SUPERMAN or SUPER-WUSS? Every Power of the Animated Man of Steel!

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@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what the hell is going on with James Tucker’s face. patreon.com/dcauwatchtower

@captainrgd1565 4 жыл бұрын

What about Superman vs the Elite?

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

RG D Not part of the DCAU 🤷🏼‍♀️

@sesereddead465 4 жыл бұрын

Watchtower Database can you do a video on how old superman is in the DCAU?

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Seun Ogunbanjo Working on the timeline first!

@sesereddead465 4 жыл бұрын

Watchtower Database oh ok, and keep up the good work, I really like your videos

@williamholtzclaw3029 4 жыл бұрын

in the defense of vs. the fatal five, superman would have been growing exponentially stronger the closer to the sun he got

@Ironbeast10 3 жыл бұрын

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@Ironbeast10 3 жыл бұрын

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@__________8997 3 жыл бұрын

Was thinking similar to Seven Deadly Sin's Pride character being tied to the sun with proximity to it powering him up as the day progresses, no atmosphere to potentially destroy with ultra supersonic speeds acting as a speed limiter to be wary of, and perhaps his physiology has him be like a battery. He doesn't lose his powers at night like Pride sin from mentioned anime, so he has a reserve of power to pull from like Deku I guess in My Hero Aca. The Imperium's invasion didn't last too long, unless there's something like red sun waves that actually depower the Supes I bet some in universe logic could be that he could last some weeks before needing to absorb more sunlight or just wear his black suit that helps him absorb more light 🤷🏻‍♂️

@macafromthewired 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ironbeast10 YOU WHAT

@Ironbeast10 3 жыл бұрын

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@PhantomObserver 4 жыл бұрын

One possible explanation for the variation in Big Blue's powers: He's a living solar battery. Batteries lose power over time, even when not used. This means that Superman's less obvious powers (extra vision mode sets, freeze breath, etc.) will depend on the level of solar power he has stored within. If he's at, say, 92 percent power, he can move at near-light speed; if he's at 42 percent power, he can only go at mach 1. (Those figures aren't canon, but you get what I mean.) This also means that, if exposed to enough yellow sun light over longer periods of time, some of Superman's weaknesses become less important, kryptonite for example can still hurt him but take a lot longer than before to actually kill him. (This was hinted at in the Elseworlds Kingdom Come miniseries, which admittedly isn't DCAU, but the DCAU creators would surely be aware of it.) So the varying levels of solar energy Supes has stored in his cells can account for the variation in his powers, and since Metropolis isn't sunny 365 days a year, that variation can happen more often that one might think.

@YourUncleBenis 4 жыл бұрын

That does line up with the red sun episode where it was a slow drain on his powers instead of the instant shut-off that some incarnations use.

@KidRunnerH 4 жыл бұрын

Now, I get that. But, then how does the electricity weakness tie into that? That’s one of those, I knew it moments for me but I could never logically explain it. My working theory is that his body is sensitive to radiation. It would explain Kryptonite, the Sun, and Atomic Skull, but not Livewire. Cuz it’s so odd that he can shrug off fire, pressure, and solar baths but not lightning.

@zyaicob 4 жыл бұрын

@@KidRunnerH again, electricity just hurts

@KidRunnerH 4 жыл бұрын

yaicob.com I mean I get it, but it’s still weird. Was hoping for a thorough reason of some kind. Can shrug off bullets, magma, and most blunt forces... but not electric attacks

@deathknight75 4 жыл бұрын

@@KidRunnerH Electricity hurts because it's essentially overloading your nervous system. It's a different kind of hurt from impacts or heat.

@zyaicob 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair the Atlanteans that shot him probably had magic guns and i think star sapphire is kind of magic and also Nazis are magi- where am i going with this.

@autobotproductions1244 4 жыл бұрын

yaicob.com right. Superman’s weak to magic

@markmagician2471 4 жыл бұрын

@John doue Quebec Magic is one of his weakness it lowers his invulnerablity

@naingmon 4 жыл бұрын

@JM It might not be an automatic stomp, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a weakness, or vulnerability or whatever you want to call it. Superman beat Captain Atom when he used Red Sun Radiation, would you say Red Sun Radiation isn’t a weakness because of that? If two energy blasts had equal amounts of power, force, heat, whatever - but one was magical in origin and the other was ‘normal’, the magic one would have far greater chances of hurting Superman. Sure, it’s silly if some random, otherwise unimpressive mook takes him down because of that, but he’s still weak to it in a sense that it’s a type advantage (the dude is near invulnerable so y’know).

@Official_Rz 4 жыл бұрын

@@naingmon Magic affects superman the same way it affects everyone is else, so I agree, it's technically a weakness.

