| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:'''[[Characters/{{Arrowverse}} Arrowverse Character Index]]''' \ |
| 2 | [-'''[[Characters/{{Arrow}} Star City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrow Team Arrow]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseOliverQueen Oliver Queen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDinahLaurelLance Dinah Laurel Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamArrowFamilyMembers Family Members]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseMalcolmMerlyn Malcolm Merlyn]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSladeWilson Slade Wilson]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSimonMorrison Prometheus]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseStarCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 3 | '''[[Series/TheFlash2014 Central City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseWestAllenFamily West-Allen Family]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseBarryAllen Barry Allen]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseIrisWestAllen Iris West-Allen]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseTeamFlash Team Flash]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseCaitlinSnowAndKillerFrost Caitlin Snow & (Killer) Frost]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheRogues Rogues]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseCliffordDeVoe Clifford DeVoe]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals Independent Criminals]]\ |
| 4 | '''[[Characters/Supergirl2015 National City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCitizens Citizens]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseKaraZorEl Kara Zor-El]]) | '''Luthor Family & Associates''' ([[Characters/ArrowverseLenaLuthor Lena Luthor]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseNationalCityCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 5 | '''[[Characters/BlackLightning2018 Freeland]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowversePierceFamily Pierce Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFreelandCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 6 | '''[[Characters/Batwoman2019 Gotham City]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseBatFamily Bat-Family]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCitizens Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseGothamCityCriminals Criminals]]\ |
| 7 | '''[[Characters/SupermanAndLois Smallville & Metropolis]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseSmallvilleCitizens Smallville Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCitizens Metropolis Citizens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetropolisCriminals Metropolis Criminals]]\ |
| 8 | '''[[Characters/LegendsOfTomorrow The Legends]]:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegends The Team]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsCurrentMembers Current Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSaraLance Sara Lance]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseLegendsFormerMembers Former Members]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseLeonardSnart Leonard Snart]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseMickRory Mick Rory]])\ |
| 9 | '''Organizations:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseUSGovernment U.S. Government]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseUSMilitary U.S. Military]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseARGUSAndTaskForceX A.R.G.U.S.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseTheDEO The D.E.O.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseJusticeSocietyOfAmerica The J.S.A.]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseLeagueOfAssassins The League of Assassins]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Criminal Groups]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheHIVE H.I.V.E.]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseVandalSavageAndFollowers Savage & His Followers]])\ |
| 10 | '''Time Travel:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseTimeTravelers Time Travelers]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseTheLegionOfSuperHeroes The Legion]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseEobardThawne Eobard Thawne]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseDamienDarhk Damien Darhk]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseSavitar Savitar]]) | [[Characters/ArrowversePastCharacters The Past]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseFutureCharacters The Future]]\ |
| 11 | '''Miscellaneous''': [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMetahumans Metahumans]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseFirestorm Firestorm]] / [[Characters/ArrowverseTheHawks The Hawks]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEntities Other Entities]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseSpeedForceAndForcesOfNature The Speed Force & Forces of Nature]]) \ |
| 12 | '''The Multiverse:''' [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherEarths Other Earths]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth2 Earth-2]] ([[Characters/ArrowverseHunterZolomon Hunter Zolomon]]) | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth38 Earth-38]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarth90 Earth-90]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseEarthX Earth-X]] | [[Characters/ArrowverseBizarroWorld Bizarro World]]]]-]]] |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | %%No spoilers are allowed outside of examples. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | '''BEWARE OF SPOILERS!''' |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 20 | |
| 21 | ! Luthor Family & Associates |
| 22 | |
| 23 | !! Luthor Family |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | A wealthy and very prominent family. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | * AlliterativeFamily: Parents '''L'''ionel and '''L'''illian, and children '''Le'''x and '''Le'''na. |
