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->'''Bruce:''' We have to stand together.\\
'''Diana:''' A hundred years ago I walked away from mankind, from a century of horrors. Man made a world where standing together is impossible.\\
'''Bruce:''' Men are still good. We fight, we kill, we betray one another. But we can rebuild. We can do better. We will. We have to.
-->-- ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''
The DC Extended Universe or DCEU[[note]]Alternately called the Justice League Universe in some promotional media. The name "DC Extended Universe" was initially a made-up name that came from an article written by Keith Staskiewicz for ''Entertainment Weekly'' in July 2015, but caught on because no one said it ''wasn't'' an official name until 2017. For simplicity's sake, we will continue to refer to it as the DC Extended Universe until we have a better option. Various actors and crew members also referred to it as "DCEU" anyway.[[/note]] is a film franchise and SharedUniverse produced by Creator/DCComics and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros (and its subsidiary, Creator/NewLineCinema), the company that owns the rights to all [[Franchise/TheDCU DC franchises]]. Starting in 2013 with ''Film/ManOfSteel'', it is DC and Warner Bros.'s equivalent to Creator/MarvelComics' and Creator/{{Disney}}'s own [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Cinematic Universe]]. The setting consists of films adapted from various DC Comics characters and storylines, with the universe's core being the Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and its various members.
Early plans for a shared DC Comics movie universe were evident in the 2011 ''Film/GreenLantern'' movie, but a fresh start with ''Man of Steel'' proved to be a stronger base to branch from both critically and financially. Creator/ChristopherNolan and Creator/ZackSnyder were responsible for most of the early development. After the release of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', a new production studio was created by Warner Bros., DC Films, with veteran comics writer Creator/GeoffJohns and veteran studio executive Jon Berg appointed as its heads. ''Film/SuicideSquad'' was the first to be released under the DC Films banner. Berg left the studio in December 2017 after the release of ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and Walter Hamada (executive producer of the ''[[Film/TheConjuring Conjuring]]'' films most notably) was made president of DC Films in his stead in January 2018 with Johns stepping down from producing and remaining as consultant.
The setting doesn't include TV shows yet. DC Comics-based TV shows airing concurrently on television such as the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' and ''Series/{{Krypton}}'' take place in their own AlternateContinuity.
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'''Released films:'''
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* ''Film/ManOfSteel'' (June 14, 2013)
* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' (March 25, 2016)
* ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' (August 5, 2016)
* ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' (June 2, 2017)
* ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' (November 17, 2017)
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'''Films officially in production:'''
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* ''Film/{{Aquaman|2018}}'' (December 21, 2018)
* ''Film/{{Shazam|2019}}'' (April 5, 2019)
'''Films officially in pre-production:'''
* ''Film/WonderWoman2'' (November 1, 2019)
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* ''Suicide Squad'' sequel (2019) [[note]]Gavin O'Connor (''Film/{{Warrior}}'', ''Film/TheAccountant'') will direct.[[/note]]
* ''Flash'' movie (TBA) [[note]]John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein will direct. May or may not adapt the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' storyline, and may or may not be titled after it.[[/note]]
* ''The Batman'' (TBA) [[note]]To be written and directed by Creator/MattReeves[[/note]]
* ''Batgirl'' (TBA) [[note]]To be written by Christina Hodson[[/note]]
* ''Green Lantern Corps'' (TBA)
* ''Justice League Dark'' (TBA)
'''Films in development:'''
* ''Nightwing'' (TBA) [[note]]To be directed by Chris [=McKay=] (''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'')[[/note]]
* ''Black Adam'' (TBA) [[note]]Set to star Wrestling/DwayneJohnson in the main role.[[/note]]
* ''Gotham City Sirens'' [[note]]To be directed by Creator/DavidAyer[[/note]]
* ''Cyborg'' (TBA)
* ''Man of Steel'' sequel (TBA)
* ''Lobo'' (TBA) [[note]]Screenwriter Jason Fuchs is working on it[[/note]]
* ''Harley Quinn'' or ''Birds of Prey'' (TBA) [[note]]Written by Christina Hodson, to be directed by Cathy Yan[[/note]]
* ''Justice League'' sequel (TBA)
* ''Booster Gold & Blue Beetle'' (TBA)
* ''Deadshot'' (TBA)
* ''Joker & Harley Quinn'' (TBA)
* ''Deathstroke'' (TBA)
* ''New Gods'' (TBA) [[note]]To be directed by Creator/AvaDuVernay[[/note]]
* ''Blackhawk'' (TBA) [[note]]To be directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg[[/note]]
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[[folder:Tie-In Comic Books]]
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* ''ComicBook/ManOfSteelPrequel''
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* ''From the World of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'': A series of digital prequel comics focusing on, in order: Batman, Lois Lane, Senator Finch, Superman, and Lex Luthor. A sixth digital prequel comic was given as a Wal-Mart exclusive with the purchase of a Doritos "Family Fun Mix" multipack, which added more development to Batman's grudge against Superman and Lex Luthor's conspiracy.
