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* ConvenientlyEmptyRoads: In one scene, the super pets are piloting ComicBook/WonderWoman's invisible jet, when they get shot down. As the jet was over downtown when it happened, the streets are completely free of moving cars and civilians when the jet hits the ground. It [=DOES=], however, wreck a car that was parked on the side (which presumably had nobody inside it).
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* AdaptationalNameChange: Krypto’s father is named Zypto in the comics. Here, it is Dog-El.

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* AdaptationalNameChange: Krypto’s father is named Zypto in the comics. Here, it is Dog-El. Justified if we accept that Dog-El is the name he calls himself - see NameFromAnotherSpecies, below.
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* NameFromAnotherSpecies: Krypto's father's name appears to have been changed from Zypto (comics) to Dog-El (film). This is because the comics used the name given to him by his owners, while the film used the name he used to refer to himself - which was presumably given by his parents or chosen to fit his adoptive family. This was the name his son knew, since Dog-El used it in his recordings.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Keith and Mark, two of the guinea pigs Lulu empowered, had little complaints about helping her kidnap the Justice League but have obvious qualms about murdering them.



* EverybodyHasStandards: Keith and Mark, two of the guinea pigs Lulu empowered, had little complaints about helping her kidnap the Justice League but have obvious qualms about murdering them.
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* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: One of the guinea pigs Lulu empowers gains the ability to hulk out into a buff humanoid form strong enough to restrain Wonder Woman. In the process, he grows long Fabio-like blonde hair on the top of his head.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Whiskers is clearly on Lulu's side after the latter [[PleaseDontLeaveMe rescued]] her from the rehoming centre. [[spoiler: Until she [[CatsHaveNineLives loses a life]] in a fight with the Super-Pets, that is - then she disappears until TheStinger, where it looks like she [[Literature/JustSoStories walks by [her]self]]. Apparently, having given her life (one of them) for Lulu's cause, she considered her debt [[MakesUsEven repaid]].]]
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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Krypto defeats Lulu using the Solar Paw Punch, which is said to kill both puncher and punchee. In the event though, it knocks the power out of Lulu without killing her and Krypto survives with help from Ace.]] Possibly justified since [[spoiler: this was the first time the Punch had ever been used, at least by Krypto, so its actual effects wouldn't have been known]].
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Ace ended up in the shelter as a puppy because, in preventing his family's baby from wandering over the stairs, he bit their arm to do it. This injured the baby and made them cry, with the parents oblivious as to why so they had no choice but to give him up.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Ace ended up in the shelter as a puppy because, in preventing his family's baby from wandering over the stairs, he bit their her arm to do it. This injured the baby and made them cry, with her cry and the parents parents, being oblivious as to why so they had no choice but the sequence of events, decided they'd have to give him up.
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*** He describes himself as 1/8 Boxer and is accused of being 7/8 Chihuahua - which he [[KillerRabbit doesn't deny]] although it doesn't show in his physique.
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The cast also features Creator/KateMcKinnon, Creator/VanessaBayer, Creator/DiegoLuna, Creator/NatashaLyonne, Creator/ThomasMiddleditch, Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/JameelaJamil, Creator/DaveedDiggs, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/MarcMaron, Creator/JohnEarly, Creator/DaschaPolanco, Creator/OliviaWilde, and Creator/KeanuReeves as Franchise/{{Batman}}. The film was given a theatrical release on July 29, 2022.

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The cast also features Creator/KateMcKinnon, Creator/VanessaBayer, Creator/DiegoLuna, Creator/NatashaLyonne, Creator/ThomasMiddleditch, Creator/BenSchwartz, Creator/JameelaJamil, Creator/DaveedDiggs, Creator/JemaineClement, Creator/MarcMaron, Creator/JohnEarly, Creator/DaschaPolanco, Creator/OliviaWilde, and Creator/KeanuReeves as Franchise/{{Batman}}. The film was given a theatrical release on July 29, 2022.
2022. A [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons Looney Tunes cartoon]], ''Sick as a Hare'', was attached to the film in select theaters.
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* OutsideContextProblem: Lulu and her minions prove to be this for the Justice League. The Flash points out that they had numerous protocols for alien invasions, but none for mutant guinea pig attacks.
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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Immediately after Lulu frees him, Luthor throws into his cell and leaves her there.]]

