History YMMV / SupermantheAnimatedSeries

** Bruce Timm stated in his Modern Masters book that THEY didn't like Professor Hamilton in the first place. That's why, when debating who Darkseid should kill, they finally came up with [[spoiler: Dan Turpin]], because they weren't allowed to kill Ma and Pa Kent and they felt if they killed Professor Hamilton it wouldn't have any impact, because they never liked him anyway.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale (many people are unaware of this, due to how much the well-written and climactic "Legacy" episode certainly ''felt'' like a GrandFinale to many); there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: [[BewareTheSuperman a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all. Of course, "Legacy" ''did'' end up being a great note to end the show on and was very well-received, and two Superman vs. Darkseid rematches ended up happening after all on the sequel series JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited,and some of the planned story arc elements involving the government's distrust of Superman and Supergirl ended up making it into the Cadmus arc from JLU, but the hints Timm and Dini have given about what the planned final STAS season would have been like ''do'' make one really wish that it had happened anyway, in addition to the later rematches on Justice League.

** Bruce Timm stated in his Modern Masters book that THEY didn't like Professor Hamilton in the first place. That's why, when debating who Darkseid should kill, they finally came up with Dan Turpin, because they weren't allowed to kill Ma and Pa Kent and they felt if they killed Professor Hamilton it wouldn't have any impact, because they never liked him anyway.

* MotiveDecay: Metallo. His origin episode that transformed him from John Corben into Metallo ended with his vendetta focused on Superman, but also on Luthor for [[BlessedWithSuck transferring his mind into the strong-but-numb Metallo body]]. However, by his second appearance the "vengeance against Luthor" angle has been dropped entirely and in his fourth appearance he even gets a girlfriend, despite the fact that his inability to feel anything at all when kissing a woman was one of the things that originally drove him nuts. His original motive does return in the video game ''Superman: Shadow of Apokolips'', which debuted in 2002. Recruited by a disguised Luthor and told to destroy Superman, Metallo defers and goes after Luthor himself.

* TheScrappy: Considering [[spoiler: his EtTuBrute moment in the finale and his subsequent FaceHeelTurn in [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]],]] it's highly doubtful you'll find someone who likes Professor Hamilton ever again.

** On a lesser example, Kurt Bowman from the Late Mr. Kent also qualifies. He murders an elderly woman for money with what is implied to be extreme brutality, and then frames an innocent man for the crime; when Clark discovers that the man is innocent Bowman tries to kill him, then When Lois also figures out the truth he tries to kill her. Fortunately Superman successfully clears the innocent man and exposes Bowman, [[{{KarmicDeath}} sending him to the very gas chamber he had tried to send an innocent man to.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale (many people are unaware of this, due to how much the well-written and climactic "Legacy" episode certainly ''felt'' like a GrandFinale to many); there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all. Of course, "Legacy" ''did'' end up being a great note to end the show on and was very well-received, and two Superman vs. Darkseid rematches ended up happening after all on the sequel series JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited,and some of the planned story arc elements involving the government's distrust of Superman and Supergirl ended up making it into the Cadmus arc from JLU, but the hints Timm and Dini have given about what the planned final STAS season would have been like ''do'' make one really wish that it had happened anyway, in addition to the later rematches on Justice League.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "New Kids in Town", one of Clark's classmates screams at {{Brainiac}}, calling him [[StarWars Darth Vader]] as a joke. Creator/{{Corey Burton}} will later on voice [[StarWarsCloneWars another]] [[VideoGame/BountyHunter Dark]] [[StarWarsBattlefront Lord]] [[StarWarsTheCloneWars of the Sith]].

* The Scrappy: Considering [[spoiler: his EtTuBrute moment in the finale and his subsequent FaceHeelTurn in [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited JLU]],]] it's highly doubtful you'll find someone who likes Professor Hamilton ever again.

** Brainiac, who intentionally misled the people of Krypton about its impending destruction so he could save himself instead. Even more so after "Stolen Memories", when Superman realizes he also destroyed the countless worlds he gathered information on, and was going to do the same to Earth.

