Supervillain Origins: Brainiac

[@SkitterComic]

i love how old characters that seem totally ridiculous can be remade into bad-asses decades later

[@thefreakmachine]

+John Vogel (Skitter Comic) You should read then the DC L.E.G.I.O.N. origins.

[@Gojiro7]

proof of why Remaking is a good thing, you take utter train wrecks of ideas and make them interesting by completely reinventing them or re-contextualizing so their goofier elements work better

[@AbsulouteZero]

When Braniac combined with Luthor in the Justice League show and the huge fight that ensued, AMAZING.

[@MaskedScifiFan]

It also has one of the best Flash moments EVER.

[@harrywompa]

my personal favorite version of Brainiac is from Superman the Animated Series, where Brainiac was the super program created by Jor-el to watch over Krypton, and evolved into a villain via the shortsighted nature of his prime directive; to preserve knowledge. I love this version for several reasons, primarily because of how personally dangerous and meaningful he is to Superman. I also love the concept of the rogue program doing only what it was programmed to do, as opposed to a willing entity. He also is essentially devoid of weakness and pity in this way, and he is one of the few villains that the DCAU heroes have to destroy absolutely. Also, his nature as a program works so well in the second last season of JLU, where he merged with Luther. On top of that, Superman TAS was about the first tv show I ever watched, certainly one of the earliest I remember, and I recall having nightmares about Brainiac and Darkseid as a kid, so there is a lot of sentimental attachment on my part.

[@adij1950]

Yeah i loved that show

[@vStreetStruckv]

yea its definitely the best and cleanest version of Brainiac.....

[@metal87power]

Harry Wompa TAS, Superman Unbound's version and version from Legion of Super Heroes.

[@adij1950]

***** Why is the brainiac in smallville human not green and alieny

[@NewOrleansboii]

Harry Wompa Now that you mentioned that, Jor-el did have a AI program in Man of Steel

[@Supersweetguy]

I wish that Brainiac was the villian in the Man of Steel followup movie.

[@dradra2day]

Resty Mervin Ponio still might be

[@arcanejack]

As far as I'm aware, he's one of DC's go-tos for all powerful villain that usually requires team ups to stop. They're probably saving him for later (even if they completely screwed up the DCEU's structure already)

[@ShEr-et8mk]

they can't introduce Brainiac that soon

[@shibammitra6574]

Man of Steel 2 is in the making with Brainiac with it's main foe.

[@shibammitra6574]

@Lawrence Rodriguez Darkseid is already coming to the Snyder Cut... today they just released a teaser of him🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@mmm6325]

Need to learn all this shit for Injustice 2 lmao

[@zachary86]

Lol same I once I saw the offical story trailer I knew it was brainiac but didn't know much about him so keeping tabs

[@OFFICIAL-io6km]

aint gon b no machine

[@bhseah]

mmm6325 lol me too

[@Azhan.J777]

mmm6325 that is exactly why i came here too 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 LMFAO LOL i just pre ordered the ultimate edition

[@doffydonquixote4723]

mmm6325 same lol

[@JazzyZenBrotha]

*Brainiac* is one of *Superman's* greatest villains.

[@Comicf_Breaks]

Cant wait to seen him in justice league next year.

[@armalali2764]

+BrandonA RealNigga you mean Darkseid

[@Comicf_Breaks]

Armal Ali There were rumors that brainiac was gonna be the villain in justice league part 1. But now there's other rumors that the Atlantiens are gonna be the villains. Its a general consensus that darkseid will be the villain for part 2. But it doesn't matter to me. I'm just excited for justice league.

[@armalali2764]

BrandonA RealNigga No part one and two are all about Darkseid

[@Comicf_Breaks]

Armal Ali darkaeid is a mojor villian they wouldn't have him first.

[@BolverkAtlasia]

I was really hoping that the true reason why Brainiac was evil is because nobody would give him a decent pair of pants.

[@PMW3]

Solomon Grundy want pants too!

[@darrellmurray4928]

Best commercial ever

[@brianmagee6595]

I got the Cartoon reference.

