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* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s episode "Supermen" has a guy in a superhero costume and as many references they could possibly cram in including glass with traces of krypton, and the guy's street clothes and glasses left in a phone booth.
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* ''Literature/YouLookDifferentInRealLife'': Justine thinks that in Manhattan, small-town popular boy Nate is like Superman back on Krypton - he has no powers here.
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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': The scene with Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor being ambushed in an alley and Diana blocking bullets is a {{gender flip}}ped homage to a scene from the 1978 Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' film. Creator/GalGadot even wears a hat and glasses that look an awful lot like those Creator/ChristopherReeve wore in that scene.

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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': The scene with Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor being ambushed in an alley and Diana blocking bullets is a {{gender flip}}ped homage to a scene from the 1978 Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' film. Creator/GalGadot even wears a hat and glasses that look an awful lot like those Creator/ChristopherReeve wore in that scene.
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* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': The scene with Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor being ambushed in an alley and Diana blocking bullets is a {{gender flip}}ped homage to a scene from the 1978 Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'' film. Creator/GalGadot even wears a hat and glasses that look an awful lot like those Creator/ChristopherReeve wore in that scene.
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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Super Grover's superhero alter-ego, Super Grover, is an obvious parody of Superman.

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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Super Grover's superhero alter-ego, Super Grover, is an obvious parody of Superman.
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* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Super Grover's superhero alter-ego, Super Grover, is an obvious parody of Superman.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'': At one point, Buster, Babs, and Byron are falling off a waterfall. When Buster grabs Babs and tells her that he's got her, she asks him "[[Film/SupermanTheMovie But who's got you?]]" This is immediately followed by the three of them being caught in midair by Superman himself, while [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong some music similar]] to the Music/JohnWilliams theme is played in the background. However, [[UnwantedRescue the rabbits soon start to complain about the Man of Steel rescuing them]]:
-->'''Buster:''' Hey pal, this is our story!\\
'''Babs:''' Yeah! Get your own video!\\
'''Superman:''' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor It's your call.]] ''(drops them to their doom before leaving)''

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* ''Film/SpiderMan1'': When Peter tries to figure out [[HowDoIShotWeb how to shoot web out of his hands]], he exclaims various lines, one of them being "[[UpUpAndAway Up, up and away]], web!" Later, while he's visiting Aunt May at the hospital, she tells him that he's already doing too much and adds "You're not Superman, you know."



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* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has reviewed various ''Superman'' video games for the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], UsefulNotes/Commodore64, and UsefulNotes/Nintendo64.

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* The Burn Rubber map in ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed 2]]'' includes Smallville and [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Otisburg]].
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* In the ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Super Docs", Slim Doc wears a blue costume with a red-colored cape and upside-down trangle-shaped ChestInsignia, clearly meant to be Superman's outfit. His partner Fat Doc wears a costume meant to be Franchise/{{Batman}}'s, too.
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* In ''Film/ZigZag2002'', [=ZigZag=] wonders if they have the "noise," his word for cancer, where Superman comes from.
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* In ''Film/BreakingPoint1976'', Andy pretends to be Superman while he leaps onto his bed.
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** The 1955 short ''Stupor Duck'' features WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck as an inept superhero trying to thwart an adversary who doesn't exist.

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* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'':
** The title card of "Super Duper Man" is meant to resemble Superman's insignia.
** There's another reference to Superman in "Super Murgiyan", where, when Motu describes the super-powered chickens to Inspector Chingum, he says they ate Dr. Jhatka's special medicine and then became "super chickens like Superman".
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* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': In "Home is Where the Heart Attack Is", Carlton visits his father in the hospital following his heart attack from an unhealthy diet, and he admits that he can't bear to see him in such a vulnerable state, saying "You're like Superman to me."
-->'''Phil:''' Yeah, and cheeseburgers are my kryptonite, huh?
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* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', robots with costumes of Superman, Franchise/{{Batman}}, and Franchise/SpiderMan are known to appear every once in a while.
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** The 1955 short ''Stupor Duck'' features Daffy Duck as an inept superhero trying to thwart an adversary who doesn't exist.

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', Melissa puts forth her fan theory about ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Doctor Zone Files]]'' while waiting in line for the movie:
-->'''Melissa:''' So, Doctor Zone's mom knew that their planet was going to explode. So she wrapped her babies in one of those blankets that babies are always escaping exploding planets in. But the getaway rocket only had room for one baby. So, the other baby was caught in the implosion and sucked into a time vortex that turned him into a transchronological being, who's appearance would make our heads explode!
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** The 1943 short ''Super-Rabbit'' features Bugs Bunny as the eponymous hero, who gains powered through eating special carrots.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.

