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* ContinuitySnarl: Lois quips that she's Franchise/WonderWoman in response to Mala saying she's given up her power-hungry nature. However, as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' makes clear in its pilot, which chronologically takes place several years after ''S:TAS'', Wonder Woman and the entire island of Themiscura hadn't made contact with the rest of the world for centuries. Slightly justified in that she may have just been using the expression as a general turn-of-phrase.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Lois quips that she's Franchise/WonderWoman in response to Mala saying she's given up her power-hungry nature. However, as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' makes clear in its pilot, which chronologically takes place several years after ''S:TAS'', Wonder Woman and the entire island of Themiscura hadn't Themyscira hasn't made contact with the rest of the world for centuries. Slightly justified in that she may have just been using the expression as a general turn-of-phrase.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Lois quips that she's Franchise/WonderWoman in response to Mala saying she's given up her power-hungry nature. However, as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' makes clear in its pilot, which chronology takes place several years after ''S:TAS'', Wonder Woman and the entire island of Themiscura hadn't made contact with the rest of the world for centuries. Slightly justified in that she may have just been using the expression as a general turn-of-phrase.

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* ContinuitySnarl: Lois quips that she's Franchise/WonderWoman in response to Mala saying she's given up her power-hungry nature. However, as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' makes clear in its pilot, which chronology chronologically takes place several years after ''S:TAS'', Wonder Woman and the entire island of Themiscura hadn't made contact with the rest of the world for centuries. Slightly justified in that she may have just been using the expression as a general turn-of-phrase.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois. Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.

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* ClingyJealousGirl: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois. Fortunately Fortunately, he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.spot.
* ContinuitySnarl: Lois quips that she's Franchise/WonderWoman in response to Mala saying she's given up her power-hungry nature. However, as ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' makes clear in its pilot, which chronology takes place several years after ''S:TAS'', Wonder Woman and the entire island of Themiscura hadn't made contact with the rest of the world for centuries. Slightly justified in that she may have just been using the expression as a general turn-of-phrase.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: It was Jor-El that foiled Jax-Ur's coup.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: It was Jor-El that who foiled Jax-Ur's coup.



* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders. Not that she ever uses this excuse herself.

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* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders. Not that she ever uses this excuse herself.herself, and it's likely Jax-Ur was just protecting her with the hope that she could find a way to free him once her sentence ended.
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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'', where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.

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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'', where in which the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” "Stolen Memories" returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.



* AppropriatedAppellation: Superman takes a shine to Hamilton’s description of his cave as a “Fortress of Solitude”.

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* AppropriatedAppellation: Superman takes a shine to Hamilton’s Hamilton's description of his cave as a “Fortress "Fortress of Solitude”.Solitude".



** Just like in ''Film/SupermanII'', Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.

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** Just like in ''Film/SupermanII'', Perry’s Perry's demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.



* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only does she find the idea of enslaving humans and breeding Kryptonians with Superman tempting, but in the end Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone, meaning he probably should have listened to Lex a lot earlier.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only does she find the idea of enslaving humans and breeding Kryptonians with Superman tempting, but in the end end, Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone, meaning he probably should have listened to Lex a lot earlier.
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After serving her twenty-year sentence at the PhantomZone, a Kryptonian woman named Mala is released into Earth. Will she follow Superman's example or will ComicBook/LexLuthor be proven right about her?

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After serving her twenty-year sentence at the PhantomZone, a Kryptonian woman named Mala is released into Earth. Will she follow Superman's example example, or will ComicBook/LexLuthor Lex Luthor be proven right about her?



* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures, where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.

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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures, ''ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures'', where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.



** Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.

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** Just like in Film/SupermanII, ''Film/SupermanII'', Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.



* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only does she find the idea of enslaving humans and breeding Kryptonians with Superman tempting, but in the end Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone, meaning he probably should have listened to Lex a lot earlier.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only does she find the idea of enslaving humans and breeding Kryptonians with Superman tempting, but in the end Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone, meaning he probably should have listened to Lex a lot earlier.earlier.
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* Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.

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* ** Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.
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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of Comic/TheSupermanAdventures, where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.

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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of Comic/TheSupermanAdventures, ComicBook/TheSupermanAdventures, where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.



* AppropriatedApellation: Superman takes a shine to Hamilton’s description of his cave as a “Fortress of Solitude”.

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* AppropriatedApellation: AppropriatedAppellation: Superman takes a shine to Hamilton’s description of his cave as a “Fortress of Solitude”.



* Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertantEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.

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* Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertantEntranceCue InadvertentEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.
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* AllThereInTheManual: How Superman was able to make a working, non-evil version of Brainiac with the data orb on Krypton is explained in an issue of Comic/TheSupermanAdventures, where the version of Brainiac that appeared in “Stolen Memories” returns and goes on a rampage to try and recover the data orb for Krypton, with Clark forcing him to eject his central consciousness chip and place it in the orb.


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* AppropriatedApellation: Superman takes a shine to Hamilton’s description of his cave as a “Fortress of Solitude”.


