Lex Luthor

## Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor

Lex looking at the team at the end of Sweet Justice

**Alexander "Lex" Joseph Luthor** is an antagonist in the series *DC Super Hero Girls*.

## Depiction

Lex Luthor first appears at the very beginning of the first episode, *Sweet Justice*. He is being filmed for a broadcast television commercial, facing the camera, congenially telling the audience that he is the founder of LexCorp and the youngest "mega-billionaire" in the world. At the end of the commercial he introduces his sister, Lena, and after the shoot ends they frown at each other and stick out their tongues.

Lex's name is given as Lex Joseph Luthor on his library card in the episode *Ally Cat*. Lex tries to trap all the superheroes in Metropolis using knowledge he gains from the Book of Eternity which predicts the future. He manages to trap the Super Hero Girls and the Super Hero Boys, but Catwoman sets the girls free by ripping a page out of the Book of Eternity so Lex can't predict her actions. The girls thwart his plan and lead to his arrest, but he is soon released because he claims he only detained the heroes because they were tresspassing on his property.

   At the end of the fourth episode, Lex arrives with his parents to collect Lena after she stole his war suit in a plot to demolish all teen hangouts in Metropolis so that young kids can rule. After Lena's defeat at the hands of the Super Hero Girls, Lex and Lena's parents force her into their car. Lex is very congenial with them, but once more frowns and sticks out his tongue at Lena. His mother asks him for cupcakes, and he says he's "already on it" with the shot cutting to the Sweet Justice cafe already being under the care of LexCorp construction services. Lex then looks at the Super Hero Girls with narrowed eyes, and leaves.

## LexCorp

LexCorp is described by Lex Luthor in the episode *Sweet Justice* as "an international corporate empire" that he created that made him "the youngest mega-billionaire in the world." He lists virtual reality goggles and genetically-enhanced turkey as two of LexCorp's products. Later in the episode, Batgirl discovers that the demolition robots, too, are made by LexCorp, and at the end of the episode there's a shot of LexCorp Construction Services signs around the Sweet Justice cafe.

### Demolition robots

The demolition robots are featured in the episode *Sweet Justice*. They say they are contracted by the city, but they're actually controlled by Lena who wants to destroy every teenager hangout. On their first confrontation with the team at the Sweet Justice cafe, the robots manage to to demolish the building, although the team manages to protect and evacuate all the people from the shop. On their second encounter the team defeats the robots with the aid of an electric guitar amplifier that they connect to Lex's war suit - a gigantic humanoid robot piloted by Lena, who stole it. The amplifier makes the war suit malfunction and all the robots shut down.

The DemoBots are prominently featured in the Nintendo Switch videogame *Teen Power*.

### Secret office

    Catwoman and the girls discover Lex's secret office in the episode *Ally Cat*. At first the audience is led to believe Catwoman is working with the Super Hero Girls, but when they enter the secret office Lex is waiting for them and he says Catwoman has been working with him. The office contains prison cells which hold Superman, the Super Hero Boys, and the Super Hero Girls. There is a starfish-like creature held in a clear tank, and various weapons, machines, lab equipment, schematics, and displays are spread all over the office.