@tjknight 3 жыл бұрын

@JM "automatic stomp" as in if it could stop a normal person it could stop Superman because the properties of magic in the DC universe are unaffected by physical invulnerability. I.e. Wonder Woman's sword is nowhere near sharp enough to cut Superman (nano sharp as seen in the fatal five movie) yet there is a comic panel where he cuts himself on it. _Because it's magic_ it can cut a normal human, and it completely ignored his invulnerability and cut him like one. TL;DR if a magic attack could knock down Joe Schmo it can knock down Superman, it's only an "automatic stomp" if it's that powerful of a spell. Side note: weirdest repeated term for easily defeating Superman I've ever heard

@Gambit1907 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you mentioned that superman isn't week to magic just not immune

@DoctorTopper 2 жыл бұрын

I think smashing through a wall is Superman's signature move. Its in the Justice League intro, it was a stable move of George Reeves, and if you think about it only a hero who is strong, invulnerable AND has X-Ray Vision would make their own doors that way.

@Scupple 4 жыл бұрын

Another weakness: when someone exploits his super-hearing, like that Apokolips flying sonic device.

@KairuHakubi 3 жыл бұрын

which is weird because sometimes his vision and hearing powers seem to be about being superhumanly able to block stuff out, like hearing something distant in a crowd, or seeing that message in that bright light

@ermacmacro7136 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, Superman didn't have heat vision as a standalone power initially. The beams were just the heat from his x-ray vision originally

@UnifiedEntity 4 жыл бұрын

Superman is only a challenge to make interesting if youre only thinking about his powers and not his personality, goals, current mindset based on events, beliefs, etc. JLU made it clear that Superman for instances goes back and forth using his powers fearing of breaking someone cause he lives on a world made of cardboard.

@dannyphantom3090 Жыл бұрын

You can make any character interesting if your a good writer I always hate when people say superman is boring because he's very interesting most people just don't have imagination

@SHDW-nf2ki 6 ай бұрын

Superman struggling with certain objects can also probably be explained by the sturdiness of those objects. Planes and fire trucks aren't meant to bare all their weight on a single point the size of a human palm.

@A1ml33y 4 жыл бұрын

I like how the DCAU had to work a little harder to win his battles . To me his power set & limitations reminds me of the Post Crisis Byne , Ordway and Jurgan era & His Golden Age power levels .

@rcbmmines4579 4 жыл бұрын

I also associate those eras and iterations with this power level. Most outside media following Post-Crisis follow the Byrne - Jurgens power level. It's a pretty good balance. I don't think we have a lot of post Our Worlds at War/Mongul training level Superman.

@A1ml33y 4 жыл бұрын

@@rcbmmines4579 your right about that but I did notice how Superman was flying in Space without a Space Suit in Justice League vs The Fatal Five . The way he did made me think about how Superman post Crisis had to Hold his Breath in space . Or how his Power levels had slightly increase post Death & Return of Superman era in 95 . It's like pre Grant Morrison's JLA . I do appreciate how the DCAU Superman is not neigh unstoppable like his Silver Age pre Crisis counter part who was on Superfriends .

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

I think they took it a bit too far at times. The 40s cartoon made him seem triumphant and powerful while making him struggle a bit. I think the 90s toon itself tried to hard to make him seem to be struggling. It doesn't ruin it or anything. It's a good show. And he's still powerful at times. Just all those groans and grunts early on were a bit much.

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

@@A1ml33y ironically Pre crisis Superman was the one that held his breath.

@lucariomew365 3 жыл бұрын

JL season 1 heavily nerfed him when compared to STAS. They unnerfed him for JL season 2 (due to numerous fan complaints and questions). Then they supercharged him for JLU. They they put him in steroids for JL vs the Fatal 5 (which is closest to the comics). Batman Beyond Superman is somewhere between JLU and JL v TF5.

@chrisanderson2204 3 жыл бұрын

The episode "War World" Bruce Timm states it received a lot of backlash for showing him as too weak and vulnerable to harm

@Compucles 9 ай бұрын

@@chrisanderson2204 I thought "War World" was when they started buffing him again. Mongul was incredibly powerful on a world noted for its powerful gladiator fights, but the best he could do against Superman was only dealing some minor damage. Superman completely outclassed him except for when he was letting Mongul win (while still making it look good), and that was with Superman only using his super strength and durability.

@ChadBenjamin 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's speculated that Superman can switch from super breath to freeze breath by pursing his lips. It can be explained by the Joule-Thomson effect.

@Kirraii 2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense

@michaelnoga3737 4 жыл бұрын

If James interviewed me: “He cAn shOOt tInY veRsIonS oF HimseLF fRoM hIS hAnD!”

@macmay3042 4 жыл бұрын

I was so hoping for a shout-out to this.

@PosthumanHeresy 4 жыл бұрын

Super weaving, super ventriloquism, super wall repair vision, able to sing impossible notes that kill Alan Moore, super speed, doesn't need oxygen, ageless, photographic memory, freeze breath, super hypnotism, super healing, memory wipe kiss, time travel, super hypnosis...

