History Characters / Injustice2RegimeRemnants

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->''"That's the problem with fighting for truth and justice, the battle never ends!"''
-->-- '''Superman'''

After Superman lost his wife, child and adopted city in a petty scheme by the Joker, he fell into a spiral of grief and rage that ended with his hand through the Joker's chest. But Lois Lane-Kent wasn't the only one who died that day; something inside Supes was lost and never came back. That was the catalyst for him taking a new, harder stance on crime and human error, vowing to no longer stand by while wars raged, crime ran rampant and no one made any effort to fix the situation. As a conflict of ideology raged between him and Batman for years, he and his supporters would eventually found a united Earth government with himself as leader, but Batman never stopped being a thorn in his side and finally he was deposed by his still fully-heroic counterpart from another universe. But that wasn't the end of Superman, or the One Earth Regime, and now they have returned to the field to stake their claim anew.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: After the events of the first ''Injustice'' and the Regime's overthrow, everyone who still remains with the Regime is seen as a pariah and outcast. Even Regime members who saw the error of their ways like Hal and Barry face distrust, but ''nobody'' wants to see the Regime members liberate Superman and see them make a comeback (at least until Brainiac shows up).
* AdaptationalVillainy: Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg and Robin are far more brutal and less willing to compromise than their comic book counterparts. Justified because each of them has suffered a CynicismCatalyst that demonstrated to them that [[BeingGoodSucks their normal characterizations were inherently flawed and were not worth maintaining further]]. Averted for Supergirl, who's the TokenGoodTeammate [[spoiler:and defects when she finds out the truth]], and Black Adam, who was a villain long before the Regime's formation and actually [[AdaptationalHeroism comes out better]].
* AfterActionVillainAnalysis: After Superman was defeated in the previous game, Batman reflects on his StartOfDarkness in the opening, noting how the Joker, who is usually his ArchEnemy, instead tricked the Man of Steel into killing his own wife Lois Lane and nuking Metropolis ForTheEvulz. Batman's group may be sympathetic to Superman's plight, but they don't feel it excuses any crimes he committed in Lois's sake.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: They give these to Batman a lot. Although he's good at pinpointing their faults, [[LameComeback he can't refute any of their points]] when the former Regime members criticize his ThouShaltNotKill rule. For example:
** When Damian questions whether he would have taken the HeWhoFightsMonsters route if Joker nuked Gotham instead of Metropolis, he has no answer and Damian takes it as a point in his favor.
** [[spoiler:During the finale, Superman asks him how many innocent people need to die before he realizes that it's necessary to kill villains like Brainiac, the Joker and Gorilla Grodd. Batman simply slashes him with a Gold Kryptonite dagger.]]
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork:
** [[spoiler:Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg and Robin all kill Brainiac in their Arcade Endings. Supergirl is implied to leave him alive but that's to be expected, while Black Adam's doesn't touch on Brainiac's fate but it's easy to imagine he did kill Brainiac.]]
** [[spoiler:In Story Mode they want to kill Brainiac as well, on the [[VillainHasAPoint justifiable grounds]] that he is TooPowerfulToLive and attempting to imprison him is too risky. Aquaman ends up taking Superman's side on the issue because he agrees with them. In the Absolute Power ending, Brainiac is KilledOffScreen by Superman, who then takes control of his ship and restores the lost cities of Earth.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: Picking the BadEnding [[spoiler:shows that they plan to expand their tyrannical PoliceState throughout the universe, and if Superman's arcade ending is to be trusted, they can become a potential multiversal threat.]]
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Except for Supergirl, they became NotSoDifferent from the villains they fought over the years, as they have no qualms using lethal force to suppress any dissent. Nothing hasn't changed their KnightTemplar mindset on crime.
* BeingGoodSucks: The Regime's rise is grounded in the belief that the traditional model of superheroics is too flawed to support. Save the world often enough to become one of the world's most beloved heroes? Eventually [[DoomedHometown you'll lose your home]] and [[ILetGwenStacyDie your family and friends will be killed by psychopathic supervillains]]. Practice ThouShaltNotKill even with the most vile criminals and monsters you fight? [[JokerImmunity They'll never face permanent consequences for their actions]] [[KarmaHoudini and will continue to rob, murder and menace society with impunity.]] Hand lesser villains and criminals over to the authorities and see them thrown in jail? [[CardboardPrison They'll just escape easily]], and [[ChronicVillainy won't reform no matter how many chances you give them]]. [[VillainHasAPoint All these arguments have some truth to them.]]
* BewareTheSuperman: With the exception of Supergirl, they are willing to use their powers to oppress the Earth's [[spoiler:(and in some endings, the ''Multiverse's'')]] population if it means putting a stop to war and crime, have no qualms using lethal force to ensure criminals don't re-offend (or kill them if they do), and [[BerserkButton many of them respond to criticism or dissension pretty badly.]]
* BrightIsNotGood: While the Regime remnants (except for Supergirl, who's a NaiveNewcomer) wear bright-colored clothing, [[BrokenPedestal they're no longer]] [[FallenHero the heroes they used to be.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Once revered as members of the world's greatest heroes, the events of Metropolis and the subsequent fallout slowly transformed them into pariahs, with all of them (besides Supergirl) now imprisoned, on the run or defecting to other factions. Even Regime members [[HeelRealization who saw the]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone error of their ways]] still face distrust from society after their HeelFaceTurn.
** They become this for Supergirl over the course of the story mode. First when she sees Wonder Woman's absolute apathy to help innocents during Brainiac's invasion, realizes that Black Adam and Robin lied to her about the Regime's uglier side, and when Superman reveals his past as a tyrannical dictator.
* CantTakeCriticism: Collectively, this serves as their biggest BerserkButton, loathing whenever Batman's side points out their flaws. For example:
** As in the last game, when Batman brings up Lois in a bad manner, Superman's eyes immediately glow red in fury.
** For Wonder Woman, whenever someone brings up her role as the manipulative LadyMacbeth to Superman, and how she didn't console him.
** For Robin, when others bring up his accidental murder of Dick Grayson.
* ColdEquation:
** They firmly believe that by taking criminal lives, they can save more innocent people. This is best seen when every time someone calls out Superman on killing the Joker he claims that he took one life to save millions. While it is [[VillainHasAPoint true]] that killing Joker would save millions, it’s clear that [[BelievingTheirOwnLies he didn’t kill him out of justice]], but vengeance. Later on in the story, he calls out Batman in trying to spare Brainiac and [[VillainHasAPoint points]] out that his patience towards criminals puts innocent lives in jeopardy.
** During Brainiac's siege of Metropolis, Wonder Woman refuses to help civilians being attacked by drones by pointing out that the faster they can take out Brainiac, the more people will be saved overall. Supergirl still calls her out for her utter lack of care for the suffering of innocent people. This, and her subsequent attempts to kill villains (Cheetah because she thinks it's a MercyKill, Harley because she hit her BerserkButton) are what breaks Supergirl's pedestal of her.
* CynicismCatalyst: The events surrounding the nuking of Metropolis for everyone except Supergirl (who still understands how painful it was) and Black Adam (who was already a villain). Superman and Cyborg [[ILetGwenStacyDie are haunted by the loved ones they lost in the process]], while Wonder Woman and Robin let it poison their view of conventional heroics.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' None of us wanted this. But the Joker forced our hand. Metropolis changed the world. Now WE have to change with it!
** In Robin's case, it's mentioned he became increasingly dissatisfied with Batman's no-kill rule after Red Hood/Jason Todd was killed by the Joker, even before Metropolis was nuked.
** In Wonder Woman's case, [[spoiler:when she first became a superhero during World War II, she fell in love with American pilot Steve Trevor who crash-landed on Themyscira. However, in this AlternateUniverse, [[AdaptationalVillainy he turned out to be a Nazi spy and attempted to use her to get the Lasso of Hestia for the Axis]], but ended up executed by her when she learned the truth. His betrayal led her to become even more ruthless than most of her counterparts]].
** During his arcade ending, Black Adam sinks further into villainy [[spoiler:by aligning himself with Ra's al Ghul in exchange for [[LoveMakesYouEvil resurrecting his dead wife in the Lazarus Pits]], as she was killed in the aftermath of Brainiac's invasion of Kahndaq.]]
* DebateAndSwitch: Certain intros have them doubt their KnightTemplar policy, but they brush it off during Story mode.
* EnemyMine: They ally with Batman's team to fight off Brainiac and his forces. It's an uneasy alliance for both sides, and sure enough, [[spoiler:once Brainiac is defeated they go right to war with each other over the fate of the world]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
** [[LoveMakesYouEvil Clinging on to]] ILetGwenStacyDie and being cynical about traditional heroics all stop Superman from moving on. Most notably, during the Absolute Power ending, [[spoiler:he questions how Green Lantern can be standing against him as Coast City remained trapped in Brainiac's collection, believes Flash and Green Lantern abandoned him due to a lack of willpower, and ignores Supergirl's repeated attempts to appeal to his kinder side. Clark's anger and rage have clouded his mind, and his ruthlessness and extremism caused Barry and Hal to lose faith in him]]. In addition, he doesn't understand that, in part due to ''his'' StartOfDarkness taking the Joker out of the picture, Harley Quinn is legitimately reformed.
** When confronted by Blue Beetle and Firestorm in story mode, Robin thinks his estranged father's standards have "sunk" to let these "noobs" join in just to impress Batman [[NotSoDifferent like he did]].
* EvilPowerVacuum: Their absence has caused a void of power that many supervillain groups want to fill, which led to the rise of the League of Assassins in the comics, and the Society in the game. Even more so, Brainiac has declared that the planet's defenses were "irrevocably compromised" and invades the Earth without any effort. [[spoiler:Doctor Fate even warns of an even ''worse'' threat coming should Batman and Superman keep on fighting.]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: While a big deal is made of Superman making himself the dictator of the world in the last game, he and his Regime allies evidently managed to severely reduce all crime, all wars and was going to solve environmental problems with Lex Luthor. Even though Batman muses that the world has become much safer than before, it's the Regime's increasingly harsh measures that didn't allow the Dark Knight to quit. Even after being deposed, Superman not only wants to restore the Regime by all means, [[spoiler:he even has plans to expand his tyrannical order to outer space after killing Brainiac, as shown in some of their arcade endings and in the BadEnding.]]
* FallenHero: All of them are this except for Supergirl, who is new to the stage. Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Robin fell from grace after the destruction of Metropolis, while Black Adam fell around the time of Ancient Egypt.
* FiveManBand: The Five-Bad Band subtype.
** The BigBad: Superman, the Regime's leader and most powerful member. Among the playable roster, only [[PhysicalGod Darkseid]], [[{{Cyborg}} Brainiac]] and [[KillerGorilla Gorilla]] [[PsychicPowers Grodd]] come close to matching him in power and threat level.
** TheDragon: Wonder Woman and Black Adam are Superman's CoDragons. Both are {{Flying Brick}}s like Superman, and have political pull in the form of being supported by a RenegadeSplinterFaction of Amazons and being the king of Kahndaq respectively. The comics show they have both served as {{Mentors}} to Supergirl, teaching her about her powers and how to use them, as well as telling her a heavily biased version of what happened to Superman to keep her complacent. Adam also serves as TheTeamBenefactor, using DiplomaticImpunity to shield Regime supporters from prosecution.
** TheBrute: Robin/Nightwing. Although a lot smarter and less thuggish than most examples of this trope, he is the most bloodthirsty of Superman's supporters and contributes little to the plot except to kill Victor Zsasz and get into fights with others.
** The EvilGenius: Cyborg, who served as the Regime's tech guy before his arrest and incarceration and who helps the joint effort against Brainiac by removing Brother Eye from Brainiac's control and creating a signal disruptor that cuts Brainiac off from his own neural network, [[spoiler:allowing Superman to take control of the Skullship]].
** The DarkChick: Supergirl, the NaiveNewcomer and TokenGoodTeammate of the group who's LateToTheParty and just wants to be a hero the good old-fashioned way like her colleagues used to be. [[spoiler:Becomes a SixthRangerTraitor by ultimately siding with Batman on the matter of Brainiac's fate, and joining the Justice League if Batman wins. But if Superman wins, he forces her back into the fold by ordering her to become TheDragon to his restored Regime, [[UnwillingRoboticization threatening to cyborgize her]] if she refuses]].
* {{Foil}}: To both Batman's team and to the Society.
** Like Batman's team, they want to make the world a better place. They contrast Batman's team in that the latter is made up of traditional heroes (and [[TokenEvilTeammate Harley Quinn]]) who want to use traditional means, while the Regime is made up of fallen heroes (and [[TokenGoodTeammate Supergirl]]) who will go to extremes.
** Meanwhile, like the Society, they want to take over the world. They contrast the Society in that the latter is made up of people who were villains from the start, and who want to TakeOverTheWorld for their own gain rather than make the world a better place. Also, Superman's followers are completely loyal to him, whereas Grodd's followers are [[DragonWithAnAgenda only looking out for their own interests]]. Wonder Woman even calls them a "poor man's Regime" at one point.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Many on Batman's side call out Superman and his Regime allies, stating that despite the tragedies they suffered, it still doesn't mean that they should vent it out or [[NeverMyFault blame others]] for their subsequent misfortunes. The Regime remnants [[CantTakeCriticism often react negatively to such criticism.]]
* GoodIsOldFashioned: They believe traditional superheroics to be weak, see Batman's refusal to kill as a sign of spinelessness, and think the framework that lets catastrophes like the Joker to run amok with [[JokerImmunity no]] [[KarmaHoudini penalties]] after constantly breaking out of {{Cardboard Prison}}s is too ineffectual and outdated, and because of this, they all but accuse Batman of outright MurderByInaction. They also call him a {{hypocrite}}, in that while he won't kill, traumatic brain knock-outs are fine, but he never finds out if they survived said injuries.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Except for Supergirl, their PayEvilUntoEvil approach has transformed them into the very thing they opposed, with Flash and Green Lantern [[HeelRealization questioning if they]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone did the right thing]]. It's even discussed by Batman in the prologue, explaining how it drove most of the Justice League down a path of tyranny and fear.
* HobbesWasRight: Most of the Regime members still think fear is the only way to keep people in line and reduce crime by locking criminals in more secure facilities instead of a CardboardPrison like Arkham.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: They've gone from ruling the world almost uncontested to hiding out in Kahndaq to avoid imprisonment, defected to other factions, or have been locked up for life. Superman is naturally looking to change this. [[spoiler:The "Absolute Power" ending shows Superman not only restored the Regime by seizing control of Brainiac's ship, but also freed the trapped aliens from the Coluan's collection. With this new army at his disposal, he hopes to transform the Regime into an intergalactic PoliceState, and become a potential ''multiverse'' threat if Supes' ending is to be trusted.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Their standard reply to anyone deriding their actions post-Metropolis. If what it takes to [[KnightTemplar stop crime]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist altogether is]] [[MurderIsTheBestSolution killing a few people]], they're all up for it. They just can't stand that Batman's side doesn't want to go that far.
-->'''Supergirl:''' Thank Rao your father can't see you. When General Zod tried to take over Krypton, Jor-El led the fight against him! That's who you come from... That's who you are, Kal! Not [[KnightTemplar this]].\\
'''Superman:''' If Jor-El had been more like ''Zod'', he might have ''saved'' Krypton.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Certain pre-battle intros imply that at least Superman and Cyborg subtly wonder if their policies made them go too far and if they're not in the right of things, though by then, they'll brush off whatever doubts they had. One pre-battle intro also has Wonder Woman suspecting that Robin of has doubts about siding with the Regime and calls him out on it, but Robin's only response to her accusation is that he's "keeping his options open". During Wonder Woman's story mode chapter, Scarecrow's fear gas shows that deep down, she regrets that she [[LadyMacbeth goaded]] Superman down a darker path, but refuses to admit it outright.
* ItGetsEasier: Batman lampshades this in the opening narrative, explaining how after the nuking of Metropolis, the Regime gave itself a new mandate by using extremism to stop crime, unaware that it would cause them to JumpOffTheSlipperySlope. Even imprisonment or exile hasn't changed their stance on crime or desensitized them to violence.
* JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope: Barring Supergirl, their post-Metropolis policy made them [[BewareTheSuperman go down a dark path of evil]], making them NotSoDifferent from the villains they fought over the years. [[spoiler:They further go down this route in the "Absolute Power" ending, where after freeing the trapped aliens from Brainiac's collection, the Regime plans to expand their order to the Multiverse.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Zig-zagged. [[EverybodyHasStandards On one hand]], they've killed heroes who they only killed [[DisproportionateRetribution because they got in their way of oppression]] and [[TragicVillain sympa]][[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds thetic]] villains who [[AlasPoorVillain never truly deserved to die]]. On the other, some of the [[HateSink vile scum]] they execute like the Joker, Zsasz, Grodd, or Brainiac utterly deserve the deaths they've inflicted upon.
* KnightTemplar: Except for Supergirl, they believe fear is the only way to deal with criminals and beat people into total submission. Incarceration, being on the run or exile hasn't changed their mindset.
* MightMakesRight: They often scoff at Batman's no-kill policy, bringing up the Joker, Brainiac and Gorilla Grodd as examples.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Zig-zagged. While they firmly believe PayEvilUntoEvil is the only viable solution to crime and corruption, and they [[VillainHasAPoint aren't wrong on]] people like the Joker or Brainiac, it's shown that they've become so desensitized to killing villains that even people who are not villainous but still oppose them for ''[[EvilIsPetty any]]'' reason [[WithUsOrAgainstUs will inevitably wind up in their crosshairs too unless they start agreeing with them]]. Because of this, [[EveryoneHasStandards even heroes that are okay with killing criminals]] (such as the Red Hood) are quick to tell them to go to hell.
* NeverMyFault: Except for Supergirl, all of the remaining Regime remnants collectively share this FatalFlaw. [[IgnoredEpiphany Some of their intros imply]] they have doubts about whether they're doing the right thing, but by this point, they don't realize they might've been wrong.
* NotSoDifferent: In the opening scene, Batman notes that Superman's WellIntentionedExtremist approach on crime after Metropolis has not only driven most of the Justice League [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope down a path]] [[BewareTheSuperman of villainy]], it also transformed them into the very monsters they fought over the years.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Deconstructed. Except for Supergirl, it's their default approach to stopping crime, something that keeps them in conflict with Batman's side in spite of their EnemyMine. The campaign shows that while there are plenty of villains for whom this is the best solution, it also made them NotSoDifferent from the villains they fought for so long. They also react [[BerserkButton negatively]] whenever someone calls them out on this policy.
* TheRemnant: The Regime is a shell of its former self after the events of the first game, and whether they can make an effective return is left up in the air. [[spoiler:They definitely do in the "Absolute Power" ending, where their status is restored and their numbers are bolstered by the freed aliens who were trapped in Brainiac's collection.]]
* RepressiveButEfficient: [[TakeOverTheWorld Ethical quandaries]] and [[HeroKiller collateral damage]] aside, Superman's Regime put a stop to crime and corruption, brought an end to war all over the world and massively improved humanity's carbon footprint via advances in green energy, among other benefits. Pre-battle intros and especially the prequel comics show that with post-Regime Earth suffering a difficult political climate, the return of several problems without Superman and his allies to keep them in check, Batman's own attempts to improve the world sometimes proving ineffectual, and portions of the world's populace still clamoring for the Regime's return. The tie-in comics for ''Injustice 2'' even lampshade this: a U.S. senator gives Batman a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, stating that while Superman may have been a tyrant, at least his methods actually ''worked''.
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Barring Supergirl, they mock Batman's group several times for adhering to outdated superheroics. When Supergirl criticizes Superman for killing the Joker in chapter 9, he chides her for being too naïve and that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans.
* TautologicalTemplar: Zig-zagged, in that it's implied in some of their intros that some of them do have doubts about their own heroism at this point, but one of the Regime's main flaws is an inability to accept that they might ever have been wrong. Cyborg is asked by Flash how he can not have regrets and responds that he ''knows'' they did the right thing; Robin also insists to Grodd that he's not a criminal, only for [[LampshadeHanging Grodd to retort that's not how others see it]]. Even Superman, who is now more aware of [[BeingEvilSucks what his tyranny has cost him]], insists he reacted to Metropolis in the only way that makes sense and that humanity would be lost without him.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first, Batman goes all alone in facing the Society and Brainiac, only to realize he [[GodzillaThreshold needs Superman's aid in taking them down]], and even then, the two still don't get along. [[spoiler:Sure enough, the two factions start arguing over what to do with the Coluan after he was defeated, with Superman wanting to kill him on the grounds that he's TooPowerfulToLive and attempting to imprison him is too risky, while Batman is unsure of what could happen to the trapped cities if Brainiac was killed.]]
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Supergirl and Wonder Woman.
* TheUnfettered: Though most of them were TheFettered pre-Metropolis, the subsequent events afterwards changed their viewpoint on traditional superheroics and caused them to abandon the ThouShaltNotKill rule, effectively becoming {{Fallen Hero}}es after they adopted a KnightTemplar policy on dealing with criminals, putting them at odds with Batman's group. They have no qualms killing people as it has desensitized them over time. Nothing hasn't changed their mindset, and they plan on restoring the Regime once Brainiac is dealt with.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: They still believe in this, as the only way to maintain peace is to whip everybody in line and PayEvilUntoEvil.
* VillainHasAPoint: Most of their criticism of Batman's group relates to their ThouShaltNotKill policy and how it's useless post-Metropolis.
** Prisons in the DCU ''are {{Cardboard Prison}}s'', enabling supervillains to break out constantly, failing to ever reform or face justice for their crimes, at a ridiculous rate. And plenty of those they kill or want to kill would absolutely deserve what they got.
** Batman could have done something to stop the Joker from being a problem, even without killing him, at ''any time'', and ergo he ''is'' partially responsible for everything the Joker did because he wouldn't stop him. [[spoiler:Likewise, Superman is correct when he points out that Batman's stubborn refusal to accept this for Brainiac as well would probably just lead to even more innocents dying.]] Also Batman is, despite his insistence on not killing, at the very least pretty unconcerned about hurting people as long as he doesn't ''kill'' them; while killing all super-criminals is extreme, knocked out and with traumatic head injuries is not that much better.
*** And as Damian especially points out, for all his posturing, Batman would absolutely want to kill any criminal, the Joker included, if they wronged him as deeply as the Joker did Superman. The events of ''ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily'' stand as grim proof of this.
** Wonder Woman, Robin, and Cyborg state that after Metropolis, they can't keep doing things like they used to. Shutting down Arkham for letting the Joker run amok is a good way to put that in practice. Likewise, Superman chides Batman for lacking the conviction to kill those who deserve to die for good, especially when the situation presents itself. To them, Batman's unwillingness to kill is a sign of cowardice and spinelessness, and the [[GoodIsOldFashioned so-called "moral code"]] he adheres to is outdated.
** While their methods are both right and wrong, they ''actually'' work. [[FailureHero Batman's constant failures]] in the comic and [[JerkassHasAPoint the senator's statement]] that Superman was a far more competent dictator stand as proof for this.
* VillainousLegacy: The fall of the Regime led to the return of crime and corruption, left the world without a standing military, and is implied to have been Ra's al Ghul and Gorilla Grodd's bids to rule the world. Many supervillains the Regime once locked up in secure prisons they couldn't escape from or pressed into service also went free to do their thing once more. Part of the reason many US senators despise Batman is that [[FailureHero he keeps failing to save them]] despite [[NotSoDifferent following in many of Superman's footsteps]], but with the difference that [[RepressiveButEfficient Superman actually knew what he was doing]]. Grodd also thanks Superman for demonstrating to him that trying to TakeOverTheWorld is not only possible, but ''[[EvilIsEasy easy]]''. Most importantly, the infighting between the two factions has made it easy for Brainiac to invade Earth, caused the Lords of Order to give up on humanity by backing the Coluan, and Dr. Fate has warned that if they keep on fighting, the Lords will back an even ''bigger'' threat.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The cracked JLA table reflects the current relationship between Superman and Batman post-Metropolis. Despite their EnemyMine situation, the two sides haven't patched up yet and [[spoiler:immediately start arguing on how to deal with Brainiac]].
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[[folder:Superman]]
!!Clark Joseph Kent[=/=]Kal-El[=/=]Franchise/{{Superman}}
!!! '''Species''': Kryptonian
!!! '''Voiced by''': Creator/GeorgeNewbern, Mario Arvizu (Latin-American Spanish dub), Sascha Rotermund (German dub), Antoine Tomé (French dub), Matteo Zanotti (Italian), Creator/GuilhermeBriggs (Brazilian dub)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''The world's changed since Metropolis.'']]

