History Main / ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex

** JohnByrne's ''Superman[=/=]Batman Generations'' offers a logical solution: a pendant that mimics red sun radiation, which allows Clark and Lois to be intimate as well as preventing the super-powered fetus from kicking a hole in Lois' belly while she's pregnant. After their daughter Kara starts developing powers, she's given the pendant to keep them in check until she's old enough for Dad to teach her how to use them.

* In the superhero parody comic {{The Pro}}, the titular "working girl" heroine is giving The Saint (A {{Superman}} parody) a "job" when he tells her to move quickly. The resulting shot takes down a plane.

* {{Superman}} and Lois Lane, as discussed in the TropeNamer essay.

* ''Film/{{Superman}} II''. The title character gave up his powers in order to romance Lois Lane, which caused problems when the three Kryptonian super villains showed up.

Regardless of the trope title, any gender combo can be involved, though the Steel/Kleenex problem generally comes up in pairings where the 'steel' member is male. For some reason, 'Man of Kleenex, Woman of Steel' usually isn't considered as much of an issue.

* In the superhero parody comic {{The Pro}}, the titular "working girl" heroine is giving The Saint (A {{Superman}} parody) a "job" when he tells her to move quickly. The resulting shot takes down a plane\

* Most comics with that feature a superhumanly strong / normal-human romance tend to get around this by the expedient of saying that the superstrength is a conscious usage, and can't be used accidentally.

* In the superhero parody comic {{The Pro}}, the titular "working girl" heroine is giving The Saint (A {{Superman}} parody) a "job" when he tells her to move quickly. The resulting shot takes down a plane

** Narrowly averted in ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''{{Avengers}}'', where it's made clear it's Banner's anger that transforms him.

* Intentionnally adverted in TheIncredibles, where super-strong Mr. Incredible is married to superheroine Elastigirl, who possess stretching abilities. As such, it makes perfectly sense that they were able to have kids (though it's never explicitly mentionned in the movie).

* This comes up as a CantHaveSexEver plot point in the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' series. Alternate methods have [[TheSpoonyExperiment been]] [[http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/07/08/vlog-7-8-10-eclipse-review/ proposed]] (NSFW).

* ''{{Oglaf}}'' has a story about the Snow Queen, spirit of winter, whose bodily needs have to be fulfilled or spring is not going to happen. Let's just say that even the most hot-blooded of men cannot take her freezing qualities and return home in one piece. ItGetsBetter though, when a [[LesYay clever adventurer]] happens by.

** Note that the couple {{did}} consummate their marriage, in the episode immediately after the wedding (There was an issue with Lois dying as a consequence, but that was because of a curse and not because of Clark's powers).

* In the superhero parody comic [[The Pro]], the titular "working girl" heroine is giving The Saint (A [[Superman]] parody) a "job" when he tells her to move quickly. The resulting shot takes down a plane

* They started to address this in ''LoisAndClark'', with Clark not being sure if they could consummate their marriage let alone have offspring. Then in the last episode they were left with a DoorstopBaby; it wasn't planned to be the last ep of the series, just the [[CliffHanger season]], so the [[AbortedArc arc was aborted]].

Whenever a character with the Powers Of A God (tm) hooks up with a mere mortal, there is nearly always a bit of lurking FridgeLogic which may or may not get addressed in the show itself, especially not if the show is aimed at kids. (Expect fanfic to address it, quite a bit, regardless of who the show is aimed at.) Namely, there is a very wide gap between one partner's physical strength and the resilience of the other's flesh, which can be an important factor during particularly, hm, [[IfyouKnowWhatIMean intimate encounters]] between the two.

* ''DragonBallZ'' - On this very wiki, people have wondered how two ultra-powerful Saiyans (Goku and Vegeta) manage to have kids with two human women (Chi-Chi and Bulma)
** Well they can lower there power level, [[EpilepticTrees so...]]
*** Yes, but agitation can drive their power out of their control, wether it's by sheer fury or... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean something else entirely]]. And Goku ''can't'' control his strength, even when purposefuly relaxing. He once attempts to lightly pat his wife on the back. She goes straight through a wall!