The WORST episodes of Justice League

Every episode of Justice League ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Justice League!

An American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from 2001 to 2004 on Cartoon Network. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, it is based on the Justice League and associated comic book characters published by DC Comics. After its second season, it became Justice League Unlimited, and ran an additional three seasons.

Last Updated: 5/7/2024Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
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This Little Piggy
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5.82
410 votes

#1 - This Little Piggy

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/28/2004

Batman turns to Zatanna for help to defeat the evil sorceress Circe and save a transformed teammate.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Paul Dini
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The Ties That Bind
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6.64
218 votes

#2 - The Ties That Bind

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2005

When escape artist and superhero Mr. Miracle can't get help from the rest of the League, the Flash volunteers to help him break out a special prisoner from an inescapable prison on Darkseid's homeworld of Apokolips.

Directors: Dan Riba, Steranko
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Fury (2)
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6.77
513 votes

#3 - Fury (2)

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/14/2002

When the male Leaguers are infected by the same disease sweeping Earth, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must defeat Aresia and find a cure.

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Eclipsed (1)
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6.94
463 votes

#4 - Eclipsed (1)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/8/2003

A strange gemstone possesses all who touch it, turning them to evil...including Wonder Woman.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
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A Knight of Shadows (1)
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7.05
500 votes

#5 - A Knight of Shadows (1)

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/2002

The sorceress Morgaine Le Fey and her son Mordred search for the Philosopher's Stone, and the Justice League need the help of the Demon Etrigan to thwart her.

Directors: Butch Lukic
Writer: Keith Damron
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Fury (1)
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7.12
577 votes

#6 - Fury (1)

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/7/2002

A renegade Amazon, Aresia, leads a new incarnation of the Injustice Gang to accumulate the components for a bio-weapon.

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Maid of Honor (2)
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7.15
431 votes

#7 - Maid of Honor (2)

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2003

Batman and Wonder Woman move against Kasnia to prevent Vandal Savage from terrorizing the world with his orbital rail gun.

Directors: Dan Riba
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The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales (1)
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7.15
219 votes

#8 - The Once and Future Thing: Weird Western Tales (1)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2005

Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern chase a time-traveling thief into the past and team up with some local ""superheroes"" of the era to deal with an outlaw who has used the thief's futuristic technology to take over an Old West town.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Eclipsed (2)
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7.22
400 votes

#9 - Eclipsed (2)

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/8/2003

The League discover the secret behind the "Black Heart" gem, but everyone except the Flash is possessed, and he must save the day before the sun is destroyed.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
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Maid of Honor (1)
star
7.23
476 votes

#10 - Maid of Honor (1)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/2003

Batman and Wonder Woman find themselves enmeshed in the schemes of Vandal Savage to take over the small country of Kasnia and use its space program to blackmail the world.

Directors: Dan Riba
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The Terror Beyond (1)
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7.25
353 votes

#11 - The Terror Beyond (1)

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 11/15/2003

After Aquaman frees Solomon Grundy, Hawkgirl and the Justice League are convinced that the Lord of Atlantis has gone rogue. But when the trail leads them to the mysterious Dr. Fate, they discover there is more to this strange partnership than meets the eye.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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A Knight of Shadows (2)
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7.25
380 votes

#12 - A Knight of Shadows (2)

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2002

Morgaine and Mordred get the Stone and plan to transform England and restore it to its medieval glory.

Directors: Butch Lukic
Writer: Keith Damron
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Hunter's Moon
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7.26
164 votes

#13 - Hunter's Moon

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/18/2005

When Shayera, Vigilante, and Vixen respond to a deep space distress call, they're led into a deadly trap.

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Secret Society (1)
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7.31
334 votes

#14 - Secret Society (1)

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/22/2003

Gorilla Grodd brings together a powerful team of villains, welding them together into a close-knit group. Meanwhile the League is plagued by it own internal problems and non-cooperation, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

Directors: Dan Riba
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To Another Shore
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7.31
139 votes

#15 - To Another Shore

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2005

Wonder Woman learns of a plot to steal the powers of the 3,000 year-old corpse of The Viking Prince.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Paradise Lost (1)
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7.31
734 votes

#16 - Paradise Lost (1)

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/21/2002

Wonder Woman returns to Paradise Island to make up with her mother for her rapid departure, only to find the Amazons transformed to statues. The sorcerer Felix Faust is holding them hostage to force Diana to recover three ancient artifacts.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Joseph Kuhr
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Tabula Rasa (2)
star
7.31
437 votes

#17 - Tabula Rasa (2)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2003

Even Superman is unable to defeat the android once it duplicates all of the League's powers. Only with the aid of J'onn, suffering a crisis of faith when he is overwhelmed by humanity's pettiness during a telepathic scan, can they turn Amazo against Lex.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Only a Dream (1)
star
7.33
505 votes

#18 - Only a Dream (1)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2003

The Justice League must deal with a prison break, unaware that prisoner John Dee is using the distraction to gain access to an experimental ESP machine and gain the power to manipulate dreams.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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Secret Society (2)
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7.33
302 votes

#19 - Secret Society (2)

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 11/22/2003

The Secret Society take advantage of the League's break-up to bring them down until only Green Lantern remains to free his comrades. When he falls as well everything looks hopeless.

Directors: Dan Riba
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Only a Dream (2)
star
7.36
414 votes

#20 - Only a Dream (2)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/2003

Four of the Leaguers are trapped in their dreams by Dr. Destiny - only J'onn and Batman can rescue them...if they don't fall asleep first.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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Metamorphosis (1)
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7.36
508 votes

#21 - Metamorphosis (1)

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/4/2002

An old friend of John Stewart's is inadvertently turned into a freak capable of altering his molecular structure, separating him from his girlfriend and pitting him against the League.

Directors: Dan Riba
Writer: Len Uhley
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Comfort and Joy
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7.37
349 votes

#22 - Comfort and Joy

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/13/2003

In this one-part episode, the Justice Leaguers go their separate ways to celebrate the holiday season. After saving a distant planet, the League returns in time for Christmas. Clark and J'onn visit Smallville for a Kent family Christmas, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl have a snowball fight and visit an alien bar while comparing holiday traditions, and the Flash and Ultra-Humanite have a season's fight and are forced to ally together to save orphans' toys.

Directors: Butch Lukic
Writer: Paul Dini
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Ancient History
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7.40
84 votes

#23 - Ancient History

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/29/2006

The Hawkman and Shadow Thief (from "Shadow of the Hawk") return.

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In Blackest Night (1)
star
7.43
730 votes

#24 - In Blackest Night (1)

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2001

No man escapes the Manhunters. An alien court sends the Manhunters to bring Green Lantern back for prosecution on the charge of genocide, and the League gets involved.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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War World (2)
star
7.50
520 votes

#25 - War World (2)

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/3/2002

Fight promoter and new contestant Mongul instructs Superman to throw the fight against him, or he'll destroy the enslaved Draaga's home planet.

Directors: Butch Lukic
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