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It seems like a normal day in the life of Superman: saving a boy who climbed a tower on a dare and couldn't get down, stopping a car full of criminals fleeing the police, rescuing Clark Kent when he falls off a cliff....

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It seems like a normal day in the life of Superman: saving a boy who climbed a tower on a dare and couldn't get down, stopping a car full of criminals fleeing the police, rescuing Clark Kent when he falls off a cliff....
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* ConfrontingYourImposter: "Superman" shows up to rescue Clark Kent, making it clear that he's a fake.

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* ConfrontingYourImposter: "Superman" shows up to rescue is revealed as an impostor when he heroically rescues the ''real'' Supes as Clark Kent, making it clear that he's a fake.much to Clark's confusion.
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* DramaticIrony: Superman (who turns out to be a pre-[[CloneDegeneration degenerating]] clone) thinks nothing of it when he rescues Clark Kent. Only Clark knows this is an imposter, but can't confront the matter until later.



* TragicMonster: Bizarro is a foolish and destructive nuisance, but he's ultimately as good hearted as Supes, and a victim of circumstances out of his control, namely being a failed attempt by Lex Luthor to make a clone from Superman's alien blood.

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* TragicMonster: Bizarro is a foolish and destructive nuisance, but he's ultimately as good hearted as Supes, and a victim of circumstances out of his control, namely being a failed attempt by Lex Luthor to make a clone from Superman's alien blood.blood.
* WhamShot: The episode opens up on Superman going about his business, when he intercepts a car chase. In the midst of this chase, a pursuing car brakes too late and its passenger comes flying out. Superman narrowly catches the falling passenger. ...who is revealed to be a very confused ''Clark Kent''.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: At seeing Bizarro accept he's not the real Superman and save their lives regardless, Lois tells him "You are a hero..."
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* HeroicLineage: When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."



* InTheBlood: Morality Inverted. When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."
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* InternalReveal: Lois was told by the real Superman the one who asked her out earlier was an imposter.
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* LostMyAppetite: When Bizarro takes Lois to a restaurant, he [[JabbaTableManners talks while shoveling food into his mouth]]. When he offers Lois some of his dinner, she says "I had a late lunch," followed by a quieter "...which I'm about to lose."
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* TomatoInTheMirror: Bizarro when he finds the vault of other Superman clones.
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* CollaspingLair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.

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* CollaspingLair: CollapsingLair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.
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* Collasping Lair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.

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* Collasping Lair: CollaspingLair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.
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* Collasping Lair: Luthor's lab at the end of the episode, after he activates the self-destruct.


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* SelfDestructMechanism: Luthor's lab is fitted with one, to destroy any pesky evidence of his illegal Kryptonian cloning experiments.
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* LoadBearingHero: Bizarro holds the collapsing roof of Luthor's lab up so Superman can rescue Lois and get her to safety before the lab explodes.
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* ContinuityNod: Luthor mentions that he was able to use Superman's [=DNA=] was the result of [[Recap/SupermanTheAnimatedSeriesS1E5ALittlePieceOfHome Superman fighting a mechanical T-rex while exposed to Kryptonite in season one]], and notes that he was so weak, he actually bled.

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* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect quickly take turns for the worse.

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* AntiVillain: Bizarro is an unwittingly destructive and flawed clone of Superman, but he's ultimately good at heart, as he proves in the ending.
* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect quickly take turns immediately takes a turn for the worse.



* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.

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* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.instead.
* TragicMonster: Bizarro is a foolish and destructive nuisance, but he's ultimately as good hearted as Supes, and a victim of circumstances out of his control, namely being a failed attempt by Lex Luthor to make a clone from Superman's alien blood.
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* InstantCostumeChange: Bizarro's outfit [[MST3KMantra somehow]] transforms into a crude parody of Superman's along with his [[CloneDegeneration body]].

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* BecauseImJonesy: "Superman" shows up to rescue Clark Kent, making it clear that he's a fake.



* ConfrontingYourImposter: "Superman" shows up to rescue Clark Kent, making it clear that he's a fake.



* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.

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* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.
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* BecauseImJonesy: "Superman" shows up to rescue Clark Kent, making it clear that he's a fake.
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* InTheBlood: Inverted. When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."

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* InTheBlood: Morality Inverted. When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."
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* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Played for laughs when the clone Superman gives a speech about dares and courage to a group of kids. Their reactions are mixed.
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* HeroicSacrifice: After Bizarro realizes that he isn't Superman, he holds up the roof of Luthor's collapsing lab so the real Superman can get Lois out of there.
-->Me no am Superman. You am Superman. Superman save Lois.

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* HeroicSacrifice: After Bizarro realizes that he isn't Superman, he holds up the roof of Luthor's collapsing lab so the real Superman can get Lois out of there.
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there before a [[SelfDestructMechanism bomb]] powerful enough to destroy even Superman goes off.
-->'''Bizarro:''' Me
no am Superman. You am Superman. Superman save Lois.
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* DestructiveSavior: Bizarro "saves" a building (that is being demoloshed) by tossing a crane aside and repairs a "broken" bridge (that was being raised to let a ship through) by forcing the halves back down and welding them together. Fortunately, Superman is able to prevent the disasters nearly caused by these acts.

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* DestructiveSavior: Bizarro "saves" a building (that is being demoloshed) demolished) by tossing a crane aside and repairs a "broken" bridge (that was being raised to let a ship through) by forcing the halves back down and welding them together. Fortunately, Superman is able to prevent the disasters nearly caused by these acts.



* InTheBlood: When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."

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* InTheBlood: Inverted. When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."
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* InTheBlood: When Superman comments that Bizarro "had a good heart", Lois responds, "Of course. He came from good stock."
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* HeroicSacrifice: After Bizarro realizes that he isn't Superman, he holds up the roof of Luthor's collapsing lab so the real Superman can get Lois out of there.
-->Me no am Superman. You am Superman. Superman save Lois.
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* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect quickly turn turns for the worse.

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* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect quickly turn take turns for the worse.
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It seems like a normal day in the life of Superman: saving a boy who climbed a tower on a dare and couldn't get down, stopping a car full of criminals fleeing the police, rescuing Clark Kent when he falls off a cliff....

Clark stares in bafflement as "Superman" makes a date with Lois that evening and flies off. He breaks away to chase the duplicate and get some answers. The duplicate insists that ''he'' is Superman... except that he looks and sounds less and less like the original, his skin turning white and blocky as [[HulkSpeak his speech becomes simple-minded]].

After the confrontation between the two Supermen, the duplicate heads the mountain laboratory where he was created as part of Lex Luthor's plan to create Superman clones loyal to him.
!!This episode contains examples of:
* CloneDegeneration: Bizarro was a passable duplicate of Superman at first, but his appearance and intellect quickly turn turns for the worse.
* DestructiveSavior: Bizarro "saves" a building (that is being demoloshed) by tossing a crane aside and repairs a "broken" bridge (that was being raised to let a ship through) by forcing the halves back down and welding them together. Fortunately, Superman is able to prevent the disasters nearly caused by these acts.
* HulkSpeak: As part of the CloneDegeneration, Bizarro's speech devolves from normal conversation into simple grammatically garbled statements.
* ThereWasADoor: Played with. Bizarro crashes through the restaurant wall when bringing Lois along on their "date". When they leave, Lois asks him to use the door, so Bizarro crashes through that instead.

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