| 30 | * BadassNormal: The Luthors we've seen are all highly educated, obscenely rich, and ridiculously intelligent humans that can solve problems even Kryptonians and Martians are helpless against. |
| 31 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Half of the family are [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] (Lillian and Lex), one is an AmbiguouslyEvil adulterer (Lionel), and the remaining one is a good person but has tons of issues (Lena). |
| 32 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: All of the notable Luthors have dodgy morals or end up being morally bankrupt. Lillian and Lex are [[CardCarryingVillain proud villains]], Lionel was AmbiguouslyEvil, and Lena is prone to JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. |
| 33 | * EvilInc: Lex's tenure as CEO had him use the company's resources for his ObviouslyEvil [[EvilPlan plans]]. This is the reason why Lena renamed the company. |
| 34 | * FeudingFamilies: They and the surviving members of the House of El have a very tense relationship. |
| 35 | * {{Fiction 500}}: They are '''filthy''' rich. |
| 36 | * GenderEqualEnsemble: Lex and Lionel are male, Lena and Lillian are female. |
| 37 | * MegaCorp: They own and run [=LuthorCorp=] (currently L-Corp), one of the most prominent companies in the world. |
| 38 | * MenAreTheExpendableGender: Lionel is a PosthumousCharacter while Lex was killed in the Season 4 finale. Lex comes BackFromTheDead the following season, though. |
| 39 | * RenamedTheSame: In order to start over, Lena renamed [=LuthorCorp=] to... L-Corp. |
| 40 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Lex is the most blatant, being a CorruptCorporateExecutive. Same goes for Lillian. Lena, while having noble intentions, is willing to do illegal experiments to achieve her goals. |
| 41 | * WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: They're quite wealthy, so they can afford all those top-of-the-line technology equipment they have. |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Lena Luthor]] |
| 45 | --> See Characters/ArrowverseLenaLuthor. |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[folder:Lillian Luthor]] |
| 49 | !!Lillian Luthor |
| 50 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cadmusscientist.jpg]] |
| 51 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lillian_luthor_in_the_lexosuit.png]] |
| 52 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 53 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BrendaStrong |
| 54 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E1TheAdventuresOfSupergirl The Adventures of Supergirl]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x1) |
| 55 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{Invasion|2016}}!''[[note]](''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'')[[/note]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | The leader of Cadmus, who largely concerns herself with acquiring new test subjects and technology. Also the mother of Lex and adopted mother of Lena Luthor. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | -> see Characters/SmallvilleLuthorCorp for the Earth-167 character who bears her name and background |
| 60 | ---- |
| 61 | * AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Brenda Strong is only a few years older than Jon Cryer. |
| 62 | * AbusiveParents: Even towards her supposed [[ParentalFavoritism favorite]] son Lex. |
| 63 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics and most media, Lex Luthor's mother is portrayed as the [[ALighterShadeOfBlack lesser]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality evil]] of his parents. Here, Lex clearly got his worst traits from her, and it is implied that Lionel was the lesser evil. |
| 64 | * AffairBlameTheBastard: Lillian admits she took out the fact Lena's her husband's child with another woman hard, and treated Lena coldly as a result. She apologizes for this, saying it was wrong. |
| 65 | * AgreeToDisagree: Responds this to Supergirl in "The Darkest Place" after she calls her crazy for defending Lex's actions while accusing the Kryptonian cousins of poisoning the Earth. |
| 66 | * AintTooProudToBeg: She unashamedly begs for Kara's aid in saving Lena from Rhea. |
| 67 | * AlliterativeName: '''L'''illian '''L'''uthor. |
| 68 | * AttackDrone: She sends several of these after Morgan Edge when she tries to kill him in Season 3. |
| 69 | * BadBoss: "[[GotVolunteered Volunteers]]" her assistant to be Metallo II. Said assistant is not pleased. |
| 70 | * BigBad: Of the first half of Season Two, as she plans to get rid of the aliens on Earth. By the finale she's overshadowed by Rhea. |
| 71 | * BitchSlap: The first thing she does after making Supergirl exhaust her powers in "The Darkest Place" is to slap her with enough force to make her bleed. |
| 72 | * BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Lexosuit she wears in season 3 has a retractable blade in the right arm. Interestingly, it's the only Lexosuit to be shown to have this. |
| 73 | * BrokenPedestal: After finding out that Lex planned to have her killed, she loses all love for him, and has no problem trying to kill him with poisoned tea in "The Quest for Peace". |
| 74 | * CompositeCharacter: Has the name and basic character of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'''s Lillian Luthor, but her scientific endeavors and vendetta against Superman are taken from ''[[ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne Earth One]]'' [[GenderFlip Lex]]. |
| 75 | * CommutingOnABus: After season 2, she makes infrequent appearances throughout the show. She shows up more in the Post-Crisis episodes. |
| 76 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: She was emotionally abusive to Lex and taught him that LoveIsAWeakness. She's completely shattered to find out that Lex doesn't love her at all, but in fact hates her and wants her dead both for {{Revenge}} and because she's a loose end. |
| 77 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: She serves as the main villain for most of Season 2. However, Queen Rhea ends up supplanting her as the true BigBad. |
