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''Countdown to Final Crisis'' (2007-2008) is perhaps one of the most baffling things to come out of [[DC Comics]]. It was meant as the leadup to what would have been the biggest events in the DCU, but ultimately, it fell short, not even bearing connection to the ''[[Final Crisis]]'' for which it was named. Trying to summarize it is a difficult task, as the plotline is essentially a very shaky patchwork of loosely connected plot threads. But someone has to try:
[[The Multiverse]] has gone wonky. The [[Crisis on Infinite Earths|Monitors]] have come back into existence with the return of the parallel universes, and they foresee a "Great Disaster" -- and one Monitor, consulting The Source, is told that Ray Palmer (currently in exile since the events of ''[[Identity Crisis]]'') is the answer. From here, the script splits into a variety of plot threads:
* [[Wonder Woman|Donna Troy]] and [[Batman|Jason Todd]] end up traveling the Multiverse with [[Fluffy the Terrible|Bob, one of the Monitors]], searching for Ray Palmer, initially joined by Ryan Choi ([[The Atom|the fourth Atom]]), but joined by [[Green Lantern|Kyle Rayner]] instead when Choi gets whisked out of the plot. They search multiple universes and come up empty-handed most of the time.
* [[Shazam|Mary Marvel]], seemingly abandoned by the power of Shazam, goes out searching for answers. She ends up stealing [[Black Adam]]'s power, turning evil not once, but twice.
* [[Jimmy Olsen]] ends up [[Superpower Silly Putty|developing superpowers]] and tries to become a superhero -- or at least find out why he has them. [[Weirdness Magnet|In typical Jimmy Olsen fashion]], he soon gets sucked into an investigation into the death of the [[New Gods]], winds up toe-to-toe with Darkseid, and [[Coitus Ensues|has sex with a bug girl.]]
* [[The Flash|The Trickster and Pied Piper]] go undercover to gather info on the other Rogues, and get framed for murder. They wind up in a situation not unlike "The Defiant Ones" save for a surplus of homophobic potshots and unpleasantry.
* [[Catwoman (comics)|Holly Robinson]] and [[Batman|Harley Quinn]] end up in a women's shelter organized by Athena (actually Granny Goodness in disguise), who trains them as warriors without telling them why.
* [[Legion of Super-Heroes|Karate Kid and Triplicate Girl]] end up stranded in the past because Karate Kid's infected with a strange virus; they try to find a cure.{{spoiler|..unsuccesfully. Both of them die}}.
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* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Mary Marvel.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "I'LL KILL YOU! [[Shaped Like Itself|I'll KILL YOU TO DEATH!]]"
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: The fact that all the issues were drawn by different artists caused many, many abrupt shifts not just in character models, but in basic layout and props throughout particular arcs.
** [[Depending on the Writer]]: To much the same effect.
* [[Discontinuity Nod]]: [[Geoff Johns]] actually put "Don't worry about Countdown" on a chalkboard in ''[[Booster Gold]].''
** Later on, {{spoiler|the Red Robin costume worn by Jason Todd on Earth-51}} appeared in ''Robin'' and was adopted by {{spoiler|Tim Drake}}.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Mary Marvel taking a pole from Zatanna and saying "Ooh, no wonder you wanted to keep this for yourself!" with a look of ecstasy on her face.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Many characters. {{spoiler|Duela Dent, The Jokester, Triplicate Girl, Trickster, Karate Kid, the version of Batman who might have redeemed Jason Todd and three alternate-universe Earths}}.
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Monarch conquered Earth-51 and wouldn't stop there. Then [[Unstoppable Rage|Superman-Prime]] [[Fight Scene|attacked]] [[Apocalypse How|him]]...
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Twice, first by Mary Marvel, then by one of the Monitors.
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** [http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6590/gurrenlanternlu8.jpg Gurren Lagann.]
* [[Super-Hero Origin]]/[[Start of Darkness]]: Issues #37-27, #25-13, #11, and #6 feature origin stories of various heroes and villains as a backup feature. Issue #28 is notable in featuring ''two'' (one each for the Trickster and the Pied Piper).
* [[Swarm of Rats]]: Una is eaten alive by a swarm of mutated rats, and shows her [[Determinator]] street cred by continuing to fight them long enough to pass on her flight ring to another character, who escapes.
* [[Take That, Audience!]]: Superman-Prime is a pretty visible potshot, voicing common reader complaints about the series as though they were First-World problems.
* [[The Power of Rock]]
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: She's Donna Troy, by the way.
* [[The Virus]]: The thing that Ray Palmer and his friends were meant to stop, the thing that wiped out all human civilization and killed billions? It makes furries. An epidemic of savage, violent furries.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: It's uncertain if they were aiming to play this straight or not, as it's visited unto [[Jimmy Olsen]].
* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: Hal Jordan.
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