Greatest Story Never Told

Greatest Story Never Told Justice League Unlimited Season 1, episode 7 Television » DCAU Previous episode The Return Next episode Ultimatum Original airdate (US) September 11, 2004 Creators Directors(s) Dan Riba Writer(s) Andrew Kreisberg Guest actor(s) Booster Gold: Tom Everett Scott Skeets: Billy West Captain Atom: Chris Cox Elongated Man: Jeremy Piven Tracy: Lori Loughlin young boy: Kath Souce

Story Synopsis

TV listing

The team battles Mordru in downtown Metropolis; something happens when Booster Gold is in charge of crowd control.

Expanded synopsis

Booster Gold plays up his accomplishments to a crowd who doesn't know who he is (and doesn't care) - one child thinks he's Green Lantern. On the Watchtower, he asks the Martian Manhunter to put him on higher visibility cases so he can get more famous. Wonder Woman calls for some help - "the Dark Lord Mordru" is attacking, and J'onn J'onzz has never sensed such malevolent magic in one being before. If he can't be defeated, J'onn fears for every living being. Booster Gold looks forward to being on the case.

As the Justice League watches on monitors, Superman is helpless against Mordru's magic. Captain Atom and Green Lantern are recruited to help, and J'onn gathers the assembled Leaguers. After transporting down, the group is split up, with Batman leaving Booster on crowd control with Elongated Man. Both complain about not being used, and finally Wonder Woman appears and asks for Elongated Man's help. Booster is unenthusiastic about his assigned job. Debris falls nearby - it's Superman, merged with Batman, looking like the Composite Superman, who tells him to stay back. A child asks for Booster's help saving his "aunts" from a burning building, but they're only "ants". The boy thanks him as Green Lantern. He flies to help a nearby lab where an experimental black hole power source is now uncontained - and contained inside Daniel, one of the scientists.

Booster calls the Watchtower to get help from J'onn, but he's busy with Mordru, whose powers appear to be increasing. Booster and Tracy, one of the scientists, go to look for the man with the black hole, with a collar that should collapse the black hole. Flying debris from the fight against Mordru delays him, as does helping deliver a pregnant woman's baby. She thanks him as Green Lantern. He then flies off to look for Tracy.

Booster finds Tracy in trouble, about to be sucked into the black hole. He rescues her then goes into the subway after Daniel - who eats a train. Booster is slammed by another train before he can put the inhibitor collar on. He and Tracy find Daniel again but before he can put the collar on, a stray bolt from Mordru animates a nearby building, forcing Booster to fight it instead. Skeets is consumed by the black hole, as is the animated building. Tracy urges him to take the collar, but Booster admits he's a fraud, the only reason he came back in time was to get rich and famous, not to fight crime. She says that he's the only one who can do the job as nobody else is around. The black hole starts to suck in the surrounding buildings as well as Booster himself, but before he goes into the hole completely, he puts the collar on Daniel, shutting down the black hole. It then spits out everything, including buildings, debris, and Skeets. Tracy tells Booster it was very superheroic of him as he walks away, despite Skeets telling him that he missed the opportunity to kiss the girl. Meanwhile, the League has finally defeated Mordru thanks to Elongated Man. Batman tells Booster than Mordru's magic was nullified when he lost consciousness, but is upset that Booster didn't remain on crowd control (not knowing what else went on). Tracy shows up and jokingly calls him Green Lantern, then tells him that yes, she knows he's Booster Gold and wonders if he might like to go out sometime.

Cast

Legionnaires

No Legionnaires appear in the episode.

Villains

• Mordru
• Mordru's demons

Other Characters

• members of the Justice League:
  • Martian Manhunter (voice of Carl Lumbly)
  • Wonder Woman (voice of Susan Eisenberg)
  • Batman (voice of Kevin Conroy)
  • Green Lantern/John Stewart (voice of Phil LaMarr)
  • Booster Gold (voice of Tom Everett Scott)
  • Skeets (voice of Billy West)
  • Captain Atom (voice of Chris Cox)
  • Elongated Man (voice of Jeremy Piven)
  • Superman, Hawk, Dove, Fire, Ice, S.T.R.I.P.E., Stargirl, Shining Knight and his flying horse, Dr. Light, Aztek, Huntress, Vigilante, Vibe, Plastic Man (mentioned but not seen), Supergirl, the Ray, Thunderbolt, Atom Smasher, Rocket Red, Blue Devil (all with no voice credit)
• citizens of Metropolis
  • Tracy (voice of Lori Loughlin)
  • Daniel (no voice credit)
  • young boy (voice of Kath Souce)

Miscellaneous

• black hole inhibitor collar

Locations

• 20th century Metropolis
• Watchtower, in low Earth orbit

Trivia about the episode

• The Justice League is in epic battle with Mordu in downtown Metropolis, but the real story is what happens to Booster Gold while he's supposed to be on "crowd control".
• Booster Gold and Skeets came from the year 2462.
• No explanation is given for why Mordru is in the 21st century, how J'onn J'onzz knows him, or how he was defeated.

Quotes

• Booster Gold: "Fame and fortune don't come your way when you're on crowd control."
• Skeets, after being spit out of a black hole: "My gosh, it's full of stars."
• Captain Atom: "Nice work, Elongated Man." Green Lantern: "That was about the slickest move I've ever seen." Elongated Man: "Hey, it was a team effort. I'm just glad I stretched at the right place at the right time."

DVD Information

This episode appears on two different DVD releases. It first appeared with two other episodes on the Justice League Unlimited: Joining Forces DVD and then again later on the full-season Justice League Unlimited Season 1 DVD release.