| 78 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite her own admitted ParentalFavoritism towards Lex, she does admit to loving Lena in her own way, and proves it when she [[NotSoAboveItAll secretly begs]] Kara for her assistance in rescuing Lena from Rhea before the President carries out her orders. Eventually she becomes more protective of Lena than she does of Lex, even demanding she be spared from his plan to wipe out anyone who hasn't been brainwashed by his Obsidian plan. |
| 79 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 80 | ** Her FantasticRacism of aliens makes her the Dominion's enemy, though part of it is that if anyone is going to rule the world, it's going to be a ''Luthor'', not a race of alien conquerors. |
| 81 | ** During the Season 4 finale, when Lex has herself and Lena brought to the White House, she attempts to [[OffingTheOffspring poison him]], as his madness has gone too far, even for her taste. |
| 82 | ** She was also willing to sell her share of Luthor Corp to Lena in the event that Lex incriminated himself at his trial. Him being acquitted rendered this a moot point |
| 83 | * EvilMatriarch: The mother of Lex and Lena who claims that her actions against aliens are for the sake of her children. The way she talks, it seems as though Lex's own [[AbsoluteXenophobe xenophobia]] is derived from hers. |
| 84 | * EvilRedhead: She's played by Brenda Strong, after all. |
| 85 | * EvilVersusEvil: |
| 86 | ** She plays a large role in the defeat of the Daxamite invaders in the finale of season 2. |
| 87 | ** In her only appearance in Season 3, she attempts to kill Morgan Edge, who is just as evil if not moreso than she is. |
| 88 | * FakeUltimateHero: Loves to prop herself up as humanity's ultimate savior from the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien menace]] just like her [[GenerationXerox momma's boy Lex Luthor]]. However, the acute LackOfEmpathy, coupled with her cruel willingness to [[TheUnfettered endanger thousands, if not millions, of human lives]], ultimately defeats this vision she has of herself. |
| 89 | * ForYourOwnGood: It's implied that she wouldn't mind taking over the world and enslaving the rest of humanity to "protect" it from aliens like Kryptonians and Martians. |
| 90 | * HatedByAll: None of her children can stand her. Even Lex, her favorite, resents how she was emotionally abusive towards him by trying to teach him LoveIsAWeakness and allowed his private tutors to administer excessive corporal punishment if he slipped during his studies. He goes so far as to rip her eyes out of her portrait in the Luthor Family Mansion. |
| 91 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 92 | ** She accuses Superman and Supergirl of "pretending at honor" and believes them to have "the ego of gods". Her own methods are decidedly less than honorable, and she is ''highly'' smug herself. |
| 93 | ** She accuses aliens like Kryptonians and Martians of wanting to TakeOverTheWorld, when it's implied that she herself would be willing to do the exact same thing in the name of "protecting" humanity. |
| 94 | ** She claims to care about humanity, but seeing how she endangered many lives with Cadmus' terrorist attacks, those words are nothing short of empty. |
| 95 | ** In "Resist", she tells both Supergirl and Lena not to let their {{Pride}} blind them. This from the woman who let her pride in her own son blind her to the truth. |
| 96 | ** In "All About Eve", she mocks Lena for having emotional attachments, and for being sentimental, despite the fact that she holds deep attachment and sentiment toward Lex. When she learns that Lex has her lined up for assassination, she is utterly shattered. |
| 97 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear in the show until its second season (and in the Series/{{Arrowverse}} until the fifth year). |
| 98 | * InsaneTrollLogic: She blames Superman for Lex being a villain out of envy toward the Man of Steel because MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal. |
| 99 | * IWarnedYou: |
| 100 | ** When she goes to the heroes to offer her help during the Daxamite invasion at the end of season 2, she doesn't resist to rub it in their faces that she had always warned of the danger posed by aliens. |
| 101 | --->'''Lillian''': Everything I warned against has come to pass. The alien invaders have come to destroy our way of life and claim our planet, just as I said they would.\ |
| 102 | '''Winn''': You can just say, "I told you so."\ |
| 103 | '''Lillian''': I did tell you so. |
| 104 | ** Also, she smugly says this when Lena comes to visit her in prison and shows her that Lex had the blueprints for her cell in "All About Eve". However, she changes her mood when Lena points out that he was not planning to free her, but to kill her. |
| 105 | --->'''Lillian''': I hate to say I told you so...\ |
| 106 | '''Lena''': Really? Because I just love saying it. |
| 107 | * KarmaHoudini: Post-Crisis, she is free again with no known criminal record, running the [=LuthorCorp=] Foundation, and in cahoots with Lex. |
| 108 | * KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: When she comes to offer her help to the heroes against the Daxamites, she tells them that they can either shoot her or work with her to save the world. |
| 109 | * KnightTemplarParent: Whatever her faults are, she does ''not'' screw around when it comes to protecting her daughter. Just ask Morgan Edge. |
| 110 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the Season 6 premiere Lena uses Myriad to remove Lillian's knowledge of Supergirl's identity from her mind alongside Lex's in order to keep Kara safe. |
| 111 | * MadScientist: She altered a virus so that it only targeted non-human life and is evil to the core. |
| 112 | * MamaBear: Tried to straight-up ''murder'' Morgan Edge after he tried to kill Lena one time too many. |
| 113 | * MythologyGag: The first names of both her and her husband are directly taken from their counterparts on ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. |
