7. "So This Is Planet Houston" (Superman II)
The dialogue *Arriving on Earth after overhearing some NASA astronauts*
General Zod: "So this is planet Houston!"
Why was it unexpected or out of place? After daintily touching down on Earth (which hardly introduced him as a physically imposing character), General Zod then makes the assumption that the planet he has arrived on is called "Houston" based on a line of dialogue he heard from an astronaut a few scenes prior. In addition to the flimsy physical introduction, this also presents him as rather stupid (especially given that he lands in water - while Ursa and even the moron that was Non landed on land - and assumes that water is the material that the entire surface of "Houston" is made of). Surely Zod knows that there are locations within locations. Houston, even in the stupidest person's mind, could have been (and of course was) the name of a city, state or country and not necessarily the name of the entire planet. It was a very surprising and poor line to use to introduce someone who did indeed turn out to be so formidable.