History Characters / DCAUSupermanTheAnimatedSeries

A list of characters from the Franchise/{{DCAU}} who first became prominent in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''.
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[[folder: Superman (Clark Kent/Kal-El)]]
!! [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Superman / Kal-El / Clark Kent]]
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/TimDaly (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/JasonMarsden (''Superman: The Animated Series'', teenager), Creator/ChristopherMcDonald (''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', old man), Creator/GeorgeNewbern (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'')
-->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish By''': Orlando Noguera (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Luis Miguel Pérez (''Justice League''-''Justice League Unlimited'')
-->'''Voiced in Japanese By''': Hikaru Hanada

-->''"I always try to help people whenever possible."''

The quintessential [[TheCape Cape]] and FlyingBrick of the DC Animated Universe.

An alien orphan named "Kal-El" who was launched to Earth as an infant to avoid suffering a cataclysmic death on his home planet of Krypton. His craft landed in a Kansas field, where he was discovered by Jonathan and Martha Kent, who raised the boy as their son under the name "Clark." As Clark matured under Earth's yellow sun, he gained superhuman powers such as nigh-unlimited physical strength and the power of {{flight}}. As an adult, he moved to Metropolis to work as a newspaper reporter at the ''Daily Planet''. It is here he becomes aware of the corruption and evil in the world, deciding [[ComesGreatResponsibility he must use his gifts]] to right these wrongs and taking the moniker "{{Superman}}" after a story of his deeds is published in the ''Daily Planet'' by Lois Lane, who uses the term.

After having worked long and hard since the end of "Legacy" (from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'') to regain the world's trust in him, it is he who first suggests that he and the other superheroes form the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' in order to deal with future threats as great as the Imperium. According to the series' promotional information, he was shown to be the face of the League, as well as the peacemaker for the other members.
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* ActionHero: He's Superman, after all. He is willing to use violence when the situation calls for it.
* BadassCape: His iconic red cape.
* BadassGrandpa[=/=]CoolOldGuy: He's still active in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', and looks like he's only in his late 40's/early 50's, thanks to his Kryptonian physiology.
* BerserkButton:
** Additionally, in "For the Man Who Has Everything," Supes didn't take it well that [[spoiler:Mongul's Black Mercy plant forced a SadisticChoice on him]].
** Darkseid's mere presence also qualifies. He's the only character in the entire {{DCAU}} that Superman has ''no'' reservations about killing. 1) He murdered Dan Turpin, and 2) He brainwashed him and made him a pariah for two years.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As Darkseid, Mongul and even Doomsday find out the hard way.
* BigBrotherMentor: He's good at being there for young people (usually Supergirl or Jimmy Olsen) in this show. He even managed to be this for ''Robin'' when forced to sub for Batman in "Knight Time."
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Twice. First, he was brainwashed by Darkseid in "Legacy" and then he was possessed by a parasite creature for '''several years''' by the time of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' two-parter "The Call."]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:For Captain Marvel in "Clash." It was Lex Luthor's [[XanatosGambit plot]] to make people distrust Superman and it worked well for Captain Marvel, that even Superman thought what he was doing was wrong, but the other founding members immediately showed that it was all a ploy.]]
** At the start of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', many people on the World Council saw him as this after the ''STAS'' finale when Darkseid brainwashed him into leading the charge against his adopted homeworld. He only got proof that his efforts to fix his image paid off after Green Arrow stood up to him in "Divided We Fall."
* BroughtDownToBadass:
** In ''Justice League'', Superman gets {{depower}}ed and handles himself [[spoiler:on an AfterTheEnd Earth]] pretty well, [[spoiler:including forging a sword out of rebar and turning a pack of wolves that had been hunting him into sled dogs]].
** Luminus filters all sunlight except red to depower Supes, then baits him into a HardLight death trap. Supes manages to survive until he destroys the sun blocker.
** In the second part of "The Main Man," he gets some alien goons to throw him into a cage with a dodo and a simulated yellow sun.
** In "Double Dose," he defeats the Parasite with a ''mop''.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: [[TropeCodifier Obviously]].
* TheCape: The original and, most would say, still the best.
* CharacterDevelopment: Across the series, you can see Superman and Clark becoming DarkerAndEdgier or at least losing some of his innocence and lightness as he transitions from NaiveNewcomer at Metropolis in the early episodes of ''Superman'' to becoming hero for the planet, and then being confronted by Darkseid, a force who can't simply be beaten in a fight or with all his powers. In ''Justice League Unlimited'' during the Cadmus arc, he becomes increasingly paranoid to the point that even Lois and Batman are concerned and receives a WhatTheHellHero speech. In the final season, he passes through this darker period and regains some of his old idealism, though he's less naive.
* ChickMagnet: Clark Kent was irresistible in high school, and Lana Lang even complained about his ability to attract every woman in the area.
* ClarkKenting: Lampshaded in "My Girl." Clark's friend Lana Lang does not buy his act for a second. She also has the advantage of having known him for nearly his entire life.
* CynicismCatalyst: Anyone close to him dying is at risk of becoming this. There are at least two alternate realities where someone being killed led to him becoming a KnightTemplar, and even in the main reality one friend/acquaintance's death caused him to (temporarily) snap and start destroying property (no one else in the crowd reacted that way). If Superman has one shortcoming, it's that he doesn't handle death too well, especially if he feels he should've been able to prevent it.
* DeadpanSnarker: He can go toe-to-toe with Lois and come out on top.
* {{Determinator}}: He will never give up on someone who needs his help, even if he seemingly has no chance of winning.
-->'''Doctor Fate''': You went back. You didn't stand a chance and you went back. Till then, I thought it was only the forces of evil that wouldn't give up. [[Heartwarming/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries I was wrong.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: He spins rapidly quite a bit in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', often to [[ThisIsADrill drill]] through the ground.
* EvilMeScaresMe: After the Justice Lords saga.
* EyeBeams: His famous heat vision.
* ExtremityExtremist: Whenever he fights, Superman almost exclusively uses his fists - the exceptions usually being enemies it would be extremely unwise to touch with his bare hands.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: A couple of times.
* FlashStep: Uses his SuperSpeed like this frequently.
* FreakinessShame: Teenage Clark wasn't very happy to learn that he's an alien at first.
-->'''Teen Clark''': It's not true. I'm not a freak. I'm not. (''punches a wall'') '''''I'M NOT!!'''''
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: The main quality that keeps Superman from going dark. He has a sense of humor and is aware of his failings and willing to apologize for his mistakes. He admits to Flash that he never made it past his Boy Scout merit badge, that he let Luthor push his buttons too many times and that he was a jerk to Captain Marvel. This also leads him to be more forgiving of Hawkgirl after her betrayal (noting that "I believe in second chances") and to Captain Atom who briefly sided with Cadmus but who Superman still considers Justice League. Indeed his alternate universe EvilCounterpart share the opposite trope of CantTakeCriticism and NeverMyFault.
* HometownNickname: Lois calls Clark "Smallville."
* HumanAliens: All the Kryptonians are outwardly indistinguishable from humans, despite obvious biological differences.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: In his struggle against Doomsday in 'the Doomsday Sanction', he takes a brutal beating until he's forced to go all out. And in the grand finale of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', he unleashes all his strength on ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} after giving him ''[[TropeNamer the]]'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech.
* IdealHero: But he's far from perfect, as seen multiple times.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler:His greatest fantasy is to live as an ordinary farmer in a world that's free of the problems that require a Superman. His Black Mercy fantasy in "For the Man Who Has Everything" essentially combines both his life on the Kent farm with his potential life on Krypton had it not been destroyed.]]
* LanternJawOfJustice: Lampshaded in "Knight Time," where he poses as Batman and a few characters notice that his chin seems to be much larger.
* TheLeader: Subverted, despite his Charismatic personality. Although he is the League's public face, the League makes decisions by consensus and other members (especially the original seven) tend to ignore Superman and do what they want if they disagree with him about something.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The intro theme to the Superman animated series.
* LivingLieDetector: Clark Kent, using his [[SuperSenses superhuman senses]], can gauge heart rate and eye level to make a fairly accurate deduction of a person's honesty.
* MoralityChain: Both SelfDemonstrating/LoisLane and ComicBook/TheFlash serve as this to him. It's shown in, respectively, "Brave New Metropolis" and "A Better World" that, if either of them die, he may become much less forgiving towards criminals.
-->'''GrimDark Superman:''' I always thought if I set an example... did enough ''good''... I could make a real change. I didn't realize I was in a war. Then, suddenly, ''you'' became a casualty in that war.
* MuggingTheMonster: In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "The Call," Inque took a hostage who turned out to be Superman. [[CurbStompBattle You can guess the rest]].
* NameFromAnotherSpecies: Inverted. Clark, a Kryptonian, is adopted by humans and given a human name. His original name is Kal-El.
* NiceGuy: He is courageous, noble and benevolent and treats everyone with kindness and respect.
* NotSoDifferent: From his Justice Lord counterpart, it really wouldn't take much to push him in the direction as Prime!Superman himself admits:
-->'''Superman''': I knew you wouldn't be able to change his mind.\\
'''The Flash''': Yeah, how?\\
'''Superman''': Because I've felt the same temptations that he has. They're pretty strong.\\
'''The Flash''': So you’re not such a Boy Scout after all?\\
'''Superman''': [[HeroicSelfDeprecation Never even made it to my first merit badge.]]
** Of course while Superman privately is aware of his faults, it makes him uncomfortable to be distrusted by others... which is the main reason he gets agitated against Cadmus. He does eventually prove in ''Divided We Fall'' that he is very different from his Justice Lords counterpart.
* PerpetualFrowner: He gets this reputation during the Cadmus arc, a combination of bad PR, betrayal by Hamilton, Luthor's Presidential campaign takes a toll on him. It's gotten so bad that the the other League, including Batman, gravitate to Captain Marvel because "he's sunny". This culminates in a hilarious exchange between him, Green Arrow and The Flash, where Green Arrow defends his criticism of the League and understanding for Cadmus' position, with Green Arrow noting that he's playing the Devil's Advocate role that Batman recommended:
--> '''Superman''': Do I look like Batman to you?\\
'''The Flash''': Actually you kinda do. Especially when you get all scowly.
* PhysicalGod: Becomes part of the conflict with Cadmus, post-Justice Lords.
* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: Memorably in "Hereafter."
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he uses his EyeBeams.
* RobotMe: It's emphasized in "A Better World" that Superman has robot duplicates of himself to keep things in check when he's not around. His Justice Lord counterpart uses ''his'' robot duplicates to maintain order at Arkham Asylum (and presumably elsewhere as well).
* RousingSpeech: Even more than the original comics, Superman here knows how to talk the talk as much as he can walk the walk [[PhysicalGod (all over your face)]]. If he can't beat the bad guy without killing him ([[IAmNotLeftHanded because he most certainly can]]), then he'll be TalkingTheMonsterToDeath.
* ShootingSuperman: As early as the first season of ''Superman Adventures,'' he tells a mook who pulls a gun on him, "You must be new in town."
* SignatureMove: The famous single or double-fisted flying punch, actually called a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_punch Superman punch]] in real life. He uses it against Darkseid in the ''Justice League Unlimited'' finale.
* SkilledButNaive: Is this earlier in his career, always thinking the best of everyone and often having people take advantage of him. Because of this he gets a lot more cynical as time goes on, to the point of receiving a WhatTheHellHero speech from [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] in JLU. Eventually he finds a middle ground, though some [[KnightTemplar alternate versions of himself]] took it to [[PoliceState much more extreme]] lengths.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks (and at the proper age, [[TimeShiftedActor sounds]]) ''exactly'' like his Kryptonian father Jor-El.
* {{Superhero}}: TropeCodifier, TropeNamer and [[Pantheon/{{Heroes}} God of Superheroes]].
* SuperheroesWearCapes: TropeCodifier.
* SuperpowerLottery: Earth's most devastating FlyingBrick - and he has a generous helping of additional powers. In general, his only serious challenges are beings of the DimensionLord or galactic conqueror level.
** EyeBeams: Not exactly lasers, not exactly heat rays, but... ''[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS1E2ForTheManWhoHasEverything Burn]]''.
** FlyingBrick: The TropeCodifier.
** NighInvulnerability: He and Doomsday have their only DCAU showdown knee-deep in ''lava.''
** SuperBreath: Can be hurricane-force winds or arctic cold.
** SuperSenses: XRayVision, Telescopic Vision, Super Hearing...
** SuperSpeed: Though he's not quite as fast as Flash.
** SuperStrength: In the last episode of ''Unlimited'', he explains that he never uses his full strength. He is '''''[[PersonOfMassDestruction so powerful]]''''' that he refuses to abandon his self-control: [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech if that happens]], ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywo6F4xYTvA&feature=related someone could die]]''.
* ThouShaltNotKill: A very, very strong believer in this code, and most of the time he makes it work. "A Better World" revealed what he'd be like without it - essentially, [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Big Brother.]] There ''are'' a few cases where he felt obliged to use lethal force, but as he admits in the ''Unlimited'' episode "Divided we Fall," he cannot bring himself to abandon his code - even though it's tempting.
** He'll make an exception for Darkseid though. Brainiac definitely doesn't count towards this trope.
* TheParagon: Just, strong, and a damn good leader.
--> '''J'onn J'onzz''': The Man of Steel possessed many extraordinary gifts, and he shared them with us freely. None of these gifts were more remarkable than his ability to discern what needed to be done, and his unfailing courage in doing it, whatever the personal cost.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Naturally.
* TimeShiftedActor: Superman on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' is voiced by Creator/ChristopherMcDonald.
** In the FiveEpisodePilot, teenage Clark was played by Creator/JasonMarsden.
* VoiceChangeling: Superman could mimic voices thanks to precise muscle control and a really good ear, which severely creeps out Robin when he demonstrates it.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Where he goes, weird stuff that probably wouldn't bother Earth comes in search of him.
* TheWorfEffect: Got hit with this pretty bad when starting out in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. The writers apologized for it and did their best to make up for it later on. In ''Secret Society'' they even worked this in, where Superman admits that he deliberately places himself in the line of fire to draw attention from the more vulnerable members of the League and give them time to react.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: His speech at the end of ''Justice League Unlimited'' is the TropeNamer.
* WouldHitAGirl: Although he's willing to put up with a lot more from them before he resorts to it.
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[[folder: Lois Lane]]
!!ComicBook/LoisLane
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Dana Delany
-->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish By''': Astrid Fernández, Rossana Cicconi (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Soraya Camero, Lileana Chacón, Rebeca Aponte (''Justice League''-''Justice League Unlimited'')
-->'''Voiced in Japanese By''': Creator/YukoSato

The ''Daily Planet'''s star reporter, she never stops at anything to get a good front-page story, though her headstrong nature nearly gets her killed several times. She is initially skeptical of Superman, but eventually falls in love with him. She is also good friends with her fellow reporter Clark Kent who, like in the comics, never figures him out to be Superman's identity, although it's hinted, but never made clear, that she eventually found out in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''.
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* ActionGirl: She is outclassed by the supervillains of the show, but when faced with normal human opponents or when she's pushed into a corner without Superman to save her, she does well all by herself. Makes sense, because she WAS trained by her dad after all.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Funnily enough, she's a subtler-than-normal version of this, as she regularly wears one to work.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has a witty remark for every situation.
* DamselInDistress: And you thought [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]] had it bad.
* DamselOutOfDistress: There is one episode where Superman is being beaten by Lobo, Lois Lane shows up, grabs a metal rod and joins in the attack. True, this does nothing (the guy even eats the pipe), but it's the thought that counts.
* FriendlyRivalry: She and Clark are frequently trying to outscoop each other, and she teases him on a regular basis, but they do work on assignments together a lot of the time, and genuinely care for one another. Lois was even in tears when she thought Clark was dead.
* HotScoop: As a given for Lois in every in every incarnation, she's a reporter, and very attractive.
* IntrepidReporter: Her introduction revolves around her discovery of a wide-spread gun smuggling ring.
* [[LovesMyAlterEgo Loves Superman, Doesn't Care For Clark Kent]]: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] actually. She starts out rather skeptical of Superman and, while she constantly teases Clark, "The Late Mister Kent" (and a few other episodes) shows that this may be to cover up a crush on him.
* MagicSkirt: Gets this all the time, as most of the time she is falling from high heights, getting caught in gusts of wind, being carried by Superman, and being attacked by bad guys, all while wearing these short skirts. She eventually gives up and starts wearing pants.
* MsFanservice: She is well remembered for her legs and her mini-skirt.
* PurpleEyes: Lois Lane has purple eyes. It soon began showing up in the comics DependingOnTheArtist.
* SecretKeeper: Knows that Bruce is Batman, and it kills her that she can't say anything about it.
* ShesGotLegs: Seems like whenever Lois is on screen, [[MaleGaze it's a full-length point of view]].
* TooDumbToLive: She's put herself in danger multiple times, but at least usually she didn't know how dangerous it was or at least ''tried'' to take some kind of precaution. But in "Target," she's being targeted for murder. She knows how dangerous her unknown enemy is and she's actually under police protection. During a phone conversation with Clark, she suddenly realizes who the attempted murderer is. What does she do? She sneaks off to confront them face-to-face. While Clark and everyone else still thinks she's under police protection. If it hadn't been for Luthor just happening to call Clark to give him a vital piece of information, she would have been dead by the end of the episode.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Seems to attract more than her share of freaks and killers, as lampshaded by Dan Turpin:
-->'''Lois Lane''': Bizarro?
-->'''Dan Turpin''': You know this guy? Figures. All the whackos come to you.
* WillNotBeAVictim: She's the traditional [[DamselInDistress damsel]], frequently being rescued by Superman, but she is also a competent and driven woman all on her own. In the episode "Target," despite a madman consistently trying to kill her, she remains unconcerned and defiant. She points out that she will never ''let'' herself become a victim, and actually beats up her assassin with her own hands before he catches her in one last DeathTrap.
* WorthyOpponent: Lex Luthor once explained to Lois that, as much as he disliked her for the shots she takes at him and his company, he respects her for her skills and abilities.
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[[folder: Supergirl]]
!! [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Supergirl / Kara In-Ze / Kara Kent]]
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Nicholle Tom
-->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish By''': Carmen Olarte (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Giannina Jurado (''Justice League Unlimited'')
-->'''Voiced in Japanese By''': Creator/ChiakiTakahashi

