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* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: A variation, in one story. See that trope page.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Superman's one word response to being mindraped in "For the Man Who Has Everything".
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** It's generally a good idea to keep this trope in mind when dealing with The Man of Steel. He may be the quintessential nice-guy, but he's also generally considred to be ''the most powerful being on the planet''. The rare occasions that his (rather immense) self-control slips are pretty damn terrifying.
* [[Big Good]]: Leader of the Justice League, on top of being the [[Captain Obvious|most powerful superhero of all time]].
* [[Bored with Insanity]]: Mr. Mxyzptlk, in an [[Elseworld]]/"imaginary story".)
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: [[Post-Crisis]], this is often how Superman views ''his own'' powers. While he is as strong as a god, he's also, well, ''strong as a god.'' His best writers have made him into quite a psychological thought-experiment: on the one hand, he's terrified to not lose self-control or someone (or many, many people) may die; on the other, he often hates himself for still being mortal enough to not be the god everyone wants him to be (such as when he can't save everyone who cries out for him - especially because he hears them... ''all'' of them).
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** This idea led to one of the most iconic Superman [[World of Cardboard Speech|speeches]], in the series finale of the [[Justice League Unlimited]] cartoon, where Superman is fighting Darkseid and declares:
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* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Given how long running his series has been it's inevitable that this trope has come up a few times. Perhaps the most famous recent event to feature this is during the [[Justice League of America|OMAC Project]] storyline, where Max Lord is controlling him to demonstrate why superheroes can't be trusted (since they can be turned against Earth by [[Mind Control]], and the next guy might not be him and have more sinister plans in mind) and tells [[Wonder Woman]] that the only way to stop him is to kill him- and to the horror of Supes and the rest of the League, [[Thou Shall Not Kill|she does just that.]]
* [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hRKBPTu8vw (Just take a look!)]
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** And Pink Kryptonite. Lookin' pretty hot there, Jimmy.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: One exchange between Superman and Brainiac in the Justice League cartoon:
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Brainiac: Unfortunate... }}
* [[Da Editor]]: Perry White
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* [[No Gravity for You]]: One classic story has a depowered Clark Kent using an [[Anti Gravity]] device to battle villains. It works because he knows how to fly and the [[Mook]]s don't.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]. Superman rarely enjoys such moments, but he has his moments. Superman explicitly tells Darkseid that he's going to enjoy finally ''not'' holding back in the final episode of ''JLU'', in a major [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
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* [[No Man Should Have This Power]]: In "The Day the Cheering Stopped", Superman gets a magical sword which was apparently created at the dawn of time. It gives him incredible power (even for pre-Crisis Superman) and helps him defeat the villian. In the end he realizes the incredible power the sword will give him and feels that it will make him an all powerful protector. He decides he doesn't want this power and throws it into space.
* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: After decades of teenagerdom, [[Jack Kirby]] finally let Jimmy reach the age of 21, and he stayed an adult until the [[Crisis on Infinite Earths|Crisis reboot.]]
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* [[Scout Out]]: One Justice League comic involved a situation where the heroes had to tie something off with a rope. Superman effortlessly makes an impressive knot. Someone compliments him on it, and he says, "Well, I was in the Boy Scouts," earning the comment, "Of ''course'' you were..."
** ''Justice League Animated'' for some reason explicitly says the opposite :
{{quote|'''The Flash:''' So you're not a Boy Scout after all.
'''Superman:''' Never made it past my first merit badge.}}
* [[Secret Identity]]
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* [[Super-Hero Origin]]: There was this planet, see, and it exploded...
** ''[[All-Star Superman]]'' got it down to eight words.
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* [[Superhero Trophy Shelf]]: ''Not'' the [[Trope Codifier]] (that's probably the Trophy Room in [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Phantom]]'s [[Home Base|Skull Cave]]), but the Fortress of Solitude is still probably the best known example. It's huge, and most of the space seems to be filled with souvenirs of Supey's adventures.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Superman Can Breathe In Space]]: In some continuities, like the DCAU, he requires an oxygen supply; in most, he just ''awesomes'' away the need to breathe.
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