History Recap / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E9E10TheMainMan

* BriarPatching: [[BroughtDownToNormal Drained of his powers by being kept under red sunlight]] by the Preserver, Superman tries to elude a pack of alien bounty hunters, but they finally catch up with him right outside another habitat from which loud screeches are heard. He warns them that they ''really'' don't want to throw him in there, so of course they do... revealing that the occupant is no ravening monster, but a dodo. From Earth. [[CueTheSun Cue the Yellow Sun Lamp]] and a [[OhCrap typical reaction from the bad guys.]]
* BrushOffWalkOff: After Superman breaks out from his enclosure in [[TheCollector the Preserver's]] ship, Lobo asks Superman to break him out as well, only for Superman to call Lobo a criminal who deserves to be locked up, and walks away. Lobo starts shouting threats at Superman, who ignores hima and walks off by himself, but when Lobo says that even if it takes him years to escape he'll get his revenge on Superman and [[NukeEm return Earth to destroy it]]. This statement causes Superman to go back and help Lobo escape on the condition he never return to Earth when he's free.

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** Lobo mentioned that he destroyed his home planet in Part 1 making him the last Czarnian, but what method he used to do isn't brought up. In Part 2 it is implied that Lobo used nukes to do so. Lobo also threatens to inflict this on Earth to blackmail Superman should he desert him in the zoo, making Superman agree to free him.

* SaveTheVillain: After being trapped by the Preserver, Lobo is reduced to begging Superman to free him. Superman [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked refuses]], claiming that it's suiting punishment for the trouble he caused on Earth, but Lobo swears he'll find a way to escape (even if that scenario doesn't seem likely) and get revenge on Superman and Earth's people for his imprisonment. Unable to take that chance, Superman agrees to free Lobo and the two [[EnemyMine work together]] long enough for Superman to return to Earth and Lobo to get his bounty.
* ShoutOut: The alien beast Superman uses to break out of his cage looks like a hybrid of a rhino and a ceratopsian dinosaur, with six legs and a body covered in armadillo-like armor plates. A regular old Triceratops as people seem convinced of, or [[WesternAnimation/TheHerculoids Tundro the Tremendous?]] All it's is missing a horn-cannon on its forehead.