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** Mercy Graves does not get many opportunities to show them off, but she has an impressive array of martial skills.
* [[Acquitted Too Late]]: When Superman and Lois Lane have found the proof to exonerate a man on death-row, they find that the governor is not at home because he decided to attend the execution personally, and Lois laments that they barely had time for him to make the phone call stopping the execution. Kenny is already in the gas chamber and the switch had already been thrown. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|It is a good thing Superman]] [[Big Damn Hero|was able to save him anyway]].}}
* [[Adaptational Weakling]]: Superman, compared to the comics. He's still super, but not the [[Physical God|crazy]] [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|levels]] the character often reaches in his comics. Unlike the comics, these powers would remain consistent throughout the series -- flight, [[Super Strength]], X-ray vision, and heat vision-- complete in the ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' episode when Terry has to outfly {{spoiler|a brainwashed Kal-El}}.
* [[Affably Evil]]:
** Lex Luthor, who hides his villainy beneath a thin veneer of courtesy and suave sophistication.
** Edward Lytener, who even when making declarations of absolute hatred and murderous intent is always so briskly, cheerfully polite. This continues after he becomes Luminus.
** Metallo is often friendly and grinning, but unlike most examples of the trope he is usually assuming the pleasant persona to mock and insult his foes.
* [[A God Am I]]: Darkseid has something of an ego. A [[Physical God|completely justified]] ego.▼
* [[The Alcatraz]]: Stryker's Island. There there were only three known escapes from the island, the first involved a missile strike, the second involved an attack by [[Psycho Electro|Livewire]] and the third was part of a plan to ''blot out the sun''.
* [[All Amazons Want Hercules]]: Maxima will only mate with a man who can equal her in combat.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Lana Lang explains to Lex that she ''likes'' dangerous men, [[Subverted Trope|except it turns out she only likes dangerous men because she could never snag nice guy Clark Kent]].
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: Brave New Metropolis
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Ms. Gsptlsnz (Mxy's sexy girlfriend) is a character from mainstream DC, and [[Older Than They Think]] at that, having first appeared in ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #52'' (April 1964). Athough, it wasn't until 1999 when she appeared a second time, making her a rather obscure character.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Lex Luthor. Fan speculation often mistook him for a light-skinned African-American, but [[Word of God]] says he is Greek and his appearance was based on [[wikipedia:Telly Savalas|Telly Savalas]], a Greek-American actor. He was given a lighter skin tone in ''[[Justice League]]'', probably to rectify confusion like this. Clark Kent/Superman had the same skin tone, which the creators refer to as a "reddish" tone in DVD audio commentary, but no fan ever confuses his intended color.▼
* [[Amazon Admirer]]: In the crossover with ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', this is why Bruce Wayne falls for Lois Lane. He sees that she's not afraid to speak her mind or try to rescue innocents. As he tells a suspicious Clark Kent, Lois deserves someone that knows the person she is. Lois is also no pushover; as she tells a would-be assailant, "Daddy was a black belt."
▲* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Lex Luthor. Fan speculation often mistook him for a light-skinned African-American, but [[Word of God]] says he is Greek and his appearance was based on [[
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: When Metallo surfaces after being lost at sea in his premier episode he has forgotten who and what he is. He is christened "Steelman" by the pair of children who find him and is (briefly) a hero, rescuing a truck driver from a flaming wreck. However, he recovers his memory at the end of the day and resumes his vendetta against Superman.
* [[Amusing Alien]]: Mr. Mxyzptlk.
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** In "The Way of All Flesh," Metallo tells Lois about how he has been thinking about her a lot, [[A Date with Rosie Palms|especially in prison]].
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Darkseid has something of an ego. A [[Physical God|completely justified]] ego.
* [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]: The origin of maybe a quarter of Superman's enemies.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: "Frag!"
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