Once humanity's greatest hero, Superman is now imprisoned for oppressing the world under his murderous Regime. Beaten but not broken, Superman still holds that only the iron-fisted dictatorship he led can protect the world and many of his followers plan to see him set free.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Invoked verbatim by Supes after Green Arrow tells him that he'll give Superman "a sporting chance" after being told their fight will be a CurbStompBattle.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: When confronted by Supergirl on his actions as the High Councilor, Supes gives a MotiveRant to her about how UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans and HobbesWasRight, and why killing an evil person like the Joker in retaliation for Metropolis was necessary to save millions.
-->'''Superman:''' ''[angrily]'' I took one life to save millions.\\
'''Supergirl:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But it wasn't just one, Kal, was it? How many?]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion How many?!]]''
* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler:Appears visibly hurt by Batman's death in Damian's Arcade ending.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: To Supergirl after defeating her in the Story Mode.
* AntiVillain: While he has regrets for what he's done, he still firmly believes in a MightMakesRight philosophy. That being said, he recognizes the Society and Brainiac as a greater threat to peace than Batman's forces.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He is the (former) leader of the Regime and its most powerful member. [[spoiler:His Story Mode and Arcade endings take it one step further by giving him access to Brainiac's ship, which he uses to increase his power and release its captured prisoners, creating an army of superpowered aliens under his command.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:If you pick the Absolute Power ending. Superman kills Brainiac, merges with the Skullship, restores the Regime, brings the remaining cities of Earth back, and releases several alien warriors from the collection to form an army rivaling the combined Lantern Corps in size to protect the Earth and secure his dominance. He also has the means to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion bend dissenters to his will]] using Brainiac's technology, and his threat of this to Kara means that one way or another she'll be back into his fold.]]
* BaitTheDog: Supergirl's arrival seems to bring out the Superman everyone remembers, as he instantly develops a family bond with her, and he is shown to genuinely regret the falling-out between him and Batman and the breakup of the Justice League, hinting at the possibility of a redemption arc. However, Superman's disillusionment with the way things used to be and belief that he was right all along turn out to be too deeply ingrained into his psyche to dislodge, and [[spoiler:combined with Batman's stubborn refusal to accept his own flawed logic, this leads him to return to the dark places he ventured to before, returning to power and forcing everyone to obey him under threat of UnwillingRoboticization, even as he [[BeingEvilSucks admits this isn't his intent]] and [[KickTheMoralityPet hurting Kara makes him feel awful]]]].
* BeingEvilSucks: For all his unrepentant ranting that HobbesWasRight, it becomes clear that this is how Superman actually feels about being a tyrant. He misses being a hero, wishes he and Batman were still friends and, despite himself, would probably like to listen to Supergirl and go back to being TheCape, but is too disillusioned with conventional heroics to actually follow through and do it.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Takes over the role once Brainiac is defeated. If Batman is the PlayerCharacter in the final chapter, Superman is the final enemy he must defeat in order to stop the Regime.]]
* BigBadEnsemble: With Brainiac. Though Brainiac is the most active threat by kicking off the plot to begin with, and both sides fiercely oppose each other, Superman is fully intent on restoring the Regime once Brainiac is dealt with.
* BigBrotherInstinct: In various intros with supervillains, he warns them to stay away from his cousin. [[spoiler:Fighting her himself causes major pangs of guilt in him, and he's desperate for her to come around to his point of view without him having to force her into it, but if that's what it takes...]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:After he was seemingly vaporized by Brainiac, he flies ''[[FoeTossingCharge through]]'' Brainiac's drones and saves Batman from being killed.]]
* BigEgoHiddenDepths: While occasionally he makes some mild SmugSuper boasts toward his opponents, his match intros and clash dialogue with Supergirl and [[MirrorMatch himself]] suggest he's not as confident in his abilities as he claims to be.
* BreakingTheBonds: In his two-liner intros, he starts in cuffs and breaks out of them before the second line. For bonus points, there's a Kryptonite crystal between the cuffs proper, meaning his power ''[[FightOffTheKryptonite should]]'' have been inhibited.
* BrokenPedestal: PlayedForDrama and milked for maximum pathos. His descent into darkness cost him the admiration of many, and their reactions to him now range from wanting him gone for good to sadly remarking on his fall from grace to begging him to come back to his old self again. Even Superman himself is displeased with how things turned out, admitting he didn't want to end up a tyrant.
-->'''Superman:''' This world needs me.\\
'''Black Lightning:''' We need the ''old'' you, Superman!

-->'''Superman:''' Do you know who I am?\\
'''Jay Garrick:''' I prefer to remember you as you were.

-->'''Green Lantern:''' You were the best of us, Clark!\\
'''Superman:''' Still the same me, Hal.\\
'''Green Lantern:''' Can't say I agree.

