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*** Inadvisably Applied Lantern: Jacob becomes an entirely new Lantern, an Octarine Lantern, after winding up in the Library of Every Book Ever Written and meeting Death of the Endless, before being given a choice as to what Lantern to be.

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*** Inadvisably Applied Lantern: Jacob becomes an entirely new Lantern, an Octarine Lantern, after winding up in the Library of Every Book Ever Written and meeting Death of the Endless, before being given a choice as to what Lantern to be.be, eventually teaming up with Jade in Gotham.
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** Satire Swift would discuss several unused storylines he had planned for the fic but decided to scrap, such as Tomorrow Woman being sent as an infiltrator, Jacob being left out of the no-win mental simulation only to find out that version of him killed his team inside it, a non-canon storyline about Jacob's future self arriving to deal with invading alien bugs, Superboy being revealed to have DNA from Caitlin Fairchild, a storyline involving the Rot infesting machines, and Darkseid starting to take direct action as Jacob learns he's become Darkseid's main enemy instead of Superman.

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** Satire Swift would discuss several unused storylines he had planned for the fic but decided to scrap, such as Tomorrow Woman being sent as an infiltrator, Jacob being left out of the no-win mental simulation only to find out that version of him killed his team inside it, a non-canon storyline about Jacob's future self arriving to deal with invading alien bugs, Superboy being revealed to have DNA from Caitlin Fairchild, a storyline involving the Rot infesting machines, and Darkseid starting to take direct action as Jacob learns he's he has become Darkseid's main enemy instead of Superman.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Satire Swift would discuss several unused storylines he had planned for the fic but decided to scrap, such as Tomorrow Woman being sent as an infiltrator, Jacob being left out of the no-win mental simulation only to find out that version of him killed his team inside it, a non-canon storyline about Jacob's future self arriving to deal with invading alien bugs, Superboy being revealed to have DNA from Caitlin Fairchild, a storyline involving the Rot infesting machines, and Darkseid starting to take direct action as Jacob learns he's become Darkseid's main enemy instead of Superman.
** Alternate pitches for the story are occasionally posted as apocrypha, these come in varying forms in which Jacob has a different set of powers and teams up with a different character instead of Starfire like in the final product.
*** Contract: Jacob is empowered by the elementals Sylph, Helios, Arc, Zephyr, Ardent, and Melchior, serving as an elemental-themed version of Shazam, who encounters the League of Shadows and partners up with Raven.
*** Hypernova: Jacob taps into the Firestorm Matrix, becoming a new incarnation of Firestorm, encountering agents from Checkmate and partnering with Terra.
*** Supercharge: This alternate idea features Jacob having Superman's infamous electric blue powers and teaming up with Supergirl to battle Brainiac.
*** Inadvisably Applied Lantern: Jacob becomes an entirely new Lantern, an Octarine Lantern, after winding up in the Library of Every Book Ever Written and meeting Death of the Endless, before being given a choice as to what Lantern to be.
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Trope has been renamed to Damsel In Distress.


* AdaptationalBadass: Kent Nelson gets this by suiting up as Doctor Fate one last time and being killed in battle by Klarion, rather than anticlimactically being sniped by him as in the show.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Kent Nelson gets this by suiting suits up as Doctor Fate one last time and being is killed in battle by Klarion, rather than getting anticlimactically being sniped by him as in the show.



* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler: Serling is extremely traumatized by her kidnapping and NearDeathExperience that she creates nanomachines to stop being a DistressedDamsel.]]

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* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler: Serling is extremely traumatized by her kidnapping and NearDeathExperience that she creates nanomachines to stop being a DistressedDamsel.DamselInDistress.]]



* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Serling [[spoiler:transforms herself into a cyborg]] to avoid being a helpless DistressedDamsel. Yay for girl power. Unfortunately, the university she works at disagrees. [[spoiler:Known metahumans in campus are too much of a liability]].

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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Serling [[spoiler:transforms herself into a cyborg]] to avoid being a helpless DistressedDamsel. Yay for girl power. DamselInDistress. Unfortunately, the university she works at disagrees. [[spoiler:Known disapproves of her decision because [[spoiler:known metahumans in campus are too much of a liability]].
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Baleful Polymorph was renamed per TRS


** When the Team decides to do Kareoke, Jacob sings "Am I Blue," which was sung by Batman in ''Justice League Unlimited,'' to convince Circe to turn Wonder Woman [[BalefulPolymorph from a pig to her normal self.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because superhero stories.]]

