History AdaptationalWimp / DCExtendedUniverse

Just like the MCU, all the herald characters get this in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse compared to their comic versions. While they are plenty strong and tough in the movies, in the comics thanks to particuarly infamous as StrongAsTheyNeedToBe the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter can all move planets around and move faster than the light speed. For the sake having a narrative, most DC heroes's abilities are AdaptationalWimp toned down significantly]] (none of them can push around planets) and they far more vulnerable to attacks, even from {{Muggles}}.

* Just like the MCU, all the herald characters get this in the DCEU compared to their comic versions. While they are plenty strong and tough in the movies, in the comics thanks to particuarly infamous as StrongAsTheyNeedToBe the likes of Superman, Wonder Woman and Martian Manhunter can all move planets around and move faster than the light speed. For the sake having a narrative, most DC heroes's abilities are toned down significantly (none of them can push around planets) and they far more vulnerable to attacks, even from {{Muggles}}.

** Steppenwolf gets a heavy dose of this. In the comics, Steppenwolf is a [[ComicBook/NewGods New God]] from [[Characters/NewGodsApokolips Apokolips]] who's easily able to overpower the heroes, even Kryptonians (e.g Superman's son Jonathan) plus Comic!Steppenwolf even ''killed'' Earth 2 Wonder Woman by running her through with his CoolSword. Film!Steppenwolf is laughably pathetic, getting overpowered by the Amazons in a FlashBack and only invades the Earth again when Superman isn't around to protect it; Wonder Woman and Aquaman can match him in combat and Superman [[CurbStompBattle utterly humiliates him]].
** Batman gets some of this as well at the start of the movie; he has trouble overpowering a single criminal and is rendered ineffectual when dealing with bigger threats, relegated to shooting Parademons from the sidelines. Batman also lacks TheChessmaster strategy or any caution in the movie, ready to pointlessly sacrifice himself at the drop of a hat.

** Played with in regards to ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''. In the comics he's an InvincibleVillain and GodOfEvil, when we first see him in action during the ancient invasion in Snyder's cut, while very strong (being able to easily kill a Green Lantern) he's still injured by the Amazons' arrows, scorched by Zeus' lightning and then mortally wounded by Ares forcing him to retreat. In the comics '''none''' of that would have effected Darkseid or even slow him down in the slightest. Except its shown later, since the failed invasion of Earth Darkseid has gained his [[EyeBeams Omega Beams]] and in the BadFuture defeats the Justice League and subjugates Superman, which is pretty on par with his comic counterpart.

** Kryptonians in general get this compared to the majority of comics where their feats and powers are often BeyondTheImpossible. While undeniably godly powerful they still realistically follow the laws of motion and conservation of energy meaning bullets and missiles can slow them down and in the case of Faora actually knock them out. In the comics literally none of this would've even bothered them without AppliedPhlebotinum. Likewise, in the [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice sequel]] a nuke is able to badly injure Superman and reduce him a corpse-like state requiring the sun to heal him. Though in fairness this is a refrence to the ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' where a nuclear blast could harm Clark in such a fashion and the ''ComicBook/New52'' comics also have Superman be reduced to a zombie-like state when he and Diana split a atom. So the flimmakers didn't pull this out of nowhere, even if it is a flagrant case of DependingOnTheWriter in the comics. Played straighter in regard to their speed as almost none of them can move at faster than light like the comics, only Superman comes to the closest given his fight with the Flash in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Ironically despite being technically weaker overall, the DCEU according to a lot of fans actually made Kryptonians feel more powerful than most adaptations [[PersonOfMassDestruction due to going all out]] when came to fighting.

** Kryptonians in general get this compared to the majority of comics where their feats and powers are often BeyondTheImpossible. While undeniably godly powerful they still realistically follow the laws motion and conservation of energy meaning bullets and missiles can slow them down and in the case of Faora actually knock them out. In the comics literally none of this would've even bothered them without AppliedPhlebotinum. Likewise, in the [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice sequel]] a nuke is able to badly injure Superman and reduce him a corpse-like state requiring the sun to heal him. Though in fairness this is a refrence to the ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' where a nuclear blast could harm Clark in such a fashion and the ''ComicBook/New52'' comics also have Superman be reduced to a zombie-like state when he and Diana split a atom. So the flimmakers didn't pull this out of nowhere, even if it is a flagrant case of DependingOnTheWriter in the comics. Played straighter in regard to their speed as almost none of them can move at faster than light like the comics, only Superman comes to the closest given his fight with the Flash in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Ironically despite being technically weaker overall, the DCEU according to a lot of fans actually made Kryptonians feel more powerful than most adaptations [[PersonOfMassDestruction due to going all out]] when came to fighting.

