History NightmareFuel / SupermanVsTheElite

[[caption-width-right:350:BewareTheSuperman doesn't even begin to describe it. [[spoiler: And he's faking it!]]]]

** The fact that this is Creator/GeorgeNewbern somehow makes all of this worse. This is the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' Superman. This is the man who delivered '''THE''' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. And he's using the same exact tone as [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]. To hear the voice of one of gaming's most iconic villains coming from one of the comic industry's greatest heroes is ''nothing short of terrifying''.

[[caption-width-right:350:BewareTheSuperman doesn't even begin to describe it. [spoiler: And he's faking it!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:BewareTheSuperman doesn't even begin to describe it.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:BewareTheSuperman.]]

* The Elite's beatdown of Superman even if it turns out he was playing them. Superman disagreed with them, and they resorted to murder. Manchester Black gives a chilling speech about how MightMakesRight, his cold view on what the world needs, that if anybody pushes back against the Elite, the Elite will kill them. He emphasizes that Superman is the first hero the Elite will kill who stands in their way, and if any of Superman's allies try to avenge his death, the Elite will kill them as well. If you need any further proof for why the Elite are '''NOT''' the kind of heroes that the world needs, this is it. They were intending to become dictators in all but name for entire planet who would murder anyone or anything they saw as an obstacle to their draconian attempts to improve the world.

** The worst part of all this? Superman displayed Batman levels of planning on how to permanently, lethally take down his enemies. And if you know Batman, the implication that Superman has all these contingencies in his head is ''terrifying''.

-->'''Superman:''' I finally get it. Thank you. I made the mistake of treating you people like... ''people''. But now, I understand better. I understand what the world wants. What it ''needs''. The world needs people in charge who are willing to ''put the animals'' '''down'''.

** When Superman shows himself again, it’s in the form of a giant tornado, ''on the moon'' and he’s completely shrouded in darkness as his eyes are [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red]] as he gives a speech to signal his fall from grace and the Elite's impending demise. It’s chilling in ways that defy description. Loud as thunder, [[TranquilFury but he never raises his voice]]. Just... read it for yourself. Does this sound like our Big Blue Boyscout?

** The fact that this is Creator/GeorgeNewbern somehow makes all of this worse. This is the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' Superman. This is the man who delivered ''the'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. He's also the voice of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]. To hear the voice of one of gaming's most iconic villains coming from one of the comic industry's greatest heroes is ''terrifying''.

*** Special note is the slight pause and emphasis on the word "pop" that Superman gives, see the page image. In truth, Coldcast is alive and incapacitated, but Superman made it seem like he "heard" everything and delighted in it.

** And finally, just to prove all of the above, there's Superman's NightmareFace, pictured above, complete with a humongous SlasherSmile (which greatly resembles a PsychoticSmirk, of all things), [[RedEyesTakeWarning a bloody eye]] and an [[AxCrazy absolutely batshit insane]] facial expression. ''Good luck trying to sleep tonight.''

** The fact that this is Creator/GeorgeNewbern somehow makes all of this worse. This is the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' Superman. This is the man who delivered ''the'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech. The way he delivers the every bit of dialogue is made that much worse and chilling.
*** Even better, it's also the voice of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], one of gaming's most iconic villains, and Newbern even used the voice he gave Sephiroth while doing the scene!

** The Elite revealing they slaughtered the leaders of Pokolistan and Bialya and are essentually planning to let the countries 'start from scratch'. Two ''nuclear capable'' countries. [[FridgeHorror There are so many ways that could end badly.]]

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* Franchise/{{Superman}}'s entire means of dispatching the Elite. [[spoiler:Even when it turns out Superman didn't actually kill any of them, and managed to avoid the apparent collateral damage to the civilians of Metropolis, the ways he made it look so convincing are terrifying.]]

*** Special note is the slight pause and emphasis on the word "pop" that Superman gives, see the page image. [[spoiler:In truth, Coldcast is alive and incapacitated, but Superman made it seem like he "heard" everything and delighted in it.]]

** When Superman shows himself again, it’s in the form of a giant tornado, ''on the moon'' and he’s completely shrouded in darkness as his eyes are [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red]] as he gives a speech to signal his fall from grace and the Elite's impending demise. It’s chilling in ways that defy description. Loud as thunder, but he never raises his voice. Just... read it for yourself. Does this sound like our Big Blue Boyscout?

--> Superman: I finally get it. Thank you. I made the mistake of treating you people like... ''people''. But now, I understand better. I understand what the world wants. What it ''needs''. The world needs people in charge who are willing to ''put the animals'' '''down'''.

* The speech Superman gives to signal his fall from grace and the Elite's impending demise is chilling in ways that defy description. Loud as thunder, but he never raises his voice. Just... read it for yourself. Does this sound like our Big Blue Boyscout?
--> I finally get it. Thank you. I made the mistake of treating you people like... ''people''. But now, I understand better. I understand what the world wants. What it ''needs''. The world needs people in charge who are willing to ''put the animals down''.

** He ''mocks'' Black with the whereabouts of Coldcast. Where is he? Heading for orbit at ''Mach Seven''. For those unversed in such measurements, that means he's exiting Earth's atmosphere at over ''five thousand miles per hour.'' He says, quite simply, "If you had super-hearing, any second now, you'd hear the '[[ExplosiveDecompression pop]].'" Thus is the realization: if Superman wanted, he could ''carry'' most of his opponents to death.

** And during his confrontation with Black, he doesn't bother with limiting collateral damage. He hits the ground like a meteor, and then effortlessly dodges most of Black's attacks to the point that his super speed turns into {{Flash Step}}ping. And then he lobotomizes Black. Even after taking the biggest hit Black could throw at him, it took almost ''nothing'' to focus his heat vision into a scalpel into a meta-gene boosted human and [[BroughtDownToNormal cut out what made him so special]].

** The worst part of all this? Superman displayed Batman levels of planning on how to permanently, lethally take down his enemies. And if you know Batman, the thought of this is ''terrifying''.

[[caption-width-right:350:BewareTheSuperman indeed.]]