The Rookie is the main protagonist of LEGO DC Super-Villains. They are a custom character whose powers and appearances are (mostly) dependant upon the player's choice.
The Rookie is eventually revealed to be a citizen of Earth 3, and had followed the Crime Syndicate to the game's setting of Earth 1 with the intention of joining their organization after gaining new superpowers, but later decided against the Crime Syndicate.
Biography[]
Not much is known about the Rookie's past. The only actual intel on them is that they were a small time crook from Earth-3 who was enamored with the actions of the Crime Syndicate, the evil doppelgängers of Earth-1's Justice League. They followed the Crime Syndicate to Earth-1 in an attempt to join them, but they were likely either turned away or realized they'd never let them join due to lacking any powers or skills that they would find useful. Learning of an "Amazo Project", The Rookie breaks into Professor Ivo's lab to sublimate themselves with the power to steal other powers. The upload is ultimately successful, however, an accident occurs that renders them incapable of communicating verbally. Commissioner Gordon and the rest of Gotham Police apprehend the Rookie shortly after, and Gordon personally oversees their transfer from Gotham City to Stryker's Island Penitentiary in Metropolis. While en route, Commissioner Gordon receives word from Detective Renee Montoya that the Joker has broken into Wayne Tech. Commissioner Gordon dismisses this and orders Detective Bullock to look into the break-in as he proceeds to Metropolis.
Once Commissioner Gordon arrives at Stryker's, he meets with an incarcerated Lex Luthor due to his past ties with Professor Ivo, since he and Luthor were involved in the Amazo Project. Realizing what the Rookie has likely done, Commissioner Gordon promises Luthor that if he cooperates and provides an initial assessment of the Rookie's powers, he would be stripped of a few decades from his prison sentence. Lex Luthor agrees and the Rookie is brought before him. However, a security guard in his underwear alerts Commissioner Gordon that an intruder stole his uniform and is impersonating him as the security guard present with the Rookie. The false security guard reveals herself as Lex Luthor's personal bodyguard, Mercy Graves, who aids Lex Luthor and the Rookie in their escape.
As the trio proceeds through the penitentiary, alongside with Cheetah and Solomon Grundy, they explore deep into an underground facility, where Lex Luthor sets his eyes on a containment chamber that he intends to release something from within. While the villains make their move, they witness the Rookie absorb energy from a nearby generator into themselves and acquire heat beam powers that allows them to destroy the chamber's security systems. Once the chamber's defenses are down, Superman appears before Lex Luthor and demands him to return to his cell. However, the chamber's door opens to reveal Metallo, who weakens Superman with Kryptonite. The Rookie and the villains then escape to the coast, but are then intercepted by the Justice League. Meanwhile, Joker and Harley Quinn make their escape from Batman after their robbery from Wayne Tech. As they escape on their helicopter, they notice the Justice League fighting the supervillains and escaped inmates below them, until their helicopter soon crashes into Lex Luthor and Mercy Graves.
During the Justice League's struggle in the fight, The Crime Syndicate make their appearance, claiming to be a new team of heroes known as the "Justice Syndicate", where they defeat the evil-doers with ease. The "Justice Syndicate" informs the Justice League that their world is in danger due to a threat from their world, which it turns out to be them, as their team member, Johnny Quick, throws a device at the Justice League, teleporting them away. Harley Quinn captures the scene on her phone, but then accidentally drops it while she escapes with Joker and Lex Luthor.
After the "Justice Syndicate" make their announcement to the world about taking over the Justice League's stead while they are away, Cheetah takes the Rookie to the Legion of Doom's base, where the evil organization discusses a plan to expose the Crime Syndicate as frauds after Catwoman first encountered Owlman at the Iceberg Lounge, who acted devious while preventing her from stealing a ruby.
The Rookie travels to Star Labs with Malcolm Merlyn, Heat Wave, Captain Cold, and Reverse Flash to travel to Earth-3 and find their source of evidence there by using the Cosmic Treadmill. However, they discover that the Cosmic Treadmill was destroyed by Johnny Quick, who has taken over Star Labs. Once the treadmill is repaired and Reverse Flash uses it to travel to Earth-3, the alarm sounds off, prompting the villains to flee. They are then joined by Killer Frost and Mirror Master once they face off against Kid Flash, Beast Boy, and Raven. During the battle, the Rookie absorbs more energy into themselves, allowing them to change their size on command. After the villains get the upper hand on the Teen Titans, Reverse Flash returns with a newspaper detailing the Crime Syndicate as the criminals they really are. However, Syndicate members Johnny Quick, Atomica, and Deathstorm arrive and aid the young heroes in the battle. Killer Frost escapes Star Labs along with the Rookie, but not before she loses the newspaper to Deathstorm.
