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3!!Works referencing Franchise/{{Superman}}. See also SupermanSubstitute.
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5* ''ReferencedBy/TheDeathOfSuperman''
6* ''ReferencedBy/{{Supergirl}}''
7* ''ReferencedBy/SupermanTheMovie''
8* ''ReferencedBy/SupermanTheatricalCartoons''
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14* In Creator/OsamuTezuka's ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' manga, [[{{Unicorn}} Unico]] ends up defending Corn (his older sister) and his younger siblings from getting kidnapped by a group of half goat/unicorn hybrids. After saving his siblings, one of the defeated members comments that Unico is "Just like Superman" as one of them replies with "Who's Superman?".
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18* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', robots with costumes of Superman, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, and ComicBook/SpiderMan are known to appear every once in a while.
19* 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 ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s, too.
20* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'':
21** The title card of "Super Duper Man" is meant to resemble Superman's insignia.
22** 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".
23* Right in the intro for ''Animation/NanaMoon'', Keke changes into a red-and-blue superhero costume, complete with a faux Superman insignia on it. Keke actually uses that transformation in episode 18 to stabilize a wobbling building.
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27* ''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 ComicBook/WonderWoman, is not impressed.
28* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'': Yeong wears a denim jacket with Superman and ComicBook/WonderWoman badges and Ben's jacket has a Cadmus badge.
29* 2015 Malaysian comic book, created by satire cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, who goes by the moniker Zunar, which taking jabs at Prime Minister Najib Razak and allegations surrounding 1MDB, and its book title name... was "Sapuman: Man of Steal".[[note]]Which is parody of "Supermen: Man of Steel"[[/note]] [[BannedInChina Banned in Malaysia.]]
30* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'':
31** An issue of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' is among the comics that can be seen on Nerdanus XII.
32** Superman makes a LawyerFriendlyCameo alongside other superheroes from DC and Marvel in the final issue.
33* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
34** In ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #204, when Spider-Man is fighting ComicBook/BlackCat, they say the following:
35--->'''Black Cat:''' This time, Spidey, take the hint--\
36'''Spider-Man:''' Cat, Cat, Cat, you '''know''' I can't do that! After all, I represent truth, justice, and... Nope, that's someone else.
37** In ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #306, the cover is a homage to ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1''. In the proper story, Peter Parker sees one copy of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #285 -the final issue of the "ComicBook/TheUnknownSupergirl" story arc- and mentions he "had a crush on [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} the girl in the mini-skirt]]".
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41* In a ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' comic, John is telling a young April about the Easter Bunny, and says he flies around and wears tights and has a friend named Lois Lane. April corrects him saying he's talking about Superman.
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43* ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas'': The title of the ninth chapter is "The Fortress of Soryutude", a nod to Superman's base the Fortress of Solitude.
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47* Superman makes a brief appearance in ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresHowISpentMyVacation'', where he rescues Buster, Babs, and Byron as they fall down a waterfall. When [[ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike Buster tells him, "Hey, pal, this is our story!" and Babs tells him, "Yeah, get your own video!"]], Superman says, "It's your call!" as he drops them out of the sky. In a later scene, where Buster and Babs are surrounded by the hungry passengers of the Delta Burke steamboat, Babs asks, "So where's Superman when you need him?"
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51* In ''Film/BreakingPoint1976'', Andy pretends to be Superman while he leaps onto his bed.
52* ''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."
53* In ''Film/VoyageOfTheRockAliens'', Dee Dee says, "I guess it's not surprising that I'd fall for an alien. I mean, Lois Lane fell for Superman."
54* In ''Film/{{Wonderwall}}'', Penny's boyfriend brings Superman comics to her flat. Oscar has a dream where the boyfriend is wearing a Superman costume, with a slightly modified logo.
55* In ''Film/ZigZag2002'', [=ZigZag=] wonders if they have the "noise," his word for cancer, where Superman comes from.
56* ''Film/TheDrummerAndTheKeeper'': Gabriel tells Christopher that during his manic phases, he feels like he can do anything, like Batman. Christopher points out that that sounds more like Superman.
57* In ''Film/{{Eternals}}'', Phastos' son excitedly compares Ikaris to Superman.
58* In the ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film ''Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy'', Pi Zong's superhero outfit is an obvious parody of the one donned by Superman, with the Chinese character "皮" ("pi") in the middle where the Superman symbol would be.
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62* ''Literature/{{Anachronauts}}'': Carrie "Astro Gal" Lane is a ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} {{expy}} with Superman's catchphrases.
63* ''Literature/{{Anathem}}'': One of the Iconographies the sæcular world sometimes associates with the avouts involves Superman.
64* ''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.
65* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
66** [[Literature/SideJobs "Last Call"]]: Molly has dyed her hair Kryptonite green, and she wears a Superman T-shirt along with it.
67** ''Literature/ColdDays'': Harry freezes a large chunk of lake and comments that the resulting mass of ice looks kind of like the Fortress of Solitude.
68* In ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'', Superman is one of the comic books Chuy used to learn English.
69* ''Literature/YouLookDifferentInRealLife'': Justine thinks that in Manhattan, small-town popular boy Nate is like Superman back on Krypton - he has no powers here.
70* Jack from ''Literature/NavigatingEarly'' brings Superman comics with him to boarding school.
