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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Darkseid is one of the greatest villains of the DC Universe, renowned as master manipulator and GeniusBruiser. Here he’s a GenericDoomsdayVillain who’s attacking Earth…for some reason and barely speaks, only serving as a physical threat.
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** In the {{Elseworld}} storyline ComicBook/DCVsVampires, in which a group of vampires are infiltrating the superhero community and turning them. In an amusing reversal, one of the earliest sired superheroes is [[spoiler: Green Lantern himself, who later tries to pin the blame of the conspiracy on Batman by pretending he was the vampire ringleader.]]

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** In the {{Elseworld}} storyline ComicBook/DCVsVampires, in which a group of vampires are infiltrating the superhero community and turning them. In an amusing reversal, one of the earliest sired superheroes is [[spoiler: Green Lantern himself, who later tries to pin the blame of the conspiracy on Batman by pretending he was the vampire ringleader.]]]] In that same series, Green Arrow echoes this movie's Hal's theory that he thought Batman was a vampire due to his night motif.
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** In the {{Elseworld}} storyline ComicBook/DCVsVampires, in which a group of vampires are infiltrating the superhero community and turning them. In an amusing reversal, one of the earliest sired superheroes is [[spoiler: Green Lantern himself, who later tries to pin the blame of the conspiracy on Batman by pretending he was the vampire ringleader.]]
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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.

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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: The protest group against Wonder Woman brings up some pretty valid points about superheroes; they have every right to be worried, not just about the ''massive'' amounts of property damage that the heroes (save for Flash) cause on a regular basis, but that the very idea of people who may as well be demigods is pretty terrifying to the general public.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: The protest group against Wonder Woman brings up some pretty valid points about superheroes; they have every right to be worried, not just about the ''massive'' amounts of property damage that the heroes (save for Flash) cause on a regular basis, but that the very idea of people who may as well be demigods is pretty terrifying to the general public. It doesn't help that these living gods (and Batman) are generally varying flavors of {{Jerkass}}, ranging from AxCrazy Wonder Woman and her tendency to randomly assault people or stick swords in their faces, to generally-douchey Hal Jordan.
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* BrokenBase: Even before it was released it was already causing one; fans of the first ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'' arc it's based on are happy, while those who hate the ComicBook/New52 and didn't want it reflected into other media projects are not. And there are also those who just plain don't like the arc, or wish DC had gone with an older story to adapt or maybe some other New 52 arc.

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* HilariousInHindsight:
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Creator/SteveBlum voiced Vilgax (a role he later reprised in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''), who's an {{Expy}} of Darkseid. Here, he lends his voice to Darkseid himself.
** Batman telling Green Lantern he is not a vampire. [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters Wrong animated movie, Hal.]]
*** And then in 2019, Creator/RobertPattinson of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fame was [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/robert-pattinson-batman-wins-role-warner-bros-1202624926/ cast as Bruce Wayne]] for Matt Reeves' ''The Batman''.
** Alan Tudyk, who voices Superman, played Van Wayne, Bruce's cousin who always wanted super powers, in the short lived series ''Series/Powerless2017''.
** True to the tradition of Star Wars villains looking suspiciously similar to the New Gods, Supreme Leader Snoke looks near-identical to this version of Desaad.
** Cyborg refers to himself as a {{Franchise/Terminator}}. Two years later, Creator/JoeMorton would play Cyborg’s father Silas Stone in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

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* HilariousInHindsight:
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'', Creator/SteveBlum voiced Vilgax (a role he later reprised in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]''), who's an {{Expy}} of Darkseid. Here, he lends his voice to Darkseid himself.
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HilariousInHindsight: Batman telling tells Green Lantern he is not a vampire. [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters Wrong animated movie, Hal.]]
*** And then in 2019, Creator/RobertPattinson of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fame
In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueGodsAndMonsters'', which was [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/robert-pattinson-batman-wins-role-warner-bros-1202624926/ cast as Bruce Wayne]] for Matt Reeves' ''The Batman''.
** Alan Tudyk, who voices Superman, played Van Wayne, Bruce's cousin who always wanted super powers,
released in the short lived series ''Series/Powerless2017''.
** True to the tradition of Star Wars villains looking suspiciously similar to the New Gods, Supreme Leader Snoke looks near-identical to this version of Desaad.
** Cyborg refers to himself as a {{Franchise/Terminator}}. Two years later, Creator/JoeMorton
following year, Batman would play Cyborg’s father Silas Stone in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.ironically be portrayed as said monster.

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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.



* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.

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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the future League's victory against Darkseid was AllForNothing. As seen in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', it didn't matter that they stopped Darkseid here, he ultimately won and the victory they had to take Earth back was at best a PyrrhicVictory and such of one that the Flash needed to do a CosmicRetcon ''again'' to the whole universe to undo it -- and the whole DCAMU.]]

