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* BreakUpToMakeUp: The Season 3 opener smacked heavily of this, as no sooner does Clark propose marriage to Lois, he immediately retracts it on the grounds that being Superman puts her in danger. What, all of a sudden? This is Lois Lane. She was almost getting murdered three times a week long before he came along.
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* CloningBlues: Lex eventually falls prey to this. He manufactures a flawless (if ditzy) clone of Lois Lane, but rather than try again for better results, he hatches a complicated plot to swap the clone for the real one. The excuse he gives us is that Lex's cloning expert, Dr. Tony Curtis (erm...) is no longer with us, but he left behind two pods containing a Barbie and Ken clone couple which Lex decides to put to use. The hope is that Clark (and his "friend" Superman) won't notice something is amiss with Lois until Lex has absconded to the Himalayas with the real one.
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* CyberSpace: "Virtually Destroyed".
* DaddyDNATest: "Chip Off the Old Clark".
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* DistaffCounterpart: Spoofed with Ultrawoman.
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* TrapDoor: Randy Goode expresses his displeasure with a mooks by dropping him down an empty elevator shaft. This has apparently become routine for him.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Randy Goode leaks a compromising photo of Superman to the press, sabotaging a vital peace talk which the Man of Steel is mediating.
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* LargeAndInCharge / NiceHat: NIA Director Trevanian.
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* PowersAsPrograms: See entry for LightningCanDoAnything. In "Ultrawoman", a red kryptonite laser transfers Clark's powers to Lois, then Lois to Shelly Long, then Long back to Clark.
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* PowersAsPrograms: See entry for LightningCanDoAnything. In "Ultrawoman", a red kryptonite laser transfers Clark's powers to Lois, then Lois to Shelly Long, Lucille Newtrich, then Long Lucille back to Clark.
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* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Parodied in the show itself. In Lois' torch novel, "Kent" is the forbidden love interest, while Clark is depicted as a complete tool. Lex exploits this by posing as Kent, leading Lois (under the delusion that she's Wanda Detroit) to be instinctively repelled by Clark.
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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Superman uses his super-breath to blow liquid nitrogen onto Spencer Spencer, temporarily freezing him. It turns out to be less-than-temporary when the guards spray Superman with gunfire, deflecting their bullets and [[MoralDissonance shattering the ice]].
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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Superman uses his super-breath to blow liquid nitrogen onto Spencer Spencer, temporarily freezing him. It turns out to be less-than-temporary when the guards spray Superman with gunfire, deflecting their bullets and [[MoralDissonance shattering the ice]].ice.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: During her amnesia stint, Lois develops this toward her psychiatrist, Dr. Deter. In a rather extreme version of this trope, rather than help her recover her memories, he actively sabatoges her attempts to regain her memory (and her relationship with fiance-Clark) and instead [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotizes her]] to fall in love with him.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: During her amnesia stint, Lois develops this toward her psychiatrist, Dr. Deter. In a rather extreme version of this trope, rather than help her recover her memories, he actively sabatoges her attempts to regain her memory (and her relationship with fiance-Clark) and instead [[HypnotizeThePrincess [[HypnotizeTheCaptive hypnotizes her]] to fall in love with him.
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* MoralDilemma: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Superman is photographed kissing Lois (now married to his alter-ego), causing a scandal. After MaliciousSlander threatens to derail Superman's peace talks between two nations, Clark comes pretty close to divulging his secret identity.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Superman is photographed kissing Lois (now married to his alter-ego), causing a scandal. After MaliciousSlander threatens to derail Superman's peace talks between two nations, Clark comes pretty close to divulging his secret identity.
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* CoolClearWater: Averted in "Ordinary People", when Clark and Lois end up stranded on a deserted island, and Lois is about to drink from a spring that has been poisoned by the villain. Clark uses his telescopic vision on the water and sees that its swimming with bacteria. He suggests that Lois drink from somewhere else.
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* ConstructiveBodyDisposal: "Don't Tug On Superman's Cape" features an eccentric wealthy couple, the Newtriches, who have a vast collection of unique treasures, including Jimmy Hoffa's body, still stuck in a cement block with just one arm reaching out.
* CoolClearWater: Averted in "Ordinary People", when Clark and Lois end up stranded on a deserted island, and Lois is about to drink from a spring that has been poisoned by the villain. Clark uses his telescopic vision on the water and sees thatits it's swimming with bacteria. He suggests that Lois drink from somewhere else.
* CoolClearWater: Averted in "Ordinary People", when Clark and Lois end up stranded on a deserted island, and Lois is about to drink from a spring that has been poisoned by the villain. Clark uses his telescopic vision on the water and sees that
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* BrainlessBeauty: While on the rebound from Lois, Clark gets roped into dating Veronica, a dim museum attendant.
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* ChekhovsExhibit: A collection of armor belonging to the Roman Emperor Claudius. The emeralds are spolia taken from one of Claudius' campaigns; the villain needs them to reassemble an evil Irish artifact.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: In "Don't Tug On Superman's Cape", Bad Brain Johnson is broken out of prison by Tim and Amber Lake, only to be [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killed off]]. The couple then uses his gadgets along with LatexPerfection to convince Superman that the slain villain is responsible for their own robberies.
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* HumanSacrifice: Lois' ex-boyfriend from Ireland has this in mind for her.
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* ParodyEpisode: "Don't Tug On Superman's Cape", in which Lois/Clark have alternating nightmares set in the worlds of ''Series/ILoveLucy'' (with Clark as Desi Arnaz), ''Film/JamesBond'' (Lois as the faux [[Film/JamesBond Bond Girl]] Miss Goodbottom), and ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' (Perry as Joe Friday).
** "Ms. Goodbottom" counts as HilariousInHindsight, since it predates Creator/TeriHatcher's role in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' by about two years.
** "Ms. Goodbottom" counts as HilariousInHindsight, since it predates Creator/TeriHatcher's role in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' by about two years.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Mask of the Ancients in "Irish Eyes Are Killing."