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* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Immediately after Lulu frees him, Luthor throws into his cell and leaves her there. This ends up biting him in the ass shortly afterwards as when Keith and Mark free Lulu, she is quick to imprison him along WITH the Justice League and instead of trying to work WITH Lex Luthor, now Lulu wants to KILL Lex Luthor along WITH the Justice League.]]
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Keith and Mark, two of the guinea pigs Lulu empowered, had little complaints about helping her kidnap the Justice League but have obvious qualms about murdering them.
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* LiarRevealed: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Ace frequently promises to take the other animals to a "farm upstate" where they can be free from humans, though he later reveals to Krypto that he’s only giving them hope and doesn’t know if such a place even exists. This revelation doesn’t lead to [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure any further conflict]] and Krypto simply covers for Ace by agreeing to take them to the Kent farm in Smallville, and the rest of the group are none the wiser that Ace had been lying to them.


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* MeaningfulEcho: During the first battle with Lex, Superman makes a quip about ThePowerOfFriendship when the Justice League arrive to help. [[spoiler:Krypto later repeats it to Lulu when the other Super-Pets join forces with the League in the climax]].
-->''There’s one thing you’re forgetting. Unlike you, I have friends!''
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** While hunting down the Super-Pets, [[spoiler:Whiskers]] parodies ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street's]]'' classic "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" song.

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** While hunting down the Super-Pets, [[spoiler:Whiskers]] parodies ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street's]]'' classic "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" song. They also sing "[[Film/TheWarriors "Super Pets, come out to plaaaaaay..."]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: Whiskers, the kitten that Lulu sets free when escaping the shelter. She reappears much later to intercept the Super Pets when they're trying to stop Lulu from freeing Lex, and the resulting fight against her is what provides the impetus to finally control their powers.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Whiskers, the kitten that Lulu sets free when escaping the shelter. She reappears much later to [[spoiler: intercept the Super Pets when they're trying to stop Lulu from freeing Lex, and the resulting fight against her is what provides the impetus to finally control their powers.]]

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* BlindMistake: Merton makes a lot of these. While keeping lookout while Ace tries to break out of the shelter, she's actually looking the wrong way. She mistakes a safety helmet for another turtle and flirts with her. And after finally getting glasses, she realizes none of the others were turtles.



** While wondering what superpowers he'll get from orange kryptonite, Lex mentions being good at throwing cards. During the credits, Lex is shown tossing cards.



* GreenRocks: Kryptonite plays a prominent role in the plot, naturally being experimented on by Lex. Lulu was his guinea pig, natch, for different variations. She lost all her fur from red kryptonite, while another gave her vivid dreams. Lex's plan is to empower himself with a shard of orange krypronite, which fails because Lulu is the only one to realize that that only gives superpowers to animals.

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* GreenRocks: Kryptonite plays a prominent role in the plot, naturally being experimented on by Lex. Lulu was his guinea pig, natch, for different variations. She lost all her fur from red kryptonite, while another purple kryptonite gave her vivid dreams. Lex's plan is to empower himself with a shard of orange krypronite, which fails because Lulu is the only one to realize that that only gives superpowers to animals.



* IAmNotWeasel: Lulu ''really'' hates being called a hamster.
-->'''Lulu:''' A hamster is a discount gerbil! A hamster is a squirrel with nothing going on fur-wise!



** Merton gets SuperSpeed simply for the irony of a fast turtle.

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** Merton gets SuperSpeed simply for the irony of a [[SpeedySnail fast turtle.turtle]].



* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Lulu forces Krypto to choose between saving Superman and the Justice League, or saving Lois.]]

