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''DC Universe Online'' is a [[Superhero]] [[MMORPG]], following on the heels of ''[[
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* [[The Ages of Super Hero Comics]]: The game plays around with this in interesting ways. Metropolis is ''very'' [[Silver Age]]; the first enemies you encounter as magic ([[Wonder Woman]]) or meta ([[Superman]]) heroes are dudes running around in stereotypical Egyptian costumes and ''sentient gorillas with rayguns'', respectively. While the level of "serious" fluctuates as you level across the story, it generally remains fairly silly. Gotham, meanwhile, features pretty much only Batman's rogues gallery, meaning you're fighting street toughs pushing steroids, madmen with fear gas and whatnot as a hero, and as a villain you're just straight-up roughing up cops and paying them off for the mob, and participating in a gang war; the feel is much more "[[The Dark Knight Saga|Nolan]]"/ModernAge. Even the alerts vary; the HIVE moon base is, [[Camp|well, yeah]], while Bludhaven is [[Darker and Edgier|quite a bit more serious]].
** Notably, in Metropolis it's always daytime (specifically a late-ish afternoon for [[Scenery Porn|maximum pretty]]); in Gotham, it's always night with [[Weird Moon|a huge moon]].
** Certain [[Modern Age]] elements do leak through into Metropolis, though. For example, while most characters are in their "classic" outfits (Superman and Wonder Woman are in their most famous ''[[
** In general, the game seems to use traditional continuity elements, combined with a visual style that leans towards the lighter side. One such example of this is Killer Croc, who in this version, just looks like a big crocodile man, rather than a deformed monstrous human like some versions portray him as.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Another one for the Multiversal Orrery, presumably. Of note is the fact that, while everything up to [[Infinite Crisis]] seems to have happened here (Giganta's suit, Bane broke Batman's back, Doomsday is around, etc) the events of [[Final Crisis]] and [[Blackest Night]] don't seem to have happened... yet. Though that said, Barry Allen, who returned in ''Final Crisis'', is the Flash in the game.
* [[
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The game is loot based but the 'rare' drops just add costume styles.
** The coolest examples are the cool armour that the player gets once reaching level 30. Batgirl (if you are Hero Tech) gives you a robotic batsuit, hell, Harley Quinn (Villain Tech) gives you a suit WITH A FREAKIN' ARMED BOMB ON IT.
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So, Luthor wants you to make more Parasites? [[Genre Savvy|The Parasite who devours every energy source he sees?]] ... Yeah... can't see this [[Gone Horribly Wrong|going wrong]]. }}
* [[Distressed Dude]]: Robin, who has been captured and placed under mind control by Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy respectively.
* [[Everything's Better
** Interestingly, Grodd is made out to be a credible threat, due to his ''[[Ax Crazy|psychotic hatred]]'' of humanity and missions and cut-scenes showing that being forcibly transformed into an ape is, you know, ''[[Body Horror]]''.
*** Also there's the entire Brain Control thing, so not only are you turned into a ape, you're turned into a Faceless Mook Ape. [[Body Horror]] AND [[Mind Rape]]!
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** [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Braniac wants to destroy/digitize the world. Many of the villains would rather rule it, or declare [[Enemy Mine]]!
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Booster Gold and his kiosks.
* [[False Reassurance]]: After {{spoiler|Future!Luthor's [[Hijacked
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Future!Luthor''': Oh yes, my intentions are for the greater good. ''My'' greater good!}}}}
* [[Fan Nickname]]: Some have called the game (specifically, if you play as a superhero) "The best Superman Game Ever Made"
* [[The Farmer and
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The game can be surprisingly clever about this in a few places. Case in point: During the mission which takes you into the new HIVE complex in the Metropolis Metrodome, the music sounds rather familiar, and at times the "beeping" etude you first heard on the [[Noob Cave|Brainiac Harvester Ship]] plays briefly before fading back into the "HIVE theme". You might think "psh, SOE is being lazy with the music, that must be the music that plays for all "high-tech villain lairs". {{spoiler|As you find out at the end of the mission, Queen Bee Zazzala has thrown HIVE's lot in with Brainiac wholesale and is now part of the larger Brainiac villain group. [[Fridge Brilliance|Thus, they share music]].}}
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Can be averted or subverted depending on the power sets you choose, but if you don't get a handle on controlling your speedster properly, you will end up dead pretty quick.
* [[Fun
** The hero equivalent is a similarly contrived bit of [[Techno Babble]] that comes out as "RAD".
* [[The Good,
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Giganta attempts to do this to Wonder Girl. Depending on your alignment, she either succeeds (only for you to beat her down and put them back in the right bodies) or screws up and somehow gives Wonder Girl her powers, forcing you to save Giganta from a giant Wonder Girl.
