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** Though to be fair, Clark has often called Ollie out in the later seasons, and on at least one occasion has even kicked Ollie out of the Justice League. In any case, Ollie's portrayal is actually rather consistent with the way he acts in the comics...

** Arguably Chloe in Seasons 8 and 9. The character was still well-liked by a good portion of the fanbase, but there was a rather vocal segment of the fanbase that began to actively loathe Chloe during the arc where she was getting closer to Davis. It really says something that in the episode where she stops Clark from banishing Davis to the Phantom Zone, there were some who actually wanted Clark to push them ''both'' through the portal, and that these people were very vocal about their opinion on the message boards (hard to say which group was really the majority). It's almost as if the [[Hatedom]] needed to find another character to focus their hatred on now that Lana was gone for good.

* [[Complete Monster]]:

** Brainiac. He has no redeeming qualities, ruthlessly manipulates those around him with sneering contempt, tries to unleash Zod to enslave the world, and later begins draining people of their trace minerals in order to re-build himself, murders his creator and finally [[Body Surf|body-jacks Chloe]] while attempting [[Omnicidal Maniac|to end all life on Earth via Doomsday]]. During the commission of the aforementioned crimes, he experiments on victims using various deadly diseases, and twice unleashes a lethal computer virus. The first one shuts down most the planet as a ''distraction'' while he works to unleash Zod; the second one is part of his end-the-world-plot. He infects Mrs. Kent with a Kryptonian disease to make Clark help him in Season 5, and puts Lana in a coma in Season 7 in order to achieve the same end, before trapping [[Supergirl|Kara]] in the Phantom Zone, taking her place, and revealing Clark's secret to [[Arch Enemy|Lex]]. And oh yeah, in a [[Bad Future]], he and Lex were going to [[Nuke'Em|nuke]] half the world so they could remake it in their image. He's treated with fear and revulsion by Clark, the Legion of Super-Heroes and even [[Even Evil Has Standards|Bizarro]], and actually gets the Legion to consider performing a [[Shoot the Dog]] on Chloe when he was inhabiting her. While he eventually {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]] it's after being forcibly reprogrammed by the Legion, and thus doesn't count}}.

* [[Foe Yay]]: Between Clark and Lex - so heavy in places that fans often refer to the series as "[[Slash Fic|Slashville]]."

** Lois and Tess.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Lex and Clark during the first couple seasons.

* [[I Knew It!]]: Martha is the "Red Queen".

* [[In Name Only]]:

** While Smallville is full of different takes on the featured comic book characters, Cat Grant is absolutely nothing like her comic book counterpart. In the comics, she started out as a promiscuous gossip columnist and later became a cougar with breast implants and low cut blouses where the TV version actually spells the word "sex" at one point because she's too uptight to say it and is actually kind of pudgy and conservatively dressed. All this to turn her into a [[Straw Conservative]] where the comic book version couldn't care less about politics.

** This happens A LOT with the past two seasons of guest stars of famous DCU heroes. Jamie Reyes Blue Beetle and Booster Gold took a particular hit in "Booster" with Jamie being a basic nerd archetype from an '80s movie and Booster being made into a dillhole that wants to ruin history by replacing Clark.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Lex, Lionel, and Tess have all qualified on both counts. Must be a {{spoiler|Luthor family trait}} along with being [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bastards]].

* [[Narm]]: The effects budget is... pretty noticeable as the series goes on. Admittedly, this isn't the showrunners' fault; it's simply due to the fact that the show was on the CW, which for many years was arguably being run into the ground by network president Dawn Ostroff (who, by the way, seemed to despise sci-fi shows, and only kept Smallville and Supernatural around because they were the two highest-rated shows on her network).

** In Season 2's "Heat," the Freak of the Week, Desire Atkins, is trying to make her escape after setting Lex on fire. She runs for the door, but Clark heats up the doorknob from a distance with his heat vision. Desire grabs the doorknob and lets out what must be the most unconvincing and fake-sounding shriek ever heard on national TV. Oh and the best part? The whole time she's screaming she's still holding on tightly to the doorknob instead of letting go of it the way one would in real life. Blame the actress for that one.