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** When the Team decides to do Kareoke, Jacob sings "Am I Blue," which was sung by Batman in ''Justice League Unlimited,'' to convince Circe to turn Wonder Woman [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation from a pig to her normal self.]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because superhero stories.]]
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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice (and by extension the other characters in her origin such as the Psions and [[CainAndAbel Blackfire]], though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3 (though Greg Weisman's WordOfGod did say she had been a member of the Team prior to season 2, the fic bumps her up to meeting them during the events of season 1).

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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice (and by extension the other characters in her origin such as the Psions and [[CainAndAbel Blackfire]], Blackfire]]), though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3 (though Greg Weisman's WordOfGod did say she had been a member of the Team prior to season 2, the fic bumps her up to meeting them during the events of season 1).
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** [[spoiler:Operatives of the Reach, some of season 2's main antagonists, also show up as a result of Khaji Da coming to Earth.]]

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* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler:The Elemental Kingdom of Machines is refer as the Silver rather than the Metal in the comics, as it is a fitting nod to the other Elemental Kingdoms' color schema. The Bio-Ship is also named Roma and the New Genesphere / Super-Cycle is dubbed Rommie.]]

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[[spoiler:The Elemental Kingdom of Machines is refer as the Silver rather than the Metal in the comics, as it is a fitting nod to the other Elemental Kingdoms' color schema. schema.]]
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The Bio-Ship is also named Roma and the New Genesphere / Super-Cycle is dubbed Rommie.Rommie.
** [[spoiler:The Reach Ambassador and the Reach Scientist are named Diplomat Kel'lec and Engineer Argo.
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** Machina joins Superboy in Cadmus for a chapter that loosely adapts the reveal of Genomorph City, but [[EvilTwin Match]] is a no-show, the story instead focuses on them teaming up with Animal Man to fight the fungus creatures of the Grey.

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** Machina joins Superboy in Cadmus for a chapter that loosely adapts the reveal of Genomorph City, but [[EvilTwin Match]] is a no-show, the story instead focuses on them teaming up with Animal Man to fight the fungus creatures of the Grey.Grey, with [[EvilTwin Match]] repurposed into a host body for the Grey, with the steroid shields removed from the narrative.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: By contrast, various characters from Cadmus only appear much later, as Machina was not present for the Team's breakout of Superboy. It's only when Machina goes with Superboy to Cadmus that Guardian, Dubbilex, and the Genomorphs finally appear.


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** Machina joins Superboy in Cadmus for a chapter that loosely adapts the reveal of Genomorph City, but [[EvilTwin Match]] is a no-show, the story instead focuses on them teaming up with Animal Man to fight the fungus creatures of the Grey.


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** Joining Swamp Thing in the interludes is Animal Man and Vixen, additional elemental heroes, with Animal Man later teaming up with Machina and Superboy.


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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Red Inferno and Red Torpedo never get melted, and [[spoiler:T. O. Morrow's android copy becomes Vulcan and has a HeelFaceTurn]].
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** The Amazons of Paradise Island are featured in one chapter, as is, due to the association with technology, the god Hephaestus.
** Several elements, including Troia's birth mother and adoptive mother, from ''ComicBook/WhoIsDonnaTroy'' are featured in another chapter to explore Troia's backstory.
** Machina's fight with the Rogues sees Mirror Master, Golden Glider, and Trickster appear, plus a reference to Weather Wizard.

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** Retroactive cases happen with Troia[[note]]Creator/GregWeisman had previously confirmed she existed in the background as a former Team member who left prior to season 2, but her first onscreen appearance was in season 3[[/note]], Big Barda, and [[spoiler:Sumaan Harjavti]], characters added to the fic while season 3 was still being written and before any confirmation they were in the show.

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** Machina fights the Rogues in one chapter, with one of them, Captain Boomerang, making his animated debut as a member of the ComicBook/SuicideSquad in season 3.
** Retroactive cases happen with Troia[[note]]Creator/GregWeisman had previously confirmed she existed in the background as a former Team member who left prior to season 2, but her first onscreen appearance was in season 3[[/note]], Big Barda, and [[spoiler:Sumaan Harjavti]], and Highfather, characters added to the fic while season seasons 3 and 4 was still being written and before any confirmation they were in the show.



* DeathByAdaptation: In this fic's version of the Fog mission, the Fog kills League of Shadows agent Professor Ojo as it gains sentience, whereas normally he survives and is taken to prison.

