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* FlowersOfRomance: Clark fills their office with flowers for his one-week anniversary dating Lois.
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* FlowersOfRomance: Clark fills their office with flowers for his one-week anniversary dating Lois. He also leaves one in her hand in between darting around helping people.
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* 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.
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* FlowersOfRomance: Clark fills their office with flowers for his one-week anniversary dating Lois.
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* 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 as a bomb waiting to go off.
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* 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 as a bomb waiting to go off.by only reporting Alex's witness statement while ignoring all the other, positive interviews.
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* KarmaHoudini: Alex is not criticized by either Lois or Jimmy about the fact that his boss Ivo went MadWithPower and tried to kill innocent people while also trying to take down Superman, and he was helping Ivo out.
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* KarmaHoudini: Alex is not criticized by either Lois or Jimmy about the fact that his boss Ivo went MadWithPower and tried to kill innocent people while also trying to take down Superman, and he was helping Ivo out.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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*TheBusCameBack: Livewire, Intergang, and Heat Wave return for the first time since their debut episodes as part of Task Force X (Parasite having appeared two episodes prior). Dr. Ivo's assistant Alex also returns for the first time since his debut, now unemployed with the bankruptcy of Amazotech.
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* MisplacedRetribution: With a side of NeverMyFault. 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, assaulted people, and broke the tower trying to fight Superman (who was only trying to contain the damage Ivo had already done), and Alex directly helped him in all of the above.
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* MisplacedRetribution: With a side of NeverMyFault. 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, jeopardy (which was already happening long before Superman even entered the picture), assaulted people, 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. above.
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* PragmaticVillainy: While the General wants to put an end to Superman, he still needs him alive for the time being so he can interrogate him about Zero Day. When Dr. Ivo tries to kill Superman and ignores the General's order to stand down, he electrocutes Ivo into submission.
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* PragmaticVillainy: While the General wants to put an end to Superman, for the time being he still needs him alive for the time being so he can interrogate him about Zero Day. When Dr. Ivo tries to kill Superman and ignores the General's order to stand down, he electrocutes Ivo into submission.submission, saving Superman's life.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut down on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately she uses the word "normal" which Clark is very sensitive about because of his alien origins. [[ThatCameOutWrong Lois does try to apologize for what she said]], but Clark flies away before she can properly do so.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut down on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately Unfortunately, the way she uses the word words this is by telling Clark to be "normal" for a change, which Clark is very sensitive about because of his alien origins. [[ThatCameOutWrong Lois does try to apologize for what she said]], but Clark flies away before she can properly do so.
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* DarkestHour: This episode makes Episode 5's ending look like sunshine and rainbows. Clark gets brutally beaten down and captured by Task Force X, Superman becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity after inadvertently causing a single accident, and Lois and Jimmy are too late to either save Clark or stop Vicki Vale from publishing her hit piece dragging Superman through the mud even more.
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* DarkestHour: This episode makes Episode 5's ending look like sunshine and rainbows.Fitting the episode's status as Part 1 of a larger episode, it drags the heroes down even further than ever before. Clark gets brutally beaten down and captured by Task Force X, Superman becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity after inadvertently causing a single accident, and Lois and Jimmy are too late to either save Clark or stop Vicki Vale from publishing her hit piece dragging Superman through the mud even more.
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* TheBait: Contrary to his initial claims, Mist was captured along with the other members of Intergang. He's tasked with distracting Superman and leading him into accidents to ruin his good name before sending him at Task Force X under the pretense of helping his sister Siobhan. All this so the captured supervillains can all gang on Superman at once.
* BrokenPedestal: Lois has always looked up to Vicki Vale. However, once she finds out Vicki was only using her and Jimmy to get a promotion to slander Superman, Lois loses all respect for her.
* BrokenPedestal: Lois has always looked up to Vicki Vale. However, once she finds out Vicki was only using her and Jimmy to get a promotion to slander Superman, Lois loses all respect for her.
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* TheBait: Contrary to his initial claims, Mist was captured along with the other members of Intergang. He's tasked with distracting Superman and leading him into accidents to ruin his good name before sending him at Task Force X under the pretense of helping his sister Siobhan. All this Siobhan, all so the captured supervillains can all have a prime opportunity to gang up on Superman Superman. To his credit, he doesn't look happy with having done so.
