History Fanfic / ChallengeOfTheSuperFriendsTheEnd

[[LegionOfDoom The Legion of Doom]], having suffered constant defeats at the hands of the Superfriends, faces a crisis – most of members are tired and consider leaving the organization. ComicBook/LexLuthor, in desperate attempt to keep the team from falling apart, performs an experiment to travel outside the Universe, to the Bleed. There he meets a being called [[AnonymousBenefactor The Benefactor]], who claims to have come from an AlternateUniverse that he conquered, and offers Luthor to provide Legion with everything they need to conquer theirs. Luthor, believing the Benefactor to not be as powerful as he makes himself look like, but still possibly be in possession of useful knowledge, technology and the like, convinces his teammates to pay him a visit.

** Cheeta's dreams in her Chapter 'A Feral Child,' mirror her GoldenAge origin story.

* EveryThingsBetterWithDinosaurs: These appear in Cheeta's chapter "A Feral Child." Subverted in that the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' ''doesn't'' immediately attack her when encountered, instead it ignores her.

* UltimateEvil[=/=]YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm[=/=]EldritchAbomination: Implied with the Benefactor. Also LightIsNotGood:

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Lex and Legion wanted to defeat the Superfriends. Benefactor is going to let that happen by...[[BodyHorror improving them]].

* ArcWords: "The End".

* BodyHorror: Let's just say that this story reminds many people of ''Film/EventHorizon'' and ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}''.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Oh so very much.

** Luthor's actions during Chapter 22 mirror Doctor Doom's actions at the end of Marvel's ''ComicBook/SecretWars'', with the Benefactor in place of the Beyonder.

* DynamicCharacter: The very thin backstory of the various members of the Legion of Doom are fleshed out.
** Priscella Rich's Cheeta in particular. Her chapter, "A Feral Child" is around 50 pages long, and we see glimpses of her past, her jealousy of Franchise/WonderWoman, her reflections on the things that led her to be there, and her struggle with having a split personality. There is probably more CharacterDevelopment for this version of Cheetah in this one chapter than there ever was in the original comics.

* FaustianRebellion: In Chapter 21, [[spoiler:Lex Luthor uses the very power armor that the Benefactor gave to him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, smashing walls, killing guards and worshipers of the EldritchAbomination that had thought to MindRape him, until finally fighting his way into the very chamber where the Benefactor's body is, to which he smashes.]]
** [[spoiler:Turns out it was all part of his "training".]]

* AGodAmI: Benefactor has many understated lines where it implies this, and later [[spoiler:Lex Luthor does also after he apparently steals the Benefactor's power in Chapter 22]].

* DayDreamSurprise: In Chapters 21 and Chapter 22, [[spoiler:Lex Luthor escapes his confinement equipped with the warsuit. He then rampages through the Benefactor's citadel, killing guards and fighting his way through all obstacles all the way to the chamber where the decrepit physical body of the Benefactor lies. He then re-configures his power suit to absorb the energies of the Benefactor. What follows is a AGodAmI moment, followed by Class X-4 universal destruction of the Benefactor's universe as Luthor is unable to handle the power. After several days of floating in a void, and unable to kill himself, he awakens to find himself back in his cell. He never escaped. He's still trapped in a heavy power armor that he can barely move in, and a year has passed. The worst part is that the scenario has been repeated over and over a million times, and each time he has forgotten that it was a dream. This is all part of an extended fantasy as destroying the universe and being alone was preferable to being trapped in cell with his mind constantly violated by the Benefactor. The Benefactor used this to "improve" Luthor. As of Chapter 23, he's able to move in the armor]].

** Priscella Rich's Cheeta in particular. Her chapter, "A Feral Child" is around 50 pages long, and we see glimpses of her past, her jealousy of Franchise/WonderWoman, her reflections on the things that led her to be there, and her struggle with having a split personality. There is probably more CharacterDevelopment for this version of Cheeta in this one chapter than there ever was in the original comics.

* AGodAmI: Benefactor has many understated lines where it implies this, and later [[spoiler: Lex Luthor does also after he apparently steals the Benefactor's power in chapter 22.]]

