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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When Zod reveals that [[spoiler: he'd killed Kal-El while he was still a baby]], Supergirl beats him to within an inch of his life.

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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When Zod reveals that [[spoiler: he'd killed Kal-El while he was still a baby]], Supergirl beats him to within an inch of his life. [[spoiler: Though it ended up being subverted, as Zod was only pretending to be beaten to lure her into a false sense of security so he could stab her through the chest with ease.]]
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* InstantExpert: Kal-El and Zod only mastered the power of {{Flight}} through considerable focus in Film/ManOfSteel, whereas Kara demonstrates it immediately after being exposed to Earth's yellow sun for the first time in her life.

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* AlternateSelf: The League as a whole has counterparts on [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] roughly comprised of the same members (except Cyborg for Earth-9).

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* AlternateSelf: The League as a whole has counterparts in the multiverse of the extended Arrowverse, on [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] roughly comprised of the same members (except Cyborg for Earth-9).



* AlternateSelf: He has two, one on [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Earth-167]] and another on [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO Earth-Prime]]

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* AlternateSelf: He has two, two in the wider Arrowverse, one on [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Earth-167]] and another on [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO Earth-Prime]]



* AlternateSelf: On [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].

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* AlternateSelf: On [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].Earth-167]], in the Arrowverse's multiverse.



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After Barry Allen tampers with history, Bruce Wayne's history is overwritten as well, to Barry's surprise.

->[[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesBatman Has his own page]]page.]]



After Barry Allen tampers with history, Kal-El's history is overwritten. In his place is a Kryptonian named Kara. Unlike Kal who was fortunate enough to be found by a loving couple and raised as an Earthling, Kara was held in captivity. When the Kryptonian invaders attack Earth unchallenged, the Flash recruits her for his new Justice League.

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After Barry Allen tampers with history, Kal-El's own history is overwritten. In his place is a Kryptonian named Kara. Unlike Kal who was fortunate enough to be found by a loving couple and raised as an Earthling, Kara was held in captivity. When the Kryptonian invaders attack Earth unchallenged, the Flash recruits her for his new Justice League.
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* NoTrueScotsman: Kara doesn't consider Zod's caste to be proper Kryptonians, as they think only of conquest and destruction, exhibiting none of the more admirable trits of her people.

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* NoTrueScotsman: Kara doesn't consider Zod's caste to be proper Kryptonians, as they think only of conquest and destruction, exhibiting none of the more admirable trits traits of her people.
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* VasquezAlwaysDies: Compared to the more conventionally feminine and elegant Wonder Woman, Supergirl has a unisex appearance and uses a similar fighting style to her cousin. [[spoiler: She's killed in every possible fight against Zod's forces.]]
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** It's never specified if Swanwick's existence was erased in the Alternate Timeline or if he's just OutOfFocus. Worth noting is that in the original 2013 Swanwick was operating from afar, so he plausibly could have been present without drawing attention to himself.



* OneSteveLimit: Creator/JonStewart had a brief cameo AsHimself in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Additionally, his unused appearace was given to another superhero that traditionally answers to the name "John".

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* OneSteveLimit: Creator/JonStewart had a brief cameo AsHimself in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Additionally, his unused appearace appearance was given to another superhero that traditionally answers to the name "John".



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!!!'''Citizenship:''' Krypton
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' House of El, Justice League


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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Supergirl has always had a tragic backstory, but between humanity's bad first impression on her and the revelation that Zod [[spoiler:killed the last of her family]], Kara has an especially bleak characterization.


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* BigSisterInstinct: Kara took her duty to protect her baby cousin Kal very seriously. [[spoiler: When Zod reveals that Kal has been dead for years, Kara explodes with rage.]]
* BridalCarry: Barry holds her this way when busting her out of captivity. She returns the favour when he needs to be struck by lightning.


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* DarkerAndEdgier: Owing to living in an underground prison instead of being raised by a kindly family in Smallville, Supergirl doesn't feel the same level of compassion towards humanity that Superman did. She does however see the goodness in Barry and joins his team to protect Earth.


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* PerpetualFrowner: She never smiles once.
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->[[Characters/BatmanFilmSeriesBatman Has his own page]]
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[[folder:Supergirl]]
!!''[[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El / Supergirl]]''
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!!! '''Species:''' Kryptonian
!!!'''Citizenship:'''
!!!'''Affiliation(s):'''
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SashaCalle
!!! '''Appearances''': ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''

After Barry Allen tampers with history, Kal-El's history is overwritten. In his place is a Kryptonian named Kara. Unlike Kal who was fortunate enough to be found by a loving couple and raised as an Earthling, Kara was held in captivity. When the Kryptonian invaders attack Earth unchallenged, the Flash recruits her for his new Justice League.

-->See [[Characters/DCEUKrypton here]] for her similarly-named ancestor who existed prior to the timeline changes brought by Flash.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Supergirl learns how to fly, use heat vision and hone her senses within a very short timeframe with no guidance whatsoever. Compare this to Superman and General Zod; the former required training and the latter learned through observation.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She's famously blonde in the comics but has black hair here.
* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Earth-Prime]] and on [[Characters/SmallvilleKryptonians Earth-167]].
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Supergirl doesn't think highly of humanity due to her imprisonment, but when Barry saved her from captivity she realized he was different and helped him regain his powers before joining his team.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** The Barrys and Batman find themselves badly outnumbered by heavily armed troops. While holding up his hands in apparent surrender. Cue a super-speed asskicking courtesy of a freshly-replenished Kara.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Just like Superman, Supergirl wears the symbol of the House of El. Her symbol is slightly varied, with the tail end curling into the body.
* CompositeCharacter: She has the name and role of Kara Zor-El, the traditional Supergirl of the comics, and the look and costume of [[ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs Lara Lane-Kent]], Superman and Lois's hypothetical daughter that Superman imagines while in a LotusEaterMachine in the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' continuity. Her role in ''The Flash'' also mimics the sun-starved Superman seen in ''Flashpoint''. [[spoiler: She also assumes Clark's role from ''Film/ManOfSteel'', having the Codex implanted in her DNA.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: Supergirl is killed by Zod. Alternate Barry winds back time to save her, only for Kara to be killed by Faora instead. He continues going back in time, only to find Supergirl dies in every single outcome.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Kara's been deprived of sunlight and looks emaciated, yet she can plough through humans just as easily as any other Kryptonian. Taken to its logical limit when she also engages General Zod in close-quarter combat.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Kara was entrusted to watch over Kal during his childhood. As the two were separated and Kal was intercepted by Zod, Kara was unable to fulfill her duty.]]
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When Zod reveals that [[spoiler: he'd killed Kal-El while he was still a baby]], Supergirl beats him to within an inch of his life.
* NoTrueScotsman: Kara doesn't consider Zod's caste to be proper Kryptonians, as they think only of conquest and destruction, exhibiting none of the more admirable trits of her people.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kara is older than her cousin Kal, yet she appears to be in her twenties around the time he would have turned 33.
* OneSteveLimit: Kara has an ancestor with the exact same name, as detailed in the ''Man of Steel'' prequel.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Supergirl is a head shorter than Barry Allen, but due to having Kryptonian powers she's easily much stronger than he is.
* RaceLift: While most iterations of Supergirl have been depicted with blonde hair and blue eyes, here she's played by a Latin-American brunette.
* RedIsHeroic: Supergirl has more red in her costume than Superman, covering most of her upper body.
* RelativeButton: Her cousin Kal was all she had left of Krypton. When Zod reveals that [[spoiler: he'd killed Kal when he was still a baby]], Kara attacks him without mercy.
* VasquezAlwaysDies: Compared to the more conventionally feminine and elegant Wonder Woman, Supergirl has a unisex appearance and uses a similar fighting style to her cousin. [[spoiler: She's killed in every possible fight against Zod's forces.]]
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* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Harry Lennix's deep voice. It also serves as potential {{Foreshadowing}} to his true identity as Martian Manhunter.
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* NoodleIncident: In ''SHAZAM! Thundercrack'' it's mentioned that Hawkman has teamed up with the League on at least one occasion.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: He dresses in dark clothes, wears a black cape, has dark green skin and glowing red eyes but is still an unambiguously heroic character.
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** TheLancer: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman. She's the one who takes command of the team in Bruce's absence, banking on her powers as a demigoddess and millennia of combat training. She's the IdealHero, inspiring awe and [[JustForPun wonder]] in those who witness her heroism, in contrast to Batman's PragmaticHero, inspiring [[TerrorHero fear and horror in his foes and even those who he rescues]]. Given that she is the only woman on the team so far, this would make her TheChick of the Justice League.

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** TheLancer: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman. She's the one who takes command of the team in Bruce's absence, banking on her powers as a demigoddess and millennia of combat training. She's the IdealHero, inspiring awe and [[JustForPun wonder]] in those who witness her heroism, in contrast to Batman's PragmaticHero, inspiring [[TerrorHero fear and horror in his foes and even those who he rescues]]. Given that TheSmurfettePrinciple applies; she is the only woman on the team so far, this would make her TheChick of the Justice League.far.
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* FiveTokenBand: Batman and Superman are the only white men on the team. Wonder Woman's gender, Cyborg's black ethnicity, Aquaman's mixed-race background, and the Flash's AmbiguousDisorder, Judaism and (mestizo) Hispanic heritage round out the cast's relative diversity.

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* FiveTokenBand: Batman and Superman are the only white men on the team. Wonder Woman's gender, Cyborg's black ethnicity, Aquaman's mixed-race background, and the Flash's AmbiguousDisorder, mental issues, Judaism and (mestizo) Hispanic heritage round out the cast's relative diversity.
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Justice League ([[Characters/DCEUSuperman Superman]], [[Characters/DCEUBatman Batman]], [[Characters/DCEUWonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Aquaman]], [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash The Flash]], [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Cyborg]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] ([[Characters/DCEUBillyBatson Billy Batson]]) | [[Characters/DCEUJusticeSociety Justice Society]] | [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] -]]]]]

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Justice League ([[Characters/DCEUSuperman Superman]], [[Characters/DCEUBatman Batman]], [[Characters/DCEUWonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Aquaman]], [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash The Flash]], [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Cyborg]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] ([[Characters/DCEUBillyBatson Billy Batson]]) Batson]], [[Characters/DCEUBlackAdam Black Adam]]) | [[Characters/DCEUJusticeSociety Justice Society]] | [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] -]]]]]
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Justice League ([[Characters/DCEUSuperman Superman]], [[Characters/DCEUBatman Batman]], [[Characters/DCEUWonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Aquaman]], [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash The Flash]], [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Cyborg]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] ([[Characters/DCEUBillyBatson Billy Batson]])| [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] -]]]]]

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Justice League ([[Characters/DCEUSuperman Superman]], [[Characters/DCEUBatman Batman]], [[Characters/DCEUWonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Aquaman]], [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash The Flash]], [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Cyborg]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] ([[Characters/DCEUBillyBatson Billy Batson]])| Batson]]) | [[Characters/DCEUJusticeSociety Justice Society]] | [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] -]]]]]
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Justice League ([[Characters/DCEUSuperman Superman]], [[Characters/DCEUBatman Batman]], [[Characters/DCEUWonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/DCEUAquaman Aquaman]], [[Characters/DCEUTheFlash The Flash]], [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Cyborg]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazam Shazam]] | ([[Characters/DCEUBillyBatson Billy Batson]])| [[Characters/DCEUOtherSuperheroes Other Superheroes]] -]]]]]
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl:
** Standard for Superman and Lois Lane. Lois repays the favour when it looks like Batman might kill Superman.
** Implied love interests Batman and Wonder Woman cover each other's backs.
** Aquaman saves Mera from Steppenwolf. Similar to Lois, Mera comes to his aid in return.
** The Flash first meets Iris West when he rescues her from a traffic collision.


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* AmericaSavesTheDay: 4 of the 6 founding members were born in America, with Superman landing in the US when he was just a baby.

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The last son of Mars. A benevolent being who upon the destruction of his people, found refuge on Earth, taking the form of a man named Calvin Swanwick, who serves as a General in the US military (and later, as a member of the US government), eventually forming friendships with Superman and Lois Lane.

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The last son of Mars. A benevolent being who upon the destruction of his people, found refuge on Earth, taking the form of a man human named Calvin Swanwick, who serves as a General in the US military (and later, as a member of the US government), eventually forming friendships with Superman and Lois Lane.



