The Balance 

To help her magic superhero friends, the God Hermes sends Wonder Woman on a mission to help free Hades from the clutches of Felix Faust.

Director:

Dan Riba

Writers:

Stan Berkowitz (story), Dwayne McDuffie (teleplay)

Stars:

Maria Canals-Barrera, Susan Eisenberg, Carl Lumbly

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Maria Canals-Barrera	...	Shayera Hol / Watchtower Computer (voice) (as Maria Canals)
Susan Eisenberg	...	Wonder Woman / Princess Diana (voice)
Carl Lumbly	...	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Michael Rosenbaum	...	The Flash / Wally West (voice)
Robert Englund	...	Felix Faust (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Lord Hades (voice)
Juliet Landau	...	Tala / Zatanna Zatara (voice)
Jason Bateman	...	Hermes (voice)
Wayne Knight	...	Abnegazar (voice)
Susan Sullivan	...	Queen Hippolyta (voice)
Michael T. Weiss	...	Etrigan the Demon / Jason Blood (voice)

Storyline

Felix Faust, imprisoned in a mirror, fools Tala into letting him out, whereupon he possesses the Annihilator and casts Hades out of Tartarus. After her armor and lasso's full powers are activated by Hippolyta, Wonder Woman teams up with Hawkgirl to help Hades reclaim his kingdom at Zeus's command. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl must deal with their anger towards each other following the events of "Starcrossed".

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Plot Keywords:

zatanna character | felix faust character | etrigan character | lasso | density | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

While in pain from the disruption in Tartarus, Zatanna says "Lleh fo enorht eht no stis tsuaF. Tsol si lla" which backwards reads "All is lost! Faust sits on the throne of Hell!"

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Goofs

When Wonder Woman attacks Faust with the mace as she says, "I hit harder than she does", it's clearly strapped to her left wrist. A few blows later, she drives it down into Faust's headpiece and there's clearly no strap on her left wrist.

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Quotes

Hermes: I've got something for you, here, it's pretty important. Zeus paid for overnight service. Here it is.
[Hands Diana a scroll]
Princess Diana: "For a good time, call Podênemos."
Hermes: [takes back the scroll chuckling] Wrong scroll. I think I got a shot, it's her cell number... Here we go.
[reads the scroll]
Hermes: "By decree of Zeus, father of Olympus, it is so ordered: Diana of Themyscira will travel to Tartarus and set right what has been disturbed."
Princess Diana: He's telling me to go to...
Hermes: Basically.

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Connections

References The Evil Dead (1981)

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Soundtracks

Justice League Unlimited Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Michael McCuistion

User Reviews

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 May 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Balance

Company Credits

Production Co:

DC Comics, Warner Bros. Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1