@srstriker6420 4 жыл бұрын

PosthumanHeresy yeah this guy is a nightmare

@Ironbeast10 3 жыл бұрын

@IvanMoncure 2 жыл бұрын

Most versions of Superman won’t instantly lose their powers if you blot out the sun for the same reason he has powers at night, He’s a solar battery constantly charging throughout the day (or whenever he’s in space). Presumably this version can hold his breath in space / underwater for extended times, but if he’s prepared, would prefer not to.

@Compucles 9 ай бұрын

I thought Superman and Supergirl were using their heat vision in "Unity." They just stragely colored it white in that episode, maybe because the usual red clashed too much the white tentacles? Also, the I thought the idea was that Superman's heat vision was always invisible in-universe to the human eye, just colored in the animation for the benefit of the audience. That's why he can stealthily use it as Clark Kent when necessary, like the time he destroyed Toyman's planes.

@zyaicob 4 жыл бұрын

I think his 10 minutes to Gotham thing was probably to avoid breaking anything with sonic booms

@DogFoxHybrid Жыл бұрын

And breaking the plane itself - it's not designed to go faster than about 700 mph.

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

@@DogFoxHybrid it's definitely the plane thing. It was weird to use that especially since the video does mention it. Obviously he wouldn't carry a plane, full of people, at his stop speed..they'd all die.

@silvercomet6782 4 жыл бұрын

It's possible the fatal five speed could be an outlier, as getting closer to the yellow sun could've boosted his power somewhat

@KingofTheGojiras 4 жыл бұрын

I don't see that really amping him to a speed that insane though.

@heavyiron3.016 3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t be an outlier then, just an amp

@sabishiihito 2 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't explain how fast he got into space from the Earth's surface.

@alcatrazvongola 2 жыл бұрын

We really need a "Superman Get Hurts A Lot" montage throughout TAS and Justice League.

@RoseKelly-mp2di 8 ай бұрын

How about, Just how many buildings did he flatten almost every fight along with your point? It's bothered me for years, thanks.

@Priceluked 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how overpowered you would be just with Superman's eye powers. And I thought the Sharingan was op.

@KairuHakubi 3 жыл бұрын

BUT can he see why kids love the cinnamony sweet taste of CInnamon Toast Crunch?

@maxstrike3022 2 жыл бұрын

@@KairuHakubi Im old af

@Hyowatta 2 жыл бұрын

If I were able to make a change, I would have made Superman stronger/more invulnerable. He struggled really hard and lost some fights that he should have been able to win. I would include a progression of him working on controlling his strength as an ongoing theme of his character throughout the show. He always holds back, therefore he sometimes has trouble defeating his enemies. However, he must learn to figure out how to adapt/control his power to stop his foes without killing them.

@infinityalbi9840 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, I was dying to comment this for months and always forgot. If Superman has super breath, he has freezing breath. It's physics. If a gas expands quickly through a narrow passageway, it cools down its surroundings (or something similar to this). So if Superman can put out fires with his breath, he can also freeze stuff just by narrowing his mouth.

@victorm56 4 жыл бұрын

That plane he was carrying was obviously not designed for supersonic speeds. Sub sonic planes come apart if you exceed Mach 1, so keeping your speed down to 660 MPH while carrying an airplane makes perfect sense.

@ItsMeSirius 4 жыл бұрын

The Return of James' da-- I mean Future James

@markmagician2471 4 жыл бұрын

I think it Superman's powers grow stronger the older he gets that's my theory on why he seems weak in one episode and OP an another.

@sesereddead465 4 жыл бұрын

8:16 Matter-Eater Lad: gladly...

@vision4860 10 ай бұрын

Idk about the comic cases of him speaking in space, but generally Superman does have to breath. But he CAN hold his breath a lot longer than a human, and can precisely pressurize his lungs correctly for space or underwater.

@Gokitalo 4 жыл бұрын

I am Super-Happy to see a Superman video on here. Could a video about Pengui-- er, Toyman's Rubber Duckie be far behind??? And yeah, it took the DCAU a while to get Superman's strength right, even before Justice League... remember in STAS he couldn't catch a missile without getting the wind knocked out of him? Kent[ridge] Farm remembers...

@greek1237 3 жыл бұрын

He has what ever powers the writers want him to have.

@lephantomchickn3676 2 жыл бұрын

I think the flight speed discrepancy between hundreds and billions could be ""explained"" as Superman being closer to the Sun without atmospheric interference, so he's being supercharged, similar to in All Star Superman.

@marioback 4 жыл бұрын

I believe he just holds back because there was an episode of Justice League when they were training and superman was basically doing everything to fight the robot, they gave him a bunch of crap for doing that, and told him he needs to work as a team and not should the burden himself, just because he can stop it or take it.

@mousermind 2 жыл бұрын

His base superpowers are pretty much: Localized tactile telekinesis (It's how large objects like buildings or ships remain intact when he picks them up. Also flight.) Limited control of the electromagnetic spectrum (laser vision, x-ray vision, etc.) Super breath Insane endurance bordering on invulnerability Solar charging, I guess? Intelligence and voice manipulation are more _skills_ than powers, IMO.