* AchillesInHisTent: Martian Manhunter abstains from using his powers for heroic purposes until Darkseid rediscovers Earth. Given humanity's polarized opinion of metahumans until this point, his ations were likely out of self-preservation until he realized he has a responsibility to protect the world.

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* AchillesInHisTent: Martian Manhunter abstains from using his powers for heroic purposes until Darkseid rediscovers Earth. Given humanity's polarized opinion of metahumans until this point, his ations actions were likely out of self-preservation until he realized he has a responsibility to protect the world.



* AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown if Superman figured out Swanwick was a martian before he allied himself with the League. He was able to identify Batman as Bruce Wayne - presumably through X-ray vision - but it's not clear how far martian biology can mimic human anatomy.

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It's unknown if Superman figured out Swanwick was a martian before he allied himself with the League. He was able to identify Batman as Bruce Wayne - presumably through X-ray vision - but it's not clear how far martian biology can mimic human anatomy.anatomy.
** Since his Martha guise was convincing enough to get past Lois, it raises the possibility that he may have been operating incognito in any number of scenarios without drawing suspicion.



* TheBrigadier: Acted skeptical of Superman's intentions at first. When he realizes those intentions were good, he trusts him.

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* TheBrigadier: Acted skeptical of Superman's intentions at first. When he realizes those intentions were good, he trusts Swanwick starts to trust him.



* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Batman v Superman'', he developed genuine respect for both Superman and Lois; after the Justice League thwarts Steppenwolf's plans, he accepts that he can't be of much help anymore working from the military and reveals his true self to Bruce Wayne.

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* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Batman v Superman'', Superman'' he developed genuine respect for both Superman and Lois; after the Justice League thwarts Steppenwolf's plans, he accepts that he can't be of much help anymore working from the military and reveals his true self to Bruce Wayne.Wayne.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Foreseeing a war, combined with his military credentials is what ultimately spurred him into becoming a superhero.



* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, then both characters also suffer from PTSD.

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* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, iteration, then both characters also suffer from PTSD.

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* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: In the theatrical cut, there was considerable disagreement, particularly between Bruce and Diana (with Bruce carrying the JerkassBall) over using the Mother Box to resurrect Superman. Here, the League comes to a unanimous decision about it fairly quickly, with only Barry and Alfred raising some brief concerns.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the theatrical cut the Justice League put up a fight against Steppenwolf, but ultimately depend on Superman to help them save the world. Batman is also depicted as being out of his depth due to a combination of having no superpowers and being middle-aged. In the Snyder Cut Batman, the Flash and Cyborg all get to show off their skillsets in ways that Superman wouldn't be able to replicate, [[spoiler: which ends up saving the world]].
** Batman steps up more to coordinate the team and strategize, making him more visible in the action sequences. He gets tossed around less and his ability to multi-task is increased, making his role in the FinalBattle considerably more useful, essentially handling the elimination of Parademons and their defense turrets around Steppenwolf's base all on his own, [[spoiler: managing to kill the one parademon that came closest to killing the Flash and sealing Earth's fate with only a split second to spare]]. He also knows Icelandic.
** The Flash is more action oriented, taking on Parademons more directly and utilizing FlashStep to save people from falling debris. He is also more confident with his powers, with the range and upper limits more fully explored, culminating in Barry [[spoiler: reversing time by running faster than the speed of light to prevent the Unity's destruction of the world]].
** Cyborg spent the first half of the film keeping one Motherbox away and hidden from the parademons, along with a handful of additional action bits showing him actually engaging Steppenwolf instead of just being swatted aside and doing tech guy stuff. And even still, his interfacing with the Motherboxes in the climax is built up as far more difficult with him having to confront a LotusEaterMachine to get the job done.



* FiveTokenBand: Batman and Superman are the only white men on the team. Wonder Woman's gender, Cyborg's black ethnicity, Aquaman's mixed-race background, and the Flash's AmbiguousDisorder, Judaism and (mestizo) Hispanic heritage round out the cast's relative diversity.



* FiveTokenBand: Batman and Superman are the only white men on the team. Wonder Woman's gender, Cyborg's black ethnicity, Aquaman's mixed-race background, and the Flash's AmbiguousDisorder, Judaism and (mestizo) Hispanic heritage round out the cast's relative diversity.



* {{Leitmotif}}: The Snyder Cut has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXBwQGROfKA The Crew at Warpower]]", which opens with a solemn brass solo, kicks into high gear with some DrumsOfWar and uses string instruments for hopeful flourishes. Parts of it are heard when the League are findng their footing, but the most recognizable part plays when the Justice League depart for their FinalBattle with Steppenwolf.



* NotSoDifferentRemark: Arthur and Diana have a moment talking about the cultural conflict that had developed between the Atlanteans and Amazons, but with both of them distant enough from their people that it's not a real sticking point between them. Arthur mentions a saying in Atlantis about darkness and light, which Diana finishes with a smile because it's also a saying in Themyscira.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Cyborg, Aquaman and Wonder Woman are super strong guys, but they're overshadowed by Superman in the climax of both films. It's very much downplayed in the Snyder Cut however, as Superman [[spoiler: can't prevent the detonation of the Unity, which wipes out the League — it's Flash who saves the day here by time-travelling with his SuperSpeed]]. Superman also lets Aquaman and Wonder Woman finish Steppenwolf off, so they get to shine as well here.



* RaceAgainstTheClock: Once Steppenwolf gets the third Motherbox, the League have only hours to track him down, fly to his location and prevent the Unity from fully synchronizing. By the time they get there, the Unity is mere minutes away from unmaking the world. [[spoiler: They fail to stop it, but luckily the Flash survives and reverses time.]]



* TeamShot: Both cuts of the team's debut film feature the Justice League standing shoulder-to-shoulder and gazing thoughtfully at the horizon.
** The Snyder Cut has an AdrenalineTime shot of the founding members charging towards Steppenwolf's base. It also has a tracking shot featuring closeups of the League's members that rests on a shot of them viewed from the side.



* [[Characters/DCEUCyborg Victor Stone / Cyborg]]



!!!'''Victor Stone / Cyborg'''
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!!''[[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone / Cyborg]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm not broken, and I'm not alone."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see him before his injuries and as his digital world avatar]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/victorstone.png ''"I had an accident that should have killed me..."''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Gotham City University, S.T.A.R. Labs, Justice League
!!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RayFisher
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Mexianu Medenou (European French), Alexis Lefebvre (Canadian French), Abraham Vega (Latin-American Spanish), Marcos Souza (Brazilian Portuguese)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' | ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' | ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''

->''"You wanted me to use these gifts, right? That's what I'm gonna do."''

Victor Stone was once a brilliant young science major and football player at Gotham City University. A car collision left him horribly disfigured and on the verge of death. Desperate to save his son, Silas Stone used an alien artifact (a Mother Box) to rebuild him. Said artifact contructed and grafted very durable alien cybernetics to what remained of Victor's human body, transforming him into Cyborg.

In addition to his cybernetics, the Mother Box granted Cyborg tremendous powers over all sorts of electronics and the digital world, allowing him to hack into anything from surveillance cameras and bank accounts all the way to (potentially) nuclear missile launchers. Victor chose to use these powers for good, and joined the Justice League to repel a new Apokoliptian attempt to invade the Earth.

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!!''[[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'onn J'onzz
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!!''[[ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} Victor Stone / Cyborg]]''
Martian Manhunter]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I realised I have a stake in this world,
and I'm not alone.it's time I started fighting for it."'']]
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!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Species:''' Martian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Martian, American
!!!'''Known Alias:''' Secretary of Defense (formerly Lieutenant General) Calvin Swanwick
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Gotham City University, S.T.A.R. Labs, US Army, DOD, Justice League
!!! '''Portrayed !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RayFisher
!!! '''Voiced
Creator/HarryLennix, Creator/DianeLane (Martha Kent disguise)
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By:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Mexianu Medenou (European French), Alexis Lefebvre (Canadian French), Abraham Vega Jorge Badillo (Latin-American Spanish), Marcos Souza (Brazilian Portuguese)
!!! '''Appearances:'''
Akihiko Ishizumi (Japanese), Daniel Njo Lobé (European French), Jean-Marie Moncelet (Canadian French)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel'' |
''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' | ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' | ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''

->''"You wanted ->''"I've gone by many names and taken many forms... Some have called me to use these gifts, right? That's what I'm gonna do.the Martian Manhunter."''

Victor Stone The last son of Mars. A benevolent being who upon the destruction of his people, found refuge on Earth, taking the form of a man named Calvin Swanwick, who serves as a General in the US military (and later, as a member of the US government), eventually forming friendships with Superman and Lois Lane.

By the time Earth
was once a brilliant young science major and football player at Gotham City University. A car collision left him horribly disfigured and on targeted again by the verge New Gods of death. Desperate Apokolips, he had decided to save his son, Silas Stone used an alien artifact (a Mother Box) take a more proactive approach to rebuild him. Said artifact contructed and grafted very durable alien cybernetics to what remained of Victor's human body, transforming him into Cyborg.

In addition to his cybernetics,
protecting the Mother Box granted Cyborg tremendous powers over all sorts of electronics and planet, aligning himself with the digital world, allowing him to hack into anything from surveillance cameras and bank accounts all the way to (potentially) nuclear missile launchers. Victor chose to use these powers for good, and joined the newly formed Justice League to repel a new Apokoliptian attempt to invade the Earth.League.



