| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' '''[[Characters/YoungJustice2010 Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeam The Team]] ([[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonOne Season One]], [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonTwo Season Two]], [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonThree Season Three]], [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonFour Season Four]]) | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheOutsiders The Outsiders]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010JusticeLeague Justice League]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010OtherHeroes Other Heroes]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010MinionsOfTheLight Minions of the Light]] ([[Characters/YoungJustice2010LeagueOfShadows League of Shadows]]) | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheReach The Reach]] | '''Apokolips''' | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010OtherVillains Other Villains]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010NewGenesis New Genesis]] | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010OtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | !Apokolips |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 9 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In the comics, they only came into contact with Earth years after the Justice League forms. Here, Darkseid and his forces come into conflict with Earth while Vandal Savage is UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan. |
| 10 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon: New Genesis has Motherboxes and their evil counterparts on Apokolips are called Fatherboxes. Violet said that the names are a translation, though, and not truly indicative of gender. |
| 11 | [[/folder]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | !!Leadership |
| 14 | [[folder:Darkseid]] |
| 15 | !!''ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'' |
| 16 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yjo_darkseid.png]] |
| 17 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 18 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Michael-Leon Wooley |
| 19 | |
| 20 | A New God from Apokolips and an ally to the Light. |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | * ActionDad: Darkseid is a GalacticConqueror fully capable of doing his own dirty work, at one point leading an attempted conquest [[spoiler:of Earth]] alongside his sons Kalibak and Grayven. |
| 23 | * BaldOfEvil: He has no hair and is for all intents and purposes a literal GodOfEvil. |
| 24 | * BigBadDuumvirate: |
| 25 | ** Darkseid and Vandal Savage made a pact centuries ago to conquer the galaxy together, and once complete, Apokolips and Earth would fight each other in one final "winner take all" battle. In modern times he's responsible for Desaad, Godfrey, and Granny's presences on Earth, and lends the Light technology from Apokolips that make it possible for them to execute their grander schemes. [[spoiler:Their alliance remains intact even after Granny betrays the Light to claim the Anti-Life Equation on Darkseid's behalf, her defeat and subsequent punishment satisfying both parties for the time being.]] |
| 26 | ** ''Phantoms'' has him form a similar "winner take all" alliance with [[spoiler:Lor-Zod, aiding the Kryptonian in his quest to release his father.]] |
| 27 | * BigBadEnsemble: Played with; Darkseid and Savage are ostensibly partners, aiding each other's efforts with the understanding that they will eventually face off for ultimate domination. However, this alliance doesn't stop Darkseid from pursuing his own goals at the expense of Savage and the Light [[spoiler:as he does in tricking them into handing over Halo to give Darkseid access to the Anti-Life Equation]]. |
| 28 | * TheChessmaster: While he's also fond of conquest by force of arms, Darkseid is smart enough to use clever manipulations to accomplish his goals, forming alliances of mutual benefit that he can exploit to serve his own ends. [[spoiler:During ''Outsiders'', he even manages to outplay Vandal Savage and the Light, conning Savage into handing over Halo as a simple favor, only for Savage to later learn that Halo is the key to Anti-Life, the lynchpin of Darkseid's plans for universal conquest.]] |
| 29 | * ControlFreak: Darkseid is a tyrant of the highest order, wishing to remove even the ''possibility'' of free will from those under his rule, either through the Anti-Life Equation or by using Ma'alefa'ak to root out those on Apokolips who are so much as susceptible to the idea of being turned against him. |
| 30 | * CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:When his armies invaded Earth in the 13th century and were opposed by Vandal Savage (as Genghis Khan), Darkseid easily defeated Savage with a single shot of his Omega Beam. The only reason Darkseid didn't completely conquer Earth is because Savage managed to parlay Darkseid's interest in the meta-gene into an alliance.]] |
| 31 | * DarkIsEvil: Right there in the name. '''Dark'''seid. |
| 32 | * TheDreaded: |
| 33 | ** None of the Forever People wanted to speak his name, and Desaad backtracked almost instantly when he claimed that Infinity-Man was his to control, clarifying that Infinity-Man would belong to "my master", as if he were worried that Darkseid could hear him. |
| 34 | ** Even though they're working together, Savage's interactions with Darkseid in "Evolution" show he's clearly wary of Darkseid and he makes an effort to be polite. Savage tasted defeat at his hands once before and knows exactly how dangerous he can be. [[spoiler:The idea of Darkseid getting his hands on the Anti-Life Equation is the first thing to ever truly break Savage's otherwise ironclad composure.]] |
| 35 | ** Even the Lords of Chaos and Order consider the idea of Darkseid gaining control over the Anti-Life Equation to be an unacceptable outcome (Darkseid's rule would make chaos a thing of the past and render order moot), causing them to (while not ''supporting'' him) regard Vandal Savage as the lesser of two evils. |
| 36 | * TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Darkseid seeks control over the Anti-Life Equation, which strips others of their free will, rendering them slaves to Darkseid. [[spoiler:Capturing Halo allows him to fulfill this goal.]] |
| 37 | * EvilOverlord: He's the ruler of Apokolips. |
| 38 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Per tradition, Darkseid's voice is deep as the pits of hell and it belongs to a brutal conqueror who exploits the meta-human trafficking industry to bolster his armies. |
| 39 | * EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:Darkseid proves to be a greater threat than the Light on virtually every level, exploiting his erstwhile allies to get his hands on the Anti-Life Equation, then casually discarding their partnership and putting the Equation to use in conquering entire star systems.]] |
| 40 | * EyeBeams: A flashback in "Evolution" sees Darkseid use his trademark Omega Beam to strike down [[spoiler:Genghis Khan (or, as we know him, Vandal Savage).]] |
| 41 | * FriendlyEnemy: Essentially his relationship with Savage, with emphasis on the "friendly" part. The two conquerors like and respect one another and help each other towards their goals, [[spoiler:all with the understanding that when Earth and Apokolips are the greatest powers in the galaxy, they will have a final battle for their respective world's dominance.]] |
| 42 | * GalacticConqueror: Endemic to the character. The first few minutes of ''Outsiders'' gives us a look at Darkseid's armies laying siege to Rann in an attempt to claim the planet for their master, [[spoiler:and "Evolution" reveals that an attempted invasion of Earth centuries prior is what led to Darkseid's current partnership with Savage, and indirectly, to the events of the entire series.]] |
| 43 | * GeniusBruiser: Darkseid is a towering mass of muscle with godlike power at his command and the intellect to match. [[spoiler:He proves to be one of the few opponents capable of beating the Light at their own game.]] |
