History Main / SuperSupremacist

** It should be noted that the former example is a touch dubious - that version of Superman was extremely reluctant to take power in the Soviet Union, only doing so after finding out how poor his first love (a Russian Lana Lang) and her fellow citizens were, using his intellect, powers, and technology to reform the Soviet government. After that, he only extends the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union at large at the genuine request of other nations, never making a move to attack the US, despite Luthor's constant provocations - though his treatment of the various Batmen indicates that he's slowly JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, thanks to Brainiac's position as a toxic adviser. When he finally snaps, Luthor throws everything short of the kitchen sink at him, all of which turns out to be a lead in to a taunting message about Superman's [[MyGreatestFailure greatest failure]] and what he's doing to the world: "Why don't you put the whole world in a bottle, Superman?" This triggers a horrified HeelRealisation on Superman's part, and a HeroicSacrifice to protect the world from Brainiac. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Superman survived and took on his classic Clark Kent identity, keeping his head down and watching the world.]]

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The mutants usually have to deal with FantasticRacism directed at themselves by humans, but some mutants conversely believe that ''Homo Superior'' was designed to rule over regular humans.

** ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is also this, to such a degree that she remorselessly threw her prepubescent son Graydon Creed into the streets upon realizing that he was not going to develop into a mutant. She was also responsible for transforming the [[ Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood of Mutants]] from the stock comic book supervillain team it was under Magneto into the Super Supremacist form of a political activist group we know it as today.

** ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is also this, to such a degree that she remorselessly threw her prepubescent son Graydon Creed into the streets upon realizing that he was not going to develop into a mutant. She was also responsible for transforming the Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants from the stock comic book supervillain team it was under Magneto into the Super Supremacist form of a political activist group.

** ComicBook/{{Mystique}} is also this, to such a degree that he remorselessly threw her prepubescent son Graydon Creed into the streets upon realizing that he was not going to develop into a mutant. She was also responsible for transforming the Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants from the stock comic book supervillain team it was under Magneto into the Super Supremacist form of a political activist group.

* ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'': A professor of magic started a complicated plot in which he mind-controlled important people around the city and fathered children with their bodies, granting him an army of brainwashed ChildSoldier. He seemed to be on the WellIntentionedExtremist side (as Horus put it, "if you cannot make [[TheGoodKing kings into philosophers]], then [[BenevolentMageRuler philosophers should be kings]]") but is really just an asshole who wanted to take over the city (his plan doubled as realizing his voyeurism kink to boot). One night, he ordered the children to kill their parents, but was foiled at the last minute by a repentant Horus (who'd figured out his own son was among them) with a [[TheHero Hyacinthe]] and Marvin. Hyacinthe tells Horus to take every magician he can find and run before the city realizes what happened and call for a WitchHunt.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a SocialDarwinist who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled "for their own good". They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a [[AGodAmI literal god complex]] as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeform. Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestion of the idea that [[BewareTheSuperman the existence of individuals with superpowers is inherently bad for those who do not possess them]].

* Superman tends to turn in this direction in dark alternate universes. Glaring examples include ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', in which his capsule crashes in the 1920s USSR instead of the USA and he becomes a Communist dictator of a vastly-expanded Warsaw Pact, and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity: Mastermen'', in which his capsule crashes in 1930s Germany and he becomes a Nazi world dictator.

* ''Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk himself is this trope, as the "Banner" portion of his mind is typically portrayed as the side that drives him to save and protect humans. Absent of Banner, Hulk absolutely hates humans (and many other species, such as HumanAliens) and finds them puny and not worth his time. In the BadFuture of ''Future Imperfect'', this mentality eventually led to him becoming The Maestro, a superhuman despot.

* ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'': A professor of magic started a complicated plot in which he mind-controlled important people around the city and fathered children with their bodies, granting him an army of brainwashed ChildSoldier. He seemed to be on the WellIntentionedExtremist side (as Horus put it, "if you cannot make [[TheGoodKing kings into philosophers]], then [[BenevolentMageRuler philosophers should be kings]]") but is really just an asshole who wanted to take over the city (his plan doubled as realixing his voyeurism kink to boot). One night, he ordered the children to kill their parents, but was foiled at the last minute by a repentant Horus (who'd figured out his own son was among them) with a [[TheHero Hyacinthe]] and Marvin. Hyacinthe tells Horus to take every magicians he can find and run before the city realize what happened and call for a WitchHunt.

