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The Mechanical Monsters

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The Mechanical Monsters	comment	The Mechanical Monsters is a 1941 Fleischer Studios cartoon, and the second of the Superman Theatrical Cartoons.The cartoon starts with a robot breaking into a Metropolis bank, flying off and dropping off a payload of money to a scientist hiding out in a mountain. The news quickly spread the word about the robbery, and armed guards are stationed around the House of Jewels, where a menagerie of lush treasure are put on display. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are present at this opening to get a story when another robot shows up, effortlessly plowing through the armed guards and stealing a large chunk of the precious jewelry. Clark heads off to phone the Daily Planet about the story, while Lois takes action and stows away inside the cargo hold of the robot, which flies off. Clark sees the robot taking off and notices that Lois is absent—he quickly deduces that Lois stowed away on it, and gets into a phone booth to change into Superman, quickly taking off to rescue Lois and find out who is controlling the robot.The cartoon is in the Public Domain and can be viewed here
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The Mechanical Monsters	processingComment	Dropped link to Robot: Not a Feature - ITEM
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_4160410d	type	Damsel in Distress
The Mechanical Monsters / int_4160410d	comment	Damsel in Distress: Lois Lane unwittingly gets herself into this situation by stowing away into the cargo bin of one of the robots, which ends up getting her captured by the villain.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
The Mechanical Monsters / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: Unfortunately, with all their Tommy Guns and pistols, the police just can't take down the bullet proof robots.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_62c556bf	type	X-Ray Vision
The Mechanical Monsters / int_62c556bf	comment	X-Ray Vision: This is the first time Superman uses this power on screen, and the only time in throughout the shorts that he uses his other powers outside of his Super-Strength and Flight.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Mechanical Monsters / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: The villain attempts to leap to his death when he realizes the deck is stacked against him, but Superman saves him just in time and hauls him off to jail.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_8966382e	type	Bank Robbery
The Mechanical Monsters / int_8966382e	comment	Bank Robbery: What the villain primarily does with his robots.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_986dad9a	type	Killer Robot
The Mechanical Monsters / int_986dad9a	comment	Killer Robot: The eponymous Mechanical Monsters, one of which effortlessly plow through Metropolis' police force to steal the treasures from the House of Jewels.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_99db72ee	type	Immune to Bullets
The Mechanical Monsters / int_99db72ee	comment	Immune to Bullets: The robots are completely impervious to bullets, as the Metropolis police force quickly finds out.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_9fbf8969	type	Cut Lex Luthor a Check
The Mechanical Monsters / int_9fbf8969	comment	Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Isn't it a pity that the only possible way to get rich off of inventing remote-controlled mechanical robots is using them to rob banks and steal jewelry?
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
The Mechanical Monsters / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: The villain when he realizes Superman has broken into his base.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_b7691e0c	type	My Suit Is Also Super
The Mechanical Monsters / int_b7691e0c	comment	My Suit Is Also Super: Superman uses his cape to defend Lois Lane from a vat of molten lead being poured on them.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_b7b18615	type	Phone Booth Changing Room
The Mechanical Monsters / int_b7b18615	comment	Phone Booth Changing Room: Upon seeing the Mechanical Monsters fly off, deducing that Lois is inside one of them, Clark enters a phone booth and changes to his Superman costume.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Mechanical Monsters / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The villain is given no name.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_e6f18344	type	Humongous Mecha
The Mechanical Monsters / int_e6f18344	comment	Humongous Mecha: The robots are quite large and imposing machines, easily towering over the humans before them.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
The Mechanical Monsters / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Lois finds herself tied, gagged, and placed above a pit of boiling liquid metal after being discovered and infuriating the villain.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_f0001923	type	Fire-Breathing Weapon
The Mechanical Monsters / int_f0001923	comment	Fire-Breathing Weapon: The robots are equipped with flamethrowers as a weapon, which they use in the climatic battle against Superman.
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The Mechanical Monsters / int_ffe1bbf8	type	Defiant Captive
The Mechanical Monsters / int_ffe1bbf8	comment	Defiant Captive: Lois having been spotted by the villain and ordered to reveal what happened to the jewels he tried to steal, mouths off and tells him that he'll read about it in the paper. He doesn't take that well....
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Mechanical Monsters	hasFeature	Cloak of Defense / int_19d9b78d
The Mechanical Monsters	hasFeature	Short Film / int_19d9b78d
The Mechanical Monsters	hasFeature	The '40s / int_19d9b78d

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