| 44 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Almost definitely a greater threat than the Light, and stays almost completely off stage during the two seasons. [[spoiler:"Evolution" reveals him to be one for the entire series; it was Darkseid's attempted invasion of Earth that led to Vandal Savage expanding his vision from world domination to ''galactic'' domination, paving the way for the Light and everything that's happened since moment one.]] He's stepping towards a BigBadDuumvirate role in ''Outsiders'', alongside Vandal Savage and the Light. |
| 45 | * IGaveMyWord: Despite being willing to bend the terms of an agreement to an extent, Darkseid is ultimately a man of his word and honors the deals he makes. [[spoiler:Ma'alefa'ak makes a deal with him for a new world for the White Martians, and though Ma'alefa'ak's overall performance could be considered lacking, Darkseid does ultimately deliver what he promised once Ma'alefa'ak fulfills his end of the bargain.]] |
| 46 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: His only appearance in the series was in the last episode. He would have had more, but the show was cancelled after that. Eventually subverted with the {{uncancell|ed}}ation. |
| 47 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Again, '''Dark'''seid. The similarity of his name to the [[Franchise/StarWars Dark Side of The Force]] doesn't hurt, though he actually predates the series by about 7 years. |
| 48 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: Darkseid's armies and various proxies do most of the heavy lifting in his crusade for galactic conquest. Darkseid himself is shown taking action only once, in a flashback to [[spoiler:13th century Earth]], a scene which proved that Darkseid certainly has the power to do some serious damage on his own. |
| 49 | * ParentalFavoritism: An exchange between Savage and Kalibak in "Evolution" strongly implies that Darkseid plays favorites with his sons, and that Kalibak certainly isn't one of those favorites.[[note]]In the comics, Darkseid has the most respect for Orion and treats Kalibak like dirt.[[/note]] |
| 50 | * PhysicalGod: He's the "god of tyranny" according to the Forever People, and is usually the strongest threat the League has to face. |
| 51 | * PragmaticVillainy: |
| 52 | ** Darkseid knows when it's better to spare others and allow them a share of his power, than it is to simply kill everything in sight, for there is more to be gained in an alliance of trust over fear. That is precisely how his alliance with Vandal Savage was formed. |
| 53 | ** He punishes Granny Goodness not because she betrayed The Light, but partly because [[YouHaveFailedMe she failed him]], and partly to appease Vandal and preserve their alliance. |
| 54 | * TheQuietOne: Darkseid is a deity of few words; he does engage Savage in conversation when contacted directly, but during ''Phantoms'', he has Grayven relay his wishes to his minions. |
| 55 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are glowing red. |
| 56 | * SpeakOfTheDevil: In "Disordered", neither Desaad nor the Forever People were willing to say Darkseid's name. Dreamer's projection of Desaad even described Darkseid as "Unspeakable". |
| 57 | * TheStoic: Darkseid has yet to show even a hint of emotion. |
| 58 | * SuddenlyVoiced: After appearing as TheVoiceless in "Endgame", he has his first speaking role in "Evolution". |
| 59 | * VillainTeamUp: Ever a pragmatist, Darkseid is known to make alliances with other villains in order to further his own agenda, with Vandal Savage, Ma'alefa'ak, and [[spoiler:Lor-Zod]] being among those with whom he's made such arrangements. |
| 60 | * WouldHurtAChild: Darkseid uses abducted Earth metahumans, obtained through child trafficking, to bolster his armies, caring nothing for their lives. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | !!Darkseid's Elite |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Granny Goodness]] |
| 66 | !!''Granny Goodness'' |
| 67 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_gretchengoode.png]] |
| 68 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 69 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 70 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeborahStrang |
| 71 | |
| 72 | The founder of [=GoodeWorld=], creator of the Goode VR Goggles, Gretchen appears to be a kindly old woman, but is in fact a member of the Light. Presumably Darkseid's agent on the Light's council. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: Unlike most versions of Granny, who are straightfowardly sadistic and cruel, she [[FauxAffablyEvil plays at]] being a sweet and kindly old lady, even keeping up the tone while carrying out the hideous cruelty typical of the character. |
| 75 | * AdaptationalCurves: Inverted, she is noticeably less muscular than her comic counterpart, which helps her play into the facade of being a gentle old woman. |
| 76 | * ArchEnemy: To Beast Boy in ''Outsiders''. Gar was the star of her hottest TV show, and he took it personally when he realized his boss was a child-trafficking monster. Granny gets a special kick out of tormenting him, and Gar starts the Outsiders partly to take her down. |
| 77 | * ArcVillain: The main villain of ''Outsiders'', as the head of Apokolips' metahuman trafficking. While she’s defeated before the finale, her acquisition of the Anti-Life Equation easily eclipses every other threat. |
| 78 | * AssholeVictim: She's ends up getting punished by Darkseid for her failure via torture. Considering that she's a sadist herself who did the same thing to others, it's still well-deserved. |
| 79 | * BigBadEnsemble: Double-crosses the Light after discovering the Anti-Life Equation, with Savage wasting little time in trying to prevent Apokolips' conquest (Darkseid himself remains the GreaterScopeVillain). |
| 80 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Publicly a kindly philanthropist, in reality a member of the Light and a monstrous alien despot. |
| 81 | * BrokenPedestal: Beast Boy used to view her as a BenevolentBoss until he discovered she was instrumental in the metahumaning trafficking ring, and doesn't shy from telling her to her face how much she disgusts him. Now that he knows what she's really like, Gretchen doesn't shy from issuing Beast Boy veiled threats behind her patient persona under the reminder she has him in locked in a contract. |
| 82 | * CoDragons: One of Darkseid’s top lieutenants, serving as his proxy on the Light and the head of Apokolips’ Orphanage. |
| 83 | * TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:Using a BreakingSpeech and some exploitation of her character flaws, Granny manipulates Mary Bromfield into embracing her dark side and becoming one of the Furies. It's implied that she used similar manipulations to recruit Supergirl as well.]] |
| 84 | * EvilIsPetty: Once Beast Boy becomes aware of her true nature, Granny opts to mess with him by forcing him to take multiple unnecessary takes while he's filming his show. |
| 85 | * EvilMatriarch: To Big Barda and the Furies. Her entire motif is centered around referring to her enemies as "Naughty children." |
| 86 | * EvilOldFolks: She's an elderly woman, and based on her comic counterpart, likely the most vile of the Light. |
| 87 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Granny's matronly demeanor hides a twisted and sadistic personality. |
| 88 | * TheHeavy: Granny is doing the legwork on Earth while Darkseid is running things on Apokolips. Out of all Season 3's villains, she's the most active and easily the most dangerous. |
| 89 | * HumanAliens: She's a New God, an alien with an appearance identical to an elderly human woman. As a matter of fact, half of her race resemble humans. |
| 90 | * MesACrowd: [[spoiler:Granny has separated herself into two people: the Granny Goodness out in space and the Gretchen Goode on Earth. Each copy is essentially the same person doing a different job, and when they meet face-to-face they treat each other as equals. The separation is maintained by a huge alien machine hidden at Goode World Studios: when the Team destroys it, Goode gets boom-tubed across the galaxy to re-combine with Granny. Painfully.]] |
| 91 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Her scheme to kidnap and brainwash Queen Perdita with Goode Goggles snared Beast Boy instead, who managed to not only overcome the programming, but learned that she was actually behind metahuman trafficking and was spurred to leave her studio and become a hero again. Her gloating about her plans in front of Ultra Humanite also allows him to alert Vandal, who in turn alerts the Team and tells them where to go. |
