History SelfDemonstrating / LexLuthor

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Well, in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' (that version of me is apparently Greek). They made me a good deal paler in JusticeLeague, I'm guessing to rectify the confusion.

* NotSoHarmless: In ''SupermanReturns, I brought the last son of Krypton to his knees and even stabbed him with a blade of My own invention. I would have succeeded in my plan had it not been for my girlfriend.

* PresidentEvil: The TropeNamer, no less. The alien and his [[{{Batman}} vigilante friend]] brought me down, with assistance from Lois Lane and my treacherous sucessor as CEO of my company.

* NeverMyFault: People will blame me for everything, even if I'm not behind that mishappening. Its obviously Kal-El's doing. Or [[Batman The Bat]] or My idiotic henchmen.

* BadassBaritone: When ClancyBrown is voicing me.

* CantUnhearIt: You would do well to read this page in ClancyBrown's voice.

(The preceding should be read with Kevin Spacey's voice or with ClancyBrown's voice. Whatever suits your pleasure.)

** Speaking of which, [[AscendedMeme I did just that]] at my school's bake sale in my younger years, as revenge for the administration refusing me to enter a fission-powered toaster in a science fair.

I am '''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' SuperVillain.

'''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' SuperVillain.

While I do not enjoy sharing the personal details of my life, I find it wise to keep my fan base happy ([[SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker that clown's]] bragging about having a page before me was... unappreciated) so I will indulge you. At the minimum, I deserve a page before [[{{Sinestro}} that alien with the yellow ring.]]

Speaking of heroes, I'm sure you're aware that my arch-nemesis is {{Superman}}. Our relationship is... complicated and my feelings for him are mixed. I do find him annoying, but it is difficult not to admire him -- even when he destroys one of my creations that was ''not'' meant to garner his attentions.

At least two of my children have been killed: Lex Luthor Jr. and his mother, Ardora, when their planet was destroyed, and Jerry White, of whose parentage I was not aware until his death. The only ones of my blood who have lived are Lena ([[PutOnABus whereabouts unknown]]), daughter of Contessa, my last wife; and Conner Kent, who is (biologically) my son with {{Superman}} (Spare me the [[FoeYay "clever" remarks]], ''please''.) Conner is the only one for whom I have truly cared as a father, though only a clone made using my DNA and that of the Man of Steel. Unfortunately, he has turned from me to the path of the "hero".

Speaking of heroes, I'm sure you're aware that my arch-nemesis is Superman. Our relationship is... complicated and my feelings for him are mixed. I do find him annoying, but it is difficult not to admire him -- even when he destroys one of my creations that was ''not'' meant to garner his attentions.

I have been played by Lyle Talbot, [[Film/{{Superman}} Gene Hackman]], [[Film/SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]], Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] and [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]]. Voice acted by (the most famous) [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]], Ray Owens, [[SuperFriends Stan Jones]], [[SuperFriends Michael Bell]], [[SupermanDoomsday James Marsters]], [[JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths Chris Noth]], [[WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman Anthony LaPaglia]], [[MortalKombat Joe J. Thomas]], and [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Mark Rolston]].

** FauxAffablyEvil: Of all the villains, on all the teams, through all the years, the one I deal with better than anyone? TheJoker.

* CanonDiscontinuity: I never appeared in an animated movie called ''Brainiac Attacks'' which used the likeness of my MagnificentBastard appearance from ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' but had me act like a giggling buffoon villain with the effect of having my movie persona without any charm or actual menace. And I was not voiced by Powers Booth, who you may know as my nemesis [[JusticeLeague Gorilla Grodd]] in such a production. That would be below genius such as myself.

* MythologyGag: In [[SupermanRedSon at]] [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries least]] two continuities (plus [[AllStarSuperman one]] where matters became ''bizarre''), the Man of Steel went evil: one involved service to {{Darkseid}}. I aspired to, or became, the US President [[{{Smallville}} in]] [[SupermanRedSon as]] [[JusticeLeague many]] [[TheDCU continuities]]: only in one did I drive out the Kryptonian menace.