* [[Romantic Plot Tumor]]:

** Clark and Lana, non-stop. Even when she was gone from the show and came back, the plot came back around just as Lois and Clark began to get to know each other.

* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: [[The Scrappy|Lana]] [[Creator's Pet|Lang]] is incredibly annoying, but to hear it from some of the fanbase, she's a whiny whore, [[Axe Crazy]] [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend]], and borderline [[Big Bad]] who just needs to die. Lionel Luthor was [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|no]] [[Self-Made Orphan|saint]] [[Abusive Dad|either]], but once again, there's a strong tendency (especially among [[Draco in Leather Pants|Lex]] fans) to turn him into [[Pure Evil]] in fanfics, complete with Sexual Abuse.

** The Kents also get this in Lex-centric fics, despite having very good reasons for wanting their son to stay away from the Luthors in the actual show. Lex himself will get ''heavy'' [[Draco in Leather Pants]] treatment, while the Kents will be turned into vicious, abusive [[Control Freak|ControlFreaks]] who don't care about Clark's happiness at all and loathe the Luthors for literally no reason, and occasionally scheme to steal the Luthors' wealth. This is especially jarring when one remembers that in the actual '''canon'', Jonathan and Martha Kent are supposed to be among the ''nicest'' people in the entire DC Multiverse.

*** Even '''Clark''' gets this treatment very often in fanfic. That's right folks: the future ''[[Superman]]'' often gets made out to be a [[Complete Monster]] in fanfic, usually in fics that involve Chloe shipping with Lex, Ollie or Davis. These fanfics often bash on Clark for [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|committing the horrible crime of seeing Chloe as *gasp* just a friend and not a love interest.]] Apparently, Clark deciding that he and Chloe are [[Better as Friends]] is enough to justify portraying Clark as a borderline retarded, selfish, and sniveling asshole who genuinely ''wants'' to make Chloe as miserable as possible. Chloe will then rush into the waiting arms of Lex/Davis/etc., who will usually get ''heavy'' [[Draco in Leather Pants]] treatment. Naturally, this is the ''farthest'' thing from canon. In the show's actual canon, Clark is a genuinely nice person (and [[The Cape (trope)]] in fact) who cares deeply about Chloe (as his best friend) and shares a [[Like Brother and Sister]] relationship with her from Season 5 onwards... but don't tell that to the shippers.

*** Clark also gets this treatment very often in Lex-centric fics. Typically Lex will either be deeply in love with Clark or at the very least will care deeply about him in a platonic way (it varies from fic to fic), but despite this, Clark will treat Lex like crap. If it's a fic where Lex is in love with Clark, Clark will not only reject Lex's advances, but will say something viciously cruel to him and treat him worse than ever, in a series of increasingly-terrifying [[Kick the Dog]] moments for Clark. [[Beware the Superman|Thus, when Lex becomes the main opposition figure against Clark/Superman, the writer will be able to portray it as being completely justified.]] (Also in these fics, Jonathan and Martha will usually be cackling evilly in the background while Clark treats Lex terribly)

** Another one was the creation of {{spoiler|Zod's}} towers in Season 9. The writers decided that his weapon that he would use to destroy humanity would be disguised as a pair of towers in the center of the biggest city in the Smallville Universe. Further, the best way to deal with them would be for Clark to {{spoiler|slice them with his heat vision, causing the upper floors to collapse and the unfinished structure to implode, destroying the weapon before it could be completed and before Zod had a chance to use it.}}

*** This is actually briefly brought up in Season 10, where General Lane refers to it as a terrorist attack as part of his stance against vigilantes.

*** It can be [[Justified Trope|justified]] in Godfrey's respect, [[Dark Messiah|for]] [[Compelling Voice|several]] [[Co-Dragons|reasons]].

*** Though as of the mid-season finale, Icarus, {{spoiler|Cat seems to be "warming-up" to vigilantes after a chat with Lois. Or, at least, she's going to be more objective on the subject.}}

 

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