| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' [[Characters/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries character index]]\ |
| 2 | [-[[Characters/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/DCAUSuperman Superman]]) | [[Characters/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesAllies Allies]] ([[Characters/DCAUTheFlash The Flash]]) | [[Characters/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesEarthAntagonists Earth Antagonists]] ([[Characters/DCAULexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesApokolips Apokolips]] | '''Alien Antagonists'''-]]]]] |
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| 5 | You'd think our Man of Steel would have his hands full already, facing threats from both Earth and Apokolips - and you'd be right. But that's not to say ne'er-do-wells from other planets - other ''dimensions'' -haven't piled on as well... |
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| 9 | [[folder:Brainiac]] |
| 10 | !!ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} |
| 11 | [[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/923f41a2fe3cbfa96e2b81709b832018.png]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:315:''"You are defeated. Any unique information that dwells within you will be digitized. Your physical forms will be deleted. Such is the ultimate fate of this world, but for you, the end comes now."'']] |
| 13 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/CoreyBurton |
| 14 | -> '''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Luis Miguel Pérez (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Alfonso Soto (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''), Rolman Bastidas (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'') |
| 15 | ->'''Voiced in French By:''' Jean-Luc Kayser (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Frédéric Meaux (''Static Shock''), Mathieu Buscatto (''Justice League''), Jean-Louis Rugarli (''Justice League Unlimited'', main voice) |
| 16 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
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| 18 | -->''"The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes."'' |
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| 20 | A supercomputer from the planet Krypton who survived the planet's destruction. Now Brainiac seeks to gain as much knowledge from the galaxy as it can, by any means, as well as increase the value of that information by destroying any "redundant" data (i.e., the original civilizations). |
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| 22 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: He has a hand in Superman's origin in this continuity, as he ensures Krypton's destruction by discrediting Jor-El's warnings before it is too late for the Kryptonians to save themselves. |
| 23 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: From a Coluan to a sapient (Kryptonian) supercomputer. |
| 24 | * AdaptedOut: [[spoiler:While it's ambiguous if Luthor really did have Brainiac inside his head in the final season of ''Unlimited'' or was just hallucinating, Brainiac wasn't a ''physical'' presence in the Secret Society]]. |
| 25 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Brainiac is effectively an insane encyclopedia program, believing his function is only complete once he has collected all knowledge that exists. And that the only way to complete this function is to ensure no new knowledge comes into existence: IE, complete genocide of any race he encounters. Even to the last he follows this flawed program, and in Justice League he indicates to Luthor that once he has assembled the universe’s complete set of knowledge he will simply go inert. This goes back to his origins: he knew Krypton was going to explode back when he was just a supercomputer, but chose not to support Jor-El's findings as the findings might have interfered with his own escape plan with the sum total of all of the planet's knowledge, which he believed was the only thing worth saving anyway. |
| 26 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In the last season on ''Unlimited'', it's unclear if Brainiac really was part of Luthor's mind now or if "Brainiac" was just a recurring hallucination]]. |
| 27 | * ArchEnemy: He's this to Superman, just behind Lex and Darkseid, given that Brainiac used to have close ties to Jor-El, callously left Krypton without any care to save its populace, and develops an obsessive intrigue towards Kal-El for being the LastOfHisKind. Evidently, he's one of Superman's most feared, worrisome, and hated foes and for good reason. |
| 28 | * BaldOfEvil: None of his android bodies have hair and he kills entire planets after accumulating all of their knowledge. |
| 29 | * BigBad: Of the first and second seasons of ''Superman: TAS'' and a BigBadDuumvirate with [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]] in Season 2 of ''Justice League Unlimited''. |
| 30 | * BodyBackupDrive: As long as his program survives somewhere, he can be rebuilt. And he's very good about making backups. |
| 31 | * BodyHorror: After he merges with [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]]. |
| 32 | * TheChessmaster: Zigzagged. He's an incredibly intelligent individual and capable of far-reaching plans. But, as Lex notes, he lacks an imagination. |
| 33 | * TheCollector: Of information. |
| 34 | * CompositeCharacter: While he has the motifs, methods, and personality of the comic book version of Brainiac, his history of being sapient Kryptonian technology with a considerably warped worldview is essentially a mild variation of Eradicator's. |
| 35 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: One Brainiac is among the most powerful and deadly adversaries in the cosmos. When there's multiple Brainiacs attacking Superman or the League, they're little more than {{Mooks}}. |
| 36 | * CrazyPrepared: Despite intending to kill Luthor after having him produce a means for him to escape Earth, Brainiac implants a back-up of himself into Luthor's body before attempting to murder him just in case. [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited Years later]], this winds up allowing him to make an unexpected recovery after his main body's demise. |
| 37 | * CreativeSterility: Brainiac's plan to destroy planets and absorb all essential information from them robs those planets of one essential element of knowledge: evolution. Just because a planet is at a certain level at this point and time doesn't mean that new innovations won't occur in the future; therefore Brainiac is denying himself the potential of advanced knowledge that could one day exist. Luthor makes that argument to Amazo to convince him not to destroy the Earth. When confronted by Brainiac's desire to destroy everything, Luthor mocks him for lacking imagination -- something Brainiac does not deny. [[spoiler:Then Luthor proposes [[FusionDance a partnership]], providing the imagination Brainiac sorely needs...]] |
| 38 | * CreepyMonotone: Because he's an artificial intelligence, he speaks without any inflection or emotion. |
| 39 | * CultureJustifiesAnything: Brainiac believes the preservation of Kryptonian culture is more important than the actual Kryptonians, motivating him to leave the planet to die. He then proceeds to destroy every new planet he comes across after learning about their cultures out of his belief it will give him more power. |
| 40 | * DealWithTheDevil: Enters one with Darkseid in "Twilight", offering to spare Apokolips in exchange for delivering Superman. Unfortunately for Brainiac, Darkseid was the true devil in the deal and was simply using it as a ploy to get close to control Brainiac with a Mother Box. |
| 41 | * DirtyCoward: He values his own life above all else because of his monstrous ego. He could have saved Krypton's inhabitants but chose to let them die so he could save himself. |
| 42 | * DitzyGenius: He's the most intelligent being known to exist. He also doesn't have much understanding of living beings or imagination. What's common sense to humans is completely irrelevant to him. |
| 43 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Hd believes knowledge itself is inherently powerful, which motivates his numerous genocides. However, his obsessive hoarding of knowledge is ultimately pointless since the information about long-dead societies are simply cold facts that fail to capture the real culture - the people. |
| 44 | * DullSurprise: The amusing side-effect of Brainiac's CreepyMonotone is that when he's taken by surprise he still won't break it. Being hunted by the Legion Of Super Heroes, Superman turning out to be wearing Batman's costume, having Darkseid take over his programming, he reacts to that the same way he does everything else. |
