History Recap / SupermanAndLoisS1E7ManOfSteel

* CarFu: Jon rams Irons using the family truck to save to their distressed father. Irons manages to stop most of the impact with his hammer, but it still takes him straight out of the fight and allows Jon to smash the red sun lights depowering Superman.

* CarFu: Jon rams Irons using the family truck to race to their distressed father. Irons manages to stop most of the impact with his hammer, but it still takes him straight out of the fight and allows Jon to smash the red sun lights depowering Superman.

* BigDamnHeroes: Jonathan and Jordan save their father with CarFu, just short of Irons trying to bash his head in with his hammer.
* CarFu: Jon rams Irons using the family truck. Irons manages to stop most of the impact with his hammer, but it still takes him out of the fight and allows Jon to smash the red sun lights depowering Superman.
* CrisisMakesPerfect: After trying to get a handle on his new power without much success, Jordan's super hearing gets the right motivation to work when he needs to find a trapped Superman.

* ExactWords: When Sarah calls him out on lying about Jordan's absence, Jon honestly tells her about Tag attacking Jordan and Jordan's headaches, without explicitly connecting the two as related. He lampshades it to Jordan later, noting it was technically true even though it was still a roundabout lie.
* {{Flashback}}: Several towards Irons's past, from the army of Supermen going rogue, over his version of Lois being incinerated by one of them, to him and his daughter building his suit and him eventually leaving to kill Kal-El of Earth Prime.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Clark enters John's RV, the AI calls him "Captain Luthor" despite having no reason to do so, just reacting to his presence. This hints at the fact that the AI is flawed in some way, and wasn't ever referring to Irons by his real name.

* KidSidekick: Irons's daughter Nat helped him build his suit.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Or sounds like, at any rate. Jordan uses his super-hearing to overhear a conversation between Sarah and Jon, which makes him think Jon is making a move on her since he has no other context. After a chewing out by Jon, Jordan admits he jumped the gun and apologizes.
* ParentalSexualitySquick: In one of the flashbacks, Nat is obviously annoyed at her parents being overly affectionate towards each other.
* PowerNullifier: Irons uses red sun lamps to weaken Superman significantly. Absent the intervention of Jon and Jordan, he might have succeeded in killing him.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: After Jonathan disable the red sun lamps, Clark's eyes once again flare up in red. He then picks up Irons and prepares to punch him, but Lois stops him.

* SurvivalMantra: "Forged in fire, strong as steel." is apparently the one of Irons and his daughter Nat.

* BigDamnHeroes: Jonathan and Jordan save their father with a CarFu, just short of Irons trying to bash his head in with his hammer.

* DropTheHammer: When his true identity is revealed, Irons breaks out a hammer that gathers kinetic energy, striking with more power the further it's allowed to travel before connecting.

* ForeShadowing: When Clark enters John's RV, the AI calls him "Captain Luthor" despite having no reason to do so, just reacting to his presence. This hints at the fact that the AI is flawed in some way, and wasn't ever referring to Irons by his real name.

* UnwittingPawn: Lana's friend Emily, who is overjoyed at being chosen for Edge's "Young Executive Program". In reality, he plans to use her for X-Kryptonite trials.

* UnwittingPawn: Lana's friend Emily, who is overjoyed at being chosen for Edge's "Young Executive Program". In reality, he plans to user her for X-Kryptonite trials.

* Absenteeactor: Kyle and Sam are only mentioned in this episode.

* Absentactor: Kyle and Sam are only mentioned in this episode.

* BigDamnHeroes: Jonathan and Jordan save their father with a CarFur, just short of Irons trying to bash his head in with his hammer.

* {{Flashback}}: Several towards Irons's past, from the army of Superman going rogue, over his version of Lois being incinerated by one of them, to him and his daughter building his suit and him eventually leaving to kill Kal-El of Earth Prime.
* ForcedToWatch: Irons and his daughter Nat are forced to watch one if the Superman incinerate Lois live on television.

* ParentalSexualitySquick: In one of the Flashbacks, Nat is obviously annoyed at her parents being overly affectionate towards each other.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: After Jonathan disable the red sun lamps, Clark's eyes once again flare up in red, he then picks up Irons and prepares to punch him, but Lois stops him.

* ShipTease: Tegan Wickhem hits on Jonathan, though Sarah is quick to tell him that she is "out of his League".

* InternalReveal: Lois and Clark reveal everything they know about Edge and Irons to the boys.

-->'''Jonathan''': Wow, I have had your back every time someone has called you dumb or weird or stupid or awkward. I never believed any of it! I never believed any of it because it's not true. You're just a terrible person! Don't ever spy on me again!\\

* DropTheHammer: When his true identity is revealed, Irons breaks out a hammer that gathers kinetic energy, striking with more power the further its allowed to travel before connecting.

* WhamShot: In a flashback, we see the first attack by the Superman of Irons's world. First Superman descends from the clouds. Then multiple Supermen do the same and begin attacking with heat vision.

* TheReveal: Captain Luthor is John Henry Irons aka Steel.

* WhamLine: "The thing of it is, his name's not Luthor. It's John Henry Irons."

* WhamLine: "His name is John Henry Irons."

* TheReveal: Captain Luthor is John Henry Irons aka Steel.

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