Smallville/Characters/Kryptonians

Kal-El / Clark Kent / The Blur
See The Kents.

Jor-El (Terence Stamp, Tom Welling, Julian Sands)


Clark's Kryptonian biological father, Jor-El was a brilliant scientist who was regarded as one of Krypton's greatest heroes (next to Zod). When Krypton was about to go boom, he copied his brain patterns into the spaceship that would carry his son to Earth.

Tropes that pertain to the Kryptonian Jor-El

 * British Accents
 * Cain and Abel: With Zor-El and.
 * Former Teen Rebel: In Season 3's "Relic", Jor-El tells Louise that he wasn't a "model son."
 * Happily Married: Screwed up as he is, there are no indications that his marriage to Lara was less than happy.


 * Hot Dad
 * Humans Are Flawed: And so are Kryptonians.
 * Ignored Expert: Shown in a Flash Back scene in Season 9's "Kandor" when he
 * Lighter and Softer:
 * Man in White: When he was alive on Krypton.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Science Hero: Heavily implied.
 * Take a Third Option:.
 * Take a Third Option:.

Tropes that pertain to the A.I. Jor-El

 * All Powerful Bystander
 * Asshole Victim: The Fortress AI has this happen to it a lot, courtesy of Brainiac, Lex, Earth-2 Lionel and various others.
 * Because Destiny Says So: The AI is a total douche about this.
 * British Accents
 * Genius Loci
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Humans Are Flawed: And so are Kryptonians.
 * Jerkass: In the early seasons, at least.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In later seasons.
 * Meddling Parent
 * Meta Casting / Remake Cameo: Kneel before Jor-el! I mean, uh, Zod!
 * Mister Exposition
 * The Omniscient
 * Sink or Swim Mentor
 * So Proud of You: Said by the Fortress AI to Clark in Season 8's "Abyss" and in the Grand Finale.
 * Soul Jar
 * Spirit Advisor
 * The Spock
 * The Voice
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Lara-El (Kendall Cross, Helen Slater)
Clark's Kryptonian biological mother.


 * Back From the Dead: Thanks to cloning and a Power Crystal in Season 7's "Blue."
 * Cloning Blues
 * Flying Brick: Although she only really gets to demonstrate her Nigh Invulnerability.
 * Happily Married: To Jor-El, much to Zor-El's disgust.
 * Hot Mom
 * Meta Casting / Remake Cameo: Her actress originally played Supergirl.
 * Posthumous Character
 * Sealed Good in a Can
 * Unwitting Pawn: Of Zor-El.
 * Woman in White

Raya (Pascale Hutton)
Jor-El's lab assistant, Raya helped construct the spaceship that infant Kal-El escaped Krypton in, and was later put into the Phantom Zone so she could survive Krypton's destruction. Years later, she meets Clark after he's sent to the Phantom Zone by General Zod and helps him escape, but is believed to have been killed by two of Zod's henchmen. Later on, Raya shows up in Smallville, having been freed from the Phantom Zone herself along with some others, and helps Clark battle Baern, one of the Phantom Zone escapees. She is killed by Baern in the Fortress of Solitude.


 * Action Girl
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Hot Scientist
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Minored in Asskicking: Raya survived in the Phantom Zone for twenty years and holds her own against Baern, one of the worst of the Zoners.
 * Miss Exposition
 * Ms. Fanservice: When Clark first meets her, she's in a toga.
 * Taking the Bullet: Takes a nuclear blast from Baern in order to save Clark's life.
 * Tell Me About My Father
 * Waif Fu
 * We Hardly Knew Ye
 * You Look Familiar: Pascale Hutton previously played a minor character in Season 4's "Ageless".

Kara Kent / Kara Zor-El (Laura Vandervoort)
Clark's Kryptonian cousin, the daughter of Jor-El's brother Zor-El. Kara was sent to Earth by her father, ostensibly to find and look after her cousin Kal-El, only to be trapped in suspended animation shortly after her arrival. Eighteen years later (in Season 7), Kara is awakened following a battle between Clark and Bizarro.