-->'''Vixen:''' You ''can'' go home again, Superman. [...] But you have to ''want'' to change.
* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:In the Absolute Justice ending, he is {{depower}}ed with gold Kryptonite before being sent into the Phantom Zone. But despite this, [[WeWillMeetAgain he vows to come back.]] How he plans to do this is unknown, but Batman agrees Superman can return and still pose a threat in his own Arcade ending and is preparing to take care of him when the fateful day arrives.]]
* BullyingADragon: Despite how powerful he is, people really love picking fights with him and {{Hand Wav|e}}ing it as an easy win even if [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but for gameplay there's no way they could take him in a straight fight]], and [[LampshadeHanging he often warns them they're getting in over their heads by doing so]]. Black Manta is especially bad in this regard.
-->'''Superman:''' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Careful what you wish for.]]\\
'''Black Manta:''' No, [[FantasticRacism alien]], ''you'' should be careful!
* CainAndAbel: Despite being cousins instead of siblings, Superman and Supergirl slowly develop this dynamic in Story Mode and in pre-fight intros.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:Having learned his lesson with Luthor and Shazam, Superman opts to condemn the last obstacle to his return to power by [[ReforgedIntoAMinion turning him into his minion]] in the Absolute Power ending, aware that killing Batman would anger many.]]
* TheCorrupter: Superman's KnightTemplar policies slowly poisoned Robin, causing him to side with the Regime over Batman.
* CondescendingCompassion: Towards humans. Several times in the story mode and in numerous battle intros Superman behaves as though [[FantasticRacism human beings are his pets]].
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:In his Story Mode ending, he kills Brainiac and bonds with his ship, using its technology to enhance his power and obtain control of the captured cities. He even [[ReforgedIntoAMinion turns Batman into a mindless slave]], and is implied to have done the same thing to his cousin, Batman's allies, and members of the Society in his ladder ending.]]
* TheCynic: The events of the 1st game, thanks to the Joker's schemes, have made him jaded about traditional superheroics. Despite a few PetTheDog moments and Supergirl's attempts to to appeal to his kinder side, he's still in ILetGwenStacyDie mode, and it stops him from moving on.
* DeadpanSnarker: Although far more condescending than normal Superman's light-hearted snark.
* DespairEventHorizon: He crossed it long ago and hasn't been the same since. [[spoiler:The bitter way he says goodbye to Supergirl in Batman's ending suggests he's sunk even further, despite her reassurances.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:He's apparently vaporized by Brainiac's ship after trying to protect Metropolis from it, only to later reappear [[BigDamnHeroes to save Batman from Brainiac's Betas]].]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Batman's protagonist and Supergirl's {{Tritagonist}}. He's the overall second most important character in the story, who drives the plot forward through the GodzillaThreshold. [[spoiler:He takes over as the BigBad after Brainiac is defeated]].
* DontCreateAMartyr: [[spoiler:In the Absolute Power ending, having learned his lesson after killing Luthor for betraying him in the previous game, which caused the populace to question his rule, Superman opts to condemn Batman to a FateWorseThanDeath by [[ReforgedIntoAMinion turning him into a brainwashed minion]], knowing that killing him would further infuriate others.]]
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Though a standard response to the BullyingADragon examples above, the final showdown with Batman particularly stands out:
-->'''Superman:''' Quit Bruce, you can't win!\\
'''Batman:''' You of all people know, Clark, [[{{Determinator}} I NEVER quit!]]
* EtTuBrute: He's fairly used to having backs turned on him by his old friends at this point, but his reactions to opposition from Supergirl (and by extension, Power Girl) suggest it ''really'' stings him.
-->'''Superman:''' Are ''you'' going to turn on me too?
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** Lois remains on his mind, and his failure to save her haunts him still. Supergirl is this as well, as he is fairly delighted to meet her after years of believing himself the last Kryptonian. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, it's not enough to stop him from beating her down when she tries to get in his way, or planning to have her ReforgedIntoAMinion if she refuses to become TheDragon to his restored Regime in his ending. Even then, he still [[KickTheMoralityPet feels bad for doing it]].]]
** He also cares about Bruce to a small extent. Whilst the care they have for each other aren’t enough to end the conflict between the Regime and the Insurgency, it was strong enough that [[spoiler:Superman didn’t kill Batman when given the opportunity to do so and decided to just put him under his control in his Absolute Power Ending.]] If anything, Batman and Superman want to be on the same side again, but their varying ideals make it clear it’s too late for that.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Even Supes was visibly shocked when Robin slit Victor Zsasz's throat in the 1st chapter, doing it while he was not only unarmed, but also after putting him in a chokehold and kicking his legs out from behind, eerily similar to a terrorist execution.
** Not ten minutes later, he also restrains Damian as he’s chewing out Bruce for letting people like Lois or Jason Todd die because he couldn't stop the Joker as he knows that even the boy is going too far by mentioning something as low and hurtful as that.
* EvilMentor: He acts as this to Damian, who sees him as a father figure. Though oddly enough it's also somewhat subverted as Superman tries to rein in Damian, whose extremism eclipses Superman's.
* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler:He becomes this once again in the Absolute Power ending by killing off Brainiac, bonding with his ship, freeing the trapped aliens and restoring the Regime. If his Arcade ending is to be trusted, he can become a potential MultiversalConqueror.]]
* TheExtremistWasRight: When Supergirl attempts to reason with Superman by reminding him that he is the son of Jor-El, who fought against Zod's attempt to take over Krypton rather than supporting it, Supes instead states that his father should have listened to Zod instead.
* EyeBeams: He can use his heat vision in combat, like a meter-burn blast during a command grab.
* FantasticRacism: He's accused of this against humans by several characters, including Gorilla Grodd, himself notable for hating humans. Superman's, however, is a form of condescending-yet-benign paternalism rather than Grodd's genocidal fury, Darkseid's wish to turn humans into slaves, Brainiac's test-subjects-on-a-slab scientific cruelty or General Zod's arrogant apathy.
-->'''Superman:''' Humans... they've been slaughtering each other for millennia. ''I'' stopped that violence! Humans need strong leadership, we have to save them from themselves!
* FatalFlaw:
** [[{{Determinator}} Refusal to compromise]]. He cannot bring himself to doubt his ideals or reflect on his own actions, and so, anyone who doesn't agree must be betraying him. Unlike the last game, he shows "patience" with people who won't come around at first, but ultimately [[PsychologicalProjection he'll try to make them conform to his twisted worldview]] rather than ever consider the idea that he actually might be wrong. This ultimately [[spoiler:kiboshes the second chance the story gives him.]]
** [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers Cynicism]]. [[KnightTemplar He still believes that only tyranny and lethal force can save the world from evil]], because he tried the more idealistic route and still lost everything he held dear. As a result, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he ignores]] Supergirl's attempts to appeal to his humanity, being too cynical to accept maybe he was right the first time, combined with thinking traditional superheroics is fundamentally flawed. He also clings on to ILetGwenStacyDie, telling Supergirl that heroes' loved ones die if they hold back, but his ongoing disillusionment from losing Lois prevents him from moving on.
** NeverMyFault. He refuses to believe that his methods are too extreme and skirts the blame off of people whom he had wronged, as seen when he calls out Flash for leaving the Regime, accusing him of losing his nerve. It [[EvilCannotComprehendGood never dawned on]] him that his BadBoss tendencies are the reason why Barry left him in the first place.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's much, much calmer, composed and all round pleasant compared to the last time he was out in public and even somewhat has some regrets over what he's done, but his views on crime haven't changed one bit and he still plans on acting on them [[spoiler:once Brainiac is dealt with.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:The overall final villain of ''Injustice 2'', being the final enemy after Brainiac is defeated. Unless one picks the [[BadEnding Absolute Power ending]], then he [[TheBadGuyWins wins]].]]
* {{Foil}}: To Superman of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''. Both lost Lois to The Joker, but while Injustice!Superman became a dictator, Kingdom Come!Superman became mildly fascistic -- at least to villains. However, Injustice!Superman subscribed to HumansAreBastards and AGodAmI, while Kingdom Come!Superman realized the moment he put the "Super" over the "Man", he became everything he never wanted to be, and swore to join humanity fully instead of lording over them.
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: [[spoiler:After bonding with Brainiac's ship in his ending, his eyes acquire a white glow to signify his new power.]]
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: [[FallenHero "Good" isn't the right word exactly]], but this is otherwise in effect when he is confused by the Joker claiming that [[TheBadGuyWins he won]] in a pre-battle intro, wondering aloud how getting yourself killed counts as winning. What Superman doesn't get is that it was enough of a victory for Joker to [[TheCorrupter make him lose control]]; his own survival was utterly secondary to proving Superman's ideals and morality wrong.
* HijackedByGanon: [[spoiler:After Brainiac's defeat in ''Injustice 2'', he once again becomes the primary threat.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** When Supergirl told him about how Wonder Woman [[spoiler:stabbed Harley, he coldly stated Wonder Woman was just taking care of a criminal. Before he was overthrown, Superman included criminals in his own Regime, most of whom were only part of it either for their own personal gain or because he threatened them.]] Superman also chides Batman for allowing Harley to be part of the Insurgency, despite how many of those same villains he pressed into serving him.
** He also tells Supergirl that he's determined to not let another Metropolis to happen again. Evidently, he's forgotten about when he threatened to level Metropolis and Gotham during his VillainousBreakdown in the previous game.
** In one of the opening scenes against either Enchantress or Bizarro, he tells them that they hurt innocent people. Superman really has no moral authority to say so, given he ran a highly repressive dictatorship, and Enchantress even chews him out on it. He similarly tells Grodd that those who harm humans disgust him. Even Grodd, an EvilOverlord who [[FantasticRacism hates humans]], is disturbed at Superman's [[ObliviouslyEvil lack of self-awareness]].
** In some of his intros with Damian, Superman chides him for wanting to kill Batman, saying that he was right about some things and that compromise is needed. His own track record with compromise is not very good.
* IfIWantedYouDead: [[spoiler:During the Absolute Power ending, he flat-out tells Batman that if he'd wanted to, he could have simply killed Batman at any time in the last few years, and would have had no trouble doing it.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: He remains firmly in this mode, as he tells Supergirl that heroes' loved ones die if they hold back. It's actually something of a FatalFlaw, as his lingering disillusionment with losing Lois prevents him from redeeming himself.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: In the Absolute Power ending, [[spoiler:he orders Supergirl to become TheDragon to his newly restored Regime, and threatens to forcibly convert her into a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] [[UnwillingRoboticization cyborg]] if she refuses, bringing up a brainwashed Batman as an example. Being that she's powerless, the corrupt Man of Steel knows she'll be in his side one way or another.]]
* {{Irony}}: The only exception to his NeverMyFault attitude is the one act he truly isn’t responsible for; see ItsAllMyFault below.
* ItsAllMyFault: In stark contrast to [[NeverMyFault how he views his actual bad deeds]], Superman doggedly insists that the events of Metropolis were his fault, even when virtually everyone else doesn't see it that way -- judging from pre-battle intros, the general consensus [[EvenEvilHasStandards even among supervillains]] is that ''the Joker'' was the one responsible for what happened to him and Supes was the ''victim'', nothing more. Those who extend the blame beyond the Joker limit it to Harley Quinn (because she helped him do it and didn't try to stop it at any point; in the comics [[MyGreatestFailure even she feels this way]]) and occasionally to Batman (if they view his leniency towards the Joker through a MurderByInaction lens).
* JadeColoredGlasses: The loss of Lois has made him cynical about traditional superheroics.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Compared to the events of the prequel comics and the first game, [[TookALevelInKindness he’s a lot more]] unruffled, polite, and [[SanityStrengthening has dropped]] his AxeCraziness. He’s even a lot more forgiving towards enemies. On the other hand, however, his methods and outlook on crime are ''still'' way too unacceptable and extreme despite being a lot less strict and brutal this time around.
* KickTheMoralityPet: [[spoiler:Fighting and knocking Supergirl unconscious is such a moment for him. Rather than respond to her with a snappy comeback or blunt dismissal, he leans over her, puts his hand on her arm and apologizes for what he did. It's a powerful moment because it's the only time in the ''Injustice'' series where he fully owns his actions and does not try to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo justify them]] or [[NeverMyFault pawn them off on someone else]].]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:He kills Brainiac offscreen in the Absolute Power. Considering the lives he’s trapped, cities he forcefully collected, had the remains of each planet scorched, and [[TooPowerfulToLive the fact that there’s no way they could imprison him]], [[AssholeVictim his death was far from unjust]].]]
* KnightTemplar: While his desire to protect humanity from crime and warfare is not an act, his ability to care for people on an individual level is inconsistent at best and practically non-existent at worst. [[spoiler:In the finale, he's fully willing to beat the living hell out of Hal and Barry, who used to be two of his closest friends and heavily debased themselves out of loyalty to him during his reign, simply because they're opposing his plan to kill Brainiac. He is even willing to turn on his only living relative when she also tries to stop him.]]
-->'''Supergirl:''' Kal, stop! These are your ''friends!''\\
'''Superman:''' My "friends" should be '''helping''' me, instead of standing in my way!
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Lois was this for him. The Joker tricking him into killing her is what transformed Big Blue into a DarthVaderClone.
* TheLostLenore: Lois again. He's still haunted by the memory of losing her, and [[ILetGwenStacyDie his inability to forgive himself for her death]] prevents him from moving on. Also, mentioning her in a negative way [[BerserkButton riles]] him.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: He firmly remains in ILetGwenStacyDie mode, which is what stops him from moving on.
* MakeAnExampleOfThem: [[spoiler:He threatens to robotize Supergirl if she refuses to become TheDragon to his Regime in the Absolute Power ending, bringing up Batman, who was transformed into a brainwashed minion by using Brainiac's tech.]]
* MeteorMove: His new supermove has him punching his opponents into the air, punching them twice mid-air, and catching them with a FacePalmOfDoom from which he pushes them back into the ground.
** A variation of his supermove takes this literally as he starts it by actually flying into space and hitting his opponent with a meteor.
* MindRape: In the Absolute Power ending, [[spoiler:he uses Brainiac's tech to MindRape Batman into submission, and threatens Supergirl with a similar fate if she refuses to become TheDragon to his restored Regime.]]
* MoralityPet: In an odd deconstruction, Superman tries to be this to Damian. For all of Superman's KnightTemplar behavior, he regularly chastises Damian for his extremist behavior, telling him that the strong protect the weak, compromise is needed, and killing isn't always the solution. Hypocrisy notwithstanding, it makes Superman sound a bit like his [[TheCape old self]].
* MotiveRant: Gives one to Supergirl during the Absolute Power path.
-->'''Superman:''' I used to be afraid. Afraid my powers would make people fear me. Afraid who I'd hurt if I wasn't careful every second of every day. I spent my whole life holding back. My fear cost me Lois. That's why I don't ''hold back'' '''''ANYMORE!'''''
* MultiversalConqueror: [[spoiler:In his Arcade ending, he forms a new ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes to bring order to his universe and all universes beyond.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Implied in an intro with [[LadyMacbeth Wonder Woman]].
--> '''Wonder Woman:''' After all this time, Kal?\\
'''Superman:''' Maybe this has gone too far.\\
'''Wonder Woman:''' Words of weakness.
* MyWayOrTheHighway: Expresses this sentiment towards Supergirl, once she realizes his checkered past and compares him to Zod.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When confronted by the Flash in the "Absolute Power" ending, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he accuses the Scarlet Speedster of causing everything after "losing his nerve"]], not realizing that Flash had begun to lose his nerve long ago after seeing how extreme he became.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: During a banterous intro with Green Arrow, he tells the archer that this won’t be a fair fight, only for the latter to retort that it’d only be sporting that he’d give him a chance. Superman then admits that that’s ActuallyPrettyFunny.
* NotSoDifferent:
** From General Zod, as his cousin is all-too-happy to tell him when she realizes [[KnightTemplar what he's like]]. [[InsultBackfire He notes that he is actually more interested in sympathizing with Zod than his own father by this point]], believing that perhaps Krypton would have been saved if Jor-El had been more like Zod. On top of that, Zod's motivation for his coup in Post-Crisis canon was trying to save his planet from destruction by supplanting its ObstructiveBureaucrat leaders, which is is not unlike what Superman's now doing, and his [[WhiteMansBurden rather condescending view of humanity]] as ''needing'' him to protect them is not terribly removed from [[PunyEarthlings how Zod sees them]].
** He is also very similar to Atrocitus. Both of them lost their wife and children, as well as their home (Planet Ryut for Atrocitus, Metropolis for Superman) to an outside force (the Manhunters, the Joker) upon whom [[TheDogBitesBack they took harsh vengeance]], before extending their hatred to their enemy's negligent handler (Atrocitus holds the Guardians responsible for the massacre of Sector 666, Superman views Batman's mercy towards the Joker as repeat MurderByInaction). Each is the LastOfHisKind (or so Superman believed before Kara showed up). Both have a PayEvilUntoEvil policy and strong overtones of WithUsOrAgainstUs, alongside a KnightTemplar worldview. Both are characterized as {{Tragic Villain}}s [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who do terrible things because of their painful pasts]]. Atrocitus is aware of this and lampshades it in one of their pre-fight intro dialogues.
-->'''Atrocitus:''' That same rage created me.
** As the United States Senator revealed, Batman is a lot more similar to him than meets the eye, despite their varying ideologies. If one sits down and thinks about it, she’s right. They decided to instill fear in criminals after losing their loved ones (Lois for Superman, Thomas and Martha for Batman), founded a team that helps him instill said fear (The One-Earth Government for Superman, the Bat-Family for Batman), are the worst types of PrinciplesZealot, and act impulsively without any input from others. The difference? [[RepressiveButEfficient Superman is far more competent than Batman]].
* ObliviouslyEvil: On one hand, he knows he's not the man he used to be, as shown by his final conversation with Batman [[spoiler:before their showdown at the end of the game]]; on the other hand, he remains clueless about just how different he has become, saying completely innocuously that he is always the hero to Catwoman and telling Grodd that those who hurt humans disgust him. Grodd, himself a [[FantasticRacism human-hating]], CardCarryingVillain, [[EvenEvilHasStandards is disturbed]] by Superman's lack of self-awareness.
-->'''Gorilla Grodd:''' ''How'' do you not see the {{irony}}?!
* OffhandBackhand: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDav-JfidL0 Announce Trailer]], the first thing he does is catch The Flash in a [[NeckLift one-handed chokehold]] without looking at him.
* PaintItBlack: One of the palette swap colors for the no-longer-heroic Superman is black with white highlights, similar to his [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E11And12ABetterWorld Justice Lord]] costume. [[spoiler:In both the Story Mode and the Battle Simulator endings, he switches to darker colors after merging with Brainiac's ship.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Ever since Damian joined the Regime, Superman has served as a mentor/father figure to him. This is reflected in fight intros between the two.
* PhysicalGod: If he wasn't already before that, [[spoiler:he definitely becomes this after bonding with Brainiac's ship.]]
* PetTheDog:
** He stops to check if Supergirl was still alive after being hit by Brainiac's force field. To note, he previously ignored the arrow in ''Pa Kent's'' arm from years earlier.
** In the prologue, Superman sees that Damian is going way too far in his [[CallingTheOldManOut enraged scolding of Batman]] by bringing up the death of Jason Todd and, and, gently placing his hand on Damian's shoulder, tells him to stop.
** [[spoiler:When he uses Brainiac's ship to restore the cities he stole, Metropolis, the city he operated in and restored after the Joker blew it up, remained digitized and he was too weak to try it.]]
** [[spoiler:Coast City wasn't restored either, though not for lack of trying. He apologizes to Green Lantern for his failure.]]
* PragmaticVillainy:
** Although Superman [[EvenEvilHasStandards was shocked]] at Robin executing Zsasz in cold blood to prove Batman's ideals wrong, it was the abruptness that shook him as the Man of Steel himself was desensitized to killing by then.
** In the Absolute Power ending, [[spoiler:Batman attempts invoking the StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred trope on Superman to show how far he's fallen. Having learned his lesson with Luthor and Shazam, Superman instead opts to condemn him to a FateWorseThanDeath by turning him into a brainwashed minion, aware that killing Batman would rile people.]]
* PrimaryColorChampion: Subverted, as he is still a bad guy, unlike his main universe counterpart.
* PrinciplesZealot: {{Exaggerated|Trope}}. Superman clings on to PayEvilUntoEvil, especially in regards to villains like the Joker and Brainiac. One flashback to the beginning of his reign has him turning Arkham Asylum into [[FinalSolution his own personal copy-cat Auschwitz]] to deal with all convicted criminals in Gotham (he still reacted to Robin's summary execution of Victor Zsasz with shock, but it was probably the abruptness of it). [[spoiler:Both the "Power" and his arcade endings have him decide that just taking over Earth is not enough to quench his desire to bring order, and he starts down the path of becoming a galactic (and even ''multiversal'') conqueror.]]
* PsychologicalProjection: Unlike the previous game, he shows "patience" with people who won't come around at first, but will try to force them to follow his twisted KnightTemplar worldview rather than realize he actually might be wrong. [[TheCynic Being too jaded]] about losing Lois [[EvilCannotComprehendGood stops]] him from accepting a HeelFaceTurn or hearing Supergirl's repeated pleas to his kinder side.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As a result of his EyeBeams, he can ominously make his eyes glow red.
* ShadowArchetype: He's one to Supergirl, as while he still hasn't recovered from the DespairEventHorizon, she wishes to actually give people hope (and make them trust the House of El again), and not be a WellIntentionedExtremist dictator unlike her estranged cousin. [[TokenGoodTeammate Not that one could rightly call her a heel in the first place,]] [[spoiler:but she turns against the Regime and joins up with Batman in the endgame. Even then, she feels she failed her cousin, who she was supposed to protect from people like the Joker, ''and'' her family by being unable to stop the House of El's reputation from being tarnished.]]
* SuperpowerLottery: He wouldn't be Superman without this trope. Thanks to [[ThePowerOfTheSun Earth's yellow sun]], he possesses superhuman [[SuperStrength strength]], [[SuperSpeed speed]] and [[SuperSenses senses]]. He also has separate abilities, such as the [[FlyingBrick power to fly]], [[XRayVision see through opaque objects]], and [[EyeBeams project thick beams of heat from his eyes]], as well as becoming [[NighInvulnerability virtually impenetrable to most weapons]]. [[spoiler:He becomes even more powerful in the Regime ending, where he fuses with Brainiac's ship and becomes a cyborg with access to all the Coluan's technology]].
* SympatheticMurderer: His killing of the Joker is still considered this. The Joker went out of his way to wrong him in a very deep and personal way and rubbed it to his face; it was very much PayEvilUntoEvil next to everything else. Batman is even forced to admit he "understood" why Superman did it when testifying in court.
* TinTyrant: What with his suit having visibly metallic parts, [[spoiler:especially after bonding with Brainiac's ship in the Absolute Power ending]].
* {{Technopath}}: [[spoiler:What he becomes in his Story Mode ending after bonding with Brainiac's ship.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Downplayed. While he is overall much more pleasant to be around than the first game, being more willing to hear the opinions of others and much less hostile to those who don't share his view, this doesn't make him any less unrepentant about his previous actions (to the point he lectures his cousin Kara about SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids, [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Utopia Justified (and STILL Justifies) The Means]]), and can potentially [[spoiler:become much worse in one of the two possible endings (as well as his Arcade Ending) where he takes over Earth, creates a even more powerful Regime bolstered by a massive army from Brainiac's collection and aims to spread his authoritarian order '''throughout the Multiverse'''.]]
* TragicVillain: This side of him gets more prominence in the plot, with a intro arc that shows him just after the Joker died: beginning to do the horrible things that would ultimately define him, but also explicitly lashing out in grief and pain — doing things he might have regretted, if not surrounded by people who encouraged him. A major theme here is that, if only Batman (or Supergirl) had been able to get to him and give him the help he needed at the time, he would've come out much better. Even in the present, it's more clear that he legitimately believes tyranny is the only solution and is too traumatized over the death of Lois and too far past the DespairEventHorizon to believe there's a better way. When Supergirl tries to give him a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech about how their symbol should inspire hope, he shoots back that "Hope isn't enough to save people!"
* UnexplainedRecovery: He appears to rescue Batman in Brainiac's ship, despite having been apparently disintegrated in a massive explosion. It is conceivable that he has survived the blast, being NighInvulnerable and all, but that doesn't explain why both Supergirl and Brainiac are unable to find him and presume him to be dead.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Doctor Fate is to be believed in the story mode, the reason Brainiac found his way to Earth to begin with is because of the chaos caused by Superman's Regime and its wars with Batman's Insurgency and the Green Lantern Corps, in particular in the comics. Even further - Fate additionally warns that the infighting between Superman and Batman is causing the Lords of Order to give up on humanity, which is why they back Brainiac (and it's implied they might support an even ''greater'' threat).
* UnwittingPawn: He continues to be one for [[GreaterScopeVillain the Joker]] despite the fact that he is long gone. Superman can't fathom that the Joker's only goals were to [[TheCorrupter prove Superman's ideals and morality wrong]], and to spread wanton chaos regardless of whether or not he survived. Doctor Fate even notes that the Joker's scheme worked so well that the Lords of Order have chosen to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom give up on humanity itself]] and support Brainiac. The Joker even lampshades it:
-->'''Joker:''' Don't you see, Superman? I won!\\
'''Superman:''' You died. How's ''that'' winning?\\
'''Joker:''' I made you lose control!
* VillainHasAPoint: Superman's argument that the Joker sickened Harley Quinn's mind beyond healing has merit, considering her many attempts at rehabilitation in the past have ended in disaster. Especially given Supergirl's [[NaiveNewcomer lack of familiarity]] with Harley's situation. Granted that [[spoiler:Harley proves him wrong in her Ladder ending.]]
* VillainProtagonist: He is both a villain and a playable character in the Story Mode. [[spoiler:The Absolute Power ending takes place from his perspective.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: In the "Absolute Power" ending, [[spoiler:he offers Supergirl a SadisticChoice: either become TheDragon to his newly restored Regime, or be [[ReforgedIntoAMinion a forcibly]] [[UnwillingRoboticization brainwashed minion]] [[FateWorseThanDeath like he did to Batman]] if she refuses. It's left vague as to whether she reluctantly joined the Regime or was cyborgized in his ladder ending.]]
* WeWillMeetAgain: In the "Absolute Justice" ending, [[spoiler:he is sent to the Phantom Zone and this time, he is permanently de-powered by golden Kryptonite, and even then, he vows to return one day. How he will manage to accomplish this or threaten anyone ever again remains unknown, but Batman agrees he can return and still pose a threat in his own Arcade Ending and is preparing to take care of him when the fateful day arrives]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Many of his opponents call him out for his highly questionable behavior during his five-year reign. He in turn [[ArmorPiercingQuestion scoffs at]] Batman on his [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill policy]], all but outright accusing him of MurderByInaction.
-->'''Superman:''' How many innocent people have to ''die'' before YOU accept that some lives ''need'' '''to be''' '''''TAKEN?!'''''
** He has a habit of emphasizing that his Regime saved lives. Multiple characters, including Batman, Flash, Blue Beetle, Enchantress, and even ''Grodd'' call him out on this, considering the Regime's actions.
* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Expresses a "me" version to Supergirl in [[spoiler:the Absolute Power ending]].
-->'''Superman:''' Either you make the right choice... ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat or I'll do it for you]]''.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Like in the first game, his actions are informed by the death of his wife and child and a genuine belief that the Earth can only be saved with tough love. Several characters can't help but feel sorry for him even as they oppose him. Even the advertising does this at times — the "Lines are Redrawn" trailer shows him grieving over Lois' dead body and an ultrasound of his child.
* WorthyOpponent: In one of his dialogues with Green Arrow, he admits Black Canary scares him more than Ollie does; considering Black Canary beat the living crap out of him, it's for good reason.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Has no qualms cyborgizing Supergirl if she refuses to become TheDragon to his restored Regime in his ending.]]
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: His reaction to Atrocitus' claim that he would be a perfect Red Lantern.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Being that he's still a rage-fueled cynic, Superman ignores]] Supergirl's repeated attempts to appeal to his better side after she learns of his backstory. Various other heroes, including Batman, Black Lightning, Green Lantern and Vixen also separately try to appeal to him without success.
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[[folder:Supergirl]]
!!Kara Zor-El[=/=]Franchise/{{Supergirl}}
!!! '''Species''': Kryptonian
!!! '''Voiced by''': Creator/LauraBailey, Romina Marroquín Payró (Latin-American Spanish dub), Luisa Wietzorek (German dub), Zina Khakhoulia (French), Deborah Morese (Italian), Carol Valença (Brazilian dub)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_6.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''I punch above my weight.'']]

