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DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 animated superhero film based upon characters appearing in DC Comics. It is co-written and directed by Jared Stern (The LEGO Batman Movie, Green Eggs and Ham) and produced by and starring Dwayne Johnson in his first DC-based role before Black Adam. Animation for the film is provided by Animal Logic (The LEGO Movie, Peter Rabbit).

Johnson stars as the voice of Krypto, super-powered dog and loyal companion of Superman (John Krasinski). Krypto's days of happily living with his owner and fighting crime in Metropolis are brought to a halt when Superman and the rest of the Justice League are taken prisoner by a dangerous new enemy. Now, if he's to have any chance of saving his friend, Krypto must learn to work with a rag-tag band of newly empowered shelter pets led by Ace (Kevin Hart).

The cast also features Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, Diego Luna, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Middleditch, Ben Schwartz, Jameela Jamil, Daveed Diggs, Jemaine Clement, Marc Maron, John Early, Dascha Polanco, Olivia Wilde, and Keanu Reeves as Batman. The film was given a theatrical release on July 29, 2022. A Looney Tunes cartoon, Sick as a Hare, was attached to the film in select theaters.

DC published DC League Of Super Pets The Great Mxy Up that takes place after the movie and sees the pets going up against Superman foe, Mister Mxyzptlk.

Previews: Official Trailer, The Batman (2022) Trailer, The Great British Bake Off Spot, Official Trailer 2, Cast interviews (Johnson, Hart, McKinnon, Bayer, Lyonne, Luna)


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  • Actor Allusion: Krypto refers to the Justice League as a "bunch of jabronis."note 
  • Adaptation Species Change:
    • Chip is an ordinary Earth squirrel that gains electricity powers, in contrast to Ch'p in the comics being a Green Lantern Corpsman who is a member of a race of squirrel-like aliens called H'lvenites.
    • Ace is a Boxer in this film instead of a German Shepherd or a Great Dane like he's usually portrayed.
      • He describes himself as 1/8 Boxer and is accused of being 7/8 Chihuahua - which he doesn't deny although it doesn't show in his physique.
    • PB's an extreme case of this; in the comics, her role as Wonder Woman's pet was taken by Jumpa, a kangaroo-like creature.
  • Adaptational Backstory Change:
    • In the comics, Krypto was sent up in a test rocket by Jor-El, and due to time dilation, arrived on Earth years after Kal-El. Here, he goes to Earth with him.
    • In the comics, Chip is an alien member of the Green Lantern Corps whose species the Hl'venites resemble Earth squirrels. This movie presents Chip as an ordinary earth squirrel until he gets electricity powers.
  • Adaptational Name Change: Krypto’s father is named Zypto in the comics. Here, it is Dog-El. Justified if we accept that Dog-El is the name he calls himself - see Name From Another Species, below.
    • In the comics, Krypto is usually named Skip as a civilian dog, instead of Bark Kent.
  • Adaptational Superpower Change:
    • Ace is a Badass Normal dog in the comics. He gets super invulnerability (surviving a significant amount of the ceiling falling on him) along with the other pets and their powers.
    • Chip has Shock and Awe powers rather than a Green Lantern ring. At the end of the movie, however, he is given a Green Lantern ring by his new owner, Jessica Cruz.
  • Adapted Out:
    • Streaky the Super-Cat, Supergirl's pet and one of the most prominent pets in DC Comics other than Krypto and Ace, is nowhere to be seen in this movie.
    • Also absent is Jumpa, Wonder Woman's kangaroo companion, in favor of new character PB. The fact that Jumpa is a somewhat obscure character might have contributed.
  • Alter Kocker: Merton is an older turtle with a Yiddish accent... and a foul mouth.
  • Amplified Animal Aptitude: All of the animals understand humans and other animals perfectly. Two examples in particular stand out, though: Lulu is a super-genius and Krypto is smart enough to not only use a human toilet but wash his paws afterward.
  • Animal Jingoism: Lulu really dislikes hamsters, considering them inferior to guinea pigs.
  • Animal Sweet on Object: Over the course of the movie, Merton flirts with a hard hat, a Garfield doll, and at the end states that she's got a date with two firefighter helmets.
  • Animal Talk: All animals in the film share a language that to sapient beings (humans and Kryptonians), sound like regular animal noises. When confronted by Lulu, all Superman hears is her squeaks instead of her villainous speech.