** A memorable, if [[{{Fanfiction}} apocryphal]] series of matches happened between me and [[{{Naruto}} Shikamaru]] [[Fanfic/ConnectingTheDots Nara]]. Not many people have the skill to keep a match going even when I switch sides whenever I'm on a rare losing streak.

* SwissCheeseSecurity: I have spent thousands of dollars in new doors from time to time. Also, see above.[[hottip:*:(This trope used to be named Lex Luthor Security.)]]

* VillainTeamUp: Almost a speciality of mine, keeping such conflicting personalities in line is quite a worthy challenge. Yes, even [[TheJoker that particular insane buffoon]], since quite frankly I'd rather at least have him where I can see him.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Especially in the years just after CrisisOnInfiniteEarths, but even after having been convicted as a criminal[[hottip:*: (I got pardoned after saving the world)]], I managed to bounce back and become the 43rd president of the United States.

** Of course, I really do have the best interest of humanity at heart (Being the great person I am). I will save Them when They recognize My greatness.

->''"I raise my voice, and {{Satan}} himself is on bended knee. I am the leader of the free world, you impotent little psychotic. I've had the most powerful beings on this or any planet gunning for me for years, and you think you're going to scare me?"''

* CantUnhearIt: You would do well to read this page in ClancyBrown's oice.

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 [[TheJoker "Lexy". That clown drove me nuts with 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.

While I do not enjoy sharing the personal details of my life, I find it wise to keep my fan base happy ([[TheJoker that clown's]] bragging about having a page before me was... unappreciated) so I will indulge you. At the minimum, I deserve a page before [[{{Sinestro}} that alien with the yellow ring.]]

->''"I raise my voice, and Satan himself is on bended knee. I am the leader of the free world, you impotent little psychotic. I've had the most powerful beings on this or any planet gunning for me for years, and you think you're going to scare me?"''

'''[[SupermanReturns WROOOOOOOONG!!]]'''

While I do not enjoy sharing the personal details of my life, I find it wise to keep my fan base happy ([[TheJoker that clown's]] bragging about having a page before me was... unappreciated) so I will indulge you. At the minimum, I deserve a page before [[{{Sinestro}} that alien with the yellow ring]].

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 [[TheJoker "Lexy". That clown drove me nuts with 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.

I have been played by [[Film/{{Superman}} Gene Hackman]], [[SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]], Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] and [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]]. Voice acted by (the most famous) [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]], Ray Owens, [[SuperFriends Stan Jones]], [[SuperFriends Michael Bell]], [[SupermanDoomsday James Marsters]], [[JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths Chris Noth]], [[WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman Anthony LaPaglia]], [[MortalKombat Joe J. Thomas]], and [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Mark Rolston]].

* [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome Alternate Universe Lex Luthor Is Awesome]] - I saved the civilization of the planet Lexor, and the Lexorians recognized me for the hero I am. Terrible pity about their [[EarthShatteringKaboom world blowing up...]]
** [[SupermanRedSon Ever wonder what would have happened if that Kryptonian had landed in the Soviet Union instead of the United States?]] Apparently [[spoiler: I would have destroyed him, and instead of being incarcerated]] I would be properly lauded as a hero as well as a genius, savior of American democracy and the whole of humanity. [[spoiler: Once I defeated him for good, I would make Earth a paradise that would endure for ''millions'' of years.]] Quite frankly, we would '''all''' be much better off without him, don't you agree?

