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* AdaptationalExpansion: Kragger in the comics was an ordinary member of the Wingmen Corps with Katar Hol who died fairly early in the first issue he debuted in. Here, he's TheDragon to Hro Talak and even makes an appearance later in the series.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Thanagarians in the comics have at times been portrayed as TheEmpire, they more or less kept their conquests away from Earth. Katar Hol in particular has always been an anti-hero at his worst where Hro Talak is perfectly willing to murder billions to protect his people.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While the Thanagarians in the comics have at times been portrayed as TheEmpire, they more or less kept their conquests away from Earth. Katar Hol in particular has always been an anti-hero at his worst where Hro Talak is perfectly willing to murder billions to protect his people.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Kragger is a little ''too'' devoted to Talak and noticeably jealous of Shayera's relationship to him. The trip J'onn takes into his mind is where it is the most blatant, where a statue of Hawkgirl alongside Talak is smashed and replaced with Kragger. WordOfGay confirms it in the DVD commentary.
* AntiVillain: The Thanagarians are only concerned with winning their war with the even worse Gordanians, a loss of which would mean the deaths of tens of billions of Thanagarians according to Talak. Once the bypass is destroyed, Talak sees no point in continuing the fight and sadly orders a surrender.
* AntiVillain: The Thanagarians are only concerned with winning their war with the even worse Gordanians, a loss of which would mean the deaths of tens of billions of Thanagarians according to Talak. Once the bypass is destroyed, Talak sees no point in continuing the fight and sadly orders a surrender.
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** The storyline borrows some elements from the "Tower of Babel" story, later adapted into WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom. The final scene of the League debating whether to let Hawkgirl stay or go, comes from the final scene of that comic.
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** The storyline borrows some elements from the "Tower of Babel" story, later adapted into WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom. The final scene of the League debating whether to let Hawkgirl stay or go, comes from the final scene of that comic. comic, with Hawkgirl standing in for Batman.
** Kragger's homoerotic subtext in regards to Talak is a homage to a similar henchman played by Martin Landau in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''.
** Kragger's homoerotic subtext in regards to Talak is a homage to a similar henchman played by Martin Landau in ''Film/NorthByNorthwest''.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Shayera[=/=]Hawkgirl balks at hearing Talak's plans for Earth: to use it as the last chain of an Hyperspace Bypass, which would inevitably destroy it, and sacrifice billions. Talak points out that Thanagar's people number in the ''tens of billions'' and uses this as justification to go forward with the plan.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Shayera[=/=]Hawkgirl balks at hearing Talak's plans for Earth: to use it as the last chain of an Hyperspace Bypass, which would inevitably destroy it, and sacrifice billions. Talak points out that Thanagar's people number in the ''tens of billions'' and uses this as justification to go forward with the plan. He also believes that her attraction to Green Lantern is specifically why she's objecting to the plan, and not the deaths of the billions from the Earth's destruction.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: One of Talak's lieutenants boasts about how easy it was to capture the League with the information Shayera provided the Thanagarian fleet on them. When Shayera still warns him not so underestimate them, he interestingly concedes [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim and suggests that they are eliminated while they are still weak before they can be a serious problem]], [[GenreSavvy even giving Shayera the blaster to do it]]. Shayera, in response points out that the mission was to construct the bypass and capture the League, nothing more. This gives the lieutenant the first hint that Shayera's loyalty to Thanagar is wavering.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Averted. Batman intends to do this but is saved by Superman.
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* AliensAreBastards[=/=]{{SmugSuper}}s[=/=]SuperiorSpecies: The Thanagarians don't see much of humans - considering them to be a weak, primitive people - (the last bit is the more interesting [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy given their own culture]]), and use them as slave labour for the hyperspace bypass. They don't even think much of the Justice League at first having captured them (largely thanks to Shayera's intelligence on their abilities) - one of them openly expresses doubt that any of them, even the Martian amongst them could understand how the properties of Nth metal works; And even the protests from [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one of their own]] to stop the project as it will kill billions of lives is met with accusations of disloyalty to Thanagar.
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* AliensAreBastards[=/=]{{SmugSuper}}s[=/=]SuperiorSpecies: AliensAreBastards[=/=]{{Smug Super}}s[=/=]SuperiorSpecies: The Thanagarians don't see much of humans - considering them to be a weak, primitive people - (the last bit is all the more interesting [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy given their own culture]]), and use them as slave labour for the hyperspace bypass. They don't even think much of the Justice League at first having captured them (largely thanks to Shayera's intelligence on their abilities) - one of them openly expresses doubt that any of them, even the Martian amongst them them, could understand how the properties of Nth metal works; And even the protests from [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one of their own]] to stop the project as it will kill billions of lives is met with accusations of disloyalty to Thanagar.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: One of Talak's lieutenants boasts about how easy it was to capture the League with the information Shayera provided the Thanagarian fleet on them. When Shayera still warns him not so underestimate them, he interestingly concedes [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim and suggests that they are eliminated while they are still weak before they can be a serious problem]],[[GenreSavvy problem]], [[GenreSavvy even giving Shayera the blaster to do it]]. Shayera, in response points out that the mission was to construct the bypass and capture the League, nothing more. This gives the lieutenant the first hint that Shayera's loyalty to Thanagar is wavering.