| 114 | * NeverMyFault: Or better said, "Never My Family's Fault." In Lillian's eyes, her beloved genius of a son is the innocent victim of Superman's vanity and need to be viewed as the superior specimen, and her anti-alien crusade, even at its most extreme, is a perfectly justifiable way to defend Earth and humanity. As one of the most iconic flaws of Lex's comic counterpart is a blatant refusal to take responsibility for his actions, Lillian is probably where Lex learned this trait from. |
| 115 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Medusa virus is so easily reverse-engineered that it's not only used as a cure for aliens infected with the disease, but also cures J'onn of his White Martian infection. |
| 116 | * NonActionBigBad: She always has someone else do the fighting for her. |
| 117 | ** Except in season 3, where she uses a Lexosuit to fight Supergirl and Mon-El by herself. |
| 118 | * NotSoAboveItAll: When Lena is in legitimate danger after being kidnapped by Rhea, Lillian isn't above begging for Kara and the DEO's aid in rescuing her. |
| 119 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her son Lex is killed at the end of the fourth season, albeit not for long. |
| 120 | * ParentalFavoritism: She makes no secret about the fact that Lex is her favorite child. She says every parent favors one child above the others. She eventually admits that Lena's biological paternity played a role in this. Ironically, Lex hates her just as much as Lena does. She eventually switches her favoritism to Lena, once she realizes just how nuts Lex is. |
| 121 | * PoweredArmor: She borrows Lex's Lexosuit in "For Good" to try and kill Morgan Edge. It's powerful enough to give Supergirl and Mon-El a really good fight. |
| 122 | * PragmaticVillainy: During a chat with Lex, Lillian chides him for quoting Hitler; as she puts it, doing so is "bad for the brand". |
| 123 | ** Post-Crisis, she tries to talk Lex out of killing Supergirl because she is more useful as an ally, and his obsession with killing Kryptonians has already led to his death once. |
| 124 | * PsychoticSmirk: Almost constantly sports one. |
| 125 | * SeenItAll: After Lex informs her of the events of the Crisis, including the destruction of the Multiverse and the fact that he technically isn't her actual son, Lillian doesn't react much, which surprises even Lex. |
| 126 | -->'''Lex:''' You're rather calm for a woman who just learned the entire Multiverse has been obliterated. You do understand I'm not the son you raised?\ |
| 127 | '''Lillian:''' Perfectly. Would your Lillian have been frightened by world destruction? If so, you've upgraded. |
| 128 | * SheKnowsTooMuch: Ironically enough, her own son Lex wants to have her eliminated in "Crime and Punishment" to prevent her from revealing what she knows about his shady activities at the prison of Stryker Island. |
| 129 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: She's occasionally shown playing chess with her son, both during his childhood and in the present. She can't beat him, though. |
| 130 | * SmugSnake: Even when threatened, she's unflappable in her confidence. |
| 131 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: DependingOnTheWriter, but she's usually a PosthumousCharacter in the comics and most adaptations. |
| 132 | * StatuesqueStunner: She [[SilverVixen looks good]] and, at 5'11 1/2, she is the tallest woman on both the entire show and [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} franchise]]. |
| 133 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: She's the tallest woman in the entire show (and Series/{{Arrowverse}} as a whole) and frequently displays sociopathic behavior. |
| 134 | * TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: By the end of season 4, even she is fed up with Lex's madness, to the point that she decides to put poison in his tea. Unfortunately, he manages to notice it. |
| 135 | * ThatLiarLies: |
| 136 | ** She accuses Supergirl of lying when she tries to warn her that John Corben's kryptonite heart is unstable and is going to explode in "Luthor". |
| 137 | ** In "Exodus", she also claims that Alex must be lying when she says that she has planted mines in her base and threatens to detonate them. She's not. |
| 138 | * TheUnfettered: She will take any measures to wipe out aliens on Earth, even deliberately put human lives in danger just to turn public opinion against aliens. |
| 139 | * UngratefulBastard: Sees Supergirl help stop the alien invasion in Season 2's finale? Doesn't care, she backstabs her anyway, just because she is an alien. |
| 140 | * VillainBall: |
| 141 | ** She honestly didn't consider that, when faced with enemies powered by a substance that could kill them, Superman and Supergirl would think to bring along some back-up. |
| 142 | ** She accepted Lena coming over to her side a little too readily, considering she made no secret of the fact that she considered her TheUnfavorite. This is what causes her downfall. |
| 143 | * VillainExitStageLeft: When she realizes Supergirl's not lying about Metallo exploding, she and Cyborg Superman quickly beat feet. |
| 144 | * VillainHasAPoint: In one of the {{Flashback}} scenes in "Deus Lex Machina", she points out to Lex that his hatred for Kryptonians is holding him back, and that working with Supergirl in the new timeline would be more beneficial. |
| 145 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: She's hailed as a hero who fought in the AlienInvasion during the Season 2 finale, which is [[EnemyMine technically true]]. |
| 146 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Tries to recruit Alex, playing on her frustration with Supergirl. She later tries to goad her stepdaughter Lena to join her, as well. She was rejected both times. |
| 147 | * WeHaveReserves: She basically says this to her assistant before he GotVolunteered to be Metallo II. |
| 148 | * WickedStepmother: She makes clear that she hates Lena as she is the product of her husband's infidelity. This included bribing her school boyfriend to dump her, exiling her to boarding school, and leaving her to die with Supergirl when Metallo was about to explode. However, in later episodes she teams with Supergirl to save Lena from the Daxamite ship, tries to kill Morgan Edge after he tried to kill Lena, and finally admits to Lena that she loves her while under the influence of a truth seeker. |