Kara In-Ze is the sole survivor of Krypton's sister planet Argo. While exploring the space around the destroyed Krypton, Superman found Kara in a cryogenic facility and took her in as his adoptive cousin. Inspired by her adoptive cousin, Kara made a costume with Superman's logo and occasionally acted as Superman's effective sidekick in his adventures. She later becomes a member of the expanded ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
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* ActionGirl: Is a fight around? She'll go into it without a problem.
* AdaptationNameChange: She's basically the comics' Kara Zor-El. In the comics, In-Ze was her mother Allura's maiden name.
* BadassAdorable: While she may be one of the strongest beings in the galaxy, she is very much a teenager with her own hangups.
* BareYourMidriff: Both the non-civilian outfit and, at least once, her regular clothes.
* BigInJapan: InUniverse, as revealed in "Chaos at the Earth's Core."
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: "S" is for Supergirl..too.
* CaptainErsatz: Of the pre-Crisis Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, Kara Zor-El (who was later rebooted into post-Crisis continuity). The reason that she wasn't Kara Zor-El outright was that DC had the editorial mandate of "Superman is the last Kryptonian, period." So the writers had to slightly modify her origin and name to fit the series.
* CharacterDevelopment: Develops greatly from her first appearance in "Little Girl Lost" to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''. In her first appearances from ''STAS'' to ''JLU'', she was criticized for being impulsive and reckless. By the time "Divided We Fall" rolls around, she was chosen to be in charge of the League while the founding seven were in custody. In her final appearance, Green Lantern himself notes that there is nothing more he can teach her.
* CuteBruiser: She is a sweet and gentle teenager with the same powers as Superman.
* {{Determinator}}: In "Chaos at the Earth's Core," she fights Metallo despite her powers being significantly reduced and him having a Kryptonite power battery that can kill her. Even weakened and near death, she managed to remove the battery from his chest.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Supes.
* FarmersDaughter: Kara was raised on a farm by Ma and Pa Kent, who treated her like one of their own children.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: Against Metallo, memorably.
* FlyingBrick: Her powers are on par with Superman.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: InUniverse she has considerable popularity in Japan. So popular that a chubby little fangirl kicked Stargirl in the shin for badmouthing about Supergirl.
* HeadbuttingHeroes: With Stargirl in "Chaos at the Earth's Core," though by the end of the episode, they appear to be becoming friends.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Becomes this with Batgirl in "Girls' Night Out." Livewire hits Gotham and meets up with Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, and Kara joins with Batgirl to stop them. Both later admit each has what the other would like, and the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Comfort and Joy" shows they're on a first-name basis (and Kara joined Barbara for skiing the Christmas Clark brings the ComicBook/MartianManhunter to the Kent Farm).
* HumanAliens: All the Kryptonians are outwardly indistinguishable from humans, despite obvious biological differences.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: She has a very hourglass figure despite her age.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Green Arrow in ''Justice League Unlimited'' - a very unexpected, plausible and touching development.
* LeeroyJenkins: Initially, though over time it lessened.
* MagicSkirt: For both the two costumes.
** PantyShot: Subverted in "Girls' Night Out" where she flies around in a miniskirt. The inherent problem with such an act can be viewed in [[http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/IAmWearingSpidermanUnderwear/vlcsnap-2009-12-04-18h18m05s128.png this scene.]].
* MsFanservice: She has an hourglass figure and wears BareYourMidriff costumes. She takes every chance she gets at showing off those legs.
* ProphecyTwist: Benefits from one.
* PutOnABus: At the end of [[spoiler:"Far From Home" she stay in the future with the Legion.]]
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She was a teenager when Krypton was destroyed, before being revived years later.
* SealedGoodInACan: Superman finds her in "Little Girl Lost," frozen in a cryogenic chamber.
* {{Sidekick}}: To Superman.
* SuperpowerLottery: She has all the powers of Superman: EyeBeam, NighInvulnerable, SuperStrength and XRayVision.
* SuperSpeed: Though not quite as fast as Flash.
* TwinTelepathy: In Supergirl's dreams, she relives the memories of her EvilTwin Galatea.
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[[folder: Jimmy Olsen]]
!!ComicBook/JimmyOlsen
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/DavidKaufman

A cub reporter and photographer for the ''Daily Planet'', he is the best pal of both Superman and Clark Kent, although he never finds out they are one in the same. He has a special signal watch with a distinctive "zee zee zee" that he can use to call Superman anywhere on Earth.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He looks much less stereotypically nerdy than other incarnations of the character.
* {{Adorkable}}: Very downplayed compared to most versions of the character, but Jimmy gets adorably awkward when he's shy or embarrassed.
* ADayInTheLimelight: "Superman's Pal" focuses on him.
* BigBrotherInstinct: {{Inverted|Trope}}; he's [[UndyingLoyalty fiercely loyal]] to Superman, his BigBrotherMentor, and if you touch him, Jimmy will throw every ounce of his resources into stopping you.
* DistressedDude: in "Solar Power" and "Superman's Pal," he's kidnapped by members of Superman's RoguesGallery.
* HeroicBystander: Sometimes Jimmy gets off the sidelines to save the day.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The episode "Superman's Pal" and more than one issue of the ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'' hint that Jimmy has a bit of an inferiority complex.
* IntrepidReporter
** CameraFiend: Jimmy's a photographer, not a regular journalist.
* LetsGetDangerous / CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Jimmy doesn't look like much, but if you threaten anyone he cares about...well, the Man of Steel credits him with saving his life at least twice.
* MuggleBestFriend: To Superman.
* NiceGuy: In spite of occasional snarkiness, he's one of the most cheerful, friendly people in the series.
* TeensAreShort: Jimmy is the shortest character of the regular cast.
* UndyingLoyalty: Or pretty awful close. Even after Superman has gone on a crusade for [[ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} a monstrous alien overlord]], Jimmy still isn't ready to give up on his pal. Although (understandably) reluctant to approach the BrainwashedAndCrazy Superman, when the hero returned to normal, Jimmy was one of his only friends. When asked for his opinion by a news crew, he vehemently retorts:
-->'''Jimmy''': Superman's saved the world hundreds of times. We ''owe'' him another chance!
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Superman gives this talk to him twice in "Superman's Pal," once in each identity.
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[[folder: Perry White]]
!!Perry White
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--> '''Voiced By:''' George Dzundza

-->'''Perry''': When I was your age, we didn't have computers or fax machines or...\\
'''Lois''': Yeah, yeah, and you walked ten miles on your bare feet to work every day.

The editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet.
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* CanonImmigrant: The name "Perry White" was first used in [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman the radio show]].
* CatchPhrase: He frequently says "Don't call me 'Chief'!" (mostly to Jimmy)
* DaEditor: He is the chief editor of the Daily Planet.
* AFatherToHisMen: He cares about his employees.
* IntrepidReporter: In his youth.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is a good journalist and a tough but fair boss.
* SatelliteCharacter: His biggest role centers around his time at the ''Daily Planet'' and its staff.
* WhenIWasYourAge: Invokes this to Lois, which serves as his page quote.
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[[folder: Pa and Ma Kent]]
!!The Kents
--> '''Voiced By:''' Mike Farrell (Jonathan "Pa" Kent) and Shelley Fabares (Martha "Ma" Kent)

-->'''Jonathan Kent''': No, son. It doesn't matter where you were born or what you can do, you'll always be Clark Kent. Superman just helps out now and then.\\
'''Martha Kent''': Still, it wouldn't be bad if people knew a little more about Superman. I don't want anyone thinking you're like that nut in Gotham City.

Clark Kent's adopted parents who took in Clark when they discovered his space pod while he was still an infant. Their upbringing of Clark and acceptance of his alien origins help shaped him into what he is.
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* BadassNormal: While neither of them do much fighting, [[spoiler:when Braniac went back in time]], their response was simply to pull shotguns on him to defend their son.
* GoodParents: Martha and Jonathan are kind and supportive of their son; they're a large part of the reason why he's such a NiceGuy.
* GrannyClassic: Martha is not a grandmother, but she certainly fits the image and personality; loving and supportive, loves to cook.
* HappilyMarried: Neither of them get into quarrels. Really, they're the most pleasant couple in the DCAU.
* MamaBear / PapaWolf: When Brainiac [[spoiler:went back in time]] to kill a teenage Clark before he could become Superman, Martha pulled a shotgun on him to defend her son.
* MuggleFosterParents: To both Clark and Kara (Supergirl, although she is Clark's foster cousin, calls them Ma and Pa).
* SecretKeeper: Started keeping Clark's secret long before he knew about it himself.
* SeenItAll: In the ''Justice League'' episode "Comfort and Joy", Clark brings [[ComicBook/MartianManhunter J'onn J'ozz]] home for Christmas. Despite his green skin, red eyes and UnderwearOfPower, they don't give it a second thought and warmly welcome him into their home.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: It is a major theme in the Superman mythos how their upbringing of Clark, and the values they have instilled into him, are instrumental in shaping him into who he is.
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[[folder: Professor Emil Hamilton]]
!! Professor Emil Hamilton
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Victor Brandt (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Robert Foxworth (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'')

A brilliant scientist who directs the facility S.T.A.R. Labs [[spoiler:and later joins Project Cadmus]].
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: For one, he initially assumes that all aliens are benign.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: By the time of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', his role as an ally of the Justice League is nothing more of a facade to mask his connections to Cadmus and his own FantasticRacism.]]
* BrokenPedestal: A mutual one with Superman. [[spoiler:He began to distrust Superman after the hero first went on a BrainwashedAndCrazy rampage and then threatened him (see SelectiveObliviousness). Superman, in turn, lost faith in him after he refused to help him and a critically injured Supergirl.]]
* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu, Superman?]]: He was horrified when it appeared that Superman had gone rogue.
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:For Superman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.]]
* TheEvilGenius: [[spoiler:For Cadmus.]]
* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: In a way, while he joins Cadmus for Earth's best benefits, it's basically out of feeling betrayed by Superman's threats, despite it being for seeking help to save Supergirl]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Becomes a member of Project Cadmus in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.]]
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Not just towards the Super Family, but the entire Justice League as well.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler:Given he was disliked by the animators for the ''Superman'' cartoon to begin with, they made him this in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'']].
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: See MyGodWhatHaveIDone below.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: Pulls a FaceHeelTurn all because he felt betrayed that Superman threatens him, despite the fact Supeman did that for him to save Supergirl's life.]]
* MadScientist: [[spoiler:For Cadmus.]]
* MrExposition: His role on TAS, before all the things in the spoiler-hidden text happen.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The looks he gives after Galatea hugs him says it all.]]
* NeverMyFault: See ItsAllAboutMe above and SelfServingMemory and TookALevelInJerkass below.
* ParentalSubstitute and MoralityPet: [[spoiler:To Galatea.]]
* TheProfessor: He was the one Superman tended to go to when he needed intellect to help him.
* RevengeMyopia: See SelfServingMemory and TookALevelInJerkass below.
* SelectiveObliviousness: [[spoiler:Conveniently forgets that the reason Superman threatened him was because he refused to help save Supergirl's life until Superman was forced to do so.]]
** SelfServingMemory: [[spoiler:There is a possibility that Hamiliton did not care why Superman threatened him if he did not forget. All that matters to him that Superman threatened him and had to be stopped, no matter what the reason.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:When he performs his FaceHeelTurn, by first stealing some of Supergirl's DNA after feeling betrayed by Superman to create a weapon against metahumans and then willingly joining Cadmus to oppose Superman (and then the Justice League) also due to feeling threatened by Superman (forgetting, or possibly not caring, why Superman did it in the first place), in the process he is then responsible for the chaos he and his conspirators cause in the Cadmus arc. In addition, he turns from the friendly and curious AbsentMindedProfessor into a heartless and racist MadScientist with a NeverMyFault idealism about his actions.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Despite Superman apologizing for threatening him to save Supergirl's life, he still feel betrayed and it's what causes Hamilton's StartOfDarkness.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Still seen as an ally despite having undergo a FaceHeelTurn long ago until his true allegience has been revealed to Superman. He is also a member of a U.S. government agency that the public trusts.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: As you can see, discussing him involves a lot of plot twists.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:He sided with Cadmus because he believed Superman had gone out of hand.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: It's not known what's happens to Hamilton after his connections to Cadmus has been revealed and the Cadmus arc ends. DCAU fans have multiple speculation about his fate (from the HeelRealization to suicide), but were never confirmed by WordOfGod.]]
** [[spoiler: It is also unknown what happens to S.T.A.R. labs, as it was run by Hamilton himself and also acted as a front for Cadmus' experiments, though its possible it's either under new management after the Cadmus Crisis, or it has been boarded up, shut down and closed for good.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dan Turpin]]
!!Dan Turpin
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Joseph Bologna

A Metropolis cop who is part of the Special Crimes Unit. He's know for his bravery, but is quite hot-tempered and foolhardy, and has had to be pulled from the force quite a few times. Nevertheless, he is one of Superman's most valuable allies, even saving his life at least once.
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* BadassBystander: Single-handedly turns the tide against ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}. With Superman [[BadassInDistress captured and publicly humiliated]] in order to cow humanity into hopelessness, Turpin alone flips off the triumphant Darkseid and rallies the crowd behind him. He leads a counterattack, singlehandedly frees Superman, defeats several Parademons, and helps fend off the forces of Apokolips until [[TheCavalry the forces of New Genesis arrive to liberate Earth]]. Now, while it's true that the ''viewers'' already knew Turpin was a tough cop, Darkseid had no clue who this guy was and thought he'd conquered Earth by defeating its greatest champion. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this also counts as a DyingMomentOfAwesome, as the fleeing Darkseid kills Turpin out of spite, prompting Superman to deliver this quote at Turpin's funeral:]]
-->'''Superman''': In the end, the world didn't need a Superman. Just a brave one.
* BadassNormal: He rallied the people of Metropolis to oppose the forces of Apokolips and lead the charge.
* BrooklynRage: Responds to Darkseid's planet-wide speech by insulting Darkseid to his face and proceeding to free Superman.
* ButtMonkey: He frequently gets humiliated by the MonsterOfTheWeek. (It doesn't help that he's constantly TemptingFate with his pronouncements that the SCU will easily defeat the villain. At that point, the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality practically ''requires'' him to get his comeuppance.)
* CowboyCop: He tends to get aggressive.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: "I don't care how many worlds you've conquered, ugly, you ain't gettin' this one!" He follows this up by tossing a stolen Parademons' lance at Darkseid.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: [[spoiler:He paid for the above by getting disintegrated by Darkseid's Omega Beams.]]
* DudeWheresMyRespect: The media (especially Lois and Angela) give him a hard time due to being part of the "cleaning crew" while Superman does all the work. [[spoiler:Everyone sees him standing up against Darkseid and getting killed for it. Even Lois, Angela, AND Lex were at his funeral.]]
* TheLancer: To Maggie Sawyer.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Turpin is modeled after his creator Creator/JackKirby. He's even Jewish like Kirby, proven with [[spoiler:the Jewish funeral he gets after being vaporized by Darkseid]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler: When Superman was captured and Darkseid demanded the obedience of all humanity, Turpin was the only one who would not KneelBeforeZod. It meant his death, but it also kept Earth free.]]
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:He was vaporized by Darkseid just to spite Superman.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: He starts off as very critical of Superman, but later learns to appreciate his good deeds.
* TurnInYourBadge: Inverted. Maggie Sawyer comments that if she had a nickel for every time he's given up his badge of his free will, she'd be richer than Luthor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Maggie Sawyer]]
!! Maggie Sawyer
--> '''Voiced By:''' Joanna Cassidy

The head of the Metropolis Police's Special Crimes Unit (SCU), working under Dan Turpin.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Ambiguous only because it's not downright stated (she's a lesbian in the comics).
* TheCommissionerGordon: Superman spends most of his time working with her.
* FairCop: She's very attractive.
* HideYourLesbians: Maggie Sawyer is an imported character from the ''Superman'' comics, first appearing in the 1980's, and has been an out-lesbian since 1988. However, [[AnimationAgeGhetto this could not be explicitly stated in a kids show]] and the closest they get to covering this point is in ''Apokolips... Now!'' when she is visited in the hospital by a woman who comforts her throughout both parts of the episode. The woman is unnamed in the show, but DVD commentary and the credits reveal that she is Toby Raines, Maggie's long-time girlfriend in the comics, and was included as a reference to their relationship.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Unlike Turpin, she trusts Superman right from the get-go.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lana Lang]]
!!Lana Lang
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Joely Fisher (adult), Kelley Schmidt (teenager)

--> ''"Hmm... red, blue, yellow... primary, but it works in a superhero-ish kinda way."''