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* FourthReich: The Nazis in "Super Mann" try to create one in contemporary America.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: In "Never on Sunday", it is revealed that Clark Kent, overzealous in his duties as a cub reporter, accidentally created Baron Sunday.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: "Don't Tug On Superman's Cape" introduces Bad Brain Johnson, an escaped criminal who blames Lois and Clark for his conviction -- which was never shown. Yet the episode treats Bad Brain as a returning villain. In fact, viewers can be forgiven for assuming they either missed that episode or completely forgot about him.
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* DeliberateMonochrome: In "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape", Clark's ''Series/ILoveLucy'' and ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' inspired dreams are shown in black and white.
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* AlternateUniverse: In "Tempus, Anyone?", Tempus kidnapped Lois and Creator/HGWells and transported them to a parallel universe. In this universe, Lois disappeared while covering a gunrunning story in the Congo in 1993 and is presumed dead, Jimmy is "a whiz kid of the computer world" who has just bought the ''Daily Planet'' and Perry is running for Mayor against Tempus. The most significant difference, however, is that there is no Superman. In the parallel universe, Jonathan and Martha were killed in a car accident when Clark was ten (which he witnessed but was not fast enough to prevent) and he was bounced around foster homes for the remainder of his childhood. He eventually started a relationship with ComicBook/LanaLang - this being Lana's only ''Lois & Clark'' appearance - who convinced him to keep his powers a secret and scolds him whenever he clandestinely uses them to help anyone in a minor way. At the time of Lois' arrival, he and Lana are engaged. This version of Clark never met the Lois of his universe as she disappeared before his arrival in Metropolis. Speaking of Metropolis, it is dirtier, more violent city due to Superman's absence and almost everyone carries guns, typically semi-automatics.
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* AlternateUniverse: In "Tempus, Anyone?", Tempus kidnapped Lois and Creator/HGWells and transported them to a parallel universe. In this universe, Lois disappeared while covering a gunrunning story in the Congo in 1993 and is presumed dead, Jimmy is "a whiz kid of the computer world" who has just bought the ''Daily Planet'' and Perry is running for Mayor against Tempus. The most significant difference, however, is that there is no Superman. In the parallel universe, Jonathan and Martha were killed in a car accident when Clark was ten (which he witnessed but was not fast enough to prevent) and he was bounced around foster homes for the remainder of his childhood. He eventually started a relationship with ComicBook/LanaLang - this being Lana's only ''Lois & Clark'' appearance - who convinced him to keep his powers a secret and scolds him whenever he clandestinely uses them to help anyone in a minor way. At the time of Lois' arrival, he and Lana are engaged. This version of Clark never met the Lois of his universe as she disappeared before his arrival in Metropolis. Speaking of Metropolis, it is a dirtier, more violent city due to Superman's absence and almost everyone carries guns, typically semi-automatics.
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* AlternateUniverse: In "Tempus, Anyone?", Tempus kidnapped Lois and Creator/HGWells and transported them to a parallel universe. In this universe, Lois disappeared while covering a gunrunning story in the Congo in 1993 and is presumed dead, Jimmy is "a whiz kid of the computer world" who has just bought the ''Daily Planet'' and Perry is running for Mayor against Tempus. The most significant difference, however, is that there is no Superman. In the parallel universe, Jonathan and Martha were killed in a car accident when Clark was ten (which he witnessed but was not fast enough to prevent) and he was bounced around foster homes for the remainder of his childhood. He eventually started a relationship with ComicBook/LanaLang - this being Lana's only ''Lois & Clark'' appearance - who convinced him to keep his powers a secret and scolds him whenever he clandestinely uses them to help anyone in a minor way. At the time of Lois' arrival, he and Lana are engaged. This version of Clark never met the Lois of his universe as she disappeared before his arrival in Metropolis. Speaking of Metropolis, it is dirtier, more violent city due to Superman's absence and almost everyone carries guns, typically semi-automatics.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer / SimpletonVoice: The museum attendant, Veronica, in "When Irish Eyes Are Killing.. She's actually kind of dishy, but her single-digit IQ and glass-shattering voice rule out any thoughts of romance. Clark found ''Cat'' to be insufferable, how is he supposed to react to this?
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: One episode features a ruthless assassin who, in a twist, has a wife and child he loves very much... unfortunately, he's hired by [[BadBoss Mindy Church,]] who comes onto him and [[IfICantHaveYou doesn't take it very well]] when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards matter of factly informs her he believes in the sanctity of the home,]] no matter how loyal he is.
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* SidekickGlassCeiling: Lois, when she becomes Ultrawoman.* SmokingIsGlamorous: Lois' alter-ego "Wanda Detroit" is permanently stuck in Old Hollywood.
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* SidekickGlassCeiling: Lois, when she becomes Ultrawoman.Ultrawoman.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Lois' alter-ego "Wanda Detroit" is permanently stuck in Old Hollywood.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Lois' alter-ego "Wanda Detroit" is permanently stuck in Old Hollywood.
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* CelebrityParadox: Subverted in "Super Mann". A Nazi is shown watching an episode of ''PerfectStrangers'' and mimicking Balki. This despite Bronson Pinchot previously guest-starring as The Prankster twice.
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* SoaplandChristmas: Lois' family reunion in "Home Is Where the Hurt Is".
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* TwistedChristmas: Lois' family reunion in "Home Is Where the Hurt Is".
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* DistaffCounterpart: Spoofed with Ultrawoman.
* HeroicFatigue: Lois experiences this as Ultrawoman. Her super-hearing picks up cries for help from all over the world, with no way to respond to them all.
* LeotardOfPower: Ultrawoman, ''meow''.
* PowersAsPrograms: See entry for LightningCanDoAnything. In "Ultrawoman", a red kryptonite laser transfers Clark's powers to Lois, then Lois to Shelly Long, then Long back to Clark.
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* TimmyInAWell: Subverted in "Ultrawoman". The "baby" in question is just toy doll planted by the villains to lure Superman to them.
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--> Look! There's Elvis...and Jimmy Hoffa...and the plot to ''{{Showgirls}}''!