Kara Zor-El was a teenager when Brainiac destroyed her home planet of Krypton, and although that was thirty years ago, Kara is still just a girl thanks to time trapped in "hypersleep." She would be horrified to see what her cousin has become, but thanks to the half-truths of Black Adam and Wonder Woman, Supergirl is convinced her cousin is a helpless victim who must be freed to bring hope to humanity.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: [[invoked]] In one of her interactions with Blue Beetle, he says he's not a fan of hitting girls, to which she responds "You'll be lucky to tickle me". While intended as a BadassBoast, Beetle's [[ChivalrousPervert reaction]] makes it quite clear what it ''really'' sounds like.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: This Supergirl arrived much later in Superman’s career, which is one of the reasons why he wasn’t as experienced as his main universe counterpart and easily turned to tyranny, as he couldn’t sympathize with anyone one who’s a full-blooded natural Kryptonian like himself and only got Superboy, who was only a half-human, half-Kryptonian clone of himself.
* AlasPoorVillain: She is repeatedly saddened and upset about how far Superman has fallen and the horrific events that caused him to do so in the first place. She views both as [[MyGreatestFailure personal failings]], feeling she should have been in Metropolis to save him and Lois from the Joker, or at least that she should have been on Earth to prevent the symbol of the House of El from becoming hated and feared.
* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In both the Absolute Power ending and in Superman's ladder ending, it's left vague as to whether she reluctantly joined the Regime under pain of death or was forcibly converted into a brainwashed robot]].
* AnalogyBackfire: She attempts to reason with Superman by reminding him that he is the son of Jor-El, who fought ''against'' General Zod's attempt to take over Krypton rather than supporting it. Superman [[ShutUpKirk flatly replies]] that in his opinion, maybe [[TheExtremistWasRight Jor-El should have listened to Zod instead]].
* AssKicksYou: One of her combos ends with her hip-checking her opponent backwards, leading with the super derriere.
* TheAtoner: Zigzagged. She isn't trying to atone for her own evil actions, but Superman's. After defecting to Batman's side, she makes it her personal mission to restore the House of El symbol that she wears on her chest as a beacon of hope for humanity rather than the beacon of fear it had become due to Superman's actions as leader of the Regime.
* TheBigGuy: Arguably the strongest member of the cast in Story Mode, after Superman and Brainiac.
* BigSisterInstinct: Towards Kal-El. Even then, this instinct is still not enough to help her to redeem Clark, who screws his chance to pull a HeelFaceTurn. They even develop a CainAndAbel dynamic despite being cousins.
* BlowYouAway:
** One of her moves has her spin in place, creating a vortex of wind that lifts her opponent into the air [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kitana]]-style.
** She also shares Superman's powerful breath, including the [[HarmlessFreezing ice breath]] variation. In addition to combat, she uses the latter for her character select intro.
* BlueIsHeroic: Her default outfit has a lot of blue, and she's the TokenGoodTeammate of the Regime.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's no slouch in the chest department (though Wonder Woman is far bustier and Supergirl's outfits tend to be far more conservative) and is a Kryptonian. Do the math.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:She becomes a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] [[BodyguardBabes Female Fury]] for Darkseid in his Arcade ending after Superman is killed in front of her and she is tortured into being evil by Desaad.]]
* CainAndAbel: Despite being cousins instead of siblings, Superman and Supergirl slowly develop this dynamic in Story Mode and in pre-fight intros.
* TheCameo: This version of Supergirl appears as a player avatar in ''Film/ReadyPlayerOne''.
* TheCape: She wishes to actually give people ''hope'' (and make them trust the House of El again), not be a WellIntentionedExtremist dictator.
* ClarkKenting: Her match intro animation has her in disguise as Linda Danvers, only to speed offscreen and change into her costume, grabbing her glasses in the air before they can fall to the ground. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation As far as the story goes, however]], she has only just arrived on Earth, and thus she has yet to invent Linda Danvers or any other civilian identity.
* CuteBruiser: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in dialogue with Atrocitus.
-->'''Atrocitus:''' You appear feeble.\\
'''Supergirl:''' [[BadassBoast I punch above my weight.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her share of sassy dialogue, like commenting that Batman looks grumpy or comparing Atrocitus' BreathWeapon to baby spit.
* DecoyProtagonist: She was set up as the new main protagonist by the trailers depicting her as the member of the House of El that is an actual example of TheCape unlike her cousin, as well as being featured in the game's opening scene surviving Krypton's destruction. Instead, she's only playable in the story in Chapter 9, which has little consequence outside of her personal development. Instead, the game once again focuses more upon her cousin and his rivalry with Batman, and how that relationship changes in response to Brainiac's invasion.
* {{Determinator}}: In her own words, "Kryptonians don't surrender!" In the context of that statement, being able to withstand (albeit barely) an assault by Firestorm of the kryptonite that brings any Kryptonian to their knees definitely qualifies her.
* TheDragon:
** In the "Absolute Power" ending, [[spoiler:Superman orders her to become the NumberTwo to his newly restored Regime, but threatens to turn her into a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] [[UnwillingRoboticization minion]] — as he's done with Batman — if she says no.]]
** [[spoiler:In Darkseid's arcade ending, she becomes a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] [[BodyguardBabes Female Fury]] after Superman is killed in front of her and she is tortured into being evil by Desaad.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After defeating Brainiac in the Arcade mode, Supergirl takes her cousin's place in the Justice League and works towards restoring the lost cities of Krypton, becoming the symbol of hope she always wanted to be. The Absolute Justice ending also gives her a pretty bittersweet start... but she's part of Batman's circle of trust. It's just a matter of time.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: In Darkseid's Arcade ending, [[spoiler:Supergirl wears a costume that is similar to the one she wore in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanApocalypse'' after becoming a Female Fury.]]
* EyeBeams: Her special trait, allowing her to zap her opponents quickly, continuously, or all the way to Earth in her supermove.
* EyeScream: Came unnervingly close to being on the receiving end of one courtesy of Cheetah's claws.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: When ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} creates Kryptonite in his hands to try to make her back down, she is in agony, but forces through and punches him regardless.
* FlashStep: One of her moves is a [[Franchise/MortalKombat Scorpion]]-style "appear on opposite side of opponent" uppercut.
* ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler:In the BadEnding, Superman offers her to be TheDragon to his restored Regime, or be converted into a cyborg if she refuses. Being that she's depowered in a red sun cell, the corrupt Man of Steel notes that she'll join one way or another.]]
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Kara is kind, sweet and pure and also happens to be blonde-haired, which makes her stand out more in the company of jaded and cynical {{Knight Templar}}s.
* HealItWithFire: Supergirl uses her heat vision to cauterize Harley Quinn's stomach after Wonder Woman stabs her in the gut.
* HealingFactor: She was slashed in the face and then stabbed at the waist by Cheetah, but doesn't have the scratch on her after Wonder Woman defeats the latter.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[TokenGoodTeammate Not that you could rightly call her a heel in the first place,]] but [[spoiler:she ultimately turns against the Regime and joins up with Batman]] in the endgame. How well this works out for her depends on the ending.
* HopeBringer: Before leaving Krypton, her mother reminded her that the House of El stands for hope, an ideal she has taken to heart; hence why she joins with Superman, the House of El's exemplar, and why she later has her doubts joining him when she sees him become Earth's oppressor rather than protector. [[spoiler:Both the Arcade mode and the Absolute Justice ending give her opportunity to do so.]]
* HumanPopsicle: [[HumanAliens Kryptonian]] Popsicle, to be more precise. According to dialogue with Black Canary, she spent the past thirty years in cryo-sleep.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Batman notes that Kara is "incorruptible".
* InSeriesNickname: Called "Blondie" by Harley Quinn.
* InstantCostumeChange: She uses her SuperSpeed to zip off and change clothes before the civilian glasses she takes off can even hit the ground. She even alters her hairstyle in the process.
* JackOfAllStats: She's well-rounded and plays similarly to her cousin, albeit with an emphasis on [[LightningBruiser mobility and range.]]
* KickChick: While she does punch a fair bit, her strongest blows, including her uppercut and transition/wall-bounce attack, are done with kicks and her combos tend to include a kick or similar leg attack. Since she has {{Flight}} and doesn't need her legs to support herself or maneuver, this makes sense, and several of her kicks make use of the fact that she's not constrained by gravity.
* KindHeartedCatLover: One of her match intro dialogues with Catwoman reveals she has a cat named [[MythologyGag Streaky]]. Kara is a borderline AllLovingHero, and turns against the Regime as soon as she realize what they're ''really'' all about.
* KirkSummation: She calls out Superman several times for his past as the former dictator of the Regime, although this one is the most notable.
-->'''Supergirl:''' Diana said the Joker was executed. Were you the one who...?\\
'''Superman:''' ''[angrily]'' I took one life to save millions.\\
'''Supergirl:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But it wasn't just one, Kal, was it? How many?]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion How many?!]]'' Everywhere I go, people are afraid of this... ''[touches the S-Shield on Superman's chest]'' Now I know why.\\
'''Superman:''' It's not how I've wanted things, but... Humans, [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves they've been slaughtering each other for millennia]]. I ''stopped'' that violence. Humans need strong leadership. We have to save them from themselves.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Whose son are you? Jor-El's? ''Or General Zod's?'' ''[storms out of the Fortress]''
* LateToTheParty: From her perspective. She's only just arrived and the infant cousin she was supposed to protect is now fully grown and imprisoned for taking over the world.
* LightningBruiser: Despite having the same Kryptonian powerset, Supergirl's playstyle revolves more around speed and agility than Superman's, who's a borderline MightyGlacier. She has quick, high-hit combos and a teleport punch.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Having just woken up from cryosleep, Kara is initially unaware of just how dangerous and despotic Superman and his allies in the Regime truly are. She ends up finding out the hard way when Wonder Woman tries to kill Harley in cold blood, and when Superman supports her actions.
* MagicSkirt: When she has one, [[AvertedTrope it is not one of these.]] Hence her skirts having rather modest shorts beneath them.
* MiniDressOfPower: Her armor loadouts allow for several variations of the red skirt outfit from the comics.
-->'''Captain Cold:''' You look like a cheerleader.\\
'''Supergirl:''' Let me show you some spirit.
* MoralityPet: ''Tries'' to be this to Superman, leaning on their [[ThickerThanWater family bond]] and [[HopeBringer the meaning of their]] [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS family symbol]] to attempt to convince him to reconsider his KnightTemplar attitude. It doesn't work, because [[EvilCannotComprehendGood Superman's stuck in his despair to listen to her,]] [[BeingEvilSucks even if he wants to]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Superman becomes this to her by the end of the game, particularly [[spoiler:in Batman's ending. She feels she failed her cousin, who she was supposed to protect from people like the Joker, ''and'' her family by being unable to stop the House of El emblem from turning into a symbol of fear and terror.]]
* NaiveNewcomer: Due to not being around for the events of the first game, she joins the Regime out of family loyalty to Superman, refusing to believe that a fellow member from the House of El could be as evil as the rest of the world claims that he and the Regime are. Upon witnessing and preventing Wonder Woman's attempted execution of the reformed Harley Quinn and subsequently learning that the rest of the Regime's members have no qualms about supporting Wonder Woman's actions, she finally sees how far gone they are and immediately switches sides to align herself with Batman and the Insurgency.
* NiceGirl: One of the kindest and most compassionate characters in the game. [[spoiler:She saves Harley Quinn without a second thought after Wonder Woman mortally stabs her, and in the Absolute Justice ending, she tells Superman that, despite everything he's done, she [[ThickerThanWater still considers him family]].]]
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:During the final moments of the game, she ends up siding with Batman on the matter of Brainiac's fate, which doesn't end well for her if she ends up backing the wrong horse. If Superman is victorious in Story Mode or on the Ladder, she is locked in his old Red Sun cell and threatened with UnwillingRoboticization if she won't join his new Regime. And who's to say he cyborgized her as a way to prevent her from rebelling against him even when she reluctantly joined his side? During Wonder Woman's Ladder Ending, she is prosecuted in the courts by the restored Regime, along with Batman and his allies, for opposing Diana and Clark's efforts.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Grodd tells her that humanity will reject her, yet Kara insists they won't because they need her. [[VillainHasAPoint Grodd comments Superman thought the same thing.]]
* ObliviouslyEvil: Not technically evil, but Kara is only helping the Regime only because she believes she is helping her cousin protect the Earth. She really doesn't learn that she is serving evil until it's too late.
* OddFriendship: With Harley Quinn. While it's not touched on in too much detail, Supergirl seems to take a liking to Harley as early as the meeting to discuss Brainiac, going as far as [[spoiler:saving her life when she provokes Wonder Woman]]. Of course, she hasn't heard that Harley was party to the events that made Superman turn evil in the first place; if she knew, she probably wouldn't be so fond of her.
* OlderThanSheLooks: You could be forgiven for thinking she's in her late teens or early twenties, especially with a name like "Supergirl". However, she is in her forties ''at the very least'', given that she was a teenager when her cousin was a baby, who is now at least in his mid-thirties if not older. However, this is justified in that she spent the last thirty years as a [[HumanPopsicle Kryptonian Popsicle]].
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Downplayed, but there. She's physically much smaller compared to other heavy hitters like Darkseid, Atrocitus or even her own cousin but she's one of the strongest characters in the game.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Unlike her cousin, she wears her colors with pride and honor.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: One of her moves is a swift barrage of fists followed by an uppercut.
* RedeemingReplacement: Seeing how far her cousin has fallen, Supergirl ultimately decides to bring honor back to the House of El. [[spoiler:It happens in both her Arcade ending and the Absolute Justice ending.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion:
** In the "Absolute Power" ending, [[spoiler:Superman threatens her to turn into a brainwashed minion like he did with Batman if she refuses to become TheDragon to his newly restored regime]] It's unknown what became of her in Superman's arcade ending, [[spoiler:but it's implied he did cyborgize her]].
** In his Arcade ending, Darkseid [[spoiler:turns her into a Female Fury.]]
* ReligiousBruiser: Some of her dialogue indicates that she is resolute in her faith in Rao, the god of the Kryptonian Sun, and some of her combo names support this. She's also a CuteBruiser.
* RevengeByProxy: On the receiving end from Darkseid in his Ladder Ending. [[spoiler:Seeking revenge on Superman for killing his son Kalibak, Darkseid takes Kara with him back to Apokolips and has her tortured into being his minion; together with cloning a powerful new breed of Parademons from Superman's DNA, this is intended to avenge Superman's robbing him of his blood by doing the same to him in an ironic twist.]]
* SadisticChoice: In the "Absolute Power" ending, [[spoiler:having gained control over Brainiac's ship after killing him, Superman offers her two choices: either become TheDragon to his restored Regime, or be forcibly converted into a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] [[UnwillingRoboticization cybernetic]] [[FateWorseThanDeath minion]] if she refuses. Being that she's powerless, Superman knows she'll be in his fold one way or the other.]]
* ShesGotLegs: Two basic gear options are available to showcase the super gams, [[WhoWearsShortShorts very short shorts]] instead of leggings, or a [[MinidressOfPower short skirt]]. Not a DangerouslyShortSkirt or a MagicSkirt, so it includes the shorts underneath.
* ShouldersOfDoom: Some of her arm gear includes these. Notably, with the way the cape attaches to the rest of the costume, if you don't equip your Supergirl with ''some'' level of Doom Shoulders, the cape just SticksToTheBack.
* ShutUpHannibal: When she faces off against Red Hood, she scoffs at his cynicism because of "what he's seen", telling him, "It sounds like you're making excuses." Supergirl would know, considering what ''she'' experienced on Krypton.
* SixthRanger: With only five of the Regime's members from the first game remaining with the faction, Supergirl becomes the sixth member of their current lineup and the only new member to join since the first game.
* TheSlowWalk: Supergirl can use up her remaining character trait bar to shoot continuous EyeBeams at her opponent, slowly walking forward as she does so.
* SuperpowerLottery: Much like her cousin.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Towards Superman. Once she's had a chance to get over the shock of finding out he and his associates are KnightTemplar types, she comes to realize that her cousin [[FreudianExcuse has his reasons]] for going bad, even going so far as to apologize to him for not being there to help him when he lost Lois and Metropolis. [[spoiler:In the Absolute Power ending, Superman gives her a MotiveRant about why he stopped holding back, and all she can do is look at him sadly with an expression that says she understands.]]
* ThickerThanWater: Joins the Regime in large part to help her cousin. And despite ultimately opposing Superman, she refuses to give up entirely on him, making frequent pleas and appeals to his better nature, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood but they fall on deaf ears as Superman is ultimately unable or unwilling to recognize]] how his actions brought out the worst of him. [[spoiler:Even when she sees him sent to the Phantom Zone, she tells him they're still family and hopes he realizes that someday.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Among Superman's allies. She isn't joining him [[DragonWithAnAgenda for personal gain]] or because she agrees with him being a KnightTemplar, but simply because [[ThickerThanWater he's family and he needs her help]]. Once it becomes clear that her cousin and his allies are tyrannical despots, however, [[BrokenPedestal her loyalty to him is tested]].
* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:In the BadEnding. After locking her up in a red-sun cell, Superman forces her to become TheDragon to the restored Regime, and threatens to convert her into a brainwashed cyborg if she refuses. Being that she's powerless, the corrupt Man of Steel knows she'll be in his fold one way or another.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: Where do you even begin with this poor girl?
** First she witnesses her friends, family, and entire civilization destroyed by Brainiac, jettisoned into space for survival with only the infant Kal-El entrusted to her care.
** She then spends several decades in stasis. By the time she's found by Black Adam, she discovers that the cousin she was entrusted to protect has grown up and been imprisoned by an allegedly evil Batman...
** ...which is her being manipulated and lied to by Black Adam and Wonder Woman to use her. She's horrified to finally discover the extent of Superman's crimes and realize how far he's fallen.
** She gets brutally tormented by Cheetah, who uses her magically-enhanced claws to hurt her for no real reason except to demonstrate that she could.
** She then initially thinks she has lost her only surviving family when Kal is seemingly vaporized by Brainiac.
** It's taken up ''even further'' [[spoiler:in the Absolute Power ending. She's defeated after siding with Batman and imprisoned in Superman's red sun cell, with Superman threatening to turn her into a brainwashed minion - as he's done with Batman - unless she becomes TheDragon to his reborn Regime. It's ''finally'' subverted somewhat in the Absolute Justice ending. Despite her cousin having fallen and the House of El symbol being tarnished, Batman offers Supergirl a place in the Justice League, where she can finally be the HopeBringer she's always wanted to be, with the hope that her cousin would eventually redeem himself.]]
** The real kicker, however, has to be Darkseid's Ladder ending. [[spoiler:Superman and her would-be friends in the Regime are killed in front of her by Darkseid, who takes her back to [[CrapsackWorld Apokolips]] and has her [[BreakTheCutie tortured]] by [[TortureTechnician Desaad]] until her will is broken and she becomes one of his [[BodyguardBabes Female Furies]].]]
* {{Tritagonist}}: To Batman's protagonist and Superman's {{Deuteragonist}}. She's the overall third most important character in the story, as her development from realizing that [[spoiler:Superman isn't a force for good as she thought is an important CharacterDevelopment]].
* UncertainDoom: In Superman's arcade ending, [[spoiler:it's unknown what happened to Supergirl after he imprisoned her in a red-sun cell, but either she reluctantly joined the Regime, or worse, Superman turned her into a [[UnwillingRoboticization brainwashed mechanical monstrosity]].]]
* UnwittingPawn: Of Black Adam, early in the game. He feeds her lies and half-truths to convince her the Regime is on the side of good, then uses her to free Wonder Woman from Themyscira and subsequently attack the prison where Superman, Cyborg and Robin are imprisoned. She only realizes she's been duped — and is [[BrokenPedestal horrified]] — when she confronts Supes about Wonder Woman's violent behavior.
* VomitDiscretionShot: If something someone says in intro dialogue with her disgusts her somehow, she replies, "Hold on, I'm gonna barf!" This ranges from Atrocitus claiming to see a future bathed in blood to Green Arrow claiming to have the power of love.
* WhatTheHellHero: She flips out when Wonder Woman tries to kill Harley. When she tries to explain the situation to Superman, his support of Wonder Woman's actions cause her to realize just why the House of El's coat of arms is feared on Earth, driving a wedge between them. She's upset when she realizes his despotic nature and outright compares her cousin to General Zod.
* WideEyedIdealist: Her support of Superman and his followers stems from not fully understanding what they're all about, but assuming that her cousin must be the good guy. She's left horrified when she realizes the truth about her cousin's checkered past as the Regime's High Councilor.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She can perform a flight-assisted piledriver.
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[[folder:Wonder Woman]]
!!Diana of Themyscira[=/=]Franchise/WonderWoman
!!! '''Species''': Amazonian
!!! '''Voiced by''': Creator/SusanEisenberg, Rebeca Patiño (Latin-American Spanish dub), Sabine Arnhold (German dub), Marie-Frédérique Habert (French dub), Jasmine Laurenti (Italian), Priscila Amorin (Brazilian dub)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonder_woman_37.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''Did I mention I'm an Amazon?'']]

