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Everythings Better With Monkeys has been turned into a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples and examples that don’t fit existing tropes will be removed.


* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: During Titano's rampage at the zoo, some monkeys escape and cause mischief.



* MightyGlacier: Unlike how gigantic animals and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.



* MightyGlacier: Unlike how gigantic animals and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.

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* MightyGlacier: Unlike how gigantic animals MischiefMakingMonkey: During Titano's rampage at the zoo, some monkeys escape and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.cause mischief.

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* MightyGlacier: Unlike how gigantic animals and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.



* RealityEnsues: Unlike how gigantic animals and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.
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* RealityEnsues: Unlike how gigantic animals and monsters are typically depicted in popular media, giant Titano can only move about in a slow and lumbering manner.

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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: A variant; when Titano begins growing to unnatural size, Jimmy calls Lois and begs her to come back to the apartment, but he doesn't explain what precisely has gone wrong. Lois still returns, but presumably she would have hurried more if she had known of the crisis in progress.

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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: A variant; when When Titano begins growing to unnatural size, Jimmy calls Lois and begs her to come back to the apartment, but he doesn't explain what precisely has gone wrong. Lois still returns, but presumably she would have hurried more if she had known of the crisis in progress.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jimmy finally has enough and runs for it when Titano grows so big that he can barely fit in the apartment.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After an uncertain amount of time trying to watch the monkey, Jimmy finally has enough and runs for it when Titano grows so big that he can barely fit in the apartment.


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* TestYourStrengthGame: A "strength" tester appears during Superman and Titano's battle. The ape pitches Supes into it so hard that he rings the bell.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lois and Jimmy are digging through a pile of plush toy monkeys and squeezing each one in an attempt to find one that will play a particular song to calm down Lois' rampaging giant pet chimp, Titano. Jimmy expresses doubt that they will ever find the correct toy; Lois snaps, "Shut up and keep squeezing the monkeys!"
** It could be more of a ShoutOut to ''Wizard Magazine'' which at the time had a recurring character named Keep Squeezin Them Monkeys Lad.

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* ContinuityNod: Lois' sister Lucy, who she mentioned in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E8Mxypixilated Mxypixilated]]", appears in the prologue.

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* ContinuityNod: Lois' sister Lucy, who she mentioned in "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E8Mxypixilated "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E8Mxyzpixilated Mxypixilated]]", appears in the prologue.

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* ContinuityNod: Lois' sister Lucy, who she mentioned in "Mxypixilated", appears in the prologue.

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* ContinuityNod: Lois' sister Lucy, who she mentioned in "Mxypixilated", "[[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS2E8Mxypixilated Mxypixilated]]", appears in the prologue.


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* OffModel: In the scene where a family is watching the monkeys in the Metropolis zoo, the father's eyes are out of alignment - one pupil is looking up, the other looking down, giving him an awkward expression.
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* GilliganCut: Dr. Hamilton voices his opinion that it would be good for Titano to go back to living with Lois. Lois protest, the camera pans to Clark and Dr. Hamilton's faces and then we cut to Titano wrecking Lois' apartment.

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* GilliganCut: Dr. Hamilton voices his opinion that it would be good for Titano to go back to living with Lois. Lois protest, protests, the camera pans to Clark and Dr. Hamilton's faces and then we cut to Titano wrecking Lois' apartment.
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* TimeShiftedActor: A then unknown Creator/MaeWhitman plays the 8-year old Lois.
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* CutenessProximity: a mild version when Lois reunites with Titano. She speaks in a voice slightly more sing-songy than usual and calls him "[her] pretty baby."

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* CutenessProximity: a A mild version when Lois reunites with Titano. She speaks in a voice slightly more sing-songy than usual and calls him "[her] pretty baby."
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* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: both Lois and Jimmy (who she roped into watching Titano while she took a break), although Jimmy arguably gets the worse end -- the chimp throws things at him. Things like the refrigerator.

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* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: both Lois and Jimmy (who she roped into both have an unfortunate experience babysitting, with the twist that they're watching Titano a monkey, Titano. After keeping him for a week, an exhausted Lois presses Jimmy into service while she took takes a break), although Jimmy arguably gets the worse end -- the chimp break. Titano throws things at him. Things like (including the refrigerator.refrigerator) at his unfortunate watcher.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Sam Lane is way more nicer than his comics counterpart.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Sam Lane is way more nicer than his comics counterpart.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Dr. Hamilton and his scientists get attacked by super sized bacteria. Then Metropolis gets "attacked" by an oversized chimpanzee.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Dr. Hamilton and his scientists get attacked by super sized bacteria. Then Metropolis gets "attacked" by an oversized over-sized chimpanzee.



