The Courageous Superman

The Courageous Superman is an Canadian-American animated action-adventure superhero television series based on Superman by DC Comics, being created by TBD. The series is produced by 9 Story Entertainment (2011-2014)/9 Story Media Group (2015), DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation and it was aired on Teletoon, in Canada, and Cartoon Network, in the United States, from March 9th, 2011 to November 14th, 2015. 
== Synopsis ==
News journalist Clark Kent, whom also know as Kal-El of Krypton, begin using his superhuman abilities, empowered by the Earth's yellow sun, to become the superhero know as Superman where he help protect Metropolis and it citizens from threats. 
== Cast & Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (voiced by Kirby Morrow) - a noble and kind-hearted alien refugee from the doomed planet Krypton who using his powers to become a superhero to help safeguard innocents from threats while working at the Daily Planet, pretending to be a mild-mannered and somewhat awkward news journalist. 
=== Supporting ===
* The Daily Planet, consisting of: 
** Perry "Chief" White (voiced by Richard Newman) - the head editor of the Daily Planet who hires Clark, whom treat him as a son, and want to make sure that his employees are working hard to help keep the Planet up-float. 
** Lois Lane (voiced by Rebecca Shiochet) - a brash and headstrong news journalist at the Daily Planet and Clark's co-worker who begin to feel enamored towards Superman while also soon start to develop an slightly awkward crush on Clark. 
** James "Jimmy" Olsen (voiced by Matt Hill) - a energetic and friendly cub reporter and a photographer at the Daily Planet who work with both Clark and Lois, whom see them as elder sibling-figures, and view himself as "Superman's Pal". 
** Catherine "Cat" Grant (voiced by Brenna O'Brien) - a overdramatic yet flirtatious gossip columnist who enjoy spread gossips and has a slight crush on Clark, finding him to be cute. 
** Steven "Steve" Lombard (voiced by Michael Dobson) - a egotistical yet goofy sports reporter at the Daily Planet who often teasing Clark, whom he claim to be his best friend, and often tend to goof off. 
** Ronald "Ron" Troupe (voiced by Daniel Bacon) - a calm and level-headed reporter at the Daily Planet and the Planet's political analyst who often tend to be bluntly honest, which tend to get him into trouble, at times, while also show respects to Clark, seeing his potential as a journalist. 
* Jonathan and Martha Kent (voiced by Fred Henderson and Pauline Newstone, respectively) - Clark's caring and nurturing foster parents who adopt and raise him as they help teach him into follow the beliefs of "truth and justice", thus help inspires him into becoming a superhero as they allow him move to Metropolis, to fulfilled his destiny. 
* Kara Zor-El/Kara Danvers/Supergirl (voiced by Ashleigh Ball) - Clark's cousin who were sent to help safeguard him, but were caught in a time loop which 
* Capt. Margaret "Maggie" Sawyer (voiced by Tabitha St. Germain) - a strong-willed and spunky police captain at the M.P.D. who wield a strong sense of justice and view Superman as a major help to Metropolis, believing that everyone need someone to look up to, she also the head of the Metropolis Special Crime Unit. 
* Lie. Daniel "Dan" Turpin (voiced by Russell Roberts) - a no-nonsense and near cynical police officer and Maggie's partner who's a member of the Metropolis Special Crime Unit, as he reluctantly forced to work with Superman of dealing with threats, knowing that Metropolis would've been safe without him. 
* Prof. Emil Hamilton (voiced by Dale Wilson) - an highly respected scientist and the head of S.T.A.R. Labs who became a scientific ally to Superman as he often help him out on an few occasions. 
* TBD 
* Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van (voiced by Norm Spencer and Lisa Ann Beley, respectively) - Clark's biological parents from Krypton who help rocketed their son for his safety from Krypton's fate, where their transfer both of their consciousness and help gives Clark advices of help inspires humanity to be better version of themselves and lead them onto a better tomorrow. 
=== Antagonists ===
* Alexander "Lex" Luthor (voiced by Adrian Petriw) - the charismatic and xenophobic CEO and founder of LexCorp and Clark's former friend from Smallville who left, after graduates high school, and moves to Metropolis, becoming one of the city's rising stars, as he than learn of Superman, being somewhat distrustful of him for being a alien and view him as a potential threat to humanity, where he than start developing various attempts of try to destroy Superman. 