* AcademicAthlete: Victor has a genius level-IQ and got into Gotham City University on a [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football]] scholarship.
* AgeLift: In the comics, Victor was a high school student when the accident that made him Cyborg happened, which happened years after the League formed (before the ''ComicBook/New52'' had him replace the ComicBook/MartianManhunter as a founding member of the League and even then, he was still in high school). Here, he's a college student.
* AlternateSelf: Victor has at least three alternate universe counterparts from Earths [[Series/DoomPatrol2019 21]], [[Series/{{Smallville}} 167]] and [[ComicBook/New52 N52]].
* AndroidsAndDetectives: He's the Android to Batman and Flash's Detectives.
* ArmCannon: He can turn his arms into {{Plasma Cannon}}s.
* ArtificialLimbs: His hands and everything below his lungs are purely robotic. The rest is entirely covered in cybernetics save for half of his face.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: Cyborg can carry and throw Aquaman with one hand. Keep in mind Aquaman is 6'4 and was wearing a suit of armor at the time.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite giving his dad the cold shoulder, Cyborg doesn't hesitate to leap to his rescue when he sees him being threatened by Steppenwolf.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: His enhancements were constructed by a Motherbox, which the Apokoliptians used for world domination. Cyborg's powers give him access to all of humanity's online information - which Silas in the Snyder Cut flat-out states puts the entire human race at his mercy - yet he never uses them for villainous purposes.
* BlackAndNerdy: His enhancements and ability to interface with technology naturally make him the tech guy of the team. He was described by Dean Stanton as "a genius" capable of hacking into the university's computer network and altering grades. He was also captain of the football team, making him a GeniusBruiser (see below).
* BlessedWithSuck: Victor feels existential angst about still being alive with a body that's 90 per cent cybernetics. He can do many awesome things, but he's not human anymore.
-->(''Theatrical Cut'') "If these are gifts, why am I the one paying for them?"
-->(''Snyder Cut'') "What part of ''this'' looks like a gift to you?"
* BodyHorror: Victor's cameo in ''Batman v Superman'' shows he's little more than a limbless torso, with his lower body being painfully replaced by alien cybernetics. In addition, the left side of his face has been crushed completely.
* BrainComputerInterface: Cyborg can command large vehicles and even alien spacecraft via thought.
* CareerEndingInjury: He was a star quarterback until his fateful accident.
* CharacterDevelopment: Joining the Justice League changes him quite a bit, what with his happier stance on life and self-acceptance by the end of the film.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Victor attempts this by wearing a hoodie when he goes out, but it's way too flimsy a disguise, as his face and hands are still visible and the light emitted from his core shines through the fabric.
* {{Cyborg}}: His name says it all. He is an extremely amputated human [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt]] with cybernetics (and the help of a Mother Box).
* DoAnythingRobot: He's pretty much the go-to guy for any scenario where super-strength isn't an option. He activates damaged technology, tracks down Steppenwolf and disrupts the Unity. In the Snyder Cut he also manages to repair a shattered voice recorder seemingly by using telekinesis.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Twice in ''Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice''.
** The first instance is easy to miss if you don't pay attention: Perry assigns the story of a star quarterback's career-ending accident to Clark in the first act, but it's mostly heard in the background.
** In the second (and more memorable) instance, he's seen being reconstructed by his father, Silas Stone, and a Mother Box, as part of the footage of Metahumans Batman stole from Lex Luthor and sent to Wonder Woman after decrypting it.
* ElectronicEyes: Victor's left eye is a high-tech prosthetic to replace his original damaged one.
* FlyingBrick: His cybernetics can generate repulsors, allowing him to fly. He's the only Justice League member who's able to fly on his own until Superman joins in[[note]]Wonder Woman's flight power was still ambiguous at the time[[/note]]. He also assumes (quite rightly) that only he and Superman can survive the power feedback from separating the Mother Boxes, qualifying for the "brick" part.
* FlyingFirepower: Cyborg comes equipped with rockets and plasma cannons.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Victor was brought back from death via unorthodox means and suffers existential issues since he no longer sees himself as human anymore.
* FreakLabAccident: He came to become the Cyborg when his father - in desperation to save his life - throws scientific protocol out the window and subjects him to an active Mother Box.
* FullConversionCyborg: The Motherbox didn't just replace Victor's missing bodyparts. It also replaces most of his torso, as his heart has been replaced with a glowing core.
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: One replaces his left eye.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The accident that disfigured Victor destroyed his limbs and left half of his face and all of his votal organs in critical condition. Though thanks to the Mother Box, Victor doesn't die from losing half his body, unlike most examples.
* HollywoodHacking: He's able to hack into ''anything'' from bank accounts all the way to, potentially, nuclear weapon launching systems.
* {{Hologram}}: He can generate holograms with his hands or forehead lens when exploring the Internet or hacking stuff.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Cyborg's arms can transform into a wide array of tools. He's displayed plasma cannons, a shield durable enough to deflect Superman's heat vision, prehensile cables that can interface with any kind of technology and a command key for accessing the Kryptonian scout ship.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Cyborg wasn't introduced in the DCEU until its second film entry, and didn't see action and backstory until the two versions of ''Justice League'', with the latter cut investing much more screentime.
* InTheHood: He wears a hoodie to conceal his cybernetics as much as possible. After going through character development, he stops wearing clothes altogether.
* KnightInSourArmor: Victor's quite angsty in his first few appearances and with good reason (his mother dying, his father being absent and his FateWorseThanDeath), yet he genuinely wants to help people who need it. Eventually he sheds his angst and becomes a more optimistic hero.
* KubrickStare: There are several poster shots that have him showing this, and when [[TheDeterminator he is focused, he exhibits this look]].
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Cyborg can generate a shield with his arm, which in one instance he uses to block a resurrected Superman's EyeBeams.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Victor's enhancements will automatically go on the offensive at the slightest hint of danger, best seen when he blasts the newly-revived Clark without meaning to.
* MythologyGag: Victor wears a hoodie to hide himself, just like the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon's Cyborg did in the origin episode, and his counterpart from ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends The Super Powers Team]]'' did in his first appearance there.
* OddFriendship: He develops one with the Flash, with the two frequently joking around with each other and sharing a fistbump after their first decisive victory.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Victor was just a normal guy on his university's football team before his crippling accident. Now he's a cyborg superhero, but it puts him in a different frame of reference to born-warriors like Wonder Woman and rich veterans like Batman.
* OmniscientDatabase: His powers potentially allow him to access every source of digital knowledge, thus enabling him to pick up any kind of information.
* OutOfFocus: Outside of a name-drop in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Cyborg has made no appearances in future media. Even when the Justice League show up in ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'', Cyborg is absent.
* PainfulTransformation: Whatever power the Mother Box gave him, it certainly made his reconstruction hurt.
* PerpetualMotionMonster: Cyborg's never shown eating or resting. Given he was repaired by a Motherbox it's possible he was imbued with some kind of tech that's so advanced it can function without sustenance.
* PlugNPlayTechnology: He can gain access to virtually ''every'' electronic system, from the Internet to a Kryptonian ship's systems.
* RobotSuperhero: One of the most famous examples in comicbook history.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Cyborg was introduced to the DCEU in its second film entry via recorded footage.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Victor is legally dead and he can't exactly pass for a normal guy, so for all intents and purposes he's Cyborg 24/7.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Victor's the Manly Man to Barry's Sensitive Guy, being a former athlete who is still grieving over his mother's death.
* SinisterSurveillance: He can access virtually ''every'' computerized system on Earth and [[ScreensAreCameras eaves-drop and see]] the people around them. This is how he contacts Diana to meet her.
* StraightMan: Cyborg's the humorless reaction guy to [[PluckyComicRelief Flash]]'s wise guy.
* {{Superhero}}: Cyborg's a lesser known DC superhero in the mainstream when compared to the iconic ones above. He is a fairly recent addition to the founding members of the Justice League in the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}''.
* SuperpowerLottery: He can fly, fire plasma beams, hack into data systems and seemingly no longer needs to sleep or feed to sustain himself.
* SuperStrength: He is strong and durable enough to body-block a projected humvee effortlessly.
* SwissArmyAppendage: Due to the Mother Box's technology, Cyborg's cybernetic arms can turn into {{plasma|cannon}} [[ArmCannon cannons]] or shields, they can interact with any electronic system be it the Nightcrawler's commands with cables or even a Kryptonian ship's interface (by morphing into a Kryptonian key), and he can holographically display images and information with either his hands or a projector unit in his head.
* {{Technopath}}: Due to being a cybernetic organism made from a Mother Box's technology, he is able to connect and interface seamlessly with anything technological from Earth and beyond, including being constantly plugged into the Internet. Notably, Cyborg is able to gain access to the Kryptonian ship's interface, and he also takes control of the [[TankGoodness Knightcrawler]] and reactivates it after it was wrecked by Steppenwolf. In the Snyder Cut he even completely rebuilds a tape recorder he smashed to tiny bits, with it none the worse for wear.
* ThreePointLanding: When he jumps back up to the Unity after falling off the ledge due to Diana's shockwave, he executes one partially off-screen.
* TokenRobot: He's the only member of the Justice League to have tech-based powers.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: After saving the world and overcoming his hangups, Victor becomes a lot more upbeat.
* TouchedByVorlons: He gained his cybernetics and powers thanks to a Mother Box, which is an alien artifact from Apokolips.
* TragicDropout: Victor's time as a university student was cut short as he's now legally dead.
* TragicRobot: Victor lost his mother on the night of his accident and his injuries were so severe he had to be converted into a cyborg to survive, which haunts him given his athletic history. In the Snyder Cut he also has to witness his father being vaporized in an attempt to thwart Steppenwolf's conquest, right when the two were about to reapir their strained relationship.
* TraumaCongaLine: Victor Stone has a pretty good life, save for a little bit of post-teenage angst directed at his father. Suddenly a car accident kills his mother and leaves him on life support with all of his limbs amputated. His father saves his life by using the Mother Box - a physically agonizing experience that turns Victor into a half-man, half-machine. Feeling like he's been turned into a monster, Victor spends months hiding from the world while living with the father he resents.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's African-American and a multiple amputee
* UnwillingRoboticisation: He didn't ask to be turned into a cyborg, and that his father created what he sees as a "monster" is the main reason he's been estranged from him.
* UnwittingTestSubject: Victor was comatose when Silas used the Motherbox to try and restore him. His inability to give consent during what were his few remaining moments of life undoubtedley were part of the "suspending all protocol" line Silas uttered.
* WeCanRebuildHim: In ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', there is footage of Victor's father Silas trying to fill in the gaps in his body with machine parts. When it doesn't work, Silas resorts to using a Mother Box, which succeeds in giving Victor a cybernetic body, albeit quite painfully.

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* AcademicAthlete: Victor AchillesInHisTent: Martian Manhunter abstains from using his powers for heroic purposes until Darkseid rediscovers Earth. Given humanity's polarized opinion of metahumans until this point, his ations were likely out of self-preservation until he realized he has a genius level-IQ responsibility to protect the world.
* AdaptationNameChange: Martian Manhunter usually goes by an Anglicized version of his true name as John Jones, here J'onn goes by Calvin Swanwick. He mentions having many aliases, so his official identities might very well still be in play here.
* AdaptationalJobChange: A detective in the comics, here the Martian Manhunter is a high-ranking official in the US Military. While it's possible that he was a detective at some point in his history, given his "Calvin Swanwick" disguise looks
and got into Gotham City University sounds similar to his true form, it's likely this is his more accustomed role.
* AlienAmongUs: He's been
on Earth for quite a [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football]] scholarship.while, and perfectly managed to blend in and even have a career in the US military and government with his "Calvin Swanwick" disguise.
* AlternateSelf: He has two, one on [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Earth-167]] and another on [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO Earth-Prime]]
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown if Superman figured out Swanwick was a martian before he allied himself with the League. He was able to identify Batman as Bruce Wayne - presumably through X-ray vision - but it's not clear how far martian biology can mimic human anatomy.
* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Harry Lennix's deep voice. It also serves as potential {{Foreshadowing}} to his true identity as Martian Manhunter.
* BadassCape: Part of his martian garb. Unlike Superman's it comes with gold accessories.
* BaldOfAuthority: As the Martian Manhunter he is bald and he is a competent leader, and eventual member of the Justice League.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: He tries to find out where Superman lives by sending out drones. [[HilarityEnsues It fails.]] When his true nature is revealed, we also find out he never needed any of those, as Martian Manhunter is clairvoyant.
* TheBrigadier: Acted skeptical of Superman's intentions at first. When he realizes those intentions were good, he trusts him.

