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[[folder:Dawg]]
!!Dawg
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* ADogNamedDog: ...self-explanatory, isn't it?
* ActionPet: Not very often but Dawg has had its piece of the action here and there.
* AlienAnimals: The pooch looks like an Earth's bulldog but is an alien.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: And in its case, even looks like one.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Dawg's care for Lobo is not very often well reciprocated.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Even though Lobo has stated it's ''not his fragg'n dawg'' when the baddie threats to hurt the mutt, the Czarnian often stands for him equally if the situation requires it.
* BullyBulldog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. For Dawg is, despite of its gruff appearance, ''waaay'' more social and friendly than his master.
* EvilDetectingDog: Its main job as you may expect, hanging around with a gruff, 'tuff as nails bounty hunter.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: [[CanineCompanion Dawg]]'s always there for Lobo, even if the latter doesn't care that much.
* {{Tanuki}}: A dog who can ''read'', smoke the same cigars his master do, drink and hang around in the CrapsackWorld Lobo often moves in.
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[[folder:Darlene Spritzer]]
!!Darlene Spritzer
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Darlene was a waitress at Al's. She is the main love interest of Lobo.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Although in her case it is only one-sided. Lobo likes her... ''very much'', but he has never been willing to form a significative bond.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lobo's exploits often leave her behind and down, nevertheless, she's always front and center for him.
* BerserkButton. Never...''EVER'' dare to say Lobo and her are JustFriends... even if is Lobo who says it over and over again.
* HumanAliens: She and Al may be human after all, but they always hang around in orbit.
* MsFanservice: Darlene shows cleavage-micro skirt-high heels combo in all of her outfits.
* ShoutOut: She can be seen as an [[TheNineties updated version]] of Creator/TexAvery's ''[[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]]''.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Although NinetiesAntiHero: [[invoked]] It wasn't up to 1990 that he was turned into an [[WordOfGod attempt of a parody to this sort of characters]]. Later played straight at times after he got a lot of MisaimedFandom popularity.
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Lobo's hair is been portrayed
in her case several different styles across many arcs and media.
** On several of his own arcs he had EightiesHair.
** He typically defaults to BarbarianLonghair.
** Way back in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'' he was a DreadlockWarrior. He also had this hairstyle in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
** His default usual style is ShonenHair that seems to stand up like porcupine quills all on its own.
* AliensAreBastards: Even though
it was all created as a twisted parody, Lobo checks every box without getting into the GalacticConqueror territory. He's simply a HairTriggerTemper [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk hedonistic ruff 'n tumble self-serving]] spacefaring scrapper who happens to be just a freakin' invincible soldier of fortune ready 'n steady for business, fun and everything in between.
* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Lobo embraces this trope wholeheartedly... InSpace
* AllYourPowersCombined: Check every NinetiesAntiHero he's a parody of, a BadassBiker with hellish traits like ComicBook/GhostRider, tall, all but impossibly buff and equipped with futuristic gadgets as ComicBook/{{Cable}}, tough as nails with HealingFactor as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, combat savvy and all-time packed like ComicBook/ThePunisher and insanely strong as the then revived ComicBook/TheMightyThor. His re-invention was a [[CompetingProductPotshot Take that, Marvel!]] so massive that even Creator/StanLee declared himself [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee an instant fan!]]
* AmusingAlien: An egotistical JerkAss with HairTriggerTemper who indulges in various forms of BlackComedy.
* AntiHero: Not the first example of this trope, but ''[[TropeCodifier the one]]'' who made the line between the outright VillainProtagonist and the HeroicComedicSociopath so blurry that nowadays
is nonexistent and by a long shot. All of this of course DependingOnTheWriter and on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.
* ArchEnemy: ''SEVERAL'' not counting practically every hero and villain in Franchise/TheDCU at one point or another, but the most common are Vril Dox II, the Omega Men, the Khunds, the Psions and Goldstar.
* AxCrazy: Lobo is a massive one, which explains his chosen profession of intergalactic hitman. He will gleefully fight anyone and anything including Superman, the Justice League, the Teen Titans or Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny (both last he murdered).
* BadassBiker: Lobo, the baddest bastich of them all, rides a motorcycle.
* TheBigGuy: Well over 6´4´´/300 lbs. Super-strong, combat savvy and impervious to harm.
* BloodbathVillainOrigin: He's actually the protagonist (one hesitates to say "hero" rather than the villain) a lot of the time, but Lobo's origin story checks each and every box on this trope.
* BloodKnight: Alien scrapper, mass murderer, miscreant, and dedicated wearer of leather and spikes who enjoys and indulges in good ole' fashion ass-whupping brawls as much as the next JerkAss and as often as he can have'em. Quite appropriate for a space biker, too.
