| 1 | * AdaptationDisplacement: Most people who know about Brainiac are more familiar with his evil AI incarnation from [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries the cartoon]] than they are with the earlier comic book incarnations. This is most likely the reason it has become a frequent RetCanon. |
| 2 | * CantUnhearIt: Creator/CoreyBurton's voice for Brainiac in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse is what most fans tend to hear in their heads when reading his lines. That, or Creator/JeffreyCombs for fans of ''VideoGame/Injustice2''. |
| 3 | * EvilIsCool: Naturally. Brainiac has consistently been a threat to Superman across the decades no matter how strong the Man of Steel becomes. |
| 4 | * FashionVictimVillain: On the cover to "The Super-Duel in Space" he's wearing [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Action_Comics_242.png/170px-Action_Comics_242.png a pink legless unitard]]. It is not flattering. There's a reason most of his revisions, such as the page image, at least include pants. Because he really does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98uVJW7pYk just want a decent pair of pants.]] |
| 5 | * LoveToHate: Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} is one of the few villains who can go toe to toe with the Man of Steel. His cold desire for Knowledge at any cost and status as the thematic EvilCounterpart to Comicbook/{{Superman}} make him one of the most well liked members of the Superman RoguesGallery. |
| 6 | * MainstreamObscurity: Brainiac was so ubiquitous and popular in the Silver Age that his name became slang for intellectual and introduced a word in the cultural lexicon, but his cross-media appearances has prevented him from being as famous as other villains. He has yet to appear in a single Live-Action film version of Superman (which has seen three Lex Luthors and two General Zods) and his most well known appearance, the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse take, is different enough from his comics that they make newcomers confused about the two versions. |
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