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[[spoiler:Ultimately, the future League's victory against Darkseid was AllForNothing. As seen in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', it didn't matter that they stopped Darkseid here, he ultimately won and the victory they had to take Earth back was at best a PyrrhicVictory and such of one that the Flash needed to do a CosmicRetcon ''again'' to the whole universe to undo it -- and the whole DCAMU.]]
** [[spoiler:On a similar vein, there's a moment, while Batman, Green Lantern and Superman all fight together against Parademons for the first time, in which Green Lantern is overwhelmed by the Parademons in a way that is strikingly similar to how he dies in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar''.
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* {{Adorkable}}: It's not too noticeable, but there are a few instances where Wonder Woman fits this trope. One moment is in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', where she shows adorable, child like excitement at trying ice cream for the first time. The second time is the diner scene in ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', where her attempts to maintain a conversation with Lois end up rather awkward, yet she still shows a certain charm that makes her endearing. She shows this again in ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'' when meeting Vanessa for the first time, and accidentally mixing up their names, acting a bit flustered afterwards.
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* MemeticMutation: [=GIFs=] of the scene where Green Lantern [[LeeroyJenkins flies towards Darkseid]] only to get swatted aside and [[KickThemWhileTheyreDown pummeled by two Parademons while he's on the ground]] have become shorthand for a CurbStompBattle, sometimes with different characters Photoshopped over Hal, Darkseid, and/or the Parademons.
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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, Batman is...well...[[JerkAss Batman]] and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.

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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, Batman is...well...[[JerkAss Batman]] and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The film isn't just dark, it's incredibly mean-spirited to the point of being petty, and the majority of its heroes are completely unsympathetic, egotistical jerks.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some characters can come across as this, as we are supposed to feel sorry that the population are in fear of them or outright hate them. However, the moment we actually meet them, it's quite understandable as to [[JerkAss why they feel this way]]. Turns out there's a good reason the Flash is the only hero with a positive public image, when everyone else on the team (barring Cyborg, whose origin occurs in the movie) is reckless, egotistical, or [[TerrorHero Batman]].

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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some characters can come across as this, as we are supposed to feel sorry that the population are in fear of them or outright hate them. However, the moment we actually meet them, it's quite understandable as to [[JerkAss [[{{Jerkass}} why they feel this way]]. Turns out there's a good reason the Flash is the only hero with a positive public image, when everyone else on the team (barring Cyborg, whose origin occurs in the movie) is reckless, egotistical, or [[TerrorHero Batman]].

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** True to the tradition of Star Wars movies looking suspiciously similar to the New Gods, Supreme Leader Snoke looks near-identical to this version of Desaad.

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** True to the tradition of Star Wars movies villains looking suspiciously similar to the New Gods, Supreme Leader Snoke looks near-identical to this version of Desaad.Desaad.
** Cyborg refers to himself as a {{Franchise/Terminator}}. Two years later, Creator/JoeMorton would play Cyborg’s father Silas Stone in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
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* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans have expressed anger at the decision to replace Aquaman with Shazam, especially because the New 52 has proven to be a new lease on life for Aquaman.

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* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans have expressed anger at the decision to replace Aquaman with Shazam, especially because the New 52 has proven to be a new lease on life for Aquaman. And there's also the matter of, much like the comic it's based on, Cyborg similarly replacing the Martian Manhunter.
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* BrokenBase: Even before it was released it was already causing one; fans of the arc it's based on are happy, while those who hate the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and didn't want it reflected into other media projects are not. And there are also those who just plain don't like the arc, or wish DC had gone with an older story to adapt or maybe some other New 52 arc.

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* BrokenBase: Even before it was released it was already causing one; fans of the first ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'' arc it's based on are happy, while those who hate the ComicBook/{{New 52}} ComicBook/New52 and didn't want it reflected into other media projects are not. And there are also those who just plain don't like the arc, or wish DC had gone with an older story to adapt or maybe some other New 52 arc.
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* {{Adorkable}}: It's not too noticeable, but there are a few instances where Wonder Woman fits this trope. One moment is in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar'', where she shows adorable, child like excitement at trying ice cream for the first time. The second time is the diner scene in ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'', where her attempts to maintain a conversation with Lois end up rather awkward, yet she still shows a certain charm that makes her endearing. She shows this again in ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'' when meeting Vanessa for the first time, and accidentally mixing up their names, acting a bit flustered afterwards.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Wonder Woman getting incredibly excited over ice cream. It's been quite a contested scene among fans.
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the future League's victory against Darkseid was AllForNothing. As seen in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', it didn't matter that they stopped Darkseid here, he ultimately won and the victory they had was at best a PyrrhicVictory -- and such of one that the Flash needed to do a CosmicRetcon to the whole universe to undo it -- and the whole DCAMU.]]

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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the future League's victory against Darkseid was AllForNothing. As seen in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', it didn't matter that they stopped Darkseid here, he ultimately won and the victory they had to take Earth back was at best a PyrrhicVictory -- and such of one that the Flash needed to do a CosmicRetcon ''again'' to the whole universe to undo it -- and the whole DCAMU.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the future League's victory against Darkseid was AllForNothing. As seen in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'', it didn't matter that they stopped Darkseid here, he ultimately won and the victory they had was at best a PyrrhicVictory -- and such of one that the Flash needed to do a CosmicRetcon to the whole universe to undo it -- and the whole DCAMU.]]

