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** ''Superman: Doomsday'' makes two -- in The Fortress of Solitude, the flying car from "The Bulleteers" and one of the robots from "The Mechanical Monsters" make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos (although one must beg the question where he got them, since the bullet car was completely incinerated in its short, and Superman destroyed all of the robots from Mechanical Monsters-or better yet, why he even has them laying around out in the open in his fortress in the first place).
** ''Superman: Doomsday'' makes two -- in The Fortress of Solitude, the flying car from "The Bulleteers" and one of the robots from "The Mechanical Monsters" make "blink and you'll miss 'em" cameos (although one must beg the question where he got them, since the bullet car was completely incinerated in its short, and Superman destroyed all of the robots from Mechanical Monsters-or better yet, why he even has them laying around out in the open in his fortress in the first place).
** The [[Popeye]] cartoons which Famous was making at the time made some shout outs to this series, with one of them, "She-Sick Sailors", having Bluto dress up as Superman to try and woo Olive. Incidentally, the theme when Clark changes to Superman is suspiciously similar to the "Spinach power up" jingle in the Popeye cartoons.
** The [[Popeye]] cartoons which Famous was making at the time made some shout outs to this series, with one of them, "She-Sick Sailors", having Bluto dress up as Superman to try and woo Olive. Incidentally, the theme when Clark changes to Superman is suspiciously similar to the "Spinach power up" jingle in the Popeye cartoons.
** There's another shout-out to the Fleischer Superman cartoons in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'': The robots in the episode "Deep Freeze" are basically a cross between the robots from The Mechanical Monsters and the robots from [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s [[Castle in The Sky]].
** There's another shout-out to the Fleischer Superman cartoons in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'': The robots in the episode "Deep Freeze" are basically a cross between the robots from The Mechanical Monsters and the robots from [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s [[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]].
** Whether or not its intentional, the scientist in "The Magnetic Telescope" resembles [[Shazam|Captain Marvel's]] nemesis Dr. Sivana.
** Whether or not its intentional, the scientist in "The Magnetic Telescope" resembles [[Shazam|Captain Marvel's]] nemesis Dr. Sivana.
*** Or another [[Lex Luthor|bald mad scientist that causes trouble for Metropolis]].
*** Or another [[Lex Luthor|bald mad scientist that causes trouble for Metropolis]].
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* [[Trainstopping]]: As Superman usually does.
* [[Trainstopping]]: As Superman usually does.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The mechanical monsters from the eponymous cartoon.
* [[Transforming Mecha]]: The mechanical monsters from the eponymous cartoon.
** [[Hayao Miyazaki]] would use a robot very similar to the robots from "The Mechanical Monsters" in the second ''Lupin the Third'' TV series, as well as in ''[[Castle in The Sky]]''.
** [[Hayao Miyazaki]] would use a robot very similar to the robots from "The Mechanical Monsters" in the second ''Lupin the Third'' TV series, as well as in ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]''.
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: The later Famous Studios shorts went in this direction, resulting in some very unpleasant [[Values Dissonance]].
* [[Wartime Cartoon]]: The later Famous Studios shorts went in this direction, resulting in some very unpleasant [[Values Dissonance]].
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The huge laser in the first short.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The huge laser in the first short.
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