History Characters / DextersLaboratoryJusticeFriends

** Comrade Red: [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull

* CastFullOfExpies: As with the superheroes, they are pastiches of (largely Marvel) supervillain teams.
** Comrade Red: Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull
** Disgruntled Postman: Characters/BatmanTheJoker
** Dr. Diablos: Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom

* CastOfExpies: All of them

** Phan Tone: [[ComicBook/TheVision Vision]] with DC'sComicBook/{{Deadman}}

* CompositeCharacter: The group's name is a portmanteau of the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] and the WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} from Creator/DCComics, but the cast is largely derived from Creator/MarvelComics superheroes, particularly [[ComicBook/TheAvengers]]

** Phan Tone: [[ComicBook:TheVision Vision]] with DC'sComicBook/{{Deadman}}

** Ratman: ComicBook/Batman

[[folder:Major Glory]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen

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[[folder:Comrade Red]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/RobPaulsen

* DirtyCommunists: He's a stereotypical Communist Russian.
* {{Expy}}: He is most likely based on Marvel Comics villain the ComicBook/RedSkull, since he's a supervillain with "Red" in his name and is the main foe of Major Glory, himself a parody of the Red Skull's nemesis Captain America. The Russian theme may also be a nod to DC Comics character Red Star.
* EvilCounterpart: He serves as a villainous version of Major Glory.
* HeelFaceTurn: Appears among Major Glory and the other ''Dexter's Laboratory'' heroes as a member of hero team A.W.S.M. in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Members Only".

[[folder:She-Thing]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/KathSoucie

* DatingCatwoman: In spite of being on opposite sides in the war against good and evil, she and Krunk fall in love with each other.
* DistaffCounterpart: She is essentially a female version of Krunk.
* EvilCounterpart: For all intents and purposes, she's an evil equivalent to Krunk.
* HulkMashUp: She's what ComicBook/SheHulk would be like if she were evil, dumb, and not related to the Hulk.

[[folder:Ratman]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/MauriceLaMarche

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: One that is invoked and commented on in-universe. He is a blatant spoof of Batman, but with his parents being SparedByTheAdaptation, instead simply being scared off by rats. After Ratman explains how the same rats took him in and cared for him, the Justice Friends are more confused than ever about him. Valhallen notes his story doesn't make sense because the rats are the ones who scared his parents away in the first place, and he doesn't really have any motivation for being a hero and "avenging his parents" since they aren't dead or anything.
* ArtEvolution: He has a cameo among the members of A.W.S.M. in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Members Only", where he's redesigned to look more like Batman, but with whiskers and differently-positioned pointy ears.
* BatmanParody: With the name just having the first letter changed to an R, he is a blatant Franchise/{{Batman}} spoof. His origin even involves losing his parents after leaving a movie theater, albeit not in a way that gets them killed.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He seems to think that his "tragic backstory" and costume is all it takes to be a crime-fighter, and when the Justice Friends are confused by his story, with Valhallen pointing out a few plot-holes that don't make sense and questioning his motivation for wanting to be a hero, he is just confused as to how they aren't getting that he's supposed to be a superhero.
-->'''Valhallen:''' Wait dude, your story don't add up. I mean, aren't the rats the ones who scared your parents away? Then... what, Ratman, what's the motivation here? Are you like, "avenging your parents" or...?\\
'''Ratman:''' What do you mean? I got the costume, the belt. What's not to get?
* HiddenDepths: He might be a fat ManChild and have a confusing origin story, but he actually does have some talents with machines. When the Justice Friends try to stop a boiler from blowing with brute force and completely fail, he simply tells them to stop playing with it and fixes it with a simple wrench.
* ManChild: He is self-described as "a mere child of 30".
-->'''Major Glory:''' You are a very disturbed little man. You do know that don't you?
* MrFixit: Much to his displeasure, the Justice Friends only let him join their team as their resident handyman, summoning him whenever they need him to repair something.
* NerdGlasses: He's socially inept and he wears glasses.
* RaisedByWolves: Parodied. After his parents were scared away by rats when he was old enough to live on his own, the same rats took him in as one of their own.

[[folder:Capital G]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TomKenny ("Rasslor"), Creator/GregEagles ("Last But Not Beast")

* {{Expy}}: Is likely based on Marvel's Black Goliath, being an African American with size-changing powers.
* SizeShifter: He usually uses his power to become gigantic, but at one point shrunk to try and extract Krunk's aching tooth.
* UltramanCopy: {{Downplayed}}. As a size-changing black hero who is a member of the Justice Friends, he more closely resembles Marvel Comics character Bill Foster/Black Goliath. However, his red/blue/white color scheme and goggles, coupled with him turning giant during the episode "Last But Not Beast" to fight the giant monster Badaxtra during the latter's rampage in Japan, give him a faint resemblance to Ultraman.