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6:08 wait a sec. A story of a rich supervillain who was dealing with his body decomposing. Who used anouther Villain as an experiment. And said unlucky Villain dies tragicly ? That's Mr.Freeze plot from Batman Beyond.
The sad part is that some folks with very heavy mental disorders like Schizophrenia have succeeded in that cause the weight of their disorders kept them from functioning in a society that goes on about mental health but never commits to actually helping them. Even worse is that there are people who make a living off them these folks who have nothing and cannot function much akin to a Freakshow Circus.
Bizarro has always struck me as almost a metaphor for special needs. He's sweet and wants to do the right thing, but his simplistic understanding of the world can lead him to make mistakes. Others demonize those mistakes, interpreting him as a villain, but Superman always shows Bizarro kindness and compassion. As someone with a special needs younger brother, the character has always respnated with me a lot.
I was about to say this. Bizarro has a lot of similarities with folks suffering from developmental disorders and thus they have a harder time grasping concepts tye same as most people. They also are very prime targets of manipulation and at the worst case scenario at the amusement of the manipulators. That is kinda why I have fallen out with most Lolcow Orbiter channels which is made especially worse by their Main Character Syndrome they have especially with some of their targets are actual criminals who are more than capable of hurting women and children.
11:33 Bizarro's return always did kind of bug me, seeing as how he reached a pretty fair living end in STAS. From a citation I found in the Fandom wiki, Bruce Timm wrote on animesuperhero's message boards that the intent in JLU season 3 was that Bizarro's brain had been experimented on so that he'd be "more controllable," with the classic backwards talk as a side effect. The big scar he sported at this point was supposed to imply this.
I did notice the scar just now in this video (but for some reason not years ago the last time I saw the episode). Before this comment I just thought the decided to change him to be more like the comics, like with Penguin's appearance, for example.
i love bizarro. he's not evil, just someone who doesn't quite grasp our reality despite attempting to emulate it as best as he could. he's trying, god damn it he's trying.
I think the implication in the later appearances of Bizzaro, and why he was loyal to Luthor, is that Luthor performed some kind of brain surgery on him. This helped him understand the world around him better, but also caused the classic backwards speak that Bizzaro is generally known for. Note that this quirk didn't appear at all in the character UNTIL Luthor joined the Secret Society. There's also what appears to be a large scar on his forehead in a bunch of shots during the series (even a few you included in this video). That being said, it's entirely possible that this "scar" is just an animation error, because it randomly appears and disappears between scenes.
Two sequences that always stuck out to me "You save Lois. Me no am Superman. You am Superman." "You are a hero." "You think he survived?" "I hope so. He had a good heart." "Of course, he came from good stock."
Tim Daly's performance really helped bring the character nuance. I think George Newbern could definitely also have pulled off a great voice for the character if maybe Bizarro had more of a spotlight.
Superman TAS version of Bizzaro is honestly the most sad version for me. Like every version of him is sad, but his character in the series is especially sad. We see how Luthor created Bizzaro by cloning Clark and programming memories for him. Bizzaro basically was Superman just duplicated and we see how confused he is when seeing the real Superman. Then his mind slowly starts to deteriorate and his makeup comes off which confuses him even more. Imagine just living another day as yourself, then one day your body starts falling apart and you find out you’re not actually you, you’re a clone. Bizzaro even has a mental breakdown when Mercy calls him “Bizzaro” and not Superman which was so heartbreaking especially when he starts ranting “BIZZARO?! THAT NOT MY NAME!!” He never really struck me as a villain, just a damaged victim who was always easily manipulated. He wants to be a hero and to help people, but everything he does just hurts people because his mind is so damaged. It’s honestly sad how often he’s so easily manipulated by people who wish to use him, due to his lack of intelligence and understanding. Because of this one day he’ll consider Superman his friend, and the next day someone will easily trick him into thinking Superman is his enemy. He does have moments of self-awareness with the fact that he is flawed version of Superman, particularly when he sees Superman saving Lois. He realizes he’s not actually Superman which is one of the hardest things to watch with him saying “Me no am Superman, you am Superman. Superman save Lois.” But I was glad to see Lois acknowledge his selflessness and tell him “You are a hero” which puts a smile on his face. I’m just glad Clark seems to always treat him with kindness and understanding knowing it’s not his fault that he’s the way he is. He truly is perfectly Imperfect and deep down all he wants to do is help and be a hero, because once again he is Clark Kent just with a damaged mind.
Actually Merry Shelly's monster, or Adam, was quite intelligent. And despite being a walking corpse that would make people gag at mere sight, because he had semi-transparent skin and yellowish hollow eyes, like a well preserved mummy, he quickly learned the world around him and learned by trial and error. Quickly, the monster was able to comprehend reading and even was able to do literary analysis of Paradise lost, where he would identify with the focus character of Satan.
I kinda saw him as a more kind-hearted version of his creator. Something like a version of Doctor Frankenstein who used his intelligence for something other than creepy experiments. Opposites in appearance and morality
@@aerodynamiccow3597, lets not play favourites here, Adam is one vengeful SOB. He killed A LOT of people soley because they were related to Frankenstein. That being said, yeah Frankenstein was a douche.
@@ADAJ342 I mean, to be fair, being vengeful is kind of understandable in his position. When he was first left without his creator, he was basically a giant baby walking around an unfamiliar world where everybody wants to kill him. The only solace in this depressing world he has, is that he can always fight cruelty with cruelty. It would be a bit selfish to ask him to take the moral high ground and forgive the world that mistreated him just because it'd be convenient for that world
@@d4n737 , I agree with your point, but he murdered a child who posed 0 threat to him soley because he was related to Frankenstein. Adam has the right to defend himself, and its understandable for him to react violently to being treated as a monster, but he is not justified in taking out his anger on people who have done nothing to harm him.
I've always thought Bizzaro was super underrated and super underutilized in a narrative sense. I wish he was in more stuff with a bigger role. That comic run with Bizzaro, Jason Todd, and... the girl whose name I forget was something I wish I had the money to spend on.
I love the big lug, he’s even has some of my favorite stories like where he kidnaps pa kent to play bizarro joe-el with pa and Superman helping him become the hero htrae needs. Or where he’s recruited by ra’s Al ghul who treats him like a son with speacial needs even giving him the iconic stone medallion.
I always like the detail that in the episode of JLU where Flash and Lex Luthor swap bodies, Bizarros the only member of the legion of doom who realises there's something off and raises his suspicions in a meeting by aksing Flash in Luthors body "am you bizarros mommy?", but none of the other villains take him seriously because he's bizarro.
Considering cloning was practically perfected by the time of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited as shown with Galatea Im shocked Lex didn’t give a Superman clone another go
Bizarro was never evil in my opinion. He was just misguided. I consider him to be an unofficial member of the Superman family. Someone who will help out in his own way when the situation is grim but for the most part, is left alone to do his own thing, just as long as no one is hurt. I hate the fact that the writers of JLU brought back Bizarro but had Lex and Grodd lobotimise him in order to make him their slave. If any villain in the dcau Superman rogues gallery deserve a happy ending it is Bizarro.