At the Daily Planet, Catwoman tries to convince chief editor Perry White that the Crime Syndicate are actually villains only for him to dismiss her. Catwoman tells her fellow villain comrades outside Perry White's office that he did not believe her. As the villains take their leave, a recently hired reporter named Kent Clarkson (the secret identity of Ultraman) overhears them and invites them into his office to suggest they find Harley Quinn as an eyewitness for an interview about the Crime Syndicate.
While Catwoman searches for Harley Quinn at a few of her hideouts, Killer Frost and the Rookie break into Belle Reve Penitentiary to recruit Captain Boomerang and Deadshot, her allies from Task Force X. They then make their way to Gotham Botanical Gardens where Harley Quinn is with Poison Ivy. Upon arriving, Captain Boomerang cuts his way through some vines, enraging Poison Ivy to attack them. Despite the fight tipping in the groups' favor once the Rookie acquires enhanced strength, Catwoman arrives and interrupts the battle as she informs Harley of their plan. Just then, Deathstorm and Grid kidnap Harley Quinn and bring her before Ultraman at the Galaxy Communications Tower, who has the video that she recorded on her phone earlier. Harley Quinn's allies soon rescue her, leaving Catwoman, Killer Frost and Captain Boomerang to hold off the Crime Syndicate, while Harley Quinn, Deadshot, the Rookie and Poison Ivy make their way to the rooftop gala, where Harley intends to show the audience the video of the Crime Syndicate banishing the Justice League. However, Harley played the wrong video of her aiding the Joker in their robbery from Wayne Tech. Ultraman and the Crime Syndicate then appear and further dissuade the audience from learning their evil nature by having Johnny Quick rob the guests of their valuables and pinning it on Harley Quinn and her comrades. Suddenly, the Joker and Livewire arrive at the rooftop gala and aid Harley and her company on their escape.
At the Legion of Doom's base, Lex Luthor reveals he has been watching the Crime Syndicate and discovered that they are searching for a powerful item. He then advises the Legion to recruit the most dangerous villains so they can evict the phony heroes from their Earth and take over, starting with Gorilla Grodd. Once Luthor travels to Gorilla City, with the aide of Reverse Flash, Heatwave, Captain Cold, and Cheetah, enlists Grodd into the Legion of Doom. Grodd immediately leaves to assist Killer Frost, Scarecrow and the Rookie in recruiting Sinestro, who was captured by Power Ring and taken to Oa.
The villains travel to an aircraft hanger in Smallville Airfield and defeat the Atom. Inside the hanger, Gorilla Grodd invents a Sideways teleportor that teleports him and his group to the Justice League Watchtower. There, they hijack a space jet and fly it to Oa. However, they then accidentally crashed it upon entry. Once the Rookie acquires electrokinetic powers and the group frees Sinestro, Power Ring tried to fend them off with the aide of the Green Lantern Corp, but he was quickly defeated.
Sinestro then aids the Joker, Harley Quinn and Clayface in their raid at Gotham Museum and recruits Black Adam. However, once they returned to the Legion of Doom, Sea King attacks their base with a giant squid. Poison Ivy notices her friend Harley Quinn is in danger and sides with Black Manta and King Shark to defeat Sea King.
Now that the Legion of Doom is assembled, Lex Luthor, now donning a Superman Suit, announces to the Legion that, due to their base now being compromised, they will now face the Crime Syndicate at Lexcorp. However, once the villains arrive on top of the Lexcorp building, they discover that Lex Luthor betrayed them and had been aiding the Crime Syndicate. The Rookie teams up with Captain Boomerang and Deadshot as they fight and defeat Grid, while Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Solomon Grundy fight and defeat Deathstorm. During the battle, Lex Luthor reveals he deceived everyone and plans to use the Syndicate's technology to be rid of them all in order to rule the Earth alone. The Rookie tries to stop Luthor by using their powers on the machine while the Crime Syndicate and the rest of villains flee. The Rookie is then teleported along with Joker and Harley Quinn. Luthor believes he succeeded once they were gone, but soon witnesses the planet Apokolips teleported before Earth, much to his horror.
