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The Centre, also known as Dinosaur Island, is a sentient island and eldritch being that is a villain in the DC universe. It was the main antagonist of Justice League: The New Frontier and DC: The New Frontier, the comic book the animated film was based on.

It was voiced by Keith David, who also voiced Tublat in The Legend of Tarzan.

Biography[]

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Artist's rendering of the Centre

The Center was born in the core of the Earth. It had been observing the activity of the surface for millions of years via telepathy. Upon viewing the growth of humanity and their potential to replicate the destructive force that killed all the dinosaurs, the Centre decides to wipe them out.

The Centre first possesses a children's illustrator, compelling him to produce a picture book detailing its history and intentions. Upon realizing his fate, the illustrator kills himself. The Centre also possesses various supervillains and forms cults in its honor, attracting the attention of the superheroes. It decides to counter their might by spawning dinosaur-like monsters and having them act as bodyguards.

Once Lois Lane reports on the creature's presence over the Atlantic Ocean, Superman rallies all the superhumans he can find. Superman leads the charge against the Centre, but is taken out by an energy blast. The other superheroes come to the conclusion that they'll need more than raw power to stop the Centre and invest in the help of Ray Palmer's shrinking device, which would cause its atoms to destabilize and self-destruct.

While the other superheroes fight off the Centre's dinosaur spawn, Hal Jordan and Ace Morgan enter the Centre and attack it from the inside. The Flash meanwhile races around the Centre's exterior with the shrink-ray, making sure the light covers as much of its surface as possible for the shrinking process to work. Finally, Hal Jordan, now mastering the powers of the Green Lantern, uses his power ring to hurl the Centre into space where it self-destructs.

Powers[]

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Inside The Centre's mind

  • Telepathy/Possession: The Centre has the ability to use telepathy to communicate with or attack others, cast illusions, and mind control people with high susceptibility. Often the ones who are possessed aren't aware and don't have any memory of it afterwards. When Hal Jordan and Ace Morgan got inside its mind, the Centre's brainwaves nearly tore them apart.
  • Shapeshifting: It can use its substance to extrude tentacles.
  • Creature Spawning: The Centre has the ability to give birth to dinosaurs and other reptilian creatures. These in turn can also reproduce asexually or break up into smaller dinosaurs.
  • Energy Projection: The Centre can discharge intense blasts of energy from the glowing ports on its body. These are powerful enough to destroy military aircraft and take out Superman. It can even use this to propel itself above the ground to fly as a means of travel.

Trivia[]

  • The Centre itself is an homage to the rising trend in comics during the 1950s where superheroes were falling out of fashion and audiences were becoming more interested in science fiction.

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Theatrical Movies
Justice League: Steppenwolf | Parademons (Parademon Scout) | Darkseid | Black Clad (Black Clad Alpha) | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Ares
Zack Snyder's Justice League: Darkseid's Elite (Darkseid, Steppenwolf, DeSaad, Granny Goodness, & Parademons) | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Black Clad (Black Clad Alpha) | Ares | Joker
DC League of Super-Pets: Lulu | Lex Luthor | Mercy Graves | Whiskers | Mutant Guinea Pigs

Direct-to-video Movies
Justice League: The New Frontier: The Centre | Captain Cold | Gorilla Grood | Ra's al Ghul | Black Manta | Brainiac | Cheetah | Darkseid | Doctor Light | Gentleman Ghost | Harley Quinn | Joker | Kalibak | Key | Mxyzptlk | Riddler | Doctor Sivana | Star Sapphire | Starro | Two-Face | Ultra-Humanite | Lex Luthor
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths: Crime Syndicate of America (Owlman, Ultraman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, Power Ring, & J'edd J'arkus) | Lex Luthor | White Martians | President Slade Wilson | Rose Wilson | Starro
Justice League: Doom: Legion of Doom (Vandal Savage, Bane, Cheetah, Ma'alefa'ak, Metallo, Mirror Master, & Star Sapphire) | Royal Flush Gang (King, Queen, Jack, Ace, & Ten)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox: Professor Zoom | Wonder Woman | Aquaman | Ocean Master | Black Manta | Deathstroke | Lex Luthor | Clayface | Rogues (Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Top, Heat Wave, & Mirror Master) | Joker | Yo-Yo
Justice League: War: Darkseid | Desaad | Parademons | Ocean Master
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis: Ocean Master | Black Manta | The Trench | Lex Luthor
Justice League: Gods and Monsters: Will Magnus | Darkseid | Desaad | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Parademons | Steppenwolf | Livewire | Blockbuster | Cheetah | Dru-Zod | Doctor Sivana | President Waller
Justice League vs. Teen Titans: Trigon | Legion of Doom (Lex Luthor, Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Toymaster, & Weather Wizard) | Atomic Skull | Ra's al Ghul
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five: Fatal Five (Emerald Empress, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, & Validus) | Bloodsport | Two-Face | Harley Quinn | Poison Ivy
Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen: Kilg%re | Arthur Watts (digital copy) | Grimm | Weather Wizard | Mirror Master | Killer Croc
Justice League: Warworld: Mongul | Jonah Hex | Deimos | Lobo | White Martians
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part One: Anti-Monitor | Lex Luthor | Crime Syndicate of America (Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Johnny Quick, & Power Ring) | Psycho-Pirate | Hal Jordan | Gorilla Grodd