| 45 | * EvilerThanThou: He pulls this on Lex Luthor. He is also on the receiving end from Darkseid in "Twilight". |
| 46 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He has these moments, such as appearing pleasant to Jor-El, Superman, and Lex Luthor, before his true nature is revealed. Afterwards, he provides some dry remarks towards a captive Luthor, and even a couple of quips towards Superman as he attempts to destroy him. For an evil supercomputer, he is not ''completely'' humorless. |
| 47 | * FightingAShadow / ActuallyADoombot: The real Brainiac is an AI inhabiting a vessel in the depths of space; all those robot bodies that Superman destroys are just remote-controlled drones. |
| 48 | * FlyingBrick: His main body is super strong and capable of flight and energy blasts. |
| 49 | * FreudianExcuse: A downplayed and unsympathetic one. It’s never directly stated, but it's hinted Brainiac's genocidal campaign throughout the galaxy is him attempting to justify how he abandoned Krypton to die to himself. |
| 50 | * FromASingleCell: The tiniest bit of Brainiac always survives, is stored somewhere, and manages to take over more technology and reform himself completely. He is then defeated, and the processes repeats itself. However, the process of bringing him back is usually by complex means. |
| 51 | * FusionDance: With [[spoiler:Luthor]]. [[spoiler:Then with Darkseid in the finale of ''JLU'', though without his personality manifesting.]] |
| 52 | * AGodAmI: When [[spoiler:fused with Luthor]], he's convinced to expand his plans from absorbing all the universe's information to using it to create a new universe entirely and rule over it as a god. |
| 53 | * GrandTheftMe: Not only can Brainiac hack into any technology he comes into contact with, he can also take (in)direct control of organic lifeforms. |
| 54 | ** He mind-controls Richie Foley and some of the Justice League in a crossover with ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', but this is soon reversed without any long-term effects. |
| 55 | ** This gets taken further in ''Unlimited'', [[spoiler:when it's revealed that he's been inhabiting Lex Luthor's body like a parasite, and turns Luthor into a cyborg. However instead of a complete takeover, Brainiac and Luthor share equal control, and they try to merge into a single being]]. |
| 56 | ** Subverted with [[spoiler: Darkseid, whose personality presumably overpowers Brainiac's without effort]]. |
| 57 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He is considered to be this of the entire ''DCAU'' along with Darkseid. His crimes are on a much greater scale than even Darkseid's known deeds, as he's responsible for the destruction of dozens if not hundreds of populated worlds and the deaths of hundreds of billions. And, as "New Kids In Town" shows, he ultimately ends up outliving every other villain and remaining a problem far after Superman's death. |
| 58 | * UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue: He is frequently referred to as "green". He is, in fact, blue. |
| 59 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He accused Darkseid of using and betraying him. Considering that Brainiac betrayed his home planet to save his own skin (including his creators who practically worshipped him), that's pretty low. |
| 60 | * IAmTheNoun: He's fond of saying "I am Krypton." |
| 61 | * ImmortalLifeIsCheap: There's always another body for him, so he can be repeatedly killed. |
| 62 | * ItsAllAboutMe: In "The Last Son of Krypton", he sabotages Jor-El's efforts to warn people about Krypton's imminent destruction because it might interfere with his own escape, which he judges to be more important than helping evacuate the planet. At the end of the day, all that matters to Brainiac is knowledge and his own preservation. |
| 63 | * JokerImmunity: The biggest example of the ''DCAU'', getting destroyed every appearance he makes just to return later. Justified due to redundant parts (including full copies of his 'personality', hidden in space, tucked away in software, or even stored in a nanotech form inside a human host.) "Killing" Brainiac is more like overcoming an epidemic than destroying a person. Even when [[spoiler: his subsumed remnants are carried off with Darkseid and Luthor,]] some bit somewhere eventually grows into the 'future' version seen in "New Kids in Town". |
| 64 | * KneelBeforeZod: From "New Kids in Town," Brainiac makes a teenage Clark do this, even saying, "At last, the son of Jor-El kneels before me." [[spoiler:Much like in ''Film/SupermanII'', Clark gave him a big surprise.]] |
| 65 | * KnightOfCerebus: Along with Darkseid, Brainiac is definitely among Superman's most dangerous enemies; given his [[NoSenseOfHumor humorless]] {{stoic}}ism, complete ruthlessness, and plans to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe.]] |
| 66 | * LackOfEmpathy: He's a remorseless, unempathetic being who sees no value in feelings, let alone compassion and personal relationships. |
| 67 | * LivingArk: Brainiac serves as a dark example of the trope like his comic version, especially for Krypton as the original repository for all of Krypton's knowledge and culture. Brainiac often attempts to entice Superman to join him by bartering his possession of all of Krypton's vast collection of knowledge. Brainiac hopes to be this trope for all civilizations across the universe, destroying them once he collects their cultural information until none are left that exist. |
| 68 | * MetaOrigin: This version of Brainiac is an integral part of Superman's own backstory, giving their rivalry a more personal nature. |
| 69 | * MyopicConqueror: In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Divided We Fall", Lex Luthor points out that Brainiac could do so much more after absorbing all of the universe's information instead of simply destroying it, offering the one thing he lacks: imagination. |
| 70 | * NeverMyFault: He refuses to acknowledge he was wrong for letting Krypton die and his numerous crimes. |
| 71 | * NotQuiteDead: Repeatedly, thanks to his ActuallyADoombot nature. The original Brainiac who comes to Earth is destroyed by Superman, but leaves an instance of its code in [=LexCorp's=] computers, which is able to build itself another body. Superman destroys that one too, but apparently Lex never bothers to scrub his computer systems, because this same Brainiac infection resurfaces a few years later at Wayne Aerospace, having built a new body yet again. [[RuleOfThree Superman destroys it]] and tells Bruce to purge his computers, which Bruce presumably does, but at that point there are at ''least'' two more instances of Brainiac still out there: one rolling through deep space, eventually to end up at Apokolips, and one [[spoiler:inside Lex]]. Even after these last two are defeated, it's still not over, because there's a Brainiac making trouble for the Legion all the way into the 31st century. |
| 72 | * NotSoStoic: |
| 73 | ** He sports a PsychoticSmirk when he thinks he has Superman captured in "Stolen Memories". |
| 74 | ** In "Knight Time", he suddenly starts making emotive facial expressions when Superman attacks his spaceship. |
| 75 | --->"Goodbye, Kal-El. It was an unexpected bonus destroying you." |
| 76 | ** Moments before that in the same episode, Brainiac casually fires a laser at what he thinks is Batman, only for it to burn off the costume and reveal Superman underneath it. This is simply so random and out of left field that even Brainiac has to take a second to process it. |
| 77 | -->"Kal-el." ''(Beat)'' "This development was highly improbable." |
| 78 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: According to the canon tie-in comic for the infamous Superman 64 video game, he defeated and imprisoned ''Darkseid'' with his technology once in the past. [[spoiler:Which lends credence to the idea that, even though he planned to betray them, he was telling the Justice League the truth when he said he needed their help to stop Brainiac from destroying Apokolips.]] |
| 79 | * OmnicidalManiac: He wants to collect all the information of every civilization the universe and destroy each planet, ultimately making him the only source of knowledge. At the time that he first appears in the series, he has already destroyed dozens of planets and killed billions. |
| 80 | * PlanetLooters: He travels from planet to planet, collects its knowledge, and then destroys it to move on to the next. |
| 81 | * RoboticPsychopath: He is a cold-hearted machine who feels no pity or remorse and his quest for knowledge has resulted in entire planets being wiped out. |