  • Anthropomorphic Shift: An inversion — Merton the Turtle is based on Merton McSnurtle/The Terrific Whatsit from Golden Age comics and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! While McSnurtle is from a World of Funny Animals, this Merton is shown in the trailers to be a regular pet-shop turtle. Likewise, Chip is presented as an actual squirrel, rather than the comic book Ch'p, an alien who resembles an anthropomorphic squirrel.
  • Badass in Distress: Superman is captured by Lulu, who then empowers a whole band of guinea pigs to take the rest of the Justice League.
  • Badass Normal: Batman once again. While Luthor bemoans the orange kryptonite not giving him powers, Batman sneaks up behind him and comments that they are overrated before cold-cocking him.
  • Bald of Evil: While Lex Luthor naturaly fits the bill, Lulu also counts, due to losing her fur after being exposed to Red Kryptonite.
  • Big Bad: The initial marketing set up Lex Luthor as the villain of the film. However, the true villain is Lulu, a super-intelligent Guinea Pig who was experimented on by Luthor before receiving an Unwanted Rescue by Superman and Krypto. Her goal is to use the orange kryptonite to empower herself and free Luthor from prison. After Lex Luthor betrays her Lulu instead tries to kill Lex along with the Justice League and take over the World herself.
  • Black Comedy: Two examples, both of which get subverted by dialogue before they get into really dark territory.
    • Whiskers is sealed into a garbage tip with a grenade that detonates powerfully enough to deform the tip, but he clarifies he’s still got eight lives left from within.
    • Lulu is picked up by Mark and Keith and thrown into a compartment of a roadside food stall with the possible implication that it’s a deep fryer but is in fact clarified to be just harmless hot dog water.
  • Bland-Name Product: Krypto copes with being called a “bad dog” by Clark by eating multiple containers of Cryer’s (Bryer’s) Ice Cream.
  • Blind Mistake: Merton makes a lot of these. While keeping lookout while Ace tries to break out of the shelter, she's actually looking the wrong way. She mistakes a safety helmet for another turtle and flirts with her. And after finally getting glasses, she realizes none of the others were turtles.
  • Blind Without Them: Merton has really bad eyesight but finding some glasses fixes that.
  • Brick Joke:
    • The normal dog that said he bit a FedEx guy Krypto awkwardly tries socializing with near the beginning the movie shows up at the end. He's been mutated into a glowing blue giant and boasts he ate the FedEx guy.
    • During their first encounter, Ace calls out Krypto's smugness by noting that he acts like "your doodoo don't stink", with Krypto saying that it actually smells like sandalwood. When he passes the Kryptonite he was tricked into eating during the back end of the movie, Ace comments that it does in fact smell like that.
    • While snarking about the Justice League during their first appearance, Krypto says that Wonder Woman's invisible jet is more transparent than actually invisible. Whiskers later makes the same comment after shooting the jet down.
    • While wondering what superpowers he'll get from orange kryptonite, Lex mentions being good at throwing cards. During the credits, Lex is shown tossing cards.
  • Brought Down to Normal: Lulu dupes Krypto into eating kryptonite by hiding it in a piece of cheese, making him lose his powers.
  • Canon Foreigner: PB's the only Superpet who has no comics counterpart.
  • Cats Are Mean: Whiskers is a Cute Kitten, but once adopted by Lulu develops a mean streak along with her rocket launcher/flamethrower tail. In The Stinger she pointedly refuses to help Lex out of his cage.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Whiskers, the kitten that Lulu sets free when escaping the shelter. She reappears much later to intercept the Super Pets when they're trying to stop Lulu from freeing Lex, and the resulting fight against her is what provides the impetus to finally control their powers.
  • Composite Character: Ace has the name of Ace the Bathound who is Batman's pet dog, and the snarkiness (and approximate origin story involving orange Kryptonite) of Streaky the Supercat from the Krypto the Superdog animated series.
  • Conveniently Empty Roads: In one scene, the super pets are piloting Wonder Woman's invisible jet, when they get shot down. As the jet was over downtown when it happened, the streets are completely free of moving cars and civilians when the jet hits the ground. It DOES, however, wreck a car that was parked on the side (which presumably had nobody inside it).
  • Covers Always Lie: This poster has Whiskers featured alongside the Super Pets as though she’s part of the team. She works with Lulu to try and kill them.