@ProjektTaku Жыл бұрын

I thought he could fly and lift objects thanks to manipulating his gravitational field. Edit: TK was 90s superboys way of simulating superman's strength, durability and flight.

@chrisanderson2204 3 жыл бұрын

I remember in Superman TAS he never used his super breath,he clapped to put out a fire in "Obsession" lifted a propeller and spun it in "Where there's smoke"

@graveyardshift2100 2 жыл бұрын

Electricity as a weakness/vulnerability makes sense as long as it's a version that can't absorb it, which this one can't do. The reason being that Electricity just doesn't impact like a bullet does, and instead can course through him like normal. And because he's Superman he can take a lot more before it hurts him, so characters like Livewire can just hit him with full power every time. He may be Superman, but a nonstop lightning bolt through the chest can't feel good.

@markshaw5038 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, if you read alan Scott's origin story, his ring affects wood just fine. His ring surrounded him with a force field that rendered him invulnerable. He quickly learned it was magnetic in nature and non-ferric materials could harm him. Ironically he learned this when a crook cane up behind him and slugged him with a rock, so wood had nothing to do with it. When they brought the character back in the sixties, they retconned his weakness to be more in line with Hal Jordan's

@ProjektTaku 2 жыл бұрын

If I were to make a change, it would be to focus on clark's physical training to becoming stronger, explaining why things that hurt him before now are less effective and why he's so much stronger than other kryptonians, aside from the fact that he's been absorbing sunlight longer than them. I would include a progression of him growing stronger into the hero we know now, then focus on how he now has to limit himself after gaining so much strength.

@TheMissingLink2 5 ай бұрын

Eh, I always saw it is, while he's mostly invulnerable, he still feels pain. You might not die or be seriously injured from being slapped, but it still can fucking hurts. Same with slamming your toe on something or whatever.

@fulguranjanath1574 2 жыл бұрын

This video was a while ago, so i dont know if you’ll see this or not. But maybe you could do this but with batman’s equipment in the dcau, like his claws in the first batman superman crossover, & his electric gloves from the 1st justice league episode. Just an idea

@dcauwatchtower 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely gonna do a utility belt video eventually!

@tiarnanhamill3027 9 ай бұрын

Yesss!! This is a MUST! Perhaps it can be put up for vote on the Patreon some time? 👀👀

@MissAshley42 2 жыл бұрын

I always appreciated Superman's little space suit. It went a long way towards my acceptance of the then-new series. I was like "Oh, this is more realistic. Neat."

@Drawing4Justice Жыл бұрын

Expecting realism, from dc superheroes? Doesn’t sound realistic.

@Panthror 8 ай бұрын

On Superman's speed: Superman gets his powers from solar radiation, this means he's weaker and slower at night, but the more he is exposed to the sun, the more his powers increase. So flying towards the sun might've sped him up along the way. And the sky looked pretty dark when he was flying that plane to Gotham.

@Grizzlox 3 жыл бұрын

I always think of Superman in terms of a D&D character. He levels up over time and gets better. Hence why his "level 20" version at the end was so strong

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think most of them did. It was just retcons at first or carelessness. But eventually it got incorporated. I think that also explains why flash and supes were so even at first but by that JL episode, flash is faster.

@MarlonOwnsYourCake 2 жыл бұрын

Clark believes in Santa and lives at the North Pole. Santa is real in DC

@Shenruss 4 жыл бұрын

Canonically, Darkseid weighs about 2000 lbs, on average. _This video_ said that a bank vault can weigh *dozens of times more than that,* and Supes ripped it out with not much effort. *Conclusion:* that last episode was *NOT* his _TRUE_ full power, cause if it was, Darkseid would have been shot into space like that football in _Superman's_ 1978 movie.

@samueldimmock694 2 ай бұрын

Darkseid is also canonical a god, so maybe the physics-based argument doesn't really hold up.