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Justice League Unlimited: Brainiac | Lex Luthor | Darkseid | Mongul | Ares | KGBeast | Copperhead | Blockbuster I | Cheetah | Mordred | Morgaine Le Fey | Circe | Roulette | Mordru | Maxwell Lord | Amanda Waller | General Wade Eiling | Solomon Grundy | Chronos | Atomic Skull | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Tala | Hugo Strange | Professor Milo | Doomsday | Deadshot | Plastique | Captain Boomerang | Clock King | Felix Faust | Mantis | Gorilla Grodd | Bizarro | Giganta | Heat Wave | Sinestro | Doctor Destiny | Star Sapphire | Toyman | Volcana | Silver Banshee | Metallo | Killer Frost | Orion | Captain Cold | Mirror Master | Fatal Five | Gentleman Ghost | Virman Vundabar | Justice Lords (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, & J'onn J'onzz) | Kragger | Paran Dul | Devil Ray
Justice League Action: Darkseid | Black Adam | Parasite | Lobo | Solomon Grundy | Mongul | Chronos | Joker | Toyman | Lex Luthor | Harley Quinn | Felix Faust | Circe | Brainiac | Zod | Mr. Freeze | Killer Frost | Deadshot | Two-Face | Penguin | Poison Ivy | Roxy Rocket | Desaad | Gorilla Grodd | Mister Mxyzptlk | Amazo | Calculator | Granny Goodness | Kalibak | Sinestro | Brain | Riddler | Titano | Star Sapphire | Cheetah | Carmine Falcone | Bizarro | Kanjar-Ro | Bud and Lou | Mister Mind | Red Lantern Corps (Atrocitus)

Video Games
Justice League Task Force: Darkseid | Shrapnel | Despero | Cheetah
Justice League Heroes: Brainiac | Darkseid | Doomsday | The General | Gorilla Grodd | The Key | Promethus | Killer Frost | Queen Bee | White Martians | Zoom
Justice League Heroes: The Flash: Gorilla Grodd | Circe | Killer Frost | Brainiac
Justice League: Chronicles: Amazo | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Vandal Savage
Justice League Action Run: Darkseid | Harley Quinn | Joker | Lex Luthor | Lobo | Mongul | Mr. Freeze |Circe | Felix Faust | Gorilla Grodd | Killer Frost | Penguin | Solomon Grundy | Steppenwolf
Justice League: Injustice for All: Lex Luthor | Star Sapphire | Solomon Grundy | Cheetah | Joker | Shade | Felix Faust | Ultra-Humanite
Injustice: Gods Among Us: One Earth Regime (Superman, Wonder Woman, Yellow Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Nightwing, Raven, Hawkgirl, Sinestro, Black Adam, Killer Frost, Solomon Grundy, Catwoman, Bane, & Doomsday) | Joker | Lex Luthor | Deathstroke | Ares
Injustice 2: Brainiac | Gorilla Grodd | Captain Cold | Reverse Flash | Cheetah | Deadshot | Poison Ivy | Bane | Scarecrow | One Earth Regime (Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Nightwing & Black Adam) | Dr. Fate | The Lords of Order | Grid | Atrocitus | Joker | Darkseid
Injustice: Joker | Brainiac | Black Adam | Captain Cold | Cheetah | Darkseid | Deadshot | Killer Frost | Poison Ivy
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League: Brainiac | Justice League (Superman, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman) | Suicide Squad (Amanda Waller, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang & King Shark) | Gizmo | Penguin | Lex Luthor | Poison Ivy | Riddler

See Also
Justice League Dark Villains | Justice League International Villains | Justice Society Villains | Young Justice Villains

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