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  • Man of Steel:
    • Faora has received a surprisingly large amount of positive fan attention considering her status as a tertiary character who has few lines or screen time. However, she offers one of the best fight scenes in the movie and is arguably more of a badass than either Superman or Zod, leaving everyone raving over her. Which is a great stroke of luck for her actress, considering she was considering quitting acting.
    • Colonel Hardy for having the biggest balls to start a knife fight with Faora despite being severely outmatched. He even quips a Pre-Mortem One-Liner before doing a suicide run into Zod's ship, sending her and himself into the Phantom Zone.
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice:
    • Jeremy Irons' portrayal of Alfred was one of the few things everyone seems to like about the movie. The main reason was because he provides humour through snarky comments, as well as being very intelligent, and even being directly involved by helping build/maintain things for Batman. It also helps he's the Only Sane Man who points out how foolish it is for Batman and Superman to even fight each other.
    • Laurence Fishburne as Perry White has also garnered some fan appreciation, mostly due to his over-the-top, take no bullshit attitude.
    • Jenet Klyburn from the Ultimate Edition cut, whose appearance was greatly anticipated since the role was revealed and who helped explain a few of the more complicated plot details. Being played by the queen of Ensemble Darkhorses Jena Malone helps too.
  • Suicide Squad (2016)
    • Jim Parrack made an impression on some people as Mr. Frost for his status as the Foil to the Joker and having Adaptational Badass. Of course, he doesn't last long.
    • Slipknot appeared on screen for less than five minutes and died in his second scene with no characterization within the movie itself. Despite (or more likely because of) this, he's become a Memetic Badass by the fandom.
    • Despite having practically no impact on the story and little character to speak of, Killer Croc has his fans simply due to his spectacular makeup design, which is widely regarded as the why this film won that Oscar.
  • Wonder Woman (2017): Sameer, Charlie and the Chief, Steve's Multinational Team. Despite being Canon Foreigners who just appear to be evoking the Howling Commandos in Captain America: The First Avenger, the characters surprisingly tie into the movie's wider themes well (Sameer can slip into disguises so well because he was an actor before getting drafted; Charlie is strongly implied to be suffering from PTSD; the Chief is a Native American working as a smuggler for both sides because, as he puts it, he lost his lands to "[Steve's] people") and the actors' performances make them quite endearing.
  • Justice League (2017):
    • Michael McElhatton‘s character and his gang of terrorists have a large fanbase. Many viewers were actually disappointed he wasn’t the Big Bad.
    • Silas Stone, due to Adaptational Heroism and being played by sci-fi alum Joe Morton.
    • Venelia, the Amazon warrior who lassos the Motherbox away from Steppenwolf and shoots it to Hippolyta before being killed herself, is quite popular.
  • Aquaman (2018):
    • Many fans have felt that Dolph Lundgren, of all people, provides one of the strongest supporting characters in the movie, with his conflicted, dignified portrayal of the noble, badass King Nereus.
    • The Karathen steals the entre movie the moment it shows up, probably because it is simply not possible to upstage a giant sea kaiju played by Julie Andrews.
  • SHAZAM! (2019): The two store robbers who end up being unwittingly used to test Billy's bulletproof powers and are confused and concerned throughout the whole thing. There's quite a few videos of that scene on YouTube.
  • Birds of Prey (2020): The unnamed bodyguard who saved Helena during her family's massacre has become surprisingly popular with the fandom. The fact he is the only heroic male character in the whole movie and that he helped Helena become the Huntress helped quite a lot.
  • Wonder Woman 1984
    • The nameless "handsome man" for being good looking as well as a nice guy with many viewers agreeing that he didn't deserve anything he went through. This is especially interesting as his role in the plot is actually the film's most controversial element, but he's generated a far greater level of sympathy than any other character in the movie.
    • The homeless man as well for being one of the few people who was kind to Barbara.
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League: While he doesn't really get to do very much in the movie, Ryan Choi seems to be particularly liked as a character thanks to his actor's charisma.
  • The Suicide Squad
    • Weasel wound up being fairly popular, with many fans loving how his design was both simultaneously terrifying and oddly cute. His totally clueless portrayal was seen as a comedic highlight and the reveal that he survived drowning was regarded as a pleasant surprise. The fact that Sean Gunn plays another anthropomorphic CGI comic book animal was deemed a humorous plus as well.
    • TDK was well liked for being the center of one of the funniest and strangest scenes in a film that already has quite a lot of funny and strange scenes. The sheer pride he exudes in his utterly lame power has been noted as weirdly endearing. Also helps that he's played by Nathan Fillion.
  • Peacemaker: Detectives Sophie Song and Larry Fitzgibbon became instant fan-favorites thanks to their lovable personalities, with Song's snarkiness and Fitgibbon's dirtiness making them very endearing. Fans were heartbroken when they were possessed by Butterflies and subsequently had to be put down by the team.

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