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=== The Wedge Principle (no, not about underwear) ===
==== Films - Live-Action ====
* ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'''s arch-enemy isn't Luthor or Brainiac, but the laws of physics. Due to the wedge principle, picking up anything substantially larger than himself would also trouble Superman, because he is exerting all force on one tight spot. The object would collapse under its own weight. Finally, refer to this for [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924112244/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/6094-top11superman everything that is wrong with the climax of the first film.]
** Same in the movie ''[[Superman Returns]]'', when he puts a Boeing gently down by holding its nose, and when he lifts a ship too.
** The physical complications listed above have caused some fans to speculate that Superman's power is not actually physical strength and invulnerability, but rather a form of telekinesis. For a while [[Post-Crisis]], that ''was'' the canon explanation of his powers in the comics. It still is the explanation of the powers of Superman's blatant [[Marvel Universe]] [[Expy]] Gladiator.
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