History SelfDemonstrating / LexLuthor

* BerserkButton: Go ahead, tell me I "can't do something." Please. [[BlatantLies I won't take it the wrong way]]. Aside from that, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and [[ComicBook/TheJoker that idiotic clown]] are two things that have a tendency to be quite... vexing.

Several actors have portrayed me in movies and on television, and while many were adequate, none truly ever captured my essence. How could they? Nevertheless, Creator/GeneHackman and Creator/KevinSpacey provided [[Film/SupermanTheMovie admirable]] [[Film/SupermanReturns performances]], highlighting my under-appreciated comical side. Creator/MichaelRosenbaum brought a notable charm in portraying [[Series/{{Smallville}} my younger years]], and [[Series/LoisAndClark John Shea's]] portrayal was sufficient. Creator/ClancyBrown was quite impressive in [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries several]] [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague animated]] [[WesternAnimation/SupermanBatmanPublicEnemies portrayals]] (you may even be [[VoiceoverLetter imagining his voice while reading this]]). Creator/EstebanGarcia dubbed me into Latin American Spanish 23 times and counting, though he was hardly the only one to do so. And let's not forget [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Jon Cryer]], who previously played [[Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace my annoying nephew]], a [[AscendedFanboy huge comic book fan]] who demonstrated his impeccable taste in his eagerness to portray me. And my [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse most recent cinematic portrayal]] by Creator/JesseEisenberg was ... original.

* ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies''

* VillainousCrush: Lois will be willing to trade up from the Kryptonian one of these days.

* CardCarryingVillain: See for yourself in ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', various [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] stories, the [[Film/SupermanFilmSeries Superman films]] and the Season 10 finale of ''Smallville''. In ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', I literally call myself "the Greatest Criminal Mind on Earth" - hey, if you're going to be something, may as well be the top of your field!

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When I debuted [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII in 1940]], I merely wanted to facilitate a war in Europe. In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, my enmity with Superman increased over some lost hair. In TheEighties, yon GreenEyedMonster became my raison-d'etre for hating the alien. In some perspectives, I'm a humanist. [[ShoutOut Maybe]] [[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate the last humanist]]: the one who wants to deliver you all from the Kryptonian's unspeakable menace. To some extent all these alignments are laid out rather nicely [[http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/08/18/on-luthor/ here]].

* EvilRedhead: Yes. Once upon a time I had hair. In the long-ago and deeply troubled [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], Superman caused its loss.

* HeroicBuild: Yes, I did have something of a [[FatBastard weight problem]] in my [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks younger days]], but a diligent exercise regimen has [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks long since]] eliminated the problem.

* NobleDemon: Mostly when Creator/ElliotSMaggin was chronicling me in UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}.

* VillainTeamUp: A speciality of mine, keeping such conflicting personalities in line is quite a worthy challenge. Yes, even [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker that particular insane buffoon]], since frankly I'd rather have him where I can see him. During UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}, he and Brainiac were among my most frequent partners-in-crime.

My name is Alexander Joseph Luthor. You may address me as "Lex" or preferably as "Mr. Luthor", or "Mr. President", depending on whether or not I am currently president, as I was from ''Lex 2000'' #1 to the Superman/Batman series, just ''[[BerserkButton anything]]'' but "Lexy". That clown wouldn't shut up about that name. From my humble beginnings in ''Action Comics'' #23 (April, 1940), I have been portrayed as almost everything between a MadScientist and a rather upscale white-collar criminal, a maniacal villain to an abused child, courtesy of my evil, sadistic, backstabbing, manipulating lunatic of an excuse for a father, Lionel Luthor. I have been married eight times; the first seven don't count, and the last one I ended by blowing up my wife.

* {{Wrath}}: Rage at the alien, and at those who aid him, is my right as a human being.

* ''The Life Story of Superman''
* ''Luthor Unleashed''

* EvilIsCool: Many admire my intelligence, diligence, and for being one of the greatest MagnificentBastards out there.

** In ''ComicBook/SupermanSpeedingBullets'', I became that [[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker clown]] because that alien scum was Franchise/{{Batman}}. Even now, he still gloats about it over me. [[note]]'''[[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker Joker]]:''' Oh, Lex isn't it wonderful you became me.'''Me:''' Stop rubbing it in my face![[/note]]