* AndThatsTerrible - The caption accompanying a picture of me pilfering 40 cakes became the TropeNamer.
* ArchEnemy - The one and only for that simpering alien garbage. Depending on the continuity, [[AIIsACrapshoot Brainiac]], [[GeneralRipper General]] [[AxeCrazy Zod,]] and [[OrcusOnHisThrone Dark]][[TheFourthWorld seid]] may be up there as well.
* AxCrazy - Sometimes, admittedly, the alien will [[UnstoppableRage drive me to this]].
* BadassAbnormal - During the [[BlackestNight Black Lantern invasion]], I was briefly empowered by an Orange Lantern Ring. Unfortunately, not only does the orange light take a toll on one's higher functions, but Larfleeze shares his power even less willingly than I do.
* BadassBaritone - When ClancyBrown is voicing me.

* BadassInANiceSuit - Occasionally I will put on my [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited power suit.]] I don't need a purple and green spandex suit to be a truly menacing SuperVillain.
* BadassNormal - I have no consistent powers besides my intellect, though I have used an exoskeletal suit from time to time. My recent attempts at procuring a replacement for my orange ring have put me up against some of the most powerful "villains" in my world. They have no chance, really.
* BadGuysPlayPool - At least in "Smallville", I do.
* BaldOfEvil - Gene Hackman may have been living in denial, but it was there. Oh, yes. Even [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] went there eventually. [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]] and [[SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]] understood this from the begining.
* BattleButler - Meet my chauffeur, [[DarkActionGirl Mercy Graves]].
* BigBad - Who else?
* BoardToDeath - I was quite bemused to learn of my 64th century successor's penchant for this.
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood - I am more reliant on intellect, and less on strength, than Superman is. Regardless of how intelligent he may be, he tends to solve his problems with his fists.
* CardboardPrison - I have the best lawyers in the ''world''. Put me away, I'll be out within the week. Back in my [[MadScientist scientist]] days, I'd often be out [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard within the]] ''[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard hour.]]''

* CardCarryingVillain - See for yourself in AllStarSuperman...

* CharacterizationMarchesOn - When I debuted [[WorldWarII in 1940]], I merely wanted to facilitate a war in Europe. In the SilverAge, my enmity with Superman increased over some lost hair. In TheEighties, yon GreenEyedMonster became my raison-d'etre for hating the alien. And in some perspectives, I'm a humanist. [[ShoutOut Maybe]] [[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]].
* ChronicVillainy - Let's face it. I'll never stop until that spandex-clad bumpkin kills me... if I don't kill him first.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome - Lena Luthor? Oh, yes, my daughter. I wonder what happened to her....
* CivilianVillain - Several times.
* ClassicVillain - I am indeed a classic, and always classy.
* CloningBlues - A favourite ploy of mine (employing everything from science to the Devil himself). Case in point, young Conner Kent. Less endearingly, there is that [[PhlebotinumRebel irritating]] [[EvilTwin Bizarro creature.]]

* ContemplativeBoss - I never act without thinking (and usually standing at the window for some time).
* CorruptCorporateExecutive - From time to time, I am the CEO of [=LexCorp=].
* [[CutLexLuthorACheck Cut Me A Check]] - Sometimes I play it straight, sometimes I subvert it. But even when I subvert it, I always keep my best technology and inventions to myself in order to better fight the alien.
* DarkAndTroubledPast - Needless to say.
* DartboardOfHate - I'm not above destroying some of the alien's merchandise when the mood strikes.

* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: When I rule the world, things will be much better...for me.
* {{Determinator}} - I do not go down that easily.
* EnemyMine - [[MortalKombat That one time I fought alongside the Alien to stop those... odd karate people.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards - Once in a great while I indulge this. Most famously, during the FinalCrisis of Man and the Multiverse, I pretended to join with Sivana, and took command of [[TheFourthWorld Darkseid's]] army.
** In my PreCrisis [[MadScientist scientist]] days, I could not bring myself to cause serious harm to anyone on AlbertEinstein's birthday, he being [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee one of the few people I truly respected.]]

* EvilIsPetty: Bah. What good is power if you must pretend to be polite to the rabble while you exert it? Kick a man while he's down, rub his face in the mud, tell him what a useless waste of matter he is, and spit on his grave after the fact. That, my friend, is ''power''.

