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!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Kryptonian Warrior Guild | Sword of Rao
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AntjeTraue
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Jocelyn Robles (Latin-American Spanish) | Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese) | Julie Dumas (European French) | Julie Beauchemin (Canadian French)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel''
->''"The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven anything, it is that evolution always wins."''
Zod's second-in-command, and the most dangerous warrior of his crew. She is physically brutal, and combines Kryptonian enhanced strength and speed with lethal martial arts.
-> See [[Characters/DCEUAlternateTimelines Alternate Timelines]] for information on her appearance in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AntjeTraue
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Jocelyn Robles (Latin-American Spanish) | Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese) | Julie Dumas (European French) | Julie Beauchemin (Canadian French)
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->''"The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven anything, it is that evolution always wins."''
Zod's second-in-command, and the most dangerous warrior of his crew. She is physically brutal, and combines Kryptonian enhanced strength and speed with lethal martial arts.
-> See [[Characters/DCEUAlternateTimelines Alternate Timelines]] for information on her appearance in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''
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!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Kryptonian Warrior Guild | Guild, Sword of Rao
!!! '''Portrayedby:''' Creator/AntjeTraue
By:''' Creator/MichaelShannon
!!! '''Voicedby:''' Jocelyn Robles By:''' Dafnis Fernández (Latin-American Spanish) | Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese) | Julie Dumas Spanish), Akio Hirose (Japanese), Xavier Fagnon (European French) | Julie Beauchemin French), Marc-André Bélanger (Canadian French)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel''
->''"The fact that you possess a sense'''Film appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel'' | ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
!!! '''Other appearances:''' ''From the World ofmorality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage. Batman v Superman'' | ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - Upstairs/Downstairs''
->''"I exist... only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born. Andif history has proven anything, it every action I take, no matter how violent or cruel, is that evolution always wins.for the greater good of my people."''
Zod's second-in-command, The general in chief of Krypton's military and a former longtime friend of Jor-El. Zod believes Jor-El's warnings about the hopeless state of Krypton and launches a coup after concluding that the Council is incapable of saving their race. When the coup fails, the Council has him and his most dangerous warrior loyal followers imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, a decision which ironically spares them the fate of his crew. She is physically brutal, and combines Kryptonian enhanced strength and speed with lethal martial arts.
-> See [[Characters/DCEUAlternateTimelines Alternate Timelines]]their home planet. After arriving on Earth in search of Kal-El, he decides to terraform it for information on her appearance the sake of building a new Krypton, endangering the human race in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''the process.
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* AchillesHeel: Much like his fellow followers, while Zod is massively empowered by the beams of a nearby yellow sunlight, he also experiences extrasensory overload, which can cause him severe pain and disorientation if left unchecked, hence he wears a PoweredArmor to minimize those effects. This is something that Clark manages to exploit, giving him an edge in battle, though Zod reprimands that he will eventually get used to it through adapting to Earth's atmosphere.
* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler: Zod murdered Jor-El in ''Man of Steel'', when in every other adaptation Jor-El lived to see Krypton's final days.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; Zod here is a lot more impressionable and polite than most versions of the character make him out to be, with this one being more in lines with his Post-Crisis/Post-Flashpoint iteration. His politeness is [[FauxAffablyEvil still very much a façade]], but here he does try his best to appeal to others when it's possible, especially towards Kal-El.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comics and previous films, Zod was a generic antagonist and a War Criminal who attempted a coup prior to Krypton's destruction before being sent to the Phantom Zone, wishes to kill Superman simply for being the son of his old friend Jor-El (who he blames for his banishment). ''Man of Steel'' [[AntiVillain however expands on his motivation]], having him attempt his coup because Krypton is dying and he blames the rulers for it, [[WellIntentionedExtremist and his attempted conquering of Earth being so he could preserve his now-near extinct species]]. Although this isn't entirely the film's invention, as Zod had been known to display some of these traits in comics such as the ''New Krypton'' arc.
* AdaptationalSympathy: While previous iterations of Zod were maniacal warlords who wanted to either take over Earth or kill off it's population out of a right of superiority, this Zod is instead motivated by personal loss and angst over being unable to save Krypton and its people. [[spoiler:His death also elicits a sense of tragedy to his overall character]].
* AlasPoorVillain: Even if Zod was a genocidal maniac, all he wanted was to ensure the security and future of the Kryptonians after Krypton blew up, even if he had to make disturbing decisions to do so. Years of isolation in the Phantom Zone clearly didn't help matters. Notably, when Superman kills Zod, the Man of Steel melts down in sadness not only because of the mass destruction of Metropolis he caused - not to mention being forced to end it by violating his own ThouShaltNotKill rule - but because he had just killed one of the last of his people remaining in the universe.
* AlternateSelf: Zod has one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-]][[Series/SupermanAndLois Prime]], one on [[Film/SupermanII Earth-96]] and two on [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] as himself and his son.
* AntagonistInMourning: He's got a lot of baggage, from having to kill his closest friend to losing his home planet along with any hope of rebuilding it. [[spoiler:When he deletes the Jor-El hologram, it's clear he takes no joy in it]].
* AntiVillain: Unlike prior depictions of the character, this version of Zod is genuinely dedicated to acting in his people's best interest (albeit from his own AxCrazy point of view). He is also a rather [[TragicVillain tragic figure]] given that his [[BloodKnight savage and ruthless personality]] is largely a byproduct of being [[DesignerBabies bred]] and [[TheSpartanWay indoctrinated]] by Krypton's totalitarian system to be the [[SuperSoldier perfect killing machine]]. He also doesn't have any joy killing humans.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Of the surviving members of Krypton's military caste, Zod is the only one revealed to have [[InstantExpert mastered over the course of barely a day ALL the powers that took Superman years to fully control]].
-->'''Zod:''' I was bred to be a warrior, Kal. Trained my entire life to master my senses. Where did you train?! '''ON A FARM??!!'''
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Zod is able to figure out the mechanics of flying and how to use heat vision, as well as using the heat vision's cool-down period against Superman.
* AxCrazy: Despite possessing noble intentions, it is clear that he has a ''highly'' [[HairTriggerTemper confrontational]] and [[BloodKnight violent]] disposition which is only exacerbated by his [[TheSocialDarwinist fanatical elitism]].
* BadassBoast: After Kal-El's mother Lara confidently tells Zod that her son has escaped to a place far beyond his reach, he later menacingly promises her that he will dedicate his entire existence to tracking down Kal to the ends of the universe.
-->'''Zod''': You believe your son is safe? I will find him! I '''will''' reclaim what you have taken from us!! ... I will find him, Lara. [[{{Beat}} ...]] '''I WILL FIND HIM'''!!!!
** The aforementioned quote about Kal-El training "on a farm".
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: As a Kryptonian, Zod can survive and breathe into the vacuum of space without problem, provided he's exposed to a yellow sun. However, in his native environment, Zod is ''not'' superpowered, apart from [[HeavyWorlder being naturally stronger due to Krypton's heavier gravity]]. Before Earth's sun supercharges Zod's biology, he still needs spacesuits, vehicles, and fight with (highly advanced) guns.
* BeardOfEvil: The ruthless Zod has grown a beard - much like his AlternateSelf in ''Film/SupermanII'' - by the time Clark is an adult.
* BeardOfSorrow: Zod is implied to be this, as he's an AntiVillain who genuinely cares about Krypton, and we only see him with the beard after Krypton is destroyed.
* BigBad: Of ''Man of Steel''. Zod poses the greatest threat to Jor-El's vision of peacefully carrying on their civilization's legacy on Earth by first attempting to murder Kal-El as an infant on Krypton and later targeting the Earth's entire population for extermination.
* BigNO: Zod lets one out when he realizes Jor-El planted the codex on his newborn son, who had just been launched into space.
* BigNever: [[spoiler:He shouts this when he's making an attempt to kill a nearby family, partly to spite Kal-El, and partly because he [[DeathSeeker subconsciously wants to die]]. It ends up being his last words as Clark snaps his neck shortly after]].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Zod has a retractable blade in his right gauntlet. He uses it to stab Jor-El.
* CapeSnag: General Zod grabs Superman by the cape and throws him across the city, sending Superman crashing through half a dozen buildings before his motion slows down.
* ChestInsignia: Zod wears the crest of the House of Zod on the chest of his armor (before losing it upon his arrest) and the uniform under it.
* ChewingTheScenery: Michael Shannon clearly had a blast. Zod has a habit of SuddenlyShouting the moment he's agitated, complete with a snarling tone to highlight his brutality.
* ColonelKurtzCopy: Zod's a charismatic military leader with maniacal ambitions to expand Krypton's empire - whether the Kryptonians want it or not - to the detriment of all other lives in the universe.
* CompositeCharacter: Thanks to Lex Luthor, he becomes [[spoiler:Doomsday]] in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. In the comics, the two were separate villains (though the scout ship's A.I. implies the original might still be out there).
* TheCoup: Zod lead henchmen stormed Krypton's high council and gunned down High Eminence Ro-Zar. He then declared that they would execute the remaining leaders for treason by reason of incompetent leadership and then assume control of Krypton. His coup failed due to Jor-El not joining him (stealing the Codex instead) and the surviving loyalist forces rallying after the initial shock.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Zod and his henchmen were [[DesignerBabies bred]] and trained specifically to be soldiers, to be the extreme solution; that's [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer all he knows]]. As such, it makes him the most tragically prominent example of the failure of the predetermination paradigm of Krypton's population control, and an apocalyptic threat to Earth.
* DarkMessiah: To the surviving members of Krypton's warrior caste.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:After Kal-El destroys all hope of restoring Krypton and its people, Zod fights Kal-El to the death, no longer caring whether he lives or dies, because he knows that, without a people to protect and serve, he no longer has a purpose]].
* DespairEventHorizon: Zod hits this hard near the end of ''Man of Steel'' [[spoiler:when his entire crew is sent to the Phantom Zone again.]] He vows to kill Superman or, failing that, hurt what he cares about.
* DesignerBabies: Zod is the result of one; he was genetically engineered since birth to be a steadfast warrior who believed that fighting and conflict was the best way to instil order and management towards Krypton. He was literally born to be a general for Krypton council and that he was meant to fill up a societal role of being a warrior for the planet's populace. As a result, Zod has a militaristic, confrontational mindset and this plays a role in why he thinks its best to terraform Earth and wipe out its inhabitants as a way to make a new home for the surviving Kryptonians.
* {{Determinator}}: Upon deciding on a course of action, he single-mindedly dedicates his entire being towards fulfilling it regardless of the consequences. He also overcomes the debilitating effect of his new haywire SuperSenses by concentrating really hard. Best exemplified in [[spoiler:his last words]]:
-->'''Superman:''' Stop!\\
'''Zod:''' ''Never!''
* DisasterScavengers: During his nomadic voyages throughout space, Zod went through many planets and ship remains, hoping to find any Kryptonians who survived their planet's destruction as well as scraps and materials that can help him in his travels.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Zod apparently shorts out all electric devices - besides those with screens - and broadcasts his "You Are Not Alone" message, imploring Kal-El to come to him.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Jor-El. He and Jor-El shared the goal of saving Krypton's civilization, but not the methods required to achieve it.
** Also to Superman. Both want to "go home", even though their home planet has been destroyed. While Superman learns to let go, Zod tries to remake Krypton with total disregard for Earth's inhabitants.
* EvilEvolves: It took Zod only a few hours to acclimate to Earth's atmosphere, as well as gaining control over his heat vision and mastering flight, the latter of which even Superman struggled with. If Superman didn't kill Zod when he did, he may very well have surpassed the Man of Steel. Not to mention [[spoiler: his resurrection as Doomsday]].
* EvilFormerFriend: Zod shares a respectful relationship with Jor-El, and even asks him to not fight him once he tries to take over Krypton. [[spoiler:Even when he kills Jor-El, he looks regretful for what he had done. When he admits to killing him to a captured Kal-El, he confesses that the deed still haunts him]].
* EvilIsHammy: Michael Shannon loves ChewingTheScenery at any given chance.
* {{Expy}}: He's essentially [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Mustapha Mond]] taken to a LogicalExtreme.
* EvilWearsBlack: His and his trope's weapons, armors and spaceships are all black.
* FallenHero: Jor-El's words to him that he will "honor the man he once was" suggests that he was once a noble Kryptonian until he turned to villainy.
* FantasticRacism: Zod despises humans (and his fellow Kryptonians that belong to "inferior bloodlines").
* FauxAffablyEvil: Upon arriving on Earth, Zod seems to have changed greatly from the zealous megalomaniac he once was as he warmly greets Kal-El in a dignified, fatherly manner. However, it doesn't take long for him to reveal that time has done nothing to diminish his brutality as he attacks Kal's adopted mother and moves to annihilate Earth's entire population.
* FauxShadowing: Zod's BladeBelowTheShoulder that he used to kill Jor-El. In the final fight with Superman, Zod makes an adjustment to his right gauntlet, as if to bust out the blade, [[spoiler: but instead just removes his armor]].
** [[spoiler: It veers into straight {{Foreshadowing}} when Zod is brought back as Doomsday and stabs Superman with a spike erupting from his arm.]]
* FightingForAHomeland: A rare evil version; the destruction of Krypton left Zod and his followers without a homeland to settle in, resulting in them traveling around spacefor resources to keep them physically sustained. When they discover and arrive on Earth, he sees an opportunity to repopulate the planet with his kind partly because it's atmosphere is suitable for Kryptonians to live under and partly because Kal-El, who had been living there, has the Codex embedded within him, giving Zod a reason to capture and kill him do that he could use the Codex to recreate his kind, albeit at the cost of humanity's extinction.
* FinalSolution: Zod's method of bringing back his race involves annihilating humankind to extinction via terraforming, which is also furthered by Zod's [[FantasticRacism less-than respectful viewpoint on Humanity]]. Though it should be noted that Zod's goals lean less on hatred and discrimination and more towards desperation, though once his means to said goal is destroyed, Zod switches to killing off humankind solely as a way to spite Kal-El, which [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist completely distorts the original intent of his goals]].
* FlightIsTheFinalPower: A villainous version. General Zod begins developing the same powers Superman possesses after being exposed to Earth's yellow sun. After showing his destructive power via heat vision and strength, Zod proves his adaptability by learning flight faster than Clark did, putting them on the same power level.
* FlyingBrick: Like Superman, he ultimately harnesses SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperSenses, EyeBeams, NighInvulnerability, and, finally, {{Flight}}.
* ForTheGreaterGood: His excuse for every atrocity he commits.
* FourStarBadass: Well, he is a General, after all.
* FreudianExcuse: His personality stems from being bred by Krypton's totalitarian system to be single-mindedly devoted to protecting (up to recreating) Krypton at any cost.
* GeneralFailure: Zod is a tragic case of a WellIntentionedExtremist turned into one of these because he couldn't [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming grow beyond his own programming]]. The product of an alien SuperBreedingProgram, Zod was conceived from day one to be a military leader, and as a result can't conceive of any other way to approach problems other than through overwhelming force. If he'd been of a less forceful temperament he could have allied with his old friend Jor-El, but instead he launches a coup d'état against the ObstructiveBureaucrat-laden Council that rules Krypton, turning Jor-El against him (though unwittingly also saving himself and his subordinates from dying with the world). Later his AttackAttackAttack mentality hamstrings him again when he decides to re-establish the Kryptonian race. Despite being in possession of a terraforming device that would allow him to transform any planet in our galaxy into one habitable to Kryptonians, he decides to go to war with the one inhabited planet in said galaxy, which alienates yet another El against him and mires him in another war he can't win. Perhaps most tragic is that Zod seems aware on some level that he is self-sabotaging his own efforts, as seen in a melancholy dialogue with a program of his old friend Jor-El and later a flat-out AntagonistInMourning speech when Kal exiles every other Kryptonian but him back to the Phantom Zone. Most Failures here are so by their own pride and stupidity, but Zod is a failure because he's literally hardwired to be one.
* GeneralRipper: He blames all of Krypton's problems on its ruling body and starts a violent CivilWar in order to take the power away from said ruling body, whom he accuses of making their race "weak" and allowing the planet to come to the verge of destruction.
* GeniusBruiser: In addition to being an outstanding [[SuperSoldier military tactician and combatant]], he is also revealed to be a gifted engineer as seen in flashbacks when he uses the Phantom Projector that originally imprisoned him and his followers to power up their ship's hyperdrive and escape the ruins of their homeworld.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports a big one on the left side of his face, which he got from a tussle with Jor-El.