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--> Look! There's Elvis...and Jimmy Hoffa...and the plot to ''{{Showgirls}}''!''Film/{{Showgirls}}''!
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Frogs being stolen from a pet shop → A conspiracy to replace the President of the United States with a clone who'd then sign a pardon for LexLuthor.
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* NotSoSmallRole: "Through A Glass, Darkly" introduces Sarah, a lowly researcher at the Daily Planet who is played by Mallory from ''FamilyTies''. ..Yeah, pretty sure she's not all she seems.
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* CloningBlues: Clois has the mentality of a [[TheDitz valley girl]], exploits Superman to get rich, and eventually trying to bump off the real Lois so she's can't interfere. Oh yeah, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters she shoots Lex]], too. You really start to feel for Lex after a while.
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* CloningBlues: Clois has the mentality of a [[TheDitz valley girl]], exploits Superman to get rich, and CloningBlues: Lex eventually trying falls prey to bump off this. He manufactures a flawless (if ditzy) clone of Lois Lane, but rather than try again for better results, he hatches a complicated plot to swap the clone for the real one. The excuse he gives us is that Lex's cloning expert, Dr. Tony Curtis (erm...) is no longer with us, but he left behind two pods containing a Barbie and Ken clone couple which Lex decides to put to use. The hope is that Clark (and his "friend" Superman) won't notice something is amiss with Lois so she's can't interfere. Oh yeah, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters she shoots Lex]], too. You really start to feel for until Lex after a while.has absconded to the Himalayas with the real one.
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* AffablyEvil: Larry Smiley. I mean, really, it's ''impossible'' to dislike him, even with the whole nuttier-than-squirrel-shit build-an-Ark-and-flood-the-Earth thing.
* AintTooProudToBeg: In "Seconds", [[spoiler: Lex]] weakens Clark with a "[[DisintegratorRay matter disintegrator]]", then orders him to beg for mercy while holding his parents at gunpoint.
-->'''[[spoiler:Lex:]]''' That's good. You grovel with style, and that's important. Because I'm going to tell every criminal in the world who you are, and I'm going to give them the design of this weapon, [[AndYourLittleDogToo your parents' address]], and you're going to spend the rest of your life running...or ''hiding!'' And believe me, they're both equally humiliating.
* AlienAbduction: Subverted. Lois ''thinks'' she's been abducted by aliens, but those memories are implanted by an evil Bill Gates proxy.
* AliensStealCable: Zara's puzzlement at Clark's unwillingness to consummate their union.
--> '''Zara:''' And are the intimate habits of men and women on Earth so difference from ours? This fact never appeared in my briefing manual.\\
'''Clark:''' That's not what I meant.\\
'''Zara:''' There are techniques to help couples. Your "cable television shows" are most informative.
* AndIMustScream: Jaxon Xavier's VR helmet short circuits at the end of "Virtually Destroyed", leaving him trapped in {{Cyberspace}}.
* TheArk: Larry Smiley's couples counseling & wilderness retreat!
* ArrangedMarriage: Clark was lawfully engaged to Zara before he was even ''born''.
* AssassinOutclassin: Tez, the alien assassin sent to kill Kal-El. Upon failing, he has an immediate EyeLightsOut death - failure is unacceptable in his culture.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Lois' parents finally bury the hatchet at the end of Season 3's ChristmasEpisode.
* TheBabyTrap: A woman from the DeepSouth announces to the world that Superman fathered her son -- which is hard to refute, since the kid is bench-pressing sofas. [[spoiler: It turns out he was a passenger on a plane which was rescued by Superman. [[LightningCanDoAnything Lightning struck the wing]], temporarily infusing the boy with Superman's powers]].
* BackHandedApology: Perry in "Super Mann":
--> '''Perry:''' Oh, look, I know I've been [[GrumpyOldMan uptight and irritable]] lately, quick to judge, quick to condemn, sometimes I've been [[MeanBoss downright mean]]. What I'm trying to say is that you...you...well-- you can expect more of the same.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In Season 3's BeachEpisode "Ordinary People", Lois convinces Clark to behave like a normal human on their vacation. Once they're [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned on an island]], she begs Clark to use his powers to make their stay more comfortable, but he insists on roughing it.
** This has little to do with irony though, It has more to do with the fact that Clark is a country boy and ''enjoys'' things like camping.
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Parodied in the show itself. In Lois' torch novel, "Kent" is the forbidden love interest, while Clark is depicted as a complete tool. Lex exploits this by posing as Kent, leading Lois (under the delusion that she's Wanda Detroit) to be instinctively repelled by Clark.
* BlackShirt: [[SleazyPolitician Sen.]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Xander Truman Black]] is one of several high-profile figures who try to reboot the Nazi party.
* BodySurf: Lex's plan to transfer his and Lois' minds into clone bodies.
* BreakUpToMakeUp: The Season 3 opener smacked heavily of this, as no sooner does Clark propose marriage to Lois, he immediately retracts it on the grounds that being Superman puts her in danger. What, all of a sudden? This is Lois Lane. She was almost getting murdered three times a week long before he came along.
* BrainlessBeauty: Mindy, Bill Church Sr.'s wife. [[spoiler:She is beautiful, but definitely not brainless.]]
* CelebrityParadox: Subverted in "Super Mann". A Nazi is shown watching an episode of ''PerfectStrangers'' and mimicking Balki. This despite Bronson Pinchot previously guest-starring as The Prankster twice.
* CloningBlues: Clois has the mentality of a [[TheDitz valley girl]], exploits Superman to get rich, and eventually trying to bump off the real Lois so she's can't interfere. Oh yeah, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters she shoots Lex]], too. You really start to feel for Lex after a while.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In "Twas the Night Before Mxymas", Superman repeatedly saves an elderly man from plummeting to his death. At first the man is grateful, but as the time loop wears on, he verbally castigates Superman for ''saving'' him. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the second case as the entire world is becoming more depressed and negative with each cycle.
