The Elongated Man in animation

Although next week's episode of The Flash will feature the live action debut of Ralph Dibny, the character has appeared in official animated projects from Warner Brothers.

 Below are video clips (live at the time of writing) of Ralph's animated appearances, which I limited to speaking roles.

First up is a lengthy clip from "The Greatest Story Never Told," an episode of Justice League Unlimited. Ralph (voiced by Jeremy Piven) is paired up with Booster Gold for "crowd control," but is later called in to help. The episode ends with a reveal that he was instrumental in ending the threat, but the main focus is on what Booster Gold was doing.

Second is another clip from the show, the episode "The Ties That Bind." In a brief, humorous scene, Ralph and Wally West (as the Flash) discuss how they aren't taken seriously. Ralph also appeared in the episode "Clash" and had other non-speaking cameos in the show.

Third is a clip from Batman: The Brave and the Bold's "Journey To The Center of the Bat!" Ralph (voiced by Sean Donnellan) works with Plastic Man (Tom Kenny) to help Batman (Diedrich Bader) take out Baby Face's gang. Ralph also has non-speaking cameos in the show.

While the fourth clip isn't a proper DC animation production, it is released by parent company Warner Brothers. The animated show Mad eventually parodied the Justice League in a song about how the main three heroes aren't really great at being friends. Ralph (voiced by Ralph Garman) not only appears, but has a few lines about trying to borrow money from Superman.


I have been surprised that Ralph hasn't appeared more in the line of DC direct to video animated films. An alternate universe version of him appears in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, but doesn't seem to be a speaking role. This "Extruded Man" is a villain and is taken out by the Flash. "Elongated Kid" is mentioned as being dead in Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.