* HairTriggerTemper: Whenever his plans are frustrated or his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_rage_and_narcissistic_injury ego feels slighted in any way]], Zod immediately goes from being a dignified (albeit grim) authority figure to a raging brute (much unlike his [[IceQueen icily calm]] Sub-Commander, Faora).
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:Non-romantic related example at the end of ''Man of Steel''-- his anguish stems not from losing a specific loved one but from losing what was the last of his race of people as well as losing what may very well have been his last chance at giving the Kryptonian race a chance to start over, and by extension losing his sole reason for existing, as he was born and bred to be a warrior defending Krypton, no matter the cost. Though having been with those particular Kryptonians troops for so long it's entirely possible that on some level Zod also saw them as his family, thus making him a Heartbroken PapaWolf.]]
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Zod, being a Kryptonian, has adapted to his planet's atmosphere, which is noted to have a larger level of gravity than Earth does as well as red sunlight that weakens the Krypton's populace. As a result, when Lex arrives on Earth, the lighter atmosphere as well as the presence of a regular sun allows him to be far stronger there than he was in his former homeworld.
* HomeworldEvacuation: This is actually one of the few things Zod and Jor-El have an agreement on regarding what to do in the event of Krypton's explosion. Zod, however, only intends to save the elite bloodlines in his planet's population, which ends up with him going against his friend's desires and objectives.
* HostileTerraforming: [[spoiler:Zod tries to turn Earth into a new Krypton using a World Engine. Not only is the process incredibly destructive, but Krypton's atmosphere is toxic to humans. When Jor-El tries to persuade Zod not to do this, appealing to the fact that Earth's environment gives Kryptonians super powers and they can live side-by-side with humanity, Zod says he doesn't care about the humans and he doesn't want to have to adjust to the enhanced senses]].
* HowDoIShotWeb: After first experiencing the sensory enhancement (read: [[SensoryOverload complete overload]]) a Kryptonian gains on Earth, and seeing Kal-El flying and using heat vision, Zod does some quick training to learn how to use his full potential that gets unleashed in the final fight with Kal-El.
* HumanAliens: Nothing can distinguish him from a regular human someone might meet in the street, but their biology is widely different.
* HumanPopsicle: He is frozen before being sent to the PhantomZone in a prison spaceship, and the destruction of Krypton thaws them.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Clark tells him YouKilledMyFather, Zod makes it clear that he regretted it, but that he would do it again if he had to. Plus, he knows that his attempted genocide on humans is wrong, he still maintains that it is for his people's good. According to David S. Goyer, Zod wouldn't have minded working with Jor-El, but their differing priorities and means meant that this wasn't going to happen and that Zod would have went with killing Jor-El again over the matter, even if he doesn't take any comfort in it.
* InstantExpert: Justified, since he and his comrades in the Kryptonian military were [[DesignerBabies genetically engineered]] to be [[SuperSoldier perfect warriors]] and subsequently underwent [[TheSpartanWay rigorous training]] to master their senses.
* InvadingRefugees: Being among the [[LastOfHisKind last of their kind]], Zod arrives on Earth with the intent of repopulating Kryptonians and even being open to bringing along Ka-El for their goal. Unfortunately, his method of repopulation involves terraforming the planet and reducing humans to extinction, which inevitably sets up a violent confrontation between Superman and Zod.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While murdering the political caste was a step too far, Krypton's elites did lead their civilization to ruin as he points out during his coup.
* KillAllHumans: Zod's plan to create a new Krypton involves this, [[AntiVillain though it's not something he wants to do]]... until Superman defies him, at which point he wants to destroy humanity out of spite.
* KillingForATissueSample: Zod's enmity against Superman may be one born of personal reasons and severe disagreements on each other's ends, but Kal-El is also infused with the Codex, which contains the key to DNA plans on a way to reconstruct the Kryptonian race. The Codex can only be extracted via cellular extraction, which can only happen after the holder's death, which means that Zod has to kill Superman if he has to achieve his goals.
* KneelBeforeZod: Surprisingly averted. At no point in the movie does Zod command anyone (not even Kal-El) to kneel before him. Funnily enough, Superman indeed involuntarily falls to his knees when brought before Zod on the Black Zero ship (but only due to its unfamiliar atmosphere [[BroughtDownToNormal weakening him]]), as well as [[spoiler: after killing Zod due to emotional exhaust]].
* KnightTemplar: His goal is to protect Krypton and its people, no matter the cost.
* KubrickStare: It ''is'' Creator/MichaelShannon.
* LargeHam: Crosses into this with his line "I WILL FIND HIM!" reminiscent of Music/{{Sting}} in 1984's ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}''.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After threatening both Lara and Martha, Zod gets pummeled by their son. The former of which Superman had no knowledge about.
* LastVillainStand: Zod does this when [[spoiler: his entire army is sealed in the Phantom Zone with his ship and all of his weapons. He even masters a full set of Kryptonian powers for the fight.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Zod's theme is a menacing composition consisting of rapidly ascending and descending strings, deafening war drums resembling artillery blasts, and roaring trumpets that simultaneously evoke [[TheBerserker battle-fueled rage]] and [[{{Determinator}} fanatical resolve]]. In this manner, his theme reflects not only his [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy savagery]] and [[{{Pride}} megalomania]], but his [[KnightTemplar single-minded obsession with becoming Krypton's savior at all costs]] as well. See the following tracks of the ''Man of Steel'' score: "I Will Find Him", "Arcade", and (naturally) "General Zod."
* LightningBruiser: Fittingly for a Kryptonian general, Zod is not just a physically powerful combatant, but he's also quick on his reflexes and fast enough to fly across Earth in a matter of minutes. Then further exposure to the Earth's suns make him even more powerful and faster, allowing him to be on par with Superman himself in their powers and capabilities.
* MadnessMantra: "I will find him!", which Zod chants as he is sentenced to an eternity in suspended animation.
* MilitaryCoup: His occupation as a military general meant that he thought the best way of taking over Krypton's leadership was through violent force. [[VillainHasAPoint He had the right answer in regards to Krypton's council being corrupt]], but the wrong conclusion, which led to the end of his friendship with Jor-El and him being sent to the Phantom Zone.
* MotiveDecay: While initially he wanted to terraform the Earth to rebuild Krypton and held no ill will towards humanity, Superman stops him from doing that by destroying the World Engine and banishing Zod's followers back to the Phantom Zone. When he realizes that all hope is lost, he admits that he's now going to wipe out mankind out of pure spite.
* MotiveRant: Zod has two: one where he tells Jor-El how he's going to save Krypton. And the second has him tell Kal-El how he's going to kill every human he finds in revenge for Superman taking his purpose in life.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: As the first major enemy Superman faced, Zod shaped a major aspect of his enemy's life. Aside from becoming the last Kryptonian once again, Superman solidified his no-killing code and becomes more nuanced in his superhero career. His invasion also had massive societal ramifications, especially in how the world would see superhumans and aliens. There is also the fact that Lex Luthor seizes his corpse and uses it to [[spoiler: create Doomsday, who kills Superman which indirectly stirs the Motherboxes]]. This would then set up the plot for ''Justice League''.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Zod boasts during his fight with Superman that he has trained his whole life to be the perfect warrior, while Clark is just a farm boy surrounded by people that could never put his combat skills to the test.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When coupled with his fanatical belief in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism Social Darwinism]], his speeches about saving [[MasterRace Krypton's race]] by rooting out "degenerate" bloodlines and exterminating "inferior" species (i.e: Earthlings) are eerily reminiscent of a certain totalitarian ideology that first gained notoriety in Europe during the the first half of the 20th century.
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:How Kal-El/Superman eventually kills him]].
* NervesOfSteel: When his followers are cryogenically frozen, they're all shown writhng and crying out in pain, including [[NotSoStoic Faora]]. Zod just clenches his jaw.
* NeverMyFault: Zod blames Krypton's Council for imprisoning him when he was the one who started a revolution and murdered Jor-El, as well as blaming Clark for the codex being destroyed and his army being sent back into the Phantom Zone, conveniently forgetting that it was his attempt at genocide that forced Clark to do those things in the first place.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zod's decision to also take Lois hostage for additional leverage and information and to hold her in a room that has a console. The console has a slot for the spaceship key that Clark slipped her so they wouldn't find it on him, and inserting it allows Jor-El's VirtualGhost to upload to and commandeer the ship, help Lois and Clark escape, and give them crucial information.
* NoFullNameGiven: Zod's given name is never spoken. Even the scout ship's A.I. only refers to him as "General Zod of Kandor".
* NoSocialSkills: Zod's approach to pretty much any situation is to be as blunt and imposing as possible. When he contacts the people of Earth, he can't help but threaten them with violence if Kal-El does not come forward. Zod does manage to put on a friendly facade when he first meets Superman in person, but then again he knows he won't need to maintain it for more than a few seconds as Superman succumbs to the Kryptonian atmosphere.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Zod's mission is to protect Kryptonian civilization at all costs, and his whole reason for attempting to overthrow its corrupt ruling class is to prevent them from recklessly destroying their own homeworld, and his attempted [[FinalSolution genocide on humanity]] is again motivated not out of any malice against humans but a desperate last plan to revive Krypton over Earth's foundations. However, by the end, he finally loses whatever good intentions he originally had when Superman stops his World Engines and Zod vows to wipe out humanity out of pure spite.
* OneWingedAngel: During his final fight against Superman, Zod ends up having to quickly adapt to Earth atmosphere without the help of his helmet. While painful at first, he gets used to it and is eventually able to better his fighting skills against Clark. It culminates when Zod breaks off his armor and displays the ability of {{Flight}}, allowing him to fight against Superman on equal footing as well as being more destructive than before via gaining the power of heat vision.
* PetTheDog:
** A minor example, but he doesn't fault Superman for neglecting to address him as General Zod.
--> '''Superman:''' I take it you're Zod?\\
'''Faora:''' [[InsistentTerminology General Zod]], our commander.\\
'''General Zod:''' It's alright, Faora. You can forgive Kal any lapses in decorum. He's a stranger to our ways. This should be cause for celebration, not conflict.
** He's shown comforting Faora after Krypton's destruction.
* PosthumousVillainVictory: While Zod dies in his first movie appearance, he does manage to succeed in making Superman a controversial figure by ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Eventually, his body is then used to create the monster Doomsday, and while Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman manage to defeat the beast, Doomsday still manages to land a fatal blow on Clark. Essentially, Zod did get to kill Superman later on, even if by that point, he was dead and/or his body was now the host of a rampaging monster. [[SubvertedTrope Though this gets muted]] by ''Justice League'' when Clark is revived.
* PowerIncontinence: The first time Zod's powers manifest he doesn't quite control them, such as when Superman breaks his bubble-helmet, which makes him experience the SensoryOverload of the SuperSenses the Earth's yellow sun gives to Kryptonians, or when his EyeBeams manifest, slicing the Wayne Financial building in all directions. He masters it all pretty quickly however, in a matter of minutes while it took Superman a good part of his youth to do so.
* PowerLimiter: As with the rest of the invaders, Zod's helmet allows him to absorb yellow sunlight rays on a minimal basis, ensuring that while he does become powerful, he doesn't have to receive enough sunlight to make him got into a panic via a SensoryOverload, something which Superman exploits by breaking off Zod's helmet. That said, Zod ends up adapting to this problem over time.
* PoweredArmor: Zod and his fellow invaders wear one, which allows them to display enhanced physical feats as well as enhanced defenses such as immunity to bullets and limiting the amount of sunlight cast upon them to make sure he and his followers don't go into SensoryOverload. Eventually, Zod's adapts in Earth's atmosphere enough that the armor is unnecessary and sheds it, allowing him to fly and to further enhance his strength.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Or, in this case, Proud Warrior [[FantasticCasteSystem Caste]] Guy. Zod takes great pride in his martial ability and believes it to be the key to saving Kryptonian civilization.
** Note how it took Clark much of his life to master his powers (with his flying abilities being the last one he mastered at age 33) when it only took Zod ''a day'' to gain complete control over his. Which, when you think about it, makes sense. Zod is a genetically engineered Kryptonian SuperSoldier, which means that his body can absorb and adapt to yellow sunlight more easily than Clark, who was born in Krypton's intellectual caste.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: In their final battle, Zod gets the first hit by sucker-ramming Clark with his SuperSpeed. The resulting fight sees Zod usually using coordinated fighting skills against Superman, though he does occasionally ram his enemy, especially after gaining flight.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Faora's Blue. In contrast to his stoic and calculating [[TheDragon second-in-command]], Zod has an [[HotBlooded fiery]] and [[HairTriggerTemper combative personality]], as well as a brutal and aggressive fighting style.
** Also the Red to Jor-El's Blue. Whilst Jor-El attempted to reason with the Kryptonian Council about their planet's doom using a civil, calm tone of voice, Zod opts instead to [[TriggerHappy burst into their conference room guns akimbo, kill one of the leaders, take the rest away, and attempt to take control of Krypton himself.]] Also, he's quicker to [[BloodKnight resort to violence]] than Jor-El, which is somewhat evident in their fight scene as well.
* TheRemnant: Zod and his followers position themselves as the sole remnant of the Kryptonian civilization and seek to restore it.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Zod created the Sword of Rao, a renegade military faction inside the Kryptonian military so that he take over Krypton in a military coup. Zod made sure his crew was made of his most trusted followers from said faction.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Lex Luthor gets a hold of Zod's corpse and ends up [[spoiler:transforming him into Doomsday to kill Superman when Batman fails to bring down the Son of Krypton]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kal-El has ruined Zod's chances to terraform the Earth and repopulate it with Kryptonians. Needless to say, the only thing he has left is his rage and superpowers, and he brutally uses them to fight Superman and cause as much damage as he can to Metropolis.
* RunningOnAllFours: Before figuring out how to fly, Zod tried running vertically up a building's surface in such a manner to meet the airbore Superman head-on.
* SadisticChoice: Zod forces one on Superman when the latter has him in a headlock, threatening to incinerate an innocent family before Clark's eyes unless he snaps Zod's neck.
* ScarsAreForever: Zod gets slashed down the side of his face during the Krypton prologue. The resulting scar is still very much visible when he shows up on Earth.
* ScientistVsSoldier: He is the soldier to Jor-El's scientist, which also ties into what they had in mind to warn Krypton of its imminent destruction as well as saving its people; Jor-El's scientific mind and knowledge meant that he sought a more diplomatic solution to things whereas Zod's upbringing and status as a general meant that he saw brute force and a coup as the best way to assume leadership and avert Krypton's destruction.
* SensoryOverload: Zod experiences this after Superman rushes him back in Smallville, fracturing his helmet. Zod retreats and acclimates to Earth's atmosphere at his own pace so he'll have one less weakness to exploit the next time he fights Superman.
* ShadowArchetype: Zod's character arc provides a sinister foreshadowing of what Superman could become if the BadFuture from Bruce Wayne's nightmares isn't prevented. Zod longs for a world he can call his home, but unlike Clark he never accepts Earth as it is. He's willing to die for what he stands for, which leads to him being revived by a billionaire in a crazed state (Doomsday and Clark even arrive at the Superman monument in the same fashion). If Cyborg's premonitions are indeed true, then Superman is fated to have his raison d'etre left in ashes as he kneels at the feet of his foe, before giving in to fury and turning on Earth.
* ShedArmorGainSpeed: He only masters the power of flight once he takes off his armor in the final battle of ''Man of Steel''.
* SlasherSmile: He only grins twice in the entire film, and this one is the second and most visible. It's also in response to Superman rising to fight him when [[BloodKnight Zod]] clearly wants to either crush him for foiling his plans or [[spoiler:[[SuicideByCop die in battle]]]].
* TheSocialDarwinist: To the core. Zod wanted to purge the Kryptonian race of its buerecrats so that the next generation wouldn't drive their culture off a proverbial cliff. Then he makes it clear to Superman that he won't think twice about committing genocide so that the Kryptonians may take Earth. [[TragicVillain Not that he's pleased about it]].
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: He shows tell-tale signs of this given that he becomes [[DudeWheresMyRespect outraged whenever anyone disagrees with him or opposes his will in any way]]. While he patronizingly dismisses Kal-El's failure to address him as "General" as the result of the latter's unfamiliarity with Kryptonian "decorum", Zod becomes absolutely incensed when the preserved consciousness of Jor-El, a man whom [[VillainRespect he held in high esteem]], tells him that Kal is "twice the man" he [[FallenHero used to be]].