* CoolClearWater: Averted in "Ordinary People", when Clark and Lois end up stranded on a deserted island, and Lois is about to drink from a spring that has been poisoned by the villain. Clark uses his telescopic vision on the water and sees that its swimming with bacteria. He suggests that Lois drink from somewhere else.
* CyanidePill: Sandra Rockford (one of one of ThoseWackyNazis) gulps one after her bazooka attack on Clark's apartment fails.
* CyberSpace: "Virtually Destroyed".
* DaddyDNATest: "Chip Off the Old Clark".
* DateMyAvatar: Xavier imprisons Lois Lane in a VR Metropolis, just so he can approach her in a pro wrestler's body.
* DayOfTheJackboot: "Super Mann". The Nazis seemed surprisingly ready, with all the swastika banners and uniforms in place. Lois is stunned to learn that the geek who writes the Daily Planet's classifieds suddenly has an S.S. rank.
* DeepCoverAgent: In "Super Mann", the Germans put three soldiers in [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] for decades and successfully reanimated them. Upon awakening, the Nazis pose as celebrities (a [[TheAce star quarterback]], [[TheVamp supermodel]], and [[GoodOlBoy country music singer]]) to integrate themselves into American society.
* TheDitz: Ralph. The smarmy drudge reporter who pesters Clark throughout Season 4.
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: In "Virtually Destroyed", Clark is bemused by the VR Superman's style of speech, which uses cheesy terms like "Good Day Citizens!", and asks Lois if he really talks like that.
* DumbBlonde: Mindy[[spoiler:, but she wasn't as dumb as she seemed.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 3 in a nutshell.
* EvilCripple: Spencer Spencer, a pornography tycoon who intends to [[BodySnatcher transplant his head onto Superman's body]].
* FamilyValuesVillain: Joey "The Handyman" Bermuda turns down Mindy's sexual advances, citing his marriage, ''hers'' and belief in "the sanctity of the home." Now if you'll excuse him, he has a school play to attend.
** She [[WomanScorned doesn't take it well]].
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Lois and Clark to Jimmy in "Contact":
-->'''Lois:''' Call the cops and see...\\
'''Clark:''' ...if there was another robbery yesterday...\\
'''Lois:''' ...at exactly 3:00, particularly at a...\\
'''Clark:''' ...a high tech firm. Ask for everything...\\
'''Lois:''' ...they've got!\\
'''Jimmy:''' ''(beat)'' Did you guys practice that?\\
'''Lois and Clark: GO!'''
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: During her amnesia stint, Lois develops this toward her psychiatrist, Dr. Deter. In a rather extreme version of this trope, rather than help her recover her memories, he actively sabatoges her attempts to regain her memory (and her relationship with fiance-Clark) and instead [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotizes her]] to fall in love with him.
* ForTheEvulz: Lex comes to believe that his public disgrace was a blessing, since he is no longer a SlaveToPR.
* GeekPhysique: Jaxon Xavier aka [[spoiler:Jason X. Luthor]].
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Jaxon Xavier's virtual world in "Virtually Destroyed". The pedestrians are seen walking alongside [[YouALLLookFamiliar copies of themselves]], holes in the walls get fixed instantly, etc.
* GoodFeelsGood: [[spoiler:Clois undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and sacrifices herself to save both Superman and Lois, out of a desire to do good]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Bill Church really did seem reformed following his LiteralChangeOfHeart, even if his "new" methods were a bit strange. Nonetheless, he ends up back in prison thanks to his wife's manipulation. It almost seems a little tragic, considering that his reformation was triggered by his feelings for his gold-digger wife.
** Actually, Bill Church Sr.'s dramatic turnaround had two catalysts. It wasn't stated ''exactly'' what happened to him, but the implication was he suffered a massive heart attack and nearly died. That kind of traumatic experience can lead to re-examining one's life and realizing the changes that need to be made. His relationship with Mindy was a secondary catalyst; the truly tragic thing is, she knew exactly who and what he was, and latched onto him and encouraged his rehabilitation [[spoiler:just so she could take over Intergang.]]
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Lois is perpetually writing a romance novel. In the third season, Jimmy cracks her password ("Superman", naturally) and discovers that the main character, Linda Detroit, has two love interests: "Clark" and "Kent". One is reliable and strong (her relationship with Superman), while the other is kind but flaky (her relationship with Clark).
* HiddenPurposeTest: The aim of Ching's RiddleMeThis bombing attacks is to see whether Kal-El is worthy to rule New Krypton.
* HollywoodHacking: "Virtually Destroyed" is particularly full of this.
* ILied: Lex, after agreeing to extend [[spoiler:Clois']] lifespan.
* IfIWantedYouDead:
-->'''Tempus:''' Herb, if I wanted to kill (Lois), I'd [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon beat her to death with a frozen lamb chop]] and then eat it [[AGlassOfChianti with a nice merlot]].
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Superman in "It's a Small World After All".
* IslandBase: Spencer Spencer's island hideaway.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Clark gets particularly wagsty at the start of Season 3, proposing to/breaking up with Lois in the same episode. This despite Lois constantly being in peril, regardless of whether they're dating or not.
* [[KissMeImVirtual Kiss Me, I'm Virtual]]: Lois' dad brings his [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots android girlfriend]] to their Christmas dinner, much to his ex-wife's chagrin.
* KlingonPromotion: Trevanian's plot to kill the heads of all 3 federal agencies, leaving himself as numero uno.
* LargeAndInCharge / NiceHat: NIA Director Trevanian.
* LetMeAtHim: When faced with Lois' (brainwashed) announcement that she's quitting the Daily Planet and moving to France with [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate her psychiatrist]], Maxwell Deter, Perry lunges straight for the Doc.
-->'''Perry''': Just take your cue from [[KnowNothingKnowItAll the master of cool]] here, huh? Slow and easy.
-->''(a minute later)''
-->'''Perry:''' '''''WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU LITTLE BRAINSUCKER?!'''''