[@DoomedDarkKnight]

Fuck off weeaboo.

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

Bolverk-GTM 😂good one.

[@JokeShinet]

I just realised that Brainiac's Marvel version is Ultron

[@graystorm1982]

Ultron is actually more like the Marvel version of Brother Eye.

[@avizueta]

JokeShinet didn't brainiac sound like ultron in the last couple of seconds of this video?

[@legoking6165]

Who do you think would win in a fight if Brainiac and Ultron were pitted against each other?

[@clifftrainor6774]

Marvel kind of has a history of stealing DC characters. X-men was another one based off a DC title called "Doom Patrol".

[@theanti-monitor8450]

@@legoking6165 ultron would win especially annihilation conquest ultron he should win with ease

[@pepethefrog6809]

And he's even the main villain in DC Universe Online, where heroes and villains "join forces" to foil his plans.. He's like the villains of villains.

[@Las3Ms_]

That's what makes him amazing.

[@AzulioSwoop]

he's dc's Galactus

[@knightofarkronia9968]

@@AzulioSwoopOnly he collects worlds instead of eating them.

[@hysteria347]

My favorite DC villain after The Joker

[@phillipmclaughlin6027]

Lmao. That darksied voice is one of/if not the deepest voice I've ever heard in my life

[@MaskedScifiFan]

Courtesy of the great Frank Welker, who also played Megatron in Transformers and Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget.

[@ZeroCanalX]

***** It'd be easier if you wanted to list the names of characters in US animation that frank hadn't voiced.

[@LonesomeBossDaily]

***** sound pretty evil to me

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

Mr. Mask I knew it sounded familiar! It’s almost exactly his Dr. Claw voice!

[@sosukeaizen1902]

You should hear Young Justice’s version of Darkseid talk. It’s even deeper.

[@Indubitably14]

This is where Marvel got the idea for Ultron.

[@ldiod4374]

Brainiac and Ultron are pretty different

[@patrickesmeria2376]

Brainiac is smarter than Ultron

[@prestigejel1404]

Indubitably 🤔

[@yahirandresmezavillalta7590]

@@ldiod4374 he means in the way they both are cunning archvillains who are AI

[@brinanaanna]

Brainiac was portrayed a lot differently in Smallville.

[@Flaris]

To be fair a lot of things were portrayed differently in Smallville.

[@dirtymikentheboys5817]

yeah he was like a lil girl wtf

[@TheOmegaheyhey]

He also is/was the main villain in the MMORPG DC Universe Online

[@youngbuck8496]

The Braniac in Superman the animated series was the best

[@TheGrimlean]

cowardly float back to earth in a space suite yea like thats how gravity works Lois just keep on thinking that

[@Spyke7ful]

So...was Lex Luthor trying to be like Professor X?

[@vww3606]

Lexcorp cerebro :D

[@rommelgonzalez2730]

@@vww3606 And cerebro is Spanish for brain

[@priyaoli1169]

brainiac was first appeared in the comic books. ultron is just the copycat of brainiac

[@6XXXThanatosRaysXXX6]

No he is not.

[@1995krampe]

there are so many heroes not everyone is copied from each other altho they have similarities.

[@beyonder7734]

Okay explain how Ultron is a copy?

[@jeahavvalentin980]

6XXXThanatosRaysXXX6 Yes ultron is a copy of Brainiac you moron

[@6XXXThanatosRaysXXX6]

Jeahav Valentin You got proof?

[@XAbbeldydooX]

Even though he made a brief appearance,i liked the take on him in justice league gods and monsters.Of course i loved the entire thing for what it was,i reimagining of the entire universe.

[@simbasorariku3]

I love Brainiac 5. He's cool!

[@musicgirl12357]

Me 2

[@cryptidcrafts]

same

[@chrisdryer]

how can you hate a group called the Super Friends?

[@PrinceAkaiVtuber]

Because its called super friends

[@prestonreilly4049]

You stoops you is ... Because humans ar ignorance stupid pieces of shit .....?!!!!

[@supercell615]

call me crazy but I prefer the DCAU version.