Clark Kent's childhood friend from Smallville and one of the few {{Secret Keeper}}s for Superman's identity. They've had a bit of a relationship during their teen years, but both of them moved on to greener pastures.
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* AlliterativeName: '''L'''ana '''L'''ang.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when Luthor finds out she has been talking to Superman. She tells him the truth by explaining he was trying to warn her about his criminal activities, but reassure him by using this trope to say she doesn't care. In actual fact, her preference is definitely SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan. She tells Clark, that she's learnt how to handle most men but Clark was the only one she couldn't handle.
* CaptainErsatz: Of Lois. Both of their characters were even combined in Superman's [[LotusEaterMachine Lotus Eater]] world as one character, Loana.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She had a crush on Clark since they were ''twelve'', and they were dating during high school. In the present they broke up, but she still has some feelings for him.
* DamselInDistress: Superman saves her from being murdered in her first appearance as an adult.
* {{Expy}}: A red-head with green eyes, with a glamorous personality who dates bad boys, she is pretty much early John Romita's [[ComicBook/{{SpiderMan}} Mary Jane Watson]].
* FieryRedhead: At times.
* GirlNextDoor: To Clark in Smallville.
* HeroicSeductress: She ''tries'' to be this during her relationship with Luthor, taking advantage on how close she is to him to deliver informations about his schemes to Superman, despite the latter's reluctance. It backfires when Luthor finds out about it, and she gives up on it.
* SecretKeeper: She knows that Clark is Superman.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: As stated above, she had a crush on Clark since they were ''twelve'' and they were dating during High School. But now he is in love with Lois.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Angela Chen]]
!!Angela Chen
--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/LaurenTom

A star gossip columnist for the Daily Planet and host for the popular news show ''Metropolis Today''.
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* CanonForeigner: She was created exclusively for the cartoon, the only other appearances featuring her being the comic continuation of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''.
* HotScoop: A beautiful gossip journalist.
* IsThisThingStillOn: Wasn't aware that she was on camera when she was commenting about her coffee being decaf.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she is a gossip columnist, she acknowledges Superman's heroics.
* ManipulativeEditing: In "Superman's Pal", Angela has a quote by Jimmy Olsen altered from "I don't think I'd be real comfortable with that. [...] But it's not like I'd call us pals or anything" to "Real comfortable. I'd call us pals."
* TheRival: With Lois at the ''Daily Planet''.
* ShesGotLegs: She always wears a short skirt to show off her legs.
* TokenMinority: She's seen as [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Cat Grant]] with a RaceLift.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bibbo Bibbowski]]
!!Bibbo Bibbowski
--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/BradGarrett

A sea captain who frequents the dock of Metropolis. He's also an acquaintance of Lois Lane.
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* AlliterativeName: '''B'''ibbo '''B'''ibbowski
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lois gave him money to call Clark should she had been in danger on a story she was covering. He quickly forgot and spent it on a soda machine. Superman ended up saving her anyway.
* FatherNeptune: He's an unemployed sea captain.
* GentleGiant: He's big, burly, and one of the good guys.
* GoodIsDumb: He's a virtuous, stand-up guy... but he's not too bright.
--> '''Bibbo''' ''(striking a misbehaving {{Kaiju}} with a rolled-up newspaper):'' Bad monkey! ''Bad'' monkey!
* TheInformant: For Lois.
* RecurringExtra: He's an absent-minded longshoreman who appears in the pilot (with minor plot relevance; he's established as an informant for Lois who helped her on an arms smuggling expose, and whom she asks to inform the ''Planet'' of her whereabouts if she doesn't return from the ship she is investigating, a task he is quickly distracted from). He appears several times thereafter, often just to provide a comment on something strange that has occurred, though occasionally Lois or Clark seek information from him, and he often makes shows of support for Superman.
* ShoutOut: A sailor with ''that'' squint and ''that'' jaw? Pop-Eye, you put on a little weight!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Steel]]
!!ComicBook/{{Steel}} (John Henry Irons)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichaelDorn (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/PhilLaMarr (''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'')

The designer for an experimental suit of PoweredArmor for the Metropolis SCU. After the pilot goes rogue, he redesigns and perfects the suit, taking it into battle himself in Superman's hour of need.
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* ArmCannon: His forearm-mounted lasers.
* BadassBaritone: Characters voiced by Michael Dorn and Phil [=LaMarr=] tend to have deep voices.
* BadassNormal: He has no powers, but he kicks a lot of ass thanks to his suit.
* TheBlacksmith: He hand-forged the plating of his armor himself.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** In "Tools of the Trade", Irons bears a strong resemblance to basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, probably because he debuted during Season 2, which first starting airing in 1997, the same year the ''Film/{{Steel}}'' movie (where he was played by O'Neal) was released.
** According to the commentary for the ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "The Return," Creator/PhilLaMarr (the voice of Steel) was trying to emulate a young Creator/MorganFreeman.
* DropTheHammer: John Irons has a powerful rivet hammer which can fire blasts of thermal energy.
* GeniusBruiser: He fights using both his brawn and his brains.
* MeaningfulName: In addition to being an armored hero who goes by the name "Steel", his real name of John Henry Irons is appropriate since, like the folk hero John Henry, he stands for noble causes and uses a hammer as his weapon.
* OddFriendship: With Supergirl.
* PoweredArmor: Wears a suit of it that he made himself.
* ShoutOut: Like his name suggests, he's based on folk hero John Henry.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: He has an episode that introduces him, setting him up as Steel, then an episode where he becomes Steel... then vanishes until Justice League Unlimited. Especially egregious since one episode later Darkseid invades. Really makes one wonder why he never bothered to help out.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Orion]]
!!Orion
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Steve Sandor (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), Creator/RonPerlman (''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''and ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'')

Darkseid's son, who was raised on New Genesis.
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* FieryRedhead: He has red hair and he despises Darkseid with a passion.
* FlyingBrick: The Astro-Harness covers the flight part.
* HappilyAdopted: He loves his adopted father with as much intensity as he hates his biological one.
* MagicalComputer: The Mother Box, which also soothes Orion's familial rage and opens up [[CoolGate Boom Tubes]].
* PerpetualFrowner: Even his helmet seems to be frowning.
* PhysicalGod: He's a physical being, but is very formidable like the other New Gods.
* RedIsHeroic: Dresses mostly in a red suit, and despite his anger issues he is undiscutably a good guy.
* SkySurfing: With his Astro-Harness.
* UnstoppableRage: One that can only be held back by the Mother Box.
* YoureNotMyFather: Hates Darkseid with every fiber of his being. It's not mutual.
[[/folder]]

! Antagonists

[[folder: Lex Luthor]]
!!ComicBook/LexLuthor
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ClancyBrown

-->''[[IOwnThisTown "I own Metropolis."]]''

A genius multi-billionaire living in Metropolis who is the chief executive of his own company, [=LexCorp=]. In reality, he's a sociopath with a thirst for power and control, which he will gladly go to any length to have. Constantly flexes his VillainWithGoodPublicity muscle as much as he possibly can and has the resources and connections to finance and direct plots against Superman from a distance while still appearing as a benign, philanthropic captain of industry to the public at large.

He's an A-lister among Superman's rogues, not bad for a guy who doesn't have any StockSuperpowers and has to share a city with the original FlyingBrick. He later takes on various exploits to hamper the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague and out them as threats to global security so he may do as he pleases unopposed.
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* AddictiveMagic: Technological variant. Once he gets a taste of [[spoiler:Brainiac's power]] in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', getting it back becomes his sole goal in life.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: WordOfGod says he's Greek and his appearance was based on Telly Savalas, a Greek-American actor. Creator/BruceTimm attributes assumptions that he's black, despite his skin being the same color as Superman's, on his lips.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Averted. Instead of going mad or resisting when he discovers that his cells have become a host for Brainiac, Luthor strikes a bargain with the robot.]]
** AndThenWhat: When Brainiac explains that he intends to record and annihilate the entire universe, Luthor (who, like it or not, is along for the ride) responds with "And then what?"
* ArchEnemy: To Superman.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:His final fate as per Creator/DwayneMcDuffie is of him and Darkseid becoming part of the Source Wall after Lex reveals the Anti-Life Equation]].
* BadBoss: A frequent exponent of HeKnowsTooMuch and YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. And in "Fish Story," he decides to go ahead with his underwater detonations while his employees are still setting the charges. When this is pointed out to him, his reply is...
-->'''Luthor:''' Their survivors will be well-compensated.
* BadassBaritone: As voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown.
* BadassBoast: "I'm already more powerful than all of you put together." He says this to the ''entire assembled Secret Society'' (aka the Legion of Doom), after owning Doctor Polaris. Dozens of villains with powers that let them fight the Justice League take one look at Luthor, and basically decide he's ''right.''
* BadassNormal: Nowhere near Batman's level of training, but when you can forcibly assume leadership of a large group of superpowered beings ''and'' keep them in line just through your intelligence and personal charisma, you qualify.
** EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:As Brainiac's takeover of Luthor's body proceeds in Season 2 of ''Unlimited'', Luthor has a brief stint of SuperStrength]].
* BaldOfEvil: Hasn't got a strand of hair on his head, and is evil to the core.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler:He wanted so badly to merge with Brainiac again. Ironically, he then uses this exact same trope against Darkseid.]]
* BigBad: For much of ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and ''Justice League'': he bankrolled individual supervillains, founded the Injustice Gang, provided secret funding to Cadmus, and eventually usurped the leadership of the Secret Society.
* BigDamnVillains: In "A Better World."
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When it suits his purposes, he can be quite charming, but only when it suits him.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:In "Panic in the Sky," Brainiac bursts out from under Luthor's skin, leaving a human body with black robot tentacles randomly placed over his body and Brainiac's face protruding from his stomach. Though momentarily astounded, Luthor doesn't GoMadFromTheRevelation, which is itself evidence of a staggering amount of willpower]].
* TheChessmaster: He often has plans to manipulate everyone involved to accomplish his goals. One notable example was when he formed the Injustice Gang. He didn't do so to create an evil equivalent to the Justice League, but really so that the other members would keep the Justice League distracted so they couldn't stop his real plan.
* CivilianVillain: After being pardoned and while running for President.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He's physically based off of Telly Savalas' portrayal of Blofeld from ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. Creator/BruceTimm also took some of the characterization as well, describing both as a "cultured thug...a bruiser who wanted to be taken seriously."
* CompositeCharacter: Of himself. This version of Luthor ran the gamut from his modern CorruptCorporateExecutive incarnation, to the nineteen-forties DiabolicalMastermind, to the MadScientist of the sixties and seventies.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The CEO of [=LexCorp=].
* CrazyPrepared: Made damn sure he can turn the powers of any member of the Secret Society against them if they step out of line, as Doctor Polaris, Goldface, and [[spoiler: Grodd]] found out to their sorrow. Also has an elaborate panic room hidden deep under a random Metropolis barber shop.
-->'''Steel:''' Gotta hand it to you, Luthor; ''nobody'' would think to look for [[BaldOfEvil you]] here.
* DemotedToDragon: In Season 3 of ''Justice League Unlimited'', when he's recruited into Gorilla Grodd's LegionOfDoom.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: He only joins because Grodd dangles [[spoiler:the last remaining chunk of Brainiac]] in front of him.
** TheStarscream: A successful one, too. He shoots Grodd and takes over the Legion as soon as he gets fed up with Grodd's... uh... big and evil plan.
*** Bonus points for [[AtLeastIAdmitIt being completely open about his plans for treachery.]]
--> '''Luthor:''' I wasn't going to do this for another few weeks, but ''really?'' [[spoiler: Turning everyone into apes was your ''master plan?'']]
* DiabolicalMastermind: After losing his company and resorting to more obvious villainy. Reaches its height in Season 2 of ''JLU''.
* DirtyCoward: On at least two separate occasions he's left someone behind in a crumbling building to save his own neck; the first time it was Lois, and the second time Mercy. In the event of a dangerous situation, [[ItsAllAboutMe he always puts himself first]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: His actions in ''Justice League Unlimited'' can be considered this as he describes it to The Question (while beating the crap out of him), who's trying to stop him from becoming President to keep from fulfilling a future where Superman kills him and turns evil.
-->'''Luthor:''' [[spoiler:President? Do you know how much power I'd have to ''give up'' to be president? That's right, conspiracy buff. I spent $75 million on a fake presidential campaign ''just to tick Superman off''.]]
* DomesticAbuser: He became this to Tala. It's also implied in "Tabula Rasa" that he was this to Mercy Graves at some point.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:He enjoys his merger with Brainiac since it gives him so much power. He shows signs of addiction afterward.]]
* DualWielding: Twin laser pistols in Season 2 of JLU.
* EasilyForgiven: After a season and half of overt villainy--including prison breaks, forming the Injustice Gang, and fistfighting Superman in a suit of PoweredArmor--he wrangles himself a presidential pardon in return for his help against the [[ThePsychoRangers Justice Lords]]. Despite disapproving comments from the media, he is almost ''immediately'' forgiven by the public at large, to the extent that his presidential campaign in Season 2 of ''Justice League Unlimited'' draws Perot-in-'92 levels of support. Notably, Superman ''never'' forgives him, not once, and he's pretty consistently portrayed as unforgivable, if only because [[LackOfEmpathy he's never thought he'd done anything wrong in the first place.]]
* EvilGenius: Lex may be a total bastard, but he is a ''superb'' scientist and businessman, quite possibly the smartest human being on the planet, with an extremely advanced knowledge of robotics, cybernetics and a host of other fields. The fact that he uses his brilliant mind for entirely self-serving and outright criminal ends is what makes him such a monster.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He ''is'' voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown.
* EvilerThanThou:
** He tries to pull this on the Joker in "World's Finest," but the Joker completely owns him.
** Ends up on both ends of this trope in "Alive!" He is the bigger evil than Grodd, but the lesser evil than [[spoiler:Darkseid]].
* EvilIsPetty: As explained in PresidentEvil, [[spoiler:he wasted millions doing a fake president campaign just to ''annoy'' Superman.]] And in "Divided We Fall," [[spoiler: he admits that even in his "transcended" state, he'll enjoy murdering the Flash with his own two hands just to twist the knife.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts friendly, but it does nothing to hide his true nature as a manipulative narcissist.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:When fused with Brainiac.]]
* GunsAkimbo: In the JLU.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He makes one to stop Darkseid in "Destroyer,"]] although it's somewhat subverted in that he's explicitly only doing it for revenge, not to save Earth.
** Also, the whole situation was his fault in the first place. [[spoiler:Darkseid would never have been revived to begin with if not for Luthor's actions.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Contracted an incurable illness due to always keeping Kryptonite on him. He has to have a machine implanted in him to stay alive for most of ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited'' [[spoiler:until Brainiac cures him...for his own reasons]].
** In ''Superman'', he frequently has to be saved from the negative consequences of his own attempts to create the perfect anti-Superman weapon.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Averted ''big time''--in "The Great Brain Robbery", upon finding himself in the Flash's body, he ''immediately'' puts his powers to incredible use, from the standard SpeedBlitz to the weirder applications of high-speed vibration.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Luthor's ego requires constant feeding; this is one of the reasons Superman's humility galls him.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's such a colossal dick that, in "Injustice for All," he ends up having to ''triple'' the pay of his Injustice Gang to keep them from walking out on him (and then has to pay ''even more than that'' to get the Ultra-Humanite's help in keeping him alive). And in the final season of ''Justice League Unlimited'', he somehow manages to push several members of the Legion into backing a coup by Grodd, whose big master plan is to turn everyone on Earth into apes.
* MadScientist: Big time. Played up in the ''Justice League''.
* TheManBehindTheMan: To Project Cadmus in ''Justice League Unlimited''. [[spoiler:And then he, in turn, is revealed to be simply the UnwittingPawn of Brainiac.]]
* NeverMyFault: He gets cancer from manipulating [[GreenRocks Kryptonite]] for years. He blames it all on Superman, saying that he would never had caught the disease if Superman didn't oppose him in the first place.
* NotMeThisTime: When someone's attempting to kill Lois, Lex is at the top of the list due to the tech used being from his company. Lex points out he'd never leave such an obvious trail if he ''did'' want to kill her, which he doesn't because he [[WorthyOpponent respects her]]. Lois believes him more because the killer's M.O. is not Lex's style.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:Brainiac]] in Season 3 of ''Justice League Unlimited''. Unfortunately for him, [[spoiler:it turns out to not really be Brainiac after all...]]
* PetTheDog: When it appears that Superman has been killed, he comes to the funeral and comforts Lois, saying sadly, "I'll miss him, too." There are at least three fanbase interpretations:
** Genuine gratitude after the EnemyMine situation (involving the Justice Lords) got him pardoned.
** He's a VillainWithGoodPublicity and his absence would have been suspicious.
** He's sad because somebody else got there first, and he's mourning his TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou relationship.
** He also followed through on his word not to use a power-annulling weapon on the Justice League, after using it on the Justice Lords.
** He also saved the world, twice. First time, he deprogrammed Amazo away from BlueAndOrangeMorality during ''The Return'' (though it must be noted that he's responsible for Amazo becoming such a threat to start with). Second time, is when he [[spoiler:saved Superman from Darkseid, and by offering him the Anti-Life Equation, removing himself and Darkseid as threats for good, but again Darkseid was perfectly fine and dead until Luthor revived him and ran to the Justice League to bail him out]].
* PoweredArmor: Wears it a lot in the ''Justice League'' cartoon, where he's forced to go head-to-head with the League. That said, his ''real'' "power suit," as shown in the finale, is Armani.
* PresidentEvil: [[spoiler:Subverted. He only ran to annoy Superman. And it worked.]]
** Played straight with the Justice Lord-verse Luthor, who seems to be almost exactly identical to the normal one. Murders the Flash, seems on the verge of starting a nuclear war, and mocks Justice Lord Superman by telling him that even if he somehow stops his EvilPlan of the week, he'll still get away with it and trying something else again since Superman doesn't have the guts to kill him. [[spoiler: Turns out Superman does. Even so, this is treated as a MoralEventHorizon for Justice Lord Superman, which means that Justice Lord Lex succeeded in morally ruining him.]]
* TheQuisling: Despite previously having been an UnwittingPawn, [[spoiler:he voluntarily throws in with Brainiac in exchange for more personal power in "Divided We Fall."]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: As a CorruptCorporateExecutive, he uses money to buy his way out of getting in trouble for his actions.
* ShadowArchetype: Lex is a cynical man who uses all kinds of money and political power to manipulate, throwing himself into conflict with Superman, an idealist who uses his abundance of physical power to protect.
** Becomes the BadassNormal GeniusBruiser in ''Justice League'' in contrast to Batman.
** Also with ''The Joker'', most prominent in ''World's Finest'' where Luthor is more orderly and PragmaticEvil while The Joker is chaotic and petty. However, in the later seasons, particularly after he bonds with Brainiac, Luthor's MaskOfSanity vanishes and he proves to be nearly as crazy as Joker. He's also a BastardBoyfriend and abusive JerkAss just like Joker.
* SmugSnake: His arrogance sometimes leads him into this territory.
* TakingYouWithMe: When he finds out he's dying of Kryptonite-induced cancer, he forms the Injustice Gang in a last-ditch effort to take out Superman and all his friends.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Whenever working with Superman, or the Joker, or Grodd. He's really not a people person. The only one he really got on with is Brainiac.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the original Superman cartoons, Luthor served as businessman and TheManBehindTheMan and GreaterScopeVillain behind various Superman villains. He was also easily outranked by Joker, Brainiac and Darkseid in terms of scale, and in the final episode he was a ButtMonkey that a depowered Superman landed a head-butt on. However, the minute Luthor became a criminal mastermind in the Justice League cartoons and lapsed back to his Silver Age get-up (Purple Suit, Orange Jumpsuit), he became far more dangerous and powerful than ever before, believably becoming a League-level threat (second only to Vandal Savage, Brainiac and Darkseid), and even getting the upper hand on Batman in a fight in their ''Injustice for All'' fight.
* {{Troll}}: In Season 2 of ''Justice League Unlimited''. [[spoiler:His entire presidential campaign was a farce to get under Superman's skin. It was immensely successful at doing so.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Of Brainiac's during the first two seasons of ''Justice League Unlimited''.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and the second season of ''Justice League Unlimited''.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the League exposes his crimes in "Injustice for All," he becomes a lot more irritable and less composed than he was previously.
* VillainProtagonist: He becomes this in the final season of Justice League, which is about he rises from prison to Gorilla Grodd's lackey in the Legion of Doom, to usurping the Legion of Doom and in the end, perhaps AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
* VillainousRescue: In part two of "A Better World", Lex uses a power disruptor to stop the Justice Lords' Superman from killing Flash, then subdues the rest of the League's evil counterparts, as part of a deal he struck with the real Superman in exchange for a pardon.
* VillainousUnderdog: Even moreso during the Justice League cartoons, where Luthor is stripped of his company, his reputation, his funding but becomes a greater threat than ever before, representing what Creator/NeilGaiman said that while one can imprison Luthor time and again, you can't really imprison his mind.
* VillainousValor: Discussed in the final episode of ''Justice League Unlimited'', [[spoiler:where Luthor saves the day and defeats Darkseid by forcing him to assimilate into the Source Wall with the Anti-Life Equation]]:
-->'''Martian Manhunter''': In many ways, Lex Luthor represented the very worst of humanity.\\
'''Superman''': And yet, [[spoiler:he died to save the world.]]
* WealthyYachtOwner: He had one in the episode where he turned John Corben into Metallo.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Brainiac]]
!!ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/CoreyBurton

