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** This ends up costing Lord Wonder Woman in her fight with her counterpart and Batman as she no longer wears her tiara whereas the League version of Wonder Woman still has her and uses it as a projectile to knock out Lord Wonder Woman before she can crush Batman to death a piece of wall.
* FearfulSymmetry: The Batman vs. Batman fight finds both having a very hard time landing a blow on each other due to each not only having the same level of skill but basically knowing how the other will think.
* {{Hypocrite}}: The Justice Lords turn into tyrants in order to atone for not going far enough to save their Flash. By the time they meet the Justice League, they're perfectly willing to use deadly force against the League to include Lord Superman being willing to kill the League's Flash with minimal concern.
** Lord Batman doesn't think to change the codes on his holding cells despite the fact that he's holding a prisoner that uses the same codes on his world.
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* LargeHam: Unlike the mainstream Lex, President Luthor is madly muttering about how nobody recognizes his genius and now they'll all die.
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* LargeHam: Unlike the mainstream Lex, President Luthor is madly muttering about how nobody recognizes his genius and now they'll all die. His Superman calls him a "nothing more than a mad dog now" which implies this Lex has only recently lost his mind now that he's brought the world to the brink of nuclear armageddon.
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* MachiavelliWasWrong: There's PlayingWithATrope. In the Justice Lords' world, the people were in fear of the Lords. Even Hawkgirl brings up the fact that nobody seemed to like them anymore. However, while the world is not exactly paradise, the Justice Lords do have things under control much better than the Justice League. Then they are defeated partly because one of their own, Lord Batman, betrays them ''because'' they rule through fear and tyranny.
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* MachiavelliWasWrong: There's PlayingWithATrope. In the Justice Lords' world, the people were in fear of the Lords. Even Hawkgirl brings up the fact that nobody seemed to like them anymore. However, while the world is not exactly paradise, the Justice Lords do have things under control much better than the Justice League. Then they are defeated partly because one of their own, Lord Batman, betrays them ''because'' they rule through fear and tyranny. While threats like Lex and the Joker are no longer a problem, the League and their regime's tendency to arrest people for something as petty as being too loudly angry in public and their willingness to murder virtuous heroes for standing in their way shows that the Justice Lords are now as much a threat to the population as Lex or Joker ever were.
* MirrorMatch: There are multiple instances of the heroes getting into a protracted fight with their exact counterpart. The most prominent is Batman's fight in the Batcave. Green Lantern and J'onn also spend the final battle almost exclusively fighting their opposite numbers on the League while Flash fights Lord Superman and Batman helps Wonder Woman fight Lord Wonder Woman.
* MirrorMatch: There are multiple instances of the heroes getting into a protracted fight with their exact counterpart. The most prominent is Batman's fight in the Batcave. Green Lantern and J'onn also spend the final battle almost exclusively fighting their opposite numbers on the League while Flash fights Lord Superman and Batman helps Wonder Woman fight Lord Wonder Woman.
* OffscreenMomentofAwesome: During the opening, the Justice Lords' world is on the brink of nuclear war thanks to President Luthor. After the TimeSkip, their world is still around and now under the control of the Justice Lords, meaning they managed to save the world from nuclear apocalypse.
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* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, Lex Luthor for the League universe after the Justice League are abducted. Everyone else seems to assume that Lord Superman and friends are just the League in darker costumes; Lex is the only one to realize that "It's not them" after Lord Superman lobotomizes Doomsday.
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* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, Lex Luthor for the League universe after the Justice League are abducted. Everyone else seems to assume that Lord Superman and friends are just the League in darker costumes; Lex is the only one to realize that "It's not them" after Lord Superman lobotomizes Doomsday. Lois to a lesser extent can tell something is wrong but doesn't outwardly make the connection as Lex does.
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** For all of the horrible things they've done, Lord Batman is absolutely correct to point out that in the world he's made, no child will ever watch their parents be murdered like they have. Mainline Batman has no response to this assertion and concedes the argument on the spot.
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** For all of the horrible things they've done, Lord Batman is absolutely correct to point out that in the world he's made, no child will ever watch their parents be murdered like they have. Mainline Batman has no response to this assertion and concedes the argument on the spot. Later subverted when they see a restaurant patron getting hauled away for complaining about his bill too loudly, showing the world they created isn't any better. Batman needling his counterpart on what their parents would think makes Lord Batman implicitly concede the point enough to switch sides.
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** "Even I thought you were him." "I ''am'' him."
* WhamShot: The shot of the smoky void where President Luthor used to be, confirming Superman just executed him.
* WhamShot: The shot of the smoky void where President Luthor used to be, confirming Superman just executed him.
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* KarmaHoudini: The rest of the Justice Lords are taken away but Lord Batman manages to stay behind on his own world with no consequences. While he did pull a HeelFaceTurn and helped the League get back to their own world, the Justice Lords' mission to turn the League's Earth into a totalitarian dictatorship was his idea in the first place.
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In the primary dimension, the League captures Lex Luthor. Shortly thereafter, the Lords' J'onn J'onzz emerges from a dimensional portal, saying he has been sent from an alternate reality by an embattled League that needs the "primary" League's help. Although the League has some doubts (especially Batman), they decide to trust Lord J'onn. But once the League emerge in the Lords' universe, they are quickly lured into a trap and incapacitated. Only Hawkgirl manages to break out, only to be struck out by the Lords' Green Lantern and taken into medical attention. Soon, the Lords, except their Batman, travel to the League's reality.
