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* [[ThemeSerialKiller The Calendar Man]], rel name Julian Gregory Day, is a soft-spoken psychopath who commits crimes during and based on holidays. In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', he boasts about a sizeable rap sheet over the years, from [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents]] and potential lovers to laying siege to maternity wards and poisoning entire gangs working for him, Day kicks off his next spree in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' tie-in comic by murdering dozens of people in stores across Gotham on holidays. Later capturing Batman, Day forces him to fight monsters continuously for an entire week while using an infant as a hostage, before revealing he has poisoned over 300 people in Gotham—-many of whom are [[WouldHurtAChild children and toddlers]]--hoping for Batman to tire himself into exhaustion and allow Day to strike the killing blow. Day ultimately flings the hostage infant off a ledge to enable his own escape, successfully evading capture and ending his current spree solely to bask in Batman's coming defeat at the hands of Scarecrow.

* [[ThemeSerialKiller Julian Gregory Day, aka the Calendar Man]], is a soft-spoken psychopath who commits crimes during and based on holidays. In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', he boasts about a sizeable rap sheet over the years, from [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents]] and potential lovers to laying siege to maternity wards and poisoning entire gangs working for him, Day kicks off his next spree in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' tie-in comic by murdering dozens of people in stores across Gotham on holidays. Later capturing Batman, Day forces him to fight monsters continuously for an entire week while using an infant as a hostage, before revealing he has poisoned over 300 people in Gotham—-many of whom are [[WouldHurtAChild children and toddlers]]--hoping for Batman to tire himself into exhaustion and allow Day to strike the killing blow. Day ultimately flings the hostage infant off a ledge to enable his own escape, successfully evading capture and ending his current spree solely to bask in Batman's coming defeat at the hands of Scarecrow.

* [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], real name [[BadBoss Oswald Cobblepot]] , stands out in this franchise as a calculating and sadistic mob boss, intent on ruling Gotham's criminal underworld through any means necessary. A vicious crime lord who runs illegal gambling rings and fight clubs--where the losers of each are tortured and murdered--Cobblepot engages in [[ArmsDealer weapons trafficking and black arms deals]], supplying Gotham's criminal element with weapons that cause catastrophe all over the city. An absolutely horrendous employer, Cobblepot routinely tortures and murders his own men for failure, feeds them to sharks and hands them off to Solomon Grundy to be ripped to shreds for the most petty of reasons, and leaves an entire gang of them to die in enemy territory to strike a minor blow against his enemy. Cobblepot also sets Wayne Manor aflame during a charity gala, brutally tortures any police officers he gets his hands on in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate forces dozens of Blackgate guards to fight to the death for their survival]], and bombs an entire building filled with his own men. Cobblepot is a ruthless sociopath masquerading as a "gentleman," with no care or concern for anyone but his own selfish desires.

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]], [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]], first appears while participating in [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum Joker's plan]] to take over Arkham Asylum, attempting to MindRape Batman several times with his fear toxin; defeated, he threatens to contaminate Gotham's water supply with the toxin simply to spite Batman. Returning in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' as the BigBad, he takes advantage of the [[EvilPowerVacuum power vacuum]] created by Joker's death and to unite the remaining villains against Batman. After his newest fear toxin causes a diner full of people to rip each other apart, Gotham is evacuated, allowing Scarecrow to manufacture an extremely powerful fear bomb; when this is foiled, he steals a superweapon called the Cloudburst to drive all of Gotham temporarily mad with fear. He leads Batman to believe that his toxin caused Barbara Gordon to kill herself. He then manipulates Commissioner Gordon into betraying Batman, later forcing the disobedient Jim to watch as he drops the still-living Barbara off of a building. In the end, he captures Batman and forces Gordon to unmask him on live TV, planning on letting Batman go [[CruelMercy so he can watch]] as Gotham is torn apart and everyone he loves is hunted down and killed. All of this was done to completely destroy the myth of the Batman as a savior, and force everyone to experience true fear by [[HopeCrusher destroying their symbol of hope]].
* [[BadBoss Oswald Cobblepot]], [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin the Penguin]], stands out in this franchise as a calculating and sadistic mob boss, intent on ruling Gotham's criminal underworld through any means necessary. A vicious crime lord who runs illegal gambling rings and fight clubs--where the losers of each are tortured and murdered--Cobblepot engages in [[ArmsDealer weapons trafficking and black arms deals]], supplying Gotham's criminal element with weapons that cause catastrophe all over the city. An absolutely horrendous employer, Cobblepot routinely tortures and murders his own men for failure, feeds them to sharks and hands them off to Solomon Grundy to be ripped to shreds for the most petty of reasons, and leaves an entire gang of them to die in enemy territory to strike a minor blow against his enemy. Cobblepot also sets Wayne Manor aflame during a charity gala, brutally tortures any police officers he gets his hands on in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate forces dozens of Blackgate guards to fight to the death for their survival]], and bombs an entire building filled with his own men. Cobblepot is a ruthless sociopath masquerading as a "gentleman," with no care or concern for anyone but his own selfish desires.