@TheCrossSoldier 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I love this breakdown of Superman's powers and weaknesses. I also liked that you highlighted Superman's weakness to electricity. It's not something that gets mentioned often at least not from my experience. I've actually heard that lightning is actually hotter than the sun, but people can survive being struck by lightning since it doesn't last long enough for it to disintegrate the body. If my memory is correct, in the Static Shock episode "Future Shock" where Virgil is sent into the future, Terry McGinnis says that Static is one of the world's most powerful superheroes. By the way, here my further thoughts on various subjects brought up in this video. 1. You guys are right. The DCAU version of Superman does need to breath, but he can last out in space or underwater without a breathing apparatus of some sort and can hold his breath for much longer than a normal human could. The reason we don't always see Superman wearing a breathing apparatus of some sort depends on how dire of an emergency he is in and how quickly the threat is coming. He doesn't always have time to go get some breathing material. 2. The DCAU version of Superman does not have freeze breath for some reason. He can blow people away with his breath, but we never see him freeze anyone with it in the cartoons. I don't know why the people behind the DCAU decided to do this. I recall at one point hearing a rumor that they felt the freeze breath power was "too ridiculous and/or made him too powerful," but I can't remember where I heard that or if I am just misremembering. If this is the case, it would seem very arbitrary considering all the other ridiculous powers Superman has. I can understand writing Superman with the need to breathe and that limitation seems reasonable, but removing the freeze breath for some random, arbitrary, and possibly hypocritical reason always bothered me since when I was really getting into the DCAU I really noticed its absence. Also, Superman may have freeze breath in DCAU tie-in material like the comics or DCAU, but I really don't consider material like that canon unless you got a big writer from one of the shows behind it Bruce Timm and Paul Dini. I also wouldn't take Superman being able to do freeze breath in Superman: Brainiac Attacks as evidence either since the people behind said that they just borrowed the DCAU are style and some voice actors, but wasn't actually set in the DCAU proper and has a load of inconsistencies with it. I'll post a link to your video on it in case someone else reads this comment and wonders something along the lines of, "What are the inconsistencies with Superman Brainiac Attacks and the DCAU?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqubg5ien9Vrqq8 3. I actually have an explanation as to why DCAU Doomsday doesn't have Superman's other powers like flight, but is implied to have a weakness like kryptonite. Cadmus did design him to be superior to Superman, but the reason they designed him to begin with was due to being in fear that Superman would turn on the world. Cadmus wanted insurance in case that Doomsday would turn on them as well. So they really just gave Doomsday just the power he absolutely needs to take down Superman which would be super strength, super durability, and regeneration and left a weakness to kryptonite so that in case something ever does go wrong they have a weapon to neutralize him. 4. Here something I just thought of when you brought up Superman's weakness to electricity. Is Galatea dead? Supergirl rammed a cable into her that had the power of the entire watchtower into her. I think that was the most lethal dose of electricity that a yellow sun powered kryptonian ever took in the DCAU. She was left twitching afterwards, but I always took that as residual electricity still within her. If she did live after that, I still think it would take quite some time for her to be healthy again. Did any person who worked on the Justice League Unlimited show ever make a comment or answered a question regarding Galatea's fate after that?

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t know for sure about Galatea, but since we know via B&HQ that Power Girl exists in this universe post-Cadmus JLU arc, the running theory is that Galatea survived and reformed. But there’s no proof of that. Agreed @ non-canon tie-ins, but the way I look/looked at it, since some of those materials provide nothing else non-canon other than freeze breath or whatever other power difference, they can still be taken into consideration since it would essentially mean “this is the same Superman, from a nearly identical parallel Earth” a la Justice Lords, Brave New Metropolis, etc.

@AngusJo 7 ай бұрын

The breathing thing has annoyed me for ages. I know this video is only about the AU version of Superman. But the fact that he has to breathe, or not breathe, is also constantly changed in all the other versions. Sometimes he doesn't even have to eat or drink. He just needs solar energy. I would like to see more consistency.

@ricoadiputra9805 10 ай бұрын

I just realized, it's the proximity to the Sun, he went so fast cause the Sun is like right there but he needs an oxygen mask in Atlantis cause it's devoid of Sun.

@nachtwaya8721 3 жыл бұрын

This Superman was influenced by the comic Superman at the time. Zero Hour Superman was seriously nerfed. More villains could go toe to toe with him, a rocket launcher could knock him back, or, if powerful enough, knock him out. He couldn't go into space or under water without an independent water supply, and he could actually get exhausted.

@dupersuper1938 4 жыл бұрын

Always nice to see quotes reminding us that Bruce Timm's not a Superman fan...

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no. Batman is just so edgy and kewl apparently. They did do a good job with Supes tho

@christhegendersloth2901 4 жыл бұрын

Even comic Superman has sometimes needed to need to breathe when Bart Allen managed to suffocate Superboy Boy Prime using by creating a vacuum. Before Superboy Prime goes to space.

@KairuHakubi 3 жыл бұрын

I wish more people noticed how he can't _fly_ in space in the DCAU and has boot rockets. I mean yeah also if he's away from the sun too long he'd need those, but then he'd also need food and shit. I think the flight relies on earth's EM field.

@dreyfuss83 Жыл бұрын

He uses his strength cautiously to keep people from getting hurt.

@DCUniverse816 Жыл бұрын

I think that James Tucker's answer (at 18:37) is the most accurate explanation

@nickbode5211 Ай бұрын

Electricity is definitely a defined DCAU Superman weakness. Bruce Timm mentioned in the making of documentary’s villains segment that large amounts of electricity give Superman a lot of trouble. That was their reason for giving Livewire her powers.

@ACE-es7zi 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the more sunlight energy in Superman's body, the stronger it is, but it will run out and need to be refilled?

@mrheroprimes 4 жыл бұрын

remember the DC Animated Universe Superman did say he's always holding back. Superman saving Batman from his Kamikaze of the Watchtower could be one of those moments where Superman cut loose. also in the Batman Beyond episode the calls remember superman was mind control so that's probably why he wasn't going as fast. Superman would have been at full power if you've been dispatched to Egypt since he would have been able to recharge but because he was sent back to Metropolis with hawk girl, he likely used up all the solar energy absorbed from the previous day.