-->''"The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes."''

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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* AIIsACrapshoot: Brainiac knew Krypton was going to explode back when he was just a supercomputer, but chose not to support Jor-El's findings; the revelation would only cause panic and might interfere with Braniac's own escape plan and, since he represents the sum total of all of the planet's knowledge, it was the only thing worth saving anyway.
* BaldOfEvil: None of his android bodies have hair and he kills entire planets after accumulating all of their knowledge.
* BigBad: Of Season 1 of ''Superman'' and a BigBadDuumvirate with [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]] in Season 2 of ''Justice League Unlimited''.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: as part of his programing gone wrong, he sees all life as meaningless unless it provides some kind of information, and after doing so, is to be discarded like trash. He doesn't look down on lifeforms as Darkseid or Luthor does, more he just uses and discards them.
** This extends to preserving his own body. He doesn't do it out of a need to survive, but as one to ensure he can continue to fulfil his programming.
* BodyHorror: After he merges with [[spoiler:Lex Luthor]].
* TheChessmaster: But as Lex notes, he lacks an imagination.
* TheCollector: Of information.
* CreepyMonotone: Because he's an artificial intelligence, he speaks without any inflection or emotion.
* DoomedByCanon: His final appearance in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' is in the episode "New Kids in Town", where it is revealed that he survives at least as far as the 30th century. This future incarnation of him goes back to a time when Kal-El was a teenager to try and kill him before he became Superman, only to be defeated by the assistance of three members of the Legion of Superheroes and hurled into the sun, where he is completely destroyed. Since this is chronologically his last appearance in the DCAU, that means that even if Brainiac did survive the events of the GrandFinale for ''Justice League Unlimited'', he'll still be destroyed for good in the long run.
* EvilerThanThou: Darkseid pulls this on him in "Twilight."
* {{Expy}}: Of HAL from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.
* 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.
* 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.
* FusionDance: With [[spoiler:Luthor]]. [[spoiler:Then with Darkseid in the finale of ''JLU'', though without his personality manifesting.]]
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: In ''JLU'', Luthor accuses him of being one when he points out that [[spoiler:Brainiac's purpose is to gain all the information about creation... and then destroy it for no other reason than that it's what he was programmed to do]]. Brainiac himself seems to come to agree on some level, as he agrees to [[spoiler:merge with Luthor so that they can actually ''use'' that information to remake the universe in their image]].
* AGodAmI: When [[spoiler:fused with Luthor]].
* GrandTheftMe: Not only can Brainiac hack into any technology he comes into contact with, he can also take (in)direct control of organic lifeforms.
** 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.
** This gets taken further in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', [[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.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Superman'' due to his connection to Krypton's destruction and of Season 2 and 3 of ''Justice League Unlimited''. He is also arguably considered to be this of the entire DCAU.
* UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue: He is frequently referred to as "green". He is, in fact, blue.
* {{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.
* IAmTheTrope: He's fond of saying "I am Krypton."
* 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.
* JokerImmunity: 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".
* 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.]]
* 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]].
* NotSoStoic:
** He sports a PsychoticSmirk when he thinks he has Superman captured in "Stolen Memories".
** In "Knight Time", he suddenly starts making emotive facial expressions when Superman attacks his spaceship.
* OmnicidalManiac: He wants to collect all the information of every civilization the universe, then 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.
* PlanetLooters: He travels from planet to planet, collects its knowledge, and then destroys it to move on to the next.
* 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.
* 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.
* TheStoic: Unsurprisingly as 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.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Superman uses potentially lethal force on him even before he discovers his FightingAShadow nature.
* 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.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Darkseid]]
!!ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichaelIronside

-->''"As I told you once Superman, if you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn."''

The superpowered, diabolical tyrant of the wasteland planet known as Apokolips. Darkseid's ultimate goal is dominion over all life and existence: to that end he is forever seeking the 'Anti-Life Equation', a form of cosmic knowledge which could be used as an ultimate weapon. His recurring efforts to manipulate, conquer or depopulate the Earth have earned Superman's hatred: Superman will stop at nothing to see his end.
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* AbusiveParents: He is, quite simply, not a nice person, and his children get no special treatment.
* AGodAmI: He is a literal alien god, but Darkseid goes one step further as he is actually worshipped as ''God'' even amongst his own people, having established a personality cult around himself. It is so all-pervasive that even his army of slaves, who hate and fear him and whom he treats abominably, ''help'' him rather than overthrow him when the opportunity presents itself, simply because he controls them so thoroughly and completely.
* AgonyBeam: His Omega Beams normally kill, but he can dial them down to this to amuse himself.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: This is shown perfectly in the penultimate episode of ''JLU''. He was killed three seasons before and Apokolips is in the middle of a CivilWar for who will take his place. After getting resurrected, he returns to Apokolips in the middle of a battlefield, halting the war completely. Usually, on a planet full of [[TheStarscream starscreams]] and after being dead for a few years, you would think that someone would try to rebel. In this case, however, Darkseid doesn't even have to say anything. He just stands there and everyone immediately bows down to him. "Darkseid Is," indeed.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Lex Luthor finally achieves what Darkseid had sought, the Anti-Life Equation, and hands it, a floating white ball of energy, to Darkseid. Both of them grab hold of it and disappear without a trace, assimilated into the Source Wall, as per WordOfGod]].
* BackFromTheDead: He was killed by Brainiac's exploding asteroid SupervillainLair, but gets brought back when Luthor uses Tala against her will in an attempt to restore Brainiac. According to the DVD commentary, Tala did it on purpose just to spite Luthor. [[WomanScorned Hell hath no fury, indeed.]]
* BadassBaritone: In both [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwLZu_X8YBE English]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v6UXDxkXQE&feature=related Spanish]].
* BadassBoast: Lots of 'em.
** "I am many things Kal-El. You couldn't begin to imagine half of them, but for now I shall take the role of your executioner."
** "I am many things, Kal-El... but here, I am ''[[AGodAmI God]]''."
** "Super or otherwise, you're merely a man. And I am a ''[[AGodAmI god]]''."
* BadBoss: Servants are regularly abandoned once they are no longer useful, you are sent to the slave-pits for ''talking'', and with Kalibak he combines this trope with [[AbusiveParents utter contempt for his son and his efforts to please him]].
* BaldOfEvil: He has no hair.
* BerserkButton: Do not question his orders. Manheim and Deesad both found this out the hard way.
* BigBad: Of ''Superman: The Animated Series'' Seasons 2 and 3. [[BigBadEnsemble He, Luthor, and Grodd]] are in the running for this in ''Justice League''.
** He's this for the Franchise/{{DCAU}} as a whole, being it's single greatest threat.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Reacts this way to Superman's AndThisIsFor Dan Turpin punch.
-->'''Darkseid''': Had I known one human's death would pain you so, [[KickTheDog I would have killed more]].
* CameBackStrong: He comes back intermixed with Brainiac remnants, and claims to be more powerful than ever - which is backed up by Superman having to drop all his usual self-control.
* TheChessmaster: "I told you once, Superman, if you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn."
* TheDreaded: Terrifies the members of the Legion of Doom enough that [[EnemyMine they are willing to enter into an alliance with the Justice League against him]].
* ElectricTorture: "It's called the Agony Matrix. Direct neuro-stimulation of pain receptors. All of them. Imagine the worst pain you have ever felt in your life times a thousand. [[FateWorseThanDeath Now imagine that pain continuing forever]]. Oh, that's right. You don't have to imagine."
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: What's the first thing he does when he meets Superman face-to-face? Blast him with his Omega Beams until he's on his knees. Who is he? ''That'' is who he is, Kal-El.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Darkseid has only ''one'' loved one, his son Orion. While he recognizes that he will probably have to destroy him eventually, he is proud of Orion and considers him a WorthyOpponent.
* EvilerThanThou: Even Brainiac can't compete.
* EvilIsPetty: He murdered Dan Turpin for no other reason than to stick it to Superman. Once he learns just ''how much'' it hurt Superman, he promises to kill many more humans.
* EvilOverlord: As one would expect from Darkseid.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Comes with being voiced by Creator/MichaelIronside.
* EyeBeams: The Omega Beam.
* GeniusBruiser: He is cunning and strong.
* GodOfEvil: More specifically, the God of Tyranny.
* GodzillaThreshold: He's the one villain that Superman does not hold back on, and he's the one villain that Superman is perfectly willing to kill.
-->'''Superman''': ...this time, I'm not going to stop until you're nothing but a greasy smear on my fist.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Through brainwashing Superman in "Legacy," he is indirectly responsible for Cadmus being formed after Superman's rampage in ''Justice League Unlimited'' (and to an extent, [[spoiler:Superman's ally Emil Hamilton to pull a FaceHeelTurn and joining Cadmus]]). He also share this title along with the Justice Lords, whose existence also upgrades Cadmus' agenda, and Brainiac, who uses the Cadmus arc to further his own personal agenda. Along with Brainiac, he is also considered to be the Greater Scope Villain for the entire DC Animated Universe.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His first on-screen defeat is due to Superman covering Darkseid's eyes as he's firing his Omega Beams, detonating the energy right in his face.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Can you honestly say that [[AssholeVictim Bruno Mannheim]] didn't deserve the harsh treatment (and later abandonment and death) that Darkseid subjected him to?
** Does this again to Lex Luthor in "Alive!"
* KnightOfCerebus: Any time Darkseid shows up, whether it's in ''S:TAS'' or ''JL'', things get a ''lot'' more serious.
* LargeAndInCharge: Rules Apokolips with an iron fist, and towers over almost every other character in the DCAU.
* LoopholeAbuse: At the end of "Apokolips...Now!", he is forced to agree to stop trying to invade Earth or face the wrath of New Genesis. He spends the rest of the series scheming various ways to strike out at Earth without violating the letter of his agreement. After gaining Brainiac's powers, he no longer has to worry about violating the treaty, because he is confident he can destroy New Genesis if they try to stop him.
* ManipulativeBastard: Near the end of ''Superman: The Animated Series'', he convinced Superman that he was his surrogate son so that he could be a loyal solider to him.
* NighInvulnerable: He is capable of taking a lot of damage; even Superman has trouble doing any lasting (or visible) harm to him. The only time he's seen wounded in ''S:TAS'' is after Superman hit Darkseid with ''his own attack''. This is partly why Superman stops holding back on him in ''JL''.
* OhCrap: Watch Superman's World of Cardboard speech, Darkseid's face of utter horror as the Man of Steel hurtles towards him. He knows shit has hit the fan.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Darkseid's power and evil are made clear by Superman's very uncharacteristic behavior toward him.
* ParentalFavoritism: Ironically, Darkseid actually likes Orion more than Kalibak. In fact, Orion is the only one who Darkseid regards as his son, an honor Kalibak has failed to achieve because of his incompetence.
* PhysicalGod: He is an actual god who happens to also be an alien. Darkseid is [[CompleteImmortality immortal]], NighInvulnerable, possesses SuperStrength on par with Superman, and has various other powers. In a universe of superhumans, sorcerers, demigods and aliens, Darkseid is still one of the most powerful characters in the series.
* PlayingBothSides: Does this in the conflict between Superman and Brainiac in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Even though neither of them trust him, he puts them both in situations where they feel they need to work with him. He [[NearVillainVictory almost wins]].
* PollutedWasteland: His entire planet.
* PragmaticVillainy: After Bruno Mannheim installs an explosive at an important laboratory with the help of a few Parademons on Darkseid's orders, Darkseid [[KickTheSonOfABitch leaves Mannheim]] [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to die in the explosion]], but right before doing so, he uses his Omega Beam to teleport the Parademons away. Mannheim's usefulness is over, but the Parademons can still serve as frontline troops in the upcoming invasion of Earth. No sense being wasteful.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are red and he is evil.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His motive in the ''JLU'' finale is to get revenge on Superman for killing him, first by [[ForcedToWatch forcing him to see Earth burn]], then by cutting his heart out with a Kryptonite knife.
* ScarsAreForever: In "Twilight," he still sports the scars Superman gave him at the end of "Legacy."
* StoryboardingTheApocalypse: Darkseid loves doing this and is damn good at it.
-->'''Darkseid''': I hope you appreciate, Kal-El, everything that happens from this point is on your head. The skies will rain fire, the oceans will boil, the streets run red with the blood of billions. Only then, when your last pitiful hope has been vanquished, will I end your life. [[BringIt Let's]] [[IronicEcho go]].
* StoryBreakerPower: Definitely Darkseid's Omega Beams, especially when he sets them to "vaporize", will ''never'' stop chasing you no matter how far you run.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to hold his own against Superman.
* UngratefulBastard: "It seems I have you to thank for my resurrection. Though your world will suffer slowly, I grant you a quick death."
** Almost all of those villains would rather have died than bowed before Darkseid. Ergo, [[FridgeLogic he was granting them a boon...]] FromACertainPointOfView. If anything, this trope is a subversed because quick death is by far more merciful due to him treating his servants in the most brutal conditions possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kalibak]]
!!Kalibak
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichaelDorn

Darkseid's slow-witted son. He fights on his father's side for his approval.
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* TheBrute: He tends to use physical force.
* {{Determinator}}: His fight with Superman, in his first episode. He WILL NOT give up.
* DumbMuscle: He's treated as such by his father. While not your usual manchild type, he knows nothing about subtlety and gets easily manipulated.
* TheDutifulSon: Sort of.
* EvilSoundsDeep: It helps that this version of Kalibak is voiced by Creator/MichaelDorn.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Repeatedly fails to do his father proud.
* NighInvulnerable: While he's not as durable as Superman, he was unaffected by Batman shooting him with a missile.
* OverlordJr: Well, he tries.
* SuperStrength: He is very strong.
* TheUnfavorite: Darkseid views him as an incompetent grunt, which he is. All of Kalibak's failed attempts to prove himself to his father fuels Darkseid's disdain for him.
-->'''Darkseid:''' A technicality of his birth. As far as destiny is concerned, I don't have a son.
** Ironically, Darkseid acknowledges that Kalibak's half brother Orion as his son, despite the latter openly opposes him and fights on the side of good.
* VillainDecay: His first appearance was a whole-episode slugfest where he stood toe-to-toe with Superman. In subsequent appearances, he's little more than a doorstop; Superman punches him out in less than a minute in "Legacy", and although he beat Franchise/WonderWoman, he loses to Batman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. In his final appearance, he finally got to do something useful...because he was in an EnemyMine situation with Scott Free and Franchise/TheFlash.
* WellDoneSonGuy: To Darkseid.
-->'''Darkseid:''' I can't believe he's blood.
* TheWorfEffect: Gets subjected to this a lot after his first appearance. Becomes HilariousInHindsight, considering [[Creator/MichaelDorn who]] voices him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Desaad]]
!!Desaad

A resident of Apokolips and Darkseid's personal assistant.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder: Steppenwolf]]
!!Steppenwolf

The a master hunter and general of Apokolips' army.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder: Granny Goodness]]
!!Granny Goodness
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

--->'''Oberon:''' Do yer worst, ya old cow!\\
'''Granny Goodness:''' You ''wound'' Granny! ... but not as badly as Granny's going to wound ''you''...

