History Recap / SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E9E10TheMainMan

* NukeEm: 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.

* BitchSlap: Lois lays one on Lobo after [[YouGotSpunk he comes on to her]], but only hurts her own hand.

* YouGotSpunk: Lobo likes Lois Lane wacking him across the face with a pipe, ''which he then eats!''

* ArmourPiercingSlap: Lois lays one on Lobo after [[YouGotSpunk he comes on to her]], but only hurts her own hand.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Superman summons a Triceratops to spring him out from the Preserver's cage.

* {{Depower}}: Superman and Lobo are deprived of their super powers in the beginning of the second part. Superman has been stuck in a prison with a red solar lamp and Lobo is still feeling the effects of the Preserver's knockout gas. Superman eventually finds a yellow sun lamp that restores his powers and Lobo eventually shakes off the gas.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Lobo fires a missile at Superman, but he's too fast for it. However, the missile is headed in the way of civilians, so Superman has to divert it into the sky. Lobo admits to not understanding what Superman was doing for a bit, before realizing that Superman doesn't want anyone to get hurt.

** Sqweek and the three bounty hunters rivaling Lobo are all demoted to lowly clean-up crew by Emperor Spooj.

* MyCard: When Superman demands to know the name of the interstellar bounty hunter shooting up a Metropolis police station, Lobo answers, "Oh, I'm sorry; My Card", and promptly delivers a right hook that sends the Man of Steel flying.

* 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 and soon loud screeches are emitted. 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.]]

* SummonBiggerFish: Superman's pursuers ''think'' he's doing this when he breaks open the door to another environment, and decide to throw him to whatever bloodthirsty creature is within. Instead, a harmless dodo emerges.

Superman conducts a test flight of the rocket that brought him to Earth, and Professor Hamilton wonders about the "great achievements" and "brilliant minds" to be found among the stars. [[DescriptionCut Cut to]] SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}, capturing a target in a seedy alien bar. His trip to collect the bounty is interrupted when an alien collector calling himself "[[TheCollector the Preserver]]" hires him to capture a bigger prize -- the last Kryptonian.

* SarcasticConfession: Clark Kent tells Lois that he's always beating her to the scoop because he's Superman in disguise. He even [[ClarkKenting takes off his glasses]] while doing so!

* NukeEm: 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.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Superman after breaking free from his cage (and Lobo) is about to take his ship and leave. Superman insists that Lobo think of getting out of the zoo with him, but Lobo instead pursues vengeance on the Preserver for being a traitor and liar. Lobo's stupidity prompts Superman to rescue him again and again.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** The bar Lobo is introduced in is called "The Steaming Load".
** Lobo, while brandishing a [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]], threatens the Preserver with a ''[[AssShove colonoscopy]]'' if he doesn't give back his bounty.
** Lobo says, as Superman leaves him behind, that he's going to kick Superman's "big red [[FunWithHomophones S]]" (you know, the color the letter is inside the shield. And the color of his shorts).
** Lobo describes how he and Supes would be tied down with razor wire and tortured, and throws in a WeirdAside how it would be enjoyable under other circumstances.
** The Latin American dub gets away with having Lobo outright call Superman a "hijo de perra" ( "son of a, female, dog" a toned down version of "hijo de puta," a "son of a bitch").
** The Preserver's fembots each have a metal hose in their mouth, which sprays knockout gas on any captive who gets too rowdy. Lobo ties the hoses together, pointing and giving the audience a suggestive look as [[GirlOnGirlIsHot they grow large enough to press against each other and blow the fembots' heads off]].
** Not only is the Jabba-like alien despot after Lobo basically a huge turd with eyes, but his name is even Emperor ''Spooj''.

* EverythingBetterWithDinosaurs: Superman summons a Triceratops to spring him out from the Preserver's cage.

* BizarreAlienBiology: Sqweek and his brother Gnaww are humanoids with rodent heads. One of their eyelids is itself a head that talks for them.

* BullSeeingRed: Superman is in a TailorMadePrison, trapped under a red light that neutralises his powers. He uses a shard of broken glass to reflect the red light into the eye of a Triceratops nearby, causing it to charge at his cell and break him open.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Superman summons a Triceratops to spring him out from the Preserver's cage.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Lobo fires a bullet at Superman, but he's too fast for it. However, the bullet is headed in the way of civilians, so Superman has to divert it into the sky. Lobo admits to not understanding what Superman was doing for a bit, before realizing that Superman doesn't want anyone to get hurt.

* {{Expy}}: Emperor Spooj is basically just [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]].

** Lobo describes how he and Supes would be tied down and tortured, and throws in a WeirdAside how it would be enjoyable under other circumstances.

* GodzillaThreshold: Superman relies on a Triceratops to break him out of his cage.

** Lois attacks Lobo with a crowbar. Lobo simply steals and devours it.

* PowerFloats: The Preserver's first form hovers over the ground.

* RunningGags: The [=LexCorp=] building getting smashed up during the Superman/Lobo fight.

** The three bounty hunters are all demoted to lowly clean-up crew by Emperor Spooj.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Superman after breaking free from his cage (and Lobo) is about to take his ship and leave. Superman insists that Lobo think of getting out of the zoo with him, but Lobo instead pursues vengeance on the Preserver for being a traitor and liar.

** Lobo's "[[YouAndWhatArmy Who's gonna make me?]]" boast, which usually leads to appropriate trouble showing up. After the Preserver goes OneWingedAngel in response, he mentions he should probably quit saying it.

* RevengeBeforeReason: Superman after breaking free from his cage (and Lobo) is about to take his ship and leave. Superman insists that Lobo think of leaving with him, but Lobo instead pursues vengeance on the Preserver for being a traitor and liar.

* 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]] only long enough for Superman to return to Earth and Lobo to get his bounty.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: When Superman breaks out of his cage, Lobo requests that he break him out as well. Superman scoffs that Lobo is a criminal who deserves this kind of treatment, but then Lobo threatens to wreak havoc on Earth some more and blow it up should he ever escape one day. Superman then agrees to free him.

* 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 missing a horn-cannon on its forehead.

* AssholeVictim: Lex gets his building trashed by the fight between Superman and Lobo, making him a not-so-innocent bystander.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: This episode confirms that the DCAU Superman needs a spacesuit to venture into space. Lobo can live (and talk) in space just fine without one.

** The Preserver likely died from being thrown into space without food.
** The three bounty hunters are all demoted to low-class clean-up crew by Emperor Spooj.

-->'''Lobo:''' The name's Lobo. That's L as in "'''L'''acerate", O as in "'''O'''bliterate", B as in "disem'''B'''owel", and O as in, uh... well, I guess I can use "'''O'''bliterate" twice.

* 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. 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.]]
* BullSeeingRed: Superman is in a TailorMadePrison, trapped under a red light that neutralises his powers. He uses a shard of broken glass to reflect the red light into the eye of a large alien creature nearby, causing it to charge at his cell and break him open.

* EnemyMine: Superman and Lobo team up against The Preserver.

* NukeEm: Lobo mentioned that he destroyed his home planet and wiped out his own species in Part 1, but what method he used to do isn't brought up. In Part 2 it is implied that Lobo used nukes to do so.

* SummonBiggerFish: Superman's pursuers ''think'' he's doing this when he breaks open the door to another environment, and decide to throw him to whatever bloodthirsty creature is within. See BriarPatching.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: When Superman breaks out of his cage, Lobo requests that he break him out as well. Superman scoffs that Lobo is a criminal who deserves this kind of treatment, but then Lobo threatens to wreak havoc on Earth and blow it up should he ever escape one day. Superman then agrees to free him.