Smallville/Characters/Luthor Corp: Difference between revisions

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* {{spoiler|[[Eyepatch of Power]]: Season 8, as part of his [[Evil Cripple]] status.}}

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Pretty much a [[Foregone Conclusion]], but still heartbreaking to watch.

* [[Foil]]: To Clark, with his journey from [[Designated Villain]] to narcissistic monster progressing in-time with Clark's journey from [[Designated Hero]] to [[The Messiah]] & [[The Cape]].

* [[Foil]]: To Clark, with his journey from [[Designated Villain]] to narcissistic monster progressing in-time with Clark's journey from [[Designated Hero]] to [[The Messiah]] & [[The Cape (trope)]].

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Courtesy of his dad.

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Until the events of "Arctic".

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* [[Moral Myopia]]: No one may do unto Lex as he does unto them. It wouldn't be right.

* [[Narcissist]]: From the start of the show, Lex has difficulty seeing others problems. This only gets worse as time goes by; by Season 7 he's essentially become a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]].

* [[Never My Fault]]: Lex blames his father, Clark, Lana and anyone else he can set his sights on for his problems. You've got a [[Freudian Excuse]], Lex, but it doesn't mean you don't have to take responsibility sometimes.

* [[Nuke'Em]]: In "Apocalypse"'s [[Bad Future]], [[President Evil]] Lex has conspired with [[Complete Monster|Brainiac]] to [[Omnicidal Maniac|wipe out the world in a nuclear war]], so that he can unite the survivors under his rule and create a new [[Social Darwinist|Social Darwinistic]] paradise.

* {{spoiler|[[The Other Darrin]]: In Season 8, a body double is portraying him, with his face obscured so that the door is still open for Michael Rosenbaum to possibly return.}}

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* [[Poisonous Friend]]: To Clark, pre-[[Face Heel Turn]]. Clark was arguably one for him as well.

* [[Redheaded Hero]]: In his childhood, he sported a thick head of bright red hair. Then he made that fateful trip to Smallville...

* [[Red Right Hand]]: In every one of the [[Bad Future]] episodes, [[President Evil]] Lex is shown as a [[Man in White]] with a single black-gloved hand. Bad!Lex also sports this look during Clark's [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|trip inside his head]] in "Fracture". It finally happens {{spoiler|for real following his resurrection in the [[Grand Finale]]. One of his hands is mangled, prompting him to don the trademark glove}}. Might be a [[Shout-Out]] to the comics where constantly wearing a Kryptonite ring caused Luthor to develop cancer in one of his hands and have it replaced with a mechanical one.

* {{spoiler|[[Revenge]]: Season 8.}}

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: {{spoiler|Gives Clark and Lana the option of staying together and watching thousands die, or sacrificing their love in order to save Metropolis. They pick the latter.}}

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{{quote|''"If you're going to take me on, son, you're going to have to bring your game up to a whole different level."''}}

Lex's father and the founder of LuthorCorp, Lionel rose from poverty to become one of the wealthiest men in the world. Claiming to be descended from Scottish nobility, he raised his son with little warmth and less love, believing that such things only bred weakness. He is the chief culprit behind his son's shattered psyche and [["Well Done, Son" Guy|need for approval]], and is the main antagonist in Seasons 1-3.

Imprisoned at the end of Season 3 when Lex and Chloe reveal that he {{spoiler|murdered his parents}}, Lionel is freed by [[Evil Matriarch|Genevieve Teague]] and undergoes the beginnings of a [[Heel Face Turn]]. Failing to re-connect with Lex despite his best efforts, Lionel grows closer to Clark, eventually learning his secret and becoming his ally, while at the same time serving as the host body for Jor-El (and nursing an enormous crush on Clark's mother Martha). {{spoiler|He's killed by Lex in Season 7's "Descent" when he refuses to reveal Clark's secret to him.}}

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* [[Narcissist]]: Particularly during Seasons 1-3, wherein he has a great deal of trouble seeing his family and company as anything more than extensions of himself. Possession by Jor-El rids him of the worst of these traits in Season 4 though he remains grandiose and manipulative, viewing himself as a prophet and savior.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Starts showing this trait towards Lex and then Clark after Season 4.

** Horribly and cruelly subverted in his treatment of {{spoiler|Tess. He abandoned her at Granny Goodness' orphanage. The moment is even more heartbreaking when a poor, confused young Tess cries "Daddy, I love you!" at Lionel, who heartlessly walks away to his limo without responding and drives off. Later, we learn that Earth-2 Lionel, while apparently still interacting with Earth-2 Tess during her adult years, treats her like garbage, and shows no love for her whatsoever.}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Tries hard to be one for Clark.

* [[Pride]]: Unlike his [[Green-Eyed Monster|envious]], [[Wrath|angry]] son, Lionel favors the root of all sin. He's arrogant, [[Narcissist|grandiose]], and utterly convinced of his own superiority. In a show filled of people with superpowers, Lionel still managed to feel like the most powerful person around.

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* [[Out-Gambitted]]: By Lionel and Lex.

* [[Rich Bitch]]: Particularly in her treatment of Lex's staff members. This ended up coming back to bite her when one of them turned out to be psychotically obsessed with Lex, and decided to try and ''remove'' Victoria from the mansion. Victoria survived, thanks to Clark.

* [[Riches to Rags]]: It's heavily implied that this is going to happen to her and her father after they are [[Out-Gambitted]] by Lex and Lionel. The last episode of their story arc ends with them apparently losing their fortune in a terrible stock deal over Cadmus Labs (they were tricked into this by Lex in retaliation for Victoria trying to trick him into helping the Hardwicks take over [[Luthor Corp]]). The last we see of them, they are sitting dejected and in utter shock, and Lex informs them that he and Lionel will be buying away their company and absorbing it into [[Luthor Corp]] the following morning.

* [[The Vamp]]: Tries to play both of the Luthor men against each other. It doesn't end well for her.

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* [[Broken Ace]]: Along much the same lines as Lionel and Lex. She's rich, attractive, powerful, has [[Misanthrope Supreme|no faith in humanity]] or herself, and is desperately searching for a [[Messiah]]-figure.

* [[Broken Bird]]: Life in general, and her interactions with the Luthors in particular, have left her very, very damaged. This shows more and more with each season after her introduction.

* [[Character Development]]: She turns out to be one of the most complex characters on the show.

* [[Composite Character]] / [[Expy]]: [[Superman (film)|Eve Teschmacher]] and [[Superman: The Animated Series|Mercy Graves]].

** Possibly of the Con''tess''a as well, who was Luthor's ex-wife in the comics.