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At Brainy's insistence, everyone studiously avoids telling Clark who he's supposed to become in the future. Regardless, Clark finds the Superman Museum, connects the dots, and takes the costume from the display case, and the name of Superman, for his own. Together they defeat the Five, and then Adventures Happen.
 
The show had a very [[Silver Age]] tone to it, but the most noticeable and [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|controversial]] change from the source material was turning team genius Brainiac 5 from a [[Human Alien]] into an [[Mechanical Lifeforms|android]]. [[Word of God]] is that this was supposed to tie him more closely to his ancestor the original Brainiac, as well as avoiding having to explain how an an organic can be the 'descendant' of a robot, clearing away a fifty-year-old example of [[Writing Around Trademarks]].
 
Season two saw everyone age about two years, even Brainy, and the show went [[Darker and Edgier]] after the very light and bouncy first season. The premiere visited a [[Bad Future]] where Superman's [[Send in The Clones|clone]] was bred to fight [[Galactic Conqueror]] Imperiex, who when cornered escapes back to the 31st century and proceeds to wreak havoc as the season's [[Big Bad]].
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* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Superman X; several homage characters like [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Alexis, Zyx, and Drax]]; and Breath Boy, with the power to [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway|hold his breath.]]
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Saturn Girl can give [[Star Trek the Next Generation|Deanna "I sense he's hiding something!" Troi]] a run for her money.
* [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Drax.
{{quote| '''Superman''': Why are you doing this?<br />
'''Drax''': Because I'm evil. Always have been, always will be. }}
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* [[Dark Horse Victory]]: Possibly the ''quickest'' example ever. The new-leader-election is proposed and concluded in about 30 seconds.
* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: "The Substitutes". Then Arm-Fall-Off Boy gets [[media:[[Lo SH 31 st C]]_16_Oroboros_DCP_001.jpg|an entire spinoff comic issue.]]
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Quite literally: Lightning Lad and Mekt's sister Ayla. One became [[The Lancer]], the other became the [[Aloof Big Brother]] [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] on the path to villainy. Then {{spoiler|Ayla turned up [[Not Quite Dead]], which brought up all sorts of mutual guilt issues}}.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Phantom Girl
* [[Die Hard On an X]]: In [[Recursive Adaptation|the spinoff comics]], Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad fight off the Fatal Five ''and'' their [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]].
* [[Disney Death]]
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: Triplicate Girl has these in season 2.
* [[Do -Anything Robot]]: Brainiac 5
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Sun-Eaters are ''nothing'' like stockpiled atom bombs, no sir.
* [[The Dragon]]: Validus, to Imperiex.
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]
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** Of course, RJ Brande probably counts as well.
* [[Find the Cure]]: "Brain Drain"
* [[Five -Bad Band]]: The Fatal Five, [[Captain Obvious|obviously]], with Emerald Empress probably a mix of both [[Big Bad]] and [[Dark Chick]].
* [[Five -Man Band]]: Most common group in the first season:
** [[The Hero]] -- Superman
** [[The Lancer]] -- Lightning Lad
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* [[Fusion Dance]]: In the second [[Season Finale]].
* [[Future Imperfect]]: A lot of details were apparently lost in [[Mythology Gag|"the great Crisis"]]. Meaning, among other things, no one remembers the Phantom Zone's name or that it even exists.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Lightning Lad's undereye mark.
* [[Great Gazoo]]: Zyx, a [[Spoiled Brat]] Mxyzptlk homage.
* [[Grievous Harm With a Body]]
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* [[Kari Wahlgren]]: voiced Saturn Girl, Triplicate Girl and [[Shrinking Violet]].
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: As a contrast with the other, much darker elements that accompanied the new season, a young Chameleon Boy joins the Legion in the [[Time Skip]].
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: The reason ''every'' adaptation brings Saturn Girl to Smallville. But by season two, in a creepy [[Shoot the Dog]] moment to protect the timestream, Brainiac 5 uses a memory-flasher on Superman. Which, in light of the rest of the episode and combined with the self-satisfied look in his eyes is another nail in the [[Foreshadowing]] coffin that {{spoiler|the more ruthless Brainiac 1.0 had infected his mind and}} would turn up later.
* [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]]: Superman X, a heroic version raised only to defeat Imperiex.
* [[LaymansLayman's Terms]]: "Think of it like sunscreen... but with [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser cannons.]]"
* [[Legacy Character]]: Brainiac 5
* [[Lego Genetics]]: with Kryptonite, no less!
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Phantom Girl
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Alexis. Whom Superman befriends. And she loses her hair. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Does She Remind You Of Anyone?]] The episode she's in is called "Legacy", for added unsubtlety.
