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== The House of El and associates ==

 

 

 

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

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* [[British Accents]]

* [[Cain and Abel]]: With Zor-El and {{spoiler|Zod}}.

* [[Happily Married]]: Screwed up as he is, there are no indications that his marriage to Lara was less than happy.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: Both the clone and the real Jor-El have rather negative views of their own achievements.}}

** {{spoiler|This is probably why the AI Jor-El is such a douche; because it doesn't want Kal-El to be like him.}}

* [[Hot Dad]]

* [[Posthumous Character]]

* [[Science Hero]]: Heavily implied.

 

* [[All Powerful Bystander]]

* [[Asshole Victim]]: The Fortress AI has this happen to it a lot, courtesy of [[Robotic Psychopath|Brainiac]], [[Manipulative Bastard|Lex]], [[Diabolical Mastermind|Earth-2 Lionel]] and various others.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]

 

Clark's Kryptonian biological mother.

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* [[Cloning Blues]]

* [[Flying Brick]]: Although she only really gets to demonstrate her [[Nigh Invulnerability]].

* [[Woman in White]]

 

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 [[Nuclear Nasty|Baern]], one of the Phantom Zone escapees. She is killed by Baern in the Fortress of Solitude.

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* [[You Look Familiar]]: Pascale Hutton previously played a minor character in Season 4's "Ageless".

 

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.

 

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Clark Kenting]]: In Season 7. By {{spoiler|her return in Season 10, she has adopted a wig and glasses as a disguise}}.

* [[Cute Bruiser]]

* [[Flying Brick]]

* [[Human Popsicle]]: Was trapped in stasis until the start of Season 7.

* [[Woman in White]]: In the Season 7 opener.

 

Clark's Kryptonian uncle, Jor-El's younger brother and Kara's father. A scientist like his brother, Zor-El and Jor-El [[Cain and Abel|did not get along very well]], probably since Zor-El was in love with Jor-El's wife Lara and [[Murder the Hypotenuse|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.

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* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Bookworm]]

* [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]: Caused Krypton's, alongside Brainiac and Zod.

* [[Evil Uncle]]: To Clark.

* [[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]]

* [[Kill All Humans]]

* [[Large Ham]]

* [[Yandere]]

 

* [[Cloning Blues]]

* [[Killed Off for Real]]

* [[Minored in Asskicking]]: Demonstrates some pretty decent fighting skills.

* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]: {{spoiler|In the Season 9 episode "Kandor".}}

* [[So Proud of You]]: Says this to Clark in Season 9's "Kandor".

== The House of Zod and associates ==

 

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 {{spoiler|Brainiac (who pulls a [[Thanatos Gambit]] on Clark)}}, 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.

 

* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: He and Jor-El.

 

Zod's second wife, Faora escapes the Phantom Zone in Season 8, possesses {{spoiler|Lois Lane}} 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 {{spoiler|Davis Bloome}}, 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.

 

* [[Evil Makeover]]: Gives a subtle one to {{spoiler|Lois}}.

* [[Flying Brick]]: While in the real world.

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|Of Lois.}}

* [[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.

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Played straight with her and Zod. To hear her tell it, they're quite [[Happily Married]].

 

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.

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* [[Elite Mooks]]: To Zod.

* [[Expy]]: Somewhat to Non/Quex-Ul and Ursa/Faora.

* [[Green Eyes]]: Both of 'em.

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoist By Their Own Petard]]

* [[We Can Rule Together]]

 

 

At first [[Driven to Suicide|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. {{spoiler|Discovering that he can keep Doomsday under control by committing murders as Davis, the paramedic becomes a [[Serial Killer]] in both his identities; while this prevents Doomsday from hurting others, it causes Davis to become increasingly evil, transforming him into the season's [[Big Bad]]. The two are separated by Black Kryptonite in the finale; in the aftermath, Doomsday is imprisoned underground, while the de-powered Davis [[Face Heel Turn|FaceHeelTurns]], kills Henry James Olsen, and is in turn killed by Henry}}.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: {{spoiler|Davis only meets Faora for a single episode, but in that time, she lectures him on not having killed enough people before running him through with a pole to activate his [[Healing Factor]]. She definitely counts, and given that it's Zod's plan, he does as well}}.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: He begins as a [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV]], murdering criminals in order to save others and {{spoiler|supress [[The Killer in Me|Doomsday]]}}. 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 {{spoiler|dives off the deep end into villainy}}, cementing his role as [[Superman]]'s enemy.

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}: For Season 8. [[Big Bad Ensemble|Sort of]].

* {{spoiler|[[Biological Mashup]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Crush]]: On Chloe.}}

 

 

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 [[De-Power|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 {{spoiler|Faora}} 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.

* [[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.

* [[Fallen Hero]]: He was one of Krypton's greatest military heroes. He grew up to become [[Omnicidal Maniac|General Zod]].

* [[Flying Brick]]: Once he gets his powers back.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: {{spoiler|With the Phantom of the original General Zod. We're really not sure which of them is in the driver's seat, or if they've truly fused.}}

* [[A Glass of Chianti]]

* [[The Heavy]]: Season 9's.

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] --> [[Face Heel Turn]]

* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: An expert at it, playing Clark, Tess, Lois, and the entire Kandorian army for suckers, and making it look easy. {{spoiler|These traits were passed onto the General after their [[Fusion Dance]] in "Dominion" and used on Clark and Oliver}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Necromantic]]: His [[Start of Darkness]] was when Jor-El refused to clone his son.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Offing the Offspring]]: When he murders the Faora clone. Turns out she was pregnant with his child. Whoops.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Never My Fault|He blames Clark]] for making her betray him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[We Used to Be Friends]]: Him and Jor-El.}}

* [[Wicked Cultured]]

* [[Wrath]]

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: "Krypton will rise again...and all humankind will [[Catch Phrase|kneel before Zod]]."

 

A clone of Faora ([[Captain Obvious|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. {{spoiler|She is slain by the Major in cold-blood when he discovers she no longer wants a part in his [[World Domination]] scheme; he then discovers she is carrying his child after the one night they spent together}}.

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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Teams with Clark to find a kidnapped Vala. This leads to her [[Heel Face Turn]].

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Comes to believe in Clark/Kal-El more than she does in Zod.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Courtesy of Major Zod.}}

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: Subverted. The original Faora and General Zod were [[Happily Married]]. Things between her clone and Major Zod {{spoiler|don't go as well}}.

 

One of Zod's cloned soldiers. Clark faces an alternate timeline version of her who kills herself by accident. {{spoiler|The real Alia is revealed to have killed the clone Jor-El; Zod shoots her in retribution.}}

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* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Future Badass]]: The Alia from Zod's [[Bad Future]] is ''very'' [[Badass]], and can maintain her powers under a yellow sun.

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]

 

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 {{spoiler|until the season finale}}.

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* [[You Look Familiar]]: His actor portrayed Lex's PI, Griff, in Season 5.

 

Faora's sister.

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* [[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]]

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In no small part due to a hero crush on Clark.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: Chisholm's plan for her.

== Other Kryptonians ==

 

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 [[Power Nullifier|Blue Kryptonite]] to [[De-Power|depower]] himself, he lived as a normal human, even settling down with a wife and son and working as a mechanic. {{spoiler|In Season 7's "Persona," he helps Clark defeat Bizarro, only to later be killed by Brainiac.}}

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* [[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.