Superman Theatrical Cartoons/YMMV

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  • Ear Worm: Superman's theme leitmotif, especially if you try to sing Superman's name along to it.
  • Nightmare Fuel: One of the end sequences at the very end of one of the Direct to VHS tapes for this series starts playing "The Merry Go Round Broke Down", and halfway through, a loud "DING!" sound is heard and the tape immediately cuts to black.
  • Older Than They Think: DC once stated in print that the earliest occurrence of the classic "Phone Booth Costume Change" happened in 1948. In the comics, perhaps -- but the Fleishers were there first by seven years in "The Mechanical Monsters" (1941).
  • Visual Effects of Awesome: The rotoscoping looks amazing, and the animation still holds up well to this day.
  • What Do You Mean It's for Kids?: Especially "Jungle Drums," which is loaded with Nightmare Fuel, introducing images such as barbaric natives attempting to burn Lois alive. (Amusingly, this cartoon made its way onto a "Parent Approved" home video VHS tape of Public Domain cartoons.) The poisoned needle and giant Egyptian tomb guardians in "The Mummy Strikes" are also unpleasant bedtime contemplation for nervous children.
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