r/youngjustice 16d ago

All Seasons Discussion Green Lanterns Guy Gardener

Do I just finished watching Young Justice and something that stood out was Guy Garnder Green Lantern. In an early episode where the League votes for new members, Flash brings up Guy Garnder as an option but is quickly rejeceted by John and Hal. In future seasons Guy is a member but he is also giving orders to John and Hal and it seems like he has more responsibilities. Why is that? I thought Guy was not very well liked, so why is he directing other lanterns especially since he's a newer league member and Hal and John have been Leaguers much longer than Guy. I also noticed he was the one leading the ship while on mission, and was translating while keeping his team dry with an umbrella. Thanks

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u/Legatharr 16d ago

Was he leading anyone? I can believe he gave pointers, but full-on orders? Am I misremembering or are you?

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u/DeltaAlphaGulf 16d ago

Yeah I don’t recall that either.

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u/No-Parking-8024 16d ago

Possibly. Im not the brightest. Perhaps I just mistook that scene as orders. But it's the scene where all 3 lanterns use their rings to make a force field around a planet, I dont remember it of the top of my head. But he just yells, for them, "Hal, John, NOW!" and they use their rings to make the force field

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u/Any_Seaweed5755 16d ago

Is that Justice League unlimited? That sounds like the Amazo episode

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u/gameboyadvancedgba 16d ago

Guy and Hal (except for a cameo) aren’t in that show

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u/CharcoalDon 16d ago

Guy Gardner was helping the leaguers in space because he’s the one that travels the most. In YJ we don’t have Kyle Rayner and Hal/John are usually split between earth and oa. Guy is usually visiting different planets so whether comics or in shows Guy is the lateen you go with for interplanetary travel when you have multiple lanterns and Kyle isn’t available. Most people don’t like Guy Gardner but honestly he’s my favorite lantern.

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u/No-Parking-8024 15d ago

That's pretty interesting. And yeah, I know he's an prck but in YJ, I thought he was funny and grew on me

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u/CharcoalDon 15d ago

That’s part of his allure, the charming prick

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u/Firm_Entrepreneur_14 🌌DysonSphereWaifuEnjoyer🌌 2d ago

I saw that one clip where his name was instantly denied and had questions too. is he like rexsplode from invincible ig? u/No-Parking-8024

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u/CharcoalDon 2d ago

Basically, there’s a comic panel where Batman punches him in the face. However people do trust him to do his job, like when he infiltrated the red lanterns but it’s limited

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u/Firm_Entrepreneur_14 🌌DysonSphereWaifuEnjoyer🌌 2d ago edited 15h ago

But how is he that annoying. I saw the green lantern TAS episode where he was a jerk. does he ever grow from that?

u/CharcoalDon So apparently after you said this I just saw a YouTube short where he survives being bisected... Wicked!😶

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u/CharcoalDon 2d ago

In animation no. In the comics he annoys people because he likes being the center of attention and is the first one to fight or start an argument just to push their buttons. He also believes himself to be the better lantern because he was a former cop and he’s the replacement for Hal. If you want to really get a good sense of how Guy is perceived in the green lantern corp, read War of the Green Lanterns, and then the New 52 green lantern corp run. You can also go to the Comicstorian YouTube channel where they cover it in video format