Justice League - The Question vs Lex Luthor

[tehmuffinman346]

When 1:21 happened when this show was still was on TV, I was like "WOAH WHAT" O.o

[reppohkered]

When did Lex Luthor obtain super strength?

[Scoonertuna]

@reppohkered Brainiac gave it to him when he was inside him.

[mario4kix898]

Aglets!! I FAHKING KNEW IT!

[OTimeMasterXO]

Imagine if they'd actually killed Lex here...I wonder what the stories would have been.

[Wittgensteinien]

Question is fucking intense.

[CalVersion1]

"I'm a well known crackpot. The Justice League's reputation will survive my actions."

I love how he was willing to be locked up, or even get the chair, just to save Superman. Granted, if I had the chance to bail Superman out, I'd take it too

[tk5800thesecond]

hehe, what rorschach would have looked like if DC let Moore use the original characters

[rebelian7]

Conspiracy buff indeed. Aglets are sinister? Question just became my favorite hero, right next to Batman and Flash

[IanJD151]

Clancy Brown is amazing in this scene as Luthor, it feels that all his previous appearances in STAS and the Justice League build up to this story arc, and its my favourite!

[MrTriplexi]

Is that flouride thing true!?

[Mrpavy2]

why is it that lex luthor was black years ago but now hes portrayed as white in new series and movies

[Marsh388]

@Mrpavy2 Luthor was always white. Superman the animated series made him tan enough to look black...and it doesn't help that Clancy Brown (his voice actor) while white, could pull off a black guy pretty well.

[shadow51090]

@Mrpavy2 He model design was based off a famous Greek actor. People from that area are tan and darker than most other Caucasian people. I never thought he was black as a kid though. But apparently that was a big "complaint" back then on STAS (Despite superman having the same skin tone but whatever). So they lightened him up to be more on model with the comics.

[whade62000]

2:40 I don't think the visions bother him so much as the electric shocker.



[DominicBacidore]

I love Question. Clancy Brown is the perfect Lex Luthor! (Round of applause)

[vlunney]

" the plastic tips at the end of your laces are called acelets. their true purpose is sinister." man I'd love to be able to come up with shit like this!:)

[pete1210able]

Lex is a fucking monster !

[pete1210able]

I wish that Matt Damon played Lex Luthor in the The Man of Steel 2 in 2015

[Deavios]

The Question is awesome because he's played by Jeffrey Combs, who also played Weyoun on DS9.

The More You Know!

[TBAGNFACEFUKER]

I can't help but watch this scene again. The way the music builds and perfectly fits Question's line; "The Justice League's reputation will survive my actions...And Superman's legacy will remain intact."

I really admire Question's will to protect the heroes and the planet by killing an evil man so no one else has to.

[Paladin314]

I remember finding this scene utter bullshit when I first saw it though... I mean, how does Lex have super strength?

I know what's revealed later... but I just remember getting pissed at this random strength xD

[TBAGNFACEFUKER]

was the song at 1:00 ever released? I really like it.

[htgnef]

@TBAGNFACEFUKER It has a certain sense of . . . inevitability.

[Uridien]

This is why I don't brush my teeth, wear shoes with velcro straps, and wear a bullet proof vest made from Illuminati mystics to stop magic bullets ... though to the naked eye it looks like a sweater vest from the GAP.

[Fuyons9999]

Aglets...They be sinister yo.

[TheDarkNomad]

The 5 episode part (A Better World from S3 and Question Authority+Flashpoint+Panic In the Sky+Divided we fall from S4) are the best plot points of the series... and S4 is my favorite season. Had they moved Dark Heart and A Better World in S4 it would have been the best season ever (which it already is though, ensured by Epilogue).

The whole part from the Question Authority episode of Q vs Superman and Q vs Luthor is the best ever. At least in my opinion. Dialogue, music, acting and all.

[MrTwistyEdits]

how does lex luthor so strong?