* StarterVillain: The primary villain faced by Superman in ''Man of Steel'', the first film of the DC Extended Universe.
* StrongAndSkilled: Zod was already a highly-trained military badass before he got to Earth and won the SuperpowerLottery.
* SuicideByCop: With his ambitions now ruined beyond repair, Zod fights Superman to the death, with his goal to either get his vengeance or to die a warrior's death.
--> "There's only one way this ends, Kal. Either you die or I do!"
* SuperheroMovieVillainsDie: [[spoiler: Zod forces Superman into a position where killng him is the only way to stop his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: By the end of the film Zod has harnessed all the same powers Superman has, within a much smaller timeframe to boot.
* TakingYouWithMe: Zod uses his eye lasers to try and kill all the surrounding humans when Superman restrains him.
* TantrumThrowing: General Zod throws a pickup truck into Martha Kent's house when he's told the codex isn't hidden in the family barn.
* TooPowerfulToLive: Zod isn't drawn back into the Phantom Zone with his subordinates and it would be some time before anyone would find any kryptonite, meaning he's one of the most powerful beings on Earth once he masters his superpowers. With this in mind, Superman is given no choice but to kill him.
* TragicVillain: As noted in the folder quote at the top, he admits he does horrific things he doesn't want to do, but because of his origins, he feels that his mission to restore Krypton is all he's got keeping him going and when his plans fail, he goes into a violent RoaringRampageOfRevenge trying to kill as many people as possible just to spite Kal.
* TheUnfettered: He wants to recreate Krypton, no matter the cost.
-->'''Zod:''' I have [[KnightTemplar a duty to my people]][[{{Beat}} ...]] and I will not allow ''anyone'' to prevent me from carrying it out!
* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: General Zod sees it as his purpose in life to protect and - after its destruction - rebuild Krypton. When he believes Superman has destroyed any chance of that happening, he has a VillainousBreakdown.
-->'''Zod:''' I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born. And every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now I have no people. MY SOUL! THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM ME!
* UnstoppableRage: When he and Superman throw down in their FinalBattle, Zod goes completely and utterly crazed with fury.
* VillainHasAPoint: At the start, anyways, once you get past his personal flaws and overwhelming desire [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to eradicate certain Kryptonian bloodlines while keeping the race 'pure']]. Krypton is careening towards an impending global apocalypse, (which Zod mentions to Kal is ''literally'' the only thing him and Jor could agree on) and the people who are in charge who caused the crisis to begin with (through their own short-sightedness) are now actively ignoring the problem. Can you really ''blame'' him and his men for trying to seize power and actually address the issue?
* VillainousBreakdown: Twice in the film: [[spoiler:prior to his imprisonment in the Phantom Zone and, later, during the conclusion when his plan has been ruined beyond repair]].
* VillainRespect: To Jor-El whom he [[ImpliedTrope apparently]] viewed as an intellectual equal. [[spoiler:However, any lingering affection Zod harbors for Jor-El disappears when the latter's preserved consciousness tells him he can never aspire to be the man his son is. And even then, he seems to grimace in distaste]].
* VillainsWantMercy: When Superman breaks into the scout ship's cockpit, fully prepared to crash it, Zod begs him to stop, as the scout ship is the only piece of Kryptonian technology left that can restore dead homeworld.
-->'''Zod:''' Stop! If you destroy this ship, ''you destroy Krypton!''
-->'''Superman:''' Krypton had its chance!
* WeUsedToBeFriends: To Jor-El, who is revealed to be an "old friend" of Zod. Based on their dialogue in the film, it is strongly implied that Jor-El was a mentor to Zod and possibly even something of a father figure.
-->'''Zod:''' (''to Jor-El'') Haven't given up lecturing me, have you? [[spoiler:Even in death]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Personally shoots and kills High Eminance Ro-Zar during his coup in the opening of the film.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zod tries to murder Kal-El as an infant at the beginning of the film, and in his final battle with Superman, he uses his heat vision to try and kill an innocent family.
* YouAreNotAlone: Zod's message to Kal-El upon finding Earth.
* YouMonster: When Zod announces his intent to destroy all of human life after seeing his plans fail, Clark. Is quick to call him a monster for what he intends to do.
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[[folder:Faora]]
!!''Sub-Commander Faora-Ul''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faora_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You will not win. For every human you save, we will kill a million more."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Kryptonian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Kryptonian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Kryptonian Warrior Guild | Sword of Rao
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AntjeTraue
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Jocelyn Robles (Latin-American Spanish) | Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese) | Julie Dumas (European French) | Julie Beauchemin (Canadian French)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel''
->''"The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven anything, it is that evolution always wins."''
Zod's second-in-command, and the most dangerous warrior of his crew. She is physically brutal, and combines Kryptonian enhanced strength and speed with lethal martial arts.
-> See [[Characters/DCEUAlternateTimelines Alternate Timelines]] for information on her appearance in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''
----
* AdaptationOriginConnection: [[spoiler: Zod murdered Jor-El in ''Man of Steel'', when in every other adaptation Jor-El lived to see Krypton's final days.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; Zod here is a lot more impressionable and polite than most versions of the character make him out to be, with this one being more in lines with his Post-Crisis/Post-Flashpoint iteration. His politeness is [[FauxAffablyEvil still very much a façade]], but here he does try his best to appeal to others when it's possible, especially towards Kal-El.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comics and previous films, Zod was a generic antagonist and a War Criminal who attempted a coup prior to Krypton's destruction before being sent to the Phantom Zone, wishes to kill Superman simply for being the son of his old friend Jor-El (who he blames for his banishment). ''Man of Steel'' [[AntiVillain however expands on his motivation]], having him attempt his coup because Krypton is dying and he blames the rulers for it, [[WellIntentionedExtremist and his attempted conquering of Earth being so he could preserve his now-near extinct species]]. Although this isn't entirely the film's invention, as Zod had been known to display some of these traits in comics such as the ''New Krypton'' arc.
* AdaptationalSympathy: While previous iterations of Zod were maniacal warlords who wanted to either take over Earth or kill off it's population out of a right of superiority, this Zod is instead motivated by personal loss and angst over being unable to save Krypton and its people. [[spoiler:His death also elicits a sense of tragedy to his overall character]].
* AlasPoorVillain: Even if Zod was a genocidal maniac, all he wanted was to ensure the security and future of the Kryptonians after Krypton blew up, even if he had to make disturbing decisions to do so. Years of isolation in the Phantom Zone clearly didn't help matters. Notably, when Superman kills Zod, the Man of Steel melts down in sadness not only because of the mass destruction of Metropolis he caused - not to mention being forced to end it by violating his own ThouShaltNotKill rule - but because he had just killed one of the last of his people remaining in the universe.
* AlternateSelf: Zod has one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-]][[Series/SupermanAndLois Prime]], one on [[Film/SupermanII Earth-96]] and two on [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]] as himself and his son.
* AntagonistInMourning: He's got a lot of baggage, from having to kill his closest friend to losing his home planet along with any hope of rebuilding it. [[spoiler:When he deletes the Jor-El hologram, it's clear he takes no joy in it]].
* AntiVillain: Unlike prior depictions of the character, this version of Zod is genuinely dedicated to acting in his people's best interest (albeit from his own AxCrazy point of view). He is also a rather [[TragicVillain tragic figure]] given that his [[BloodKnight savage and ruthless personality]] is largely a byproduct of being [[DesignerBabies bred]] and [[TheSpartanWay indoctrinated]] by Krypton's totalitarian system to be the [[SuperSoldier perfect killing machine]]. He also doesn't have any joy killing humans.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Of the surviving members of Krypton's military caste, Zod is the only one revealed to have [[InstantExpert mastered over the course of barely a day ALL the powers that took Superman years to fully control]].
-->'''Zod:''' I was bred to be a warrior, Kal. Trained my entire life to master my senses. Where did you train?! '''ON A FARM??!!'''
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Zod is able to figure out the mechanics of flying and how to use heat vision, as well as using the heat vision's cool-down period against Superman.
* AxCrazy: Despite possessing noble intentions, it is clear that he has a ''highly'' [[HairTriggerTemper confrontational]] and [[BloodKnight violent]] disposition which is only exacerbated by his [[TheSocialDarwinist fanatical elitism]].
* BadassBoast: After Kal-El's mother Lara confidently tells Zod that her son has escaped to a place far beyond his reach, he later menacingly promises her that he will dedicate his entire existence to tracking down Kal to the ends of the universe.
-->'''Zod''': You believe your son is safe? I will find him! I '''will''' reclaim what you have taken from us!! ... I will find him, Lara. [[{{Beat}} ...]] '''I WILL FIND HIM'''!!!!
** The aforementioned quote about Kal-El training "on a farm".
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: As a Kryptonian, Zod can survive and breathe into the vacuum of space without problem, provided he's exposed to a yellow sun. However, in his native environment, Zod is ''not'' superpowered, apart from [[HeavyWorlder being naturally stronger due to Krypton's heavier gravity]]. Before Earth's sun supercharges Zod's biology, he still needs spacesuits, vehicles, and fight with (highly advanced) guns.
* BeardOfEvil: The ruthless Zod has grown a beard - much like his AlternateSelf in ''Film/SupermanII'' - by the time Clark is an adult.
* BeardOfSorrow: Zod is implied to be this, as he's an AntiVillain who genuinely cares about Krypton, and we only see him with the beard after Krypton is destroyed.
* BigBad: Of ''Man of Steel''. Zod poses the greatest threat to Jor-El's vision of peacefully carrying on their civilization's legacy on Earth by first attempting to murder Kal-El as an infant on Krypton and later targeting the Earth's entire population for extermination.
* BigNO: Zod lets one out when he realizes Jor-El planted the codex on his newborn son, who had just been launched into space.
* BigNever: [[spoiler:He shouts this when he's making an attempt to kill a nearby family, partly to spite Kal-El, and partly because he [[DeathSeeker subconsciously wants to die]]. It ends up being his last words as Clark snaps his neck shortly after]].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Zod has a retractable blade in his right gauntlet. He uses it to stab Jor-El.
* CapeSnag: General Zod grabs Superman by the cape and throws him across the city, sending Superman crashing through half a dozen buildings before his motion slows down.
* ChestInsignia: Zod wears the crest of the House of Zod on the chest of his armor (before losing it upon his arrest) and the uniform under it.
* ChewingTheScenery: Michael Shannon clearly had a blast. Zod has a habit of SuddenlyShouting the moment he's agitated, complete with a snarling tone to highlight his brutality.
* ColonelKurtzCopy: Zod's a charismatic military leader with maniacal ambitions to expand Krypton's empire - whether the Kryptonians want it or not - to the detriment of all other lives in the universe.
* CompositeCharacter: Thanks to Lex Luthor, he becomes [[spoiler:Doomsday]] in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. In the comics, the two were separate villains (though the scout ship's A.I. implies the original might still be out there).
* TheCoup: Zod lead henchmen stormed Krypton's high council and gunned down High Eminence Ro-Zar. He then declared that they would execute the remaining leaders for treason by reason of incompetent leadership and then assume control of Krypton. His coup failed due to Jor-El not joining him (stealing the Codex instead) and the surviving loyalist forces rallying after the initial shock.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Zod and his henchmen were [[DesignerBabies bred]] and trained specifically to be soldiers, to be the extreme solution; that's [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer all he knows]]. As such, it makes him the most tragically prominent example of the failure of the predetermination paradigm of Krypton's population control, and an apocalyptic threat to Earth.
* DarkMessiah: To the surviving members of Krypton's warrior caste.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:After Kal-El destroys all hope of restoring Krypton and its people, Zod fights Kal-El to the death, no longer caring whether he lives or dies, because he knows that, without a people to protect and serve, he no longer has a purpose]].
* DespairEventHorizon: Zod hits this hard near the end of ''Man of Steel'' [[spoiler:when his entire crew is sent to the Phantom Zone again.]] He vows to kill Superman or, failing that, hurt what he cares about.
* DesignerBabies: Zod is the result of one; he was genetically engineered since birth to be a steadfast warrior who believed that fighting and conflict was the best way to instil order and management towards Krypton. He was literally born to be a general for Krypton council and that he was meant to fill up a societal role of being a warrior for the planet's populace. As a result, Zod has a militaristic, confrontational mindset and this plays a role in why he thinks its best to terraform Earth and wipe out its inhabitants as a way to make a new home for the surviving Kryptonians.
* {{Determinator}}: Upon deciding on a course of action, he single-mindedly dedicates his entire being towards fulfilling it regardless of the consequences. He also overcomes the debilitating effect of his new haywire SuperSenses by concentrating really hard. Best exemplified in [[spoiler:his last words]]:
-->'''Superman:''' Stop!\\
'''Zod:''' ''Never!''
* DisasterScavengers: During his nomadic voyages throughout space, Zod went through many planets and ship remains, hoping to find any Kryptonians who survived their planet's destruction as well as scraps and materials that can help him in his travels.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: Zod apparently shorts out all electric devices - besides those with screens - and broadcasts his "You Are Not Alone" message, imploring Kal-El to come to him.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Jor-El. He and Jor-El shared the goal of saving Krypton's civilization, but not the methods required to achieve it.
** Also to Superman. Both want to "go home", even though their home planet has been destroyed. While Superman learns to let go, Zod tries to remake Krypton with total disregard for Earth's inhabitants.
* EvilEvolves: It took Zod only a few hours to acclimate to Earth's atmosphere, as well as gaining control over his heat vision and mastering flight, the latter of which even Superman struggled with. If Superman didn't kill Zod when he did, he may very well have surpassed the Man of Steel. Not to mention [[spoiler: his resurrection as Doomsday]].
* EvilFormerFriend: Zod shares a respectful relationship with Jor-El, and even asks him to not fight him once he tries to take over Krypton. [[spoiler:Even when he kills Jor-El, he looks regretful for what he had done. When he admits to killing him to a captured Kal-El, he confesses that the deed still haunts him]].
* EvilIsHammy: Michael Shannon loves ChewingTheScenery at any given chance.
* {{Expy}}: He's essentially [[Literature/BraveNewWorld Mustapha Mond]] taken to a LogicalExtreme.
* EvilWearsBlack: His and his trope's weapons, armors and spaceships are all black.
* FallenHero: Jor-El's words to him that he will "honor the man he once was" suggests that he was once a noble Kryptonian until he turned to villainy.
* FantasticRacism: Zod despises humans (and his fellow Kryptonians that belong to "inferior bloodlines").
* FauxAffablyEvil: Upon arriving on Earth, Zod seems to have changed greatly from the zealous megalomaniac he once was as he warmly greets Kal-El in a dignified, fatherly manner. However, it doesn't take long for him to reveal that time has done nothing to diminish his brutality as he attacks Kal's adopted mother and moves to annihilate Earth's entire population.
* FauxShadowing: Zod's BladeBelowTheShoulder that he used to kill Jor-El. In the final fight with Superman, Zod makes an adjustment to his right gauntlet, as if to bust out the blade, [[spoiler: but instead just removes his armor]].
** [[spoiler: It veers into straight {{Foreshadowing}} when Zod is brought back as Doomsday and stabs Superman with a spike erupting from his arm.]]
* FightingForAHomeland: A rare evil version; the destruction of Krypton left Zod and his followers without a homeland to settle in, resulting in them traveling around spacefor resources to keep them physically sustained. When they discover and arrive on Earth, he sees an opportunity to repopulate the planet with his kind partly because it's atmosphere is suitable for Kryptonians to live under and partly because Kal-El, who had been living there, has the Codex embedded within him, giving Zod a reason to capture and kill him do that he could use the Codex to recreate his kind, albeit at the cost of humanity's extinction.
* FinalSolution: Zod's method of bringing back his race involves annihilating humankind to extinction via terraforming, which is also furthered by Zod's [[FantasticRacism less-than respectful viewpoint on Humanity]]. Though it should be noted that Zod's goals lean less on hatred and discrimination and more towards desperation, though once his means to said goal is destroyed, Zod switches to killing off humankind solely as a way to spite Kal-El, which [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist completely distorts the original intent of his goals]].
* FlightIsTheFinalPower: A villainous version. General Zod begins developing the same powers Superman possesses after being exposed to Earth's yellow sun. After showing his destructive power via heat vision and strength, Zod proves his adaptability by learning flight faster than Clark did, putting them on the same power level.
