Smallville/Characters/Daily Planet

Perry White (Michael McKean)

 * The Alcoholic: Initially
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Clark and especially Lois.
 * Intrepid Reporter: After he kicks his drinking problem.
 * No More for Me
 * Put On a Bus
 * The Bus Came Back
 * The Bus Came Back

James 'Jimmy' Olsen (Aaron Ashmore)

 * Ascended Extra
 * Butt Monkey
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Hollywood Nerd
 * Intrepid Reporter: Or at least Intrepid Photographer.
 * Love Interest: For Chloe in Seasons 6-8.
 * Nice Guy: At least until Davis ruins his life.
 * Secret Keeper: Keeps Chloe's illegal activities under wraps.
 * Shipper On Deck: Starts shipping Clark and Lois as of Season 6.
 * You Look Familiar: Aaron Ashmore's twin brother, Shawn, portrayed meteor freak Eric Summers earlier in the show.
 * Love Interest: For Chloe in Seasons 6-8.
 * Nice Guy: At least until Davis ruins his life.
 * Secret Keeper: Keeps Chloe's illegal activities under wraps.
 * Shipper On Deck: Starts shipping Clark and Lois as of Season 6.
 * You Look Familiar: Aaron Ashmore's twin brother, Shawn, portrayed meteor freak Eric Summers earlier in the show.

Grant Gabriel (Michael Cassidy)

 * Jerkass: Often. Especially towards Chloe.
 * Temporary Love Interest: To Lois.
 * Younger Than They Look:
 * Temporary Love Interest: To Lois.
 * Younger Than They Look:

Cat Grant (Keri Lynn Pratt)

 * Character Development: In her final appearance.
 * Distressed Damsel
 * Horrible Judge of Character: Doesn't trust superheroes, but thinks that Gordon Godfrey is a great guy.
 * She equally doesn't like people who support superheroes, including Lois. And presumably Martha Kent, despite liking her son a lot.
 * In Name Only: Most of the Smallville characters depart from their comic book versions, but this character is pretty much the opposite of her comic book counterpart. The comic book version of Cat sleeps her way into interviews, wears slutty outfits, has breast implants, and couldn't care less about politics. On the other hand, the TV version dresses very conservatively and is pudgy (by Smallville standards), can't even say the word "sex" and has to spell it, and is passionately Straw Conservative.
 * Inspector Javert: Really does not trust superheroes. Or at least superheroes that hide their identities.
 * Mama Bear: For her son Adam.
 * Mama Bear: For her son Adam.