** Kryptonians in general get this compared to the majoirty of comics where their feats and powers are often BeyondTheImpossible. While undeniably godly powerful they still realistically follow the laws motion and conservation of energy meaning bullets and missiles can slow them down and in the case of Faora actually knock them out. In the comics literally none of this would've even bothered them without AppliedPhlebotinum. Likewise, in the [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice sequel]] a nuke is able to badly injure Superman and reduce him a corpse-like state requiring the sun to heal him. Though in fairness this is a refrence to the ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' where a nuclear blast could harm Clark in such a fashion and the ''ComicBook/New52'' comics also have Superman be reduced to a zombie-like state when he and Diana split a atom. So the flimmakers didn't pull this out of nowhere, even if it is a flagrant case of DependingOnTheWriter in the comics. Played straighter in regard to their speed as almost none of them can move at faster than light like the comics, only Superman comes to the closest given his fight with the Flash in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Ironically despite being technically weaker overall, the DCEU according to a lot of fans actually made Kryptonians feel more powerful than most adaptations [[PersonOfMassDestruction due to going all out]] when came to fighting.

* ''Film/BlackAdam'': While most of the Justice Society get this compared to the titular AntiHero (who has a ''massive'' case of CharacterShilling throughout the film) the hardest hit would likely be ComicBook/DoctorFate. In the comics Fate tends to make even Dotor Strange in comparsion look underpowered with the amount of OP power he possess thanks to Nabu being able to go toe to toe with a multiversally-ampted Spectre and gives even Zatana a run for her money with his RealityWarper god magic -- on top of having standard FlyingBrick strength and toughness. In ''Black Adam'' Fate is able to annnoy the hell of Adam and briefly hold him down with SelfDuplication and magic ''but that's about it'' and once Adam [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]] is blasted away like he's nothing. In the comics, Adam would generally not be able to match Fate at the height of his abilites and Fate definitely wouldn't be so easily beaten down as depicted here.

** Kryptonians in general get this compared to the majoirty of comics where their feats and powers are often BeyondTheImpossible. While undeniably godly powerful they still realistically follow the laws motion and conservation of energy meaning bullets and missiles can slow them down and in the case of Faora actually knock them out. In the comics literally none of this would've even bothered them without AppliedPhlebotinum. Likewise, in the [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice sequel]] a nuke is able to badly injure Superman and reduce him a corpse-like requiring the sun to heal him. Though in fairness this is a refrence to the ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' where a nuclear blast could harm Clark in such a fashion and the ''ComicBook/New52'' comics also have Superman be reduced to a zombie-like state when he and Diana split a atom. So the flimmakers didn't pull this out of nowhere, even if it is a flagrant case of DependingOnTheWriter in the comics. Played straighter in regard to their speed as almost none of them can move at faster than light like the comics, only Superman comes to the closest given his fight with the Flash in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Ironically despite being technically weaker overall, the DCEU according to a lot of fans actually made Kryptonians feel more powerful than most adaptations [[PersonOfMassDestruction due to going all out]] when came to fighting.

** To be fair to Cassandra, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Dinah Lance]] also gets a good dose of this in the film. In comics she’s one of the best martial artists in DC and her signature [[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]] can decimate cities and can even hurt the likes of Amazo and Superman. In the movie she’s still a good fighter (though not as impressive as her comic counterpart) but her sonic scream has been heavily nerfed, Dinah only really lets loose once and manages to knock a few dozen guys back and break glass... ''[[PowerStrainBlackout then she faints]]''. Needlessly to say comic Dinah is far stronger than that being able use her cry frequently without passing out.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Starro, still quite the EldritchAbomination and massive threat to the planet. [[spoiler: But film Starro lacks the energy absorption, terraforming and other incredible variety of powers from the comics and is far more vulnerable as King Shark is able to bite its flesh, Polka-Dot Man can blow its leg off and Ratcatcher II can kill it with an army of rats. In the comics Starro has given even the Justice League trouble and none of what the Squad throws at it in the film, would’ve hurt it in the slightest.]]

