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* JustHereForGodzilla: Quite a few fans watch this just for the reunion of DCAU voice actors including Creator/TimDaly as Superman, Creator/KevinConroy as Batman, Creator/ClancyBrown as Lex Luthor, and Creator/CCHPounder as Amanda Waller.

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* QuestionableCasting: Many fans were annoyed with the casting of Creator/LeVarBurton as Black Lightning--mostly due to the feeling that they wasted him for what ultimately amounted to be one line in the finished movie rather than the actual casting itself.



* WTHCastingAgency: Many fans were annoyed with the casting of Creator/LeVarBurton as Black Lightning--mostly due to the feeling that they wasted him for what ultimately amounted to be one line in the finished movie rather than the actual casting itself.
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*CompleteMonster: [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] ends up becoming the [[PresidentEvil president of the United States]] after an economic recession. Luthor then orders Major Force to kill Metallo and use his death to frame Superman as a psychopath, despite Metallo's loyalties to him. Failing to stop a kryptonite meteor from impacting the planet, Luthor [[VillainousBreakdown snaps]] and decides he's going to allow the meteor to crash, risking the lives of billions so he can [[InTheirOwnImage rebuild a "new Earth"]] with him as its ruler. Luthor repeatedly attempts to stop the heroes from trying to destroy the meteorite, purely out of spite that [[ItsAllAboutMe he wasn't the one that saved the planet]] and his megalomania.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: During Lex Luthor's inauguration, he has a backdrop of vertically-displayed American flags with the blue canton on the top right, as if the flags had been rotated 90 degrees. This is a common mistake. Whether displayed horizontally or vertically, [[http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/displayonly.htm the canton is almost always displayed at the top left]][[note]]barring some very specific applications to include military shoulder patches and aircraft markings, where the canton might be depicted on the leading edge of the flag, to show the flag flowing back as the bearer moves forward.[[/note]] This may or may not be intentional. A backwards flag is a sigh of distress and could be hinting at how Luthor's presidency is going to go. It could also be there to give the scene something to help it feel unsettling.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: During Lex Luthor's inauguration, he has a backdrop of vertically-displayed American flags with the blue canton on the top right, as if the flags had been rotated 90 degrees. This is a common mistake. Whether displayed horizontally or vertically, [[http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/displayonly.htm the canton is almost always displayed at the top left]][[note]]barring some very specific applications to include military shoulder patches and aircraft markings, where the canton might be depicted on the leading edge of the flag, to show the flag flowing back as the bearer moves forward.[[/note]]
** This may or may not be intentional. A backwards flag is a sigh of distress and could be hinting at how Luthor's presidency is going to go. It could also be there to give the scene something to help it feel unsettling.

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* CriticalResearchFailure: During Lex Luthor's inauguration, he has a backdrop of vertically-displayed American flags with the blue canton on the top right, as if the flags had been rotated 90 degrees. This is a common mistake. Whether displayed horizontally or vertically, [[http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/displayonly.htm the canton is almost always displayed at the top left]][[note]]barring some very specific applications to include military shoulder patches and aircraft markings, where the canton might be depicted on the leading edge of the flag, to show the flag flowing back as the bearer moves forward.[[/note]]
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[[/note]] This may or may not be intentional. A backwards flag is a sigh of distress and could be hinting at how Luthor's presidency is going to go. It could also be there to give the scene something to help it feel unsettling.unsettling.
* FauxSymbolism:
** In the smackdown beneath Toyman's rocket.
---> '''Luthor:''' You come to this planet, declare yourself the savior of mankind...well, I think it's time you ''died for your sins!''
** The number of days it'll take for the meteor to hit Earth: seven days.



* HoYay: You can read a good deal of this into some scenes between Batman and Superman.

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* HoYay: You can read a good deal of this into some scenes between Batman and Superman.



* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic:
** In the smackdown beneath Toyman's rocket.
---> '''Luthor:''' You come to this planet, declare yourself the savior of mankind... well, I think it's time you ''died for your sins!''
** The number of days it'll take for the meteor to hit Earth: seven days.
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* HoYay: You can read a good deal of this into some scenes between Batman and Superman.

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Troper is trying to disguise an attempt at shoehorning another Lex Luthor-Donald Trump comparison. He used Funny Aneurysm Moment because the comment didn't explicitly mention it. This has been corrected. Discussion is here: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15816392660A25032600&page=175#4364


%% Don't use HilariousInHindsight or HarsherInHindsight to add Lex Luthor's presidency comparing it with any real-life president, especially THAT one. You know who.

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%% Don't use FunnyAneurysmMoment, HilariousInHindsight or HarsherInHindsight to add Lex Luthor's presidency comparing it with any real-life president, especially THAT one. You know who.



* FunnyAneurysmMoment: It is shockingly scary how the beginning of this movie managed to predict a lot of real life events near the end of the 2010s and beginning of the 2020s despite just being a work of fiction. For sake of [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment cautious editing, we won't list examples]], but for anyone who's lived through those years, they know exactly what.
* HoYay: You can read a good deal of this into some scenes between Batman and Superman.

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* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Metallo's horribly-burned body. Also the sight of a very 'roided-up Luthor could also be unsettling]].

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[[spoiler: Metallo's horribly-burned body. Also the sight of a very 'roided-up Luthor could also be unsettling]].unsettling]].
** If you've read the storyline the movie's based on, [[spoiler: you can see how insane Luthor has become if he let the meteor hit.]]
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** This may or may not be intentional. A backwards flag is a sigh of distress and could be hinting at how Luthor's presidency is going to go. It could also be there to give the scene something to help it feel unsettling.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: It is shockingly scary how the beginning of this movie managed to predict a lot of real life events near the end of the 2010s and beginning of the 2020s despite just being a work of fiction. For sake of [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment cautious editing, we won't list examples]], but for anyone who's lived through those years, they know exactly what.

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* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight: Lex Luthor's darkhorse campaign that focused on blaming "dangerous aliens" for America's problems and eventual victory became this in light of Donald Trump's presidency.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: In the smackdown beneath Toyman's rocket.
--> '''Luthor''': You come to this planet, declare yourself the savior of mankind... well, I think it's time you ''died for your sins!''

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic:
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In the smackdown beneath Toyman's rocket.
--> '''Luthor''': ---> '''Luthor:''' You come to this planet, declare yourself the savior of mankind... well, I think it's time you ''died for your sins!''
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* HilariousInHindsight / HarsherInHindsight: Lex Luthor's darkhorse campaign that focused on blaming "dangerous aliens" for America's problems and eventual victory became this in light of Donald Trump's presidency.

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