* FlyingBrick: Like Superman, he ultimately harnesses SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperSenses, EyeBeams, NighInvulnerability, and, finally, {{Flight}}.
* ForTheGreaterGood: His excuse for every atrocity he commits.
* FourStarBadass: Well, he is a General, after all.
* FreudianExcuse: His personality stems from being bred by Krypton's totalitarian system to be single-mindedly devoted to protecting (up to recreating) Krypton at any cost.
* GeneralFailure: Zod is a tragic case of a WellIntentionedExtremist turned into one of these because he couldn't [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming grow beyond his own programming]]. The product of an alien SuperBreedingProgram, Zod was conceived from day one to be a military leader, and as a result can't conceive of any other way to approach problems other than through overwhelming force. If he'd been of a less forceful temperament he could have allied with his old friend Jor-El, but instead he launches a coup d'état against the ObstructiveBureaucrat-laden Council that rules Krypton, turning Jor-El against him (though unwittingly also saving himself and his subordinates from dying with the world). Later his AttackAttackAttack mentality hamstrings him again when he decides to re-establish the Kryptonian race. Despite being in possession of a terraforming device that would allow him to transform any planet in our galaxy into one habitable to Kryptonians, he decides to go to war with the one inhabited planet in said galaxy, which alienates yet another El against him and mires him in another war he can't win. Perhaps most tragic is that Zod seems aware on some level that he is self-sabotaging his own efforts, as seen in a melancholy dialogue with a program of his old friend Jor-El and later a flat-out AntagonistInMourning speech when Kal exiles every other Kryptonian but him back to the Phantom Zone. Most Failures here are so by their own pride and stupidity, but Zod is a failure because he's literally hardwired to be one.
* GeneralRipper: He blames all of Krypton's problems on its ruling body and starts a violent CivilWar in order to take the power away from said ruling body, whom he accuses of making their race "weak" and allowing the planet to come to the verge of destruction.
* GeniusBruiser: In addition to being an outstanding [[SuperSoldier military tactician and combatant]], he is also revealed to be a gifted engineer as seen in flashbacks when he uses the Phantom Projector that originally imprisoned him and his followers to power up their ship's hyperdrive and escape the ruins of their homeworld.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports a big one on the left side of his face, which he got from a tussle with Jor-El.
* HairTriggerTemper: Whenever his plans are frustrated or his [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_rage_and_narcissistic_injury ego feels slighted in any way]], Zod immediately goes from being a dignified (albeit grim) authority figure to a raging brute (much unlike his [[IceQueen icily calm]] Sub-Commander, Faora).
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:Non-romantic related example at the end of ''Man of Steel''-- his anguish stems not from losing a specific loved one but from losing what was the last of his race of people as well as losing what may very well have been his last chance at giving the Kryptonian race a chance to start over, and by extension losing his sole reason for existing, as he was born and bred to be a warrior defending Krypton, no matter the cost. Though having been with those particular Kryptonians troops for so long it's entirely possible that on some level Zod also saw them as his family, thus making him a Heartbroken PapaWolf.]]
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Zod, being a Kryptonian, has adapted to his planet's atmosphere, which is noted to have a larger level of gravity than Earth does as well as red sunlight that weakens the Krypton's populace. As a result, when Lex arrives on Earth, the lighter atmosphere as well as the presence of a regular sun allows him to be far stronger there than he was in his former homeworld.
* HomeworldEvacuation: This is actually one of the few things Zod and Jor-El have an agreement on regarding what to do in the event of Krypton's explosion. Zod, however, only intends to save the elite bloodlines in his planet's population, which ends up with him going against his friend's desires and objectives.
* HostileTerraforming: [[spoiler:Zod tries to turn Earth into a new Krypton using a World Engine. Not only is the process incredibly destructive, but Krypton's atmosphere is toxic to humans. When Jor-El tries to persuade Zod not to do this, appealing to the fact that Earth's environment gives Kryptonians super powers and they can live side-by-side with humanity, Zod says he doesn't care about the humans and he doesn't want to have to adjust to the enhanced senses]].
* HowDoIShotWeb: After first experiencing the sensory enhancement (read: [[SensoryOverload complete overload]]) a Kryptonian gains on Earth, and seeing Kal-El flying and using heat vision, Zod does some quick training to learn how to use his full potential that gets unleashed in the final fight with Kal-El.
* HumanAliens: Nothing can distinguish him from a regular human someone might meet in the street, but their biology is widely different.
* HumanPopsicle: He is frozen before being sent to the PhantomZone in a prison spaceship, and the destruction of Krypton thaws them.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Clark tells him YouKilledMyFather, Zod makes it clear that he regretted it, but that he would do it again if he had to. Plus, he knows that his attempted genocide on humans is wrong, he still maintains that it is for his people's good. According to David S. Goyer, Zod wouldn't have minded working with Jor-El, but their differing priorities and means meant that this wasn't going to happen and that Zod would have went with killing Jor-El again over the matter, even if he doesn't take any comfort in it.
* InstantExpert: Justified, since he and his comrades in the Kryptonian military were [[DesignerBabies genetically engineered]] to be [[SuperSoldier perfect warriors]] and subsequently underwent [[TheSpartanWay rigorous training]] to master their senses.
* InvadingRefugees: Being among the [[LastOfHisKind last of their kind]], Zod arrives on Earth with the intent of repopulating Kryptonians and even being open to bringing along Ka-El for their goal. Unfortunately, his method of repopulation involves terraforming the planet and reducing humans to extinction, which inevitably sets up a violent confrontation between Superman and Zod.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While murdering the political caste was a step too far, Krypton's elites did lead their civilization to ruin as he points out during his coup.
* KillAllHumans: Zod's plan to create a new Krypton involves this, [[AntiVillain though it's not something he wants to do]]... until Superman defies him, at which point he wants to destroy humanity out of spite.
* KillingForATissueSample: Zod's enmity against Superman may be one born of personal reasons and severe disagreements on each other's ends, but Kal-El is also infused with the Codex, which contains the key to DNA plans on a way to reconstruct the Kryptonian race. The Codex can only be extracted via cellular extraction, which can only happen after the holder's death, which means that Zod has to kill Superman if he has to achieve his goals.
* KneelBeforeZod: Surprisingly averted. At no point in the movie does Zod command anyone (not even Kal-El) to kneel before him. Funnily enough, Superman indeed involuntarily falls to his knees when brought before Zod on the Black Zero ship (but only due to its unfamiliar atmosphere [[BroughtDownToNormal weakening him]]), as well as [[spoiler: after killing Zod due to emotional exhaust]].
* KnightTemplar: His goal is to protect Krypton and its people, no matter the cost.
* KubrickStare: It ''is'' Creator/MichaelShannon.
* LargeHam: Crosses into this with his line "I WILL FIND HIM!" reminiscent of Music/{{Sting}} in 1984's ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}''.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After threatening both Lara and Martha, Zod gets pummeled by their son. The former of which Superman had no knowledge about.
* LastVillainStand: Zod does this when [[spoiler: his entire army is sealed in the Phantom Zone with his ship and all of his weapons. He even masters a full set of Kryptonian powers for the fight.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: Zod's theme is a menacing composition consisting of rapidly ascending and descending strings, deafening war drums resembling artillery blasts, and roaring trumpets that simultaneously evoke [[TheBerserker battle-fueled rage]] and [[{{Determinator}} fanatical resolve]]. In this manner, his theme reflects not only his [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy savagery]] and [[{{Pride}} megalomania]], but his [[KnightTemplar single-minded obsession with becoming Krypton's savior at all costs]] as well. See the following tracks of the ''Man of Steel'' score: "I Will Find Him", "Arcade", and (naturally) "General Zod."
* LightningBruiser: Fittingly for a Kryptonian general, Zod is not just a physically powerful combatant, but he's also quick on his reflexes and fast enough to fly across Earth in a matter of minutes. Then further exposure to the Earth's suns make him even more powerful and faster, allowing him to be on par with Superman himself in their powers and capabilities.
* MadnessMantra: "I will find him!", which Zod chants as he is sentenced to an eternity in suspended animation.
* MilitaryCoup: His occupation as a military general meant that he thought the best way of taking over Krypton's leadership was through violent force. [[VillainHasAPoint He had the right answer in regards to Krypton's council being corrupt]], but the wrong conclusion, which led to the end of his friendship with Jor-El and him being sent to the Phantom Zone.
* MotiveDecay: While initially he wanted to terraform the Earth to rebuild Krypton and held no ill will towards humanity, Superman stops him from doing that by destroying the World Engine and banishing Zod's followers back to the Phantom Zone. When he realizes that all hope is lost, he admits that he's now going to wipe out mankind out of pure spite.
* MotiveRant: Zod has two: one where he tells Jor-El how he's going to save Krypton. And the second has him tell Kal-El how he's going to kill every human he finds in revenge for Superman taking his purpose in life.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: As the first major enemy Superman faced, Zod shaped a major aspect of his enemy's life. Aside from becoming the last Kryptonian once again, Superman solidified his no-killing code and becomes more nuanced in his superhero career. His invasion also had massive societal ramifications, especially in how the world would see superhumans and aliens. There is also the fact that Lex Luthor seizes his corpse and uses it to [[spoiler: create Doomsday, who kills Superman which indirectly stirs the Motherboxes]]. This would then set up the plot for ''Justice League''.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Zod boasts during his fight with Superman that he has trained his whole life to be the perfect warrior, while Clark is just a farm boy surrounded by people that could never put his combat skills to the test.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: When coupled with his fanatical belief in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism Social Darwinism]], his speeches about saving [[MasterRace Krypton's race]] by rooting out "degenerate" bloodlines and exterminating "inferior" species (i.e: Earthlings) are eerily reminiscent of a certain totalitarian ideology that first gained notoriety in Europe during the the first half of the 20th century.
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:How Kal-El/Superman eventually kills him]].
* NervesOfSteel: When his followers are cryogenically frozen, they're all shown writhng and crying out in pain, including [[NotSoStoic Faora]]. Zod just clenches his jaw.
* NeverMyFault: Zod blames Krypton's Council for imprisoning him when he was the one who started a revolution and murdered Jor-El, as well as blaming Clark for the codex being destroyed and his army being sent back into the Phantom Zone, conveniently forgetting that it was his attempt at genocide that forced Clark to do those things in the first place.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Zod's decision to also take Lois hostage for additional leverage and information and to hold her in a room that has a console. The console has a slot for the spaceship key that Clark slipped her so they wouldn't find it on him, and inserting it allows Jor-El's VirtualGhost to upload to and commandeer the ship, help Lois and Clark escape, and give them crucial information.
* NoFullNameGiven: Zod's given name is never spoken. Even the scout ship's A.I. only refers to him as "General Zod of Kandor".
* NoSocialSkills: Zod's approach to pretty much any situation is to be as blunt and imposing as possible. When he contacts the people of Earth, he can't help but threaten them with violence if Kal-El does not come forward. Zod does manage to put on a friendly facade when he first meets Superman in person, but then again he knows he won't need to maintain it for more than a few seconds as Superman succumbs to the Kryptonian atmosphere.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Zod's mission is to protect Kryptonian civilization at all costs, and his whole reason for attempting to overthrow its corrupt ruling class is to prevent them from recklessly destroying their own homeworld, and his attempted [[FinalSolution genocide on humanity]] is again motivated not out of any malice against humans but a desperate last plan to revive Krypton over Earth's foundations. However, by the end, he finally loses whatever good intentions he originally had when Superman stops his World Engines and Zod vows to wipe out humanity out of pure spite.
* OneWingedAngel: During his final fight against Superman, Zod ends up having to quickly adapt to Earth atmosphere without the help of his helmet. While painful at first, he gets used to it and is eventually able to better his fighting skills against Clark. It culminates when Zod breaks off his armor and displays the ability of {{Flight}}, allowing him to fight against Superman on equal footing as well as being more destructive than before via gaining the power of heat vision.
* PetTheDog:
** A minor example, but he doesn't fault Superman for neglecting to address him as General Zod.
--> '''Superman:''' I take it you're Zod?\\
'''Faora:''' [[InsistentTerminology General Zod]], our commander.\\
'''General Zod:''' It's alright, Faora. You can forgive Kal any lapses in decorum. He's a stranger to our ways. This should be cause for celebration, not conflict.
** He's shown comforting Faora after Krypton's destruction.
* PosthumousVillainVictory: While Zod dies in his first movie appearance, he does manage to succeed in making Superman a controversial figure by ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. Eventually, his body is then used to create the monster Doomsday, and while Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman manage to defeat the beast, Doomsday still manages to land a fatal blow on Clark. Essentially, Zod did get to kill Superman later on, even if by that point, he was dead and/or his body was now the host of a rampaging monster. [[SubvertedTrope Though this gets muted]] by ''Justice League'' when Clark is revived.
* PowerIncontinence: The first time Zod's powers manifest he doesn't quite control them, such as when Superman breaks his bubble-helmet, which makes him experience the SensoryOverload of the SuperSenses the Earth's yellow sun gives to Kryptonians, or when his EyeBeams manifest, slicing the Wayne Financial building in all directions. He masters it all pretty quickly however, in a matter of minutes while it took Superman a good part of his youth to do so.
* PowerLimiter: As with the rest of the invaders, Zod's helmet allows him to absorb yellow sunlight rays on a minimal basis, ensuring that while he does become powerful, he doesn't have to receive enough sunlight to make him got into a panic via a SensoryOverload, something which Superman exploits by breaking off Zod's helmet. That said, Zod ends up adapting to this problem over time.
* PoweredArmor: Zod and his fellow invaders wear one, which allows them to display enhanced physical feats as well as enhanced defenses such as immunity to bullets and limiting the amount of sunlight cast upon them to make sure he and his followers don't go into SensoryOverload. Eventually, Zod's adapts in Earth's atmosphere enough that the armor is unnecessary and sheds it, allowing him to fly and to further enhance his strength.
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Or, in this case, Proud Warrior [[FantasticCasteSystem Caste]] Guy. Zod takes great pride in his martial ability and believes it to be the key to saving Kryptonian civilization.
** Note how it took Clark much of his life to master his powers (with his flying abilities being the last one he mastered at age 33) when it only took Zod ''a day'' to gain complete control over his. Which, when you think about it, makes sense. Zod is a genetically engineered Kryptonian SuperSoldier, which means that his body can absorb and adapt to yellow sunlight more easily than Clark, who was born in Krypton's intellectual caste.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: In their final battle, Zod gets the first hit by sucker-ramming Clark with his SuperSpeed. The resulting fight sees Zod usually using coordinated fighting skills against Superman, though he does occasionally ram his enemy, especially after gaining flight.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Faora's Blue. In contrast to his stoic and calculating [[TheDragon second-in-command]], Zod has an [[HotBlooded fiery]] and [[HairTriggerTemper combative personality]], as well as a brutal and aggressive fighting style.
** Also the Red to Jor-El's Blue. Whilst Jor-El attempted to reason with the Kryptonian Council about their planet's doom using a civil, calm tone of voice, Zod opts instead to [[TriggerHappy burst into their conference room guns akimbo, kill one of the leaders, take the rest away, and attempt to take control of Krypton himself.]] Also, he's quicker to [[BloodKnight resort to violence]] than Jor-El, which is somewhat evident in their fight scene as well.
* TheRemnant: Zod and his followers position themselves as the sole remnant of the Kryptonian civilization and seek to restore it.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: Zod created the Sword of Rao, a renegade military faction inside the Kryptonian military so that he take over Krypton in a military coup. Zod made sure his crew was made of his most trusted followers from said faction.
* ResurrectedForAJob: Lex Luthor gets a hold of Zod's corpse and ends up [[spoiler:transforming him into Doomsday to kill Superman when Batman fails to bring down the Son of Krypton]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kal-El has ruined Zod's chances to terraform the Earth and repopulate it with Kryptonians. Needless to say, the only thing he has left is his rage and superpowers, and he brutally uses them to fight Superman and cause as much damage as he can to Metropolis.
* RunningOnAllFours: Before figuring out how to fly, Zod tried running vertically up a building's surface in such a manner to meet the airbore Superman head-on.
* SadisticChoice: Zod forces one on Superman when the latter has him in a headlock, threatening to incinerate an innocent family before Clark's eyes unless he snaps Zod's neck.
* ScarsAreForever: Zod gets slashed down the side of his face during the Krypton prologue. The resulting scar is still very much visible when he shows up on Earth.