While she initially has trouble fittiing in, Kara grows into her role as Clark's cousin, protege and confidante... only to be kidnapped by Brainiac and forced into the Phantom Zone, from which she was not released until Season 8. She made her return in Season 10 and began operating out of Metropolis as a Superhero.


 * Action Girl
 * Alliterative Name: Once adopted into the Kent family.
 * Badass
 * Bare Your Midriff: Often. Just look at the picture.
 * Clark Kenting: In Season 7. By.
 * Cute Bruiser
 * The Dragon: To President Evil Lex in the Alternate Universe Clark gets sent to in "Apocalypse". She quickly Heel Face Turns after meeting Clark, though.
 * Flying Brick
 * Human Popsicle: Was trapped in stasis until the start of Season 7.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia
 * Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: No, seriously. Her dad Zor-El has got some issues.
 * Mini-Dress of Power: Season 10.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Older Than They Look: She's actually twenty or so years older than Clark. Thanks to her getting trapped in stasis, though, Clark both looks and acts a fair bit older than her.
 * Power Loss Makes You Strong: Kara survived in the Phantom Zone for a year, despite having lost her powers.
 * Put on a Bus
 * The Bus Came Back
 * Commuting on a Bus
 * Shoo Out the New Guy: Was introduced in an 8 episode story arc (a good one) at the start of Season 7. At the end of it, she's struck by some Laser-Guided Amnesia and left wandering around Detroit (keeping her out of the next several episodes). No sooner does she have her memory restored than in the very next episode, she's forced to go away with Brainiac to save Lana's life (also keeping her out of the next several episodes). When she finally returns near the end of Season 7, she's behaving strangely. In the season finale, we learn it's because She isn't freed until several episodes into Season 8 and is then promptly Put on a Bus untill the final season.
 * Unskilled but Strong: In Season 7. Unlike Clark, she has access to the full range of Kryptonian powers, allowing her to fly, lift cars, Super Speed and take bullets with the best of them, but she has almost no control over her lesser abilities. Clark can carve a pumpkin with his heat vision; Kara tends to make them explode.
 * Woman in White: In the Season 7 opener.

Zor-El (Christopher Heyerdahl)
Clark's Kryptonian uncle, Jor-El's younger brother and Kara's father. A scientist like his brother, Zor-El and Jor-El did not get along very well, probably since Zor-El was in love with Jor-El's wife Lara and tried to kill Jor-El so he could have Lara all to himself. He later became an ally to General Zod, but only so he could fulfill an ancient Kryptonian prophecy by destroying the planet.

Years later, Zor-El and Lara are resurrected by a Power Crystal he sent with Kara to Earth. He tries to take over Earth, only to be stopped when Clark destroys the crystal that brought him and Lara back to life.


 * Back From the Dead: Thanks to cloning and a Power Crystal in Season 7's "Blue".
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Longcoat
 * British Accents
 * Broken Pedestal: To Kara.
 * Earthshattering Kaboom: Caused Krypton's, alongside Brainiac and Zod.
 * Evil Uncle: To Clark.
 * Evil Plan: The first one is pre-story; destroy Krypton because of a prophecy. Main story is Take Over the World.
 * The Fundamentalist: Fervently believed in a Kryptonian prophecy about The End of the World as We Know It, leading him to cause it using Brainiac.
 * Flying Brick
 * Genius Bruiser: He's got Superman-like powers and he's a scientist in the same league as his brother.
 * Kill All Humans
 * Large Ham
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Mad Scientist
 * Murder the Hypotenuse
 * Omnicidal Maniac: Helped Zod blow up Krypton.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Smug Snake
 * We Can Rule Together: Invokes this trope with Lara, Clark and Kara at various points.
 * Yandere
 * Yandere

Clone Jor-El (Julian Sands)

 * Back From the Dead: Thanks to cloning in Season 9's "Kandor".
 * Cloning Blues
 * Killed Off for Real
 * Minored in Asskicking: Demonstrates some pretty decent fighting skills.
 * The Paralyzer:
 * Sealed Good in a Can:
 * So Proud of You: Says this to Clark in Season 9's "Kandor".