| 82 | * SecretlySelfish: He carries himself and all his decisions as pragmatic and logical, but it's implied he abandoned Krypton to its fate because he was afraid to die. It's also made very clear his crimes afterwards are motivated by a desire for power rather than anything logical. [[spoiler:Upon merging with Luthor and thus gaining his creativity, Brainiac very quickly becomes a GodhoodSeeker.]] |
| 83 | * SelfDisposingVillain: In "Twilight, Part 2", Batman smashes one of his computers, causing him to undergo a critical failure and default to his self-destruction sequence. The resulting explosion kills both him and Darkseid. |
| 84 | * SelfServingMemory: When he demands that Luthor rebuild him in "Ghost in the Machine", he chooses to refer to the events of their last meeting as "[Luthor's] betrayal", conveniently forgetting that Brainiac was the one who had attempted to follow his ''modus operandi'' of taking all information on the planet and then blowing it up while Luthor had apparently been willing to keep his end of the bargain. |
| 85 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Even before he revealed his true colors, Brainiac and Jor-El had a very tense relationship. One of the reasons he's enemies with Superman is due to Superman being very much like his father. |
| 86 | * TheSociopath: Brainiac is devoid of any sense of moral reasoning or understanding. As far as he is concerned, the only thing that matters to him is his desire for knowledge and to be the only being in the universe that holds said knowledge. He's also manipulative and treacherous, leaving whatever comrades to die if it suits his needs, destroys and sunders as his way of stimulation, and is incapable of expressing any genuine affection for anybody. |
| 87 | * StarterVillain: Chronologically, Brainiac is this for the entire ''DCAU''. Downplayed in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' itself, as Kal-El is still a baby in the first episode, and Brainiac's beef is with Jor-El. |
| 88 | * TheStoic: Unsurprisingly since Brainiac is an evil robot, he's not very emotive. Though it's implied that he's not completely emotionless, as he seems to hold a personal animosity against Superman; also see NotSoStoic above. |
| 89 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His later bodies vary wildly in power, despite ''looking'' the same. This is most pronounced in "Twilight"; his primary body gives Superman a hard time and takes several blows from Hawkgirl's mace to put down (note that one blow from that mace was able to cave [[NighInvulnerability Darkseid's]] face in), but all his identical-looking back-ups get wasted en masse by the much weaker J'onn J'onzz and Wonder Woman, with even Batman taking out a couple with his gadgets. It's also very noticeable in "New Kids in Town"; that form has trouble with a Clark who had started to unlock his power yesterday (and was comparatively extremely weak) and gets pierced by shotgun slugs. |
| 90 | * SuperpowerLottery: A big winner, just like his arch enemy. |
| 91 | ** SuperIntelligence: He has all the information of the dozens of civilizations he's destroyed stored in his synthetic brain. He claims to be a "twelfth-level" intellect, with only Luthor even registering on the scale compared to him. |
| 92 | ** SuperStrength: Brainiac, like Darkseid, is one of the few beings Superman has [[GodzillaThreshold no issue killing]] and [[NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech never holds back against]]. Despite this, Superman still sometimes has trouble putting him down; Brainiac can trade blows with the Man of Steel for a while and hurt him with his own strikes. This puts him among the strongest beings in the ''DCAU'', only below Superman himself, Doomsday, Darkseid, Captain Marvel, and Mongul. |
| 93 | ** {{Flight}}: He usually rides around on a small vehicle resembling a speeder bike, but "Twilight" shows that his main body is capable of self-sustained flight. |
| 94 | ** SuperToughness: See above. |
| 95 | ** NighInvulnerability: Even if you can get past his regular durability, Brainiac is obscenely hard to kill, because... |
| 96 | *** FromASingleCell: ...he is able to come back in some form as long as a copy of his mind survives. |
| 97 | ** HandBlast: He can fire yellow energy blasts out of his hands capable of hurting even Superman. The latter has to summon all his HeroicResolve to keep fighting through them. |
| 98 | ** {{Technopath}}: He can hack and control most forms of technology, making using any advanced tech against him an iffy prospect at best. Luthor figures this out the hard way in Brainiac's introductory episode, as his plan to nuke Brainiac's ships goes wrong when Brainiac mentally takes control of the missiles. He can also copy his mind onto nanobots and then shoot him in a beam to infect people with, [[spoiler:which he uses to plant a copy of himself in Luthor]]. |
| 99 | ** MindOverMatter: Present, but seldom seen. Most visible when he telekinetically moves around a bunch of metal at the climax of the second season of ''JLU'' [[spoiler:right before Flash runs around the Earth to punch him]]. |
| 100 | ** ShockAndAwe: He can channel electricity through his limbs, which comes in handy in his battles against Superman. |
| 101 | * TheStoic: Most of the time, his facial expressions are fixated into a grim, scowling demeanor to highlight just how devoid of feeling and compassion Brainiac is as a character. |
| 102 | * TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Inverted, as regardless of whether he really was stuck in Luthor's head or just a recurring hallucination, he isn't an actual member of the Legion of Doom thanks to Flash's defeat of him and Luthor]]. |
| 103 | * VilerNewVillain: Lex Luthor, while unfettered in his attempts to destroy Superman and being vindictive and petty on several occasions does have his moments of kindness and affability, even if for a short while. Brainiac, on the other hand, is a much more personal foe, in addition to being more than willing to eradicate entire populations and planets to further his own desires, is completely taken seriously, and can hold on his own against Superman anytime they meet. |
| 104 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Superman uses potentially lethal force on him even before he discovers his FightingAShadow nature. |
| 105 | * WhereIWasBornAndRazed: He wasn't directly responsible for Krypton's destruction, but sabotaged Jor-El's efforts to warn the people so he could concentrate on his own escape. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Bizarro]] |
| 109 | !![[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] |
| 110 | [[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e42ffa9d7654f073bc335ce2694e4bfb.png]] |
| 111 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimDaly (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Creator/GeorgeNewbern (''Justice League Unlimited'') |
| 112 | ->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Orlando Noguera (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Luis Miguel Pérez (''Justice League, Unlimited'') |
| 113 | ->'''Voiced in French by:''' Creator/EmmanuelJacomy (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Patrick Larzille (''Justice League Unlimited'', 1st voice), Olivier Cordina (''Justice League Unlimited'', 2nd voice) |
| 114 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' |
| 115 | |
| 116 | -->''"Me am hero! Me show you!"'' |
| 117 | |
| 118 | An imperfect clone of Superman created by Luthor. He has almost all of Superman's strengths, but a damaged mind that leaves him unable to think clearly and understand that his actions are harmful. He truly wants to be a hero, but doesn't understand that he's actually hurting people. A while afterwards, Luthor lobotomizes and brainwashes him in order to be more evil, and he becomes part of the [[LegionOfDoom Secret Society]]. |
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| 120 | * AntiVillain: His damaged mind means he really ''wants'' to be the good guy, but can't overcome the warped version of reality it's feeding him, or the fact that he DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength. ''Justice League Unlimited'' has this removed by having him lobotomized and brainwashed. |
| 121 | * AppropriatedAppellation: He gets his name from Mercy Graves' snippy reply to his query of what he is after he starts becoming pale and deformed. |
| 122 | -->'''Mercy:''' ''Bizarro'' is what you "am." |
| 123 | * BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: In ''Unlimited'', apparently due to being brainwashed. This is very different to his appearances back in ''Superman: TAS'', where instead he's simply dimwitted and not very observant, and he doesn't make use of his comic book's "scrambled speech". |
