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The main character of the show, we all know his [[Backstory]] -- he was rocketed to Earth as a baby from the planet Krypton just before it was destroyed in an [[Earthshattering Kaboom]] and found by Jonathan and Martha Kent after his spaceship crash-landed in Smallville during a meteor shower that devastated much of the town.

In the show's early seasons, Clark spent most of his time fighting [[Monster of the Week|meteor freaks]], hopelessly pining for [[Love Interest|Lana Lang]], [[I Just Want to Be Normal|wishing he were normal]] and befriending his future [[Arch Enemy]], [[Lex Luthor]]. From Season 8 onwards, he began working at the ''Daily Planet'' alongside [[Lois Lane]] (with whom he began to have feelings for) and taking steps towards embracing his destiny as [[Superman]], {{spoiler|finally doing so in the [[Grand Finale]]}}.

 

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* [[Acrophobic Bird]]: {{spoiler|Until the [[Grand Finale]].}}

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Possibly the originator of the trope, as Clark Kent/Superman was the first [[Comic Book]] [[Superhero]], and possibly started the trend of [[Comic Book]] and [[Sci Fi]] characters having alliterative names.

* [[Badass]]: He's [[Superman]]. What did you expect?

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: In Season 9.

*** {{spoiler|Come Season 10's "Shield", however, he returns to his red-and-blue threads.}}

* [[Bash Brothers]]: With Oliver in later seasons.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Clark is a calm, friendly guy, but do ''not'' [[Berserk Button|threaten the people he cares about]].

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Humorously, he usually either seems innocently unaware of it or,[[Clueless Chick Magnet|when he does realize that a girl is attracted to him, he gets extremely shy and bashful]].

* [[The Chosen One]]: Repeatedly stated by Jor-El, who knew that Clark would gain powers on Earth and, since [[With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility]], he would need to use those powers to help people.

* [[Flying Brick]]: The original.

* [[Foil]]: To Lex Luthor.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: As [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Kal]].

** In Season 10, he dons {{spoiler|a red leather jacket, complete with a stylized House of El symbol on the front}}.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Given the sheer number of female villains, he'd be an idiot not to.

 

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Clark's adoptive human father. In Season 5, he ran for the Kansas State Senate and won... only to die of a heart attack a short while later {{spoiler|following a confrontation with Lionel Luthor (and as a consequence of Clark altering history to save Lana, who had been killed in a car accident)}}. {{spoiler|He returns in Season 10 to give Clark some guidance, and shows up yet again in the [[Grand Finale]] to give Clark his [[Superman]] costume}}.

* [[So Proud of You]]

* [[Spirit Advisor]]

 

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Clark's adoptive human mother. In Season 5, Martha took over Jonathan's Senate seat after his death and [[Put on a Bus|moved to Washington, D.C. at the end of Season 6]]. Returns in Seasons 9 and 10.

* [[Mama Bear]]

* [[Muggle Foster Parents|Muggle Foster Parent]]

* [[Put on a Bus]]

** [[The Bus Came Back]]

* [[Secret Keeper]]

 

== Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El ==

 

 

Formerly {{spoiler|the Lex clone known alternately as Lx-15 and "Alexander"}}, he developed serious amnesia following his {{spoiler|failure to kill Clark and re-capture by Tess}}. This was accompanied by the manifestation of Kryptonian abilities; Tess eventually discovered that he contained {{spoiler|DNA from not only Lex, but Clark as well, and left him with Clark for training}}. After finding out that Clark and Tess were hiding {{spoiler|half of his heritage from him, Conner felt betrayed and went to Earth-2 Lionel. Lionel, of course, put a [[G-Rated Drug|Red Kryptonite]] ring on him, [[Not Himself|making him temporarily evil]]}}.

 

Clark was able to destroy the ring, {{spoiler|and Conner was immediately guilty for his actions (which included nearly killing Lois [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and stealing]]). Lionel came in and weakened them both with Kryptonite, then dragged Conner away, intending to convince Conner to join him. Conner, however, defied him, declaring that he knew who he was, before using his [[Eye Beams|heat vision]] to destroy the Kryptonite, saving Clark while Lionel made his escape}}. Afterward, Clark forgives him for his actions, since he wasn't himself. Conner surprises Clark, {{spoiler|revealing that he is wearing [[Superboy|a black t-shirt with the "S" symbol on it]], telling Clark that he wants to [[Superhero|follow in his footsteps]]}}.

 

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* [[Cloning Blues]]: When he found out that not only was he {{spoiler|half-Clark, but half-''[[Big Bad|Lex]]''}}. He's over it now.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: {{spoiler|On Red K, the "Lex" side of his personality is very much dominant. He more or less reverts to being "Alexander"}}.