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The Worst Episodes of Superman

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Superman Season 1 Episode 1 - Destroy the Defendroids
    0.0/10(73 votes)

    #1 - Destroy the Defendroids

    S1:E1

    Luthor creates a robotic police force called Defendroids.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Superman Season 1 Episode 2 - The Adoption
    0.0/10(64 votes)

    #2 - The Adoption

    S1:E2

    The Kents adopt baby Clark after he creates havoc in the Smallville orphanage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Superman Season 1 Episode 3 - Fugitive from Space
    0.0/10(58 votes)

    #3 - Fugitive from Space

    S1:E3

    As scientists try to decide which of a pair of aliens is a cop and which his prisoner, the bad guy hides eggs which will destroy the Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Superman Season 1 Episode 4 - The Supermarket
    6.0/10(58 votes)

    #4 - The Supermarket

    S1:E4

    Ma Kent undertakes a shopping trip with baby Clark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Superman Season 1 Episode 5 - By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth
    6.0/10(53 votes)

    #5 - By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth

    S1:E5

    Luthor discovers a curse when he tricks Superman into excavating a treasure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Superman Season 1 Episode 6 - At the Babysitter's
    6.0/10(50 votes)

    #6 - At the Babysitter's

    S1:E6

    A babysitter tries to control young Clark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Superman Season 1 Episode 7 - Cybron Strikes
    6.0/10(60 votes)

    #7 - Cybron Strikes

    S1:E7

    A human/machine hybrid, comes from the future to 'Cyberrize' Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Superman Season 1 Episode 9 - The Big Scoop
    6.0/10(51 votes)

    #8 - The Big Scoop

    S1:E9

    Dr. Glozer creates the Chronotron which is a device that lets someone look one hour into the future. Lex Luthor wants the machine and sends his men to kidnap Dr. Glozer and steal the machine. Looking through the Chronotron, Lex sees Clark turn into Superman. He arranges a train crash to force Clark to reveal that he is Superman, fortunately his plan fails. Lex then arranges a number of crimes to occur at the same times as disasters that appear in the Chronoton. Later Lex arranges to kidnap Clark Kent on live TV during a missile launch that Superman needs to stop. Lex wants Clark to reveal that he is Superman on television. Fortunately, Superman arrives to stop the missile even though Clark remains on television. Lois destroys the Chronotron and it is revealed that the Clark Kent on television was really Jonathan Kent in disguise.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Superman Season 1 Episode 10 - Overnight with the Scouts
    6.0/10(50 votes)

    #9 - Overnight with the Scouts

    S1:E10

    (Family Album Segment) Clark Kent camps in the woods with his boy scout troop. They tell ghost stories over a campfire. Later the hear noises in the woods, but when the investigate the find nothing but forest animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Superman Season 1 Episode 11 - Triple-Play
    6.0/10(49 votes)

    #10 - Triple-Play

    S1:E11

    The Prankster steals the World Series by transporting it to a far away remote island. He forces Superman to play a game of Baseball otherwise his friends will die. The game is unfair because Prankster wants to kill them anyway. Superman must stop him.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Superman Season 1 Episode 12 - The Circus
    6.0/10(48 votes)

    #11 - The Circus

    S1:E12

    (Family Album Segment) Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Superman Season 1 Episode 13 - The Hunter
    6.0/10(47 votes)

    #12 - The Hunter

    S1:E13

    Clark Kent goes on a holiday with his parents, but must leave as Superman when General Zod and his Phantom Zone companions create a creature known as the Hunter. The Hunter can transform into any material he wants and transforms into steel in order to kidnap Lois Lane. The Hunter then transforms himself into Kryptonite and apparently kills Superman. Superman, however, is only in suspended animation and Lois Lane awakens him. Superman destroys the Hunter and uses the Phantom Zone projector in order to keep General Zod in the Phantom Zone.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Superman Season 1 Episode 14 - Little Runaway
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Little Runaway

    S1:E14

    (Family Album Segment) Clark is unhappy with the Kents and decides to run away from home. He leaves but after a number of problems he returns after he realizes that home is not worse than life on the run.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Superman Season 1 Episode 17 - Bonechill
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Bonechill

