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Obsession: Directed by Dan Riba. With Tim Daly, Nancy Travis, Bud Cort, Joely Fisher. A mysterious fashion model is stalked by an obsessed supervillian smitten with her.
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- Animation, Action, Adventure
- Dan Riba
- 1998-11-14
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"Obsession" is the fourth episode of the third season of Superman: The Animated Series, and the 45th of the overall series. It depicts the return of the Toyman. A highly attractive model soon becomes the target for several toy-based robots that are powerful enough to challenge even Superman. Looking into this, Superman soon discovers the strange tr...
A fashion show hosted by Lana Lang, owner of Lana Lang Fashions, is underway. Clark and Jimmy are present to cover the trendy show. Lana reveals her star model: Darci Mason. While Darci flaunts her swimsuit, a strange boat drives up and three life-size toys, a cowboy, an astronaut and a knight, emerge. They attack the guards, and the astronaut goes after Darci. Superman arrives on the scene and destroys the knight. He then confronts the cowboy and punches its head off. However, the astronaut flies off with Darci. Superman gives chase and manages to save her.
Back at his hideout, Toyman plays with a doll which he calls Darci and vows she'll soon be all his. The cowboy arrives and gives Toyman a frock belonging to Darci. A key falls out of the pocket revealing Darci's residence.
Clark arrives at Darci's apartment and finding no one is home, he sneaks in and searches the room. The room is strangely empty of any clues of her past. He then checks the refrigerator and finds that it too is empty. Darci talks to Clark for a while, but a giant toy kangaroo arrives and hurls him off the balcony. The kangaroo then goes after Darci. Superman arrives and starts fighting the kangaroo. Though the kangaroo almost escapes with Darci, Superman manages to save her and defeats the robot. Darci, however, has left and Toyman has watched the whole thing. He vows to take care of Superman.
Back at her office, Lana walks in on Darci, who is busy repairing a tear in her skin. She witnesses Darci pull off the piece of skin, revealing that she is, in truth, a robot. Lana confronts Darci, who reveals that she is based on a doll that was popular at one point in time. Lana notes that she herself had the entire Darci line and realizes this is why she subconsciously associated Darci with being the perfect model. The Toyman wanted a companion and built her, but she proved to have too much free will and now wants to kill him. Darci attacks Lana after she finds her employer plans to turn her over to the police. After a brief fight, a fire breaks out and Lana is trapped inside. Darci runs off, leaving Lana to burn. Once again, Superman arrives in time to save her and manages to put out the fire. Through Lana, he learns of Darci's origin and her connection to Toyman.
Darci goes to Toyman's hideout and confronts him. She tries to kill him with a gun, but she finds she can't. A fail-safe device prevents her from attacking him and she is forced to run. However, she is captured and Toyman decides to make some "adjustments" on her.
Shortly after Darci's entry, Superman arrives. Toyman accuses Superman of wanting Darci for himself, though Superman assures him this is not the case, Toyman traps him in an energy cage and has him attacked by an energy being called the Death Fist Ninja. At first, Superman is nearly defeated by the ninja, but he soon manages to push it into the energy cage, thereby overloading its circuits.
•This episode's story arc is later concluded in the Static Shock episode "Toys in the Hood".
Home video releases
•Superman: The Animated Series, Volume Three (DVD) •Superman: The Complete Animated Series (DVD) •Batman vs. Robin (Blu-ray only) •Static Shock: The Complete Third Season (DVD)
Production notes
•When the mechanical Kangaroo punches Superman in the face, there's a full screen frame of a fire explosion, which is reused footage from "Where There's Smoke" when Volcana blasted Superman with a fire ball in the parking lot. This is used again later when Toyman's scoreboard explodes and finally when Toyman's helicopter blows up.
Production inconsistencies
•As Superman says "No photos, no letters, not a hint from her past. What's your story, Darci?", his lips were out of sync.
Superman: The Animated Series S3 E4 "Obsession" » Recap. Create Subpage. Toyman has returned. This time, however, he no longer wants revenge on the late Bruno Manheim. He has his eyes set on Lana Lang's newest model, Darci Mason. Tropes for this episode include: Anti-Villain: Darci is a robot runaway from Toyman, who wants a life far away from him.
The World's Finest - Superman: The Animated Series. Obsession. Episode #47 - Obsession. Original Airdate - November 14th, 1998. Smitten with love, Toyman will do anything, even destroy Metropolis to get to Darci Mason, a mechanical fashion model.
Nov 14, 1998 · 20 min. Region of Origin. United States. Languages. Original Audio. English. Audio and Subtitles. English (United States) (AAC, CC) Accessibility. Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information. Superman stands between Toyman and his obsession for Darci, a fashion model.
Nov 15, 1998 · Obsession. Superman must stop the Toyman as he tries to abduct Darci Mason a popular supermodel and robot created by the Toyman. Deutsch English français español svenska italiano Português - Brasil. General. Cast & Crew. Originally Aired November 15, 1998. Runtime 25 minutes. Content Rating United States of America TV-PG. Production Code 045.
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Nov 14, 1998 · Superman: The Animated Series. Obsession. Available on Prime Video, iTunes, Max. S3 E4: Smitten with love, Toyman (recurring guest star voice Bud Cort) will do anything, even destroy Metropolis, to possess Darci Mason (guest star voice Nancy Travis), a mechanical fashion model.
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