| 149 | * WorthIt: When she returns to National City to help her daughter against Morgan Edge in season 3, she tells her that she's taking huge risks coming to see her while she's on the run, but she considers it worth it. |
| 150 | * WorthyOpponent: After Supergirl defeats Corben and calls Cadmus out, she smiles grimly and pronounces, "Then it begins." |
| 151 | * YouHaveFailedMe: If you work for her and get caught, she'll see to it you never talk. |
| 152 | [[/folder]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | [[folder:Lex Luthor]] |
| 155 | --> See Characters/ArrowverseLexLuthor. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Lionel Luthor]] |
| 159 | !!Lionel Luthor |
| 160 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 161 | !!! '''Portrayed By''': Creator/IanButcher |
| 162 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E12Luthors Luthors]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x12) |
| 163 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | Father of ComicBook/{{Lex|Luthor}} and Lena Luthor and Lex's predecessor as [[AccidentalPun head]] of [=LuthorCorp=]. |
| 166 | |
| 167 | -> see Characters/Titans2018OtherCharacters for the Earth-9 character who bears his name and background |
| 168 | -> see Characters/SupermanFilmSeries for Mr Luthor, the Earth-96 character who bears his last name and background |
| 169 | -> see Characters/SmallvilleLuthorCorp for the Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 170 | -> see Characters/SmallvilleEarth2 for an AlternateUniverse Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 171 | -> see Characters/DCEUSupermansRoguesGallery page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears his surname and background |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: He is usually depicted as an AbusiveParent in the comics and most adaptations. Here, he's AmbiguouslyEvil, but Lena thinks very highly of him. That said, Lex's comments from "The House Of L" paint him in a darker light (with Lex saying his staying with his family was worse than his leaving) and he apparently was a drunk, so perhaps he wasn't so nice after all. |
| 174 | * TheAlcoholic: In "The House of L", Lex mentions that his father was an alcoholic, a claim that Lena doesn't dispute. |
| 175 | * AlliterativeName: '''L'''ionel '''L'''uthor. |
| 176 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: While Lena certainly thinks that he's a good man, Lillian disputes it. However, it may well just be bitterness on Lillian's part due to him [[WomanScorned cheating on her]]. Lex also doesn't seem to have many fond memories of him, but then again it is [[CardCarryingVillain Lex]], so who knows. Maybe he [[ParentalFavouritism just liked Lena]]. |
| 177 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: He is AmbiguouslyEvil, but his wife [[CardCarryingVillain certainly isn't]]. |
| 178 | * HereditaryHairstyle: Or lack thereof, as both he and his son are bald. |
| 179 | * MythologyGag: The first names of both him and his wife are directly taken from their counterparts on ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. |
| 180 | * ThePatriarch: Of the Luthor family, at least until he died. |
| 181 | * PosthumousCharacter: Lillian and Lena talk about him in past tense. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | ---- |
| 185 | |
| 186 | !! Associates |
| 187 | [[folder:Eve Teschmacher]] |
| 188 | !!Eve Teschmacher |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/et_6.png]] |
| 190 | !!! '''Species:''' Metahuman |
| 191 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AndreaBrooks |
| 192 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/MonicaManjarrez (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 193 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E1TheAdventuresOfSupergirl The Adventures of Supergirl]]" (''Supergirl'' 2x1) |
| 194 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' | ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' |
| 195 | |
| 196 | Cat's new assistant following Kara's transition into a reporter. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | -> see Characters/SupermanFilmSeries for more info about an Earth-96 character who bears her name and background |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * AdaptationDyeJob: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While the character is blonde in her source material, Valerie Perrine's version had dirty blonde hair while Andrea Brooks's is golden blonde. |
| 201 | * AdaptationalBadass: The original version of Eve Teschmacher was little more than arm candy for Lex Luthor. This version has a [[AdaptationalIntelligence genius-level intellect]], impressive fighting skills and SelfDuplication powers, courtesy of Lex. |
| 202 | * AdaptationalHeroism: She's Lex Luthor's secretary in her source material. Here, she works for Cat Grant briefly, then becomes James Olsen's assistant. It is actually subverted, as we learn in Season 4 that she's been on Lex's payroll the entire time. |
| 203 | * AffablyEvil: Although much nastier than she ever pretended to be, Eve's perky exterior is no act; she maintains it even around Lex, and later claims to have been genuinely fond of Lena and Kara. It's later revealed that her reason for working with Lex Pre-Crisis was to manipulate him on Leviathan's behalf. |
| 204 | * AgeLift: Creator/ValeriePerrine was in her mid-thirties when she played the role in Creator/RichardDonner's first ''Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}}'' movie. This version of Eve is played by Creator/AndreaBrooks who was in her late twenties at the time. And even if VagueAge is at play, the Earth-96 version is clearly in her late 20s in both cases. |
| 205 | * AlmightyJanitor: Eve studied Nuclear Physics at Yale, yet she seems perfectly content working as a personal assistant at [=CatCo=]. She's eventually poached by Lena for work more befitting her education. Considering she's actually working for Lex, this deception was quite intentional. |
| 206 | * BeleagueredAssistant: She didn't ''quite'' adjust to Cat. James and Lena are less demanding. |
