Young Justice: Outsiders is the third season of the American animated superhero series Young Justice, developed by Brandon Vietti and Greg Weisman. The series follows the lives of teenage superheroes and sidekicks who are members of a covert operation group, referred to simply as "The Team", that acts as a young counterpart to the famous adult team, the Justice League. In the second season, Invasion, the Reach revealed the existence of the meta-gene. Following on from these events, the third season focuses on the Team battling metahuman trafficking as various nations and organizations have started participating in such activities. It also features the superhero team Outsiders.
Young Justice originally aired on Cartoon Network for two seasons from 2010 to 2013, before being cancelled due to low toy sales and Mattel pulling funding. Following a strong fan campaign and high viewership ratings on Netflix, the series was officially renewed for a third season by Warner Bros. in November 2016. Development on Outsiders began the next month. By July 2017, it was split into two separate sections/arcs, each consisting of 13 episodes, making a total of 26 for the whole season.
The first half of the season was released between January 4 and 25, 2019, on DC's new digital platform, DC Universe, for a total of 13 episodes. The second half of the season, consisting of the remaining 13 episodes, premiered on July 2, 2019. During the Young Justice portion of the DC Universe panel at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, executive producers Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti announced that production for the fourth season titled Phantoms is already underway to continue the story after Outsiders. The fourth season premiered on HBO Max on October 16, 2021.
Episodes
The first letter of each episode spells out a hidden phrase: "Prepare the Anti-Life Equation".
Cast and characters
The Team
Stephanie Lemelin as Artemis Crock / Tigress
Danica McKellar as M'gann M'orzz / Miss Martian
Lauren Tom as Traci Thurston / Thirteen
Zehra Fazal as Gabrielle "Violet Harper" Daou / Halo
Alyson Stoner as Barbara Gordon / Oracle
Jesse McCartney as Dick Grayson / Nightwing
Cameron Bowen as Tim Drake / Robin
Mae Whitman as Stephanie Brown / Spoiler
Kelly Stables as Cissie King-Jones / Arrowette
Cassandra Cain / Orphan
The Outsiders
Greg Cipes as Garfield Logan / Beast Boy
Mae Whitman as Cassie Sandsmark / Wonder Girl
Eric Lopez as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle
Jason Marsden as Bart Allen / Kid Flash II
Bryton James as Virgil Hawkins / Static
Troy Baker as Prince Brion Markov / Geo-Force
Freddy Rodriguez as Eduardo "Ed" Dorado, Jr. / El Dorado
Zeno Robinson as Victor Stone / Cyborg
Jason Spisak as Fred Bugg / Forager
Tara Strong as Princess Tara Markov / Terra
Nolan North as Kon-El / Conner Kent / Superboy
Justice League
Khary Payton as Kaldur'ahm / Aquaman II and Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning
Jason Marsden as Dr. Ray Palmer / Atom
Bruce Greenwood as Bruce Wayne / Batman
Vanessa Marshall as Dinah Laurel Lance / Black Canary
Kevin Michael Richardson as Doctor Fate, John Stewart / Green Lantern and J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter David Kaye as Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man James Arnold Taylor as Barry Allen / Flash and Katar Hol / Hawkman Alan Tudyk as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow Troy Baker as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern Zehra Fazal as Shayera Hol / Hawkwoman Fred Tatasciore as Rex Mason / Metamorpho Jeff Bennett as John Smith / Red Tornado Denise Boutte as Raquel Ervin / Rocket Chad Lowe as Billy Batson / Shazam Zeno Robinson as John Henry Irons / Steel Nolan North as Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman Maggie Q as Princess Diana / Diana Prince / Wonder Woman Lacey Chabert as Zatanna Zatara Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana Kate Kane / Batwoman Patrick O'Brien / Plastic Man Curtis Metcalf / Hardware Tora Olafsdotter / Ice Beatriz da Costa / Fire Augustus Freeman / Icon Nathaniel Adam / Captain Atom Hal Jordan / Green Lantern Daniel Cassidy / Blue Devil David Reid / Magog