* [[The Grinch]]: Larfleeze steals some presents as one of the Christmas missions.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]:
** [[Superman:
** [[Lex Luthor]], [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]] are voiced by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Spike]], [[Firefly|Jayne]], and [[Serenity
*** Or, by their voice actors from ''[[
** [[The Flash]] and the [[Martian Manhunter]] are [[Star Trek:
** Circe is [[Star Trek:
** [[Batman|Robin]] (Tim Drake) is <s>[[Creator's Pet|Wesley Crusher]]</s> [[The Guild|Fawkes]].
* [[Hijacked
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Carried by Giganta during the [[Grand Theft Me]] villain questline due to her impatience. Circe is about ready to strangle her by the time you go in to fix her botched ritual.
** Also carried by Robin, who loans the player his nose breather during Poison Ivy's villain arc. Guess who [[Brainwashed|falls under her pheromones]] and [[Let's You and Him Fight|is forced to fight the player]]? It's even given a lampshade at the end.
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{{quote| '''Bane:''' Face Bane, weakling! '''FACE YOUR DEFEAT!!'''<br />
'''Bane:''' Nothing can stand against Bane! '''NOOOOTHIIIIING!!!''' }}
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Those who take Aquaman for his ''[[
** Thanks in no small part to being [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] by a goddess.
** On the other hand, if you're used to ''[[Justice League]]'' or ''[[Smallville]]'', or even ''[[Batman:
* [[Liquid Assets]]: In the Kahndaq raid, {{spoiler|Felix Faust}} drains {{spoiler|Dr. Fate, Zatanna, Giganta, and Brother Blood}} of their life force one by one and transfers their powers into {{spoiler|Black Adam}}.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: A huge number of major and minor characters from [[DC Comics]] appear in the game in one form or another.
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*** Players' villains can be guilty of this as well when they {{spoiler|help Brother Blood defeat the Titans and raise Trigon}}. Calculator's response is priceless: {{spoiler|"So that's the demon Trigon. I'm filled with terror. No, really! What did you just do?!"}}
* [[Noob Cave]]: The Brainiac Harvester Ship. Does get a little old since you have to go through it on ''every'' new character before you get to your mentor's "arc", but at least you get to test out your new powers beforehand.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: Luthor, when he sees Brainiac's fleet arrive after he succeeded in eliminating the Trinity.
** Also expect this reaction from any players who haven't been spoiled upon seeing some of the more unusual bosses. Of note: Jokerized [[Metal Men]], Wonder Giganta, and {{spoiler|OMAC Bat-family.}}
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** "Let's see if those Venom injectors [[Up to Eleven|go to]] [[This Is Spinal Tap|eleven!]]"
** Parasite to [[Power Girl]]: "Your power is ours now! [[There Will Be Blood|I drink it up!"]]
** A hairstyle that makes you look like Mr. T is called [[The A-Team
** Raven advises the hero player to never let Cyborg and Beast Boy talk them into a game of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SO-5BJ2vTc&feature=related Stink Ball].
** There's one hairstyle consisting of a small afro and sideburns called [[That 70s Show|"The Hyde"]].
** Another hairstyle consists of a small afro and a smallish beard/mustache. It's called the [[wikipedia:Bob Ross|"Happy Painter"]]
** In addition, many of the feats, especially the Styles section with examples like [[Inspector Gadget|"Go Go Gadgeteer"]], [[James Bond|"Shaken, Not Stirred"]], and [[The Frantics|"Boot to the Head"]].
*** And, referencing Certain Characters' long histories: [[Batman:
** In the final battle with Brother Blood in one instance, the wave of cultists he sends after you yell [[Charlie the Unicorn|"Shun the non-believers! SHUUUNNNN!"]]
** There also seem to be quite a few [[Dirty Harry]] fans among the [[Mooks]]. [[Ambush Bug]] also seems to be a fan.
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** As an example, Queen Bee Zazzala was nothing more than a C-list villain, at best, for the Justice League comics in the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver]] and [[The Bronze Age of Comic Books|Bronze Ages]]. Now she's in control of the remnants of the old HIVE organization from ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', having turned it into a ''real'' hive, {{spoiler|and she's thrown the HIVE's lot in with Brainiac}}. Even ''Superman'' [[Oh Crap|seems a bit perturbed by this one]].
** Circe was probably almost unknown outside of rather hardcore [[Wonder Woman]] fans before now (her biggest previous "moment" was probably [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0b7sE57wE4 her famous appearance] on ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''). Now, she's one of the banner villains of the game and one that magic villain PCs interact with a lot; she's essentially been promoted to the third part of the villainous [[Power Trio]].
** Gorilla Grodd was something of a joke during the 60s and 70s and was kind of ''the'' poster-boy(ape?) for the "evil gorilla!" stereotype during the Silver Age; ''[[
** Felix Faust was something of a laughingstock, C-List villain whose most memorable moment was having Isis [[Groin Attack|castrate him with her bare hands]]. The game repackages Faust as a powerful necromancer who can go toe-to-toe with Zatanna and hold his own. He raises an army of zombies and very nearly steals the "power of Shazam" from Black Adam.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: There is a concept for a Sinestro Corps-based Iconic Battlesuit "[http://dcuniverseonline.wikia.com/wiki/File:SinestrosMight_WEB.jpg Sinestro's Might].
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