History WesternAnimation / TheDeathOfSuperman

* GreaterScopeVillain: Lex speculates that Doomsday did not come here by chance but was sent to "soften up" the Earth by some unknown alien threat. [[spoiler: It is hinted to be Apokolips / Darkseid, since Doomsday appeared in the solar system through what looks like a Boom Tube, and though Lex is accused of supplying Intergang with modified Apokoliptian tech, he never admits to it and it might well have been that they were supplied straight from the source just as they are in canon. ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'' confirms that Doomsday was ultimately a "doomsday weapon" for Darkseid.]]

This film and its sequel will be rereleased on ''October 1, 2019'' in a CompilationMovie, ''The Death and Return of Superman''.

* CallBack: When Superman meets John Henry Irons, he asks if they had met, with Irons replying "at a construction site". Superman had saved him way back in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis''

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Shazam, John Stewart, Justice League Dark and the Titans are nowhere to be seen, though the Titans are at least name-dropped.
* ClarkKenting: Notable by its absence. Clark isn't drawn different from Superman, and Jerry O'Connell doesn't change his voice. Clark even wears tight, short-sleeved shirts that show off his super muscles. Then he finally decides to tell Lois he's Superman. . . and she laughs. He looks around to make sure no one's watching, takes off his glasses. . . and it ''still'' takes Lois several seconds to grasp the truth. In the next film, she notes she's rubbish when it comes to secret identities.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Supermen are all hinted at within the first half of the film.

This film and its sequel will be rereleased on ''October 1, 2019'' in a compilation movie, ''The Death and Return of Superman''.

* EyeBeams: Superman naturally but in a departure from his comic book counterpart Doomsday also has them. Likely done as a ShoutOut to [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman V Superman]].

** Like in ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman V Superman]]'', Doomsday hurls a car at Diana, who cleaves it in two with her sword, [[spoiler:then alludes to [[Film/WonderWoman2017 a different movie]] with the sword being ineffectual on Doomsday and shattering]]. And the moment Superman delivers the killing strike, [[spoiler:Doomsday mortally impales him with a bone spur]]. Doomsday has [[EyeBeams Heat Vision]] which he doesn’t in the comics but does in [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman V Superman]].

** Like in ''[[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Batman V Superman]]'', Doomsday hurls a car at Diana, who cleaves it in two with her sword, [[spoiler:then alludes to [[Film/WonderWoman2017 a different movie]] with the sword being ineffectual on Doomsday and shattering]]. And the moment Superman delivers the killing strike, [[spoiler:Doomsday mortally impales him with a bone spur]].

->'''Superman''': Does Iris know?\\

* BloodIsSquickierInWater: Doomsday attacking the Atlanteans results in copious amounts of this trope.

* MovieMultipack: The film is the first half of a ''Death of Superman'' duology, with the second half, ''Film/ReignOfTheSupermen'', released in 2019.

* MovieMultipack: The film is the first half of a ''Death of Superman'' duology, with the second half, ''Reign of the Supermen'', to be released in 2019.

* RoleReprisal: [[https://www.newsarama.com/39959-death-of-superman-release-date-set-home-video-details.html We have]] Creator/MaxMittelman reprising his ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' role as Jimmy Olsen, Creator/PaulEiding reprising his ''WesternAnimation/SupermanVsTheElite'' role as Pa Kent, and Creator/JenniferHale reprising her ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' role as Ma Kent.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Lex speculates that Doomsday did not come here by chance but was sent to "soften up" the Earth by some unknown alien threat. [[spoiler: It is hinted to be Apokolips / Darkseid, since Doomsday appeared in the solar system through what looks like a Boom Tube, and though Lex is accused of supplying Intergang with modified Apokoliptian tech, he never admits to it and it might well have been that they were supplied straight from the source just as they are in canon.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: Lex complains about the public's love for Superman, accusing them of being faithfully blind to an alien. Which ends up being true to Henshaw who gets killed in space.

** Doomsday's displays of AdaptiveAbility count as this, as he didn't display this trait until he was brought back in the comics. In particular, his sporadic use of EyeBeams is a nod to his backstory as a bio-engineering experiment conducted by a pre-Kryptonian race on primeval Krypton, as was revealed in ''ComicBook/SupermanDoomsdayHunterPrey''.

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* SeinfeldianConversation: The League's weekly meeting starts out like this, with Cyborg noting they've gone over their allotted power budget. Batman notes [[RichUnclePennybags he'll take care of it]]; Wonder Woman then notes sales of her merchandise were good this year and she can chip in if the Wayne Foundation falls short. Batman turns to her going, "You're kidding, right?" before they move on to a more plot-important discussion.

** ComicBook/LexLuthor is also his usual self rather than pretending to be his his own red-headed Australian son. (See MythologyGag though)
** A good chunk of ''Funeral For A Friend'' was about how various people wanted to steal Superman's body for different reasons (including Luthor, so he could clone him and create Superboy) with it eventually ending up in the hands of The Eradicator. [[spoiler:The movie skips pretty much all of this in favor of showing that Luthor was already working on Superboy, and The Eradicator steals Superman's body immediately.]]

* AdaptationDistillation: While TruerToTheText than WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday, the movie still simplifies a lot of things in order to streamline the story.
** The ComicBook/MartianManhunter is his usual self rather than the amnesic [[XtremeKoolLetterz Bloodwynd.]]

* TheBusCameBack: This marks Hal Jordan's return to the Animated New 52 after being absent from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans'', and John Stewart filling the Green Lantern role in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDark''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Lex speculates that Doomsday did not come here by chance but was sent to "soften up" the Earth by some unknown alien threat. [[spoiler: It is hinted to be Apokolips / Darkseid, since Doomsday appeared in the solar system through what looks like a Boom Tube, and though Lex is accused of supplying Intergang with modified Apokoliptian tech he never admits to it and it might well have been that they were supplied straight from the source just as the are in canon.]]