Superman: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Superman. Pick one to read it.

• "Magic A" Is "Magic A"in 177 titlesRichard Donner, the director, used the word "verisimilitude" as the production motto in scripting and crafting the film.Read →
• Catching Up on HistoryRare · in 26 titlesJor-El leaves his son Kal-El a hologram to be watched when he turns eighteen years old that explains his Kryptonian origins.Read →
• Artistic License – Economicsin 254 titlesLex Luthor's master plan: Setting aside the environmental factors that probably sink this plan from the start,noteJust for one, the "new West Coast" would be a series of unstable cliffs and landslide…Read →
• Ret-Canonin 74 titlesThe first movie established Smallville as being in Kansas and that the Superman crest was a Kryptonian family symbol, both of which were eventually adopted into the comics.Read →
• Gut Punchin 327 titlesLois Lane's death and Superman's reaction. In the previous two hours, you were treated to a lighthearted superhero movie, complete with comic relief, Card-Carrying Villain, superhuman feats.Read →
• I Will Show You X!in 122 titlesLex has two reactions like this.Read →