** {{Hell}} itself rejected him for being too much of a troublemaker to deal with.
** WarriorHeaven [[Myth/NorseMythology Valhalla]], where the courageous dead fight all day, pull themselves back together at sunset, then feast and drink before they get some sleep so they can repeat the process the next day, kicked him out [[EveryoneHasStandards for being too violent...]] Let that one sink in for a bit!
* BloodlessCarnage: Lobo's enemies, for a time, had a vested interest in ''not'' making him bleed. [[FromASingleCell Because that
only one-sided. produced backup]].
* BloodyMurder: Of the "Blood Horrors" kind, At times,
Lobo likes her... posseses the ability to [[MookMaker spawn a full-sized clone]] [[FertileBlood from a single drop of blood]], though it was genetically removed by Vril Dox, his former employer in ''ComicBook/{{LEGION|DCComics}}'' Different writers have seen fit to bring it back or take it off, at their own discretion.
* BountyHunter: His main gig is to catch interstellar fugitives, whether they're [[PriceOnTheirHead running from the law or just rich crime lords]]. This as itself minimizes his range of action as a whole since he moonshines from time to time also as everything, from [[EliteMook Bodyguard]] to [[WarForFunAndProfit Mercenary]], PrivateDetective, PsychoForHire and even HunterOfMonsters. It's a job that basically allows him to be a complete {{Jerkass}} to everyone around him and still get paid.
* CatchPhrase:
** ''"Feetal's Gizz!"''
** ''"No one messes with The Main Man!"''
** ''"The Main Man always delivers!"''
** ''"The Main Man's word's his bond!"''
* CatchphraseInsult: Lobo often uses the {{Unusual Euphemis|m}}ms ''"Frag"'' and ''"Bastich"'' as derogatives.
* CigarChomper: Have you ever listened that one that BatmanCanBreatheInSpace? Well... that's wuzzy-pansy stuff, Lobo ''smokes'' and even is able to ''listen'' InSpace... somehow!
** He's so much into this that once [[DisproportionateRetribution he destroyed an entire planet]] for not finding a cigar of his liking.
* ClothingDamage: He has the ability to near instantly regenerate any damage done to his body, even from being reduced to a puddle. Unfortunately, his clothing doesn't grow back, often leaving him bare naked after, [[FullFrontalAssault and occasionally during]], his fights. Lobo seems to understand how this makes people feel, being depicted as [[BiggerIsBetterInBed "Generously endowed"]] and takes great pleasure in the discomfort his nudity brings to others.
* CombatPragmatist: The Main Man's word might be his bond but make no mistake, he's capable of ''anything'' no matter how down low, dirty, tricky or cheap to get the upper hand in a brawl.
* CoolBike: Tripling up as CoolStarship and TheWorkHorse, his ''"Spaz-Frag 666"'' is a fully equipped speeder that travels at [[FasterThanLightTravel warp speed]] and one time it was a fully functional TimeMachine. Faithful to its owner can be also a [[HammerSpace Flying Arsenal]] filled to the exhaust with several of the deadliest weapons in the known universe. It even [[AutomatedAutomobiles responds to his whistle commands!]]
* CostumeCopycat: In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, Lobo gets dramatically reinvented. Since "Classic Lobo" had already appeared in ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', it was explained that the existing character was a fake Lobo. This itself was eventually retconned.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Not just punch out, Lobo has ''obliterated'' powerful {{Cosmic Entit|y}}ies like Solaris, Starro and half of the Heavenly Hosts no less after face them in combat!
* DisneyDeath: Possibly the most badass of 'em all ever! Before he attained CompleteImmortality he had one of this across three incarnations, even had to fight against the Heavenly Hosts themselves so he could go back to normal.
* TheDreaded: Lobo is by far one of (if not ''the'') best BountyHunter actually in DC Comics. The kind of guy you don't want on your trail or mess around with for that matter.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Lobo was originally a no-nonsense villainous mercenary who debuted in [[ComicBook/OmegaMen an obscure title back in 1983]]. As a matter of fact, his race wasn't even Czarnian, but ''Velorpian'', a greedy and dangerous race that vowed that for every one of their own who was killed, they would spawn a hundred replacements. His hair was also purple and he tended to dress in a rather gaudy way using just a skin-tight orange/purple full-bodysuit.
* EvilerThanThou: His general reaction every time demons or hellish fiends come to subject is... more than predictable.
-->"An' this is yer far-famed Hell, huh? Gotta' say I seen shabbier!"
-->"Pucker up, ya [[ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} big-eared, yellow-bellied bastich!]] The Main Man's a-comin' -- an' he ain't takin' prisoners!"