* EvillyAffable: Of all the villains, on all the teams, through all the years, the one I deal with better than anyone? TheJoker.
* EvilRedhead - Yes. Once upon a time I had hair. In the long-ago and deeply troubled SilverAge, Superman caused its loss.
* EvilTwin - Mostly these are ''good'' twins, due to my nature. However, there was [[JusticeLeague the fellow]] who was turned into Kryptonian barbecue - and don't get me started on [[InfiniteCrisis Alexander Luthor Jr.]]
* FantasticRacism - Aliens. Who do they think they are? I yearn to reclaim Earth for its rightful owners, humans. You may consult the following document: LexLuthorManOfSteel.
* FictionalPoliticalParty - As [[PresidentEvil President]], I represented the Tomorrow Party.
* FirstNameBasis: Under the pen of John Byrne, I insisted on being called Lex. For manipulation and for profit.

** I do however acknowledge that under "The Big Hand Theory" it is illogical to be an atheist, but I declare myself to be one on the moral grounds on the eve of becoming a god myself!
* FoeYay - As I said, my relationship with Superman is complicated. There was that time in the beginning of "SupermanDoomsday" I mentioned how much I admired him. WonderWoman [[BlackestNight once made me admit]] that I wanted to ''be'' him. That last part makes me rather glad that neither I nor anyone else in my universe ''remembers'' Wonder Woman anymore... whoever she is.
* FormerTeenRebel - I did not appreciate my father's...controlling tendencies.
* ForTheEvulz- I don't wash my hands...'cuz I'm evil.

* {{Greed}} - The orange ring said it best: I want it ''all''.
* GreenEyedMonster - One of a number of explanations for why I hate the alien. Alternately, the title for [[SupermanReturns my favorite article of all time]], 'Why the World ''Doesn't'' Need Superman'.
* HeroicBuild - Yes, I did have something of a [[FatBastard weight problem]] in my [[SilverAge younger days,]] but a diligent exercise regimen has [[BronzeAge long since]] eliminated the problem.
* HollywoodAtheist - [[BrightestDay I've always been an atheist.]] It's not just a logical choice, it's an ethical one. Believers always seem to be declining their responsiblities.
* IAmWhatIAm - And there's nothing you girls can do about it.
* KickTheDog - See the ''Superman: Confidential'' dossiers on this: "That's right...I just killed your girlfriend, Superman. What are you going to do about it?"
* LargeHam - They've got the guts to say this about me, the Greatest Criminal Mind on Earth! They're WROOOOOOOOOONG!
* LegionOfDoom - If one exists, you can be sure I'm the one [[BigBad at its head]].
* MadScientist - Some of the time, when I'm not concerned with politics or economics.
* MythologyGag - In [[SupermanRedSon at]] [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries least]] two continuities (plus [[AllStarSuperman one]] where matters became ''bizarre''), the Man of Steel went evil: one involved service to [[TheFourthWorld Darkseid]]. I aspired to, or became, the US President [[{{Smallville}} in]] [[SupermanRedSon as]] [[JusticeLeague many]] [[TheDCU continuities]]: only in one did I drive out the Kryptonian menace.
* NayTheist - I am an Atheist, but not because I don't believe in God (the Big [[ItMakesSenseInContext Hand]] Theory is the predominent theory on the creation of the universe, after all). For me, Atheism is more of a way of life than a belief.
** I also know hell exists (as I have been there), but I refuse to believe that there is anyone who 'judges the dead', as he would need an objective point of view, which is impossible.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero - [[MortalKombat That time where that alien scum BLEW UP MY OWN WORLD!]] I put him in his place, but he still was strong enough to defeat me.

