Brainiac is a
colloquial
Colloquialism (), also called colloquial language, everyday language or general parlance, is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication. It is the most common functional style of speech, the idiom normally employed in convers ...
adjective used to describe exceptionally intelligent people. It may also refer to:
Culture
Fictional entities
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Brainiac (character)
Brainiac is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino and first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #242 in July 1958. Brainiac is usually depicted as an extrat ...
, a fictional supervillain in DC Comics, and an enemy of Superman
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Brainiac (story arc)
"Brainiac" is a five-issue comic book story arc written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Gary Frank, published in ''Action Comics'' #866-870 by American company DC Comics in 2008. The story includes several major plot developments regarding Supe ...
, a 2008 storyline in Action Comics
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Brainiac (''Smallville''), a version of the villain in the TV series ''Smallville''
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Vril Dox
''The Coming Race'' is a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, published anonymously in 1871. It has also been published as ''Vril, the Power of the Coming Race''.
Some readers have believed the account of a superior subterranean master race and th ...
also known as Brainiac 2, a DC Comics character
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Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a fictional superhero character who exists in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Universe. He is from the planet Colu and is a long-standing member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
The first live-action version of th ...
, a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes
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Brainiac 8
Brainiac 8 (Indigo) is a fictional superhero character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Publication history
Brainiac 8 first appeared in '' Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day'' #1 and was created by Judd Winick and Al ...
, a superheroine of the Outsiders, who turned into a supervillainess
Television
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Brainiac: Science Abuse'', a 2003–2008 British television programme, and its spin-offs:
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Brainiac: History Abuse'', aired in 2005
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Brainiac's Test Tube Baby
''Brainiac's Test Tube Baby'' is a live British parody popular science entertainment TV show hosted by Dominic Wood. It was a spin-off of the highly successful Sky1 show '' Brainiac: Science Abuse'' and first aired on Thursday 3 August 2006. ...
'', aired in 2006–2007
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"Brainiac" (''Dark Angel''), an episode of the television series ''Dark Angel''
Other uses in culture
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Brainiac (band)
Brainiac (also stylized as 3RA1N1AC), is an American indie rock band from Dayton, Ohio. It was formed in January 1992 by Tim Taylor, Juan Monasterio (Monostereo), Michelle Bodine and Tyler Trent. They disbanded after the sudden death of lead s ...
, an American indie rock band in the 1990s, from Dayton, Ohio
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The Brainiac
''El Baron del Terror'' (lit. ''The Baron of Terror''; American release title: ''The Brainiac'') is a 1962 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Chano Urueta, written by Federico Curiel, Adolfo López Portillo and Antonio Orellana, and s ...
'', 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
Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,70 ...
Other uses
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Function BRAINIAC
Function Drinks is a Functional Beverage company based in Los Angeles, California. The company was founded in 2004 by spine surgeonbr>Dr. Alex Hughes along with Josh Simon and Dayton Miller. The team launched their first product, Urban Detox, in S ...
, an energy drink, for improving brain function
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Brainiac techniques for improving computer performance, in technology
See also
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Geniac
Geniac was an educational toy billed as a "computer" designed and marketed by Edmund Berkeley, with Oliver Garfield from 1955 to 1958, but with Garfield continuing without Berkeley through the 1960s. The name stood for "Genius Almost-automatic Co ...
, an educational toy billed as a computer
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