History Videogame / InjusticeGodsAmongUs

''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' is an April 2013 Creator/DCComics FightingGame developed by Creator/NetherrealmStudios, the company behind the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Mortal Kombat reboot]] in 2011. The game features a cast of DC Universe heroes and villains fighting each other in the aftermath of an incident that claimed millions of lives.

* ContinuityPorn: There's ''loads of it'' in the game, everything from comicbook trivia to character design references in skins (such as the ''Series/Arrow'' skin for Green Arrow)

* TwoCanPlayThatGame: In Cyborg's chapter, Cyborg was being hacked by his alternate version of himself so he counters it with his own hacking. They ended the hacking in a stalemate and decide to fight the old-fashion way.

* BadassBoast: Initiating a Clash Wager starts a contest of these, though special mention goes to any that involve Batman, Superman, Green Arrow and [[VideoGame/MortalKombat Scorpion.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** A variation of the Gotham Streets stage has graffiti on the Ace Chemicals vehicle reading "[[PrecisionFStrike F#QK]] Superman." The same message is written on the walls in Joker's Lair, which is prominently displayed for a lengthy amount of time during a story cutscene.
** Joker nearly gets to let out the same curse during Lex's story before [[CurseCutShort Harley interrupts him.]]
-->'''Joker:''' Humpty Dumpty fell on a truck. Humpty Dumpty's suit is all f-
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' Love the color. Matches your eyes.
** Twice during the story mode, both Green Arrow and Green Lantern mutter "Shit" under their breath. Not many times have fans seen it in the DC Animated Universe.
** Regime Catwoman wonders if she could find Cyborg's "off" button. After defeating her, he says "[[DoubleEntendre I'm still turned on.]]"
** On the Gotham streets part of the Gotham City level there's the strip club the Sin Kitty advertising Live Nudes. You can even see the SexySilhouette of a naked woman dancing through the window. Joker even points this out in the story custcene where the level takes place.

* ContinuitySnarl: A retroactive one. In the opening cutscene, Batman and Superman of the “Injustice” universe are already wearing their respective Insurgency/Regime outfits, despite there being quite some time before either faction is formally established[[note]]Batman’s Insurgency outfit is clearly battle-worn and even outright damaged at some places such as the cheeks, while Superman’s Regime outfit has a very regal design compared to most incarnations of the character.[[/note]]. [[VideoGame/Injustice2 The sequel]] establishes that Batman and Superman wore outfits that are very similar to default/“prime” universe outfits in this game [[spoiler: when Joker nuked Metropolis]].

* BloodierAndGorier: Ironically, while the game has a T-rating and eschews any connections to the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise, it goes for a considerably more graphical depiction of violence than the cartoony ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''. While the action is adequate to its Superhero universe, battles are accompanied by significant amounts of blood and most combat techniques are very visceral in nature, especially when blades like Wonder Woman's sword or Catwoman's claws are involved. In a way it makes sense, as it helps hammer home the emotional impact of a DC Universe where everything has gone horribly, tragically wrong for the characters, who now find themselves pitted against former friends and allies, viciously fighting each other against the backdrop of a CrapsackWorld, with both sides believing that their side is the only hope to make it better.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Characters'': Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/TheJoker, ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, ComicBook/{{Bane}}, Comicbook/{{Batgirl| 2011}} (DLC), [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Damian Wayne]]
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}} Characters'': Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/LexLuthor, [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]], [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGallery General Zod]] (DLC), Lobo (DLC)
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern Characters'': [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]], [[AffirmativeActionLegacy John Stewart]] (DLC), SelfDemonstrating/{{Sinestro}}, ComicBook/SolomonGrundy
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Characters'': ComicBook/GreenArrow [[note]]The Series/{{Arrow}} was offered as DLC and then playable on the deluxe edition[[/note]], Franchise/TheFlash, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, [[ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} Hawkgirl]], [[ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} Killer Frost]], ComicBook/MartianManhunter (DLC), ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} (DLC)
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans Characters'': ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Raven}}
* ''{{ComicBook/Shazam}} Characters'': {{ComicBook/Shazam}}, ComicBook/BlackAdam
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman Characters'': Characters/WonderWoman, ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}
* ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 Mortal Kombat]] Characters'' (DLC): [[Characters/MortalKombat Scorpion]]

