History Characters / GLRedLanternCorps

Superman's cousin ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} became a Red Lantern in ''Supergirl'' #28, with her first appearance with the Reds being in ''Red Lanterns'' 28. She has been through some hard times and after a battle with Lobo, her rage reached the point of attracting a ring of red. See [[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter her character page for more info]].

* SuperpowerLottery: She's a Kryptonian who had the powers of a Red Lantern on top. This made her one of the most powerful Lanterns out there. In blind rage, she was able to fight several Lanterns at once, both Red and Green, before being restrained once she was brought to Ysmault.
** Subverted, at least as far as her Lantern powers are concerned, since she eventually renounced her red ring and thereby lost the abilities it had granted her.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: When Atrocitus revealed that two of her former potential suitors directed the Sinestro corps member that raped her to her, she killed one and attempted CruelMercy with the other one before Atrocitus killed him himself.

* FallenAngel: Comes from a species that looks like angels, so she evokes the imagery.

* SssssnakeTalk: Dex-Starr tends to stretch out certain letters, especially S's, when he speaks. This mimics the hissing of a cat.

* LogicalWeakness: Anger is on the far end of the emotional spectrum, so Red Lanterns are vulnerable to light from the other end. The Blue Light of hope can restart their hearts and separate them from the ring and love (which exists farthest from anger) can kill them instantly.

* ThatManIsDead: Many Red Lanterns hold this belief as regards the people they were before they took up a Red Ring, and the trope holds more weight than it usually does. [[DespairEventHorizon The kind]] [[RageBreakingPoint of trauma]] that attracts a Red Ring is a life-changing event ''without'' the intervention of alien {{Blood|Magic}} MagiTek, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore you couldn't just go on with your life like it never happened]]. Physiologically, putting on a Red Ring pretty much kills you, shriveling your heart and expelling your blood, replacing it with burning hot plasma pumped by the Ring. And since most Red Lanterns spend at least some time after getting their Rings as mindless berserkers, it's not hard to see why they might consider themselves little more than the animated corpses of the people they used to be. Which puts an interesting spin on the line "''Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead''."

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: All of the Reds. They were all fairly decent people before the Universe decided to piss all over them! They are all victims of some of the cruelest acts inflicted ever inflicted and you’d want to give them a hug if they weren’t so dangerous!

* DatingCatwoman: Enters this relationship with Guy Gardener during his stint with the Red Lanterns.

** Had this happen in ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'' as well; in fact, she [[spoiler: has an outright Heel Realization/My God What Have I Done moment when Simon cures her of her Rage, going on about how she had thought that she was "fighting injustice" but had been actually "perpetuating it", and very nearly killing herself in remorse for her past actions. It didn't seem to last at first, but it turns out she was just pretending so Atrocitus wouldn't kill her.]]

%%* EvilCounterpart: ComicBook/TheSpectre sees him as this.%%As what?

* NoPronunciationGuide: Although his name reads as "Zill-ee-us", the animated series pronounces his name as "Zih-lie-us".

Introduced in ''Red Lanterns'' #25, Itro is a massive Red Lantern whose species was wiped out by other inhabitants on his planet. His rage attracted a Red Lantern ring, which he used to destroy the race that did the same to his. Afterwards, Atrocitus and Dexx-Star find him, planning to use him in their quest to take back the Red Lantern Corps from Guy Gardner [[spoiler:by killing Itro and using his ring to re-power Atrocitus]].

* AnAxeToGrind: Butcher's preferred weapon when he takes a humanoid host is an executioner's axe.

* EvilCounterpart: He serves as this to Alan Scott, down to having a similar costume and a daughter.

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* MsFanservice: It's often been pointed out that she's frequently drawn in ways that [[MaleGaze emphasize her curvaceous rear end]] (though it's worth noting that this was most prominent when Ed Benes was drawing her). On top of the focus given to her HartmanHips, she wears a [[SensualSpandex skintight]] LeotardOfPower, cut high on the hip and paired with thigh-high boots to show ShesGotLegs, and the MostCommonSuperpower. This leads to [[https://why-i-love-comics.tumblr.com/post/622315288020598784/blue-beetle-9-the-enemy-of-my-enemy-2012 a particularly amusing moment]] when she pins down the teenage Jaime Reyes ComicBook/BlueBeetle in an unintentionally suggestive position, at which point his teen boy hormones take over and he gets an erection, creating a very awkward situation for the both of them.