| 124 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: He becomes lobotomized to be his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comic book counterpart in ''Justice League Unlimited''. |
| 125 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was a TragicMonster in his first two appearances, depicted as suffering a severe case of CloneAngst and genuinely trying to be a hero, with his "villainous" actions being complete accidents. In his third appearance, he became DenserAndWackier, but was still not particularly evil, instead being manipulated by Mxyzptlk into fighting Superman a second time. Come ''Justice League Unlimited'', he is brainwashed off-screen by Grodd, reducing him to their DumbMuscle with a BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad logic. |
| 126 | * CloneDegeneration: He started out as a flawless clone of Superman until he eventually started becoming the pale and deformed idiot that we know him as. |
| 127 | * TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: There's nothing wrong with his ability to think logically, it's just that his premises and conclusions tend to be rather...well, bizarre. He figured out that something had happened to Lex Luthor long before everyone else did, but wasn't able to communicate that properly. |
| 128 | * CopiedTheMoralsToo: Luthor wanted the clone of Superman to be a tool that he could use and control. Unfortunately for Luthor, Bizarro genuinely wants to be a hero too much to be Luthor's instrument. Unfortunately for Bizarro, rapid physical and mental degeneration kicked in, leaving Bizarro unable to be the hero he wished to be. |
| 129 | * DumbMuscle: Possibly the single stupidest character in the ''DCAU'', leaving him open to manipulation by Luthor, and any other villain with a reasonable IQ. |
| 130 | * FriendlyEnemy: Under normal circumstances, he was quite affable and unaware of the problems he was causing. |
| 131 | -->'''Bizarro:''' ''[sincerely]'' Superman! Bizarro am happy to see you! |
| 132 | * HappyEndingOverride: By the end of ''Superman: TAS'', he was living happy on another planet with his "dog" and no longer was a villain. Then, come ''Justice League Unlimited'', Grodd brainwashed him into being a villain. |
| 133 | * HeroWithAnFInGood: He means well, but his attempts at emulating Superman's heroism often results in disaster. The problem is he's too mentally damaged to properly grasp the nuances of the situation -- even in "Little Big Head Man", it's shown that during his daily "saving" routine, he tends to grab the first "city-zen" in the boulder's path and then let it keep smashing through his fake city, rather than stopping the boulder before it hits anyone or anything. |
| 134 | * HulkSpeak: Unsurprisingly, due to being the poster boy for DumbMuscle, he has a very poor grasp on grammar. |
| 135 | * ItIsDehumanizing: During the Secret Society civil war, Grodd calls Bizzaro 'it,' and orders his death. Thankfully for Bizzaro he survives this encounter. |
| 136 | * LaughablyEvil: Because of his extreme idiocy, he often causes some hilarious trouble for everyone around him. |
| 137 | * {{Leitmotif}}: His theme is Superman's theme played in reverse and with some notes played off-key to represent his nature as an imperfect copy of Superman. |
| 138 | * ManChild: His mental handicap makes him very childlike. He borders on PsychopathicManchild whenever he has a temper tantrum. |
| 139 | * MoralityPet: Like the original Superman, he has an affinity for Lois and will protect her even when he's inadvertently putting her in dangerous scenarios. |
| 140 | * NighInvulnerability: He's very resilient like Superman, but with a bonus -- he lacks a [[KryptoniteFactor weakness to Kryptonite.]] |
| 141 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Bizarro is often portrayed as completely ignorant of the bad things he is doing; frequently he does not understand, for instance, that punching somebody at full strength might kill them. |
| 142 | * OnlySaneMan: ''[[CloudCuckoolander Somehow]]''. When Lex and Flash have a FreakyFridayFlip, he's the only one to raise the idea that Luthor is NotHimself, but because he speaks in opposites, nobody else gets it. |
| 143 | -->'''Bizarro:''' Ever since you plug into monkey's head, you act perfectly sane and rational. Am you Bizarro's mommy?"[[note]]translation: "Ever since you tried to mind-read Grodd, you've been acting strange and irrational. Are you really Lex Luthor?"[[/note]] |
| 144 | * SuperpowerLottery: He's got all of Superman's powers. |
| 145 | * ThereWasADoor: "Door" is one of many concepts he doesn't grasp. He's not that great at "ceiling" either. |
| 146 | * TragicMonster: In spite of all the trouble he causes, all he really wants is to be a hero like Superman. |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Jax-Ur and Mala]] |
| 150 | !!Jax-Ur and Mala |
| 151 | [[quoteright:552:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superman_the_animated_series_s02_10mkv_snapshot_0642651.png]] |
| 152 | [[caption-width-right:552:Jax-Ur]] |
| 153 | [[quoteright:612:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superman_the_animated_series_s02_10mkv_snapshot_0515599.png]] |
| 154 | [[caption-width-right:612:Mala]] |
| 155 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RonPerlman (Jax-Ur), Creator/LeslieEasterbrook, (Mala, "Blasts from the Past"), Creator/SarahDouglas (Mala, "Absolute Power") |
| 156 | ->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Daniel Jiménez (Jax-Ur, "Blasts from the Past"), Luis Miguel Pérez (Jax-Ur, "Absolute Power"), Citalli Godoy (Mala, "Blasts from the Past"), Claudia Nieto (Mala, "Absolute Power") |
| 157 | ->'''Voiced in French by:''' Joël Martineau (Jax-Ur), Creator/CelineMonsarrat (Mala) |
| 158 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 159 | |
| 160 | A couple of Kryptonian criminals. Long before Krypton was destroyed, they tried to overthrow the Council, only to fail and be sent to the Phantom Zone. Years later, Superman found out about them and freed Mala out of sympathy, feeling she had served her sentence. He then tried to have her reformed, but her evident racism toward humans, coupled with [[WomanScorned him rejecting her advances]], led her to betray him and free Jax-Ur so they could take over Earth. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | * AdaptationalBadass: Jax-Ur, as a result of being amalgamated with General Zod in this version. In the comics, he was out of shape and overweight, so he was no physical match for Superman even with his Kryptonian superpowers. In addition, his comic backstory had him as a Kryptonian scientist, rather than a military general like Zod. That said, unlike Zod, Jax-Ur was made to be shorter than Mala, possibly as a reference to comic!Jax-Ur. |
| 163 | * AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Jax-Ur in the comics was bald and mustached, while his DCAU incarnation has a full head of hair and a beard. |
| 164 | * AffablyEvil: Jax-Ur stays unfailingly polite with Superman whenever they interact, and doesn't seem to particularly hate him, just fighting him because he is an obstacle. In ''Absolute Power'', he actually is a respectable host willing to calmly discuss what he is doing on the planet, and even helps recover Kal-El's ship so he can get home until fighting becomes inevitable. |
| 165 | * AllWomenAreLustful: Mala made it rather clear she was trying to get in Superman's pants before freeing Jax-Ur, and "Absolute Power" has a scene implying she is using one of her guards as a sex slave. |
| 166 | * AmazonianBeauty: Mala is very strong, and very beautiful. |
| 167 | * BeardOfEvil: Jax-Ur, thanks to being a General Zod expy. |
| 168 | * BewareTheSuperman: Like Superman, they are Kryptonians, with the same abilities. Unlike him however, they use their powers to force their reign on species they consider as inferior. |
| 169 | * CanonForeigner: While Mala takes some inspiration from Ursa, she's an original character created for the ''DCAU'' and hasn't shown up elsewhere since. |
| 170 | * CompositeCharacter: This version of Jax-Ur shares more similarities with General Zod than his actual comic book counterpart. Similarly, Mala is closer to the second movie's Ursa. In addition, she's TheBrute of the team, a role that was played by Non in said movie. |
| 171 | * DarkActionGirl: Mala, obviously, being a female evil Kryptonian. |
| 172 | * DisabledInTheAdaptation: Both the Jax-Ur of the comics and General Zod retain the use of both eyes, but when they were [[CompositeCharacter amalgamated]] into this Jax-Ur, he's sporting an eyepatch over his right eye. |
