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* CostumeEvolution: Downplayed. After Clark appears in his new superhero uniform, his mother decides to complete it with a belt and colored undies.
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* IconicAttributeAdoptionMoment: Clark decides to go back to the ship he came to Earth in to learn more about himself. While the language barrier is still a problem, the ship gives him his blue bodysuit, but sans the trunks and belt. Martha decides to complete his new look with a belt and colored undies.
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'''Jimmy:''' ''I'' can't believe our alarm clock exploded again. Why do you think that keeps happening?\\
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'''Jimmy:''' ''I'' can't believe our alarm clock exploded again. Why do you ''you'' think that keeps happening?\\
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* ExpositionBeam: The Jor-El hologram gives Clark a vision showing Krypton's destruction. Later, when hurt by Leslie's power source, Clark sees a brief flash of a battle fleet seemingly connected to Krypton.
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* ExpositionBeam: ExpositionBeam:
** The Jor-El hologram gives Clark a visionshowing Krypton's destruction. when it realizes Clark can't understand him. Clark sees a weapon that causes a yellow star to turn red, an exchange of laser fire between two unknown parties in space, and finally his parents sending him away as the star seemingly goes supernova and wipes the planet out.
** Later, when hurt by Leslie's power source, Clark sees a brief flash of a battle fleet seemingly connected to Krypton.
** The Jor-El hologram gives Clark a vision
** Later, when hurt by Leslie's power source, Clark sees a brief flash of a battle fleet seemingly connected to Krypton.
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* StarKilling: In Jor-El's ExpositionBeam, a yellow star is hit with a purple blast (either a missile or energy bolt) and turns into a red giant.
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* StarKilling: In Jor-El's ExpositionBeam, a yellow star is hit with a purple blast (either a missile or energy bolt) and turns into a red giant. It may have also went supernova, but this isn't as clear based on the limited flashback.
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* CallForward: In the first scene where Clark's a little boy, he's wearing a shirt with the "Cool S" on it.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Several times, Clark accidentally breaks something because he's still struggling to tone down his super strength. He accidentally smashes his alarm clock trying to turn it off with one finger (and Jimmy's comment about how often it seems to happen indicates this has happened many times before already), he snaps off the bathroom faucet handle while practicing shaking hands without crushing them, and breaks a door handle pulling a push-to-open door.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Several times, Clark accidentally breaks something because he's still struggling to tone down his super strength. He accidentally smashes his alarm clock trying to turn it off with one finger (and Jimmy's comment about how often it seems to happen indicates this has happened many times before already), he snaps off the bathroom faucet handle while practicing shaking hands without crushing them, tears one of his own sneakers in half while putting them on, and breaks a door handle pulling a push-to-open door.
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* BigWhat: Lois gives one when the credit for the Superman story was given to three senior reporters.
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* SmokescreenCrime: Leslie plants explosives across Metropolis and threatens to detonate them if Slade doesn't call off the hunt for her. After Leslie is captured, the explosives are found and disarmed. However, Leslie informs Slade that the bombs were simply a distraction and she sent a message to every criminal in Metropolis telling them were to find the rest of Slade's stolen weapons.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Leslie chooses to freely distribute the tech she stole to petty criminals largely to spite the people she blames for the job going south rather than try and salvage some profit or concessions using it.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Lois and Jimmy would have been killed by the giant robot if it wasn't for Flip tailing them to see what they're doing and then telling Clark that they're in danger.
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* StupidCrooks: After Lois and Jimmy get spotted by Leslie, she orders her men to take care of them. Unfortunately, one of her men decides to handle it by sending a [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill huge robot to kill them]], despite the fact they were trying to keep the robots a secret. Leslie even calls them out on it.
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* TwistedEchoCut: In the opening of part 1 in Metropolis, Clark and Lois are both trying to psych themselves up, saying "It's today!" when they wake up, and practicing a speech given to Perry White. The difference is that Clark is trying to talk himself into being normal, and Lois is trying to talk herself into confidence. During these intercut speeches, it even does one of these cuts to show the differences between the mindsets of Clark and Lois.
-->'''Clark:''' ''(nervously)'' Today, just be normal. Today, just--\\
'''Lois:''' ''(confidently)'' Be extraordinary!
-->'''Clark:''' ''(nervously)'' Today, just be normal. Today, just--\\
'''Lois:''' ''(confidently)'' Be extraordinary!
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->'''Lois:''' A man flew down from the sky and risked his life to save us. Not for a reward, or fame, but just because we needed help. Don't you want to know who that person is?
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* AMinorKidroduction: Both segments of the episode begin with an episode of Clark during his youth. The first finds him discovering his powers in time to prevent a car crash. The second has his parents unearth the spaceship they found him in.