[@ingonyama70]

kind of agree with you on this one.

[@Thy_Boss]

Not crazy. They had to rewrite this guy repeatedly to make him interesting, as his original comics story just had him plan to regrow the cities as an empire for him to rule. Not unique. Any coherent story for him is better.

[@thecoolguy010]

His cameo in Static Shock was the bees knees

[@shadowknight1509]

They're both fine they should try to combine them

[@DoomedDarkKnight]

Because you're a moron.

[@nickp2271]

Brainiac is my favorite of Superman's enemies.

[@auteur_al5630]

If the rumours are true, I know people (myself included) were concerned that using Doomsday in Batman V Superman is too early for that character. But thinking about it, its probably best that the JL take him out first. That then leaves Brainiac and Darkseid for the remaining JL films.

[@mgkeshav]

that would be dope

[@7876369668]

No it was a terrible idea

[@alekjoaomp4185]

Steppenwolf is already in. We also need Savage and Ares teaming up against Wonder Woman

[@bfg2600]

I like the superman animated series Brainiac, the JLU version, this Brainiac comes from Krypton too and was its main supercomputer. It lied to the people about the failing condition of the planet and left when krypton exploded

[@bfg2600]

That version of Brainiac sought to learn all information, he did this by gathering all the information on a planet then destroying it to make sure nothing new to learn is created. Kyrpton was his first step.

[@FireStormBaller]

bfg2600 All versions of Brainiac is like that. It's just that the animated series, he said that there wouldn't be enough time for him to fix it, and that most likely it's impossible to be fix even if there was enough time. So he lied so he can escape, otherwise if he told the truth, the Kryptonians would trap him there with him so he can fix it but could die from the planet explosion if he wasn't able to. That's why he lie.

[@Henri_Ikari]

I thought Brainiac was an AI created by the planet of Krypton.

[@stevenclark5173]

Someone has been watching too much Smallville.

[@Henri_Ikari]

Steven Clark Actually, it was Justice League.

[@janetvelez511]

ithought it was brainiac that destroyed krypton =O

[@ldiod4374]

That's only in the dc animated universe. In the comics braniac comes from planet Colu.

[@Roadman1000]

That's DCAU Braniac. I like the DCAU version, but the comics version can be made threatening.

[@WatchMojo]

when you get older you'll realize, the woman decides ;)

[@jorgebersabe293]

Brainiac is another evil counterpart of Superman: Basically the alien who wants to conquer the Earth against the alien who sees the Earth as his home and protects it.

[@c1rcamaster]

Brainiac vs. Ultron

[@AS5gamerdude360]

All will be one with Braniac.

[@Azhan.J777]

Red Wraith braniac would demolish ultron

[@theanti-monitor8450]

Ultron would win

[@EliasMerazVideos]

@@theanti-monitor8450 yeah right xddd.

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

No Technology can withstand Brainiac.

[@jena13132]

My favorit supervillan ever. He is so cool as the Main villan in dc universe online as well.

[@Lalaxbo]

Brainiac is my favorite Superman villain :). My favorite Brainiac is from the DC Animated Universe like Superman TAS and Justice League when Corey Burton voiced him . He was born to voice Brainiac with his cold and evil voice. In my opinion, Corey Burton is the only voice actor who can voice Brainiac. I really hope Brainiac will appear in a Man of Steel sequel because he hasn't appeared in movies yet :( . Superman Unbound animated film was quite good :) .

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I like the 1983 robotic form. I think the current Brainiac should be the green skinned version with the 1983 robotic form underneath. As he battles Superman the green 'skin' can be peeled away to show the robot underneath.

[@kolizar666]

That fucking pun,.. I'm out,..

[@MaskedScifiFan]

Actually, "brainiac" is technically a real term used to describe people who are obsessed with knowledge and learning.

[@kolizar666]

As I remember, the origin of that was from the comic,..

[@annonix04]

I wanna see all of the same robots that make up brainiacs army in dc universe online (overseer, subjugator, etc.) in a live action movie with brainiac

[@animeguardianxx]

We musn't forget, though, that his 5th descendant in the future is a good guy, as revealed in a JLU episode where they went way far into the future.

