History Recap / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E12BraveNewMetropolis

** The other Luthor's escape attempt is similar to the one the mainstream Luthor will later try in ''Justice League'' after being exposed as a criminal.

* BigDamnKiss /NowOrNeverKiss: Superman suddenly pops out through the dimension to bring Lois home, but they don’t have much time before she’s trapped for good. She grabs Alt!Superman and they share a quick yet passionate kiss before she leaves.

* BittersweetEnding: On one hand, Lois has to return to her dimension, leaving Alt!Superman to rebuild Metropolis (and the world's) trust in him, not to mention he'll have to move on without Alt!Lois. As if to twist the knife deeper, Alt!Superman and Lois have a BigDamnKiss before she has to leave to her dimension for good. On the other hand, Lois not only returns home, but reciprocates Superman's feelings for her by offering they go on a date.
* BridalCarry: Superman carries Lois princess-style as he flies away from the lab after having been called to rescue her when she got pulled into an alternate dimension.
** Alt!Superman is shocked when he finds Lois, since in his dimension she’s dead and carries her when she passes out.

* ForWantOfANail: Lois' death turns out to be a big nail. Jimmy explains that Superman was a split-second late when Intergang put a bomb in Lois' car. Because of that, Lois died and Superman decided to take a more proactive role in running the city.
** InSpiteOfANail: Lois comments that, even in this topsy-turvy world, Lex is the one person who is ''exactly'' the same.

** Alt!Luthor's escape attempt is similar to the one the mainstream Luthor will later try in ''Justice League'' after being exposed as a criminal.

* GoodAllAlong: Invoked; once Alt!Superman learns about Alt!Luthor's lies, Luthor tries to kill him with Kryptonite and hopes to convince the people that he was just being forced to play along with Superman's plans before having a chance to stop him.

* MrExposition: Alt!Jimmy gives Lois the backstory on this version of Metropolis.

* SpannerInTheWorks: If Lois hadn't convinced Alt!Superman to see his prisoners and freed them as an act of good will, Alt!Lex might've gotten away with his scheme of looking like he was the hero all along.
* {{Symbolism}}: When Jimmy and the other members of the resistance are captured by the authorities, one mother is ripped away from her child, framing how Alt!Superman and Alt!Luthor's reign on Metropolis has [[{{Pun}} robbed]] the people of their freedom. Later, when Alt!Luthor is killed in the climax and [[SidingWithTheSuffering Alt!Superman has sided with his captives]], the same mother and child are seen [[BigDamnReunion reuniting]], as though showing that Metropolis has regained its freedom.
* ThisCannotBe: Alt!Jimmy upon bumping into our Lois. Alt!Superman has the same reaction to her.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Alt!Luthor hopes to be seen as a hero by killing Alt!Superman and using the JustFollowingOrders excuse for all the bad things he did and[=/=]or helped Alt!Superman to do. It doesn't work.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Alt!Superman truly does just want to create a peaceful world and believes UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans. Alt!Luthor, on the other hand, just sees Superman's depression as a way to use him as a battering ram against the public and goes out of his way to hide the darker aspects of their rule.

* WhatTheHellHero: Lois slaps Alt!Superman and bitterly comments about his being "married to Luthor."
* WideEyedIdealist: Alt!Superman describes his old self as one to Lois.

-->"For too long, I fooled myself into thinking I was doing a simple clean up job; that if I did enough good, people would follow my example. I didn't realize it was a war and, suddenly, you were a casualty of that war."

* ArmorPiercingSlap:
** Lois smacks the alternate Superman after he tells her why he decided to ally with Luthor (and because [[CannotSpitItOut he never confessed his feelings for her]]). While Lois is [[DamselOutOfDistress tough]], she would have no hope of physically hurting him with a slap...but emotionally is a different story.
** Similarly, when Lois brings Superman to see a group of imprisoned "criminals", that universe's Jimmy Olsen leads the captives in pelting him with rocks. Again, ([[KryptoniteFactor ordinary]]) rocks don't hurt Superman; however, the emotional pain and shock of seeing how much his former friend and the other citizens hate him helps convince him to show them mercy and confront Luthor about manipulating him.