An inhabitant of Apokolips and the leader of the Female Furies. She also served as one of Darkseid's strongest lieutenants.
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* AmazonBrigade: She formed and leads the Female Furies, a group of female super-powered warriors from Apokolips.
* ChekhovsGunman: First introduced as a cameo in a flashback, where she is seen proceeding to the exchange between Highfather's and Darkseid's children. She is brought back one episode later as the new leader of Intergang and Supergirl's StarterVillain.
* CrossdressingVoices: An elderly woman voiced by Creator/EdwardAsner.
* EvilOldFolks: Apokoliptans don't necessarily age at the same rate as Earthlings, of course, but she was already an old woman way back when Orion and Scott were exchanged as infants. And as for evil, well, it's child abuse and endangerment [[ButForMeItWasTuesday seven days a week]] at Granny's house.
* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: She's rather plump.
* IronicName: She's old alright but there's nothing ''good'' about her, at all.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Oh, ''boy''...
* OrphanageOfFear: She operates one on Apokolips, where the ''many'' orphans of that world undergo reeducation; she tried to start a similar facility on Earth, but it got shut down.
* StarterVillain: The first supervillain met by Supergirl, and the one whose plan she foils to prove her value to Superman.
* TermsOfEndangerment: This is Granny Goodness we're talking about here, so duh!
* ThirdPersonPerson: Granny refers to herself as 'Granny'.
* VocalDissonance: And Ed isn't even trying to hide it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White hair due to being an old woman, and definitely not a nice person.
* WouldHurtAChild: Duh!
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Female Furies]]
!!Lashina, Mad Harriet and Stompa
-->'''Voiced By:''' Diane Michelle (Lashina), Andrea Martin (Mad Harriet), Diane Delano (Stompa)

Three women from Apokolips who serve under Granny Goodness.
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* AmazonBrigade: A group of female super-powered warriors from Apokolips pretty much fits the bill.
* StarterVillain: Since Granny Goodness is Supergirl's first villain, she naturally meets Granny's cronies as well.
* SuperStrength: Stompa
* WhipItGood: Lashina
* WolverineClaws: Mad Harriet
* WouldHurtAChild: Or specifically, would hurt a teenage Argoan.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kanto]]
!!Kanto
-->'''Voiced By:''' Michael York (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League Unlimited'')

A resident of Apokolips and servant of Darkseid.
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* EvilBrit: Despite not being human, he still sports a British accent.
* LouisCypher: His first appearance has him supplying alien weapons, not revealing his true origins as a part of a race of god-like powerhouses until the end of the episode.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Metallo]]
!!Metallo (John Corben)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League Unlimited''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League'')

John Corben was a mercenary hired by [=LexCorp=] to steal an experimental MiniMecha and deliver it to Lex's (illegal) buyers. Superman's debut in Metropolis was crushing the robot and hauling Corben off to prison. While in jail, Corben contracted a fatal disease. Lex Luthor, thankful for Corben refusing to testify against him, offered a solution: upload Corbin's mind into an immortal robot body, powered by a Kryptonite core. Corben enjoyed the limitless strength and durability, but the lack of touch, smell and taste drove him insane. He blamed Superman for all of this, letting Lex off the hook pretty quickly. He later joins the LegionOfDoom later in ''Justice League Unlimited''.
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* AndIMustScream: His fate at the end of "Action Figures." He discusses it when he returns in "Heavy Metal."
-->'''Metallo''': Remember how you left me, Superman? Buried in rock?! I couldn't move. I couldn't see. I couldn't hear. But I could think, and all I thought about was how I was going to make you pay!
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Disabling his Kryptonite core is usually the only way to stop him.
* BlessedWithSuck: He gets an immortal, super-strong body powered by Superman's biggest weakness...at the cost of losing all tactile sensation.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: The fake flesh on top of his metal skeleton lacks nipples.
* BrainUploading: After Lex poisoned him, his brain was put into a robotic shell.
* {{Cyborg}}: His brain is in a robotic body.
* EasyAmnesia: In "Action Figures," Metallo's time on the bottom of the ocean wiped his memories clean. He briefly becomes a hero to the inhabitants of a nearby volcano...until he remembers Superman.
* EvilBrit: He's played by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's often friendly and grinning, but he is usually assuming the pleasant persona to mock and insult his foes.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: His transformation into Metallo is entirely the result of Luthor ruining his life so as to manipulate him for his own ends, and his pain as he realizes how much becoming Metallo has cost him is geniune...but he's also a remorseless sociopath who has hurt a lot of people, so the audience's sympathy for him is limited.
* MoralMyopia: So it's Superman's fault Lex Luthor poisoned you and transferred you to a lifeless body?
** MotiveDecay: See above.
* NighInvulnerable: His robotic body makes it difficult to kill.
* RoboticPsychopath: He has a robot body and attempts to kill Luthor for making him a cyborg.
* SenseLossSadness: The inability to taste, smell or feel anything drives him to the edge in less than a day.
* SmugSnake: He tends to be very condescending to everyone.
* SuperStrength: His robot body makes him far stronger than a normal human being.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Livewire]]
!! Livewire (Leslie Willis)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Lori Petty (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''The New Batman Adventures''), Creator/MariaCanalsBarrera (''Justice League'')

A Metropolis radio personality who built her career by bashing Superman on the airwaves. She finds herself suddenly possessing electrical superpowers after both she and Supes are struck by the same lightning bolt during a thunderstorm. Blaming him for her condition, she soon adopts the persona of "Livewire" and takes her Superman-bashing to a new, dangerous and [[IncrediblyLamePun shocking]] level. She later fights Batgirl and Supergirl in a crossover episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' and joins [[LegionOfDoom Grodd's Secret Society]] in ''Justice League Unlimited''.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: She has a large lightning bolt-shaped slit that goes down to her belly button, although no cleavage is actually drawn.
* AchillesHeel / KryptoniteFactor: Livewire and water do not mix.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the tie-in comics, she temporarily loses her powers. While human again, she's a blonde rather than the brunette she was in the show.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In both the tie-in comics and the mainstream comics, she eventually becomes an ally, a stark contrast to her original animated incarnation who simply did things ForTheEvulz.
* AttentionWhore: A decent part of her characterization, especially in her first appearance. It's particularly obvious before her transformation.
* BadassBoast: "You can't stop me anymore than you can stop rain...wind...or LIGHTNING!"
* CanonImmigrant: Originated in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and was subsequently added to the original comics.
* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with her job as a ShockJock.
* DumbassDJ: Before gaining her powers, she was a popular DJ who spent all her time insulting Superman in order to boost her ratings.
* ElementalBaggage: She works like a battery; she must absorb charge from other electricity sources to use her powers, and when that charge runs out, she's [[BroughtDownToNormal normal]].
* FormFittingWardrobe: Livewire's outfit is created by ionizing the air around her, and she herself describes it as "form-fitting."
* {{Goth}}: Dressed like one as a human.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the tie-in comics to the show, at least. After making the jump to the main DC Universe, she eventually turns good there as well.
* HeroicSacrifice: Twice in the Tie comics:
** The first time to stop Braniac from releasing all the worlds Nuclear weapons she ends up using all her power and the effort leaves her pretty much pretty much brain dead and Star Labs can only barely manage to keep her alive.
** The second time is after Luther uses Apokolips tech to revive her in order to sell her to Apokolips, Superman intervenes but ends up getting himself and Leslie sent to Apokolips itself where they find out Darksied plans to use live wire to power a doomsday weapon. Leslie and Superman manage to foil the plan and Leslie fully powered by the planet itself starts to wreak havoc, but realisng that she will go nuclear soon tells Superman to run. Being supes he refuses and races Leslie back to earth where he flies her to a clearing to explode. Luckily for her it doesn't hurt her, but it kills Superman, Leslie uses the last of her power to restart his heart, wich reverts her back to normal. Later she gets struck by lightning again and returns to being Livewire, but now as a hero.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She trashes Superman for supposedly "only thinking of himself" even though the second she gets her powers she does her best to use them for her own benefit while screwing over everyone else.
* {{Jerkass}}: As a shock jock, it's sort of her thing. How much was an act and how much was her personality is unclear, but she seemed to believe what she was spouting.
* TheLadette: While she's a woman, she doesn't act very feminine.
* {{Leitmotif}}: An electric guitar tune.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Passing through Superman first apparently means it can create metahumans. Applying the trope to Livewire specifically, she's able to do nonsensical things like dive into TV screens and then appear on them.
* LogicalWeakness: Water.
* MotorMouth: She often makes ''multiple'' snarky comments while on-screen.
* NeverMyFault: Her transformation was due to her stupidity of hosting a concert ''in the middle of a storm''. Superman tried to get her to cancel it as she was both putting herself and the audience in danger; she wouldn't listen and got hit by lighting. She then blamed Superman for the mess, mostly from seeing on TV a reporter interviewing Superman accusing that he deliberately didn't push Leslie out of the way when the lightning struck.
* OneLiner: ''Loves'' these. Makes sense given her past as a ShockJock.
* PsychoElectro: She has electrical powers and isn't very sane.
* PureEnergy: Livewire describes herself as such and, though it makes for a very interesting character, it does not make any more scientific sense than every other "energy being" out there. And, oddly enough, [[XRaySparks she apparently still has a skeleton]].
* SexySpectacles: Invoked this before her transformation. Getting struck by lightning seems to have improved her vision, though.
* ShockAndAwe: Gains electric powers [[LightningCanDoAnything after being struck by lightning]].
* ShockJock: Before getting her powers.
* StrawFeminist: At times.
* ThatManIsDead: "Meet [Leslie Willis's] replacement!"
* VaporWear: See AbsoluteCleavage.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Toyman]]
!! Toyman (Winslow Schott, Jr.)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Bud Cort (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League Unlimited''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League'')

Winslow Schott wanted nothing more in life than to make toys. Unfortunately, he had little money, and could only achieve his dream by taking a loan from gangster Bruno Mannheim. The toy company soon became a front for Intergang activities. When the police busted the operation, Mannheim let Winslow take the fall, and the kindly toymaker spent the rest of his life in prison. Now Schott's son seeks revenge, adopting the identity of Toyman and using a variety of deadly toy-themed weapons and [[DeathTrap death traps]] against the gangster and his mooks. Naturally, this attracts Superman's attention. He later joins the LegionOfDoom in ''Justice League Unlimited''.
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* AffablyEvil: He can be quite genial, particularly to Lois, though in a very creepy way.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He sics a giant rubber duck on Mannheim in "Fun and Games", a very large Rock-'Em-Sock-'Em Robot on Superman in "Obsession," and a massive toy-like robot on the League in "Hereafter".
* CoolMask: Wears an ever-smiling mask that he never removes.
* CreepyMonotone: He speaks in a cold and emotionless tone of voice.
* CrazyPrepared: In the ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' crossover "Toys of the Hood," even though he had genuinely fallen in love with Darci enough to try and give her a new identity, he was always aware of betrayal, so he put in a fail-safe that would destroy her.
* ExpressiveMask: Completely (and very creepily) averted.
* TheFaceless: Orphaned after his father dies in prison, Toyman becomes a toy-crazed supervillain, hiding his face behind a Howdy Doody-like mask. Schott is never seen without the mask, although it's frequently cracked and broken in his battles with Superman, and his fellow villains.
* FreudianExcuse: See ParentalAbandonment, below.
* GadgeteerGenius: He invents toy-like weapons.
* HappyFunBall: His specialty.
* KillerYoYo: He knocks out [[AnIcePerson Killer Frost]] in a SingleStrokeBattle in the penultimate episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Using a yo-yo.
-->[[BondOneLiner Awww...sleeper.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: In his first appearance, his entire motivations resolve around trying to kill Bruno Mannheim as revenge for what he did to his father. Superman [[SaveTheVillain still ends up saving Mannheim]], but it's hard to feel sorry for all the things Toyman makes the guy go through.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: He wears a creepy doll-like mask and is also an insane criminal.
* MonsterSobStory: He attempts to get sympathy from Lois Lane by telling her about his FreudianExcuse.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Happens at the end of both of his ''Superman'' appearances.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His weaponized toys are much deadlier than they appear to be.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: His father died penniless and he's never shown committing crimes for money, but he apparently has endless resources to pay for his tanks, helicopters, giant rubber ducks, and incredibly advanced robots. Oh, and in his ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' appearance, he somehow [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere got his hands of enough Kryptonite to build an entire army of robot minions made of it]].
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad (framed by the mob) died in prison, leaving him to be switched from one foster home to another.
* PsychopathicManchild: Goes straight UpToEleven.
* SlasherSmile: Painted onto his mask.
* StalkerWithACrush: In "Obsession."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Expressed for him by Lois.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Killer Frost does this to him in "Alive!". Toyman is able to take her down using an ordinary yo-yo.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Even if he is a dangerous criminal, it's hard not to feel sorry for the fact that he became this way because his father was screwed over by Mannheim and died in prison while he was shipped off to several neglectful foster homes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Luminus]]
!! Luminus (Edward Lytener)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Robert Hays

Edward was an engineer at [=LexCorp=] who specialized in light and laser manipulation. He was a mole for Lois in one of her stories, and while Lois' work won her a journalism award, he was fired. In revenge, he tried to murder Lois, and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption then Superman got involved]]. Lytener took up the persona of Luminus and decided to get his revenge on Superman. That failed, too. Luminus is last seen fighting the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague after a jail break.
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* AffablyEvil: Even when making declarations of absolute hatred and murderous intent, he's always so briskly, cheerfully polite. This continues after he becomes Luminus.
* BondVillainStupidity: You managed to [[BroughtDownToNormal weaken Superman to human strength]], Luminus. [[CombatPragmatist Just shoot him already]]. Don't toy with him until he breaks the machine weakening him.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He enjoys fighting Superman because he can't wait to kill a god.
* DeathTrap: His specialty. Spent his debut episode trying to kill Lois.
* {{Expy}}: Of Doctor Light. His perviness is an interesting case of [[HilariousInHindsight hindsight hilarity]]. It's also probably just as well that he wasn't named Doctor Light, as it meant ''Justice League Unlimited'' could introduce Kimiyo Hoshi, the [[LegacyCharacter heroic Doctor Light]], without explanation.
* FightingAShadow: As Luminus, he never puts himself in the same place as Superman if he can send a hologram instead.
* ForTheEvulz: In his second appearance, Edward Lytener becomes the villain Luminus just to get back at Superman.
* FrickinLaserBeams: He's good with light, so lasers aren't too far of a stretch.
* GadgeteerGenius: He created his weapons himself.
* HardLight: His other specialty. Turns out, lasers still hurt anyway.
* {{Hellevator}}: One of his death traps.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In his first appearance, he slips up and gives away his involvement in the attacks on Lois when he congratulates her on her journalism award. Since he was in his lab for the past day, with no TV or radio (he finds them distracting), he could only know that she'd won the award if he was the one who attacked her at the awards ceremony.
* {{Invisibility}}: He can use his devices to appear invisible.
* LightIsNotGood: He has weapons that manipulate light and he is a bad guy.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He went nuts because of his infatuation with Lois Lane.
* MasterOfIllusion: He can use his manipulation of light to create illusions.
* MesACrowd: Similar to the {{Comicbook/Flash}} villain Mirror Master, but Flash learns the hard way that his copies actually can deal real damage.
* MotiveDecay: Goes from being Lois's StalkerWithACrush to trying to kill Superman just because he can.
* NothingPersonal: Said this in his second appearance to Lois. He put her in a {{death trap}} again, but he insisted only as bait for Superman.
* SmugSnake: He's pretty full of himself.
* StalkerWithACrush: He became TheMole against [=LexCorp=] because he liked Lois, not because it was the right thing to do.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: ''Lyte''ner?
* TookALevelInBadass: In his second appearance. He comes ''[[NearVillainVictory very close]]'' to killing Superman.
* VillainousBreakdown: Is calm and calculating when he has a powerless Superman on the ropes. When the satellites key to powering the big guy down get blown up, however, he (understandably) becomes quite panicky and desperate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bruno Mannheim]]
!! Bruno Mannheim
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Bruce Weitz

