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* CursedWithAwesome: The solar poisoning that is killing Superman has also granted him even greater abilities, tripling his strength at a ''minimum'' (There is simply no technology available to test his strength beyond that range). It might be killing him, but at least he can do a lot before he goes. [[spoiler: However, about halfway through the film this plot-point is dropped without explanation, as he explains that transporting the bottled city of Kandor to its new planet will take ''longer'' due to his condition]].
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* CursedWithAwesome: The solar poisoning that is killing Superman has also granted him even greater abilities, tripling his strength at a ''minimum'' (There is simply no technology available to test his strength beyond that range). It might be killing him, but at least he can do a lot before he goes. [[spoiler: However, about halfway through the film this plot-point is dropped reversed without explanation, as he explains that transporting the bottled city of Kandor to its new planet will take ''longer'' due to his condition]].condition. This could be hand-waved as his poisoning outpacing the overcharge, but there's no excuse given.]]
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* IronicEcho: At the end of the movie,[[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] repeats the opening [[strike: eight]]nine word narration, providing new implications for story's overall themes.
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* IronicEcho: At the end of the movie,[[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] repeats the opening [[strike: eight]]nine word narration, providing new implications for story's overall themes.
* {{Jerkass}}: Atlas and Samson try to woo Lois when she's on a date with Superman when ''they know for a fact he's dying''. Even if part of it was a StableTimeLoop thing, talk about kicking someone while they're down.
* KeyUnderTheDoormat: Lois lampshades this seemingly lapse method of entry to Superman's fortress, until he reveals the key is made of an ultra-dense dwarf star metal and weighs a million tons.
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* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe...and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe...and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Superman, after Solaris [[KickTheDog killed his pet sun-eater]]. Solaris's fate is a bit more ambiguous here than in the comic - when he asks for mercy, Supes doesn't say "You'll live". He says "I don't think I have any left." BOOM.]].
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* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe... and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe... and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fight between Bar-El and Lilo and Superman causes [[spoiler: a huge tear in the Moon that seems to be widening, thus threatening to destroy it.]] In the comic book, we see [[spoiler:Superman fixing the Moon by using bridges he brought from Earth.]] In the movie, this isn't shown, so the ultimate fate of [[spoiler:the Moon]] is left uncertain.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fight between Bar-El and Lilo and Superman causes [[spoiler: a huge tear in the Moon that seems to be widening, thus threatening to destroy it.]] In the comic book, we see [[spoiler:Superman fixing the Moon by using bridges he brought from Earth.]] In the movie, this isn't shown, shown (probably because it would be rather silly), so the ultimate fate of [[spoiler:the Moon]] is left uncertain.
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A film in the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, based on the [[AllStarSuperman [[ComicBook/AllStarSuperman comic of the same name]]. When Lex Luthor manages to poison the Man of Tomorrow with an overdose of solar radiation, a lethal effect that not even Superman can overcome, Superman decides that it is time to look back and wrap up his life. There are villains to overcome, answers for the woman he loves and his legacy to look to. However, Lex is still planning something and there is a villain hiding just out of sight...
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* ActorAllusion / CastingGag: EdAsner plays Perry White. [[LouGrant It wouldn't be the first time he]] [[WesternAnimation/Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries played a sour, crusty newsman.]]
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* ActorAllusion / CastingGag: EdAsner plays Perry White. [[LouGrant It wouldn't be the first time he]] [[WesternAnimation/Spider-ManTheAnimatedSeries [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries played a sour, crusty newsman.]]
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A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line, based on the [[AllStarSuperman comic of the same name]]. When Lex Luthor manages to poison the Man of Tomorrow with an overdose of solar radiation, a lethal effect that not even Superman can overcome, Superman decides that it is time to look back and wrap up his life. There are villains to overcome, answers for the woman he loves and his legacy to look to. However, Lex is still planning something and there is a villain hiding just out of sight...
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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: As seems to be the norm with DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies, the movie was available online over a week before its release date.
