History Characters / SupermanDoomsdayCharacter

* HeyYouHaymaker: {{Subverted|Trope}}. While in a supermarket, Doomsday hears someone shout to him "hey you!". He turns, and instead of another hero ready to do battle, sees a large screen TV showing a wrester promoting a wrestling event in Metropolis, which intrigues the beast.

[[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]], '''Doomsday''', [[Characters/DCComicsLobo 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]])\\

* BaitTheDog: One of Doomsday's first actions is to stop and observe a little bird flying just a little above him. He opens up one of his palm and allows the bird to rest upon his hand. Looks to be a heartwarming scene... and then Doomsday promptly crunches the bird to death with a sudden clench. Alongside subverting any possibility of Doomsday having a redeeming quality, its also a dark {{foreshadowing}} of [[OmnicidalManiac his own nature]].

* EvilLaugh: It is sometimes capable of emitting a sinister chuckle, though that said, it's rare to come across those, given Doomsday's perpetually raging nature.

* ItCanThink: Has 'evolved' this a few times, but ironically enough becomes ''less'' dangerous when he does because he becomes capable of feeling fear, doubt, and in one case, actually ''thinking'' about why he's killing everything in sight.

A monster who showed up on Earth one day and started trashing everything for no reason. After tangling with a number of outclassed heroes, he found his match in Superman, with the two battling to the death (giving Superman [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman his only canonical death]]). Doomsday is incredibly fast, strong, and invulnerable. He is cunning but not intelligent. More importantly, he has the ability to regenerate from any injury, even death, and adapts new defenses in the process so he can't be killed the same way twice. Eventually, it was revealed that Doomsday was engineered on Krypton and meant to be the ultimate life form. In spite of this, Doomsday has suffered VillainDecay. Even though he should be getting more powerful with each fight, Superman has been more and more successful in each rematch.

* HadToBeSharp: This trope is essentially Doomsday's OriginStory. By forcing it onto the DeathWorld of prehistoric Krypton over and over again, only the fittest and most adaptable traits of "the infant" managed to survive, until they became the genocidal, rampaging monster we know today.

* LightningBruiser: Can overpower and outrun people like Superman and Darkseid.

* AppropriatedAppellation: He was named by Comicbook/BoosterGold, who remarked, "It was like '''Doomsday''' was here!" after getting attacked by him. And considering its very nature and [[OmnicidalManiac endgoal]], the appellation is ''more'' than warranted.

[[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]], '''Doomsday''', ComicBook/{{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]])\\

* CloningBlues: In an alternate timeline where the original Young Justice was never formed, a thinking teenage clone of Doomsday named Doomsboy was created when what would have been Superboy turned out powerless. He's got the angst of living up to Superman's legacy Conner usually has with the bonus of being associated forever with the monster that killed him. This makes him more reckless and selfish until he decides to just kill Conner for trying to set him straight after [[ThenLetMeBeEvil denouncing everything Superman stood for]].

* CloningBlues: He hates being a clone of a monster, and fighting against Doomsday's rage.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Considering the amount of agony and pain his creator put him through for several years, Doomsday finally catching up to and killing Bertron is a satisfying moment to behold.

** ''Inverted'' when he was revived from being destroyed by Imperiex. Superman beat him without much trouble and specifically noted that since he's now a sapient being fighting for his life, rather than a berserk beast hopped up on adrenaline all the time and feeling no pain with no goal other than killing, he's easier to take down. This suggests that Superman was actually slightly ''stronger'' than Doomsday the whole time, and they only drew in their first fight because Superman had restraint and self-preservation instincts that Doomsday didn't.[[note]]This has real-life precedence: people hopped up on PCP or in an adrenaline rush typically take ''several'' other larger people to hold down, even if they're scrawny.[[/note]] Basically, his lack of skill is a skill in its own right that makes him more effective.

* ObviouslyEvil: Gigantic physical appearance, studded with spides all across the body, fangs for mouths, glowing red eyes, a tendency to act furious at all times... yeah Doomsday is not subtle about the fact that it's a threat out to end '''''everything''''' it sets its eye towards.

* StupidEvil: Bertron is this trope incarnate. [[InsaneTrollLogic For some reason]] the possibility of the creature he's horrifically abusing (for the sake of [[TooDumbToLive creating an unstoppable superweapon no less]]) turning on him never occurred to him.