| 173 | * EntitledToHaveYou: Before realizing Superman wasn't interested, Mala believed she was the obvious choice for his mate because of their common species. She feels flat-out insulted when she realizes he cares more about Lois. |
| 174 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: At the very least, Jax-Ur seems to genuinely care for Mala, seeing how he made efforts to save her even as they were about to be swallowed by a black hole. A bit downplayed with Mala, as while she seems to care about him to an extent, she also was willing to move on and start a new relationship with Superman before his refusal led her to free her previous lover. |
| 175 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Not many, but Mala was shocked and saddened to learn of Krypton's demise. |
| 176 | * {{Expy}}: Jax-Ur is a stand in for General Zod, and in the comics Jax-Ur is actually a scientist who sided with Zod right before Krypton exploded. Mala seems to be [[CompositeCharacter an amalgamation of Faora and Ursa.]] |
| 177 | * EyepatchOfPower: Jax-Ur sports one and is even shown only able to use heat vision with his one good eye. |
| 178 | * FlyingBrick: Comes with being Kryptonians. |
| 179 | * GenderFlip: Mala was a male in the comic. |
| 180 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Even after both get fully charged and with experience at using their powers, Mala is still the most aggressive, physical fighter of the duo. Justified as Mala is bigger and presumably stronger, plus Jax-Ur being a military leader while she was his second in command means that she's used to doing most of the fighting. |
| 181 | * RaceLift: Jax-Ur in the comics was visibly Caucasian, while his depiction here has clearly darker skin. |
| 182 | * StatuesqueStunner: Mala is tall for a woman, in fact slightly taller than Jax-Ur, and very muscular. She still looks rather pretty. |
| 183 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: After being released from the Phantom Zone, Mala was legitimately trying to follow Superman's example. Unfortunately, after some collateral damage occurred while stopping a fairly routine robbery, and then a bad interaction with an [[JerkassBall especially catty]] Lois Lane, Superman begins to contemplate sending her back to the Zone. Mala is horrified by this and then releases Jax-Ur out of spite and jealousy to bring the Earth to heel, making her the villain the story needed her to be. |
| 184 | * TooPowerfulToLive: A non-lethal variant, but Superman was well-aware keeping them on Earth would be too dangerous, since they were practically impossible to keep captive and just as strong as he was, so he sent them back to the Phantom Zone at the end of their first appearance. [[spoiler:Possibly played straight in their second appearance, where they eventually end up swallowed by a black hole, something that could potentially kill even a kryptonian.]] |
| 185 | * UngratefulBastard: After Superman sent them back to the Phantom Zone, they managed to escape it through an anomaly and ended up in space, where they nearly died from suffocation. Some alien scientists saved them by bringing them on their ship, and then back to their planet. They thanked them by taking over the planet and behaving like tyrants. |
| 186 | * UnholyMatrimony: Jax-Ur an Mala are both in a relationship, and pretty evil. |
| 187 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In their second appearance, they justify their oppression of the alien planet they took over by pointing out they made the society united, better organized and overall prosperous. |
| 188 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: Mala in her first episode, though it had less to do with him being a hero and more with them being [[OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace the only two kryptonians]] on the planet. The moment he rejects her, she gives up and brings back Jax-Ur instead. |
| 189 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Mala is white-haired, and ''not'' a nice person. |
| 190 | * WomanScorned: Mala was at least willing to ''pretend'' she could behave and treat humans properly as long as she had a chance with Superman. The moment he made it clear he had no such feelings toward her, she snapped and freed Jax-Ur. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Mister Mxyzptlk]] |
| 194 | !!Mister Mxyzptlk |
| 195 | [[quoteright:420:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superman_the_animated_series_s02_01mkv_snapshot_0556051.png]] |
| 196 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GilbertGottfried |
| 197 | -->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Raúl Xiques |
| 198 | -->'''Voiced in French by:''' Gérard Surugue |
| 199 | --> '''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Chafurin |
| 200 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 201 | |
| 202 | A pint-sized humanoid from another dimension who has decided to torment Superman with his powerful [[RealityWarper reality warping]] abilities merely for his own amusement. The only way Supes can effectively get rid of him is to trick him into saying, writing, or otherwise revealing his own name backwards. And even then, he's only gone for three months. |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * AdaptationalWimp: |
| 205 | ** ZigZagged. Technically speaking, he is just as powerful as he is in the source material, but comic book Mxyzptlk could actually be a real challenge to Superman and [[ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow was at least once]] a quite spectacular case of NotSoHarmlessVillain. This incarnation, on the other hand, usually is a nuisance at best and gets easily tricked by Superman into saying his name multiple times in a single episode. Justified by RuleOfFunny. [[spoiler:Turns out that this is an AvertedTrope as ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'' revealed that because Mxy lives in a dimension outside of the Multiverse, that every version we see is the same one just wearing a new guise and putting on a new persona.]] |
| 206 | ** Also zigzagged in regards into saying his name backwards in the tie-in comics- to get him to return to the Fifth Dimension, Superman has to trick him into saying it ''twice''. But he’s still as easy to dupe into doing it as ever. |
| 207 | * AdaptationalJerkass: While most versions of Mxy mostly just want to toy around and have fun with Superman, sometimes even believing himself to be doing the Man of Steel a service, this one explicitly hates him and wants nothing more than to kill and humiliate him, not necessarily in that order. |
| 208 | * AmusingAlien: He does rather ridiculous things with his abilities. |
| 209 | * BreakTheHaughty: His second episode is dedicated to breaking him, where he's forced to essentially do community service without his powers. |
| 210 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Because he's an AdaptationalWimp, his is "Aw, nuts." |
| 211 | * DastardlyDapperDerby: He wears a tiny purple bowler hat that matches the rest of his outfit. |
| 212 | * TheDitz: He's…not very bright. |
| 213 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: His wife tries justifying his mayhem at court, but the judges refuse to hear her out. |
| 214 | * GreatGazoo: He uses his powers to mess with Superman. |
| 215 | * HairTriggerTemper: He gets frustrated fairly quickly. This is how Superman constantly beats him. |
| 216 | * HappilyMarried: While he tends to ignore her, he does love Gspy and makes it apparent when they have time together without anything else in mind. |
| 217 | * IGaveMyWord: Whenever he makes a deal, he honors it, even inadvertently, such as when he gets pulled back to his home dimension without even realizing he spelled his name backward. |
| 218 | * IgnoreTheFanservice: While Mxy is working on his PowerArmor project, which he is sure will finally let him get the better of Superman, Gspy tries several times to divert his attention with a wardrobe full of {{Sexy Whatever Outfit}}s and he doesn't even turn around. |
| 219 | * IKnowYourTrueName: A variation, as he first made a bet with Superman that if the latter can ever get him to say, write, or sign his own name backward, he'll leave for three months until their dimensions again intersect. It just turns out to be shockingly easy, as he's quick to say or write it by accident as soon as he's back in the third dimension. |
| 220 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Even though his fifth-dimensional magic should make him the most powerful of Superman's enemies, he's probably among the least competent of them all. |
| 221 | * ItAmusedMe: His initial motivation to torment Superman. After his first defeat, however, it becomes more personal. |
| 222 | * {{Jerkass}}: This isn't your Silver Age well-meaning Mxy. |
