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* Unlike Franchise/{{Superman}}, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.

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* Unlike Franchise/{{Superman}}, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it [[NothingIsScarier all the more terrifying.
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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.

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* Unlike Superman, Franchise/{{Superman}}, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
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* Brandon (and presumably the other supers) were send here in a ship urging him to take the world, suggesting that this was a deliberate invasion plan. This race was presumably aware of how powerful he'd be compared to the native population, otherwise an invasion force of 6 beings would be laughable. So why send him in a ship made of the one material that could hurt him? Weaponizing of the material aside, it greatly increases the risk of the babies dying in a slightly rough landing.

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* Brandon (and presumably the other supers) were send sent here in a ship urging him to take the world, suggesting that this was a deliberate invasion plan. This race was presumably aware of how powerful he'd be compared to the native population, otherwise an invasion force of 6 six beings would be laughable. So why send him in a ship made of the one material that could hurt him? Weaponizing Weaponising of the material aside, it greatly increases the risk of the babies dying in a slightly rough landing.
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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.

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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.terrifying.

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* Brandon (and presumably the other supers) were send here in a ship urging him to take the world, suggesting that this was a deliberate invasion plan. This race was presumably aware of how powerful he'd be compared to the native population, otherwise an invasion force of 6 beings would be laughable. So why send him in a ship made of the one material that could hurt him? Weaponizing of the material aside, it greatly increases the risk of the babies dying in a slightly rough landing.
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* In his early scene in class, Brandon gives a detailed explanation of the difference between bees, which are benign, and wasps, which are hostile brood parasites. Once Brandon's ship begins controlling him and telling him to "take the world," it becomes clear that Brandon is himself a brood parasite, having been intended from birth to be raised by a foreign species and then destroy them.
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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed with the webpage Tori finds in her research of the night Brandon’s ship arrived. It clearly shows multiple orange blobs in the sky, heavily implying that if one of these objects was Brandon’s ship, there were more of them arriving together. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], it's only natural to assume there could be others as well.

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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed with the webpage Tori finds in her research of the night Brandon’s ship arrived. It clearly shows multiple orange blobs in the sky, heavily implying that if one of these objects was Brandon’s ship, there were more of them arriving together. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], it's only natural to assume there could be others as well.\n
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He wants world domination, not domestic abuse.


* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side. It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.
** Even putting aside family life, considering how he overall acts in this movie, imagine what kind of [[BastardBoyfriend boyfriend Brandon Breyer would have been if a girl said yes to being with him!?]]

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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side. It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.
** Even putting aside family life, considering how he overall acts in this movie, imagine what kind of [[BastardBoyfriend boyfriend Brandon Breyer would have been if a girl said yes to being with him!?]]
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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed with the webpage Tori finds in her research of the night Brandon’s ship arrived. It clearly shows multiple orange blobs in the sky, heavily implying that if one of these objects was Brandon’s ship, there were more of them arriving together. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.

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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed with the webpage Tori finds in her research of the night Brandon’s ship arrived. It clearly shows multiple orange blobs in the sky, heavily implying that if one of these objects was Brandon’s ship, there were more of them arriving together. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], its it's only natural to assume there could be others as well.
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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side. It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.

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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side. It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.superpowers.
** Even putting aside family life, considering how he overall acts in this movie, imagine what kind of [[BastardBoyfriend boyfriend Brandon Breyer would have been if a girl said yes to being with him!?]]

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League (among evil versions of other superheroes and/or superhero teams), but all evil.
* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology apppears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side.
** It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is are more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League (among evil versions of other superheroes and/or superhero teams), but all evil.
* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology apppears appears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side.
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side. It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.
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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League (among evil versions of other superhero teams), but all evil.

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League (among evil versions of other superheroes and/or superhero teams), but all evil.
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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, League (among evil versions of other superhero teams), but all evil.

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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.

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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop with the webpage Tori finds in her research of a hint.the night Brandon’s ship arrived. It clearly shows multiple orange blobs in the sky, heavily implying that if one of these objects was Brandon’s ship, there were more of them arriving together. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.
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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.

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* TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute [[SupermanSubstitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.
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* [[spoiler: TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.]]
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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents.

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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents. Given that most of his physiology apppears to be human (and it's unlikely the aliens actually are that human-like), the latter case gains much more traction as it means they specifically tailored him to fit in with the dominant species of to the planet they sent him to. The fact that we don't learn ''why'' they're doing this makes it all the more terrifying.
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* [[spoiler: TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowers beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowers superpowered beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.]]
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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side.

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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side.side.
** It would be like The Stepfather with superpowers.
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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own.

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* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own. Imagine the wife getting on his bad side.
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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents.

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* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents.agents.
* Brandon has no qualms about killing people close to him. He likes being in control, and loses it when things don't go his way. Imagine the boy as a grown man with a family of his own.
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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Bright Burn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Bright Burn'' ''Brightburn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.
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* [[spoiler: TheStinger revealing the existence of other superpowers beings like Brandon gets cleverly disguised ''and'' foreshadowed without giving a drop of a hint. The film was advertised as a Horror film making people forget its a '''Superhero'''-Horror film: if there's a one superpowered being like [[SupermanSubsitute Brandon]], its only natural to assume there could be others as well.]]

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* In his early scene in class, Brandon gives a detailed explanation of the difference between bees, which are benign, and wasps, which are hostile brood parasites. Once Brandon's ship begins controlling him and telling him to "take the world," it becomes clear that Brandon is himself a brood parasite, having been intended from birth to be raised by a foreign species and then destroy them.



* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.

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* The ending. Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' ''Bright Burn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.
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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.]]

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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.]]
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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.]]

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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Justice League, but all evil.]]]]
* Unlike Superman, we don't know if Brandon is the LastOfHisKind or if there's others like him sent to different planets with the same purpose, acting like sleeper agents.
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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Hulk, the Spectre, Batman, Captain America, Transformers, Ben 10 and other evil, murderous versions of superheroes.]]

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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Hulk, the Spectre, Batman, Captain America, Transformers, Ben 10 and other evil, murderous versions of superheroes.Justice League, but all evil.]]
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* The ending. [[spoiler: Brandon Breyer (Brightburn) is free to wreak havoc and destruction around the world. TheStinger implies there is more supervillains in the universe of ''Film/BrightBurn'' as evidenced by the bald man's speech about an aquatic man and a madwoman with a lasso. Imagine the universe's equivalent of the Hulk, the Spectre, Batman, Captain America, Transformers, Ben 10 and other evil, murderous versions of superheroes.]]

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