Justice League Unlimited left us a valuable lesson. Evil does not wash its hands.

@aidenparker5955

Жыл бұрын

So Lex in this universe is not really evil, he's just complicated

@exilhannabal

Жыл бұрын

And bald

@aidenparker5955

Жыл бұрын

@@exilhannabal bald bald bald bald Bald Bald Bald, my eyes - SpongeBob movie 2004

@sheflashedus

Жыл бұрын

all those evil people spreading corona

@aidenparker5955

Жыл бұрын

@@sheflashedus and negative things........😔😔😔😔🥺😥😿😥😿

“Then I’m overqualified” is probably the hardest line delivery in any dcau series lol

@dac314

Жыл бұрын

Followed by his screaming, such a great scene.

@Malygosblues

Жыл бұрын

Another in the running is also Luther when the Question confronts him. "Do you have any idea how much power I'd have to give up to become the president?"

@memesarekeem

Жыл бұрын

I think darkseid's final confrontation with Superman in the Superman TAS just inches past this one. "If I knew one death would've pained you so, I would've killed more. And kill more I shall..."

@phillrockman

Жыл бұрын

Hawk Girl: "Your favorite movie is 'Old Yeller'. You know EXACTLY what he's saying."

@tragedystrixesagain

Жыл бұрын

@@phillrockman Green Lantern’s “Judas priest!!” after seeing her in a dress is up there too lol

5:10 “I spent seven dollars on a fake presidential campaign.” Your clearly intentional tiny joke edit didn’t go unnoticed.

Hearing an ego maniac admit that for everything he's done, some that impacted the entire world, he too will die and eventually be forgotten. Most mega narcissists in comics usually believe they will live on forever or seek to leave mark nobody will forget, but Lex admits he knows that everyone will eventually be forgotten. Really sold me that he wasn't delusional like other villains and he fully realizes what he is doing

@Broomer52

Жыл бұрын

On a certain level he is lying to himself but that’s not the lie. The lie he tells himself is that he hates Superman because he’s a humanitarian who believes they should never place their lives in the hands of a godlike man like him. That’s not the truth, he doesn’t care about the date of humanity, he hates Superman because he steals the spotlight he wants. Even in the Death of Superman he sees through the eyes of Superman and sees the atoms of the universe and is amazed by it, when he loses it he becomes devastated saying theirs so much good he could do with this power and Superman tells a Lex defeated by existentialism that “You could have helped everyone at any point” and Lex for the first time admits he Superman is right.

@nameputhpong9041

Жыл бұрын

And he’s right too. Irl religious figure be getting obscured more and more everyday. What was christianity’s true savior’s name again? Heyzuez or moistcritikal?

@madkabal

Жыл бұрын

His narcissim went hand and hand with his nihilism. Thats why he was so dangerous.

@Broomer52

Жыл бұрын

@Zero Bullet's given enough time everyone gets lost to time. Even looking into our own history their were marvels of the age that even in documentation was believed to never be forgotten, we forgot it. The most “unforgettable” people in the grand scheme of things only happened relatively recently. The further back you go the less we know

@baumber1919

Жыл бұрын

He does have a huge intellect and somehow manage to see through that ego sometimes

5:10 It only took 7 fucking dollars to piss Superman off. Now that's actually scary.

@IronFishChannel

Жыл бұрын

"Bruce, it's been five years, you still owe me 16 dollars"

@jayglenn837

Жыл бұрын

I think the original line was 7 billion lol

@haddy106

Жыл бұрын

@@jayglenn837 750 million

@BriHedgehog

Жыл бұрын

@@haddy106 "I spent $75 million on a fake presidential campaign. All just to tick Superman off"

@ahpuro

Жыл бұрын

Thats the over level 10 intellect move

That scene where Lex shows up to Superman’s funeral and hugs Lois always stood out to me. It’s one of the most emotional scenes in the series that’s I’ve seen so far. I really love it when writers give villains standards and a little dignity.

@John-Doe-Yo

Жыл бұрын

Is the show worth checking out for someone in their 20s? I never watched because I thought it was dumbed down for little kids. I do enjoy the animated movies though.

@samuelachkar6184

Жыл бұрын

@@John-Doe-Yo yeah I think it’s worth watching, especially Batman the animated series

@davidalmodovar5317

Жыл бұрын

@@John-Doe-Yo yes absolutely. Justice League is classic DC, that holds up. JL Unlimited expands the roster and has storylines that aged with the audience that watched Justice League at the time.