I actually don’t think it is the real Bizarro, I think it may be a clone, this one speaks in traditional Bizarro lingo, his costume looks more dark, and he’s pretty loyal to Lex when previously Bizarro hated Lex cause he manipulated him.
I feel the same way. Especially when I'm having a really crappy day. But you know what y'all make the world a better place and I am happy when I see your comments.
it's even worse when you have a little brother, because he is literally a better version of you, for example: I have social anxiety and really struggle to make friends, my brother is a social butterfly that can makes friends with whomever he meets to the point that he is still in touch with friends from elementary school, I am relatively short and heavy for my family while my brother is tall and athletic, I had to take the university entrance test 5 times before being accepted but my brother was entitled to a full scholarship due to his grades, my brother can literally do whatever he puts his mind into while I struggle with executive dysfunction, etc, etc, etc. And is not like he rubs it in my face but sometimes I see him and it dawns on me the fact that I am the worse version of myself, and it's kind of soul crushing, because here I am trying my best and getting mediocre results while he is cruising through life and being the best.
@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 you are you and your brother is your brother, you're not versions of each other. I do see how you may feel envious of or inadequate when comparing yourself to your brother though. But if he's not being a dick about being "better" or anything then it sounds like you have a powerful ally.
People say superman is boring, but he's pretty unique compared to the neverending lineup of troubled antiheroes. At his best, he's a good man who tries very hard to believe in people. The RL bizarro is what happens when writers look at Superman and just go "oh yeah he's stronger than all the other heroes," and before you know it he's killing bystanders and doing Jesus metaphors.
5:12 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Monster was nothing like the movie interpretation. Her version of the monster was intelligent and cunning. And while in the movie, the monster would come to like humanity, the book's version hated humanity for never accepting him in their society. Sorry for the long comment, but I felt I should clear this up a little. Great video!
No problem, and that’s kinda what I’m was trying to get at. Brutal was probably a better word than bestial - the movie monster became something of a comedic figure over time (much like Bizarro!) but the original was a stone cold killer. He was philosophical about it though!
The different interpretations of Bizzaro are great, either a alternate version of Superman, a twisted version of Superman or as a failed clone who's time was going to be cut short in different ways. I'm glad this Bizzaro was kinda given a redemption. Also in the brain swap of Lex and Flash in JLU, Bizzaro was the only one, outside of Grodd, to see that something was up with Luthor. I really like what they do with his character because he has a lot of utility.
IIRC after Lex took over the Legion of Doom, he gave every villain an upgrade (that also hid a sort of killswitch should they try to double cross Lex) Bizarro from that point on has a scar on his head, implying Lex messed with his brain. I like to think that it was a lobotomy but due to the backwards nature of Bizarro, he ended up getting smarter with less grey matter
I *love* the idea that Bizarro would get smarter from a lobotomy. Like a reverse-Doomsday. Doesn't really work with the clone version of the character, but it is a fun idea!
It feels like the thing Bizarro is missing is a teacher. He was given these false memories of Superman but not of Clark Kent. He knows how to be a savior but he doesn't really know how the world works. Let's be honest, if we were Superman and we saw a giant rock coming to collide with something that normally holds people we would stop it too, we wouldn't knos that they were delomishing a building. That small clip in the video of Bizarro rolling a boulder down the hill to smash his rock people could be him trying to sate that desire to help since that's all he knows. He could also just be extremely bored, the guy's stuck sith his pet and nothing else.
I really wish the STAS had adapt Bizarro Lois and the other duplicates, since their presence not only gives Bizarro a happy ending but, when analyzed, Bizarro's had a better life than Superman at that point: He was married to Bizarro Lois and the two had a child while Clark and Lois weren't even married at that time; Bizarro lived on planet with his people while Superman, a kryptonian, live on Earth among humans; Unlike Superman, Bizarro didn't need a secret identity or to hide his powers from his people. In some ways, for someone who wanted to be accept like Superman, Bizarro end up getting the life that Superman always wanted.
If I may suggest a video for the future, how about: General Zod: The Unseen Superman Villain (with the thumbnail saying "Unseen") By "unseen" I'm referring to the fact that he only appeared in the tie-in comics and in the show they had Jax-Ur as an (arguably less interesting) substitute due to rights issues, but he did appear in Superman Adventures. I'm not really a fan of Zod, I was just giving a suggestion for a video if you're interested.
Is that the one with the Bizarro Green Lantern who has a magic nose ring that can create anything he doesn't think of? Or the yellow one that shoots himself in the face? Bizarros, man... I love them so much.
There's a wound on Bizarro's forehead in JLU. I assumed they found him and operated on his mind, hence the reverse-speak and arbitrary hatred of Superman, who he was very friendly with before then.
I thought that the suit degrading was due to the imperfect Bizarro dust being spread onto it as his "perfect" skin broke off. ...now I can't think of it as other than a flab of skin. Lovely.
Great video.👏🏻 I think that Tim Daly's voice work as Bizarro also helped make him a more sympathetic character on STAS. I'd definitely like to see you dive into some of the other Superman villains. I'm definitely looking forward to your video on Inque - one of the best Batman Beyond villains.
Can't wait for analyzing Project CADMUS, its predecessors like Project Achilles, and even suspect ties with people like Static Shock's Edwin Alva. May even do snide remarks on how non-superhero cartoons like Disney's Amphibia failed a bit due to not having an Earth-based humanocentric organization be an antagonististic force worth fearing.
@@michaelandreipalon359Amphibia was a little busy telling an epic story about a girl and her frig family fighting a corrupt newt tyrant and the Supreme intelligent and yet you say it failed because it did not feature a rip off if cadmus? Of all the fucking stupid things to whine about!...
Here's another bit of info...Bizarro was originally created by Otto Binder who was the original Captain Marvel's main writer. He was hired by DC after DC successfully shut down Fawcett's superhero line. The character's charm feels like he would have been at home in Captain Marvel's world. The Superman line benefitted from Binder's imagination and whimsical approach.
I’m loving your dissections of Superman villains! Despite being one of the big three (along with Batman and Spider-Man) Superman’s lore and rouges are not discussed nearly as much.
One of my favorite version of Bizzaro is the one that shows up in Superman & Lois, where he was introduced with WEEN music! That and his interpretation is great, he's not dumb, he literally speaks backwards, and the Bizzaro Universe still has the weird silly stuff like all spheres being cubes and all dogs being cats, but still has some genuine interesting drama associated with him.
12:02 I noticed this even when I was little, but he does have a scar on his forehead and later episodes, which makes me to believe that Lex might’ve literally lobotomized or did something to him to be loyal?.
Bizarro in JLU is shown that he has a weird line on his forehead that he didnt had it before, that kinda looks like a scar, and it brings me the theory that he got captured eventualy and Lex did something to his brain to make him more obidiant and speak oposite.
Curiously, Bizarro was literally Superman in an alternate universe. In the Elseworld story "The Superman Monster", Lex Luthor finds the remains of baby Kal-El on a crashed ship in the 19th century, using his DNA to create a monstruos supermsn cslled Bizarro. There was a very furious tribute to the novel Frankenstein
I kind of grew up on the Justice Friends Bizarro which painted him in a more negative light being from the Bizarro Universe. I really like this Bizarro instead, a more traigc child-like superman
Cartoons seem to have the best relatable characters in fiction. There's a reason so many like comics. I never watched these, but jus the concepts you're describing bring me to the brink of tearing up.