* AgeLift: In CanonCharacterAllAlong: He is revealed to be the comics, Victor was a high school student when the accident that made him Cyborg happened, which happened years Martian Manhunter in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Batman v Superman'', he developed genuine respect for both Superman and Lois;
after the Justice League formed (before the ''ComicBook/New52'' had him replace the ComicBook/MartianManhunter as a founding member thwarts Steppenwolf's plans, he accepts that he can't be of the League and even then, he was still in high school). Here, he's a college student.
* AlternateSelf: Victor has at least three alternate universe counterparts
much help anymore working from Earths [[Series/DoomPatrol2019 21]], [[Series/{{Smallville}} 167]] the military and [[ComicBook/New52 N52]].
* AndroidsAndDetectives: He's the Android
reveals his true self to Batman Bruce Wayne.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Martian Manhunter
and Flash's Detectives.
* ArmCannon: He
General Sam Lane (Lois' father), who has a prominent role in one of this film's sources, ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretOrigin''. It can turn his arms into {{Plasma Cannon}}s.
* ArtificialLimbs: His hands and everything below his lungs are purely robotic. The rest
be said that as "Calvin Swanwick", J'onn is entirely covered in cybernetics save for half of his face.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: Cyborg can carry and throw Aquaman with one hand. Keep in mind Aquaman is 6'4 and was wearing a suit of armor at the time.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite giving his dad the cold shoulder, Cyborg doesn't hesitate to leap to his rescue when he sees him being threatened by Steppenwolf.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: His enhancements were constructed by a Motherbox, which the Apokoliptians used for world domination. Cyborg's powers give him access to all of humanity's online information - which Silas in the Snyder Cut flat-out states puts the entire human race at his mercy - yet he never uses them for villainous purposes.
* BlackAndNerdy: His enhancements and ability to interface with technology naturally make him the tech guy of the team. He was described by Dean Stanton as "a genius" capable of hacking into the university's computer network and altering grades. He was also captain of the football team, making him a GeniusBruiser (see below).
* BlessedWithSuck: Victor feels existential angst about still being alive
basically Sam Lane with a body that's 90 per cent cybernetics. He can do many awesome things, but he's not human anymore.
-->(''Theatrical Cut'') "If these are gifts, why am I
RaceLift, his family ties to Lois Lane removed and being ''much'' more reasonable. In ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', he even spends some quality time with Lois under the one paying for them?"
-->(''Snyder Cut'') "What part
guise of ''this'' looks like a gift to you?"
parental figure.
* BodyHorror: Victor's cameo in DeadpanSnarker: In ''Batman v Superman'' shows Swanwick's dialogue with Lois tends to be peppered with dry wit.
-->(''While talking to Lois in the men's room'') "You know with balls like yours, you belong in here."
--> "Unlike you I happen to like my job."
* EveryoneHasStandards: He expresses concern for Superman when the President discusses launching a nuke at him and Doomsday, averting WhatMeasureIsANonHuman.
* FaceOfAThug: His glowing red eyes and bizarre skin texture are off-putting, but
he's little more than nonetheless a limbless torso, benevolent figure with his lower body being painfully replaced by alien cybernetics. In addition, the left side a reassuring tone of his face has been crushed completely.
voice.
* BrainComputerInterface: Cyborg can command large vehicles and even alien spacecraft via thought.
* CareerEndingInjury: He was
{{Flight}}: Martian Manhunter greets Bruce Wayne while floating above a star quarterback until his fateful accident.
* CharacterDevelopment: Joining the Justice League changes him quite a bit, what with his happier stance on life and self-acceptance by the end of the film.
* ClarkKentOutfit: Victor attempts this by wearing a hoodie when he goes out, but it's way too flimsy a disguise, as his face and hands are still visible
lake and the light emitted from his core shines through the fabric.
* {{Cyborg}}: His name says it all. He is an extremely amputated human [[WeCanRebuildHim rebuilt]] with cybernetics (and the help
final shot of a Mother Box).
* DoAnythingRobot: He's pretty much the go-to guy for any scenario where super-strength isn't an option. He activates damaged technology, tracks down Steppenwolf and disrupts the Unity. In
the Snyder Cut is him soaring above the Wayne estate.
* GoodCounterpart: To General Zod, being a military leader who seeks to preserve peace and help humanity rather than conquer and kill it. Plus, he's an alien.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Swanwick may be stern with Superman and Lois, but both are aware
he wants what is best.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Superman trashes a surveillance drone right in front of him without warning. Swanwick's reaction is ''"Are you effin' stupid?!"''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He mentions assuming many disguises during his time on Earth, hinting at having a series of adventures before deciding to come out as an alien.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: As "Calvin Swanwick" he has a gruff exterior befitting a general, but in truth he's incredibly kind-hearted and sociable. He visits Lois under the guise of Martha Kent so that they can talk about Clark on a more personal level. "Martha" then gives Lois a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, revealing the Martian Manhunter's full respect for this intrepid and brave journalist in a way he couldn't do as "General Swanwick".
* HumanDisguise: General Swanwick is one of several human guises Martian Manunter has taken.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once demanded that Superman, an alien, hand over all of his secrets to the US Government when he himself is an alien who is keeping secrets from the US Government. Granted, he was still ''expected'' to do this, considering that he's hiding.
* IHaveManyNames: Says this verbatim when he introduces himself to Bruce, before settling on "Martian Manhunter" as his official moniker.
* InnocentAliens: A Green Martian who is nonetheless benevolent and willing to protect mankind.
* InstantCostumeChange: Martian Manhunter's clothes are part of him, so they change when he shapeshifts.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's even taller than Superman.
* LastOfHisKind: As far as we know, he's the last surviving Green Martian.
* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, then both characters
also manages suffer from PTSD.
* NeutralNoLonger: After spending years keeping a low profile, the Apokolips invasion attempt makes him realize he has just as much a stake in the fight as everyone else, driving him
to repair a shattered voice recorder seemingly by using telekinesis.
reveal his true identity to Bruce and join the League.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Twice in RankUp: He has been promoted Secretary of Defense between ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice''.
** The first instance
Superman''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pretty much everything he says and does
is easy to miss if you don't pay attention: Perry assigns the story of exactly what a star quarterback's career-ending accident to Clark real military official would do when faced with superhuman aliens. Especially since he is a superhuman alien in the first act, disguise himself.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. His eyes glow red and do look intimidating,
but it's mostly heard in the background.
** In the second (and more memorable) instance,
he's seen being reconstructed by his father, Silas Stone, and a Mother Box, as part completely benevolent.
* TheReveal: After decade
of hiding among humanity, the footage of Metahumans Batman stole from Lex Luthor and sent to Wonder Woman after decrypting it.
* ElectronicEyes: Victor's left eye is a high-tech prosthetic to replace his original damaged one.
* FlyingBrick: His cybernetics can generate repulsors, allowing him to fly. He's the only Justice League member who's able to fly on his own until Superman joins in[[note]]Wonder Woman's flight power was still ambiguous at the time[[/note]]. He also assumes (quite rightly) that only he and Superman can survive the power feedback from separating the Mother Boxes, qualifying for the "brick" part.
* FlyingFirepower: Cyborg comes equipped with rockets and plasma cannons.
* FrankensteinsMonster: Victor was brought back from death via unorthodox means and suffers existential issues since he no longer sees
Martian Manhunter reveals himself to Bruce Wayne as human anymore.
* FreakLabAccident: He came to become
the Cyborg when his father - in desperation to save his life - throws scientific protocol out the window and subjects him to an active Mother Box.
* FullConversionCyborg: The Motherbox didn't just replace Victor's missing bodyparts. It also replaces most of his torso, as his heart has been replaced with a glowing core.
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: One replaces his left eye.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The accident that disfigured Victor destroyed his limbs and left half of his face and all of his votal organs in critical condition. Though thanks to the Mother Box, Victor doesn't die from losing half his body, unlike most examples.
* HollywoodHacking: He's able to hack into ''anything'' from bank accounts all the way to, potentially, nuclear weapon launching systems.
* {{Hologram}}: He can generate holograms with his hands or forehead lens when exploring the Internet or hacking stuff.
* HyperspaceArsenal: Cyborg's arms can transform into a wide array of tools. He's displayed plasma cannons, a shield durable enough to deflect Superman's heat vision, prehensile cables that can interface with any kind of technology and a command key for accessing the Kryptonian scout ship.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Cyborg wasn't introduced in the DCEU until its second film entry, and didn't see action and backstory until the two versions of ''Justice League'', with the latter cut investing much more screentime.
* InTheHood: He wears a hoodie to conceal his cybernetics as much as possible. After going through character development, he stops wearing clothes altogether.
* KnightInSourArmor: Victor's quite angsty in his first few appearances and with good reason (his mother dying, his father being absent and his FateWorseThanDeath), yet he genuinely wants to help people who need it. Eventually he sheds his angst and becomes a more optimistic hero.
* KubrickStare: There are several poster shots that have him showing this, and when [[TheDeterminator he is focused, he exhibits this look]].
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Cyborg can generate a shield with his arm, which in one instance he uses to block a resurrected Superman's EyeBeams.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Victor's enhancements will automatically go on the offensive at the slightest hint of danger, best seen when he blasts the newly-revived Clark without meaning to.
* MythologyGag: Victor wears a hoodie to hide himself, just like the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon's Cyborg did in the origin episode, and his counterpart from ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends The Super Powers Team]]'' did in his first appearance there.
* OddFriendship: He develops one with the Flash, with the two frequently joking around with each other and sharing a fistbump after their first decisive victory.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Victor was just a normal guy on his university's football team before his crippling accident. Now he's a cyborg superhero, but it puts him in a different frame of reference to born-warriors like Wonder Woman and rich veterans like Batman.
* OmniscientDatabase: His powers potentially allow him to access every source of digital knowledge, thus enabling him to pick up any kind of information.
* OutOfFocus: Outside of a name-drop in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Cyborg has made no appearances in future media. Even when the Justice League show up in ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'', Cyborg is absent.
* PainfulTransformation: Whatever power the Mother Box gave him, it certainly made his reconstruction hurt.
* PerpetualMotionMonster: Cyborg's never shown eating or resting. Given he was repaired by a Motherbox it's possible he was imbued with some kind of tech that's so advanced it can function without sustenance.
* PlugNPlayTechnology: He can gain access to virtually ''every'' electronic system, from the Internet to a Kryptonian ship's systems.
* RobotSuperhero: One of the most famous examples in comicbook history.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Cyborg was introduced to the DCEU in its second film entry via recorded footage.
Martian Manhunter.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Victor is legally dead Unlike the other superheroes who can assume a civilian lifestyle and he can't exactly pass for a normal guy, so for all intents and purposes he's Cyborg 24/7.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Victor's the Manly Man
treat their heroic duties as separate from their personal lives, Martian Manhunter's options are implied to Barry's Sensitive Guy, be limited to either hiding among humanity or being a former athlete who is still grieving over his mother's death.
* SinisterSurveillance: He can access virtually ''every'' computerized system on Earth
full-time superhero. His duties as a general and [[ScreensAreCameras eaves-drop and see]] the people around them. This is how he contacts Diana to meet her.
* StraightMan: Cyborg's the humorless reaction guy to [[PluckyComicRelief Flash]]'s wise guy.
* {{Superhero}}: Cyborg's a lesser known DC superhero in the mainstream when compared to the iconic ones above. He is a fairly recent addition to the founding members
later secretary of the Justice League in State wouldn't afford him the ''ComicBook/{{New 52}}''.
* SuperpowerLottery: He can fly, fire plasma beams, hack into data systems and seemingly no longer needs
time or privacy to sleep or feed to sustain himself.
have a dual life.
* SuperStrength: He is strong and durable enough to body-block a projected humvee effortlessly.
* SwissArmyAppendage: Due to
SecretSecretKeeper: After Superman thwarted the Mother Box's technology, Cyborg's cybernetic arms can turn into {{plasma|cannon}} [[ArmCannon cannons]] or shields, they can interact with any electronic system be military's attempts to uncover his secret identity, it turns out their general has known this whole time, but kept it to himself because Swanwick himself is an alien hiding in plain sight.
* SixthRanger: He asks to become
the Nightcrawler's commands with cables or even a Kryptonian ship's interface (by morphing into a Kryptonian key), and he can holographically display images and information with either his hands or a projector unit in his head.
* {{Technopath}}: Due to being a cybernetic organism made from a Mother Box's technology, he is able to connect and interface seamlessly with anything technological from Earth and beyond, including being constantly plugged into the Internet. Notably, Cyborg is able to gain access to the Kryptonian ship's interface, and he also takes control of the [[TankGoodness Knightcrawler]] and reactivates it after it was wrecked by Steppenwolf. In the Snyder Cut he even completely rebuilds a tape recorder he smashed to tiny bits, with it none the worse for wear.
* ThreePointLanding: When he jumps back up to the Unity after falling off the ledge due to Diana's shockwave, he executes one partially off-screen.
* TokenRobot: He's the only
seventh member of the Justice League to have tech-based powers.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness: After saving
after the world and overcoming his hangups, Victor becomes a lot more upbeat.
team has defeated Steppenwolf, which Bruce accepts.
* TouchedByVorlons: SpellMyNameWithAThe: He gained his cybernetics and powers thanks to a Mother Box, specifically introduces himself as ''the'' Martian Manhunter.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: He only starts intervening in conflicts after Steppenwolf is defeated,
which is an alien artifact from Apokolips.
* TragicDropout: Victor's time as a university student was cut short as he's now legally dead.
* TragicRobot: Victor lost his mother on the night of his accident and his injuries were so severe he had to be converted into a cyborg to survive, which haunts him given his athletic history. In the Snyder Cut he also has to witness his father being vaporized in an attempt to thwart Steppenwolf's conquest, right when the two were about to reapir their strained relationship.
* TraumaCongaLine: Victor Stone has a pretty good life, save for a little bit of post-teenage angst directed at his father. Suddenly a car accident kills his mother and leaves him on life support with all of his limbs amputated. His father saves his life by using the Mother Box - a physically agonizing experience that turns Victor into a half-man, half-machine. Feeling like he's been turned into a monster, Victor spends months hiding from the world while living
{{Hand Wave}}d with the father he resents.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's African-American and a multiple amputee
* UnwillingRoboticisation: He didn't ask to be turned into a cyborg, and
idea that he wanted to see humanity prove themselves worthy of his father created what he sees as a "monster" is the main reason he's been estranged from him.
* UnwittingTestSubject: Victor was comatose when Silas used the Motherbox to try
protection. Justified in ''Man of Steel'' and restore him. His inability to give consent during what were his few remaining moments of life undoubtedley were part of the "suspending all protocol" line Silas uttered.
* WeCanRebuildHim: In
''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', there is footage of Victor's father Silas trying to fill in the gaps that he's in a military position and he can't exactly disappear from his body with machine parts. When it doesn't work, Silas resorts to using role during a Mother Box, military conflict. However, no such excuse is provided in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', in which succeeds his only appearance prior to joining the team is to visit a grieving Lois Lane while disguised as Martha Kent. His line "There's a war coming" hints that he sees joining the League as part of his duties considering his military rank.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: In ''Man of Steel'' Swanwick holds Superman
in giving Victor custody, which the latter complies with just to show he's not dangerous. After Zod's defeat, Swanwick and Superman butt heads once more when the military tries to surveil Superman's private life. Two years later Swanwick has warmed up enough to show concern for Superman's life.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Martian Manhunter's reason for joining the Justice League is fueled by his realization that Earth is about to become
a cybernetic body, albeit quite painfully.battleground for a war with Apokolips. Being both and alien and a general, this scenario is exactly up his alley.
* WalkingSpoiler: He is revealed to be Martian Manhunter after his first two films had him listed as a CanonForeigner.
* WhenHeSmiles: As "Calvin Swanwick", he is pretty stern at the best of times, but when he reveals his true self to Bruce Wayne he's much more approachable.