| 92 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Effortlessly and savagely manhandles Beast Boy during their fight. |
| 93 | * {{Sadist}}: As Granny Goodness, she vainly justifies her treatment of Big Barda and the Furies as "Discipline" and not "Torture." Her attitude when fighting Beast Boy shows that she just gets off on pain. |
| 94 | * SoftspokenSadist: As a contrast to her typical depictions, Granny is portrayed as being soft spoken and seemingly kindly despite being an unrepentant sadist. |
| 95 | * TheSocialDarwinist: According to her, her methods of applying the Anti-Life equation will kill all non-metahumans, leaving only the latter as slaves for Darkseid. She couldn't be more pleased. |
| 96 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: |
| 97 | ** Even Bruce Wayne thinks she's a philanthropic old woman, rather than an agent of the Light and Darkseid. |
| 98 | ** When the Goode Goggles' role in the metahuman trafficking ring is exposed, Gretchen saves face by claiming the Goggles were "Tampered with" without her knowledge by one of Goode World's engineers. One who was conveniently murdered some months back. |
| 99 | * WouldHurtAChild: Granny is one of the masterminds of the metahuman trafficking industry, using it to produce ChildSoldiers for Darkseid. While the Light all play a role in this and few of them have any qualms about harming children, Granny stands out for how much she [[{{Sadist}} enjoys her work]] |
| 100 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Her failure in securing the Anti-Life Equation leads to her being tortured by Desaad under Darkseid's orders. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:Desaad]] |
| 104 | !!''Desaad'' |
| 105 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_desaad.png]] |
| 106 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 107 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 108 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 109 | |
| 110 | A God Scientist and master torturer. |
| 111 | ---- |
| 112 | * AdaptationalUgliness: While Desaad was never a looker in the comics, this version of the character is grey-skinned and visibly deformed, whereas his original incarnation was much more normal looking. |
| 113 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: Said nearly word for word. |
| 114 | -->'''Desaad''': Kill the boy, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin and his little dog too.]] |
| 115 | * BodyHorror: Is much more visibly malformed than other incarnations, with his skin actually hanging loosely in many places. |
| 116 | * CoDragons: One of Darkseid’s top lieutenants. While not as prominent as Granny or Godfrey, Desaad is his chief advisor and the one who gave him the idea to use Earth’s metahumans as weapons. |
| 117 | * ColdBloodedTorture: Per Desaad's proclivities, Infinity-Man's beatdown of Superboy quickly descends into this. |
| 118 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He finds the Martian racism foolish and stupid. This does, not, [[spoiler: mean he won't give one side a gene bomb to wipe out the other side for services paid]]. |
| 119 | * GodOfEvil: Referred to as one of the "gods of Anti-Life, slavery and degradation" of Apokolips by the Forever People. |
| 120 | * InTheHood: As per usual, Desaad rocks an Emperor Palpatine-esque look, wearing a dark cloak with the hood always up. |
| 121 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: After his control over Infinity-Man is broken, Desaad wisely heads back to Apokolips. |
| 122 | * MadScientist: Described as a "God Scientist", and his sadistic tendencies prove the "mad" part quite well. |
| 123 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name comes from Marquis de Sade (whose name inspired the word "sadism"). |
| 124 | * NebulousCriminalConspiracy: Supplies Apokoliptian and stolen New Genesis tech to Intergang, and implicitly, to The Light as well. |
| 125 | * PsychopathicManchild: If his VillainousBreakdown is of any indication, he reacts to loss by throwing a tantrum. |
| 126 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: A sadistic GodOfEvil with red eyes. |
| 127 | * {{Sadist}}: By his own admission, Desaad is not one to finish things quickly. His Father Box mirrors this; after it takes control of Infinity-Man, he proceeds to prolong the beating of Superboy and Wolf for Desaad's amusement. |
| 128 | * SoftSpokenSadist: Desaad rarely raises his voice above a cold, creepy whisper. |
| 129 | * SoreLoser: When Superboy and sphere turns the tables on him, his response is to flee and hurl a grenade while screaming "ALL SHALL SUFFER!!!!!! ALL SHALL SUFFER!!!!!" |
| 130 | * TortureTechnician: Described by the Forever People as a master torturer, although his skills don't get a full display in his first appearance. |
| 131 | * VillainousBreakdown: He resorts to a spiteful temper tantrum after Superboy and Sphere start winning against him. |
| 132 | * WouldHurtAChild: Is the one responsible for [[spoiler:removing 11-year-old meta-trafficking victim Danny Chase's brain (while he was still conscious) and turning him into the Kaizer-Thrall (itself a condition that causes Danny extreme pain whenever he is forced to use his powers).]] |
| 133 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When he takes over Infinity Man and turns him against Superboy, Mannheim asks him why the BrainwashedAndCrazy Infinity Man was [[ColdBloodedTorture taking his sweet time]]; his answer boils down to ForTheEvulz. |
| 134 | [[/folder]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[folder:G. Gordon Godfrey / Glorious Godfrey]] |
| 137 | !!''G. Gordon Godfrey / Glorious Godfrey'' |
| 138 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yjo_ggordongodfrey.png]] |
| 139 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 140 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 141 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimCurry (''Invasion''), Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor (''Outsiders'') |
| 142 | |
| 143 | A GBS pundit, the host of The G. Gordon Godfrey Show, and an associate of Darkseid, widely known for his stance against the Justice League and its alien members. |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | * AlliterativeName: |
| 146 | ** '''G'''. '''G'''ordon '''G'''odfrey. |
| 147 | ** '''G'''lorious '''G'''odfrey. |
| 148 | * CatchPhrase: Seems to say "I know what you're thinking: Ol' G. Gordon's..." a lot. |
| 149 | * CoDragons: One of Darkseid’s top lieutenants, manipulating Earth’s media to the Light’s benefit. |
| 150 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: For a fear-mongering, mud-slinging, talk show host, he shows a lot of journalistic and personal integrity when he chews out the Ambassador for his outright lies. Later it's proved to be a subversion. Exposing the Reach was all part of the plan; Darkseid's plan. |
| 151 | * FantasticRacism: Really doesn't like aliens, though he gives a pass to the Reach, claiming they introduced themselves to the world the right way, and even cameos in an in-universe ad for The Reach's soft drink. However, he turns on them in "The Hunt" after the revelation that they were hiding an entire battle fleet under the ocean, calling the Ambassador out on live television. In "Endgame" he's seen on Apokolips, confirming he ''is'' an alien, the New God Glorious Godfrey, who, in the comics, specializes in controlling media and manipulating populations, implicitly revealing his hate mongering to be a lie intended to serve Darkseid's agenda. |
| 152 | * HateSink: From giving the Justice League bad publicity to the annoying voice and being a huge Jerkass, there's not much to like. Hell, his one moment of awesome turns out to be part of Darkseid's plan. |
| 153 | * {{Jerkass}}: An unlikable man who constantly bashes superheroes. |
| 154 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He makes very convincing and accurate points, albeit in the form of xenophobic, condescending rants. Given what is and isn't publicly known, this is even worse in-universe, where he is gaining credibility. All part of the plan. |
| 155 | %%* KentBrockmanNews |