*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 atonce.
the Gotham Gazette, basically using Lois and Jimmy to do so and pulling the wool over Perry White's eyes.
* BrokenPedestal: Lois has always looked up to Vicki Vale. However, once she finds out Vicki was only using her and Jimmy to slander Superman and get a promotionto slander Superman, over in Gotham, Lois loses all respect for her.
*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
* BrokenPedestal: Lois has always looked up to Vicki Vale. However, once she finds out Vicki was only using her and Jimmy to slander Superman and get a promotion
*DarkestHour: This episode makes Episode 5's ending look like sunshine and rainbows. Clark gets brutally beaten down and captured by Task Force X, Superman becomes a HeroWithBadPublicity after inadvertently causing a single accident, and Lois and Jimmy are too late to either save Clark or stop Vicki Vale from publishing her hit piece dragging Superman through the mud even more.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mist has a guilty expression on his face as he sees Superman being beaten down, even though he was tasked with luring him into the trap in the first place. Presumably because the latter agreed to help save his sister and best friend even with [[WhatYouAreInTheDark no benefit to himself]].
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Mist has a guilty expression on his face face]] as he sees Superman being beaten down, even though he was tasked with luring him into the trap in the first place. Presumably While unstated, it's presumably because the latter agreed to help save his sister and best friend even with [[WhatYouAreInTheDark no benefit to himself]]. himself]], and Mist took advantage of his genuine kindness to have Task Force X beat him down.
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*HeroicSecondWind: Superman gets one near the end of his fight with Task Force X that allows him to turn the tides, single-handedly defeating nearly all of them (even Deathstroke, who he'd previously lost against solo). If not for Parasite's resistance to direct attacks and energy absorption allowing him to exploit Superman's own power boost to become even stronger, Superman would've won.
*{{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).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut down on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately she uses the word "normal" which Clark is very sensitive about because of his alien origins. [[ThatCameOutWrong Lois does try to apologize for what shesaid. said]], but Clark flies away before she can properly do so.
*{{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).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut down on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately she uses the word "normal" which Clark is very sensitive about because of his alien origins. [[ThatCameOutWrong Lois does try to apologize for what she
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* PragmaticVillainy: While the General wants to put an end to Superman, but when he sees that Dr. Ivo is trying to kill Superman and he's ignoring his order to stand down, he electrocutes Ivo into stopping because they still need Superman alive for interrogation purposes.
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* PragmaticVillainy: While the General wants to put an end to Superman, but when he sees that still needs him alive for the time being so he can interrogate him about Zero Day. When Dr. Ivo is trying tries to kill Superman and he's ignoring his ignores the General's order to stand down, he electrocutes Ivo into stopping because they still need Superman alive for interrogation purposes.submission.
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* ShutUpKirk: When Superman says he just wants to help people, the General shuts him up by ordering Livewire to blast him mid-sentence.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Mist has a guilty expression on his face as he sees Superman being beaten down, even though he was tasked with luring him into the trap in the first place. Presumably because the latter agreed to help save his sister and best friend even with [[WhatYouAreInTheDark no benefit to himself]].
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* MythologyGag: Vicki is mentioned as having covered [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Queen Industries]], helped expose the [[ComicBook/BatmanYearOne Falcone]] [[ComicBook/TheLongHalloween Crime Family]], and of course works for the [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gotham Gazette]].
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut done on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately she uses the word "normal" which Clark is very sensitive because of his alien origins. Lois does try to apologize.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Lois meant well when she told Clark he should cut done on the heroics because of both the bad public image and overworking himself. Unfortunately she uses the word "normal" which Clark is very sensitive because of his alien origins. Lois does try to apologize.
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* 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 normal like us". Even Lois starts to succumb to it due to learning about other dimensions where Clark is evil.
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* 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 as a bomb waiting to go off.
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* 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.
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* PragmaticVillainy: While the General wants to put an end to Superman, but when he sees that Dr. Ivo is trying to kill Superman and he's ignoring his order to stand down, he electrocutes Ivo into stopping because they still need Superman alive for interrogation purposes.
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* MisplacedRetribution: With a side of NeverMyFault. 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, assaulted people, and broke the tower trying to fight Superman (who was only trying to contain the damage Ivo had already done), and Alex directly helped him in all of the above.
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* BrokenPedestal: Lois has always looked up to Vicki Vale. However, once she finds out Vicki was only using her and Jimmy to get a promotion to slander Superman, Lois loses all respect for her.
