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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: First apperance of Toyman and, much more importantly, Bruno Manheim (for the reasons outlined under ChekovsGunman).

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%%* KarmaHoudini: Mannheim, at least in ''this'' episode.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Though for what it's worth, Manheim gets kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, whacked by bombs, and singed by a fireball. It was not a proud day when Lois Lane in a doll costume had to save him.

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%%* * KarmaHoudini: Mannheim, Despite everything it's shown he'd done in the past, Mannheim's still free at least in ''this'' episode.the end of the episode because there still isn't any concrete evidence against him.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: KarmicButtMonkey: Though for what it's worth, Manheim Mannheim gets kidnapped, tied up, blindfolded, whacked by bombs, and singed by a fireball. It was not a proud day when Lois Lane in a doll costume had to save him.
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* NoManLeftBehind: When one of the Intergang goons is injured by Toyman's device in the opening scene, his friends carry him with them while fleeing for shelter.
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* FallGuy: While Lois is forced to conduct an interview with Toyman, Clark and Jimmy research any connections between Manheim and Toyman, and it's revealed that years earlier, Manheim offered a toy maker named Winslow Schott a loan to set up a toy factory, but it was a secretly used as a front for a numbers racket run by Manheim. Although Manheim was implicated, there was no evidence to charge him any crimes and was allowed to go free, Schott on the other hand was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to prison, where he died shortly before he made parole.
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* CreepyMonotone: Toyman, at least until [[VillainousBreakdown things stop going his way]].

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* KarmaHoudini: Mannheim, at least in ''this'' episode.

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* PsychopathicManChild: Toyman. To quote his shrink he's an "emotionally-stunted, amoral narcissist with paranoid delusions desperately seeking external validation through antisocial behavior".

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* PsychopathicManChild: Toyman. To quote his shrink shrink, he's an "emotionally-stunted, amoral narcissist with paranoid delusions desperately seeking external validation through antisocial behavior".
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* AdjustingYourGlasses: Clark does this after using his [[EyeBeams Heat Vision]] to take down Toyman's plane.
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: First apperance of Toyman and, more importantly, Bruno Manheim.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Bruno Mannheim makes his first appearance here as Toyman's AssholeVictim. He'll play a bigger role later on during the first part of the ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} arc.
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* {{Fanservice}}: Lois Lane is subjected to GoGoEnslavement by the Toyman and ends up dressed as a doll looking cute.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Inverted. After all is said and done, Lois remarks on how messed up Toyman is, but nonetheless voices how [[SympathyForTheDevil she pities him]] for what he's been through [[note]] having his father framed, said-father dying in prison before he could make parole, and going through [[FosterKid many foster homes]].[[/note]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: The scene where Toyman describes what Mannheim did to his father initially seems like it's about Toyman himself before it's revealed that Winslow Schott Sr. is dead and that he has a son.
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Averted. Toyman tries to suffocate Superman with a toy that is actually a biochemical weapon. It doesn't work, but it's hinted that it is a real danger.

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