* ''Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'': A four-issue comic series that was released in specially marked boxes of assorted ''General Mills'' cereal. Although, their place in the canon is ambiguous.
* ''Suicide Blonde'': A single-issue comic set before the events of ''Suicide Squad''. It was sold for a limited time in select boxes of Splat hair dye.
* ''Justice League - Mercedes Benz Presents'': Tie-ins digital comics released as part of the promotional campaign associating Mercedes-Benz with the film ([[ProductPlacement two cars appear in it]]). They feature members of the Justice League doing mundane heroics.
** ''Joyride'': Barry Allen/The Flash and Cyborg have a joyride with Bruce Wayne's Mercedes Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo, stop at a building on fire, save the day and bring the car back to Bruce.
** ''Guiding Lights'': Diana Prince/Wonder Woman drives a pregnant woman in labor and her family to the hospital in her Mercedes-Benz E-class convertible, with Cyborg informing her on traffic.
** ''Fast Food'': Barry Allen annoys Bruce with a discussion about bats and food while they are in the AMG Vision and catches oranges falling from a moving truck using his speed.
** ''Shifting Gears'': Bruce Wayne takes Arthur Curry/Aquaman on a ride in his AMG Vision and the two get into a chase to stop a heist getaway.
** ''Pit Stop'': Diana and Barry Allen help a man fix his flat tire.
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[[folder:Tie-In Novels]]
* ''Man of Steel: The Early Years'': A novel in which Clark Kent must use his powers to intervene in a crisis and returns to Smallville to learn more about his origins and the hero he was born to be.
* ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Cross Fire'': A novel in which a criminal, the devious Doctor Aesop[[note]](who first appeared in ''Detective Comics #846'' in 2008)[[/note]], escapes from Arkham Asylum and uses the moral lessons found in Aesop's Fables as his modus operandi for his crimes. Batman and Superman begin investigating the case at the same time and a young boy is caught in the cross fire.
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[[folder:Tie-In Video Games]]
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* ''VideoGame/ManOfSteel''
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* AndroidGames:
** ''Batman v Superman: Who Will Win''
** ''Suicide Squad: Special Ops''
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!!Tropes present across the franchise:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Mercy Graves had brown hair in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' where she first appeared and blond hair in the comics. She is played by Creator/TaoOkamoto, who has black hair, in ''Batman v Superman''.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Generally speaking in the comics all the major heroes got started with their superhero career around the same time. In the DCEU Wonder Woman was the first to start, secretly being involved with the events of World War 1. Batman had been operating in Gotham for around 20 years before Superman showed up in ''Film/ManOfSteel''. No other superpowered individual is a known figure by the time of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', which adapts ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'' but taking place some time before the Justice League is formed, whereas in the comic the League members were special guests and pallbearers. Similarly, the comics ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' are made up of villains associated with the various heroes and intended as a precaution against the Justice League if need be, while the ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' film also takes place before the Justice League forms.
* AgeLift: Normally Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are supposed to be about the same age and start their superhero career not too far apart. In the DCEU when Superman makes his first appearance Batman has had a long career and is a decade older, while Wonder Woman is an immortal thousands of years old and saw action during World War I. Conversely, Flash is even newer to heroics and a young adult by the time he meets the rest, while he is normally also the same age.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Greek Mythology is established to be true, but other legends with no connection such as [[Film/SuicideSquad2016 Enchantress and Incubus]] who were worshipped as gods in pre-historical Latin-America, the [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 New Gods of Apokolips]] that orchestrated an invasion of Earth in ancient times, and according to WordOfGod in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', [[spoiler:Chief is revealed to be trickster demigod Napi from Blackfoot mythology, indicating that Native-American myths also coexist in this same setting]].
* AlternateContinuity: By way of ContinuityReboot.
** ''Film/SupermanReturns'' is ignored, and so is the continuity it was set in, that of the [[Film/SupermanTheMovie first]] and [[Film/SupermanII second]] Creator/ChristopherReeve movies.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', although critically-acclaimed and financially successful, is not a part of this franchise, in part due to the glaring continuity problems that introducing fantastic elements into a largely reality-grounded continuity would create. As such, Batman was recast. Creator/ChristianBale refused to play in a ''Justice League'' movie and indicated that he preferred to see a new actor playing Batman. It's been stated that the creators are assuming the audience is familiar with Batman's prveious films, and have implied that similar adventures have already happened to this Batman and yet another OriginStory wasn't necessary in this case.
