Defendroids

The Defendroids were a type of robots that feature in the 1988 Superman cartoon.

History

The Defendroids were created by Lex Luthors company in an attempt to make Supermans job redundant. They were tasked with protecting the city of Metropolis from crime and disasters before Superman himself arrived on the scene. Multiple units along with mock disasters were used to create this affect until Superman announced his retirement. Seeing that Superman was no longer continuing his duties, Luthor tsked the Defendroids with more criminal tasks such as robbing a train but Superman stopped them. Luthor claimed that the droids went out of control and escaped punishment.

The Defendroids were somewhat larger then a Human and possessed a yellow armored skin with two red optical sensors. They could fold their arms and legs when engaging in flight mode or they could extend them when they were moving through their environment. Their hands were extendable allowing them to stretch out to grab individuals. Their abdomen contained an opening that allowed them to fire a net to capture fleeing criminals. They also possessed an energy weapon which they fired on their enemies.

A giant Defendroid was also created and it made use of Kryptonite beams to harm Superman. This version captured two of Supermans friends and was heading into orbit where the vacuum would have killed them had Superman not saved them.

Appearances

• Superman: "Destroy the Defendroids"

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