| 156 | * LargeHam: Befitting an AttentionWhore, PropagandaMachine, TV personality, and a character portrayed by Creator/TimCurry and Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor; Godfrey rarely leaves the scenery unthawed. |
| 157 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: There are clear parallels between him and several real-life controversial pundits. His name is structured like G. Gordon Liddy, Curry's distinctive accent might be a reference to the "transatlantic" William F. Buckley, and his "Bonehead of the Week" segment is a clear reference to Bill O. Reilly's "''Pinhead'' of the Week". |
| 158 | * ObviouslyEvil: He's a gossipy StrawmanNewsMedia host and grade-A prick. No surprise that he'd turn out to be evil. On a more meta level, comics fans who recognize his name will instantly know that he's up to no good. |
| 159 | * OpinionFlipflop: Justified, as Godfrey doesn't actually believe a word he says; he's just stirring up dissent to play to Darkseid's agenda. |
| 160 | ** He heartily endorses Secretary Tseng's decision to trust the Reach, then calls for the man's resignation and blames him exclusively after the Reach show their true colors. |
| 161 | ** For that matter, his show always seems to have an anti-JLA stance but his reasons for it vary heavily. They're too chummy with aliens? They're not chummy enough with the Reach? They keep secrets? They don't address real-world problems? |
| 162 | * PhysicalGod: He's actually Glorious Godfrey, a New God of propaganda. Though his physical abilities have not been displayed yet. |
| 163 | * PragmaticVillainy: Though his job is to discredit the heroes, he knows when and where to pick his battles. He deliberately undercuts Lex in a PR fight with the Outsiders because Lex had been outplayed and Godfrey knew it was unsalvageable, convincing Lex to take a different tack after the show. |
| 164 | * PropagandaMachine: Of the negative kind towards the Justice League. And then to the Reach. |
| 165 | * RightHandVersusLeftHand: Gets particularly heated in his interview with Granny Goodness, even though they presumably work for the same guy. This could be infighting within the ranks or just part of a grander plan; only time can tell. |
| 166 | * StrawmanNewsMedia: As a heavily biased TalkShow host. |
| 167 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Not all the time, but he does refer to himself as "G. Gordon" or "ol' G. Gordon" quite a bit. |
| 168 | * TrrrillingRrrs: A Tim Curry trademark; Godfrey positively revels in drawing out his r's. |
| 169 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's a gossipy talk show host and grade-A prick, but he seems to have a popular show and good publicity. It's eventually revealed that he's from Apokolips; implicitly, this is all according to Darkseid's plan. Even ''Superboy'' watches the show, despite his better judgment.[[note]]In the comics, Godfrey had literally superhuman charisma; that could be at work here.[[/note]] |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Kalibak]] |
| 173 | !!''Kalibak'' |
| 174 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_kalibak.png]] |
| 175 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Watch as I prove why I am the only son who should concern you."'']] |
| 176 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 177 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 178 | |
| 179 | One of Darkseid's sons and a commander in his father's army. |
| 180 | ---- |
| 181 | * BerserkButton: Kalibak does ''not'' enjoy being reminded that he's not his father's favorite. |
| 182 | * DaddyIssues: Explicitly called out on them by Olympia Savage after Vandal Savage presses Kalibak's BerserkButton. |
| 183 | -->'''Olympia''': Kalibak has daddy issues. |
| 184 | * {{Jerkass}}: Upon arriving to back Savage up, Kalibak's first words to his erstwhile ally are to mock him about [[spoiler:the defeat Savage suffered at Darkseid's hands 800 years prior.]] |
| 185 | * TheUnFavorite: Judging from his response to Savage's sarcastic remark about being Darkseid's "favorite son", Kalibak is well aware that he's not his father's pride and joy. |
| 186 | * WellDoneSonGuy: Despite being aware that he isn't Darkseid's favored son (and more than a little touchy about it), Kalibak is eager to prove that he is the only son that Darkseid needs. |
| 187 | * WouldHurtAChild: Uses a metahuman youth as a suicide bomber against [[spoiler:Starro's]] armada. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:Grayven]] |
| 191 | !!''Grayven'' |
| 192 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grayven_earth_16_001.png]] |
| 193 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 194 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker |
| 195 | |
| 196 | The third son of Darkseid, who accompanied him in his first invasion of Earth. |
| 197 | ---- |
| 198 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics his hair was black, but here it's white. |
| 199 | * BarbarianLongHair: His hair is wild and goes all the way to his knees and is the ruthless son of an intergalactic conqueror. |
| 200 | * TheCameo: Briefly appears in the background during Darkseid’s invasion of Earth and subsequent alliance with Savage. |
| 201 | * MouthOfSauron: Occasionally serves this role for his father, even when Darkseid is there in the room. |
| 202 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: His second appearence has him wear some oddly skimpy clothes, exposing most of his pelvic area. |
| 203 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Grayven has a long mess of white hair, and he serves his tyrannical father's agenda of galactic conquest. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | !!The Furies |
| 207 | [[folder:Big Barda]] |
| 208 | !!''Big Barda'' |
| 209 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_big_barda.PNG]] |
| 210 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 211 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GreyDeLisle |
| 212 | |
| 213 | Leader of the Furies, a group of Apokoliptan warriors who serve Granny Goodness. |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * AbusiveParents: Barda is implied to have been raised by Granny Goodness, who continues to treat the warrior as an unruly child to be "[[ElectricTorture disciplined]]" if she displeases Granny. |
| 216 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Comics' Big Barda long ago made a HeelFaceTurn and became a hero alongside her husband [[ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017 Scott Free]], while here she's still a loyal servant of Darkseid. Her reaction to Superman saving her implies she may eventually be headed for her Turn, however. |
| 217 | * BloodKnight: Barda is very enthusiastic about battling the Justice League, even deliberately leading them to Granny's base in the hopes of taking them on. When the time to fight arrives, she gleefully rallies the other Furies to fight in the names of Granny and Darkseid. |
| 218 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: In her haste to do battle with the Justice League, Barda never cleared her plan for luring them with Granny. Barda ends up getting a bout of ElectricTorture for her trouble. |
| 219 | * TheDragon: Granny Goodness's right-hand woman and commander of the Furies. |
| 220 | * SaveTheVillain: While fighting the League, [[KickTheDog Granny]] subjects her, the other Furies, and the Leagers to a test of her AgonyBeam machine, but Superman manages to withhold it long enough to get himself and Barda out of it, much to her surprise. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Lashina]] |
| 224 | !!''Lashina'' |
| 225 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lashina.png]] |
| 226 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 227 | |
| 228 | One of Granny Goodness's Furies. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * FlatCharacter: She didn't get any characterization or lines in her few appearances. |
| 231 | * KarmaHoudini: Arrested by the Green Lantern Corps, but for whatever reason they let her go after a few months. |
| 232 | * WhipOfDominance: As per usual, Lashina fights with a whip and has a {{Dominatrix}} design. |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Gilotina]] |
| 236 | !!''Gilotina'' |
| 237 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gilotina.png]] |