Joker, Harley Quinn and the Rookie find themselves on Apokolips and, along with the Rookie acquiring chlorokinesis, make their way towards Darkseid's palace by commandeering a tank to fight through the planet's defenses. They then eavesdrop on Darkseid and his followers and discover that he ordered the Crime Syndicate to search on Earth for the final fragment of a powerful item known as the Anti-Life Equation. Once Darkseid notices the trio, the Justice League appear before them after escaping from captivity, but are exhausted. Superman tries to fight Darkseid, but is then thrown into space. The Justice League are soon aided by the Green Lantern Corp who fight off Darkseid and his parademon forces, allowing the Justice League and the trio of villains to escape.
Once they return to the Justice League watchtower, the Justice League inform the Rookie and the clowns that the Anti-Life Equation is a cosmic power that allows the one who solves it to have complete control of the universe and surmise that Darkseid had the Crime Syndicate replace them so he could search for the last piece on Earth without arousing suspicion. Harley assumes that, with the Justice League back, the Crime Syndicate will be kicked out, however, the Syndicate are one step ahead of them and create a cover story claiming that Apokolips' arrival is the result of the League turning bad and aligning themselves with Darkseid.
Left with no other choice, The Justice League align themselves with the Legion of Doom to shore up their numbers and locate the Anti-Life Equation fragment before Darkseid and the Crime Syndicate. While Wonder Woman, Cyborg, and Harley free the Amazons from the control of Granny Goodness and Virman Vundabar and Batman has Joker and Flash help him recruit Deathstroke and Ra's al Ghul, the Rookie joins Aquaman and Green Lantern in locating Superman. Tracking him to Dinosaur Island, they are intercepted by Kalibak, but thanks to the Rookie's timely acquisition of telekinesis, they are able to subdue him and free Superman. However, Darkseid arrives on Earth and stages a fight with the Crime Syndicate, further bolstering their 'hero' credentials.
In order to expose the Crime Syndicate, Superman gets in contact with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olson, the only other people suspicious of the Crime Syndicate's actions, and has Flash fake an alliance with Reverse Flash in order to draw Johnny Quick and Atomica into a trap. Cornered, Johnny Quick panics and publicly reveals the Crime Syndicate's true intentions and that they're looking for a Mother Box that Darkseid believes has the fragment inside it, which Lois and Jimmy catch on tape. With public opinion turned against them, the Crime Syndicate attempt to flee, but the Justice League and Legion of Doom intercept and overpower them. The Rookie then uses their powers to aid the speedsters in sending the Crime Syndicate back to Earth-3, but inadvertently absorbs energy from a Mother Box Harley had stolen from Wayne Tech.
Realizing the Anti-Life Equation fragment was in Harley's possession the whole time and has now transferred over to the Rookie, the Justice League attempt to keep Darkseid's army preoccupied while Deathstroke, Cyborg, and Damien Wayne secure them at Wayne Tech. However, Steppenwolf intercepts them and, despite Batman and Catwoman's best efforts, delivers them to Darkseid. Taken back to Apokolips, the Rookie is placed in a stasis chamber so the Anti-Life Equation can be siphoned from them. The Justice League and the Legion of Doom, along with Lex Luthor, attempt to save them, but Desaad stalls them long enough for Darkseid to extract the fragment and complete the Anti-Life Equation. However, the Equation proves ineffective at helping him defeat the Justice League and Legion of Doom, and both teams, along with the freed Rookie, subdue and defeat Darkseid and his forces.
Confused, Darkseid wonders aloud why he lost when he should have complete control of the universe, causing Batman to accurately guess the Rookie's true origin and that the Anti-Life Equation fragment the Rookie absorbed was likely altered by their physiology. Armed with this knowledge, the Rookie uses their powers to brainwash Darkseid and his forces into turning good, subduing the threat for the foreseeable future. Superman then contacts Lex Luthor so they can return to Earth and return Apokolips to its proper place, but Luthor refuses, intending to leave them stranded there so he can rule Earth unopposed. However, the Rookie warps them back to Earth in time to stop Lex from forcing his demands onto the public.
Cornered, Luthor attempts to feed the Rookie to the wolves to keep the Justice League distracted. While Batman claims that the Rookie's past actions as a criminal mean they should be locked up, Superman and Wonder Woman point out that the fact that the Rookie consciously helped them stop their Earth-3 friends (then didn't immediately betray them the first chance they got) affords them the right to change their ways and align themselves with the Justice League. So the Rookie was given a choice: they could join the Justice League and become a hero, or remain a villain with the Legion of Doom. Who the Rookie aligns with depends upon the player's choice.