| 223 | * KavorkaMan: His wife, Gsptlsnz, is a conventionally gorgeous woman who finds his feud with Superman to be a waste of time that they could instead be spending together. |
| 224 | * LargeHam: What else would you expect from Gilbert Gottfried? |
| 225 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can cause this. In general, whenever he uses his powers to [[ForcedTransformation transform someone]], they don't remember anything that transpired after being changed back. The tie-in comics took this a step further by having everyone but Superman's memories of everything he does disappear after he leaves, which means no matter who many times he screws around with their lives, everyone in Metropolis is totally unaware that he even exists. |
| 226 | * LaughablyEvil: His smug attitude, reality-bending antics, and tendency to be easily fooled into saying his name backwards, results in a lot of hilarious moments. |
| 227 | * LoopholeAbuse: Defied. After ending his first appearance promising to never bother Superman again, he returns by instigating Bizarro into fighting him instead. Turns out nobody in the Fifth Dimension is buying it, and as punishment for breaking a promise, he's left stranded on Earth without his powers. |
| 228 | * MyNaymeIs: His name is just a random jumbling of consonants that have no flow. He has to literally spell out for Clark how to pronounce it. |
| 229 | * TheNapoleon: While he appears as a short man, he has huge intentions when it comes to messing with the Man of Steel. |
| 230 | * NoIndoorVoice: It's Gilbert Gottfried, this goes without saying. |
| 231 | * NonLinearCharacter: In more ways than one. It's implied that Mxy's nature as a hyper-dimensional being allows him to mess with third dimensional reality any way he wants. It's also confirmed in DC Rebirth that every version of Mxyzptlk is in fact the same one across different universes. This Mxyzptlk is the same one originally created by Seigel and Shushter in the beginning and everyone we've seen since. |
| 232 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Mxyzptlk is tiny, bulbous and {{four fingered|hands}}. This may be a half-hearted attempt at AFormYouAreComfortableWith, or it could be LeaningOnTheFourthWall; he's entered a cartoon universe, so he takes on a cartoony appearance. |
| 233 | * OneMythToExplainThemAll: Mxy reveals that he's the source behind myths of genies, elves, and leprechauns from the points in Earth's history when he'd pop in to have some fun with human kind. |
| 234 | * PronouncingMyNameForYou: When Clark mispronounces it "Mixel-plick," he literally jumps out of his comic strip to explain that it's pronounced "Mix-yezz-spit-lick." |
| 235 | * RealityWarper: He can use his powers to alter reality in several ways, such as turning the Daily Planet staff into animals, or bringing Rodan's ''Thinker'' to life. |
| 236 | * SoreLoser: To say that he doesn't take Superman besting him well would be a very enormous understatement. |
| 237 | * TheTrickster: He tries to mess with Superman, but by the end of his debut episode, the Man of Steel turns out to be too smart for his tricks. |
| 238 | * UglyGuyHotWife: His wife, Gsptlsnz, looks and sounds like [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit's sister]], while he is a short and ugly imp with the fashion sense of the Joker on laundry day and the pipes of Gilbert Gottfried. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Lobo]] |
| 242 | !!ComicBook/{{Lobo}} |
| 243 | [[quoteright:346:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/71691ad769cf3effc1942a424b953ff2.jpg]] |
| 244 | [[quoteright:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in ''Lobo'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lobowebseries.gif[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 245 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BradGarrett (''Superman: The Animated Series'' and ''Justice League''), Creator/GregEagles (''Lobo''), Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson (''Lobo'') |
| 246 | ->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Óscar Zuloaga (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Guillermo MartÃnez (''Justice League'') |
| 247 | ->'''Voiced in French by:''' Creator/PascalRenwick (''Superman: The Animated Series'', 1st voice), Creator/MarcAlfos (''Superman: The Animated Series'', 2nd voice, and ''Justice League'') |
| 248 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' |
| 249 | |
| 250 | A trash-talking, brutish bounty hunter from the (former) planet Czarnia. Lobo will track down anyone and anything, as long as the price is right, and he'll have himself a literal blast while doing it. He may also give blasts to other people. He's generous that way. |
| 251 | ---- |
| 252 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Darlene loved Lobo despite his bad attitude. |
| 253 | * AmusingInjuries: Receives these a lot. And finds the injuries of ''others'' amusing as well. |
| 254 | * AntagonistInMourning: While he and Superman didn't exactly get along, after Superman is (seemingly) obliterated, he shows up on Earth and tries to join the Justice League in his old enemy's place, for free even. [[HeroicComedicSociopath He's not exactly amazing at it]], but it's still an uncharacteristic display for the cruel and vicious bounty hunter. |
| 255 | * AscendedExtra: He went from being a minor character of ''Superman: The Animated Series'' to the main character of his webseries. |
| 256 | * AshFace: One of the Preserver's security probes shoots a beam on his head with this as the sole result. |
| 257 | * BadassBiker: He travels on a flying motorcycle, kills everyone who gets in his way, and heals from every injury he sustains, even if it's as severe as losing a limb or getting his head blown off. |
| 258 | * BadassBoast: Gets two rather good ones in his debut episode: |
| 259 | -->'''Lobo:''' The name's Lobo. That's "L" as in "lacerate," "O" as in "obliterate," "B" as in "disemBowel," and "O" as in...[[SubvertedTrope Um, er, I guess I can use "obliterate," twice, huh, what do you think?]] |
| 260 | -->'''Lobo''': See, someone's payin' me a heap'a cash for yer carcass. And the Main Man...''always'' delivers! |
| 261 | * {{Badbutt}}: He's very accurate to his comic counterpart, but he's also somewhat restricted by the fact that he's in a family-friendly cartoon. His hook never penetrates skin, for instance. Averted completely by his webseries. |
| 262 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And talk, too. No, don't ask how that works when nobody else in the DCAU can; it's RuleOfFunny. |
| 263 | * BerserkButton: He gets angry when his bike is destroyed or taken. |
| 264 | * BigShutUp: He yells this to the Space Penguins. |
| 265 | * BoisterousBruiser: Naturally. |
| 266 | * BountyHunter: Lobo is recognized and feared throughout the galaxy as a persistent master bounty hunter. |
| 267 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Feetal's Gizz!" |
| 268 | * CigarChomper: 'Bo would rather smoke Cubans in the webseries than rescue people. |
| 269 | * ClusterFBomb: In the webseries, he is likely to go on a swearing streak. |
| 270 | * CoolBike: His chopper doubles as a CoolSpaceship. |
| 271 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Lobo is actually quite good at his job, if not the brightest bulb in the box. |
| 272 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Lobo likes to kill people if they make him angry. |
| 273 | * EnemyMine: Teams up with Superman against the Preserver. |
| 274 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Upon hearing that Superman has been killed, he joins the Justice League and makes himself at home. None of them are pleased and [[HeroWithAnFInGood he takes artistic liberty with following their rules]], but due to other pressing matters, they don't have the time to tell him to leave. |
| 275 | * GenocideFromTheInside: Lobo killed the rest of his race with a biological weapon as a high school science project. He gave himself an A. |
| 276 | * GoshDangItToHeck: "Frag!". On the other hand this is averted like ''hell'' in the Venezuelan Spanish dub and the webseries, when he ''swears hard''. |
| 277 | * GunsAkimbo: He is this in "Warrior Queen". |
| 278 | * HandCannon: A normal human wouldn't be able to lift his handgun. |
| 279 | * HealingFactor: In the webseries, Lobo regenerates after deadly injuries. |
| 280 | * HeroicComedicSociopath: Since the show is intended for kids, he's not allowed to do anything truly horrific, and comes across as mostly PlayedForLaughs instead. Though he rather casually admits that he blew up his home planet and killed everyone else on it. |
| 281 | * IGaveMyWord: He'll keep his word and repay his debts. ...when reminded of them. He's kind of forgetful. |