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you’re saying with the Egypt thing at the end there, but yeah, I have no trouble believing Superman can go that fast, it’s the Watchtower itself I don’t think was going that fast.

@rcbmmines4579 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis! That being said, I think it's fair to assume that the Emerald Eye race feat wasn't in real time. Anyway, besides holding back a lot (both intentionally and subconsciously), his power fluctuations can also depend on how much solar energy he's retained. In some continuities outside the DCAU it's also confirmed he can absorb or retain more solar energy depending on his emotional state too.

@dennybecton 4 жыл бұрын

Love seeing my fav youtube boys talking about my fav superhero! Loved the video guys, Can't wait for the next one!

@darkk_darkk 4 жыл бұрын

Usually the older Superman gets the more powerful he becomes but I don't know if that's the case in the animated universe.

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Kinda seems to be!

@MANJYOMETHUNDER111 Жыл бұрын

Clark DID see into the girl's locker room in Smallville. They really need to lead-line that place.

@joeytabora1052 4 жыл бұрын

As much as I love the use of the clips from the shows that were used for cutting to commercials, every time you use the ones with no sound it's super eerie and lowkey gives me anxiety

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

No sound...?

@LowellLucasJr. 4 жыл бұрын

As much as I enjoy Superman, I want Ivy even more! Excellent video guys! Have you considered doing a video on "EVERY gadjet in Batmans utility belt"?

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Yep! Already in progress... And tell me about it @ Ivy. Don’t remember if I mentioned it to you specifically, but the Ivy video is gonna be part of our big 3-part story finale...and of course we can’t get together to film that right now! It really sucks it keeps getting put off more and more. It’s gonna be a fun one!

@danielrennie8444 4 жыл бұрын

Another microscopic vision instance is in "Knight Time" from STAS. Love this channel and content. Keep up the great work!!!!

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, looking at all the nanites!

@danielrennie8444 4 жыл бұрын

@@dcauwatchtower Awesome!! Thanks for replying!!! Love all these series. I'm nearly finished with Batman Beyond again (for like the 5th time lol) and I'm trying to watch them in (more or less) production order. So BTAS (including TNBA which I know is technically out of production order...), STAS, BB, TZP, SS, JL, JLU, and all the films that go with each series after I finish the respective series. I watched Phantasm and Sub Zero after BTAS but before TNBA. Thanks for an awesome channel revolving around my favorite animated universe. Love the timelines too. Thanks all of you!!

@dr.jex___ 4 жыл бұрын

In order for Supes to weld stuff with his heat vision the way he does his eyes (or face at least) must also emit a cover gas like Argon or CO2 other wise the welds will leak horribly. I done weld training.

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

He exhales out his nose. Boom

@LegendStormcrow 8 ай бұрын

To be fair about the airplane speed, if he went too fast the passengers would die. So....

@jeremymorris345 4 жыл бұрын

I just got dc universe so now im rewatch the animated serise over quarantine

@Zoinkin89 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Morris already did that

@DCJ9 4 жыл бұрын

RageXWarrior facts

@WannabeWryter 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy yourself

@megaman9393 2 жыл бұрын

I know that I’m way, way late, but in early comics Superman’s X-ray vision and Heat Vision were the same thing, so that explains that weird thing in that one episode.

@SchneeflockeMonsoon Ай бұрын

From what I can tell, he’s relatively akin to a capacitor. As long as he’s being fed power his power will increase up to the limit of his source, minus whatever’s expended. However, when the source is dropped the capacitor discharges based on however much resistance and capacitance is present. Meaning that when he isn’t using a lot of his power, or if a Kryptonian is relatively new to their powers and didn’t grow up with the yellow Sun, their powers dwindle far faster. Meanwhile if he’s using his powers a lot, the lack of a yellow Sun is ironically less of an issue for longer. So fighting a tougher opponent in the sun is when he’s able to pull out his highway limits.

@deadaccount8054 4 жыл бұрын

"he can blow really hard" Very poor choice of words

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

No that's right

@jayku1624 4 жыл бұрын

Or maybe the right one

@Rommism 4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@daikon3199 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rommism I hate those emojis XD they always make laugh

@daikon3199 4 жыл бұрын

Don't woosh me

@PosthumanHeresy 4 жыл бұрын

13:40 You're not thinking hard enough here. 13:34 you can see he has _thrusters_ on that baby. He's not falling with grace, he's flying. That would also explain why the Watchtower falls so fast: both are WayneTech. Also, I have a theory that can explain the weird differences in strength shown. Adrenaline. Superman's physiology isn't bizarre alien biology, so it probably uses the same psychology and neurochemistry. There are proven cases of average mothers lifting cars because their kid was stuck. So, take an average person, make them go Action Comics #1 on a car. Now give Superman that same level of adrenaline boost to save his bro. Being that everything else about his biology is "super", he probably has Super Adrenaline which is exponentially more powerful than our adrenaline boost. Over time, his average rises because, being Superman, he's a fast learner and can tap into that power without the boost within a month or two of it happening. So while Teen Clark took several times to fly and developed his powers as a teen rather than being Superbaby and Superboy, 20s Clark is powerful and fast, Clark hits World of Cardboard levels after saving Batman, and thanks to the Darkseid fight he's as fast as he is in JLvFF. As for why he's so weak in Batman Beyond? Mind control! Starro just can't use full power from him and/or he's fighting it still.