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: In that episode of the new series ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', I remained civil with Speedy, [[SidekickGraduationsStick I mean]], Red Arrow. While he was, for lack of a better term... a {{Jerkass}} to me.
* PoweredArmor - In a classy green and purple.
* PresidentEvil - The TropeNamer, no less. The alien and his [[{{Batman}} vigilante friend]] brought me down, with assistance from Lois Lane and my treacherous sucessor as CEO of my company.
* {{Pride}} - If you had [[EvilGenius 12th-level intellect]], you'd be high on yourself too. In fact, DependingOnTheWriter, this is my primary motivation for my crusade against the alien; the existence of a being more powerful and more loved by the people than I is simply intolerable.
* {{Robosexual}} - There have been ''rumors'' about my close associations with [[JusticeLeague Brainiac]], and a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot woman]] on my staff who bears a [[IdenticalStranger negligible]] resemblance to [[RobotMe Lois Lane]]. All specious, naturally.

* SmartPeoplePlayChess - It is one of the best ways to keep one's mind sharp and one of the most pleasurable.

* StalkerWithATestTube - This opinion on the origin of Connor Kent is a simply ludicrous and baseless accusation. I most certainly [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial never]] even cared for the boy anyway, he was [[DependingOnTheWriter merely a means to an end]].
* SwissCheeseSecurity - I have spent thousands of dollars in new doors from time to time. Also, see above.[[hottip:*:(This trope used to be named Lex Luthor Security.)]]
* TeenGenius - Not that I was properly respected for it by my jealous peers, mind you.
* {{Ubermensch}} - I certainly am; yet an ''alien'' dares call himself ''superman?'' It's galling.

* VillainousBreakdown - I do lose my temper from time to time.
* VillainTeamUp - Almost a speciality of mine, keeping such conflicting personalities in line is quite a worthy challenge. Yes, even [[TheJoker that particular insane buffoon]], since quite frankly I'd rather at least have him where I can see him.

* YouKilledMyFather - Actually, ''[[SelfMadeOrphan I]]'' [[SelfMadeOrphan killed my father]]. [[TemptingFate Sic semper tyrannis]].

[[caption-width-right:330:I, Lex Luthor, stand for humanity, unlike that so-called "Man of Steel"!]]

I have been played by [[{{Film/Superman}} Gene Hackman]], [[SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]], Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] and [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]]. Voice acted by (the most famous) [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]], Ray Owens, [[SuperFriends Stan Jones]], [[SuperFriends Michael Bell]], [[SupermanDoomsday James Marsters]], [[JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths Chris Noth]], [[WesternAnimation/AllStarSuperman Anthony LaPaglia]], [[MortalKombat Joe J. Thomas]], and [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Mark Rolston]].

* ArchEnemy - The one and only for that simpering alien garbage. Depending on the continuity, [[AIIsACrapshoot Brainiac]], [[GeneralRipper General]] [[AxeCrazy Zod,]] and [[OrcusOnHisThrone Dark]][[TheFourthWorld seid]] may be up there as well.

* BadGuysPlayPool - At least in "Smallville", I do.

* BadassBoast

* CardCarryingVillain - See for yourself in AllStarSuperman...

* CloningBlues - A favourite ploy of mine (employing everything from science to the Devil himself). Case in point, young Conner Kent. Less endearingly, there is that [[PhlebotinumRebel irritating]] [[EvilTwin Bizarro creature.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[ClarkKenting Kent?]] Superman? Preposterous. Oh, they share a certain resemblance, but why would someone with Superman's power bother with any kind of secret identity, yet alone one so humble?

* EvilTwin - Mostly these are ''good'' twins, due to my nature. However, there was [[JusticeLeague the fellow]] who was turned into Kryptonian barbecue - and don't get me started on [[InfiniteCrisis Alexander Luthor Jr.]]
* EvillyAffable: Of all the villains, on all the teams, through all the years, the one I deal with better than anyone? TheJoker.

* FlatEarthAtheist: I don't care if [[TheSandman Death herself]] paid me a visit, I ''refuse'' to believe in such primitive, superstitious nonsense.