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In this fic's version of the Fog mission, the Fog kills League of Shadows agent Professor Ojo as it gains sentience, whereas normally he survives and is taken to prison.prison.
** The villainous telepath Psimon is killed off during a mission where he captures Miss Martian [[spoiler:and she is forced to become a Burning Martian to fight him off]], leading to his death.
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* ArchEnemy: Machina has two personal adversaries, the Calculator, who uses the same technological powers and has attempted to hack control of Machina at various points, and [[spoiler:General Sumaan Harjavti, who seeks to get even with Machina following the hero hurting him enough to become a cyborg]].
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** Ocean Master's scheme is aided by feral creatures known by names such as Trenchers or Deep Ones. Their deep sea origins and being named Trenchers recall the Trench, feral creatures that are associated with Atlantis but live in deep water. Their name as Deep Ones, along with them being infused with Apokoliptian tech, recalls a group of aquatic Apokoliptians known as the Deep Six.
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*TheReveal: [[spoiler:The device used to transform Jacob into a Post-Human is of Reach design, a predecessor to the Scarabs used by the modern Reach. Moreover, he is considered a Codex Archon, an agent of the Reach’s patron and master - The Dominion. Aka, the “dead god” Calculator gets his powers from.]]
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** Toyman, who briefly cameoed in season 2 as a villain that the Reach-controlled Blue Beetle fought, is another antagonist that Machina goes up against.

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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:The civilian scientist Serling Roquette injects herself with Machina's nanites, and turns into the liquid metal powered Engineer, originally a Wildstorm character named Angela Spica.]]

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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:The CompositeCharacter:
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civilian scientist Serling Roquette injects [[spoiler:injects herself with Machina's nanites, and turns into the liquid metal powered Engineer, originally a Wildstorm character named Angela Spica.]]]]
** T. O. Morrow, specifically the robotic body double that carried out the goals of the real one, [[spoiler:reveals MagmaMan powers and names himself Vulcan, filling the role of his final creation Red Volcano.]]
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** Machina's battle with Amazo sees the android disarmed and assimilated, so the Team doesn't subsequently encounter its creator Professor Ivo.

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** Machina's battle with Amazo sees the android disarmed and assimilated, so the Team doesn't subsequently encounter its creator Professor Ivo.Ivo in the mission that happened afterwards. Subverted when Ivo did later turn up once more and played into the background of Red Tornado via his former partnership with T. O. Morrow.
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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice, though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3 (though Greg Weisman's WordOfGod did say she had been a member of the Team prior to season 2, the fic bumps her up to meeting them during the events of season 1).

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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice, Justice (and by extension the other characters in her origin such as the Psions and [[CainAndAbel Blackfire]], though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3 (though Greg Weisman's WordOfGod did say she had been a member of the Team prior to season 2, the fic bumps her up to meeting them during the events of season 1).

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** [[spoiler:Doctor Light is mentioned in an incident to have killed Earth-16's Jacob Morgan.]]



* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: [[spoiler:The Light's investigations managed to find proof of a Jacob Morgan native to Earth-16... who died some years ago in a supervillain attack.]]

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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: [[spoiler:The Light's investigations managed to find proof of a Jacob Morgan native to Earth-16... who died some years ago in a supervillain attack.attack by Doctor Light.]]

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* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler:The Elemental Kingdom of Machines is refer as the Silver rather than the Metal in the comics, as it is a fitting nod to the other Elemental Kingdoms' color schema.]]

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* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler:The Elemental Kingdom of Machines is refer as the Silver rather than the Metal in the comics, as it is a fitting nod to the other Elemental Kingdoms' color schema.]] The Bio-Ship is also named Roma and the New Genesphere / Super-Cycle is dubbed Rommie.]]
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** Machina's battle with Amazo sees the android disarmed and assimilated, so the Team doesn't subsequently encounter its creator Professor Ivo.
** The Fog going rogue and killing Professor Ojo likewise changes the narrative of the mission against the League of Shadows, preventing Hook, Black Spider, and Cheshire from being visibly encountered. It becomes a subversion for Cheshire as she later returns to Rhelasia (where she was mentioned having previously been active) for another assassination attempt on Serling Roquette.