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Superman uses his super-breath to blow liquid nitrogen onto Spencer Spencer, temporarily freezing him. It turns out to be less-than-temporary when the guards spray Superman with gunfire, deflecting their bullets and [[MoralDissonance shattering the ice]].
-->'''Clark:''' ...He's [[BondOneLiner a broken man.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Maxwell Deter.
* MagicalDefibrillator: In "Never On Sunday", Clark rips an electric cable out from a nearby streetlamp, then plunges it into a dying man's chest.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Frogs being stolen from a pet shop → A conspiracy to replace the President of the United States with a clone who'd then sign a pardon for LexLuthor.
* MoralDilemma: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Superman is photographed kissing Lois (now married to his alter-ego), causing a scandal. After MaliciousSlander threatens to derail Superman's peace talks between two nations, Clark comes pretty close to divulging his secret identity.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ching experiences it after Superman leaps through a Kryptonite force-field to save him.
* {{Neologism}}: Larry Smiley is a believer in "harmonicity."
* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: Baron Sunday is [[spoiler: a patsy who was (unwittingly) ruined by Clark Kent's expose on weapon smugglers. He was brought BackFromTheDead by [[WitchDoctor Witch Doctors]] and returned to get revenge on Clark and the others who framed him]].
* NewsMonopoly: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Clark futility flips through his TV channels but finds nothing except pundits blasting Superman for his illicit "affair" with Lois.
* NonverbalMiscommunication / OnceForYesTwiceForNo: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", a bound-and-gagged Lois is wired to a bomb set to kill foreign diplomats. She can only alert Superman by blinking her eyelids.
* NotSoSmallRole: "Through A Glass, Darkly" introduces Sarah, a lowly researcher at the Daily Planet who is played by Mallory from ''FamilyTies''. ..Yeah, pretty sure she's not all she seems.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Lois learning Clark's secret. Instead of Clark having to constantly dodge her and hide the fact he's Superman, Lois starts to assist in his heroics, even helping Clark out with his alibis.
* OfferedTheCrown: The survivors of New Krypton offer their throne to Superman, on the condition that he marry Zara.
* ParodyNames: When Ching first approaches Lois and Clark, he's disguised as a "Century 22" real estate agent. This is a parody of the actual Century 21 Real Estate.
-->"And remember, at Century 22 we bring the future to you!"
* PhlebotinumBattery: A villain has a disintegration weapon that's capable of hurting Superman but they aren't positive they can kill him while using it. To ensure Superman is weakened, they make a catastrophe in an underground missile silo so that while using his powers he doesn't have a backup charge. Superman wins when Lois shorts out the silo door controls, opening them so he could recharge.
** Later, Lex uses the same weapon, but simply attacks at night, using [[spoiler:Supes' parents]] as hostages so he won't escape to a part of the word where it's day.
* PlayingWithFire: Baron Sunday.
* PocketProtector: After being shrunk in "It's A Small World After All", a miniaturized Superman shields Lois from a bullet by hiding underneath her lapel.
* ReunionRevenge: "It's a Small World After All"
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Charlton Heston is President of Earth-2. Elvis Presley also held the office sometime in the past.
* SadisticChoice: Ching kidnaps Jimmy/Perry and ties them to a bomb in an undisclosed location, while doing the same with Clark's parents in another location. The bombs are set to go off a the same time. They give Superman a choice of saving his friend or his parents, as he only has enough time to find and disarm one bomb. Supes decides to TakeAThirdOption and uses a beam splitter to fry both bombs with his laser vision from the sky.
* SexySantaDress: Mindy wears one while crashing Superman's charity drive.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Lois' alter-ego "Wanda Detroit" is permanently stuck in Old Hollywood.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Baron Sunday's HellishPupils resemble those of a snake, he demonstrates an ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into an anaconda, and a snake rattle follows him everywhere. Even his CallingCard is a snake.
* SoHappyTogether: Clark Kent has married Lois Lane after battling the evil frog-eating clones created by Lex Luthor. They have a sweet scene together, and Clark goes to the bedroom to await his bride. And then we watch Lois eating a frog, heralding how exactly [[ThisIsGonnaSuck how the rest of this is gonna go]]....
* SoaplandChristmas: Lois' family reunion in "Home Is Where the Hurt Is".
* SunglassesAtNight: An overly-cautious weapons smuggler in "Seconds."
* SuperheroEpisode: While this is technically a superhero TV series, Lois Lane is not one of the superheroes ... ''except'' in the episode "Ultrawoman", where she gets Superman's powers and her own costume. (And, eventually, discovers the downside to being able to hear trouble in every corner of the globe while she can only be in one place at a time.)
* TakeThat: Lois judges a grainy photo handed to her by Clark.
--> Look! There's Elvis...and Jimmy Hoffa...and the plot to ''{{Showgirls}}''!
* TimmyInAWell: Subverted in "Ultrawoman". The "baby" in question is just toy doll planted by the villains to lure Superman to them.
* ThisMeansWar: Lex to Superman in "Seconds".
* ThrownFromTheZeppelin: In "Home Is Where The Hurt Is", Mindy holds a mob conference to re-establish Intergang. The male gangsters don't express much enthusiasm about being bossed by a woman, so Mindy [[DeadlyGas gasses them]].
* TomatoSurprise: Clark's bride is revealed as a frog-eater. ([[FrenchJerk No,]] not that kind).
* TrapDoor: Randy Goode expresses his displeasure with a mooks by dropping him down an empty elevator shaft. This has apparently become routine for him.
* TuxedoAndMartini: Jack Olsen is a walking [[ClicheStorm Cliché Storm]] of Bond references.
* TheUnFavourite: "Lame Brain", the brother of a deceased criminal known as "Bad Brain Johnson". To try and win his sadistic mother's affection, he builds a fully functional mind control machine, to offer her the whole world as a gift. Not only was he met with equal disdain (as usual), but not even the machine a [[ExplosiveOverclocking full power]] could force her to tell her son she loved him.
* ValleyGirl: Lois' clone (Clois).