@timmooney6910 2 жыл бұрын

Let’s really geek out....As to the “How fast is he” question. First it’s been established that Superman can fly faster than he can run. That’s why the Flash generally wins in a foot race. Secondly when he was chasing the falling Watchtower or the Emerald Eye he was doing so down the Earth or the Sun’s gravity wells. In effect going downhill. Look to the Enterprise diving into the sun’s gravity to gain enough speed to travel back in time. No one ever said it could go that fast normally. Next, the life support question or “Holding his breath”. It’s been written during the John Byrne run on the comics that Kal-El can hold his breath about 15 minutes depending on his actions and how much air he was able to store beforehand. This explains both the short space jaunts and the need for a long term spacesuit. Also a suit would allow for radio communication because even Superman can’t talk in a vacuum. Thank you for your attention.

@tiarnanhamill3027 4 жыл бұрын

Videos like this remind me why I love you guys so much! Sure I know Superman's powers, but I love getting to see James' hilarious editing and humor in these videos so it doesn't matter!

@Star_Wars_With_PercyMan Жыл бұрын

I always liked Superman's lead spacesuit in the DCAU the best, as for all the different designs I think the whole league just has style and changes what they wear often.

@KennAKALeo 4 жыл бұрын

Freeze Breath: Compressed gases absorb heat when the pressure is released. If Superman has inhaled enough gas into his nigh-invulnerable lungs when the gas is released it will absorb heat from the surroundings, producing the freezing effect. That said, it is safe to assume that Superman doesn't always keep that much atmosphere in his lungs, so most of the time, no his breath isn't that cold. But, on rare occasion, he can inhale enough to be able to produce the effect.

@lemonherb1 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the atmosphere is a potential reason for limiting his speed. After all he wouldn't have the Flash's ability of Speed Force aura that protects him from friction. Trying to move at impossible speeds through the atmosphere might even be dangerous to surrounding areas, but he wouldn't have any restrictions in space

@victor2641 2 жыл бұрын

he indeed hold back his speed when in the atmosphere.

@CybersteelEx Жыл бұрын

@@victor2641igniting the atmosphere, Oppenheimer

@clouddavis 4 жыл бұрын

Here I am excited for the new 2020 SuperWuss cartoon

@Drirock55 4 жыл бұрын

To be fair I don’t think Superman has ever really had time to see how powerful he really is, since he is constantly saving people and holding back to not hurt anyone. He is the man without limits but no one has ever shown him with limits of his powers, we may never know Bc there’s no definite answer.

@Grandflea02 Жыл бұрын

Kryptonians probably needed lungs and oxygen on Krypton, but Earth's yellow sun can provide a replacement for that So depending on how much solar energy he has at any given time, he might need air

@jabrow7135 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the amount of solar charge he has in a given day effects his powers. Also he might have to reserve some of his abilities for later times if it’s still early in a fight or just early in the day.

@DSan-kl2yc Жыл бұрын

It wouldn't. While he can get tired and beaten. He gives himself powers. As long as the sun is the sun. He's not absorbing power and then using that power. He's in an environment that activates his body to produce power. It's his internal power. Not the energy he's absorbed.

@sebastienvondoom8615 4 жыл бұрын

Superman doesn't have a lot of powers he just has huge levels of power

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

Not like J'onn. J'onn is fuckin hax

@evantoner5560 9 ай бұрын

Supes does have like 100s of complimentary superpowers tbf

@islandplace7235 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that there is a difference between "pain" and "hurt" often we can see something causes Superman pain, but leaves no actual physical damage to him. His pain receptors in his brain are going off despite the lack of actual damage I believe.

@Tadicuslegion78 2 жыл бұрын

Years ago I heard a justification by a fan for Season 1 Justice League Superman being so weak and that was he would still be feeling the effects from Luthor's Kryptonite missile from the end of Superman TAS. Which would also explain the lines on his face in Season 1. Course for that to work, you'd have to forget Superman's fight with Darkseid at the end of Superman TAS

@comicfan1324 4 жыл бұрын

Holding up a building? No problem for Superman. Just make sure there’s no Firetrucks on it.

@SadfoxGuyver 4 жыл бұрын

"super kind" I see what you did there

@randomericthings7506 3 жыл бұрын

Also forgot to mention the episode of “Superman the Animated Series”, “The Late Mr. Kent”, where bullets fired from a helicopter is enough to send Superman tumbling a few inches.

