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* In keeping with the Kirby influences, Darkseid killing Dan Turpin is basically an homage to the end of the ''Fantastic Four'' Galactus Trilogy (wherein a defeated Galactus had spitefully punished the Silver Surfer for his defiance by leaving him trapped on the Earth). Bruce Timm's admitted he actually wasn't consciously aware they were homaging it until afterwards.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Despite having Orion's communicator on his person (and having X-Ray Vision and Super Hearing), Superman doesn't realize it got fried by the EMP from the Ayers Island meltdown until he tries to use it in Part II. It's arguably justifiable as, with the explosion and aftermath of the Sinnott Air Force Base attack, Clark ''was'' distracted.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The nuclear meltdown of Ayers Island, among other things, unleashes an EMP. Even New Genesis technology -- or at least a piece of tech as relatively minor as a communications device -- isn't shielded from its effects.
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* WhamEpisode: After having been built up in the background in "Tools of the Trade" and "Father's Day", Darkseid finally takes center stage and makes his move against Earth and Superman. Bruno Manheim and Dan Turpin both die.
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*** On the DVD commentary, Bruce Timmm confirmed that in addition to Coppola's film,. the episode title was also an homage to ''The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans'' crossover from the Eighties (which was titled ''Apokolips...Now''.)
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*** On the DVD commentary, Bruce Timmm confirmed that in addition to Coppola's film,. the episode title was also an homage to ''The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans'' crossover from the Eighties (which was titled ''Apokolips...Now''.)
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* UncertainDoom: The boat Mannheim is fleeing in gets swamped, but not destroyed, by the explosion, leaving his fate unclear (although it's generally believed that he died).
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* HideYourLesbians: Captain Maggie Sawyer, an open lesbian in the comics since 1988, is hospitalized after an attack by Intergang, and is visited in the hospital by a woman who comforts her and holds her hand. However, this woman is never identified, nor is their relationship explained. The credits and DVD commentary reveal her as Toby Raines, Maggie's long-time partner in the comics, and the producers explain that her inclusion in the hospital scene was their way of acknowledging the relationship in the comics, which could never be spoken aloud in the series.
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* HideYourLesbians: Captain Maggie Sawyer, an open lesbian in the comics since 1988, is hospitalized after an attack by Intergang, and is visited in the hospital by a woman who comforts her and holds her hand. However, this woman is never identified, nor is their relationship explained. The credits and DVD commentary DVDCommentary reveal her as Toby Raines, Maggie's long-time partner in the comics, and the producers explain that her inclusion in the hospital scene was their way of acknowledging the relationship in the comics, which could never be spoken aloud in the series.
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* WorthyOpponent: Darkseid admits he's impressed with the resistance Superman has put up.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: Darkseid delivers one of these to a weakened Superman. It even plays out at the top of a tall mountain, paralleling the Biblical temptation of Jesus.
* WorthyOpponent: Darkseid admits he's impressed with the resistance Superman has putup.up.
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* VocalEvolution: Darkseid’s voice has become less deep since his previous appearances. He sticks with it for the rest of the DCAU.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In Part 2's original airing, [[Expy Expies]] of the ComicBook/FantasticFour could be seen at Turpin's funeral as part of the episode's dedication to Creator/JackKirby. These are removed in subsequent reruns.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In Part 2's original airing, [[Expy [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of the ComicBook/FantasticFour could be seen at Turpin's funeral as part of the episode's dedication to Creator/JackKirby. These are removed in subsequent reruns.
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* TheRealHeroes:Dan Turpin leads the people of Metropolis against Darkseid's forces, and personally frees Superman. In recognition of this, his tombstone reads "Earth's Greatest Hero"
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* BadassNormal: Dan Turpin, fullstop.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Turpin is defiant to Darkseid's face, and shouts taunts as the forces of Apokolips leave. It gets him killed in excellent example of not played for laughs spite.
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-->'''Superman:''' In the end, the world didn't really need a super man. Just a brave one.
-->'''Superman:''' In the end, the world didn't really need a super man. Just a brave one.
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** The title is an obvious play on ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
** Darkseid's WeCanRuleTogether speech to Superman is a reference to {{Satan}} tempting Jesus Christ on the mountaintop from ''Literature/TheBible''. Appropriate for the SatanicArchetype and MessianicArchetype of the DC universe.
