World of Cardboard

[DavidB1001]

It's interesting to see this, from someone who knows the other incarnations of Superman better.

While this Superman is weaker, in a way, Golden Age Superman is stronger, and a Howitzer could kill him, :), this Superman still technically holds back even in this fight. Which shows how strong he is. He's always afraid even here, of hurting Darkseid severely.

Considering his comic incarnation can become a God by flying into the sun and stay there for 10,000 years, that says something.

[zionravescene]

like a BOSS.

[wardoggwyllgi]

i love that superman just vegeta'ed the ever love shit out of a god.

[darknessblae]

back when cartoons were so good. you would never see that today. building destroying is too taboo

ps trolls, don't bother because i won't read the responses

[ninjadeathfox]

I want superman on my volleyball team.

[Muzaror]

@ninjadeathfox I won't, he would only hit the ball out of the field

[blacklionSM]

Best Superman line ever!!!

[SSJ4Yujiro]

2:02 Darkseid "Ow..."

[SSJ4Yujiro]

S**t just got real.

[derpylives]

The entire time this was playing, I kept thinking "Why doesn't he just punch him into space and continue the fight there? Or at least air-combo him with 20 or 30 super-punches from different directions and then set him down gently and go 'had enough?' " I mean you can see at 1:44 that the city isn't even evacuated. What exactly makes this a "rare opportunity" to smash all the cardboard and kill all the people he wants? I hope it was better explained in the episode.

[TheDoctorofOdoIsland]

@derpylives It was a very intense moment in which very little thought was to be had on either fighter's part. In his defense, taking the fight into space would have left Supes without any immediate back up, which was very badly needed in but a few minutes.

[Alexsplat2]

@derpylives apart from what the other guy replied to you said there's also the fact that this incarnation of superman can't breathe in space

[Darkninja105]

And so a trope was named...

[PhrostReaper]

@WarhunterT71 I feel the same way. Usually I'm not a big fan of Supes, but this scene... Awesome.

[lokiskywalker]

A guy who goes to the gym a lot tackled the tiger-force at the core of all things. All bow before the Bat-balls.

[WritingFighter]

Nobody kicks Batman's ass and gets away with it. Even if it means a super punch from Superman.

[WarhunterT71]

I have a new respect for Superman and DC in general after this.

[codafett]

They finally gave Superman a chance to shine here.

[EmpressRan]

Damn, that made me tear up. I miss this cartoon so much right now.

The beauty of that scene was incredible.

[grindorblackout1986]

The manliness displayed here not only forced a tear from my eye, that tear formed a hole in the ground upon impact that quenched the 2012 doomsday flare-up seeping from the earth`s core.

That is the power that is present in the manliness of superman.

[MrCosworth96]

Sage, Amazo has like every power of the Justice League, right? Wouldn't he have just a little bit of Superman's invulnerability?

[elmalhermano]

yeah punch him through building, because sure he wont splatter any civilian working there, i mean, this city is like power rangers, all the building destroyed are always empty

[LeSage013]

Lemme see if I got the logic right. Superman beats Darkseid. Superman can't beat Amazo in "Tabula Rasa". Does that mean Amazo whoops Darkseid's ass any day?

[cooldaddyjames2814]

@LeSage013 don't you get it he was holding back so he wouldn't kill amazo that is the whole point of the speech!

[Citrakite]

@LeSage013 Given Amazo would just copy Darkeid's powers and use the Omega force on him? Yes yes he can.

Could Superman have beat Amazo in that first fight? yes. He'd level most of Metropolis doing so. As Lois lives there he won't do it. Now if it's Star City or Edge City there'd be a metaton of fucks not given by him.

[LeSage013]

@Citrakite Damn, so Superman is the strongest one there is? That's... overpowered. lol. Still, makes me appreciate his character even more.

[Citrakite]

@LeSage013 Puny Human. Flying man not strongest. Hulk is Strong. Hulk is strongest there IS!

But yeah, Superman with his limiters off can crack a planet or least a small moon give he's nerfed some here. That's without having to go to Pre-crisis levels of godlike power where he'd move the planet and blow out a star with a sneeze

[RainbowPowerRangerX]

You know, that was a pretty effective tackle for someone without superpowers, Batman. Kudos.