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Given [[Monster/DCUniverse the source material]], it comes as no surprise that [[VideoGame/DCVideoGames video games]] (and related comics) based on Franchise/TheDCU feature [[CompleteMonster heinous villains]].

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'': [[PosthumousCharacter The Vales]], John and Patricia, are a pair of [[AbusiveParents monstrous foster parents]] who are responsible for Lady Arkham's insanity. Under the guise of being loving parents, the Vales take in foster children, but truthfully only want the government stipends that the kids' presences bring. Showcasing their [[ChildHater heinous hatred for children]], the Vales would lock their kids inside an [[TortureCellar underground room]], shackling them and [[WouldHurtAChild beating them bloody]] with belts over the course of years, regarding the children as nothing but animals to abuse and profit from to their liking.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'''s "Guardian of Gotham" & "City of Light": [[PosthumousCharacter The Vales]], John and Patricia, are a pair of [[AbusiveParents monstrous foster parents]] who are responsible for Lady Arkham's insanity. Under the guise of being loving parents, the Vales take in foster children, but truthfully only want the government stipends that the kids' presences bring. Showcasing their [[ChildHater heinous hatred for children]], the Vales would lock their kids inside an [[TortureCellar underground room]], shackling them and [[WouldHurtAChild beating them bloody]] with belts over the course of years, regarding the children as nothing but animals to abuse and profit from to their liking.

** ''[[VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroesTheFlash The Flash]]'' {{spinoff}}: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] is once again portrayed as a sociopathic robot with zero redeeming qualities. Having set his sights on freeing a presence within a meteor in exchange for knowledge and power, he allows [[KillerGorilla Gorilla Grodd]] to wreak havoc in Keystone; sends [[AnIcePerson Killer Frost]] to destroy Gotham; sends [[WickedWitch Circe]] to take over and, eventually, destroy Themyscira; and gives [[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Zoom]] the means to destroy the Pacific Coast, which will flood Coast City in order to distract the Justice League from his plans. After all his subordinates are defeated, Brainiac personally invades Metropolis and, when confronted by Flash, reveals that he has triggered the bomb that will atomize Metropolis.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' (2002): [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], as usual, is the ruler of Warworld and a galactic tyrant. When Superman discovers [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] 13 is about to return, Superman decides to go to Warworld to obtain some weapons to defeat Brainiac. Knowing Mongul will not help him, Superman [[SlaveLiberation frees Mongul's slaves]] on Warworld, saving them from Mongul's forces and receiving help from them. When Mongul learns Superman has freed his slaves, he demands compensation. When Superman refuses, Mongul's ship attacks Superman and the escaping slave ships. When Superman defeats Mongul's ship, Mongul launches the ship's reactor at the Earth, telling Superman the reactor is powerful enough to [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the world]], with Mongul wanting to [[RevengeByProxy punish Superman for his interference by killing everyone on Earth]].

** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]], after receiving a telepathic message from a meteorite, promising him great power and knowledge if he can release the power within the meteor, [[TheHeavy launches a complex scheme]] to get the equipment he needs. He creates a series of disasters to keep the Justice League busy: He has his [[MechaMooks robot minions]] attack random citizens; has Queen Bee transform people into bee creatures; hires the Key and Killer Frost to set off several nuclear weapons; frees the White Martians so they can attack Earth; frees Gorilla Grodd so he will use his EarthquakeMachine, eventually planning to destroy Gorilla City; and uses a Doomsday clone to help him [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs take over the Justice League Watchtower]], imprison Martian Manhunter, and steal a Mother Box. Brainiac is willing to endanger millions of lives just as a distraction tactic, so the Justice League would too busy to stop his quest for power and knowledge.

* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline: Legends'': [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] is as {{narcissist}}ic and destructive as always. Having already conquered and destroyed the Earth in the [[BadFuture future timeline]], alongside thousands of other planets, the present Brainiac [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] by destroying the Watchtower and intending for the debris to crash into Metropolis, almost killing one million people. While helping [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] with his vendetta against Superman, he ultimately forces Superman to murder his own wife Lois before trying to dissect him, attempting to create an army of Supermen. Briefly held back by the Justice League, Brainiac massacres the Sinestro Corps and steals their central power battery to recharge himself; unleashes his army of enslaved aliens onto Earth to wipe out humanity; forces Lex to attack and kill the heroes with his own armor just to torment his former ally; and massacres his own allies when he believes he has the upper hand.

** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] stands in [[VileVillainSaccharineShow stark contrast]] to the rest of the series. Once again a being desiring perfection, he [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates]] the friendship-seeking Doppelganger into helping other villains cause mayhem and destruction so that he can collect the Star Sprites. Hacking Cyborg into leading the Justice League into a trap, Brainiac steals Lily's globe and reveals his plan: gather up his 52 other versions from the multiverse, for a HiveMind, and [[OmnicidalManiac destroy ever living being in the multiverse so that he remains]], calling them "imperfect" compared to him.

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] serves as the OverarchingVillain of the series. The ArchEnemy of [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesBatman Batman]], Joker regularly commits crimes solely to torture his nemesis throughout the series. When first [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins establishing himself in Gotham]], Joker hijacked Black Mask's organization, and used his influence to torture and murder innocents, along with bombing multiple buildings across the city. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one notable instance]], Joker staged a breakout at Arkham Asylum, ensuring the slaughter of as many people as possible. Left dying of a TITAN overdose in the wake of this incident, Joker [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity forces Batman to find a cure for his condition]] by poisoning more than two thousand people with his infected blood; he also executes Batman's LoveInterest, Talia al Ghul, right in front of him. Caring nothing for his subordinates, The Joker regularly abuses his "girlfriend," Harley Quinn, and tortures and murders his henchmen, along with threatening their family members, for fun. Even after his death, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight flashbacks further show his wicked deeds]], such as crippling Barbara Gordon and physically and psychologically torturing Jason Todd for months, then sending Batman videotapes of said torture; this torture resulted in Jason becoming the Arkham Knight. Tie-in material only adds to his list of crimes, with his many crimes including [[WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham trying to blow up Gotham City]]; and, in the digital comic, ''Arkham City: End Game'', rigging fireworks with Joker toxin that kills hundreds. A narcissistic sadist with a pathological need for attention, the Joker is determined to make Gotham forever remember him by writing his name in the city with blood.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanBegins'': [[PsychoPsychologist Dr. Jonathan Crane]], aka the [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy even worse than his film counterpart]]. Helping [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's al Ghul]] by developing the gas needed for his plan, Scarecrow tests it out on innocent people, having them driven insane and using them as attack dogs. Scarecrow [[BadBoss shows no concern when many of his men are infected by the gas and holds the brother of one of his men hostage]]. When Batman reaches his lair, Scarecrow tries to leave his patients to burn to death. When Ra's starts his plan to release the gas into Gotham, Scarecrow tries to lower the bridge to allow the first few people to be infected into the city to start tearing it apart.

** ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroesTheFlash'' {{spinoff}}: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] is once again portrayed as a sociopathic robot with zero redeeming qualities. Having set his sights on freeing a presence within a meteor in exchange for knowledge and power, he allows [[KillerGorilla Gorilla Grodd]] to wreak havoc in Keystone; sends [[AnIcePerson Killer Frost]] to destroy Gotham; sends [[WickedWitch Circe]] to take over and, eventually, destroy Themyscira; and gives [[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Zoom]] the means to destroy the Pacific Coast, which will flood Coast City in order to distract the Justice League from his plans. After all his subordinates are defeated, Brainiac personally invades Metropolis and, when confronted by Flash, reveals that he has triggered the bomb that will atomize Metropolis.

