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4	''Superman: True Brit'' is an Creator/DCComics story published under the ''Creator/{{Elseworlds}}'' imprint, written by Creator/MontyPython alum Creator/JohnCleese and Kim Howard Johnson, with art by Creator/JohnByrne and Mark Farmer.
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6	It humorously speculates on [[WhatIf what could have happened]] if Kal-El had been raised in England rather than Kansas, and still became ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
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8	Compare ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', which shows what could have happened if Supes had been raised in the USSR instead.
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11	!!This story contains examples of:
12	* AdaptationalDumbass: In canon, Superman refuses to use his powers to create diamonds or bring back valuable materials from other planets because he knows doing so would have dire economic consequences. This version of Superman tries the former (with [[WorthlessYellowRocks predictable results]]) and suggests doing the latter to solve the problems creating the diamonds caused, which prompts an irate member of the House of Lords to point out that he knows absolutely nothing about economics.
13	* AdoptiveNameChange: Baby Kal-El's rocket lands in England. His parents learn his birth name early on, but decide to give him the more appropriately British name "Colin Clark", because they don't want the neighbors to think they've adopted a foreigner.
14	* AlliterativeName: "Colin Clark" is one, starting with the same consonant sounds as "Clark Kent".
15	* AmusingInjuries: On more than one occasion Colin's strength leaves a cricket implement lodged within someone which cannot be removed without killing them.
16	* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Superman turning all the nation's coal into diamonds, which not only [[WorthlessYellowRocks greatly devalues the price of diamonds]] but puts thousands of coal miners out of work. He then suggests he can go to outer space and bring back huge amounts of gold, causing a Lord to chastise him for not understanding basic economics.
17	* BorrowingTheBeatles: Music/TheRutles serve as the local stand-in for the Beatles.
18	* DecompositeCharacter: Essentially; Louisa Layne-Ferret is initially presented as the equivalent of Lois Lane, but Lois herself is later introduced as Louisa’s American cousin.
19	* TheDailyMisinformer: The Daily Smear, which Colin Clark works for, is a magazine whose editors have no compunction against printing libel, lies or even slandering Superman.
20	* DramaPreservingHandicap: It’s eventually revealed that part of the reason for Colin’s problems is that [[spoiler:his enemies slipped kryptonite into a medal he was given early on, weakening him and causing him further issues with his self-confidence]].
21	* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Colin’s so nice that it takes him a while to recognise that his colleagues are more interested in tabloid journalism and uncovering scandal than actual news.
22	* FunWithHomophones: In this continuity the Batman is someone who has a cricket bat lodged in his stomach by Colin's bumbling.
23	* IdiotHero: Colin is utterly incompetent at being a superhero.
24	* MythologyGag: When Colin moves to America he decides to change his name, keeping his family name but also honoring his parents' place of birth in Kent, deciding on Kent Clark.
25	* NaturalizedName: In this story, Kal-El is given the English name Colin Clark.
26	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Superman tries to generate more wealth by turning all of the United Kingdom's coal into diamonds. Not only does this make it so that diamonds are worth ''less'' than coal, but it puts thousands of coal miners out of work and renders heating the country much harder.
27	* RunningGag: Every time Colin does something embarrassing, his parents move further and further away.
28	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end, Superman leaves for America in hopes that he'll be better accepted there.
29	* ShoutOut:
30	** A ShoutOut to ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''' "Bicycle Repairman" sketch, when a Frenchman comments on Colin using a lever to tighten a nut when repairing the Eiffel Tower.
31	** Superman has to save [[Music/TheRutles Ron Nasty and Dirk [=McQuickly=].]]
32	** Creator/MichaelPalin is mentioned with a reference to his travelogues.
33	* StrawmanNewsMedia: Colin ends up working for a breathtakingly sleazy tabloid called the ''Daily Smear''.
34	* VestigialEmpire: The Batman mentions working for the good of the British Empire. Colin mentions that the British Empire no longer exists but The Batman says they still own a [[UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland bit of Ireland]].

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