  • Clark Kenting:
    • Krypto is seen mimicking his owner's disguise in order to blend in as a normal dog at one point. Problem is, he is a DOG and specifically using the signature glasses. It completely fails to fool Ace when they first meet.
    • The Trope Namer of course shows up, with Lulu lampshading it by seeing right through Clark/Superman's disguise.
  • Cut the Juice: Lulu's army of super guinea pigs manage to take out Cyborg by removing a giant battery from his back. Lampshaded by Chip as something that seems like an improbable weakness.
  • Cutting the Knot: Lulu defeats Green Lantern by simply using her telekinesis to remove the ring from her finger.
  • Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Solar Paw Punch, which is supercharging by flying close to the Sun prior to delivering a massive tackle that also affects the giving end. Krypto ends up using it to defeat the giant Lulu.
  • Daydream Surprise: As Krypto worries about Superman neglecting him in favor of Lois, Lois arrives for her and Supes' date. Krypto answers the door, grabs Lois by the ankle and flings her into the sky, and she eventually lands in the middle of the ocean. Cut to Krypto still in Superman's apartment, shaking his head and going "Nah, I shouldn't do that." Unusually for this trope, this Imagine Spot comes up again later as Krypto reflects on the way he has been acting since he learned that Superman plans to propose to Lois, and he calls imagining doing such a thing in the first place as one of the ways that he has been a bad dog over the past several days.
  • Disney Death: Krypto defeats Lulu using the Solar Paw Punch, which is said to kill both puncher and puncher. In the event though, it knocks the power out of Lulu without killing her and Krypto survives with help from Ace. Possibly justified since this was the first time the Punch had ever been used, at least by Krypto, so its actual effects wouldn't have been known.
  • Dog Got Sent to a Farm: Interestingly, used in a context that does not involve the death of pets. Ace frequently mentions a “farm upstate” as his destination once he gets himself and his friends out of the shelter. Later, he confides to Krypto that it was actually just a story to give his friends hope. Krypto agrees to keep the secret and send them all to the Kent farm in Smallville in exchange for helping him find Superman.
  • Elemental Powers:
  • Even Evil Has Standards: While Lulu is happy to leave Ace and the others to die in the burning shelter, she takes a moment to free Whiskers from her cage, saying "I'm not a monster."
  • Everybody Has Standards: Keith and Mark, two of the guinea pigs Lulu empowered, had little complaints about helping her kidnap the Justice League but have obvious qualms about murdering them. In the end, they become the pet sidekicks to Aquaman and Cyborg, respectively.
  • Evil Is Petty: Once Lex betrays her, Lulu's quick to make him suffer alongside the Justice League.
  • Expy:
    • PB is basically Mammoth Mutt from the Krypto the Superdog animated series. They're both pink animals who can grow into round giants in their own way.
    • Whiskers is a cute little Killer Cat who is a lot like Snooky Wookums but with more super powers.
  • Fluffy the Terrible: The main villain is a guinea pig named Lulu. She also gets on her side a cat named Whiskers.
  • Forbidden Chekhov's Gun: The Solar Paw Punch, where the user uses the power of the Sun to deliver a blow that can kill them, is mentioned to be so dangerous that not even Superman has tried it. Krypto ends up using this to stop Lulu, almost killing himself (only surviving thanks to Ace).
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: Plenty of them during the news broadcast about the attack of the guinea pigs — they change between cuts so you've gotta be quick to catch them.
  • Friendlessness Insult: Superman gives one of these to Lex Luthor when the Justice League comes to his and Krypto's aid early in the film. Krypto delivers the same line to Lulu during the climax after his friends foil her plot to destroy the Justice League.
  • Funny Background Event: As Clark talks to Lois for the first time, Krypto can be seen stealing the sausage in a hotdog she gave him.
  • Fun Size: A downplayed example—rather being portrayed as a German Shepherd or a Great Dane (the latter of which is one of the largest dog breeds in the world), Ace is portrayed as a Boxer, which is a bit smaller compared to a German Shepherd and especially a Great Dane (but, overall, a Boxer is more medium-sized than small).
  • Gender Flip: Merlon was male in the comics
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Krypto is NOT happy about Clark's burgeoning relationship with Lois Lane.
