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* WhamLine: Brainiac addressing Superman as Kal-El is one in-universe for Clark; nobody on Earth besides himself or the Kents should know his birth name.
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* WhamLine: Brainiac addressing Superman as Kal-El during their first meeting is one in-universe for Clark; Clark. After all, nobody on Earth besides himself or the Kents should know his birth name.
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* WhamLine: Brainiac addressing Superman as Kal-El is one in-universe for Clark; nobody on Earth besides himself or the Kents should know his birth name.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigures: The Pentagon officials view Superman as a trusted ally and sternly interrogate Luthor for making FirstContact with a mysterious alien behind their backs, while seeking to confirm his claims about Brainiac.
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* DramaticIrony: Only the audience is initially aware that Brainiac's story to Suprman about how he survived Krypton's destruction is false. The tension lies in whether or not Clark will realize this in time (and before Brainiac can screw over Earth the same he did to his own homeworld).
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* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Krypton's destruction.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Brainiac allows Superman to access the Kryptonian Orb as part of his sales pitch. This access backfires, as recorded excerpts from Krypton's final days linger in Clark's subconscious -- excerpts which poke holes in Brainiac's story and trigger Clark's suspicions.
* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Krypton'sdestruction.destruction and Brainiac's betrayal.
* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Krypton's
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* SittingDuck: Right beofore he goes into Braniac's ship, Superman expresses doubts to Luthor who says he has batteries of missiles aimed at the ship in case Braniac tries something. After Braniac subdues Superman, he hacks into [=LexCorp's=] computers, and Luthor gives the order to fire, but Braniac disables the launchers, and used Luthor's system to take control of the world's defense systems, which prompts one engineer to comment "we're sitting ducks here!"
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* SittingDuck: Right beofore before he goes into Braniac's ship, ship for the second time, Superman expresses doubts to Luthor who says he has batteries of missiles aimed at the ship in case Braniac tries something. After Braniac subdues Superman, he hacks into [=LexCorp's=] computers, and Luthor gives the order to fire, but Braniac disables the launchers, and used Luthor's system systems to take control of the world's defense systems, which prompts one engineer Luthor to comment "we're sitting ducks here!"
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* YoureInsane: Superman says this to Brainiac once he explains he has destroyed every world he has collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable.
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* YoureInsane: Superman says this to Brainiac once he explains he has destroyed every world he has collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable.valuable.
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* SittingDuck: Right beofore he goes into Braniac's ship, Superman expresses doubts to Luthor who says he has batteries of missiles aimed at the ship in case Braniac tries something. After Braniac subdues Superman, he hacks into [=LexCorp's=] computers, and Luthor gives the order to fire, but Braniac disables the launchers, and used Luthor's system to take control of the world's defense systems, which prompts one engineer to comment "we're sitting ducks here!"
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* MythologyGag: Braniac attempts to incapacitate Superman by [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons shooting a beam at him. It initially works until overpowers the beam by simply punching it.]]
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* MythologyGag: Braniac attempts to incapacitate Superman by [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons shooting a beam at him. It initially works until he overpowers the beam by simply punching it.]]
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* ShoutOut: The basecamp where Luthor awaits first contact with Brainiac quite resembles the one from ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''.
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* MythologyGag: Braniac attempts to incapacitate Superman by [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons shooting a beam at him. It initially works until overpowers the beam by simply punching it.]]
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Lex Luthor is contacted by the alien ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} who claims to come in peace and willing to share his technology. However, once he arrives he expresses the wish to meet with Superman. Once the two meet, Brainiac reveals he too is from Krypton and now travels the universe trading and preserving knowledge. He invites Superman to join him in exchange for memories of their former homeworld. However, said memories also reveal that Brainiac is not to be trusted...
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Lex Luthor is contacted by the alien ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} who claims to come in peace and willing to share his technology. However, once he arrives he expresses the wish to meet with Superman. Once the two meet, Brainiac reveals he too is from Krypton and now travels the universe trading and preserving knowledge. He invites Superman to join him in exchange for memories of their former homeworld. However, said memories also reveal that Superman is tempted to accept but Brainiac is not to be trusted...
has a much more sinister agenda...
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* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Crypton's destruction.
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* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Crypton's Krypton's destruction.
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* InternalReveal: Superman learns the full knowledge that the audience has been privy to since the pilot about Crypton's destruction.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Brainiac was designed to collect and store knowledge at all costs. Once Krypton's demise was apparent, Brainiac deliberately lied to the Kryptonian council to distract him while he saved all of Krypton's history at the expense of its people. Later, Brainiac started destroying planets he collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable and prevent more from being created.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Brainiac was designed to collect and store knowledge at all costs. Once Krypton's demise was apparent, inevitable, Brainiac deliberately lied to the Kryptonian council to distract him them while he saved all of Krypton's history at the expense of its people. Later, Brainiac started destroying planets he collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable and prevent more from being created.
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Lex Luthor is contacted by the alien ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} who claims to come in peace and willing to share his technology. However, once he arrives he expresses the wish to meet with Superman. Once the two meet, Brainiac reveals he too is from Krypton and now travels the universe trading and preserving knowledge. He invites Superman to join him in exchange for memories of their former homeworld. However, said memories also reveal that Brainiac is not to be trusted...
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* TheEndOrIsIt: Brainiac was seemingly destroyed but he managed to upload some sort of alien code to Luthor's computers...
* GoneHorriblyRight: Brainiac was designed to collect and store knowledge at all costs. Once Krypton's demise was apparent, Brainiac deliberately lied to the Kryptonian council to distract him while he saved all of Krypton's history at the expense of its people. Later, Brainiac started destroying planets he collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable and prevent more from being created.
* YoureInsane: Superman says this to Brainiac once he explains he has destroyed every world he has collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* TheEndOrIsIt: Brainiac was seemingly destroyed but he managed to upload some sort of alien code to Luthor's computers...
* GoneHorriblyRight: Brainiac was designed to collect and store knowledge at all costs. Once Krypton's demise was apparent, Brainiac deliberately lied to the Kryptonian council to distract him while he saved all of Krypton's history at the expense of its people. Later, Brainiac started destroying planets he collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable and prevent more from being created.
* YoureInsane: Superman says this to Brainiac once he explains he has destroyed every world he has collected knowledge from in order to make said knowledge more valuable.