@John-Doe-Yo

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelachkar6184 oh well I grew up on that but by the time unlimited and other stuff came out I was in highschool

@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123

Жыл бұрын

He hates Superman, but also definitely respects him. He wants him gone, but at the same time I doubt Lex would be happy if he ever truly was.

Still love in the episode where Amazo returns to kill him, his super secret hideout where no one would look for him was a barbershop.

@Xehanort10

Жыл бұрын

I think Steel says "Gotta hand it to you Luthor. No one would think to look for you here."

5:10 "I spent SEVEN DOLLARS on a fake presidential campaign" I don't know why that made me laugh so hard.

@slewone4905

Жыл бұрын

well Russia spent a couple thousand dollars to sway everyone to vote for our real life Lex Luthor.

@jayglenn837

Жыл бұрын

@@slewone4905 Lmao, trump may be evil, but he's such an idiot. Bezos is more Luthor than trump ever was.

@ErikNilsen1337

Жыл бұрын

@@slewone4905 Let's not give Joe that much credit.

@DG-mk7kd

Жыл бұрын

@@ErikNilsen1337 Brandon can't count that high anymore

@dragonblood0012

Жыл бұрын

@@slewone4905 is russia in the room with you right now?

"No, 'cuz I'm evil!" Cracks me up every time. The best brain swap episodes are always the one where actors have to play each other, rather than just switching who dubs which character.

@whichDude

Жыл бұрын

I love the 'Cuz I'm evil!' but the highlight moment of the episode to was "... I have no idea who this is."

@augustrempelewert4377

9 ай бұрын

I've never liked any brain swap episode, but I'll concede that those ones make a good deal more sense.

@BruvahSulaiman

9 ай бұрын

Then, the voice actor for Flash ended being cast as a live action Lex.

Fun Fact: In every instance in the comics where superman died, Lex IMMEDIATELY took the responsibility of protecting everyone in the absence of Clark. Lex would be one of the greatest heroes of mankind if not by his Ego and bad choices in life... Well... But that wouldn't be Lex Luthor too...

@fabianlaibin6956

Жыл бұрын

To be fair he would've only taken that path because Superman existed and died, so in a way even Superman inspired him to do something good. Somewhat funny when you think about it.

@anothisflame8266

Жыл бұрын

@@fabianlaibin6956 It's what the Paragon does after all. Inspires us to Be Better.

@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614

Жыл бұрын

“If it wasn’t for you, I would’ve saved the world!” “If it really mattered to you, Luthor, you would’ve saved the world years ago.”

@Deaganus

Жыл бұрын

@@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614 the way that breaks him...

@chimericalical

7 ай бұрын

I feel like Earth 3 Lex is the exact same as any other version of Lex. But in Earth-3 Ultraman showed up with the crime syndicate and started trying to take over the world and shit. So Lex decided to go and save the world from Ultraman and the crime syndicate… which is what any other version of Lex would’ve done.

Clancy Brown's Lex Luthor is by far the best iteration of the character, in fact his performance alone should be acknowledged as one of the best villain performances in media.

@luisrosario3781

Жыл бұрын

In terms of live action, I still have memories of both Michael Rosenbaum's (voice actor for DCAU Flash) and Kevin Spacey's interpretations of the character. But yes, in the realm of voice acting, Clancy Brown is to Lex Luthor what Tim Daly or George Newbern is to Superman. Edit: I mistakenly typed Batman instead of Superman.

@Kronosfobi

Жыл бұрын

Clancy Brown's Lex Luthor is equal in terms of Mark Hamil's Joker. For me, They are the best versions of the character.

@therealdoctordoom5912

Жыл бұрын

Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, is top.

@tzaphkielconficturus7136

Жыл бұрын

The version presented in The Metropolitan Man is pretty good, too, though I remain partial to the animated one.

@kennethsatria6607

Жыл бұрын

He should do more villain roles, I always think if I'd live to see the day the SIlmarillion gets adapted he'd make a great voice actor for the Father of Dragons Glaurung cause unlike Smaug he is a pretty damn villainous mastermind

I think Luthor is a perfect example of a villain who will team up with the heroes if the world depends on it. He is truly smart, and in multiple shows (Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Young Justice) it's his tech and wits that save the day. You can really see that if he put his mind to it, he COULD do all the great things he claims he could do. But his egomania gets in the way because he knows, as much as he does, the problems he solves, he'll always be second fiddle to Superman. And he hates it. But when the chips are down and the Earths in danger, and not even Superman can fix it? That's where Luthor shines. He's going to help save the world, no matter what. After all, Earth's where he keeps his money.

