The plot in the episode is a typical comic book plot but the real story is in the doubts both Lois and Clark suffer from. The theme of the whole episode is on fear of commitment. It's a bit of a comidy as usual, it's funny seeing the dreams both of the main characters have which of course are in the form of a couple of Classic TV shows I Love Lucy and Dragnet; and the movie franchise James Bond. The parodies are key on with the characters psyches although the James Bond fantasy that Lois has is ironically funny since Teri Hatcher was in a James Bond film.
But it's also a through examination into the theme. We see a parallel between both Lois and Clark and the villianous couple played well by Johnathan Frakes (Star Trek: Next Generation) and Genie Francis (General Hospital). They portray a couple the seems all too perfect, from common interests, thinking alike, and always happy since they always wear smiles on their face like plastic toy figurines. But we see underneth this idalistic facade of the perfect couple lies an emptyness, there seems to be no real pashion or any feeling for that manner. Could explain why they have this constant need to collect things to fill in a pashionless void.
That's why Clark and Lois are a couple that are destined to make it, because both of them don't have a perfect relationship. Both are different in both interests and characteristics; they've ran into some bumps in the road which consist of fear, fights, disagreements, like/dislike, rifts and obsticles. But these things always make their love survive and continue to get stronger.
A facinating moment was when both of them are caged, and are a mere distance away from each other, so close yet so far. Obviously this is a metaphor for the rift both of them have created in their relationship which was created by fear. And the protective forcefield symbolism of their own doubts about one another. Both have a long and facinating conversation about where their relationship is going and the fear they both feel. The camera uses close up shot of their faces while their talking, it gives us the feeling of physical closeness as if their both litterally touching one another through their words. And the last moment doesn't disapoint as they both execute a Macgyver like excape.
Like any healthy couple if they can get out of that situation, then they can get out of any situation. And thats why these two work.
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Don't Tug on Superman's Cape
Season 3,
Episode 6,
Aired
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Episode Summary
Lois and Clark decide to forget the word "marriage", at least for the time. One of the richest couples of Metropolis has a plan to capture and add Superman to their collection of treasures. They capture Lois to get Superman. In the cage, Lois and Clark begin to talk, and the conversation makes them start to lose their fears about marriage.moreless
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K Callan
Martha Kent
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Dean Cain
Clark Kent/Superman
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Teri Hatcher
Lois Lane
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ADD TRIVIA- If you look closely at the vehicle that Tim and Amber Lake own in their room of valuable possessions, it looks very similar to the Batmobile of the superhero Batman. Tim says the car is one of a kind and Amber says that they are "Batty" about it. Edit
- Nitpick: Tim Lake, disguised as Bad Brain pretending to be Superman, is more than a stretch. Tim Lake has a much heavier build than Bad Brain, and Bad Brain is much more slender yet taller than Superman. Bad Brain and Lake also have brown hair, but he doesn't wear a wig. Edit
- The lost arms of Venus de Milos were also in Lex Luthor's secret collection in "The Foundling" episode. Edit
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Notes
ADD NOTES- One of the dream sequences in this episode parodies the classic sitcom I Love Lucy . George Reeves made one of his few appearances as Superman outside the 50's syndicated series on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy and Superman", airing January 14, 1957, in which Superman comes to Little Ricky's birthday party. Edit
- This episode was nominated for a Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Drama Series. Edit
- In real life, Genie Francis and Jonathan Frakes, who play Mr and Mrs Lake, are married. Edit
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Quotes
ADD QUOTES- Clark: (hearing that there's a problem at Star Labs) Something is happening. Lois: Hey! Maybe it's Bad Brain! Can I go? Clark: No! Lois: Oh, come on Clark, why do we go through this? We both know I'm gonna go! Clark: Then why ask? Lois: Trying to be nice. Edit
- Lois: You gave up everything in your life, for me. Superman: Without you, it wouldn't have been a life. Edit
- Clark/Superman (speaking to Lois, seeing that his uniform has been almost destroyed): My mom's gonna kill me! Edit
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Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- Lois and Clark watch an episode of a show very similar in format and host to the real show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous while researching the Lakes. Edit
- Dream Sequences This episode opens with a parody of I Love Lucy with Clark playing the part of Ricky, Lois playing the part of Lucy, and Martha and Jonathan playing the parts of Fred and Ethel. In a later dream sequence, Clark fills the role of James Bond, the suave super-spy who can defeat any villain and get any girl. Lois plays Miss Goodbottom, and has a typical "Bond girl" name which can have sexual connotations. In the final dream sequence, Perry and Jimmy are policemen grilling "Clark the absentee father" in a parody of the cop show Dragnet, whose Sgt Joe Friday was famous for his monotone way of speaking. Edit
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Title "Don't Tug on Superman's Cape"
This is taken from the song "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" by Jim Croce. "You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask of the Old Lone Ranger, and you don't mess around with Jim." Edit
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