[TheDarkNomad]

@MrTwistyEdits ****** SPOILER ****** ****** SPOILER ****** ****** SPOILER ****** ****** SPOILER ****** Brainiac "infects" Luthor with code that replicates in his body and develops. Afterwards he cures Luthor's cancer and gives him super strength. He also subtly influences his mind by sending "ideas". Brainiac wants to use Luthor's photographic memory to rebuild Amazo's body and then transfer the code inside the android for ultimate power. ****** SPOILER ******

[pearsonm957]

@MrTwistyEdits his is a hybrid with brainiac

[MrAcast84]

"President? Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to be President?" My favorite line from this episode. :)

[mithers123]

how did Lex get so strong?

[animehunters999]

@mithers123 Braniac help

[ViLeDeth]

LMAO the BITCH SLAPPING!

[philipcho1]

i would LOVE to see a question live action series. with all these conspiracy theories he's always talking about, they could make for some really good episodes. i'd really like to see the illuminati bit. props to bruce timm and co. for making such an awesome DC animated universe.

[wowkwondo]

I'm severing the plastic ends of my shoe laces as we speak.

[alienboyguitar]

The Question got Bitchslap!!! wtf

[uilliu]

1:29 "Foolish faceless man..."

Why is this so funny?

[JayTekken1]

1:38-1:41 CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK *cough* I MEAN THE LEX IS COOKIN'!!!

[shadowpanther4196]

"Topically applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay.  It does render teeth detectable by spy satellite."

[FreeButtSex]

This was from a kids show? How have we degraded...

[50Animator]

@FreeButtSex I know.....America sucks....they are now trying to censor the webs...but they will fail....

[Montesama314]

The Question just used "Brobdignagian" in a sentence... PROPERLY. For that alone, my respect for him rises.

[TheDarkNomad]

@Montesama314

Well that's cos he is one of the most intelligent member of the Justice League.

(Apart from Batman, J'onn, Captain Atom and a few others in their own fields of activity of course... Batman being the smartest followed by J'onn overall :) ).

[777RedSkull]

"A is A". This is a reference from one of the main characters of the original creator of The Question Steve Ditko, "Mr. A", whose name comes from the law of identity (A -> A, that is).

[MusaMansu]

The Question looks badass, even when he's getting his ass kicked.

[TheDarkNomad]

@MusaMansu

I think it's his voice. It fits him perfectly.

[knightwing589]

"That's right, conspiracy buff. I spent $75 million on a fake presidential campaign. All just to tick Superman off." Lex Luthor. Master Troll.

[VinceOmega]

Gezz, I didn't even know Lex was that strong.

[purefunguy]

@VinceOmega he is not. I do not want to spoiler the plot.

[Rolexusn]

OH SNAP!! THE ILLUMINATI!!



[1herotales]

Shouldn't the title actually be The Question vs. Brainac/Luthor because I doubt Luthor could have taken on Q without any help xD

[Dzumeister]

i remember when this episode first came on. when luthor threw the first punch, it was basically 'holy shit' for the next two minutes

[SHADOWBATKILLER]

how did they get away with this on tv

[Ben82077]

1:48 Question: Give up? Make it easier on yourself...

[ParadoxJuice]

I didn't know that the Fact Core took a line from THIS.

[MrHero17]

Question got FUCKED up

[thechocobro]

I DESPISE Lex Luthor after this.

[inferno232]

Aglets: I've always known that something was wrong with those things.

[dianaAthemiscyra]

A cap in the arse would have been enough to take Luthor down. He has it coming! Stupid Brainiac.

[dianaAthemiscyra]

Could someone please tell me just how Luthor could have defeated The Question? His martial arts mastery is nearly on the same level as Batmans. He isn't one that would go down easily.

[SpiritsRise]

@dianaAthemiscyra Brainiac was making him stronger

[moviegrapevine]

@dianaAthemiscyra I think it's fair to say that first hit disoriented him

[fantasticmoose]

@dianaAthemiscyra

I've been asking myself that ever since I watched this video. Is it Braniac inside his body giving him super-strength?

[theemrx]

@fantasticmoose

If 'Divided We Fall' is anything to go by than yes ... the way he looks at his hands around 2:05 sort shows he's surprised by his power.