* ExactWords: Lobo is a man of his word, his
''very much'', exact word''. Don't piss him off, or he'll merrily violate the spirit of a deal without violating the letter.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Expect this every time The Main Man wants to fulfill a contract on his mark... or someone just pissed him off... or anybody just crossed his path...
* FinishingStomp: Have you heard the saying "Kick them when they're down"? As you probably have guessed if you came this far, that never would be enough for Lobo.
* FlawExploitation: His ''ComicBook/New52'' self at ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', knowing ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is on the verge of a fit of rage, Lobo pushes all her {{Berserk Butto|n}}ns so [[BlindedByRage she cannot fight effectively]], and then he moves the fight to New York, thinking that she will not dare to fight in the middle of a city. Subverted because he made Kara so irrationally, blindingly furious that she couldn't think anything other than "Trash Lobo NOW!" However, he can't capitalize on her mistakes because she is too tough to be easily taken down, and her superior speed means her sloppy
but increasingly stronger blows eventually connect.
* {{Foil}}: He's Superman's opposite in nearly every meaningful way. They're both the last surviving members of their races, at least by official title given how Superman has other Kryptonians like ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' or Zod and his crew show up in his stories despite his "Last Son of Krypton" moniker. However, Superman is mostly moral and upstanding while Lobo is amoral, crude, and violent. What's more, Superman was sent to Earth as a baby and had no say or control over the fate of his people. Lobo, by contrast, killed off his own people because
he wanted to.
* FutureSlang: Lobo is prone to calling people "Fraggin' Bastiches," though the reference to actual swearing is decidedly obvious.
* GargleBlaster: Lobo
has never been willing depicted as TheAlcoholic, nevertheless there's an especial concoction called ''"Okaaran grape juice"'' that cause amnesia. Lobo restorsts on this when he really... ''really'' wants to form forget something. He doesn't have to worry about its secondary effects since thanks to his HealingFactor, he NeverGetsDrunk.
* GeniusBruiser: While he comes off as
a significative bond.
dimwitted oaf, Lobo is actually extremely intelligent. He once demonstrated the "genius" and "bruiser" parts simultaneously by calculating the speed at which the Flash was moving in his head, then hitting him at the right moment with enough force to bring him down.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: GoodThingYouCanHeal: He is able to regenerate [[FromASingleCell from even one remaining drop of blood]].
* GreaserDelinquents: At times, Lobo can be seen riding a sweet [[CoolCar Space Caddy]] instead of his CoolBike.
* HoistHeroOverHead: "The Ultimate Bastich" couldn't be complete without practicing this one, quite useful when interrogating the whereabouts of his next mark or just as an intimidation maneuver.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Main Man has risen hell in... well, [[{{Hell}} THE HELL!]] And it got so rowdy that the place's upper-brass had to ask {{Heaven}} to take Lobo back!
* HumanHammerThrow: Especially when assisted by his trusty-rusty [[ChainPain Chain]] 'n [[HooksAndCrooks Hook]].
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: If you want a not-so-sunny example of this trope, look at original-model Lobo. He hunted down and killed every single member of his own race... for fun! And a passing grade on his science project... which he gracefully gave himself.
** Furthermore, every time his SelfDuplication kicks in, he takes each and everyone of his clones down the hard way so no one can claim his position as "The Main Man".
** Recently he even accepted with gusto a contract against his own daughter, Crush, and the rest of the Teen Titans. The reasons are the pay is good and she is (Albeit, being half-Czarnian), the only thing messing with his LastOfHisKind title.
* IGaveMyWord: He won't kill you if he's promised not to, no matter how much he may hate you. Do note, however, that under the right circumstances, [[FateWorseThanDeath it's quite possible to survive multiple cases of dismemberment]].
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: His most recognizable and signature one is a [[ChainPain titanium alloy chain]] with [[HooksAndCrooks a large gutting hook connected at the end]] he uses akin to a BladeOnARope.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Does ''exterminate'' your entire civilization... as a science project ....ForTheEvulz counts?
* KavorkaMan: AwesomeByAnalysis. Lobo is not what any sensible female could call the best catch, nevertheless he surely has a way with ladies.
* KickedOutOfHeaven: Lobo was infamously kicked out of {{Heaven}}, {{Hell}} and even [[WarriorHeaven Valhalla]] because he was too much of a psychotic rowdy bastich for either side to stand.
* KryptoniteFactor: His is in fact a given, he might have acquired immortality but since one of his main abilities is [[TheNoseKnows Super Smell]], turns out several types of gases and toxins can render him unconscious or affect him severely.
* TheLancer: Definitely this on the spacefaring [[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N.]] team, and in ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' as the de-aged Slobo.