| 238 | !!!'''Species:''' New God |
| 239 | |
| 240 | One of Granny Goodness's Furies. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | * FlatCharacter: She didn't get any characterization or lines in her few appearances. |
| 243 | * SuperStrength: She's strong enough to fight toe-to-toe with Wonder Woman. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:'''The First New Recruit (SPOILERS)''']] |
| 247 | !! ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} (Kara Zor-El)'' |
| 248 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/supergirl_70.png]] |
| 249 | !!! '''Species:''' Kryptonian |
| 250 | |
| 251 | The daughter of Zor-El and Superman's cousin who had been sent to the Phantom Zone shortly before Krypton's destruction. After being taken out of the Zone by the Light, she is now serving Darkseid as one of the two newest members of the Furies. |
| 252 | ---- |
| 253 | * AdaptationalModesty: In [=Superman/Batman=], her outfit when a Fury was a {{Stripperific}} number. Here, she's covered up a lot more. |
| 254 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Having spent the last 40 years in the Phantom Zone by herself, she is almost certainly suffering from severe Zone Sickness. Enough that her becoming one of Darkseid's Furies is likely a result of this along with Granny's usual mind control methods. |
| 255 | * ChekhovsGunman: Foreshadowing about her had been building up from a line of Superman's in the original tie-in comics after his encounter with the Collector of Worlds, culminating in her appearance right at the end of season 4. |
| 256 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: The El family usually have some distinctively bright blue eyes. Kara's are not. |
| 257 | * FlyingBrick: Like her comic version, she presumably has the same powers as Superman due to being Kryptonian. |
| 258 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She appears in "Death and Rebirth", which also happens to be the final episode of the show. |
| 259 | * LongLostRelative: She is Superman's biological cousin who as mentioned above has been trapped in the Phantom Zone for 40 years. |
| 260 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being a biological teenager, Supergirl is chronologically well into her fifties, having gone without aging during her time in the Phantom Zone. |
| 261 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She's in a black and red outfit, and working for Darkseid, though quite possibly not of her own free will. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:'''The Second New Recruit (SPOILERS)''']] |
| 265 | !!''Black Mary ([[ComicBook/MaryMarvel Mary Bromfield]])'' |
| 266 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_mary.png]] |
| 267 | She is one of the two new members of the Furies |
| 268 | ---- |
| 269 | [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheTeamSeasonTwo See here]] |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | !!Others |
| 273 | [[folder:'''The Assassin (SPOILERS)''']] |
| 274 | !!''Lor-Zod'' |
| 275 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lor_zod.png]] |
| 276 | !!!'''Species:''' Kryptonian |
| 277 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PhilMorris |
| 278 | |
| 279 | The son of General Zod and Ursa from the 31st Century. After the Legion of Superheroes stopped his father's attempt at Galactic Conquest, he managed to steal a Time Sphere and used it to travel to the present, where he now seeks revenge on the Legion and a means of releasing his parents from the Phantom Zone. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * AdaptationalVillainy: ZigZagged. In the comics, he was initially introduced as a heroic figure unlike the rest of his family. Later he was {{Retconned}} after ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' to be more villainous and loyal to his father, with this version being the one Lor is adapted from. |
| 282 | * ArcVillain: With his father for ''Phantoms'' as a whole. He serves as the GreaterScopeVillain of the Mars arc, takes center stage in Act 5 as he works with Ma'alefa'ak and Mantis to free his parents, and joins them in a BigBadTriumvirate for Act 6. |
| 283 | * BatmanGambit: His plan to assassinate Superboy without anyone realizing his involvement relied on Conner trying to stop the bomb Ma'alefa'ak planted. |
| 284 | * BigBadDuumvirate: |
| 285 | ** Has formed an alliance with Darkseid to free the Kryptonian prisoners in the Phantom Zone. |
| 286 | ** Forms a Triumvirate with his parents for the sixth arc of ''Phantoms'', working to free them from the Phantom Zone so they can conquer the universe. |
| 287 | * DelinquentHair: His hairstyle is done up by giving him a mohawk done up in [[DreadlockRasta dreadlocks]]. His actions such as assassinating Superboy, [[spoiler:which actually trapping him in The Phantom Zone]] and his alliance with Darkseid makes him way more than a delinquent. |
| 288 | * EntitledBastard: Claims that his family deserves to rule the galaxy and that denying them superpowers is stripping them of their birthright, [[InsaneTrollLogic even though Kryptonians do not naturally have those powers]]. As far as Lor is concerned, everything he wants should be his, because he's a Zod. |
| 289 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's shown to genuinely love and care for his parents; he eagerly brings them up to speed on all the events that transpired during their time spent in Phantom Zone and acts as their guide, angrily refers to their imprisonment as a great injustice, and panics when Nightwing blows up the solar recharge pods while they're still inside. |
| 290 | * EvilIsPetty: |
| 291 | ** In moment of frustration [[spoiler: at the Phantom Zone projector being temporarily rendered useless by the Flash, he spitefully murders Tomar Re, who was busy protecting New Genesis. Not only did he jeopardise an entire planet's survival, [[StupidEvil he himself could have very possibly died (and the Phantom Zone projector would have been destroyed anyways]]).]] |
| 292 | ** Later he smugly tells Tomar Re's son that he "met his father" and "hopes he follows in his footsteps", grinning smugly. [[spoiler:He had no reason to do this roudabout death threat other than utter spite]]. |
| 293 | * FatalFlaw: {{Pride}} and [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness Impulsiveness]]. He has an extremely inflated sense of importance (both concerning himself and his parents, Dru-Zod and Ursa Zod), utterly convinced that he and his parents are destined to rule the known universe and thinks of himself as an equal to Darkseid, a New God of Apokolips and a literal God of evil and tyranny. While presented as a calculating schemer, he has more than a few moments where his emotions get the better of him and cause him to lash out in anger, instead of focusing on the bigger picture; he angrily attacks Tomar-Re after the Phantom Zone projector was destroyed, disregarding the fact that the Green Lantern was in the process of preventing a Promethean's attack from obliterating every living thing on New Genesis, including Lor himself. He also urges his father to kill Conner simply because he's a member of the house of El, despite the latter suffering from Zone sickness and thus being subjected to Dru-Zod's conditioning and being turned into a loyal soldier, which Dru-Zod sees as a trusted and useful asset. |
| 294 | * FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: He's never even met a member of the House of El, but due to his father's imprisonment he's decided that they are all his enemies and need to die. It's implied that he targeted Conner not just for his use in the timeline, but also so he could kill an El. |
| 295 | * FlyingBrick: Being a Kryptonian, Lor has all the powers of Superman under a yellow sun. |
| 296 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar over his right eye cutting through his eyebrow. |
| 297 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Ends up being killed by the very same Kryptonite-laced explosion that he had arranged for Conner. Doubly so, as Lor-Zod is sent back to the explosion by his own Time-Sphere which then immediately returns to Metron, leaving Lor-Zod trapped in the past to die.]] |
