History Series / TheAdventuresOfSuperboy

* [[spoiler:EvilDoppelganger: Remember Jor-El and Lara looking for Superboy? They're impostors who want Superboy as a museum peace.]]

* ActorAllusion: Jack Larson and Noel Neill (Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane from ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'') appear in one episode as Clark and Lana's never before seen (and never seen again) co-workers at the Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters. Upon seeing Superboy rescue a woman who jumped out of a window to commit suicide, Jack Larson's character Lou exclaims "Jeepers!", an exclamation often used by Jimmy Olsen in ''TheAdventuresOfSuperman''. Later in the same episode, Lou confesses to stealing office supplies and says that he used to do it all the time when he worked for the newspaper.

* ActorAllusion: Jack Larson and Noel Neill (Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane from ''TheAdventuresOfSuperman'') appear in one episode as Clark and Lana's never before seen (and never seen again) co-workers at the Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters. Upon seeing Superboy rescue a woman who jumped out of a window to commit suicide, Jack Larson's character Lou exclaims "Jeepers!", an exclamation often used by Jimmy Olsen in ''TheAdventuresOfSuperman''. Later in the same episode, Lou confesses to stealing office supplies and says that he used to do it all the time when he worked for the newspaper.

* {{Superweapon}}: The "Superboy Gun" featuring in the second season, which was enough to render Superboy temporarily a paraplegic.

* ShotgunWedding: Lex does this to Lana in "With This Ring, I Thee Kill" in order to lure Superboy into an ambush by the deadly weapon known as the "Superboy Gun".

* ComicBookAdaptation: DCComics published nearly two dozen issues, plus a special, directly based upon the series.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: In "Luthor Unleashed", Lex wears a blond wig at one point.

* BlondesAreEvil: The succubus.

If it sounds like ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', well, [[OlderThanTheyThink it is]]. At least in the first season. Clark and his future arch-foe LexLuthor attend the same journalism school, and Lana Lang appears in a supporting role. The series soon underwent a major retool, owing to a [[TheOtherDarrin recasting]] of Superboy; the college setting was dropped in favor of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction The Bureau for Extra-Normal Matters]], where Clark and Lana help investigate paranormal and alien activities.

* GirlOfTheWeek: T.J. always gets a different girlfriend almost each episode.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Jonathan's old comrade during the Korean War in "The Phantom of the Third Division", who was captured and tortured. He tried to kills Jonathan whom he blames for his imprisonment.

* SkywardScream: Lex, after he discovers he's bald and vows to destroy Superman.
* SocietyMarchesOn: In "Hollywood", Clark gave a newspaper boy a dollar, which he gasped about, since he's sent to 1939.

* ThouShallNotKill: Though in "Bringing Down the House", Superboy was willing to kill Judd Faust for nearly torturing Lana to death, but she stopped him from going through with it.
* ThreeAmigos: Clark, Lana, and TJ.

* WitchDoctor: The Indian woman in "Birdwoman of the Swamps".

* {{Nerd}}: Lex has a group of nerds working for him.

** In "The Beast and Beauty", a crook dresses up as Superboy like in one of the [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons Fletcher Superman short]].

* MsFanservice: Lana Lang (Stacy Haiduk) is this in several episodes including a first season episode in which she strips down to a bikini for the obligatory "show the sexy redhead at the pool" scene.

* MsFanservice: Only the first couple of seasons have ever been released to DVD. Thankfully this includes the first season and the episode in which Lana/Stacy Haiduk strips down to a bikini for the obligatory "show the sexy redhead at the pool" scene.

Despite high ratings, the series was canceled in its fourth season due to WarnerBros, who filed a lien in an effort to reclaim all ''Superman'' film and TV rights (Though ''Superboy'' was already a property of Time Warner, its distribution was handled by Viacom). Because of the number of different companies involved in its production, the show never ran again in syndication.

* {{Nerds}}: Lex has a group of nerds working for him.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The dirty cop in "Terror from the Blue" is [[Film/MortalKombat Shang Tsung]].

** In "Luthor Unleashed", Superboy saves Lex from a lab accident like in the original comics. This time, he still has his hair intact (for now).

* SocietyMarchesOn: In "Hollywood", Clark gave a newspaper boy a dollar, which he gasped about, since he's sent to 1939.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The dirty cop in "Terror from the Blue" is [[FIlm/Mortal Kombat Shang Tsung]].

** In "Hollywood", Clark went to a store called [[TheFlash Keystone Clothiers]], and was dressed in a suit and hat. Professor Zugar was sent to 1938, the year Superman debuted.

** In "Hollywood", Clark went to a store called [[TheFlash Keystone Clothiers]], and was dressed in a suit and hat.

* ShellShockVeteran: Jonathan's old comrade during the Korean War in "The Phantom of the Third Division", who was captured and tortured. He tried to kills Jonathan whom he blames for his imprisonment.