@DSan-kl2yc

Жыл бұрын

Going too hard. What's this if Superman can't fix it. Superman didn't get the chance to talk to metron. And he still beat darkseid. And Lex was the one that created the problem. Which is usually the case. Luthor's problem isn't that people love Superman more. He was evil before then. It's backwards. People like superman because he's not evil.

@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123

Жыл бұрын

@@DSan-kl2yc Superman did NOT beat Darkseid. He almost did, yes, but in the end Darkseid won. If Luthor hadn't come in and saved the world by killing both himself and Darkseid with the Anti Life Equation, the world would have become ruled by Darkseid

@RaptorJesus

Жыл бұрын

Not just "where he keeps his money", but Luthor, for all is faults, genuinely believes in human exceptionalism. He really does want humanity to be the best it can be. If it comes down to dooming the human race or working with Superman, he's going to work with Superman every time. A lot of things about Luthor are bullsh*t, but his belief in the human race isn't one of them. Now, obviously, it's because he sees so much of *himself* in humanity, but hey, no one's perfect.

@RaptorJesus

Жыл бұрын

@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 "Imagine the worst pain you've ever felt in your life, times a thousand. Now imagine that pain continuing. *Forever.* Oh, that's right. You don't have to imagine." Yeah. Darkseid won. It was all over but the screaming & crying.

@lollikabosso.w.n7153

Жыл бұрын

Theres a good scene in a Superman animated movie, i cant remember its name, where Lex and his niece got like a potion that gives lex same powers as Superman. But it quickly runs out, so Lex needs another serum, but Superman took it and destroyed it in front of him. Lex then said "I couldve made everyone be able to see what i did! I could make the world better!" Superman then said "If you wanted to help the world, you wouldve done that years ago" And Lex just replied, defeated on his knees "You are right"

Having not watched Smallville, Clancy Brown’s Lex remains my favorite in terms of growth and longevity. His monologue to Amazo is still one of Unlimited’s best scenes.

@nick_galfi9312

Жыл бұрын

As good as Rosenbaum is.. Clancy Brown is the iconic voice that I hear when reading comics with him. Like Conroy with Batman.

@slewone4905

Жыл бұрын

I had to read how it ended, but it makes more sense than other versions. Lex wasn't really evil, and fought Superman to make him the best he can be, to fight a more powerful evil coming.

@autobotproductions1244

Жыл бұрын

Rosenbaums good, but his voice sounds too similar to the Flash for me

@popeye697

Жыл бұрын

Rosey is a great proto Lex, but Clancy Brown is the gold standard

Lex showing up at the end and apologizing for taking the time to put on his "power suit" is one of the most badass moments in anything ever. Great character analysis, thanks!

Gotta love how instead of using Flash's voice in Luthor's body like some other body swap cliche, they actually kept the body's original voices BUT behaved as if their mind switched. Definitely one of the best episode imo due to how histerical it is

I have a head canon from that body swap episode in Justice League. In which rumors started spreading among the villains of Lex Luther not washing his hands. Rumors which still persisted even after Lex got his body back

@CorbCorbin

Жыл бұрын

That’s what the ladies loved. They already knew.

@5:10 Lex bought an ENTIRE fake presidential campaign with $7 just to tick Superman off? Dang, take me back to 2005 when the price of everything was hella low!

@justbny9278

Жыл бұрын

You could become President of the United States with just 7 bucks back then!?!?!? What the hell did they do to this economy, i was born too late take me baaaack

"Lex Luthor is bald" ...big, if true

@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502

Жыл бұрын

Of massive size, provided it is factual

@descendantofartorias2067

Жыл бұрын

@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 gargantuan, supposing it is substantiated.

@parkerboy795

Жыл бұрын

Is he bald? Yes.

5:10 the 7 Dollars Edit made me lose my shit

@Gojiro7

Жыл бұрын

why did they do that?! I feel so bad for anybody who never saw that scene before and thought Lex really says that XD

@bobvance9240

Жыл бұрын

What’s it from?

