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* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} is a galactic-scale ControlFreak and genocidal conqueror who seeks the knowledge of the universe, [[CityInABottle shrinking and stealing]] the city of Kandor for his goal while allowing the rest of Krypton to be destroyed by natural disaster. Later attacking another planet, Brainiac takes its capital before using a Solar Aggressor missile to cause its sun to explode, [[EarthShatteringKaboom killing the rest of the population]]. Brainiac also has his drones come to each planet he invades and instructs them to kill inhabitants at random. Stealing Metropolis from Earth, Brainiac [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] Superman for information about Kandor before attempting to massacre the rest of Earth's population.
* FridgeHorror: Superman had escaped and entirely disabled Brainiac's ship, taking Kandor with him...and as far as the viewer knows, he could have also cut any and all life support for all the other hundreds, perhaps ''thousands'' of bottled cities on Brainiac's ship, with untold thousands of people in each one. Which ultimately means that Superman indirectly ''[[DesignatedHero put millions of lives in danger]]'' while ''Brainiac'' [[DesignatedVillain is finding himself the one to actually save the cities.]] Talk about a major role reversal!
* MoralEventHorizon: Brainiac crossed it a long time ago by harvesting planets of major citizens and destroying what he finds disposable, which does to a random planet during the movie.
* OneSceneWonder: The RedShirtArmy of two distinct alien races who fight Brainiac on the planet Laroo are fairly memorable in their one scene.
* SignatureScene: The most memorable scene from the movie is Lois flipping off Brainiac in the middle of his evil speech.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The general consensus of the movie's quality in the fandom. It's not ''bad'', but not as great as ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' or ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite''.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: While most fans of the comic like the movie, many resent the omission of General Zod's IntroOnlyPointOfView scene (which casts him in an unusually sympathetic light) and the BackStory of Argo City surviving the destruction of Krypton.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: As [[PintSizedPowerHouse microscopic individuals who have the same powers as Superman under a yellow sun]] and have a personal beef with Brainiac, the people of Kandor could have played a part in the climax. Unfortunately, they never appear outside of the city until after his defeat.

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