[SonLenin]

@dianaAthemiscyra He has superstrenght coming from braniac in his body. Later on he takes down batman too.

[ToastyDaMosty]

Lex is a hardcore troll

[TheUnrealStudios]

can you imagine how graphic watching the flash get his head blown off by a shotgun would be?

[rjbonacolta]

Thumbs up if you took the plastic tips off your shoelaces.

[thomasjaffray]

I spent 75 million dollars on a fake presidential campaign just to tick superman off. That's what I call... (puts on shades) *fill in corny punchline here*

[ianwins1]

@thomasjaffray

Sparing no expense lol

[KingOfMadCows]

A is A and Lex Luthor is John Galt

[walf2011]

never i don't care how much money i have i could have all of it i would never spend that much money just over some bs like that!!!

[Losocroft]

i really love luthor..lol 

[vince15mohammad]

At 2:15 doesn't the other guy remind u of commissioner Gordon?

[1nsaneHeadshotZ]

1:37

PIMP SLAP DAT HO!!!!!

[gamefreak1000000]

How the hell does a bald man have the strength to punch a human like a ball? This is definitely fake and gay.

[CountDVB]

@gamefreak1000000 When he receives upgrades from Brainiac or rather being fused with it physically. OMG SPOILER.

[gamefreak1000000]

@CountDVB Hey, do I look like I care about this stupid show?

[CBright7831]

Interesting plan! Unfortunately for you, it's not really an option!

*bitch slap*

[jjjaydog719]

*question hits the fish tank*

question:did i just get bitched slapped across the room?

[SmashLiXs]

sometimes luther is a bigger threat than joker & sometimes joker is a bigger threat. luther thrives on power, joker thrives on insanity

[JasonVarela713]

fucking question should get more storylines in this series man! i mean i loved how his small entrance made such an impact for us the viewers to dwell but, thats all he can be noted for, i mean god he has so much more potential!!

[click4mychannel]

Isn't it a little... dark for a kids show that Question actually wanted to kill Luthor?

[captainalex567]

@click4mychannel

That's what makes this show so EPIC.

[NotMarkSJ]

@click4mychannel This is the DCAU. They're exempt.

[DCRaider2011]

@click4mychannel Welcome to children's entertainment, before it was sugar coated and watered down to the extent of it becoming an insult to kids' intelligence.

[ClassicToonFan64]

@click4mychannel Kids aren't that sensitive or naive today. JL and JLU nailed the right balance between Lighter/Softer and Darker/Edgier.

[158Xavk]

ok if u have to give up power to be president u know ur in the perfect profession

[demon2441]

Question would have killed him if Luthor hadn't had some...... support.

[VitunVatiVille]

Luthor bitch slapped Guestion like Goku slapped Frieza XD

[ranier0989]

75 million dollars just to tick superman off...worth every penny!

[IncandescentPhantasm]

@Xerock - His distate for Luthor is Brobdingnagian. Aka, freaking huge. Gigantic even.

[jrcarter9175]

@IncandescentPhantasm I once asked Dwayne McDuffie (RIP) how many takes it took Jeffrey Combs to get Brobdingnagian right. He said just one.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

The Question (real name Charles Victor Szasz, goes by Vic Sage as a newscaster) is a fictional character, a superhero in comic books published by DC Comics. The original was created by writer-artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in Blue Beetle #1 (June 1967). Originally created for Charlton Comics, the character was acquired by DC Comics in the early 1980s and incorporated into the DC Universe. Following the events of the series 52, his protege Renee Montoya has succeeded him as the Question.

[SuperGreatSphinx]

As conceived by Ditko, the Question was an adherent of Objectivism during his career as a minor Charlton hero, much like Ditko's earlier creation, Mr. A. In a 1987-1990 solo series from DC, the character developed a Zen-like philosophy.

[Xerock]

0:30 - What does Question say his distaste for Luthor is?

[Zeratul723]

Why is Luthor super strong? Wtf?