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* LighterAndSofter: This is the first movie in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies line to be rated PG instead of PG-13. For example, Supes doesn't ''bend Atlas' elbow the wrong way'' during the arm wrestling competition.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Superman explains to Lois that, even if he survived the solar poisoning, they can not have children [[NoBiochemicalBarriers because they are of two different species]]. [[spoiler: However, the final scene reveals that Lex Luthor has mapped Superman's genome and developed a way to merge it with a human's. All they would need is an ovum from a healthy human woman...]]
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* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler: Superman becomes this with descendents being derived from his DNA.]]
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Written by DwayneMcDuffie, the film was released to home media on February 22, 2011. Voice actors include James Denton (''DesperateHousewives'') as Superman, Christina Hendricks (''Series/MadMen'') as Lois Lane, Matthew Gray Gubler (''Series/CriminalMinds'') as Jimmy Olsen and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (''Series/WithoutATrace'') as LexLuthor.
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Written by DwayneMcDuffie, the film was released to home media on February 22, 2011. Voice actors include James Denton (''DesperateHousewives'') as Superman, Christina Hendricks ChristinaHendricks (''Series/MadMen'') as Lois Lane, Matthew Gray Gubler (''Series/CriminalMinds'') as Jimmy Olsen and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (''Series/WithoutATrace'') as LexLuthor.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Superman, after Solaris [[KickTheDog killed his pet sun-eater]]. The cartoon changes his response to "Mercy" from "You'll live" to "I don't think I have any left." BOOM.]].
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Superman, after Solaris [[KickTheDog killed his pet sun-eater]]. The cartoon changes his response to "Mercy" from Solaris's fate is a bit more ambiguous here than in the comic - when he asks for mercy, Supes doesn't say "You'll live" to live". He says "I don't think I have any left." BOOM.]].
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->''"He’s not dead, he’s up there fixing the sun. And when he’s done he’ll be back, and I’ll be here waiting for him."''
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->''[[DoomedHometown Doomed planet]]. [[DeathByOriginStory Desperate scientists]]. [[LastOfHisKind Last hope]]. [[HappilyAdopted Kindly couple]]. {{Superman}}.''
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->''"He’s not dead, he’s up there fixing the sun. And when he’s done he’ll be back, and I’ll be here waiting for him."''
-->-–'''Lois Lane'''
A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line, based on the [[AllStarSuperman comic of the same name]]. When Lex Luthor manages to poison the Man of Tomorrow with an overdose of solar radiation, a lethal effect that not even Superman can overcome, Superman decides that it is time to look back and wrap up his life. There are villains to overcome, answers for the woman he loves and his legacy to look to. However, Lex is still planning something and there is a villain hiding just out of sight...
Written by DwayneMcDuffie, the film was released to home media on February 22, 2011. Voice actors include James Denton (''DesperateHousewives'') as Superman, Christina Hendricks (''Series/MadMen'') as Lois Lane, Matthew Gray Gubler (''Series/CriminalMinds'') as Jimmy Olsen and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (''Series/WithoutATrace'') as LexLuthor.
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: Follows the plot of the comic, but drops several characters and storylines, such as Doomsday and Bizarro, and Superman's Twelve Challenges.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Robot Seven, and Lex Luthor at the end of the film.]]
* BittersweetEnding
* BookEnds: "Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple." is said both in the opening narration and by Luthor in the conclusion.
* BoringButPractical: Luthor believes that Clark Kent is writing in code and claims that he will decipher it in less than a minute, but Clark informs him that he is just using shorthand.
* CassandraTruth: Superman reveals his secret identity to Lois, but she flat-out refuses to believe him.
* ChekhovsGun: Literally, with the weapons in Superman's armory.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Superman warns [[spoiler: Solaris]] that Luthor will inevitably betray him, but [[spoiler: Solaris]] says that he will betray Luthor ''first''.
