History Recap / MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E04YouWillBelieveAManCanLie

* FrustratingLie: Lois has been trying to have Clark admit he's secret to no success. She ends up frustrated with his lying, but when she sees a nasty laser injury on his neck and he tells her [[CutHimselfShaving he got it while shaving]], at that point, she gets fed up with Clark's lies and finally forces him to come clean [[CoverBlowingSuperpower by purposely falling off a building, forcing him to fly down and save her]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Clark's effort to run the sort of secret identity games with Lois that were a staple of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Superman comics ends with her not only seeing through them effortlessly, but being enraged that he'd lie to her in this manner. Likewise, Clark is hurt that Lois is so devoted to proving he's Superman, especially when she's said she plans to expose him to the world.

* CombatPragmatist: When their fight damages a bridge, Superman decides to stop fighting Slade so he can save the people trapped on the collapsing structure. Slade backs off, and puts Superman in his sights, of a rail-gun composed of his katanas, and asks for permission to take the shot while Superman's distracted. Waller gives Slade the go-ahead, believing that the deaths of a few hundred civilians is worth it if it means taking out "Nemesis Omega" right there and then. However, the General orders Slade to stand down and pulls rank on Waller reminding her that since he's in charge of the mission, [[EveryoneHasStandards he won't allow innocent civilians to get hurt]], allowing Superman to fix the bridge and fly away.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: Lois finally forces Clark to come clean by falling off a building, forcing him to fly down and save her.

* CutHimselfShaving: PlayedForDrama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as him downplaying the severity of the danger he was in heavily contributes to Lois's [[RageBreakingPoint resulting anger]] at him (since it's reminiscent of Lois's father doing the same about her mother's terminal illness).

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: When Louis intercepts Superman at [=McGuiness=] Luxe Garage, she questions him if he knows Clark Kent. Superman responds "He's quiet, but thoughtful, upstanding. I like him." This convinces Lois that Clark is indeed Superman.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: When Louis intercepts Superman at McGuiness Luxe Garage, she questions him if he knows Clark Kent. Superman responds "He's quiet, but thoughtful, upstanding. I like him." This convinces Lois that Clark is indeed Superman.

* RageBreakingPoint: After spending the day trying to get Clark to admit he's Superman to no avail, Lois becomes frustrated. By the time Clark returns to the Daily Planet with cuts on his neck and tries to make an excuse that he CutHimselfShaving, Lois gets ''pissed off'' and steps off the building so he can save her. Once he catches her, this only adds more fuel to her anger and they get into a shouting match.

* CutHimselfShaving: PlayedForDrama; Clark tries to use this to explain away a large visible cut mark across the side of his neck he got from being sliced by one of Slade's katanas, but between the fact that she already knows his identity and the fact that Clark is so clearly lying, Lois doesn't buy it at all. The fact that Clark tried hiding it at all rather than coming clean makes matters even ''worse'' than they already are, as him downplaying the severity of the danger he was in heavily contributes to Lois's resulting anger at him (since it's reminiscent of Lois's father doing the same about her mother's terminal illness).

* DownerEnding: The episode ends on a negative note. Superman learns that he's being hunted down by the government since he's considered a threat, and finds out Lois deduced he's Superman. When Lois calls out Clark for keeping such a big secret from her, he responds that it's because she made it a point to publicly reveal his secret to the world, and she snaps back that [[BerserkButton she hates people keeping secrets from her]], and wouldn't specifically reveal that he's Superman, and subtly declares that she no longer has romantic feelings towards him. Meanwhile, Jimmy who had been looking towards a camping trip to look for evidence of Bigfoot, realizes that [[JerkAssHasAPoint Steve, whose more popular social media pages debunking Jimmy's conspiracy theory videos, had a point]] about [[WeUsedToBeFriends how people drift apart from their close friends]] since Clark and Lois were too busy dealing their drama, and Clark fighting off Task Force-X, to notice Jimmy had been calling to get him away from Steve and to remind them of their trip. After Jimmy goes off into the woods alone, he gets captured by a gorilla, and the credits roll on [[DarkReprise a somber version of the theme]], and the final shot shows a picture of Clark, Lois, and Jimmy being ripped apart.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Clark's effort to run the sort of secret identity games with Lois that were a staple of the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Superman comics ends with her not only seeing through them effortlessly, but being enraged that he'd lie to her in this manner.

* ChainedHeat: When she finally catches up to Superman, Lois cuffs herself to him so he can't escape so easily. Superman easily snaps the cuffs once they aren't in dangerous.

* ChainedHeat: When she finally catches up to Superman, Lois cuffs herself to him so he can't escape so easily.

* GoodCopBadCop: Superman and Lois, during their interrogation of Heat Wave.

* {{Troll}}: Steve Lombard does this to Jimmy's Flamebird stream, posting replies to nearly every video that simply state 'Nahh!'

* WorfHadTheFlu: Slade in PoweredArmor is the first opponent to get the better of Superman, slicing up his neck and ultimately only backing off when ordered to. However, he also has two giant robots running interference and splitting Superman's focus, and at the end of the fight Superman is more concerned about saving the people on the bridge than fighting Slade.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Steve Lombard not only correctly notes how Jimmy's relation with Clark and Lois is fracturing, but his flat dismissals of Jimmy's Flamebird videos have some merit; Jimmy isn't even giving arguments that can be engaged with, just wild assertions based on scattered bits of often dubious "evidence".

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Slade's twin katanas can not only hurt Kryptonians, but cut through a highway support beam like butter.