Kinda reminds me of my auntie's dog when I was a child. A giant 60+ kg pile of meat that was unintentionally dangerous, I remember that once when I was playing with him he just grabbed mey arm in his teeth and thrown me across the floor, which of course caused 6yo me to cry in pain and shock. But the thing was the dog shown no signs of anger, it was just playing around for him. And yeah my parrents never let me get close to it again throughout the rest of my childhood xd
Actually had an idea regarding him He eventually tries to duplicate the people of Earth using some weird method and bring them to Bizarro World, but pretty much every duplicate is rational (though whenever they can do "backwards" things without hurting themselves, they do it- like selling "cold dogs" and "hot cream", or using kilometers in Bizarro America and the imperial system on the rest of the planet) After Bizarro's duplicate ends up becoming a handsome yet non-superpowered genius universally liked by the entire planet, Bizarro goes mad and attempts to pull a *Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow* by blowing the planet up himself, but the only person he ends up killing in the process is himself
I definitely would like to see more stas videos. While not on the same level as btas, it’s still one of my favorite adaptations of the character. Would love to see a video covering Lex.
As a person on the autism spectrum, I know what it’s like to be mistreated because of my disability, especially when I was younger and had much poorer control with my emotions and considering bizarro can also be considered to have an intellectual disability, I deeply empathize with him because he is a person who doesn’t fully understand the world around him, trying to be a good person, but other people either are mean to him because he’s different or manipulate him into doing things he otherwise wouldn’t because he is too naïve to understand that they are him and I hope that the original bizarro from the DC animated universe stayed on his planet, and that the new one in Justice league was created by gorilla grad because that makes more sense than being the exact same person
You said it brother. I posted on my community, The misunderstood are sometimes the ones rejected, and some can show they are not the ones to be feared but loved and cared.
Great video. Two things to note. Im surprised the original scientist didnt try to duplicate poisons if his ray made duplicates that were opposites. Two, my theory on why Bizarro's clothes degraded was because his bioelectric aura was acting incorrectly and degrading his clothes. (The bioelectric aura was the bullshit comic book reason to explain why superman's clothing doesn't instantly get blasted off in battle. His aura extends a few millimeters awayvfrom his skin, extending his invulnerability to his clothes.
Adding to the chorus of support for more STAS villains. I was a bit surprised to realize you hadn’t done much with them before this. I think your style would be a great fit.
One notable hero that isn’t truly human, is kamen rider, from 1971, Kamen Rider is one of the biggest representatives of the Tokusatsu genre, he’s also notable for the fact that he helped to popularize the muffler scarf as a cape replacement.
A less talked about take on bizarro, Justice league action had its flaws but I loved the idea of him trying to impress and join the league. Along with him basically acting like the kryptonite man for Amazo.
For the skin costume thing of both warping at the same time, I took it as his body warping the sunlight it was absorbing, and as such messing up what was immediately in contact with him at the time, his clothes.
Popcap: “hey, DC can I copy your homework?” DC: Sure, just change it up a bit so it doesn’t look like you copied. (Insert Image of Bizarro) Popcap: Ok (Insert image of Super Brainz)
We think Bizarro’s voiced by Tim Daly and George Newbern sounded like Kylo Ren from the Star Wars franchise who played by Adam Driver with masked and then unmasked voices.
I would have loved to see Bizarro grow into his own person and possibly be a seperate hero we could have Bizzaro join the Justice League as a new member
Can't say I ever thought much of Bizarro, at least as depicted in DCAU. He didn't strike me as having much to make him compelling to watch; being that his lessons were already heavily being covered by other sources.
I think it would be neat for you to cover the batman 2004 D.A.V.E. and superman 1988 xelandra they're both interesting characters with a lot of potential. DAVE is very strong and smart. Xelandra can clone herself and shoot a silk thing.
Here's a fun thought experiment... So, a lot of Bizarro-style characters have appeared (multiple versions sometimes), including an entire universe of Bizarros in the comics. If you were going to write a story about a non-Superman Bizarro, who would it be and what would be the conflict? I know there are a couple Bizarro Lanterns already, but that's the exact route I'd go and try to really explore the concept. Instead of courage and willpower, Bizarro GL's power would be derived from his COWARDICE with his ring able to create anything he is scared of. He would try to help the League fight evil or even just help ordinary citizens, but his own constructs would terrify him. He then tries to create a new construct to fight the first, only to compound his problem. He will be frightened away to start the cycle over somewhere else. But the real GL would eventually teach him to face his fears, and his newfound courage will deactivate the ring. At which point the League immediately takes the ring away and sends him to much needed therapy.
I'd have loved a Bizzaro book somewhat akin to Planet Hulk, where Bizzaro ends up on an alien world and becomes its hero. I've never been a fan of the inverted Bizzaro-speak, the broken english/ speech makes sense from a narrative standpoint given that, when he's a flawed clone, his brain would be impaired. While I dislike the majority of the New 52, I did like the version of Bizzaro that came from the Forever Evil arc. I didn't expect to be a fan of the father-like affection that New 52 Luthor had for him. Red Son Superman is probably my favorite heroic representation of the flawed clone Bizzaro type. I HATED what they did to him in the animated adaptation.
When I saw the cover to the DC Comics Encyclopedia where it shows Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman up close against their enemies the Joker, Bizarro Superman, and Cheetah, at first I thought Bizarro was Solomon Grundy from the 2001 Justice League show in a Superman suit, based on how similar he looked to Grundy. I didn't even know Bizarro was in Justice League Unlimited at the time, let alone Superman the Animated Series. It was one of the rare moments my DC noob showed, thankfully in private. In fairness Grundy also spoke in broken English just like Bizarro Superman, so at least I couldn't be faulted on that.
Bizarro is very tragic. It breaks my heart to watch stories with him. I prefer when it's just "an evil superman" , with very little nuance like Nuclear Man from Superman 4.
5:15 "Byrne's version of Bizarro is more bestial - much like the Mary Shelly's original Frankenstein's monster - he barely speaks, instead communicating though guttural grunts and the flinging of his fists." What! No that's not at all accurate Mary Shelly's creatuer is vary intelligent and eloquent and evil. Guys i dont think this guy's actually read Frankenstein.
one thing they did in the comics that I actually thought was really interesting was for a brief stint he teamed up with Red hood of all people and even became a super genius for a brief period.
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I always felt sorry for Bizzaro. I often wonder if he got his due after the JLU finale.
Hopefully so. Better him given the Solomon Grundy mercy treatment than see him fight a never ending conflict up to the Batman Beyond era.
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@@michaelandreipalon359 I have a feeling that due to being a failed clone, Bizzaro probobly died due to complications long before Superman reached his age at the time of the BB justice league episode. Kryptonian genetics are often seen as way more complex than anything seen on Earth which would account for why Luthor had issues attempting to clone Superman at all.