[QuinnK33]

Superman's punch didn't actually send Darkseid flying through 5 skyscrapers. He just warped reality through sheer not giving a fuck.

[BalmungSama0]

Supes doesn't kill. He just punches people through 7 skyscrapers and hopes for the best.

[SickBritKid]

Screw Falcon Punch.

Superman Punch!

[jadedflames]

And many lives were lost that day.

[SnowyWolborg]

That whole Speech and Darkseid still puts him down. Thats how we do Darkseid, that's how we do.

[LordMortis315]

Thumbs up if you stopped hating Superman after this.

[9solar9]

@LordMortis315 People hate Superman?

[LordMortis315]

@9solar9 For being a goody-goody and overpowered. I was one of those people, but then I saw this scene.

[malivaxx]

@LordMortis315 yeah the whole JLU run did alot to improve superman's image, even going so far as making him a bit of a jerk at time but always doing "the good thing"... except maybe when he beats up a little boy...

they had captain marvel be the boy scout superhero.

[9solar9]

@LordMortis315 True he is a goody-goody but that's the point. He's the ultimate superhero. Would you want him to be as bat shit INSANE as Sentry?

[Slashbash]

@9solar9 Yeah. My friend does. He has yet to see this scene, I take it.

[YOSHIERIDER]

Clearly the animators were inspired by Dragon Ball Z.

[HTMLman15]

@YOSHIERIDER ........

[SourRevenge]

How many buildings with offices (and people) inside did he go through again? So much much for protecting that cardboard haha

[NodDisciple1]

@SourRevenge I was thinking the same thing, some poor folks in those buildings are goo now. X(

[icyswordofawesome]

That punch probably caused quite a bit of porperty damage. Luckily, they can rebuild it, because that city is made entirely of the fucks that Supes doesn't give.

[JohnRaines]

@icyswordofawesome Would you prefer the world getting conquered by Darkseid?

[wackywankavator]

This just in... 572 people killed by a mid workday airborne Apokalips... Superman wanted for questioning.

[hollyhock18x7]

and thus we see why Supes is awesome.

[hollyhock18x7]

you can say "ass" on youtube. it's ok.

[BuddhaBassLine]

I must have an mp3 of that song played over the whoopass. So awesome!

[00Raiser1992]

Falcon PAWNCH...Oh wait now he's like Goku Darkseid is screwed

[WarbossGorgutz]

@00Raiser1992

Except both Darkseid and Superman could easily beat Goku.

[MightyNeonFraa]

@WarbossGorgutz Goddamnit, I hate this Superman vs. Goku shit. Even if they met THEY WOULD NEVER FIGHT, IT'S IRRELEVANT! The most you'd ever get was a good natured sparring match and even then neither of them would be going all out against the other.

[WarbossGorgutz]

@MightyNeonFraa

But if they did, Superman would win.

[00Raiser1992]

@WarbossGorgutz I meant the way Supes was flying--practically teleporting--behind Darkseid and then using a hammer punch

[Matterialize]

NO SUPES, I HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH.

TIME TO WATCH IT AGAIN

[Jakezing]

And then dark sied proves how much of a badass HE is by beating superman

[etherraichu]

@Jakezing I accidently misread your comment. I saw "eating superman" not "beating superman." For a second I wonderd, is this show a whole lot more nteresting than i remember?

[Mysterey101]

whooooo did anybody else get chills?

[trickso]

This scene would have more of an effect if Superman didn't get his shit slapped straight after it.

[DeathsHood]

Wow Superman, good distancing. Seriously. To be at the perfect distance to catch him right in the back on that last hit, even though he was SPINNING through buildings at the time?

That's some serious calculative skills right there.

You get a big ass Solar Cookie for that one

[srdjan455]

I don't know why but I always get the felling that Darkseid isn't handled very well in media when it comes to his strength

[SnowyWolborg]

@srdjan455 He's usually downplayed when written as Superman villain. But when he's a New Gods villain...

[srdjan455]

@SnowyWolborg How often is he a new God villain then?