| 298 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: While he inherited the physical appearance of his father Dru-Zod, it becomes clear near the end of the season that he got his impulsive nature and sense of entitlement from his mother, Ursa Zod. |
| 299 | * ItsAllAboutMe: It takes a special kind of ego to claim that your mother had "the honor" of giving birth to you. He also considers himself equal to Darkseid. |
| 300 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He's killed with his own bomb that he used to try to assassinate Superboy after Metron tampered with his Time-Sphere and sent him to the exact moment he couldn't escape the blast.]] |
| 301 | * KryptoniteFactor: Like all Kryptonians, he is weak to Kryptonite. A weakness that Metron used against him on New Genesis. [[spoiler:This weakness is also what ultimately kills him, as Metron once again exploits this weakness by sending him back in time to Mars, where he is killed by the Kryptonite enhanced gene bomb that he tried to use to kill Superboy.]] |
| 302 | * LongestPregnancyEver: He was a subject of an interesting case of this trope. His mother was unknowingly pregnant while trapped in the Phantom Zone and none of those imprisoned aged for a thousand years. He was born only eight months after they were released...a thousand years behind schedule. Of course, in the current, revised timeline, Ursa has yet to give birth to him; she emerged, still pregnant, from the Phantom Zone here after an imprisonment of around 40 years, which would still qualify for this trope. |
| 303 | * MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: His machinations throughout the Mars arc initially seemed to surround the growing political tensions on the planet only for it to be revealed his mission was to assassinate Superboy. This in turns means Conner wouldn't play an important role in a crisis about ten years in the future that has a profound impact on the Legionaires' time period. [[spoiler:Therefore, the Legion is never founded and they never send Dru-Zod and his followers back to the Phantom Zone. But Lor later decides to team-up with Darkseid so he can steal the Phantom Projector from Metron's vault, freeing his parents a thousand years ahead of schedule.]] |
| 304 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His efforts to free his parents early ultimately benefit the heroes in the long run; thanks to his scheming and murder of Tomar Re, New Genesis and the Green Lantern Corps immediately sign an alliance agreement with the Justice League when previously both groups had been hesitant and distant on the issues the League had to deal with. On a more personal scale, he caused a [[FireForgedFriends case of friendship with Rocket and Orion]] when the former had been distrustful and reminded of the issues with her son concerning the latter. And for his own goals, instead of just stranding the Legionaires in the past to rule over a secured future, his efforts undo that future and result in his death. About the villains who actually benefitted were the Light and Darkseid, with Lor's parents now trapped by the former, and the latter gaining Supergirl as a new Fury to advance his own plans.]] |
| 305 | * OhCrap: The Season 4 finale has him give two big ones in rapid succession. [[spoiler: First is when the Time-Sphere vanishes as soon as he steps out, leaving him stranded in the past. Second is when Phantom Girl and Superboy sucessfully warp out while he's distracted by the first thing, leaving him alone with a kryptonite bomb about to go off right in his face.]] |
| 306 | * PetTheDog: He does actually thank Mantis when he figures out how to get the Projector, even referring to himself in the third person to do so. |
| 307 | * StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler: With the revelation that the blast shadow left in the wake of Connor's apparent death in [[Recap/YoungJusticeS4E4Involuntary "Involuntary"]] was actually from Lor-Zod getting vaporized from his own bomb exploding (while Connor got blasted into the Phantom Zone instead) when Metron sent him back in the Time Sphere to the moment of the explosion, it's strongly implied that Lor-Zod, and by extension the Legionnaires, are stuck in one.]] |
| 308 | * ThePowerOfFamily: A villainous variant, in that his primary motivating force is the thought of freeing his parents from the Phantom Zone, and he would stop at nothing in his pursuit to this end. Moreover, he expressed shock upon learning that Darkseid's son Orion was allied against his own father with New Genesis, and wondered aloud how Darkseid would tolerate such disloyalty. |
| 309 | * RaceLift: Introduced as Caucasian in the comics, his first animated appearance makes him Black just like [[spoiler:Dru-Zod.]] |
| 310 | * TeensAreMonsters: Lor is 16 presently and was even younger when his parents were re-imprisoned in the Phantom Zone during the Legion's time. Because he was a minor at the time, the United Planets didn't consider him as dangerous as his parents and their followers, so they didn't imprison him. They were wrong. |
| 311 | * UnseenNoMore: Throughout the Mars arc, his few appearances had his face was obscured only showing his eyes and scar at most. He finally makes a proper appearance in full as well as revealing himself as Lor-Zod in "''Beyond the Grip of the Gods''". |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Mantis]] |
| 315 | !!''Mantis'' |
| 316 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_mantis.png]] |
| 317 | !!!'''Species:''' Bug |
| 318 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewKishino |
| 319 | |
| 320 | The leader of a hive of Bugs on New Genesis. Tired of living in subservience to the New Gods, whom he feels do nothing but mistreat the Bugs, he starts leading his people to rebel against them. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * AdaptationalUgliness: In the comics, Mantis looked more human-like to the point that he just resembles a human wearing a supervillain costume. Here he looks more insect-like, and also has multiple arms. |
| 323 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, he's the second most powerful being on Apokolips behind Darkseid, but here Forager is able to take him out without much effort. |
| 324 | * EvilIsBigger: He's fittingly taller than the heroic Forager and a villain. |
| 325 | * FaceHeelTurn: After Ma'alefa'ak's impersonation of Orion convinces him to rebel against the New Gods, Mantis throws his lot in with Darkseid. |
| 326 | * FantasticRacism: He grows very hateful and distrustful towards non-Bugs, especially the New Gods, but also later includes Martians and Earthlings. He also brands Forager as a CategoryTraitor for siding with the human superheroes over his fellow Bugs when they fought, so he exiles Forager under threat of death. Then it turns out that he's actually working for Darkseid just like his comics counterpart. |
| 327 | * GreenAndMean: He's colored green in contrast to Forager's red and is a very unpleasant Bug. |
| 328 | * InsectoidAliens: Just like Forager and the other Bugs. |
| 329 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's very short-tempered and xenophobic. |
| 330 | * SmarterThanYouLook: He's dismissed by both [[spoiler:Lor-Zod]] and Ma'alefa'ak as the least capable member of their group, only for his resilience and good memory to save their lives from a Sun Eater [[spoiler:and getting the Phantom Zone Projector from Metron.]] |
| 331 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Like other Bugs, he refers to himself by his own name instead of using first-person pronouns. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Ma'alefa'ak]] |
| 335 | !!''Ma'alefa'ak (M'comm M'orzz)'' |
| 336 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_mcommmorzz.png]] |
| 337 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 338 | !!!'''Species:''' White Martian |
| 339 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BenDiskin |
| 340 | |
| 341 | The younger brother of M'gann, an unfettered revolutionary trying to improve the lives of his White Martian brethren through any means possible. |
| 342 | ---- |
| 343 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed. In the comics, Ma'alefa'ak is a sadistic, genocidal monster who committed his crimes out of spite and cruelty. Here, he's a KnightTemplar revolutionary whose hate was formed from racism on Mars, albeit [[spoiler:one more than willing to wipe out all Green and Red Martians with a gene bomb.]] |