** 2011's ''Film/GreenLantern'' '''was''' supposed to be the start of this shared film universe, but has since been thrown into CanonDiscontinuity by its own financial and critical disappointment.
** ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' TV shows have been confirmed to be in a separate continuity to the films by DC's Creator/GeoffJohns. However, since Johns used the term "{{multiverse}}" to describe the TV shows and the films, it has been speculated that they might eventually cross over.
** Ditto for ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', which is also in its own separate continuity.
** After the success of ''Wonder Woman'', WB and DC revealed that [[http://www.vulture.com/2017/09/dc-wonder-woman-movie-strategy-universe.html non-DCEU DC films with different casts]] are also being developed alongside the DCEU ones. While this sister line is yet to be named, it's akin to {{Elseworlds}} comic stories vis-a-vis the main DC Comics universe. The first of these films will be a solo feature for ComicBook/TheJoker.[[note]]To be written and directed by Creator/ToddPhillips.[[/note]]
* ArtEvolution: Subtle changes are made to the costumes and overall visual design of the movies. Some of the changes is due to the reactions to the muted colors of the flagship movie ''Film/ManOfSteel'', but it's also been due to allowing the films more creative flexibility. ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' utilizes some neon colors to reflect Joker and Harley Quinn. ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' leaned towards some really striking blues and reds for Wonder Woman's outfit.
* BedlamHouse: As shown briefly in ''Suicide Squad'', true to form, Arkham Asylum is a gothic mansion with darkened halls. As a sure sign of how much of a shithole it is, [[spoiler: in the Ultimate Edition of ''Batman V Superman'', Luthor goes from having a smug look on his face for having pulled off an InsanityDefense against criminal trials over his atrocities to "OhCrap" once Batman reveals he's arranged for Luthor to be sent there.]]
* ContinuityOverlap:
** The DCEU is not connected to any of DC's television shows (unlike Marvel's actions to cross their cinematic universe over with their ABC / Netflix shows).
** It is currently ambiguous if any of the film projects based on the Vertigo imprint will also take place in the setting, although ''Dark Universe'' makes this more likely.
** Another point of note is that this film series will {{def|ied Trope}}y the problem of [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal trouble between franchises]] that Creator/{{Disney}} has had with Marvel Studios (with major franchises split between [[Creator/{{Universal}} three]] [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox major]] [[Creator/{{Sony}} companies]][[note]]Although it should be noted that Disney worked a deal out to share Spider-Man with Sony by the time ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' was in post-production, leaving only a few issues with Universal and several with Fox to work out before a unified MCU can exist.[[/note]]) - Warner Bros. owns all of the properties, giving them a potential edge over their competition. On the other side of the coin, this comes at a cost to the Series/{{Arrowverse}} since characters like ComicBook/HarleyQuinn and ComicBook/BlueBeetle which the shows had major plans for had to be scrapped and well-liked characters like ComicBook/{{Katana}} and ComicBook/{{Deadshot}} had to be written out of the shows. Curiously, this does not extend to ''The Flash'', as both versions of the character are Barry Allen.
* ContinuityReboot: For every DC property included that has been filmed previously. This includes Superman after ''Film/SupermanReturns'', Batman after the end of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'', and Green Lantern, who will get another shot at a standalone film nearly a decade after the [[Film/GreenLantern first movie]] he appeared in failed at the box office.
* CrapsackWorld: ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman'' gain a lot of angst mileage over these superhero characters existing in a world that is not ready to accept superheroes with open arms, and instead shows a lot of HumansAreBastards as they do a lot of infighting and express paranoia at people like Superman who genuinely want to do good. Wonder Woman learned this a long time ago, which is explored in her own movie. Suicide Squad also highlighted the criminal underbelly. All that said, the paradigm slowly shifts as the world becomes accustomed to superheroes.
* CrisisCrossover: ''Justice League'' will be the first to feature a major crossover. ''Suicide Squad'' features a crossover between some villains of the franchises (and a couple not necessarily tied to specific characters).
* BlackAndGreyMorality: There are few true-blue heroes (with Wonder Woman being the only IdealHero seen thus far) and plenty of [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]], [[NominalHero Nominal Heroes]], [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]], and straight up pure villains. Even [[TheCape Superman]] was given a ClassicalAntiHero treatment.
* DarkerAndEdgier: More along the lines of "more serious and more grounded" than previous movies featuring these characters.
