The Parasite (DCAU)
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The Parasite (Rudy Jones), a DC Comics supervillain and enemy of Superman, appeared in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League, respectively played by Brion James and Brian George.
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The Parasite first appeared in Superman: The Animated Series, where he was voiced by the late Brion James. The origin for the animated Parasite is fairly consistent with his modern origin. Rudy Jones, janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs, was caught mid-robbery with a crook named Martin Lebeau. They were trying to steal a chemical stored in barrels with unknown properties. When Lebeau and Rudy made their getaway in a pickup truck, Lebeau's anger at Rudy led him to make Rudy ride in the back with the ill-closed barrels. The barrels soon opened, spilling their contents all over Rudy, transforming him into the Parasite; Rudy soon used his new powers to go after Superman. The Parasite discovered Superman's true identity a couple of times, but on each occurrence, Superman managed to harm Rudy enough to damage his memory (having him suck the "power" out of some kryptonite, having Rudy doused by a shower system while the Parasite possessed Livewire's electrical powers, etc.) so that he forgets the knowledge.
This version of the Parasite, although sharing the name 'Rudy Jones' with his modern comic book counterpart, has powers that are more akin to the pre-crisis incarnation named 'Max Jensen', along with the same facial features, or lack thereof.
On Smallville, janitor Earl Jenkins, a character simalar to Parasite, works at LuthorCorp. He took a look at Level 3 and got his shoes wet in kryptonite-infested fertilizer and soon died.
Parasite later made subsequent appearances in the 2000s series Justice League where he was voiced by Brian George. Gorilla Grodd recruited him into the Secret Society to defeat the Justice League. In Justice League Unlimited, he defeated Elongated Man and Metamorpho before being taken down by the appearance of Captain Marvel. He was later seen as a member of Gorilla Grodd's Legion of Doom. A future version of Parasite was one of the enemies of the JLU as a member of Iniquity Collective on a Justice League Unlimited episode "Epilogue". It is unsure it is the same Parasite as the previous series because of his new, more grotesque appearance akin to his body seen in his later comic appearances. The Future Parasite was played by Marc Worden; the "modern" Parasite had no spoken dialogue during his Justice League Unlimited appearances. In the two-part final episode of Justice League Unlimited, the modern Parasite was among the villains believed dead after Killer Frost froze them within a block of ice, and afterwards the entire place was destroyed by Darkseid.
He also appears as a boss in Superman: Shadow of Apokolips video game for GameCube and PlayStation 2.
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