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* SimultaneousArcs: Events from the show which Machina is not present for may occasionally be alluded to as an explanation why those heroes are not present in a current story.
** The Team's mission to stop General Avery Sunderland and Calculator coincides with the events of the episode "Downtime", explaining why Aqualad is not available for this mission.
** During Machina's adventure in Rhelasia against the War Dogs, other rogue Rhelasian forces, and Cheshire, when only Starfire and Rommie come to help, it is explained Superboy and Miss Martian are undercover in a prison, alluding to the events of the episode "Terrors" where they infiltrated Belle Reve.
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** [[spoiler:General Sumaan Harjavti shows up during the Team's mission in Bialya operating an Apokoliptian mecha, written before he was introduced in season 3 as Greater Bialya's ambassador to the United Nations. This allows him to retain his rank as general from the comics.]]
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** Ted Kord (the second Blue Beetle), a PosthumousCharacter in season 2's backstory, is Machina's mentor and employer as the civilian head of Kord Industries.


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* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:The civilian scientist Serling Roquette injects herself with Machina's nanites, and turns into the liquid metal powered Engineer, originally a Wildstorm character named Angela Spica.]]
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** Retroactive cases happen with Troia[[note]]Creator/GregWeisman had previously confirmed she existed in the background as a former Team member who left prior to season 2, her first onscreen appearance was in season 3[[/note]], Big Barda, and [[spoiler:Sumaan Harjavti]], characters added to the fic while season 3 was still being written and before any confirmation they were in the show.

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** Retroactive cases happen with Troia[[note]]Creator/GregWeisman had previously confirmed she existed in the background as a former Team member who left prior to season 2, but her first onscreen appearance was in season 3[[/note]], Big Barda, and [[spoiler:Sumaan Harjavti]], characters added to the fic while season 3 was still being written and before any confirmation they were in the show.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Kent Nelson gets this by suiting up as Doctor Fate one last time and being killed in battle by Klarion, rather than anticlimactically being sniped by him as in the show.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Happens a bit from the events of the fic taking place around season 1 and featuring other characters from later seasons.
** One chapter has an appearance from Deathstroke, who doesn't debut in the original show until the events of season 2.
** Retroactive cases happen with Troia[[note]]Creator/GregWeisman had previously confirmed she existed in the background as a former Team member who left prior to season 2, her first onscreen appearance was in season 3[[/note]], Big Barda, and [[spoiler:Sumaan Harjavti]], characters added to the fic while season 3 was still being written and before any confirmation they were in the show.



* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler: Serling is extremely traumatized by her kidnapping and NearDeathExperience that she creates nanomachines to stop being a DistressedDamsel ]]

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* DamselOutOfDistress: [[spoiler: Serling is extremely traumatized by her kidnapping and NearDeathExperience that she creates nanomachines to stop being a DistressedDamsel ]]DistressedDamsel.]]
* DeathByAdaptation: In this fic's version of the Fog mission, the Fog kills League of Shadows agent Professor Ojo as it gains sentience, whereas normally he survives and is taken to prison.

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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice, though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3.

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* CanonImmigrant: Starfire is the obvious one in relation to Young Justice, though Troia does also technically qualify, as her inclusion in the fic was before she had a cameo in season 3.3 (though Greg Weisman's WordOfGod did say she had been a member of the Team prior to season 2, the fic bumps her up to meeting them during the events of season 1).
** General Avery Sunderland, a minor Swamp Thing antagonist, is also encountered at one point and is the focus of a mission where he traffics individuals for test subjects to bind with cybernetics controlled using the Red. The Calculator also becomes another major antagonist for Machina to fight, and a brief cameo from Swamp Thing is mentioned by Wonder Woman.
** One chapter had Mister Miracle and Big Barda (based on her comic portrayal as this was written before it was revealed in season 3 she had yet to defect from Apokolips) meet up with Machina.
** A brief cameo from Gemworld is featured as a dimension accessed in the Tower of Fate, complete with a cameo from Amethyst.



* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:General Harjavti, whose body is augmented with Apokoliptian technology, takes over Queen Bee's place in the Light after her disastrous confrontation with Machina]].

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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:General Sumaan Harjavti, whose body is augmented with Apokoliptian technology, takes over Queen Bee's place in the Light after her disastrous confrontation with Machina]].


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* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: In addition to Machina himself, Starfire becomes an operative of the Team. The Light also acquires new agents in [[spoiler:General Sumaan Harjavti and Calculator]].


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** He anticipates this when he met Prince Orm in Atlantis, only knowing the character based on his appearance in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', and is wary that he could either be evil, or he could be decent (since this Orm is more polite).
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** [[spoiler:Machina has this reaction himself when he interfaces with the Blue Beetle Scarab. The process unlocks some of the black boxes in his Nanites (revealing that whatever transformed him into a nanotech being has some form of connection to the Reach in the process). What REALLY causes this reaction in him is the invading Green Lantern (not from Earth), who proceeds to attack Machina and attempts to take him back to Oa.]]

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