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'' ups the dramatic factor of the OriginStory significantly in order to provide a DeconReconSwitch with the character later on.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' ends up splitting the difference. There was a lot more overt humor in the story compared to ''Man of Steel'', but at the same goes to extremely dark places. The ending is extremely bittersweet, with the hint that something bad is on the horizon, but at the same time there are specks of hope, optimism and even redemption, and ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' will build on these a great deal.
** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'' is the ''third'' movie in the DCEU and doesn't focus on any of the major heroes, instead on outright villains and {{Anti Villain}}s selected for a SuicideMission by a shady government organization. The original comic itself is very dark, easily in the R-rated Mature Audience range.
** Creator/JamesWan [[https://twitter.com/creepypuppet/status/606533206347816960 utilized a quote from]] Creator/HPLovecraft quote right to describe his take on ''Aquaman'', right after he was announced as a director. While truer to the tone of some of the more modern stories involving the character, is a far cry from the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' version [[NeverLiveItDown that general audiences are familiar with]].
* DeconReconSwitch: ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman v Superman'' both deconstruct how superheroes, especially Superman, are portrayed in previous films. Whereas previous ''Superman'' films showed him going up against non-powered foes and having flawless victories, ''Man of Steel'' shows how disastrous it would be if Superman's enemies could challenge him. In ''Batman v Superman'', we see the political instability that develops in a PhysicalGod's presence and the kind of fear that would develop, regardless of his intentions, even among [[BadassNormal Badass Normals]]. Superheroes also... disagree on the [[TheCape appropriate]] [[TheCowl methods]] to crime fighting. With all that said, it is still shown that we need superheroes to take on supervillains and that the heroes willing to learn from their mistakes and work with each other and ordinary people.
* {{Deconstruction}}: The movies take apart a number of tried and true comic book tropes, creating a wholly unique comic book movie world. In some instances it tries to reconstruct them, but often just pursues their own direction.
** ClarkKenting: In ''Man Of Steel'' Clark is shown taking on a number of different personas altogether, switching different styles of clothing and different levels of beard growth. Lois manages to find out who he is by tracking him through his previous jobs and good deeds, taking his actual appearance out of the equation. In ''Batman v Superman'', [[spoiler: Lex Luthor was also able to determine his identity, presumably through similar investigation and rationale. He was also able to identify Bruce Wayne as Batman, implying that these secret identities are not as ironclad as they normally are in the comics]].
** ThouShaltNotKill: Neither Batman or Superman espouse such a philosophy directly, but the emotional implications are explored. At the end of ''Man of Steel'' Superman [[spoiler: is forced to kill Zod]] and he is [[TheseHandsHaveKilled horrified]] for having to do so. During ''Batman v Superman'' Batman had become more callous and hardline on criminals, [[ZorroMark branding some of the worst with a bat symbol]], and lethally neutralizing immediate threats. This is treated as a bad thing, evidence that he had crossed the DespairEventHorizon and at the end of the movie admits he needs to do better. Overall both are saying that personally taking a life is a thing to treat seriously, but just because you have taken a life doesn't mean you've crossed the MoralEventHorizon.
** The heroes that appear also get various aspects of their character deconstructed:
*** Superman: The appearance of an alien PhysicalGod is not met with hope and awe everywhere. Superman has to face a great deal of paranoia and skepticism, especially in light of unprovoked hostilities from his native race. Distrust of a figure with such power eventually leads to drastic action that threatens more than just the targeted threat.
*** Batman: Batman is seen to be burned out and cynical as a result of waging his one man war on crime for years with nothing truly changing as a result and losing his sidekick to the Joker. Having no meaningful victories and taking personal losses for years on end mean his morals have frayed to the point that he willingly takes actions that he knows will result in death for those he targets, being one step away from full blown murder and it only takes what he sees as his paranoia being validated to cross that line.
*** Wonder Woman: Diana goes to man's world to try and save humanity during one of their darkest conflicts but her experiences cause her to turn away from them, believing that mankind has to resolve it's own troubles.
** CrapsackWorld:
*** Clark feels alone and isolated because the world is not fully ready to accept someone like him. He still becomes Superman, doing good deeds, but his existence makes him a controversial figure and it's an uphill battle to prove he's not an invader.
*** Batman has had to deal with 20 years of going nowhere in his mission to rid Gotham of crime, rendering him ultra-cynical and among those who don't trust Superman.
*** Wonder Woman saw the brutality of World War I and learned that she can't just fight her way through all of humanity's problems.
*** The Suicide Squad strongly implies that they are just as much victims of the world they live in, but even they can show signs of heroics when the need arrives.