Best version of Bizarro is still in Red Sun. Where Bizarro sees an errant nuclear missile launch, and has the presence of mind to blind Superman so that he can sacrifice himself to stop the strike.
Could you cover Livewire? There's always something that clicked for me when it came to her blame shifting her condition onto him and she seemed to be quite competent as villain when it came to her plans. IDK maybe I'm in the minority for liking her as a character.
@@SerumLake Oh, yes, I understand what you mean now! Yes of course, even though he was more civilized, he was definetely way more evil than later versions inspired by Karloff
Bizarro was a science fiction exploration of science gone awry and reminiscent of Frankenstein as the outsider alien. Very early in concepts of cloning, very relevant in "evil twin" themes in comics and television. Would had amazed if DC wrote a Lobo vs Bizarro story.
I really find it interesting how him poofing into powder is when dying is the most consistent reccuring bit of his lore, especially since this powder seems to impart some Kryptonian into the people it enters. Considering the original origins of Bizzarro being that he was cloned accidentally by a device meant to clone medicine pills, I wonder if you could do something surrounding him with the concept of sugar pills. Like, some future adaptation has the duplication ray needing matter to transform into a duplicate, and since it was only meant to duplicate medicine, the scientist filled it with Sugar, since that's a common medical dilutant and placebo. That way, you can have a minor sweet taste in the air around whenever he dies, symbolizing his inner sweet nature in death, and leaving pieces of himself in the people around him who cared when he died. (Which could go a ways to explain how he retains previous memories when he inevitably gets cloned from Superman again; he's actually still in there.) You could even have the spot he died become a sort of ultra-nature spot, where the plants grow tall and green, the creatures live long and healthy, and the tools of man struggle to clear it out. I just think there's some untapped thematic potential with linking Bizzario and Sugar, especially in terms of the Havoc they wreak and the abuse they enable, and the subsequent demonization and ostracization they face in wider society because of that, all while also not being at all sinister by themselves, and containing quite a lot of good.
I feel the parasite and metallic are two villains that were closest this show had to being the sympathetic villains. Rudy Jones being a bit of a loser no one took seriously, and Metallo being betrayed by Luthor and is now more machine than man.
I always like these types of characters who do want to help but just don't quite understand how to or don't know how to regulate their strength. The Iron Giant reminds me of this too and I'm sure it's just a trend to take characters inspired by Frankenstein's Monster and make them more heroic so the audiences feels even more sorry for them. Bizarro was one of my favourite antagonists from STAS. It's a bit of a shame he was seemingly changed into just a broken puppet in JLU. I did always wish we got to see Bizarro and Grundy interact in the JL series due to some of the parallel's with them being misunderstood brutes who the heroes actually feel sorry for. They don't really have a place in the world so perhaps they could have became friends.
The only episode I'd seen of bizaro was identity crisis I've since seen many clips of bizaro but because they didn't line up with my memory of the episode I had convinced myself that I was mistaken in believing that it was bizaro in the episode
Bizzaro, when you think about it, he's really quite a tragic character. He wants to do good, but is manipulated at every turn into doing harm on people he actually wants to protect.
Im a fan of the Outlaws webcomics' version where Bizarro is actively trying to say what he means but for some reason can't. Its a cute yet sad variant of their character
What always bugged me about this version was that he didn’t have his opposite powers. Doesn’t mean this version sucks but i like the imagery of him shooting icy blue beams out of his eyes or breathing superheated flames from his mouth. Still great version of Bizarro, love him.
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6:08 wait a sec. A story of a rich supervillain who was dealing with his body decomposing. Who used anouther Villain as an experiment. And said unlucky Villain dies tragicly ?
That's Mr.Freeze plot from Batman Beyond.
Damn. Bizzarro trying to commit suicide only to be too invulnerable to manage it is dark for such a goofy character.
In _Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?_ Bizarro does succeed in unaliving himself with blue kryptonite.
The sad part is that some folks with very heavy mental disorders like Schizophrenia have succeeded in that cause the weight of their disorders kept them from functioning in a society that goes on about mental health but never commits to actually helping them. Even worse is that there are people who make a living off them these folks who have nothing and cannot function much akin to a Freakshow Circus.
@@ZX-Gearwhat the hell does your comment have to do with Bizarro?
Bizarro has always struck me as almost a metaphor for special needs. He's sweet and wants to do the right thing, but his simplistic understanding of the world can lead him to make mistakes. Others demonize those mistakes, interpreting him as a villain, but Superman always shows Bizarro kindness and compassion. As someone with a special needs younger brother, the character has always respnated with me a lot.
Yea I don’t see him as a real villain, he’s often just confused and misunderstood with what he does.
Bizarro works best as a well meaning klutz. He means well, he just doesn't quite understand what's going on.
I was about to say this. Bizarro has a lot of similarities with folks suffering from developmental disorders and thus they have a harder time grasping concepts tye same as most people. They also are very prime targets of manipulation and at the worst case scenario at the amusement of the manipulators. That is kinda why I have fallen out with most Lolcow Orbiter channels which is made especially worse by their Main Character Syndrome they have especially with some of their targets are actual criminals who are more than capable of hurting women and children.
A little like Lennie from Of Mice and Men
@@AColonDashSix With a happier ending at least.
11:33 Bizarro's return always did kind of bug me, seeing as how he reached a pretty fair living end in STAS. From a citation I found in the Fandom wiki, Bruce Timm wrote on animesuperhero's message boards that the intent in JLU season 3 was that Bizarro's brain had been experimented on so that he'd be "more controllable," with the classic backwards talk as a side effect. The big scar he sported at this point was supposed to imply this.
I wish that was a clone and not the actual Bizarro.
I did notice the scar just now in this video (but for some reason not years ago the last time I saw the episode). Before this comment I just thought the decided to change him to be more like the comics, like with Penguin's appearance, for example.
i love bizarro. he's not evil, just someone who doesn't quite grasp our reality despite attempting to emulate it as best as he could.
he's trying, god damn it he's trying.
I think the implication in the later appearances of Bizzaro, and why he was loyal to Luthor, is that Luthor performed some kind of brain surgery on him. This helped him understand the world around him better, but also caused the classic backwards speak that Bizzaro is generally known for. Note that this quirk didn't appear at all in the character UNTIL Luthor joined the Secret Society.
There's also what appears to be a large scar on his forehead in a bunch of shots during the series (even a few you included in this video). That being said, it's entirely possible that this "scar" is just an animation error, because it randomly appears and disappears between scenes.
Of course Bizzaro is loyal to Lex. After all, Lex Luthor is Bizzaro's arch-nemesis.
I like that theory, it would be a fun mirror of how parallel superman in JLU messed with the brains of the villains on that Earth
Apparently one of the JLU writers had confirmed it
Two sequences that always stuck out to me
"You save Lois. Me no am Superman. You am Superman." "You are a hero."
"You think he survived?" "I hope so. He had a good heart." "Of course, he came from good stock."
Tim Daly's performance really helped bring the character nuance. I think George Newbern could definitely also have pulled off a great voice for the character if maybe Bizarro had more of a spotlight.
Tim Daly is my favorite Superman. He should have got an Emmy. Hell give him all of the awards.