* {{Greed}} - The orange ring said it best: I want it ''all''.

* KickTheDog - See the ''Superman: Confidential'' dossiers on this: "That's right...I just killed your girlfriend, Superman. What are you going to do about it?"

** I also know hell exists (as I have been there), but I refuse to believe that there is anyone who 'judges the dead', as he would need an objective point of view, which is impossible.

* PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes: In that episode of the new series ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', I remained civil with Speedy, [[SidekickGraduationsStick I mean]], Red Arrow. While he was, for lack of a better term... a {{Jerkass}} to me.

* VillainousBreakdown - I do lose my temper from time to time.

While I do not enjoy sharing the personal details of my life, I find it wise to keep my fan base happy ([[TheJoker that clown's]] bragging about having a page before me was...unappreciated) so I will indulge you. At the minimum, I deserve a page before [[{{Sinestro}} that alien with the yellow ring.]]

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 [[TheJoker "Lexy". That clown drove me nuts with that name!]] From my humble beginnings in ''Action Comics'' #23 (April, 1940) , I have been portrayed as almost everything between a {{Mad Scientist}} 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.

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 [[TheJoker "Lexy". That clown drove me nuts with that name!]]. From my humble beginnings in ''Action Comics'' #23 (April, 1940) , I have been portrayed as almost everything between a {{Mad Scientist}} 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.

I have been played by [[{{Film/Superman}} Gene Hackman]], [[SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]], Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] and [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]]. Voice acted by (the most famous) [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]], Ray Owens, [[SuperFriends Stan Jones]], [[SuperFriends Michael Bell]], [[SupermanDoomsday James Marsters]], [[JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths Chris Noth]], [[Film/AllStarSuperman Anthony LaPaglia]], [[MortalKombat Joe J. Thomas]], and [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice Mark Rolston]].

* YouWontGetAwayWithThis - People will blame me for everything, even if I'm not behind that mishappening.

I have been played by [[{{Film/Superman}} Gene Hackman]], [[SupermanReturns Kevin Spacey]], Scott James Wells, Sherman Howard, [[LoisAndClark John Shea]] and [[{{Smallville}} Michael Rosenbaum]]. Voice acted by (the most famous) [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Clancy Brown]], Ray Owens, [[SuperFriends Stan Jones]], [[SuperFriends Michael Bell]], [[SupermanDoomsday James Marsters]], [[JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths Chris Noth]], [[Film/AllStarSuperman Anthony LaPaglia]], [[MortalKombat Joe J. Thomas]], and [[YoungJustice Mark Rolston]].

Discussion on how to deal with pages like this is '''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13011051780A35566200&page=1 here]]'''

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[[caption-width-right:350:Burn like my power...'''SINESTRO'S MIGHT!''']]

To think [[LexLuthor that baldheaded fool]] and [[TheJoker that miserable clown]] would have pages before me...

And now that I have one, beware...

Who am I, you may ask?

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I am Sinestro.

Thaal Sinestro.

Formerly GreenLantern of the planet Korugar in space sector 1417 and arch nemesis of Earth's so-called premiere ring-bearer Hal Jordan. I was created by the likes of John Broome and Gil Kane - who incidentally, modelled me after a Terrestrial actor called David Niven - and made my debut in issue number 7 of the first series of Jordan's title in 1961.

I sought to use my ring to preserve order my way and had hoped to use my methods rather than those of the Guardians of the Universe to bring total peace to my planet, then my sector and finally the universe itself. I was known as the greatest Green Lantern and my sector was the safest in the universe. However, Jordan, that fool from that primitive planet Earth, didn't like [[IDidWhatIHadToDo the measures I took]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans to make my sector safe]]; he believed I was a [[ThoseWackyNazis dictator who ruled with an iron fist]] and caused the Guardians to make me a renegade and to send me to the Anti-Matter universe of Qward, where I was granted my own power ring, which was yellow in color. Of course that meant that the Green Lantern rings were powerless against it. Still, Jordan would manage to thwart my plans time and again, eventually resulting in my imprisonment inside the Central Battery of Oa while the Guardians went away with the Zamarons.