* LargeHam: Though his insanely over-macho dialogue tends to mask it, Lobo is this trope in spades!
* ListOfTransgressions:
Lobo's exploits often leave her behind list of crimes:
-->Wanted for crimes against the Galaxy including: Genocide ... Fratricide ... Patricide ... Matricide ... Impersonating a member of the Intergalactic Church of Truth ... Impersonating a member of the Green Lantern Corps ... Carrying a concealed thermo-nuclear device ... Breaking into the Justice League Satellite ... Fishing without a license ... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Jaywalking]] ... Grand theft plasma rocket ... Disturbance of the peace across three space sectors ... 1,978,643,896 unpaid parking permits ... Illegal bounty hunting ... Wanton destruction of government property ... Demolishing a city without a permit ... Reckless endangerment toward animals ... Hijacking ... Selling/distributing radioactive material to [[DeathbringerTheAdorable cute fluffy]] [[KillerRabbit bunny rabbits]] ... Noise infractions level 5.0 ... Illegally poaching Starros ... Bounty Huntering in a restricted zone ... Stepping on the grass ... [[TooMuchInformation Defecating in a public garden ...]] Loitering ... Advocating the overthrow of the heads of state ... Not honoring the bounty hunter code.
** Possibly the most disturbing thing about this list is that it suggests you ''can'' get a permit for demolishing a city. (More than likely, the offense didn't mean "non-licensed building demolitions".)
* LogicalWeakness: In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Lobo uses a sonic grenade to neutralize ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. On the one hand, it works
and down, nevertheless, Kara passes out because of the extreme pain. On the other hand, she's '''real''' mad when she comes to.
* ManlyFacialHair: Handlebar moustache and cool, long HotbloodedSideburns are his default, at times complete with a soul-patch.
* MetalHead: Lobo's look, wearing
always front a leather vest and center thick belt complete with [[SpikesOfVillainy spikes all over]], [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset demonic-looking skull betlbuckle and kneepads]], blue / black jeans, biker footwear, long black hair, handlebar mustache, long sideburns and alien facial features akin to "Cadaver make-up". It also has been stated this is his favored music style.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Has blown up several planets, at least one star system, countless species, and an entire universe. All by accident though (save his own planet; he destroyed it on purpose), owing to nothing but apathy and a habit of leaving high explosives lying around. Not that he wouldn't have blown them all up anyway given the chance...
* MisanthropeSupreme: Lobo's only concern is his welfare, having fun and party really hard, so he never has the time to socialize.... nor the interest into it. He's an all-bussines and none of the compassion kinda guy. So, the few times he has to form team-ups they're never permanent. If you happen not to be the one who contracted him or an impossibly attractive woman... your life expectancy is running dramatically short!
* MoreDakka: Lobo's also fond fo using as [[GatlingGood much fire-power]] as he can carry ...and that can be [[WalkingArmory A LOT!]] Ranging from {{Hand Canno|n}}ns to all but huge-ass {{BF|G}}Gs and at times a WeaponOfMassDestruction. Due to a combination of SuperStrength, ToonPhysics and HammerSpace, Lobo can be ''ridiculously'' packed if the situation calls it for.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Lobo's backstory is generally that he was an ''extremely'' belligerent member of a PerfectPacifistPeople he genocided on a whim. In a crossover miniseries with Superman, it's established that his people were just as ultraviolent as him, they just highly suppressed it. When a [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext cosmic tardigrade resurrects the Czarnians]], they all take the opportunity to express their repressed murderous tendencies by engineering superweapons of mass destruction of their own to use on each other. Turns out that [[PlanetOfHats they all wanted to murder everyone else]], Lobo just beat them to it.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Lobo's name in Khund means ''[[TranslationYes "He who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it."]]'' [[LampshadeHanging More than one character]] has thought it meant "wolf" as one would expect. It should perhaps be pointed out that these are not mutually exclusive.
* NominalHero: Most of the time, Lobo is portrayed as one instead of a SatireParodyPastiche of an unstoppable villain-full-stop. Considering that he is literally worse than Hitler, ''without any hyperbole involved'', [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed as he wiped out his own]] PillarsOfMoralCharacter
for him.
kicks and giggles when he was a teenager... this reveals a lot about media conventions in general.
* BerserkButton. Never...''EVER'' dare OffingTheOffspring: Lobo has a nasty habit of killing the long-lost children of his that he comes across during his bounty hunting missions. The only known child of the "main man" that he's accepted as his legitimate progeny is his half-Czarnian teenage daughter, Crush. Nevertheless, if it wasn't for the rest of the Teen Titans, Lobo was about to say fulfill a contract on her.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His main motivation to do.... well, ''anything!''
