Nightmare Fuel / Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

• In the pilot, Clark is poking around Lex's office and suddenly finds the man himself with a sword at his throat. The fact that it isn't set up as a jump scare makes it scarier.
  • Also in the pilot, a snake is released into Lex's room while he's distracted, making you think it's an assassination attempt. It's actually a training exercise so he can intimidate the snake into backing down with a blood-curdling stare.
• Lex's casual disregard for human life.
  Lex: Let's go kill some pigeons!
• The Prankster stalking Lois. She sees him kill an associate through the telephone, and he later calls her at home, which really scares her.
• Mr. Mxyzptlk traps the world in a time loop where each time around, humanity would grow more depressed and pessimistic until they all crossed the Despair Event Horizon and destroyed themselves.
• One episode has Superman's face magically removed.
• An undercover Nazi society nearly taking over America in "Super Mann". This was not a time-travel episode nor an alternate present: it very nearly happened. How bad is it? They neutralize Superman by giving him radioactive poisoning. Sure it's not Kryptonite, but they make it so Superman cannot help anyone without passing on the radiation. He has to get creative in order to save the day.

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