For a while, we thought that the DCEU would keep trucking on. Despite the critical reception of movies like Man of Steel and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, there was something about them that caused fans to latch onto and defend them. However, Warner Bros stumbled yet again with both Suicide Squad and Justice League, to the point where there are very few people standing up for the latter. Especially when you consider how Avengers: Infinity War has essentially shattered every record, it seems that the DCEU is on its last legs. They're still continuing with Aquaman, Shazam!, and The Flash, but there are going to be massive restructures. Needless to say, Warner Bros definitely needs to make those changes, especially when you consider how they've treated their villains.

Marvel has struggled with their villains, but DC is arguably worse off. General Zod was fine, but it quickly went downhill with Doomsday, Enchantress, Ares, and Steppenwolf. Because of this, many people have created memes that poke fun at these antagonists and their overall execution. It's a shame that DC Comics fans don't have any (recent) phenomenal movies to watch about their favorite characters. Join CBR as we take a look at the most savage DCEU villain memes.

15 I WILL FIND HIM

Of all the DCEU movies, Man of Steel is still a movie that many fans will defend to this day. However, there were some who were turned off from the story just a few minutes in. After General Zod was trying to cause trouble on Krypton, he heard that Jor-El would be sending his son, Kal-El, off-world to be safe. Zod, wanting complete revenge on Jor-El, wanted to target his son, and stated several times "I will find him." As a matter of fact, he said it so many times that many people were quick to point it out as being extremely over the top.

Well, now that the dialogue has become a meme, it can officially be classified as ridiculous. There are memes out there showing exasperated people with captions like, "When a vegan hasn't said they're a vegan for more than five minutes." This is just one very clever spin on it as it shows the expression he gives when he hasn't said that he would find Kal-El for more than five minutes during that now-hilarious moment from Man Of Steel. It's a moment in the movie that becomes more noticeable the more you watch it -- you'll never unsee it.

14 WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE

The Suicide Squad movie, in a lot of ways, was DC's answer to Marvel's success with Guardians of the Galaxy. After James Gunn's movie took some really huge risks and reshaped what could be done in a superhero movie, there were many other companies who were willing to embrace the wackier side of comic books. That included Warner Bros and DC, who decided to bring in director David Ayer to create a feature-length production on a team of (largely) Batman villains to work together and do some good in order to shorten their prison sentences.

As we all know, Guardians of the Galaxy was much better received than Suicide Squad, and for good reason. There were several re-shoots done for the film that changed the initial vision. The villain was lazy and weird. To top it all off, it even used a sky beam, which the Internet had already established by that point was a painful cliche that shouldn't be used. Because of this, there are tons of more people who have more love for characters like Star-Lord and Rocket than people who have love for Squaders like Diablo or Slipknot. Suicide Squad was trying really hard and didn't manage to stick the landing.

13 THEIR GREATEST FOES YET

Being based on DC Comics, the DCEU has a lot of villains who are larger than life. The first villain they introduced was General Zod, who was a radical tyrant who wanted nothing more than to save Krypton. He did this by using massive World Engines to reconstruct Planet Earth in his vision. Then there was Lex Luthor, who harnessed the power of Kryptonian technology to be extremely philosophical in predicting the coming invasion of Steppenwolf as well as to create Doomsday. You get the point. These villains are extremely powerful, have a lot of strength, and pose a physical threat to the heroes.

However, there is one villain who rises above all the rest to threaten the DC heroes unlike anything they've faced before. No, it isn't Darkseid -- it's Rotten Tomatoes. Ever since Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was given a mediocre percentage, numerous people have chosen not to see DC movies. The rating for Suicide Squad was even lower (though that film performed well at the box office) and Justice League was only slightly higher. It seems that the only way Warner Bros is going to get people to see these movies is by getting that Tomato Score up.

12 A FOOLPROOF PLAN

Ah, the Gru memes. It seems that, in time, Gru could become the next Shrek in regards to all of the memes that have been made of him by the geniuses on the Internet recently. One of the newer ones is a parody of him giving a plan to the villain bank in the first Despicable Me. He uses a series of charts to describe his strategy only to find that some of them had been replaced by drawings his daughters put together. It was a cute scene that makes for a great meme starring Harley Quinn.

Being a psychiatrist, she had a lot of aspirations in dealing with the criminally insane. When the Joker came to Arkham Asylum, she had the opportunity to get to know one of the nastiest criminal minds in Gotham City history. She could've taken all of his thoughts and ideas and put them into a tell-all book that likely would've made her rich and famous. However, that plan quickly went out the door once she decided to break him out and lose her medical degree. It was a foolproof plan up until that point. Here's a helpful tip: Make sure that the Joker's psychiatrist isn't mentally vulnerable herself.

11 WE NOTICED

In The Avengers, one of the best scenes is when Tony Stark and the rest of the heroes are on board the Helicarrier. Considering that this is Stark's first time on the flying base, he gives a lot of his usual charm and sarcasm on board. He has a few quips about how turning is exhausting, is fairly amazed over the technology that went into it, and then points out that one of the S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives is playing the arcade game, Galaga. He states how they "thought we wouldn't notice, but we did." Once the scene ends, the worker immediately goes back to Galaga.

