Episode

Superman: The Adoption

Name: Superman: The Adoption
Released: 1988-09-17
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Beau Weaver, Ginny McSwain, Mark L. Taylor, Michael Bell, Alan Oppenheimer

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Overview

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

Details

Series: Superman
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 2
Air date: 1988-09-17
Runtime: 12 min

Episode context

The Adoption is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Superman. It aired on 1988-09-17. The runtime is 12 min.

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Episode 1: Destroy the Defendroids 1988-09-17 | 12 min Luthor creates a robotic police force called Defendroids.

Episode 3: Fugitive from Space 1988-09-24 | 12 min 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.

More episodes from this season

Episode 4: The Supermarket 1988-09-24 | 12 min Ma Kent undertakes a shopping trip with baby Clark.

Episode 5: By the Skin of the Dragon's Teeth 1988-10-01 | 12 min Luthor discovers a curse when he tricks Superman into excavating a treasure.

Episode 6: At the Babysitter's 1988-10-01 | 12 min A babysitter tries to control young Clark.

Episode 7: Cybron Strikes 1988-10-08 | 12 min A human/machine hybrid, comes from the future to 'Cyberrize' Earth.

Episode 8: The First Day of School 1988-10-08 | 12 min A tattletale gets Clark into trouble but a guinea pig saves the day.

Episode 9: The Big Scoop 1988-10-15 | 12 min 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.

Episode 10: Overnight with the Scouts 1988-10-15 | 12 min (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.

Episode 11: Triple-Play 1988-10-22 | 12 min 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.

Episode 12: The Circus 1988-10-22 | 12 min (Family Album Segment) Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.

Episode 13: The Hunter 1988-10-29 | 12 min 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.