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Is the Man of Steel actually a plant? Are those glasses more than they appear? Prepare to have your mind blown as we explore the most fascinating Superman fan theories from across all media! From time travel paradoxes to secret Kryptonian technology, these theories will make you see the Last Son of Krypton in an entirely new light.
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00:00Hey! Quit messing around!
00:02I'm not messing around, I'm doing important stuff.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at fan theories about Superman spanning all forms of media.
00:10Some of these were later confirmed as true, while others are just crazy enough to be true, or completely off-base.
00:16There will be a few spoilers.
00:19Are you being serious right now?
00:21Yeah.
00:23Number 10. Ultraman Will Become Doomsday.
00:27Superman.
00:27Before even hitting theaters, fans debated Ultraman's true identity in James Gunn's Superman.
00:33Going by comic lore, Ultraman could have been Superman from an alternate universe.
00:38While Ultraman is revealed to be a Superman doppelganger, he's actually a clone that Lex Luthor created.
00:44This version of Ultraman shares more in common with the clone from Superman Doomsday.
00:53On that note, Ultraman is pulled into a black hole during the climax.
00:57Although, that doesn't mean he's dead.
00:59One theory suggests that Ultraman will not only return in a future DCU movie, but he'll come back as Doomsday.
01:05His black suit is already Doomsday-esque, and Ultraman equals Superman's strength.
01:15The effects could leave Ultraman mutated and hell-bent on revenge, setting the stage for the death of Superman.
01:22Number 9. Chloe Sullivan Was Going To Become Lois Lane.
01:26Smallville.
01:26Although Clark Kent initially has eyes for Lana Lang in this origin story, we all know he's destined for Lois Lane.
01:33While Lois isn't present in the first three seasons, Clark goes to school with Chloe Sullivan, an aspiring journalist who has the hots for him.
01:40The exposure to the blast must have done something to his body.
01:43No, this can't be right.
01:44This was shot down in a season 3 episode where Chloe mentions her cousin Lois Lane, who finally appears in season 4.
01:51She's my cousin. She won't mind at all. She's not interested in journalism.
01:59Lois Lane.
02:01Fans weren't too far off, however.
02:03Creators Alfred Goff and Miles Miller confirmed that they toyed with the idea of Chloe being, quote,
02:08the proto-Lois, changing her identity somewhere down the line.
02:12They ultimately scrapped this idea, allowing Erica Durant to deliver a fan-favorite portrayal of Lois.
02:19You talk a lot.
02:20Well, I'm just not very comfortable with uncomfortable silence, and you're not exactly keeping up with your end of the conversation.
02:25Number 8. Lex Luthor and Batman shared a vision.
02:28Batman vs. Superman, Dawn of Justice.
02:31We understand why Batman has such animosity towards Superman in this DCEU crossover.
02:36In addition to witnessing the Man of Steel's collateral damage firsthand,
02:40Bruce Wayne has a dream where Superman brings about the end of the world.
02:44She was my world.
02:45While Batman's motivations are fleshed out, audiences were generally confused as to why Lex Luthor pitted the titular heroes against each other.
02:55We guess Lex views Superman as a threat to humanity, although this isn't well established in the film.
03:01And now God bends to my will.
03:04One theory provides more context, proposing that Lex had the same post-apocalyptic vision as Bruce.
03:10This would certainly give Lex a more relatable reason for targeting Superman.
03:14It would also make Luthor and Batman more similar than the latter would care to admit.
03:18Number 7. A Shared Universe. Superman and Batman.
03:27Before cinematic universes were mainstream or the superhero genre took over Hollywood,
03:32there were two gold standards.
03:341978's Superman and 1989's Batman.
03:38Both franchises had a similar trajectory, each inspiring one good sequel and two bad ones.
03:43Some fans like to think that they had an even closer link, believing they took place in the same universe.
03:49Easy, miss. I've got you.
03:51You've got me? Who's got you?
03:53Christopher Reeve offered to appear in Tim Burton's film, although this idea wasn't taken seriously.
03:59While Reeve's subsequent accident ruled out the possibility of him ever starring opposite Batman,
04:03DC has seemingly canonized this theory.
04:06Stop.
04:06Through the 2022 Dark Crisis comic book storyline,
04:13it's established that the Burtonverse and Donnerverse are both part of Earth-789.
04:17This continuity also ignores the poorly received sequels,
04:21rewriting Batman and Superman's future adventures.
04:24Chicks dig their car.
04:26This is why Superman works alone.
04:28Number 6. A Kryptonite Inhaler. Superman Returns.
04:32Taking place in the same continuity as the first two Christopher Reeve movies,
04:36Superman returns to find that Lois now has a young son named Jason.
04:40While Lois claims that Richard White is the father,
04:43Jason's true parentage is verified after he smashes a henchman with a piano.
04:53It's unclear if Lois always knew that Superman was the father,
04:57although this theory implies that she did.
04:59Not only that, but she went to unethical lengths to conceal the secret.
05:03She did so by lacing Jason's inhaler with Kryptonite,
05:07weakening him just enough to keep his powers under control.
05:12Hello.
05:16Some might argue that Lois wouldn't do that to her own son.
05:19After demonstrating his powers, though,
05:21Jason's second guess is using his inhaler.
