Brainiac

Brainiac is a colloquial adjective used to describe exceptionally intelligent people. It may also refer to:

Culture

Fictional entities

* Brainiac (character), a fictional supervillain in DC Comics, and an enemy of Superman
* Brainiac (story arc), a 2008 storyline in Action Comics
* Brainiac (Smallville), Brainiac (''Smallville''), a version of the villain in the TV series ''Smallville''
* Vril Dox also known as Brainiac 2, a DC Comics character
* Brainiac 5, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
* Brainiac 8, a superheroine of the Outsiders, who turned into a supervillainess

Television

* ''Brainiac: Science Abuse'', a 2003–2008 British television programme, and its spin-offs:
** ''Brainiac: History Abuse'', aired in 2005
** ''Brainiac's Test Tube Baby'', aired in 2006–2007
* Brainiac (Dark Angel), "Brainiac" (''Dark Angel''), an episode of the television series ''Dark Angel''

Other uses in culture

* Brainiac (band), an American indie rock band in the 1990s, from Dayton, Ohio
* ''The Brainiac'', a 1962 Mexican horror film directed by Chano Urueta
* ''Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs'', a book written by Ken Jennings

Other uses

* Function BRAINIAC, an energy drink, for improving brain function
* Computer performance#brainiac, Brainiac techniques for improving computer performance, in technology

See also

* Geniac, an educational toy billed as a computer
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