* ScientistVsSoldier: He is the soldier to Jor-El's scientist, which also ties into what they had in mind to warn Krypton of its imminent destruction as well as saving its people; Jor-El's scientific mind and knowledge meant that he sought a more diplomatic solution to things whereas Zod's upbringing and status as a general meant that he saw brute force and a coup as the best way to assume leadership and avert Krypton's destruction.
* SensoryOverload: Zod experiences this after Superman rushes him back in Smallville, fracturing his helmet. Zod retreats and acclimates to Earth's atmosphere at his own pace so he'll have one less weakness to exploit the next time he fights Superman.
* ShadowArchetype: Zod's character arc provides a sinister foreshadowing of what Superman could become if the BadFuture from Bruce Wayne's nightmares isn't prevented. Zod longs for a world he can call his home, but unlike Clark he never accepts Earth as it is. He's willing to die for what he stands for, which leads to him being revived by a billionaire in a crazed state (Doomsday and Clark even arrive at the Superman monument in the same fashion). If Cyborg's premonitions are indeed true, then Superman is fated to have his raison d'etre left in ashes as he kneels at the feet of his foe, before giving in to fury and turning on Earth.
* ShedArmorGainSpeed: He only masters the power of flight once he takes off his armor in the final battle of ''Man of Steel''.
* SlasherSmile: He only grins twice in the entire film, and this one is the second and most visible. It's also in response to Superman rising to fight him when [[BloodKnight Zod]] clearly wants to either crush him for foiling his plans or [[spoiler:[[SuicideByCop die in battle]]]].
* TheSocialDarwinist: To the core. Zod wanted to purge the Kryptonian race of its buerecrats so that the next generation wouldn't drive their culture off a proverbial cliff. Then he makes it clear to Superman that he won't think twice about committing genocide so that the Kryptonians may take Earth. [[TragicVillain Not that he's pleased about it]].
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: He shows tell-tale signs of this given that he becomes [[DudeWheresMyRespect outraged whenever anyone disagrees with him or opposes his will in any way]]. While he patronizingly dismisses Kal-El's failure to address him as "General" as the result of the latter's unfamiliarity with Kryptonian "decorum", Zod becomes absolutely incensed when the preserved consciousness of Jor-El, a man whom [[VillainRespect he held in high esteem]], tells him that Kal is "twice the man" he [[FallenHero used to be]].
* StarterVillain: The primary villain faced by Superman in ''Man of Steel'', the first film of the DC Extended Universe.
* StrongAndSkilled: Zod was already a highly-trained military badass before he got to Earth and won the SuperpowerLottery.
* SuicideByCop: With his ambitions now ruined beyond repair, Zod fights Superman to the death, with his goal to either get his vengeance or to die a warrior's death.
--> "There's only one way this ends, Kal. Either you die or I do!"
* SuperheroMovieVillainsDie: [[spoiler: Zod forces Superman into a position where killng him is the only way to stop his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: By the end of the film Zod has harnessed all the same powers Superman has, within a much smaller timeframe to boot.
* TakingYouWithMe: Zod uses his eye lasers to try and kill all the surrounding humans when Superman restrains him.
* TantrumThrowing: General Zod throws a pickup truck into Martha Kent's house when he's told the codex isn't hidden in the family barn.
* TooPowerfulToLive: Zod isn't drawn back into the Phantom Zone with his subordinates and it would be some time before anyone would find any kryptonite, meaning he's one of the most powerful beings on Earth once he masters his superpowers. With this in mind, Superman is given no choice but to kill him.
* TragicVillain: As noted in the folder quote at the top, he admits he does horrific things he doesn't want to do, but because of his origins, he feels that his mission to restore Krypton is all he's got keeping him going and when his plans fail, he goes into a violent RoaringRampageOfRevenge trying to kill as many people as possible just to spite Kal.
* TheUnfettered: He wants to recreate Krypton, no matter the cost.
-->'''Zod:''' I have [[KnightTemplar a duty to my people]][[{{Beat}} ...]] and I will not allow ''anyone'' to prevent me from carrying it out!
* UnfulfilledPurposeMisery: General Zod sees it as his purpose in life to protect and - after its destruction - rebuild Krypton. When he believes Superman has destroyed any chance of that happening, he has a VillainousBreakdown.
-->'''Zod:''' I exist only to protect Krypton. That is the sole purpose for which I was born. And every action I take, no matter how violent or how cruel, is for the greater good of my people. And now I have no people. MY SOUL! THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TAKEN FROM ME!
* UnstoppableRage: When he and Superman throw down in their FinalBattle, Zod goes completely and utterly crazed with fury.
* VillainHasAPoint: At the start, anyways, once you get past his personal flaws and overwhelming desire [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to eradicate certain Kryptonian bloodlines while keeping the race 'pure']]. Krypton is careening towards an impending global apocalypse, (which Zod mentions to Kal is ''literally'' the only thing him and Jor could agree on) and the people who are in charge who caused the crisis to begin with (through their own short-sightedness) are now actively ignoring the problem. Can you really ''blame'' him and his men for trying to seize power and actually address the issue?
* VillainousBreakdown: Twice in the film: [[spoiler:prior to his imprisonment in the Phantom Zone and, later, during the conclusion when his plan has been ruined beyond repair]].
* VillainRespect: To Jor-El whom he [[ImpliedTrope apparently]] viewed as an intellectual equal. [[spoiler:However, any lingering affection Zod harbors for Jor-El disappears when the latter's preserved consciousness tells him he can never aspire to be the man his son is. And even then, he seems to grimace in distaste]].
* VillainsWantMercy: When Superman breaks into the scout ship's cockpit, fully prepared to crash it, Zod begs him to stop, as the scout ship is the only piece of Kryptonian technology left that can restore dead homeworld.
-->'''Zod:''' Stop! If you destroy this ship, ''you destroy Krypton!''
-->'''Superman:''' Krypton had its chance!
* WeUsedToBeFriends: To Jor-El, who is revealed to be an "old friend" of Zod. Based on their dialogue in the film, it is strongly implied that Jor-El was a mentor to Zod and possibly even something of a father figure.
-->'''Zod:''' (''to Jor-El'') Haven't given up lecturing me, have you? [[spoiler:Even in death]].
* WouldHitAGirl: Personally shoots and kills High Eminance Ro-Zar during his coup in the opening of the film.
* WouldHurtAChild: Zod tries to murder Kal-El as an infant at the beginning of the film, and in his final battle with Superman, he uses his heat vision to try and kill an innocent family.
* YouAreNotAlone: Zod's message to Kal-El upon finding Earth.
* YouMonster: When Zod announces his intent to destroy all of human life after seeing his plans fail, Clark. Is quick to call him a monster for what he intends to do.
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[[folder:Faora]]
!!''Sub-Commander Faora-Ul''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You will not win. For every human you save, we will kill a million more."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Kryptonian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Kryptonian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Kryptonian Warrior Guild | Sword of Rao
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AntjeTraue
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Jocelyn Robles (Latin-American Spanish) | Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Japanese) | Julie Dumas (European French) | Julie Beauchemin (Canadian French)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/ManOfSteel''
->''"The fact that you possess a sense of morality and we do not gives us an evolutionary advantage. And if history has proven anything, it is that evolution always wins."''
Zod's second-in-command, and the most dangerous warrior of his crew. She is physically brutal, and combines Kryptonian enhanced strength and speed with lethal martial arts.
-> See [[Characters/DCEUAlternateTimelines Alternate Timelines]] for information on her appearance in ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''
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[[folder:Alexander Luthor Sr.]]
!!''Alexander Luthor Sr.''
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see him with a shaved head]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lex_5.jpg[softreturn]''"I was just celebrating God's return, out of the ground and back up into the sky."'']][[/labelnote]]
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->''"You know, dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating stale crackers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in a parade and wave flowers at tyrants."''
--->-- '''Lex Luthor'''
The deceased father of Lex Luthor and founder of [=LexCorp=]. He emigrated from UsefulNotes/EastGermany before Lex's birth in 1984.
->''"You know, dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating stale crackers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in a parade and wave flowers at tyrants."''
--->-- '''Lex Luthor'''
The deceased father of Lex Luthor and founder of [=LexCorp=]. He emigrated from UsefulNotes/EastGermany before Lex's birth in 1984.
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!!!'''Film appearances:''' ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
->''"You know, dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating stale crackers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in a parade and wave flowers at tyrants."''
--->-- '''Lex Luthor'''
The deceased father of
!!!'''Other appearances:''' ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXek6jW3eWI Metropolis Turkish Airlines TV Spot]]''
->''"Devils don't come from Hell beneath us. No, they come from the sky."''
Lex Luthor is a young megalomaniacal multi-billionaire, and
And so when a godly figure like Superman arrives on the scene, Luthor has already been firmly molded into a decidedly wrathful misotheist. Thus, a legendary enmity is forged, and Luthor makes it his life's work to either destroy Superman or have him bend to his will.
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* AbusiveParents: He used to abuse his son violently.
-->'''Lex:''' No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fist and abominations!
* AdaptationNameChange: He's been named both Jules and Lionel the few times he was depicted in the comics. Originally the only Alexander Luthor Sr. was the heroic counterpart from Earth-3 (until the New 52).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Put on the guise of a savvy businessman and devoted father who rose up from nothing, but in secret was emotionally unstable and took it out on his son.
* IronicName: Same deal as his son. Specifically, his bad parenting directly caused Lex to be a monster who nearly destroyed mankind.
* PosthumousCharacter: He died 15 years before the present-day events of ''Batman v. Superman'', and he is mentioned several times in the film.
* RagsToRiches: Through sheer grit and ferocity, he managed to carve an empire out of the company after emigrating from East Germany.
* ShrineToTheFallen: Sort of. For some reason, Lex kept his father's living room exactly as it was before his death.
--> '''Lex:''' This was his room, I kept it just the same. Maybe one day daddy'll come back if I just keep everything the same. Mmmh, that is silly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Due to his abuses on Lex, he's at least partly responsible for his son's [[DrivenToVillainy descent into madness and villainy]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: While he was a cruel father, he managed to endear himself to the public by claiming that [=LexCorp=] was named after his son. Given that Lex Jr kept this facade up even after his death it's possible that his father's image had become the lynch-pin of the company.
-->'''Lex:''' No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fist and abominations!
* AdaptationNameChange: He's been named both Jules and Lionel the few times he was depicted in the comics. Originally the only Alexander Luthor Sr. was the heroic counterpart from Earth-3 (until the New 52).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Put on the guise of a savvy businessman and devoted father who rose up from nothing, but in secret was emotionally unstable and took it out on his son.
* IronicName: Same deal as his son. Specifically, his bad parenting directly caused Lex to be a monster who nearly destroyed mankind.
* PosthumousCharacter: He died 15 years before the present-day events of ''Batman v. Superman'', and he is mentioned several times in the film.
* RagsToRiches: Through sheer grit and ferocity, he managed to carve an empire out of the company after emigrating from East Germany.
* ShrineToTheFallen: Sort of. For some reason, Lex kept his father's living room exactly as it was before his death.
--> '''Lex:''' This was his room, I kept it just the same. Maybe one day daddy'll come back if I just keep everything the same. Mmmh, that is silly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Due to his abuses on Lex, he's at least partly responsible for his son's [[DrivenToVillainy descent into madness and villainy]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: While he was a cruel father, he managed to endear himself to the public by claiming that [=LexCorp=] was named after his son. Given that Lex Jr kept this facade up even after his death it's possible that his father's image had become the lynch-pin of the company.
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* AbusiveParents:
* AdaptationalIntelligence: While Lex is by no means stupid in most media, in the comics, there was an instance where one of his employees figured out that Superman was Clark Kent, but Lex refused to believe it, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood unable to understand why someone as powerful as Superman would ever want to live a normal life]]. ''This'' incarnation of Lex not only managed to figure out Superman's SecretIdentity on his own, but Batman's as well.
* AdaptationNameChange: Sort of. While Lex is still short for "Alexander" like the ComicBook/PostCrisis and ComicBook/New52 versions (pre-Crisis Earth-1's "Lex" was short for "Alexis" and Earth-2's was short "Alexei"), he is the first version of classic Lex Luthor to be "Alexander Luthor Jr." (the pre-Crisis [[MirrorUniverse Earth-Three]]'s Luthor was named Alexander and named his son
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: The previous movie versions of Lex (and ''a lot'' of his comic book counterparts too) were quite the hammy villains, but none of them ever went to the level of flamboyant campiness and childish glee this version did. He's apparently shifting in a more traditionally quiet and calm demeanor after escaping from Arkham.
* AffluentAscetic: He makes a point of seeming more down to earth for a genius billionaire, dressing in more casual clothing, driving his own car and even riding a motorbike. He goes in the other direction in ''Justice League'', having a large boat, wearing a fancy three-piece suit and drinking very expensive champagne.
* AgentPeacock: On the surface, an exceedingly campy and almost bratty pretty boy with dorky mannerisms. Beneath that surface, however, is an exceedingly dangerous opponent and a completely WickedPretentious sociopath with a [[Film/{{Psycho}} Norman Bates]]-esque obsession with his dead father.
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''ex '''L'''uthor. A deliberate invocation, since his proper first name starts with an A.
* AlternateSelf: Has his own scattered throughout the multiverse, including [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} Earth-Prime]], [[Series/Titans2018 Earth-9]], [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Earth]]-[[Film/SupermanReturns 96]], and [[Series/{{Smallville}} Earth-167]].
* AssholeVictim: Being sent to Arkham Asylum by Batman. Hey, he did commit several atrocities throughout the film.
* AxCrazy: This version of Luthor is ''far'' more unhinged than his comics counterpart. He is willing to blow up a Senate courtroom full of people (A.K.A. ''mass treason'') just to ''fuck with Superman'' and unleash a threat to humanity (Doomsday) just to kill him.
* BadassInANiceSuit: When we see him again in [[spoiler:''Justice League'']], he has switched from his formerly casual clothes to a nice and expensive-looking three-piece suit. His badass side was demonstrated by [[spoiler:breaking out of Arkham Asylum]].
* BadBoss: He sends Mercy Graves into a courtroom hearing, [[spoiler:knowing full well that she'll be killed in the
* TheBadGuyWins: {{Subverted|Trope}}. While Doomsday, his creation, is successful in killing Superman, Superman's death via HeroicSacrifice makes him an InspirationalMartyr with all of humanity mourning him and Batman is inspired to form the Justice League. Not to mention that his attempt to escape punishment for his crimes of mass murder and treason by attempting to invoke the InsanityDefense is [[HoistByHisOwnPetard exploited by Batman]] pulling a few strings around to get him transferred over to Arkham Asylum. So, yeah, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain nice job fixing it, villain]]. Hope the ego trip was
** TheStinger of ''Justice League'' shows that [[spoiler:he [[KarmaHoudini didn't stay in Arkham for long though.]]]]
* BadSamaritan:
** His company greatly helped to
** Think he helped a handicapped man to be friendly? Wrong. He was just using him to frame Superman for a bombing at the capital.
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Lex seems to sincerely believe that Clark is a danger and
* BeneathTheMask: Beneath the eccentric genius demeanor lies a violently unstable and utterly ruthless man.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Publicly, he's a quirky genius with dorky mannerisms. Privately, he's a remorseless, mass-murdering psychopath whose complete ruthlessness makes him one of the few
* BigBad: The main antagonist in ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice''.
* BitchInSheepsClothing:
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: He is the scientific and terroristic Brains Evil to both Batman and Superman as the Brawn Good.
* BreakTheBadass: He manages to cause tremendous emotional suffering to Superman in the pursuit of his god-killing delusional goals.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He gives off the vibe of being a socially awkward, neurotic, and eccentric genius. How much of this is real and how much is a facade is hard to say but he's undeniably a very dangerous man despite his odd behavior.
* TheCaligula: A non-monarchical (though still hereditary) instance of someone who has way too much power and influence, given that he has nowhere near the level of moral integrity or mental stability to actually handle it. This Luthor is a Sociopathic ManChild who indulges in his power to a horrifying extent for his own sick amusement, and should anyone defy his will or even just slow him down, he will find a way to end them.
* CaptainErsatz:
** He's an exceedingly camp evil genius who's obsessed with the hero and is noticeably more unhinged and flamboyant than most previous interpretations of the character. [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Jim Moriarty]] anyone?