* DieselPunk: While the films use generally modern technology, there is some elements of this in Batman's design scheme in particular. The Batmobile looks welded together and has manual switches while his grappling gun has a wooden handle.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's only the merest glimpse of him in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', but Poseidon's silhouette strongly resembles the depiction of Aquaman in this universe.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The "Knightmare" sequence in ''Batman v. Superman'' [[spoiler:features Parademons and the Omega sigil -- signs of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s presence in the DCEU.]] As per the trope, it points to a grand villain on the horizon that has little to do with the immediate EvilPlan.
* GreenAesop:
** ''Man of Steel'' revealed that Kryptonians exhausted their planet's natural resources to its detriment. Zod plans on doing the same to Earth, not caring about the countless deaths that will come from it.
** In ''Wonder Woman'', [[spoiler: Ares tells Diana that he decided to turn on humanity after witnessing the destruction they inflicted on nature.]]
** Subverted in ''Justice League''. Bruce tries to get on Arthur Curry's good side by talking about the [[Main/ClimateChange rising sea levels]]. Since Arthur can live on both land and sea, he doesn't care.
* HumansAreFlawed: An important theme throughout the movies is that humanity is capable of doing horrendous things while being just as able to rise above committing such horrors because of traits such as love and hope.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Played with. Humans in this universe are portrayed as more realistically than most superhero movies, meaning their flaws are more pronounced, to the point where Superman questions himself helping them, Batman losing faith in humanity, and [[spoiler:Wonder Woman leaving them for a century]]. However, there are plenty of humans who are good-hearted, and in the end, the heroes will always be there for them, regardless of humanity's mistakes.
* InMediasRes: Unlike the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, there is a sense that this universe will largely avoid [[SuperHeroOrigin origin stories]]. While ''Man of Steel'' was an origin story for Superman, subsequent films started introducing characters first as a fully-realized DC Universe, only to show their origin in passing rather than being the story. ''Batman v. Superman'' showed characters like Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman active as a hero in one form or another, albeit secretly, while flashbacks, prequels and/or solo movies like ''Film/WonderWoman'' may inform the details. Familiar villains like the Joker, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Captain Boomerang, and others are not only well-established, but have already been defeated and incarcerated.
* IndecisiveDeconstruction: Both ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and to some extent, ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' suffer from Zack Snyder's idiosyncratic ideas of the iconic characters, about their status and legacy as superheroes and cultural icons, and about the idea of heroism in general. Snyder himself mentioned after making ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' that he was surprised at the success of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' since in his view Watchmen was the anti-Avengers film and [[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/zack-snyder-on-watchmen-legacy-as-the-anti-avengers-movie/ he commented on the difficulties he had]] in making a SharedUniverse superhero film after deconstructing the concept in his adaptation of Creator/AlanMoore:
** The films extrapolate how Superman, and superheroes in general, would be seen with mistrust in the 21st Century, and that his reckless collateral damage in ''Film/ManOfSteel'' would provoke a social and political response, as well as an existential crisis among society about the presence of a PhysicalGod among them. Yet rather than take this to any proper conclusion or resolution, the movie doesn't deal with this. Superman spends most of the film being entirely passive about these fears rather than undergo CharacterDevelopment in response to it, while in his Clark Kent identity, he spends most of his time chasing down and tracking Batman's police brutality instead. The entire issue of whether Superman is divided between seeing himself as human, and society seeing him as God, is repeatedly addressed without being entirely resolved in some way.
** Batman is supposed to have become DarkerAndEdgier, and grown more cruel after seeing Superman's attack but his response and reaction aren't presented as especially divergent from his previous behaviour. Likewise it's not clear what exactly it is about Superman's fight with Zod that bothers him. If it's collateral damage and irresponsibility, then Batman's own rampage and casual slaughter of criminals in his chase for the Kryptonite, and his general torture and mutilation of evil bad guys, doesn't make sense. Likewise his sudden shift from wanting to kill Superman to teaming up with him after a HeelRealization comes out of a melodramatic plot device rather than the actual ideological issues he has about the risks of having a Superman in the world ("1% of a chance").
** Like ''ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder'' by Creator/FrankMiller, the films present an unfamiliar image of familiar icons but derives most of its dramatic and visual tension from audience familiarity with the PopCulturalOsmosis version. It doesn't present a new version of the characters by departing from the norms, nor does it highlight and criticize the parts in the familiar versions that are problematic and outdated. In ''Man of Steel'' Superman [[spoiler:snaps Zod's neck breaking ThouShaltNotKill without clarifying if he had adhered to that rule before, with the character's response being TheseHandsHaveKilled]].
