History Characters / LegionOfSuperHeroesLegionOfSuperVillains

* HollywoodEncryption: He can use his powers to hack security systems.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Part of his punishment for Vi's kidnapping involved serving time in a sens-tank himself.

* WouldHurtAGirl: Phantom and Micro Lad had no qualms about attacking their female counterparts.

[[folder: Esper Lass]]
->'''AKA:''' Meta Ulnoor
->'''Homeworld:''' Titan
->'''Abilities:''' High Intellect, Psychic powers

Meta Ulnoor, considered the most promising young psychic on Titan since Saturn Girl, was limited only by her arrogance, which led her to reject high honors on Titan in order to claim SG's place within the Legion. Upon being rejected for not having unique powers, she put together a "Legion of Super-Rejects" who challenged their counterparts and were defeated. Following this humiliation, she, Micro Lad, and Magno Lad joined the LSV instead.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Even if she and the Rejects ''had'' succeeded in defeating their counterparts, there was no way in hell the Legion would let people who'd physically and mentally assaulted their long-time friends and comrades on the team.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Believed that since her powers were at least on par with Saturn Girl's (and possibly superior in some respects), she ought to be allowed to join the Legion even though the Legion's rule about having at least one unique power was well-established at that point. Then she thought she could win a position by defeating her counterpart in mental combat.

* StrongButUnskilled: She and the other Rejects may have been as powerful or stronger than their counterparts, but lost due to their lack of training and teamwork.

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[[folder: Nemesis Kid]]
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-->'''AKA:''' Hart Druiter
-->'''Homeworld:''' Myar
-->'''Abilities:''' Spontaneously develops powers to defeat a single opponent

A Khund spy and alchemist who infiltrated the Legion, Nemesis Kid had the power to defeat any single opponent in combat. Run out of the Legion after his treachery was revealed, he later joined the LSV, briefly becoming their leader.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Believed that since her powers were at least on par with Saturn Girl's (and possibly superior in some respects), she ought to join the Legion even though the Legion's rule about having at least one unique power was well-established at that point. Then she thought she could win a position by defeating her counterpart in mental combat.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: From an innocent bystander to the founder of the one of the galaxy's most deadly super-villain teams, which would go on the bedevil the LSH for years.

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: He reprogrammed his RobotBuddy into an assassin, activated after he died of a terminal heart condition.
* RobotBuddy: In compensation for his injuries he was granted one of these to serve as a speaker and bodyguard..

* TheExile: Kicked off of Venus for practising transmutation.

* FreudianExcuse: Exiled from his homeplanet for trying to help them.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Believed that since her powers were at least on par with Saturn Girl's (and possibly superior in some respects), she ought to join the Legion even though the Legion's rule about having at least one unique power was well-established at that point. Then she thought she could win a position by killing her counterpart in combat.

His application for Legion membership ws rejected, as his power is considered "too unusual." He joins the Legion of Super-Villains during the five part war between the two Legions in the 1980s Legion of Super-Heroes series. He was not that helpful. He eventually redeems himself when he joins the Legion of Substitute Heroes, whose 1985 special he was referred to in, in their fight against the Dominators' control of Earth.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Even if she and the Rejects ''had'' succeeded in killing their counterparts, there was no way in hell the Legion would lettheir counterparts and usurp their positions within the Legion. a pack of murderers into their ranks.

* StartofDarkness: Getting shot in the throat.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Even if she and the Rejects ''had'' succeeded in killing their counterparts, there was no way in hell the Legion would let a pack of murderers into their ranks.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Super-Rejects' response to getting turned down from the Legion was to try and ''kill'' their counterparts and usurp their positions within the Legion.

** Telepathy: De rigueur for every Titanian.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When confronted with multiple super-powered opponents his power adapt some form of quick escape. [[DependingOnTheWriter If it doesn't fail outright.]]

A Khund spy who infiltrated the Legion, Nemesis Kid had the power to defeat any single opponent in combat. Run out of the Legion after his treachery was revealed, he later joined the LSV, briefly becoming their leader.

* FlatEarthAthiest: Thinks it's ridiculous to believe in Darkseid, as Ol-Vir does.