71* ''Literature/SocialQueue'': In an article Zoe writes, she refers to her creepy date Leo as Luthor.
72* Erin from ''Literature/TheNowhereGirls'' is ObfuscatingStupidity while the principal questions her about who stole the other students' email addresses. When the principal says that she can be a hero if she turns the other kids in, Erin says, "Like Superman?" and asks if she'd get to wear a shiny red cape.
73* In ''Literature/ThingsIShouldHaveKnown'', Chloe describes her boyfriend James as looking like Clark Kent after he takes off the glasses but before he puts on his costume.
74* In ''Literature/OrangeCloudsBlueSky'', Starr dashes into the dressing room and changes into a prom dress with a speed that reminds Skye of Clark Kent changing in a phone booth.
75* ''Literature/TheBoyWhoDrewMonsters'': During Jack's [[FleetingPassionateHobbies former obsession]] with comic books, he and Nick used to read Superman together.
76* In ''Literature/OnTheSpectrum'', Clara buys Alastair a Superman backpack to help him fit in.
77* In ''Literature/ThePantsProject'', Enzo goes to a movie dressed as Superman. He doesn't have a full Superman costume, so he wears a Superman pajama top, red underpants over blue shorts, and blue socks with little red capes.
78* In Creator/TakashiYanase's children's anthology book ''Twelve Pearls'' from 1971, [[https://archive.org/details/twelve-pearls/Anpanman/Anpanman%202.png both Superman and Batman make a cameo appearance]] in an older version of his ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' story.
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82* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'''s episode "Super Men" 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.
83* 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.
84* ''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."
85-->'''Phil:''' Yeah, and cheesecake my kryptonite.
86* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' episode "It's a Miserable Life", when the girls are trying to pick out a coffin for a recently departed and disliked neighbor and the funeral home director keeps trying to sell them an extravagant casket without admitting the price at first, Dorothy eventually slams the lid close while stating "We're not burying Superman. How much?"
87* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E6LikeAngelsPutInHellByGod Like Angels Put in Hell by God]]", when Daniel Molloy asks if Lestat de Lioncourt can fly "Like Superman?", Louis de Pointe du Lac answers, "Not like Superman. Superman is a fictional character."
88* In ''Series/JupitersLegacy'', the front page of a newspaper has a picture of Lady Liberty carrying a car the same way Superman did in [[ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber1 his very first appearance]].
89* In ''Series/TheMonkees'' episode "Find the Monkees," the Monkees hog a phone booth for several minutes while the line outside gets longer and longer. Once they're done, the first person in line enters the phone booth, takes off his shirt to reveal a Superman costume, and flies off.
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93* The Music/{{Genesis|Band}} song "Land of Confusion" has this verse:
94-->''Ooh, Superman, where are you now?''\
95''When everything's gone wrong somehow''\
96''The men of steel, the men of power''\
97''Are losing control by the hour''
98* ''Sanrio TV Original Songbook: Ureshi SONG!!'' is an album Creator/{{Sanrio}} made in the mid to late 1990s that featured original songs performed by popular Sanrio Characters and then brand new characters. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORD5fu9oCaE The music video version]] of 恋してパッツ~ン!娘♪ ("Koitte! Patzn Musume♪") starring Badtz-Maru's sister Tsunko/Tzunko briefly featured her dressed in a similar outfit to Superman complete with the same coloring.
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102* The Burn Rubber map in ''[[Pinball/HighSpeed The Getaway: High Speed 2]]'' includes Smallville and [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Otisburg]].
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106* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Grover's superhero alter-ego, Super Grover, is an obvious parody of Superman.
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110* In ''VideoGame/EverybodyEditsFlash'', one of the {{Digital Avatar}}s is named Superman and comes with black hair and red and blue clothes.
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114* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070808 In the Heterodyne Crypt]], there is a grave marked only "Zod".
115* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': Kate Beaton is incredibly fond of ComicBook/LoisLane and used some AlternativeCharacterInterpretation for a bit of humor while introducing reader to the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen never published]] ''Lois Lane, Girl Reporter'' by Dean Trippe on the page [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=305 "Lois Lane, Reporter".]]
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119* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' has reviewed various ''Superman'' video games for the Platform/Atari2600, [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]], Platform/Commodore64, and Platform/Nintendo64, including the infamous ''VideoGame/Superman64''.
120* ''WebVideo/HistoryOfTheEntireWorldIGuess'' references the famous "It's a bird!" line when introducing the Seljuk Turks.
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124* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
125** The 1940 short ''Goofy Groceries'' features a parody called Superguy.
126** The 1943 short ''WesternAnimation/{{Super-Rabbit}}'' features WesternAnimation/BugsBunny as the eponymous hero, who gains powers through eating special carrots.
127** The 1955 short ''WesternAnimation/StuporDuck'' features WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck as an inept superhero trying to thwart an adversary who doesn't exist.
128** 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.
129* 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:
130-->'''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!
131* ''WesternAnimation/{{Popeye}}'':
132** 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.
133** The short ''Fleets of Stren'th'' opens with Popeye reading a ''Superman'' comic book.
134** In ''She-Sick Sailors'', Bluto disguises himself as Superman to impress Olive.
135* ''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).
136* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': Patrick's house has a miniature city made of glass named Schmandor, referencing the Bottle City of Kandor from the ''Superman'' comics.
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