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* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Lulu forces Krypto to choose between saving Superman and the Justice League, or saving Lois. Fortunately, the Super Pets come along to help.]]
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* ActorAllusion: Krypto refers to the Justice League as a "bunch of jabronis."[[note]] Jabroni is a wrestling term for someone whose job it is to lose match. The term went mainstream when The Rock began using it as part of his wrestling persona. [[/note]]

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* ActorAllusion: Krypto refers to the Justice League as a "bunch of jabronis."[[note]] Jabroni is a wrestling term for someone whose job it is to lose match.matches. The term went mainstream when The Rock began using it as part of his wrestling persona. [[/note]]
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* ActorAllusion: Krypto refers to the Justice League as a "bunch of jabronis."[[note]] Jabroni is a wrestling term for someone whose job it is to lose match. The term went mainstream when The Rock began using it as part of his wrestling persona. [[/note]]
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** Superman's red on black S symbol design harkens back to his Creator/FleischerStudios ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons'' look. A background billboard for a local aquarium advertises a "Fleischerfish" as a further nod.
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* VillainousFriendship: Lulu is under the impression that she has one with Lex, [[spoiler:in reality he just sees her as an experiment. In the end she appears to be forming a real one with Mercy.]]
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* JealousPet: Krypto is not happy about his master's relationship with Lois.

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the comics, Chip is an alien member of the Green Lantern Corps whose species the Hl'venites resemble Earth squirrels. This movie presents Chip as an ordinary earth squirrel until he gets electricity powers.

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: AdaptationalBackstoryChange:
** In the comics, Krypto was sent up in a test rocket by Jor-El, and due to time dilation, arrived on Earth years after Kal-El. Here, he goes to Earth with him.
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In the comics, Chip is an alien member of the Green Lantern Corps whose species the Hl'venites resemble Earth squirrels. This movie presents Chip as an ordinary earth squirrel until he gets electricity powers.



* AnimalJingoism: Lulu ''really'' dislikes hamsters, considering them inferior to guinea pigs.
* AnimalSweetOnObject: Over the course of the movie, Merton flirts with a hard hat, a Garfield doll, and at the end states that she's got a date with two firefighter helmets.



* BaldOfEvil: While Lex Luthor naturaly fits the bill, Lulu also counts, due to losing her fur after being exposed to Red Kryptonite.



** While snarking about the Justice League during their first appearance, Krypto says that Wonder Woman's invisible jet is more transparent than actually invisible. Whiskers later makes the same comment after shooting the jet down.

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** While snarking about the Justice League during their first appearance, Krypto says that Wonder Woman's invisible jet is more transparent than actually invisible. Whiskers [[spoiler:Whiskers]] later makes the same comment after shooting the jet down.



* CatsAreMean: Whiskers is a CuteKitten, but once adopted by Lulu develops a mean streak along with her rocket launcher/flamethrower tail. In TheStinger [[spoiler:she pointedly refuses to help Lex out of his cage.]]

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* CatsAreMean: Whiskers [[spoiler:Whiskers is a CuteKitten, but once adopted by Lulu develops a mean streak along with her rocket launcher/flamethrower tail. In TheStinger [[spoiler:she she pointedly refuses to help Lex out of his cage.]]



* CuttingTheKnot: Lulu defeats Green Lantern by simply using her telekinesis to remove the ring from her finger.



** Mark and Keith get [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] powers, respectively. At the eleventh hour, Lulu punishes them for backing out of her plan by slamming them together, which thaws Keith out and [[DiscardAndDraw makes him a water elemental.]]

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** Mark and Keith get [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[AnIcePerson ice]] powers, respectively. At [[spoiler:At the eleventh hour, Lulu punishes them for backing out of her plan by slamming them together, which thaws Keith out and [[DiscardAndDraw makes him a water elemental.]]elemental]].]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While Lulu is happy to leave Ace and the others to die in the burning shelter, she takes a moment to free Whiskers from her cage.



** Whiskers is a cute little [[KillerRabbit Killer Cat]] who is a lot like [[WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog Snooky Wookums]] but with more super powers.