* ClarkKenting: [[TropeMaker Of course]]. In addition to the presence of glasses, when he appears as Clark he slouches, his hair is ruffled, he can not walk two feet without tripping over something and his voice is markedly different. These features are frequently mentioned within the various ''Superman'' comics, and were included in all live-action [[Film/{{Superman}} films]], but this is the first animated feature to include them.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: When Clark is interviewing Luthor in prison and [[spoiler: Parasite]] breaks free, he needs to rescue the guards and protect Luthor, all without being seen doing superhuman feats or suspiciously disappearing from view.
* CursedWithAwesome: The solar poisoning that is killing Superman has also granted him even greater abilities, tripling his strength at a ''minimum'' (There is simply no technology available to test his strength beyond that range). It might be killing him, but at least he can do a lot before he goes. [[spoiler: However, about halfway through the film this plot-point is dropped without explanation, as he explains that transporting the bottled city of Kandor to its new planet will take ''longer'' due to his condition]].
* DaddysLittleVillain: Lex is her uncle, but Nasthalthia Luthor very much counts.
* DaEditor: Perry White
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: As seems to be the norm with DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies, the movie was available online over a week before its release date.
* DisguisedInDrag: Hilariously ''subverted'' when Jimmy Olsen first appears in the movie wearing women's clothing:
--> '''Lombard:''' You workin' undercover on a story?
--> '''Jimmy:''' No, why?
* DressedInLayers: Clark Kent, as in most adaptations, wears the Superman uniform beneath his regular clothing.
* DropWhatYouAreDoing: Lois [[spoiler: when Clark Kent unbuttons his shirt.]]
* FirstTimeFeeling: [[spoiler: When Lex Luthor takes a SuperSerum and gains all of Superman's powers he begins to see ''everything'', including the very nature of existence and the makeup of the universe. The realization of how things fit together is one of the key factors in the only HeelRealization he has in any adaptation]].
* FootPopping
* HalfHumanHybrid: Superman explains to Lois that, even if he survived the solar poisoning, they can not have children [[NoBiochemicalBarriers because they are of two different species]]. [[spoiler: However, the final scene reveals that Lex Luthor has mapped Superman's genome and developed a way to merge it with a human's. All they would need is an ovum from a healthy human woman...]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: '''''[[LexLuthor Lex Flippin' Luthor]]'''''. In one of the only occurances of the trope in ''any'' incarnation of Luthor in all Superman media, Superman points out that Luthor could have saved the world years ago if it had really mattered to him ''and Luthor admits that he was right''. He then goes on to accept impending execution, and finally does something to help the world by giving the blueprints to Superman's DNA.]]
* IfIWantedYouDead: Variation. Lex claims that, if his invitation to Dr. Quintum to visit him in prison was part of an escape attempt, he would already be gone.
* IntrepidReporter: Lois Lane still has impressive reporting skills, but in this film it is Clark Kent that is actually ''in'' the dangerous situations and reporting on the life-or-death struggles.
* IronicEcho: At the end of the movie,[[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] repeats the opening [[strike: eight]]nine word narration, providing new implications for story's overall themes.
--> "Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. ''Superman''."
* [[ItsAllAboutMe It's All About Me]]: When [[spoiler: Parasite attempts to absorb Superman's powers when he was interviewing Luthor under the guise of Clark Kent]], Luthor never realizes that ''he'' is not the target.
* JerkJock: Lombard.
* LastDance: [[spoiler:Superman knows he is going to die anyway, and hurls himself into the sun to sustain it and save the Earth]].
* LighterAndSofter: This is the first movie in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line to be rated PG instead of PG-13.
* LivingOnBorrowedTime: There is no way to cure Superman of the solar poisoning that is killing him, but it will take weeks for him to finally die from its effects.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Lois Lane states that Superman is ''not'' going to die, that she and he are going to have a life and children together, but Superman explains that even if he survives the solar poisoning [[AvertedTrope they could never have children because their physiology is too different.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: When the local jerk at the Daily Planet lights Clark Kent's jacket on fire, Clark retaliates by setting his ''toupee'' on fire.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Lex himself at the end, donating the blueprints of Superman's DNA to Dr. Quintum.]]
