History YMMV / TheSuperDictionary

* ThatCameOutWrong: "Conjura is a black. She belongs to a race of people with dark skin. There are many blacks in this world." Ummmm...

** The narration claiming [[CutLexLuthorACheck Joker could have used his looks and skills to become a legit clown instead of a supervillain]] is addressed again in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' [[spoiler:as part of Terry [=McGinnis=]'s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to get under Joker's skin, where he mockingly asks if Joker couldn't find work as a rodeo clown.]]

* TearJerker: Robin wishing that Batman was his dad because "Dads are nice to have around." becomes really sad when you consider Dick's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory]].

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Hawkgirl knows that Hawkman wanted her to meet him at one of four corners, but she isn't certain which one he wanted her to be at. Thing is, the corners are all in one single crossroad, facing each other. It really shouldn't be that hard to keep an eye on all of them at the same time, and Hawkman probably wouldn't care if she was waiting on the wrong side of the street.
** Why does Batgirl jump on the desk? Because she genuinely ''forgot'' that "desks are for writing, not for jumping."

** Speaking of the Arkham games, Batman also has FoeYay with an [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} animal-themed]] [[SnakesAreSinister super villainess]] dressed in a skimpy, tight outfit who fights him with a DoppelgangerAttack. [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Sounds familiar?]]

* MemeticMutation: "When no one was looking, ComicBook/LexLuthor took '''forty''' cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible"

* MemeticMutation: "When no one was looking, ComicBook/LexLuthor took '''forty''' cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible."

* MemeticMutation: "When no one was looking, ComicBook/LexLuthor took '''forty''' cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible."

** The narrator says that ComicBook/TheJoker [[CutLexLuthorACheck should be a clown in the circus and use his talents to make people laugh.]] It was later revealed in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' that the Joker was a former stand-up comedian who never found an audience that liked him, meaning that he ''had'' to turn to crime to support himself and his wife. [[MultipleChoicePast Well, for a given value of "revealed..."]]

** It's mentioned that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker doesn't like that he is aging. This otherwise throwaway comment got more amusing when both ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'' turned him into an ImmortalitySeeker. [[spoiler:(Though it might also be HarsherInHindsight, given that "Arkham City" has him KilledOffForReal.)]]

* {{Tearjerker}}: Robin wishing that Batman was his dad because "Dads are nice to have around." becomes really sad when you consider Dick's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory]].

* AdaptationDisplacement: It can be easy to mistake the Native American characters Firehair and Tomahawk for {{Original Character}}s. The Dictionary has several of those already, and created them partially in order to diversify the cast, but they are both canon characters from UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks. It doesn't help that Firehair [[DemotedToExtra appears very infrequently in comics today,]] while Tomahawk's comics stopped being published six years ''before'' the Dictionary was released.

** ComicBook/TheJoker cornering ComicBook/{{Robin}} in a dark room is disturbingly similar to ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily. (True, Robin is Dick Grayson here, not Jason Todd, but still.)

** The narrator says that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker [[CutLexLuthorACheck should be a clown in the circus and use his talents to make people laugh.]] It was later revealed in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' that the Joker was a former stand-up comedian who never found an audience that liked him, meaning that he ''had'' to turn to crime to support himself and his wife. [[MultipleChoicePast Well, for a given value of "revealed..."]]

---> '''The Joker:''' ''"There is no one here but you and me. There is no one except for you and me. We are alone."''\\

* MemeticMutation: "When no one was looking, ComicBook/LexLuthor took '''forty''' cakes. He took 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible".

** Why does Batgirl jump on the desk? Because she genuinely ''forgot'' that "desks are for writing, not for jumping."

* MemeticMutation: "When nobody was looking, ComicBook/LexLuthor stole 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens. AndThatsTerrible".

* HarsherInHindsight: ComicBook/TheJoker cornering ComicBook/{{Robin}} in a dark room is disturbingly similar to ComicBook/ADeathInTheFamily. (True, Robin is Dick Grayson here, not Jason Todd, but still.)
--> '''The Joker:''' ''"There is no one here but you and me. There is no one except for you and me. We are alone."''
--> '''Robin:''' ''"You think you scare me, but you don't. You think you scare me, yet you don't."''
** The narrator says that SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker [[CutLexLuthorACheck should be a clown in the circus and use his talents to make people laugh.]] It was later revealed in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' that the Joker was a former stand-up comedian who never found an audience that liked him, meaning that he ''had'' to turn to crime to support himself and his wife.
*** [[MultipleChoicePast Well, for a given value of "revealed..."]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Luthor being referred to as [[AndThatsTerrible "terrible"]] in his bio now comes off like an accidental AscendedMeme.

* HoYay: Officially, Tomahawk and Jody are just HeterosexualLifePartners, but the Super Dictionary has a tendency to refer to canon couples such as ComicBook/GreenArrow and ComicBook/BlackCanary as [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend "friends"]], causing some readers to interperet their relationship differently

* {{Tearjerker}}: Robin wishing that Batman was his dad because "Dads are nice to have around." becomes really sad when you consider Dick's [[DeathByOriginStory backstory.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Hawkgirl knows that Hawkman wanted her to meet him at one of four corners, but she isn't certain which one he wanted her to be at. Thing is, the corners are all in one single crossroad, facing each other. It really shouldn't be that hard to keep an eye on all of them at the same time, and Hawkman probably wouldn't care if she was waiting on the wrong side of the street.

* AdaptationDisplacement: It can be easy to mistake the Native American characters Firehair and Tomahawk for OriginalCharacters. The Dictionary has several of those already, and created them partially in order to diversify the cast, but they are both canon characters from UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks. It doesn't help that Firehair [[DemotedToExtra appears very infrequently in comics today,]] while Tomahawk's comics stopped being published six years ''before'' the Dictionary was released.

** Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} to Franchise/{{Superman}}: "[[http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvzhjklUch1r2ntbyo1_500.png Superman]], you and '''deserve''' a rest because we work so hard. We have earned a rest. We have '''deserved''' it for many, many years."