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** Whiskers [[spoiler:Whiskers is a cute little [[KillerRabbit Killer Cat]] who is a lot like [[WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog Snooky Wookums]] but with more super powers.]]



* HumanlikeAnimalAging: Krypto has been with Superman since he was a baby, but still seems to be in his prime.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: [[spoiler:Whiskers can turn her whiskers and hairballs into explosives.]]



* MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:Lulu is outraged over Lex betraying her, but has no trouble trying to kill Keith and Mark for balking at the idea of killing the Justice League.]]



* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:Lulu forces Krypto to choose between saving Superman and the Justice League, or saving Lois.]]



** While hunting down the Super-Pets, [[spoiler:Whiskers]] parodies ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street's]]'' classic "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" song.
** Lulu mockingly refers to the Super-Pets as "the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol''".



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After being captures by the Guinea Pigs, Batman tells them not to mess with his bat-a-rangs, as Bruce Wayne paid a lot of money for them before giving them to him.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After being captures captured by the Guinea Pigs, Batman tells them not to mess with his bat-a-rangs, as Bruce Wayne paid a lot of money for them before giving them to him.


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: [[spoiler:Whiskers is all too gleeful about trying to kill the Super-Pets.]]
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Immediately after Lulu frees him, Luthor throws into his cell and leaves her there.]]
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* CatsAreMean: Whiskers is a CuteKitten, but once adopted by Lulu develops a mean streak along with her rocket launcher/flamethrower tail.

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* CatsAreMean: Whiskers is a CuteKitten, but once adopted by Lulu develops a mean streak along with her rocket launcher/flamethrower tail. In TheStinger [[spoiler:she pointedly refuses to help Lex out of his cage.]]
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** At the start of the film when Krypto grabs hold of a van driven by two thugs, he holds it in the same pose as Superman on the cover of ''Action Comics #1''. Bonus points for a bystander turning away from that with the exact same shocked, head-in-hands expression as the bystander on the cover as well.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: [[http://www.impawards.com/2022/dc_league_of_superpets_ver4.html This poster]] has Whiskers featured alongside the Super Pets as though he’s part of the team. [[spoiler:He works with Lulu to try and kill them.]]

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* CoversAlwaysLie: [[http://www.impawards.com/2022/dc_league_of_superpets_ver4.html This poster]] has Whiskers featured alongside the Super Pets as though he’s she’s part of the team. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler:She works with Lulu to try and kill them.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: [[http://www.impawards.com/2022/dc_league_of_superpets_ver4.html This poster]] has Whiskers featured alongside the Super Pets as though he’s part of the team. [[spoiler:He works with Lulu to try and kill them.]]
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* DaydreamSurprise: As Krypto worries about Superman neglecting him in favor of Lois, Lois arrives for her and Supes' date. Krypto answers the door, grabs Lois by the ankle and ''[[TwinkleInTheSky flings her into the sky]]'', and she eventually lands in the middle of the ocean. Cut to Krypto still in Superman's apartment, shaking his head and going "Nah, I shouldn't do that." [[spoiler:Unusually for this trope, this ImagineSpot comes up again later as Krypto reflects on the way he has been acting since he learned that Superman plans to propose to Lois, and [[CerebusRetcon he calls imagining doing such a thing in the first place as one of the ways that he has been a bad dog over the past several days]].]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Keith and Mark were OK with kidnapping, but not murder. This makes Lulu attack them and hamper their powers, so they join the Super Pets against her.]]

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[[spoiler:Keith and Mark were OK with kidnapping, but not murder. This makes Lulu attack them and hamper their powers, so they join the Super Pets against her.]]
** [[spoiler:The credits scenes imply that the rest of the guinea pigs not named Lulu eventually followed suit, with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the rainbow guinea pig]] shown having become the pet of the guy in the bathtub whose wall was busted during the climax and the rest having resumed their Wednesday Spanish classes.
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* SoundEffectBleep: Occurs every time Merton swears.
-->"I still can't see [bleep]."

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