[[folder: Tropes Exclusive to ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'']]

->''"[[{{Technopath}} Barry, I'm connected to the Unity.]] [[ForWantOfANail I need the charge to get inside.]] [[WorfHadTheFlu Barry where are you?!]] [[TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It's almost synchronized!]] [[SkywardScream BARRY!!!]]... [[DarkestHour It's too late]]..."''

to:

[[folder: Tropes Exclusive [[folder:Green Lantern]]
!!''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart / Green Lantern]]''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/johnstewart.jpg]]
%% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Green Lantern Corps, Justice League
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Wayne T. Carr
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (unused footage)

The Green Lantern of Sector 2814. He appears in a planned ending
to ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'']]

->''"[[{{Technopath}} Barry, I'm connected
League'' to propose an alliance with Bruce Wayne. In the Unity.]] [[ForWantOfANail I need the charge to get inside.]] [[WorfHadTheFlu Barry where are you?!]] [[TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It's almost synchronized!]] [[SkywardScream BARRY!!!]]... [[DarkestHour It's too late]]..."''
final cut he was replaced with Martian Manhunter.



* AllMythsAreTrue: When he finds out Batman really exists:
-->'''Cyborg:''' I heard about you. Didn't think you were real.\\
'''Batman:''' I'm real when it's useful.
* BecomeARealBoy: The Motherboxes offer Cyborg this opportunity if he allows them to fully synchronize. He doesn't take it, with good reason considering the completed Unity would unmake the world, including Cyborg.
* CharacterFocus: While ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' is more of an ensemble piece than anything else, Cyborg is basically the main protagonist and goes through the most growth and character development out of the entire cast.
* CharacterTics: Victor has a habit of stretching his arm out when he's panicked. He does this when both of his parents are killed. It also becomes a FatalFlaw as his arms transform into plasma cannons and fire against his will when he faces particularly threatening opponents.
* CollapsibleHelmet: He can summon a full helmet to cover his face [[InstantArmor instantly]].
* CyborgHelmsman: Cyborg manages to interface with the Flying Fox carrier that the Justice League uses to invade Steppenwolf's base. Downplayed, as while it's airborne he's focused on other tasks, hinting that the craft has auto-pilot before Batman takes control for the final stretch. Presumably he also relaunched the Flying Fox to bring the League home after their first victory.
* DespairEventHorizon: Victor was already emotionally beaten down when he first appears, but once he witnesses his father die he seriously contemplates going on a suicide mission.
* DoABarrelRoll: He executes one during the final battle against Steppenwolf, taking out buildings with his arm cannons to crush a flock of parademons.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He gets two in his introduction scene. As Victor before the accident, we are told how he helped a fellow student that had lost her house the same year by hacking into Gotham City's University network and giving her better grades. As Cyborg, the first heroic deed he does after accessing the virtual landscape, is helping a struggling single mother that was recently evicted by hacking into an ATM and giving her $100,000. This establishes Victor as a compassionate man that won't hesitate to break laws or social conventions in order to help others, and how despite being transformed by an alien piece of machinery, he remains the same kind, empathetic man at heart.
* EurekaMoment: After coming to terms with his father's sacrifice, Victor soon figures out that his attempts to laser the Motherbox weren't to destroy it, but to make it traceable via thermal-imaging.
* EverythingIsOnline: Cyborg having a StoryBreakerPower in the digital age is explored in detail, with his control of the entire world's nuclear arsenal and being able to manipulate the economic balance being a trivial matter. This sequence is paired next to a monologue by his father Silas telling him how powerful he has become, but also how important his restraint is in using that power.
* FakingTheDead: Victor's mother is buried in a grave with her name as well as Victor's on the gravestone, meaning after the car accident he was legally considered dead.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Whenever he's in the digital world, Victor prefers using an avatar of his previous self from before his crippling accident, usually wearing his GCU jacket.
* GeniusBruiser: Both before and after his transformation. He started off as a star athlete with the technological aptitude to hack his school's database in his spare time. His new cybernetic body enhances both halves of the equation, granting him super-strength along with the power to remotely access any computer database on the planet.
* GloryDays: He keeps memorabilia of his bygone football player days at his home.
* HealingHands: Victor can repair technology no matter how damaged it may be. He was able to pilot two of Batman's vehicles and restored a voice recorder that had been crushed into pieces.
* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg experiences one after witnessing [[spoiler: his father's death]]. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to preventing Steppenwolf's conquest and starts speaking in a blunt monotone, much like a robot.
* HowDoIShootWeb: Victor gets a scene where he tests out his various powers. While his physical abilities such as flight and creating weapons took some getting used to, Victor masters his hacking and interfacing abilities instantly.
* HurtingHero: Cyborg has to deal with [[spoiler: both of his parents dying]]. By the time the Justice League is ready to fight Steppenwolf, Cyborg volunteers to take the most dangerous job because in his words he's got nothing left.
* IAmAMonster: Victor very much believes that his father created a monster when using the Mother Box. He comes to terms with it in a much different manner in this version of the film.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: On two occasions Victor is tempted to use his cybernetic powers for his own benfit to the detriment of everyone else, but both times he uses them to do something heroic.
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: While learning how to fly, Victor has a hard time maintaining his balance before getting the hang of it. Once he is able to take flight, he gives out a blissful smile, likely the first time since his resurrection.
* JustAKid: Aquaman states as much when discussing with the Flash just how much CYborg is dealing with in their preparations to fight Steppenwolf.
-->'''Aquaman:''' We're asking a kid who lost his father to go up against the most dangerous machines in the world.
* LimpAndLivid: Cyborg' posture droops after witnessing his father disintegrating, all the while muttering how [[MyGreatestFailure he couldn't save him]].
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Ray Fisher has more than a couple scenes of {{flashback}}s and digital world in which he's seen with his normal body and face.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: His cybernetic body can spawn two additional arms, which are long and silvery. The extra arms are shown to enhance Cyborg's strength as if he were two separate people, seen best when he deploys them to break apart the Unity.
* NiceGuy: Victor's a genuinely kindhearted and caring individual both before and after his transformation: he hacked school computers to amplify the grades of a schoolmate with financial troubles (that the school won't help with) as Victor, and as Cyborg one of the very first things he did while experimenting his near-limitless technologic potential was to help a StrugglingSingleMother that was evicted from her house (and also had financial problems) by hacking into the bank and have her win $100,000, before walking away smiling as he sees her ecstatic disbelief.
* OhCrap: In the Kryptonian scout ship right after the mother box powers up over Superman's body, Cyborg senses something through the ship's AI.
-->'''Kryptonian AI''': The future has taken root in the present.
-->'''Cyborg''': ''GET DOWN!!!''
* PrecisionFStrike: When Diana asks Victor to help them save the world:
-->''"Fuck the world."''
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Victor hacked into his university's databank to give a classmate higher grades and he put $100,000 into a woman's bank account, which in all likelihood he took from other accounts. While these actions would be unethical in most circumstances, his classmate was dealing with some personal problems that left her too stressed to commit to her studies and the woman he gave money to was a single mother who had just been evicted.
* ShutUpHannibal: The Motherboxes try tempting Cyborg by offering to resurrect his parents and resotre his old body if he plays his cards right. Cyborg responds by telling them he doesn't need what they're offering and breaking their Unity.
* TheStoic: Victor is more angry than stoic in the Snyder Cut, but when he's trying to appear non-threatening he tends to come across as this. It's likely a result of hiding from the world for over a year, causing atrophy to his social skills.
* SuperToughness: He flies into a falling Humvee at high speed and body-blocks it without any problems.
* ThatManIsDead: Victor visits his own gravesite twice. The first time he goes there to hide a Mother Box and the way he digs shows he's venting his rage. The second time, he's doing it to honor his parents' memories while putting his past behind him.
* TraumaCongaLine: On top of the above, after coming out of his shell and joining the Justice League, Victor is then forced to watch his father die as before they could achieve any closure with one another. This results in a HeroicBSOD for Victor, who volunteers to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the Mother Boxes. Fortunately, he survives the ordeal, and while the Mother Boxes try to prey on his emotional state, he comes to terms with who he is and what he's been through.
-->"I'm not broken, and I'm not alone."
* ATrueHero: Victor's character arc demonstrates that in spite of his angst, he's inherently inclined towards helping people. He risked suspension from university because he altered the grades of a classmate that was too stressed out to commit to her studies. Silas tells Victor that his enhancements grant him full control over Earth's military weapons and he can hack into bank accounts to make himself the richest man on the planet. The first thing he does with his hacking abilities is bail out a single mother who was on the verge of homelessness. When Steppenwolf threatens Silas, Victor rushes to his father's aid despite still resenting him. Finally, Victor risks his own life to interface with the Unity and rejects their temptations.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Prior to the accident, Victor was an overachiever who desperately wanted his father's approval. After the accident and the transformation, the dynamic flips, with Victor shunning his father, blaming him for turning him into a monster. When he decides to listen to his father's recordings, he finally gets to hear his dad say that he's always been proud of him, to which Victor gives a sad smile.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Once Cyborg gets inside the Unity, the Motherboxes try to bargain with him, offering Victor his old body and his resurrected parents. Victor's got nothing left to live for at this point, yet he still rejects their temptations.
* WhenHeSmiles: Just like Superman, Cyborg spends a considerable amount of his screentime acting withdrawn. When he decides to test out his enhancements, he begins to enjoy himself, as seen when he masters flight and helps out a single mother. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', Victor cheers up for good when he listens to the rest of his father's recordings, finally getting to hear his dad say he's always been proud of him. Cyborg's last appearance is standing before his parents' gravesite striking a heroic pose and smiling reassuringly.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: His hacking powers are phenomenal and potentially scary considering the degree to which humanity has gone digital in this day and age. He decided to use them for good.
* YouKilledMyFather: While not directly responsible, Steppenwolf cements himself as Cyborg's enemy when he forces Silas into a suicide mission.
-->"Lets go find that son of a bitch!"

to:

* AllMythsAreTrue: When he finds out Batman really exists:
-->'''Cyborg:''' I heard about you. Didn't think you were real.\\
'''Batman:''' I'm real when it's useful.
* BecomeARealBoy: The Motherboxes offer Cyborg this opportunity if he allows them
AbortedArc: Due to fully synchronize. a studio mandate, Creator/ZackSnyder wasn't allowed to include any human Green Lanterns in his cut. He doesn't take it, with good reason considering did get far enough for the completed Unity would unmake the world, including Cyborg.
* CharacterFocus: While ''Zack
scene to be filmed in Snyder's Justice League'' is more of an ensemble piece than anything else, Cyborg is basically the main protagonist and goes through the most growth and character development out of the entire cast.
* CharacterTics: Victor has a habit of stretching his arm out when he's panicked. He does this when both of his parents are killed. It also becomes a FatalFlaw as his arms transform into plasma cannons and fire against his will when he faces particularly threatening opponents.
* CollapsibleHelmet: He can summon a full helmet to cover his face [[InstantArmor instantly]].
* CyborgHelmsman: Cyborg manages to interface with the Flying Fox carrier that the Justice League uses to invade Steppenwolf's base. Downplayed, as while it's airborne he's focused on other tasks, hinting that the craft has auto-pilot before Batman takes control for the final stretch. Presumably he also relaunched the Flying Fox to bring the League home after their first victory.
* DespairEventHorizon: Victor was already emotionally beaten down when he first appears, but once he witnesses his father die he seriously contemplates going on a suicide mission.
* DoABarrelRoll: He executes one during the final battle against Steppenwolf, taking out buildings with his arm cannons to crush a flock of parademons.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He gets two in his introduction scene. As Victor before the accident, we are told how he helped a fellow student that had lost her house the same year by hacking into Gotham City's University network and giving her better grades. As Cyborg, the first heroic deed he does after accessing the virtual landscape, is helping a struggling single mother that was recently evicted by hacking into an ATM and giving her $100,000. This establishes Victor as a compassionate man that won't hesitate to break laws or social conventions in order to help others, and how despite being transformed by an alien piece of machinery, he remains the same kind, empathetic man at heart.
* EurekaMoment: After coming to terms with his father's sacrifice, Victor soon figures out that his attempts to laser the Motherbox weren't to destroy it, but to make it traceable via thermal-imaging.
* EverythingIsOnline: Cyborg having a StoryBreakerPower in the digital age is explored in detail, with his control of the entire world's nuclear arsenal and being able to manipulate the economic balance being a trivial matter. This sequence is paired next to a monologue by his father Silas telling him how powerful he has become, but also how important his restraint is in using that power.
* FakingTheDead: Victor's mother is buried in a grave with her name as well as Victor's on the gravestone, meaning after the car accident he was legally considered dead.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Whenever he's in the digital world, Victor prefers using an avatar of his previous self from before his crippling accident, usually wearing his GCU jacket.
* GeniusBruiser: Both before and after his transformation. He started off as a star athlete with the technological aptitude to hack his school's database in his spare time. His new cybernetic body enhances both halves of the equation, granting him super-strength along with the power to remotely access any computer database on the planet.
* GloryDays: He keeps memorabilia of his bygone football player days at his home.
* HealingHands: Victor can repair technology no matter how damaged it may be. He was able to pilot two of Batman's vehicles and restored a voice recorder that had been crushed into pieces.
* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg experiences one after witnessing [[spoiler: his father's death]]. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to preventing Steppenwolf's conquest and starts speaking in a blunt monotone, much like a robot.
* HowDoIShootWeb: Victor gets a scene where he tests out his various powers. While his physical abilities such as flight and creating weapons took some getting used to, Victor masters his hacking and interfacing abilities instantly.
* HurtingHero: Cyborg has to deal with [[spoiler: both of his parents dying]]. By the time the Justice League is ready to fight Steppenwolf, Cyborg volunteers to take the most dangerous job because in his words he's got nothing left.
* IAmAMonster: Victor very much believes that his father created a monster when using the Mother Box. He comes to terms with it in a much different manner in this version of the film.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: On two occasions Victor is tempted to use his cybernetic powers for his own benfit to the detriment of everyone else, but both times he uses them to do something heroic.
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: While learning how to fly, Victor has a hard time maintaining his balance before getting the hang of it. Once he is able to take flight, he gives out a blissful smile, likely the first time since his resurrection.
* JustAKid: Aquaman states as much when discussing with the Flash just how much CYborg is dealing with in their preparations to fight Steppenwolf.
-->'''Aquaman:''' We're asking a kid who lost his father to go up against the most dangerous machines in the world.
* LimpAndLivid: Cyborg' posture droops after witnessing his father disintegrating, all the while muttering how [[MyGreatestFailure he couldn't save him]].
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Ray Fisher has more than a couple scenes of {{flashback}}s and digital world in which he's seen with his normal body and face.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: His cybernetic body can spawn two additional arms, which are long and silvery. The extra arms are shown to enhance Cyborg's strength as if he were two separate people, seen best when he deploys them to break apart the Unity.
* NiceGuy: Victor's a genuinely kindhearted and caring individual both before and after his transformation: he hacked school computers to amplify the grades of a schoolmate with financial troubles (that the school won't help with) as Victor, and as Cyborg one of the very first things he did while experimenting his near-limitless technologic potential was to help a StrugglingSingleMother that was evicted from her house (and also had financial problems) by hacking into the bank and have her win $100,000, before walking away smiling as he sees her ecstatic disbelief.
* OhCrap: In the Kryptonian scout ship right after the mother box powers up over Superman's body, Cyborg senses something through the ship's AI.
-->'''Kryptonian AI''': The future has taken root in the present.
-->'''Cyborg''': ''GET DOWN!!!''
* PrecisionFStrike: When Diana asks Victor to help them save the world:
-->''"Fuck the world."''
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Victor hacked into his university's databank to give a classmate higher grades and he put $100,000 into a woman's bank account, which in all likelihood he took from other accounts. While these actions would be unethical in most circumstances, his classmate was dealing with some personal problems that left her too stressed to commit to her studies
backyard and the woman he gave money VFX to be completed on his scene.
* AlternateSelf: On [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: John Stewart
was a single mother who had just been evicted.
* ShutUpHannibal: The Motherboxes try tempting Cyborg by offering
originally selected to resurrect his parents and resotre his old body if he plays his cards right. Cyborg responds by telling them he doesn't need what they're offering and breaking their Unity.
* TheStoic: Victor is more angry than stoic in the Snyder Cut, but when he's trying to appear non-threatening he tends to come across as this. It's likely
be a result of hiding from the world for over a year, causing atrophy to his social skills.
* SuperToughness: He flies into a falling Humvee at high speed and body-blocks it without any problems.
* ThatManIsDead: Victor visits his own gravesite twice. The first time he goes there to hide a Mother Box and the way he digs shows he's venting his rage. The second time, he's doing it to honor his parents' memories while putting his past behind him.
* TraumaCongaLine: On top of the above,
Green Lantern after coming out of his shell Hal Jordan and joining Guy Gardner were introduced. In this continutity he appears before either one (assuming any future DCEU entry ever expand upon the Justice League, Victor is then forced Green Lantern mythos).
* LegacyCharacter: He's assigned
to watch his father die as before they could achieve any closure with one another. This results in a HeroicBSOD for Victor, who volunteers to sacrifice himself in order to destroy the Mother Boxes. Fortunately, he survives the ordeal, and while the Mother Boxes try to prey on his emotional state, he comes to terms with who he is and what he's been through.
-->"I'm not broken, and I'm not alone."
* ATrueHero: Victor's character arc demonstrates that in spite of his angst, he's inherently inclined towards helping people. He risked suspension from university because he altered the grades of a classmate that was too stressed out to commit to her studies. Silas tells Victor that his enhancements grant him full control
over Earth's military weapons and he can hack into bank accounts to make himself his native planet Earth, making him the richest man on the planet. The first thing he does with his hacking abilities is bail out a single mother who was on the verge of homelessness. When Steppenwolf threatens Silas, Victor rushes to his father's aid despite still resenting him. Finally, Victor risks his own life to interface with the Unity and rejects their temptations.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Prior
official successor to the accident, Victor was an overachiever who desperately wanted his father's approval. After the accident and the transformation, the dynamic flips, with Victor shunning his father, blaming him for turning him into a monster. When he decides to listen to his father's recordings, he finally gets to hear his dad say ancient Green Lantern that he's always been proud of him, to which Victor gives fought against Darkseid's first invasion.
* OneSteveLimit: Creator/JonStewart had
a sad smile.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Once Cyborg gets inside the Unity, the Motherboxes try to bargain with him, offering Victor
brief cameo AsHimself in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Additionally, his old body and his resurrected parents. Victor's got nothing left unused appearace was given to live for at this point, yet he still rejects their temptations.
* WhenHeSmiles: Just like Superman, Cyborg spends a considerable amount of his screentime acting withdrawn. When he decides to test out his enhancements, he begins to enjoy himself, as seen when he masters flight and helps out a single mother. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', Victor cheers up for good when he listens
another superhero that traditionally answers to the rest of his father's recordings, finally getting to hear his dad say he's always been proud of him. Cyborg's last appearance is standing before his parents' gravesite striking a heroic pose and smiling reassuringly.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: His hacking powers are phenomenal and potentially scary considering the degree to which humanity has gone digital in this day and age. He decided to use them for good.
* YouKilledMyFather: While not directly responsible, Steppenwolf cements himself as Cyborg's enemy when he forces Silas into a suicide mission.
-->"Lets go find that son of a bitch!"
name "John".




[[folder: Tropes Exclusive to ''Justice League'' (Theatrical Cut)]]

->''"Ever since we got visitors from Krypton, people have been waiting for the next alien invasion. Now I gotta wonder if I'm it."''

----
* AbortedArc: Whatever plans there were regarding Cyborg's streamlined upgrade have since been abandoned due to Ray Fisher's absence and the Snyder Cut providing a contradicitve canon.
* AdaptiveAbility: Victor's cybernetics are in a constant state of self-modification. One day, he finds out that he's able to fly.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: During the closing montage of ''Justice League'', Cyborg forms a "C" on his chest, having embraced his heroic potential.
* ChestInsignia: Victor generates a stylized, glowing red C on his chest in the ending of the theatrical version of ''Justice League'', likely inspired by his fellow superheroes.
* CompositeCharacter: A lot of Victor Stone is in there, right down to "Booyah," but bonded with an alien artifact that was originally a tool of the villains, the intelligent and ''aggressive'' armor that he struggles to keep from blasting people who don't need to be blasted? That's more like [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Jaime Reyes]].
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Averted in both versions of ''Justice League'', although he fears this due to his powers growing everyday and hearing alien voices (likely those of the New Gods) in his head in the 2017 theatrical cut. Still in this version of the film, he also thinks he might be part of an alien invasion himself. It turns out he has perfect control over his cybernetics (minus the RedAlert mode he experiences upon Superman's resurrection), and undergoes some serious CharacterDevelopment, appearing to be much more confident and happier by the end.
** Although Steppenwolf's "Give it time!" remark suggests it might still happen one day, the Snyder Cut casts serious doubt on that as he's still on the heroes' side well into the Knightmare.
* HearingVoices: He hears alien voices in his head due to being fused with the technology of the New Gods.
* IAmAMonster: Victor's father believes that he's calling himself that when he suggests undergoing study at the lab... then it's {{subverted|Trope}}, [[CallingTheOldManOut because Victor was referring to his father for his choice to use the Mother Box]]. Then it is DoubleSubverted when Victor says that ever since the Battle of Metropolis, people have wondered when will the next AlienInvasion arrive and maybe he is part of it.
* ICantFeelMyLegs: After Superman and Cyborg break the Unity, Cyborg jokes about how painful the blowback was, even though he no longer has a nervous system.
* IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: During the ending montage of ''Justice League'' Victor's cybernetics self-upgrade to give him a more streamlined appearance, with his chest now bearing his logo from the comics.
* MechanicalEvolution: ''"Every morning I wake up different...modified."''
* MechanicalMuscles: What his upgraded form resembles.
* MythologyGag: Just like the aforementioned ''Teen Titans'' cartoon Cyborg, he says "Booyah" when Steppenwolf is beamed back to Apokolips.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: Inverted. Cyborg's last-minute modification streamlines his cybernetics to resemble a HeroicBuild.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Steppenwolf tears one of Cyborg's cybernetic legs off in the climax, but he's able to reattach it without much trouble later on.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Victor spends the bulk of his screentime angry and self-doubting, with his cybernetic implants appearing ugly and erratic. [[spoiler: By the film's end Cyborg has found inner peace - having a group of friends, learning to accept his changes and patching things up with his father - and his enhancements become streamlined.]]
* ScreensAreCameras: In addition to eavesdropping on people through their PC, he can also see them, such as when Bruce Wayne and Alfred - then Diana and Alfred - talk about him.
* SensoryOverload: He is constantly connected to the Internet and it takes him some time to process it all at first.
* TheStoic: Due to the severity of his condition and having to give up on his old life, he's emotionally more reserved in comparison to the other heroes. Even Batman makes more jokes than him. [[spoiler: Though he starts to open up more by the climax. Like for example, his reaction to Superman's "I wanna die" joke after they separate the mother boxes.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: Due to being TouchedByVorlons in this incarnation, the Mother Box's technology has been making its own alterations to his powerset whether he wants it or not.
* ThatManIsDead: When Cyborg first contacts Wonder Woman and she asks him if he's Victor Stone, he answers, "I was".
[[/folder]]

!! Additional Members

[[folder:Martian Manhunter (Unmarked Spoilers)]]
!!''[[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter]]''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martianmanhunter.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I realised I have a stake in this world, and it's time I started fighting for it."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as Calvin Swanwick]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/swanwick.jpg ''"I'm just speculating, but I think whoever is at the helm of that thing is looking to make a dramatic entrance."''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Species:''' Martian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Martian, American
!!!'''Known Alias:''' Secretary of Defense (formerly Lieutenant General) Calvin Swanwick
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' US Army, DOD, Justice League
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/HarryLennix, Creator/DianeLane (Martha Kent disguise)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Jorge Badillo (Latin-American Spanish), Akihiko Ishizumi (Japanese), Daniel Njo Lobé (European French), Jean-Marie Moncelet (Canadian French)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel'' | ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' | ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''

->''"I've gone by many names and taken many forms... Some have called me the Martian Manhunter."''