** He's also an AgentPeacock, and a seemingly benevolent philanthropist who is actually a murderous {{Sadist}} and who is still obsessed with his dead father, lending him similarities to [[Series/{{Hannibal}} Mason Verger]].
* CharacterisationMarchesOn: After escaping Arkham, Lex doesn't have bouts of twitching, mumbling or shouting and overall seems more focused and slick. He mentions going through extensive therapy during his time in the Asylum, which might explain the sudden change in mannerisms.
* TheChessmaster:
** The way he manipulates Batman and goads him to fight Superman, tracks down all the metahumans despite their impressive secrecy, and finally goads Superman into fighting Batman shows how cunning and devious he is.
** And then he manages to break out of Arkham Asylum and hide out on a luxury boat. The latter implies he's managed to hide a significant portion of his wealth when his assets would have been frozen upon incarceration.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To say that he lives in his own little twisted world inside his head would be an understatement.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Lex has acquired multiple files on metahumans such as Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and The Flash. He is also in possession of a world-famous collection of ''meteorite crystals''.
* CompositeCharacter: He has traits of [[ComicBook/LexLuthor canon Alexander Joseph "Lex" Luthor]], [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis Alexander Luthor Junior from Earth-3]] and [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Lex Luthor's clone/son]]. He's the first movie version to draw on the
** He also borrows from the fictional version of Dwight Eisenhower that appears in
* ConspicuousConsumption: When meeting Deathstroke on his
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* TheCorrupter: To Batman. Bruce was already fragile but Lex's manipulations were what finally pushed him over the edge.
* TheCorruption: The way the narrative plays it, his blood was apparently the catalyst that mutated Zod into Doomsday.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To General Zod. Zod was a super-powered alien soldier who fought Superman on equal footing while Lex is a human with no powers who never engages Clark physically. Zod was (usually) stoic and calm while Lex is flamboyant and extroverted. Zod was upfront with Clark about his intentions while Lex pretends to be altruistic and relies on deceit and manipulation to achieve his goals. Zod was tall and muscular while Lex is short and slight. Zod genuinely believed that his actions were for the greater good of Krypton and regarded his actions as being unpleasant but necessary while Lex's motives are selfish and he takes sadistic glee in the pain he inflicts on Clark.
* DaddyIssues: Was physically and psychologically abused by his father to the point where it even serves in part as his
* DeadGuyJunior: This Luthor is named after his
* DeadpanSnarker: As par with other Eisenberg roles and the character himself; however, this Luthor's snark is more sinister and even nightmarish at times.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Lex Luthor has typically been depicted as an obsessive, sociopathic narcissist with a history of child abuse, but he's always managed to appear relatively sane outside of his villainy. The cinematic version shows how a person with Lex's psyche would barely function. His plan to defame and kill Superman is so complicated that being able to strategize and implement while putting on an act of benevolence is just too much for him to juggle at once.
** A very obvious deconstruction on the Creator/GeneHackman version of Lex Luthor -- Hackman's Luthor was a bit of a showman, always ready with a quip or clever soundbite, and was so repugnant that the Creator/ChristopherReeve IdealHero Superman could barely tolerate his presence. He freely admitted that causing the death of innocent people is how he "gets his kicks," and is perfectly ready, willing, and able to sink most of California for the sake of profits. Here, we see what a "diseased maniac" such as he would be like: a grating maniac with delusions of being cleverer than he actually is, who treats the lives of the everyone around him like disposable objects in a petty game fueled with a burning passion worthy of a toddler's temper tantrum.
* DelusionsOfEloquence: Luthor keeps ranting and invoking various cultural references (Nietzsche, Milton, Paul Revere), but he barely articulates it coherently nor does he make it clear how these references work. His speech at the party has him free associating the Greek origins of the word philanthropy before going to a frankly inaccurate summary of the myth of Prometheus, while Diana Prince, an actual Greek Amazon, rolls her eyes at his butchering of antiquity.
* DevilInPlainSight: As said in BitchInSheepsClothing, he's a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed version]]. He really sucks at hiding his true devilish and dickish nature. which obviously exposes him as evil. He still managed to blend in as a normal guy in Metropolis's community throughout his schemes until he's exposed for everything though, and even then. Considering that he's ComicBook/LexLuthor, he'll manage somehow to buy his way out and regain a positive reputation. Even when he's set to be
* DidntThinkThisThrough: His creation of Doomsday very nearly
* PosthumousCharacter: He died 15 years before the present-day events of ''Batman v. Superman'', and he is mentioned several times in the film.
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* DrivenToVillainy: He suffered from abuse at the hands of his father, and
* EccentricMillionaire: As is often the case with this trope, everyone tolerates Lex's odd behavour because he's a wealthy benefactor, without seeing just how crazy he
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He greets Senator June Finch and her entourage warmly enough at his building, before showing them a chunk of kryptonite and passive-aggressively warning them of the consequences of allowing superbeings like Clark on Earth. He then sits right in front of Senator Barrows to work out a rather one-sided deal where he gives up the kryptonite in exchange for complete access to Zod's ship and permission to conduct any experiments he wants with his corpse. And just when it looks like he'll let Barrows go, he stops to shove a Jolly Rancher in his mouth.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: According to Lex, power and benevolence can't go hand-in-hand, so a man who is both and can prove him wrong just makes his blood boil.
* EvilCounterpart: Clearly one to Bruce Wayne, but also a subtle one to Clark Kent:
** Like Bruce, Lex is a multi-billionaire who inherited his company from his father, and in his first appearance, both men are against Superman.
** Symbolically, both Lex and Clark are the fully-assimilated American sons of highly-successful biological fathers dissatisfied with their own "other worlds"; Jor-El was from Krypton, Alexander, Sr. was from the "Second World" (an old term for communism) of UsefulNotes/EastGermany.
* EvilGenius: Lex relies on his intellect to achieve his goals and is shown to be extremely intelligent through his scientific abilities and his manipulation of Bruce.
* EvilGloating: He does this to both Superman and Batman, revealing that he knows their identities and openly gloating about how he used this knowledge to stir up trouble for them both and pit them against each other.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Lex enjoys making jokes at other people's expense, [[{{Jerkass}} typically to their faces]]. He especially enjoys mocking people with physical injuries.
** He meets with Wallace Keefe - a wheelchair-bound amputee - while sitting in a high-tech wheelchair that he clearly doesn't need.
** When Deathstroke takes his mask off and hints at wanting revenge on Batman, Lex just can't resist saying ''"An eye for an eye"''. Deathstroke is not amused.
* EvilIsPetty: This Lex is one of the more petty versions of the character; the reason for his hatred of Superman is because he views Superman's mere existence as an affront to his belief that GodIsEvil or doesn't exist, and thus, [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence Superman's mere existence is an affront to his worldview]]. On top of it all, he takes the time to make sure that a jar of urine labelled "Granny's Peach Tea" is the last thing Senator Finch sees [[spoiler:before her death.]] He also tells Deathstroke Batman's true identity as revenge for getting him sent to Arkham Asylum, clearly not learning his lesson.
* EvilRedhead: Has a mop of strawberry blond hair, and his motives are more than questionable.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He has the face of an affable young man, and he's among the most cruel and deranged villains in the DCEU, if not in comic book films in general.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He puts on this act, but it doesn't work since most people find him to be insufferable and even vaguely intimidating. This is evident from the fact that, even after
* FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: In the extended cut, he admits flat-out that he considers Superman's greatest sin to be existing.
* FlawExploitation: How he manipulates both Batman and Superman, playing with both the former's jaded and violent vigilantism and the lives of the latter's loved ones to pit them against each other.
* {{Foil}}:
** Is Superman's complete antithesis. Superman is an impressive specimen of a man, while Luthor is physically unremarkable. Superman had GoodParents, while Luthor had an [[AbusiveParents abusive father]]. Superman is stoic; Luthor is flamboyant. Superman acts on impulse; Luthor is a chessmaster. Superman is secretive and humble in his heroic duties, while Luthor brags about being a philanthropist. Also, [[spoiler:Luthor kills his own allies, while Superman gave up his own life to save and protect others.]]
** His biggest one is arguably Batman. Both are well-known billionaire philanthropists, both have a distrust of Superman that morphs into outright hatred, and both suffered awful events in childhood that still seriously affect them into adulthood. But while Bruce has tried to use his trauma to make the world a better place, Lex has become wrathful, selfish, and cruel. While Bruce realizes his hatred of Superman was wrong and makes an effort to atone, having been changed by Clark's heroism, Lex stays as hateful towards Clark as ever, even after Clark saved him from
* ShrineToTheFallen: Sort of. For some reason,
** Like Lois Lane, Lex is a non-powered redhead with a fixation on Superman and somekind of control over the distribution of information. However, while Lex uses his connections to ruin Superman's reputation via lies and manipulation, Lois tries to save it through her investigative skills uncovering the truth. At the end, Lex ends up in jail thanks to Lois revealing his machinations.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's implied that he knows of the next incoming threat; the painting in his father's
* ForTheEvulz: Some of Lex's actions, such as letting [[spoiler:Senator Finch]] know about the bomb moments before it goes off and that he is behind it, serve no purpose other than this trope.
* FreudianExcuse: The abuse inflicted upon him by his father, and the fact that no benevolent protector ever intervened to save him from such hardship, molded Lex into a firmly wrathful misotheist hateful of the very concept of God. And so when a godlike figure like Superman arrives on the scene, this immediately puts him at odds with Lex.
* GambitRoulette: He instigates a fight between Superman and Batman with a plot that's both convoluted and straight-up relies almost entirely on things that are completely out of his control. In particular, his plan would've failed if:
** [[spoiler:A), Superman had been able to tell Batman that Lex was holding his mother hostage before the two started fighting (he even tries to, but Batman's not willing to listen)]].
** [[spoiler:B), He hadn't been able to kidnap Martha Kent to begin with]].
** [[spoiler:C), Batman opted not to fight Superman at that time]].
** [[spoiler:D), Another superhero (i.e., Wonder Woman) showed up and interrupted the fight]].
** Additonally, his creation of Doomsday to finish off Superman could only lead to unecessary destruction and depended entirely on any nearby metahumans to contain the monster long enough for somebody to use the Kryptonite spear to kill him.
* GeniusSweetTooth: He uses a [=LexCorp=] snack bar as an "office" and eats candies while talking shop.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: He goes from being moderately unhinged to going completely insane once he starts learning about the secrets found in the Kryptonian database. [[spoiler:Namely, [[GodOfEvil Darkseid]].]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: In the extended cut, we learn that he [[spoiler:uses the InsanityDefense in order to not stand on trial for his crimes. To his horror, Batman exploits this and has him transferred to the notorious [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]].]]
* GreatEscape: [[spoiler:The [[TheStinger post-credits scene]] of ''Justice League'' shows he has escaped from Arkham Asylum.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: One of Lex's defining personality traits. His childhood filled him with intense seething anger at the world and he is obsessed with directing it at Superman, no matter what he has to do or whom he has to hurt or kill along the way to do so. There are also scenes, such as with Senator Finch or during his speech at his house, where Lex seems like he could go absolutely berserk at any moment.
* HammyVillainSeriousHero: He is the comical and hammy villain to the more stoic and serious Superman and Batman.
* HateSink: This film's version of ComicBook/LexLuthor could be considered the patron saint of hate sinks. His mannerisms get on people's nerves, he openly mocks people who don't help him, he projects his personal issues on people who had nothing to do with them (his reason for hating Superman in this incarnation is that his worldview, shaped by being a victim of abuse by his father, is that power and benevolence can't go hand in hand), and he'll kill anyone who refuses to help him or even [[spoiler:has a crisis of consciousness at his actions]]. He takes Senator Finch's "Take a bucket of piss and call it 'Granny's Peach Tea' " jab and throws it back at her in a very literal way [[spoiler:before blowing her up to discredit Superman, and creates Doomsday to kill Superman.]] This makes it very cathartic in the [[ReCut Ultimate Edition]] when [[spoiler:after Luthor smugly mocks Batman over knowledge about his secret identity as Bruce Wayne and that he pulled an InsanityDefense for his crimes, Bruce wipes the smug look off by revealing he's arranged for Luthor to be sent to [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]].]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Lex challenges Superman to bring him Batman's head, hoping either A: Batman will manage to kill Superman, or B: the more likely outcome that Supes will rip Batman apart, which will be convenient for Lex since Batman's been learning of a Lex Corp criminal conspiracy for the whole movie.
* HeroKiller: His goal in relation to Superman. [[spoiler:He succeeds]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His actions in ''Batman v Superman'' lead to Superman's death, which according to Snyder's ''Justice League'', activated the Mother Boxes, allowing [[spoiler:Steppenwolf to gather them, find the Anti-Life Equation and turn Darkseid's focus on earth, and complete the unity and scorch the earth just about a ''month'' after Luthor's half-planned shenanigans]]. While it's a bit uncertain how destructive the effect is ([[NoBodyLeftBehind outside the ground zero anyway]]) and [[spoiler:Barry managed to revert time just enough to undo it]], it's still noticeable that no glimpse of any BadFuture thus far has [[UncertainDoom actually shown what happened to Lex]], making it possible that [[KarmicDeath he's one of the casualties of Darkseid's invasion]].[[note]]As mentioned on the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCExtendedUniverse What Could Have Been]] page, it was
* HollywoodAtheist: Though not a literally religious example, Lex very vocally operates under the logic of a Hollywood Atheist in thinking Superman isn't the good guy because he wasn't around to prevent Lex's personal tragedies.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: He's one of the biggest, most evil bastards introduced in the film franchise so far; [[spoiler:in blowing up a Senate hearing and creating Doomsday, a threat to humanity itself, in his
--> '''Lex:''' This was
* {{Hypocrite}}: Sees Superman as a threat that needs to be stopped, yet he himself [[spoiler:committed treason by blowing up a Senate hearing and he created Doomsday, who is far more dangerous than any other character seen so far]]. And '''then''' there's his little action of [[spoiler:using Kryptonian technology to signal more aliens to come to Earth, including malevolent ones, when he claimed that he just
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Taunts Lois with this at one point, putting his arm around her to "show her the view", and then [[PervertedSniffing making a show of smelling her]].
* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Captured Lois specifically to draw Superman out of hiding. Also, he takes Martha Kent hostage and tries to use her to force Superman to kill Batman, in his plan to destroy Superman.]]
* IKnowYourTrueName: He takes both Superman and Batman by surprise when he admits that he knows who both of them really are.
-->'''Lex:''' The problem of you on top of everything else. You above all. Ah -- 'cause that's what God is. Horus. Apollo. Jehovah. Kal-El. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Clark... Joseph... Kent.]]
* InsanityDefense: In the
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Due to his abuses on Lex,
* InsufferableGenius: He's an egomaniacal genius who pulls all the strings. Zack Snyder himself describes Luthor as "the Puppet Master who forces our two heroes into conflict". Bruce Wayne noticeably lets out a sigh of derision when Lex butts into his conversation with Clark Kent.
-->'''Superman:''' You've lost.\\
'''Luthor:''' I don't know how to lose.
* IronicName: Alexander means defender of men. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist While he claims to be one]], his actions lead to (or ''cause'') more danger to mankind.
** Lex also means "The law", and this version takes that irony far further than any other. Not only is he a ruthless criminal mastermind who casually breaks the law, but part of his plan also involves [[spoiler:blowing up the U.S. Capitol building during a court hearing]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: As is standard for Lex. He's perfectly willing to cause untold death and destruction for his own personal vendetta all the while believing that he is justified in doing so. His reasoning also seems to be based on his belief that others shouldn't have a savior when he didn't.
* {{Jerkass}}: Meeting a man in a wheelchair whilst sitting in a far superior wheelchair is a pretty dick move, even if he did offer it to the man as a gift. [[spoiler:Ultimately, however, he kills him, kills Senator Finch, his own bodyguard, and destroys the Capitol... aka ''mass treason''.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: His cynical view of beloved figures like Superman isn't entirely without reason. As powerful and well-meaning as Superman is, there are still plenty of people he fails to rescue. Granted, if Superman was completely flawless, then there'd be no need for the Justice League.
* KickTheDog: Frequently. Highlights include gleefully showing Clark pictures of his mother held captive, letting [[spoiler:Senator Finch]] know about the bomb moments before it goes off and boasting about how he fooled Bruce by making him feel responsible for the death of his
* KillTheGod: He basically sees Superman as a god, and fully intended to kill him.