* BridalCarry: Superman catches Jimmy in midair after he slips and falls from the roof trying to get away from Titano. The next shot shows him carrying his younger coworker in his arms as he goes to survey the damage.



* ContinuityNod: Lois' sister Lucy, who she mentioned in "Mxypixilated", appears in the prologue.



* DogpileOfDoom: The mega-microbes crawl over Superman after he saves Dr. Hamilton and the other scientists from them, but Supes slings them all off with a burst of super-strength.



* InUniverseNickname: Lois was called "Lo-Lo" when Titano was staying with the Lanes.



* MiracleGroMonster: the gas, combined with Earth's atmosphere, turns Titano into a giant.
* MilitaryBrat: Lois and Lucy were one as kids, which is how Lois knew Titano.

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* MiracleGroMonster: the The gas, combined with Earth's atmosphere, turns Titano into a giant.
* MilitaryBrat: Lois and Lucy were one daughters of an army man as kids, which is how Lois knew Titano.


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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: A variant; when Titano begins growing to unnatural size, Jimmy calls Lois and begs her to come back to the apartment, but he doesn't explain what precisely has gone wrong. Lois still returns, but presumably she would have hurried more if she had known of the crisis in progress.
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* ImNotHungry: Despite being in space for years, Titano doesn't feel like eating when first offered food.

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* ImNotHungry: Despite being in space for years, Titano doesn't feel like eating when first offered food. He perks up however and takes the banana upon seeing Lois.

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** The episode was apparently a remake/homage to a similar episode of the 60s Superman cartoon.

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** The episode was apparently a remake/homage to a similar episode of the 60s Superman cartoon.''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSuperman''.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Sam Lane is way more nicer than his comics counterpart.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Sam Lane works for the U.S. Army in the comics, here he works for the U.S. Air Force and was involved in the space program.
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** It could be more of a ShoutOut to ''Wizard Magazine'' which at the time had a recurring character named Keep Squeezin Them Monkeys Lad

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** It could be more of a ShoutOut to ''Wizard Magazine'' which at the time had a recurring character named Keep Squeezin Them Monkeys LadLad.



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jimmy finally has enough and runs for it when Titano grows large enough that he can barely fit in the apartment.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jimmy finally has enough and runs for it when Titano grows large enough so big that he can barely fit in the apartment.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lois and Jimmy are digging through a pile of plush toy monkeys and squeezing each one in an attempt to find one that will play a particular song to calm down Lois' rampaging giant pet chimp, Titano. Jimmy expresses doubt that they will ever find the correct toy; Lois snaps, "Shut up and keep squeezing the monkeys!"
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* MythologyGag: The episode was apparently a remake/homage to a similar episode of the 60s Superman cartoon.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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** The toy monkey is named Beppo, which is the name of the Super Monkey.
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* MythologyGag: The episode was apparently a remake/homage to a similar episode of the 60s Superman cartoon.



* TemptingFate: The head of the space program assures young Lois that Titano will be okay, until something went wrong.

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* TemptingFate: The head of the space program assures young Lois that Titano will be okay, until something went wrong.wrong.
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* ShoutOut: When Bibbo smacks Titano for messing up his dock, he calls him "Cheetah", the name of one of Tarzan's monkey friends.

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* ShoutOut: When Bibbo smacks Titano for messing up his dock, he calls him "Cheetah", the name of one of Tarzan's monkey friends.ape friends who debuted in the Weissmuller films and has been retired since the 90's, much to the joy of Burroughs purists.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeysEverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: During Titano's rampage at the zoo, some monkeys escape and cause mischief.



* MilitaryBrat: Lois was one as a kid, which is how she knew Titano.

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* MilitaryBrat: Lois was and Lucy were one as a kid, kids, which is how she Lois knew Titano.
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* MythologyGag: Titano was a character in the comics.
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* AdaptationalWimp: The original version of Titano from the comics was a super-intelligent giant ape who could fire kryptonite beams from his eyes; this one is pretty much "only" a confused giant ape.
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* ShoutOut: When Bibbo smacks Titano for messing up his dock, he calls him "Cheetah", the name of one of Tarzan's monkey friends.

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* ShoutOut: When Bibbo smacks Titano for messing up his dock, he calls him "Cheetah", the name of one of Tarzan's monkey friends.friends.
* TemptingFate: The head of the space program assures young Lois that Titano will be okay, until something went wrong.
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* LabPet: Titano lives with Lois as a pet until it's time for him to be launched into space.
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* ImNotHungry: Despite being in space for years, Titano doesn't feel like eating when first offered food.
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* IronicName: Titano was originally named after the rocket he was a passenger in, ''Titan-0''. When he grows to ''titanic'' size, something the Air Force likely never intended, his name becomes very fitting.

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