Mannheim leads Metropolis's branch of Intergang, a major criminal syndicate. He soon gets weaponry from Apokolips, allowing him to deal with Superman and the local police force. Eventually, Superman and the police team up, and Mannheim is forced to flee to Apokolips, where he meets his new boss, Darkseid. Instead of killing him outright, Darkseid sends him back to Metropolis so he can overtake the nuclear power plant. [[spoiler:He then sets the reactor to overload, and Darkseid leaves him to die as the reactor goes critical.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: A ''very'' downplayed example. This version of Mannheim still is an unsympathetic, unrepentant crook who willingly collaborate with Darkseid, but he isn't the [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] [[ReligionOfEvil cult-leading]] psychopath he was in the comic.
* AdaptationalWimp: His comic book counterpart is Darkseid's chosen apostle on Earth and much more threatening. This version of the character is just a regular mob boss who Darkseid manipulates in his plan to invade Earth and [[spoiler:gets nonchalantly sacrificed once he is of no more use]].
* AssholeVictim: For starters, he's indirectly responsible for Winslow Schott, Jr. becoming Toyman because he framed his father and had him die in prison. He more than deserved [[spoiler: getting killed by Darkseid.]]
* TheChewToy: And completely deserving it.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He appears to be the main threat at the end of the series, but it turns out that he's really working for Darkseid.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's the head of a criminal syndicate who ruined a man's life by framing his father. What did you expect?
* KarmicDeath: He helps Darkseid with his invasion schemes and is left to die for all his troubles.
* LensmanArmsRace: Cops? No problem. Superman? Apokolips weaponry. Superman + Cops? Flee and call in the Parademons!
* LesCollaborateurs: He helps Darkseid in his plan to conquer Earth.
* SaveTheVillain: In his first appearance, he had to be saved from the Toyman.
* SmugSnake: He's a very arrogant bastard, that's for sure.
* TheSyndicate: Leads one.
* TooDumbToLive: Working for Darkseid, yeah, that can't go wrong!
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Darkseid kills him after he serves his purpose.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mercy Graves]]
!!Mercy Graves
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/LisaEdelstein

* BattleButler: Lex Luthor's.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Poor girl has to constantly be on the move with a boss like Lex Luthor barking orders every two minutes.
* BodyguardBabes: A beautyful bodyguard who wears a chauffeur uniform with very tight pants.
* BodyguardCrush: [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Totally one-sided]] on her part, though.
* CanonImmigrant: She follows from Harley Quinn's lead. She proved popular enough that she would subsequently appear in other animated series like ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' (with some [[RaceLift slight changes]]) and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', and heavily inspired the character of Tess Mercer from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* TheComicallySerious: Though she can be pretty snarky on occasions.
* DarkActionGirl: She's good behind the wheel or in a fight, and she understands entirely when Lex speculates that it'd be a ShameIfSomethingHappened...
* TheDogBitesBack: Subverted first, as we're set up to think she'll turn on Lex for abandoning her to take the fall on one of his criminal deeds, but it turns out his hold on her is too strong. But she finally gets to do it for real in ''Justice League'' when he uses his prison call on her and she immediately hangs up. Then she goes right back to him two seasons later when he's "reformed" and running for President.
* TheDragon: To Lex Luthor.
* FriendsWithBenefits: While there's no real romantic feelings between the two, it's heavily implied (especially in ''Justice League'') that the two have more than a professional relationship going on. Their entire relationship oozes with emotionally oppressive relationship subtext, and Lex all but spells out in "Tabusa Rasa" that they've been intimate on a regular basis.
* GirlFriday: A bit of a BadassNormal with many skills and few scruples. She is very useful to Lex.
* HiddenDepths: When Lex is exposed as a criminal, he names Mercy the new head of [=LexCorp=]. She turns out to be a much better businessperson than Lex. As it so happens, cutting out Luthor's obsessive supervillain side-projects and selling off Luthor's anti-Superman resources has made [=LexCorp=] more profitable than ever. Luthor is rather nonplussed when he finds out.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She is way more level-headed than her boss, and seems to be able to keep up with her boss' commands. Of course, we see that when she became head of [=LexCorp=], she was much more successful than Luthor ever was.
* KickChick: Almost exclusively uses high kicks, except for her gun. She also wears a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt short mini-dress]] which almost always gives the viewer a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pBJSh4J2Y great view of her legs]] even when she isn't fighting. [[MagicSkirt No]] {{Panty Shot}}s, though.
* MagicSkirt / [[ProperTightsWithASkirt Tights With A Skirt]]: She is always running around doing high kicks, being beaten up and sent flying by people, all in an outfit that looks more like a tight top than a full chauffeur's uniform.
* MsFanservice: Even moreso in ''Justice League'', to the point where the android (while channeling [[ChivalrousPervert Flash]]) hits on her.
* NinjaMaid: For Lex.
* ServileSnarker: Not at first, but she does develop into a snarker. She's the one person to whom it's safe to deliver his AsYouKnow speeches and the only one who will ask, sincerely, "WhyDontYouJustShootHim"
* SheFu: She doesn't hesitate to show off what she's got when she fights.
* ShesGotLegs: She wears a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt ridiculously short dress]] (or a tight shirt with tight pants) that shows off her legs.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's quite tall.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Parasite]]
!!The Parasite (Rudy Jones)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Brion James (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Brian George (''Justice League'')

Once an employee of S.T.A.R. Labs, Rudy was exposed to an experimental chemical compound that spilled on him when he tried to steal it. Now, as The Parasite, he possesses the power to absorb the energy, memories and physical abilities from anyone he touches, [[OhCrap including Superman]]. He later joins the LegionOfDoom.
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* AchillesHeel / KryptoniteFactor: Gains the weaknesses of those whose powers he copies, usually with greater effect than the originals.
* AffablyEvil: Very amiable, though in this case it only serves to make him more creepy.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: "Two's a Crowd"
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Superman first approached him by treating him with sympathy for his accident and offering help. Parasite [[WoundedGazelleGambit played along to trick him into physical contact so he could absorb his powers.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Of himself, between the Rudy Jones and Maxwell Jensen Parasites. He has the name and origin of the former and the powers of the latter.
* DrunkWithPower: As a defining character trait. His main motivation is that his whole life people have been pushing him around and looking down on him, and now he wants as much power as he can for as long as he can...and enjoys using it to lord over others.
** That said, on a good day, he can be a relatively well-adjusted guy considering it all. He seems pretty satisfied with getting cable TV in his prison cell once he's captured.
*** Becomes FridgeBrilliance when you realize the trope. The more power he GETS, the more he wants.
* EvilerThanThou: Less so than Earl Garver, eviler than Livewire.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Janitor to deadly supervillain.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He's frozen and then blown up along with Grodd's other followers in "Alive!"]]
** DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Arguably the most prominent character to get this anti-climactic death. Though, it was probably done by the animators who felt the [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim character should have died along time ago at the same time with his]] [[AuthorExistenceFailure original actor Brion James]], who delivered a much more superior performance unlike the later TheOtherDarrin Brian George's minimal portrayal.]]
* PowerParasite: He can absorb the powers of any metahuman he drains.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: In "Two's a Crowd," Earl Garver takes control of Parasite after Parasite tries to absorb Garver's memories. Eventually, [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind the two of them duke it out for control of the body]].
* WhosLaughingNow: He goes from hardluck janitor to one of Superman's most dangerous enemies.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: When Rudy Jones was first introduced, his characterization was desperation instead of malevolence, and he stopped his partner when he tried to actually hurt people. However, after he became Parasite, he became obsessed with draining anybody he could get his hands on and taking revenge on a world that hurt him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Bizarro]]
!! SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}}
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/TimDaly (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Creator/GeorgeNewbern (''Justice League Unlimited'')

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.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have some kind of intellectual disability.
* 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'' has this removed by having him lobotomized and brainwashed.
* AppropriatedAppellation
-->'''Mercy:''' ''Bizarro'' is what you "am."
* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', apparently due to being brainwashed.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He becomes lobotomized to be his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics incarnation in ''Justice League''.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was a TragicMonster in his first two appearances, depicted as suffering a severe case of CloningBlues 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. Comes ''Justice League'', he is brainwashed off-screen by Gorilla Grodd's society, reducing him to their DumbMuscle with a BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad logic.
* 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.
* DumbMuscle: Possibly the single stupidest character in the series, leaving him open to manipulation by Luthor, and any other villain with a reasonable IQ.
* FriendlyEnemy: Under normal circumstances, he was quite affable and unaware of the problems he was causing.
-->'''Bizarro:''' ''[sincerely]'' Superman! Bizarro am happy to see you!
* HappyEndingOverride: By the end of ''Superman the Animated Series'', he was living happy on another planet with his "dog" and no longer was a villain. Then came ''Justice League Unlimited'', and Grodd's Society brainwashed him into being a villain. (Obviously there was some kind of 'missing episode' here.)
* HeroWithAnFInGood: He means well, but his attempts at emulating Superman's heroism often results in disaster.
* HulkSpeak: Unsurprisingly due to being the poster boy for DumbMuscle, he has a very poor grasp on grammar.
* LaughablyEvil: Because of his extreme idiocy, he often causes some hilarious trouble for everyone around him.
* {{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.
* ManChild: His mental handicap makes him very childlike. He borders on PsychopathicManchild whenever he has a temper tantrum.
* NighInvulnerable: He's very resilient like Superman, but with a bonus -- he lacks a [[KryptoniteFactor weakness to Kryptonite]].
* 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.
* SuperpowerLottery: He's got all of Superman's powers.
* ThereWasADoor: "Door" is one of many concepts he doesn't grasp. He's not that great at "ceiling" either.
* TragicMonster: In spite of all the trouble he causes, all he really wants is to be a hero like Superman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Mister Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mister Mxyzptlk
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GilbertGottfried

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.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Played with. 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.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Claims to be the source behind genies, elves, and leprechauns.
* AmusingAlien: He does rather ridiculous things with his abilities.
* CatchPhrase: "Aw, nuts."
* GreatGazoo: He uses his powers to mess with Superman.
* 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.
* ItAmusedMe: His initial motivation to torment Superman. After his first defeat, however, it becomes more personal.
* {{Jerkass}}: This isn't your Silver Age well-meaning Mxy.
* LargeHam: What else would you expect from Gilbert Gottfried?
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can cause this. In general, whenever he uses his powers to BalefulPolymorph or otherwise alter 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.
* 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.
* TheNapoleon: While he appears as a short man, he has huge intentions when it comes to messing with the Man of Steel.
* NiceHat: He wears a tiny purple bowler hat.
* NoIndoorVoice: It's Gilbert Gottfried, this goes without saying.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Mxyzptlk is tiny, bulbous and four-fingered. 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.
* 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.
* SoreLoser: To say that he doesn't take Superman besting him well would be a very enormous understatement.
* 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.
* 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.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Lobo]]
!!SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/BradGarrett

A trash-talking, brutish bounty hunter from the (former) planet Czarn. 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.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: And Maxima wanted him, at one point. Lois, Diana and Hawkgirl, not so much.
* AmusingInjuries: Receives these a lot. And finds the injuries of ''others'' amusing as well.
* AshFace: One of the Preserver's security probes shoots a beam on his head with this as the sole result.
* BadassBiker: He rides on a space chopper.
* BadassBoast:
-->'''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?]]
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And talk, too. No, don't ask how that works when nobody else in the DCAU can; it's RuleOfFunny.
* BoisterousBruiser: Naturally.
* BountyHunter: Lobo is recognized and feared throughout the galaxy as a persistent master bounty hunter.
* CoolBike: His chopper doubles as a CoolSpaceship.
* EnemyMine: Teams up with Superman against the Preserver.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Frag!". On the other hand this is averted like ''hell'' in the Venezuelan Spanish dub, when he ''swears hard''.
* GunsAkimbo: In the "Warrior Queen" episode.
* HandCannon: A normal human wouldn't be able to lift his handgun.
* 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 everyone else on it.
* IncomingHam
-->'''Lobo:''' I'm givin' you geeks ten seconds before I frag everything in sight. One... TEN!
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not really a nice person at all, since he hits on every woman he sees and cares very little about innocent lives.
* LastOfHisKind: Like Superman. Unlike Superman, however, [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed he destroyed his own planet]].
* LaughablyEvil: Because of his crude, dark, irreverent, and over-the-top sense of humor.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to his R-rated webseries. Averted in the Venezuelan dub.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A hair-metalesque electric guitar riff.
* NighInvulnerable: Almost Superman-level resistance to harm and no KryptoniteFactor to boot.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
--> '''Lobo:''' Say it! ''Say it!''
--> '''Kalibak:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...Uncle.]]
* 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.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: And with no pupils, to boot.
* SuperStrength: Lobo's strength is close to that of Superman's.
* 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.
* TokenEvilTeammate: When it seemed like Superman was killed, Lobo filled in to quash the rioting in Metropolis. Not surprisingly, this was a temporary arrangement.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Provides the page quote.
* YouGotSpunk: Towards Lois.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Maxima]]
!!Maxima
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Sharon Lawrence

* 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.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules / BestHerToBedHer: Maxima will only mate with a man who can equal her in combat.
* TheCaligula: Her self-righteous attitude didn't earn her any respect from her people.
* CoolSword: Her main weapon is a sword.
* DarkActionGirl: She isn't afraid to fight and is not one of the good guys.
* FieryRedhead: A redheaded royal with superpowers.
* FlyingBrick: Her strength, speed, and durability are roughly equal to Superman's.
* HeelFaceTurn: By the end of her debut episode she learns to take her role as leader of her people more seriously, kinda.
* HumanAliens: She looks like a normal human being.
* LadyOfWar: A warrior and a queen.
* MindOverMatter: Telekinesis is one of her powers.
* PsychicPowers: Telekinesis and telepathy.
* RoyalBrat: She tends to throw tantrums when she doesn't ''instantly'' get her way.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As Queen of Almerac, she's only interested in doing what she wants to instead of doing what's best for her people.
* SuperStrength: Maxima possesses immense psionic powers which gives her super-strength and the power of flight.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Supes and other men she sets her eyes on.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: She wanted Superman.
** AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Later, she wanted Lobo.
* {{Yandere}}: To Superman.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Corey Mills]]
!!Sergeant Corey Mills
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/XanderBerkeley

* ByTheBookCop: Mills before he became the test subject for the power armor.
* CanonForeigner: He is a original character created for the series.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Mills became violent, paranoid and obsessive after prolonged exposure to the armor.
* FairCop: He's quite handsome.
* HappilyMarried: Again, until the suit started to change him.
* PowerArmor: The battle armor built by Lex Corp granted him several abilities:
** OneWayVisor: With StatOVision.
** GrenadeLauncher
** HandBlast: With Black Light lasers.
** RocketBoots: Jetpack provided flight
** TheStrengthOfTenMen: More like twenty men. Enhanced physical strength at least on par with Superman as well as comparable durability allowing the pilot to battle the Man of Steel on an equal footing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Jax-Ur and Mala]]
!!Jax-Ur and Mala
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/RonPerlman (Jax-Ur), Leslie Easterbrook, (Mala, "Blasts from the Past"), Sarah Douglas (Mala, "Absolute Power")
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.

* 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.
* 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.
* BeardOfEvil: Jax-Ur, thanks to being a General Zod expy.
* 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.
* 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.
* DarkActionGirl: Mala, obviously, being a female evil Kryptonian.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Before realizing Superman wasn't interested, Mala considered 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.
* 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.
* EyepatchOfPower: Jax-Ur sports one and is even shown only able to use heat vision with his one good eye.
* FlyingBrick: Comes with being Kryptonians.
* GenderFlip: Mala was a male in the comic.
* StatuesqueStunner: Mala is tall for a woman, in fact slightly taller than Jax-Ur. She still looks rather pretty.
* 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 realistically would kill them]].
* UngratefulBastard: After Superman sent them back to the Phantom Zone, they managed to escape it through an anomaly and ended up into 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.
* UnholyMatrimony: Jax-Ur an Mala are both in a relationship, and pretty evil.
* 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.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Mala in her first episode, though it had less to do with him being a hero and more with them being the only two kryptonians on the planet. The moment he rejects her, she gives up and brings back Jax-Ur instead.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Mala is white-haired, and ''not'' a nice person.
* 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.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Volcana]]
!!Volcana (Claire Selton)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Peri Gilpin

* AntiVillain: In her debut episode, the only reason she turned to crime was to collect enough money to leave the USA and escape the government agents trying to take her back as a living weapon. She is depicted as a conventional villain when Supergirl confronts her just a few episodes later.
* BareYourMidriff: Her new outfit in ''Justice League''.
* CanonForeigner: She is a original character created for the series.
* DarkActionGirl: She's willing to fight and is also a villain.
* DatingCatwoman: She was flirting heavily with Superman at the end of her debut episode and he never stopped her. In fact, he looked like he was having fun while she did it.
* DeadpanSnarker: At one point, when Superman catches her, she remarks "You're going to make me earn this, aren't you?"
* DistractedByTheSexy: She gains entry to a private party and draws the eye of on-duty photographer Jimmy Olsen, through raw sex appeal.
* FieryRedhead: Has long red hair.
* FlyingFirepower: She has pyrokinesis and some flight (possibly a form of telekinesis).
* LoveableRogue: At least in her first appearance.
* MotiveDecay: In her first appearance, she's an {{Anti Villain}} who Superman forms a quasi-partnership with. Afterwards, she's just a random baddie.
* PlayingWithFire: She can create streams and even crude shapes of fire (assuming there's air to fuel the combustion).
* RapunzelHair: Her hair falls past her knees.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Justice League'' she shows a willingness to kill using her powers, making her more sinister than before.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Preserver]]
!!The Preserver
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Sherman Howard

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.
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* TheCollector[=/=]PeopleZoo: 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...
* CreepyMonotone: He speaks with a robotic-like voice, without any inflection or emotion.
* NoSell: Lobo punches his monstrous form in the face, to no effect.
* 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 cage. He comments to Lobo that "a trash like him is not worth saving".
* OneWingedAngel[=/=]HulkingOut: 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.
* PowerFloats: His first form hovers over the ground.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Lobo opens the ship's airlock with his hook and the Preserver is sucked in outer space.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: He speaks with a reverbal voice.
[[/folder]]
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* SelfDeprecation: The main quality that keeps Superman from going dark. He has a sense of humor and is aware of his failings and willing to apologize for his mistakes. He admits to Flash that he never made it past his Boy Scout merit badge, that he let Luthor push his buttons too many times and that he was a jerk to Captain Marvel. This also leads him to be more forgiving of Hawkgirl after her betrayal (noting that "I believe in second chances") and to Captain Atom who briefly sided with Cadmus but who Superman still considers Justice League. Indeed his alternate universe EvilCounterpart share the opposite trope of CantTakeCriticism and NeverMyFault.

** DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Arguably the most prominent character to get this anti-climactic death.]]

** Almost all of those villains would rather have died than bowed before Darkseid. Ergo, [[FridgeLogic he was granting them a boon...]] FromACertainPointOfView. If anything, this trope is a subversion because quick death is by far more merciful due to him treating his servants in the most brutal conditions possible.

-->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish By''': Astrid Fernández, Rossanna Cicconni (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Soraya Camero, Lileana Chacón, Rebeca Aponte (''Justice League''-''Justice League Unlimited'')

-->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish By''': Astrid Fernández, Rossanna Ciconni (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Soraya Camero, Lileana Chacón, Rebeca Aponte (''Justice League''-''Justice League Unlimited'')

* HateSink: [[spoiler:Given he was disliked by the animators for the ''Superman'' cartoon to begin with, for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', they intended to make him this in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'']].

** Darkseid's mere presence also qualifies. He's the only character in the entire {{DCAU}} that Superman has ''no'' reservations about killing.

** He'll make an exception for Darkseid though.

* HateSink: [[spoiler:Given he was disliked by the animators for the ''Superman'' cartoon to begin with, for ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', they intend to make him this.]]

* StatuesqueStunner: Mala is tall for a woman, in fact slightly taller than Jax-Ur. she still looks rather pretty.

* UngratefulBastard: After Superman sent them back to the Phantom Zone, they managed to escape it through an anomaly and ended up into 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 tyrans.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have some kind of mental retardation.

* EvilOldFolks: Apokoliptans don't necessarily age at the same rate as Earthlings, of course, but she was already an old woman way back when Orion and Kalibak were exchanged as infants. And as for evil, well, it's child abuse and endangerment [[ButForMeItWasTuesday seven days a week]] at Granny's house.

[[folder: Granny Goodness]]
!!Granny Goodness
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EdwardAsner

--->'''Oberon:''' Do yer worst, ya old cow!\\
'''Granny Goodness:''' You ''wound'' Granny! ... but not as badly as Granny's going to wound ''you''...

An inhabitant of Apokolips and the leader of the Female Furies. She also served as one of Darkseid's strongest lieutenants.

* AmazonBrigade: She formed and leads the Female Furies, a group of female super-powered warriors from Apokolips.
* ChekhovsGunman: First introduced as a cameo in a flashback, where she is seen proceeding to the exchange between Highfather's and Darkseid's children. She is brought back one episode later as the new leader of Intergang and Supergirl's StarterVillain.
* CrossdressingVoices: An elderly woman voiced by Creator/EdwardAsner.
* EvilOldFolks: Apokoliptans don't necessarily age at the same rate as Earthlings, of course, but she was already an old woman way back when Orion and Kalibak were exchanged as infants. And as for evil, well, it's child abuse and endangerment [[ButForMeItWasTuesday seven days a week]] at Granny's house.
* [[FatBastard Fat Bitch]]: She's rather plump.
* IronicName: She's old alright but there's nothing ''good'' about her, at all.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Oh, ''boy''...
* OrphanageOfFear: She operates one on Apokolips, where the ''many'' orphans of that world undergo reeducation; she tried to start a similar facility on Earth, but it got shut down.
* StarterVillain: The first supervillain met by Supergirl, and the one whose plan she foils to prove her value to Superman.
* TermsOfEndangerment: This is Granny Goodness we're talking about here, so duh!
* ThirdPersonPerson: Granny refers to herself as 'Granny'.
* VocalDissonance: And Ed isn't even trying to hide it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: White hair due to being an old woman, and definitely not a nice person.
* WouldHurtAChild: Duh!

[[folder: The Female Furies]]
!!Lashina, Mad Harriet and Stompa
-->'''Voiced By:''' Diane Michelle (Lashina), Andrea Martin (Mad Harriet), Diane Delano (Stompa)

Three women from Apokolips who serve under Granny Goodness.

* AmazonBrigade: A group of female super-powered warriors from Apokolips pretty much fits the bill.
* StarterVillain: Since Granny Goodness is Supergirl's first villain, she naturally meets Granny's cronies as well.
* WouldHurtAChild: Or specifically, would hurt a teenage Argoan.

[[folder: Kanto]]
!!Kanto
-->'''Voiced By:''' Michael York (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League Unlimited'')

A resident of Apokolips and servant of Darkseid.

* EvilBrit: Despite not being human, he still sports a British accent.
* LouisCypher: His first appearance has him supplying alien weapons, not revealing his true origins as a part of a race of god-like powerhouses until the end of the episode.

[[folder: Metallo]]
!!Metallo (John Corben)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League Unlimited''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League'')

John Corben was a mercenary hired by [=LexCorp=] to steal an experimental MiniMecha and deliver it to Lex's (illegal) buyers. Superman's debut in Metropolis was crushing the robot and hauling Corben off to prison. While in jail, Corben contracted a fatal disease. Lex Luthor, thankful for Corben refusing to testify against him, offered a solution: upload Corbin's mind into an immortal robot body, powered by a Kryptonite core. Corben enjoyed the limitless strength and durability, but the lack of touch, smell and taste drove him insane. He blamed Superman for all of this, letting Lex off the hook pretty quickly. He later joins the LegionOfDoom later in ''Justice League Unlimited''.

* AndIMustScream: His fate at the end of "Action Figures." He discusses it when he returns in "Heavy Metal."
-->'''Metallo''': Remember how you left me, Superman? Buried in rock?! I couldn't move. I couldn't see. I couldn't hear. But I could think, and all I thought about was how I was going to make you pay!
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Disabling his Kryptonite core is usually the only way to stop him.
* BlessedWithSuck: He gets an immortal, super-strong body powered by Superman's biggest weakness...at the cost of losing all tactile sensation.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: The fake flesh on top of his metal skeleton lacks nipples.
* BrainUploading: After Lex poisoned him, his brain was put into a robotic shell.
* {{Cyborg}}: His brain is in a robotic body.
* EasyAmnesia: In "Action Figures," Metallo's time on the bottom of the ocean wiped his memories clean. He briefly becomes a hero to the inhabitants of a nearby volcano...until he remembers Superman.
* EvilBrit: He's played by Creator/MalcolmMcDowell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's often friendly and grinning, but he is usually assuming the pleasant persona to mock and insult his foes.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: His transformation into Metallo is entirely the result of Luthor ruining his life so as to manipulate him for his own ends, and his pain as he realizes how much becoming Metallo has cost him is geniune...but he's also a remorseless sociopath who has hurt a lot of people, so the audience's sympathy for him is limited.
* MoralMyopia: So it's Superman's fault Lex Luthor poisoned you and transferred you to a lifeless body?
** MotiveDecay: See above.
* NighInvulnerable: His robotic body makes it difficult to kill.
* RoboticPsychopath: He has a robot body and attempts to kill Luthor for making him a cyborg.
* SenseLossSadness: The inability to taste, smell or feel anything drives him to the edge in less than a day.
* SmugSnake: He tends to be very condescending to everyone.
* SuperStrength: His robot body makes him far stronger than a normal human being.

[[folder: Livewire]]
!! Livewire (Leslie Willis)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Lori Petty (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''The New Batman Adventures''), Creator/MariaCanalsBarrera (''Justice League'')

A Metropolis radio personality who built her career by bashing Superman on the airwaves. She finds herself suddenly possessing electrical superpowers after both she and Supes are struck by the same lightning bolt during a thunderstorm. Blaming him for her condition, she soon adopts the persona of "Livewire" and takes her Superman-bashing to a new, dangerous and [[IncrediblyLamePun shocking]] level. She later fights Batgirl and Supergirl in a crossover episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' and joins [[LegionOfDoom Grodd's Secret Society]] in ''Justice League Unlimited''.

* AbsoluteCleavage: She has a large lightning bolt-shaped slit that goes down to her belly button, although no cleavage is actually drawn.
* AchillesHeel / KryptoniteFactor: Livewire and water do not mix.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the tie-in comics, she temporarily loses her powers. While human again, she's a blonde rather than the brunette she was in the show.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In both the tie-in comics and the mainstream comics, she eventually becomes an ally, a stark contrast to her original animated incarnation who simply did things ForTheEvulz.
* AttentionWhore: A decent part of her characterization, especially in her first appearance. It's particularly obvious before her transformation.
* BadassBoast: "You can't stop me anymore than you can stop rain...wind...or LIGHTNING!"
* CanonImmigrant: Originated in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' and was subsequently added to the original comics.
* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with her job as a ShockJock.
* DumbassDJ: Before gaining her powers, she was a popular DJ who spent all her time insulting Superman in order to boost her ratings.
* ElementalBaggage: She works like a battery; she must absorb charge from other electricity sources to use her powers, and when that charge runs out, she's [[BroughtDownToNormal normal]].
* FormFittingWardrobe: Livewire's outfit is created by ionizing the air around her, and she herself describes it as "form-fitting."
* {{Goth}}: Dressed like one as a human.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the tie-in comics to the show, at least. After making the jump to the main DC Universe, she eventually turns good there as well.
* HeroicSacrifice: Twice in the Tie comics:
** The first time to stop Braniac from releasing all the worlds Nuclear weapons she ends up using all her power and the effort leaves her pretty much pretty much brain dead and Star Labs can only barely manage to keep her alive.
** The second time is after Luther uses Apokolips tech to revive her in order to sell her to Apokolips, Superman intervenes but ends up getting himself and Leslie sent to Apokolips itself where they find out Darksied plans to use live wire to power a doomsday weapon. Leslie and Superman manage to foil the plan and Leslie fully powered by the planet itself starts to wreak havoc, but realisng that she will go nuclear soon tells Superman to run. Being supes he refuses and races Leslie back to earth where he flies her to a clearing to explode. Luckily for her it doesn't hurt her, but it kills Superman, Leslie uses the last of her power to restart his heart, wich reverts her back to normal. Later she gets struck by lightning again and returns to being Livewire, but now as a hero.
* {{Hypocrite}}: She trashes Superman for supposedly "only thinking of himself" even though the second she gets her powers she does her best to use them for her own benefit while screwing over everyone else.
* {{Jerkass}}: As a shock jock, it's sort of her thing. How much was an act and how much was her personality is unclear, but she seemed to believe what she was spouting.
* TheLadette: While she's a woman, she doesn't act very feminine.
* {{Leitmotif}}: An electric guitar tune.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Passing through Superman first apparently means it can create metahumans. Applying the trope to Livewire specifically, she's able to do nonsensical things like dive into TV screens and then appear on them.
* LogicalWeakness: Water.
* MotorMouth: She often makes ''multiple'' snarky comments while on-screen.
* NeverMyFault: Her transformation was due to her stupidity of hosting a concert ''in the middle of a storm''. Superman tried to get her to cancel it as she was both putting herself and the audience in danger; she wouldn't listen and got hit by lighting. She then blamed Superman for the mess, mostly from seeing on TV a reporter interviewing Superman accusing that he deliberately didn't push Leslie out of the way when the lightning struck.
* OneLiner: ''Loves'' these. Makes sense given her past as a ShockJock.
* PsychoElectro: She has electrical powers and isn't very sane.
* PureEnergy: Livewire describes herself as such and, though it makes for a very interesting character, it does not make any more scientific sense than every other "energy being" out there. And, oddly enough, [[XRaySparks she apparently still has a skeleton]].
* SexySpectacles: Invoked this before her transformation. Getting struck by lightning seems to have improved her vision, though.
* ShockAndAwe: Gains electric powers [[LightningCanDoAnything after being struck by lightning]].
* ShockJock: Before getting her powers.
* StrawFeminist: At times.
* ThatManIsDead: "Meet [Leslie Willis's] replacement!"
* VaporWear: See AbsoluteCleavage.

[[folder: Toyman]]
!! Toyman (Winslow Schott, Jr.)
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Bud Cort (''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Justice League Unlimited''), Creator/CoreyBurton (''Justice League'')

Winslow Schott wanted nothing more in life than to make toys. Unfortunately, he had little money, and could only achieve his dream by taking a loan from gangster Bruno Mannheim. The toy company soon became a front for Intergang activities. When the police busted the operation, Mannheim let Winslow take the fall, and the kindly toymaker spent the rest of his life in prison. Now Schott's son seeks revenge, adopting the identity of Toyman and using a variety of deadly toy-themed weapons and [[DeathTrap death traps]] against the gangster and his mooks. Naturally, this attracts Superman's attention. He later joins the LegionOfDoom in ''Justice League Unlimited''.

* AffablyEvil: He can be quite genial, particularly to Lois, though in a very creepy way.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He sics a giant rubber duck on Mannheim in "Fun and Games", a very large Rock-'Em-Sock-'Em Robot on Superman in "Obsession," and a massive toy-like robot on the League in "Hereafter".
* CoolMask: Wears an ever-smiling mask that he never removes.
* CreepyMonotone: He speaks in a cold and emotionless tone of voice.
* CrazyPrepared: In the ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' crossover "Toys of the Hood," even though he had genuinely fallen in love with Darci enough to try and give her a new identity, he was always aware of betrayal, so he put in a fail-safe that would destroy her.
* ExpressiveMask: Completely (and very creepily) averted.
* TheFaceless: Orphaned after his father dies in prison, Toyman becomes a toy-crazed supervillain, hiding his face behind a Howdy Doody-like mask. Schott is never seen without the mask, although it's frequently cracked and broken in his battles with Superman, and his fellow villains.
* FreudianExcuse: See ParentalAbandonment, below.
* GadgeteerGenius: He invents toy-like weapons.
* HappyFunBall: His specialty.
* KillerYoYo: He knocks out [[AnIcePerson Killer Frost]] in a SingleStrokeBattle in the penultimate episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]''. Using a yo-yo.
-->[[BondOneLiner Awww...sleeper.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: In his first appearance, his entire motivations resolve around trying to kill Bruno Mannheim as revenge for what he did to his father. Superman [[SaveTheVillain still ends up saving Mannheim]], but it's hard to feel sorry for all the things Toyman makes the guy go through.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: He wears a creepy doll-like mask and is also an insane criminal.
* MonsterSobStory: He attempts to get sympathy from Lois Lane by telling her about his FreudianExcuse.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Happens at the end of both of his ''Superman'' appearances.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: His weaponized toys are much deadlier than they appear to be.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: His father died penniless and he's never shown committing crimes for money, but he apparently has endless resources to pay for his tanks, helicopters, giant rubber ducks, and incredibly advanced robots. Oh, and in his ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' appearance, he somehow [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere got his hands of enough Kryptonite to build an entire army of robot minions made of it]].
* ParentalAbandonment: His dad (framed by the mob) died in prison, leaving him to be switched from one foster home to another.
* PsychopathicManchild: Goes straight UpToEleven.
* SlasherSmile: Painted onto his mask.
* StalkerWithACrush: In "Obsession."
* SympathyForTheDevil: Expressed for him by Lois.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Killer Frost does this to him in "Alive!". Toyman is able to take her down using an ordinary yo-yo.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Even if he is a dangerous criminal, it's hard not to feel sorry for the fact that he became this way because his father was screwed over by Mannheim and died in prison while he was shipped off to several neglectful foster homes.

[[folder: Luminus]]
!! Luminus (Edward Lytener)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Robert Hays

Edward was an engineer at [=LexCorp=] who specialized in light and laser manipulation. He was a mole for Lois in one of her stories, and while Lois' work won her a journalism award, he was fired. In revenge, he tried to murder Lois, and [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption then Superman got involved]]. Lytener took up the persona of Luminus and decided to get his revenge on Superman. That failed, too. Luminus is last seen fighting the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague after a jail break.