* PardonMyKlingon: Lobo uses the words and phrases "frag", "Feetal's Gizz" (foetal's gizzard maybe?) and "bastich" - mixture of bastard and (son of a) bitch - as generic swearwords.
* PersonaNonGrata: Lobo has been banned from heaven, hell, and ''even'' Valhalla! Making him functionally immortal because he will always come back from whichever afterlife he ends up in.
* PetTheDog: Lobo parodies this: he is a relentless killing machine who often kills his bounties instead of capturing them, yet at the same time has a soft spot for "space dolphins". But he ''did'' once spare ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s life because he felt he couldn't hurt somebody who loved dolphins as much as he did. He also displays an inexplicable fondness towards Ryan Choi and is the reason Ryan, as ComicBook/TheAtom, is inducted into the JLA, despite Batman's wishes for Ryan to not join.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Whether he's presented as a violent AntiHero parody or a snarky bad guy, Lobo is presented as [[HeManWomanHater misogynist and a pervert]] in the same way guys like Archie Bunker are, because it's funny and he's ''not'' the type of guy fans are supposed to emulate. He's made lewd comments to most of DC's power players and in one story, ripped Starfire's top off as "payment for services".
* ProfessionalKiller: Potentially and if the price is right, you know for damn sure that the Main Man [[TheDeterminator won't stop at nothing]] to [[ScarilyCompetentTracker get his mark]] ([[HeroKiller good]] or [[VillainKiller bad guy]]) and [[OnlyInItForTheMoney cash his dough]].
* PsychoKnifeNut: One of his many, many SuperheroSobriquets is ''"Mr. Machete"'' for a very good reason. His preferences are all but exclusive, ranging from Swords, to axes, machetes, combat knives and even a ''rusty butter knife'' once!
* PutTheirHeadsTogether: The maneuver that tends to follow a Double NeckLift, a combo that never ends nicely to his victims.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Either with his shoulder or on-board his ''Spaz-fragg 666'', and there are very few thing than can stand on his path!
* RedBaron: Subverted, as his actual name is [[TheUnpronounceable unpronounceable by humans]] but translates to "He Who Devours Your Entrails and Thoroughly Enjoys It".
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Lobo has an extremely good sense of smell in an atmosphere, and an additional sense that lets him track bastichs across the galaxy.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Lobo is not only a self-made orphan but a self-made LastOfHisKind (see other entries as for how).
* ShadowArchetype:
** Lobo surprisingly checks all the right boxes to be Superman's EvilCounterpart and generally succeeds in being a {{Foil}} to Supes whenever they face each other.
*** Lobo is the [[TheLastOfHisKind last]] son of Czarnia much like Supes is the last son of Krypton, but while Superman escaped the destruction of his planet, ''Lobo caused it himself!''
*** Like Clark, Lobo is a [[SuperStrength super strong]], [[SuperToughness super tough]] GeniusBruiser who is more resource and canny than his foes would suspect. and while Supes is an AllLovingHero who embodies TheCape, Lobo on the other hand is a ruthless BountyHunter AntiHero who only cares about getting paid and causing violence.
*** The difference between them is crystal clear though, ironically Lobo [[BruiserWithASoftCenter does have a soft side]] and Superman [[BewareTheSuperman is quite terrifying when pushed hard enough.]]
** Incredibly and company-wise, when paired with Dawg their relationship is a twisted mirror of that of ComicBook/RocketRaccoon and ComicBook/{{Groot}} in Creator/MarvelComics as spacefaring soldiers of fortune. Comes as no surprise when you notice
Lobo and her Rocket share the same writer as one of their creators.
*** Rocket is TheSmartGuy to Groot's TheBigGuy and depends on the latter's brute strength quite a lot. Lobo does all the work alone while Dawg is a resourceful, although mute comic relief, not often but whenever is required and in the nick of time, Lobo [[EvilDetectingDog has being saved]] by the canine.
*** Groot and Rocket [[ThoseTwoGuys care very much for eachother]], and if at times the raccoon can be a complete {{Jerk}}, he ''does'' [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold have a heart of himself]], Dawg's caring for Lobo [[AllLoveIsUnrequited is not very often reciprocated]], to the point Lobo once ''[[DependingOnTheWriter apparently]]'' killed the poor critter, having enough of every time the canine has being held hostage for him to rescue. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Dawg got better]] a little time later, though!
*** Rocket and Lobo by themselves can be pretty impressive {{Genius Bruise|r}}rs, but while Rocket is the all-time GadgeteerGenius due to his condition of UpliftedAnimal without super-powers, Lobo is a BloodKnight with SuperStrength and HealingFactor.