* AmbiguousSituation: A contemporary Saturn Queen came to appear in the Legion comics, with no apparent connection to the LSV, though sometimes she's mentioned in-universe as still being a member (and implied to have hypnotized her way out of legal trouble). She also married Evillo so she could use him to get a Saturnian relic meant to improve a user's hypnotic powers. But she ''seems'' to have changed for the better after claiming the Saturnian throne. Hopefully.

* HazyFeelTurn: Her 5YL self is more of an selfish and amoral adventurer than a villain, but being Queen of Saturn and marrying Tenzil seems to have settled her for now.

* VoluntaryShapeShifting: He can also shapeshift objects, unlike Durlans.

[[folder: Nemesis Kid]]
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-->'''AKA:''' Hart Druiter
-->'''Homeworld:''' Myar
-->'''Abilities:''' Spontaneously develops powers to defeat a single opponent

A Khund spy who infiltrated the Legion, Nemesis Kid had the power to defeat any single opponent in combat. Run out of the Legion after his treachery was revealed, he later joined the LSV, briefly becoming their leader.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: His experiments were considered too sick for even the Gil’dishpan to tolerate.

* MadScientist: The Gil’dishpan as a race are [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy imperialist conquerors]], and this lens filters his approach to science, as other 'inferior' races are ripe for experimentation.
* PlayingWithSyringes: Whenever he can get away with his.

** {{Telepathy}}: How he communicates.

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** {{MindProbe}}: And it goes the other way, too.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeeer: His experiments were considered too sick for even the Gil’dishpan to tolerate.

* AmbiguousSituation: A contemporary Saturn Queen came to appear in the Legion comics, with no apparent connection to the LSV, though sometimes she's mentioned in-universe as still being a member (and implied to hae hypnotized her way out of legal trouble). She also married Evillo so she could use him to get a Saturnian relic meant to improve a user's hypnotic powers. But she ''seems'' to have changed for the better after claiming the Saturnian throne. Hopefully.

* TimeyWimeyBall: Her middle-aged future self showed up with Lightning Lord and Cosmic King to bedevil the Legion well before her present self, but events (either being turned good by Superman or being not-exactly-evil to start with) ''should'' have wiped this version of her from the timeline.

* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: As a budding young psychopath, he hooked up with a biochemist at the reform center, who set up an illegal lab to give him his powers. He then burned her to death during a psychotic break. LoveHurts, alright.

* AxCrazy

* PlayingWithFire
* PyroManiac
* TheSociopath

* MadScientist: Pre-supervillany

* ShockAndAwe

* EvilRedhead

* {{Telepathy}}

* VoluntaryShapeShifting

* WeaksauceWeakness: Adapts ''one'' power to defeat ''one'' opponent, which uncontrollably changes if he encounters another. Strength enough to beat Superboy would be nice to take into battle against a group, but as soon as he ran into, say, Phantom Girl it would turn into the ability to affect intangible people instead. The one Legionnaire who could clean his clock reliably was Duo Damsel, possible the weakest member. He could adapt to defeat any single opponent, or to escape from multiple opponents, but she's both simultaneously, and a more skilled fighter.[[spoiler:And it turns out the ability to see through illusions isn't all great against the widow of the greatest martial artist in the universe. [[NeckSnap KRRACK!]]]]

* {{Alchemy}}: His scientific research has more in common with alchemy than with traditional science, and its final product, the transmutation ray, is essentially the Philosopher's Stone.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Adapts ''one'' power to defeat ''one'' opponent, which uncontrollably changes if he encounters another. Strength enough to beat Superboy would be nice to take into battle against a group, but as soon as he ran into, say, Phantom Girl it would turn into the ability to affect intangible people instead. [[spoiler:And it turns out the ability to see through illusions isn't all great against the widow of the greatest martial artist in the universe. [[NeckSnap KRRACK!]]]]

* PsychoRangers: How they started out, with [[PsychoElectro Lightning Lord]], [[MindRape Saturn Queen]], and [[BigBad Cosmic King]] balancing out [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Lad]], [[{{Telepathy}} Saturn Girl]], and [[StandardisedLeader Cosmic Boy]]. Some later members, like [[PyroManiac Sun Emperor]] have conformed with this, others, like [[GreenLanternRing Nemesis Kid]], have not.