[RabbitKingStudio]

@Zeratul723

if a remenber well he was stong because if brainiac... not sur

[theemrx]

@RabbitKingStudio

Yep, watch the beginning of 'Divided We Fall' for that scene.

[BaronAmerican]

I love that reference to Ditko's Mr. A at 0:47

[VASEA0000]

poker face

[Jormungrandrserpent]

wish youtube would kick out the damn comments that solely echo what a video has said

[howiloggedin]

Boss as FUCK.

[51stSheep]

"The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister."

[ZECTCustomUnit]

@51stSheep

Love his theory about Boy Bands...lol

[johnhwaltz]

@51stSheep Yes, that episode of Phineas and Ferb with the Aglet awareness concert was pretty sinister

[gunsandcountry]

The Question is a Daoist!

[2wingo]

@gunsandcountry Only fairly recently in his history. He was originally an Objectivist.

[SpiritsRise]

I want to know more about the shoes laces

[maximusx3]

@SpiritsRise I started cutting the tips off mine and replacing them with duct tape after this episode.

[ght6yht6]

okay since when did lex get super strength?

[MooseMasterTyler]

@ght6yht6 If I remember correctly, it is later revealed in this episode that Braniac is manifesting himself in Lex Luthors body giving him superpowers.

[Sickopath333]

NOT AGLETS!!!!!!

[Kev95682]

$75 million? That might get you thirty seconds of air time in California. You're damn right Luthor's campaign was a farce.

[Azmodeus87]

@Kev95682 it´s Luthor. He probably used his plotical and criminal influence to get the cheapest quality campaign of all time.

[TakeruKamiya]

"No, it wouldn't be prudent. I want you to understand something, Luthor. Although my distaste for you as a human being is Brobdingnagian, what I'm about to do isn't personal"

I love the delivery of that line.

[MrHattley]

Damar would :P

[joejar5]

I know lex had an ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR advantage, and I'm sure ? would've handled him WELL, but I gotta admit, the ? got his ass beat, that's just the truth. :/

[kcazzzzz]

look out, its professor X's evil twin

[abelundercity]

So much for A=A.

[fman40000]

@The4everSimpsons he's also long feng on avatar the last airbender.

[Kaizerworks]

Question is voiced by Jeffrey Combs, known better as the man who played Weyoun on DS9.

[Rexco33]

@Kaizerworks No better known as the Re-Animator! He was also Scarecrow in New Batman Adventures

[DCRaider2011]

@Kaizerworks And he also voiced the Scarecrow on The New Batman Adventures.

[fantasticmoose]

Can anyone explain why Lex is so strong? I thought he was more the smart type.

[nickatwork]

@fantasticmoose He had Braniac inside of him.

[19andoverlol]

@fantasticmoose

He had Brainiac inside of him giving him superstrength, but even he didn't know it yet. In a later episode we figure it out.

[Charlesperalo]

The sad thing is 75 million wont get you far in a presidential campaign anymore.

[soldierkei]

Man......no one should voice Luthor except Clancy....

[MathcoreShuppet]

01:39 Now THAT is a pimp slap!

$75,000,000 just to tick Superman off... Wish was was that rich, I would tick of everybody.

[qwe6348]

the guy who makes the voice of the question makes the voice of the revamp scarecrow?

[AnthonyJLeyba]

does luthor need to smack a hoe? lol

[ShadowChanceSassy]

Looks like No-Face from the movie or comics of Dick Tracy.

[lofthouse23]

Clancy Brown is the best cartoon version of Lex Luthor

how he evolved over time!

[abdeubib]

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[jrcarter9175]

1:39 PIMP SLAP!

[idioticinagoodway]

I spent (puts pinkie up to mouth) 75 MILLION DOLLARS on a fake presidential campaign just to tick Superman off.

[keithd555]

That was a suprisingly good clip for a kids show. Is the rest of the episode this good? Is the series this good?

[NatDuv121]

@keithd555 The series was for Toonami, and it's a pretty scientific and political show, it was very cleverly written.