The last son of Mars. A benevolent being who upon the destruction of his people, found refuge on Earth, taking the form of a man named Calvin Swanwick, who serves as a General in the US military (and later, as a member of the US government), eventually forming friendships with Superman and Lois Lane.

By the time Earth was targeted again by the New Gods of Apokolips, he had decided to take a more proactive approach to protecting the planet, aligning himself with the newly formed Justice League.
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* AchillesInHisTent: Martian Manhunter abstains from using his powers for heroic purposes until Darkseid rediscovers Earth. Given humanity's polarized opinion of metahumans until this point, his ations were likely out of self-preservation until he realized he has a responsibility to protect the world.
* AdaptationNameChange: Martian Manhunter usually goes by an Anglicized version of his true name as John Jones, here J'onn goes by Calvin Swanwick. He mentions having many aliases, so his official identities might very well still be in play here.
* AdaptationalJobChange: A detective in the comics, here the Martian Manhunter is a high-ranking official in the US Military. While it's possible that he was a detective at some point in his history, given his "Calvin Swanwick" disguise looks and sounds similar to his true form, it's likely this is his more accustomed role.
* AlienAmongUs: He's been on Earth for quite a while, and perfectly managed to blend in and even have a career in the US military and government with his "Calvin Swanwick" disguise.
* AlternateSelf: He has two, one on [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Earth-167]] and another on [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO Earth-Prime]]
* AmbiguousSituation: It's unknown if Superman figured out Swanwick was a martian before he allied himself with the League. He was able to identify Batman as Bruce Wayne - presumably through X-ray vision - but it's not clear how far martian biology can mimic human anatomy.
* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Harry Lennix's deep voice. It also serves as potential {{Foreshadowing}} to his true identity as Martian Manhunter.
* BadassCape: Part of his martian garb. Unlike Superman's it comes with gold accessories.
* BaldOfAuthority: As the Martian Manhunter he is bald and he is a competent leader, and eventual member of the Justice League.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: He tries to find out where Superman lives by sending out drones. [[HilarityEnsues It fails.]] When his true nature is revealed, we also find out he never needed any of those, as Martian Manhunter is clairvoyant.
* TheBrigadier: Acted skeptical of Superman's intentions at first. When he realizes those intentions were good, he trusts him.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He is revealed to be the Martian Manhunter in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.
* CharacterDevelopment: In ''Batman v Superman'', he developed genuine respect for both Superman and Lois; after the Justice League thwarts Steppenwolf's plans, he accepts that he can't be of much help anymore working from the military and reveals his true self to Bruce Wayne.
* CompositeCharacter: Of Martian Manhunter and General Sam Lane (Lois' father), who has a prominent role in one of this film's sources, ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretOrigin''. It can be said that as "Calvin Swanwick", J'onn is basically Sam Lane with a RaceLift, his family ties to Lois Lane removed and being ''much'' more reasonable. In ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', he even spends some quality time with Lois under the guise of a parental figure.
* DeadpanSnarker: In ''Batman v Superman'' Swanwick's dialogue with Lois tends to be peppered with dry wit.
-->(''While talking to Lois in the men's room'') "You know with balls like yours, you belong in here."
--> "Unlike you I happen to like my job."
* EveryoneHasStandards: He expresses concern for Superman when the President discusses launching a nuke at him and Doomsday, averting WhatMeasureIsANonHuman.
* FaceOfAThug: His glowing red eyes and bizarre skin texture are off-putting, but he's nonetheless a benevolent figure with a reassuring tone of voice.
* {{Flight}}: Martian Manhunter greets Bruce Wayne while floating above a lake and the final shot of the Snyder Cut is him soaring above the Wayne estate.
* GoodCounterpart: To General Zod, being a military leader who seeks to preserve peace and help humanity rather than conquer and kill it. Plus, he's an alien.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Swanwick may be stern with Superman and Lois, but both are aware he wants what is best.
* GoshDangItToHeck: Superman trashes a surveillance drone right in front of him without warning. Swanwick's reaction is ''"Are you effin' stupid?!"''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He mentions assuming many disguises during his time on Earth, hinting at having a series of adventures before deciding to come out as an alien.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: As "Calvin Swanwick" he has a gruff exterior befitting a general, but in truth he's incredibly kind-hearted and sociable. He visits Lois under the guise of Martha Kent so that they can talk about Clark on a more personal level. "Martha" then gives Lois a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, revealing the Martian Manhunter's full respect for this intrepid and brave journalist in a way he couldn't do as "General Swanwick".
* HumanDisguise: General Swanwick is one of several human guises Martian Manunter has taken.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once demanded that Superman, an alien, hand over all of his secrets to the US Government when he himself is an alien who is keeping secrets from the US Government. Granted, he was still ''expected'' to do this, considering that he's hiding.
* IHaveManyNames: Says this verbatim when he introduces himself to Bruce, before settling on "Martian Manhunter" as his official moniker.
* InnocentAliens: A Green Martian who is nonetheless benevolent and willing to protect mankind.
* InstantCostumeChange: Martian Manhunter's clothes are part of him, so they change when he shapeshifts.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's even taller than Superman.
* LastOfHisKind: As far as we know, he's the last surviving Green Martian.
* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, then both characters also suffer from PTSD.
* NeutralNoLonger: After spending years keeping a low profile, the Apokolips invasion attempt makes him realize he has just as much a stake in the fight as everyone else, driving him to reveal his true identity to Bruce and join the League.
* RankUp: He has been promoted Secretary of Defense between ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman''.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Pretty much everything he says and does is exactly what a real military official would do when faced with superhuman aliens. Especially since he is a superhuman alien in disguise himself.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. His eyes glow red and do look intimidating, but he's completely benevolent.
* TheReveal: After decade of hiding among humanity, the Martian Manhunter reveals himself to Bruce Wayne as the Martian Manhunter.
* SecretIdentityIdentity: Unlike the other superheroes who can assume a civilian lifestyle and treat their heroic duties as separate from their personal lives, Martian Manhunter's options are implied to be limited to either hiding among humanity or being a full-time superhero. His duties as a general and later secretary of the State wouldn't afford him the time or privacy to have a dual life.
* SecretSecretKeeper: After Superman thwarted the military's attempts to uncover his secret identity, it turns out their general has known this whole time, but kept it to himself because Swanwick himself is an alien hiding in plain sight.
* SixthRanger: He asks to become the seventh member of the Justice League after the team has defeated Steppenwolf, which Bruce accepts.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He specifically introduces himself as ''the'' Martian Manhunter.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: He only starts intervening in conflicts after Steppenwolf is defeated, which is {{Hand Wave}}d with the idea that he wanted to see humanity prove themselves worthy of his protection. Justified in ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', in that he's in a military position and he can't exactly disappear from his role during a military conflict. However, no such excuse is provided in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', in which his only appearance prior to joining the team is to visit a grieving Lois Lane while disguised as Martha Kent. His line "There's a war coming" hints that he sees joining the League as part of his duties considering his military rank.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: In ''Man of Steel'' Swanwick holds Superman in custody, which the latter complies with just to show he's not dangerous. After Zod's defeat, Swanwick and Superman butt heads once more when the military tries to surveil Superman's private life. Two years later Swanwick has warmed up enough to show concern for Superman's life.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Martian Manhunter's reason for joining the Justice League is fueled by his realization that Earth is about to become a battleground for a war with Apokolips. Being both and alien and a general, this scenario is exactly up his alley.
* WalkingSpoiler: He is revealed to be Martian Manhunter after his first two films had him listed as a CanonForeigner.
* WhenHeSmiles: As "Calvin Swanwick", he is pretty stern at the best of times, but when he reveals his true self to Bruce Wayne he's much more approachable.
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!!''[[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart / Green Lantern]]''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Green Lantern Corps, Justice League
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Wayne T. Carr
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' (unused footage)

The Green Lantern of Sector 2814. He appears in a planned ending to ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' to propose an alliance with Bruce Wayne. In the final cut he was replaced with Martian Manhunter.
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* AbortedArc: Due to a studio mandate, Creator/ZackSnyder wasn't allowed to include any human Green Lanterns in his cut. He did get far enough for the scene to be filmed in Snyder's backyard and the VFX to be completed on his scene.
* AlternateSelf: On [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: John Stewart was originally selected to be a Green Lantern after Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner were introduced. In this continutity he appears before either one (assuming any future DCEU entry ever expand upon the Green Lantern mythos).
* LegacyCharacter: He's assigned to watch over his native planet Earth, making him the official successor to the ancient Green Lantern that fought against Darkseid's first invasion.
* OneSteveLimit: Creator/JonStewart had a brief cameo AsHimself in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Additionally, his unused appearace was given to another superhero that traditionally answers to the name "John".
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* TheTeam: The beginnings of the team see Batman as TheLeader and organizer, Wonder Woman as his NumberTwo, and Superman (who joins later) as a BigGood whose ideals they aspire toward. Rounding out the team is Aquaman who brings the muscle, Cyborg who acts as the hacker and Flash who is the prodigious rookie that's finds his feet over the course of the film.

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** TheLeader: Bruce Wayne, Batman. He's the one responsible for bringing the original team together at all, taking the initiative to find and recruit them. He has the most resources in the modern world, constructing the team's transport vehicles. He's the one shown leading the team into battle against Steppenwolf twice and retains this role in the Knightmare sequences.
** TheLancer: Diana Prince, Wonder Woman. She's the one who takes command
of the team see Batman as TheLeader and organizer, Wonder Woman as his NumberTwo, and Superman (who joins later) in Bruce's absence, banking on her powers as a BigGood whose ideals they aspire toward. Rounding out demigoddess and millennia of combat training. She's the IdealHero, inspiring awe and [[JustForPun wonder]] in those who witness her heroism, in contrast to Batman's PragmaticHero, inspiring [[TerrorHero fear and horror in his foes and even those who he rescues]]. Given that she is the only woman on the team so far, this would make her TheChick of the Justice League.
** TheBigGuy: Arthur Curry, Aquaman. His first interaction with
the team is Aquaman who brings him using his power to hold back a wall of water to help them escape. From then on, he defaults to an offensive position, attacking the muscle, Cyborg who acts as the hacker resurrection-sickness induced Superman several times, and Flash who is the prodigious rookie that's finds his feet over the course only other Leaguer to spend most of the film.final battle fighting Steppenwolf alongside Diana.
** TheSmartGuy: Victor Stone, Cyborg. The son of two people with [=PhDs=], he was already a bright student and athlete before he became a cybernetic human. However, as a cyborg, he gains access to everything that is connected to the internet. Nothing can withstand his technological power, and any information the Justice League needs, he can get it instantly. Any hacking to be done is done by him. He also immediately discerned the identities of Diana and Bruce with ease.
** TheHeart: Barry Allen, the Flash. The youngest member of the original lineup, he's the one who has the least combat experience. He joins the team not entirely out of heroism, but also because he wishes to make friends with the other Leaguers. He's the one that provides most of the levity among the team, and is shown that he doesn't want to disappoint anyone in his life, his father or his team. He's the most openly emotional member of the League in contrast to more experienced and stoic members, and most of the time has nothing but a big smile on his face.
** TheSixthRanger: Clark Joseph Kent, Superman. He's the final member of the Justice League, having been killed by Doomsday as part of Lex Luthor's manipulations. Being deceased, he's become a paragon to other benevolent metahumans in the world. After his resurrection and relearning his identity, he still takes some time to acclimate to being alive again. He joins the final battle against Steppenwolf at one of its most critical moments, helping to turn the tide of the battle against the New God.

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* AbortedArc: Due to a studio mandate, Zack Snyder wasn't allowed to include any human Green Lanterns in his cut. He did get far enough for Wayne T Carr to be cast and the VFX to be completed on his scene.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: John Stewart was originally selected to be a Green Lantern after Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner were introduced. In this continutity he appears before either one (assuming any future DCEU films ever expand upon the Green Lantern Corps).