* KnightOfCerebus: In spite of his surface-thin goofy demeanor, he manages to be '''worse''' than [[GeneralRipper Zod]]. [[spoiler:Blowing up the Senate hearing firmly establishes him as this.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Lex ''hates'' Superman, and is willing to do anything to screw with him. [[spoiler:Like blowing up a Senate hearing full of innocent people, including his own bodyguard.]] He even created Doomsday and unleashed him upon Metropolis with no thought for the number of innocent lives that might get caught in the crossfire.
* LaughablyEvil: It's pretty difficult to take Lex seriously due to his EvilIsHammy moments.
* LargeHam: Lex has a very high-energy personality, which he uses to mask his sinister nature.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He gets what's coming to him ''big time'' by the end of the film. After [[spoiler:blowing up a Senate hearing, kidnapping Martha Kent, manipulating Superman and Batman into
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYr0U8lY7U0 "The Red Capes Are Coming"]], traditional classical elegance in the hands of a madman.
* LightIsNotGood: He is a VillainWithGoodPublicity and his white clothing befits this.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He starts out with long hair, but [[spoiler:at the end of ''Dawn of Justice'', it gets shaved off when he's sent to prison]].
* MadScientist: Beyond animated versions, is the only onscreen Luthor to reconcile the original mad scientist iteration of the character with the corrupt CEO version that's become more popular in the last few decades, though he's not shown having scientific acumen on-screen and his inventions involve using Kryptonian tech rather than his own.
* ManipulativeBastard: Skilled enough that he's able to convince the government into allowing him full access to both Zod's body, and the Kryptonian scout ship. And that's not even mentioning the fact that he manipulates public opinion against Superman through intimidation or corruption of witnesses, and is able to dupe the world's greatest detective into fighting the Man of Steel. Swerves into SmugSnake territory when he gloats about how this wasn't even particularly hard for him to do.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: [[spoiler:His post-credits cameo in ''Justice League'' and ''Zack Snyder's Justice League'' shows him lounging on a private yacht surrounded by attractive women and wearing a finer suit, bearing a near-identical semblance to his 1980s incarnation.]]
* MaskOfSanity:
** He sports one and it's just barely able to conceal the full level of horror lying beneath the surface. It finally drops when he confronts Superman, showing him as being frothing-at-the-mouth crazy.
** [[spoiler:Inverted in the Ultimate Edition. Luthor tells Batman that he's going to plead insanity and get off with a lighter sentence, but Batman counters that he's arranged for him to be sent to Arkham Asylum.]]
* MotorMouth: Standard trait for a character played by Jesse Eisenberg.
* TheNapoleon: Lex is a head shorter than both Batman and Superman. The height difference is exaggerated with Superman floating while Lex tough-talks him.
* {{Narcissist}}: He fits this trope like a glove. He's convinced of his genius and that he knows Superman's true nature, he's incredibly self-absorbed, seeing no issue with making the world pay for his awful childhood, works hard to maintain a benevolent image, he loves praise and being the center of attention and he has absolutely no empathy. Jesse Eisenberg himself describes Luther as "a narcissist of the highest order".
* {{Naytheist}}: The abuse he suffered at the hands of his father led him to believe that either God was not powerful enough to stop it from happening or simply didn't care. This is a key factor in his hatred of Superman.
-->'''Lex:''' See, what we call God depends on our tribe, Clark Joe, 'cause God is tribal, God takes sides. No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from Daddy's fist and abominations! I figured it out way back! If God is all-powerful, he cannot be all-good. And if he is all-good, then he cannot be all-powerful...and neither can you be. They need to see the fraud that you are. With their eyes. The blood on your hands.
* NerdInEvilsHelmet: Lex [[AdaptationalWimp isn't]] {{the Chessmaster}} of the comics but an obsessive rich dweeb who feels worthless with a person like Superman around and convinces himself that Supes is the DarkMessiah and needs to be killed by "The Bat". Worse still, this Lex creates a MonstrousHumanoid just so he can kill Superman without even considering what's going to happen to everyone once Supes is killed and the monster left unchallenged. Of course Lex in comics and other media has aligned with the likes of Brainiac to do the same so it fits.
* NervesOfSteel: Say what you want about Lex, but he's no coward. He shows no fear in dealing with Superman and doesn't flinch when face to face with Batman alone in his cell. The only times when this is subverted are when he finds out he's going to Arkham and when he is dealing with [[spoiler:Deathstroke]], whom he knows better than to piss off.
* NonActionBigBad: He never fights Batman or Superman directly, but he's very intelligent and cunning and uses that to his advantage.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Lex really seems to like getting close to people to intimidate them and doesn't seem to care about their discomfort as seen in his interactions with Senator Finch and the way he shoves a Jolly Rancher into Senator Barrow's mouth. When he has Lois captive, he even sniffs her hair, which she reacts to with disgust.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Make no mistake, despite his foolish antics and childish behaviour, this version of Lex Luthor is a dangerously crafty opponent and a master manipulator. [[spoiler:He expertly plays every party, and has them doing exactly what he wants, even if they know he's not completely trustworthy. He also manages to not only manipulate both Superman and Batman into fighting, but neither of them even know it until it's almost too late. Luthor even knows both of the heroes' identities. And when Superman does confront him, Luthor has already engineered the situation so that, no matter what, Superman has to do what he says. And that doesn't even get into the fact that, at the end of the day, this is the only iteration of Luthor that actually manages to score a definite victory over Superman.]]
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He uses the already existing fears of Superman as a threat to the world (and [[{{Pride}} his ego]]), but this [[spoiler:immediately leads him down the slippery slope of killing massive numbers of innocent people, setting a monster with mass destruction powers loose, committing treason to his government, and helping an alien entity that has the capacity to eventually conquer Earth]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: PlayedWith. The bubbly, quirky goofball persona that he presents to the public, is merely a mask for an infinitely more sinister and devilish nature. But it could also be his mental instability making itself more clear. It's very ambiguous as to which parts are his cover, and which parts are simply his mental instability.
* OhCrap: Twice, both times because of Batman.
** The first is [[spoiler:Luthor answering the phone, expecting Knyazev to inform him about Martha being killed. Instead, he gets this reaction when Batman answers.]]
** [[spoiler:He went from smug to horrified upon hearing Batman arranged for him to be sent to [[BedlamHouse Arkham Asylum]] in the Ultimate Edition of ''[=BvS=]''.]]
* ParentalIssues: His wrathful hatred of Superman partly stems from the [[AbusiveParents psychological abuse inflicted upon him by his father]] and how there was no "god" to save him. Because of this, [[ItsAllAboutMe he believes a godly figure like Superman should answer to him]], and that it's his humanitarian duty to expose Superman as being a fraud.
* PracticallyJoker: [[Creator/JesseEisenberg Jesse Eisenberg's]] eccentric portrayal of ComicBook/LexLuthor in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' came off a lot like [[Creator/HeathLedger Heath Ledger's]] portrayal of the Joker in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. He has the stringy hair, disheveled appearance, AxCrazy demeanor, and he's an expert strategist with a nihilistic worldview.
** The comparison is even alluded to in-universe, as when Deathstroke comments to Luthor's insanity, he goes with the phrase "a few clowns short of a circus".
* PsychopathicManchild: What you get when a tyrannical, petty little {{Cloudcuckoolander}} is put in a position of power.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: The main reason behind his hatred of Superman. Since God did nothing to intervene against his father's abuse, Lex developed a hatred of him, believing that God was either not powerful enough to stop it or simply didn't care.
* RuleOfSymbolism: His hair is like the plainclothes equivalent of a supervillain's mask. Once his crimes are made public, it's shaved off.
* {{Sadist}}: It's clear that Lex takes immense pleasure in the pain he causes Superman and anyone else who gets in his way as seen when he shows Clark the pictures of his kidnapped mother and he also seems to take pride in the way he pushed Bruce over the edge.
* SanitySlippage: Zigzagged. This version of Luthor is noticeably more unhinged than many of his comic counterparts and he lapses into AxeCrazy behavior at times, but he nonetheless maintains a fairly calculating mindset.
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Introduced to the DCEU in its second film entry.
* SecretSecretKeeper: He's known about Superman and Batman's real identities for some time, which allows him to stir up trouble for both without either suspecting it. When he reveals this knowledge to one and then the other, he's openly gloating about it.
** After breaking out of Arkham Asylum, he leaks his knowledge of Batman's true identity to Deathstroke out of vengeance.
* SmugSmiler: Lex is full of self-satisfied smirks and grins.
* TheSociopath: A {{manipulative|Bastard}}, InsufferableGenius who will do anything to screw with Superman and Batman. [[spoiler:Like blowing up a Senate hearing full of innocent people with Bruce's former employee as the patsy.]]
* SoreLoser: By his own admission, Lex doesn't really know how to lose.
* SweetTooth: He eats Jolly Ranchers at one point, and pokes one into Senator Barrows' mouth ("It's cherry!").
* TechBro: Instead of being the well-dressed, poised Lex Luthor usually seen in adaptations, this Lex is a casually-dressed, bratty, awkward and almost campy younger man. He's still in charge of a very rich tech company though, which gives him vast resources with which to oppose Superman.
* ThinChinOfSin: As he's played by Jesse Eisenberg, this is a given.
* TimeForPlanB: Following the theft of his Kryptonite sample by Batman, Luthor decides to use the Kryptonian scout ship's A.I., the ship's genesis chamber and Zod's body to create Doomsday to make up for it and provide himself with another way to kill Superman.
* {{Troll}}: He could give the Joker a run for his money. After being denied an import licence by Senator Finch, Luthor leaves her a jar of liquid that could be either peach tea or urine, [[spoiler:and then he blows her up]].
* UncertainDoom: No glimpse of any BadFuture thus far has shown Lex in any way whatsoever, meaning he may simply have been killed in the mess [[KarmicDeath he helped create]]. As mentioned on [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DCExtendedUniverse the franchise's What Could Have Been page]], he was planned to [[spoiler:be killed by the now-corrupt Superman on Darkseid's orders after he conquers the earth]], suggesting he is indeed a PosthumousCharacter in the Knightmare sequences.
* TheUnfettered: Goes to '''very''' scary lengths to to try and kill Superman.
* UngratefulBastard: Clark saving him from being turned into paste by Doomsday doesn't seem to have done anything to change Lex's animosity towards him.
* UnknownRival: He absolutely detests Superman and will go to any length to destroy him but Clark is unaware of his involvement until the final act of [=BvS=], thinking of Bruce as the bigger threat, and seemed to regard Lex as nothing more than an annoying businessman at first. After Lex kidnaps and threatens his mother however, he starts to view him with absolute hatred.
* VerbalTic: He regularly peppers his lines with "Hmmmm".
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:He's alerted to the imminent arrival of Darkseid, after being exposed to the Kryptonian scout ship's records and seeing a vision of Steppenwolf. After being arrested, Batman physically threatens Luthor and leaves him hysterically screaming about how ''"The bells can't be unrung!"'', and making ringing noises.]]
* VillainInAWhiteSuit: The color white is present in much of Lex's apparel; including his suits, shirts, lab coats and the like. Fits his role as a wealthy, manipulative villain.
* VillainousUnderdog: In classic Lex fashion, he's a normal human going up against both a superpowered being and a vigilante with decades of experience. Further emphasized by his being much shorter and skinnier than the tall and massively built Batman and Superman with either one able to snap him in half like a twig.
* VillainousValor: For all of Lex's flaws, he's not a coward. He has no fear going up against or provoking Superman and doesn't flinch when trapped in a cell with Batman, not even when Bruce takes out his branding device.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity:
* WealthyYachtOwner: [[spoiler:He has a meeting with Deathstroke on his private yacht to discuss the creation of a LegionOfDoom in the post-credits scene of ''Justice League''. The topic is changed to Batman's secret identity in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''.]]
* WesternTerrorists: [[spoiler:Blowing up the Senate marks him as one of these.]]
* XanatosGambit: His plan is one of these. Either Superman kills Batman, in which case the world turns against him and sees him as a violent authoritarian (no longer "all good"), or Batman kills Superman and Lex sees his enemy dead (no longer "all power"). His plan very nearly succeeds, and even when the fight ends with no fatalities, he has Doomsday waiting in the wings to finish the job.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: He utterly ''loathes'' Superman for, in his view, seeming altruistic to cover his evil nature, even though that's exactly what he's been doing as well. Similarly, for all the hatred he has of his father, he's become far more like him than he'd probably like to admit, giving the impression of being a noble philanthropist while secretly being a cruel
* YoungerAndHipper: Luthor is normally depicted as somewhat older, but is now in his early 30s like Superman. Jesse Eisenberg is a few months younger than Henry Cavill, making him the first actor playing Lex to
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/TaoOkamoto
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alondra Hidalgo (Latin-American Spanish), Nerea Alfonso (European Spanish), Ami Yamoto (Japanese)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
Lex Luthor's right-hand woman.
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alondra Hidalgo (Latin-American Spanish), Nerea Alfonso (European Spanish), Ami Yamoto (Japanese)
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->''"You know, dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating stale crackers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in a parade and wave flowers at tyrants."''
--->-- '''Lex Luthor'''
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* AdaptationalWimp: The comic version of Mercy is a super strong Amazon, this version appears to be a mere human, like her original animated incarnation, though she lacks the fighting skills of even that version. In fact, this version of Mercy takes after her counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in being a personal assistant for Luthor, not his bodyguard.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Usually portrayed with brown or blonde hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and a [[TheStoic stoic]] personality means she fits this trope like a glove.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
* IronicName: [[spoiler:Lex leads ''Mercy'' to her early [[{{Pun}} grave]] without a second thought]].
* NotSoStoic: She looks uncomfortable during the [[spoiler:senate hearing, clearly realizing something is wrong when Lex isn't with her. She is proven correct when she and everyone else die when the bomb goes off]].
* NumberTwo: She is Luthor's closest assistant.
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being featured prominently in several scenes, she doesn't get much characterization [[spoiler:before dying in the explosion at the Capitol]].
* AdaptationDyeJob: Usually portrayed with brown or blonde hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and a [[TheStoic stoic]] personality means she fits this trope like a glove.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
* IronicName: [[spoiler:Lex leads ''Mercy'' to her early [[{{Pun}} grave]] without a second thought]].
* NotSoStoic: She looks uncomfortable during the [[spoiler:senate hearing, clearly realizing something is wrong when Lex isn't with her. She is proven correct when she and everyone else die when the bomb goes off]].
* NumberTwo: She is Luthor's closest assistant.
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being featured prominently in several scenes, she doesn't get much characterization [[spoiler:before dying in the explosion at the Capitol]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: The comic version of Mercy is a super strong Amazon, this version appears AbusiveParents: He used to be a mere human, like her original animated incarnation, though she lacks abuse his son violently.
-->'''Lex:''' No man in thefighting skills of even that version. In fact, this version of Mercy takes after her sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from daddy's fist and abominations!
* AdaptationNameChange: He's been named both Jules and Lionel the few times he was depicted in the comics. Originally the only Alexander Luthor Sr. was the heroic counterpart from Earth-3 (until the New 52).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Put on the guise of a savvy businessman and devoted father who rose up from nothing, but in''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in being a personal assistant for Luthor, not secret was emotionally unstable and took it out on his bodyguard.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Usually portrayed with brown or blonde hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and a [[TheStoic stoic]] personality means she fits this trope like a glove.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
son.
* IronicName:[[spoiler:Lex leads ''Mercy'' Same deal as his son. Specifically, his bad parenting directly caused Lex to her early [[{{Pun}} grave]] without be a second thought]].
monster who nearly destroyed mankind.
*NotSoStoic: She looks uncomfortable during PosthumousCharacter: He died 15 years before the [[spoiler:senate hearing, clearly realizing something is wrong when Lex isn't with her. She is proven correct when she present-day events of ''Batman v. Superman'', and everyone else die when the bomb goes off]].
* NumberTwo: Shehe is Luthor's closest assistant.
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being featured prominently inmentioned several scenes, she doesn't get much characterization [[spoiler:before dying times in the explosion at film.
* RagsToRiches: Through sheer grit and ferocity, he managed to carve an empire out of theCapitol]].company after emigrating from East Germany.
* ShrineToTheFallen: Sort of. For some reason, Lex kept his father's living room exactly as it was before his death.