There was a similar response when it was announced to comics fans that Jesse Eisenberg would be playing Lex Luthor. Warner Bros and Zack Snyder had a much different vision for the classic Superman villain in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, so they cast Eisenberg for the role, believing that he would be well-suited for the part. As many fans have pointed out, if you change a character so much that they're unrecognizable, then you might as well not even use the character's name anymore. Jesse Eisenberg is not Lex Luthor, and we certainly noticed right away.

10 THEY'RE NOT WRONG

The Avengers had a rough time getting to work together. After bickering with another and nearly destroying the Helicarrier, Agent Coulson's death spurred them on to form the team that Nick Fury had in mind. Tony Stark immediately went to his tower to face off with Loki, who was prepared and quite cocky. When Loki talks about how he is going to destroy the world, he states, "I have an army." Tony immediately responds with, "We have a Hulk." While the monster wasn't there, it is fitting that Hulk was the one who brought Loki to his knees.

However, there's one more argument that could bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe to shame. Despite how acclaimed and well-constructed their movies are, the DCEU does have a leg up on them -- the DCEU won on Oscar award and the MCU didn't. If you're curious, the movie that received an Oscar was Suicide Squad for best makeup. The award was given to it because of the work that went into creating Killer Croc, which isn't totally outrageous. That said, the idea that we can look at a movie like Suicide Squad and say it's an Academy Award-winning movie and can't about Captain America: The Winter Soldier is crazy.

9 LITTLE MINDS DON'T UNDERSTAND IT

Despite the fact that Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor doesn't really work for multiple reasons, there were some scenes and lines that were done really well. One of them was when he was with Lois Lane and she calls him psychotic. Luthor simply responds by saying that it's just a three-syllable word for any thought that's too big for little minds. In that moment, it we got a sense that Luthor really thought he was much too brilliant for the rest of the world and that nobody had the intelligence to understand what he was trying to do.

How can we improve on this quote? Well, this meme (in a move that might offend some DCEU fans out there) changes the word to "overstuffed" instead. Why is this so appropriate? Because that is a word that could easily describe how Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice turned out by trying to juggle a Man of Steel sequel, and introduction to Batman, and a setup for Justice League. It was bogged down, but there are still tons of fans who will swear by it. We're not saying that they're wrong, of course, just that they may want to re-examine the film.

8 WANT TO KNOW HOW I GOT THESE SCARS?

Heath Ledger defined the Joker. Not only was he one of the best actors ever, but he was so dedicated to his craft that he brought the Clown Prince of Crime to life in The Dark Knight. There were several lines that the character had that were all impressive, but one of the creepiest ones was when he was telling the story of his crazy father. After asking him, "Why so serious?" Joker's father takes a knife, sticks it in his mouth, and apparently says, "Let's put a smile on that face." Keep in mind he's telling this story while putting a knife in someone else's mouth. Stories like that one are part of the reason why the villain was so memorable, even today.

If Joker was going to apply that sentiment to himself, he might actually reconsider. Jared Leto's Joker in Suicide Squad was much more dramatic and expressive than Heath Ledger's was, but that's not necessarily a good thing. The villain suffered from being over-designed and had a lot of quirks that just weren't all that interesting. It seemed that version of the Joker was largely detached from what makes the character work. Not even Heath Ledger's Joker would want that to see that iteration smile, and we certainly don't blame him.

7 DAWN OF PUNCHING BAGS

Captain America had a lot to deal with at the end of the very first Captain America movie, Captain America: The First Avenger. After sacrificing himself to save New York from a bomb, he crashed a plan into the Arctic and managed to get himself frozen for decades in the process. It wasn't until decades later that he was awoken to become a member of the Avengers and help the world defend itself from much greater threats, especially ones from beyond the stars. During The Avengers, we see Steve training at a gym, taking out his grief over losing all of his friends on a punching bag.

If we're going to start comparing punching bags, though, we may want to look at Superman's punching bag: otherwise known as Steppenwolf. The villain put up quite a fight against the other members of the Justice League (Flash kept tripping and Batman was nearly useless against him). However, once Superman showed up, the fight turned in their favor. The Last Son of Krypton was easily dodging and weaving through Steppenwolf's attacks while getting in several massive punches of his own. If it weren't for him coming to save the day, Steppenwolf might've destroyed the Earth for Darkseid.

6 JUST THROW THEM TOGETHER

One of the most perplexing aspects of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice will always be what the film's did to Doomsday. Warner Bros and DC have been wanting to adapt the "Death of Superman" story for years, so Doomsday's appearance on the silver screen was inevitable, but no one is sure why they handled it the way they did. Doomsday, at the very least, looked cool and imposing in the comics, having a design that would pop across the pages and give Superman (and the audience) something to fear. In the movie, though, that was not the case.