Superman TAS version of Bizzaro is honestly the most sad version for me. Like every version of him is sad, but his character in the series is especially sad. We see how Luthor created Bizzaro by cloning Clark and programming memories for him. Bizzaro basically was Superman just duplicated and we see how confused he is when seeing the real Superman. Then his mind slowly starts to deteriorate and his makeup comes off which confuses him even more. Imagine just living another day as yourself, then one day your body starts falling apart and you find out you’re not actually you, you’re a clone. Bizzaro even has a mental breakdown when Mercy calls him “Bizzaro” and not Superman which was so heartbreaking especially when he starts ranting “BIZZARO?! THAT NOT MY NAME!!” He never really struck me as a villain, just a damaged victim who was always easily manipulated. He wants to be a hero and to help people, but everything he does just hurts people because his mind is so damaged. It’s honestly sad how often he’s so easily manipulated by people who wish to use him, due to his lack of intelligence and understanding. Because of this one day he’ll consider Superman his friend, and the next day someone will easily trick him into thinking Superman is his enemy. He does have moments of self-awareness with the fact that he is flawed version of Superman, particularly when he sees Superman saving Lois. He realizes he’s not actually Superman which is one of the hardest things to watch with him saying “Me no am Superman, you am Superman. Superman save Lois.” But I was glad to see Lois acknowledge his selflessness and tell him “You are a hero” which puts a smile on his face. I’m just glad Clark seems to always treat him with kindness and understanding knowing it’s not his fault that he’s the way he is. He truly is perfectly Imperfect and deep down all he wants to do is help and be a hero, because once again he is Clark Kent just with a damaged mind.
Actually Merry Shelly's monster, or Adam, was quite intelligent. And despite being a walking corpse that would make people gag at mere sight, because he had semi-transparent skin and yellowish hollow eyes, like a well preserved mummy, he quickly learned the world around him and learned by trial and error. Quickly, the monster was able to comprehend reading and even was able to do literary analysis of Paradise lost, where he would identify with the focus character of Satan.
I kinda saw him as a more kind-hearted version of his creator. Something like a version of Doctor Frankenstein who used his intelligence for something other than creepy experiments. Opposites in appearance and morality
@@aerodynamiccow3597, lets not play favourites here, Adam is one vengeful SOB. He killed A LOT of people soley because they were related to Frankenstein.
That being said, yeah Frankenstein was a douche.
@@ADAJ342 I mean, to be fair, being vengeful is kind of understandable in his position. When he was first left without his creator, he was basically a giant baby walking around an unfamiliar world where everybody wants to kill him. The only solace in this depressing world he has, is that he can always fight cruelty with cruelty.
It would be a bit selfish to ask him to take the moral high ground and forgive the world that mistreated him just because it'd be convenient for that world
@@d4n737 , I agree with your point, but he murdered a child who posed 0 threat to him soley because he was related to Frankenstein.
Adam has the right to defend himself, and its understandable for him to react violently to being treated as a monster, but he is not justified in taking out his anger on people who have done nothing to harm him.
He was never called Adam in the book, he simply compares himself to Adam
Bizarro will forever be sad, since he tries to be a hero but never achieves it, since he doesn't understand anything
i do hope bizarro gets a chance to successfuly be a hero.
@@supersmashbro596He has, a couple times.
12:00 I think the scar on Bizarro's forehead implied that Luthor tampered with his will.
I would love to see Bizarro in My Adventures With Superman!!!
I think it’s only a matter of time until he shows up
I've always thought Bizzaro was super underrated and super underutilized in a narrative sense. I wish he was in more stuff with a bigger role. That comic run with Bizzaro, Jason Todd, and... the girl whose name I forget was something I wish I had the money to spend on.
*Artemis, basically the rebel Wonder Woman
I love the big lug, he’s even has some of my favorite stories like where he kidnaps pa kent to play bizarro joe-el with pa and Superman helping him become the hero htrae needs. Or where he’s recruited by ra’s Al ghul who treats him like a son with speacial needs even giving him the iconic stone medallion.
Bizarro has always been one of my favorite Superman characters I hope he appears in a flim one day! 🤞🤞
I always like the detail that in the episode of JLU where Flash and Lex Luthor swap bodies, Bizarros the only member of the legion of doom who realises there's something off and raises his suspicions in a meeting by aksing Flash in Luthors body "am you bizarros mommy?", but none of the other villains take him seriously because he's bizarro.
It is detrimental to the overall intelligence of a team when the least smart guy in the room has more insight than the whole group.
Considering cloning was practically perfected by the time of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited as shown with Galatea Im shocked Lex didn’t give a Superman clone another go
Maybe Kryptonian DNA is harder to clone (at least with human/Earth technology) for some sci-fi genetic reason or something.
Perhaps he tired of duplicating his adversary at that point.
He lost Clark’s DNA at that point and I don’t think he had any more left on hand.
@@ScrinwaipwrIsn't Galatea a clone from Supergirl, aka an Kryptonian (and a reference to the alternative interpretation of Supergirl as Power Girl).
@@thehandsomeone8369 Sounds like the sort of thing that might get confiscated when he did jail time.
Bizarro was never evil in my opinion. He was just misguided. I consider him to be an unofficial member of the Superman family. Someone who will help out in his own way when the situation is grim but for the most part, is left alone to do his own thing, just as long as no one is hurt.
I hate the fact that the writers of JLU brought back Bizarro but had Lex and Grodd lobotimise him in order to make him their slave. If any villain in the dcau Superman rogues gallery deserve a happy ending it is Bizarro.
I actually don’t think it is the real Bizarro, I think it may be a clone, this one speaks in traditional Bizarro lingo, his costume looks more dark, and he’s pretty loyal to Lex when previously Bizarro hated Lex cause he manipulated him.
Bruce confirmed it is the real Bizarro, not another clone.
Sometimes I feel like the Bizzaro version of what I could've been.
I feel the same way. Especially when I'm having a really crappy day. But you know what y'all make the world a better place and I am happy when I see your comments.
@@MarySusanMears thanks so much. you are such a sweetheart, Mary and the world is better for having you in it too.
it's even worse when you have a little brother, because he is literally a better version of you, for example: I have social anxiety and really struggle to make friends, my brother is a social butterfly that can makes friends with whomever he meets to the point that he is still in touch with friends from elementary school, I am relatively short and heavy for my family while my brother is tall and athletic, I had to take the university entrance test 5 times before being accepted but my brother was entitled to a full scholarship due to his grades, my brother can literally do whatever he puts his mind into while I struggle with executive dysfunction, etc, etc, etc.
And is not like he rubs it in my face but sometimes I see him and it dawns on me the fact that I am the worse version of myself, and it's kind of soul crushing, because here I am trying my best and getting mediocre results while he is cruising through life and being the best.
@@hasturthekinginyellow5003 you are you and your brother is your brother, you're not versions of each other.
I do see how you may feel envious of or inadequate when comparing yourself to your brother though. But if he's not being a dick about being "better" or anything then it sounds like you have a powerful ally.
Profile pic checks out.
1:34 wait THERE IT IS!!!!