@mrsmeef537

Жыл бұрын

Honestly it feels like something Lex would figure it out how to do that

@SonplaysMinEcraft

Жыл бұрын

He likes money.

@gameygeemer4142

Жыл бұрын

@@Gojiro7 $75 Million

I associate Clancy Brown with Lex Luthor in the same way I connect Mark Hamill with the Joker, Kevin Conroy with Batman, and George Newbern and Tim Daly with Superman.

Superman : *”youre bad”* Lex : “Yes. I am.” Superman : *”youre B A L D”* Lex : **evil anger**

I didn't think you could convince me, but by the end I couldn't disagree. Lex Luthor is bald.

His personality is in his baldness

@luiswwe1o726

Жыл бұрын

lol

@bigsam8597

Жыл бұрын

So what would happen if he grew hair?

@toonbat

Жыл бұрын

He's like One Punch Man, if he had done 100 evils, stolen 100 cakes, and ran 100 fake $7 presidential campaigns EVERY SINGLE DAY.

@joe77andino

Жыл бұрын

Silver Age Lex him going bald inspired him to become a villain. Lex nowadays sports the Bald look like the Ultimate Giga Chad who gives zero fks .

it really is an impressive way they snuck this character arc for him throughout three separate TV series. Just another reason why the DCAU is top-tier storytelling

Besides the great development, something I love about DCAU Luthor is how his journey is tribute to many different incarnations of Luthor: Superman TAS - He is corrupt CEO from the post-crisis DC continuity Justice League - After being expose as criminal, he becomes the mad scientist from the pre-crisis DC continuity. Justice League Unlimited - His role in Cadmus arc takes inspiration from the President Luthor storyline and "Whatever Happened to Man of Tomorrow" (in which Luthor mind is taken over by Brainiac). JLU Season 3 - Takes inspiration from the Super Friends show, in which Luthor becomes the leader of the Legion of Doom. One the best exemple of how Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and the other producers truly had a passion for comics and respect for the DC universe mythology.

@hoodiek6802

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely and they should've run the DCEU

@alexandrefrauches132

Жыл бұрын

@@hoodiek6802 Or at least work as consultants. Either way, the fact that WB didn't even gave those guys a role in the DCEU development really shows how much potential was wasted

@hoodiek6802

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandrefrauches132 Exactly like them right the stories.Superman in the DCAU is how he supposed to be portrayed

@demonking86420

Жыл бұрын

@@hoodiek6802 if that were to happen Timm would be shoving his Batgirl grooming fetish even more than he did

@hoodiek6802

Жыл бұрын

@@demonking86420 They would tell him not to do that

The part where Lex Luther was bald perfectly condensed his entire character into one moment. Batman V Superman: Yawn of Justice could’ve learned a thing or two from this incredible character writing.

@TheManOfTomorrow

Жыл бұрын

Bro doesn't know what 'character arc' means.

@ammagon4519

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the entire reason why Snack Spider wrote Luthor as some lunatic nutjob is because he didn't cast a bald actor.

@maybussell5099

Жыл бұрын

@@TheManOfTomorrow People don’t just become bald one day. You are living in a fantasy land. Baldness is not something you can gain through character development; baldness is an inherent part of someone’s soul that is with them from the moment they are born.

@segevstormlord3713

9 ай бұрын

@@maybussell5099 Though those who have earned it through hard work and exercise ARE remarkable. See: Saitama.

@maybussell5099

9 ай бұрын

@@segevstormlord3713 Saitama was always bald even before he lost his hair. That’s why be had the potential to become so powerful.

Lex confronting Darkseid in his "powersuit" was very poetic. First and foremost, Lex is a businessman and made Darkseid an offer he could not resist. And in an ironic twist, Lex finally got the last laugh on Superman. Superman didn't land the final blow on Darkseid. Lex Luthor did. And he didn't even need to throw a punch

Honestly Lex’s growth in the dcau is some of the best storytelling I’ve seen in tv

Bro, the seven dollar edit kill me haha

Lex Luthor represents the best and worst of humanity at once. He's capable of things both great and terrible. He has so much potential and yet squanders it on a petty grudge. But at the end of the day he's not unwilling to risk himself for what he perceives to be a greater good. He's like Superman, but in many ways his opposite.

