What Song Was Playing At The Diner In Superman The Animate Series Episode New Kids In Town

"New Kids in Boondocks" is the tertiary episode of the 3rd season of Superman: The Animated Serial, and the 44th of the overall series. It depicts yet another attempt of Brainiac's to destroy Superman. This time Brainiac comes from a distant future into the Globe'due south past. Now he seeks to destroy Clark Kent earlier he e'er becomes Superman. Notwithstanding, three members of the Legion of Super-Heroes follow after him to save Clark and the time to come.

Plot

It'due south the year 2979 A.D. and things are peaceful in Metropolis. Withal, Brainiac soon disrupts this peace by attacking a presumed power source chosen the "antimatter accelerator". He hands defeats the guards and reaches the principal controls he modifies the accelerator to create a portal and enters into it.

Cosmic Boy, Saturn Daughter, and Chameleon Boy travel back in time.

The lead scientist calls in the Legion of Superheroes for help. Three members go far: Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Chameleon Male child. They learn of Brainiac's escape into the portal and chase after him. The scientist warns them that he can't bring them back, but they don't intendance.

After going through the portal, the group ends up on a farm but outside Smallville. Unfortunately, they run into a farmer that mistakes them for pranksters. They easily chase him off and Saturn Girl erases his memories, and then leave to look for Clark.

Clark is at a schoolhouse dance where he's having a skillful time until he's confronted by Kenny Braverman. They take a quick basketball match in which Clark hurls Kenny into a table thereby alarming everyone. Clark tries to explain to Lana that he's going through some changes, in reference to his gaining his powers, but she doesn't heed. Angered, Clark starts to head home. However, before he can arrive, Brainiac attacks him. The iii legion members arrive and rescue him. Subsequently a brief battle, Brainiac teleports away.

Brainiac attacks Kenny Braverman in a diner.

The group hibernate out in an alley and in an attempt to disguise Clark, Saturn Girl puts a pair of glasses on him. She and so reveals that Superman inspired beings from other worlds to work together for the greater expert. She continues by telling him about Brainiac'southward reawakening and his plan. Notwithstanding, Clark runs off later on hearing this.

Clark returns home and finds Lana there waiting for him. Unfortunately, before she can talk some sense into him, Brainiac, who had learned the Kents' residence through Kenny, arrives with his probes. The family unit hides in the basement and Clark reveals his power of X-ray vision. He then goes to face the probes. He easily manages to destroy some of them simply Brainiac takes control of a threshing automobile and a bulldozer. Fortunately, Clark's invulnerability is great enough to take the power of the machines. He then confronts Brainiac just the Legionnaires footstep in and take over the fight.

The group says farewell to a young Clark Kent.

Later a brief fight, the Legionaries are defeated and Brainiac captures Clark. However, Saturn Girl telepathically tells Clark how to activate Brainiac'south teleportation belt. He activates it and sends Brainiac into the Sun where he is destroyed.

That morning, the people of Smallville make repairs after "the worst twister to hit town in twenty years". Saturn Girl reveals that she altered their memories so that no one will retrieve Brainiac'south attack. She then removes Clark's memories and the group leaves on Brainiac's hover chair. Lana then finds Clark and he shows her his new pair of glasses.

Continuity

• Brainiac uses a space sled for the third time in the DCAU. The offset two times (chronologically) are in "Stolen Memories" and the Justice League episode "Twilight".

Background information

Habitation video releases

• Superman: The Animated Serial, Book Three (DVD)
• Superman: The Complete Blithe Serial (DVD)
• Superman Super-Villains: Brainiac (DVD)

Production notes

• The model for 30th century Metropolis would later be used for Gorilla Urban center in Justice League.
• The shot where Brainiac awakens in Saturn Daughter'south exposition are reused storyboards from "Ghost in the Auto", though the sequences were reanimated.
• When Brainiac blasts the 2 guards in the beginning, there's a full screen frame of a fire explosion, which is reused footage from "Where At that place's Smoke" when Volcana blasted Superman with a fire brawl in the parking lot. This is recurrently used throughout the episode: when Brainiac is chasing down Clark and misses a fire, when the gas truck explodes, when Pa and Ma Kent shoot Brainiac, and finally when Clark smashes the tractor into the harvester.

Product inconsistencies

• Saturn Girl is credited as "Saturn Girl/Irma Ardeen". However, in the DC Comics, her first name is spelled "Imra". This error was noted and rectified past Paul Dini on the episode'south sound commentary.
• When Kenny is thrown from the coffee bar, the "Special" sign reads "ALL You CAR Eat" as opposed to "ALL Y'all Tin can EAT", and after, as he is hauled down from the coffee bar's sign, it reads "COEFES" rather than "COFFEE".
• As noted in the commentary, Smallville is in a part of Kansas that should non take hills in the background.

Trivia

• In the comics, Kenny Braverman becomes the villain Conduit.
• This is the 2nd and final episode of this series non featuring Clark as Superman. The other ane was "The Last Son of Krypton, Part I"
• Brainiac'southward final advent in this show.
• Chameleon Boy's line "Upwards, upwards, and away!" is a reference to the quondam Superman radio shows in which he would utter that phrase before taking off. The Joker too cited this line in the Batman: The Animated Series episode, "Brand 'Em Laugh" (encounter list of archetype Superman tributes).
• Kairi Tanaga from the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Day of the Samurai" tin can exist seen in the crowd at the political party.
• The scene where Clark throws the tractor is, according to the commentary, a reference to the encompass of Activity Comics #1.
• When Brainiac says "At last, the son of Jor-El kneels before me", it is a reference to Superman 2 and long time Superman enemy Full general Zod.
• As in the comics, Catholic Boy and Saturn Daughter were two of the three get-go Legion members to run into Clark Kent. However, in the comics, Chameleon Boy was not the third member, only rather Lightning Lad.

Cast

Player	Function
Jason Marsden	Immature Clark Kent
Corey Burton	Brainiac Sheriff (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares	Martha Kent
Mike Farrell	Jonathan Kent
Tony Pope	Scientist
Scott Menville	Kenny Braverman
Kelly Schmidt	Lana Lang
Melissa Joan Hart	Saturn Girl/Irma Ardeen
Jason Priestley	Reep Daggle/Chameleon Male child
Chad Lowe	Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Male child

Uncredited appearances

• Andromeda
• Billowy Boy
• Brainiac five
• Dream Girl
• Child Breakthrough
• Light Lass
• Lightning Lad
• Phantom Daughter
• Triplicate Girl
• Ultra Male child

Quotes

Scientist: This is crazy.
Chameleon Boy: Y'all asked for heroes; you didn't say anything about sanity.

Lana: What's this strange ability you lot have?
Clark: What practice you hateful?
Lana: The ability to attract every airhead in Smallville!

Clark: Like a pair of glasses is going to fool anyone.

Clark: (After seeing his future costume) Red underpants? At present I know you lot're crazy!

Kenny: (After seeing Brainiac) Whoa! Cheque out Darth Vader! Que Pasa man? Accept a wrong turn at Tatooine?

Brainiac: (holding Kenny upwards high) Where does Clark Kent live?
Kenny: Clark? What is this?
Brainiac: Insufficient response. (throws Kenny across the street)

Martha: (Seeing Jonathan preparing to help Clark) Don't be foolish! You need something improve than a shovel!

Brainiac: At last, the son of Jor-El kneels before me.

Chameleon Male child: Up, upwardly, and away! Heh, I always wanted to say that!

Run across likewise

• List of classic Superman tributes

Source: https://dcau.fandom.com/wiki/New_Kids_in_Town

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