05:24Is he connecting the dots?
05:25Number 5. Clark Kent's Nerdiness Isn't An Act
05:34On the surface, he's mild-mannered Clark Kent.
05:37Behind the poindexter persona is the Man of Steel.
05:40It's often said that Clark Kent is merely a mask,
05:43and Superman allows him to be his true self.
05:46David Carradine has an entire monologue about this in Kill Bill Volume 2.
05:49When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman.
05:53His alter ego is Clark Kent.
05:56What if it's the other way around, though?
05:58This theory claims that Superman has always been a nerd,
06:01going back to his upbringing in Smallville.
06:03Admittedly, the humble farm boy struggling to fit in with his peers
06:06more closely resembles the introverted Daily Planet reporter
06:09than the confident Superman.
06:10I'm sorry, Lana.
06:13I guess I better clean it up.
06:14Maybe Clark's dorkiness isn't an act.
06:17Perhaps he is an awkward bookworm at heart.
06:19Once he puts on the super suit,
06:21Clark puts up the facade of a fearless hero.
06:24You okay?
06:25Uh-huh.
06:27Number 4. The Manipulation of Martha
06:29Batman vs. Superman Dawn of Justice
06:32You're letting him kill Martha!
06:38Save Martha!
06:40It's the line that launched a million memes,
06:42going down as one of the most infamous in the DCEU.
06:45Many found it laughable that Batman suddenly abandons his vendetta against Superman
06:50because their mothers share the same name.
06:52Why did you say that name?
06:54Find him!
06:58Save Martha!
07:02For that matter,
07:03was Superman expecting Batman to know who Martha was?
07:06Well, maybe.
07:07According to one theory,
07:08Superman already knew that Batman was Bruce Wayne.
07:11He was also familiar with Bruce's childhood tragedy.
07:13When Superman says that name,
07:15he isn't just talking about his mom.
07:17He's trying to trigger Batman's trauma
07:19by mentioning his late mother's name.
07:21Some may say that's a stretch,
07:23but it would explain why Superman didn't say something more specific
07:26like save my mother or save Martha Kent.
07:29It's okay.
07:30I'm a friend of your sons.
07:31Number 3.
07:32Superman is a plant?
07:34What do Superman and Poison Ivy have in common?
07:37More than you think.
07:38At least going by this theory.
07:39We all know that Superman gets his powers from Earth's yellow sun.
07:43So naturally,
07:43that must mean that Superman is a plant, right?
07:52It sounds silly,
07:53but there is some scientific backing to this hypothesis.
07:56Through photosynthesis,
07:58plants convert sunlight and other sources of light energy
08:00into chemical energy.
08:02We suppose Clark's powers operate similarly,
08:04but it doesn't entirely hold water.
08:06It's not like Kryptonians sprout out of the ground.
08:09Good luck, brother.
08:13In Action Comics number 149,
08:16it's even established that Krypton had Orgus plants.
08:19So would that mean that plants could own other plants on Krypton?
08:22Plus, if Superman were a plant,
08:24Kryptonite wouldn't be his only weakness.
08:27Now fly.
08:31Number 2.
08:32Kryptonian glasses.
08:33The glasses,
08:34because the glasses have always bothered me.
08:36As a kid, they bothered me.
08:38Some heroes wear a mask to conceal their secret identities.
08:41Clark Kent wears glasses.
08:43We've all made fun of this comic book logic.
08:45Even James Gunn's film acknowledges
08:47that they might not fool everybody forever.
08:49Of course, Gunn's film also threw out the idea
08:51that our hero has hypnoglasses,
08:53making Clark and Superman appear like different people to the public.
08:56It's just that he wears hypnoglasses.
08:59They make his face terrific.
09:00How do they work?
09:01They make his face look different in your brain when he wears them?
09:04This aligns with a popular theory that Superman's glasses were constructed with Kryptonian technology,
09:09making for a more convincing disguise than you might assume.
09:12A few comics have also alluded to this.
09:14One published in 1978 even directly states that his glasses are made of Kryptonian plexiglass.
09:20While aspects of Superman's lore have changed over the decades,
09:24Gunn is making the hypnoglasses official.
09:26But, uh, he said, you know, there's an answer for that in the comics.
09:30It's canon that they're hypnoglasses.
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09:48Number 1. Superman Flashpoint
09:50Superman
09:51The most revered Superman movie also contains the franchise's most notorious twist.
09:56After losing Lois Lane, Superman reverses time by spinning the world backward.
10:02There are numerous reasons why this doesn't add up,
10:11although that hasn't stopped some fans from trying to make sense of it.
10:14The most logical explanation is that Superman didn't literally spin the world back.
10:18Like the Flash, he moved so fast that he traveled through time.
10:22Turning the Earth around was just symbolic.
10:25Even if that were the case, Superman would still need to get both missiles,
10:29which he always should have been able to do if he were fast enough to alter time.
10:33Hi.
10:36Don't bother, I think it's dead.
10:37Would that also mean there's an alternate Superman out there?
10:40That would explain Superman 3 a little.
10:43You always wanted to fly, Kent.
10:45Now's your chance.
10:49What's the wildest Superman theory you've ever heard?
10:51Let us know in the comments.
10:53Superman will never-
10:54WRONG!
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