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* ShoutOut: The hyperspace bypass scheme the Thanagarians are using, is one to ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
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** The hyperspace bypass scheme the Thanagarians are using, is one to''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.
** The storyline borrows some elements from the "Tower of Babel" story, later adapted into WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom. The final scene of the League debating whether to let Hawkgirl stay or go, comes from the final scene of that comic.
** The hyperspace bypass scheme the Thanagarians are using, is one to
** The storyline borrows some elements from the "Tower of Babel" story, later adapted into WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom. The final scene of the League debating whether to let Hawkgirl stay or go, comes from the final scene of that comic.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Shayera[=/=]Hawkgirl balks at hearing Talak's plans for Earth: to use it as the last chain of an Hyperspace Bypass, which would inevitably destroy it, and sacrifice billions. Talak points out that Thanagar's people number in the ''tens of billions'' and uses this as justification to go forward with the plan.
* AliensAreBastards[=/=]{{SmugSuper}}s[=/=]SuperiorSpecies: The Thanagarians don't see much of humans - considering them to be a weak, primitive people - (the last bit is the more interesting [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy given their own culture]]), and use them as slave labour for the hyperspace bypass. They don't even think much of the Justice League at first having captured them (largely thanks to Shayera's intelligence on their abilities) - one of them openly expresses doubt that any of them, even the Martian amongst them could understand how the properties of Nth metal works; And even the protests from [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one of their own]] to stop the project as it will kill billions of lives is met with accusations of disloyalty to Thanagar.
* AliensAreBastards[=/=]{{SmugSuper}}s[=/=]SuperiorSpecies: The Thanagarians don't see much of humans - considering them to be a weak, primitive people - (the last bit is the more interesting [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy given their own culture]]), and use them as slave labour for the hyperspace bypass. They don't even think much of the Justice League at first having captured them (largely thanks to Shayera's intelligence on their abilities) - one of them openly expresses doubt that any of them, even the Martian amongst them could understand how the properties of Nth metal works; And even the protests from [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch one of their own]] to stop the project as it will kill billions of lives is met with accusations of disloyalty to Thanagar.
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* TragicVillain: Hro Talak may be an enemy of Earth and the Justice League, but on Thanagar, he is possibly its greatest hero, in addition to being Shayera's fiancee. He sacrificed a lot as part of the war against the Gordanians, and was even captured and tortured by them for years before breaking free. [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil This is implied to be why]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist he was so deadset in making sure the Hyperspace Bypass plan works, even if he had to sacrifice Earth to do it]]. Shayera's comments suggest that at some point, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he changed from the man she knew, to the man the audience saw]]. In the end, his uncompromising stance on putting the Earth in the crossfire in the war against the Gordanians, pushes Shayera away from him, and he is further incensed when he comes to know about her attraction to Green Lantern, to the point that every plead Shayera makes to spare Earth is interpreted as her saying she loves Green Lantern more, which eventually [[CockFight brings them into conflict]], and eventually with Shayera. In the end, the hyperspace bypass is destroyed by the League and he is defeated by Green Lantern. Broken, he surrenders and orders his army to leave. Had he not allowed his experiences in the war to cloud his judgement, he may have [[TakeAThirdOption found a third option]] in the war (like say, requesting the League's help in fighting it) and Shayera would have remained at his side.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Hawkgirl as soon as she finds out that the Thanagarians are actually building a hyperspace bypass on Earth, starts having second thoughts on serving them, and eventually assists the Justice League in stopping them.
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* ItsRainingMen: The Thanagar army descending from the sky. Considering they are all [[WingedHumanoid Winged Humanoids]], it produces a surprisingly biblical image.
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* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: One of Talak's lieutenants boasts about how easy it was to capture the League with the information Shayera provided the Thanagarian fleet on them. When Shayera still warns him not so underestimate them, he interestingly concedes [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim suggests that they are eliminated while they are still weak before they can be a serious problem]],[[GenreSavvy even giving Shayera the blaster to do it]]. Shayera, in response points out that the mission was to construct the bypass and capture the League, nothing more. This gives the lieutenant the first hint that Shayera's loyalty to Thanagar is wavering.
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* VichyEarth: What occurs by Part II. A particularly harsh example as the Thanagarians intend to ''[[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy it]]'' after leaving. Learning this actually makes Hawkgirl turn on them.
* WasItAllALie: Green Lantern asks this of Hawkgirl at the end of the three-parter. Hawkgirl replies, "I love you John. I never lied about that", and flies off to parts unknown.