** In interviews Snyder claimed that his films are largely about the difficulty or impossibility of being superheroes and having expectations. This was also the concept explored in deconstructive works by Moore and Miller. Except, Snyder brings these problems from the start of the superhero career. Clark Kent is jaded, morose, and a sad-sack ''before'' he becomes Superman, not later in his career after facing a few setbacks, hurdles, regrets, and disappointments which is what ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' tackled[[note]]Rorschach started out with a No-Kill rule, worked with a partner like Nite Owl, and only became a SociopathicHero after the end of his partnership[[/note]]. Likewise, Wonder Woman walks away from mankind after her first disillusionment. Batman is the only old superhero with real baggage and tragedy (i.e. a dead Robin) but there's not a lot of indication that the past version of Batman was especially different from his default state at the start of ''Batman V Superman''.
* LighterAndSofter: The first two movies, ''Film/ManOfSteel'' and ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', were unusually dark compared to the comics. This is largely due to the style of director Creator/ZackSnyder, but ''Film/JusticeLeague'' was announced early in production as being less grim and more fun and heroic as a deliberate contrast. The other movies in the franchise vary from this due to having different creative teams, with ''Film/SuicideSquad'' having a lot more vibrant and humorous personalities, and ''Film/WonderWoman'' more optimistic and earnest.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Averted. In this continuity Lois Lane, being an IntrepidReporter, discovered Clark and his origins before he even became Superman and is a SecretKeeper from the start (in fact, this is treated as a core reason why they fall in love). This radically alters tradition, and instead Lois is shown being self-conscious about why Clark would love her.
* TheMagicGoesAway: Happened during the events of ''Film/WonderWoman''. Once Diana [[spoiler: killed the last of the Olympians]], the fantastic seemed to have disappeared from public consciousness and the existence of metahumans was kept under wraps by people like Amanda Waller. [[spoiler: After Superman's death, a power vacuum was created, galvanising the likes of Enchantress, the New Gods and the Justice League.]]
* MetaCasting:
** Creator/JesseEisenberg is probably most famous as InsufferableGenius Mark Zuckerberg in ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'', along with a few similar "smartest guy in the room" roles. Snyder had said that Eisenberg was originally looked at to play Jimmy Olsen, but his analytical, detached mannerisms in a personal meeting was the inspiration to cast him as Luthor.
** Creator/JasonMomoa is a far cry from the [[AbilityOverAppearance traditional Aquaman appearance]], but his strong physical presence playing ProudWarriorRaceGuy characters along with his Polynesian background makes the casting choice seem surprisingly natural.
** As an Israeli national Creator/GalGadot served two years in the Israeli military, with a focus in personal training. Not many actresses have that kind of background.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack:
** Superman's reds, blues, and yellows are present, but darker in a similar vein to his Golden Age appearance (they get brighter with each film however), and his suit doesn't include red trunks.
** Batman is an aversion, as he wears a grey bodysuit as opposed to the usual black armor from previous films.
** Wonder Woman's outfit in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' is technically red, blue and gold, but so faded the colors are barely visible. This is amplified by Snyder's use of ColorWash which made it look largely brown. Her outfit in ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'' is much brighter, as she's more idealistic in her youth and her outfit is physically less worn down, and also because it was by a different director.
* MythologyGag: The [[https://youtu.be/qpk8eSpRBnY Turkish Airline ad]] for Gotham City shows plenty of buildings with a double-spire design, making them look like Batman looming over the city, a common sight on most Batman comic-book covers.
** Diana's interest in classical art is a nod to her made-from-clay origins.
* NotQuiteFlight: Gal Gadot has said that Wonder Woman can "jump really high and practically fly."
* RaceLift: Done in part for AbilityOverAppearance and to appeal to a wider audience.
** In the comics, Perry White is, well, white. Starting with ''Man of Steel'', he's played by black actor Creator/LaurenceFishburne.
** In the comics, Aquaman is White. In these movies, he's played by Creator/JasonMomoa, a person of Pacific Islander and Native American descent ([[ButNotTooForeign with some white heritage on his mother's side]]).
** Mercy Graves, a white woman in the comics and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', is played by Japanese actress Creator/TaoOkamoto. As of the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, this change is now canon with Mercy being Asian-American.
** Deadshot, a white guy in the comics, is played by Creator/WillSmith.
** Dr. Poison was Japanese in the comic, since she hails back to Wonder Woman's early World War Two adventures. Since the ''Wonder Woman'' film is instead set in World War ''One,'' she is played by Spaniard actress Creator/ElenaAnaya.
** Iris West is a semi-example. She was originally a Caucasian, but was depicted as an African-American in ''Series/TheFlash2014'', making the casting of Creator/KierseyClemons not as jarring to some.
