History YMMV / Brainiac

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/CoreyBurton's voice for Brainiac in the Franchise/{{DCAU}} is what most fans tend to hear in their heads when reading his lines. That, or Creator/JeffreyCombs for fans of ''VideoGame/Injustice2''.

* MainstreamObscurity: Brainiac was so ubiquitous and popular in the Silver Age that his name became slang for intellectual and introduced a word in the cultural lexicon, but his cross-media appearances has prevented him from being as famous as other villains. He has yet to appear in a single Live-Action film version of Superman (which has seen three Lex Luthors and two General Zods) and his most well known appearance, the Franchise/{{DCAU}} take, is different enough from his comics that they make newcomers confused about the two versions.

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/CoreyBurton's voice for Brainiac in the Franchise/{{DCAU}} is what most fans tend to hear in their heads when reading his lines. That, or Createor/JeffreyCombs for fans of ''VideoGame/Injustice2''.

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/CoreyBurton's voice for Brainiac in the Franchise/{{DCAU}} is what most fans tend to hear in their heads when reading his lines.

* CompleteMonster: See [[Sandbox/CMIncarnationsPerCharacter here]].

* FashionVictimVillain: On the cover to "The Super-Duel in Space" he's wearing [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Action_Comics_242.png/170px-Action_Comics_242.png a pink legless unitard]]. It is not flattering. There's a reason most of his revisions, such as the page image, at least include pants.
** Because he really does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98uVJW7pYk just want a decent pair of pants.]]

* CompleteMonster: One of the most infamous in DC comics and comics history as a whole. Comicbook/{{Superman}} is an icon of good and Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} as his thematic EvilCounterpart is more often than nought the exact opposite.
** Several incarnations at Monster/{{Superman}} ([[ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain one]] is also at Monster/{{Batman}}).
** Several incarnations at Monster/DCUniverse ([[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueMightyMorphinPowerRangers one]] can also be found at Monster/PowerRangers).
** Several incarnations at Monster/DCAnimation.
** His ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' and ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes'' incarnations at Monster/DCVideoGames.
** His ''Series/{{Krypton}}'' incarnation at Monster/LiveActionTVAToL
** His ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' incarnation at Monster/LiveActionTVMToZ.
** The Brainiac 8 (Indigo) incarnation from ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'', at Monster/{{Arrowverse}}.
** His [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12538016/1/Injustice-2-The-Novelization fan work]] incarnation at Monster/FanWorks.

* EvilIsCool: Naturally. Brainiac has consistently been a threat to Superman across the decades no matter how strong the Man of Steel becomes.* FashionVictimVillain: On the cover to "The Super-Duel in Space" he's wearing [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3a/Action_Comics_242.png/170px-Action_Comics_242.png a pink legless unitard]]. It is not flattering. There's a reason most of his revisions, such as the page image, at least include pants.

* EvilIsCool: Naturally. Brainiac has consistently been a threat to Superman across the decades no matter how strong the Man of Steel becomes.

** Several incarnations at Monster/{{Superman}}.

** His ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'' incarnation at Monster/{{Batman}} (also at Monster/{{Superman}}).

** Several incarnations at Monster/DCUniverse.

** His ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' incarnation at Monster/LiveActionTVMToZ.

** The Brainiac 8 (Indigo) incarnation from ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'', at Monster/{{Arrowverse}}.

** His ''VideoGame/Injustice2'' and ''VideoGame/JusticeLeagueHeroes'' incarnations at Monster/VideoGamesAToK.

** His mainstream Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis incarnations, plus his ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'' incarnation, at Monster/{{Superman}}.
** His ''JLA: Shogun of Steel'', ''ComicBook/{{Justice}}'', and Antimatter incarnations at Monster/DCUniverse.

** Several incarnations incarnations at Monster/DCAnimation.