* CatsAreMean: You would be too if you went through what he did. Supposedly, Dex-Starr is the most sadistic and vicious of the Red Lanterns.

** The franchise ''really'' loves this trope, taking it UpToEleven in ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'': [[spoiler:Simon heals her of her Rage, causing her to have a HeelRealization - and in the process, his healing actually gives her back her intact feathered wings. When this winds up being temporary, she instantly regains her skeletal wings, for no apparent reason other than to emphasize that she's turned back from the side of good]]

* MsFanservice: It's often been pointed out that she's frequently drawn in ways that [[MaleGaze emphasize her curvaceous rear end]] (though it's worth noting that this was most prominent when Ed Benes was drawing her). On top of the focus given to her HartmanHips, she wears a [[SensualSpandex skintight]] LeotardOfPower, cut high on the hip and paired with thigh-high boots to show ShesGotLegs, and the MostCommonSuperpower.

** The franchise ''really'' loves this trope, taking it UpToEleven in ''ComicBook/GreenLanterns'': [[spoiler: Simon heals her of her Rage, causing her to have a HeelRealization - and in the process, his healing actually gives her back her intact feathered wings. When this winds up being temporary, she instantly regains her skeletal wings, for no apparent reason other than to emphasize that she's turned back from the side of good]]

* BullSeeingRed: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] via VisualPun; his true form resembles a bull, but he '''is''' red instead of seeing something red.
* TheButcher: He certainly is.

* EmotionEater: As might be expected, he draws power from anger.
* EvilCounterpart: Comicbook/TheSpectre sees him as this.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Implied to have been created by [[Literature/TheBible Cain's murder of Abel]]. One wonders what would happen if it ever met ComicBook/VandalSavage.

* AbandonedPetInABox: Part of his backstory. Dexter & his siblings are shown in a box labelled "FREE" on the day of Dexter's adoption. When his adopted owner is killed in a home invasion, Dexter is thrown into the street and nearly drowned by two thugs who throw him into the river - at which point he is recruited into the Red Lanterns and becomes Dex-Starr.

* CatsAreMean: You would be too if you went through what he did. Supposedly, Dex-Starr is the most sadistic and vicious of the Red Lanterns. According to Geoff Johns, Dex-Starr is the most vicious and cruel of any Red Lantern.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Is said to be the most sadistic and vicious of the Red Lanterns, however, he did genuinely love his previous owner, just as he genuinely loves Atrocitus.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Atrocitus. [[spoiler: After Guy takes control of the Corps from him, Dex-Starr is the only one who stays by his side, saving his life and aiding him in plotting his revenge.]]
** Hell, his love for his owner is why he has enough rage to become a Red Lantern in the first place.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: See: the picture. An earth-native ''Felis catus'' who has blue fur. Notably, the coloration made everyone assume he was simply a felinoid alien until TheReveal that no, he was from Earth and using this trope. He is most likely a [[http://www.catbreedsjunction.com/british-shorthair.html British Shorthair]].

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: More like, "Screw the connections, I have rules:" Even when judging the prince of her world for his crimes, she refused to let him get off for what he had done. When the man supposed to execute the prince tried to kill her instead, her fury drew a Red Lantern Ring to her.

[[Characters/GreenLantern Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]] ([[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Earth Lanterns]], [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]) | [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps The Sinestro Corps]] ([[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Thaal Sinestro]]) | '''The Red Lantern Corps''' ([[Characters/GreenLanternAtrocitus Atrocitus]]) | [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps The Blue Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps The Star Sapphire Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps The Orange Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLIndigoTribe The Indigo Tribe]] | [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps The Black, White, Ultraviolet and Gold Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOtherVillains Other Villains]] ([[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/GreenLanternSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Golden Age]] -]]]]]

[[WMG:[[center:[- [[Characters/GreenLantern Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Green Lantern Corps]] ([[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Earth Lanterns]], [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]) | [[Characters/GLSinestroCorps The Sinestro Corps]] ([[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Thaal Sinestro]]) | '''The Red Lantern Corps''' ([[Characters/GreenLanternAtrocitus Atrocitus]]) | [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps The Blue Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLStarSapphireCorps The Star Sapphire Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOrangeLanternCorps The Orange Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLIndigoTribe The Indigo Tribe]] | [[Characters/GLOtherLanternCorps The Black, White, Ultraviolet and Gold Lantern Corps]] | [[Characters/GLOtherVillains Other Villains]] ([[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/GreenLanternSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Golden Age]] -]]]]]