* {{Reconstruction}}: The DCEU started off with a very dim view of humanity and how the real world would respond to someone like Superman. Over time it's shown that his innate goodness did manage to get through to some people, especially Batman, and as greater threats arrive both the general public is more open to superheroes and upcoming heroes have someone to emulate, something ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' will be built upon.
* {{Retcon}}:
** Diana at the end of ''Batman V Superman'' claimed that she walked away from mankind for a century, which doesn't entirely fit her arc and characterization at the end of ''Film/WonderWoman2017''. Gal Gadot later stated that the original introduction, which was done to simplify her origin in the context of Superman being "the first superhero known to the public", was a mistake for the long-time characterization and they would ignore or downplay it in her solo films.
** Most of ''Justice League'' retcons large sections of ''Man of Steel'' and ''Batman V Superman'', such as Superman's public fame, reputation, characterization, the set-up and {{Foreshadowing}} for later events (namely the New Gods, and Darkseid), and even stuff pertaining to Cyborg's origins.
* SignatureMove:
** When up against powerful opponents Superman is typically [[UnskilledButStrong outmatched in fighting skill]], but he has expert control of his flying and will often just slam into them at Mach 3.
** Batman uses his grappling gun when fighting.
** Wonder Woman can produce crowd clearing shockwaves when she slams her bracers together.
** The Flash performs combat-related actions just by [[FingerpokeOfDoom lightly touching something with his fingertips]].
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The films tend to be on the Idealistic end of the spectrum. Humanity is presented as flawed but well-intentioned and capable of exceptional good, even villains are not without sympathy and are capable of great heroism and the films have taken an approach of having characters suffer terrible events but maintain a sense of optimism.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Surprisingly averted with Batman, who has been known to appear prominently in most DC adaptations (often at the expense of other characters). He's only confirmed to appear in four movies so far (''Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice'', ''Suicide Squad'', ''Justice League'' and his standalone film), where he mostly serves as a {{Deuteragonist}} and a part of an ensemble of heroes respectively. This may be part of an effort to try and phase out the public's over-familiarity with the [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Nolan movies]] before truly establishing anything standalone with the character. A solo movie with the character is planned for an unspecified time, but it will most likely come out after the release of ''Justice League''. He does have a WolverinePublicity-type cameo in ''Suicide Squad'', although it's justified by him giving greater context to Joker and Harley Quinn, and Deadshot. There's also the fact that when teaming up with other heroes to take on super-powered threats, he often has to stay near the sidelines while they get to show off.
* ThrowTheDogABone: On a meta level, these movies have been helpful to actors and characters.
** Creator/HenryCavill was '''[[ButtMonkey infamous]]''' from getting snubbed on getting major roles from various studios in favor of other actors, most notably by Creator/RobertPattinson for the role as Edward Cullen in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film series (which even surprised series creator Creator/StephenieMeyer, who initially thought that Cavill fit the bill better). That all changed when Creator/ZackSnyder hired him to play Superman.
** Wonder Woman ''finally'' gets to appear in a live-action film after years of the movie project going nowhere, especially considering that Warner Bros. executives were on the fence about letting her have a movie, leading to the now infamous tweet from Brett White about how DC didn't want to do Wonder Woman because it was too confusing, while Marvel was working on ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', which has a raccoon using machine guns. Taken even further once it was confirmed that she would be getting a standalone film before Marvel could release a female-led movie (''Captain Marvel'').
*** Creator/GalGadot herself was on the receiving end of this. Hollywood offered her meager opportunities after her role in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series and she considered giving up on acting. She went on to publicly thank Zack Snyder for casting her as Wonder Woman.
** The story goes that Creator/BenAffleck was vying to be Batman during the period between ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' and ''Film/BatmanBegins'', but because of the DevelopmentHell he took on ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' as the closest thing. His career tanking from ''Film/{{Gigli}}'' didn't help, either. Even after rebuilding his career by being both actor and director, he admitted to being surprised when he was approached to be Batman because he was getting older and couldn't play a 20-something or 30-something Batman, and was delighted to learn they were going in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' direction.
* TruerToTheText: Compared to earlier film versions of DC heroes, and accounting for the idiosyncratic changes made by Snyder:
** The [=DCEU=]'s take on Superman across three films (''Man of Steel, Batman V Superman, Justice League'') is someone who openly chooses his identity as Clark Kent and an Earthling, over Kal-El and his Kryptonian heritage. This is true to the Post-Crisis Superman following Creator/JohnByrne's ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel''. All Superman films before, from Creator/RichardDonner's to Creator/BryanSinger's focuses heavily on his Kryptonian heritage reflecting the Silver Age instead. In ''Man of Steel'', Superman was torn between Jonathan Kent and Jor-El but in ''Batman V Superman'' he considers Jonathan Kent his true father, seeing him in a dream sequence in a moment of inspiration.