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* ''Webcomic/AngbandTalesFromThePit'': [[http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-18 In this scene]].



* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.
* ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' references the famous "It's a bird!" line when introducing the Seljuk Turks.
* During the "Imaginationland" arc in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Superman is briefly heard on the phone.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.
* ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' references the famous "It's a bird!" line when introducing the Seljuk Turks.
* During the "Imaginationland" arc in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Superman is briefly heard on the phone.

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* ''Webcomic/AngbandTalesFromThePit'': [[http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-18 In this scene]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** The 1940 short ''Goofy Groceries'' features a parody called Superguy.
** The 1943 short ''Super-Rabbit'' features Bugs Bunny as the eponymous hero, who gains powered through eating special carrots.
** The 1955 short ''Stupor Duck'' features Daffy Duck as an inept superhero trying to thwart an adversary who doesn't exist.
** The 1996 short ''Superior Duck'' is another parody with Daffy as a wannabe superhero, complete with Supes himself appearing near the end to bail him out.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'': The episode "Super Rabbit" has Bugs telling Daffy the story of ''Film/SupermanII'', with Bugs as Superman, Daffy as General Zod, Elmer Fudd as Lex Luthor, and Marvin the Martian as Brainiac.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'':
** In ''Nix on Hypnotricks'', Popeye's spinach-powered climax shows him turning into a parody of Superman, complete with the "S" from the can's label being stuck to his shirt.
** The short ''Fleets of Stren'th'' opens with Popeye reading a ''Superman'' comic book.
** In ''She-Sick Sailors'', Bluto disguises himself as Superman to impress Olive.
* ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'': The short "Snafuperman" has Snafu becoming the titular hero to better fight in the war (complete with the theme from the Paramount cartoons on the soundtrack).
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* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" is a full-length Silver Age Superman parody/tribute. In a prologue, a boy called Grant Gordon swallows a mystical gem due to a misunderstanding. The wish-fulfilling gem grants him superhuman powers, and when he grows up he becomes the Ghost, a FlyingBrick superhero with a geeky alter-ego, who has a LovesMyAlterEgo triangular relationship with the female journalist who employs him as her child's nanny.
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* ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' references the famous "It's a bird!" line when introducing the Seljuk Turks.
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* During the "Imaginationland" arc in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Superman is briefly heard on the phone.
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* ''Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories'': In the 18th story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Superman," but later comes to compare himself with [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] when he finds out his attempted "rescue" a woman and the children in her care from a fire ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast.

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* ''Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories'': In the 18th story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Superman," but later comes to compare himself with [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]] when he finds out his attempted "rescue" of a woman and the children in her care from a fire ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as Jimmy Olsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as Jimmy Olsen, ComicBook/JimmyOlsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.
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* ''Literature/{{Anachronauts}}'': Carrie "Astro Gal" Lane is a Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} expy with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s catchphrases.

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* ''Literature/{{Anachronauts}}'': Carrie "Astro Gal" Lane is a Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} expy {{expy}} with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s catchphrases.
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* ''Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories'': In the eighteenth story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Superman," but later comes to compare himself with Charlie Brown when he finds out his attempted "rescue" a woman and the children in her care from a fire ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast.

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* ''Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories'': In the eighteenth 18th story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Superman," but later comes to compare himself with [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown Brown]] when he finds out his attempted "rescue" a woman and the children in her care from a fire ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast.
* ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'': On [[http://www.heroicmultiverse.com/flare/webcomic/index.php?pn=808 this page]], Jimmy Dooley cosplays as Jimmy Olsen, complete with signal watch. Sparkplug, who is dressed as Franchise/WonderWoman, is not impressed.
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* ''Literature/{{Anachronauts}}'': Carrie "Astro Gal" Lane is a Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} expy with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s catchphrases.
* ''Literature/{{Anathem}}'': One of the Iconographies the sæcular world sometimes associates with the avouts involves Superman.
* ''Webcomic/AngbandTalesFromThePit'': [[http://angband.calamarain.net/view.php?date=2006-08-18 In this scene]].
* ''Literature/BrownsPineRidgeStories'': In the eighteenth story, Gary at first says that he "felt like Superman," but later comes to compare himself with Charlie Brown when he finds out his attempted "rescue" a woman and the children in her care from a fire ended up destroying her house over a burnt pot roast.

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