| 344 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: More like adaptational breed change, as Green and White Martians are still the same species, just differing in skin color. Ma'alefa'ak was green in the comics but white in the show. |
| 345 | * AgeLift: In the comics, Ma'alefa'ak was the twin brother of J'onn, and therefore shared the same age. Here he is younger than M'gann. |
| 346 | * AppropriatedAppellation: Since Ma'alefa'ak is the name of a terrifying monster on Mars, M'comm took the name as his own to inspire fear in the oppressive Green and Red Martians. |
| 347 | * ArcVillain: For the first four episodes of ''Phantoms'', which focus on his efforts to start a White Martian revolution. |
| 348 | * BeyondRedemption: In season 3 Megan still had a vague hope he could be turned, dimmed by each of his appearances. But it is in the season 4 finale that she glares at him, furiously stating that "You were ''glad'' Connor was dead," and kicks him off into the Phantom Zone, making it clear that their sibling relationship is broken beyond repair. |
| 349 | * BiologicalWeaponsSolveEverything: Desaad gives him a virus at the end of "Needful" that will wipe out all Green and Red Martians, and potentially mixed White-Green Martians like himself and M'gann, which he intends to use in two days. |
| 350 | * BoomerangBigot: Ma'alefa'ak hates Green Martians with a passion, but since his mother was one, he himself has Green ancestry, a point he notably omits in his debate with M'gann. [[spoiler:When Desaad tells him the bioweapon that targets non-white Martians could also kill White Martians with mixed ancestry he is willing to take that risk for himself]]. |
| 351 | * CainAndAbel: The Cain to M'Gann's Abel. |
| 352 | * DeadpanSnarker: Very bluntly points out that Zod's actions could be described as a coup. |
| 353 | * DecompositeCharacter: The Ma'alefa'ak is a feared rabid beast on Mars, M'comm used this as his villain name to strike fear into Green Martians. |
| 354 | * TheDragon: He and Mantis are assigned by Darkseid to aid Lor-Zod in his quest to free the Phantom Zone inhabitants, though Mantis is soon captured. |
| 355 | * EvilCounterpart: Strange as it sounds, he's one to Cullen Row, Harper Row's little brother, while M'gann is one to Harper herself. Both characters are voiced by Creator/BenDiskin and there are parallels drawn between the two when M'gann confronts M'comm in "Needful", with multiple phrases being shared with M'gann's confrontation with Harper in "Quiet Conversations", most notably in M'gann or Harper being the rock for their younger siblings to hide behind, which in turn left them unprotected when said rock wasn't around anymore. |
| 356 | * EvilIsPetty: After being defeated, he [[spoiler:utters a kill-phrase to murder his enslaved metahumans]] just to spite his sister for beating him. |
| 357 | * FantasticRacism: He really hates the Green Martians, due to all the discrimination he suffered from them for being White. He also quickly forms a negative opinion of the New Gods, equating them with the Green Martians and the Bugs with the White Martians. In season 4, it’s revealed that he also seems to hate people from Earth, viewing them as Allies of the Greens and Reds who are unsympathetic to the Whites. |
| 358 | ** Though in any case, he really doesn't care about any one other than his fellow white Martians, being perfectly happy to weed out potential revolutionaries from the oppressed minority on Apocalypse as long as its leaders assist in his goals. |
| 359 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Both he and M'gann were subjected to harsh, racist treatment at the hands of the Green and Red Martians since they were children. However, M'gann makes it clear it's no excuse for his current actions, and that he's become just as bad as his oppressors in trying to start a war on New Genesis to get support for his own cause. |
| 360 | * {{Foil}}: To M'gann, both having had turned to extremist positions and an "Ends justify the means" mentality. But while M'gann had grown out of her ruthless tendencies by the end of Season 2 and reformed herself, M'comm still openly embraces less than scrupulous actions to forward his goals. And as ruthless as M'gann was in Season 2, she never stooped to [[spoiler:killing or using innocents]] as M'comm has. This comes forth in their argument where M'gann tries to appeal to M'comm's compassion and empathy. |
| 361 | * GreenEyedMonster: He resents Beast Boy, believing him to have supplanted him as M'gann's brother. |
| 362 | * HateSink: Played With. M'comm does have a life filled with abuse, discrimination, and abandonment, yet while these tragedies do explain his behavior, they are also just an excuse. At the end of the day, he is still a [[EvilIsPetty vindictive]], [[FantasticRacism hateful]], [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]] murderer who'd gladly kill himself and his family if it meant getting revenge on those who persecuted him. His past serves more as an example of how it can turn people into truly hateful monsters than it does to vindicate his actions, especially given his willingness to hurt innocents (such as the two metahumans under his command, among others). |
| 363 | * HatesTheirParent: M'comm hates both his mother and father. While he doesnt deny that they love both him and M'gann, he asserts that love isn't enough, in part because they were unsuccessful in ensuring that their green children would grow up to be tolerant of white martians and couldnt rely on them to protect him and M'gann from harassment by other greens (and to this day, all but one was even willing to come to M'ganns wedding). He also personally hates that his father is submissive to the green martians. When his mother asks him if he hates her too for being a green martian, he just glares at her in silence. That being said, before he attempts to activate the gene bomb he still tells M'gann to tell their mother "goodbye" and their dad "I'm sorry" showing he may still have a small shred of care for them despite his overall ruthlessness and hatred. |
| 364 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: He and his fellow White Martians were subjected to racist oppression by the Green and Red Martians. In order to combat them, M'comm has become an even bigger monster, equally hateful to his enemies. |
| 365 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Beyond the fact that he's just as, if not more bigoted towards Green Martians, as they are towards White Martians when M'gann confronts him about what his bomb did to Connor [[spoiler:lethally]] he completely dismisses Connor as "some Earther". This shows beyond a doubt that for all of his claims that he's fighting back against the racism he's suffered from in his life he's ultimately just an angry child who's as bigoted as the ones he's fighting against, just pointed in a different direction. |
| 366 | * ISurrenderSuckers: When M'gann offers to turn M'comm away from the violent path he's on, M'comm seems to agree and asks her to teach him how. Unfortunately, he's lying through his teeth and tries to attack her while her guard is down. Luckily, M'gann was prepared for that. |
| 367 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's tremendously snide, self-righteous, unnecessarily cruel, and shows no regard for innocent life. Piling on to the jerkassery, most of these traits are demonstrated towards his own sister, [[UngratefulBastard who cares about him and protected him when they were children]]. |
| 368 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Despite everything that he did, M'comm does not suffer any consequences and is instead rewarded by Darkseid, who honors their deal and gives him the planet, Durla, for him and his white Martian followers to inhabit.]][[note]] [[spoiler: Which heavily implies that M'comm and the white Martians are the ancestors of Chameleon Boy's species, since he mentioned that his homeworld in the 31st Century is Durla and his shapeshifting power is very similar to that of the Martians.[[/note]]]] |
| 369 | * KickTheDog: |
| 370 | ** [[spoiler:Murdering two brainwashed meta-teens, [[EvilIsPetty just to spite M'gann]].]] |
