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** {{spoiler|Michael Rosenbaum}} agreeing to return for the finale, "for the fans." Much rejoicing, but apparently some fans find that motive suspect and thus aren't very appreciative.
** The confirmation that [[God Mode Sue|Lana]] [[Creator's Pet|Lang]] ''wouldn't'' be returning for the finale.
** [[Pam Grier]] playing Amanda Waller in ''[[Smallville]]'' is either this or [[WTH? Casting Agency]].
*** The announcement that the Smallville continuity will officially be continuing in comic book form as a Season 11!
* [[Badass Decay]]: Arguably Lionel Luthor.
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** Lex in Season 7's "Descent", where he {{spoiler|murders his father}}. Some feel it came earlier, when he {{spoiler|had his cloned brother shot just for getting close to Lionel}}, or afterwards, when {{spoiler|he destroyed the Fortress of Solitude}}. "Descent" is the most widely accepted and canonical one, as we see him literally throw his conscience away.
** Davis crosses this when {{spoiler|he kills Jimmy in "Doomsday."}}
** Major Zod. Either {{spoiler|choking Faora to death when she refuses to join him in conquering Earth}} or {{spoiler|[[Kill It
* [[Motive Decay]]: Jason Teague. {{spoiler|He goes from refusing to help his mother after learning she may be manipulating him and Lana, to being a fully clued-in accomplice to her plan and treated as though he always was. It smacks of rushing him out of the show.}}
* [[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.
* [[Rescued From the Scrappy Heap]]: To some, Lana (well...to only a few people; most people still reviled her, judging by the [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]] reaction when it was announced that she ''wouldn't'' be [[Back for
* [[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.
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** 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.
*** In Chloe/Clark shipper fics or Chlois Theory fics, poor Lois will often be made out to be some kind of [[The Ditz|ditzy]] alcoholic and [[Memetic Slut]] who doesn't "deserve" the identity of Lois Lane. She will then bumble her way to an embarassing death at the hands of the [[Big Bad]], or occasionally (in the more extreme fics) even turn out to be the [[Big Bad]]'s evil [[Dragon]] sidekick, in which case she will be unceremoniously defeated and banished to the Phantom Zone. Chloe will then assume the identity of "Lois Lane" (for... some reason) and becomes the reporter character we know from the comics. Naturally the Chlois Theory and all related fanfics are ''extremely'' far from canon.
*** 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
*** 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)
* [[The Scrappy]]/[[Creator's Pet]]: Lana. No matter how irrelevant her plot lines were, or how annoying the fans found her, she kept getting more and more screen time, until Seasons 4 through 6 were nicknamed "Lanaville" by the fans. The writers arguably kept the character on board way past the point of her usefulness to the plot, and in the case of Al Gough and Miles Millar even seemed to care more about Lana than any other character (even Clark). It really says something that in the DVD commentary, co-creators Gough and Millar actually declare that "she is the true magic of the show."
** Apparently it came out that Gough and Millar actually did the casting for Lana ''before they did the casting for Clark.'' That is all.
* [[Seasonal Rot]]: Pick any season after Season 3 and you'll find its fair share of haters or people who agree this is when the show got bad. However Season 9 has had [[Broken Base|more mixed reviews]] compared to past seasons, and the final season, 10, has been even better received, though the series finale [[Broken Base|breaks the base again.]]
* [[Strangled
** Actually Lex/Lana was hinted at the very first time they met, in "Metamorphosis." Lex stares at Lana, and tells Clark that he has good taste in women. Later, as Lana walks away, Lex is ''still'' staring at her.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Comic book fans seem to often have this reaction to the show. Not that the ''comics'' themselves have been all that consistent over seven decades.
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