* PureEnergy: Superman claims this is what he is becoming as his disease progresses.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Superman, after Solaris [[KickTheDog killed his pet sun-eater]]]].
* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe...and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
* SuperSerum: Superman develops a serum that will grant a normal human all of his strengths and abilities without any of his weaknesses. However, it only lasts for twenty-four hours, and it needs to be specifically tailored to an individual person's DNA.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fight between Bar-El and Lilo and Superman causes [[spoiler: a huge tear in the Moon that seems to be widening, thus threatening to destroy it.]] In the comic book, we see [[spoiler:Superman fixing the Moon by using bridges he brought from Earth.]] In the movie, this isn't shown, so the ultimate fate of [[spoiler:the Moon]] is left uncertain.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: The premise of the film is Superman dying from solar poisoning and spending his remaining days doing all that he can to finish his life and leave the universe better for his passing.
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->''"He’s not dead, he’s up there fixing the sun. And when he’s done he’ll be back, and I’ll be here waiting for him."''
-->-–'''Lois Lane'''
A film in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line, based on the [[AllStarSuperman comic of the same name]]. When Lex Luthor manages to poison the Man of Tomorrow with an overdose of solar radiation, a lethal effect that not even Superman can overcome, Superman decides that it is time to look back and wrap up his life. There are villains to overcome, answers for the woman he loves and his legacy to look to. However, Lex is still planning something and there is a villain hiding just out of sight...
Written by DwayneMcDuffie, the film was released to home media on February 22, 2011. Voice actors include James Denton (''DesperateHousewives'') as Superman, Christina Hendricks (''Series/MadMen'') as Lois Lane, Matthew Gray Gubler (''Series/CriminalMinds'') as Jimmy Olsen and Anthony [=LaPaglia=] (''Series/WithoutATrace'') as LexLuthor.
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!!This movie provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: Follows the plot of the comic, but drops several characters and storylines, such as Doomsday and Bizarro, and Superman's Twelve Challenges.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Robot Seven, and Lex Luthor at the end of the film.]]
* BittersweetEnding
* BookEnds: "Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple." is said both in the opening narration and by Luthor in the conclusion.
* BoringButPractical: Luthor believes that Clark Kent is writing in code and claims that he will decipher it in less than a minute, but Clark informs him that he is just using shorthand.
* CassandraTruth: Superman reveals his secret identity to Lois, but she flat-out refuses to believe him.
* ChekhovsGun: Literally, with the weapons in Superman's armory.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Superman warns [[spoiler: Solaris]] that Luthor will inevitably betray him, but [[spoiler: Solaris]] says that he will betray Luthor ''first''.
* ClarkKenting: [[TropeMaker Of course]]. In addition to the presence of glasses, when he appears as Clark he slouches, his hair is ruffled, he can not walk two feet without tripping over something and his voice is markedly different. These features are frequently mentioned within the various ''Superman'' comics, and were included in all live-action [[Film/{{Superman}} films]], but this is the first animated feature to include them.
* CoverBlowingSuperpower: When Clark is interviewing Luthor in prison and [[spoiler: Parasite]] breaks free, he needs to rescue the guards and protect Luthor, all without being seen doing superhuman feats or suspiciously disappearing from view.
* CursedWithAwesome: The solar poisoning that is killing Superman has also granted him even greater abilities, tripling his strength at a ''minimum'' (There is simply no technology available to test his strength beyond that range). It might be killing him, but at least he can do a lot before he goes. [[spoiler: However, about halfway through the film this plot-point is dropped without explanation, as he explains that transporting the bottled city of Kandor to its new planet will take ''longer'' due to his condition]].
* DaddysLittleVillain: Lex is her uncle, but Nasthalthia Luthor very much counts.
* DaEditor: Perry White
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: As seems to be the norm with DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies, the movie was available online over a week before its release date.
* DisguisedInDrag: Hilariously ''subverted'' when Jimmy Olsen first appears in the movie wearing women's clothing:
--> '''Lombard:''' You workin' undercover on a story?
--> '''Jimmy:''' No, why?