* Vril'Dox/Brainiac (voiced by Michael Kopsa) - a cold and emotionless alien collector from Colu who has a obsession with gaining knowledge from the entire universe, as he travel throughout the entire universe and collect and studying both planets and lifeforms and putting them onto bottles, even often eradicating those who don't intrigue him anymore, where he than has his eyes onto Earth, wanting it to be part of his collection and soon cross against Superman, whom see him as a fascinating specimen, due to him being a alien raised on another planet. 
* Dru-Zod (voiced by Paul Dobson) - a dangerous yet power-hungry former Kryptonian general-turned-war criminal who were banished to the Phantom Zone, due to his insane beliefs of Kryptonians should be a race of intergalactic conquerors, as he than broke free of his imprisonment and attempt of conquer Earth while also battling against Superman. 
* Tyrell (voiced by Scott McNeil) - a sinister and genocidal Dheronian from Dheron whose people were at war with Kryptonians where, following of Krypton's destruction and learning of the surviving Kryptonian, he than travel to Earth and finished of what his people started; killing the last Kryptonian. 
* Bruno Mannheim (voiced by Mark Gibbon) - a intimidating and calculating mobster and head leader of the criminal organization Intergang who has a powerful stronghold of Metropolis' criminal underworld and wield some strange techs as he than end ups clashing against Superman, whom see him as a threat to the stronghold that he help build. 
* John Corben/Metallo (voiced by Michael Daingerfield) - a former employee at the Daily Planet who using "shortcuts", which involve bribing and blackmailing, which he attempt of try to teach Clark, but end ups being exposed and start working for Intergang. Where, following a fatal encounter with Superman, he end ups being converting into a android by Lex and is armed with a Kryptonite for a heart, becoming a dangerous adversary to Superman, due to it. 
* Rudy Jones/Parasite (voiced by Lee Tockar) - a crooked janitor who were exposed to some experimental chemicals, during a attempt robbery at a chemical plant, and mutates into a magenta-colored, leech-like creature that drain energy from people and grow a hunger for power. 
* Winslow Schott/Toyman (voiced by Ian James Corlett) - an once humble and kind toymaker whose business got screwed over as he fully blame it on Metropolis, believing it be somewhat responsible for his current misfortunate, as he crafting dangerous inventions that based around toys, being a dangerous opponent to Superman. 
* Lobo (voiced by Brian Drummond) - a crazed and cocky yet boisterous and loud-mouthed intergalactic bounty hunter from Czarnia who possess an unlimited healing factor and superhuman strength while carrying hi-tech weapons as he than cross paths with Superman on several occasions. 
* Bizarro (also voiced by Kirby Morrow) - an once perfected clone of Superman who were created by Lex to be his "personal Superman" until he start to break down and end ups being an failed, imperfect and somewhat bizarre clone of Superman, whom has most of his powers in backwards and now speak to the third person, as he somewhat often inadvertently causing destruction in Metropolis in a somewhat attempt of proves himself to be a better hero than Superman. 
* Leslie Willis/Livewire (voiced by Anna Cummer) - a former shock jock at the Daily Planet who were fired for tries to slandering Superman, whom she believe him to be a show-off egotist who only cares about his image, until she end ups being mutates into living electricity where she attempt proves to the world her supposed superiority by try to burst Superman. 
* Mister Mxyzptlk (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - a mischievous and slightly deranged imp from the 5th Dimension who travel to our world and tend to warp reality for his amusement, as he than pose challenges Superman, as well. 
* TBD 
== Episodes ==
See The Courageous Superman/Episodes. 
== Notes & Trivia ==
* The series were rumored to be a spin-off prequel series to the currently airing Young Justice animated series. But however, the rumor were scrapped and the series is instead set in it own continuity. 
* TBD 
=== Easter eggs ===
* Big Belly Burger is a common restaurant that appear in several episodes of the series. 
* Lois is shown to have a Lola Bunny keychain. 
* Steve is shown to have a Duffy Duck plushie. 
* The Metropolis Museum is show to have a piece of Nth metal, the Blue Beetle scarab and a TBD 
* On Brainiac's ship, we see a Manhunter robot, the Crystal Creature (one of the Appellaxians), a Gordanians, a Krolotean, a Thanagarian, one of Starro's starfishes and a Sun-Eater are kept in cells. 
* TBD
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