*** Both the raccoon and the Czarnian have a penchant for {{BFG}}'s, both
are JustFriends... GargleBlaster enthusiasts and they have made a living out of get paid to catch their marks putting all of themselves into it, but while Rocket can be pretty mindfull about how to bring a prisioner in and in conditions to collect his money, the Czarnian doesn't mind to bring them... well, lets just say ''alive an well'' necessarilly full stop.
* SignatureMove: Several examples can be found in here about his fighting style.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Don't be fooled by his crass personality and ultraviolent behavior. Lobo is genuinely ''brilliant'', thanks to his SuperIntelligence.
* StrongAndSkilled: While most of the time he can rely on enough brute strength to kick anybody's rear end, is not a rare occurrence to see him taking on several opponents at once, lying them all down flat on their butts.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: DependingOnTheWriter as you may have guessed, Lobo can inexplicably [[https://i.imgur.com/DrEDbzd.jpg manhandle Superman]] just because "he [[GoodOldFisticuffs dukes]] it out like a mad dog". Another time Lobo pulled down [[SentientStars Solaris]], who has ''[[ReadingsAreOffTheScale stellar mass]]'', [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11113/111132618/3436342-1672646-11_1.jpg without leverage]] and justified it by [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11111/111115653/3501065-6571022322-34190.jpg saying "he doesn't do logic"]]. Recently he's been the only DC character able to break ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'s Nth Metal chainmail armor bare-handed.
* StrongerWithAge: Lobo as an adult is on par with Superman in terms of strength and stamina. As the younger Lil' Lobo, he's far less durable. Lil' Lobo found this out the hard way during ''ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar'' when he tried to fight an army of Para-demons and was shot to pieces. Extending to ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', Lobo is left a balding, overweight and almost immobile slob... but stronger than ever.
* SuperheroSobriquets: The Main Man, Mister Machete, The 'Bo, The Last Czarnian, The Master of Frag, Scrouge of the Cosmos, The Wedgie Master, [[OddNameOut Archbishop of the Alpha-Centauri Diocese of the Church of the Holy Space Dolphin]].
* SuperPersistentPredator: The kind that stops at ''nothing'' until he's got the prey... [[OnlyInItForTheMoney and collects his paycheck]].
* SuperpowerLottery: Although his power level seems to be one of the most fluctuating not just within the DCU, but the whole gendre and it all is DependingOnTheWriter, Lobo's most known powers are derived from a combination of BizarreAlienBiology and ToonPhysics, and as far as we know, they were all traits shared by his now defunct race:
** He has CompleteImmortality due to a combination of being BarredFromTheAfterlife and a HealingFactor that regenerates him literally FromASingleCell, which also grants him SelfDuplication; should Lobo shed blood, this will reconstitute itself into another fully functional Lobo. Thus, a battle that could go poorly for the Main Man could quickly turn in his favor. In one story, Lobo was "killed" by having a very special bomb shoved down his throat, exploding in a spray of crimson... only for EACH bit of him to grow into a clone in seconds. The group then brutally murder the aggressor, and then turn on each other murdering themselves specifically in bloodless ways, until only one remained announcing that he was the one and only Lobo, and then goes off... um... [[BuffySpeak doing Lobo type things]]. The "Lobo clones from blood" thing was, at one time, curbed. Vril Dox II, son of [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Brainiac]] and founder of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes' predecessor L.E.G.I.O.N., gave Lobo a concoction to drink, then sent him out on a mission. After one last army of Lobos, the cloning bit was deactivated, and only returned after ''ComicBook/OurWorldsAtWar'', when the young Lobo (long story) was murdered by the Black Racer, respawning in various adult Lobos. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' also removes the clones from his powerset, though.
** While most DC examples have justifications for their [[SuperStrength all-but impossible strength]] (BizarreAlienBiology, [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Technology]], MagicAndPowers, being SemiDivine, etc.) Lobo's one on the other hand is just [[VoodooShark plain crazy]].
** He has SuperToughness that lets him trade blows with Superman, Lobo has also taken planet destroying attacks with minimal damage, this extending to thermal attacks, since he "rides through the cold of space and the heat of blazing suns" no problem.
** Lobo has also demonstrated a tremendous [[InASingleBound leaping ability]],
even if in planetary atmospheres heavier our Earth's own.
** Although he doesn't like relying on it, he has SuperIntelligence, especially when it comes to doing anything that can cause destruction. A very smart and extremely resourceful character, once he analysed the speed and momentum Flash was running at, and managed to to hook him with the chain at the right moment to bring him down... [[AwesomeByAnalysis go figure!]] He can't cure a deadly disease, but he ''did'' create a horde of mutant insects that acted as carriers for one, the vaccine to make sure he survived ''and'' the insecticide to get rid the aforementioned plague of. That's why he's the ''last'' Czarnian: he killed them all that way. He even knows how to forge a WeaponOfMassDestruction out of junk and has hijacked his [[CoolStarship Space Bike]] to turn it into everything, from a warp speeder to a fully functional time-machine.