* VirtualRealityInterrogation: "Virtually Destroyed" is about this trope, although with a bit of twist.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Tez.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Randy Goode leaks a compromising photo of Superman to the press, sabotaging a vital peace talk which the Man of Steel is mediating.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ching.
* WhamLine: The season 3 premiere:
--> '''Lois:''' [[spoiler: Who's asking? Clark..." *swipes glasses* "...or [-SUPERMAN-]?]].
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Clois, after undergoing a HeelFaceTurn, develops a childlike crush on Clark. Apparently, reading self-help books didn't do much to teach her about love.
* YouWillBeAssimilated: Tez gets stronger every time Superman fights him, emulating his heat vision and super-breath.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Baron Sunday uses this trope to kill people.
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* AffablyEvil: Larry Smiley. I mean, really, it's ''impossible'' to dislike him, even with the whole nuttier-than-squirrel-shit build-an-Ark-and-flood-the-Earth thing.
* AintTooProudToBeg: In "Seconds", [[spoiler: Lex]] weakens Clark with a "[[DisintegratorRay matter disintegrator]]", then orders him to beg for mercy while holding his parents at gunpoint.
-->'''[[spoiler:Lex:]]''' That's good. You grovel with style, and that's important. Because I'm going to tell every criminal in the world who you are, and I'm going to give them the design of this weapon, [[AndYourLittleDogToo your parents' address]], and you're going to spend the rest of your life running...or ''hiding!'' And believe me, they're both equally humiliating.
* AlienAbduction: Subverted. Lois ''thinks'' she's been abducted by aliens, but those memories are implanted by an evil Bill Gates proxy.
* AliensStealCable: Zara's puzzlement at Clark's unwillingness to consummate their union.
--> '''Zara:''' And are the intimate habits of men and women on Earth so difference from ours? This fact never appeared in my briefing manual.\\
'''Clark:''' That's not what I meant.\\
'''Zara:''' There are techniques to help couples. Your "cable television shows" are most informative.
* AndIMustScream: Jaxon Xavier's VR helmet short circuits at the end of "Virtually Destroyed", leaving him trapped in {{Cyberspace}}.
* TheArk: Larry Smiley's couples counseling & wilderness retreat!
* ArrangedMarriage: Clark was lawfully engaged to Zara before he was even ''born''.
* AssassinOutclassin: Tez, the alien assassin sent to kill Kal-El. Upon failing, he has an immediate EyeLightsOut death - failure is unacceptable in his culture.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Lois' parents finally bury the hatchet at the end of Season 3's ChristmasEpisode.
* TheBabyTrap: A woman from the DeepSouth announces to the world that Superman fathered her son -- which is hard to refute, since the kid is bench-pressing sofas. [[spoiler: It turns out he was a passenger on a plane which was rescued by Superman. [[LightningCanDoAnything Lightning struck the wing]], temporarily infusing the boy with Superman's powers]].
* BackHandedApology: Perry in "Super Mann":
--> '''Perry:''' Oh, look, I know I've been [[GrumpyOldMan uptight and irritable]] lately, quick to judge, quick to condemn, sometimes I've been [[MeanBoss downright mean]]. What I'm trying to say is that you...you...well-- you can expect more of the same.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In Season 3's BeachEpisode "Ordinary People", Lois convinces Clark to behave like a normal human on their vacation. Once they're [[{{Robinsonade}} marooned on an island]], she begs Clark to use his powers to make their stay more comfortable, but he insists on roughing it.
** This has little to do with irony though, It has more to do with the fact that Clark is a country boy and ''enjoys'' things like camping.
* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: Parodied in the show itself. In Lois' torch novel, "Kent" is the forbidden love interest, while Clark is depicted as a complete tool. Lex exploits this by posing as Kent, leading Lois (under the delusion that she's Wanda Detroit) to be instinctively repelled by Clark.
* BlackShirt: [[SleazyPolitician Sen.]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Xander Truman Black]] is one of several high-profile figures who try to reboot the Nazi party.
* BodySurf: Lex's plan to transfer his and Lois' minds into clone bodies.
* BreakUpToMakeUp: The Season 3 opener smacked heavily of this, as no sooner does Clark propose marriage to Lois, he immediately retracts it on the grounds that being Superman puts her in danger. What, all of a sudden? This is Lois Lane. She was almost getting murdered three times a week long before he came along.
* BrainlessBeauty: Mindy, Bill Church Sr.'s wife. [[spoiler:She is beautiful, but definitely not brainless.]]
* CelebrityParadox: Subverted in "Super Mann". A Nazi is shown watching an episode of ''PerfectStrangers'' and mimicking Balki. This despite Bronson Pinchot previously guest-starring as The Prankster twice.
* CloningBlues: Clois has the mentality of a [[TheDitz valley girl]], exploits Superman to get rich, and eventually trying to bump off the real Lois so she's can't interfere. Oh yeah, [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters she shoots Lex]], too. You really start to feel for Lex after a while.
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: In "Twas the Night Before Mxymas", Superman repeatedly saves an elderly man from plummeting to his death. At first the man is grateful, but as the time loop wears on, he verbally castigates Superman for ''saving'' him. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in the second case as the entire world is becoming more depressed and negative with each cycle.
* CoolClearWater: Averted in "Ordinary People", when Clark and Lois end up stranded on a deserted island, and Lois is about to drink from a spring that has been poisoned by the villain. Clark uses his telescopic vision on the water and sees that its swimming with bacteria. He suggests that Lois drink from somewhere else.
* CyanidePill: Sandra Rockford (one of one of ThoseWackyNazis) gulps one after her bazooka attack on Clark's apartment fails.
* CyberSpace: "Virtually Destroyed".
* DaddyDNATest: "Chip Off the Old Clark".
* DateMyAvatar: Xavier imprisons Lois Lane in a VR Metropolis, just so he can approach her in a pro wrestler's body.
* DayOfTheJackboot: "Super Mann". The Nazis seemed surprisingly ready, with all the swastika banners and uniforms in place. Lois is stunned to learn that the geek who writes the Daily Planet's classifieds suddenly has an S.S. rank.