General Zod (Michael Rosenbaum, )
A Kryptonian military general and war criminal, Zod's body was destroyed and his soul thrown into the Phantom Zone following an attempted coup against the Ruling Council. Freed in the Season 5 finale by, Zod body-jacks Lex Luthor, using the billionaire's newly-gained superpowers in an attempt to bring the world to its knees. He is defeated by Clark in the Season 6 opening and imprisoned by the Crystal of El.

In Season 8, it is revealed that Zod and his second wife, Faora, had been unable to have children. Genetically engineering a child, they sent him to Earth as genetic material attached to Kal-El's spaceship. Said child grew up to be Doomsday, and was intended to kill Clark and destroy the world.

In Season 9, Major Zod's arrival leads to important revelations about his genetic predecessor, namely that Zod was once a hero from the war against Black Zero and that his hatred for Jor-El stemmed from the latter's refusal to. The Major was eventually banished by the Book of Rao (see his entry for more on that).


 * Abusive Dad: To.
 * Badass
 * Badass Beard: On his real body. He.
 * Badass Longcoat: While possessing Lex. After performing a Fusion Dance with, he adds both a coat and a Badass Cape to the latter's outfit.
 * Four-Star Badass
 * Back for the Finale: Appears in one of the last episodes.
 * Bald of Evil: When possessing Lex.
 * Beard of Evil: Sported by both his Phantom and bodies.
 * Bigger Bad: In Season 5.
 * British Accents:.
 * Cain and Abel: References the story and invokes the trope during "Dominion" with both Clark and . He seems desperate for a "brother-in-arms" worth having.
 * Cool Chair:.
 * The Corrupter: Tries to tempt into evil in "Dominion".
 * Deal with the Devil: Made a deal with Darkseid to gain control over the Zone and.
 * Demoted to Dragon: In "Dominion", he is reduced to.
 * The Disembodied: To even greater extremes than normal for a Zoner. His body was not only destroyed, but his Phantom was altered so that it can only control a body that has been specially prepared. Brainiac has to mutate Lex to make him Grand Theft Me}}-able; after his defeat by Clark, the General is reduced to being a ghost again until.
 * Evil Brit:.
 * Evil Counterpart: To Jor-El. Invoked with Clark in "Dominion", after he seizes control of.
 * Evil Overlord:.
 * Fallen Hero: Was once called one of Krypton's greatest heroes (see Major Zod for more on that).
 * Flaw Exploitation: Clark exploits his drive for control to defeat him in "Zod"; in "Dominion", exploit his need to kill Clark himself to take his crystal and escape the Zone.
 * Flying Brick: While possessing Lex.
 * Fusion Dance: "Dominion" is unclear as to whether the General or is more in control. He has the latter's body, the former's coldness and sense of fashion, and seems to retain both of their memories.
 * Grand Theft Me: Of Lex, and eventually, his With his original body destroyed, this is the best he can do.
 * Happily Married: To Faora.
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Fanatical Loyalty in the case of Faora and the Disciples of Zod, Fear in the case of
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: Pulls this on Lana in "Zod"; according to Word of God, this is due to his being influenced by Lex's emotions and not any real interest on his part.
 * Insane Admiral: Cold-blooded, ruthless and visibly off his rocker (although not nearly to the degree of Major Zod, who seems to live one step away from a Villainous Breakdown).
 * In the Hood: Briefly during "Dominion".
 * It's Personal: By "Dominion".
 * Kneel Before Zod: Naturally.
 * Large Ham
 * Mythology Gag: After he was taken out of Lex's body, he resembles the one from the Christopher Reeve movies. At the end of "Dominion", he and two henchmen, who may well be Non and Ursa, are sent spiraling off into space, much like in Superman II.
 * Omnicidal Maniac: When he couldn't take over Krypton, he corrupted the Brain InterActive Construct and helped Zor-El blow up the planet.
 * The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: A variant. He has no problem with someone else beating the tar out of Clark, but only he is allowed to deliver the coup de grace.
 * Out-Gambitted: By in "Dominion".
 * Revenge: Wants to payback on the House of El for his imprisonment. Later his feud with Clark becomes personal, following the latter's defeat of him, and his own subsequent Fusion Dance with who hates Clark more than anyone whose name isn't Lex.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Three times.
 * Second Love: Faora, who was originally one of the soldiers under his command.
 * Sins of Our Fathers: The General initially targets Kal-El because Jor-El is unavailable. It turns personal later on.
 * Unholy Matrimony: With Faora.
 * We Can Rule Together: To Lana and Clark in "Zod", and in "Dominion".
 * We Used to Be Friends: He and Jor-El.
 * We Used to Be Friends: He and Jor-El.