** He [[{{Omniglot}} Reads, speaks and fully comprehends 17,897 languages]], even ''Morse code''!
** He has InsanityImmunity. In DC and ComicBook/TheMask crossovers, both ComicBook/TheJoker and Lobo put on the titular mask, and it didn't affect their personalities much at all. Eventually Joker became much more destructive, and when Batman pointed out that this wasn't funny (by Joker's standards, anyway), Joker realized he was right and promptly took the mask off, showing that the mask actually did unlock inhibitions--it was making him pull stunts and commit crimes that he normally wouldn't think were "funny".
** Lobo may not have SuperSpeed, but he
is a [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum ridiculously]] LightningBruiser, being able to [[SuperReflexes react to]] a Flash's movement fast enough to chain him in the face.
** Being the over-the-top parody of any ScarilyCompetentTracker you can think in, he's got extremely powerful senses.
*** [[BizarreAlienSenses An extra special sense]] that allowed them to notice the weak point in a potential opponent. This was the reason this civilization attained to be (...until Lobo came and blew it all up.) one of the most pacefull and respected within the known universe.
*** What has to be the most absurdly powerful [[TheNoseKnows sense of smell]] ''ever''. Part of the reason Lobo is one of the greatest bounty hunters in the DC Universe is that he can track ''any number'' of targets ''across interstellar distances''. It's said that once he catches your scent, there is nowhere in the universe you can hide from him.
** The Main Man is [[SuperHearing able to listen sharply]] to even conversations [[InSpace in deep space]]... yes, as absurd as you read it!
** His ridiculous amounts of strength extend even to his stomach. Once Lobo ''rolled'' [[https://i.imgur.com/rGrHdmQ.jpg an entire city]] (trillion tons of concrete, steel and glass) into a ball [[ExtremeOmnivore and ate it]]. And as demonstrated under the {{Fartillery}} entry, he can produce nuclear-level explosions with his flatulences.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Two out of three on any case, but well!
** His default features and frame are not considered particularly handsome-like, but as told above, ''[[KavorkaMan "The ladies say diff'rent!"]]''
** The ComicBook/{{New 52}} version of him is all of this but tall.
* TeensAreMonsters: The Main Man was on high school when one day and out of the blue decided to exterminate his entire civilization.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Lobo, the Main Man of course, is a DarkerAndEdgier version.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: At one point the main man Lobo died. Luckily, he can regenerate from a single drop of blood. Unluckily, there were several thousand drops of blood splattered across a battlefield. So, several thousand Lobos found themselves in one place -- and what followed was a awesome and horrifying deathmatch, until only one Lobo remained. The funny thing about this was that Lobo ''always'' had this power -- Vril Dox, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} 2, suppressed it. It wasn't until Lobo was forcibly regressed to a teen that it came back.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Lobo intentionally destroyed his whole people with a high school science project for not being up to his violent standards.
* TheUnapologetic: The violence-addicted HairTriggerTemper BloodKnight {{Jerkass}} all comic fans everywhere love to not-to-hate.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Dawg, ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} are this and BashBrothers to Lobo, there's also [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Guy Gardner]] who is his [[INeedAFreakingDrink Drinking Buddy]]. The [[ClosestThingWeGOt closest thing]] akin to a "friendship" he can afford himself.
* WarForFunAndProfit: One of his most lucrative ways for a living.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Czarnia, a peaceful space-faring civilization akin to a paradise, until Lobo came in and everything [[GoneHorriblyWrong went south]]!
* WildCard: Lobo has fought against and alongside several of the most powerful DC heroes and villains. Most of the time he does it because he's a bounty hunter, and he gets paid for what he does, or he felt like doing it.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The New 52 infamously redesigned Lobo as a PrettyBoy, claiming that the more conventional
Lobo who says it over had previously been introduced in ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}'' was an imposter and over again.
* HumanAliens: She and Al may be human after all, but they always hang around in orbit.
* MsFanservice: Darlene shows cleavage-micro skirt-high heels combo in all of her outfits.
* ShoutOut: She can be
having the "real" Lobo kill him. ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' eventually brought the classic Lobo back for good, with the New 52 version last seen as an [[TheNineties updated version]] in ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'', where he's trapped in one of Creator/TexAvery's ''[[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]]''.Braniac's bottles ... and is pointedly left there.



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!!Jonas Glim
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A fellow bounty hunter and friend/rival of Lobo.

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A fellow bounty hunter and friend/rival of Lobo.Lobo's pet.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: He is close friends with Lobo.