The pointing meme before the spider-man version
Have they ever had Bizzaro team up with Solomon Grundy?
Because that's a great concept and is bound to be pretty funny, if chaoticly destructive.
Maybe such a thing happened between S: TAS and JL, in what should have been a timeline for a proper Season 4 for the former.
Where they both members of the Legion of Doom
@@PM-ov9sg I'm very sure they were but I am unsure it was ever at the same time. I don't think I've ever seen them together.
I like bizarro, he’s trying
He trying what?
@@srstriker6420 to be good
@@mikewazaski8597you mean to be evil😉
@@alkissakoulis782👍
He's a little confused, but he's got the spirit.
People say superman is boring, but he's pretty unique compared to the neverending lineup of troubled antiheroes. At his best, he's a good man who tries very hard to believe in people.
The RL bizarro is what happens when writers look at Superman and just go "oh yeah he's stronger than all the other heroes," and before you know it he's killing bystanders and doing Jesus metaphors.
5:12 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein's Monster was nothing like the movie interpretation.
Her version of the monster was intelligent and cunning.
And while in the movie, the monster would come to like humanity, the book's version hated humanity for never accepting him in their society.
Sorry for the long comment, but I felt I should clear this up a little.
Great video!
No problem, and that’s kinda what I’m was trying to get at. Brutal was probably a better word than bestial - the movie monster became something of a comedic figure over time (much like Bizarro!) but the original was a stone cold killer. He was philosophical about it though!
@@SerumLake Fair enough
The different interpretations of Bizzaro are great, either a alternate version of Superman, a twisted version of Superman or as a failed clone who's time was going to be cut short in different ways.
I'm glad this Bizzaro was kinda given a redemption.
Also in the brain swap of Lex and Flash in JLU, Bizzaro was the only one, outside of Grodd, to see that something was up with Luthor.
I really like what they do with his character because he has a lot of utility.
IIRC after Lex took over the Legion of Doom, he gave every villain an upgrade (that also hid a sort of killswitch should they try to double cross Lex)
Bizarro from that point on has a scar on his head, implying Lex messed with his brain. I like to think that it was a lobotomy but due to the backwards nature of Bizarro, he ended up getting smarter with less grey matter
I *love* the idea that Bizarro would get smarter from a lobotomy. Like a reverse-Doomsday. Doesn't really work with the clone version of the character, but it is a fun idea!
Thats just hilariously fitting
I doubt it was intentional but I love the shade thrown at Homelander.
Perfect evolution, it makes sense to start seeing Superman and other DCAU villains in your videos. Can't wait to see more.
It feels like the thing Bizarro is missing is a teacher. He was given these false memories of Superman but not of Clark Kent. He knows how to be a savior but he doesn't really know how the world works. Let's be honest, if we were Superman and we saw a giant rock coming to collide with something that normally holds people we would stop it too, we wouldn't knos that they were delomishing a building.
That small clip in the video of Bizarro rolling a boulder down the hill to smash his rock people could be him trying to sate that desire to help since that's all he knows. He could also just be extremely bored, the guy's stuck sith his pet and nothing else.
the true versions of bizzaro i wouldnt even call villians, antagonists yes, but as you said, he has the heart of superman, just not the brain of him
I really wish the STAS had adapt Bizarro Lois and the other duplicates, since their presence not only gives Bizarro a happy ending but, when analyzed, Bizarro's had a better life than Superman at that point: He was married to Bizarro Lois and the two had a child while Clark and Lois weren't even married at that time; Bizarro lived on planet with his people while Superman, a kryptonian, live on Earth among humans; Unlike Superman, Bizarro didn't need a secret identity or to hide his powers from his people.
In some ways, for someone who wanted to be accept like Superman, Bizarro end up getting the life that Superman always wanted.
If I may suggest a video for the future, how about:
General Zod: The Unseen Superman Villain (with the thumbnail saying "Unseen")
By "unseen" I'm referring to the fact that he only appeared in the tie-in comics and in the show they had Jax-Ur as an (arguably less interesting) substitute due to rights issues, but he did appear in Superman Adventures. I'm not really a fan of Zod, I was just giving a suggestion for a video if you're interested.
I think Watchtower Database already did a video about this
@@SerumLake They didn't. They made a video about some famous DC villains that never fully appeared in the DCAU but they did not mention Zod.
It gets confusing when the guy gets mentioned on the suspected JLU sequel comic Justice League Infinity.
i really hope the bizzaro we see in unlimited isnt the OG as poor lad went through alot he deserved a long break
According to Bruce Timm, he was lobotomized in Season 3 so he'd be more controllable, with the backward talk as a side effect.
Alas, I'm with Bruce Timm on this. Cold, yet admittedly makes a lot of sense to the plot, a la the very concept of Batman Beyond.
@@mitchfletcher2386 🙂damn you bruce
Y'all remember when Bizarro made his own Bizarro-Earth? With Bizarro-versions of iconic DC characters?
Is that the one with the Bizarro Green Lantern who has a magic nose ring that can create anything he doesn't think of? Or the yellow one that shoots himself in the face? Bizarros, man... I love them so much.
Htrae, I believe.
Also had the self imposed law that they must do the opposite of what the people of Earth do, leading to a never ending string of nonsense.
Which logically results in bizzaro lex making an imperfect copies of bizzaro... here we go again
@@JacobSheehan-s1l
Bizarro Bizarro a.k.a. the only "normal human" on Bizarro-Earth
There's a wound on Bizarro's forehead in JLU. I assumed they found him and operated on his mind, hence the reverse-speak and arbitrary hatred of Superman, who he was very friendly with before then.
Bizarro’s finding of a blind girl reminds me of when The Thing finds Alicia
Bizarro should have his own cartoon or movie
I thought that the suit degrading was due to the imperfect Bizarro dust being spread onto it as his "perfect" skin broke off.
...now I can't think of it as other than a flab of skin. Lovely.
Cool to see you start expanding beyond the batman part of the DC universe.
Great video.👏🏻 I think that Tim Daly's voice work as Bizarro also helped make him a more sympathetic character on STAS.
I'd definitely like to see you dive into some of the other Superman villains.
I'm definitely looking forward to your video on Inque - one of the best Batman Beyond villains.
Cool, consider the Superman villains added to the rotation!
@@SerumLake Awesome - thanks!
Can't wait for analyzing Project CADMUS, its predecessors like Project Achilles, and even suspect ties with people like Static Shock's Edwin Alva. May even do snide remarks on how non-superhero cartoons like Disney's Amphibia failed a bit due to not having an Earth-based humanocentric organization be an antagonististic force worth fearing.
@@michaelandreipalon359Amphibia was a little busy telling an epic story about a girl and her frig family fighting a corrupt newt tyrant and the Supreme intelligent and yet you say it failed because it did not feature a rip off if cadmus? Of all the fucking stupid things to whine about!...
Here's another bit of info...Bizarro was originally created by Otto Binder who was the original Captain Marvel's main writer. He was hired by DC after DC successfully shut down Fawcett's superhero line. The character's charm feels like he would have been at home in Captain Marvel's world. The Superman line benefitted from Binder's imagination and whimsical approach.