[@D3VIIV]

I hate how they took bits and pieces from Brainiacs timeline and just mashed them together for the Injustice 2 story

[@SaphireKnight87]

Lois thought Clark fled the ship like a coward, and went back to Earth in nothing but a space suit? So basically Clark would escape the frying pan by jumping into the fire? Does the Earth in this universe not have an atmosphere to burn up in? Or is she just stupid?!

[@BlueUncia]

With uncovered hands, no less. XD

[@LordZelgadis1]

Dude,it's not only Lois that's dense,it's EVERYONE in the DC universe.I mean everyone knows how superman looks,but the moment he puts on his glasses he's Clark Kent and nobody can recognize him.

[@Lalaxbo]

Brainiac is my favorite Superman villain :) I loved Corey Burton's performance as Brainiac in Superman TAS and Justice League and he has that cold and evil voice .

[@ZarPof]

Braniac vs. Superman, proving once and for all brains fails against brawn. Thanks DC for inspiring us.

[@tamilonlinejobs76]

thats the reason i switched to Marvel, since most of Marvel heroes are Brainy.

[@SteelTiamat]

Correction, evil brains fail against brawn :D

[@MaskedScifiFan]

Technically, Superman is a combination of brains, brawn and will.

[@ZarPof]

***** Superman is everything all the time. Too much power, he should have become the Plutonian.

[@bevonhiggins6704]

Gokul Kr With your point of that Marvel characters are smart, but if you look at almost all of the villains in dc especially Bat-Mans villains you will see that they are really smart in the evil twisted way they attempt to kill Bat-Man so in that case I favor DC because I admire the criminal masterminds that can cause you a lot of thinking and can truly shock you with their genius. Point Proven.

[@johnr2630]

Injustice did their homework. This was a great villian

[@enkiduthesin-slayingbeast5306]

Brainiac is one of the best dc villians and this is my opinion if you don't like it you can stfu. He one of the villians i think that can take down the entire justice league or have a plan to get rid of them.

[@NewYork975]

There should have been something on there about him shrinking down Kandor, that was pretty essential to his character development.

[@EJAXK13]

o o \ / O Brainiac makes a live appearance in the Justice League movie

[@goni2493]

he should of been in BVS and saved Dooms Day for a superman solo film.

[@ahnafdrubo9727]

he is in the makings during the time of BVS

[@johnnyboy-ws3we]

Sigmatron Same here I wish I could have used a brainiac to the only time I seen him was in the TV shows and in the comics too

[@Dawn_Of_Justice]

No its Darkseids uncle Steppenwolf.

[@maeschder]

"...to float back to earth" Apparently Lois isn't familiar with gravity.

[@danielmpz8041]

¡El solo quería unos pantalones! ¡¡¡Unos buenos pantalones!!!

[@kamatariedgar3603]

Solomon tambien quiere pantalones!

[@Actionfan19]

I'm not only a fan of Brainiac, he's one of my favorite DC villians

[@callumbrowns]

injustice 2 brought me here so he always had that mad bio technical power

[@gafraavriltiyanaqu7191]

Ultron to Brainiac:"How could you be worthy?You're just a puppet,tangled in strings...strings there are no strings on me".

[@questionnnn]

I've always liked the Legion of Super Heroes version of Brainiac. aka Brainiac 5 aka Brainy.

[@tiadesmond7339]

Me too. :)

[@questionnnn]

Tia Desmond :D !!! I thought he was very funny.

[@tiadesmond7339]

Yeah he was funny and his character design in legion of superheroes was good too and also his voice actor did a great job too. :D

[@questionnnn]

Tia Desmond I completely agree. I always looked forward to his scenes.

[@tiadesmond7339]

Yeah those were best part for me.

[@spaceghostvibes9712]

He is the greatest DC comics bad guys of all time . Top 5 all time in any comic next to thanos ,apacolypse,carnage ,dark Seid . Joker as honorable mention

[@monkeymon327]

Brainiac is like a Marvel's version version of Ultron.

