History Main / DarkseidDuplicate

** Interestingly, the 1980 ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story, ''ComicBook/WarWorld'' debuts the Thanos expy, Mongul who's after a PlanetKiller Death Star style mobile planet called Warworld.

* In ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'', Darcy takes a lot of cues from Darkseid. Physically, she's very tall, muscular, and imposing, with a rather masculine face defined by a strong jaw; even her haircut is very reminiscent of his rounded hood/headdress. She has a massive ego and is imperious, ruthless, and coldly confident, imposing her will over any situation she's in. Some of her dialogue is based on direct quotes from Darkseid, such as [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/332/ here]] -- and when her family is finally revealed, they are all [[{{Expy}} expies]] of Darkseid's family and associates on Apokolips.

* Amusingly,

Darkseid himself is actually [[NewerThanTheyThink a comparatively young character]] (he first appears in 1970, as opposed to Superman, who dates from 1938) and only starred in a disconnected DC work (''New Gods'') which was not meant to be used outside that story. He has nonetheless proven so iconic that he (and the entire New Gods mythology) were incorporated into mainstream DC continuity, with Darkseid starring in nearly every DC universe adaptation since, often as the BigBad. Numerous fictional works in the Superhero genre have since made at least one AlternateCompanyEquivalent or {{expy}} based on him. These expies always have at least a few of the following traits:

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] is an ''ComicBook/XMen'' foe. His design is similar to Darkseid, and is one of the oldest, most powerful and most fearsome mutants. Though he has never really expanded himself into being a major player for the entire Marvel Universe, he nonetheless ''is'' the closest thing to a BigBad in the various X-titles under Marvel's banner.

* ''ComicBook/NewGods'' was a major influence on the early ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise. Darth Vader has a lot of visual and thematic similarities to Darkseid.

* Gary Goddard admitted he was heavily influenced by the works of Creator/JackKirby, ''New Gods'' included when directing ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse''. This is why he had the action moved from Eternia to Earth and essentially put Skeletor in the role of Darkseid.
* The final form of the BigBad in Film/TheKeep is a large hulking humanoid with [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing red eyes]] who seeks to escape his prison so he might harness the latent evil of mankind and TakeOverTheWorld. Visually, he's a near splitting image of Darkseid.

* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'''s Entropicus, particularly in ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy'' is a GalacticConqueror who lives at the literal End of Time and rules the DeathWorld Abaddon. He is a bald chalk white PhysicalGod EvilSorcerer who has a QuirkyMiniBossSquad of evil children as well as desires nothing less than to destroy all life in the universe as an OmnicidalManiac due to his nihilism about life's meaning as Death's former champion. For this, he requires the wish that comes from winning the Eternity Tournament. WordOfGod is that he is, yes, the Supervillainy Saga's equivalent to Darkseid and the BigBad of the entire setting.

* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'''s Entropicus, particularly in ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy'' is a GalacticConqueror who lives at the literal End of Time and rules the DeathWorld Abaddon. He is a bald PhysicalGod EvilSorcerer who has a QuirkyMiniBossSquadron of evil children as well as desires nothing less than to destroy all life in the universe as an OmnicidalManiac due to his nihilism about life's meaning as Death's former champion. For this, he requires the wish that comes from winning the Eternity Tournament. WordOfGod is that he is, yes, the Supervillainy Saga's equivalent to Darkseid and the BigBad of the entire setting.

* ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'''s Entropicus, particularly in ''Literature/TheTournamentOfSupervillainy'' is a GalacticConqueror who lives at the literal End of Time and rules the DeathWorld Abaddon. He is a bald PhysicalGod EvilSorcerer who has a QuirkyMiniBoss collection of children as well as desires nothing less than to destroy all life in the universe as an OmnicidalManiac due to his nihilism about life's meaning as Death's former champion. For this, he requires the wish that comes from winning the Eternity Tournament. WordOfGod is that he is, yes, the Supervillainy Saga's equivalent to Darkseid and the BigBad of the entire setting.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E14BartTheBadGuy Bart The Bad Guy]]" has Bart watching a movie called ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Vindicators: Crystal War]]'' with a BigBad called Chinnos who looks like Thanos with several chins voiced by Creator/MarvelStudios president and ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' producer Creator/KevinFeige.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Shao Kahn. Ancient, conquered multiple realms, had a beloved deceased wife, has two daughters, one loyal to him, other opposing him, and nearly conquered Earthrealm on more than one occasion. As an added bonus, ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]'' he ends up fusing with Darkseid himself, resulting in Dark Kahn.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Shao Kahn. Ancient, conquered multiple realms, had a beloved deceased wife, has two daughters, one loyal to him, other opposing him, and nearly conquered Earthrealm on more than one occasion. As an added bonus, ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse'' he ends up fusing with Darkseid himself, resulting in Dark Kahn.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Shao Khan. Ancient, conquered multiple realms, had a beloved deceased wife, has two daughters, one loyal to him, other opposing him, and nearly conquered Earthrealm on more than one occasion. As an added bonus, ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVSDCUniverse'' has him fuse with Darkseid himself, resulting in Dark Khan.

* Shao Khan from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' also qualifies. Ancient, conquered multiple realms, had a beloved deceased wife, has two daughters, one loyal to him, other opposing him, and nearly conquered Earthrealm on more than one occasion.

* Shao Khan from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' also qualifies. Ancient, conquered multiple realms, had a beloved deceased wife, has two daughters, one loyal to him, other opposing him, and nearly conquered Earth on more than one occasion.

* The titular character of the ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short "The Infinite Goliath" is as overt a Darkseid expy as it gets. He's a tall, grey-skinned, red-eyed alien of intimidating stature who is clad in dark blue armor and has a reputation of being a vastly powerful supervillain who has laid siege on countless worlds.

* The titular character of the ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short "The Infinite Goliath" is as overt a Darkseid expy as it gets. He's a tall, well-built, grey-skinned, red-eyed alien clad in dark blue armor who has a reputation of being a vastly powerful supervillain who has laid siege on countless worlds.

* The titular character of the ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short "The Infinite Goliath" is as overt a Darkseid expy as it gets. He's an imposing man with grey skin, red eyes and blue armor who has a reputation of being a vastly powerful supervillain who has laid siege on countless worlds.

* The titular character of the ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' short "The Infinite Goliath" is as overt a Darkseid expy as it gets. He's an imposing man with grey skin, red eyes and blue armor with a reputation of being a vastly powerful supervillain who has laid siege on countless worlds.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E4Vindicators3TheReturnOfWorldEnder Vindicators 3: The Return Of World Ender]]" has the titular Worldender as the supposed antagonist. The staff has noted that "if Thanos fucked Darkseid and, like, had a baby, and that baby then fucked some other giant creature monster, that's Worldender". Like Darkseid, he's a hulking [[TheDreaded and feared]] OmnicidalManiac who has conquered and destroyed many worlds. When his minions are found dead, the Vindicators assume he has Darkseid's tendency [[BadBoss to kill his own minions for petty reasons]]... or maybe [[GreaterScopeVillain possesses an even greater evil]]. Turns out that he and his minions were killed by a drunken [[VillainProtagonist Rick]] just to show the Vindicators up.

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* Frieza from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' ticks most of the boxes. He's a bald GalacticConqueror trying to collect the Dragon Balls so he can wish for immortality and was considered the most powerful person in the universe at the time. Though his second form has Darkseid's size, he tends to get smaller as he turns into more powerful forms. Most of Frieza's family and ancestors (particularly his father) would fit the trope as well.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Zovaal, better known as the Jailer, and the universe's version of {{Satan}}. He's a towering, bald figure who is the ancient ruler of a FireAndBrimstoneHell known as the Maw, which he was banished to after rebelling against the other Eternal Ones who rule the Shadowlands, and seeks to obtain their sigils to regain his lost power. [[spoiler:When he gets the last sigil held by the current [[TopGod Arbiter]], he changes to [[OneWingedAngel a more menacing]] [[TinTyrant armored form]] and sets out to [[InTheirOwnImage recreate all of reality with him as its ruler]].]]

* Tartarus in ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueIncarnate'' is from the CastFullOfExpies pseudo-Marvel world of Earth-8, and is very much presented as that world's Thanos, complete with ersatz Infinity Stones. Darkseid calls him "an echo of a whisper of my weakest moment" [[spoiler: and then snaps his neck]].