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* AxCrazy: In the "Donner Cut", Zod gets a bit of this when he invades the White House, picks up a gun from one of the soldiers and starts gleefully moving them down.

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* AxCrazy: In the "Donner Cut", Zod gets a bit of this when he invades the White House, picks up a gun from one of the soldiers and starts gleefully moving mowing them down.
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* BaffledByOwnBiology: After Superman loses his superpowers in the molecule chamber, he and Lois drive to a diner. Just as they park, Clark Kent can be heard saying he feels something strange in his back. Then the first thing he does upon entering the diner is ask where the men's room is. Thus, it is implied that Superman never had to use the facilities before.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Zod, Ursa, Non, and Lex Luthor. However, technically this trope could be considered even more expansive if one also counts Otis, Eve Teschmacher, the Parisian Terrorists (who are indirectly responsible for freeing Zod from the Phantom Zone in the first place), and the Unnamed Bully (who, while not exactly evil, doles out a fair amount of grief and humiliation to a de-powered Clark Kent).
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: While in [[Film/SupermanTheMovie the first movie]], it was possible that [[TranslationConvention there was a separate Kryptonian language that was conveniently translated for viewers]] and [[TranslatorMicrobes spoke to Kal-El through a translator system]], here the Kryptonian criminals clearly speak and understand English.

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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: While in [[Film/SupermanTheMovie the first movie]], it was possible that [[TranslationConvention there was a separate Kryptonian language that was conveniently translated for viewers]] scenes set on Krypton could have been chalked up to TranslationConvention, Zod and [[TranslatorMicrobes spoke co. come to Kal-El through a translator system]], here the Kryptonian criminals clearly Earth able to speak and English but didn't seem to understand English.the Russian cosmonauts they met on the moon.
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** In both versions, Superman tosses a nuke into outer space where it detonates, smashing the Phantom Zone and freeing the villains. The main difference is that in the Donner version, it was the same nuke Supes tossed off in the [[{{Film.Superman}} original]].

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** In both versions, Superman tosses a nuke into outer space where it detonates, smashing the Phantom Zone and freeing the villains. The main difference is that in the Donner version, it was the same nuke Supes tossed off in the [[{{Film.Superman}} [[Film/SupermanTheMovie original]].



-->'''Clark Kent''': I have to go back.
-->'''Lois Lane''': You can't go back, there's no way now.
-->'''Clark Kent''': I have to. I've gotta try, dammit, I've got to try something. Anything!
-->'''Lois Lane''': It's not your fault. You didn't know this was going to happen.
-->'''Clark Kent''': They knew. They tried to tell me. But, I didn't listen.

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-->'''Clark Kent''': I have to go back.
-->'''Lois
back.\\
'''Lois
Lane''': You can't go back, there's no way now.
-->'''Clark
now.\\
'''Clark
Kent''': I have to. I've gotta try, dammit, I've got to try something. Anything!
-->'''Lois
Anything!\\
'''Lois
Lane''': It's not your fault. You didn't know this was going to happen.
-->'''Clark
happen.\\
'''Clark
Kent''': They knew. They tried to tell me. But, I didn't listen.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After giving up his godlike powers to be with Lois, the now human Clark Kent without an iota of Superman power gets his ass handed to him pretty badly by a dumb red neck trucker thug - and before that found that life without flying was a drag and that back aches are no fun. Also, no one in the diner other than Lois tries to help Clark because the mere sight of a fight scares them too much.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After giving up his godlike powers to be with Lois, the now human Clark Kent without an iota of Superman power gets his ass handed to him pretty badly by a dumb red neck redneck trucker thug - and before that found that life without flying was a drag and that back aches are no fun. Also, no one in the diner other than Lois tries to help Clark because the mere sight of a fight scares them too much.
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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: "[[ReCut The Richard Donner Cut]]" had to make due with stretching out available Donner footage and playing with a few new effects shots to make it in workable shape. Notably, the [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands random powers demonstrated]] by Zod and Company along with Superman were largely edited out, keeping [[MagicAIsMagicA closer to the established power set of the characters]].

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* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: "[[ReCut The Richard Donner Cut]]" had to make due with stretching out available Donner footage and playing with a few new effects shots to make it in workable shape. Notably, the [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands random powers demonstrated]] by Zod and Company along with Superman were largely edited out, keeping [[MagicAIsMagicA closer to the established power set of the characters]]. While the theatrical film is said to be about 55 percent Richard Lester, this cut is about 80 percent Richard Donner.
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* FirstInjuryReaction: When a BroughtDownToNormal Clark Kent gets sucker-punched, he's outright addled by the injury, and doesn't fare any better in the ensuing DinerBrawl.
-->'''Clark:''' Blood. It's my blood. I think... maybe we ought to hire a bodyguard from now on.
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* DisappointedInYou: In the Richard Donner cut, when Kal-El chooses to step into the Red Sun chamber despite Jor-El's pleas not to become human (the price he must pay for continuing to love Lois Lane), Jor-El shoots a sad disappointed look at Lois as if to ask: "How could you let him do this?".

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