History YMMV / BatmanLastKnightOnEarth

* OlderThanTheyThink: A plot where the main antagonist is [[spoiler:the original version of the main hero who is a copy of him, named Omega?]] VideoGame/MegaManZero3 did this years ago, though it's all both stories have in common.

* HilariousInHindsight: It's a pretty common WhatIf thought that what would happen if Kal-El ended up in the hands of the Waynes and grew up in Gotham. Well... [[spoiler:the story ends with a baby Kal-El landing on the post-apocalyptic Earth and having to be raised by BATMAN himself. Granted, it isn't Bruce Wayne, but still]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: A plot where the main antagonist is [[spoiler:the original version of the main hero who is a copy of him?]] VideoGame/MegaManZero3 did this years ago, though it's all both stories have in common.

* HilariousInHindsight: It's a pretty common WhatIf thought that what would happen if Kal-El ended up in the hands of the Waynes and grew up in Gotham. Well... [[spoiler:the story ends with a Baby Kal-El landing on the post-apocalyptic Earth and ends up having to be raised by BATMAN himself. Granted it isn't Bruce Wayne, but still]].

* HilariousInHindsight: It's a pretty common WhatIf thought that what would happen if Kal-El ended up in the hands of the Waynes and grew up in Gotham. Well... [[spoiler:the story ends with a Baby Kal-El landing on the post-apocalyptic Earth and ends up having to be raised by BATMAN himself. Granted it isn't Bruce Wayne but still.]]

* {{TearJerker}}: [[spoiler:Lex challenged Superman to a debate of ideals, which was telepathically broadcast to the whole world. At the end of the debate, the whole world chooses who wins, and the loser dies. Lex is so moved by Superman's speech that he ends up with a HeelFaceTurn and is sure that he's lost, but he's wrong. Superman dies and the world devolves into chaos.]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler:Lex challenged Superman to a debate of ideals, which was telepathically broadcast to the whole world. At the end of the debate, the whole world chooses who wins, and the loser dies. Lex is so moved by Superman's speech that he ends up with a HeelFaceTurn and is sure that he's lost, but he's wrong. Superman dies and the world devolves into chaos.]]

** [[spoiler:Alfred's death. He’s injected with Scarecrow's toxins, which, instead of causing him to hallucinate his nightmares, cause a delusion that he convinced the Waynes not go to that fateful Zorro showing. Alfred passes away peacefully, utterly content in his fantasy.]]

** [[spoiler: Alfred's death. He’s injected with Scarecrow’s toxins, which, instead of causing him to hallucinate his nightmares, cause a delusion that he convinced the Waynes not go to that fateful Zorro showing. Alfred passes away peacefully, utterly content in his fantasy.]]
*** The above is compounded by the reveal that [[spoiler: Omega, who oversees Alfred’s death, is the original Bruce Wayne. Even as Omega murdered scores of villains, enslaved his fellow Leaguer J’onn, and waged war against his family without a single hint of remorse, he left Alfred alone for years. Then when he eventually ''did'' kill him, he gave Alfred a painless, even happy, death.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive most of humanity's turn to evil through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero]] [[VillainKiller or villain]] that stood in his way, in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; planning to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Knowing that [[SecretlyDying he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]], Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive most of humanity's turn to evil through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero]] [[VillainKiller or villain]] that stood in his way, in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; planning to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Knowing that [[SecretlyDying he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]], Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime. Facing Batman in a climactic showdown atop Wayne Manor, Omega holds his own against his younger duplicate, although he is mortally wounded, taking one last look at the city before he dies.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive most of humanity's turn to evil through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero or villain that stood in his way]], in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; planning to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Knowing that [[SecretlyDying he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]], Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime. Facing Batman in a climactic showdown atop Wayne Manor, Omega holds his own against his younger duplicate, although he is mortally wounded, taking one last look at the city before he dies.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive most of humanity's turn to evil through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero or villain that stood in his way]], in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; planning to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive ComicBook/MartianManhunter. [[SecretlyDying Knowing that he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]], Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime. Facing Batman in a climactic showdown atop Wayne Manor, Omega holds his own against his younger duplicate, although he is mortally wounded, taking one last look at the city before he dies.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive being brutally attacked by the very people he had sworn to protect through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero or villain that stood in his way]], in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; he plans to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Martian Manhunter]]. Knowing that [[SecretlyDying he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]] ([[HeelRealization and perhaps that he had gone too far in his conquering ways]]), Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime and attempting to reprogram the new Bruce into his successor. Omega's plan would have worked if not for the penny Batman kept on his person. Facing Batman in a climactic showdown atop Wayne Manor, Omega holds his own against his younger duplicate, although he is mortally wounded, taking one last look at the city before he dies.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Omega]] is in reality the original [[Characters/BatmanTheCharacter Bruce Wayne]], having managed to survive being brutally attacked by the very people he had sworn to protect through sheer force of will. Embittered and deciding to use more extreme measures to save humanity from itself, Bruce reinvents himself as the [[EvilOverlord conqueror Omega]], defeating and slaying [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and [[HeroKiller any hero or villain that stood in his way]], in the process gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation and using it to rule over Gotham and the rest of the United States' eastern seaboard; he plans to extend the Equation's signal worldwide using a captive [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter Martian Manhunter]]. Knowing that [[SecretlyDying he would soon die due to old age and his injuries]] ([[HeelRealization and perhaps that he had gone too far in his conquering ways]]), Omega orders the creation of a clone of Bruce Wayne to either replace him or stop him. When the clone escapes and becomes a new Batman, Omega anticipates an attack and ambushes him and the disembodied head of [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]], nearly killing the Clown Prince of Crime and attempting to reprogram the new Bruce into his successor. Omega's plan would have worked if not for the penny Batman kept on his person. Facing Batman in a climactic showdown atop Wayne Manor, Omega holds his own against his younger duplicate, although he is mortally wounded, taking one last look at the city before he dies. Cunning and capable despite his questionable sanity, Omega proved to be a formidable test of both Batman's abilities and his ideology.]]

* {{Irony}}: A dark case of it. Batman in more than a few Elseworlds stories (such as Injustice) has been presented as the BadassNormal champion of humanity and unafraid to stand up to his superpowered colleagues. [[spoiler: Yet here, he turns against humanity after they turn against the very heroes that tried to save and help them, killing many, including his own son. When he recovered, he turned against the world itself.]]
* {{Tearjerker}}: [[spoiler:Lex challenged Superman to a debate of ideals, which was telepathically broadcast to the whole world. At the end of the debate, the whole world chooses who wins, and the loser dies. Lex is so moved by Superman's speech that he ends up with a HeelFaceTurn and is sure that he's lost, but he's wrong. Superman dies and the world devolves into chaos.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: It's a pretty common WhatIf thought that what would happen if Kal-El ended up in the hands of the Waynes and grew up in Gotham. Well... [[spoiler:the story ends with a Baby Kal-El landing on the post-apocalyptic Earth and ends up having to be raised by BATMAN himself. Granted it isn't Bruce Wayne but still.]]