Wonderful fact, thank you Dan!
I’m loving your dissections of Superman villains! Despite being one of the big three (along with Batman and Spider-Man) Superman’s lore and rouges are not discussed nearly as much.
Comprehensive and useful video.
One of my favorite version of Bizzaro is the one that shows up in Superman & Lois, where he was introduced with WEEN music! That and his interpretation is great, he's not dumb, he literally speaks backwards, and the Bizzaro Universe still has the weird silly stuff like all spheres being cubes and all dogs being cats, but still has some genuine interesting drama associated with him.
The angular lines on comic Bizarro's face are meant to imitate a broken mirror, since Bizarro is a "broken" version of Superman.
12:02 I noticed this even when I was little, but he does have a scar on his forehead and later episodes, which makes me to believe that Lex might’ve literally lobotomized or did something to him to be loyal?.
Bizarro in JLU is shown that he has a weird line on his forehead that he didnt had it before, that kinda looks like a scar, and it brings me the theory that he got captured eventualy and Lex did something to his brain to make him more obidiant and speak oposite.
Question of the day: If Superman's kisses could erase memories in Superman 2, would kissing Bizarro make you remember things you forgot?
Curiously, Bizarro was literally Superman in an alternate universe. In the Elseworld story "The Superman Monster", Lex Luthor finds the remains of baby Kal-El on a crashed ship in the 19th century, using his DNA to create a monstruos supermsn cslled Bizarro. There was a very furious tribute to the novel Frankenstein
I kind of grew up on the Justice Friends Bizarro which painted him in a more negative light being from the Bizarro Universe. I really like this Bizarro instead, a more traigc child-like superman
Both Bizarro and Plastic man wear uniforms that are actually just their body
Correction: the bestial version of Frankenstein is movie only. The monster of the book is erudite, eloquent, and some kind of genius autodidact.
Yes, sorry, in the book was bestial at first, like a newborn, but became quite eloquent.
@@SerumLake He was more infantile really. After all, he'd just been born.
Cartoons seem to have the best relatable characters in fiction. There's a reason so many like comics. I never watched these, but jus the concepts you're describing bring me to the brink of tearing up.
Kinda reminds me of my auntie's dog when I was a child.
A giant 60+ kg pile of meat that was unintentionally dangerous, I remember that once when I was playing with him he just grabbed mey arm in his teeth and thrown me across the floor, which of course caused 6yo me to cry in pain and shock.
But the thing was the dog shown no signs of anger, it was just playing around for him.
And yeah my parrents never let me get close to it again throughout the rest of my childhood xd
Actually had an idea regarding him
He eventually tries to duplicate the people of Earth using some weird method and bring them to Bizarro World, but pretty much every duplicate is rational (though whenever they can do "backwards" things without hurting themselves, they do it- like selling "cold dogs" and "hot cream", or using kilometers in Bizarro America and the imperial system on the rest of the planet)
After Bizarro's duplicate ends up becoming a handsome yet non-superpowered genius universally liked by the entire planet, Bizarro goes mad and attempts to pull a *Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow* by blowing the planet up himself, but the only person he ends up killing in the process is himself
Lex Luthor laughing with Superman is scary.
I definitely would like to see more stas videos. While not on the same level as btas, it’s still one of my favorite adaptations of the character. Would love to see a video covering Lex.
Mary Shelly's original monster learned to be quite civilized, for example knew how to read and spoke sophisticatedly.
As a person on the autism spectrum, I know what it’s like to be mistreated because of my disability, especially when I was younger and had much poorer control with my emotions and considering bizarro can also be considered to have an intellectual disability, I deeply empathize with him because he is a person who doesn’t fully understand the world around him, trying to be a good person, but other people either are mean to him because he’s different or manipulate him into doing things he otherwise wouldn’t because he is too naïve to understand that they are him and I hope that the original bizarro from the DC animated universe stayed on his planet, and that the new one in Justice league was created by gorilla grad because that makes more sense than being the exact same person
You said it brother. I posted on my community, The misunderstood are sometimes the ones rejected, and some can show they are not the ones to be feared but loved and cared.
3:51 Jimmy, you little Psychopath. 😂
The smirk while he calls bizarro a "thing" is so twisted it's hilarious
Great video. Two things to note. Im surprised the original scientist didnt try to duplicate poisons if his ray made duplicates that were opposites. Two, my theory on why Bizarro's clothes degraded was because his bioelectric aura was acting incorrectly and degrading his clothes. (The bioelectric aura was the bullshit comic book reason to explain why superman's clothing doesn't instantly get blasted off in battle. His aura extends a few millimeters awayvfrom his skin, extending his invulnerability to his clothes.
Adding to the chorus of support for more STAS villains. I was a bit surprised to realize you hadn’t done much with them before this. I think your style would be a great fit.
One notable hero that isn’t truly human, is kamen rider, from 1971, Kamen Rider is one of the biggest representatives of the Tokusatsu genre, he’s also notable for the fact that he helped to popularize the muffler scarf as a cape replacement.
A less talked about take on bizarro, Justice league action had its flaws but I loved the idea of him trying to impress and join the league. Along with him basically acting like the kryptonite man for Amazo.
For the skin costume thing of both warping at the same time, I took it as his body warping the sunlight it was absorbing, and as such messing up what was immediately in contact with him at the time, his clothes.
Almost the same interpretation as mine, that.
9:00 no body was found? What it was littered with clones
Bizarro Krypto needs more attention
Popcap: “hey, DC can I copy your homework?”
DC: Sure, just change it up a bit so it doesn’t look like you copied.
(Insert Image of Bizarro)
Popcap: Ok
(Insert image of Super Brainz)
Who would be L.E.A.F. side's Superman?
We think Bizarro’s voiced by Tim Daly and
George Newbern sounded like Kylo Ren from
the Star Wars franchise who played by Adam
Driver with masked and then unmasked voices.
I would have loved to see Bizarro grow into his own person and possibly be a seperate hero we could have Bizzaro join the Justice League as a new member
Can't say I ever thought much of Bizarro, at least as depicted in DCAU. He didn't strike me as having much to make him compelling to watch; being that his lessons were already heavily being covered by other sources.
I think it would be neat for you to cover the batman 2004 D.A.V.E. and superman 1988 xelandra they're both interesting characters with a lot of potential. DAVE is very strong and smart. Xelandra can clone herself and shoot a silk thing.
Those Ruby-Spears cartoons sure are surprisingly good, in a way.
@@michaelandreipalon359 yeah. Xelandra is interesting despite littarly only appearing once.
0:22 tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk
Here's a fun thought experiment... So, a lot of Bizarro-style characters have appeared (multiple versions sometimes), including an entire universe of Bizarros in the comics. If you were going to write a story about a non-Superman Bizarro, who would it be and what would be the conflict?
I know there are a couple Bizarro Lanterns already, but that's the exact route I'd go and try to really explore the concept. Instead of courage and willpower, Bizarro GL's power would be derived from his COWARDICE with his ring able to create anything he is scared of. He would try to help the League fight evil or even just help ordinary citizens, but his own constructs would terrify him. He then tries to create a new construct to fight the first, only to compound his problem. He will be frightened away to start the cycle over somewhere else. But the real GL would eventually teach him to face his fears, and his newfound courage will deactivate the ring. At which point the League immediately takes the ring away and sends him to much needed therapy.