* DressedInLayers: Clark Kent, as in most adaptations, wears the Superman uniform beneath his regular clothing.
* DropWhatYouAreDoing: Lois [[spoiler: when Clark Kent unbuttons his shirt.]]
* FirstTimeFeeling: [[spoiler: When Lex Luthor takes a SuperSerum and gains all of Superman's powers he begins to see ''everything'', including the very nature of existence and the makeup of the universe. The realization of how things fit together is one of the key factors in the only HeelRealization he has in any adaptation]].
* FootPopping
* HalfHumanHybrid: Superman explains to Lois that, even if he survived the solar poisoning, they can not have children [[NoBiochemicalBarriers because they are of two different species]]. [[spoiler: However, the final scene reveals that Lex Luthor has mapped Superman's genome and developed a way to merge it with a human's. All they would need is an ovum from a healthy human woman...]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: '''''[[LexLuthor Lex Flippin' Luthor]]'''''. In one of the only occurances of the trope in ''any'' incarnation of Luthor in all Superman media, Superman points out that Luthor could have saved the world years ago if it had really mattered to him ''and Luthor admits that he was right''. He then goes on to accept impending execution, and finally does something to help the world by giving the blueprints to Superman's DNA.]]
* IfIWantedYouDead: Variation. Lex claims that, if his invitation to Dr. Quintum to visit him in prison was part of an escape attempt, he would already be gone.
* IntrepidReporter: Lois Lane still has impressive reporting skills, but in this film it is Clark Kent that is actually ''in'' the dangerous situations and reporting on the life-or-death struggles.
* IronicEcho: At the end of the movie,[[spoiler: Lex Luthor]] repeats the opening [[strike: eight]]nine word narration, providing new implications for story's overall themes.
--> "Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. ''Superman''."
* [[ItsAllAboutMe It's All About Me]]: When [[spoiler: Parasite attempts to absorb Superman's powers when he was interviewing Luthor under the guise of Clark Kent]], Luthor never realizes that ''he'' is not the target.
* JerkJock: Lombard.
* LastDance: [[spoiler:Superman knows he is going to die anyway, and hurls himself into the sun to sustain it and save the Earth]].
* LighterAndSofter: This is the first movie in the DCUniverseOriginalAnimatedMovies line to be rated PG instead of PG-13.
* LivingOnBorrowedTime: There is no way to cure Superman of the solar poisoning that is killing him, but it will take weeks for him to finally die from its effects.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Lois Lane states that Superman is ''not'' going to die, that she and he are going to have a life and children together, but Superman explains that even if he survives the solar poisoning [[AvertedTrope they could never have children because their physiology is too different.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: When the local jerk at the Daily Planet lights Clark Kent's jacket on fire, Clark retaliates by setting his ''toupee'' on fire.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: Lex himself at the end, donating the blueprints of Superman's DNA to Dr. Quintum.]]
* PureEnergy: Superman claims this is what he is becoming as his disease progresses.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Superman, after Solaris [[KickTheDog killed his pet sun-eater]]]].
* SenseLossSadness: [[spoiler: For a few brief moments, Lex Luthor saw it ''all'' and understood ''everything'', the very nature of the universe...and then it all went away. This, more than anything else, lead to the only HeelRealization that he has had in any incarnation]].
* SuperSerum: Superman develops a serum that will grant a normal human all of his strengths and abilities without any of his weaknesses. However, it only lasts for twenty-four hours, and it needs to be specifically tailored to an individual person's DNA.
* StrangeSyntaxSpeaker
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fight between Bar-El and Lilo and Superman causes [[spoiler: a huge tear in the Moon that seems to be widening, thus threatening to destroy it.]] In the comic book, we see [[spoiler:Superman fixing the Moon by using bridges he brought from Earth.]] In the movie, this isn't shown, so the ultimate fate of [[spoiler:the Moon]] is left uncertain.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: The premise of the film is Superman dying from solar poisoning and spending his remaining days doing all that he can to finish his life and leave the universe better for his passing.
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