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Soon, it's discovered that a Kryptonite meteor the size of a small country is headed towards Earth and will impact in seven days. While President Luthor tries fighting it off with rockets, Batman slyly hints he's "working on something with one of his contacts". Luthor proposes to meet with Superman to discuss the threat; it turns out to be an ambush where Secret Service Agent John Corben (Metallo) lays the smackdown on the Man of Steel until Batman bails him out. In the aftermath of the ambush, however, Metallo is found murdered. Luthor frames Superman, citing mental imbalance due to the meteor, and announces a bounty on his head.

Cue an entire movie's worth of Superman, and Batman, going up against pretty much the entire DCU. Along the way they pick up a grand total of two allies: [[Power Girl]] and Japanese 13-year-old genius the Toyman. Things change quite a bit as the film progresses, however. A sub-plot deals with Luthor having a [[Villainous Breakdown]] as panic spreads, his anti-meteor tactics fail and his Presidency goes south.

 

 

 

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The adaptation refines the storyline in many ways with increased coherency (such as giving Luthor a more plausible case in incriminating Superman and putting some more reason into Batman and Superman's story). A few of the comic's more awesome moments had to be omitted, however (such as {{spoiler|the tussle with the future Superman, the appearance of the Bat- and Super- families, and Batman's fight with Luthor}}.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: the exchange between Captain Marvel and Superman.

'''Superman''': Tell me something Captain Marvel, would Solomon have gone to work for Lex Luthor? }}

* [[Axe Crazy]]: Lex!

* [[Badass Normal]]: Batman obviously. And this movie does more than a good job of showing just ''how'' badass.

* [[Conflicting Loyalty]]: Power Girl, between Superman and Lex Luthor. She truly believes Lex had changed and made America (and possibly the world) a better place. And she wants Superman a part of it, because they (and she) need him. But Superman doesn't believe Lex had truly changed and knows he's planning something. Power Girl seems disappointed in Superman's refusal. Yet, she doesn't really believe Superman killed Metallo. And she became very disturbed by Lex in person, which led her to believe Superman was right about him.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: A number of references are made to past events from the comics.

'''Superman''': Already had one. }}

* [[Conspicuous CGI]]: Essentially every vehicle and especially the composite Batman/Superman rocket, which makes for some jarring animation.

* [[Cool Starship]]: Toyman's Composite Superman/Batman rocket.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]].

* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]: Lex Luthor pulls a lusty one when Power Girl walks into his office with "something important to talk about". Now I wonder what ''he'' had in mind, hmmm???

* [[Five-Man Band]]: Luthor's [[Super Team]].

** [[The Lancer]]/[[Token Evil Teammate]]: Major Force.

** [[The Big Guy]]: [[Power Girl]].

** [[The Chick]]: Katana, later sharing the role with Starfire.

* [[Forceful Kiss]]: Lex Luthor plants one of these on {{spoiler|Amanda Waller.}} It's not romantic, however; it's just a further sign of how he's completely losing it.

* [[Foreshadowing]]:

* [[Gag Boobs]]: Power Girl;

'''Batman''': Just input the codes! }}

* [[Harmless Freezing]]

** It's ''called'' [[Slash Fic|Superman/Batman]].

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: All through Toyman's base. Then again, he's a stereotypical Japanese teenager with a 210 IQ.

* [[Joker Immunity]]: [[Lampshaded]].

* [[Large Ham]]: Captain Marvel arguably counts. Somewhat justified, as he's really a kid's idea of what a superhero should be like.

* [[Legacy Character]]: The Captain Boomerang who briefly appears with the army of supervillains is Owen Mercer, the son of the original Captain Boomerang in the comics.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Half the cast of [[The DCU]] seems to make an appearance, nearly all of them going for the heroes' throats.

* [[Most Common Superpower]]: Power Girl is involved, so of course.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] twice by Toyman, including an apology for an incident with his experimental x-ray goggles.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Power Girl felt guilty for nearly getting Captain Atom killed, because of her anger at Major Force and Lex.

* [[Power Fist]]: [[Hawkman]] whips one out and ''punches Superman through a mountain''.

* [[President Evil]]: Luthor ''is'' this trope.

* [[Psycho Party Member]]: Major Force turns out to be this for Captain Atom's crew.

** The SuperBat Mecha had a [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Gundam crotch]].

* [[Something They Would Never Say]]: How Batman figures out that {{spoiler|the Rogues Gallery is really under Gorilla Grodd's mind control}}.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]:

** Superman does this to Luthor after Batman takes off in the rocket ship. For starters, he punches him so hard that he ''coughs blood''. A few minutes later, Superman takes ''a kryptonite beam to the face'' while chasing Luthor and keeps flying at full speed.

** Power Girl, after finding out Major Force killed Metallo on Lex's order.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Luthor, drugged-up on Venom, decides that the meteor crashing into the Earth might not be such a bad thing since it means he has a chance to start the world anew with a few carefully chosen survivors who can build a glorious new [[Ubermensch|Ubermenschen]] society under his leadership.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Luthor goes through one of these. From trying to ''stop the only human on the planet capable of destroying the meteor'' to donning an armored power suit to wildly rambling at the cheering crowds at the end:

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?]]: In the smackdown beneath Toyman's rocket.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Batman versus Shiva. Superman versus Giganta, as well.

 

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