Eventually, the Guardians returned and called upon me to stop Jordan, who had gone mad due to the loss of his Terran hometown of Coast City and was seeking the power of the Central Battery. After an arduous fight, it appeared that Jordan had killed me prior to his entering the battery to become Parallax.

The truth was, that was a hard light duplicate created by the true Parallax and controlled by me. Once the Battery was destroyed, I was truly released and hid as I watched the Parallax-possessed Jordan become the very traitor that he despised me for being. What I did not count on was a surviving Guardian granting a power ring to a neophyte and dirty alley rat named Kyle Rayner. Soon enough, he had discovered the existence of Parallax. Of course, I made my presence known and was about to kill him and that [[GreenArrow miserable bowman]], when Jordan, who had previously sacrificed his life to reignite the Sun and become {{the Spectre}}, came back to life, purged of any influence of Parallax. The two of us fought to a draw with Jordan damaging my ring, forcing me to escape to the Anti-Matter Universe.

Soon enough I encountered there the Anti-Monitor, who had engineered the CrisisOnInfiniteEarths, and embraced the doctrine of spreading fear. In order to counteract Jordan and the reborn Green Lantern Corps (Whom I will admit have improved their rings to finally be able to directly affect the color yellow for at least their hardened troops), I decided to form my own army... the Sinestro Corps! I offered Rings like my own to the most fearsome warriors in the universe! Together we would spread fear and our own ways of policing the universe. Of course, the Green Lanterns [[SinestroCorpsWar had to be eliminated first.]] Or at least, [[XanatosGambit I had to make the Guardians change certain policies to truly make their corps a serious police force, ready to apply appropriate measures when necessary.]]

But that was only the beginning. Soon enough, more [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Ring Corps]] emerged. The result... the BlackestNight, followed by the so-called BrightestDay, where I gained the White Lantern ring of Life.

But enough history.

I have been voiced by the likes of [[SuperFriends Vic Perrin and Don Messick]], [[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Ted Levine]], [[DuckDodgers John De Lancie]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Miguel Ferrer]], [[WesternAnimation/BatmantheBraveAndTheBold Xander Berkely]], [[Film/GreenLanternFirstFlight Victor Garber]], and [[Film/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights Jason Isaacs]]. MarkStrong portrays me in the [[Film/GreenLantern film]]. But I will [[NeverLiveItDown never live down]] the ...fact... that Charlie Callas played me as well.