* HumanoidAliens: He looks similar to a human with the exception of the huge tusks on his face.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He is close friends with Lobo.
ADogNamedDog: ...self-explanatory, isn't it?
* HumanoidAliens: He looks similar to a human with the exception ActionPet: Not very often but Dawg has had its piece of the huge tusks on action here and there.
* AlienAnimals: The pooch looks like an Earth's bulldog but is an alien.
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: And in its case, even looks like one.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Dawg's care for Lobo is not very often well reciprocated.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Even though Lobo has stated it's ''not
his face.fragg'n dawg'' when the baddie threats to hurt the mutt, the Czarnian often stands for him equally if the situation requires it.
* BullyBulldog: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. For Dawg is, despite of its gruff appearance, ''waaay'' more social and friendly than his master.
* EvilDetectingDog: Its main job as you may expect, hanging around with a gruff, 'tuff as nails bounty hunter.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: [[CanineCompanion Dawg]]'s always there for Lobo, even if the latter doesn't care that much.
* {{Tanuki}}: A dog who can ''read'', smoke the same cigars his master do, drink and hang around in the CrapsackWorld Lobo often moves in.



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!!Al
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* HumanAliens: Like Darlene he looks like a human but lives in space.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Al is just a nickname and his full name is never revealed.

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Darlene was a waitress at Al's. She is the main love interest of Lobo.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Although in her case it is only one-sided. Lobo likes her... ''very much'', but he has never been willing to form a significative bond.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lobo's exploits often leave her behind and down, nevertheless, she's always front and center for him.
* BerserkButton. Never...''EVER'' dare to say Lobo and her are JustFriends... even if is Lobo who says it over and over again.
* HumanAliens: Like She and Al may be human after all, but they always hang around in orbit.
* MsFanservice:
Darlene he looks like a human but lives shows cleavage-micro skirt-high heels combo in space.
all of her outfits.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Al is just a nickname and his full name is never revealed.ShoutOut: She can be seen as an [[TheNineties updated version]] of Creator/TexAvery's ''[[WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood Red]]''.



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!!Billy the Girl
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* BountyHunter: Like Lobo she makes a living as a bounty hunter.
* HumanAliens: She looks just like a human, but like Lobo can breathe in space.
* NavelWindow: Her outfit comes with an opening for her navel.
* VaporWear: Her outfit shows she's not wearing any underwear.

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A fellow
bounty hunter.
hunter and friend/rival of Lobo.
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* HumanAliens: She HeterosexualLifePartners: He is close friends with Lobo.
* HumanoidAliens: He
looks just like similar to a human, but like Lobo can breathe in space.
* NavelWindow: Her outfit comes
human with an opening for her navel.
* VaporWear: Her outfit shows she's not wearing any underwear.
the exception of the huge tusks on his face.



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!!Johnny Quietus
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* HumanAliens: Like Darlene he looks like a human but lives in space.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Al is just a nickname and his full name is never revealed.


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* BountyHunter: Like Lobo she makes a living as a bounty hunter.
* HumanAliens: She looks just like a human, but like Lobo can breathe in space.
* NavelWindow: Her outfit comes with an opening for her navel.
* VaporWear: Her outfit shows she's not wearing any underwear.
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'''Title Character'''\\
[[Characters/SupermanTheCharacter Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman]]\\
'''[[Characters/SupermanSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]'''\\
[[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] | [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] | ComicBook/AmbushBug | ComicBook/{{Steel}}\\
'''[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGallery Villains]]'''\\
[[Characters/SupermanCentralRoguesGallery Central Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday]], '''Lobo''', [[Characters/SupermanMisterMxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] [[[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]])\\
'''Spin-Offs'''\\
''Characters/{{Supergirl}}'' ([[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl]], [[Characters/SupergirlSupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SupergirlEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/PowerGirl'' | ''Characters/{{Superboy}}'' ([[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent/Kon-El]], [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent]], [[Characters/SuperboySupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SuperboyEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/LegionOfSuperheroes'' ([[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFounders The Founders]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSilverAge Silver Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesBronzeAge Bronze Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFiveYearsLater Five Years Later]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesPostboot Postboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesThreeboot Threeboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesRetroboot Retroboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesRebirth Rebirth]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherHeroes Other Heroes]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesTheFatalFive The Fatal Five]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesLegionOfSupervillains The Legion of Supervillains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherVillains Other Villains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSupportingCharacters Supporting Cast]])-]]]]]

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* ''Characters/LoboWebseries''
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* HeroesWantRedheads: {{Anti Her|o}}oes in Lobo's case, but he's very fond of her.

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