Faora (, Sharon Taylor)
Zod's second wife, Faora escapes the Phantom Zone in Season 8, possesses and goes hunting for her son Doomsday, whom she and Zod genetically engineered due to her own inability to bear children. Finding him in his human form as, Faora murders him in order to kick-start his mutant genetics and transform him into the killing machine she and Zod intended him to be. She is sent to the Phantom Zone once again by Kara, through the use of the Martian Manhunter's crystal.

In Season 9, we learn that Faora was originally one of Zod's soldiers during his days with the Kryptonian army. She grew close to her commander after, eventually becoming his partner in the plot to take over or destroy Krypton.


 * Abusive Mom:
 * Dark Action Girl: She's one of Zod's soldiers. This surprises anyone?
 * The Disembodied
 * Evil Makeover: Gives a subtle one to.
 * Flying Brick: While in the real world.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Grand Theft Me:
 * I Owe You My Life: Zod saved her when she was a cadet, carrying her several miles on his back after she was injured. She's been obsessively loyal ever since.
 * Luke I Am Your Mother:
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * Second Love: To Zod, following.
 * Sociopathic Soldier: She got her start as a member of Zod's Kandorian army.
 * Undying Loyalty: To General Zod.
 * Unholy Matrimony: Played straight with her and Zod. To hear her tell it, they're quite Happily Married.

Nam-Ek and Aethyr (Leonard Roberts and Alana de la Garza)
Two of Zod's henchmen (or "disciples"), Nam-Ek and Aethyr come to Earth during the second meteor shower that strikes Smallville at the end of Season 4, having escaped Krypton before its destruction inside of a black spaceship (which also contained Brainiac). After they raise some hell in Smallville searching for Clark, Clark finds them and manages to send them to the Phantom Zone. They return in the Season 6 premiere. Nam-Ek is killed by Raya; Aethyr's fate remains unknown.


 * Bald of Evil: Nam-Ek
 * Curb Stomp Battle: Them vs. the Smallville police.
 * Elite Mooks: To Zod.
 * Expy: Somewhat to Non/Quex-Ul and Ursa/Faora.
 * Flying Bricks
 * Green Eyes: Both of 'em.
 * Hoist By Their Own Petard
 * Killed Off for Real: Nam-Ek
 * The Other Darrin: Aethyr was played by a different actress in the Season 6 opener.
 * Revenge: In the Season 6 opener.
 * Scary Black Man: Nam-Ek
 * We Can Rule Together

Davis Bloome (Sam Witwer )
A paramedic who befriends Chloe in Season 8, Davis suffers from constant blackouts and memory lapses, and has his own connections to Krypton and Zod. —news Davis does not take well.

At first determined to end his own life, the knowledge that this is more or less impossible, combined with his growing crush on Chloe and his obsession with protecting his secrets, slowly drive Davis mad, turning him into a dark mirror of Clark Kent. .