--> '''Lex:''' This was his room, I kept it just the same. Maybe one day daddy'll come back if I just keep everything the same. Mmmh, that is silly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Due to his abuses on Lex, he's at least partly responsible for his son's [[DrivenToVillainy descent into madness and villainy]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: While he was a cruel father, he managed to endear himself to the public by claiming that [=LexCorp=] was named after his son. Given that Lex Jr kept this facade up even after his death it's possible that his father's image had become the lynch-pin of the company.
-->'''Lex:''' No man in the
* AdaptationNameChange: He's been named both Jules and Lionel the few times he was depicted in the comics. Originally the only Alexander Luthor Sr. was the heroic counterpart from Earth-3 (until the New 52).
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Put on the guise of a savvy businessman and devoted father who rose up from nothing, but in
* AdaptationDyeJob: Usually portrayed with brown or blonde hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and a [[TheStoic stoic]] personality means she fits this trope like a glove.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
* IronicName:
*
* NumberTwo: She
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being featured prominently in
* RagsToRiches: Through sheer grit and ferocity, he managed to carve an empire out of the
* ShrineToTheFallen: Sort of. For some reason, Lex kept his father's living room exactly as it was before his death.
--> '''Lex:''' This was his room, I kept it just the same. Maybe one day daddy'll come back if I just keep everything the same. Mmmh, that is silly.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Due to his abuses on Lex, he's at least partly responsible for his son's [[DrivenToVillainy descent into madness and villainy]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: While he was a cruel father, he managed to endear himself to the public by claiming that [=LexCorp=] was named after his son. Given that Lex Jr kept this facade up even after his death it's possible that his father's image had become the lynch-pin of the company.
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Katia Elizarova, Gem Refoufi, Leila Reid, Suan Li-Ong, Tina Balthazar, Penny Lane
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' | ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''
Lex Luthor's personal attendants.
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!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Katia Elizarova, Gem Refoufi, Leila Reid, Suan Li-Ong, Tina Balthazar, Penny Lane
Creator/TaoOkamoto
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alondra Hidalgo (Latin-American Spanish), Nerea Alfonso (European Spanish), Ami Yamoto (Japanese)
!!!'''Appearances:'''''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' | ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague''
''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
Lex Luthor'spersonal attendants.right-hand woman.
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Alondra Hidalgo (Latin-American Spanish), Nerea Alfonso (European Spanish), Ami Yamoto (Japanese)
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* BodyguardBabes: A squad of professional bodyguards that look like supermodels. One of them is even shown swimming in a nearby pool.
* DecompositeCharacter: The blonde bodyguards bear a strong resemblance to Mercy Graves as she appears in other media, most notably in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* LovelyAngels: When Deathstroke meets up with Lex, the businessman is flanked on either side by a blonde woman and a black woman.
* NavelDeepNeckline: A few of them wear plunging necklines.
* DecompositeCharacter: The blonde bodyguards bear a strong resemblance to Mercy Graves as she appears in other media, most notably in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
* LovelyAngels: When Deathstroke meets up with Lex, the businessman is flanked on either side by a blonde woman and a black woman.
* NavelDeepNeckline: A few of them wear plunging necklines.
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* BodyguardBabes: A squad of professional bodyguards that look like supermodels. One of them is even shown swimming in a nearby pool.
* DecompositeCharacter:AdaptationalWimp: The blonde bodyguards bear comic version of Mercy is a super strong resemblance to Mercy Graves as she Amazon, this version appears to be a mere human, like her original animated incarnation, though she lacks the fighting skills of even that version. In fact, this version of Mercy takes after her counterpart in other media, most notably ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
being a personal assistant for Luthor, not his bodyguard.
*LovelyAngels: When Deathstroke meets up AdaptationDyeJob: Usually portrayed with Lex, the businessman is flanked on either side by a brown or blonde woman hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and ablack [[TheStoic stoic]] personality means she fits this trope like a glove.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
* IronicName: [[spoiler:Lex leads ''Mercy'' to her early [[{{Pun}} grave]] without a second thought]].
* NotSoStoic: She looks uncomfortable during the [[spoiler:senate hearing, clearly realizing something is wrong when Lex isn't with her. She is proven correct when she and everyone else die when the bomb goes off]].
* NumberTwo: She is Luthor's closest assistant.
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
*NavelDeepNeckline: A few of them wear plunging necklines.WeHardlyKnewYe: Despite being featured prominently in several scenes, she doesn't get much characterization [[spoiler:before dying in the explosion at the Capitol]].
* DecompositeCharacter:
*
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: She has very few things in common with her comic book counterpart and most versions (particularly the DCAU version) outside of her name and association with Luthor. She's portrayed as his secretary/assistant instead of his bodyguard/chauffeur.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Black hair and a
* AmbiguouslyEvil: How much she knows about Luthor's plot isn't clear. She's present in his acquisition of Zod's corpse and the kryptonite - all of which were being gathered for the purpose of building weapons to deter Superman - but at the same time she was [[spoiler: completely unaware that he'd planted a bomb in the Capitol building]].
* IronicName: [[spoiler:Lex leads ''Mercy'' to her early [[{{Pun}} grave]] without a second thought]].
* NotSoStoic: She looks uncomfortable during the [[spoiler:senate hearing, clearly realizing something is wrong when Lex isn't with her. She is proven correct when she and everyone else die when the bomb goes off]].
* NumberTwo: She is Luthor's closest assistant.
* RaceLift: Averted. She's Caucasian in the original comics continuity, but Asian-American in the New 52 comics.
* SatelliteCharacter: The film never gives her much depth outside of being Luthor's NumberTwo [[spoiler:to the point that during the senate hearing she seems a little uncomfortable about the fact that Luthor isn't with her. This is the first sign that something's about to go very wrong]].
* TheStoic: She has a calm and serious demeanor.
* StoicSpectacles: A [[TheStoic stoic]] glasses wearing woman.
*
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[[folder:Anatoli Knyazev]]
!!''Anatoli Knyazev''
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!!''Anatoli Knyazev''
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->''"Drop it. I said DROP IT! I'll kill her! BELIEVE ME I'LL DO IT!"''
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->''"Drop it. I said DROP IT! I'll kill her! BELIEVE ME I'LL DO IT!"''
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!!''Anatoli Knyazev''
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!!''Anatoli Knyazev''
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->''"Drop it. I said DROP IT! I'll kill her! BELIEVE ME I'LL DO IT!"''
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Enemies and villains faced primarily by [[Characters/DCEUSuperman Clark Kent / Superman]].
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: As Kryptonians, they can survive and breathe into the vaccum of space without problem, provided they're exposed to a yellow sun. Note that in their native environment, they are ''not'' superpowered, apart from [[HeavyWorlder being naturally stronger due to Krypton's heavier gravity]]. Before Earth's sun supercharges their biology, they still need spacesuits, vehicles, and fight with (highly advanced) guns.
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* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The original [=KGBeast=] was, obviously, a [[DirtyCommunists Dirty Commie]] and part of an organization that no longer exists. Anatoli is instead depicted as a Russian mercenary part of a group analogous to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group Wagner PMC]], a state-supported paramilitary group that first came to prominence in 2015 for their involvement in Ukraine and Syria, and later extended their operations to Libya and various Sub-Saharan African countries. He also has Mafiya tattoos to reflect his likely origin as a soldier-turned-gangster-turned-mercenary in reference to Russia's turbulent history in the 1990s.
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* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The original [=KGBeast=] was, obviously, a [[DirtyCommunists Dirty Commie]] and part of an organization that no longer exists. Anatoli is instead depicted as a Russian mercenary part of a group analogous to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group Wagner PMC]], a state-supported paramilitary group that first came to prominence in 2015 for their involvement in Ukraine and Syria, and later extended their operations to Libya and various Sub-Saharan African countries. He also has Mafiya tattoos to reflect his likely origin as a soldier-turned-gangster-turned-mercenary in reference to Russia's turbulent history in the 1990s. The tattoos themselves imply he's a far-right Orthodox Russian ultranationalist instead of a far-left political extremist, which is also more fitting for the film's late 2010s setting.
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* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The original [=KGBeast=] was, obviously, a DirtyCommie [[DirtyCommunists Dirty Commie]] and part of an organization that no longer exists. Anatoli is instead depicted as a Russian mercenary part of a group analogous to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group Wagner PMC]], a state-supported paramilitary group that first came to prominence in 2015 for their involvement in Ukraine and Syria, and later extended their operations to Libya and various Sub-Saharan African countries. He also has Mafiya tattoos to reflect his likely origin as a soldier-turned-gangster-turned-mercenary in reference to Russia's turbulent history in the 1990s.
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* ReimagingTheArtifact: ReimaginingTheArtifact: The original [=KGBeast=] was, obviously, a DirtyCommie and part of an organization that no longer exists. Anatoli is instead depicted as a Russian mercenary part of a group analogous to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group Wagner PMC]], a state-supported paramilitary group that first came to prominence in 2015 for their involvement in Ukraine and Syria, and later extended their operations to Libya and various Sub-Saharan African countries. He also has Mafiya tattoos to reflect his likely origin as a soldier-turned-gangster-turned-mercenary in reference to Russia's turbulent history in the 1990s.
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* CoveredWithScars: Unlike his comic book incarnation who has a healing factor, this version of Doomsday looks quite ravaged.
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* AdaptationalAchillesHeel: Doomsday's weakness to Kryptonite was never mentioned in the comics, with Superman and his allies having to rely on increasingly elaborate methods to kill the monster. Given this version of Doomsday is a newborn, the weakness makes more sense.
* AdaptationalContextChange: In regards of his name. In the original story he debuted in, Booster Gold described the creature’s rampage as “It’s like doomsday up in here!”. In this film, Lex describes the monster as “Your doomsday!” (while talking to Superman) referencing how he was created solely to kill him and keeping up with this Lex’s penchant for religious terms.
* AdaptationalContextChange: In regards of his name. In the original story he debuted in, Booster Gold described the creature’s rampage as “It’s like doomsday up in here!”. In this film, Lex describes the monster as “Your doomsday!” (while talking to Superman) referencing how he was created solely to kill him and keeping up with this Lex’s penchant for religious terms.
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* AdaptationalAchillesHeel: Doomsday's weakness to Kryptonite was never mentioned in the comics, with where Superman and his allies having have to rely on increasingly either elaborate methods or raw brute force to kill the monster. Given this version of Doomsday is a newborn, the weakness makes more sense.
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* AdaptationalContextChange: In regardsof to his name. In the original story he debuted in, Booster Gold described the creature’s rampage as “It’s like doomsday up in here!”. In this film, Lex describes the monster as “Your doomsday!” (while talking to Superman) referencing how he was created solely to kill him and keeping up with this Lex’s penchant for religious terms.
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* CameBackStrong: Doomsday was born from Zod's remains.
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* CameBackWrong: Doomsday has [[DumbMuscle none of Zod's strategic mind or Lex Luthor's intelligence]] nor the same speed as Zod, but he exaggerates Zod's AxCrazy BloodKnight tendencies. Interestingly he seems to possess Zod's heat vision, his weakness to Kryptonite, and even some of his memories.
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* CameBackStrong: Not only does Doomsday was born has a much stronger version of a Kryptonian’s basic powerset, with the exception of {{flight}} and SuperSpeed, but he also has a few unique abilities of his own, which includes a BreathWeapon version of [[EyeBeams a Kryptonian’s heat vision]], a weak HealingFactor and the ability to generate a massive energy dome with enough power to level whole city blocks and is large enough to be seen from Zod's remains.
outer space, once he’s absorbed enough energy.
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* KnightOfCerebus: In a film franchise teeming with some truly heinous villains, Doomsday is one of the few that can hold claim to killing Superman. An act that only [[spoiler: the fully-synchronised Motherboxes]] managed to replicate.
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* KnightOfCerebus: In a film franchise teeming with some truly heinous villains, Doomsday is one of the few that can hold claim avclaim to killing Superman. An act that only [[spoiler: the fully-synchronised Motherboxes]] Motherboxes in the Snyder cut]] managed to replicate.
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* NighInvulnerable: He survives being hit with a nuclear warhead and continues to take significant amounts of punishment after that. In fact attacking him with energy simply makes him ''stronger'' as he absorbs it (after seeing what the nuke did to him the military realizes they can't attack him at all without making him a even bigger threat). He basically takes Superman's normal ability to gain strength from sunlight and exaggerates it. And bear in mind that the climax of the film takes place at night.
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** ''Justice League'' has Bruce Wayne tracking down the metahumans that Lex Luthor had files on in the hopes of uniting all of Earth's forces to fend off future threats more effectively. The Snyder Cut goes the extra mile by showing that when Doomsday impaled Superman, he let out a death cry that was detected by the Motherboxes, galvanising the New Gods of Apokolips and bringing Earth one step closer to the Knightmare future that Bruce envisioned.
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Superman's Rogues Gallery ([[Characters/DCEUGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCEULexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld Gotham Underworld]] | [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXTargets Task Force X - Targets]] | [[Characters/DCEUWonderWomansRoguesGallery Wonder Woman's Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/DCEUAres Ares]]) | [[Characters/DCEUApokolips Apokolips]] ([[Characters/DCEUSteppenwolf Steppenwolf]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazamsRoguesGallery SHAZAM's Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/DCEUDoctorSivana Dr. Sivana]]) | [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] ([[Characters/DCEUOceanMaster Ocean Master]], [[Characters/DCEUBlackManta Black Manta]]) | [[Characters/DCEUMinorVillainsAndCriminals Minor Villains and Criminals]]-]]]]]
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Superman's Rogues Gallery ([[Characters/DCEUGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCEULexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/DCEUGothamUnderworld Gotham Underworld]] | [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXTargets Task Force X - Targets]] | [[Characters/DCEUWonderWomansRoguesGallery Wonder Woman's Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/DCEUAres Ares]]) | [[Characters/DCEUApokolips Apokolips]] ([[Characters/DCEUSteppenwolf ([[Characters/DCEUDarkseid Darkseid]], [[Characters/DCEUSteppenwolf Steppenwolf]]) | [[Characters/DCEUShazamsRoguesGallery SHAZAM's Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/DCEUDoctorSivana Dr. Sivana]]) | [[Characters/DCEUOtherSupervillains Other Supervillains]] ([[Characters/DCEUOceanMaster Ocean Master]], [[Characters/DCEUBlackManta Black Manta]]) | [[Characters/DCEUMinorVillainsAndCriminals Minor Villains and Criminals]]-]]]]]
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* BaddieFlattery:
** She's impressed with [[BadassNormal Colonel Hardy]]'s bravery when he takes out a knife to try and fight her. She even [[WorthyOpponent draws her own knife]] so as to meet him on his own terms, and delivers a pretty cool PreAsskickingOneLiner before moving in for the kill.
--->''"A good death is its own reward."''
** Even before that, she seems pretty impressed that he stood up to her when attempting to take Lois to the ship.
--->'''Faora:''' Should I tell the General you are unwilling to comply?\\
'''Hardy:''' I don't care ''what'' you tell him.
** She's impressed with [[BadassNormal Colonel Hardy]]'s bravery when he takes out a knife to try and fight her. She even [[WorthyOpponent draws her own knife]] so as to meet him on his own terms, and delivers a pretty cool PreAsskickingOneLiner before moving in for the kill.
--->''"A good death is its own reward."''
** Even before that, she seems pretty impressed that he stood up to her when attempting to take Lois to the ship.
--->'''Faora:''' Should I tell the General you are unwilling to comply?\\
'''Hardy:''' I don't care ''what'' you tell him.
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* YouGotSpunk:
** She's impressed with [[BadassNormal Colonel Hardy]]'s bravery when he takes out a knife to try and fight her. She even [[WorthyOpponent draws her own knife]] so as to meet him on his own terms, and delivers a pretty cool PreAsskickingOneLiner before moving in for the kill.
--->''"A good death is its own reward."''
** Even before that, she seems pretty impressed that he stood up to her when attempting to take Lois to the ship.
--->'''Faora:''' Should I tell the General you are unwilling to comply?\\
'''Hardy:''' I don't care ''what'' you tell him.
** She's impressed with [[BadassNormal Colonel Hardy]]'s bravery when he takes out a knife to try and fight her. She even [[WorthyOpponent draws her own knife]] so as to meet him on his own terms, and delivers a pretty cool PreAsskickingOneLiner before moving in for the kill.
--->''"A good death is its own reward."''
** Even before that, she seems pretty impressed that he stood up to her when attempting to take Lois to the ship.
--->'''Faora:''' Should I tell the General you are unwilling to comply?\\
'''Hardy:''' I don't care ''what'' you tell him.