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* AMinorKidroduction: Both segments of the episode begin with an episode a scene of Clark during his youth. The first finds him discovering his powers in time to prevent a car crash. The second has his parents unearth the spaceship they found him in.
*WhoAreYou: When Leslie, currently being subjected to ElectricTorture by Slade, Amanda Waller, and a currently-unknown third party, realizes Superman isn't with them, she asks who her captors are.
-->'''Slade:''' That's easy, Willis. ''We're'' the ''good'' guys.
-->'''Slade:''' That's easy, Willis. ''We're'' the ''good'' guys.
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->''"Now tell us everything ya know about... Superman."''
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->''"Now tell us everything ya you know about... Superman."''
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** In what can possibly turn out to be {{Foreshadowing}}, the billboard Superman is shown straightening up reads: "Amazo Tech". As in the power-copying Justice League villain.
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** In what can possibly turn out to be a case of {{Foreshadowing}}, the billboard Superman is shown straightening up reads: "Amazo Tech". As in Tech", after the power-copying Justice League villain.villain created by Ivo.
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** In what can possibly turn out to be {{Foreshadowing}}, the billboard Superman is shown straightening up reads: "Amazo Tech". As in the power-copying Justice League villain.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Leslie assumes Superman was working for the people whose robots she stole and, upon knocking out two of their agents and takes their earpiece, demands they call him off. Once she's captured by them and they ask about him, she realizes he's not affiliated with them at all.
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* MythologyGag: When Jimmy pulls out a sticker of a [=UFO=] for Lois' murder board, she assumes it's a plane while Clark thinks it's a bird.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** When Jimmy pulls out a sticker of a [=UFO=] for Lois' murder board, she assumes it's a plane while Clark thinks it's abird. bird.
** Superman's House of El bodysuit gets red shorts and a belt added to it by Martha to complete the look. This is both an allusion to her creating his costume from Kryptonian materials in the earliest version of the story, but also the controversy over removing those specific features in later adaptations, particularly in the New 52.
** When Jimmy pulls out a sticker of a [=UFO=] for Lois' murder board, she assumes it's a plane while Clark thinks it's a
** Superman's House of El bodysuit gets red shorts and a belt added to it by Martha to complete the look. This is both an allusion to her creating his costume from Kryptonian materials in the earliest version of the story, but also the controversy over removing those specific features in later adaptations, particularly in the New 52.
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* AllForNothing: Lois and Jimmy go through hell and back to get the first picture of Superman as proof, only to find out the entire thing was co-opted by Cat Grant, Ron Troupe and Steve Lombardi.
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* AllForNothing: AdoptionAngst: After learning of his true origins as a boy, Clark tearfully worries if he's not the true son of his Earth parents.
* AllForNothing:
** In the first part, Jimmy succeeds in getting some photos of the fight along with the mysterious "Superman" and is eager to show them to the boss. It then shows Perry disregarding them because of their poor, blurry quality.
** Lois and Jimmy go through hell and back to get the first picture of Superman as proof, only to find out the entire thing was co-opted by Cat Grant, Ron Troupe and Steve Lombardi.
* AllForNothing:
** In the first part, Jimmy succeeds in getting some photos of the fight along with the mysterious "Superman" and is eager to show them to the boss. It then shows Perry disregarding them because of their poor, blurry quality.
** Lois and Jimmy go through hell and back to get the first picture of Superman as proof, only to find out the entire thing was co-opted by Cat Grant, Ron Troupe and Steve Lombardi.
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* CostumeEvolution: Downplayed. After Clark appears in his new superhero uniform, his mother decides to complete it with a belt and colored undies.
* CrazyPrepared: In order to force Slade Wilson into complying with her demands, Leslie reveals that she placed explosives all over the city and can send everyone to sky high if he refuses.
* DestructiveSavior: Delightfully subverted. Superman takes the time to clean up downtown while restoring everything to the way it was before the fight.
* CrazyPrepared: In order to force Slade Wilson into complying with her demands, Leslie reveals that she placed explosives all over the city and can send everyone to sky high if he refuses.
* DestructiveSavior: Delightfully subverted. Superman takes the time to clean up downtown while restoring everything to the way it was before the fight.
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* FakeRelationship: A pair of assassins sent to hunt down Leslie pretend to be a couple while stalking her in public.
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* MythologyGag: When Jimmy pulls out a sticker of a [=UFO=] for Lois' murder board, she assumes it's a plane while Clark thinks it's a bird.
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-->''"Now tell us everything ya know about... Superman."''
-->''"Now tell us everything ya know about... Superman."''