The right-hand of Superman. When he killed the Joker and started down the road to benign tyranny, she supported and encouraged him to keep going, standing by his side through to starting the One World Regime and beyond. She has been exiled from Themyscira after her heroic counterpart removed her from power, and ever since has been plotting with Black Adam to rescue the captured members of the Regime and restart it.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone who had ties to the Regime has shades of this, but it's especially notable for a character like [[AllLovingHero Wonder Woman]]. Her LadyMacbeth relationship with Superman and her actions in the Regime have left her exiled and disgraced from Themyscira, forced into hiding and hunted by her former allies in the Justice League, and worst of all, having her failures rubbed in her face by Cheetah and Harley. In turn, Diana is so world-weary and bitter that she's simply stopped caring about what other people think of her — besides Superman. [[spoiler:It seems she's very sensitive about him seeing her in a bad light.]]
** The consequences of her own actions seemed to have made this even worse, such as the Greek pantheon being driven from Earth and leaving Diana and the Amazons without their patron deities.
* AdaptationalModesty: Her default costume has tight underpants covering her legs, similarly to the (Good) Wonder Woman of the first game.
* AdaptationalJerkass: She's bitter, cold, condescending, and manipulative and an all around {{Jerkass}} as she pushes for Superman and the Regime to hold to their twisted ideals, showing no remorse for her actions when called out on them by others, a far contrast from her mainstream counterpart.
* AdaptationalWimp: This version of Wonder Woman gets her ass handed to her in the opening chapter by Batman. ''Without prep time'', and without the handwave that occurs before Batman fights just about anyone else in the Story Mode (e.g. deactivating Firestorm's powers with a special batarang, using a red sun grenade on Superman). This is also a {{Retcon}} of her portrayal in the Injustice prequel comics where she was strong and fast enough to trade blows with Superman.
** This Wonder Woman doesn't seem to be bulletproof given that she goes out of her way to block pistol shots with her bracelets when confronting [[spoiler:Harley Quinn]]. This is in line with her mainstream comics ([[DependingOnTheWriter usually]]) and [[Film/WonderWoman2017 film]] counterparts, but again counts as a retcon of her power level in the Injustice prequel comics, where she flat-out ignores rifle fire to the face without even bothering to flinch, much less block or dodge.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Played straight in terms of her feelings for Superman. [[{{Irony}} Apparently averted]] for Hercules himself:
-->'''Bane:''' I am as strong as Hercules.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' [[AnalogyBackfire And as big a fool]].
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: There's still no signs that Superman returns her feelings for him.
* AntiVillain: For all of her violent behavior and LadyMacbeth tendencies she truly does desire to save everyone by any means necessary. Her virtues have just been drowned in a sea of bitterness and cynicism between her [[FreudianExcuse different history with Steve Trevor]] and the events surrounding Metropolis that confirmed her disillusionment with humanity and conventional heroism. Some of her intro dialogues reflect this.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' You call this peace?\\
'''Doctor Fate:''' I cannot save everyone.\\
'''Wonder Woman:''' Words of weakness!
* ArtifactOfDoom: It’s implied in an intro with Darkseid that her sword houses the Anti-Life Equation and is corrupting her.
-->'''Darkseid''': What primitive weapon is that?\\
'''Wonder Woman''': The Anti-Life Equation.\\
'''Darkseid''': Finally, your true nature is revealed.
* BerserkButton: Wonder Woman really doesn't like being told that [[LadyMacBeth she advanced Superman's start of darkness]] even though this is true. When Harley admits she was trying to impress the Joker by playing his accomplice in Metropolis' destruction and claims she is NotSoDifferent by her doing the same to Superman, Wonder Woman replies by [[spoiler:immediately running into Harley with a sword]].
* BloodKnight: As in the first game, beyond following the PayEvilUntoEvil philosophy of the Regime Wonder Woman is noticeably much more bloodthirsty and eager for combat in a way that even Superman isn't.
* BoobsOfSteel: It's a given with Wonder Woman. While she might not be the ''strongest'' member of the roster, she's definitely one of the bustier characters, only beaten by Power Girl.
* BrightIsNotGood: She has the primary colors of her GoodCounterpart in the other universe, but is was ruthless even before the Regime was formed.
* BrokenPedestal: She becomes this to Supergirl after Kara realizes how bloodthirsty she is when she tries to kill Harley.
-->'''Supergirl:''' I ''trusted'' you, Diana!
** Blue Beetle also mentions that he used to admire her.
* CoDragons: With Black Adam to Superman after Black Adam took Yellow Lantern’s place.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: AI Wonder Woman is one of the more agitating computer opponents in the game, prone to spamming the very hard to block and highly damaging Lasso of Truth grab move, which chunks your health bar for over 100 damage.
* DarkActionGirl: Instead of being a superheroine, this Diana sided with the Regime and served as TheDragon to Superman.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
** While it's true that she did manipulate Superman into becoming a worse person, she nevertheless does seem to genuinely love him.
** As mentioned in a PetTheDog entry below, it's implied that she still has some affection for [[EvilFormerFriend Cheetah]].
* TheExile: After the events of the first game, she lives in Kahndaq disowned by most of her sisters, having been discredited by her main universe counterpart. Some enemies in her intros like to rub this on her face. [[spoiler:In her Arcade ending, she goes back to Themyscira to forcefully take back her position as princess.]]
* FallenHero: Though Hera knows she doesn't see it that way.
* FanservicePack: While her bustline was toned down to more realistic proportions, her [[MaleGaze buttocks]] are way more plump in comparison to the first game.
* FreudianExcuse: Unlike most Regime members, she seems to have been brutal and cynical even before Metropolis happened. There is a reason for that explained in the tie-in's Annual issue. [[spoiler:When she first became a superhero during World War II, she fell in love with American spy Steve Trevor who crash-landed on Themyscira. However, in this universe, [[AdaptationalVillainy he was actually a Nazi spy and attempted to user her to get the Lasso of Hestia for the Axis]], but ended up executed by her when she learned the truth. His betrayal served as the CynicismCatalyst for Diana, who became even more ruthless than most of her counterparts]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: She blames Captain Cold for his sister's death claiming that if he had not brought her up to villainy, she would not be dead and he would not be hunted. However, not only did she did the same to Superman when he was down after losing Lois, it is [[NeverMyFault her guidance]] that makes him become murderous instead of forgiving, thus causing the deaths of criminals, even if they were not deserved. In other words, Cold may have brought his sister to crime, but she brought ''death'' to crime instead of appropriate punishment.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: To Superman. He regards her as a friend, but is so consumed with [[TheMourningAfter his unresolved guilt and grief for Lois]] that it's debatable whether he has any idea of her feelings for him.
* ItsAllMyFault[=/=]NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Scarecrow's fear gas shows that she's skirts on ''both'' sides on a subconscious level, but ultimately she stays on the latter. Deep down, she fears the possibility (i.e truth) that she advanced Superman's StartOfDarkness and regrets it, but refuses to admit it outright. She responds... [[BerserkButton negatively]] whenever someone brings it up.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: While she can show moments of kindness on occasion, her general attitude towards everyone she speaks to is one of bluntness and bitter cynicism, with nary a care given for their feelings.
-->'''Green Lantern:''' I'm here to fix what you broke, Diana.\\
'''Wonder Woman:''' [[ShutUpKirk The only thing that "broke" was your will.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sure, she's a cynical {{Jerk|ass}} to most of the cast, but most of her rants on other people are painfully correct and logical.
** Captain Cold holds it against the Regime for killing the Rogues, especially his sister, but Wonder Woman throws his recriminations back at him by saying that it was Cold who turned his sister to crime in the first place — if she wasn't a supervillain, they'd have left her alone. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed, however]] considering that crimes were not punishable by death until she and Superman (whom she manipulated) started imposing said measures. Her claiming it's [[NeverMyFault Cold's fault]] is implying criminals like his sister getting killed [[BloodKnight is or should be the norm rather than the exception or an excessive punishment]].
** When Harley intervenes to save Cheetah's life, Wonder Woman calls Harley out for lecturing her about not killing considering Harley's violent history with the Joker.
** Cheetah more than once accuses Diana of being responsible for her curse. In a rare example of Diana's NeverMyFault behavior being justified, Diana correctly tells her that she only has herself to blame.
** Like the rest of the Regime, she doesn't believe in rehabilitation. That said, when she tells Poison Ivy that both she and Gorilla Grodd are irredeemable, it's hard to argue with her considering that the former betrayed and later tried to kill her best friend, and the latter sold out the entire Earth to [[OmnicidalManiac Brainiac]].
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Depending on how you feel towards Harley Quinn, Diana running Harley through with her sword can count as this. Even though she's part of Batman's Insurgency, she was still complicit in the nuking of Metropolis and the rise of the Regime itself, to say nothing of her bloody history prior to that.]]
* LadyMacbeth: Diana tried to fill the gap left by Lois' death and played a role in pushing Superman further down the path into darkness. [[spoiler:Scarecrow's fear toxin reveals that she's subconsciously aware of this.]]
* MercyKill: Attempts to do this to Cheetah, on the grounds that there is no cure for her curse.
* MightMakesRight: She believed in this even prior to Metropolis; see FreudianExcuse for details.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' To pacify man's world, Kal needed steel, not compassion!
* MiniDressOfPower: One of her many possible outfits resembles the one worn by her [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse cinematic counterpart]].
* MisBlamed: InUniverse. Her old friend Barbara Minerva blames her for the incident that caused her to become the Cheetah, but while Wonder Woman is guilty of many things, that isn't one of them. She attempts to point this out to her to no avail, and even Atrocitus throws in his two cents that Cheetah is responsible for her own state.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Supergirl still believes that the Regime and her cousin are good people, and Wonder Woman reluctantly decides to help the people to keep that façade up. After her battle with Cheetah, she gets into a scuffle with Harley Quinn over whether killing her is justified that ends with her impaling Harley on her sword, which leads Supergirl to abandon the Regime after realizing they're not what she first took them for.
* NotSoDifferent: From the criminals she despises, as both Batman and Harley Quinn point out. She reacts [[BerserkButton very poorly]] when this is brought up or otherwise just brushes it off.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' Listen to reason, Bruce.\\
'''Batman:''' You're the same as the thugs you kill.\\
'''Wonder Woman:''' The world's better without them!
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Her Ladder Ending heavily implies she decapitates Brainiac after defeating him, [[DecapitationPresentation then shows it off to the public who called for it]].]]
* PetTheDog: In some of her pre-battle dialogues with Cheetah she attempts to appeal to her old friend, going so far as to [[FirstNameBasis call her Barbara]], that she's on the wrong side and they don't have to fight. In Story Mode even her attempt to kill her old friend can be seen as this, since Diana views it as a MercyKill that will grant Minerva peace in death.
** Telling Blue Beetle and Firestorm that they fought valiantly during the attack on Superman's prison is probably the nicest thing she says during the entire story.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Subverted. Much like Superman, her costume features primary colors but she is still Superman's loyal enforcer, unlike her main universe counterpart. Many shaders are available to make her outfit match her outlook.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Her Arcade ending reveals she is still angry for being disowned by her Amazon sisters. After defeating Brainiac, she and the Regime conquer Themyscira and slaughter all opposition.]]
* RoyalBrat: Harley Quinn speculates that Diana was raised as one as a (at least partial) reason for her abrasive and violent nature.
-->'''Harley Quinn''': You always get to be the princess.\\
'''Wonder Woman''': I'm the Queen's daughter.\\
'''Harley Quinn''': [[ArmorPiercingQuestion So you always get your way?]]
* ShesGotLegs: While her default and most common leg gear is full leggings, it's possible to find gear to replicate "one piece swimsuit" look she's most famous for.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Not overt about it, but she's often seen alongside Black Adam.
* ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: Part of her ultimate move.
* TookALevelInKindness: While her character bio in the official website states she still supports the Regime, her voice acting suggests that she no longer has as much hostility toward those who stand against the Regime. She seems to be less up front in her abrasiveness in the main plot, as while she is in favor of killing criminals, she does so in order to protect others, not to bring them to heel.
* UndyingLoyalty: Remains loyal to Superman even in defeat.
* UngratefulTownsfolk: [[spoiler:Her Ladder Ending shows she sees Earth's people as {{Entitled Bastard}}s — she rants about how her Amazon sisters and all the others spat upon and condemned her when it suited them, only to beg for her to save them when Brainiac showed up. Fortunately for them, she still had enough idealism to give them what they asked for.]]
* WarriorPrincess: She is still one of the greatest warriors that the Amazons had ever created, and was their princess and ruler. Even if by the time of the events of the game she ended up being placed in exile after being disgraced by her heroic counterpart from the main universe, her former role is occasionally mentioned as proof of her badassery. [[spoiler:She brutally takes back her inheritance in her Arcade ending.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Cheetah.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' Must we fight again?\\
'''Cheetah:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat Last time, I promise.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Not now that she's TheExile, she can't. She seems almost sad about it at times.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cyborg]]
!!Victor "Vic" Stone[=/=]ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}
!!! '''Species''': Metahuman
!!! '''Voiced by''': Creator/KharyPayton, Carlos Hernández (Latin-American Spanish dub), Daniel Welbat (German dub), Daniel Lobé (French dub), Eduardo Borgerth (Brazilian dub)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyborg_8.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''Let's get this party started.'']]

