History Characters / SmallvilleDailyPlanet

* CloningBlues: Of Lex's brother Julian.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-Prime]], one on [[Film/ManOfSteel Earth-1]]. and one on [[Film/{{Superman}} Earth]][[Film/SupermanII -]][[Film/{{SupermanReturns}} 96]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-]][[Series/SupermanAndLois Prime]], one on [[Film/{{Superman}} Earth]]-[[Film/{{SupermanReturns}} 96]] and one on [[Film/ManOfSteel an undesignated Earth]].

* DistressedDamsel: In "Shield."

* AlternateSelf: Not him specifically but his younger brother has three on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Earth-]][[Film/SupermanReturns 96]] where he looks like Dax-Ur and on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice an undesignated Earth]] where he looks like Grant Gabriel.

* AlternateSelf: Strangely has one as Jimmy Olsen on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice an undesignated Earth]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-Prime]], one on [[Film/{{Superman}} Earth]]-[[Film/{{SupermanReturns}} 96]] and one on [[Film/ManOfSteel an undesignated Earth]].

* AlternateSelf: Not him specifically but his younger brother has three on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Earth-]][[Film/SupermanReturns 96]] and on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice an undesignated Earth]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-Prime]], and one on [[Film/{{Superman}} Earth]]-[[Film/{{SupermanReturns}} 96]].

** Apart from getting his share of the standard amount of grievous physical trauma experienced by most characters on the show, Jimmy's buttmonkeyness was evident early on by his being generally treated like dirt as the designated love interest for Chloe Sullivan, but ballooned in Season 8, where his not-unfounded jealousy over Clark is the least of his problems, what with getting constantly and very obviously lied to by everyone and most especially by his fiancée. His joy at discovering that Clark is the Red-Blue Blur is crushed through an elaborate deception by his closest friends, and his boss refuses to take him seriously]]. Things ratchet up several notches when his wedding gets literally crashed by Doomsday who just about eviscerates him. After being thus benched for a good chunk of the season (in which his wife oddly does not seem to spend much time visiting him in hospital), he becomes addicted to painkillers, discovers that Davis Bloome is a serial killer and, when he tries to warn his friends, ''nobody believes him'', not even his wife. He gets repeatedly beaten, tortured and tied up, keeps getting lied to over and over again by Chloe, is dismissed as a crazy junkie by all his friends, even witnesses that Chloe apparently has romantic feelings for the guy he discovered is a killer, precipitating the total collapse of his marriage (which doesn't even rate more than a hand-waved mention of their divorce). To top it all off, he gets gratuitously murdered in the season finale by the same guy he tried to warn everyone about. To add insult to injury, his funeral scene reveals that he wasn't even the "real" Jimmy Olsen from the comics that he had hitherto been presented as being, but rather "Henry James Olsen," evidently an older brother to the canonical "James Bartholomew Olsen." Apparently it ''really'' sucks to be Jimmy Olsen, even when you're actually not.

!!!'''Played By:''' Aaron Ashmore

!!! '''Played By:''' Michael Cassidy

!!!'''Played By:''' Keri Lynn Pratt

!!!'''Played By:''' Evan C. Schulte

[[folder: Perry White]]

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!!!'''Played By:''' Keri Lynn Pratt)

[[folder: Jeff Hage]]

!Perry White

!Grant Gabriel

!Cat Grant

!Perry White (Creator/MichaelMcKean)

[[folder: Henry James 'Jimmy' Olsen]]

!Henry James 'Jimmy' Olsen (Aaron Ashmore)

[[folder: Grant Gabriel]]

!Grant Gabriel (Michael Cassidy)

[[folder: Cat Grant]]

!Cat Grant (Keri Lynn Pratt)

* CharacterDevelopment: In her final appearance. She's more-or-less back to her old self in the Season 11 comics. He also doesn't seem to like Clark anymore.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-38]], and one on [[Film/{{Superman}} Earth]]-[[Film/{{SupermanReturns}} 96]].

%%* PutOnABus
%%** TheBusCameBack

![[spoiler:Henry]] James 'Jimmy' Olsen (Aaron Ashmore)

%%* AscendedExtra

%%* DeadpanSnarker

%%* HollywoodNerd

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-38]].

%%* PluckyComicRelief

* [[spoiler:LoveInterest: To Martha Kent in Season 9.]]

** Apart from getting his share of the standard amount of grievous physical trauma experienced by most characters on the show, Jimmy's buttmonkeyness was evident early on by his being generally treated like dirt as the designated love interest for Chloe Sullivan, but ballooned in Season 8, where [[spoiler:his not-unfounded jealousy over Clark is the least of his problems, what with getting constantly and very obviously lied to by everyone and most especially by his fiancée. His joy at discovering that Clark is the Red-Blue Blur is crushed through an elaborate deception by his closest friends, and his boss refuses to take him seriously]]. Things ratchet up several notches when [[spoiler:his wedding gets literally crashed by Doomsday who just about eviscerates him. After being thus benched for a good chunk of the season (in which his wife oddly does not seem to spend much time visiting him in hospital), he becomes addicted to painkillers, discovers that Davis Bloome is a serial killer and, when he tries to warn his friends, ''nobody believes him'', not even his wife. He gets repeatedly beaten, tortured and tied up, keeps getting lied to over and over again by Chloe, is dismissed as a crazy junkie by all his friends, even witnesses that Chloe apparently has romantic feelings for the guy he discovered is a killer, precipitating the total collapse of his marriage (which doesn't even rate more than a hand-waved mention of their divorce).]] To top it all off, [[spoiler:he gets gratuitously murdered in the season finale by the same guy he tried to warn everyone about]]. To add insult to injury, [[spoiler:his funeral scene reveals that he wasn't even the "real" Jimmy Olsen from the comics that he had hitherto been presented as being, but rather "Henry James Olsen," evidently an older brother to the canonical "James Bartholomew Olsen."]]
** Apparently it ''really'' sucks to be Jimmy Olsen, [[spoiler:even when you're actually not]].

%%* [[spoiler:DrugsAreBad]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: He dies saving Chloe from a crazed Davis.]]

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Courtesy of Davis.]]
* [[spoiler:IdenticalGrandson: Ashmore returns in the DistantFinale as his character's younger brother.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In the Season 8 finale.]]

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Of Lex's brother Julian.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Lex hiring an assassin to do the job for him.]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Being a clone, he's only a few months old.]]

** [[spoiler:However, in recent episodes, that may be changing, especially when not only did the Blur saved her, but she actually sees him (albeit from his back). And she made peace with Lois.]]

* [[spoiler:CloningBlues: Of Lex's brother Julian.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Courtesy of Lex hiring an assassin to do the job for him.]]

!Perry White (Michael [=McKean=])

* YouLookFamiliar: Aaron Ashmore's twin brother, Shawn, portrayed meteor freak Eric Summers earlier in the show.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Only appeared very sporadically, even after he became Lois's intern, but every time he did, he ended up being a OneSceneWonder who was quite amusing to most fans.
* FanNickname: Jeff the Intern
* PluckyComicRelief