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* Just like in Film/SupermanII, Perry’s demands for a feature on the evil Kryptonians becomes an InadvertantEntranceCue for said Kryptonians to crash the Daily Planet.
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* {{Expy}}: Given their status as Kryptonian criminals trapped inside the Phantom Zone, [[CanonForeigner Jax-Ur and Mala]] clearly are meant to be the DCAU versions of General Zod and Ursa.
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* BewareTheSuperman: While Superman uses his powers to help anyone in need, Mala and Jax-Ur are more than happy to use their Kryptonian abilities to subjugate the powerless earthlings.
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* ThereWasADoor: Unlike Superman, who carefully flies around buildings, Jax-Ur and Mala plow right through them, since they do not care about the humans.
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I'm such a goof.


* ClingyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois. Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.

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* ClingyJealousGuy: ClingyJealousGirl: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois. Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.

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* ClingyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.

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* ClingyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
Lois. Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: ClingyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
Lois.
Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.
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* CrazyJealousGirl: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.

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* CrazyJealousGirl: CrazyJealousGuy: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
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* CrazyJealousGirl: Mala after figuring out Superman's attraction to Lois.
Fortunately he's there to prevent her from killing Lane on the spot.
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* VillainousCrush: Mala is immediately drawn to Superman, cozying up to and kissing him without hesitation. It's only after he [[WomanScorned spurns her affections]] that Mala betrays Supes by releasing Jax-Ur.
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* CallBack: The Pilot revealed Jor-El's original plan was to place Krypton's population in the Phantom Zone, use Kal-El's rocket to reach a habitable new world, and then release them. This is why there's a Phantom Zone Projector packed away in Clark's rocket; it was presumably loaded before the Council scuttled the plan and Jor-El didn't have time (or forgot) to remove it during the mad dash to launch Kal-El into space before Krypton blew.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: A retroactive one with Lois' Wonder Woman crack. The ''Justice League'' Season One finale "The Savage Time" and Diana's time traveling (and thus being part of the historical record) offers a possible in-story explanation for the Wonder Woman references at this point in the DCAU timeline.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Mala saying she'll kill every being on Earth before going back to the Phantom Zone when Superman was considering sending her there if she didn't reform ''probably'' made the decision a little easier.
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* DarkestHour: Mala and Jax-Ur successfully transport Superman into the PhantomZone and storm the United Nations. It's only through a bunch of {{Technobabble}} that Superman is able to get back.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: This is why Superman's efforts to get Mala to fight alongside him were doomed to fail. He's just trying to help people, she thinks they're going to be the planet's RulingCouple, and a thirst for power colors everything she does.

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* MythologyGag: Hamilton refers to Superman's arctic base as a "Fortress of Solitude." Superman didn't see it that way, but the name ends up appealing to him.

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Hamilton refers to Superman's arctic base as a "Fortress of Solitude." Superman didn't see it that way, but the name ends up appealing to him.him.
** Lois Lane's [[WesternAnimation/RubySpearsSuperman Ruby-Spears]] counterpart also uses Wonder Woman as a sarcastic response. In that series, it's a response to Lex Luthor saying Clark Kent is Superman. In both series, Wonder Woman is later revealed to be real.

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* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders. Not that she ever

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* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders. Not that she ever uses this excuse herself.


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* LittleNo: Mala's anguished reaction to learning Krypton is gone and she and Superman are all that remain of its people.

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* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: Lois, when she meets Mala.
-->'''Lois:''' Yeah, right. And I'm Franchise/WonderWoman.



* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders.

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* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders. Not that she ever



* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only she finds the idea of enslaving humans tempting but Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone.

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* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only does she finds find the idea of enslaving humans tempting and breeding Kryptonians with Superman tempting, but in the end Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone.Zone, meaning he probably should have listened to Lex a lot earlier.
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Has nothing to do with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: When confronting Superman, Jax-Ur admits it would be a shame to kill one of the few remaining Kryptonians, but he doubts Superman would willingly side with them.
-->'''Superman:''' Guess you're not as dumb as you look.
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* GenreSavvy: When confronting Superman, Jax-Ur admits it would be a shame to kill one of the few remaining Kryptonians, but he doubts Superman would willingly side with them.
-->'''Superman:''' Guess you're not as dumb as you look.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: It was Jor-El that foiled Jax-Ur's coup.
* ItsPersonal: Averted. Jax-Ur bears no animosity towards Superman for what Jor-El did.


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* MythologyGag: Hamilton refers to Superman's arctic base as a "Fortress of Solitude." Superman didn't see it that way, but the name ends up appealing to him.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only she finds the idea of enslaving humans tempting but [[spoiler:Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone]].

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* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only she finds the idea of enslaving humans tempting but [[spoiler:Superman Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone]].Zone.
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After serving her twenty-year sentence at the PhantomZone, a Kryptonian woman named Mala is released into Earth. Will she follow Superman's example or will LexLuthor be proven right about her?

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After serving her twenty-year sentence at the PhantomZone, a Kryptonian woman named Mala is released into Earth. Will she follow Superman's example or will LexLuthor ComicBook/LexLuthor be proven right about her?
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* EyepatchOfPower: Jax-Ur wears an eyepatch and is the leader of the failed coup d'etat Mala was punished for being a part of.
* JustFollowingOrders: While Jax-Ur got a life sentence for trying to take over Krypton, Mala got a smaller punishment because the Council felt she was just following orders.
* LastOfHisKind: Averted. Superman learns there are other living Kryptonians.
* VillainHasAPoint: Lex Luthor is afraid Mala will try to enslave the human race and should be sent back to the Phantom Zone. Not only she finds the idea of enslaving humans tempting but [[spoiler:Superman ends up sending her and Jax-Ur back to the Phantom Zone]].

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