* AffablyEvil: Even when making declarations of absolute hatred and murderous intent, he's always so briskly, cheerfully polite. This continues after he becomes Luminus.
* BondVillainStupidity: You managed to [[BroughtDownToNormal weaken Superman to human strength]], Luminus. [[CombatPragmatist Just shoot him already]]. Don't toy with him until he breaks the machine weakening him.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He enjoys fighting Superman because he can't wait to kill a god.
* DeathTrap: His specialty. Spent his debut episode trying to kill Lois.
* {{Expy}}: Of Doctor Light. His perviness is an interesting case of [[HilariousInHindsight hindsight hilarity]]. It's also probably just as well that he wasn't named Doctor Light, as it meant ''Justice League Unlimited'' could introduce Kimiyo Hoshi, the [[LegacyCharacter heroic Doctor Light]], without explanation.
* FightingAShadow: As Luminus, he never puts himself in the same place as Superman if he can send a hologram instead.
* ForTheEvulz: In his second appearance, Edward Lytener becomes the villain Luminus just to get back at Superman.
* FrickinLaserBeams: He's good with light, so lasers aren't too far of a stretch.
* GadgeteerGenius: He created his weapons himself.
* HardLight: His other specialty. Turns out, lasers still hurt anyway.
* {{Hellevator}}: One of his death traps.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: In his first appearance, he slips up and gives away his involvement in the attacks on Lois when he congratulates her on her journalism award. Since he was in his lab for the past day, with no TV or radio (he finds them distracting), he could only know that she'd won the award if he was the one who attacked her at the awards ceremony.
* {{Invisibility}}: He can use his devices to appear invisible.
* LightIsNotGood: He has weapons that manipulate light and he is a bad guy.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: He went nuts because of his infatuation with Lois Lane.
* MasterOfIllusion: He can use his manipulation of light to create illusions.
* MesACrowd: Similar to the {{Comicbook/Flash}} villain Mirror Master, but Flash learns the hard way that his copies actually can deal real damage.
* MotiveDecay: Goes from being Lois's StalkerWithACrush to trying to kill Superman just because he can.
* NothingPersonal: Said this in his second appearance to Lois. He put her in a {{death trap}} again, but he insisted only as bait for Superman.
* SmugSnake: He's pretty full of himself.
* StalkerWithACrush: He became TheMole against [=LexCorp=] because he liked Lois, not because it was the right thing to do.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: ''Lyte''ner?
* TookALevelInBadass: In his second appearance. He comes ''[[NearVillainVictory very close]]'' to killing Superman.
* VillainousBreakdown: Is calm and calculating when he has a powerless Superman on the ropes. When the satellites key to powering the big guy down get blown up, however, he (understandably) becomes quite panicky and desperate.

[[folder: Bruno Mannheim]]
!! Bruno Mannheim
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Bruce Weitz

Mannheim leads Metropolis's branch of Intergang, a major criminal syndicate. He soon gets weaponry from Apokolips, allowing him to deal with Superman and the local police force. Eventually, Superman and the police team up, and Mannheim is forced to flee to Apokolips, where he meets his new boss, Darkseid. Instead of killing him outright, Darkseid sends him back to Metropolis so he can overtake the nuclear power plant. [[spoiler:He then sets the reactor to overload, and Darkseid leaves him to die as the reactor goes critical.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: A ''very'' downplayed example. This version of Mannheim still is an unsympathetic, unrepentant crook who willingly collaborate with Darkseid, but he isn't the [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibalistic]] [[ReligionOfEvil cult-leading]] psychopath he was in the comic.
* AdaptationalWimp: His comic book counterpart is Darkseid's chosen apostle on Earth and much more threatening. This version of the character is just a regular mob boss who Darkseid manipulates in his plan to invade Earth and [[spoiler:gets nonchalantly sacrificed once he is of no more use]].
* AssholeVictim: For starters, he's indirectly responsible for Winslow Schott, Jr. becoming Toyman because he framed his father and had him die in prison. He more than deserved [[spoiler: getting killed by Darkseid.]]
* TheChewToy: And completely deserving it.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He appears to be the main threat at the end of the series, but it turns out that he's really working for Darkseid.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's the head of a criminal syndicate who ruined a man's life by framing his father. What did you expect?
* KarmicDeath: He helps Darkseid with his invasion schemes and is left to die for all his troubles.
* LensmanArmsRace: Cops? No problem. Superman? Apokolips weaponry. Superman + Cops? Flee and call in the Parademons!
* LesCollaborateurs: He helps Darkseid in his plan to conquer Earth.
* SaveTheVillain: In his first appearance, he had to be saved from the Toyman.
* SmugSnake: He's a very arrogant bastard, that's for sure.
* TheSyndicate: Leads one.
* TooDumbToLive: Working for Darkseid, yeah, that can't go wrong!
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Darkseid kills him after he serves his purpose.

[[folder: Mercy Graves]]
!!Mercy Graves
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/LisaEdelstein

* BattleButler: Lex Luthor's.
* BeleagueredAssistant: Poor girl has to constantly be on the move with a boss like Lex Luthor barking orders every two minutes.
* BodyguardBabes: A beautyful bodyguard who wears a chauffeur uniform with very tight pants.
* BodyguardCrush: [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Totally one-sided]] on her part, though.
* CanonImmigrant: She follows from Harley Quinn's lead. She proved popular enough that she would subsequently appear in other animated series like ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' (with some [[RaceLift slight changes]]) and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', and heavily inspired the character of Tess Mercer from ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* TheComicallySerious: Though she can be pretty snarky on occasions.
* DarkActionGirl: She's good behind the wheel or in a fight, and she understands entirely when Lex speculates that it'd be a ShameIfSomethingHappened...
* TheDogBitesBack: Subverted first, as we're set up to think she'll turn on Lex for abandoning her to take the fall on one of his criminal deeds, but it turns out his hold on her is too strong. But she finally gets to do it for real in ''Justice League'' when he uses his prison call on her and she immediately hangs up. Then she goes right back to him two seasons later when he's "reformed" and running for President.
* TheDragon: To Lex Luthor.
* FriendsWithBenefits: While there's no real romantic feelings between the two, it's heavily implied (especially in ''Justice League'') that the two have more than a professional relationship going on. Their entire relationship oozes with emotionally oppressive relationship subtext, and Lex all but spells out in "Tabusa Rasa" that they've been intimate on a regular basis.
* GirlFriday: A bit of a BadassNormal with many skills and few scruples. She is very useful to Lex.
* HiddenDepths: When Lex is exposed as a criminal, he names Mercy the new head of [=LexCorp=]. She turns out to be a much better businessperson than Lex. As it so happens, cutting out Luthor's obsessive supervillain side-projects and selling off Luthor's anti-Superman resources has made [=LexCorp=] more profitable than ever. Luthor is rather nonplussed when he finds out.
* HypercompetentSidekick: She is way more level-headed than her boss, and seems to be able to keep up with her boss' commands. Of course, we see that when she became head of [=LexCorp=], she was much more successful than Luthor ever was.
* KickChick: Almost exclusively uses high kicks, except for her gun. She also wears a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt short mini-dress]] which almost always gives the viewer a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pBJSh4J2Y great view of her legs]] even when she isn't fighting. [[MagicSkirt No]] {{Panty Shot}}s, though.
* MagicSkirt / [[ProperTightsWithASkirt Tights With A Skirt]]: She is always running around doing high kicks, being beaten up and sent flying by people, all in an outfit that looks more like a tight top than a full chauffeur's uniform.
* MsFanservice: Even moreso in ''Justice League'', to the point where the android (while channeling [[ChivalrousPervert Flash]]) hits on her.
* NinjaMaid: For Lex.
* ServileSnarker: Not at first, but she does develop into a snarker. She's the one person to whom it's safe to deliver his AsYouKnow speeches and the only one who will ask, sincerely, "WhyDontYouJustShootHim"
* SheFu: She doesn't hesitate to show off what she's got when she fights.
* ShesGotLegs: She wears a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt ridiculously short dress]] (or a tight shirt with tight pants) that shows off her legs.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's quite tall.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Parasite]]
!!The Parasite (Rudy Jones)
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Brion James (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Brian George (''Justice League'')

Once an employee of S.T.A.R. Labs, Rudy was exposed to an experimental chemical compound that spilled on him when he tried to steal it. Now, as The Parasite, he possesses the power to absorb the energy, memories and physical abilities from anyone he touches, [[OhCrap including Superman]]. He later joins the LegionOfDoom.

* AchillesHeel / KryptoniteFactor: Gains the weaknesses of those whose powers he copies, usually with greater effect than the originals.
* AffablyEvil: Very amiable, though in this case it only serves to make him more creepy.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: "Two's a Crowd"
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Superman first approached him by treating him with sympathy for his accident and offering help. Parasite [[WoundedGazelleGambit played along to trick him into physical contact so he could absorb his powers.]]
* CompositeCharacter: Of himself, between the Rudy Jones and Maxwell Jensen Parasites. He has the name and origin of the former and the powers of the latter.
* DrunkWithPower: As a defining character trait. His main motivation is that his whole life people have been pushing him around and looking down on him, and now he wants as much power as he can for as long as he can...and enjoys using it to lord over others.
** That said, on a good day, he can be a relatively well-adjusted guy considering it all. He seems pretty satisfied with getting cable TV in his prison cell once he's captured.
*** Becomes FridgeBrilliance when you realize the trope. The more power he GETS, the more he wants.
* EvilerThanThou: Less so than Earl Garver, eviler than Livewire.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Janitor to deadly supervillain.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He's frozen and then blown up along with Grodd's other followers in "Alive!"]]
** DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Arguably the most prominent character to get this anti-climactic death.]]
* PowerParasite: He can absorb the powers of any metahuman he drains.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: In "Two's a Crowd," Earl Garver takes control of Parasite after Parasite tries to absorb Garver's memories. Eventually, [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind the two of them duke it out for control of the body]].
* WhosLaughingNow: He goes from hardluck janitor to one of Superman's most dangerous enemies.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: When Rudy Jones was first introduced, his characterization was desperation instead of malevolence, and he stopped his partner when he tried to actually hurt people. However, after he became Parasite, he became obsessed with draining anybody he could get his hands on and taking revenge on a world that hurt him.

[[folder: Bizarro]]
!! SelfDemonstrating/{{Bizarro}}
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/TimDaly (''Superman: The Animated Series''), Creator/GeorgeNewbern (''Justice League Unlimited'')

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.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have some kind of mental retardation.
* 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'' has this removed by having him lobotomized and brainwashed.
* AppropriatedAppellation
-->'''Mercy:''' ''Bizarro'' is what you "am."
* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', apparently due to being brainwashed.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He becomes lobotomized to be his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics incarnation in ''Justice League''.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was a TragicMonster in his first two appearances, depicted as suffering a severe case of CloningBlues 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. Comes ''Justice League'', he is brainwashed off-screen by Gorilla Grodd's society, reducing him to their DumbMuscle with a BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad logic.
* 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.
* DumbMuscle: Possibly the single stupidest character in the series, leaving him open to manipulation by Luthor, and any other villain with a reasonable IQ.
* FriendlyEnemy: Under normal circumstances, he was quite affable and unaware of the problems he was causing.
-->'''Bizarro:''' ''[sincerely]'' Superman! Bizarro am happy to see you!
* HappyEndingOverride: By the end of ''Superman the Animated Series'', he was living happy on another planet with his "dog" and no longer was a villain. Then came ''Justice League Unlimited'', and Grodd's Society brainwashed him into being a villain. (Obviously there was some kind of 'missing episode' here.)
* HeroWithAnFInGood: He means well, but his attempts at emulating Superman's heroism often results in disaster.
* HulkSpeak: Unsurprisingly due to being the poster boy for DumbMuscle, he has a very poor grasp on grammar.
* LaughablyEvil: Because of his extreme idiocy, he often causes some hilarious trouble for everyone around him.
* {{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.
* ManChild: His mental handicap makes him very childlike. He borders on PsychopathicManchild whenever he has a temper tantrum.
* NighInvulnerable: He's very resilient like Superman, but with a bonus -- he lacks a [[KryptoniteFactor weakness to Kryptonite]].
* 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.
* SuperpowerLottery: He's got all of Superman's powers.
* ThereWasADoor: "Door" is one of many concepts he doesn't grasp. He's not that great at "ceiling" either.
* TragicMonster: In spite of all the trouble he causes, all he really wants is to be a hero like Superman.

[[folder: Mister Mxyzptlk]]
!!Mister Mxyzptlk
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Creator/GilbertGottfried

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.

* AdaptationalWimp: Played with. 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.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Claims to be the source behind genies, elves, and leprechauns.
* AmusingAlien: He does rather ridiculous things with his abilities.
* CatchPhrase: "Aw, nuts."
* GreatGazoo: He uses his powers to mess with Superman.
* 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.
* ItAmusedMe: His initial motivation to torment Superman. After his first defeat, however, it becomes more personal.
* {{Jerkass}}: This isn't your Silver Age well-meaning Mxy.
* LargeHam: What else would you expect from Gilbert Gottfried?
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Can cause this. In general, whenever he uses his powers to BalefulPolymorph or otherwise alter 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.
* 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.
* TheNapoleon: While he appears as a short man, he has huge intentions when it comes to messing with the Man of Steel.
* NiceHat: He wears a tiny purple bowler hat.
* NoIndoorVoice: It's Gilbert Gottfried, this goes without saying.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Mxyzptlk is tiny, bulbous and four-fingered. 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.
* 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.
* SoreLoser: To say that he doesn't take Superman besting him well would be a very enormous understatement.
* 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.
* 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.

[[folder: Lobo]]
!!SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/BradGarrett

A trash-talking, brutish bounty hunter from the (former) planet Czarn. 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.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: And Maxima wanted him, at one point. Lois, Diana and Hawkgirl, not so much.
* AmusingInjuries: Receives these a lot. And finds the injuries of ''others'' amusing as well.
* AshFace: One of the Preserver's security probes shoots a beam on his head with this as the sole result.
* BadassBiker: He rides on a space chopper.
* BadassBoast:
-->'''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?]]
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And talk, too. No, don't ask how that works when nobody else in the DCAU can; it's RuleOfFunny.
* BoisterousBruiser: Naturally.
* BountyHunter: Lobo is recognized and feared throughout the galaxy as a persistent master bounty hunter.
* CoolBike: His chopper doubles as a CoolSpaceship.
* EnemyMine: Teams up with Superman against the Preserver.
* GoshDangItToHeck: "Frag!". On the other hand this is averted like ''hell'' in the Venezuelan Spanish dub, when he ''swears hard''.
* GunsAkimbo: In the "Warrior Queen" episode.
* HandCannon: A normal human wouldn't be able to lift his handgun.
* 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 everyone else on it.
* IncomingHam
-->'''Lobo:''' I'm givin' you geeks ten seconds before I frag everything in sight. One... TEN!
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not really a nice person at all, since he hits on every woman he sees and cares very little about innocent lives.
* LastOfHisKind: Like Superman. Unlike Superman, however, [[WhereIWasBornAndRazed he destroyed his own planet]].
* LaughablyEvil: Because of his crude, dark, irreverent, and over-the-top sense of humor.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to his R-rated webseries. Averted in the Venezuelan dub.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A hair-metalesque electric guitar riff.
* NighInvulnerable: Almost Superman-level resistance to harm and no KryptoniteFactor to boot.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
--> '''Lobo:''' Say it! ''Say it!''
--> '''Kalibak:''' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments ...Uncle.]]
* 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.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: And with no pupils, to boot.
* SuperStrength: Lobo's strength is close to that of Superman's.
* 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.
* TokenEvilTeammate: When it seemed like Superman was killed, Lobo filled in to quash the rioting in Metropolis. Not surprisingly, this was a temporary arrangement.
* WhereIWasBornAndRazed: Provides the page quote.
* YouGotSpunk: Towards Lois.

[[folder: Maxima]]
!!Maxima
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Sharon Lawrence

* 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.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules / BestHerToBedHer: Maxima will only mate with a man who can equal her in combat.
* TheCaligula: Her self-righteous attitude didn't earn her any respect from her people.
* CoolSword: Her main weapon is a sword.
* DarkActionGirl: She isn't afraid to fight and is not one of the good guys.
* FieryRedhead: A redheaded royal with superpowers.
* FlyingBrick: Her strength, speed, and durability are roughly equal to Superman's.
* HeelFaceTurn: By the end of her debut episode she learns to take her role as leader of her people more seriously, kinda.
* HumanAliens: She looks like a normal human being.
* LadyOfWar: A warrior and a queen.
* MindOverMatter: Telekinesis is one of her powers.
* PsychicPowers: Telekinesis and telepathy.
* RoyalBrat: She tends to throw tantrums when she doesn't ''instantly'' get her way.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As Queen of Almerac, she's only interested in doing what she wants to instead of doing what's best for her people.
* SuperStrength: Maxima possesses immense psionic powers which gives her super-strength and the power of flight.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Supes and other men she sets her eyes on.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: She wanted Superman.
** AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Later, she wanted Lobo.
* {{Yandere}}: To Superman.

[[folder: Corey Mills]]
!!Sergeant Corey Mills
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--> '''Voiced By:''' Creator/XanderBerkeley

* ByTheBookCop: Mills before he became the test subject for the power armor.
* CanonForeigner: He is a original character created for the series.
* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Mills became violent, paranoid and obsessive after prolonged exposure to the armor.
* FairCop: He's quite handsome.
* HappilyMarried: Again, until the suit started to change him.
* PowerArmor: The battle armor built by Lex Corp granted him several abilities:
** OneWayVisor: With StatOVision.
** GrenadeLauncher
** HandBlast: With Black Light lasers.
** RocketBoots: Jetpack provided flight
** TheStrengthOfTenMen: More like twenty men. Enhanced physical strength at least on par with Superman as well as comparable durability allowing the pilot to battle the Man of Steel on an equal footing.