Lex Luthor's company makes robots called Defendroids that stop crooks and save people so effectively it causes Superman to move away from Metropolis. With his old rival gone, Luthor uses the Defendroids to rob a train transporting a billion dollars in gold to Fort Knox.
After Jonathan and Martha Kent discover Jor-El's spaceship on the roadside with his son, they take the baby to an orphanage. Unfortunately, there are a number of couples waiting to adopt before the Kents. The baby uses his superpowers in mischievous ways, which repel all the others way. He is then adopted by the Kents, whom he gets along with.
When S.T.A.R. Labs discovers an alien spaceship which crashes, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen, and S.T.A.R. Labs scientists Albert Michaels and Jenet Klyburn find within the ship two aliens named Xelandra and Argan in suspended animation until Jimmy accidentally awakens them. When it is discovered the ship was used by an intergalactic policeman who arrested a criminal, Superman must find out who is who before the criminal uses Earth to lay eggs.
When Martha Kent takes Clark on his first shopping trip, she tries to be careful that Clark doesn't give away his powers.
Lex Luthor buys the Great Wall of China and invites Lois Lane, Clark Kent, and Jimmy Olsen over for an interview. When Lex accidentally brings the statue of the Dragon King to life, he and Superman must work together to stop the dragon statue.
Jonathan and Martha Kent leave Clark with Melissa the babysitter. Clark figures he can use his powers to skip bedtime, but learns even Kryptonians get naturally tired.
When Superman is celebrating Lois Lane's birthday with a fly through the skies, a metal pyramid floats down to them and they meet its pilot, a hostile cyborg named Cybron who comes from the future. When Cybron's pyramid is brought to a government facility, Cybron breaks free and turns Lois, Jimmy, and a bunch of people into robots.
Clark Kent goes to school for the first time and meets Lana Lang. During his time at school, he gets blamed for letting the class guinea pig out of its cage.
Clark Kent's old friend Dr. Glozer invents the Chronotron which allows the user to see into the future. Lex Luthor wants the device and sends his men to capture Dr. Glozer and steal the machine. Using it to win at horse racing, Luthor sees a crime at the track and realizes Clark Kent is Superman. Luthor then gets Clark on a tabloid TV show to force him to reveal himself.
Clark Kent camps in the woods with his boy scout troop, where they tell ghost stories.
Prankster seeks his revenge against those who sent him to prison. He ends up teleporting the Metros and the Goliaths (two baseball teams competing in the World Series) to his uncharted island, kidnaps Judge Cook, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen (who were partially responsible for the events that sent him to prison), and threatens their lives. Superman is the only one who can rescue his friends from the Prankster when he is forced to play as a pitcher for Prankster's Robot Baseball Team against the two baseball teams for Prankster's amusement.
Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.
While out on a holiday with his parents, Clark Kent ends up having to leave as Superman when General Zod and his companions Ursa and Faora arrive. They create a creature called The Hunter which can transform into any material it acquires. Things get difficult for Superman when The Hunter acquires the Kryptonite that is in Lex Luthor's possession.
Clark is unhappy with his adoptive parents and decides to run away. After a number of problems, he returns after he realizes that home is not worse than life on the run.
When Superman stops a meteor, a piece of it falls to Themyscira and breaks the crystal prison containing the sorceress Syrene (who has the ability to teleport mythological creatures to the present) where she turns the Amazons into hideous short creatures. Now Superman and Wonder Woman must stop Cyrene before she obtains the ultimate power sealed within Themyscira... which she needs Wonder Woman to open.
Clark Kent's birthday party gets a surprise.
A bookstore owner named Chilton Bone uses a medallion called the Talisman of Olaf to become Bonechill, who has the ability to bring mummies and other horror monsters to life.
Clark Kent takes his driving test.
Researchers have discovered an old part of Metropolis that has been buried for a hundred years. According to legend, this part of Metropolis was buried a hundred years ago when a scientist named Dr. Morpheus made a machine that allowed him to steal the powers of a number of different kinds of animals. The legend turns out to be true when Dr. Morpheus (who appears to be a man-bat) kidnaps Lois Lane. He lures Superman to his machine in a plot to steal Superman's powers, and uses bats to help Superman get there.
Clark Kent takes Lana Lang on a date to a concert.
In the Bermuda Triangle, Superman must do battle with a villain named Captain Wildsharkk who is hijacking ships.
Clark Kent discovers that he cannot play football since his powers give him an unfair advantage.
Lex Luthor develops a suit that enables a person to become a living shadow. He gives it to a low-level thug from Suicide Slum named McFarlane to rob a bank (who gets dubbed Shadow Thief), then uses the suit himself to rob a jewelry store. Lex then recruits a gang to use the suits in a plan to rob the mint where their robberies baffle Superman and Inspector Henderson.
Clark Kent must solve a problem with his graduation robe when it gets dirty on Graduation Day.
An alien bounty hunter named Starrok steals the shuttle that Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen are in. He brings them to his planet, where they are fattened up in order to gain the proteins from their bodies to become immortal.
Upon moving to Metropolis, Clark Kent gets a job at the Daily Planet and then becomes Superman for the first time by saving Lois Lane when a bank is being robbed.
2009 DVD collection bonus twelve minute feature; tracing the evolution of Luthor’s character from the fear-of-science ’40s and ’50s to the “greed is good” of the ’80s.
(Family Album Segment) After Martha and Jonathan Kent discover a baby boy in a crashed spaceship, they take the baby to an orphanage. Unfortunately, there are a number of couples waiting to adopt before the Kents. The baby manages to drive the couples away after a series of pranks. He is then adopted by the Kents.
(Family Album Segment) When Martha Kent takes Clark on his first shopping trip, she must be very careful so that Clark does not reveal his superpowers.
(Family Album Segment) The Kents leave Clark with a babysitter for the night. The babysitter has her hands full when Clark uses his superpowers in order to stay up late and watch television.
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent goes to his first day of school and meets Lana Lang. Clark gets in trouble when another student blames him for letting the class guinnea pig out of the cage.
(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.
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent inadvertently becomes part of the circus.
(Family Album Segment) Clark is unhappy with the Kents and decides to run away from home. He leaves but after a number of problems he returns after he realizes that home is not worse than life on the run.
(Family Album Segment) Clark's birthday party gets an unexpected surprise.
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent takes his driving test and passes it with flying colors.
(Family Album Segment) Clark takes Lana on a date to a concert. When a number of problems arise, Clark uses his superpowers to get around them.
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent discovers that he can not play football.
(Family Album Segment) When Clark heads to his graduation he runs into trouble when his graduation robe gets dirty. He buys a new one which is much too big. Martha stiches it up for him and despite a thunderstorm Clark makes it to his graduation just in time.
(Family Album Segment) Clark Kent leaves Smallville for Metropolis. Before he leaves, his mother gives him his costume which she made from blankets that arrived with him in his spaceship. In Metropolis, Clark tries to get a job at the Daily Planet. As he is being interviewed by Perry White, Lois informs them that a bank is being robbed with a tank. Perry promises Clark a job if he can get the scoop on the story. Clark changes into Superman and stops the robbery. Later, he writes the newspaper story on Superman.