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* CompleteMonster: ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, Lord of Apokolips, seeks to conquer the Earth and add it to his [[GalacticConqueror dark empire]]. Having many humans abducted to be [[TransformationHorror agonizingly mutated]] into his Parademons, Darkseid launches attacks on the Earth, bombing entire cities before being driven back. [[WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen Later responsible]] for [[WesternAnimation/TheDeathOfSuperman unleashing Doomsday to run rampant]] so it will kill Superman, Darkseid killed the wife of Hank Henshaw and corrupted him into the Cyborg Superman, using him to help Darkseid come to Earth where he intends to obliterate Metropolis and then take over the world in bloody conquest.
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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug, Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, Batman is...well...[[JerkAss Batman]] and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them.

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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug, thug (or seems that way, with Batman noting, "You bruise, but you don't kill, do you... ''Clark.''"), Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, Batman is...well...[[JerkAss Batman]] and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them. On the other hand, all of them get CharacterDevelopment throughout the film and its sequels.
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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug, Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them.

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* DesignatedHero: Green Lantern is an TooDumbToLive {{Jerkass}}, Superman is a straight-up thug, Wonder Woman cares more about fighting than actually being an Ambassador, Batman is...well...[[JerkAss Batman]] and Shazam is literally a spoiled brat in a man's body, and yet the audience is expected to root for them.
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*** And then in 2019, Creator/RobertPattinson of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fame was [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/robert-pattinson-batman-wins-role-warner-bros-1202624926/ casted as Bruce Wayne]] for Matt Reeves' ''The Batman''.

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*** And then in 2019, Creator/RobertPattinson of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fame was [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/robert-pattinson-batman-wins-role-warner-bros-1202624926/ casted cast as Bruce Wayne]] for Matt Reeves' ''The Batman''.
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*** And then in 2019, Creator/RobertPattinson of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fame was [[https://deadline.com/2019/05/robert-pattinson-batman-wins-role-warner-bros-1202624926/ casted as Bruce Wayne]] for Matt Reeves' ''The Batman''.

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* BrokenBase:
** Even before it was released it was already causing one; fans of the arc it's based on are happy, while those who hate the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and didn't want it reflected into other media projects are not. And there are also those who just plain don't like the arc, or wish DC had gone with an older story to adapt or maybe some other New 52 arc.
** Once the trailer was released, many fans complained about Darkseid using Creator/SteveBlum's normal tone of voice, which is an undeniable example of EvilSoundsDeep for a ''human'' character, but not so much for a large alien warlord. The final dub of the film has his voice significantly deepened digitally.
** How many characters are portrayed in this movie: Darkseid being a generic GalacticConqueror instead of the GodOfEvil he was portrayed as in previous incarnations; or Superman acting more like a thuggish AntiHero and SmugSuper instead of his more usual NiceGuy and IdealHero characterization; or Wonder Woman being more hot-headed than usual with absolutely no skills in being a diplomat; or Green Lantern/Hal Jordan being considerably more arrogant and reckless than his comic book counterpart.
** And of course, Aquaman being replaced by Shazam (AKA: the original Captain Marvel). Though the fact he is getting a lot of focus for the sequel probably has helped a bit on this side.
** And Shazam, or more specifically his alter ego Billy Batson, being a complete {{Jerkass}}.
** The fact that besides Batman, Cyborg, and Flash, everyone else is [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic kind of a dick]].
** The pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman rather than with their traditional couples, Lois Lane and Steve Trevor, although this is, again, a fault of adapting the New 52.

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* BrokenBase:
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BrokenBase: Even before it was released it was already causing one; fans of the arc it's based on are happy, while those who hate the ComicBook/{{New 52}} and didn't want it reflected into other media projects are not. And there are also those who just plain don't like the arc, or wish DC had gone with an older story to adapt or maybe some other New 52 arc.
** Once the trailer was released, many fans complained about Darkseid using Creator/SteveBlum's normal tone of voice, which is an undeniable example of EvilSoundsDeep for a ''human'' character, but not so much for a large alien warlord. The final dub of the film has his voice significantly deepened digitally.
** How many characters are portrayed in this movie: Darkseid being a generic GalacticConqueror instead of the GodOfEvil he was portrayed as in previous incarnations; or Superman acting more like a thuggish AntiHero and SmugSuper instead of his more usual NiceGuy and IdealHero characterization; or Wonder Woman being more hot-headed than usual with absolutely no skills in being a diplomat; or Green Lantern/Hal Jordan being considerably more arrogant and reckless than his comic book counterpart.
** And of course, Aquaman being replaced by Shazam (AKA: the original Captain Marvel). Though the fact he is getting a lot of focus for the sequel probably has helped a bit on this side.
** And Shazam, or more specifically his alter ego Billy Batson, being a complete {{Jerkass}}.
** The fact that besides Batman, Cyborg, and Flash, everyone else is [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic kind of a dick]].
** The pairing of Superman and Wonder Woman rather than with their traditional couples, Lois Lane and Steve Trevor, although this is, again, a fault of adapting the New 52.
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