  • Green Rocks: Kryptonite plays a prominent role in the plot, naturally being experimented on by Lex. Lulu was his guinea pig, natch, for different variations. She lost all her fur from red kryptonite, while purple kryptonite gave her vivid dreams. Lex's plan is to empower himself with a shard of orange kryptonite, which fails because Lulu is the only one to realize that that only gives superpowers to animals.
  • "Harmful to Pets" Reminder: When asked if he knows what everyone says about dogs, Krypto answers: "We shall never eat chocolate." His father's hologram also warns him about chocolate a few scenes later.
  • Heartbreak and Ice Cream: As Clark leaves for his date with Lois, a distraught Krypto watches The Great British Bake Off eating a tub of Cryer's ice cream.
  • Heel–Face Turn:
    • Keith and Mark were OK with kidnapping, but not murder. This makes Lulu attack them and hamper their powers, so they join the Super Pets against her.
    • The credits scenes imply that the rest of the guinea pigs not named Lulu eventually followed suit, with the rainbow guinea pig shown having become the pet of the guy in the bathtub whose wall was busted during the climax and the rest having resumed their Wednesday Spanish classes.
  • Human Shield: Ace's Super-Toughness leads to him serving as a canine shield on occasion.
  • Humanlike Animal Aging: Krypto has been with Superman since he was a baby, but still seems to be in his prime. Possibly justified by the fact that he's not actually an Earth dog, or maybe his powers just slow his aging somehow.
  • I Am Not Weasel: Lulu really hates being called a hamster.
    Krypto: It's over, hamster!
    Lulu: Hamster?! A hamster is a discount gerbil! A hamster is a squirrel with nothing going on fur-wise!
  • I Am X, Son of Y: When first confronting Superman, Lulu introduces herself as "Lulu, daughter of Cinnamon".
  • I Believe I Can Fly: Some of the guinea pigs got the ability to fly as well as another power when most of the animals are One Person, One Power. It's hard to tell before Lulu loses her powers, as it could be assumed until then that she was levitating them.
  • I Owe You My Life: Whiskers is clearly on Lulu's side after the latter rescued her from the rehoming centre. Until she loses a life in a fight with the Super-Pets, that is - then she disappears until The Stinger, where it looks like she walks by [her]self. Apparently, having given her life (one of them) for Lulu's cause, she considered her debt repaid.
  • Imagine Spot: When Krypto is jealous of Lois, he briefly imagines flinging her into the ocean.
  • Improbable Weapon User: Whiskers can turn her whiskers and hairballs into explosives.
  • In Case You Forgot Who Wrote It: The movie's official title is very specifically DC League of Super Pets, complete with the current (2016-present) DC logo.
  • Instantly Proven Wrong: "Batman works alone. Aside from..." Cue Long List of the Bat-Family.
  • Iron Butt Monkey: Ace is invulnerable. This is exploited for laughs a lot through the film.
  • Jealous Pet: Krypto is not happy about his master's relationship with Lois.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Batman lists "whoever Morgan Freeman played" among the people he works with.
  • Liar Revealed: Subverted. Ace frequently promises to take the other animals to a "farm upstate" where they can be free from humans, though he later reveals to Krypto that he’s only giving them hope and doesn’t know if such a place even exists. This revelation doesn’t lead to any further conflict and Krypto simply covers for Ace by agreeing to take them to the Kent farm in Smallville, and the rest of the group are none the wiser that Ace had been lying to them.
  • MacGuffin: Kryptonite. Specifically green and orange Kryptonite. Luthor lays out early in the film that green kryptonite drains kryptonian superpowers (Lulu, of course uses this to depower Krypto and weaken Superman shortly after). Orange kryptonite, on the other hand, supposedly does the opposite, giving superpowers to normal people. Of course, Lulu clarified that this works on PETS, not people. Sure enough, this is what gives her and the other shelter pets their powers.
  • Magic Meteor: The animals get their powers from an orange Kryptonite meteor that gives superpowers to animals.
  • Meaningful Background Event: When Clark uses his X-ray vision to see Krypto at a stuck Ace, Lulu in her cage give him a suspicious look. She's quickly seen through Superman's alter ego.
  • Meaningful Echo: During the first battle with Lex, Superman makes a quip about The Power of Friendship when the Justice League arrive to help. Krypto later repeats it to Lulu when the other Super-Pets join forces with the League in the climax.
    "There's one thing you're forgetting. Unlike you, I have friends!"