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* InnocentAliens: A Green Martian who is nonetheless benevolent and willing to protect mankind.



* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, then both charatcers also suffer from PTSD.

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* MirrorCharacter: To Bruce Wayne. Both are initially distrustful of Superman, but cast aside all animosity when he dies, with Swanwick attending his public funeral while Bruce watches Clark's funeral from afar, both with a female companion at their side. At the end of ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' the two meet each other after realizing that the world isn't going to be safe forever. Assuming Martian Manhunter has the same aversion to fire that he has in every other interation, then both charatcers characters also suffer from PTSD.
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* AlternateSelf: The League as a whole has counterparts on [[Series/{{Titans}} Earth-9]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] roughly comprised of the same members (except Cyborg for Earth-9).

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* AlternateSelf: The League as a whole has counterparts on [[Series/{{Titans}} [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]] and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] roughly comprised of the same members (except Cyborg for Earth-9).



* MythologyGag: Victor wears a hoodie to hide himself, just like the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon's Cyborg did in the origin episode, and his counterpart from ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends The Super Powers Team]]'' did in his first appearance there.

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* MythologyGag: Victor wears a hoodie to hide himself, just like the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' cartoon's Cyborg did in the origin episode, and his counterpart from ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends The Super Powers Team]]'' did in his first appearance there.

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* NerdActionHero: The entire team are well educated.
** Clark was born to scientist parents and was reading Plato from a young age.
** Bruce has aptitudes in technology, chemistry and forensics. He specifically refers to his Batcave as a lab.
** Diana mentions being an avid reader and has a day job working for museums.
** Arthur is multilingual and has enough knowledge of Western history to memorize the most significant figures of the Roman Empire.
** Barry majors in forensics, can play viola, knows web design and is fluent in gorilla sign language.
** Victor was prodigious enough with computer technology to hack into his university's grading system long before he became Cyborg.



* OutOfFocus: Outside of a name-drop in ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Cyborg has made no appearances in future media. Even when the Justice League show up in ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'', Cyborg is absent.



* TokenRobot: He's the only member of the Justice League to have tech-based powers.



* TragicDropout: Victor's time as a university student was cut short as he's now legally dead.



* JustAKid: Aquaman states as much when discussing with the Flash just how much CYborg is dealing with in their preparations to fight Steppenwolf.
-->'''Aquaman:''' We're asking a kid who lost his father to go up against the most dangerous machines in the world.



* PrecisionFStrike: When Diana asks Victor to help them save the world:
-->''"Fuck the world."''



* BadassCape: Part of his martian garb. Unlike Superman's it comes with gold accessories.



* {{Flight}}: Martian Manhunter greets Bruce Wayne while floating above a lake and the final shot of the Snyder Cut is him soaring above the Wayne estate.



* GoodIsNotSoft: Swanwick may be stern with Superman and Lois, but both are aware he wants what is best.



* HumanDisguise: General Swanwick is one of several human guises Martian Manunter has taken.



* InstantCostumeChange: Martian Manhunter's clothes are part of him, so they change when he shapeshifts.



* SecretSecretKeeper: After Superman thwarted the military's attempts to uncover his secret identity, it turns out their general has known this whole time, but kept it to himself because he himself is an alien hiding in plain sight.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: After Superman thwarted the military's attempts to uncover his secret identity, it turns out their general has known this whole time, but kept it to himself because he Swanwick himself is an alien hiding in plain sight.


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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: He specifically introduces himself as ''the'' Martian Manhunter.


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* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: In ''Man of Steel'' Swanwick holds Superman in custody, which the latter complies with just to show he's not dangerous. After Zod's defeat, Swanwick and Superman butt heads once more when the military tries to surveil Superman's private life. Two years later Swanwick has warmed up enough to show concern for Superman's life.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Martian Manhunter's reason for joining the Justice League is fueled by his realization that Earth is about to become a battleground for a war with Apokolips. Being both and alien and a general, this scenario is exactly up his alley.

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* EleventhHourRanger: Happens not once but ''thrice''. Arthur and Victor both turn down the offer to join the League and Clark flies off to Smallville. They all join the team right when they're needed.



* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger: Cyborg can carry and throw Aquaman with one hand. Keep in mind Aquaman is 6'4 and was wearing a suit of armor at the time.



* BadPowersGoodPeople: His enhancements were constructed by a Motherbox, which the Apokoliptians used for world domination. Cyborg's powers give him access to all of humanity's online information - which Silas in the Snyder Cut flat-out states puts the entire human race at his mercy - yet he never uses them for villainous purposes.



* FlyingFirepower: Cyborg comes equipped with rockets and plasma cannons.



* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Victor's enhancements will automatically go on the offensive at the slightest hint of danger, best seen when he blasts the newly-revived Clark without meaning to.



* TwoferTokenMinority: He's African-American and a multiple amputee.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: He's African-American TragicRobot: Victor lost his mother on the night of his accident and his injuries were so severe he had to be converted into a multiple amputee.cyborg to survive, which haunts him given his athletic history. In the Snyder Cut he also has to witness his father being vaporized in an attempt to thwart Steppenwolf's conquest, right when the two were about to reapir their strained relationship.



* TwoferTokenMinority: He's African-American and a multiple amputee



* UnwittingTestSubject: Victor was comatose when Silas used the Motherbox to try and restore him. His inability to give consent during what were his few remaining moments of life undoubtedley were part of the "suspending all protocol" line Silas uttered.



* BecomeARealBoy: The Motherboxes offer Cyborg this opportunity if he allows them to fully synchronize. He doesn't take it, with good reason considering the completed Unity would unmake the world, including Cyborg.



* EurekaMoment: After coming to terms with his father's sacrifice, Victor soon figures out that his attempts to laser the Motherbox weren't to destroy it, but to make it traceable via thermal-imaging.



* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg experiences one after witnessing [[spoiler: his father's death]]. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to preventing Steppenwolf's conquest and starts speaking in a blunt monotone, sort of like a robot.

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* HealingHands: Victor can repair technology no matter how damaged it may be. He was able to pilot two of Batman's vehicles and restored a voice recorder that had been crushed into pieces.
* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg experiences one after witnessing [[spoiler: his father's death]]. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to preventing Steppenwolf's conquest and starts speaking in a blunt monotone, sort of much like a robot.


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* AbortedArc: Whatever plans there were regarding Cyborg's streamlined upgrade have since been abandoned due to Ray Fisher's absence and the Snyder Cut providing a contradicitve canon.


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* MechanicalEvolution: ''"Every morning I wake up different...modified."''
* MechanicalMuscles: What his upgraded form resembles.


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* FakingTheDead: Victor's mother is buried in a grave with her name as well as Victor's on the gravestone, meaning he is legally considered dead.

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* FakingTheDead: Victor's mother is buried in a grave with her name as well as Victor's on the gravestone, meaning after the car accident he is was legally considered dead.



* IncorruptiblePurePureness: On two occasions Victor is tempted to use his cybernetic powers for his own benfit to the detriment of everyone else, but both times he uses them to do something heroic.



-->(''While talking to Lois in the men's room'') "You know with balls like yours, you belong in here."
--> "Unlike you I happen to like my job."



* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: He only starts intervening in conflicts after Steppenwolf is defeated, which is {{Hand Wave}}d with the idea that he wanted to see humanity prove themselves worthy of his protection. Justified in ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', in that he's in a military position and he can't exactly disappear from his role during a military conflict. However, no such excuse is provided in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', in which his only appearance prior to joining the team is to visit a grieving Lois Lane while disguised as Martha Kent.

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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: He only starts intervening in conflicts after Steppenwolf is defeated, which is {{Hand Wave}}d with the idea that he wanted to see humanity prove themselves worthy of his protection. Justified in ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'', in that he's in a military position and he can't exactly disappear from his role during a military conflict. However, no such excuse is provided in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'', in which his only appearance prior to joining the team is to visit a grieving Lois Lane while disguised as Martha Kent. His line "There's a war coming" hints that he sees joining the League as part of his duties considering his military rank.


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* AlternateSelf: On [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].
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Victor Stone was once a brilliant young science major and football player at Gotham City University. An accident horribly crippled him but he survived, as his father used an alien artifact (a Mother Box) to rebuild him. Said artifact contructed and grafted very durable alien cybernetics to what remained of Victor's human body, transforming him into Cyborg.

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Victor Stone was once a brilliant young science major and football player at Gotham City University. An accident A car collision left him horribly crippled him but he survived, as disfigured and on the verge of death. Desperate to save his father son, Silas Stone used an alien artifact (a Mother Box) to rebuild him. Said artifact contructed and grafted very durable alien cybernetics to what remained of Victor's human body, transforming him into Cyborg.



* DoAnythingRobot: He's pretty much the go-to guy for any scenario where super-strength isn't an option. He activates damaged technology, tracks down Steppenwolf and disrupts the Unity. In the Snyder Cut he also manages to repair a shattered voice recorder seemingly by telekinesis.

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* DoAnythingRobot: He's pretty much the go-to guy for any scenario where super-strength isn't an option. He activates damaged technology, tracks down Steppenwolf and disrupts the Unity. In the Snyder Cut he also manages to repair a shattered voice recorder seemingly by using telekinesis.



->''"[[{{Technopath}} Barry, I'm connected to the Unity.]] [[ForWantOfANail I need the charge to get inside.]] [[WorfHadTheFlu Barry where are you?!]] [[TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It's almost synchronized!]] BARRY!!!... [[DarkestHour It's too late]]..."''

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->''"[[{{Technopath}} Barry, I'm connected to the Unity.]] [[ForWantOfANail I need the charge to get inside.]] [[WorfHadTheFlu Barry where are you?!]] [[TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It's almost synchronized!]] BARRY!!!...[[SkywardScream BARRY!!!]]... [[DarkestHour It's too late]]..."''



* EverythingIsOnline: Cyborg having a StoryBreakerPower in the digital age is explored in detail, with his control of the entire world's nuclear arsenal and being able to manipulate the economic balance being a trivial matter. This sequence is paired next to a monologue by his father Silas telling him how powerful he has become, but also how important his restraint is in using that power.

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* EverythingIsOnline: Cyborg having a StoryBreakerPower in a StoryBreakerPower in the digital age is explored in detail, with his control of the entire world's nuclear arsenal and being able to manipulate the economic balance being a trivial matter. This sequence is paired next to a monologue by his father Silas telling him how powerful he has become, but also how also how important his restraint is in using that power.



* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg after his father's death. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to the mission and willingness to sacrifice himself, and starts speaking in a blunt monotone sort of like a robot.

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* HeroicBSoD: Cyborg after his experiences one after witnessing [[spoiler: his father's death. death]]. He becomes near suicidal in his dedication to the mission and willingness to sacrifice himself, preventing Steppenwolf's conquest and starts speaking in a blunt monotone sort monotone, sort of like a robot.



* HurtingHero: Cyborg has to deal with both of his parents dying. By the time the Justice League is ready to fight Steppenwolf, Cyborg volunteers to take the most dangerous job because in his words he's got nothing left.

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* HurtingHero: Cyborg has to deal with [[spoiler: both of his parents dying.dying]]. By the time the Justice League is ready to fight Steppenwolf, Cyborg volunteers to take the most dangerous job because in his words he's got nothing left.



* OhCrap: In the Kryptonian scout ship, after the mother box powers up over Superman's body, Cyborg senses something through the ship's AI.

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* OhCrap: In the Kryptonian scout ship, ship right after the mother box powers up over Superman's body, Cyborg senses something through the ship's AI.



* TheStoic: Victor is more angry than stoic in the Snyder Cut, but when he's trying to appear non-threatening he tends to come across as this. It's likely a result of hiding from the world for over a year causing atrophy to his social skills.

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* ShutUpHannibal: The Motherboxes try tempting Cyborg by offering to resurrect his parents and resotre his old body if he plays his cards right. Cyborg responds by telling them he doesn't need what they're offering and breaking their Unity.
* TheStoic: Victor is more angry than stoic in the Snyder Cut, but when he's trying to appear non-threatening he tends to come across as this. It's likely a result of hiding from the world for over a year year, causing atrophy to his social skills.


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* ICantFeelMyLegs: After Superman and Cyborg break the Unity, Cyborg jokes about how painful the blowback was, even though he no longer has a nervous system.

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