[1aundulxaldin]

For once, TVTropes can actually be useful.

[Zacen299]

@1aundulxaldin FOR ONCE YOU BASTARD TVTropes rules the world!

[GraxtheDestroyer]

And it only took a couple million dollars in property damage and the lost lives of a hundred or so civilians to accomplish it.

[Rasenshuriken90]

...And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Darkseid never wants to play Catapult with Superman.

[ninjast4r]

I like how Superman lectures Darkseid about the whole 'world of cardboard' thing, and then unflinchingly causes untold civilian casualties and property damage just toying with him.

[icyswordofawesome]

That wasn't slow-motion, Supes hit him so fast and so hard that he made the universe lag.

[thor333us]

Superman holds back to keep from killing someone then punches darkseid through 4 buildings killing those inside.

[MagnusThiHan]

superman just caused collatoral dammage using darkseid as a weapon. that's pretty cool.

[CrazyGentlemen]

"Always taking constant care not to break something...."

-Breaks half of city-

[mikethevegetable]

@CrazyGentlemen I feel like I need an "I'm with Stupid" t-shirt. That's the point of the speech. Superman held back to avoid collateral damage. Then Darkseid really pissed Superman off. No more holding back.

[chaowalker]

When I heard Superman say that he was worried about hurting others, I thought he was going to fight Darkseid in the sky, but in stead, Superman hit Darkseid where the shockwaves could hurt people and sent Darkseid through buildings that people may have been in.

[Sakisakurazuka]

C-C-C-C-C-C-C-Combo-breaker!

[Lindabvair]

Love this!

[Vally123]

Oh great, he broke half the city. Dick.

:D

[analbumcover500]

And that's why Goku will never beat Superman

[AquaPhoenix2006]

1:37

AND IT'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

[lonewolf23k]

In the end, Darkseid only won because he cheated. 

[soulbreaker2]

Superman only lost because Darkseid used an ass-pull. If he could overload peoples' pain receptors, why didn't he do it, or even mention it, before, hmm?

[Nonamearisto]

4 people are Darkseid. 

[ZeroOfBells]

Fuck you, TvTropes.

[FluffMaster101]

0:45 Skip to the infamous speech

[FoxPlant2006]

It looks good, but even at full pre-Crisis power Superman couldn't beat Darkseid except in the Superfriends cartoon show.

[ziggurat8888]

Besides being plain cool, this scene was supposed to be a response to the writers admitting Superman's actual power varied a lot in the show for plot purposes. The idea Supes holds back because he hates the idea of killing people is a nice believable excuse at least.

[Fojar38]

"Never allowing myself to lose control, even for a second, or someone could die."

I wonder how many people were killed when Superman punched Darkseid through those office buildings.

[loopofpoop]

@Fojar38 #LOL good point!  but see, that's the point of the speech! he doesn't give a shit, HE'S BADASS

[Erikuzuma]

There is some SERIOUS ass kicking going on here.

[segarion]

These are always the best scenes when superman unleashes his full potential.  It just boggles the mind to think what he could do.

[Acanaceous]

What we have here is a Fighting-type superhero using Superpower on a Dark type for super-effective damage.

[lulo1216]

3 people aren't big men and can't take it.

[CyrussTheMan]

Batman is useless, WTF, he thought he could stop him. He needs to go back and fight the clown.

[drumlip]

@CyrussTheMan Hey, he gave Supes the inspiration he needed.

[AquaPhoenix2006]

@CyrussTheMan This version of Darkseid is back from the dead with the powers of Braniac AND one of the New Gods

Even though it's BATMAN, what the fuck is going to do against that?!

[apsdil]

And how many people died in those impacts?

[GalacticKnight]

@apsdil The city was mostly evacuated, so I'd put the total at a resounding '0'.

[drumlip]

@apsdil No one. Just a lot of property damage.

[bluefootwalking]

Superman, "What we have here is a rare oppertunity for me to cut loose...and show you just how powerful I really am."

Darksied, "Ohhh shi....."

Seriously though, Supes didn't even hit Doomsday as hard as that!

[JD1010101110]

Do him Supes! I believe in you!

