History Recap / MyAdventuresWithSupermanS1E07ZeroDayPartOne

** The youtube video declaring that "Superman's lost it" after he causes the accident with the truck was posted by a "[=LoriLemaris59=]", referencing one of Superman's Silver Age supporting characters who first appeared in comics in 1959[[note]]Superman #129[[/note]].

** The youtube video declaring that "Superman's lost it" after he causes the accident with the truck was posted by a "LoriLemaris59", referencing one of Superman's Silver Age supporting characters who first appeared in comics in 1959[[note]]Superman #129[[/note]].

* FantasticRacism: While there's an element of BewareTheSuperman to it with Alex noting how powerful Superman is and how dangerous it could be if he turned on them, both Alex and Vicki (and later the citizens of Metropolis) deem Superman to be untrustworthy and dangerous because he's not human and "not normal like us", and with Vicki remarking that his destruction of Ivo Tower "wiped out good American jobs" and Clark later reading a comment saying he should "go back to where he came from". Even Lois starts to succumb to it due to learning about other dimensions where Clark is evil.

* FantasticRacism: While there's an element of BewareTheSuperman to it with Alex noting how powerful Superman is and how dangerous it could be if he turned on them, both Alex and Vicki (and later the citizens of Metropolis) deem Superman to be untrustworthy and dangerous because he's not human and "not normal like us", and Clark later reads a comment saying he should "go back to where he came from". Even Lois starts to succumb to it due to learning about other dimensions where Clark is evil.

* TookALevelInBadass: All the villains Superman previously stopped have been given upgrades. Now they have armor and flight capabilities to keep up with Superman. Parasite's suit also doesn't seem to have the self-draining weakness it did prior.

* MaliciousSlander: It's clear from the beginning that Vicki Vale sees Superman as a villain and is willing to do anything to make Metropolis think the same. Between her use of biased sources, ignoring evidence that damages her argument, and aided by Superman's accidental property damage the same day, she publishes an article that seemingly succeeds.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Superman pushes Mist out of the path of a truck and is hit by it, but because no one can see Mist, it looks like Superman just stopped the truck for no reason and endangered civilians, turning public opinion against him.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: Even though he's been saving them all series and has spent the last few days running himself ragged to try and solve all their problems, all it takes is Superman causing one accident and a hit piece by Vicki Vale for Metropolis to turn on him. However upon seeing him being beaten nearly to death by the villains the only reaction they have is horror, disbelief and shock.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Mist tells Superman that his various foes are all being victimized by the General, Ivo is shown being lined up and zapped with his shock collar and looking as scared as the others. Given that we've already seen that Ivo is a willing collaborator who is well aware of the collars before they're used on the others, it's not hard to piece together that Mist is misleading Superman.

* MisplacedRetribution: Alex blames Superman for breaking Ivo Tower, bankrupting Amazo Tech, and putting thousands out of work. It was Ivo who put Amazo Tech in financial jeopardy (which was already happening long before Superman even entered the picture), assaulted people (the window is still shattered from when he threw a board member out of it), and broke the tower trying to fight Superman (who was only trying to contain the damage Ivo had already done), and regardless of whether it was as a PunchClockVillain or something more Alex directly helped him in all of the above.

* OnlySaneMan: In Alex's interview, Alex is actively trying to blame Superman for Ivo's actions, Vicki is mining for MaliciousSlander, and Lois is too distracted by seeing alternate versions of Superman to really contribute. Jimmy winds up being the one to snap back and point out that Superman has never hurt anyone and their demonization of him has no basis in reality.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler: When Mist tells Superman that his various foes are all being victimized by the General, Ivo is shown being lined up and zapped with his shock collar and looking as scared as the others. Given that we've already seen that Ivo is a willing collaborator who is well aware of the collars before they're used on the others, it's not hard to piece together that Mist is misleading Superman.]]

