Line #13 Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E6IdentityCrisis


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2	It seems like a normal day in the life of Superman: saving a boy who climbed a tower on a dare and couldn't get down, stopping a car full of criminals fleeing the police, rescuing Clark Kent when he falls off a cliff...
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4	Clark stares in bafflement as "Superman" makes a date with Lois that evening and flies off. He breaks away to chase the duplicate and get some answers. The duplicate insists that ''he'' is Superman... except that he looks and sounds less and less like the original, his skin turning white and blocky as [[HulkSpeak his speech becomes simple-minded]].
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6	After the confrontation between the two Supermen, the duplicate heads the mountain laboratory where he was created as part of Lex Luthor's plan to create Superman clones loyal to him.
7	!!This episode contains examples of:
8	* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Played for laughs when the clone Superman gives a speech about dares and courage to a group of kids. Their reactions are mixed.
9	* AntiVillain: Bizarro is an unwittingly destructive and flawed clone of Superman, but he's ultimately good at heart, as he proves in the ending.
10	* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect immediately takes a turn for the worse.
11	* CollapsingLair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.
12	* ConfrontingYourImposter: "Superman" is revealed as an impostor when he heroically rescues the ''real'' Supes as Clark Kent, much to Clark's confusion.
13	* ContinuityNod: Luthor mentions that he was able to use Superman's [=DNA=] was the result of [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E5ALittlePieceOfHome Superman fighting a mechanical T-rex while exposed to Kryptonite in season one]], and notes that he was so weak, he actually bled.
14	* DestructiveSavior: Bizarro "saves" a building (that is being demolished) by tossing a crane aside and repairs a "broken" bridge (that was being raised to let a ship through) by forcing the halves back down and welding them together. Fortunately, Superman is able to prevent the disasters nearly caused by these acts.
15	* DramaticIrony: Superman (who turns out to be a pre-[[CloneDegeneration degenerating]] clone) thinks nothing of it when he rescues Clark Kent. Only Clark knows this is an imposter, but can't confront the matter until later.
16	* HeroicLineage: When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."
17	* HeroicSacrifice: After Bizarro realizes that he isn't Superman, he holds up the roof of Luthor's collapsing lab so the real Superman can get Lois out of there before a [[SelfDestructMechanism bomb]] powerful enough to destroy even Superman goes off.
18	-->'''Bizarro:''' Me no am Superman. You am Superman. Superman save Lois.
19	* HulkSpeak: As part of the CloneDegeneration, Bizarro's speech devolves from normal conversation into simple grammatically garbled statements.
20	* InstantCostumeChange: Bizarro's outfit [[MST3KMantra somehow]] transforms into a crude parody of Superman's along with his [[CloneDegeneration body]].
21	* InternalReveal: Lois was told by the real Superman the one who asked her out earlier was an imposter.
22	* LoadBearingHero: Bizarro holds the collapsing roof of Luthor's lab up so Superman can rescue Lois and get her to safety before the lab explodes.
23	* LostMyAppetite: When Bizarro takes Lois to a restaurant, he [[JabbaTableManners talks while shoveling food into his mouth]]. When he offers Lois some of his dinner, she says "I had a late lunch," followed by a quieter "...which I'm about to lose."
24	* SelfDestructMechanism: Luthor's lab is fitted with one, to destroy any pesky evidence of his illegal Kryptonian cloning experiments.
25	* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.
26	* TomatoInTheMirror: Bizarro when he finds the vault of other Superman clones.
27	* TragicMonster: Bizarro is a foolish and destructive nuisance, but he's ultimately as good hearted as Supes, and a victim of circumstances out of his control, namely being a failed attempt by Lex Luthor to make a clone from Superman's alien blood.
28	* WhamShot: The episode opens up on Superman going about his business, when he intercepts a car chase. In the midst of this chase, a pursuing car brakes too late and its passenger comes flying out. Superman narrowly catches the falling passenger. ...who is revealed to be a very confused ''Clark Kent''.

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