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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: This is the first episode of the DCAU to establish the existence of time travel in the setting. ''Justice League'' will later make use of this groundwork to do its ow time travel stories about once a Season.
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* ForegoneConclusion: A retroactive one for "Knight Time". Despite Braniac's apparent final death in that episode, the time travel plot here confirms at least one copy of Braniac's program is still out there and will survive into the far future. This will get picked up on ''Justice League''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: A retroactive one for "Knight Time". {{Foreshadowing}}: Despite Braniac's apparent final death in that episode, [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS3E2KnightTime "Knight Time"]], the time travel plot here confirms reveals at least one copy of Braniac's program is still out there and will survive into the far future. This As this episode's Brainiac's final appearance in STAS, this thread and mystery will get [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E1And2Twilight picked up up]] on ''Justice League''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: A retroactive one for "Knight Time". Despite Braniac's apparent final death in that episode, the time travel plot here confirms at least one copy of Braniac's program is still out and will survive into the far future. This will get picked up on ''Justice League''.
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* ForegoneConclusion: A retroactive one for "Knight Time". Despite Braniac's apparent final death in that episode, the time travel plot here confirms at least one copy of Braniac's program is still out there and will survive into the far future. This will get picked up on ''Justice League''.
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Lightning Lad actually does make an appearance in this episode, albeit brief, so it's not accurate to say he was Adapted Out.
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* AdaptedOut: In the comics, it was Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad who went back in time to meet Superboy. Here, Lightning Lad is swapped with Chameleon Boy, since at the time in the comics Lightning Lad was going by "Live Wire," which may have caused confusion with the similarly-named villainess.
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* CompositeCharacter: As mentioned under AdaptedOut, Lightning Lad is omitted and has Chameleon Boy take his place among the three Legionnaires who visit young Clark kent.
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* CompositeCharacter: As mentioned under AdaptedOut, Lightning Lad is omitted [[DemotedToExtra reduced to a cameo]] and has Chameleon Boy take his place among the three Legionnaires who visit young Clark kent.Kent.
* DecompositeCharacter: Lightning Lad is still a member of this continuity's Legion of Super-Heroes, but only has a brief cameo and has his role among the three Legionnaires who time-travel to visit a young Clark Kent given to Chameleon Boy.
* DemotedToExtra: In the comics, it was Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad who went back in time to meet Superboy. Here, Chameleon Boy takes Lightning Lad's place among the three Legionnaires who go back in tome to visit a young Clark Kent and Lightning Lad instead makes a brief cameo among the other Legionnaires, since at the time in the comics Lightning Lad was going by "Live Wire," which may have caused confusion with the similarly-named villainess.
* DecompositeCharacter: Lightning Lad is still a member of this continuity's Legion of Super-Heroes, but only has a brief cameo and has his role among the three Legionnaires who time-travel to visit a young Clark Kent given to Chameleon Boy.
* DemotedToExtra: In the comics, it was Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad who went back in time to meet Superboy. Here, Chameleon Boy takes Lightning Lad's place among the three Legionnaires who go back in tome to visit a young Clark Kent and Lightning Lad instead makes a brief cameo among the other Legionnaires, since at the time in the comics Lightning Lad was going by "Live Wire," which may have caused confusion with the similarly-named villainess.
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* CompositeCharacter: As mentioned under AdaptedOut, Lightning Lad is omitted and has Chameleon Boy take his place among the three Legionnaires who visit young Clark kent.
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-->'''Clark:''' Red underwear?!underpants?!
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: After Brainiac is beaten by Clark, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Saturn Girl erases everybody's memories]], [[GasLeakCoverup making them think that the damage caused by Brainiac's attack was caused by a tornado that passed through Smallville]].
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This trope only applies when a future version of a character meets his or her past self. It doesn't apply here.
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* MyFutureSelfAndMe: When the Legion first meets teenage Superman, they find that he isn't quite the brave hero that they're familiar with. He ''is'' just a teenager without full control of his powers, after all.
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* WholePlotReference: The entire episode is basically the Superman version of ''The Terminator'' with Brainiac as the T-800/SkyNet, the Teen Clark as Sarah Connor, the Legion of Super-Heroes as Kyle Reese and the Resistance, etc.
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* WholePlotReference: The entire episode is basically the Superman version of ''The Terminator'' ''[[Film/{{TheTerminator}} The Terminator]]'', with Brainiac as the T-800/SkyNet, T-800/[=SkyNet=], the Teen Clark as Sarah Connor, the Legion of Super-Heroes as Kyle Reese and the Resistance, etc.
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* AdaptedOut: In the comics, it was Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad who went back in time to meet Superboy. Here, Lightning Lad is swapped with Chameleon Boy, since at the time in the comics Lightning Lad was going by "Live Wire," which may have caused confusion with the similarly-named villainess.