* Superman tends to turn in this direction in dark alternate universes. Glaring examples include ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', in which his capsule crashes in the 1920s USSR instead of the USA and he becomes a Communist dictator of a vastly-expanded Warsaw Pact, and ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity: Mastermen'', in which his capsule crashes in 1920s Germany and he becomes a Nazi world dictator.

* ''ComicBook/DungeonTheEarlyYears'': A professor of magic started a complicated plot in which he mind-controlled important people around the city and fathered children with their bodies, granting him an army of brainwashed magic-capable servants. He seemed to be on the WellIntentionedExtremist side (as Horus put it, "if you cannot make [[TheGoodKing kings into philosophers]], then [[BenevolentMageRuler philosophers should be kings]]"). One night, he ordered the children to kill their parents, but was foiled at the last minute by a repentant Horus (who'd figured out his own son was among them).

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a SocialDarwinist who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled "for their own good". They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[SuperiorSpecies higher]] [[EvolutionaryLevels evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a [[AGodAmI literal god complex]] as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeform.

Obviously, this sort of villain is a manifestion of BewareTheSuperman.

The OppositeTrope to ProHumanTranshuman, a superpowered individual who considers themselves equal to {{Muggles}}.

A SubTrope of FantasticRacism. SisterTrope to TranshumanTreachery and ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers. Contrast MugglePower for the inverse of non-supers seeing themselves as superior to supers. See also SmugSuper, when someone with superpowers merely uses them to gloat.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a SocialDarwinist who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled "for their own good". They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace on a [[EvolutionaryLevels higher evolutionary level]] than non-supers or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a [[AGodAmI literal god complex]] as well or come to think of themselves as an UltimateLifeform.

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* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', early "[[AIIsACrapshoot transapients]]" [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49a7d33abf557 were split on what they thought the proper relationship between themselves and humans ought to be]]. Eventually, [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/464d2a24c11ef G.A.I.A.]] resolved the crisis by beating the lesser [=AIs=] at their own game and exiling everyone that refused to cooperate.

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* In ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm'', early "[[AIIsACrapshoot transapients]]" [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/49a7d33abf557 were split on what they thought the proper relationship between themselves and humans ought to be]]. Eventually, [[http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/464d2a24c11ef G.A.I.A.]] resolved the crisis by beating the lesser [=AIs=] at their own game and exiling everyone that refused to cooperate.
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** Gellert Grindelwald from planned a revolution in order to establish the wizards' power over the muggle world. Even Dumbledore bought into these ideas for a while, though his motive was a personal one: his sister was tormented by a group of Muggle boys, which had tragic consequences for all his family, and he believed that this sort of regime is the only way to prevent such things from ever happening again.
** Years later, Voldemort may not be a straight example (being more of an ''himself'' supremacist) but draws most of his Deatheaters from this crowd.

* Gellert Grindelwald from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' planned a revolution in order to establish the wizards' power over the muggle world. Even Dumbledore bought into these ideas for a while, though his motive was a personal one: his sister was tormented by a group of Muggle boys, which had tragic consequences for all his family, and he believed that this sort of regime is the only way to prevent such things from ever happening again.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Superman constantly gets this attitude in dark alternate universes. Examples include ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', in which his capsule lands in the USSR instead of the USA and he becomes a communist dictator; ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity: Mastermen'', in which his capsule lands in Third Reich Germany and he becomes a Nazi dictator; ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and its comic spin-offs, in which he goes a bit off after the Joker kills Lois Lane; ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', in which he goes a bit off after the Joker kills Lois Lane; and the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' "Justice Lords" arc, in which he goes a bit off after losing his temper and killing Lex Luthor.

* ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'' contains a pair of Kryptonians who wish to rule over humanity.

Usually supervillains don't care about who is superpowered and who is not. They just use their abilities to commit crimes or TakeOverTheWorld for egotistical reasons. This guy, however, is specifically motivated to get power so those like him would rule, not just for himself.

This is a bad guy with superpowers who believes that this gives them the right to rule over [[{{Muggles}} non-supers]]. The motives of such a villain may be that of a SocialDarwinist who believes superpowers to be the ultimate example of MightMakesRight, or someone who thinks non-supers should be ruled "for their own good". They may even see supers as a nascent MasterRace or [[ANaziByAnyOtherName take after a certain racial demagogic party]] when the author wants to make the implications especially transparent. May develop a [[AGodAmI literal god complex]] as well.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Some SpaceMarines get into this mindet via MightMakesRight, being vastly superior to standard humans in every way and thus asking why they should fight and die for them. Falling to Chaos is not the inevitable outcome, but it's a common fate.