History Characters / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesAlienAntagonists

* AdaptationOriginConnection: Due to this continuity's Kyle Rayner [[CompositeCharacter borrowing traits from Hal Jordan]], this version of Sinestro is partially responsible for Kyle Rayner becoming a Green Lantern, as he's established as the one who killed Abin Sur and necessitated Abin Sur choosing a successor on his deathbed.

* DoomedByCanon: His final appearance in ''Superman: TAS'' is in "New Kids in Town", where it is revealed that he survives at least as far as the 30th century. His future self goes back to a time when Kal-El was a teenager to try and kill him before he became Superman, only to be defeated by the assistance of three members of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes and hurled into the sun, where he is completely destroyed. Since this is chronologically his last appearance in the ''DCAU'', that means that even if Brainiac did survive the events of the GrandFinale for ''Justice League Unlimited'', he'll still be destroyed for good in the long run.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedLevine (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''), Creator/RobinAtkinDownes (uncredited) (''Unlimited'')

-> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Miguel Pérez (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Alfonso Soto (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''), Rolman Bastidas (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'')

->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''

** This gets taken further in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', [[spoiler:when it's revealed that he's been inhabiting Lex Luthor's body like a parasite, and turns Luthor into a cyborg. However instead of a complete takeover, Brainiac and Luthor share equal control, and they try to merge into a single being]].

->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''

* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', apparently due to being brainwashed. This is very different to his appearances back in ''Superman: TAS'', where instead he's simply dimwitted and not very observant, and he doesn't make use of his comic book's "scrambled speech".

-->'''Lobo:''' The name's Lobo. That's "L" as in "lacerate," "O" as in "obliterate," "B" as in "disemBowel," and "O" as in... [[SubvertedTrope Um, er, I guess I can use "obliterate," twice, huh, what do you think?]]
-->'''Lobo''': See, someone's payin' me a heap'a cash for yer carcass. And the Main Man... ''always'' delivers!

-->'''Lobo:''' I'm givin' you geeks ten seconds before I frag everything in sight. One... TEN!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's... somewhere in there. If nothing else, he has a genuine (if a bit warped) respect for Superman, and always keeps his word. It's not much, but it's something.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedLevine (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''), Creator/RobinAtkinDownes (uncredited) (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'')
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' | ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RonPerlman (Jax-Ur), Leslie Easterbrook, (Mala, "Blasts from the Past"), Sarah Douglas (Mala, "Absolute Power")

->'''Voiced by:''' Sharon Lawrence

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!! SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}

* NotQuiteDead: Repeatedly, thanks to his ActuallyADoombot nature. The original Brainiac who came to Earth was destroyed by Superman, but left an instance of its code in [=LexCorp's=] computers, which was able to build itself another body. Superman destroyed that one too, but apparently Lex never bothered to scrub his computer systems, because that same Brainiac infection resurfaced a few years later at Wayne Aerospace, having built a new body yet again. [[RuleOfThree Superman destroys it]] and tells Bruce to purge his computers, which Bruce presumably does, but at that point there are at ''least'' two more instances of Brainiac still out there: one rolling through deep space, eventually to end up at Apokolips, and one [[spoiler:inside Lex]]. Even after these last two are defeated, it's still not over, because there's a Brainiac making trouble for the Legion all the way into the 31st century.

** 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.

* NotQuiteDead: Repeatedly, thanks to his ActuallyADoombot nature. The original Brainiac who came to Earth was destroyed by Superman, but left an instance of its code in [=LexCorp's=] computers, which was able to build itself another body. Superman destroyed that one too, but apparently Lex never bothered to scrub his computer systems, because that same Brainiac infection resurfaced a few years later at Wayne Aerospace, having built a new body yet again. [[RuleOfThree Superman destroys it]] and tells Bruce to purge his computers, which Bruce presumably does, but at that point there are still at ''least'' two more instances of Brainiac still out there: one rolling through deep space, eventually to end up at Apokolips, and one [[spoiler:inside Lex]]. Even after these last two are defeated, it's still not over, because there's a Brainiac making trouble for the Legion all the way into the 31st century.

* NotQuiteDead: Repeatedly, thanks to his ActuallyADoombot nature. The original Brainiac who came to Earth was destroyed by Superman, but left an instance of its code in {{LexCorp's}} computers, which was able to build itself another body. Superman destroyed that one too, but apparently Lex never bothered to scrub his computer systems, because that same Brainiac infection resurfaced a few years later at Wayne Aerospace, having built a new body yet again. [[RuleOfThree Superman destroys it]] and tells Bruce to purge his computers, which Bruce presumably does, but at that point there are still at ''least'' two more instances of Brainiac still out there: one rolling through deep space, eventually to end up at Apokolips, and one [[spoiler:inside Lex]]. Even after these last two are defeated, it's still not over, because there's a Brainiac making trouble for the Legion all the way into the 31st century.

* NotQuiteDead: Repeatedly, thanks to his ActuallyADoombot nature. The original Brainiac who came to Earth was destroyed by Superman, but left an instance of its code in LexCorp's computers, which was able to build itself another body. Superman destroyed that one too, but apparently Lex never bothered to scrub his computer systems, because that same Brainiac infection resurfaced a few years later at Wayne Aerospace, having built a new body yet again. [[RuleOfThree Superman destroys it]] and tells Bruce to purge his computers, which Bruce presumably does, but at that point there are still at ''least'' two more instances of Brainiac still out there: one rolling through deep space, eventually to end up at Apokolips, and one [[spoiler:inside Lex]]. Even after these last two are defeated, it's still not over, because there's a Brainiac still alive and kicking in the 31st century making trouble for the Legion.

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-->"If they manage to catch us again, they'll probably trap our butts to the floor ith razor wire! Not that it isn't an interesting way to liven up an otherwise ho-hum evening but i have a bounty to collect."

* {{Expy}}: Jax-Ur is a stand in for General Zod, and in the comics Jax-Ur is actually a scientists who sided with Zod right before Krypton exploded. Mala seems to be [[CompositeCharacter an amalgamation of Faora and Ursa.]]

* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler:While it's ambiguous if Luthor really did have Brainiac inside his head in the final season of ''Unlimited'' or was just hallucinating, Brainiac wasn't a ''physical'' presence in the Legion of Doom]].

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