[PaulAnt2008]

@keithd555 This show is very good, yes, but especially this series of it. It had a story arc about Cadmus, a government agency consisting of politicians, scientists and even criminals. Its purpose is to be a defense against superheroes, who they feel are loose cannons that could erupt at any time and threaten the world.

It's a very well written story, which references shows from years ago -for instance, Cadmus was apparently created after events from the Superman series a few years previously

[htgnef]

@keithd555 Yes. Yes it was. :)

[MrShadowo5567]

im a well know crackpot we guessed that by you looking through peoples trash

[andrewsethgarner5001]

superman....NOOOOOOO!....XD

[RiftSophie]

the power of agliats its TOO POWERFUL TO BE MENTIONED

[pirate273]

I have only one thing to say to question. BITCH SLAP!

[M40nkey]

Wow, I didn't know Lex could fight like that. He must had private lesson's with Chuck Norris.

[19andoverlol]

@M40nkey

Brainiac is inside his body giving him super-strength, but at this point we don't know that yet. Even Lex himself doesn't know what's going on, which is why you see him marveling at his own fists in this clip. In the 3-part episode "Divided We Fall" we figure out it's actually Brainiac.

[NatDuv121]

@M40nkey No, he was infected by Brainiac, and that gave him Super strength.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

There's one flaw in the Question's logic. There actually WAS a heroic Lex from an alternet Earth with an evil Superman (or Ultraman as he was called). So apprently characteristics aren't universal but still I guess one such anomoly isn't significant enough to upset the whole applecart. :)

[dragonstormx]

@LibraGamesUnlimited

Except that movie isn't set in the show's continuity anymore.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@dragonstormx I was talking more the comics but yeah I know, I was just pointing it out. :)

[dragonstormx]

@LibraGamesUnlimited

Well this thing already heavily departed from the comics.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@dragonstormx Yeah, I was just goofing. :) What's REALLY funny though that this show was able to revise and update characters and make them cool even when the comics struggled to figure out what to do with them or make them work. Sometimes I wonder if the comics shouldn't follow their lead or take these guys on as writers. :)

[dragonstormx]

@LibraGamesUnlimited

Somethings in the comics due take a cue from these shows (Harley Quin was added in, and Mr. Freeze's origin), and one of the writers from Batman TAS did work as a writer in the comics.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@dragonstormx yeah I know but I was talking more wholesale change over. I mean when you spend a decade trying to fix the Hawkman's backstory only to end up with such a tangeled mess that no one could make sense out of it maybe it's time for fresh eyes. :)

Seemed to me that the DC writers of the day (in the 90's mostly) weren't aware that less is more and couldn't just do a simple straitforward origin without complicating it death. :)

[NatDuv121]

@LibraGamesUnlimited It's called the genious of Bruce Timm.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@NatDuv121 I guess when you have so many comics with so many characters and connections and so on it's way harder to keep track of. With the cartoons he only had one or two shows going at once so it was easier. Still couldn't hurt to put him in charge of the comics and let him make it all make sense (at least back then). :)

[GoopLoopScoop]

@LibraGamesUnlimited

The same could be said with the Superman: Red Son story, where Sups was raised by the Soviet Union. Lex was still kinda evil but he still was good, making him neutral.

[LibraGamesUnlimited]

@GoopLoopScoop Yeah, oddly he was basically the same guy with the same plans but he had the whole country behind him and was viewed as a hero.

[SoulfulBrutha5805]

Gotta love a guy that uses"brobdingnagian" in a sentence.

[coolsomeXD]

75 million to tick superman of!? Imagine how much he would pay to piss superman off.

[team10leader]

"There was a magic bullet. It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning the truth!" I was expecting him to start reciting the lyrics to "Mary had a little Lamb" or "Puff the Dragon".

[williamsc2738]

@TheGoldSlime do you masturbate to pictures of yourself

[williamsc2738]

imagine if he was obama

[KrimHyu]

@williamsc2738 black superman would be just as pissed and black question would also have his ass kicked

[MrSparky3976]

Question got owned by Lex!

[Blaquecell]

The Question was gonna strangle Luthor with his tie...pretty hardcore for a superhero cartoon that aired during primetime.