 * Abusive Parents:.
 * Anti-Hero: He begins as a Type IV, murdering criminals in order to save others and . He later slides towards a Type V (though never quite reaching it), as his condition worsens and he struggles to keep people like Jimmy from uncovering his secret, losing some audience sympathy in the process. Finally he, cementing his role as Superman's enemy.
 * Back From the Dead:.
 * : For Season 8. Sort of.
 * Brought Down to Normal:
 * Captain Ersatz: He's pretty much The Incredible Hulk with a dose of.
 * Character Development: From Nice Guy to Type IV Anti-Hero to.
 * Doom Magnet: Attracts the attention of all Faora, Brainiac and Tess, all of whom want to control or eliminate him.
 * Driven to Villainy:.
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * Fan Nickname:
 * Heel Face Revolving Door -->
 * Hospital Hottie: Just ask the female fanbase.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: Even more so than Clark.
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch: His . Is it his Start of Darkness? Yes. Does it mark the beginning of the end for Davis? Yes. Is it hard not to cheer for him? Yes!
 * The Killer in Me: From the beginning, Davis suspects he might be the Serial Killer who's on the loose in Metropolis.
 * The Medic: Plays this role in the first couple episodes.
 * Parental Abandonment: Has no idea who his real parents are and was bounced from one lousy foster home to the next.
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: He begins killing those he deems evil.
 * Religious Bruiser: Davis keeps a cross and rosary beads hanging from the rear-view mirror in his ambulance, and is seen attending confession.
 * Shadow Archetype: To Clark. They're both
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch: His . Is it his Start of Darkness? Yes. Does it mark the beginning of the end for Davis? Yes. Is it hard not to cheer for him? Yes!
 * The Killer in Me: From the beginning, Davis suspects he might be the Serial Killer who's on the loose in Metropolis.
 * The Medic: Plays this role in the first couple episodes.
 * Parental Abandonment: Has no idea who his real parents are and was bounced from one lousy foster home to the next.
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: He begins killing those he deems evil.
 * Religious Bruiser: Davis keeps a cross and rosary beads hanging from the rear-view mirror in his ambulance, and is seen attending confession.
 * Shadow Archetype: To Clark. They're both
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Parental Abandonment: Has no idea who his real parents are and was bounced from one lousy foster home to the next.
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: He begins killing those he deems evil.
 * Religious Bruiser: Davis keeps a cross and rosary beads hanging from the rear-view mirror in his ambulance, and is seen attending confession.
 * Shadow Archetype: To Clark. They're both
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Shadow Archetype: To Clark. They're both
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Shadow Archetype: To Clark. They're both
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.
 * Vigilante Man: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers and other low-level criminals for termination.

Major Zod (Callum Blue)
""You choose to fight me! You forced me to unleash my power! We could have made this planet a paradise!""

A clone of the original Zod from his time as a Major, he and his cloned Kandorian army arrive in Season 9, following Clark's defeat of Doomsday and Tess' activation of the Orb in the Season 8 finale. Determined to gain Kryptonian powers for his initially depowered army, Zod is nevertheless horrified by the knowledge that his own future self destroyed Krypton. Clark attempts to use this knowledge to save the Major from himself, but to little avail; Zod slides further into villainy even as people within his own army begin to question his leadership. Following the collapse of his alliance with Tess and his own murder of whom he regards as a traitor, Zod declares war on the entire world. Clark is able to reveal the full extent of his crimes to the Kandorians, however, and the entire army is ultimately sent away from Earth by the Book of Rao, though not before Zod and Clark engage in an epic Knife Fight to see who will truly control Earth's future.

In the Bad Future of "Pandora", Zod and the Kandorians have conquered the world. In the main timeline, Zod stays one step ahead of Clark by posing as the Blur and convincing Lois to give him information.

The main antagonist of Season 9, Zod is a quick study, and a capable political and business leader, in addition to being the superb tactician and strategist that one would expect Krypton's greatest war hero to be.