| 371 | ** [[spoiler:After Conner's apparent death, Ma'alefa'ak writes him off as "some Earther" to M'gann, who was not only Conner's fiancee, but Ma'alefa'ak's own sister. He later taunts M'gann about it, saying that he's ''glad'' that Conner is dead, a moment of cruelty that makes M'gann finally give up on him. He also thanks Lor-Zod when he thinks the later killed him.]] |
| 372 | ** [[spoiler:While working for Darkseid, he incites Lowlies to think of rebelling against the New Gods, only to turn them over for torturous "re-education", coldly blaming them for being susceptible to his words if they call him on it.]] |
| 373 | * KnightTemplar: Ma'alefa'ak believes his goal of inciting a White Martian revolution is righteous, no matter the morally abhorrent actions he commits in order to accomplish it. |
| 374 | * KryptoniteFactor: Like all Martians, he is weak to fire. [[spoiler: This was exploited by Zatanna during the finale of Season 4.]] |
| 375 | * LackOfEmpathy: Downplayed; he is genuinely interested in a better life for White Martians, but the methods he employs show that his sense of compassion begins and ends there. He despises other Martians to the point of being prepared to carry out genocide, has zero regard for anyone who gets hurt or killed in pursuit of his goals, is perfectly willing to allow others to suffer horrible fates if it benefits him, and has a habit of blaming others for suffering that ''he'' inflicts. |
| 376 | * ManipulativeBastard: While working for Darkseid, Ma'alefa'ak uses a combination of his own Martian powers, frame-ups, and old-fashioned psychology to serve Darkseid's agenda, both to stir dissent on New Genesis and root out potential dissenters on Apokolips. |
| 377 | * NeverMyFault: |
| 378 | ** He brushes off any condemnation of his actions by [[PlayingTheVictimCard referring back to the discrimination that White Martians have suffered]], and once his plans are thwarted, he blames Forager for [[spoiler:the deaths of his captive metahumans]], claiming that it's his fault for bringing the Team to New Genesis and promising to kill Forager if he sees him again. |
| 379 | ** After manipulating a Lowly into being open to the idea of rebellion against the New Gods of Apokolips, Ma'alefa'ak sends her off to be "re-educated" without blinking. When the Lowly points out that it wasn't until Ma'alefa'ak planted the idea in her head that she even ''considered'' rebellion, Ma'alefa'ak puts the blame on her for being "susceptible". |
| 380 | * NotAfraidToDie: He isn't phased by Desaad warning him the gene bomb's affect on a hybrid martian like himself is unknown, not hesitating to potentially kill himself to eliminate the Green and Red Martians. |
| 381 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: |
| 382 | ** For all his claims to the contrary, it's quite clear that Ma'alefa'ak's planned revolution against the Green and Red Martians is based more on his own hatred for them than any desire for positive social change. He considers the oppressed becoming the oppressors to be a successful revolution, not seeing his goal for [[FullCircleRevolution what it really is]]. |
| 383 | ** Ma'alefa'ak brushes off M'gann's condemnations about his warmongering on New Genesis by claiming that he's doing the Bugs a favor by pitting them against the New Gods, framing the whole thing as inciting a noble revolution. The reality is that Ma'alefa'ak is just doing this as a favor to Darkseid to gather support for his own revolution on Mars, and he doesn't actually care in the least about the Bugs. |
| 384 | * PetTheDog: A few times in very small ways. |
| 385 | ** He offers his sister the chance to join him in his revolution when they first meet again, only giving into his resentment towards her after she rejects and tries to stop his plans. |
| 386 | ** He tells M'gann to tell their mother "goodbye" and their dad "I'm sorry" before he plans to activate the gene bomb that will kill one and widow the other. |
| 387 | * PsychologicalProjection: He equates the relationship between the New Gods and the Bugs with the one among the different races of Martian; in Ma'alefa'ak's mind, the New Gods oppress the Bugs by placing themselves above them. In reality, what little we see suggests that the two races got along fine before Ma'alefa'ak deliberately started pitting the Bugs against the New Gods, and his own issues are coloring how he sees the situation. |
| 388 | * RedemptionRejection: When M'gann offers him the chance to be a better person, he pretends to go along with it only so he can attack her when her guard is down. |
| 389 | * RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In the source material, he's J'onn's brother. Here, he is J'onn's nephew (through [[CanonForeigner J'onn's sister]]). |
| 390 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: To M'gann, who is J'onn's niece in the show. Here Ma'alefa'ak is her younger brother. |
| 391 | * TheResenter: Season 4 reveals him to be this toward M'gann, [[spoiler:because she unintentionally left him behind to suffer the bigotry alone, when she was able to escape to Earth the very chance she got. That, and he feels "replaced" by Beast Boy.]] |
| 392 | * ShadowArchetype: He shares a lot of M'gann's insecurities about being racially discriminated and abuses his powers the way she did. Unlike M'gann however, he lets these insecurities consume him and he continues to abuse his powers. |
| 393 | * ThrowTheDogABone: As deplorable his methods are, he's [[spoiler:gifted by Darkseid a new planet as haven for his fellow White Martians, Durla]]. |
| 394 | * TragicVillain: As awful as he is, Ma'alefa'ak is driven by a very much justified hatred of how the caste system on Mars oppresses White Martians; he's effectively a monster created by the society in which he was raised. This also includes being bullied by the rest of his siblings who were Green Martians and M'gann’s abandonment and being replaced by Beast Boy. |
| 395 | * UngratefulBastard: As soon as M'gann rejects his offer to join Ma'alefa'ak's revolution, he disregards her kindness and mercy in favor of attacking her and going out of his way to spite her for trying to stop him. Although this is somewhat justified as M'gann left him to defend for himself when they were kids. |
| 396 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: M'gann tries to appeal to his better nature by using memories of their childhood, where they were wide-eyed and innocent, to get him to turn away from his evil path. Unfortunately, all M'comm can remember is the bad. |
| 397 | * VillainHasAPoint: While Ma'alefa'ak's methods of fighting it go far beyond the pale, the caste system on Mars really ''is'' incredibly unjust; M'gann even left Mars in the first place because she was discriminated against for being a White Martian. In additionaly, he also points out that his siblings never accepted them at all. |
| 398 | * VillainousBreakdown: Loses all composure not just at [[spoiler:being literally kicked out of Danny Chase's mind, but at being defeated by his sister and sent to the Phantom Zone with the Kryptonians]]. |
| 399 | * VillainousVirtues: His dealings with Lor-Zod display that for all of his monstrous behavior towards his enemies, Ma'alefa'ak is ''not'' an idiot, having a much better understanding of logistics and physics (chief among them being the limitations of Boom Tubes). In fact, from a villainous perspective, he's quite reliable to have on missions. While his compassion may start and end with the White Martians, he ''does'' legitimately care for them [[spoiler:and was satisfied with gaining them territory in the form of Durla.]] |
| 400 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has this power like all other Martians. He disguises himself as Orion and acts like a bigoted asshole, as part of a plan to fool and manipulate the Bugs into rebelling against the New Gods on New Genesis. |
| 401 | * WeCanRuleTogether: He tries to get M'gann to join his revolution, but she refuses to stoop to the lows he's willing to go to. |
| 402 | * WouldHurtAChild: Murders his two metahuman slaves that his sister was trying to rescue as a last act of spite. The slaves in question were teenagers. He also [[spoiler:tortures Danny Chase's mind inside the Kaizer-Thrall, but this backfires immensely after some pep words from Saturn Girl, allowing the tortured kid to kick Ma'alefa'ak from his mind]]. |
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