* BittersweetEnding: On one hand, Lois has to return to her dimension, leaving Alt!Superman to rebuild Metropolis (and the world's) trust in him, not to mention he'll have to move on without Alt!Lois. As if to cut the knife deeper, Alt!Superman gets a surprise LastKiss from Lois before she has to leave to her dimension. On the other hand, Lois not only returns home, but reciprocates Superman's feelings for her by offering they go on a date.

* BigDamnKiss /NowOrNeverKiss: Just as Superman comes through the dimension to bring Lois home, she clings onto Alt!Superman and they share a quick yet passionate kiss before she leaves.
* BittersweetEnding: On one hand, Lois has to return to her dimension, leaving Alt!Superman to rebuild Metropolis (and the world's) trust in him, not to mention he'll have to move on without Alt!Lois. On the other hand, Lois not only returns home, but reciprocates Superman's feelings for her by offering they go on a date.

* BigDamnKiss/NowOrNeverKiss: Just as Superman comes through the dimension to bring Lois home, she clings onto Alt!Superman and they share a quick yet passionate kiss before she leaves.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Lois gives one to Alt!Superman after he tells her why he decided to ally with Luthor.
** Well also because [[CannotSpitItOut he never confessed his feelings for her]].
* BelatedLoveEpiphany: Alt!Superman didn't know how much he loved Alt!Lois until she died.

* BrokenPedestal: {{Enforced|Trope}}. The writers explained that they wanted ComicBook/JimmyOlsen to be a member of the resistance and explicitly wanted it to be ''him'' who began throwing rocks at Superman, because they felt that nothing would better demonstrate Superman's [[FallenHero fall from grace]] than losing the adoration of his biggest fan.
* CarBomb: The AlternateUniverse spun off from reality after ComicBook/LoisLane was killed by a bomb that Intergang placed in her car.

* DefiantStoneThrow: The captive alternate ComicBook/JimmyOlsen throws a rock at Superman.

* MoralityChain: Lois Lane ends up in a [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe]], where her double was killed by a car bomb. While in her own reality, Superman got there just in time to save her, this world's Superman failed and has never forgiven himself. Since then, he has become much less forgiving to criminals and abandoned his "no killing" rule, blasting any criminal he sees with his EyeBeams. When Lois encounters this version of Superman, he no longer wears the [[http://images.wikia.com/dcanimated/images/0/0f/Brave_New_Metropolis.png same uniform]] and appears to be working with ComicBook/LexLuthor. She manages to set him right, though. [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse Of course, she goes back to her own universe at the end of the episode, which means the other Superman is once again without a]] Morality Chain. Either way, it's [[AmbiguousEnding up in the air]] what Alt!Superman will do next.

* SidingWithTheSuffering: Lois goes into an alternate dimension where Superman, after joining forces with Luthor, becomes [[BewareTheSuperman a tyrant]]. When Lois confronts him, Superman says he adopted more heavy handed tactics because he couldn't prevent his Lois from being killed. However, when he sees how much people hate him, and how much they are suffering because of his actions, he turns on Luthor, and joins the resistance.

** Well also because [[CantSpitItOut he never confessed his feelings for her]].

* MoralityChain: Lois Lane ends up in a [[AlternateUniverse parallel universe]], where her double was killed by a car bomb. While in her own reality, Superman got there just in time to save her, this world's Superman failed and has never forgiven himself. Since then, he has become much less forgiving to criminals and abandoned his "no killing" rule, blasting any criminal he sees with his EyeBeams. When Lois encounters this version of Superman, he no longer wears the [[http://images.wikia.com/dcanimated/images/0/0f/Brave_New_Metropolis.png same uniform]] and appears to be working with ComicBook/LexLuthor. She manages to set him right, though. [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse Of course, she goes back to her own universe at the end of the episode, which means the other Superman is once again without a]] Morality Chain.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: How about a reference or two to TheOldestProfession? Alt!Angela Chan yells at Lois Lane to "[[StreetWalker Go stand on some other corner, you tart!]]"

** The van that Superman blows up features reused footage from "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11MyGirl My Girl", specifically the scene in which Mr. Eelan blows a vat of hot lead off its support.

* PuttingOnTheReich: the alternate Superman wears a black costume with a new shield resembling the zigzagged S of the SS logo.