@dcauwatchtower 3 жыл бұрын

Oh there’s PLENTY of other examples, haha

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

Why does Supergirl always get herself in tentacle-related scenarios? Anything you wanna tell us Bruce Timm?

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Unity and what

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

@@dcauwatchtower Poison Ivy's seeds in Girls Night Out

@PosthumanHeresy 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, there's a reason he's one of the few official artists that can be searched on Paheal.

@maxalaintwo3578 4 жыл бұрын

@@PosthumanHeresy heheh i suppose you have a point there.

@zyaicob 4 жыл бұрын

@@PosthumanHeresy HE CAN??

@warlord8106 4 жыл бұрын

The ftl speed and starbusting durability feats in justice league vs the fatal five could largely be a result of bruce timm deciding not to nerf superman as much as he usually did like in the first season of justice league. As he admitted he and the production team purposefully did that because they wanted to give the other justice league members (MOSTLY BATMAN) opportunity to shine on the screen which is why in the first season of justice league superman gets beaten up so much and does hardly anything that helps live up to his legend. It was only after bruce timm got and angry letters from fans that things changed for superman in the following seasons. Plus this isn't the first time in animation superman has done those. In justice league doom both green lantern and superman showed ftl speed feats, aswell as in superman unbound both with supergirl and superman. Heck, even in there, Superman just gets knocked unconscious by a supernova. I think the animation department of warner bros is slowly cossing up to embracing superman's power scope and trying their best to unnerf him in his portrayals while still giving him challenges.

@dcauwatchtower 4 жыл бұрын

Also the story was basically complete before they decided to make it in DCAU style. So it’s likely they weren’t even considering this being the same Superman when they wrote it, but then again, writer Eric Carrasco has said he kind of always headcanon-ed it to be.

@rcbmmines4579 4 жыл бұрын

Also, on the history of the "Superman holding back ", besides literally holding back his punches, in the 90s when he trained with Mongul II he learned that he actually has subconscious limiters that keep his powers from going all out then broke them so he prepare for Impreriex. Years before that it's been shown that mental focus also has a lot to do with his powers. He didn't have the training in the DCAU so that could explain why he rarely performs at his best. As for how that can scale to others, not so sure. I think it's fair to say Captain Marvel was actually pushing Clark to that level since their fight was causing similar levels of destruction, super sonic shockwaves etc. so he's pretty close to that level. For the other kryptonians? Well they haven't been under a yellow sun as long so I guess we can excuse that.....? Man, that does make DCAU Darkseid pretty weak though. That was him with the Brainiac upgrades. But eh, the DCAU still portrays his character best outside comics. He's supposed to be a long game schemer who doesn't like getting his hands dirty unless he really needs to. Plotting in the background, sending his agents. He doesn't just go in there himself to personally challenge heroes to a fist fight with some parademons to back him up....okay that's what JLU did with Destroyer but hey he just got back from the dead and was itching to get revenge. His invasion strategies in STAS were pretty good.

@ProjektTaku Жыл бұрын

I like to think his strength is a combination of absorbing sunlight for so long and training off-screen, explaining why when he releases his limiters he can beat up darkseid and is so much stronger than other kryptonians.

@rcbmmines4579 Жыл бұрын

@@ProjektTaku yeah that’s pretty much the case in comics. Though, when DCAU Clark would’ve learned about how he’s been subconsciously limiting himself this whole time and who helped him train to use his full power are unknown. I guess he could’ve just found out himself over the years.

@ProjektTaku Жыл бұрын

@@rcbmmines4579 Maybe the fortress has some good training exercises for him.

@GabePuratekuta Жыл бұрын

6:32 WHO THE HELL IS THAT AND WHY IS HE WEARING JAMES' HOODIE!?! 6:35 Oh, there's James. I guess he went to the bathroom or something.

@joshuadendy7103 4 жыл бұрын

Superman Is Not A Super-Wuss, He Is The One Who Started DC Comics

@ANW115 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel watch all y’all’s videos especially the super power breakdowns and the yellow bat suit and all your theory and Easter egg videos I watch them over and over and over again! Y’all’s content is truly amazing 😍.Oh also could u maybe do DCAU doctor fate power breakdown and maybe DCAU hawkwomen breakdown 😅

@stizanley3987 Жыл бұрын

I just bought the same pair of glasses as you wear in this video. Nice.

@tigerbread78 2 жыл бұрын

Haven't seen that episode, but just blotting out the sun means he's not constantly recharging, otherwise he couldn't operate at night, he will EVENTUALLY get weaker, but that takes a long time, the Red Sun radiation negates the solar energy he has stored away, did those aliens use red sun radiation, 'cos that wasn't clear

@KennAKALeo 2 жыл бұрын

The thing about x-ray vision I don't get is why isn't it stopped by other things that block x-rays? Gold is denser, and is technically a better radiation blocker. However, the cost factor is a thing. There are other metals that are even denser (e.g. iridium.)