!!Tropes associated with me:
* ASinisterClue: Though "sinister" isn't the word I'd use, I am, in fact, left handed.
* ArchEnemy
* BadassCreed: As the Green Lanterns have their oath, so do the members of my Corps. My oath, presented below, serves as the template:
-->''In Blackest Day,\\
In Brightest Night,\\
Beware your fears made into light,\\
Let those who try to stop what's right,\\
Burn like my power... Sinestro's might!''
** Of course, other members of the Corps have to say "his power".
* BadassMustache: Would it not feel ''desperately'' wrong if I were to shave?
* BerserkButton: During the War of the Green Lanterns, that traitorous wretch Lyssa Drak had the audacity to [[LotusEaterMachine attempt to imprison me in my own memories of my time as a Green Lantern.]] Once I realized the deception, I tore through the Book of the Black in order to make her know true suffering, but my attempts were thwarted by none other than the rogue Guardian Krona.
* BigBad: What Jordan and the Guardians insist I am.
* BreakTheBadass: That fool Gardner rightfully ridicules Jordan for the quality of Jordan's enemies... but not once has he dared make those jokes about ''me.''
* CelebrityResemblance: It's been said I resemble an Earth actor called David Niven.
* CrazyPrepared: Did you really think that I would gather the most fearsome beings in the universe, given them the ultimate weapon, and not be able to shut them down when one tried to use it against me? Mongul learned this the hard way...
** My Corps also learnt this when they enslaved my homeworld...
* DependingOnTheArtist: The fools can never seem to decide what color my skin is, whether or not my ears are pointed, or the size of my forehead.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: To the Anti-Monitor during my Corps' war against the Green Lanterns. Of course, ''everyone'' working under the Anti-Monitor had their own agenda, but I was one of the few to succeed in mine...
* EnemyMine: To survive the BlackestNight I have had to form a cease fire with the GreenLanternCorps and work together with them and the other Corps. The truce is still intact (at least until we decide what to do with [[spoiler: the missing emotion Entities and the White Lantern Battery that we've found on Earth]]).
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Arin...that woman...she was [[BlatantLies nothing at all]].
** I wasn't going to hurt Arsona. She could have acknowledged me after all these years...
* EvilCounterpart: To Jordan, of all people.
* FoeYay: Jordan stands in my way, I in turn try to rid myself of him. What of it?
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hard to believe I was once a mere archeology student back on Korugar.
* GoodIsNotNice: As you humans say, [[FromACertainPointOfView that is my story and I am sticking to it]].
* GreenLanternRing: I started out with a regulation GL ring before gaining the Yellow one on Qward. Now I have a White Lantern ring, which should prove... interesting.
** Although now I have my yellow ring back, despite trying to prove once and for all that I was the greatest Lantern.
** [[spoiler:And now I have a GL ring again.]]
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Due to the chances I might be without the aid of my power ring in this recent decade I have revealed I have excellent hand-to-hand combat capabilities.
* HumanAliens: How ''dare'' you slander my race by comparing us to such primitive creatures as ''Earthmen''?! Indeed, ''you'' are ''Korugarian Aliens'', bereft of our rich magenta hue.
* LightIsNotGood: I ''am'' good and I do what is neccesary to preserve order. My lantern's ability to instill fear aids the process.
* [[LukeIAmYourFather Soranik I Am Your Father]]
* ManOfKryptonite: At first my ring was the very anti-thesis to my former collegues in the Green Lantern Corps.
* MeaningfulName: So my name happens to sound like something evil in the Earthmen's language. It's probably what biased Jordan against me.
** Has it never occurred to those pathetic sub-species to think at all that in the dead Earth language they know as Latin, [[FridgeBrilliance the word "sinestra" means "left hand"]], and that I happened to be left-handed?
* MemeticMutation: Some terrestrial 'forum users' think of my adressing a Guardian as a ''stupid little troll'' a method of ridicule for rivals on the so-called Internet. Needless to say, I am proud that the primitives may follow a good example yet.
* RealMenWearPink: Nay, real men ''are'' pink.
* {{Retcon}}: I was ''not'' raised from death in the 1990s by one of the Spectre's foes. I was alive and well at the time. That was a mind-trick played on the Spectre's host, the hated Hal Jordan, by Parallax.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Of course, my methods ''seem'' harsh, but imagine how orderly and peaceful the universe would be with me in charge!
* VillainousWidowsPeak
* WasItReallyWorthIt: I have sacrificed much to bring order to Korugar. My wife dead, my daughter raised by strangers, and betrayed by one of only two people in the Corps I considered a friend. And how does Korugar thank me? By declaring me as its greatest villain. That is my place in her history. But much more must be sacrificed if order is to be brought to the universe! And that abomination that took my wife's corpse had the audacity to ask me, "has it been worth it?" [[spoiler: I...I don't...]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Once again, I deplore use of words such as "extremist", but I must use such tactics if order is to be kept in place.
* XanatosGambit: The SinestroCorpsWar wasn't merely an attempt to overthrow the Green Lantern Corps. It was a way to force the Guardians to do what was necessary to strengthen the Corps. Now that they can kill, [[NotSoDifferent the universe will fear the Green Lanterns.]] [[ArcWords And the universe will be better for it.]]

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