How much control Lex Luthor has over his circumstances is also shown by the clothes he wears. Whenever he is wearing the black suit and tie he is at his most powerful and most imposing while whenever he is in other clothes he is depicted as more vulnerable. While he was running Lexcorp during Superman the Animated Series, running for president, or facing off Darkseid with the anti life equation in hand him and his iconic black suit meant he was in absolute control.

Rewatching the last few episodes of JLU while mildly drunk had me chuckling everytime Lex spoke to (or even of) Brainiac. He just sounded so desperate, not just for the godhood he covets, but for the company, the kindred intellect, the partnership he had with Brainiac, even if he knew of it for just a short time. Even Brainiac seemed to want to hang out with Lex again, maybe it was just his hallucinations or maybe Brainiac was manipulating him, but there was just something about that "We could be together again" that made the unfeeling, heartless robot seem like he just wanted a friend, someone whose intelligence matches his own but has something else to balance it out. Then again I was mildly drunk so take this comment with a grain of salt

You skimmed over Lex’s character arcs and how they actually line up with a normal person’s. Lex learned how to share his life with someone else and was ready to “settle down” with them forever. Brainiac was basically his bride. And with Amazo, Lex learned how to become a father. Amazo, who’s main powers are to “copy” someone. Imprinted himself to Lex. Learning from him. And with Superman? It was almost a brotherly bond. Although he razzed his little bro, in the end, when it came down to it, he did everything to save him and show his affection the only way a big bro can.

@lordskeletor4558

Жыл бұрын

and then he proposed to darkseid with an anti life equation ring

Lex Luthor is probably my absolute favorite supervillain ever. Even more than Joker and Doctor Doom. I don't think there is an ever more perfect foil for a hero like Superman than Lex. He even acts as a dark reflection of Superman's belief that everyone can become tomorrow a better person than they were yesterday. Much as I like Lex being a billionaire prick, I liked how the DCAU evolved him into his more classic mad scientist Silver Age self who had a surprising amount of redeeming qualities and bravery.

@skyyswaggstudios2934

Жыл бұрын

I always love lex being a douche that has just a tiny sign that hes capable of becoming a good person

@TheDoctorofOdoIsland

Жыл бұрын

It always bugged me how Lex basically possessed no humanizing qualities to speak of in Superman The Animated Series, I'm glad the Justice League era gave him so much character development and channeled some of the classic Pre-Crisis elements back into his persona.

@ShinySephiroth1

Жыл бұрын

My favorite version of him is Rebirth in the comics

@KevinJohnson-cv2no

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDoctorofOdoIsland Some would consider his ambition and lust for power humanizing enough, what's more human than that lol

@KevinJohnson-cv2no

Жыл бұрын

TAS Lex is the best. Utterly unfettered by qualms of "retribution" and "goodness of character" he is a pure, singular force which serves to empower himself at all costs. He wants power & the ultimate realization of his individual will and does not apologize for it, nor does he seek forgiveness from those beneath him. He is a good example of Nietzsche's Ubermensch, the only real problem is his slight need for public appeal.

"Even the greatest of us can't compete with time, or death." Hits real hard

5:10 Damn bro inflation got outta control

For me Lex always wants to show that a simple man like him can save the world. To show everyone that he is better than Superman. Even if this must cost him everything.

Ok I'm ready; bring on the Brainiac/Luthor slashfic

@roseherbalist830

Жыл бұрын

Isn't any : I would know, having checked basically everything

@jollygreenjeff2640

Жыл бұрын

Kinda gay to be a billionaire egomaniac that merges with an alien robot. What’re you doing, making each other more of yourselves and becoming closer with each other than would be possible with any other being?

@austincde

Жыл бұрын

Egobrainiac

@Redn2000

Жыл бұрын

Ew.

A silly bit of very old Superman lore is that Lex Luthor and Clark Kent went to high school together. In a lab accident, Clark, as Superboy, unintentionally drove noxious vapors toward Lex that caused all of his hair to fall out, which is why Lex is such an implacable enemy of Superman. In "Red Son", because they grew up separately, Lex Luthor kept his hair.

I love how petty lex is, hes the reverse flash for superman.

the best part of growing up on these cartoons is knowing every single line when they came up

You aren't going to mention the time when Lex and everyone else was turned into an ape and touched his head, noticing he is the only bald ape: "Figures".

@ralphpal

Жыл бұрын

After that when lex beat the gorilla He was explaining his master plan to the legion of doom Someone asked What, are you going to turn us all bald?

