Smallville/Headscratchers: Difference between revisions

** Clark doesn't wear glasses because they wanted to establish that there is no concept of Superman. Simply put he has no secret identity, and even taking off the glasses would be a step towards that. Until recently, Clark has not been trying to be a super hero and thus doesn't have any reason to start wearing glasses.

** Because the producers haven't caught onto the [[Meganekko]] or [[Nerds Are Sexy]] trends and don't want their Bishonen model-actor star covering his face too much.

** There's another one where Lois(?) gives him glasses as a "disguise." Or they had a camera built-in. Or something like that. They were definitely of a Clark Kent style.

** The lack of glasses didn't bother me until Clark actually started using them as a cover story...for about 30 seconds at the end of one episode in Season 9...and hasn't worn them SINCE (as of halfway through season TEN). Even after seeing firsthand how they would play a vital role in his future dual identity! AH!!! But as of "Masquerade," I feel much better!

**** Why would he act, though? When we were shown his reaction to the news of Lana's pregnancy, he was unobserved by anyone. Who was he trying to fool? Himself?

* Why is Clark bothering to wear a costume if he's not going to even try and disguise his face? If anything, it draws even more attention to himself. I mean, how does he think the disguise is going to work?

'''2nd Bystander''': Don't be ridiculous, the Blur dresses in black. Clark Kent only wears blue and red. }}

** If the "Previously on ''Smallville''" thing we got last episode is any indication, the writers haven't forgotten about introducing the glasses in "Idol." Sure, they may not fool Lois after all this time, but this being an unofficial alternate universe, she could just be privy to the identity this time around once the Blur goes public.

** Revealed in the [[Series Finale]]'s [[Journey to The Centre of The Mind]] that Jor-El was holding him back, because he wasn't ready. Once he passes his final trial, Jor-El gives him access to his full powers.

* After going on a binge through the first few seasons again, I noticed something I hadn't before... Why do Chloe, Pete, and Clark all know how to drive (and have cars) as freshmen/sophomores in high school?

* Honestly don't know the answer to this: is Clark the only person from Smallville that Lois knows? In other media, the nickname "Smallville" makes sense enough, but given that Lois spent a sizable amount of time in Smallville, it leads to a bit of [[Fridge Logic]].<ref>Originally, I was going to ask about Chloe, but after a quick trip to Smallville Wiki I realized she was born in Metropolis. Anyone else, though?</ref>

** Well, he was the first person in, or at least "from", Smallville, and she believed his personality "sums up" Smallville. Anyway, it's just an affectionate nickname.

** It was almost painfully enforced throughout the show that telling people Clark's secret is a bad idea. That is, after all, why he never tells Lana. For Lex, it would have been obviously an even worse idea.

*** YMMV on that. They SAID it was a bad thing a lot, but can you name one person, aside from Pete who got stressed out because he was the only one who knew, that had something bad happen to them explicitly because they knew Clark's secret?

** It's likely due to the massive backlash from Chloe's online fanbase. The writers thought that making Chloe turn out to be a meteor freak would be ironic and interesting (and this troper thought so too), but enough of Chloe's fans shrieked that the character was [[Ruined FOREVER]] that they backed off and decided they needed a quick way to drop that storyline. In any case, Chloe being able to heal anyone and everyone would have allowed her to resurrect {{spoiler|Henry James Olsen}} and thus take all the drama out of that death scene, so in retrospect it's kind of understandable that the writers would decide not to let a character have a power that was THAT much of a deus ex machina quick-fix for any character death.

* The "Kandor" episode shows us an [[After the End]] [[Alternate Universe]] where the Kandorians reign over the Earth. Where in heavens was Lana, Super Kryptonite Woman? Lana would have killed or at least defeated the full Kandorian army just by being near of them! She was not just hated, she was a character that I ''loved'' to hate! How could the writers think that we would just forget her existence? Was it perhaps their [[Mary Sue]] Event Horizon, and they didn't want to cross it?