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* [[Acting for Two|Acting For Three]]/[[Talking to Herself]]: In the Phantom Zone prisoners episode, Ginny McSwain pulled ''triple duty'' voicing Lois, Ursa and Faora.
* [[Acting for Two|Acting For Three]]/[[Talking to Herself]]: In the Phantom Zone prisoners episode, Ginny McSwain pulled ''triple duty'' voicing Lois, Ursa and Faora.
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]
* [[Baseball Episode]]: In "Triple Play", the Prankster [[Teleporters and Transporters|teleports]] the players from the Metropolis/Gotham City World Series to a tropical island, then forces Superman to play against both teams combined.
* [[Baseball Episode]]: In "Triple Play", the Prankster [[Teleporters and Transporters|teleports]] the players from the Metropolis/Gotham City World Series to a tropical island, then forces Superman to play against both teams combined.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Aside from Lex Luthor, General Zod and the Prankster, all the villains were created specifically for this series.
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Aside from Lex Luthor, General Zod and the Prankster, all the villains were created specifically for this series.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Cybron was pretty much created because they wanted to use Brainiac, but weren't sure what direction the comic was taking the character during [[John Byrne]]'s revamp of the mythos.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Cybron was pretty much created because they wanted to use Brainiac, but weren't sure what direction the comic was taking the character during [[John Byrne]]'s revamp of the mythos.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Superman's here is '''"Up, up, and away!"''', which he utters quite frequently. The show also carries on the tradition of Perry White telling Olsen not to call him Chief. However, humorous variations do pop up, such as:
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Superman's here is '''"Up, up, and away!"''', which he utters quite frequently. The show also carries on the tradition of Perry White telling Olsen not to call him Chief. However, humorous variations do pop up, such as:
{{quote|"Olsen... [[Punctuated for Emphasis|Don't. Call. Me.]]"<br />
{{quote|"Olsen... [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Don't. Call. Me.]]"<br />
"Chief?"<br />
"Chief?"<br />
"No! Don't call me for references, YOU'RE FIRED!" }}
"No! Don't call me for references, YOU'RE FIRED!" }}
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lex, especially when discussing either Superman ("Blue Boy") or Jessica ("My little neanderthal").
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lex, especially when discussing either Superman ("Blue Boy") or Jessica ("My little neanderthal").
* [[The Ditz]]: Miss Morganberry.
* [[The Ditz]]: Miss Morganberry.
* [[Drive-In Theater]]: Featured briefly in "Bonechill"; the titular villain causes the monsters from a [[B-Movie]] to come to life.
* [[Drive-In Theater]]: Featured briefly in "Bonechill"; the titular villain causes the monsters from a [[B-Movie]] to come to life.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Again, Miss Morganberry. To the point that Luthor at one point has to quip that she's "a waste of evolution".
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Again, Miss Morganberry. To the point that Luthor at one point has to quip that she's "a waste of evolution".
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: In "Triple Play", a shark attacks the Prankster. Superman [[Save the Villain|saves him]], but his ego is [[Never Live It Down|seriously injured]].
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: In "Triple Play", a shark attacks the Prankster. Superman [[Save the Villain|saves him]], but his ego is [[Never Live It Down|seriously injured]].
* [[Expy]]: As mentioned before, Jessica Morganberry pretty much fills in Miss Tesmacher's role here, only even ditzier.
* [[Expy]]: As mentioned before, Jessica Morganberry pretty much fills in Miss Tesmacher's role here, only even ditzier.
** Also, as noted, the titular villain in "Cybron Strikes" is Brainiac in everything but name.
** Also, as noted, the titular villain in "Cybron Strikes" is Brainiac in everything but name.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: In the first episode, Lex Luthor's Defendroids can combine into one gigantic robot, with a prison cell tummy.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: In the first episode, Lex Luthor's Defendroids can combine into one gigantic robot, with a prison cell tummy.
** Complete with a [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]], where Jimmy and Lois are fine despite spending part of the fight in space and the robot entering the atmosphere with no apparent protective measures for anyone in the cage.
** Complete with a [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]], where Jimmy and Lois are fine despite spending part of the fight in space and the robot entering the atmosphere with no apparent protective measures for anyone in the cage.
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