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* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle is about to fire a pair of XL Gel missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tries to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he refuses to listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue,"

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* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle is about to fire a pair of XL Gel missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tries to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he refuses to listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue,""barbecue."

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Superman lures it into the ocean using a red-hot iron bar so Hamilton can freeze it properly, and the crisis is averted.

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Superman lures it into the ocean a reservoir using a red-hot iron bar so Hamilton can freeze it properly, and the crisis is averted.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens for heavy labor and be powered by heat. It turns on them due to it craving more.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens for heavy labor and be labor, powered by heat. the heat from their sun. It turns turned on them due to it them, craving more.more energy, and was banished to deep space far from the light of stars.



* ImplacableMan: The Prometheon can withstand nearly anything, able to endure entry to Earth's atmosphere, walk along a seafloor with no issue, and shrugs off everything the army can throw at it.
* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle was about to fire a pair of XL Gel missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tried to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he refuses to listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue".
-->'''Superman:''' ''(Dryly)'' Better hold off on the marshmallows.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of General Hardcastle, who will reappear in the series finale and then retroactively integrated into the Cadmus storyline on ''Justice League Unlimited''.
* KillItWithIce: Superman and Hamilton plans to freeze the Prometheon so that it will stop from drawing its energy source.

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* ImplacableMan: The Prometheon can withstand nearly anything, able to endure entry to Earth's atmosphere, walk along a seafloor with no issue, and shrugs shrug off everything the army can throw at it.
* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle was is about to fire a pair of XL Gel missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tried tries to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he refuses to listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue".
"barbecue,"
-->'''Superman:''' ''(Dryly)'' ''[dryly]'' Better hold off on the marshmallows.
* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of General Hardcastle, who will reappear in the series finale and then be retroactively integrated into the Cadmus storyline on ''Justice League Unlimited''.
in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
* KillItWithIce: Superman and Hamilton plans plan to freeze the Prometheon so that Prometheon, taking away the heat it will stop from drawing its energy source.uses to power itself.



* ShoutOut: The design of the Prometheon is a fairly direct lift from a page in ''ComicBook/NewGods.''

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* ShoutOut: The design of the Prometheon is a fairly direct lift from a page in ''ComicBook/NewGods.''''
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By pushed the Prometheon's asteroid in the direction of the sun's rays, Superman inadvertently revives the creature.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By pushed pushing the Prometheon's asteroid in the direction of the sun's rays, Superman inadvertently revives the creature.

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* FeedItWithFire: Hardcastle and the military fire a storm of munitions at the Prometheon, and while Hardcastle thinks they're wearing it down because it's not moving, Superman tells him that it's letting them shoot at it because they're actually ''feeding'' it.



* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle was about to fire a pair of missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tried to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he doesn't listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue".

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* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle was about to fire a pair of XL Gel missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tried to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he doesn't refuses to listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue".
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* ImplacableMan: The Prometheon can withstand nearly anything, able to endure entry to Earth's atmosphere, walk along a seafloor with no issue, and shrugs off everything the army can throw at it.
* IWarnedYou: When Hardcastle was about to fire a pair of missiles at the Prometheon, Superman tried to warn him that he'd only be feeding the creature, but between his racism and the fact that Superman and Hamilton inadvertently unleashed the thing on Earth, he doesn't listen. Naturally, Superman has something to say when the Prometheon absorbs Hardcastle's "barbecue".
-->'''Superman:''' ''(Dryly)'' Better hold off on the marshmallows.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By pushed the Prometheon's asteroid in the direction of the sun's rays, Superman inadvertently revives the creature.
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of General Hardcastle, who will reappear in the series finale and then retroactively integrated into the Cadmus storyline on ''Justice League Unlimited''.
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While preventing an asteroid from hitting Metropolis, Superman discovers a powerful alien robot named the Prometheon, which ends up falling into Metropolis in the asteroid's place, and causing trouble because [[AIIsACrapshoot of course]]. General Hardcastle tries to destroy it with missiles, which has about as much success as you'd expect, while Professor Hamilton wants to try using heat-absorbing chemicals (like the kind in ice packs) to take advantage of the fact that the Prometheon is powered by thermal energy.

Superman lures it into the ocean using a red-hot iron bar so Hamilton can freeze it properly, and the crisis is averted.


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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: The Prometheon wasn't built to be intelligent and can be easily distracted with a heat source.
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* KillItWithIce: Superman and Hamilton plans to freeze the Prometheon so that it will stop from drawing its energy source.

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* KillItWithIce: Superman and Hamilton plans to freeze the Prometheon so that it will stop from drawing its energy source.source.
* ShoutOut: The design of the Prometheon is a fairly direct lift from a page in ''ComicBook/NewGods.''
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* FantasticRacism: General Hardcastle doesn't hide how much he distrusts Superman.

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* FantasticRacism: General Hardcastle doesn't hide how much he distrusts Superman.Superman.
* KillItWithIce: Superman and Hamilton plans to freeze the Prometheon so that it will stop from drawing its energy source.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens for heavy labor and later turn be powered by heat. It turns on them.them due to it craving more.
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* AiIsCrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.

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* AiIsCrapshoot: AIIsACrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.
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* AIIsCrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.

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* AIIsCrapshoot: AiIsCrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.
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* AIIsCrapshoot: The Prometheon was built by aliens and later turn on them.
* FantasticRacism: General Hardcastle doesn't hide how much he distrusts Superman.

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