| 207 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: While she was seemingly nice and easygoing, she's been on Lex's payroll the entire time. |
| 208 | * {{Brainwashed}}: In Season 5, Lena has Hope purge all negative emotions from her brain and amplify her loyalty. |
| 209 | * TheCameo: She makes a quite surprising appearance on ''[[Series/TheFlash2014 The Flash]]'' when, while working late in James's office one night, she witnesses a battle between two Vibe-powered individuals before both vanish as quickly as they came. |
| 210 | -->'''Eve:''' Is it just me or is [[LampshadeHanging this city getting weirder?!]] |
| 211 | * CoDragons: With Otis Graves, to Lex. |
| 212 | * TheCutie: Good-looking, adorable, and upbeat. Her attitude doesn't appear part of her act, as she retains a certain perkiness while holding Lena at gunpoint. |
| 213 | * DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent: Turns out she wasn't working for Lex the entire time and was working for a secretive organization called Leviathan, who ordered her to be on Lex so he could "move the needle." |
| 214 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She used a sample of Harun-El to cure her cousin's terminal cancer. Post Earth mergers, her motivation for working with Lex and Leviathan is to keep Lex from harming her mom. |
| 215 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Eve is initially unsettled by the violence of Lex's methods, and his plan to give himself cancer leaves her aghast. |
| 216 | * EvilAllAlong: She's on Lex's payroll and has been the entire show. |
| 217 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: Eve is usually seen in demure clothes with bright colors. As she's revealed as Lex's henchwoman, she wears a formfitting dark blue dress. |
| 218 | * HiddenDepths: To be inferred, since Cat has an amazing eye for talent. If she didn't, she'd have been fired already. Turns out also that she's a scientist who graduated from Yale. |
| 219 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Doesn't appear in the show until its second season (and in the Series/{{Arrowverse}} until the fifth year). |
| 220 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Eve is madly in love with Lex, who values her well-being about as much as he values pocket lint, although he's happy to let Eve believe otherwise as long as she's useful to him. |
| 221 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Thanks to the CosmicRetcon brought about by the destruction and rebirth of the multiverse, Eve no longer remembers her actions during season 4, those memories having been overwritten by a new history. |
| 222 | * LoonyFan: Subverted. She shows too much devotion to Lex and she even gets compared to a UsefulNotes/CharlesManson fan by him, but she is just doing so under Leviathan. |
| 223 | * MesACrowd: Courtesy of Lex's experiments, Eve gains Kopy's abilities, now being able to duplicate herself, but with the copies becoming progressively less intelligent over time. |
| 224 | * NewMeat: She's Kara's replacement intern introduced in Season 2. |
| 225 | * NotWhatItLooksLike: Eve lamely invokes the trope verbatim when she and "Mike" are caught half-undressed and making out, her legs wrapped around him. |
| 226 | -->'''Kara:''' This is ''the definition'' of something being what it looks like! |
| 227 | * PhraseCatcher: "'''''MISS TESCHMACHER!!!'''''" |
| 228 | * PromotionToOpeningTitles: After being a RecurringCharacter since Season 2, she's finally added into the opening credits in Season 5. |
| 229 | * ShipperOnDeck: After picking up that Mon-El and Kara have feelings for each other, she subtly gives Kara a nudge to act upon them. |
| 230 | * TrappedInVillainy: |
| 231 | ** The Season 4 finale reveals that she actually ''isn't'' a LoonyFan of Lex; instead, she was being forced by a mysterious organization named Leviathan, who still has her under their thumb. |
| 232 | ** Then again in Season 5. Lex promises to free her from Leviathan's grip....only to manipulated her into being ''his'' unwilling assassin. He tricks her into killing Jeremiah Danvers, lying to her about him being her father's killer and then confronts her with the fact that she killed Supergirl's father, as well as with holding her mother hostage. |
| 233 | * UnwittingPawn: Post-Crisis, Eve is seemingly rescued from service to Leviathan by Lex, only to find that he's been using her as a weapon against the heroes and Leviathan alike to both advance his goals and get some deeply petty vengeance on Eve for her pre-Crisis treachery. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
| 235 | |
| 236 | [[folder:Alana]] |
| 237 | -> see [[Characters/ArrowverseCriminalGroupsAndOrganizations Project Cadmus]] |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:Samantha Arias]] |
| 241 | -> see the ''Reign'' folder at [[Characters/ArrowverseAliens Aliens]] |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder:Mercy Graves]] |
| 245 | !!Mercy Graves |
| 246 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20181029_002318_video_player.jpg]] |
| 247 | !!! '''Species:''' Human |
| 248 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RhonaMitra |
| 249 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E1TheAmericanAlien American Alien]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x1) |
| 250 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 251 | |
| 252 | Lex and Lillian Luthor's former bodyguard and head of security at [=LexCorp=] and Cadmus, respectively. Becomes the right-hand woman to Ben Lockwood/Agent Liberty. |
| 253 | |
| 254 | -> see Characters/Titans2018Villains for infos about the Earth-9 character who bears her name and background |
| 255 | -> see Characters/DCEUSupermansRoguesGallery page for the character in an undesignated Earth who bears her name and background |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * ZeroPercentApprovalRating: After Mercy's death, nobody seems particularly sorry to see the end of her; Lockwood is more concerned about losing Mercy's resources than about losing her, Lex didn't bother to resurrect her as a Metallo as he did with Otis, and Otis only mentioned her once since her passing. |
