History WesternAnimation / TheMadScientist

* PlotHole: How does Lois know where the mad scientist's lair is?

'''''The Mad Scientist''''' [[note]]originally called "Superman", but we will refer to it by its alternate title to avoid confusion[[/note]] is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] theatrical cartoon produced by [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]], and the first of the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons.

* AnimationBump: Compared to the Fleischers previous flop of a series, ''Stone Age'', the animation quality of this first short is a HUGE upgrade in contrast. (This is in part because its comparative budget at the time was so high, it may as well have been infinite.)

The short was nominated for the 1942 UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for cartoon short subjects (losing out to the PlutoThePup short ''Lend A Paw'').

* WaveMotionGun: The Scientist's laser cannon.

* CollapsingLair: The scientists lab after Supes overloads the cannon.

'''''The Mad Scientist''''' [[note]]originally called "Superman", but we will refer to it by its alternate title to avoid confusion[[/note]] is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] theatrical cartoon produced by [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer Studios]], and the first of the WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Okay, how would leaning the building back up to its original not cause it to fall back again, since the reason it fell in the first place was heavy damage from the laser cannon!

* YouFailPhysicsForever: Okay, how would leaning the building back up to its original not cause it to fall back again, since the reason it fell in the first place was heavy damage from the laser cannon!
** ''Punching a laser'' in order to deflect it. This looks like a job for the RuleOfCool!

The short was nominated for the 1942 AcademyAward for cartoon short subjects (losing out to the PlutoThePup short ''Lend A Paw'').

* AnimationBump: Compared to the Fleischers previous flop of a series, ''Stone Age'', the animation quality of this first short is a HUGE upgrade in contrast.

* BlackBeadEyes: Lois, which is rather bizarre in a short thats otherwise fairly realistic.

** Punching a laser in order to deflect it. This looks like a job for the RuleOfCool!

->''"In the endless reaches of the universe, there once existed a planet known as Krypton, a planet that burned like a green star in the distant heavens. There, civilization was far advanced, and it brought forth a race of supermen, whose mental and physical powers were developed to the absolute peak of human perfection. But there came a day when giant quakes threatened to destroy Krypton forever. One of the planet's leading scientists, sensing the approach of doom, placed his infant son in a small rocket ship and sent it hurtling in the direction of Earth, just as [[EarthShatteringKaboom Krypton exploded]]. The rocket sped through star-studded space, landing safely on Earth with its precious burden: Krypton's sole survivor. A passing motorist found the uninjured child and took it to an orphanage. As the years went by and the child grew to maturity, he found himself possessed of amazing physical powers. [[SuperSpeed Faster than a speeding bullet]], [[SuperStrength more powerful than a locomotive]], able to leap tall buildings [[InASingleBound in a single bound]], the infant of Krypton is now the Man of Steel: {{SUPERMAN}}! To best be in a position to use his powers in a never-ending battle for truth and justice, Superman has assumed the disguise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper."''

'''''The Mad Scientist''''' [[note]]originally called "Superman", but we will refer to it by its alternate title to avoid confusion[[/note]] is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] theatrical cartoon produced by FleischerStudios, and the first of the SupermanTheatricalCartoons.

The short was nominated for the 1942 AcademyAward for cartoon short subjects (losing out to the PlutoThePup short ''Lend A Paw'') and has earned a position on no. 33 on The50GreatestCartoons.

'''''The Mad Scientist''''' [[hottip:*:originally called "Superman", but we will refer to it by its alternate title to avoid confusion]] is a [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1941]] theatrical cartoon produced by FleischerStudios, and the first of the SupermanTheatricalCartoons.

* ShoutOut: The [[BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman: TAS]] episode "Christmas With The Joker" homages the laser bombardment of Metropolis.

* DigitalDestruction: The version included on Warner's DVD compilation has an audible jump in the prologue ("Superman fights a nevereding battle for truth-justice"), and also makes one of Perry White's lines sound garbled.

* DigitalDestruction: The version included on Warner's DVD compilation has an audible jump in the prologue ("Superman fights a nevered ing battle for truth-justice"), and also makes one of Perry White's lines sound garbled.

* WaveMotionGun: The Scientist's laser cartoon.