* ShutUpHannibal[=/=]DefiantStoneThrow: Dan Turpin's reaction to Darkseid's speech.
** The title is an obvious play on ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
** Darkseid's WeCanRuleTogether speech to Superman is a reference to {{Satan}} tempting Jesus Christ on the mountaintop from ''Literature/TheBible''. Appropriate for the SatanicArchetype and MessianicArchetype of the DC universe.
* ShutUpHannibal[=/=]DefiantStoneThrow: Dan Turpin's reaction to Darkseid's speech.
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* MythologyGag: Perhaps referencing how Darkseid's first animated appearance came by way of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', Superman can be seen battling Parademons in front of a building with a heavy resemblance to the Hall of Justice.
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** That's also Mister Miracle as the traded baby, though this isn't confirmed onscreen in the DCAU until years later on ''JLU''. Mister Miracle also makes a cameo as his adult self in Part 2.
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** That's There's also Mister Miracle as the traded baby, though this isn't confirmed onscreen in the DCAU until years later on ''JLU''. Mister Miracle also makes a cameo as his adult self in Part 2.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Granny Goodness appears during Part 1's flashback, but she'll return in a larger role in the next two-parter. That's also Mister Miracle as the traded baby, though this isn't confirmed onscreen in the DCAU until years later on ''JLU''. (Mister Miracle also makes a cameo as his adult self in Part 2.)
* EvilIsPetty: Darkseid kills [[spoiler: Dan Turpin]] after having already lost to make sure it wasn't a total victory for Superman and New Genesis
* ExactWords: Darkseid told Bruno Mannheim that he would become "a king" as payment for helping his scheme. When he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness abandoned Mannheim at the site of an overloading reactor]], he proclaimed him "a king of fools".
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-->'''Darkseid:''' People of Earth, I am Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips! Here is your savior, cowed and broken. I have crushed him as easily as I have crushed all who have dared to oppose me throughout the Cosmos. I am power unlike any you have ever known: absolute, infinite, and unrelenting. You have no choice but to prepare for a long dark future as my subjects and my slaves.\\
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* PyrrhicVictory: "Savior your moment of triumph, Superman, but remember, victory has its price."
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* BuryingASubstitute: Despite being vaporized by Darkseid's Omega Beams, Dan Turpin gets a full funeral, with a casket and a gravestone.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The forces of New Genesis swoop in during the climax.
* BittersweetEnding: Earth is saved, but Turpin dies.
* CurbStompBattle: Darkseid against Superman.
* DarkestHour: The nuclear explosion was part of a plan to turn Earth into another Apokolips. Worse, the explosion fried the signal device that Orion gave Superman, so they won't be able to call for help.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Darkseid is stunned that humanity continues to resist in the face of certain death.
-->'''Superman:''' People on Earth aren't like your slaves on Apokolips. They don't take kindly to dictators.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Granny Goodness appears during Part 1's flashback, but she'll return in a larger role in the next two-parter. That's also Mister Miracle as the traded baby, though this isn't confirmed onscreen in the DCAU until years later on ''JLU''. (Mister Miracle also makes a cameo as his adult self in Part 2.)
* BittersweetEnding: Earth is saved, but Turpin dies.
* CurbStompBattle: Darkseid against Superman.
* DarkestHour: The nuclear explosion was part of a plan to turn Earth into another Apokolips. Worse, the explosion fried the signal device that Orion gave Superman, so they won't be able to call for help.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Darkseid is stunned that humanity continues to resist in the face of certain death.
-->'''Superman:''' People on Earth aren't like your slaves on Apokolips. They don't take kindly to dictators.
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'''Turpin:''' In a pig's eye!
* SoProudOfYou: Darkseid is glad that being raised by High Father hasn't diminished Orion's warrior spirit.
* UnstoppableRage: Superman is outraged after Turpin is killed. Since Darkseid escapes, Superman takes his frustration out on his vehicle.
* WorthyOpponent: Darkseid admits he's impressed with the resistance Superman has put up.
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'''Turpin:''' In a pig's eye!
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* UnstoppableRage: Superman is outraged after Turpin is killed. Since Darkseid escapes, Superman takes his frustration out on his vehicle.
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