* BrainUploading: [[spoiler: The Benefactor uploads Toyman's consciousness into an army of gigantic puppet robots.]]

** Cheeta's dreams in her chapter 'A Feral Child,' mirror her GoldenAge origin story.

** Maxwell Lord, an infamous supervillain from the mainstream comics, appears as a cameo in chapter 18, reappears as an ongoing character in chapter 25 when he helps arrest Mirror Master, who is UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} version.

* [[spoiler: DayDreamSurprise]]: In chapters 21 and chapter 22, [[spoiler: Lex Luthor escapes his confinement equipped with the warsuit. He then rampages through the Benefactor's citadel, killing guards and fighting his way through all obstacles all the way to the chamber where the decrepit physical body of the Benefactor lies. He then re-configures his power suit to absorb the energies of the Benefactor. What follows is a AGodAmI moment, followed by Class X-4 universal destruction of the Benefactor's universe as Luthor is unable to handle the power. After several days of floating in a void, and unable to kill himself, he awakens to find himself back in his cell. He never escaped. He's still trapped in a heavy power armor that he can barely move in, and a year has passed. The worst part is that the scenario has been repeated over and over a million times, and each time he has forgotten that it was a dream. This is all part of an extended fantasy as destroying the universe and being alone was preferable to being trapped in cell with his mind constantly violated by the Benefactor]].
** [[spoiler: The Benefactor used this to "improve" Luthor. As of chapter 23, he's able to move in the armor.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Takes many of cartoon’s elements and explores them, sometimes to terrifying conclusions.
** Gorilla City has been [[spoiler: experimenting on human children to develop their psychic powers]]. Something which not even Gorilla Grodd considered doing.
** The TimelineAlteringMacGuffin from the episode "Conquerors of the Future" is [[spoiler: described as being a TomeOfEldritchLore, bound in human skin and foretelling a horrific future set in 1980. This horrifies El Dorado enough that he burns it.]]
* DrunkWithPower: Seems to be a case with [[spoiler: the Super Friends.]]

* FaustianRebellion: In chapter 21, [[spoiler: Lex Luthor uses the very power armor that the Benefactor gave to him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, smashing walls, killing guards and worshipers of the EldritchAbomination that had thought to MindRape him, until finally fighting his way into the very chamber where the Benefactor's body is, to which he smashes.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: By chapter 23, [[spoiler: it is revealed that the Legion of Doom have become far, far more powerful tormented, insane, horrific beings than their previous laughably incompetent selves.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Appears to happen to [[spoiler: El Dorado]] after he reads the TimelineAlteringMacGuffin which foretells the future. A year later he still suffers nightmares about what he read.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Benefactor's disciples.
** Also [[spoiler: Mister Mxyzptlk]]'s appearance in chapter 26.
* HumongousMecha: The fifty foot Toymen robots in chapter 27.

* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Lex Luthor insists that the Benefactor is this. [[spoiler: Whether or not he is correct will be revealed in the next chapter.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: Lex Luthor insists that the Benefactor's powers are illusionary in nature. In at least some occasions they are, other times its [[RealityWarper powers are definitely material.]]
* MediumAwareness: True to form, the [[spoiler: Joker's]] brief appearance in chapter 30 has [[AsideComment Aside Comments]] with references to different continuities and metafiction conventions, including ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', "ComicBook/OneMoreDay", and ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Solomon Grundy's status as a re-animated corpse is brought into the forefront, though like his cartoon version he doesn't have any desire to eat people. [[spoiler: The Benefactor fixes that.]]
* PoweredArmor: Fans of Lex Luthor will be happy to know that he gets his trademark warsuit in chapter 21, and uses it to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* RedHerring: Sinestro believes that [[spoiler: Benefactor and his servants are the legendary Empire of Tears, prophesied to destroy the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps.]] To his surprise the Benefactor never heard of such a thing.]]

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Happens to [[spoiler: Bizarro, Scarecrow, and Sinestro]] to some degree.

** Luthor's actions during chapter 22 mirror Doctor Doom's actions at the end of Marvel's ComicBook/SecretWars, with the Benefactor in place of the Beyonder.