Victor Stone, a star quarterback turned cybernetic superhero, turned once more when his fellow teenage superheroes were killed alongside most of Metropolis by the Joker. He fully understood Superman's conviction to kill all criminals from then on, even loyally following Superman as the Regime fell and they were imprisoned.
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* TheAestheticsOfTechnology: Granted, Cyborg has always been all about this trope, but his body in this game looks sleeker and more streamlined than it was in the first game.
* AffablyEvil: He’s one of the Regime's pleasant members and isn’t as much of a fascist fundamentalist as any of them despite his UndyingLoyalty to its leader, Superman. Deep down, he just wants to stop more people from watching their friends get killed, even if he believes the world needs a strict rule to reach it.
* ArmCannon: His signature sonic cannons, one in each arm.
* AntiVillain: Despite his siding with the Regime he's far less villainous and doesn't seem to ascribe to MightMakesRight like Superman and Wonder Woman. He's just determined to prevent another Metropolis (where many of his friends and fellow Titans died) at any cost. Heck, he’s actually a decent guy and is more of an antagonist than a villain.
* BadassBoast: Describes himself as the "pinnacle of scientific achievement" in certain intros.
* BaitTheDog: When Cyborg treats Harley Quinn against Ivy's pheromones during the story mode, a slight smile can be seen on his face after he realizes she is alive. This moment happens shortly after he tries to outright execute her.
* BrokenAce: Forget the gung ho Cyborg comic fans and fans of the animated show know and love. After losing his friends in Metropolis, this Cyborg has become bitter, sullen, and willing to follow Superman's authoritarian regime without question. Discussed in interactions with Green Arrow and Hellboy, who concede it'd be hard to stay cheery after watching your friends and an entire city get nuked to death.
* BrokenPedestal: Is this to Firestorm. Some dialogue with Superman implies that he is this to himself from time to time.
-->'''Superman:''' ''Now'' you have cold feet?\\
'''Cyborg:''' I need to ''know'' we're the good guys.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: At least one of his outfits has a stylized "C" as a ChestInsignia.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Some people call him a robot. While he's arguably a HollywoodCyborg, he is most definitely not a robot.
* CatchPhrase: His Arcade epilogue sees the return of two. [[spoiler:"Titans Together. Booyah."]]
* {{Cyborg}}: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, having only half of his head still organic.
* DaddyIssues: He is angry at his father for turning him into a cyborg, something Atrocitus sees as ungrateful.
* DeadpanSnarker: Seems to be tied with Robin for this role on Team Superman.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:After defeating Brainiac in the Arcade mode, Cyborg bonds with his ship and inherits all its knowledge, enabling him to return all the captured cities to their homes. He even gets acquainted with alternate versions of the Teen Titans.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Like Superman, his friends' deaths haunt him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: If chosen to fight Bane in the Story Mode, he tells him he disapproved of Superman recruiting criminals like him. Also during his battle intros with Black Adam, he makes it no secret he doesn't like seeing Black Adam in the Regime's ranks.
* EvilGenius: To Superman and his allies, since he is good with technology.
* FriendlyEnemy: Despite the fact both Barry and Starfire are in opposition to the regime he's working with, he's not much opposed to going out for pizza with them after fighting them, suggesting under the cynicism he has over losing the ones he loved, the old Victor isn't fully gone yet.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: The death of his friends was his initial motivation to help Superman, as he wants to ensure that there is never another Metropolis.
* KickTheDog: When Harley verbally wonders if Green Arrow and Black Canary (who at this point were captured by Brainiac) are still alive, Cyborg spitefully, and bluntly, suggests to her that they'll likely already dead, stating that Brainiac only collects the best of what planets he encounters, with Cyborg claiming Dinah and Ollie aren't 'the best' at anything.
* MagicalDefibrillator: He uses his arms as an improvised defibrillator to revive Harley when she goes into shock after inhaling Poison Ivy's pheromones.
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Seems to feel this way about Superman in his dialogue with Batman and John Stewart. John's quick to point out Victor never liked that excuse in the past.
* NobleDemon: Unlike the other Regime Remnants, he seems more resigned to having abandoned traditional heroics, to a point where Bane suggests he's grown [[NotSoDifferent a bit too similar to the criminals he seeks to put down]], and unlike the other Regimers, Cyborg doesn't deny how far he's fallen.
* NoWaterproofingInTheFuture: Averted and discussed in one of his intro quotes with Aquaman.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He's a supporter of Superman's oppressive Regime and his default shader makes his cybernetic eye glow red.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He's not pleased at the prospect of being escorted by Harley and Catwoman to the Batcave, one being directly responsible for Metropolis and the other being a criminal.
-->'''Cyborg:''' ''I'm'' taking you two to Arkham Asylum?\\
'''Harley Quinn:''' ''(Beat)'' Promise it won't be awkward or nothing.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems to be one of the few actually likable and redeemable Regime members around. Though he still is willing to kill criminals, it's clear he does think it's for the greater good and will keep more people from going through what he did..
* UngratefulBastard: Per his backstory, Silas Stone turned his son into Cyborg after a lab accident, and Cyborg resents him for what it cost him. Atrocitus thus accuses him of being this for not appreciating his father's efforts to keep him alive.
* VillainHasAPoint:
** When accused of being Superman's most loyal ally by Aquaman and when Green Arrow comments his Cyborg was more mellow, he bluntly tells them both that it's because of what happened to the Titans in Metropolis. They each concede the point. Hellboy notices his dour demeanor and also concedes the point when Cyborg brings Metropolis up.
** He is skeptical of working with Black Adam, certain he will abandon the Regime once it no longer serves his purposes. [[spoiler:That's exactly what happens in Adam's Ladder Ending, where he stabs Superman in the back by switching to Ra's al Ghul's side for a chance to use the Lazarus Pits to resurrect his dead wife.]]
* VillainousFriendship: Has this with Damian, though Damian doesn't wish to admit it to himself.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Is offered this many times by Brainiac who finds him fascinating; luckily EvenEvilHasStandards and Cyborg always refuses.
* WouldHitAGirl: If he fights a brainwashed Harley Quinn in the Story Mode, he tries to kill her after defeating her, only to be stopped by Catwoman.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Brainiac reminds him of his father.
-->'''Brainiac:''' How am ''I'' similar to Silas Stone?\\
'''Cyborg:''' He was cold and emotionless too.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Black Adam]]
!![[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Teth-Adam]][=/=]ComicBook/BlackAdam
!!! '''Species:''' Metahuman
!!! '''Voiced by''': Joey Naber, Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin-American Spanish dub), Fritz Rott (German dub), Pierre Tessier (French), Luca Sandri (Italian), Marcelo Pissardini (Brazilian dub)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_adam.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''Good and evil are not constants. They are defined by those with power.'']]