Jason Aaron already used my idea of Bizarro Joker being the sanest man on earth :(
@@SerumLake Well, great minds think alike! At least you know you have good ideas.
I'd have loved a Bizzaro book somewhat akin to Planet Hulk, where Bizzaro ends up on an alien world and becomes its hero.
I've never been a fan of the inverted Bizzaro-speak, the broken english/ speech makes sense from a narrative standpoint given that, when he's a flawed clone, his brain would be impaired.
While I dislike the majority of the New 52, I did like the version of Bizzaro that came from the Forever Evil arc.
I didn't expect to be a fan of the father-like affection that New 52 Luthor had for him.
Red Son Superman is probably my favorite heroic representation of the flawed clone Bizzaro type. I HATED what they did to him in the animated adaptation.
Let's not forget another famous character that was inspired by supes, Goku.
When I saw the cover to the DC Comics Encyclopedia where it shows Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman up close against their enemies the Joker, Bizarro Superman, and Cheetah, at first I thought Bizarro was Solomon Grundy from the 2001 Justice League show in a Superman suit, based on how similar he looked to Grundy. I didn't even know Bizarro was in Justice League Unlimited at the time, let alone Superman the Animated Series. It was one of the rare moments my DC noob showed, thankfully in private. In fairness Grundy also spoke in broken English just like Bizarro Superman, so at least I couldn't be faulted on that.
I’d love more superman villain videos
Bizarro is very tragic. It breaks my heart to watch stories with him. I prefer when it's just "an evil superman" , with very little nuance like Nuclear Man from Superman 4.
5:15 "Byrne's version of Bizarro is more bestial - much like the Mary Shelly's original Frankenstein's monster - he barely speaks, instead communicating though guttural grunts and the flinging of his fists."
What! No that's not at all accurate Mary Shelly's creatuer is vary intelligent and eloquent and evil. Guys i dont think this guy's actually read Frankenstein.
I was talking about at his “birth” when he gets rejected by Dr Frankenstein, sorry for not making it clearer!
Animated Bizarro's design seems perfectly tuned to inspire pity.
one thing they did in the comics that I actually thought was really interesting was for a brief stint he teamed up with Red hood of all people and even became a super genius for a brief period.
I always felt sorry for Bizzaro. I often wonder if he got his due after the JLU finale.
Hopefully so. Better him given the Solomon Grundy mercy treatment than see him fight a never ending conflict up to the Batman Beyond era.
@@michaelandreipalon359 I have a feeling that due to being a failed clone, Bizzaro probobly died due to complications long before Superman reached his age at the time of the BB justice league episode. Kryptonian genetics are often seen as way more complex than anything seen on Earth which would account for why Luthor had issues attempting to clone Superman at all.
Bizarro am here to SAAAAVE the day!
Plz do a STAS video on Metallo that would be epic!
Best version of Bizarro is still in Red Sun. Where Bizarro sees an errant nuclear missile launch, and has the presence of mind to blind Superman so that he can sacrifice himself to stop the strike.
To say for the least, "the misunderstood are sometimes the ones rejected, and some can show they are not the ones to be feared but loved and cared."
Could you cover Livewire? There's always something that clicked for me when it came to her blame shifting her condition onto him and she seemed to be quite competent as villain when it came to her plans. IDK maybe I'm in the minority for liking her as a character.
5:17 Mary Shelley's original Frankenstein's Monster definitely wasn't bestial, but a well spoken romantic figure
A well spoken romantic figure that was quite happy murdering people (yeah, bestial probably wasn’t the right word - brutal, maybe?)
@@SerumLake Oh, yes, I understand what you mean now! Yes of course, even though he was more civilized, he was definetely way more evil than later versions inspired by Karloff
I will never forget the "BIZARRO'S HERE TO SAVE THE DAY!!!"
Bizarro was a science fiction exploration of science gone awry and reminiscent of Frankenstein as the outsider alien.
Very early in concepts of cloning, very relevant in "evil twin" themes in comics and television. Would had amazed if DC wrote a Lobo vs Bizarro story.
I really find it interesting how him poofing into powder is when dying is the most consistent reccuring bit of his lore, especially since this powder seems to impart some Kryptonian into the people it enters.
Considering the original origins of Bizzarro being that he was cloned accidentally by a device meant to clone medicine pills, I wonder if you could do something surrounding him with the concept of sugar pills. Like, some future adaptation has the duplication ray needing matter to transform into a duplicate, and since it was only meant to duplicate medicine, the scientist filled it with Sugar, since that's a common medical dilutant and placebo.
That way, you can have a minor sweet taste in the air around whenever he dies, symbolizing his inner sweet nature in death, and leaving pieces of himself in the people around him who cared when he died.
(Which could go a ways to explain how he retains previous memories when he inevitably gets cloned from Superman again; he's actually still in there.)
You could even have the spot he died become a sort of ultra-nature spot, where the plants grow tall and green, the creatures live long and healthy, and the tools of man struggle to clear it out.
I just think there's some untapped thematic potential with linking Bizzario and Sugar, especially in terms of the Havoc they wreak and the abuse they enable, and the subsequent demonization and ostracization they face in wider society because of that, all while also not being at all sinister by themselves, and containing quite a lot of good.
I feel the parasite and metallic are two villains that were closest this show had to being the sympathetic villains. Rudy Jones being a bit of a loser no one took seriously, and Metallo being betrayed by Luthor and is now more machine than man.
I always like these types of characters who do want to help but just don't quite understand how to or don't know how to regulate their strength. The Iron Giant reminds me of this too and I'm sure it's just a trend to take characters inspired by Frankenstein's Monster and make them more heroic so the audiences feels even more sorry for them.
Bizarro was one of my favourite antagonists from STAS. It's a bit of a shame he was seemingly changed into just a broken puppet in JLU. I did always wish we got to see Bizarro and Grundy interact in the JL series due to some of the parallel's with them being misunderstood brutes who the heroes actually feel sorry for. They don't really have a place in the world so perhaps they could have became friends.
The only episode I'd seen of bizaro was identity crisis
I've since seen many clips of bizaro but because they didn't line up with my memory of the episode I had convinced myself that I was mistaken in believing that it was bizaro in the episode
Bizzaro, when you think about it, he's really quite a tragic character. He wants to do good, but is manipulated at every turn into doing harm on people he actually wants to protect.
Okay what is up with the ominous ambience in these video?
I definitely would enjoy more superman videos. Hopefully they do well I know he's not as popular as Batman stuff
Im a fan of the Outlaws webcomics' version where Bizarro is actively trying to say what he means but for some reason can't. Its a cute yet sad variant of their character
What always bugged me about this version was that he didn’t have his opposite powers. Doesn’t mean this version sucks but i like the imagery of him shooting icy blue beams out of his eyes or breathing superheated flames from his mouth. Still great version of Bizarro, love him.
A flaw probably propagated because DCAU Supes doesn't have freeze breath.