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Ultimen
<b>The Ultimen</b> are a fictional [[superhero]] group featured in the [[animated]] series ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''. Based on characters from the ''[[Super Friends]]'', they are a group of young heroes who used their gifts to not only help people, but also to gain [[media]] attention. 

== Team history ==
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[[Image:ultimen.jpg|thumb|250px|The Ultimen (from left to right: Juice, Long Shadow, Wind Dragon, Shifter, and Downpour).]]
First appearing the the episode "Ultimatum", the Ultimen assisted the [[Justice_League|Justice League]] in saving an off-shore oil platform from a group of lava monsters.  Near the end of the fight, Wind Dragon created a cyclone of artic wind that froze the remaining creatures solid, a power he had never displayed before.  Concerned, but not willing to dwell on it, he turned his attention to the media, giving them such a wholehearted speech that it even made Superman groan.  Though they were given the chance to join the Justice League, they declined, saying they would rather do things their way.

The team's money manager, [[Maxwell Lord]], used the media to make them look like selfless heroes who had nothing to hide from the public. He contested that his Ulitmen, unlike the Justice League, were a group of "down-to-earth" heroes (both figuratively and literally) who the people could relate to.  Lord also justified the use of marketing their images and likenesses through toys and merchanidse as a way to fund their crimefighting careers.  Secretly, however, he was growing concerned with the knowledge that Wind Dragon had gained a new(contracted; show full)
*[[Professor Hamilton]] – Looked after the Ultimen (along with Lord) and also acted as their doctor.

== Trivia ==
* In the episode "Ultimatum", the Ultimen are fought by a team consisting of the founding members of the very first <i>Super Friends</i> series: [[Batman]], [[Wonder_Woman|Wonder Woman]], [[Superman]], and [[Aquaman]].

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