Polite Dissent

“This Little Piggy” was an enchanting and light-hearted episode of Justice League Unlimited. Batman, Wonder Woman (more or less) and Zatanna were the stars, with an assist from Bwana Beast and cameos by Red Tornado, the Elongated Man (in his is silver/purple costume) and the original Crimson Avenger.

As the story begins, Batman and Wonder Woman flirt a little on a stakeout, then stop a prowler who is actually the immortal sorceress Circe. Circe has a grudge agains Wonder Woman’s mother, but promised never to harm her, so instead turns Wonder Womann into a pig (imagine Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web, but with bracelets). Batman seeks mystical help from Zatanna. The show hints that there was once a romance between these two, but no longer. Zatanna looked was in her top hat and fishnet outfit and her backwards-speaking magic survived the translation to television well.

As Zatanna casts a spell, the Wonder Pig escapes and Batman enlists Bwana Beast (who sounds too much like Joey Buttafuoco) to help track her down. There is other help as well. In the show’s funniest scene, Red Tornado is walking down the street calling “Sooee” in his mechanical non-inflected voice. The Elongated Man and the Crimson Avenger go door to door (or window to window in Ralph’s case) looking for the pig as well.

I’s love to discuss the rest of the plot, but can’t without giving too much away, so watch it yourself. This episode is good for several days’ worth of chuckles.