Black Adam is the king of Kahndaq, a Middle Eastern country built upon the Rock of Eternity. Kahndaq is a harsh dictatorship, meaning Adam allied with Superman's Regime quite easily. His rule also gave him immunity to prosecution once the Regime fell, meaning he remains one of the few Regime members at large.

The Rock of Eternity, alongside the gods of Egypt, grant Adam an incredible magical power he controls by shouting "SHAZAM!" While his magic gives him flight and strength, he mainly channels his power into summoning lightning and creating electrical balls that he can launch at will.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Adam is usually portrayed as a tyrant who rules Kahndaq with an iron fist and wants to destroy every other life he considers beneath himself (namely everyone else outside of his own kingdom). In Injustice 2, [[spoiler:he joins the heroes to stop Brainiac without hesitation and even comes up with the idea of using the Rock of Eternity's power to bring down the shield of his ship.]] He also shows many signs of TheGoodKing, outright stating to [[spoiler:Grodd]] that a true leader serves his people.
* AGodAmI: Outright calls himself a god thanks to the power he has from the gods of Egypt.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: He gives Doctor Fate a pretty decent verbal gut-punch for abetting Brainiac and the Lords of Order (who support Brainiac).
-->'''Black Adam''': Relinquish that helm to me.\\
'''Doctor Fate''': You would corrupt its power.\\
'''Black Adam''': Its power has corrupted you.

* AntiVillain: He's not a bad person, just loyal to the Regime and myopic about Kahndaq's welfare.
* BadassBoast: What he states to Supergirl.
-->'''Black Adam:''' You are not my equal.
* BadassCape: Is now sporting one as his default after the last game.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the [[ComicBook/Injustice2 prequel comic book]]. He presents himself to Kara as a kindly, friendly father figure who grants her sanctuary in his kingdom, as well as frame the rest of the Regime in a more positive light. He drops the act when she turns on the Regime.
* BrokenPedestal: He presented himself to Kara as a good mentor, giving her sanctuary in his kingdom, and whitewashing the Regime in the prequel comics. [[spoiler:But once Supergirl realized the truth, she calls him, Robin and Superman out for their crimes.]]
* ChestInsignia: Like Shazam, a lightning bolt.
* CoDragons: With Wonder Woman to Superman after he takes Yellow Lanterns’s place.
* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:His Arcade mode reveals that his wife Isis was killed during Brainiac's attack on Kahndaq, so he accepts an offer from Ra's al Ghul, whose name means "Demon's Head," to resurrect Isis in exchange for his help in defeating the Regime.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: While Black Adam wasn't a saint to begin with, [[spoiler:the death of his wife Isis in his Arcade ending makes him further sink into despair, prompting him to join forces with Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins for a shot at reviving his queen.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: In [[spoiler:Batman's ending]], Black Adam at one point has Batman held high in the air before mockingly dropping him... whereupon Batman uses his cape to glide harmlessly to the ground.
* DiplomaticImpunity: The reason Black Adam was able to escape prosecution after the regime fell was due to his status as the ruler of Kahndaq and uses his nation to shield Regime loyalists from prosecution.
* DragonAscendant: Since his country has become a haven for the Regime Remnants, he's more or less the temporary leader of the Regime during Superman's absence.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's a former supervillain and his rule is implied by most of the cast to be very harsh and dictatorial, but even he is disgusted by Grodd's lack of concern for lives in Gorilla City.
* EvilWearsBlack: As if you couldn't tell by the name.
* FallenHero: He used to be the original wielder of the Power of Shazam, but lost his way. He stands out from other Regime members due to having gone evil long before the Joker destroyed Metropolis, unlike all the others.
* ForcedIntoEvil: ZigZagged, While he had already long fallen to evil before the destruction of Metropolis he was also forced to join Superman's regime after [[SadisticChoice he threatened to destroy Kahndaq if he did not]]. At the same time, he does seem to agree with the ideals of the regime to some extent. And is shown in the game to stick with it even after Superman is locked up.
* TheGoodKing: As far as it seems. Like Aquaman, Adam's first priority is always the protection of Kahndaq, and he's willing to go through a great deal to protect it. In fact, besides Supergirl and arguably Superman, he's the only member of the Regime whose primary motivation is still staunchly the protection of others. Unsurprisingly, he and Arthur seem to get along reasonably well even though Aquaman is no longer part of the Regime.
-->'''Grodd''': Look at us. Three kings...\\
'''Aquaman''': A king, Grodd? You're a brute.\\
'''Black Adam''': A true leader serves his people. You only serve yourself.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''Atrocitus:''' You're a tyrant, Adam!\\
'''Black Adam:''' A title I proudly wear.
* LightningCanDoAnything: Including turning your powers on and off.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: While Adam was never a saint to begin with, in his Arcade Ending, [[spoiler:he joins forces with Ra's al Ghul, who wants to create a world that is heavily implied to be even worse than Superman's Regime, for a chance to use the Lazarus Pit to resurrect his queen who died during Brainiac's invasion. He even says outright that getting Isis back is worth any cost to him, including stabbing Superman in the back and (as seen in the cutscene itself) delivering Batman to Ra's.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: He takes advantage of Supergirl being LockedOutOfTheLoop to convince her that the Regime is a force for good to have her free Wonder Woman from her imprisonment at Themyscira and help attack the prison where Superman, Robin and Cyborg are imprisoned. Supergirl is [[BrokenPedestal not pleased]] when she later finds out.
* MightMakesRight: He's got the power of six gods - ''of course'' he deserves to rule.
* MonumentalDamage: His supermove involves smashing his opponent into an Egyptian pyramid, crashing through the roof with them, then blasting them with enough lightning to detonate the entire pyramid as collateral damage.
* MoralMyopia: When Atrocitus says his victims demand justice, Adam replies that Kahndaq's enemies are not victims.
* OddFriendship: Even in the context of Superman being a FallenHero, it's still strange to see him allying with Adam. Lampshaded.
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' Never saw you and Supes as buddies.\\
'''Black Adam:''' [[JustifiedTrope Thank your lover for that.]]
* TheTeamBenefactor: Keeps the Regime safe by providing them a safe haven with his own country, Kahndaq.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Not overt about it, but he's often seen alongside Wonder Woman.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Taking into account his past, at any rate. Even though the Regime as whole aren't good people (with the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Supergirl]]), Black Adam technically qualifies as this, since he is the only active member who used to be a supervillain. [[DownplayedTrope Emphasis on]] ''[[DownplayedTrope technically,]]'' as he's also an AntiVillain who could well have been the TokenGoodTeammate were it not for Supergirl occupying that spot.
* TokenMinority: Sort of. He's not the only nonwhite character in the game, but he is the only Middle Eastern one.
* UnreliableNarrator: He tells Kara about Superman's downfall in the prequel comic, about how he lost his loved ones to a great evil, was betrayed by his best friend Batman who imprisoned him with alternative worlds' duplicates. Notably, much of what he says is true FromACertainPointOfView, but it's all [[SelfServingMemory distorted to make the Regime seem sympathetic]] to Supergirl.
* VillainousWidowsPeak: Black Adam has a widow's peak like his mainstream counterpart, which is visible because he grew his hair.
* WhatIsEvil: When questioned by Supergirl on how he can support the murders carried out by the Regime, Black Adam scoffs at the idea that any adult would believe in right and wrong, due to his belief that morality is decided by the whims of the powerful.
* WorthyOpponent: Considers Sub-Zero this, according to their pre-battle interactions, saying he can't "deny a worthy foe".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robin / Nightwing]]
!!Damian Wayne[=/=]ComicBook/{{Robin}} IV[=/=]ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} II
!!! '''Species''': Human
!!! '''Voiced by''': Creator/ScottPorter, Hector Emmanuel Gomez Gil(Latin-American Spanish dub), Konrad Bösherz (German), Bruno Méyère (French), Manolo Rey (Brazilian dub)
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/robin_95.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''I'm your only son, old man.'']]

Tired of his father's (in his mind) arbitrary decision not to kill, Damian Wayne took after his mother and adopted the tactics of an assassin in order to serve under a new father, Superman, and kill the worst of humanity, even if it means rotting in prison for some time.