* DeepCoverAgent: In "Super Mann", the Germans put three soldiers in [[HumanPopsicle suspended animation]] for decades and successfully reanimated them. Upon awakening, the Nazis pose as celebrities (a [[TheAce star quarterback]], [[TheVamp supermodel]], and [[GoodOlBoy country music singer]]) to integrate themselves into American society.
* TheDitz: Ralph. The smarmy drudge reporter who pesters Clark throughout Season 4.
* DoIReallySoundLikeThat: In "Virtually Destroyed", Clark is bemused by the VR Superman's style of speech, which uses cheesy terms like "Good Day Citizens!", and asks Lois if he really talks like that.
* DumbBlonde: Mindy[[spoiler:, but she wasn't as dumb as she seemed.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Season 3 in a nutshell.
* EvilCripple: Spencer Spencer, a pornography tycoon who intends to [[BodySnatcher transplant his head onto Superman's body]].
* FamilyValuesVillain: Joey "The Handyman" Bermuda turns down Mindy's sexual advances, citing his marriage, ''hers'' and belief in "the sanctity of the home." Now if you'll excuse him, he has a school play to attend.
** She [[WomanScorned doesn't take it well]].
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Lois and Clark to Jimmy in "Contact":
-->'''Lois:''' Call the cops and see...\\
'''Clark:''' ...if there was another robbery yesterday...\\
'''Lois:''' ...at exactly 3:00, particularly at a...\\
'''Clark:''' ...a high tech firm. Ask for everything...\\
'''Lois:''' ...they've got!\\
'''Jimmy:''' ''(beat)'' Did you guys practice that?\\
'''Lois and Clark: GO!'''
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: During her amnesia stint, Lois develops this toward her psychiatrist, Dr. Deter. In a rather extreme version of this trope, rather than help her recover her memories, he actively sabatoges her attempts to regain her memory (and her relationship with fiance-Clark) and instead [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotizes her]] to fall in love with him.
* ForTheEvulz: Lex comes to believe that his public disgrace was a blessing, since he is no longer a SlaveToPR.
* GeekPhysique: Jaxon Xavier aka [[spoiler:Jason X. Luthor]].
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: Jaxon Xavier's virtual world in "Virtually Destroyed". The pedestrians are seen walking alongside [[YouALLLookFamiliar copies of themselves]], holes in the walls get fixed instantly, etc.
* GoodFeelsGood: [[spoiler:Clois undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and sacrifices herself to save both Superman and Lois, out of a desire to do good]].
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Bill Church really did seem reformed following his LiteralChangeOfHeart, even if his "new" methods were a bit strange. Nonetheless, he ends up back in prison thanks to his wife's manipulation. It almost seems a little tragic, considering that his reformation was triggered by his feelings for his gold-digger wife.
** Actually, Bill Church Sr.'s dramatic turnaround had two catalysts. It wasn't stated ''exactly'' what happened to him, but the implication was he suffered a massive heart attack and nearly died. That kind of traumatic experience can lead to re-examining one's life and realizing the changes that need to be made. His relationship with Mindy was a secondary catalyst; the truly tragic thing is, she knew exactly who and what he was, and latched onto him and encouraged his rehabilitation [[spoiler:just so she could take over Intergang.]]
* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Lois is perpetually writing a romance novel. In the third season, Jimmy cracks her password ("Superman", naturally) and discovers that the main character, Linda Detroit, has two love interests: "Clark" and "Kent". One is reliable and strong (her relationship with Superman), while the other is kind but flaky (her relationship with Clark).
* HiddenPurposeTest: The aim of Ching's RiddleMeThis bombing attacks is to see whether Kal-El is worthy to rule New Krypton.
* HollywoodHacking: "Virtually Destroyed" is particularly full of this.
* ILied: Lex, after agreeing to extend [[spoiler:Clois']] lifespan.
* IfIWantedYouDead:
-->'''Tempus:''' Herb, if I wanted to kill (Lois), I'd [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon beat her to death with a frozen lamb chop]] and then eat it [[AGlassOfChianti with a nice merlot]].
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Superman in "It's a Small World After All".
* IslandBase: Spencer Spencer's island hideaway.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Clark gets particularly wagsty at the start of Season 3, proposing to/breaking up with Lois in the same episode. This despite Lois constantly being in peril, regardless of whether they're dating or not.
* [[KissMeImVirtual Kiss Me, I'm Virtual]]: Lois' dad brings his [[DeceptivelyHumanRobots android girlfriend]] to their Christmas dinner, much to his ex-wife's chagrin.
* KlingonPromotion: Trevanian's plot to kill the heads of all 3 federal agencies, leaving himself as numero uno.
* LargeAndInCharge / NiceHat: NIA Director Trevanian.
* LetMeAtHim: When faced with Lois' (brainwashed) announcement that she's quitting the Daily Planet and moving to France with [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate her psychiatrist]], Maxwell Deter, Perry lunges straight for the Doc.
-->'''Perry''': Just take your cue from [[KnowNothingKnowItAll the master of cool]] here, huh? Slow and easy.
-->''(a minute later)''
-->'''Perry:''' '''''WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU LITTLE BRAINSUCKER?!'''''
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Superman uses his super-breath to blow liquid nitrogen onto Spencer Spencer, temporarily freezing him. It turns out to be less-than-temporary when the guards spray Superman with gunfire, deflecting their bullets and [[MoralDissonance shattering the ice]].
-->'''Clark:''' ...He's [[BondOneLiner a broken man.]]
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Maxwell Deter.
* MagicalDefibrillator: In "Never On Sunday", Clark rips an electric cable out from a nearby streetlamp, then plunges it into a dying man's chest.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Frogs being stolen from a pet shop → A conspiracy to replace the President of the United States with a clone who'd then sign a pardon for LexLuthor.
* MoralDilemma: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Superman is photographed kissing Lois (now married to his alter-ego), causing a scandal. After MaliciousSlander threatens to derail Superman's peace talks between two nations, Clark comes pretty close to divulging his secret identity.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ching experiences it after Superman leaps through a Kryptonite force-field to save him.