* ''Film/GreenLantern2011: Rise of the Manhunters'': [[BigBad Amon Sur]] is the son of Abin Sur, [[TheParagon the greatest member]] of the Green Lantern Corps, who died before the game began. Amon presented himself as a kind and dutiful son at his father's funeral, but that was all an act. Amon was secretly [[TheResenter bitter]] that his father's ring was given to Hal Jordan instead of him and planned to exact his revenge. Allying himself with the Green Lantern's old enemies, the [[AIIsACrapshoot Manhunters]], Amon has the Manhunters attack Oa. This attack was a diversion so that the Manhunters could locate the Yellow Fear Battery hidden beneath Oa and steal its power. The Manhunters succeed and with this new power Amon orders them to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwash]] and enslave another race, the Zamarons, so that they will attack Oa. Foiling this scheme, Hal Jordan heads to the Manhunters' home world, where he discovers Amon's treachery and finds his friend Kilowog trapped in a giant Manhunter that is slowly draining away his life force. After freeing Kilowog, Hal Jordan finds Amon leading the Manhunters in another attack on Oa, with Amon intending to kill everyone on the planet for revenge.

* ''VideoGame/SupermanReturns'':
** [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy worse than his film counterpart]]. Faking reports of Krypton still existing to get rid of Superman, Lex is released from jail and cons an elderly woman out her belongings. Lex steals and experiments on the data crystals, causing a blackout and unleashing multiple criminals and creatures onto the city, including Bizarro and Riot. Lex's ultimate goal is to use the crystals to build a continent that would destroy most of North America and potentially kill billions. Lex later plants the crystals, [[WeatherManipulation causing tornadoes]], and abandons Lois Lane to die. When Superman comes to the island, Lex beats him up and throws him into the ocean to die. Uncaring and out [[ItsAllAboutMe only for himself]], Lex laughs off any of the damage he causes.
** [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]] is the [[EvilOverlord sadistic leader]] of Warworld, where he forces aliens to fight for his amusement. Capturing Superman on his way back to Earth from Krypton. Mongul forces him to fight in GladiatorGames against his will. When Superman beats his opponents, Mongul enters the ring himself, but is beaten. Mongul tries to goad Superman into killing him, and following Superman to Earth, he has his men attack Metropolis. In his final battle with Superman, Mongul attempts to [[ColonyDrop have asteroids crash into the city]] and has his men attack citizens to hurt Superman.

* ''ComicBook/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' & ''ComicBook/InjusticeVsMastersOfTheUniverse'': [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] is the [[PlanetBaron despotic ruler of the planet Apokolips]] and [[ArchEnemy one of the most sworn and powerful enemies]] of [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]]. Torturing Black Racer into submission, Darkseid allows his son Kalibak to lead an assault on Earth, killing tens of thousands of people, before his army was destroyed by Superman. Angered at the fact that Superman sullied his reputation by killing Kalibak, Darkseid starts scheming the destruction of Superman more aggressively, first hiring Lobo to take him down and then, when that failed, joining the conspiracy with Ares and Hera, manipulating humans, superheroes, and Olympians into a bloody conflict, with the human government even launching nukes as a result. After this, Darkseid found the weakened Skeletor in the cosmos, and from him, he found the location of the solution to Anti-Life Equation to be in Castle Grayskull. Invading Eternia, Darkseid kills, captures and transforms thousands of people into his obedient slaves, as he tries to uncover Anti-Life Equation, to [[MultiversalConqueror take control of the multiverse]], killing the minds and personalities of every living being aside from himself.