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* SpecialEditionTitle: Just like "You Will Believe a Man Can Lie", the end credits don't feature Jimmy walking and play dramatic music reflecting the episode's DarkestHour.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Superman getting captured by Task Force X, and Lois and Jimmy watch helplessly as the plane carrying him takes off.
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* TheBait: Contrary to his initial claims, Mist was captured along with the other members of Intergang. He's tasked with distracting Superman and leading him into accidents to ruin his good name before sending him at Task Force X under the pretense of helping his sister Siobhan. All this so the captured supervillains can all gang on Superman at once.
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* 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. As a result, he's beaten within an inch of his life and captured.
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* 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 realises they're in danger, now being able to sense this unaided drives him to relentlessly preform acts of heroism non-stop until he becomes sleep-deprived and slightly maniac from the strain.
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* 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 realises realizes they're in danger, now being able to sense this unaided drives him to relentlessly preform perform acts of heroism non-stop until he becomes sleep-deprived sleep deprived and slightly maniac manic from the strain.
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* SuperSenses: Clark finally starts developing the super hearing abilities of other versions of Superman. Unfortunately for him, now that he can hear the cries for help from all over the city, and being [[NiceGuy the kind of guy he is]], Clark is [[ChronicHeroSyndrome now compelled to fly around non-stop trying to fix every problem in the city]], to the point of becoming sleep-deprived.
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* SuperSenses: Clark finally starts developing the super hearing abilities of other versions of Superman. Unfortunately for him, now that he can hear the cries for help from all over the city, city and being [[NiceGuy the kind of guy he is]], Clark is [[ChronicHeroSyndrome now compelled to fly around non-stop trying to fix every problem in the city]], to the point of becoming sleep-deprived.sleep deprived.
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* SuperSenses: Clark finally starts developing the super hearing abilities of other versions of Superman. Unfortunately for him, now that he can hear the cries for help from all over the city, and being [[NiceGuy the kind of guy he is]], Clark is [[ChronicHeroSyndrome now compelled to fly around non-stop trying to fix every problem in the city, city]], to the point of becoming sleep-deprived.
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* NewSuperpower: This episode is when he unlocks his super hearing.
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'''Original Air Date:''' August 17, 2023
'''Written by:''' Paul Chang, Cynthia Furey, and Aman Adumer
Lois meets her journalism idol, Vicki Vale - only for Vicki to make Lois question her loyalty to Superman. Meanwhile, Superman hunts down Task Force X while dealing with a new power!
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!Tropes for this episode include:
* 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 realises they're in danger, now being able to sense this unaided drives him to relentlessly preform acts of heroism non-stop until he becomes sleep-deprived and slightly maniac from the strain.
* SuperSenses: Clark finally starts developing the super hearing abilities of other versions of Superman. Unfortunately for him, now that he can hear the cries for help from all over the city, and being [[NiceGuy the kind of guy he is]], Clark is now compelled to fly around non-stop trying to fix every problem in the city, to the point of becoming sleep-deprived.
* {{Understatement}}: Clark has this to say about his new hearing abilities allowing him to sense when an entire city's worth of people need his help.
-->'''Clark:''' ''Gah!'' I can hear everyone and Jimmy, Jimmy, ''Jimmy!''....They have '''problems'''.
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'''Written by:''' Paul Chang, Cynthia Furey, and Aman Adumer
Lois meets her journalism idol, Vicki Vale - only for Vicki to make Lois question her loyalty to Superman. Meanwhile, Superman hunts down Task Force X while dealing with a new power!
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!Tropes for this episode include:
* 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 realises they're in danger, now being able to sense this unaided drives him to relentlessly preform acts of heroism non-stop until he becomes sleep-deprived and slightly maniac from the strain.
* SuperSenses: Clark finally starts developing the super hearing abilities of other versions of Superman. Unfortunately for him, now that he can hear the cries for help from all over the city, and being [[NiceGuy the kind of guy he is]], Clark is now compelled to fly around non-stop trying to fix every problem in the city, to the point of becoming sleep-deprived.
* {{Understatement}}: Clark has this to say about his new hearing abilities allowing him to sense when an entire city's worth of people need his help.
-->'''Clark:''' ''Gah!'' I can hear everyone and Jimmy, Jimmy, ''Jimmy!''....They have '''problems'''.
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