| “ | That man won't quit as long as he can still draw a breath. None of my teammates will. Me? I've got a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard — always taking constant care not to break something, to break someone. Never allowing myself to lose control, even for a moment, or someone could die. But you can take it, can't you, big man? What we have here is a rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am. | „ |
| ~ Superman to Darkseid before their final battle. |
Kal-El with his adopted name Clark Joseph Kent, better known as Superman is one of the main protagonists of the DC Animated Universe.
He was voiced by Tim Daly as an adult, Jesse Batten as a baby, Shane Haboucha as a child, and Jason Marsden as a teenager in Superman: The Animated Series, George Newbern in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, and Christopher McDonald in Batman Beyond.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
- As a teenager, as soon as he got his powers, he saved a family trapped inside an RV that was about to explode, and was willing to risk his life to do it, showing his selflessness early on.
- He saved Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen many times when they were in danger.
- He saved a passenger jet from crashing when it was hit by a missile, which had hundreds of passengers on-board.
- He defeated the Lexo-Skel Suit 5000, which a terrorist used to attempt to kill Superman
- He protected Metropolis and Earth from various threats many times.
- He stopped villains such as Lex Luthor, Brainiac and Darkseid.
- He always helped the citizens of Metropolis without a second thought.
- He cares very deeply about Lois and would usually save her first before catching the villain.
- He even saved a few villains from death, such as Lex Luthor.
- He helped Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Chameleon Boy defeat Brainiac who tried to kill him before he became Superman.
- He worked together with Batman to stop the Joker and Lex Luthor and saved Lois from the Joker's clutches.
- He told Maxima, the tyrannic leader of an alien planet, that she has to serve her people instead of having them bow down to her all the time.
- He gave Bizarro his world to protect and brought Krypto so he could keep as a pet.
- He refused to bow down to Darkseid when he tried to make him his servant.
- When he found Titano the chimpanzee who'd been stuck in space for 20 years during one of his missions, Superman brought him back to Earth.
- He is protective of Kara/Supergirl and tries to keep her out of trouble.
- He stopped Darkseid from killing Supergirl.
- He attempted to destroy the comet that was about to crash onto earth and saved Supergirl when she passed out after destroying the comet and saving earth.
- He helped Robin save Batman from Brainiac.
- He and Supergirl stop Unity and Reverend Amos Howell from converting the population of Kansas and save Jonathan and Martha Kent from their control.
- He wasn't in control of his actions when he was brainwashed by Darkseid and Granny Goodness in being their son and soldier for Apokolips and leading an attack on Earth.
- When he was freed from his brainwashing by Lois, he quickly pushes her out of the way to avoid being hit by the kryptonite rocket by Lex Luthor and General Hardcastle.
- He saved Supergirl from the military and took her to the S.T.A.R. labs to get better when she got shot by one of the guards.
- He defeats Darkseid when he confronted him for brainwashing him and avenges Dan Turpin who was killed by Darkseid.
- He felt remorse for his actions when he invaded earth, even thought he was brainwashed by Darkseid at the time.
- He formed the Justice League and protected the earth from many villains.
- He sacrificed himself to save the league from Toyman's blast.
- He defeated Mongul on War World.
- He left Hro Talak's mothership to save Batman, who was driving the Watchtower into the generator.
- He let Hawkgirl stay in the Justice League after reforming.
- He planned to turn himself and the League to the government to lower tensions.
- He felt genuine sympathy for Lex when he had cancer and offered to help him if there was anything he could do.
- He and the league stopped the Justice Lords from conquering the earth.
- While he became more cynical and paranoid in Justice League Unlimited leading to the destruction of half of Lexor City while fighting him and destroyed a generator (although he thought it was a bomb implanted by Luthor) underneath which not only made the town lose trust in him, and made Captain Marvel resign from the Justice League, he immediately felt remorse for this and didn't show signs of this again.
- He willingly helped Darkseid save Apokolips and his people, even though it was revealed to be a ploy.
- He spared Lex despite him seemingly killing Flash.
- He fought Darkseid again when he launched a final attack on the Earth.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- He refused to help Darkseid save Apokolips and was willing to let it be destroyed, even the people who were going to get killed, but only relented after being convinced by Batman. While Superman was correct that Darkseid always backstabs his allies and the residents of Apokolips may have been indoctrinated to follow Darkseid's extremely heinous cause, as they have shown to be protective of Darkseid no matter how purely evil he is, making them also a dangerous cause to save, it is still too lethal and heinous for Superman to qualify as Pure Good, since this amounts to mass genocide.
Trivia[]
- He is the only version of Superman to be Near Pure Good, while his Injustice counterpart is the only version to be Near Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Superman on the Heroes Wiki
- Superman on the DC Animated Universe Wiki
- Superman on the Superman Wiki
- Superman on the DC Database Wiki
- Superman on the DC Movies Wiki
- Superman on the VS Battles Wiki
- Superman on the Love Exalted Wiki