* WasItAllALie: Green Lantern asks this of Hawkgirl at the end of the three-parter. Hawkgirl replies, "I love you John. I never lied about that", and flies off to parts unknown.
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* DomesticAbuse: Hro Talak turns abusive toward Shayera Hol when she turns against him in the latter part of the story.
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* BlackAndGreyMorality: When the Justice League saves the Earth they inevitably doom Thanagar (as seen later in ''Justice League Unlimited''), as they lose the war against the Gordanians.
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* RealityEnsues: When J'onn gets into a Thanagarian ship and takes a look at the controls, he comes to the conclusion that he has no idea how to drive it. The Thanagarians are just as alien to him as they are to humans after all.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Superman provides one when the League decides to dress up in civilian clothes, split up into pairs and rendezvous over at Wayne Manor. Green Lantern and Flash get stopped at a train station by Thanagarians who are growing suspicious, but Superman, (as Clark) decides to go over and pretend interview them with J'onn posing as a cameraman, allowing Green Lantern and Flash a chance to escape.
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* SomeoneHasToDie: Batman realize that dropping the Watchtower on the Thanagarian's hyperspace bypass require manual steering, which the station would miss the target. Instead of telling this to Flash and J'onn, he jettisons them in an escape pod and takes over the controls himself (FridgeBrilliance: [[TheCaptain he is the creator]] [[GoingDownWithTheShip of the Watchtower]]). He doesn't die, as he is bailed out by Superman just moments before the impact.
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* DescriptionCut: during the peace summit at the beginning, J'onn thinks that terrorists may have already infiltrated the meeting, but Batman assured the League he's "got it covered". We next see Clark Kent inside as one of the press.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: The Thanagarians pretended to be a BenevolentAlienInvasion to cover their true purpose, but Batman exposed them in short order.
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* MindRape: J'onn inflicts one on one of Talak's generals, leaving the latter in a vegetative state.
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* BittersweetEnding: Earth is saved from destruction... at the cost of their home base, one of their members leaving (breaking up the [[OfficialCouple series' main relationship]]), and an untold amount of the Thanagarians threatening the planet. Sweetened a bit by its continuation, ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which shows that things can be rebuilt, but even then there's a note of bitterness lingering throughout the series.
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* BittersweetEnding: Earth is saved from destruction... at the cost of their home base, one of their members leaving (breaking up the [[OfficialCouple series' main relationship]]), and an untold amount of the Thanagarians threatening the planet. Sweetened a bit by its continuation, ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', which shows that things can be rebuilt, but even then there's a note of bitterness lingering throughout the series.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: John and Shayera, courtesy of the rest of the League, except Flash.
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* SecretIdentity: Taken for a spin. Pursued by the conquering Thanagarians, the Justice League members decide the safest way to move is in their civilian identities (for the members who have them). The Flash balks at the idea, since it's, you know, his ''secret identity'', and it's not like he doesn't trust the others, but... Impatient, Batman simply rattles off everyone's real name, finishing with his own.
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* SignificantAnagram: the BigBad's name is an anagram of the Silver Age Hawkman's identity.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Flash does this to said button in the cockpit of a Thanagarian gunship... and blows a giant hole in the wall of Wayne Manor, almost killing Alfred. Batman immediately rounds on him, saying [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "THAT'S. NOT. HELPING."]]
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: the Unlimited episode "Hunter's Moon" reveals that it wasn't just the supers in the Justice League who are fighting against the Thanagarian invasion. Vixen and Vigilante (and possibly the rest of the future extended members of the League) mention that they were also fighting back.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Green Lantern's fight with Talak.
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-->'''Green Lantern''': "Yeah. You can kiss my axe."
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Flash does this to said button in the cockpit of a Thanagarian gunship... and blows a giant hole in the wall of Wayne Manor, almost killing Alfred. Batman immediately rounds on him, saying [[PunctuatedForEmphasis "THAT'S. NOT. HELPING."]]
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After Earth is attacked by a Gordanian battleship, the Justice League is aided by an army of hawkmen from Hawkgirl's home planet of Thanagar. The Thanagarians offer to help Earth build a shield to defend against the Gordanians, but Batman discovers that this is just a ruse. Hawkgirl finds herself torn between her allegiance to Thanagar and her commitment to the League, as well as between her betrothal to the Thanagarian commander Hro Talak and her deep budding romantic love for Green Lantern, John Stewart.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: The Thanagarians pretended to be a BenevolentAlienInvasion to cover their true purpose, but Batman exposed them in short order.
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* AlienAutopsy: Batman's analysis on a dead Gordanian taken from the Gordanian ship and finding out that they were long dead before the ship appeared on Earth, which lead to suspicions on the Thanagarians' true motives.
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* WashingtonDCInvasion: The beginning of the episode where the League were staking out at a world conference held in Washington in anticipation of a terrorist incident, but only to be interrupted by a Gordanian ship.