“I spent 7 dollars” hahahahaha

Maybe I'm wrong, but lex feels like the perfect Nietzschian man

@luisrosario3781

Жыл бұрын

Are you referring to the concept of the Ubermensch or moreso nihilism?

@raghulnagarajan9946

Жыл бұрын

Übermensch

@Archedgar

Жыл бұрын

@@luisrosario3781 Pretty sure he means master morality and freedom/individualism. Lex Luthor is def a great example of the rejection of leftst orthodoxy and the willful ignorance it pushes aka slave morality.

@KevinJohnson-cv2no

Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I referenced in another comment. Lex is a near-perfect realization of The Higher Man values that formulate The Ubermensch. He is completely and utterly devoted to self-empowerment at all costs; breaking the shackles of petty morality and qualms of "evil/good", simply realizing his own individual will by any means. He is capable, courageous and grasps at the infinite & unknown with a mighty self-assuredness. The only thing which holds him back is his petty desire for public appeal; he is desperate to craft an image of himself in the eyes of the masses, those beneath him. This prevents his full self-actualization and, ultimately, his full self-empowerment. There are plenty of times where Lex could have taken reign over all that is, all that exists; but refused to simply because it *SPECIFICALLY* didn't help him in his highly particular, highly petty vendetta against Superman for the hearts of those in Metropolis.

I have never watched this show, but God this Lex is great.

@CorbCorbin

Жыл бұрын

Damn, wish I could watch it for the first time.

@dac314

Жыл бұрын

Find a way to watch JL and JLU. Or really, watch as much of the DCAU as possible.

@Xx_SuperPenis_xX

Жыл бұрын

U can always pirate it

@thibaldus3

Жыл бұрын

Best DC adpatation out there.

6:48 Fun Fact: After living in Luthor's head, that's probably not the first time Brainiac's heard this.

@spoopyskeleton2010

Жыл бұрын

Luthor’s Boyfriend

@bwackbeedows3629

Жыл бұрын

@@spoopyskeleton2010 Luthor's breedable boywife

@unknowngod8221

Жыл бұрын

luthor the gays

@spoopyskeleton2010

Жыл бұрын

@@bwackbeedows3629 yo I didn’t notice before I don’t think but i love your pfp, Hylics is so underrated

5:09 i like how you cut it in a way that makes him say "7 dollar presidental campaign"

“7 dollars” killed me hahaha, thanks for this man. Made my day! God bless you :)

Lex just always wanted to prove the world didn't need superman. That humans were good enough. So this is totally in character.

5:10 - Just want you to know that this edit did not go unappreciated.

5:10 That would have been amazing if Lex Actually instead spend Seven Whole Dollars

When you edited it to say “$7” I lost it

"and in Justice League Unlimited he returns".. Indeed.. The Return.

The DCAU made Lex one of my favorite villains.

Hell yeah. My favorite version of the ultimate bald man.

It's actually a known fact that if Lex hadn't gone bald, he'd be a well-liked, charismatic fella that, while not as materialistically successful as his villainous selves, is much happier, has a sphere of friends that cares for him and whom he cares for in return.

Here's to the best Lex Luthor we're probably going to get for a very long time.

The DCAU version of Lex Luthor is my personal favorite villain (followed closely by Gul Dukat) and this was a brilliant analysis.

@worfsonofmogh323

Жыл бұрын

Good taste in villians

The anti life equation I heard that in a LEGO game

Oh, dude a Keeps sponsorship would have been perfect for this one!

06:47 thanks for making me shoot soup through my nose.

This is more indepth than i expected from a video titled "Lex Luthor is bald"

How he talked Amazo around shows why so many villains follow Lex.

I don’t know why the “I spent $7 on a fake presidential campaign” edit was the one that broke me but I had to pause the video cause of how hard I was laughing well done

6:50 I am so clipping that

In the immortal words of that one wig salesman from Despicable Me 2... YOU ARE BALD... AND THAT'S BAD!

The fact that it is cannon that he is that way because Supes blew it out of his head is some of the most hilarious golden age jank

5:10 Lex spent how much? Man really is a genius if he could get a whole presidential campaign setup with 7 dollars

Lex's lack of hair is fascinating

Clancy brown is such a high tier voice actor it’s actually crazy. The RANGE on this man

I might be remembering this wrong but in the comics, Lex and Superman were friends. But one day, Lex's lab caught fire. Superman tried to save him but not without accidentally spilling chemicals on his head making him bald. After that, Lex hated Superman and wanted to get revenge for making him bald.