** Mercy Graves takes after her incarnation in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in being a personal assistant for Luthor, not his bodyguard like in DCAU and comics. [[spoiler: She also gets killed off before she can do anything noteworthy.]]

** Mercy Graves takes after her incarnation in the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in being a personal assistant for Luthor, not his bodyguard.

* The Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:

** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'':
*** Kryptonite itself. In the comics and prior adaptations, the Kryptonite is clearly established as lethal to Superman and other Kryptonians. In the film, while it does still harm Kryptonians it just seems to [[BroughtDownToBadass inhibit access to their strength]] when Batman weaponizes it to engage Superman. [[spoiler: It does still work well enough to deliver a killing blow against [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]] during Superman's HeroicSacrifice, though.]]
*** Mercy Graves takes after her incarnation in the aforementioned ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'' in being a personal assistant for Luthor, not his bodyguard.

** ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'':
*** Steppenwolf gets a heavy dose of this. In the comics, Steppenwolf is a [[ComicBook/NewGods New God]] from [[Characters/NewGodsApokolips Apokolips]] who's easily able to overpower the heroes, even Kryptonians (e.g Superman's son Jonathan) plus Comic!Steppenwolf even ''killed'' Earth 2 Wonder Woman by running her through with his CoolSword. Film!Steppenwolf is laughably pathetic, getting overpowered by the Amazons in a FlashBack and only invades the Earth again when Superman isn't around to protect it; Wonder Woman and Aquaman can match him in combat and Superman [[CurbStompBattle utterly humiliates him]].
*** Batman gets some of this as well at the start of the movie; he has trouble overpowering a single criminal and is rendered ineffectual when dealing with bigger threats, relegated to shooting Parademons from the sidelines. Batman also lacks TheChessmaster strategy or any caution in the movie, ready to pointlessly sacrifice himself at the drop of a hat.
** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'':
*** Steppenwolf is still less impressive than his ComicBook/Earth2 comic version, although he's very much an AdaptationalBadass to the 2017 version, being more focused and strategical than his 2017 counterpart (and he didn't lead the ancient invasion, Uxas/Darkseid did).
*** Played with in regards to ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} in ''Zack Snyder's Justice League''. In the comics he's an InvincibleVillain and GodOfEvil, when we first see him in action during the ancient invasion in Snyder's cut, while very strong (being able to easily kill a Green Lantern) he's still injured by the Amazons' arrows, scorched by Zeus' lightning and then mortally wounded by Ares forcing him to retreat. In the comics '''none''' of that would have effected Darkseid or even slow him down in the slightest. Except its shown later, since the failed invasion of Earth Darkseid has gained his [[EyeBeams Omega Beams]] and in the BadFuture defeats the Justice League and subjugates Superman, which is pretty on par with his comic counterpart.
*** Batman meanwhile [[AvertedTrope absolutely lacks]] the above AdaptationalWimp traits in this version.
** ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'':
*** Slipknot doesn't have much of a role aside from showing up and [[spoiler: getting his head blown off]] -- since it's unknown if ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}} even ''exists'' in the DCEU, let alone if Slipknot was a foe of his (or if Slipknot underwent a RoguesGalleryTransplant), Slipknot doesn't even have the distinction of having used rope to defeat someone who can break down subatomic particles (like he does in the comics).
*** Though to be fair, Slipknot got off lightly compared to the movie's BigBad The Enchantress. In the comics she's an EldritchAbomination (explicitly stronger than Superman and Wonder Woman) trapped in the body of a human whose power is so great it took the combined forces of the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark Dark Justice League]] and ComicBook/JohnConstantine [[SealedEvilInACan binding her to June Moon]] for sake of saving hundreds of lives. In the film, The Enchantress is [[DidYouJUstPunchOutCthulhu killed]] by a bunch of petty criminals (one of whom is just an AxCrazy [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn former psychiatrist]] with a baseball bat) and some explosives.
