- Of course you did.
- We underestimated
all of you.
I hope we'll see you
at the next audition.
- Thanks, lightning lad.
But I think
we're gonna pass.
- We may not be
as powerful as all you,
But, the 5 of us, together,
Make a pretty good team.
- Maybe we could even
fill in for you
Once in a while.
[Sniffs]
you know, if there's
Something you're
too busy to deal with.
- So, what, you'd be like
A legion
of substitute heroes?
- Ooh!
I like it.
- We'd be honored
to work with you again.
- Wow! You hear that, guys?
Nothing could
ruin this moment.
[Horn honks]
- peter!
It's past your nap time!
- Except that.
[Theme music]
01x09 - The Substitutes
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Centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes.
Centers on a young Superman's adventures in the 31st century, fighting alongside the eponymous group of superheroes.