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In the primary dimension, the League captures Lex Luthor. Shortly thereafter, the Lords' J'onn J'onzz emerges from a dimensional portal, saying he has been sent from an alternate reality by an embattled League that needs the "primary" League's help. Although the League has some doubts (especially Batman), they decide to trust Lord J'onn. But once the League emerge emerges in the Lords' universe, they are quickly lured into a trap and incapacitated. Only Hawkgirl manages to break out, only to be struck out by the Lords' Green Lantern and taken into medical attention. Soon, the Lords, except their Batman, travel to the League's reality.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Joker sets off an alarm, and the League take a step back when Lord Superman seemingly arrives on the scene. His RoboSpeak immediately tips them off that it's a robot, and he wasn't alone.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Joker sets off an alarm, and the League take takes a step back when Lord Superman seemingly arrives on the scene. His RoboSpeak immediately tips them off that it's a robot, and he wasn't alone.
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* BewareTheSuperman: The Justice Lords, especially since the absolute nature of their control over Earth demonstrates how no-one would be able to stop them if they decided they were better off ruling Earth than saving it. This becomes a plot point in the Cadmus arc in ''Unlimited''.
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* BewareTheSuperman: The Justice Lords, especially since the absolute nature of their control over Earth demonstrates how no-one no one would be able to stop them if they decided they were better off ruling Earth than saving it. This becomes a plot point in the Cadmus arc in ''Unlimited''.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted. Luthor has a chance to backstab Superman after the crisis is over, but instead chooses to keep his end of their bargain rather than jeopardize his recent pardoning for his crimes.
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Averted. Luthor has a chance to backstab Superman after the crisis is over, over but instead chooses to keep his end of their the bargain rather than jeopardize his recent pardoning pardon for his crimes.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Earth ruled by the Justice Lords may outwardly appear well maintained and free of crime, with even [[WretchedHive Gotham]] looking upstanding, but it was brought about through tyranny with civil liberties being secondary to the rule of law, [[AllCrimesAreEqual even the most minute are strictly enforced]]. An old man can't even harmlessly complain about a restaurant bill before a paddy wagon shows up to take him away, and all major criminal's have only been pacified through lobotomy.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Earth ruled by the Justice Lords may outwardly appear well maintained and free of crime, with even [[WretchedHive Gotham]] looking upstanding, but it was brought about through tyranny with civil liberties being secondary to the rule of law, [[AllCrimesAreEqual even the most minute are strictly enforced]]. An old man can't even harmlessly complain about a restaurant bill before a paddy wagon shows up to take him away, and all major criminal's criminals have only been pacified through lobotomy.
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* EurekaMoment: Flash comes up with his escape plan, while looking at the equipment monitoring his heartbeat.
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* EurekaMoment: Flash comes up with his escape plan, plan while looking at the equipment monitoring his heartbeat.
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** The very same episode also featured ''another'' version of this at the very beginning. Lex Luthor, as President, apparently did something that he justified with this belief. The episode never tells us what he specifically did, but whatever it was, apparently it backfired horribly and was about to start WorldWarIII before Superman kills President Luthor. When Superman walks into the Oval Office, he exposits: "Even this wasn't enough for you, Lex. You had to have it all. Now we're on the brink of a war that could destroy the whole planet." Lex -- who appears to still be in a state of shock about his mysterious plans backfiring -- ignores Superman and babbles to himself "Could have been so perfect! Paradise!" Then the conversation spirals out of control, and the scenario described in the trope page's two paragraphs comes into fruition.
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** The very same episode also featured ''another'' version of this at the very beginning. Lex Luthor, as President, apparently did something that he justified with this belief. The episode never tells us what he specifically did, but whatever it was, apparently it backfired horribly and was about to start WorldWarIII before Superman kills President Luthor. When Superman walks into the Oval Office, he exposits: "Even this wasn't enough for you, Lex. You had to have it all. Now we're on the brink of a war that could destroy the whole planet." Lex -- who appears to still be in a state of shock about his mysterious plans backfiring -- ignores Superman and babbles to himself "Could have been so perfect! Paradise!" Then the conversation spirals out of control, and the scenario described in the trope page's two paragraphs comes into to fruition.
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** President Luthor gives Lord Superman a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how his refusal to kill or cripple him makes him complicit in whatever Luthor does afterwards, up to and including his presidency, and he doesn't have to listen to the law or the will of the people unless he chooses to. Lord Superman crosses the DespairEventHorizon after realising he's right, and immediately decides to correct it.
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** President Luthor gives Lord Superman a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech about how his refusal to kill or cripple him makes him complicit in whatever Luthor does afterwards, afterward, up to and including his presidency, and he doesn't have to listen to the law or the will of the people unless he chooses to. Lord Superman crosses the DespairEventHorizon after realising realizing he's right, right and immediately decides to correct it.
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** For all of the horrible things they've done, Lord Batman is absolutely correct to point out that in the world he's made, no child will ever watch their parents be murdered like they have. Mainline Batman has no response to this assertion, and concedes the argument on the spot.
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** For all of the horrible things they've done, Lord Batman is absolutely correct to point out that in the world he's made, no child will ever watch their parents be murdered like they have. Mainline Batman has no response to this assertion, assertion and concedes the argument on the spot.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Justice Lords. Their planet was on the verge of a nuclear war before they forcibly established peace and order, creating a world were crime was virtually nonexistent... but so too was free speech and democracy.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Justice Lords. Their planet was on the verge of a nuclear war before they forcibly established peace and order, creating a world were where crime was virtually nonexistent... but so too was free speech and democracy.