*** ComicBook/TheJoker get this as well being downgraded from city spanning MonsterClown [[ChaoticEvil anarchist]], to a simple crazy mob boss with bleached skin. Though even as a gangster (as Golden Age comic and Burton versions of the Joker were), Suicide Squad Joker isn't that threatening; instead of [[TheChessmaster schemes]] he relies on firepower, {{Mooks}}, and a helicopter which was soon shot down. When Batman shows up, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he flees]] and the Joker's only real skill that was carried over from the comic is his MasterOfDisguise ability.
*** It's not as egregious as other examples but ComicBook/{{Katana}} is seriously lacking compared to her comic counterpart where she's a OneWomanArmy whose skills are on par with Batman. The film version of Katana doesn't use her SoulPower beyond talking to her dead husband and is easily overpowered in the FinalBattle.
** ''Film/Shazam2019'' does this to the SevenDeadlySins. In the comics, each one of the Sins are {{Physical God}}s that have Omnipresence, Immortality and cannot be beaten by the heroes using any conventional means being {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s. In the film, they're just a bunch of snarling demons, only a real threat to {{Muggles}} and Shazam, [[spoiler: along with his empowered brothers and sisters,]] make short work of them in the FinalBattle.
** ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020'':
*** Unfortunately done to [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]]. In the comics she's one of Batman's greatest protégées (probably only second to Dick Grayson) and thanks to being [[TrainingFromHell trained]] from birth by the Leagues of Shadows, Cassandra is capable of ridiculous superhuman feats even for [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Batman standards]]. In the movie on the other hand, she's just a little thief who displays no martial arts skills and needs to be protected from Black Mask by Harley Quinn and rest of the Birds of Prey.
*** To be fair to Cassandra, [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Dinah Lance]] also gets a good dose of this in the film. In comics she’s one of the best martial artists in DC and her signature [[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]] can decimate cities and can even hurt the likes of Amazo and Superman. In the movie she’s still a good fighter (though not as impressive as her comic counterpart) but her sonic scream has been heavily nerfed, Dinah only really lets loose once and manages to knock a few dozen guys back and break glass... ''[[PowerStrainBlackout then she faints]]''. Needlessly to say comic Dinah is far stronger than that being able use her cry frequently without passing out.
** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' does this to quite a few characters while giving the rest (even Polka-Dot Man) AdaptationalBadass.
*** Mongal is the hardest hit in the film, in the comics as the daughter of Mongul (who’s slightly stronger than Superman) she’s a planet busting FlyingBrick who can fight Kryptonains. In the film, Mongal is just a fairly strong orange skinned alien lady [[spoiler: who horrifically burns to death after crashing a helicopter in the opening mission of the film, in the comics fire [[NighInvulnerability wouldn’t even singe her]].]]
*** Blackguard is a powerful enemy of ComicBook/BoosterGold in the comics who has ergokinesis and powerful future-tec such as shields. In the film he only has guns and a smart mouth, [[spoiler: and gets his face blown off in BloodyHilarious fashion at the beginning.]]
*** Savant is a GeniusBruiser stud in the comics who’s took on the ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey and even matched Black Canary in hand to hand combat. In the film he’s a scraggy middle aged DirtyCoward [[spoiler: and AssholeVictim who like Slipknot [[ExplosiveLeash gets his head exploded]] to show that Amanda Waller isn’t messing around.]]
*** Javelin in the comics while pretty lame has still taken on the likes of Deadshot and Green Lantern and even the entire Justice League in ''Cry For Justice''. [[spoiler: In the film he’s one of the first to be killed albeit with Harley carrying on his legacy.]]
*** Weasel is a surprisingly strong villain who’s almost killed Firestorm in the comics and even proved to be an effective member of the Suicide Squad. In the film, he’s TheLoad and drowns early on the film [[spoiler: although it’s shown in the post credits he survived and rushes into action... well after the Squad have saved the day.]]
*** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Starro, still quite the EldritchAbomination and massive threat to the planet. [[spoiler: But film Starro lacks the energy absorption, terraforming and other incredible variety of powers from the comics and is far more vulnerable as King Shark is able to bite its flesh, Polka-Dot Man can blow its leg off and Ratcatcher II can kill it with an army of rats. In the comics Starro has given even the Justice League trouble and none of what the Squad throws at it in the film, would’ve hurt it in the slightest.]]