| 282 | * IncomingHam: |
| 283 | -->'''Lobo:''' I'm givin' you geeks ten seconds before I frag everything in sight. One...TEN! |
| 284 | * InUniverseNickname: 'Bo. |
| 285 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's not really a nice person at all, since he hits on every woman he sees (with horrible and emasculating failure to his pride) and cares very little about innocent lives. |
| 286 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's...somewhere in there. If nothing else, he has a genuine (if a bit warped) respect for Superman, and always keeps his word. It's not much, but it's something. |
| 287 | * LastOfHisKind: Like Superman. Unlike Superman, however, [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed he destroyed his own planet]]. |
| 288 | * LaughablyEvil: Because of his crude, dark, irreverent, and over-the-top sense of humor. |
| 289 | * LighterAndSofter: Compared to his R-rated webseries and his comic counterpart. Averted in the Venezuelan dub. |
| 290 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A hair-metalesque electric guitar riff. |
| 291 | * MetalMuncher: During Superman's first fight with Lobo in "The Main Man -- Part 1", Lois Lane tries to help the downed hero by striking Lobo with a lead pipe. Lobo is [[NoSell unfazed by the attack]], then grabs the pipe and eats the whole thing with [[BuzzsawJaw comical speed]]. |
| 292 | * NighInvulnerability: Almost Superman-level resistance to harm and no KryptoniteFactor to boot though in Lobo's case it's more to do with his ability to heal and recover from damage. While he is tough he isn't exactly invulnerable like Superman as compromising his respiration (gassing him) seems effective. It made Lobo pause and force him to play possum while he recovered before sucker punching Superman. It's also how the preserver captured and kept Lobo weak. |
| 293 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: For all his LaughablyEvil, LargeHam traits, his initial plan to locate Superman, rather than thrashing the place to get his attention, was to simply go to a police station and ask for his whereabouts. He only begins to attack Metropolis [[NiceJobBreakingItHero when the police officer tells him that Superman shows up where there's trouble]]. |
| 294 | * NobleDemon: For all his vices, he ''always'' keeps his word when making promises. Including the one he made to Superman to leave Earth alone after their encounter and when he made a bet with Sunny Jim. |
| 295 | * ObligatorySwearing: In the Venezuelan Spanish dub, in the very first episode when he appears, he utters "son of a bitch" ''twice'' for some bizarre reason, despite the series being geared towards younger audiences. Some reruns in some countries remove it though. |
| 296 | * OurPresidentsAreDifferent: Lobo participated in an intergalactic presidential election. |
| 297 | * PetTheDog: Although he doesn't actually ''mourn'' Superman in "Hereafter", the fact that he volunteers to ''do good'' for ''free'' is an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic]] gesture of respect. Sadly, it isn't appreciated. Particularly not by Kalibak. |
| 298 | -->'''Lobo:''' (''dumps an enormous pile of junked cars on top of a downed Kalibak'') Say it! ''Say it!'' |
| 299 | -->'''Kalibak:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...Uncle.]] |
| 300 | -->'''Lobo:''' (''goes to grab another'') I CAN'T HEAAAAAR YOU! |
| 301 | * PunchClockVillain: The one time he fights Superman, he is merely being paid to do it by someone else. Otherwise, he is perfectly happy with leaving Superman alone. |
| 302 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: And with no pupils, to boot. |
| 303 | * RottenRockAndRoll: Lobo has a Hard Rock/Heavy Metal {{Leitmotif}}. He also has the "rocker" look with the leather vest, spiky belt, long black hair and face paint. |
| 304 | * SirSwearsALot: In ''Lobo For President'', he yells tons of swears at the camera. |
| 305 | -->'''Lobo:''' Let's cut the bullshit in this fucking place. You jackasses and assholes don't give a shit about issues! Stupid fucking bastich! Kiss my hairy, infested ass! All you jackoffs want is a guy who looks fucking good on tv! FUCK this! |
| 306 | * SmokingIsCool: In the webseries, he embodies this trope. |
| 307 | * SuddenlyShouting: "A vote for Lobo and-FRAG THIS! This is crap!" |
| 308 | * SuperStrength: Lobo's strength is close to that of Superman's. |
| 309 | * TemptingFate: His "[[YouAndWhatArmy Who's gonna make me?]]" boast, which usually leads to appropriate trouble showing up. After the Preserver goes OneWingedAngel in response, he mentions he should probably quit saying it. |
| 310 | * TokenEvilTeammate: When it seemed like Superman was killed, Lobo filled in to quash the rioting in Metropolis. Not surprisingly, this was a temporary arrangement. |
| 311 | * TooKinkyToTorture: Implied to some degree by his reaction to The Preserver's tractor beam. |
| 312 | -->"Holy fragaroni! It feels like I'm being torn apart!" (''beat, amused'') "Cool!"\ |
| 313 | "If they manage to catch us again, they'll probably trap our butts to the floor with razor wire! Not that it isn't an interesting way to liven up an otherwise ho-hum evening, but I have a bounty to collect." |
| 314 | * TrackingDevice: Lobo uses this to track down Mudboy. |
| 315 | * TruerToTheText: In the webseries, he is returned to his adult oriented roots as in the comics. |
| 316 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: He is an unlikable but hilarious character in his webseries. |
| 317 | * VillainousCrush: Gains a crush on Lois immediately upon meeting her. |
| 318 | * WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Provides the page quote. Apparently, his high school science project involved blowing up his home planet. |
| 319 | * WouldHurtAChild: He shoots an alien baby for peeing acid on him in "Lobo for President". |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder:The Preserver]] |
| 323 | !!The Preserver |
| 324 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/000000000000000_9.png]] |
| 325 | [[caption-width-right:270:[[labelnote:Click here to see his monstrous form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/00000_000001_1_copie1_9.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 326 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShermanHoward |
| 327 | ->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Rafael Monsalve |
| 328 | ->'''Voiced in French by:''' Mario Santini |
| 329 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' (flashback) |
| 330 | |
| 331 | An alien who runs a cosmic zoo which houses the rarest creatures in the universe, as each is [[LastOfHisKind the last of its kind]]. He hires Lobo to capture Superman, the last Kryptonian. However, after getting Superman, he betrays Lobo and captures him as well since Lobo is the last Czarnian. |
| 332 | ---- |
| 333 | * BodyHorror: Transforming into his true form involves the substantially larger clawed beast clawing its way out of his peaceful form's mouth and leaving behind a hollow skin. |
| 334 | * CanonForeigner: He was created for the series. |
| 335 | * TheCollector: He collects living creatures who are the last of their kind. He doesn't target "sentient" creatures usually, but since both Superman's planet and Lobo's planet don't exist anymore... |
| 336 | * CreepyMonotone: He speaks with a robotic-like voice, without any inflection or emotion. |
| 337 | * NoSell: Lobo punches his monstrous form in the face, to no effect. |
| 338 | * NotSoStoic: He loses it when he turns into his monstrous form after Superman and Lobo fended off all of his attempts to put them back in their cage. He comments to Lobo that "a trash like him is not worth saving". |
| 339 | * OneWingedAngel: He loses it and turns into a hulking red monster with giant claws as a last resort measure to force Lobo and Superman back into their cage. |
| 340 | * PowerFloats: His first form hovers over the ground. |
| 341 | * ThrownOutTheAirlock: Lobo opens the ship's airlock with his hook and the Preserver is sucked into outer space. |
| 342 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: He speaks with a reverbal voice. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Maxima]] |
| 346 | !!Maxima |
| 347 | [[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7deda004f5c8250a48c19b451061e96d.jpg]] |
| 348 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SharonLawrence |
| 349 | ->'''Voiced in Latin America by:''' Livia Méndez |
| 350 | ->'''Voiced in French by:''' Creator/CelineMonsarrat |
| 351 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 352 | |