  • A Minor Kidroduction: The film opens with Krypto as a puppy playing with baby Kal-El before joining him in the escape pod to flee a dying Krypton.
  • Moral Myopia: Lulu is outraged over Lex betraying her, but has no trouble trying to kill Keith and Mark for balking at the idea of killing the Justice League.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • Superman's red on black S symbol design harkens back to his Fleischer Studios Superman Theatrical Cartoons look. A background billboard for a local aquarium advertises a "Fleischerfish" as a further nod.
    • During The Stinger at the end of the credits, Black Adam is featured. Dwayne Johnson, who voices Krypto, was cast as Black Adam for his eponymous movie, and voices both Black Adam and his dog Anubis.
    • At the end of the movie, PB, a pig, is adopted by Wonder Woman. During the Justice League Unlimited episode "This Little Piggy", Wonder Woman was magically turned into a pig.
    • We first find Lois Lane at the tail end of a report, describing how Superman managed to defeat Mr. Mxyzptlk by making him say his name backwards.
    • At multiple points in the movie, Lulu demands that the heroes kneel before her.
    • At the start of the film when Krypto grabs hold of a van driven by two thugs, he holds it in the same pose as Superman on the cover of Action Comics #1. Bonus points for a bystander turning away from that with the exact same shocked, head-in-hands expression as the bystander on the cover as well.
    • Lots of the signs visible in Planet Square reference businesses from mainstream DC continuity — from Big Belly Burger to Sundollar Coffee, as well as "Hex's Texas Grill", "Kord" and plenty of others.
  • Name From Another Species: Krypto's father's name appears to have been changed from Zypto (comics) to Dog-El (film). This is because the comics used the name given to him by his owners, while the film used the name he used to refer to himself - which was presumably given by his parents or chosen to fit his adoptive family. This was the name his son knew, since Dog-El used it in his recordings.
  • Nearly Normal Animal: A twist on this trope, as indicated by the trailer. These are animals that are able to communicate with one another and not humans (As demonstrated when Superman doesn't react to Krypto's diatribe in the Bake Off spot) ON TOP of existing in the DC Universe and occasionally having powers/being owned by superheroes.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Ace ended up in the shelter as a puppy because, in preventing his family's baby from wandering over the stairs, he bit her arm to do it. This injured the baby and made her cry and the parents, being oblivious to the sequence of events, decided they'd have to give him up.
  • No Social Skills: Clark describes Krypto as having a hard time socializing with other animals. Cut to Krypto in GLASSES trying to talk to a normal dog.
    Krypto: What is new with you, fellow normal dog?
    Normal Dog: (Awkwardly) …I bit the FedEx Guy the other day.
    Krypto: (Suddenly serious) Who was he working for? General Zod? The Legion of Doom?
    Normal Dog: …FedEx.
    Krypto: Of course! The Federation of Exes! Not to be trusted!
    (Beat)
    Normal Dog: (Turning away) ...What is taking my owner so long?
  • One-Winged Angel: At the climax, Lulu absorbs the orange Kryptonite into her brain, mutating herself into a giant as well as making her telekinesis more powerful.
  • Outside-Context Problem: Lulu and her minions prove to be this for the Justice League. The Flash points out that they had numerous protocols for alien invasions, but none for mutant guinea pig attacks.
  • Personality Powers:
    • Krypto is Superman's best friend, hence he's also the winner of the Superpower Lottery.
    • Ace is stoic and never gives up the fight, he ends up with Super-Toughness.
    • PB is insecure and wants to do the best, she ends up a Sizeshifter and so is a literal shrinking violet that's also capable of becoming an incredible giant.
    • Chip is manic, he gets electricity powers.
    • Merton gets Super-Speed simply for the irony of a fast turtle.
    • Lulu becomes as megalomaniacal as Lex, she gets Mind over Matter powers that enable her to mold the world in spite of her small size.
  • Power Incontinence: Chip triggers his own electrical powers without meaning to, and PB grows and shrinks uncontrolled. Takes a while for both to take control.
  • Power Makes Your Hair Grow: One of the guinea pigs Lulu empowers gains the ability to hulk out into a buff humanoid form strong enough to restrain Wonder Woman. In the process, he grows long Fabio-like blonde hair on the top of his head.
  • Power Source: Orange Kryptonite gives powers to animals.
  • Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: The Super Pets. Krypto is depowered and has serious socialization issues, and Ace and the newly empowered pets don't know how to control their powers yet.
  • Running Gag: PB is unsure of what her superheroine name will be. By the end of the film… she still hasn’t settled on one.
  • Russian Reversal: When Batman tells Ace how his family was taken from him as a child, Ace replies by saying how he was taken away from his family as a puppy.
  • Sadistic Choice: Lulu forces Krypto to choose between saving Superman and the Justice League, or saving Lois. Fortunately, the Super Pets come along to help.
  • Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Mercy Graves is quick to scram once Lexcorp is attacked by the guinea pigs. Hence she's still alive and with Lex's armor in The Stinger.
  • Self-Parody: In Batman and Ace's trailer, they make fun of Batman's angsty brooding, as well as his claims of "working alone"... despite the fact that his supporting cast is one of the most extensive and iconic among all superheroes.
  • Serious Business: Batman's reaction to the squeezy Batman toy that Superman and Krypto play with:
    Batman: That better be a licensed toy or I will FREAK OUT.
  • Shout-Out:
    • While ironing his shirt with his heat vision, Clark comments that he should call himself Iron Man. He quickly dismisses the idea.
    • Krypto is apparently a fan of The Great British Bake Off (which has its original name in the movie, despite the program being re-titled as The Great British Baking Show in the U.S.).
    • After being used as a canine shield, Ace bemoans not getting "a magic hammer or something".
    • As PB uncontrollably grows inside a car, Merton is pushed toward a window glass besides a stuck-on Garfield plush.
    • At the end of the film, Chip comments that his new owner (Jessica Cruz) "put a ring on it" while showing off a new Green Lantern ring.
    • While hunting down the Super-Pets, Whiskers parodies A Nightmare on Elm Street's classic "One, two, Freddy's coming for you" song. They also sing ""Super Pets, come out to plaaaaaay..."
    • Lulu mockingly refers to the Super-Pets as "the PAW Patrol".
    • When Ace says the "farm upstate" won't have any humans controlling them, he calls it "a 100% Animal Farm". PB cheerfully comments that that doesn't sound ominous at all.
  • Sound-Effect Bleep: Occurs every time Merton swears.
    "I still can't see [bleep]."
  • The Stinger: During the credits, Lex is still trapped in the machine, while Lulu is rescued by Mercy. After them, Krypto's fetching is interrupted by Black Adam's dog, who insists his owner is an Anti-Hero rather than a villain.
  • Suspiciously Specific Denial: After being captured by the Guinea Pigs, Batman tells them not to mess with his bat-a-rangs, as Bruce Wayne paid a lot of money for them before giving them to him.
  • Take Care of the Kids: Krypto ask Ace, near the end, to "Take care of Supes for me", as Krypto is about to attempt a Dangerous Forbidden Technique.
  • Toilet Humor: One Brick Joke involves Krypto's stool smelling like sandalwood.
  • Trailers Always Spoil: For obvious reasons, Batman interacting with Ace gets quite the focus on the trailers. All those scenes are in the movie's final third.
  • Training Montage: Invoked by name by PB, then subverted, as the other pets are no better with their powers than they were at the start (ten seconds ago).
    Krypto: They need a longer montage.
  • Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Whiskers is all too gleeful about trying to kill the Super-Pets.
  • Ungrateful Bastard:
    • In Ace's flashback, he saved the baby from falling down the stairs, but bit her arm in doing so. How did the parents thank him? By putting him in the animal shelter.
    • Immediately after Lulu frees him, Luthor throws her into his cell and leaves her there. This ends up biting him in the ass shortly afterwards as when Keith and Mark free Lulu, she is quick to imprison him along WITH the Justice League and instead of trying to work WITH Lex Luthor, now Lulu wants to KILL Lex Luthor along WITH the Justice League.
  • Villainous Friendship: Lulu is under the impression that she has one with Lex, in reality he just sees her as an experiment. In the end she appears to be forming a real one with Mercy.
  • Villains Learn Faster: The League of Super Pets have trouble using their powers throughout most of the movie. Lulu and her minions, meanwhile, learn theirs almost instantly. Justified, though, in that the League struggles because of personal issues, while Lulu's minions have no such issues.
  • Visible Invisibility: A Running Gag with Wonder Woman's invisible jet. People and animals keep saying "It's more transparent."

 
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