 * Accidental Public Confession:.
 * Ax Crazy: Zod is consistently one hair away from a violent Villainous Breakdown.
 * Back From the Dead: Thanks to cloning, as revealed in "Kandor".
 * Badass
 * Badass Army: Leads one.
 * Badass Boast: "Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven!"
 * "Unlike you, I would lead from the throne, not from the shadows! Every human, including the woman you love, will Kneel Before Zod!"
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Majorly Awesome --> Four-Star Badass (after his promotion in "Sacrifice".)
 * Bad Future: In a truly bad one, he is the ruler of a post-apocalyptic Earth.
 * Big Bad: For Season 9.
 * Broken Pedestal: To Faora, Vala and the other Kandorians.
 * Catch Phrase: "Kneel before Zod" pretty much becomes this.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Classic Villain
 * Cloning Blues: Trapped on Earth, with memories he doesn't fully understand and a mission he can't fullfill.
 * Corrupt Corporate Executive: Briefly. He founds the RAO Corporation, fully intending for it to be bought out by Tess and LuthorCorp so that they can fund RAO's solar energy towers.
 * Cultured Warrior: He quotes Shakespeare and Paradise Lost, enjoys a good fine wine, and is obsessed with Kryptonian culture and history.
 * Dark Messiah: His portrayal has definite aspects of this, with Season 9 setting him up as a rival messianic figure to Clark.
 * Deal with the Devil:.
 * Doomed Hometown: Kandor was destroyed during the war against Black Zero, along with Zod's wife and son.
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
 * Evil Brit
 * Evil Counterpart: To Jor-El or Clark, depending on how you look at it.
 * Evil Is Hammy: The best example on the show. The eviler he gets, the more over the top he gets too.
 * Evilly Affable: He's a truly terrible person, and only gets worse as the season progresses, but his Large Ham tendencies, sheer Badassery, and Chessmaster skills make him a lot of fun to watch.
 * Fallen Hero: He was one of Krypton's greatest military heroes. He grew up to become General Zod.
 * Flying Brick: Once he gets his powers back.
 * Fusion Dance:
 * A Glass of Chianti
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * The Heavy: Season 9's.
 * Heel Face Revolving Door --> Face Heel Turn
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Mason!
 * I Control My Minions Through...: Authority and Fanatical Loyalty. He's the clone army's legitimate commanding officer (and the highest-ranking Kandorian on Earth) and has, in his own words, saved the lives of more than half his troops on one occasion or another.
 * Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
 * Kneel Before Zod: Of course.
 * Knife Nut: Carries two Kryptonite knives, one Green and the other Blue. This leads to a Knife Fight between him and Clark in the Season 9 finale.
 * Large Ham: Big time.
 * Manipulative Bastard: An expert at it, playing Clark, Tess, Lois, and the entire Kandorian army for suckers, and making it look easy..
 * Never My Fault: Blames Jor-El, and subsequently Clark, for most of his own screw-ups.
 * Oh Crap: The look on his face as.
 * Rousing Speech: "Let Black Zero feel the bite of your weapons and the bravery in your hearts!" Very Badass considering he's yelling it in a trench with death and destruction surrounding him, Jor-El and his troops. However, the glimmer of hope is shot down when.
 * Sanity Slippage: That business with Faora really sends him over the edge.
 * Sealed Evil in a Can: Was originally in the Orb; is sent to.
 * Start of Darkness:
 * Unholy Matrimony: With
 * UST: With.
 * Villainous Breakdown: He spends most of Season 9 slowly deconstructing, shifting from the calm, if slightly twitchy, man we see in Episode 1, to the ranting Large Ham who appears in the later episodes. He snaps repeatedly but always seems to pull himself back together...until the events of "Salvation" when.
 * We Can Rule Together: Tries this on Clark.
 * Wicked Cultured
 * World Domination: His goal. He convinces Tess that he'd be a benevolent tyrant, but as the Bad Future shows, it's more of a case of 0% Approval Rating, at least among humans.
 * Wrath
 * You Can't Fight Fate: "Krypton will rise again...and all humankind will kneel before Zod."
 * Villainous Breakdown: He spends most of Season 9 slowly deconstructing, shifting from the calm, if slightly twitchy, man we see in Episode 1, to the ranting Large Ham who appears in the later episodes. He snaps repeatedly but always seems to pull himself back together...until the events of "Salvation" when.
 * We Can Rule Together: Tries this on Clark.
 * Wicked Cultured
 * World Domination: His goal. He convinces Tess that he'd be a benevolent tyrant, but as the Bad Future shows, it's more of a case of 0% Approval Rating, at least among humans.
 * Wrath
 * You Can't Fight Fate: "Krypton will rise again...and all humankind will kneel before Zod."
 * You Can't Fight Fate: "Krypton will rise again...and all humankind will kneel before Zod."