** The fact he can ''hear'' everybody doesn't automatically mean he can ''locate'' them if they're not nearby and he can't zero in on their location. Clark overhears the General announcing to Task Force X that they'll soon be ready to stop him once their operation concludes whilst he's flying through the city, but can't tell where exactly he's speaking from, fuelling his self-destructive searching for him in hopes of hearing another conversation with the general to find him.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Superman makes one mistake and instantly the media turn against him with stuff such as "he is not like us" and "he has to go back to where he came from". Never has the statement "Superman has always being an immigrant story" rang more true than this episode.

* ExhaustedEyebags: Clark is run ragged by constantly saving everyone around the city now that he can hear them in trouble all the time.

* BoxedCrook: The episode begins with Live Wire, Intergang, and Heat Wave being let out of their prison cells by the General and Amanda Waller, [[ShockCollar who promptly electrocute them]]. The General tells them that he's willing to overlook the fact that they stole top secret weapons technology to commit petty crimes and endangered the public while doing so, if they agree to help take down Superman. [[PsychoForHire An offer they happily agree to]] since it was Superman that subdued them and allowed the General to capture and imprison them.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to running himself ragged responding to every single call for help, Clark is far from at his best when Task Force X descends on him all at once. It doesn't help that the cloudy day is interfering with his ability to absorb more sunlight. As a result, he's beaten within an inch of his life and captured.

** In terms of actual powers, Superman's new superhearing also makes obvious changes to how difficult Silver Banshee and Mist are to deal with. Since Mist's invisibility is only visual Clark's improved hearing makes him much easier to find when cloaked than he was in their first encounter. On the other hand, Silver Banshee's SonicScream hits Superman harder, on top of his aforementioned strain.

* SeeTheInvisible: Thanks to his super hearing, Superman is able to "see" Mist despite his invisibility, shown to the viewer as Mist being light blue and transparent.

* {{Hypocrite}}: When Lois and Jimmy point out that Alex is a biased source against Superman, Vicki points out that all of their previous sources were biased ''for'' Superman, and that Lois and Jimmy chose these sources ''because'' of that. [[JerkassHasAPoint While she's completely correct]], it loses merit when she ignores all of these sources saying positive things about Superman and writes her article using the sole person who had negative things to say (the exact thing she called out Lois and Jimmy for doing, just with reversed motives).

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Vicki manages to pull this off ''twice''. First there's her unrelenting bias against Superman, which goes beyond mere distrust of the unknown to the point that she ignores everyone with positive things to say about him in favor of the ''one'' person with negative things to say (who is himself biased). Then there's the reveal near the end of the episode that she wasn't even doing this interview to help out the Daily Planet, but rather secure a promotion over at the Gotham Gazette, basically using Lois and Jimmy to do so and pulling the wool over Perry White's eyes.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Happens to Perry when Vicki Vale, [[UnsportsmanlikeGloating who brags about what a better reporter she is than Perry]], says she's looking for a new job at the Daily Planet. Perry assigns Lois and Jimmy to help her get the information she needs to write a story about how Superman is a dangerous vigilante, so that the Daily Planet can hire a seasoned, award winning, reporter who might lift the Daily Planet's prestige. However, after interviewing people who were saved by Superman and Alexander, who blames Superman for the destruction of [=AmazoTech=], despite the board of directors wanting to get rid of Ivo due to financial mismanagement and Ivo starting the fight after Superman saved an executive Ivo threw out a window, it turns out Vicki only used [[BewareTheSuperman Alexander's warning of Superman being dangerous]], and completely ignored the people who were helped by him, [[MaliciousSlander to write a story about how Superman is a threat to Earth]], which gets her a promotion at the Gotham Gazette.

* LogicalWeakness: Less a direct weakness than an added disadvantage due to his new ability. Being able to hear others from miles away is an immense advantage to Clark, but as he's such a NiceGuy that he's compelled to step in and use his powers for others the moment he realizes they're in danger, now being able to sense this unaided drives him to relentlessly perform acts of heroism non-stop until he becomes sleep deprived and slightly manic from the strain.

* MaliciousSlander: Vicki Vale's article on Superman blames him for all the damage that the villains cause, takes things out of context, and demonizes him by only reporting Alex's witness statement while ignoring all the other, positive interviews.