** In "Knight Time", Brainiac's line to [[spoiler:Superman disguised as]] Batman, "You are every bit the detective your followers on the Internet believe.", has gotten funnier in light of the rise of social media sites like {{Facebook}} and {{Twitter}} and their copious use of the MemeticBadass trope.

* HilariousInHindsight: In "New Kids in Town", one of Clark's classmates screams at {{Brainiac}}, calling him [[StarWars Darth Vader]] as a joke. {{Corey Burton}} will later on voice [[StarWarsCloneWars another]] [[VideoGame/BountyHunter Dark]] [[StarWarsBattlefront Lord]] [[StarWarsTheCloneWars of the Sith]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale (many people are unaware of this, due to how much the well-written and climactic "Legacy" episode certainly ''felt'' like a GrandFinale to many); there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all. Of course, "Legacy" ''did'' end up being a great note to end the show on and was very well-received, and two Superman vs. Darkseid rematches ended up happening after all on the sequel series JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited,and some of the planned story arc elements involving the government's distrust of Superman and Supergirl ended up making it into the Cadmus arc from JLU, but the hints Timm and Dini have given about what the planned final STAS season would have been like ''do'' make one really wish that it had happened anyway, in addition to the later rematches on Justice League.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale (many people are unaware of this, due to how much the well-written and climactic "Legacy" episode certainly ''felt'' like a GrandFinale to many); there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all. Of course, "Legacy" ''did'' end up being a great note to end the show on and was very well-received, and two Superman vs. Darkseid rematches ended up happening after all on the sequel series JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited, but the hints Timm and Dini have given about what the planned final STAS season would have been like ''do'' make one really wish that it had happened anyway, in addition to the later rematches on Justice League.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale; there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all. Of course, "Legacy" ''did'' end up being a great note to end the show on and was very well-received, and two Superman vs. Darkseid rematches ended up happening after all on the sequel series JusticeLeague and JusticeLeagueUnlimited, but the hints Timm and Dini have given about what the planned final STAS season would have been like ''do'' make one really wish that it had happened anyway, in addition to the later rematches on Justice League.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale; there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid, in which Superman would finally regain humanity's trust once and for all.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bruce Timm and Paul Dini have stated that "Legacy" was not originally intended to be the end of the entire show, but merely a season finale; there was one more season planned, in which the audience would have seen Superman dealing with the horrific fallout from Legacy, especially the fact that [[spoiler: a huge number of people don't believe his story that Darkseid had brainwashed him]]. It was planned to be the darkest season of the entire series, and would have culminated in a rematch between Superman and Darkseid.

** In "Knight Time", Brainiac's line to [[spoiler:Superman disguised as]] Batman, "You are every bit the detective your followers on the Internet believe.", has gotten funnier in light of the rise of social media sites like {{Facebook}} and {{Twitter}}.

** In "Knight Time", Brainiac's line to [[spoiler:Superman disguised as]] Batman, "You are every bit the detective your followers on the internet believe.", has gotten funnier in light of the rise of social media sites like {{Facebook}} and {{Twitter}}.

** On a lesser example, Kurt Bowman from the Late Mr. Kent also qualifies. He murders an elderly woman for money with what is implied to be extreme brutality, and then frames an innocent man for the crime; when Clark discovers that the man is innocent Bowman tries to kill him, then When Lois also figures out the truth he tries to kill her. Fortunately superman successfully clears the innocent man and exposes Bowman, [[{{KarmicDeath}} sending him to the very gas chamber he had tried to send an innocent man to.]]

** On a lesser example, Kurt Bowman from the Late Mr. Kent also qualifies. He murders an elderly woman for money with what is implied to be extreme brutality, and then frames an innocent man for the crime; when Clark discovers that the man is innocent Bowman tries to kill him, then When Lois also figures out the truth he tries to kill her. Fortunately superman successfully clears the innocent man and exposes Bowman, sending him to the very gas chamber he had tried to send an innocent man to.