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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Way, way, ''way'' overdone in the [[Silver Age]] ''[[Superman]]'' comics, to the point where Supes seemed more like some kind of sadist for putting his friends through these situations, even if they were fake. If you look at enough of them, you start to realize that, for many of them, there is ''no possible situation'' that could explain what you're seeing. [[Voodoo Shark|Other than utter lunacy]], of course, because this is the '''SILVER AGE!'''
** Arguably, the first instance of Superdickery was in Superman's first issue. The cover of his ''Action Comics'' debut shows him smashing a car to pieces for no apparent reason as the car's occupants flee in terror. You have to read the comic itself to learn that it's a criminal's ''getaway car'' he's destroying.
** It's not just Superman who had this happen to him, either. There were plenty of covers involving Jimmy Olsen or Batman giving away the secret identity of/imprisoning/refusing to help/killing Superman.
** One peculiar but common thread through these comics is that Superman spends most of his time ensuring that [[Sidekick Glass Ceiling|nobody else has powers like his.]] If a reason is even given for this, it's because [[The World Is Not Ready]]. Superman has clearly decided he is the only arbiter of truth, justice, [[Liberality for All|and various national ways]].
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* Another on-panel version - the original introduction of the Skrulls had the Fantastic Four doing criminal acts, from the minor to the not very minor (like knocking over an oil rig). Soon after, it's - surprise - really the Skrulls causing trouble.
* The various incarnations of the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]], particularly in their [[Secret Test of Character|secret character tests]] for Superboy, and in their periodic tryouts for new members.
** The Legion actually ''started'' with Superdickery before moving on to actual heroics. It was several years before stories about the Legion fighting villains and being heroes outnumbered the stories of them being jerks to Superboy.
** The latest round of Legion stories had a handful of people they rejected from the team being so devastated they turn homicidal and take over the Earth. Oops. Of course, it also explained that the real reason they were rejected was for being dangerously unstable.
* This trope was frequently used the other way around in the British comic ''The Beano'' with Dennis the Menace shockingly becoming good. Of course, it didn't last.
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** Elisa gets it when she suddenly starts acting more irritable and violent, until she quits the force to join the mob. Of course, she's really undercover the whole time.
* In the pilot for ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'', Robin, Aqualad and Kid Flash find Superboy imprisoned in a stasis pod and they opt to free him. Once they do, he beats them all unconsious immediately. Kid Flash [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls him out]] for this [[Super Dickery]] later on but we're told that Superboy had been mind controlled to take them out.
** Probably doesn't fit this trope, though; this was literally the ''first'' thing Superboy ever does, after all. He was a clone of Superman created by villains, so if you just focus on this series without all the comic continuity there isn't necessarily any reason to believe he ''wouldn't'' just be an [[Evil Twin]] who willingly works for [[Light Is Not Good|the Light]].
** The episode ''Image'' opens with Batman, Green Arrow and Black Canary watching a recording of Black Canary and Superboy sparring and starting [[Hot for Teacher|to kiss passionately]]. {{spoiler|After the title credits it turns out it's actually Miss Martian taking on Black Canary's image.}}
* The season 3 opener of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdVLMZL4ntY&feature=related Clash of the Superheroes!]", is essentially a half-hour [[Shout-Out]] to the Super Dickery website. Superman, affected by Red Kryptonite, re-enacts many of the classic covers (including the page image), while references are made to Lois' endless attempts to trick Supes into marriage and Jimmy's attempts to learn his identity. At one point, Jimmy even says "Superman's turned into such a di-" before [[Curse Cut Short|Lois butts in with "-different person"]].
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