History Characters / SupermanTheAnimatedSeries

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Until the ComicBook/New52, Darkseid and his forces don't usually come into contract with Earth until years after the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica exists. Here, they fight Superman years before the League forms.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Until the ComicBook/New52, Darkseid and his forces don't usually come into contract with Earth until years after the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAnmerica exists. Here, they fight Superman years before the League forms.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Michael P. Greco (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/WillFriedle (''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Bruce Weitz

->'''Voiced by:''' Lori Petty (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''The New Batman Adventures''), Creator/MariaCanalsBarrera (''Justice League'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Peri Gilpin

* OverarchingVillain: He’s one of the most recurring villain of the ''DC Animated Universe''. He bankrolled individual villains, founded the Injustice Gang, provided secret funding to Camdus and eventually upsurped the leadership of the Secret Society.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: It's implied on a personal level for him with his and his fellow Legion of Doom accomplices' EnemyMine with the Justice League against the revived Darkseid's invasion of earth in the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/JusitceLeague'' was because Darkseid had killed his original ArchEnemy Bruno Mannheim, therefore taking way the original reason he became Toyman in the first place as he was trying to avenge himself and his father for what Mannheim did to them. So, he's probably more than happy to sic his nerf gun on his parademons stealing his initial goal from him.

* HideYourLesbians: Maggie Sawyer is an imported character from the ''Superman'' comics, first appearing in the 1980's, and has been an out-lesbian since 1988. However, [[ValuesDissonance this could not be explicitly stated in a kids show at the time]], and the closest they get to covering this point is in "Apokolips... Now!" when she is visited in the hospital by a woman who comforts her throughout both parts of the episode. The woman is unnamed in the show, but DVD commentary and the credits reveal that she is Toby Raines, Maggie's long-time girlfriend in the comics, and was included as a reference to their relationship.

John Corben was a mercenary hired by [=LexCorp=] to steal an experimental MiniMecha and deliver it to Lex's (illegal) buyers. Superman's debut in Metropolis was crushing the robot and hauling Corben off to prison. While in jail, Corben contracted a fatal disease. Lex Luthor, thankful for Corben refusing to testify against him, offered a solution: upload Corbin's mind into an immortal robot body, powered by a Kryptonite core. Corben enjoyed the limitless strength and durability, but the lack of touch, smell and taste drove him insane. Especially once he found out that the fatal disease he contracted was deliberately applied to him ''by'' Luthor. Still, he is a dedicated enemy of Superman. He later joins the LegionOfDoom in ''Justice League Unlimited''.

* FrickinLaserBeams: He's good with light, so lasers aren't too far of a stretch.

** SuperStrength: Brainiac, like Darkseid, is one of the few beings Superman has [[GodzillaThreshold no issue killing]] and [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech never holds back against.]] Despite this, Superman still sometimes has trouble putting him down; Brainiac can trade blows with the Man of Steel for a while and hurt him with his own strikes. This puts him as among the strongest beings in the ''DCAU'', only below Superman himself, Doomsday, Darkseid, Captain Marvel, and Mongul.

* UngratefulBitch: While her attitude and thoughts on Superman by the time of ''Justice League'' aren't directly addressed, she can still be seen as this by sheer (un) virtue of joining a bunch of Superman's rogues to go on a crime spree ''in celebration of Superman's supposed death''.

* YourCheatingHeart: Despite being current lovers with Jax-Ur, Mala is ready to become mates with Superman.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: While on the farm, she often goes barefoot. She walks around shoeless while staying in Clark's apartment.

* BadBoss: Servants are regularly abandoned once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they are no longer useful]], you are [[DisproportionateRetribution sent to the slave-pits for ''talking'']], and with Kalibak he combines this trope with [[AbusiveParents utter contempt for his son and his efforts to please him]].

* MonsterSobStory: He attempts to get sympathy from Lois Lane by telling her about his FreudianExcuse.

-> '''Voiced by:''' Victor Brandt (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Robert Foxworth (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'')

->'''Voiced by:''' Sherman Howard

* KnightOfCerberus: On some occasions, he will be played completely seriously and darken the mood of the episode, most notably when he makes an ImpliedDeathThreat to a scientist before implicitly having Mercy kill him.