| 258 | * AdaptationDyeJob: While still an AloofDarkHairedGirl, she's normally depicted with jet black hair. This version instead sports dark brown hair. |
| 259 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: Mercy is an inconsistent case, portrayed as either a BadassNormal human or an Amazon (or, at least, of Amazon ancestry). This version is human. |
| 260 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: This version is an AbsoluteXenophobe much like Lex, while most others beforehand could care less if her enemy is alien or human. |
| 261 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's a brunette and a ruthless criminal. |
| 262 | * AssholeVictim: Her death at the hands of a Hellgrammite was well-deserved. |
| 263 | * BrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Otis's Brawn. Mercy outmaneuvered Supergirl twice in her debut episode, the first time by grounding Supergirl with a pair of gravity cuffs and the second time by exploiting Supergirl's ChronicHeroSyndrome to get away cleanly. |
| 264 | * CoDragons: Along with her brother Otis, she used to be this to Lex, and later to Agent Liberty. |
| 265 | * TheCorrupter: Mercy tries to get Lena on her side by appealing to her sense of being left in Lex's shadow. It doesn't work, although Mercy has more luck with DEO Agent Jensen. |
| 266 | * DarkActionGirl: Able to fight on equal footing with Alex and get away unharmed. |
| 267 | * DragonInChief: Though Agent Liberty is the public face of the Children of Liberty, Mercy is the one with the resources and has no problem ignoring him if she feels like it. Which makes sense since her entire involvement with Lockwood is because Lex ordered her to get involved. |
| 268 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Lena once considered Mercy a friend, and the one time Otis mentions her post-mortem, he sadly expresses that he misses her. |
| 269 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: Mercy seems genuinely incapable of understanding that not everyone is as xenophobic as she is. She denounces Lena as an "Earth traitor" for refusing to join Mercy's crusade and seems utterly baffled by Alex defending Supergirl. |
| 270 | * FantasticRacism: Worked for not one, but two anti-alien extremist groups and called Supergirl a filthy roach. |
| 271 | * FatalFlaw: As Lena says, Mercy emphasizes offensive tactics and neglects her defenses. True to form, her death comes about because she doesn't pay attention to the Hellgrammite that fatally skewers her. |
| 272 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Mercy's thin attempts at courtesy just make her even more despicable. The only people she actually seems to get along with are other xenophobes like herself. |
| 273 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible Sibling to Otis's Foolish Sibling. |
| 274 | * HateSink: Mercy is a callous, hypocritical, and self-righteous psychopath out to slaughter aliens out of pure racism. She also tries to corrupt other people to her way of thinking and is baffled that not everyone is as xenophobic as she is. She doesn't even have Agent Liberty's FreudianExcuse or [[EvenEvilHasStandards principles]] to mitigate how awful she is. |
| 275 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Despite her pro-human rhetoric, Mercy has no qualms about killing humans even when it's not necessary; she even enjoys it. She doesn't limit herself to "Earth traitors", either; she murders an L-Corp employee to steal his laptop and tries to kill Agent Jensen, who had helped her, for supposedly being a loose end. |
| 276 | * KnightTemplar: She'll do ''whatever'' it takes to defend her country and humanity from the "alien menace". Even if innocent humans get killed in the crossfire. |
| 277 | * MookCarryover: InUniverse, she has worked with Lex, then with Lillian at Project CADMUS, then (currently) with Ben Lockwood at the Children of Liberty. Though she was only working for Lockwood on Lex's orders. |
| 278 | * PatrioticFervor: Her reason for aligning with both Cadmus and the Children of Liberty. Mercy believes she's protecting her country by attacking and exposing President Marsdin as an alien. |
| 279 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: While Mercy Graves and Otis are both commonly seen as ComicBook/LexLuthor's lackeys in [[Film/SupermanTheMovie diffe]][[Film/SupermanII rent]] [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse continuities]], this is the first one in which they appeared together and are directly related (as brother and sister) to boot. |
| 280 | * SiblingsInCrime: Works in a coordinated and effortless manner with her brother when they steal an EMP. |
| 281 | * TheSociopath: Despite her claims of patriotism and putting Earth first, Mercy doesn't have a shred of empathy, murders fellow humans with glee, and seems genuinely confused that all humans don't despise "roaches" as much as she does. |
| 282 | * TheStoic: Maintains a calm and indomitable demeanor, even when in the midst of danger. |
| 283 | * TalkingIsAFreeAction: Averted; Mercy is killed by a Hellgrammite while she's distracted ranting at Alex. |
| 284 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Mercy acted as a surrogate big sister to Lena when she was younger. Suffice to say, by the modern day, they're not quite as close. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Otis Graves]] |
| 288 | !!Otis Graves / Metallo III |
| 289 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20181029_002630_video_player.jpg]] |
| 290 | !!! '''Species:''' Human (Enhanced via technology) |
| 291 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RobertBaker |
| 292 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S4E1TheAmericanAlien American Alien]]" (''Supergirl'' 4x1) |
| 293 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 294 | |
| 295 | Mercy's brother and a former bodyguard at [=LexCorp=]. Also a member of the Children of Liberty. |
| 296 | |
| 297 | -> see Characters/SupermanFilmSeries for the Earth-96 character who bears his name and background |