- Should the Rookie defect to the Justice League, Lex Luthor will bemoan them for betraying him after helping them get to where they are, even though the Joker rightly points out that he's given them plenty of reason to do so. Livewire then creates a diversion so the villains can escape, and the Justice League begin their pursuit of them, with Wonder Woman helping the Rookie's transition into becoming a hero.
- Should the Rookie remain loyal to the Legion of Doom, Joker states that, since Luthor can no longer be trusted, the Rookie should take his place as their leader. The Rookie then warps them away so they can resume their criminal agenda, causing Batman to gloat that he was right not to trust them.
Powers & Abilities[]
Power Absorption: (Via Energy Absorption) Afterollowing the Crime Syndicate to earth in attempt to join him, thew were declined due to not meeting their requirements (though not actually shown) out of anger, they hear of the Amazo Project and his ability to copy powers, he ended up breaking into Ivo's Lab and was successful at importing the powers to himself, however there was an accident and lost the ability to speak vocally, though they did gain the powers of The Amazo he cannot gain powers simply by observing, instead they gain powers by taking Energy from Generators around the area to gain powers similar to where they are around (like when he gained Pyrokinesis from being at the bottom level of the jail cell in Strykers Island where there was lava)
Pyrokinesis: After getting into the bottom of the jail cell in Strykers Island, they gain the ability to create Flames from their hands that are capable of destroying Gold. They are also capable of burning opponents.
Size Manipulation: In their fight with Beast Boy and Raven he gains a new ability to change size at will, they demonstrate this by growing massive, and also be small enough to travel through the gates to attack Raven while she is off guard.
Enhanced Strength: In the middle of the fight with Poison Ivy, they gained Supernatural Strength without having to change size, they use this to throw boulders to breaked cracked spaces.
Electrokinesis: While on Oa, they acquired the ability to fire Electrical Beams, thus being able to empower and discharge generators, they are also capable of shocking opponents.
Chlorokinesis: While on Apokolips they gain the ability to manipulate Plants on a massive scale and was able to control vines, Harley Quinn even said that Ivy would be impressed.
Chlorokinetic Empathy: While on Apokolips aswell as gaining Chlorokinesis, they also gain the ability to understand plants the way Ivy does, thus gaining even more control over plants and nature.
Telekinesis: While in a fight with Kalibak, they also gain the ability to move matter with their minds, they used this to their advantage by launching a rock at Kalibak, sending him flying in the air.
Master Acrobatics: A skill that could be acquired at the start of the game when you first make your character, it can be chosen instead or Technology or Grappling
Expert Hand-To-Hand Combat: A natural skill that is acquired if the chooses to wield no weapon.
Technology Proficiency: A skill that could be acquired at the start of the game when you first make your character, it can be chosen instead of Acrobatics or Grappling.
Grappling Hook Proficiency: A skill that could be acquired at the start of the game when you first make your character, it can be chosen instead or Technology or Acrobatics.
Marksmanship: The Rookie can use almost any weapon
Cosmic Energy Manipulation: (Cutscenes Only) After absorbing the final part of the Anti-Life Equation they gain the ability to manipulate Cosmic Energy as they embody the Anti-Life Equation, they also demonstrate this ability by blasting white energy at e Lex Luthor´s computer accidentally opening a portal to Apokolips. (The player cannot actually use this ability outside of the cutscenes)
Portal Creation: (Boom Tube Manipulation, Cutscenes Only) After becoming the Anti-Life Equation, like Darseid they could open Boom Tube Protas at will. They demonstrated this ability when Lex Luthor cut off the teleportation from Apokolips (The player cannot actually use this ability outside of the cutscenes)
Cosmic Energy Absorption: (Cutscenes Only) The Rookie´s Power/Energy Absorption ability was so powerful that they was able to take and embody the last piece of the Anti-Life Equation.
Cosmic Energy Mimicry: (Via Anti-Life Equation, Cutscenes Only) After absorbing the final part of the Anti-Life Equation they ended up embodying the part they took, literally becoming the Anti-Life Equation, When Darkseid learned of this, he ordered his army to find and capture them.
Mind Control: (Cutscenes Only, Via Cosmic Energy Manipulation) The Rookie was able to mind control Darkseid and his minions thus turning them ¨good¨ however this was undone by the Anti-Monitor in the final cutscene. (Though only in cutscenes, this ability can be given to The Rookie after the main game is completed)
Flight: (Cutscenes Only) After opening a Boom Tube they were levitating in mid air, thus should theoretically be able to fly too. (Though only in cutscenes, this ability can be given to The Rookie after the main game is completed)
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