As Robin, Damian uses his katana and explosive shurikens to cut down his opponents, with his trait allowing him to plant shurikens like mines. However, with a certain gear piece, Damian can gain a new trait that gives him Nightwing's electric staff and completely changes his attacks to match.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Robin is easily the most obnoxious and loathsome character in the game's roster, even topping Wonder Woman in terms of being unlikable ([[AlphaBitch which says a lot]]).
* AccidentalMurder: Of Dick Grayson. He's still hurting over it, and gets upset when people are flippant about it.
-->'''Robin:''' I didn't murder Dick, Bruce!\\
'''Batman:''' No, your temper did, Damian.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Despite Damian Wayne normally being a [[BrattyHalfPint violent, bratty child]] whose upbringing with the League of Shadows he's portrayed as genuinely proud to be Batman's son and with a relationship that's generally positive despite their differences. The ''Injustice'' version already has Damian's temper being more pronounced, but he completely [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] after his AccidentalMurder of Dick Grayson, becoming such a fanatical KnightTemplar in the name of fighting crime to the degree where even Superman tries to rein in his violent, extremist behavior.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: This version of Damian retains his comic counterpart's ego, but also gives him a level of casual snark (best seen in the flashback with him and his father) that is otherwise uncharacteristic of Damian [[CompositeCharacter and more in line with one of the other Robins]].
* AdvertisedExtra: Of sorts. He is Robin on the game's main roster and in all the advertising, but in the story he's only Robin during the prologue chapter. For the entire rest of the story, he's Nightwing, which he can be in other modes with the right gear pieces and ability equipped, but those all have to be unlocked.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He's still conflicting with Batman after the AccidentalMurder of Dick Grayson.
* AntagonistInMourning: [[spoiler:In his Arcade ending, he is shown grieving over the death of his father and takes up the mantle of Batman to honour his memory.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Damian delivers ''two'' to Batman in the first chapter. See JerkassHasAPoint for details.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: His match intros regularly portray this, expressing heavy confidence in his abilities, a low opinion of his opponents, and the occasional [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] of his own ego.
* AttentionWhore: Red Hood accuses him of being this in one of their intros, but Damian doesn't deny it.
* BadassBoast: "I've kicked ass since day one!"
* BadassNormal: Robin mainly relies on his gadgets and sword skills to fight.
* BattleBoomerang: Uses a variety of birdarangs in combat, including SmokeOut markers and explosives.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: As both the prequel comic and the game can attest, Damian has a pretty bad one. His grandfather Ra's al Ghul? A ruthlessly misanthropic ecoterrorist who has repeatedly plotted to murder billions of people allegedly for the good of the environment. His mother Talia? She did genuinely love him, but she conceived him via date rape drug and did terrible things to him as a child to make him a {{Tykebomb}}. His sister Athanasia? She's even more rude, violent and crazy than he is. His biological and surrogate fathers Batman and Superman? We'd be here all day. Captain Cold hangs a massive lampshade on this in one pre-battle intro with him.
* ButNotTooForeign: Being the son of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul, he's officially half white, half indeterminate Asian.
* ButtMonkey: Of all the characters in ''Injustice 2'' Damian is on the receiving end of the most insults, condescending comments and snarking about his age and daddy issues. The Insurgency heroes, the Society, his ''[[TheFriendNobodyLikes Regime teammates]]'', and most of the DLC characters all pile on him in battle intros, clashes, and even in the story mode at times.
-->'''Green Lantern:''' Know your role, Junior.\\
'''Robin:''' Time you showed me some respect!\\
'''Green Lantern:''' Okay then, ''Mister'' Junior.
** Meta-wise, he's also the go-to guy for new DLC fighters to beat up in their reveal trailers. In other words, he became the game's official punching bag.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Pretty much all of his intro interactions with Batman reek of this trope. In the story mode's first chapter, which is a flashback that takes place before both games, he criticizes Bruce's [[ThouShaltNotKill no-kill rule]] due to the fact that Batman has no problem [[FateWorseThanDeath severely crippling his enemies]], and then uses all of Joker's victims as evidence that Batman's [[SuperheroParadox solutions]] [[CardboardPrison don't]] [[JokerImmunity work]].
* CoolSword: Wields a sword as his primary weapon.
* DaddyIssues: His relationship with his biological father is ''fraught'' with issues. See YoureNotMyFather and WellDoneSonGuy below.
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of his lines are in bitter snark. ''Especially'' towards his Dad.
* DominoMask: As per tradition for any Robin.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: For all the negativity Damian directs towards his father and associated allies, he has nothing but positive things to say about his mother, stating that he takes after her during story mode.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As of #42 of Injustice 2 comic, when he learns that Amazo wipes out a town, he disagrees with this method and confronts Ra's.
** In Injustice Vs. Masters of the Universe, he realized that Superman cared nothing for Supergirl, even though she was the last of his family. The way Superman used her reminded him of what Ra's al Ghul did to him, causing him to turn on the Regime [[spoiler: and don the mantle of Batman]].
* {{Expy}}: This portrayal of Damian is remarkably similar to [[Franchise/MortalKombat Frost]], with them both being [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant]], ill-tempered jerkasses of students who heavily criticize their mentors' beliefs and training methods while also claiming martial superiority over their mentors despite consistently losing to said mentors more times than not.
* FamilyOfChoice: A bad variation. He considers [[BewareTheSuperman Superman]] to be his ''true'' father over Batman, his actual father.
* FatalFlaw: As lampshaded by his intros with [[Franchise/MortalKombat Sub-Zero]] and Mr. Freeze, Damian has succumbed to his passions completely, became an AttentionWhore, and let anger cloud his mind.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** See ButtMonkey and NoRespectGuy. Batman has still disowned him and it's a given that most of Batman's allies dislike him as a member of the Regime, but even most of his teammates in the ''Regime'' mock or insult him in battle intros. And some of the Society's members [[EvenEvilHasStandards call him out on]] [[WhatTheHellHero betraying his father]].
** Lampshaded in this clash quote against Deadshot:
--->'''Robin:''' Who put a hit on me?\\
'''Deadshot:''' Anyone who's ever met you.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation:
** His default outfit for regular matches is his Robin outfit... which he only wears for the story mode's flashback chapter. In the story proper, he continues to don the Nightwing mantle.
** It is also shown multiple times in the story mode that he is clearly the Regime's weakest member by far (due to being their only normal human member with no superpowers and also lacking the many years of experience and access to more advanced gadgets that allow other normal human characters like Batman or Green Arrow to still hold their own against enemies of much higher power levels), which is why he is largely treated as an afterthought who quickly fades into the background once bigger threats like Brainiac show up. But in actual gameplay outside of the story mode, he is just as capable as anyone else of fighting on an even playing field against anyone in the game's roster.
** While this could apply to ''most'' characters, Damian's clashing animation is him striking with a sword at his opponent. This wouldn't be so bad with superpowered individuals, but this has the side effect of making characters like [[BadassNormal Harley Quinn and Black Canary]] downright stop it with their arm ''remarkable''.
* HairTriggerTemper: Like you wouldn't believe. Beyond his easily pressed [[BerserkButton berserk buttons]] showing him ''any'' disrespect is liable to set him off quickly. It's bad enough that Superman even flat-out tells Damien that Batman wasn't wrong to tell him he needs to learn to rein in his temper.
* HateSink: His [[ItsAllAboutMe colossal ego]], combined with his [[PsychopathicManchild immaturity and sociopathy]], as well as his [[AttentionWhore excessively brutal desire for attention]] and massive HairTriggerTemper make the most unlikable character in the game, [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating both by the characters in-game and the players]].
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: To such a degree that even ''Superman'' is put off by his brutality, particularly when he kills Victor Zsasz in a manner disturbingly reminiscent of an execution.
* HistoryRepeats: [[spoiler:Just like the murder of Bruce's parents made him become Batman, when Damian's father is killed by Brainiac in his Arcade Ending, he adopts the mantle as well]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: He ridicules the Flash, calling him a traitor, and yet was all to willing to betray his own father for Superman. Several characters even call him out on it in some of their intros.
* HypocriticalHumor: His comments that people call him cocky/complain about his ego are either this or self-aware {{Hypocrisy Nod}}s.
* IResembleThatRemark: This exchange with Harley Quinn.
-->'''Harley Quinn:''' You look part [[EmoTeen emo]] and part {{Goth}}.
-->'''Robin:''' I'm aware I [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette fit]] [[NinetiesAntiHero certain]] [[ByronicHero stereotypes.]]
* InTheHood: His headgear consists of a domino mask and hood combination.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''Black Canary:''' Thank ''God'' I don't have a kid like you.\\
'''Robin:''' You're too ''mediocre'' to have a kid like me.
* IronicEcho: Many of his clash quotes with the Joker end with him saying, "Shut it, clown!" - his father said the same thing to the Joker in the first game, also in a clash quote.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Zig-Zagged. He seems to be genuinely loyal to Superman, but Batman claims he's only protecting his own ego at this point. The game doesn't really offer a definitive answer, presenting evidence in both directions.
* ItsPersonal: His hatred for the Joker rivals that of Superman's.
-->'''Robin:''' '''Die''', you sick twisted maniac!
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** He hurls several rude but hard to argue with questions and statements [[CallingTheOldManOut at Batman]], starting with asking if he would have taken the HeWhoFightsMonsters route if the Joker had killed his son and nuked Gotham, through observing how brutal Batman is in spite of his no-kill rule to ripping said rule to shreds by pointing out its large body-count caused by mercy towards the likes of Victor Zsasz and the Joker — all this in the first chapter alone!
** Later, when Batman looks perturbed over not being told Superman has a cousin, Damian points out Batman knows all about keeping secrets and has no business getting snotty that someone kept one from him.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He has one, and it's central to his fighting style and moves.
* KnightTemplar: The murders of Jason and Lois, combined with the nuking Metropolis puts him over the edge, [[TautologicalTemplar so much so]] that he's a NoRespectGuy.
* LegacyCharacter: He has been known as both Robin and Nightwing. [[spoiler:In his Arcade ending, he becomes the new Batman after Bruce dies in the fight against Brainiac. The ''ComicBook/InjusticeVsMastersOfTheUniverse'' comic has him as Batman as well.]]
* LikeFatherLikeSon: As several characters point out, between his [[ArrogantKungFuGuy arrogant confidence]], brooding nature, short fuse and intolerance of criminals, he's more like his father than he'd like to admit. [[BerserkButton Just don't tell him that.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: As part of his rant against Batman, he slits the throat of Victor Zsasz in front of him to make a point.
-->'''Robin:''' Problem solved. Who's next?
* NoRespectGuy: Most characters, especially those on Batman's side, talk down to him in intros, not helped by his easily-provoked ego. Part of this is because he was willing to betray his father in favor of Superman, repeatedly scoffed at Batman's no-kill rule, combined with his willingness to execute criminals in cold blood.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Admits in one of his intros with Harley Quinn that he falls within certain stereotypes (namely, Goth and Emo).
* OedipusComplex: Has fond memories of his mother, but harbors a deep hatred and contempt for his father and feels much closer to his replacement father figure. Firestorm outright calls him "Oedipus".
-->'''Catwoman:''' I met Talia once.\\
'''Damian:''' No woman could surpass her!\\
'''Catwoman:''' That's why you don't have a girlfriend.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: His philosophy and why he supports Superman's Regime. He executes Zsasz early on in the story and expresses such intentions in many of his interactions (at least, to people he considers evil, counting his father and associated allies).
* PlotIrrelevantVillain: After the first chapter he contributes basically nothing to the plot (in fact him and Batman don't even speak apart from one interaction about Supergirl, which is one-sided no less). Outside of minor background appearances, he only shows up twice to get his ass kicked and then completely disappears from the plot without so much as a mention of him. The fact that he's the only Regime member you never play as in the story mode further cements him as this.
* PsychopathicManchild: A pretty noticeable example, Robin is a delusional, [[AxCrazy psychotically murderous]] BloodKnight with an [[ManChild incredibly childish demeanor]], plotting to murder Batman (his own father) and is a TautologicalTemplar whose methods are '''''so''''' extreme, nobody likes him, [[EvenEvilHasStandards which is evident by how Superman becomes disgusted by Zsasz's murder]]. Remorseless, petulant and unhinged, Robin is easily [[HateSink the most obnoxious and loathsome character]] in the game's roster, even topping Wonder Woman in terms of being unlikable. It's all to the point where Batman [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] Robin's psychopathic and immature behavior:
-->'''Batman:''' When you're gonna grow up?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: To Batman after losing his patience with his father's opposition to killing Arkham's inmates.
-->'''Robin:''' You ''coward''. We are at ''war'' with these animals! You think you're better than [[KnightTemplar him]]?! ''[pointing to Superman]'' [[MurderByInaction You let the Joker keep on killing!]] You couldn't save Lois, or Jason, or '''anyone!'''
* {{Retcon}}: While his accidental murder of Dick Grayson is acknowledged, it's established in one flashback scene that he turned on Batman when Superman attacked Arkham with his allies and Robin decided to side with them by executing Zsasz in cold blood, even though the latter would only die years later in the tie-in comic. Damian was also just thirteen years old during these events in the comics and looked it, whereas his Robin appearance in the game uses the same overall model and voice as the present day sections where he's Nightwing, meaning [[VagueAge its not clear just how old Damian is supposed to be in these scenes]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Quite often to the Joker, in their clash quotes.
-->'''Joker:''' Your pick: dynamite or crowbar?\\
'''Robin:''' Shut it, clown!
* SmokeOut: Robin can throw markers on the ground to smoke out from one location to another, and use the technique in his victory animation, leaving behind his sword.
* SocialDarwinist: Implied to be the case in one of his intros with Superman, though Supes disagrees with his sentiments.
-->'''Superman''': Everything isn't a competition.\\
'''Robin''': Yes, it is. Only the strong survive.\\
'''Superman''': The strong protect the weak.
* TheTeamNormal: In the company of four {{flying brick}}s and a technopath, he is the only Regime member with no superpowers.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Arguably moreso than Black Adam, as while all the other Regime members (even Adam) emphasize the Regime's intentions of making Earth safe at any cost, Most of Damian's dialogue heavily suggests he's more interested in proving his father (and anyone who sides with him) wrong about his no-killing rule as well as validating his own ego.
* TokenHuman: On a team consisting of two Kryptonians, an Amazonian demigoddess, a literal cyborg, and a magic-wielder, he's the only one who is completely human.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: See NotSoDifferent; he's more like his father than he'd like to admit and does ''not'' like having this pointed out. It comes full circle in [[spoiler:his arcade ending, where he dons the mantle of Batman.]]
* {{Tykebomb}}: As mentioned in dialogue, Damian was trained from birth by the League of Assassins. Batman attempted DefusingTheTykebomb, but it didn't work and Robin ended up siding with the Regime.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The tie-in prequel comic revealed that despite being raised as an assassin, Damian actually did very well as a superhero by saving innocent lives and helping people without expecting reward.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Zigzagged. Some intros with various characters have him express disgust and hatred towards his father, while many intros with Batman have him seeking his father's forgiveness and respect.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The prequel comic reveals that he used to have a pretty strong friendship with Kara.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:After his scuffle with Supergirl, Damian completely disappears from the plot without so much as a mention of him for the rest of the game.]]
* YoureNotMyFather: When he earns his father's ire by killing Victor Zsasz, he makes a point of telling Batman that he never raised him; the League of Assassins did. He would afterword note that Superman had been more a father to him than Batman ever was.
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'''Cheetah:''' [[FalseReassurance Last time, I promise.]]

* ForcedIntoEvil: ZigZagged, While he had already fallen to evil before the destruction of Metropolis he was also forced to join Superman's regime after [[SadisticChoice he threatened to destroy Kahndaq if he did not]]. At the same time though he does seem to some extent, to agree with the ideals of the Regime and is shown in the game to stick with it even after Superman is locked up.

* DiplomaticImpunity: Adam uses his nation to shield Regime loyalists from prosecution.

* PetTheDog: When Cyborg treats Harley Quinn against Ivy's pheromones during the story mode, a slight smile can be seen on his face after he realizes she is alive. Strangely enough, this moment happens shortly after he tries to outright execute her.

* CoDragons: With Wonder Woman to Superman after he takes Yellow Lanterns]’s place.

* CoDragons: With Black Adam to Superman after Black Adam took Yellow Lanterns place.

* CoDragons: With Wonder Woman to Superman after he takes Yellow Lanterns place.

* CantTakeCriticism: Collectively, this serves as their biggest BerserkButton, as they loathe it whenever Batman's side points out their flaws. In turn, they hurl {{Armor Piercing Question}}s about them clinging on to ThouShaltNotKill, and how Batman's leniency towards the Joker counts as repeated MurderByInaction. For example:

** The DarkChick: Supergirl, the NaiveNewcomer and TokenGoodTeammate of the group who's LateToTheParty and just wants to be a hero the good old-fashioned way like her colleagues used to be. [[spoiler:Becomes a SixthRangerTraitor by ultimately siding with Batman on the matter of Brainiac's fate, and joining the Justice League if Batman wins. But if Superman wins, he forces her back into the fold by ordering her to become TheDragon to his restored Regime, [[UnwillingRoboticization threatening to cyborgize her]] if she refuses.]]

* UnwittingPawn: He continues to be one for [[GreaterScopeVillain the Joker]] despite the fact that the Injustice version of the Clown Prince is long gone. Superman can't fathom that the Joker's only goals were to [[TheCorrupter prove Superman's ideals and morality wrong]], and to spread wanton chaos regardless of whether or not he survived. Doctor Fate even notes that the Joker's scheme is succeeding so well that Superman's chaotic world is causing the Lords of Order to [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom give up on humanity itself]], hence their backing Brainiac. The Joker even lampshades it:

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In both the Absolute Power ending and in Superman's ladder ending, it's left vague as to whether she reluctantly joined the Regime under pain of death or was forcibly converted into a brainwashed robot.]]

** In the "Absolute Power" ending, [[spoiler:Superman threatens her to turn into a brainwashed minion like he did with Batman if she refuses to become TheDragon to his newly restored regime.]]

* 0%ApprovalRating: Robin is easily the most obnoxious and loathsome character in the game's roster, even topping Wonder Woman in terms of being unlikable ([[AlphaBitchwhich says a lot]]).

* AffablyEvil: He’s one of the Regime's pleasant members and isn’t as much of a fascist fundamentalist as any of them despite his UndyingLoyalty to its leader, Superman.

* BrokenAce: Forget the gung ho Cyborg comic fans and fans of the animated show know and love. After losing his friends in Metropolis, this Cyborg has become bitter, sullen, and willing to follow Superman's authoritarian regime without question.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Seems to feel this way about Superman in his dialogue with Batman and John Stewart.

* TokenGoodTeammate: He seems to be one of the few actually likable and redeemable Regime members around, though he still is willing to kill criminals.

!!Teth-Adam[=/=]ComicBook/BlackAdam

[[folder:Robin IV / Nightwing II / Batman II]]
!!Damian Wayne[=/=]ComicBook/{{Robin}}

[[header:Clark Kent[=/=]Kal-El[=/=]Franchise/{{Superman}}]]

[[header:Kara Zor-El[=/=]Franchise/{{Supergirl}}]]

[[header:Diana of Themyscira[=/=]Franchise/WonderWoman]]

[[header:Victor Stone[=/=]ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}]]

[[header:Teth-Adam[=/=]ComicBook/BlackAdam]]

[[header:Damian Wayne[=/=]ComicBook/{{Robin}}]]

* KnightTemplar: The murders of Jason and Lois, combined with the nuking Metropolis puts him over the edge.

* TheDragon: Formerly CoDragons with Yellow Lantern, now the sole dragon to Superman after Hal's HeelFaceTurn.

* TheDragon: Seems to be this as Superman's most faithful ally.

** He also cares about Bruce to a small extent. Whilst the care they have for each other aren’t enough to end the conflict between the Regime and the Insurgency, it was strong enough that [[spoiler:Superman didn’t kill Batman when given the opportunity to do so and decided to just put him under his control in his Absolute Power Ending.]] If anything, Batman and Superman want to be on the same side again, but their varying ideals make it clear it’s [[TearJerker too late for that.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[LoveMakesYouEvil Clinging on to]] ILetGwenStacyDie and being cynical about traditional heroics all stop him from redeeming himself. Most notably, during his story mode ending, [[spoiler:he questions how Green Lantern can be standing against him as Coast City remained trapped in Brainiac's collection, believes the Flash and Green Lantern abandoned the Regime due to a lack of willpower, and ignores Supergirl's repeated attempts to appeal to his kinder side. Clark's anger and rage have clouded his mind, and his ruthlessness and extremism caused Barry and Hal to lose faith in him.]] In addition, he doesn't understand that, in part due to ''his'' StartOfDarkness taking her [[TheCorrupter Corrupter]] out of the picture, Harley Quinn is legitimately reformed.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When confronting the Flash in the "Absolute Power" ending, [[EvilCannotComprehendGood he accuses him of causing everything after "losing his nerve"]], not realizing that Flash had begun to lose his nerve long ago after seeing how extreme he was becoming.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: She was set up as the new main protagonist by the trailers depicting her as the member of the House of El that is an actual example of TheCape unlike her cousin, as well as being featured in the game's opening scene surviving Krypton's destruction. Instead, she's only playable in the story in Chapter 9, which has little consequence outside of her personal development. Instead, the game once again focuses more upon her cousin, Superman, and his rivalry with Batman, and how that relationship changes in response to the threat of Brainiac.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When confronted by Blue Beetle and Firestorm in story mode, Robin thinks his estranged father's standards have "sunk" to let these "noobs" join in just to impress Batman.