Brainiac

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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), 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), 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
• Brainiac techniques for improving computer performance, in technology

See also

• Geniac, an educational toy billed as a computer
• All pages with titles beginning with Brainiac
• All pages with titles containing Brainiac

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