** [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]] is the sadistic leader of Warworld, where he forces aliens to fight for his amusement. Capturing Superman on his way back to Earth from Krypton. Mongul forces him to fight in GladiatorGames against his will. When Superman beats his opponents, Mongul enters the ring himself, but is beaten. Mongul tries to goad Superman into killing him, and following Superman to Earth, he has his men attack Metropolis. In his final battle with Superman, Mongul attempts to [[ColonyDrop have asteroids crash into the city]] and has his men attack citizens to hurt Superman.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: The Man of Steel'' (2002): [[EvilOverlord Mongul]], as usual, is the ruler of Warworld and a galactic tyrant. When Superman discovers [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] 13 is about to return, Superman decides to go to Warworld to obtain some weapons to defeat Brainiac. Knowing Mongul will not help him, Superman [[SlaveLiberation frees Mongul's slaves]] on Warworld, saving them from Mongul's forces and receiving help from them. When Mongul learns Superman has freed his slaves, he demands compensation. When Superman refuses, Mongul's ship attacks Superman and the escaping slave ships. When Superman defeats Mongul's ship, Mongul launches the ship's reactor at the Earth, telling Superman the reactor is powerful enough to [[EarthShatteringKaboom destroy the world]], with Mongul wanting to [[RevengeByProxy punish Superman for his interference by killing everyone on Earth]].

** [[EvilOverlord Mongul]] is the sadistic leader of Warworld, where he forces aliens to fight for his amusement. Capturing Superman on his way back to Earth from Krypton. Mongul forces him to fight in GladiatorGames against his will. When Superman beats his opponents, Mongul enters the ring himself, but is beaten. Mongul tries to goad Superman into killing him, and following Superman to Earth, he has his men attack Metropolis. In his final battle with Superman, Mongul attempts to [[ColonyDrop have asteroids crash into the city]] and has his men attack citizens to hurt Superman.

* [[WesternAnimation/Injustice2021 2021 AnimatedAdaptation]]: [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] here lacks the sole redeeming quality of his original counterpart. After getting bored from losing to Batman, he decides to go after [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Superman]], murdering the latter's best friend Jimmy Olsen and kidnapping his LoveInterest Lois Lane. The Joker then brainwashes Superman with a combination of kryptonite and Scarecrow's fear toxin, which he had previously killed Scarecrow for, and left a trap that kills the Flash. The toxin makes Superman kill Lois and her unborn child. [[ForTheEvulz Just for pleasure]], Joker [[DeadMansSwitch had linked the nuke's trigger to Lois's heartbeat]], destroying Metropolis and killing over 11 million people.

* ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline: Legends'': [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] is as narcissistic and destructive as always. Having already conquered and destroyed the Earth in the [[BadFuture future timeline]], alongside thousands of other planets, the present Brainiac [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself]] by destroying the Watchtower and intending for the debris to crash into Metropolis, almost killing one million people. While helping [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] with his vendetta against Superman, he ultimately forces Superman to murder his own wife Lois before trying to dissect him, attempting to create an army of Supermen. Briefly held back by the Justice League, Brainiac massacres the Sinestro Corps and steals their central power battery to recharge himself; unleashes his army of enslaved aliens onto Earth to wipe out humanity; forces Lex to attack and kill the heroes with his own armor just to torment his former ally; and massacres his own allies when he believes he has the upper hand.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (UsefulNotes/GameBoy): [[Characters/DCAUJoker The Joker]] plots to smuggle a bunch of teddy bears containing bombs filled with [[DeadlyGas Joker Venom]] into Gotham to have them go off and kill many people, openly telling Batman about his plan in advance so as to lure Batman in an attempt to kill him. The Joker later shoots the Batplane out of the sky in an attempt to kill Batman and Robin, not caring about potential collateral deaths caused by the crash.