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Lois rants to Jimmy about how unreasonable Clark is being and how he would have never helped her with her story if she had told the truth… then goes into a list of people he ''did'' help without anything in return who were honest with him, leading her to realize yes, she is selfish.
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* HeelRealization: Lois has one when she realizes that Clark, who'd been nothing but kind and helpful to her, was correct in pointing out she never gave him the ''chance'' to side with her over Perry, because she lied to him.
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* JerkassRealization: Lois has one when she realizes that Clark, who'd been nothing but kind and helpful to her, was correct in pointing out she never gave him the ''chance'' to side with her over Perry, because she lied to him.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Near the beginning of the first episode, Jimmy is nearly run over by a speeding garbage truck. Clark sees the driver is in a hurry but doesn't dwell on it until Flip mentions that a bunch of garbage trucks running a red light. That's when he and Lois realize that the robot thieves are HiddenInPlainSight and track down the trucks in hopes of finding the thieves and the robots.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Near the beginning of the first episode, Jimmy is nearly run over by a speeding garbage truck. Clark sees the driver is in a hurry but doesn't dwell on it until Flip mentions that a bunch of garbage trucks running a red light. That's when he and Lois realize that the robot thieves are HiddenInPlainSight and track down the trucks in hopes of finding the thieves and the robots.
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* TakingTheBullet: Leslie tries to detonate the explosives in the sewers with her electricity after losing her detonator. Superman blocks the shot with his body, providing an opening for Slade to zap her suit's power source.
* TakingYouWithMe: Leslie tries to kill Superman when her suit is overloading and she believes she's dead either way.
* TakingYouWithMe: Leslie tries to kill Superman when her suit is overloading and she believes she's dead either way.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Leslie Willis is a criminal selling advanced tech to criminals, but the organization she stole it from seem to be nefarious themselves, and have no problem with ColdBloodedTorture.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Leslie Willis is a criminal selling advanced tech to other criminals, but the organization she stole it from seem to be nefarious themselves, and have no problem with ColdBloodedTorture.
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* StarKilling: In Jor-El's ExpositionBeam, a yellow star is hit with a purple blast (either a missile or energy bolt) and turns into a red giant.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lois, despite being an intern, is desperate to prove herself as an ace reporter, is not at all happy when Perry repeatedly ignores her efforts. Unfortunately, given Lois's stubborn nature, this only pushes her to defy his commands, risking her own, Clark's, and Jimmy's jobs and safety.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lois, despite being an intern, is desperate to prove herself as an ace reporter, and is not at all happy when Perry repeatedly ignores her efforts. Unfortunately, given Lois's stubborn nature, this only pushes her to defy his commands, risking her own, Clark's, and Jimmy's jobs and safety.
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* HeelRealization: Lois has one when she realizes that Clark, who'd been nothing but kind and helpful to her, was correct in pointing out she never gave him the ''chance'' to side with her over Perry, because she lied to him.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lois, despite being an intern, is desperate to prove herself as an ace reporter, is not at all happy when Perry repeatedly ignores her efforts. Unfortunately, given Lois's stubborn nature, this only pushes her to defy his commands, risking her own, Clark's, and Jimmy's jobs and safety.
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* FearlessInfant: The baby in the car, whose crying was the reason his mother was speeding, giggles as they're stopped from crashing.
* TheJoyOfFirstFlight: Before his identity crisis, little Clark's first reaction to his powers is to soar through the air, clearly having a blast.
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* MeetCute: Clark and Lois’ first interaction at the bodega is an adorably awkward interaction at the door, followed by an even more awkward interaction with the shopkeeper involving a bib.
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* MeetCute: Clark and Lois’ Lois' first interaction at the bodega is an adorably awkward interaction at the door, followed by an even more awkward interaction with the shopkeeper involving a bib.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Near the beginning of the first episode, Jimmy is nearly run over by a speeding garbage truck. Clark sees the driver is in a hurry but doesn't dwell on it until Flip mentions that a bunch of garbage trucks running a red light. That's when he and Lois realize that the robot thieves are HiddenInPlainSight and track down the trucks in hopes of finding the thieves and the robots.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: Leslie hides the stolen robots inside trucks disguised as garbage trucks to transport them to the Metropolis harbor.
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* ExpositionBeam: The Jor-El hologram gives Clark a vision showing Krypton's destruction. Later, when hurt by Leslie's power source, Clark sees a brief flash of a battle fleet connected to Krypton.
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* ExpositionBeam: The Jor-El hologram gives Clark a vision showing Krypton's destruction. Later, when hurt by Leslie's power source, Clark sees a brief flash of a battle fleet seemingly connected to Krypton.
