History Recap / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E5ALittlePieceOfHome

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Luthor visibly grimaces in anger when Lois asks him about his response to accusations of his museum being a large tax shelter for LexCorp.

* DumbMuscle: The moron Lex hires to exploit Superman’s Kryptonite weakness, who forgets that it’s the only thing that give him the advantage against Blig Blue.

* {{Bodyguard Babes}}: Lex Luthor is shown to have one of those.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Clark is visibly weakened when Lois enters the diner. Turns out, she's carrying a piece of kryptonite in her purse.

* AmbiguousSyntax: Luthor recognizes Sam and Nito, the two museum thieves, and says to make sure they're "dealt with." It's unrevealed whether (assuming his men were able to track the pair down) he meant to turn over to the police, have them killed, or simply extort the money they escaped with.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Luthor uses a mechanical ''Tyrannosaurus'' with a piece of Kryptonite in its mouth to attack Superman.

* AmbiguousSyntax: Luthor recognizes Sam and Nito, the two museum thieves, and says to make sure their "dealt with." It's unrevealed whether (assuming his men were able to track the pair down) he meant to turn over to the police, have them killed, or simply extort the money they escaped with.

* TyrannosaurusRex: Luthor uses a mechanical replica with a piece of Kryptonite in its mouth to attack Superman.

* AmbiguousSyntax: Luthor recognizes Sam and Nito, the two museum thieves, and says to make sure their "dealt with." It's unrevealed whether (assuaging his men were able to track the pair down) he meant to turn over to the police, have them killed, or simply extorted out of the money they escaped with.

* ReverseMole: Professor Petersen tells Lois about the kryptonite discovery, and their phone call implies that he is a regular source of hers.

This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* {{Achilles Heel}}: This is the first time that Kryptonite appears in the series, and is promptly identified as Superman's only weak point.

* TyrannosaurusRex: Luthor uses a mechanical replica with a piece of Kryptonite in its mouth to attack Superman.

* ChekhovsSkill: Lois being able to make baskets with paper wads. It comes in handy later to neutralize the Kryptonite.

* TheEndOrIsIt: In the next-to-last scene, Supes throws the lead-encased chunk of Kryptonite into space. In the very last scene, a Luthor-sponsored team searches for more of the green rocks, and the camera pans to show one lying nearby.

Superman interrupts a robbery at Lex Luthor's new Natural History museum. He has an easy time of it, even toying with the robbers a bit -- until he suddenly gets weak and keels over, allowing the robbers to escape. Luthor, reviewing the security tapes, notices that it happened when Superman stood in front of a display of odd green rocks. He sees an opportunity to get the hero out of his way, permanently.

* ChekhovsSkill: Lois being able to make baskets with paper wads. It comes in handy later to neutralize the Kryptonite.

This chapter provides examples of the following tropes:

* ChekovsSkill: Lois being able to make baskets with paper wads. It comes in handy later to neutralize the Kryptonite.

* {{Bodyguard Babes}}: Lex Luthor is shown to have one of those.

{{Achilles Heel}}: This is the first time that Kryptonite appears in the series, and is promptly identified as Superman's only weak point.
{{Bodyguard Babes}}: Lex Luthor is shown to have one of those.