[@ShawnWeeded510]

Two completely different characters that shouldn't be compared. Brainiac is brainiac and ultron is ultron.

[@snair2355350]

LOL Ultron is Marvels version of DC's Braniac. Braniac came in 1968 and Ultron a decade later

[@monkeymon327]

I respect your superheroes knowledge comment, sir. Glad to be comic geeks, bro. And also, Ultron was a fact that he was a human in the earlier Avengers, but Brainiac is a full alien.

[@HeliosThor64]

Sharan Nair Brainiac came in 1958, not 68. Funny how both came in July though.

[@snair2355350]

***** Thank you. And now that makes it two decades.

[@bigmattman2005]

There are a few things that bother me with Braniac, and then Superman's discovery of parts of Krypton and parts of Earth shrunken in different bottles. 1.) If brainiac is so smart, he should already know Superman's weakness. Superman is literally one of the only threats to Brainiac, so having some spare kryptonite as a failsafe would be the smart thing to do. 2.) At the very least, Superman and the Kryptonian scientists should have figured out that recruiting several Kryptonians and bringing them to Earth would be a great idea. In this way, there would be multiple supermen and superwomen to protect Earth instead of just Kal-El. 3.) Piggybacking off of number 2, wouldn't there be a possibility for Krypton to be restored, and for humans to become superhuman by being on Krypton. If not from the planet itself, perhaps from different space effects including Krypton's surrounding moons, suns and planets. I know that Krypton was destroyed, but I'm certain many of the surviving Kryptonians could come up with a solution to restore Krypton. Especially if Krypton's surviving geniuses go to Earth because it will not only make them super strong with super powers, but they gain super intelligence because of Earth's sun.

[@767scarecrow]

ITS TIME TO LOG OF BAHAHAHHAHA

[@Azhan.J777]

767scarecrow LMFAO

[@blackopszombiehunt10]

Do one of Vandal Savage PLEASE!!!!!

[@jaredn.630]

Injustice 2 trailer brought me here

[@batmanfanizationreborn6055]

one of the greatest and the best dc villains ever who definitely deserves to be in a movie after all these years. personally i would like to see him as the villain in JLA 2. after seeing some art for brainiac i think benedict cumberbatch looks awesome as brainiac and i think he would be a complete fit to play him

[@jefferyamartey2462]

He's in Krypton now

[@GMBalHajri1990]

Wait, How could Superman ''overheard'' him in space? I thought sounds can't travel in space or something?

[@raymondpinioco8946]

because its comics

[@JokerXDHaHaHa]

Because it's frickin' SUPERMAN, that's why!

[@jorgerueda470]

JokerXDHaHaHa Congrats, Joker, you win the internet

[@analothor]

some have speculated that superman also has psionic powers..but different dimensions

[@williamlinkous8411]

Haha good call

[@SuperWazzz]

as soon as i heard that, i scrolled down to see if one of the top comments addressed this i was not disappointed :]

[@vatvulf8048]

do supervillain origins: firefly

[@sujamathew2949]

I love Brainiac's look in Injustice 2.

[@gummysweet1]

This Braniac story I find kinda dumb.

[@MrDalewin]

He's my favorite super villain, especially when Corey Burton is voicing him. It's kind of like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Terminator. They just go together.

[@BrandonKohout]

Brainiac even made an appearance as a playable fighting character in the Injustice 2 video game.

[@thebumblebeemovie3514]

“Lois thought he got scared and went to float back to earth.” That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.

[@kennethclemons3415]

Brainac is a total bad ass character on Injustice 2, his design, voice, intelligence, power, and his plot for universal dominance!

[@marbel248]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOIU FOR MAKING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeremiahjackson2743]

I like this origin! I think it's kind of cool!

[@Psycho3418]

Perhaps the best choice for an antagonist when DC finally does a Justice League movie ^^

[@RoseyRedCringes]

Can somebody or WatchMojo make an origin story of the brainiac family like Brainiac 5 I remember him as a kid, but still never understood how brainiac had descendants and crap

[@normanlee6609]

Brainiac had adopted an organic as his son, Brainiac 2. Brainiac 5 is really descended from Brainiac 2 but the process that gave all the descendants of Brainiac 2, with superior intellect was the result of the robot Brainiac's experiments to enhance organic potential. So Brainiac (the robot) is considered their ancestor.