| 298 | -> see Characters/SmallvilleLuthorCorp for the Earth-167 character who bears his name and background |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * AdaptationDyeJob: He has dark brown hair while the original version played by Creator/NedBeatty has salt-and-pepper (brownish gray) hair. |
| 301 | * AdaptationalBadass: Unlike his original FatComicRelief version, Otis is now a dangerous, competent criminal, although he's still acknowledged as not especially bright. |
| 302 | * AdaptationalCurves: He's notably more physically fit compared to the original version played by the pudgy Creator/NedBeatty. |
| 303 | * AffablyEvil: Post-revival, he shows a much more genial, friendly nature, even saving a little boy from Lex's plans and amicably chatting with Lockwood before trying to kill him. |
| 304 | * AxCrazy: Claims he's not having (too much) fun cutting off an alien's arm tusks with a laser scalpel, while giggling and unnecessarily cutting off the other one when he only needed the first tusk. |
| 305 | * BackFromTheDead: Is alive again Post-Crisis, though seemingly without his upgrades. |
| 306 | * CameBackStrong: He is resurrected as [[{{Cyborg}} Metallo III]]. |
| 307 | * CoDragons: |
| 308 | ** With his sister Mercy, to Agent Liberty. Later with Eve Teschmacher to Lex. |
| 309 | * DumbMuscle: While he's no slouch in a fight, especially after being rebuilt as Metallo III, Otis is about as sharp as a bag of hammers, although he does have the occasional flash of insight or common sense. |
| 310 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As awful as they both are, Otis does express some sadness after Mercy is gone, showing that he cared about his sister. |
| 311 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He can't bring himself to kill Mikhail, an innocent boy, for one of Lex's scheme, having "died" himself. |
| 312 | * EvilIsPetty: He stomps on a child's toy with a smile, telling the boy that it's a "metaphor for life". |
| 313 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Foolish Sibling to Mercy's Responsible Sibling. |
| 314 | * {{Jerkass}}: Mercy at least [[FauxAffablyEvil pretends]] not to be completely vile sometimes. Otis is a shameless jerk at every available opportunity. |
| 315 | * HiddenDepths: For DumbMuscle, Otis turns out to have some pretty serious and well thought out criticisms of the press. |
| 316 | -->'''Otis:''' I don't trust the press. They always parachute into crises like this without any context for the larger systemic issues at play. |
| 317 | * KilledOffForReal: After at least two resurrections, Lockwood kills him for good after ripping out his Kryptonite heart, after Otis tries to kill him himself. |
| 318 | * LackOfEmpathy: Otis shrugs off killing a DEO agent who assisted the Children of Liberty, remarking that he wasn't human, he was "loose ends". |
| 319 | * NamedByTheAdaptation: He is an OnlyOneName character in the Creator/RichardDonner films, but due to this version being RelatedInTheAdaptation with Mercy Graves, he was given her surname.[[note]]Though in the ''Smallville'' comics, his surname is ''Berg'', as a nod to "Otisburg" from ''Film/SupermanTheMovie''.[[/note]] |
| 320 | * PsychopathicManchild: He acts extremely immature, much to the ire of his sister. Doesn't make him any less of a threat. |
| 321 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: While Otis and Mercy Graves are both commonly seen as ComicBook/LexLuthor's lackeys in [[Film/SupermanTheMovie diffe]][[Film/SupermanII rent]] [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse continuities]], this is the first one in which they appeared together and are directly related (as brother and sister) to boot. |
| 322 | * SiblingsInCrime: With Mercy. |
| 323 | * SlasherSmile: Otis is a PerpetualSmiler, and his many acts of violence mean that this is a common expression of his. |
| 324 | * TheSociopath: Just like his sister, although Otis is much more low-functioning; he's a {{sadist}} with [[LackOfEmpathy no empathy]] who carries out [[EvilIsPetty acts of petty cruelty]] with [[SlasherSmile a wide grin]]. Possibly subverted, as he secretly saved Mikhail from Lex's attempt to murder the boy. |
| 325 | * TookALevelInBadass: Becomes the third version of Metallo after his reanimation and he seems considerably more powerful than his predecessors. |
| 326 | * TookALevelInKindness: While still a villain, Otis becomes a lot more genial after being resurrected as a Metallo. |
| 327 | * WeCanRebuildHim: Twice. At first after his death at the hands of the Hellgrammite and later when Lex remotely blows him up. |
| 328 | [[/folder]] |
| 329 | |
| 330 | [[folder:Linda Lee / Snowbird / Red Daughter]] |
| 331 | -> see the ''Red Daughter'' folder at [[Characters/ArrowverseOtherLocales Other Locales]] |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Hope]] |
| 335 | !!Hope |
| 336 | !!! '''Species:''' Artificial Intelligence |
| 337 | !!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/KariWahlgren |
| 338 | !!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AndreaBrooks |
| 339 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S5E01EventHorizon Event Horizon]]" (''Supergirl'' 5x1) |
| 340 | !!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 341 | |
| 342 | An A.I. created by Lena Luthor to help her change the world for the better. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: She is possibly based on the main DCU character Hope Taya, an Amazon bodyguard for Lex Luthor. This version is an artificial intelligence, and thus not even really human, or an organism at all. At first, anyway. |
| 345 | * BenevolentAI: So far, at least. She is explicitly unable to harm any living being, which is why Lena sees her as the perfect template for a better future. |
| 346 | * NumberTwo: To Lena in Season 5. |
| 347 | * TakingTheHeat: Inside Eve, she confesses to be responsible for using Myriad so she gets arrested and Lena, the real culprit, doesn't. |
| 348 | * WetwareBody: After she takes over Eve's body at Lena's command. |
| 349 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate post-crisis is unclear, as Eve is back in control of her body. She might not even have existed in the new timeline. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
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