* [[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesTheJoker The Joker]] serves as the OverarchingVillain of the series. The ArchEnemy of Batman, Joker regularly commits crimes solely to torture his nemesis throughout the series. When first [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins establishing himself in Gotham]], Joker hijacked Black Mask's organization, and used his influence to torture and murder innocents, along with bombing multiple buildings across the city. In [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum one notable instance]], Joker staged a breakout at Arkham Asylum, ensuring the slaughter of as many people as possible. Left dying of a TITAN overdose in the wake of this incident, Joker [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity forces Batman to find a cure for his condition]] by poisoning more than two thousand people with his infected blood; he also executes Batman's LoveInterest, [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al Ghul]], right in front of him. Caring nothing for his subordinates, The Joker regularly abuses his "girlfriend," Harley Quinn, and tortures and murders his henchmen, along with threatening their family members, for fun. Even after his death, [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight flashbacks further show his wicked deeds]], such as crippling Barbara Gordon and physically and psychologically torturing Jason Todd for months, then sending Batman videotapes of said torture; this torture resulted in Jason becoming the Arkham Knight. Tie-in material only adds to his list of crimes, with his many crimes including [[WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham trying to blow up Gotham City]]; and, in the digital comic, ''Arkham City: End Game'', rigging fireworks with Joker toxin that kills hundreds. A narcissistic sadist with a pathological need for attention, the Joker is determined to make Gotham forever remember him by writing his name in the city with blood.

* [[ThemeSerialKiller Julian Gregory Day, aka the Calendar Man]], is a soft-spoken psychopath who commits crimes during and based on holidays. In ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'', he boasts about a sizeable rap sheet over the years, from [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents]] and potential lovers to laying siege to maternity wards and poisoning entire gangs working for him, Day kicks off his next spree in the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]'' tie-in comic by murdering dozens of people in stores across Gotham on holidays. Later capturing Batman, Day forces him to fight monsters continuously for an entire week while using an infant as a hostage, before revealing he has poisoned over 300 people in Gotham—-many of whom are [[WouldHurtAChild children and toddlers]]--hoping for Batman to tire himself into exhaustion and allow Day to strike the killing blow. Day ultimately flings the hostage infant off a ledge to enable his own escape, successfully evading capture and ending his current spree solely to bask in Batman's coming defeat at the hands of Scarecrow.

** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]], after receiving a telepathic message from a meteorite, promising him great power and knowledge if he can release the power within the meteor, [[TheHeavy launches a complex scheme to get the equipment he needs. He creates a series of disasters to keep the Justice League busy: He has his [[MechaMooks robot minions]] attack random citizens; has Queen Bee transform people into bee creatures; hires the Key and Killer Frost to set off several nuclear weapons; frees the White Martians so they can attack Earth; frees Gorilla Grodd so he will use his EarthquakeMachine, eventually planning to destroy Gorilla City; and uses a Doomsday clone to help him [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs take over the Justice League Watchtower]], imprison Martian Manhunter, and steal a Mother Box. Brainiac is willing to endanger millions of lives just as a distraction tactic, so the Justice League would too busy to stop his quest for power and knowledge.

** [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]], after receiving a telepathic message from a meteorite, promising him great power and knowledge if he can release the power within the meteor, launches a complex scheme to get the equipment he needs. He creates a series of disasters to keep the Justice League busy: He has his [[MechaMooks robot minions]] attack random citizens; has Queen Bee transform people into bee creatures; hires the Key and Killer Frost to set off several nuclear weapons; frees the White Martians so they can attack Earth; frees [[Characters/TheFlashGorillaGrodd Gorilla Grodd]] so he will use his EarthquakeMachine, eventually planning to destroy Gorilla City; and uses a Doomsday clone to help him [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs take over the Justice League Watchtower]], imprison Martian Manhunter, and steal a Mother Box. Brainiac is willing to endanger millions of lives just as a distraction tactic, so the Justice League would too busy to stop his quest for power and knowledge.

** ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroesTheFlash'' {{spinoff}}: [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Brainiac]] is once again portrayed as a sociopathic robot with zero redeeming qualities. Having set his sights on freeing a presence within a meteor in exchange for knowledge and power, he allows [[Characters/TheFlashGorillaGrodd Gorilla Grodd]] to wreak havoc in Keystone; sends [[AnIcePerson Killer Frost]] to destroy Gotham; sends [[WickedWitch Circe]] to take over and, eventually, destroy Themyscira; and gives [[Characters/TheFlashHunterZolomon Zoom]] the means to destroy the Pacific Coast, which will flood Coast City in order to distract the Justice League from his plans. After all his subordinates are defeated, Brainiac personally invades Metropolis and, when confronted by Flash, reveals that he has triggered the bomb that will atomize Metropolis.