    S1:E17

    Lois and Jimmy interview a bookstore owner named Chilton Bone about an ancient medallion named the Talisman of Ola. Bone chases them off and uses the talisman to turn into Bonechill. When Lois, Jimmy, and Clark come back, Bonechill reanimates some ancient mummies to attack them. Bonechill escapes and attacks a group of teenagers. Superman manages to rescue them but Bonechill captures Lois, Jimmy, and Perry White. He wants to use them to distract Superman while he goes off to gain more power. Superman, however, rescues them and stops Bonechill by destroying the talisman.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Superman Season 1 Episode 18 - The Driver's License
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Driver's License

    S1:E18

    (Family Album Segment) Clark's birthday party gets an unexpected surprise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Superman Season 1 Episode 19 - The Beast Beneath These Streets
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Beast Beneath These Streets

    S1:E19

    Researchers have discovered an old part of Metropolis that has been buried for a hundred years. According to legend, this part of Metropolis was buried a hundred years ago when a doctor named Morpheus made a machine that allowed him to steal the powers of a number of different kinds of animals. The legend turns out to be true when Morpheus who appears to be a man-bat kidnaps Lois. He lures Superman to his machine which he uses to steal Superman's powers. Using kryptonite, Superman weakens Morpheus and puts him into his machine. Superman's powers return and he immediately destroys Morpheus's machine trapping him inside it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Superman Season 1 Episode 20 - First Date
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - First Date

    S1:E20

    (Family Album Segment) Clark takes Lana on a date to a concert. When a number of problems arise, Clark uses his superpowers to get around them.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Superman Season 1 Episode 21 - Wildshark
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Wildshark

    S1:E21

    In the Bermuda Triangle, Superman must do battle with a villain known as Wild Shark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Superman Season 1 Episode 22 - To Play or not to Play
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - To Play or not to Play

    S1:E22

    (Family Album Segment) Clark Kent discovers that he can not play football.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Superman Season 1 Episode 23 - Night of the Living Shadows
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Night of the Living Shadows

    S1:E23

    Lex Luthor develops a suit that allows a person to become a shadow. He uses the suit to rob banks and a jewelry store. Superman can do nothing to stop him. Luthor recruits a gang to use the technology to rob the mint. Lois infiltrates the gang and helps Superman stop the robbery. Though the gang of thieves is caught, Luthor gets away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Superman Season 1 Episode 24 - Graduation
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Graduation

    S1:E24

    (Family Album Segment) When Clark heads to his graduation he runs into trouble when his graduation robe gets dirty. He buys a new one which is much too big. Martha stitches it up for him and despite a thunderstorm Clark makes it to his graduation just in time.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Superman Season 1 Episode 25 - The Last Time I Saw Earth
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Last Time I Saw Earth

    S1:E25

    An alien bounty hunter named Starock attacks the space shuttle as Lois and Jimmy are flying on it toward a space station. Superman rescues the shuttle but when he attacks Starock's ship he is knocked away. Starock seizes the shuttle and heads into hyperspace with Superman in hot pursuit. Lois and Jimmy are taken to an alien city where they are treated very well. The aliens are fattening them up because their bodies contain proteins that will make the aliens immortal. Superman and a friendly alien manage to rescue Lois and Jimmy before they are injured. Superman defeats Starock and flies the shuttle back to Earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Superman Season 1 Episode 26 - It's Superman
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - It's Superman

    S1:E26

    (Family Album Segment) Clark Kent leaves Smallville for Metropolis. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his costume which she made from blankets that arrived with him in his spaceship. In Metropolis, Clark tries to get a job at the Daily Planet. As he is being interviewed by Perry White, Lois informs them that a bank is being robbed with a tank. Perry promises Clark a job if he can get the scoop on the story. Clark changes into Superman and stops the robbery. Later, he writes the newspaper story on Superman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Superman Season 1 Episode 8 - The First Day of School
    7.0/10(63 votes)

    #24 - The First Day of School

    S1:E8

    A tattletale gets Clark into trouble but a guinea pig saves the day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Superman Season 1 Episode 15 - Superman and Wonder Woman vs. the Sorceress of Time
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Superman and Wonder Woman vs. the Sorceress of Time

    S1:E15

    Superman teams up with Wonder Woman to take on an evil Sorceress by the name of Cyrene. The Sorceress uses Black Magic to transport Mythological beasts to the future in order to battle Superman and Wonder Woman. Superman and Wonder Woman must imprison the escaped Sorceress before she attains ultimate power.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Destroy the Defendroids" is the worst rated episode of "Superman". It scored 0/10 based on 73 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/17/1988. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Adoption".