[@8bitPikachu]

look i just want some pants, A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!

[@karanjagga07]

He's looks super cool in injustice2!

[@KingJaymo2k11]

Lois thought Clark “cowardly floated back to Earth”…that’s so stupid it’s funny 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Nightvampirefear]

TOP 10 BEST GOOSEBUMPS EPISODES!!!!!

[@Filip97X]

Don't forget that he is also the main bad guy in DC Universe Online, with his goal to digitize everything

[@zanemartin3655]

Do top ten superman villains! That would be interesting since his rogues gallery contains some of the most powerful villains ever!

[@jacpod2046]

Woaw this is the first super... Origins episode where you've shown a picture of a comic that i actually have! :D

[@kimbsybaptiste5371]

Need to put this Villain on the BIG screens!

[@9437138]

Yes finally :o I've been waiting for the Origins of Brainiac haha Thank you :)

[@ejgonzalez2313]

Love Brainiac.....he needs to be a supervillain in the Superman movies.

[@n3nt2nd464]

i waited for this for a long time now

[@andrewhawkins6374]

There was a brainiac super hero wich I loved and am currently trying to find the show that had this.

[@deathstrokeclanrules8562]

His 80's look seems similar to Ultron. I can even imagine his MCU voice coming out of him.

[@lynxvex]

The tone of our voice is different today... you're usually very enthusiastic!

[@LMVStudios]

"Earth. The center of the multiverse. It will belong to Brainiac. I do not plan an invasion, rather an assimilation."

[@alfonsopina3976]

Ralph Fiennes is The Perfect Brainiac for Henry Cavill's Man Of Steel sequel

[@alotosius]

For Brainiac to be so smart, he sure dose a dum things like constantly fighting superman in personal combat, when he dose not even come close to beating him.

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

I will never understand for the life of me why Brainiac bothers with his 'green dude who couldn't find a decent pair of pants' disguise. He actually looks sillier than MODOK with it on.

[@angrygirlmasochist]

Brainiac is not my favorite of the Superman villains, but he is still so intelligent, I like it.

[@AlaskanGhost]

What I hate about Brainiac is he's a being that knows the true worth of knowledge but is so greedy that he monopolizes it be slaughtering every life he studies, this means Brainiac isn't a being if understanding and science, just an entity driven by unending greed and powerlust.

[@UssEnterprisingGamer]

Keep in mind, that comic was written in the 40's. They knew nothing about space back then.

[@jaraisferguson6765]

superman could have been defeated while he was shrunken cuz all braniac had to do was make a box of krptonite and put supes in it ...also hed have to layer the box with countles more boxes

[@bdavis24fan]

I love brainiac I hope that sooner or later he will be in a superman movie or a justice league movie as a villain.

[@cryptidcrafts]

I always loved Brainiac 5 from legion of superheroes.

[@JBTriple8]

My Favorite All time Supervillian

[@lastson5014]

Brainiac is long overdue for a Movie.

[@Azhan.J777]

Last Son he is making an appearance in injustice 2 and in the justice leauge movie

[@Kyle_Hessler]

Lois thought he was a coward and floated into the void of space.

[@ENRIQUEGOITIA]

In superman unbound brainiac lost but right at the end he's down to still live, i wonder if they'll make a part two like the comics with lex

[@mortenu.5606]

Since Anarky is going to get a lot of attention soon in Arkham origins and Beware of the Batman, a origin would be in place

[@Shiirow]

Yes, that is why there is a disclaimer "As with most comic book characters, there are often reimagings or different versions of a characters past" at the start of every video... =.=

[@fvillag1]

PLEASE watchmojo do not forget about the others Metallo, Parasite, Toyman and Mongul.

[@fvillag1]

so whoever liked my comment please tell watchmojo to publish the videos about those superman villains.