Clone Faora (Sharon Taylor)
A clone of Faora (duh) from before she and Zod were in a serious relationship. At first loyal to Zod, Faora eventually begins to gravitate towards Kal-El (Clark) as she attempts to create a new life for herself on Earth. .


 * Enemy Mine: Teams with Clark to find a kidnapped Vala. This leads to her Heel Face Turn.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Heel Face Turn: Comes to believe in Clark/Kal-El more than she does in Zod.
 * Unholy Matrimony: Subverted. The original Faora and General Zod were Happily Married. Things between her clone and Major Zod.
 * Unholy Matrimony: Subverted. The original Faora and General Zod were Happily Married. Things between her clone and Major Zod.

Alia (Monique Ganderton)
One of Zod's cloned soldiers. Clark faces an alternate timeline version of her who kills herself by accident.


 * Afraid of Needles
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cloning Blues
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Future Badass: The Alia from Zod's Bad Future is very Badass, and can maintain her powers under a yellow sun.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Hot Chick with a Sword

Basqat (Adrian Holmes)
A captain in Major Zod's Kandorian army, Basqat led the mutiny against the Major in the Season 9 premiere alongside Faora. He later becomes Zod's Number Two, a position he faithfully holds.


 * All There in the Manual: His name and rank, which are never said aloud in-show.
 * The Dragon: Major Zod's Number Two, he sticks by the Major even.
 * Flying Brick: After Zod grants him his powers.
 * Scary Black Man
 * You Look Familiar: His actor portrayed Lex's PI, Griff, in Season 5.
 * You Look Familiar: His actor portrayed Lex's PI, Griff, in Season 5.

Vala (Crystal Lowe)
Faora's sister.


 * Badass Bookworm: Vala specialized in cybernetic engineering back on Krypton. On Earth, she has a job in a bookstore.
 * Cloning Blues
 * The Dog Bites Back: Dr. Bernard Chisholm, whom she had experimented on, kidnaps her as part of a plan to expose the Kandorians.
 * Flying Brick
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Heel Face Turn: In no small part due to a hero crush on Clark.
 * Human Popsicle: Chisholm's plan for her.

Dax-Ur (Marc McClure)
A Kryptonian scientist who invented Brainiac, Dax-Ur fled to Earth a couple of centuries ago after finding out that Brainiac had the potential to destroy planets. Using Blue Kryptonite to depower himself, he lived as a normal human, even settling down with a wife and son and working as a mechanic.


 * Brought Down to Normal: Did it to himself with Blue K.
 * Happily Married
 * Meta Casting: Marc McClure played Jimmy Olsen in the Superman films of the 1970s and 80s.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to his creation of Brainiac; it's why he chose to go into exile.
 * Mythology Gag: He shares the same name as a Kryptonian in For the Man Who Has Everything. It's unclear if he's in anyway related to Jax-Ur.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to his creation of Brainiac; it's why he chose to go into exile.
 * Mythology Gag: He shares the same name as a Kryptonian in For the Man Who Has Everything. It's unclear if he's in anyway related to Jax-Ur.