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}} Characters'': ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/TheRiddler, ComicBook/TwoFace, ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} (playable in mobile), [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Killer Croc (playable in mobile), Penguin, Scarecrow, Hugo Strange]],[[Characters/BatmanArkhamSeriesRoguesGalleryKnight Arkham Knight]] (AKA [[spoiler: Jason Todd]]) (playable in mobile), Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) (playable in Mobile)
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}} Characters'': {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} (playable in mobile), [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metallo, Parasite]]
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern Characters'': [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Kilowog, Jessica Cruz]] (playable in mobile), [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Atrocitus]]
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Characters'': [[Franchise/WonderWoman Giganta]], [[Characters/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Atom-Smasher]], [[ComicBook/TheFlash Gorilla Grodd, Kid Flash (playable in mobile), Reverse-Flash (playable in mobile)]] (playable in mobile), [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Starro the Conqueror]], [[Characters/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica Mister Terrific]], ComicBook/TheAtom
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans Characters'': [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Trigon]]

* BreakingTheFellowship: The Joker certainly had the last laugh as [[WeUsedToBeFriends he made Batman and Superman hate each other]] and [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen splintered the once-mighty Justice League into two factions]].

* ''[[ComicBook/TeenTitans Teen Titans]] Characters'': ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}, ComicBook/{{Raven}}

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman Characters'': [[Characters/WonderWoman Wonder Woman]], ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}

* KnightTemplar: The Regime versions of {{Superman}} and WonderWoman became this after the Tragedy of Metropolis.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman Characters'': [[Characters/WonderWoman Wonder Woman]], [[Characters/WonderWoman Ares]]

** Creator/RichardEpcar's portrayal of the Joker in this game sounds more like a Creator/MarkHamill impression compared to how he sounded in ''MK vs. DC'' (higher-pitched and screechy). Which is ironic, considering that Richard hasn't heard Mark's Joker at all.

** Creator/RichardEpcar's portrayal of the Joker in this game sounds more like a Creator/MarkHamill impression compared to how he sounded in ''MK vs. DC'' (higher-pitched and screechy).

* ''Franchise/GreenLantern Characters'': [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Hal Jordan]], [[AffirmativeActionLegacy John Stewart]] (DLC), Sinestro, [[Characters/Earth2GreenLantern Solomon Grundy]]

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Some characters' S.T.A.R Labs missions have the player control a completely different character altogether: one of Catwoman's has you control her cat Isis while one of Joker's has the player control the Atom for a brief segment.

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: Sure, Superman and his supporters began as a WellIntentionedExtremist faction, who have many right points in their actions, but [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope their steady decline to tyranny]] [[HeWhoFightsMonsters and growing abandonment of morality in their crimefighting]] led them to become real villains. However, Injustice Batman isn't actually blameless: he refuses to help Superman cope with his emotional trauma, continues to follow his ThouShaltNotKill rule to stupid and hypocritical ends, lies and uses more and more unscrupulous means to fight against the Regime, nearly always causing more disasters and making others and himself sink deeper into despair.

* AnyoneCanDie: This is prominent in both the comics and the game, where even big names like Joker, Green Arrow,
[[spoiler:Lex Luthor and Shazam]] end up dead. No one from the main universe dies, however.

%%* AnyoneCanDie: This is prominent in both the comics and the game. No one from the main universe dies, however. Which makes it more of a surprise when Doctor Fate revives [[spoiler:Black Canary]].%%

** Twice during the story mode, Green Arrow mutters "Shit". Not many times have fans seen it in the DC Animated Universe.

** On the Gotham streets part of the Gotham City level there's the strip club the Sin Kitty advertising Live Nudes. You can even see the SexySilhouette of a naked woman dancing through the window.

* BattleAura: Superman and Green Lantern gains auras for the duration of their traits, and everyone gets a brief burst of it when they start their [[LimitBreak super move]]. [[LongList Superman, Flash, Doomsday, Ares, Scorpion and Deathstroke have varying shades of orange-red, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Batgirl, Sinestro, Zatanna, Black Adam and Aquaman have yellow/gold, Nightwing has bluish purple, Cyborg and Killer Frost have blue, Raven, Catwoman and Harley Quinn have varying shades of pinkish-purple, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Bane and Green Lantern have green, Martian Manhunter have white, Solomon Grundy has yellow-green, and Zod and Lobo have red.]] An odd case is Green Arrow, whose aura is green in console but orange in mobile, and Shazam, whose aura is white in console but gold in mobile. Mobile-exclusive characters Darkseid and Static both have gold auras.