* [[Losing Your Head]]: Brainiac 5
* [[Magic Skirt]]: Triplicate Girl
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* [[Mechanical Lifeforms]]: In this version, Brainiac 5's species (Coluans) is a cold [[Hive Mind]] of androids.
* [[Memory Gambit]]: "Who Am I?"
* [[Merchandise -Driven]]: Probably why the Legion ship got unceremoniously blown to smithereens in the second season premiere, only for a replacement to arrive within seconds.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Mini Mecha]]: Alexis built her own mecha-suit.
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* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Timber Wolf, natch.
* [[Out of Order]]
* [[Peek -a -Bangs]]: Triplicate Girl
* [[Pet the Dog]]: "Unnatural Alliances" for ''both'' Superman X and Imperiex. Although, the latter had no choice, seeing as {{spoiler|his existence actually ''depended on it''.}} Followed by a [[Kick the Dog]] immediately afterwards.
* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: Brainiac 5
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The Subs.
* [[Recursive Adaptation]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Most notably seen in their {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance]] during the Season 2 finale}}, Superman (blue) and his clone Superman X (red).
* [[The Resolution Will Not Be Televised]]
* [[Robot Names]]: Superman X's bi-parental unit, K3NT (Which tends to make a [[Late to The Punchline]] moment once you write it down like that).
* [[Secret Keeper]]: Brainy, about Superman's weaknesses, and the fact that he keeps a chunk of Kryptonite in his safe.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Season 2 ends with {{spoiler|a new Brainiac born from Brainiac 5's "husk"}}.
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Brainiac 6}}:''' [[Card -Carrying Villain|Evil]] does not die. It evolves.}}
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Losing one-third of yourself to anti-matter bubbles = [[Darker and Edgier|This Season Is Serious]].
* [[Shoot the Dog]]: What Super<s>boy</s>man ''thinks'' he's doing in "Fear Factory". Fortunately {{spoiler|Brainiac 5}} always [[Brain Uploading|carries a spare copy]].
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* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: The [[Ho Yay|season two opening scene]].
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'', at the least [[Demographics]]-wise. Still a team of super-teenagers, still [[The DCU]], and it started the same year ''Titans'' ended.
* [[Spock Speak]]: Brainiac 5, who also [[Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me|keeps name-dropping]] his [[Informed Ability|twelfth-level intelligence]]. Toned down a lot for season 2.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Phantom Girl
* [[Stable Time Loop]]: Superman only becomes Superman because he finds out he's ''going'' to be Superman, and learns heroism from a team that was inspired by his own future heroism, so...
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* [[Strange Bedfellows]]: The first [[Season Finale]] "Sundown" and the second season's "Unnatural Alliances"
* [[Super Zeroes]]: As always, the Legion of Substitute Heroes, who, also as always, prove to be much more heroic and capable than you'd think.
* [[Tailor -Made Prison]]: {{spoiler|Mordru at the end of "Trials".}}
* [[Talkative Loon]]
* [[Tara Strong]]: As Alexis, as well as Emerald Empress in [[The Other Darrin|Season 2]].
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* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]
* [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]: Twice.
* [[Villain Team -Up]]: The brief alliance between the Fatal Four and the Legion of Supervillains in part 2 of the second season premiere.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]:
{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Brainiac 5}}:''' Do not worry. Soon this agony shall pass, as it will pass from this entire universe. Once my work is complete, there will be no more pain, no more chaos. Only [[Utopia Justifies the Means|a perfect order imposed by me]].}}
* [[Wham Episode]]: Dark Victory. {{spoiler|Brainiac 5 ends up being controlled by Brainiac 1.0, Superman is defeated and [[Our Hero Is Dead|apparently killed]], and ''Imperiax'' [[Killed Off for Real]]}}.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]: The {{spoiler|crown of Kryptonite.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: at least twice, between Brainiac and Superman, with the latter calling Brainy out for [[Cannot Spit It Out|hiding]] both {{spoiler|Supes's weakness to a red sun}} in "Brain Drain" and {{spoiler|the original Brainiac's involvement in the shrinking of Kandor}} in "Message in a Bottle". And also when {{spoiler|Brainiac suggested risking the Kandorians lives with Imperiex}}.
** With the former, Brainiac 5 told Superman {{spoiler|he apparently failed to un-shrink Kandor}}.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]]: Triplicate Girl, one-third of the time -- white with colored streaks, in her combined form (it changed in season 2)
* [[Whole Episode Flashback]]: "In the Beginning"
* [[With a Capital T]]: "Unnatural Alliances"
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