[snowmoutain01]

I don't care who you are, if Superman tells you that all these years he's been holding back but now he's going all out on you, its going to be terrifying. Even Galactus would piss himself a little.

[TenteixSaigo]

@snowmoutain01 Galactus would kick his ass and think nothing of it.

[supereece9000]

@snowmoutain01 galactus turned Superman into his herald in one crossover, now THAT would me pretty much anyone piss themselves

[snowmoutain01]

@supereece9000 That is a truly butt-puckering prospect.

[luccaskunk]

@snowmoutain01 Well, Galactus is from a whole different universe that Supes doesn't have access to. However, there was this one comic my roommate told me about, though I haven't seen it with my own eyes, where someone pulled Superman out of the DC comics (Which apparently exist as comics in Marvel) and pitted him against Galactus. In the end, Galactus won and Superman became his new herald, the Gold Surfer or something like that.

I don't know if it's true or not but it's what I heard.

[ZaikiTheLycan]

@snowmoutain01 Squirrel Girl wouldn't

[TenteixSaigo]

@snowmoutain01 I'm just glad this version isn't Pre Crisis. Pre Crisis was the result of poor writing, and this isn't poor writing.

[maxacorn]

@snowmoutain01

hey now. i wouldnt go that far, my friend.

[etherraichu]

@snowmoutain01 It would be terrifying if it was a game of checkers. If he said that in a way that would make clear violence would occur, Id just die. No heart attack or stroke. His words would kill me. Maybe even just saying his name.

Im pretty sure Kal-el is a killing word.

[DRE3K100]

@snowmoutain01 i bet Goku wouldn't Super Sayian Goku would beat da shit outta superman

[SinnerBeta]

Popularity of characters might change, people will always find a new favorite and turn on the others.

But we all know Superman was, is and always will be the greatest superhero of all times.

[31Moth13]

Holy God Dang. This is so completely idiotic I don't know what to say. Superman has been holding back the whole time, to such an extent he beats freaking Darkseid in two hits?

This is not the bloody silver age, I thought we were supposed to be over that kinda stuff by now.

[Zantetsudex]

@31Moth13 He didn't beat him.

[Deemo202]

@Zantetsudex Lol honestly if Darkseid kept it hand to hand Superman would have whupped his ass XD

[Prometheusmfd]

@31Moth13 It was the last episode, they didn't have the time to give Batman the ability to prepare

So they up Superman's badassery 

[drjoostut]

They should have a scene like this in the Smallville finale tonight :)

[patu8010]

god bless america ;)

[daveshn]

Why didn't he use this strength against Lord!Superman?

[drumlip]

@daveshn Didn't you hear his speech? He's afraid of his own power.

[daveshn]

@drumlip

Just figured that if anyone else could take his ultimate strength, it'd be Lord!Superman.

[drumlip]

@daveshn Yeah, but Lord Superman would be just as strong.

[loperspest]

@drumlip If you actually cared about people around you, people you could tear apart at a touch, wouldn't you?

[MsSunhappy]

the world IS made of cardboard for you, superman. now kindly remember there are cardboard people in the buildings you just smash. cardboard people break easily ya know.

[Joshtika18]

Probably the most awsome speach he's ever given.

[crypto66]

For all the supposed power of some villains, they still can't spell or wear their underwear properly. Take this guy for example. He's still butt ugly.

[whipptron]

Goku went super-saiyan.

[Jenartik]

This gay little speech would have meant something if the punch injured Darkseid in any way, which it didn't.

He got up right after and wasn't even marked.

[Neoxkais]

@Jenartik

It might have been a pointless effort, but it was still undeniably badass

[drumlip]

@Jenartik It showed how absolutely unmatched Darkseid was to Superman physically. He only used his super mega pain net as a last resort, because he knew he was screwed otherwise.

[Acanaceous]

@drumlip: Sooo...why didn't he use it first?

[AMVslowking]

@Acanaceous did you not see the shockwaves? the earth shattering crater? did you not hear the speech? He wanted to make sure no one would be hurt, and to a lesser extent he wouldn't do too much damage. But at the end of the world with just him and darkseid, yeah cut loose.