** The DCEU is the first cinematic Batman who actually has the fighting style of his comics counterpart, and the famous warehouse action scene in ''Batman V Superman'' is the first that represents how exactly he is able to be a BadassNormal. Likewise the gray and black ensemble that Batman wears is identical to the comics, whereas earlier films tended to go for MovieSuperheroesWearBlack.
* UltimateUniverse: In many ways, the DCEU is closer to ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' than the MCU is:
** It's more or less an integrated ContinuityReboot SharedUniverse which is DarkerAndEdgier than earlier film and comics versions. Its three main superheroes (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) are shown to kill enemies (steamrolling ThouShaltNotKill) and their superhero activities unleash much collateral damage and sociopolitical turmoil.
** Like the Ultimate Marvel, the DCEU heavily emphasizes the role of the Military-Industrial Complex, with Superman's arrival on Earth treated as FirstContact and Superman interacting entirely with the US Military whereas earlier Superman stories much like superhero movies before, had the hero's first interactions be with civilian institutions and civilian society.
** The movies also focus heavily on TheWarOnTerror for its imagery and context (around the same time the Ultimate series first hit the stands) with the Metropolis battle between Zod and Superman drawing on 9/11 for imagery (especially the dust that covers civilians on ground), [[https://www.themarysue.com/dick-cheney-v-superman/ while Batman paraphrases VP Dick Cheney's 1% Doctrine]] to justify going against Superman.
** Wonder Woman's origin in her film is reminiscent of ''Ultimate Thor'' in that her stories about the Greek Gods are initially treated with bemusement by her human allies and [[spoiler:she is identified as the last of the demigods of antiquity with the classic pantheon killed off by Ares, who is here identified as her half-brother, similar to Ultimate Thor and Ultimate Loki, the latter of whom wiped out the Norse pantheon in Ragnarok]].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The events of ''Man Of Steel'' completely and utterly obliterated the {{Masquerade}} with the Battle of Metropolis; as such, more super-powered individuals and vigilantes are making their presence more known as a result.
* UrbanLegend: What presumably applied to most superpowered characters who were active before ''Man Of Steel'' - particularly Wonder Woman and Aquaman, given that the {{Masquerade}} was apparently in effect. In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', Cyborg finds out Batman is not just an urban legend.
* UsedFuture: While not set in the future, everything in the films has an extremely well worn look to it. Wonder Woman and Batman's outfits shown signs of wear and tear, the Batmobile shows signs of patch-work repair jobs. The locations are filled with graffiti and the paint is peeling off. Contrast this with ''Wonder Woman'', which is set in the 1910s and has a more pristine aesthetic.
* WorldBuilding: While ''Man of Steel'' almost exclusively focused on developing Superman as a character with occasional nods to other characters through {{Easter Egg}}s, ''Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' and ''Suicide Squad'' both seem to come with loads of new characters and {{Mythology Gag}}s that they border on ContinuityPorn for readers of the comics, all to set up the ''Justice League'' series and other standalone movies. ''Suicide Squad'' is noticeably different to ''Man of Steel'' in that it trades the realistic tone for a surrealist one and ''Wonder Woman'' revealed that the supernatural has always been present, it's just been lying dormant for the past century. The name "Superman" has also gone from sounding out-of-place to entering casual conversation, indicating that the zeitgeist is shifting in response to the rise of superhumans.
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Of course, given what is an adaptation of, and how superhero movie franchises usually go:
** ''Film/ManOfSteel'': Zod wants to terraform Earth into Krypton.
** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'': While Luthor's goal was mostly to kill Superman, unleashing Doomsday would've eventually caused the end of the world, had it not been killed.
** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'': spoiler:Enchantress wants to transform the Earth into what it was before she and her brother were sealed.
** ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'': While Ares seemed to be in no hurry and his plan is a slow burn, he wanted to ''eventually'' cause the extinction of humanity.
** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'': Steppenwolf once tried to conquer the Earth with a full-blown invasion of Apokoliptian and failed. He comes back with the intent of performing HostileTerraforming with the Unity, the union of three Mother Boxes.
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->''"Darkness. The truest darkness, is not the absence of light. It is the conviction that the light will never return. But the light always returns. To show us things familiar. Home, family and things entirely new or long overlooked. It shows us new possibilities and challenges us to pursue them. This time, the light shone on the heroes, coming out of the shadows to tell us we won't be alone again. Our darkness was deep and seemed to swallow all hope, but these heroes were here the whole time. To remind us that hope is real. That you can see it. All you have to do is look… up in the sky."''
-> '''Lois Lane'''
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