History Characters / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesAllies

* AdaptationDyeJob: In ''Superman: TAS'', his hair is brown instead of black, which makes him look more like the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]/[[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Green Lantern Hal Jordan (who in the comics was dead at the time). By the time of ''Justice League Unlimited'' it's back to being black with no explanation.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics (barring some {{Cosmic Retcon}}s that altered the Legion of Super-Heroes' history to downplay or outright discard their ties to Superman, usually in relation to the established continuity at the time choosing to eschew Superman's history as the original Superboy), the Legion were inspired to form because of the Man of Steel's exploits as Superboy and appreciated him enough to use time travel to recruit the young Superman-to-be into their team and allow him to participate on several adventures. In this continuity, while still inspired to form by a Superman who never was Superboy, they do not interact with Superman that much besides three of them visiting him as a teenager ''once'' in "New Kids in Town", with Supergirl being the one who joins them in the future instead (though she also became affiliated with the Legion in the comics after Superman reached adulthood).

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics (barring some {{Cosmic Retcon}}s that altered the Legion of Super-Heroes' history to downplay or outright discard their ties to Superman, usually in relation to the established continuity at the time choosing to eschew Superman's history as the original Superboy), the Legion were inspired to form because of the Man of Steel's exploits as Superboy and appreciated him enough to use time travel to recruit the young Superman-to-be into their team and allow him to participate on several adventures. In this continuity, while still inspired to form by a Superman who never was Superboy, they do not interact with Superman that much besides three of them visiting him as a teenager in "New Kids in Town", with Supergirl being the one who joins them in the future instead (though she also became affiliated with the Legion in the comics after Superman reached adulthood).

* DropTheHammer: John Irons has a powerful rivet hammer which can fire blasts of thermal energy.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics (barring some {{Cosmic Retcon}}s that altered the Legion of Super-Heroes' history to downplay or outright discard their ties to Superman, usually in relation to the present continuity choosing to eschew Superman's history as the original Superboy), the Legion were inspired to form because of the Man of Steel's exploits as Superboy and appreciated him enough to use time travel to recruit the young Superman-to-be into their team and allow him to participate on several adventures. In this continuity, while still inspired to form by a Superman who never was Superboy, they do not interact with Superman that much besides three of them visiting him as a teenager in "New Kids in Town", with Supergirl being the one who joins them in the future instead (though she also became affiliated with the Legion in the comics after Superman reached adulthood).

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics (barring some {{Cosmic Retcon}}s that altered the Legion of Super-Heroes' history to downplay or outright discard their ties to Superman, usually in relation to the continuity choosing to eschew Superman's history as the original Superboy), the Legion were inspired to form because of the Man of Steel's exploits as Superboy and appreciated him enough to use time travel to recruit the young Superman-to-be into their team and allow him to participate on several adventures. In this continuity, while still inspired to form by a Superman who never was Superboy, they do not interact with Superman that much besides three of them visiting him as a teenager in "New Kids in Town", with Supergirl being the one who joins them in the future instead (though she also became affiliated with the Legion in the comics after Superman reached adulthood).

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the comics, he was killed off during the 2011 ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' series as the result of an attack by the re-formed Fatal Five, though was later resurrected by the "Infinitus" arc of ''Justice League United''. Here, he dies by sacrificing himself to prevent Emerald Empress from destroying Earth's sun.]]

* BroadStrokes: He is based off of his Pre-Crisis incarnation, who accidentally traveled into the ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' timeline while trying to time-travel to the present day before reaching the Post-Crisis timeline, in which he checked himself into a sanitarium due to lacking his future-time medication for his schizophrenia. The only major difference is that Thomas accidentally travels back in time to the present day when he tries to prevent the Fatal Five from doing so.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the comics, after his initial mission in the present day, he continued to stay in the present due to other missions he was assigned. Here, he dies after completing his mission in apprehending the Fatal Five.]]

* CompositeCharacter: He takes Saturn Girl's role from ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' as a time-displaced Legionnaire who winds up in Arkham Asylum due to the authorities refusing to believe he's from the future.