* {{Neologism}}: Larry Smiley is a believer in "harmonicity."
* NoDoubtTheYearsHaveChangedMe: Baron Sunday is [[spoiler: a patsy who was (unwittingly) ruined by Clark Kent's expose on weapon smugglers. He was brought BackFromTheDead by [[WitchDoctor Witch Doctors]] and returned to get revenge on Clark and the others who framed him]].
* NewsMonopoly: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", Clark futility flips through his TV channels but finds nothing except pundits blasting Superman for his illicit "affair" with Lois.
* NonverbalMiscommunication / OnceForYesTwiceForNo: In "Sex, Lies, and Videotape", a bound-and-gagged Lois is wired to a bomb set to kill foreign diplomats. She can only alert Superman by blinking her eyelids.
* NotSoSmallRole: "Through A Glass, Darkly" introduces Sarah, a lowly researcher at the Daily Planet who is played by Mallory from ''FamilyTies''. ..Yeah, pretty sure she's not all she seems.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Lois learning Clark's secret. Instead of Clark having to constantly dodge her and hide the fact he's Superman, Lois starts to assist in his heroics, even helping Clark out with his alibis.
* OfferedTheCrown: The survivors of New Krypton offer their throne to Superman, on the condition that he marry Zara.
* ParodyNames: When Ching first approaches Lois and Clark, he's disguised as a "Century 22" real estate agent. This is a parody of the actual Century 21 Real Estate.
-->"And remember, at Century 22 we bring the future to you!"
* PhlebotinumBattery: A villain has a disintegration weapon that's capable of hurting Superman but they aren't positive they can kill him while using it. To ensure Superman is weakened, they make a catastrophe in an underground missile silo so that while using his powers he doesn't have a backup charge. Superman wins when Lois shorts out the silo door controls, opening them so he could recharge.
** Later, Lex uses the same weapon, but simply attacks at night, using [[spoiler:Supes' parents]] as hostages so he won't escape to a part of the word where it's day.
* PlayingWithFire: Baron Sunday.
* PocketProtector: After being shrunk in "It's A Small World After All", a miniaturized Superman shields Lois from a bullet by hiding underneath her lapel.
* ReunionRevenge: "It's a Small World After All"
* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: Charlton Heston is President of Earth-2. Elvis Presley also held the office sometime in the past.
* SadisticChoice: Ching kidnaps Jimmy/Perry and ties them to a bomb in an undisclosed location, while doing the same with Clark's parents in another location. The bombs are set to go off a the same time. They give Superman a choice of saving his friend or his parents, as he only has enough time to find and disarm one bomb. Supes decides to TakeAThirdOption and uses a beam splitter to fry both bombs with his laser vision from the sky.
* SexySantaDress: Mindy wears one while crashing Superman's charity drive.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Lois' alter-ego "Wanda Detroit" is permanently stuck in Old Hollywood.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Baron Sunday's HellishPupils resemble those of a snake, he demonstrates an ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]] into an anaconda, and a snake rattle follows him everywhere. Even his CallingCard is a snake.
* SoHappyTogether: Clark Kent has married Lois Lane after battling the evil frog-eating clones created by Lex Luthor. They have a sweet scene together, and Clark goes to the bedroom to await his bride. And then we watch Lois eating a frog, heralding how exactly [[ThisIsGonnaSuck how the rest of this is gonna go]]....
* SoaplandChristmas: Lois' family reunion in "Home Is Where the Hurt Is".
* SunglassesAtNight: An overly-cautious weapons smuggler in "Seconds."
* SuperheroEpisode: While this is technically a superhero TV series, Lois Lane is not one of the superheroes ... ''except'' in the episode "Ultrawoman", where she gets Superman's powers and her own costume. (And, eventually, discovers the downside to being able to hear trouble in every corner of the globe while she can only be in one place at a time.)
* TakeThat: Lois judges a grainy photo handed to her by Clark.
--> Look! There's Elvis...and Jimmy Hoffa...and the plot to ''{{Showgirls}}''!
* TimmyInAWell: Subverted in "Ultrawoman". The "baby" in question is just toy doll planted by the villains to lure Superman to them.
* ThisMeansWar: Lex to Superman in "Seconds".
* ThrownFromTheZeppelin: In "Home Is Where The Hurt Is", Mindy holds a mob conference to re-establish Intergang. The male gangsters don't express much enthusiasm about being bossed by a woman, so Mindy [[DeadlyGas gasses them]].
* TomatoSurprise: Clark's bride is revealed as a frog-eater. ([[FrenchJerk No,]] not that kind).
* TrapDoor: Randy Goode expresses his displeasure with a mooks by dropping him down an empty elevator shaft. This has apparently become routine for him.
* TuxedoAndMartini: Jack Olsen is a walking [[ClicheStorm Cliché Storm]] of Bond references.
* TheUnFavourite: "Lame Brain", the brother of a deceased criminal known as "Bad Brain Johnson". To try and win his sadistic mother's affection, he builds a fully functional mind control machine, to offer her the whole world as a gift. Not only was he met with equal disdain (as usual), but not even the machine a [[ExplosiveOverclocking full power]] could force her to tell her son she loved him.
* ValleyGirl: Lois' clone (Clois).
* VirtualRealityInterrogation: "Virtually Destroyed" is about this trope, although with a bit of twist.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Tez.
* WarForFunAndProfit: Randy Goode leaks a compromising photo of Superman to the press, sabotaging a vital peace talk which the Man of Steel is mediating.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Ching.
* WhamLine: The season 3 premiere:
--> '''Lois:''' [[spoiler: Who's asking? Clark..." *swipes glasses* "...or [-SUPERMAN-]?]].
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Clois, after undergoing a HeelFaceTurn, develops a childlike crush on Clark. Apparently, reading self-help books didn't do much to teach her about love.
* YouWillBeAssimilated: Tez gets stronger every time Superman fights him, emulating his heat vision and super-breath.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Baron Sunday uses this trope to kill people.
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