Doomsday's design was a far cry from the comics. It was so weird that many people expected him to go through some change later on to more resemble his comic version. That didn't happen. Instead, we got a weird combination between a cave troll from The Lord of the Rings and the '50s Godzilla to create this ugly monstrosity. What really sells how awkward this character looks is that the CGI wasn't good on him. While he didn't look as bad as Steppenwolf in Justice League, it wasn't exactly convincing. If you want a better Doomsday, go play Injustice: Gods Among Us.

5 DON'T WORRY

The meme about "you versus the guy she told you not to worry about" is extremely popular. Considering the simplistic nature of the joke, it's something that can be used in almost any situation. It's not often used to make a joke about a person in particular, more so to compare versions of characters, where one is superior than the other. As you can tell, this made it easy for someone to make the joke featuring both Jared Leto's and Heath Ledger's versions of the Joker.

To be fair to Leto, Heath Ledger's act was a difficult one to follow. He defined the role and, against all expectations, nailed the performance and was arguably the best part of The Dark Knight trilogy as a whole. Jared Leto was clearly passionate for playing the character, but he was prepared for a much different take on the character so that he wasn't instantly compared to his predecessor. That said, the portrayal and execution of that version in Suicide Squad doesn't hold a candle to Heath Leadger. Leto's version seemed a bit weird and off. If he were a different villain entirely, it might've worked better, but as the Joker, it doesn't really work.

4 ALWAYS AN EXCEPTION

It's often been said that DC has some of the best villains ever created, with Marvel focusing more on making their heroes more memorable. Whether you agree with that sentiment or not, it's hard to deny that DC's villains are quite excellent. That said, their adaptations on the big screen haven't been the best. If you'll notice from this picture, there are only two villains from the DCEU that are spoken of in a positive manner (both of which you could definitely argue against).

The whole "Not You" meme has been around for a while, and it's used to great effect here. The one who gets the shaft in this photo is Enchantress from Suicide Squad. While Cara Delevingne probably gave it her best shot, the material used for Enchantress just wasn't all that good. The only standout moment with the character that we can remember is the transformation from June Moon to the villain (the one where their hands clasped and flipped over). It's also kind of sad, when you think about it, that the villains on the CW's Arrowverse have largely been better than the ones on the big screen. Prometheus was given a better villain arc than Steppenwolf and Ares combined.

3 NOT REALLY A GENIUS

Lex Luthor is known as one of the smartest people in the DC Universe. He has used his money and brilliance to build an entire company that can stretch across the entire world, build a suit infused with Kryptonite that was strong enough to take on Superman and other super-powered people in the world, and even orchestrate world affairs so that he would have all of the political power he needed to stay on top. He was the pure opposite to Superman, being that he never had to use his fists, only his brain, to execute his plans.

However, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice does a lot of telling about Lex Luthor's intelligence and very little showing. The most he does is put pee in a jar and orchestrate a series of events that lead to the bombing of a government building so that the world would hate Superman. He wasn't even the one who created Doomsday, every piece of information about that he got from alien tech that was used to get the job done. He also didn't consider that pitting both Superman and Batman against each other would've resulted in them teaming up and actually winning. He then inadvertently caused the formation of the Justice League.

2 JUSTICE LEAGUE 2 VILLAIN CONFIRMED

The villains of the DCEU have sworn to see their goals met by destroying any hero that stands in their way. General Zod was ready to crush Superman in whatever way he saw fit. Lex Luthor was ready to tear Batman and Superman apart so that they would kill each other. Enchantress tried to destroy the Suicide Squad. Every one of them had a plan in place so that they could stand out on top and make sure that the Justice League would never rise again.

That said, there is one villain that the DCEU heroes still haven't managed to defeat: Warner Bros. Ever since the lukewarm reception of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the studio has incessantly placed their hands in the future projects. Suicide Squad was placed through tons of re-shoots and Justice League was gutted from the inside out. They learned the wrong lessons from the criticisms that people gave them and, in turn, created products that were arguably much worse than the original versions. If Warner Bros wants to have a similar level of success to Marvel and Disney, they're going to have to take a few steps back and allow the movie makers to their jobs.

1 I WILL FIND HIM

The "I will find him" dialogue from General Zod in Man of Steel remains one of the most ridiculous scenes in the entire movie. He could've said it once and everyone would've got the point. However, he says it a total of four times before he finally shuts up and is thrown into the Phantom Zone. He never says the line again after that, but the damage had already been done. The Internet took one look at that scene and knew that the memes were incoming and they were going to hit hard. General Zod from Man of Steel would forever be immortalized for all the wrong reasons.

With those memes in mind, we have to admit that this is arguably one of the best ones. Where's Waldo is a classic little game that can push some people to their limits. However, if they managed to get General Zod on the case, rest assured that he would find Waldo, even if he had to remind you of that every ten seconds. There's a certain level of determination that is communicated with someone who says the same phrase over and over again. We imagine that he would be the champion of hide and seek.