Smallville/Characters/Kryptonians: Difference between revisions

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== Kal-El / Clark Kent / The Blur ==

See [[Smallville ~~(TV)~~/Kents/Characters|The Kents]].

See [[Smallville/Kents/Characters|The Kents]].

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

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* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: And so are Kryptonians.

* [[Jerkass]]: In the early seasons, at least.

** [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: In later seasons.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: In later seasons.

* [[Meddling Parents|Meddling Parent]]

* [[Meta Casting]] / [[Remake Cameo]]: [[Superman II|Kneel before Jor-el!]] I mean, uh, [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Zod!]]

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* [[Meta Casting]] / [[Remake Cameo]]: Her actress originally played Supergirl.

* [[Posthumous Character]]

* [[Sealed Good in A Can]]

* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Of Zor-El.

* [[Woman in White]]

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* [[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]]

* [[Put on a Bus]]

** [[The Bus Came Back]]

** [[Commuting On a Bus]]

** [[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 {{spoiler|she didn't return. Brainiac trapped her in the Phantom Zone and has been impersonating her.}} She isn't freed until several episodes into Season 8 and is then promptly [[Put On a Bus]] untill the final season.

* [[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 {{spoiler|she didn't return. Brainiac trapped her in the Phantom Zone and has been impersonating her.}} 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 [[Flight|fly]], [[Super Strength|lift cars]], [[Super Speed]] and [[Nigh Invulnerability|take bullets]] with the best of them, but she has almost no control over her lesser abilities. Clark can carve a pumpkin with his [[Eye Beams|heat vision]]; Kara tends to make them explode.

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

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* [[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.

* [[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.

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* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Helped Zod blow up Krypton.

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: Invokes this trope with Lara, Clark and Kara at various points.

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

* [[The Paralyzer]]: {{spoiler|Demonstrates the ability to knock out people via [[Pressure Point|Pressure Points]].}}

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

* [[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".

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** [[Badass Longcoat]]: While possessing Lex. After performing a [[Fusion Dance]] with {{spoiler|Major Zod}}, 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.

* [[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 {{spoiler|Major Zod}} bodies.

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* [[Cool Chair]]: {{spoiler|Is seated atop a skull-decorated throne in Season 10}}.

* [[The Corrupter]]: Tries to tempt {{spoiler|Oliver}} into evil in "Dominion".

* [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]: Made a deal with [[Darkseid]] to gain control over the Zone and {{spoiler|Major Zod}}.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Made a deal with [[Darkseid]] to gain control over the Zone and {{spoiler|Major Zod}}.

* [[Demoted to Dragon]]: In "Dominion", he is reduced to {{spoiler|Darkseid's surrogate, ruling the Phantom Zone in the latter's absence}}.

* [[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 {{spoiler|a deal with Darkseid lets him perform a [[Fusion Dance]] with Major Zod}}.

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* [[Kneel Before Zod]]: [[Trope Namer|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 (~~Film~~)|Superman II]]''.

* [[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 (film)|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 {{spoiler|Clark and Oliver}} 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 {{spoiler|Major Zod}} who hates Clark more than anyone whose name isn't [[Arch Enemy|Lex]].

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: Three times.

* [[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 [[It's Personal|personal]] later on.

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* [[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 Father|Luke I Am Your Mother]]: {{spoiler|Reveals to Davis that he is the son of Zod and herself.}}

* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]

* [[Second Love]]: To Zod, following {{spoiler|the deaths of his wife and son}}.

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: She got her start as a member of Zod's Kandorian army.

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* [[Flying Brick|Flying Bricks]]

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

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

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard|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.

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* {{spoiler|[[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]: In the final episode, when he goes from [[Tragic Monster]] to [[Ax Crazy]] psychopath.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: Killed by Henry/Jimmy Olsen, who he had just mortally wounded.}}

* [[Kick the Son of A Bitch]]: His {{spoiler|murder of [[Smug Snake|Linda]] [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Lake]]}}. 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!

* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: His {{spoiler|murder of [[Smug Snake|Linda]] [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Lake]]}}. 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!

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: By Henry James Olsen, after being separated from Doomsday.}}

* [[The Killer in Me]]: From the beginning, Davis suspects he might be the [[Serial Killer]] who's on the loose in Metropolis. {{spoiler|He's right.}}

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{{spoiler|He returns in the Season 10 episode "Dominion," where it's revealed not only that he's conquered the Phantom Zone in [[Big Bad|Darkseid]]'s name, but he's been possessed by the Phantom of the original Zod. See ''General Zod'', above, for more on that.}}

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* [[Accidental Public Confession]]: {{spoiler|Confesses to killing Faora in front of his army. He's whispering, but they all have [[Super Senses|super-hearing]], [[Hoist By His Own Petard|thanks to him]]}}.

* [[Accidental Public Confession]]: {{spoiler|Confesses to killing Faora in front of his army. He's whispering, but they all have [[Super Senses|super-hearing]], [[Hoist by His Own Petard|thanks to him]]}}.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Zod is consistently one hair away from a violent [[Villainous Breakdown]].

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Thanks to [[Cloning Blues|cloning]], as revealed in "Kandor".

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* [[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]]: {{spoiler|The Deal With [[Darkseid]] that enabled him and General Zod to fuse together is implied to have been a mutual one}}.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: {{spoiler|The Deal With [[Darkseid]] that enabled him and General Zod to fuse together is implied to have been a mutual one}}.

* [[Doomed Hometown]]: Kandor was destroyed during the war against Black Zero, along with Zod's wife and son.

* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: {{spoiler|His wife and son were killed during a war on Krypton, and the reason he turned evil is because Jor-El refused to clone his son.}}

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

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Dead Like Me|Mason]]!

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Twice in under 10 minutes -- his army turns on him after they learn that ''he'' killed Faora after he whispers it to Clark and they all hear it, thanks to their super-hearing... which wouldn't have happened if Zod hadn't restored their powers a few episodes earlier; then Zod stabs Clark with his Blue Kryptonite dagger and lets him fall to the streets below with the dagger still in his body, allowing Zod's powers to return and the Book of Rao to recognize him as Kryptonian and transport him to the new world... [[Oh Crap|and reunite him with the army that just turned on him]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: Twice in under 10 minutes -- his army turns on him after they learn that ''he'' killed Faora after he whispers it to Clark and they all hear it, thanks to their super-hearing... which wouldn't have happened if Zod hadn't restored their powers a few episodes earlier; then Zod stabs Clark with his Blue Kryptonite dagger and lets him fall to the streets below with the dagger still in his body, allowing Zod's powers to return and the Book of Rao to recognize him as Kryptonian and transport him to the new world... [[Oh Crap|and reunite him with the army that just turned on him]].}}

* [[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]]

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* [[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 {{spoiler|[[Doomed Hometown|Kandor]] is destroyed}}.

* [[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 {{spoiler|the Phantom Zone in the aftermath of the Season 9 finale}}.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Was originally in the Orb; is sent to {{spoiler|the Phantom Zone in the aftermath of the Season 9 finale}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Subverted heavily with both Tess and Faora.}}

* [[Start of Darkness]]: {{spoiler|The deaths of his wife, son, and everyone else he knew from Kandor.}}

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* [[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]]

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]

== Basqat (Adrian Holmes) ==

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* [[Happily Married]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: By Brainiac.}}

* [[Meta Casting]]: Marc McClure played Jimmy Olsen in the [[Superman (~~Film~~)|''Superman'']] films of the [[The Seventies|1970s]] and [[The Eighties|80s]].

* [[Meta Casting]]: Marc McClure played Jimmy Olsen in the [[Superman (film)|''Superman'']] films of the [[The Seventies|1970s]] and [[The Eighties|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.