* SplitPersonalityTakeover: After being in control for much of a year [[spoiler: Priscella Rich]] finally succumbs in the end and allows the savage [[spoiler: Cheeta]] personality free reign.
* SubvertedKidsShow: It may have looked like the same y goofy kids show in the beginning but by the end of the chapter it shows it definitely not the same.

* UltimateEvil[=/=]YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm[=/=]EldritchAbomination: Implied with the Benefactor.
** Also LightIsNotGood:

* VillainProtagonist: Like the original Challenge of the Superfriends, the main characters are Lex Luthor and the Legion of Doom, and not Superman and the Superfriends, who are reduced to background characters until the third act.

* MediumAwareness: True to form, the [[spoiler: Joker's]] brief appearance in chapter 30 has [[AsideComment Aside Comments]] with references to different continuities and metafiction conventions, including ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'', and ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''.

* MediumAwareness: True to form, the [[spoiler: Joker's]] brief appearance in chapter 30 has [[AsideComment Aside Comments]] with references to different continuities and metafiction conventions, including the video game VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, ComicBook/OneMoreDay and ComicBook/Flashpoint.

* EveryThingsBetterWithDinosaurs: These appear in Cheeta's chapter "A Feral Child." Subverted in that the TyrannosaurusRex ''doesn't'' immediately attack her when encountered, instead it ignores her.

** [[spoiler: The Benefactor used this to "improve" Luthor. As of chaper 23, he's able to move in the armor.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Appears to happen to [[spoiler: El Dorado]] after he reads the TimelineAlteringMacGuffin which fortells the future. A year later he still suffers nightmares about what he read.

** Priscella Rich's Cheeta in particular. Her chapter, "A Feral Child" is around 50 pages long, and we see glimpses of her past, her jealousy of WonderWoman, her reflections on the things that led her to be there, and her struggle with having a split personality. There is probably more CharacterDevelopment for this version of Cheeta in this one chapter than there ever was in the original comics.

* MindRape:

* MasterOfIllusion: Lex Luthor insists that the Benefactor's powers are illusionary in nature. In at least some occasions they are, other times its [[RealityWarper powers are definitely material]].

* MindRape
* MysteriousBenefactor

* RedHerring: Sinestro believes that [[spoiler: Benefactor and his servants are the legendary Empire of Tears, prophesied to destroy the [[Franchise/GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]]. To his surprise the Benefactor never heard of such a thing.]]

* SubvertedKidsShow

* RedHerring: Sinestro believes that [[spoiler: Benefactor and his servants are the legendary Empire of Tears, prophesied to destroy the GreenLanternCorps. To his surprise the Benefactor never heard of such a thing.]]

* ContinuityNod: Several nods to both cartoon continuity as well as to DCUniverse. The Monolith of Evil, Toyman's artificial planet, Bizarro's enlarger ray -- all make appearances.

** In Chapter 32, Lex is walking through the Legion's base, remarking to himself, "It's bigger on the inside" and is uncertain where he heard it. We're given a brief paragraph informing us that somewhere [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] is marking this particular universe off his list of ones he'd like to visit.

* ShoutOut: Chapter 27 makes several references to the ComicBook/{{Justice}} minseries (itself an attempt to make a serious version of the SuperFriends), including:

[[LegionOfDoom The Legion of Doom]], having suffered constant defeats at the hands of the Superfriends, faces a crisis – most of members are tired and consider leaving the organization. SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor, in desperate attempt to keep the team from falling apart, performs an experiment to travel outside the Universe, to the Bleed. There he meets a being called [[AnonymousBenefactor The Benefactor]], who claims to have come from an AlternateUniverse that he conquered, and offers Luthor to provide Legion with everything they need to conquer theirs. Luthor, believing the Benefactor to not be as powerful as he makes himself look like, but still possibly be in possession of useful knowledge, technology and the like, convinces his teammates to pay him a visit.

** Luthor's actions during chapter 22 mirror DoctorDoom's actions at the end of Marvel's ComicBook/SecretWars, with the Benefactor in place of the Beyonder.