@slizzysluzzer

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That's pre-Crisis lore when Luthor was just a mad scientist. Current lore just has Lex going bald naturally now and writers go back and forth on whether or not they want Lex acting more as his 80s CEO incarnation or the 60s mad scientist incarnation, mostly settling for varying mixtures of both.

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This is so much an silver age of comics plot point, everything back then was SO WEIRD for no reason

@Chris_Sizemore

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Lex Luthor, as a young and brilliant scientist looked up to Superman and the two of them had a good relationship. They were friends. While working on a formula to protect Superman from Kryptonite Lex's lab caught on fire. Superman used his super breath to blow the fire out, but that ended up enveloping Lex in the chemically laden smoke the lab fire produced. Immediately afterward Lex's hair fell out. (He had red hair before this) Lex blamed Superman and this began Lex's career as Superman's most reoccurring villain.

Amazo: WHAT IS MY PURPOSE? Lex: You pass butter. Amazo: OH GOD

Damn, Lex really stopped the League's 2 most powerful threats (Amazo and Darkseid) by being bald

For anyone curious about what happened to Amazo, check out Justice League Infinity, a comic sequel made by some of the JLU writers and creators.

“I’m not bald I’m follicle challenged”- lex probably

"I spent seven dollars" Imagine your nemesis brought out that STONE HARD CASH just to fuck with your life.

The title checks out.

This is a really good video analyzing one of the DCAU’s best villains, with a legendary actor voicing him, and it starts and ends with a bald joke. Gotta love it, cheers.

5:10 Such a subtle but _utterly hilarious_ edit.

The I spent $7 on a fake Presidential Campaign edit actually made me crack up...

He indeed is the baldest man I know.

"I spent seven dollars on a fake presidential campaign, all just to tick superman off"

That title is such life changing information

To this day -- this is the Luthor I want for the big screen and they'll die before they give it us. The smart and tactful businessman moving pieces on the board with finesse...but instead we got some weirdo

This would had been perfect for as sponsors about men's baldness lol

This is why I love Lex Luthor more than the Joker. He is straight more fascinating on how despite his ego big enough to threaten the entire universe, he is somewhat aware and a bit nihilistic (and that could be a lie given it was to save himself from Amazon) of how all of what he did would be for nothing and wouldn’t even be remembered yet he still makes up his own purpose in life regardless of what throws at him and he strangely and shockingly admires and respect Superman due to the rivalry with him making Led improve his own craft and schemes and later for a brief moment becomes GOD. He is straight up PRIDE and yet has standards and expectations with what he does and to the specific people close to him that mean a lot in his life manufactory and not emotionally… like dahm. This essay is one big cosmic perspective and in some way, I do relate to Lex in the nihilism at times and wanting to make an impact and purpose on my life regardless of what will happen in the future… and like a lot of us, I LIKE MONEY!!!

The charm this channel has -- Love it

History will say that brainiec and Lex were just good friends. I do believe in more

I love when after gorilla grod tried to turn everyone into an ape and lex beats him. As he gather the legion of Doom and wanted to explain his master plan someone said What , are you going to turn us all bald?!

Really love this analysis of justice league unlimited, probably my favorite dc show of all time. It is heavily slept on by many people, they really did well with their short run

Absolute banger of a video, really really really sheds light on Lex's Arc, which I personally overlooked.

This was a very well done character study, great work!

Sorry but even if it isnt specifically said where the kryptonite is affecting him, I still find it funny to joke about lex getting prostate cancer from the kryptonite.

And for anyone wondering why, Lex was merely a balding ginger before someone accidentally drew him as a bald henchman. So yes, bald Luthor was a happy accident.

Now I gotta rewatch both these shows back to back.

I love dialogue like "but we saw it this time!" It tells us so much about this world and these characters

"I spent $7 on a fake presidential campaign" Weird flex, but ok

I've never seen such a bold and controversial title to a video, respect my brave friend, respect😤👏

Came back to watch this a second time. Love your stuff IP!

Fantastic analysis. You know when to go deep and when to go light. I've seen of a few of your DCAU essays at this point: they're all good, but this one really knocks it out of the park.