[tomontherun99]

Was anyone else reminded of Knightfall at the beginning, just with Darkseid and Superman instead of Bane and Batman

[soraboy93]

I like how he had a minor pause before saying "cardboard" that shows he's trying to find a word that describes how fragile the world is to him.

Awesome end."Had Enough?"

[92Penguin]

he probably killed innocent bystanders doing all that

[lokiskywalker]

Say it with me now:

DAAAAAAAAAAMMMMN.

[cooldaddyjames]

Am I the only one that feels the same way I mean damn stuff in this world is flimsy.

[theromanus]

All of the sudden Justice League became DBZ

[AusMarkus]

Proof that Superman isn't too powerful, but that his opponents are too weak.

[Narutokun11]

What makes that scene so hilarious is that Sups gets pwned IMMEDIATELY after being badass. Kinda takes the epic out of the speech doesn't it?

[Thos6362]

@Narutokun11 superman cant go unchecked otherwise no one would watch

[Narutokun11]

@Thos6362 Exactly. If you have a lame character then make them all-powerful then you get an even LAMER char that is completely uninteresting.

[CobaltIsNotReal]

@Narutokun11

To be fair, Darkseid fucking cheated.

[Narutokun11]

@CobaltIsNotReal

True, he did kinda cheat. How exactly someone can shoot lazers from the eyes that target the freakin PAIN CENTER OF THE BRAIN I will never know. Sounds like Plot Device to me.

[CobaltIsNotReal]

@Narutokun11

Darkseid can do all sorts of cheap shit. Omega beams are one.

[Xenmaru00]

Alright. this has renewed my respect for Superman. Before, i just thought he was crap cause he actually gets his ass handed to him left and right before winning. NOW it's explained why, and it makes total sense.

Fight on Superman. Fight on and Win!

[Mveculous]

I don't really think Superman's fingers are prone to breaking what with the Invulnerability and all.

[shimazu32]

So how many people did Superman kill by sending Darkseid through six office buildings?

Supes seems to forget that while Darkseid can indeed take it, the surrounding environment can't. Whoops!

[anubreedofangel]

Y'know you made a helluva scene when even i (a huge non-fan of ol' Supy) am goin' "F*CKIN' RIGHT!!!" @ this scene...

[kirbymaster7491]

Two people freaked out at the awesomeness of this clip and accidentally pressed the dislike button.

[kirbymaster7491]

Did anybody catch how a broken back is how Doomsday killed Superman in the comics? And here's Darkseid trying it...

[Natendo64]

0:28 I'M THE GODDAMNED BATMAN!!!!

[Fermatprime]

RIP Dwayne McDuffie, writer for JLU (and I think this episode.) Why do the good (writers) die so young?

[NicholasGeschke]

Looks like the directors wanted Supes to have his time to shine. He gets smacked about so much, and just once, he shows just how strong a true Big Good really is. The guy did just megaton-punch the Big-Bad right through four skyscrapers, in a blow that literally shook the camera and created a freaking shockwave.

[luccaskunk]

@NicholasGeschke I went and counted... make that seven sky scrapers...

[EspyLacopa2]

@NicholasGeschke And then the asshole move:  Agony Matrix. And then gets saved by /Luthor/ of all people.

[loopofpoop]

@NicholasGeschke god damn tv tropes -.-

[zankai4the1ending]

@NicholasGeschke I think it was seven skyscrapers, not four.

[Leoncb]

So when Superman threw him through all those buildings how many people died?

[scruffykayway]

hahaha exactly what i think every time scenes similar to this happen

[TheREALforeverone]

@Leoncb Nobody because it's only a cartoon.

[Wh3nYour3Strang3]

Anyone else recognize the Freakazoid shout out?

[conor2me]

it would be amazing is smallville ended exactly like this

[3HeadedMonkey]

too bad superman barely hurt him and got his ass kicked afterwards

[Malakael]

That's a lot of property damage to cover on a reporter's salary...

[SabotageThePyro]

1:30 This is the nerfed Falcon Punch.

[stiqman]

Wow superman... how did you know NOBODY was at work that day? I guess it STILL was a bad time to cut loose. Stupid hick.