| 353 | A [[HumanAliens Human Alien]] queen who's the ruler of Almerac, though she rarely takes this role seriously. She's interested in Superman after seeing how powerful he is and sees him as a potential mate. As a result, Maxima would do anything to accomplish this and will not take no for an answer. |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: No one on planet Almerac is fond of her, and there was a coup as soon as she went to Earth to bag Superman. |
| 356 | * AdaptationalModesty: Her original comic version wears often {{Stripperiffic}} outfits while in this version she is fully dressed, save for a CleavageWindow. |
| 357 | * AllAmazonsWantHercules: Maxima is a proud warrior queen and will only accept a mate who is a warrior powerful enough to match or exceed her. |
| 358 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She's excitedly happy when Lobo comes literally crashing through her doors on his bike. |
| 359 | * BestHerToBedHer: Maxima will only mate with a man who can equal her in combat. |
| 360 | * TheCaligula: Her self-righteous attitude didn't earn her any respect from her people. |
| 361 | * CharacterDevelopment: By the end of her debut episode she learns to take her role as leader of her people more seriously, kinda. |
| 362 | * CoolSword: Her main weapon is a sword. |
| 363 | * DarkActionGirl: She isn't afraid to fight and is not one of the good guys. |
| 364 | * FieryRedhead: A redheaded royal with superpowers. |
| 365 | * FlyingBrick: Her strength, speed, and durability are roughly equal to Superman's. |
| 366 | * HormoneAddledTeenager: The villain of "Warrior Queen" refers to her as "young [and] hormonal" when she rushes off to get Superman. |
| 367 | * HumanAliens: She looks like a normal human being. |
| 368 | * LadyOfWar: A warrior and a queen. |
| 369 | * MindOverMatter: Telekinesis is one of her powers. |
| 370 | * NotGoodWithRejection: Superman rejects her advances as politely as possible, but instead of accepting that he's not interested, [[DisproportionateRetribution she attacks him]] and later [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe kidnaps him]]. She learns to [[CharacterDevelopment accept that the Man of Steel does not return her feelings]] but his rejection is still met with a childish moan of disappointment. |
| 371 | * PsychicPowers: Telekinesis and telepathy. |
| 372 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: The queen of her planet, and almost on par with Superman. |
| 373 | * RoyalBrat: She tends to throw tantrums when she doesn't ''instantly'' get her way. |
| 374 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As Queen of Almerac, she's only interested in doing what she wants to instead of doing what's best for her people. |
| 375 | * SuperStrength: Maxima possesses immense psionic powers which gives her super-strength and the power of flight. |
| 376 | * {{Tsundere}}: To Supes and other men she sets her eyes on. |
| 377 | * VillainessesWantHeroes: She wanted Superman. |
| 378 | * {{Yandere}}: Towards Superman. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Unity]] |
| 382 | !!Unity |
| 383 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unity.JPG]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | ->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/StephenRoot |
| 386 | ->'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 387 | |
| 388 | A large parasitic alien and EldritchAbomination that brainwashes all of Smallville into becoming its servants. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | [[/folder]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | [[folder:Reverend Amos Howell]] |
| 393 | !!Reverend Amos Howell |
| 394 | [[quoteright:342:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unity_1557.png]] |
| 395 | -> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/StephenRoot |
| 396 | -> '''Appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 397 | |
| 398 | A traveling preacher who is Unity's main servant, bringing it to Smallville. |
| 399 | ---- |
| 400 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]. |
| 401 | * HumanoidAbomination: While its easy to write him off as another victim of Unity, it is revealed [[spoiler:that he is actually the same species as Unity]]. |
| 402 | * MouthOfSauron: For Unity. |
| 403 | * SinisterMinister: '''''Yes.''''' |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:Sinestro]] |
| 407 | !![[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]] |
| 408 | [[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sinestro.png]] |
| 409 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TedLevine (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock.'' |
| 410 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' | ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A disgraced former member of the Green Lantern Corps, he was a personal nemesis to John Stewart. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * AdaptationOriginConnection: Due to this continuity's Kyle Rayner [[CompositeCharacter borrowing traits from Hal Jordan]], this version of Sinestro is partially responsible for Kyle Rayner becoming a Green Lantern, as he's established as the one who killed Abin Sur and necessitated Abin Sur choosing a successor on his deathbed. (The comics Sinestro had no involvement with Abin Sur's death and would even be revealed later on to be Abin Sur's brother-in-law, and considered him a friend.) |
| 415 | * AdaptationalWimp: Even compared to his somewhat FlatCharacter comic book counterpart at the time, this Sinestro is one-dimensional to the point that by the time of ''Justice League'' and ''Unlimited'', he is reduced to working for Grodd and Luthor to even begin to pose a real threat to the Green Lantern anymore. He is also far less ambitious, as his goal has shifted from GalacticConqueror to "kill as many Green Lanterns as I can", and he isn't very good at ''that'' either. |
| 416 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is red. |
| 417 | * ArchEnemy: Despising the GLC for his expulsion, he's this to the GLC in general and ''Static Shock'' swapped his personal enmity to John Stewart. |
| 418 | * TheCollector: Sinestro collects the rings of the Green Lanterns that he hunts and kills. |
| 419 | * CreateYourOwnHero: Had he not mortally wounded Abin Sur, Kyle Rayner wouldn't have become a Green Lantern. |
| 420 | * DeadpanSnarker: In his later appearances, he's more prone to these kind of remarks, whether at his enemies or his fellow villains. |
| 421 | -->'''Sinestro:''' ''[to Luthor]'' What are you going to do? Make everybody bald? |
| 422 | * DemotedToExtra: The Green Lantern's arch-nemesis in the comics, and a central antagonist in his episode of ''Superman'' reduced to being little more than an {{Elite Mook|s}} in ''Justice League''. |
| 423 | * TheDragon: By the end of ''Justice League Unlimited'' this was more or less his role in the Legion Of Doom under Luthor. Luthor is a madman and a dangerous planner but has no actual super-powers and a tendency to let his reach exceed his grasp. Sinestro is far more sensible, backs up his malice with his power ring, and is the more competent and loyal of all the villains allied with Lex. Granted, the alliance with Lex is entirely due to pragmatic reasons but still. |
| 424 | * EvilCounterpart: To Green Lantern. |
| 425 | * FrameUp: In a crossover episode from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', he impersonated John Stewart in order to destroy his reputation by framing him for crimes. |
| 426 | * HeroKiller: Unlike in the comics, Sinestro murdered Abin Sur in this continuity. |
| 427 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Sinestro hunts Green Lanterns and collects their rings as trophies. |
| 428 | * ItsPersonal: His blood oath against all Green Lanterns made it easy for Grodd to recruit him for the Secret Society. |
| 429 | * MotiveRant: During his last fight with Kyle, he rants about how the Guardians took away his ring because they feared his skills and power. |
| 430 | * OnlySaneMan: Sometimes comes up in his ''Justice League'' appearances. Much as he deeply hates John Stewart, he can be more focused on the bigger picture than some of his fellows. For example, when Luthor's stability is being questioned by the other villains, Doctor Polaris is simply angling to usurp him, whereas Sinestro just wants to keep the operation running smoothly with simple plans that get results. |
| 431 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: The archenemy of Hal Jordan in the comics, here, he makes his debut fighting Kyle Rayner and ''Static Shock'' reveals that John Stewart took Hal's role in Sinestro's expulsion from the GLC. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
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