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-->'''Clark''': Why me? There must be a reason why I was sent to this planet.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny... Kal-El.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny... Kal-El.
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-->'''Clark''': Why me? There must be a reason why I was sent to this planet.
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'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny... Kal-El.
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* RemakeCameo: Creator/ChristopherReeve (Dr. Swann), of course, played Clark Kent/Superman in ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/SupermanII'', ''Film/SupermanIII'', and ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''.
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* RemakeCameo: Creator/ChristopherReeve (Dr. Swann), of course, played Clark Kent/Superman in ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/{{Superman|TheMovie}}'', ''Film/SupermanII'', ''Film/SupermanIII'', and ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''.
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* PassingTheTorch: A {{meta}} example between Tom Welling (''Smallville'''s Clark) and Creator/ChristopherReeve (Clark/Superman from the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies).
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* PassingTheTorch: A {{meta}} example between Tom Welling (''Smallville'''s Clark) and Creator/ChristopherReeve (Clark/Superman from the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman}}'' ''Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}}'' movies).
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Music/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, specifically "The Fortress of Solitude" as well as the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Creator/JohnWilliams' Music/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, specifically "The Fortress of Solitude" as well as the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
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-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny... Kal-El.
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* NeuralImplanting: After putting the Key into the cave wall, Clark is hit with a stream of energy that gives him the ability to read the Krypton language.
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* NeuralImplanting: After putting the Key into the cave wall, Clark is hit with a stream of energy that gives him the ability to read the Krypton Kryptonian language.
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-->'''Clark''': Why me? There has to be a reason why I was sent to this planet.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
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-->'''Clark''': Why me? There has to must be a reason why I was sent to this planet.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't findyour the answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find
* LastOfHisKind: When Clark states there has to be others like him, Dr. Swann tells him there was only one message from Krypton, suggesting he's the last of his race.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Creator/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, specifically the "Fortress of Solitude" theme as well as the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message in his spaceship from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman Franchise/{{Superman}} actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message in his spaceship from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that enables him to read the alien language. Later, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key spaceship key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that enables him to read the alien language. Later, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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-->'''Dr. Swann''': You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take.take by looking inside yourself. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
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* NeuralImplanting: After putting the Key into the cave wall, Clark is hit with a stream of energy that gives him the ability to read the Kryptonian language.
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* NeuralImplanting: After putting the Key into the cave wall, Clark is hit with a stream of energy that gives him the ability to read the Kryptonian language.Krypton language.
* OrphansOrdeal: The episode features Clark intent on uncovering the truth about his past, even going against Jonathan's wishes. While he learns his birth name and the name of his homeworld, he also discovers that his birth parents, his people, and his home planet are all gone, and that his parents may have sent him to conquer Earth.
* OrphansOrdeal: The episode features Clark intent on uncovering the truth about his past, even going against Jonathan's wishes. While he learns his birth name and the name of his homeworld, he also discovers that his birth parents, his people, and his home planet are all gone, and that his parents may have sent him to conquer Earth.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that gives enables him the ability to read the alien language. Later, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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* PassingTheTorch: A meta example between Tom Welling (Clark in ''Smallville'') and Creator/ChristopherReeve (Clark/Superman from the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies).
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* NeuralImplanting: After putting the Key into the cave wall, Clark is hit with a stream of energy that gives him the ability to read the Kryptonian language.
* PassingTheTorch: Ameta {{meta}} example between Tom Welling (Clark in ''Smallville'') (''Smallville'''s Clark) and Creator/ChristopherReeve (Clark/Superman from the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies).
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Creator/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, including the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Creator/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, including specifically the "Fortress of Solitude" theme as well as the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message in his spaceship from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that gives him the ability to read the alien language on the cave wall.language. Later, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that gives him the ability to read the alien language on the cave wall. Later, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal computer files.
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-->'''Dr. Swann''': (''to Clark'') You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives alone in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance in his journey to becoming a SuperHero.
* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives alone in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance in his journey to becoming a SuperHero.
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-->'''Clark''': Why me? There has to be a reason why I was sent to this planet.
-->'''Dr. Swann''':(''to Clark'') You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives alone in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance in his journey to becominga SuperHero.Franchise/{{Superman}}.
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* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives alone in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance in his journey to becoming
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with a burst of energy that gives him the ability to read the alien language on the cave wall. Later, after a series of strange events, he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal computer files.
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* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance.
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* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives alone in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance.guidance in his journey to becoming a SuperHero.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with energy. a burst of energy that gives him the ability to read the alien language on the cave wall. Later, after a series of strange events, Clark he receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his homeworld.home planet. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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* PublicServiceAnnouncement: The episode ends with a public service announcement featuring Tom Welling and Creator/ChristopherReeve asking for the audience's help to battle paralysis and donate to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. The PSA ends with Reeve and Welling thanking each other, [[MoodWhiplash and then]] Reeve playfully pleading to the camera "Please? Please call" and Welling and the off-camera crew bursting into laughter.
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* PassingTheTorch: A meta example between Tom Welling (Clark in ''Smallville'') and Creator/ChristopherReeve (Clark/Superman from the Creator/RichardDonner ''Film/{{Superman}}'' movies).
* PublicServiceAnnouncement: The episode ends witha public service announcement one featuring Tom Welling and Creator/ChristopherReeve asking for the audience's help to battle paralysis and donate by donating to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. The PSA ends with Reeve and Welling thanking each other, [[MoodWhiplash and then]] Reeve playfully pleading to the camera "Please? Please call" and Welling and the off-camera crew bursting into laughter.
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* GeniusCripple: Dr. Swann is confined to a wheelchair.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: Parts of Creator/JohnWilliams' ''Film/{{Superman}}'' score, including the iconic theme, plays during the scenes with Dr. Swann.
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and [[spoiler:finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth]].
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* WhamEpisode: Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and [[spoiler:finds finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth]].Earth.
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* HermitGuru: Dr. Swann lives in the New York City Planetarium and gives Clark guidance.
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Clark Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds [[spoiler:finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.]]Earth]].
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
* GeniusCripple: Dr. Swann is confined to a wheelchair.
* {{Herald}}: Dr. Swann serves this role to Clark.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': (''to Clark'') You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
* RemakeCameo: Creator/ChristopherReeve (Dr. Swann), of course, played Clark Kent/Superman in ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/SupermanII'', ''Film/SupermanIII'', and ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''.
* SpecialGuest: Creator/ChristopherReeve as Dr. Virgil Swann.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.]]
!!Tropes present in the episode:
* GeniusCripple: Dr. Swann is confined to a wheelchair.
* {{Herald}}: Dr. Swann serves this role to Clark.
-->'''Dr. Swann''': (''to Clark'') You won't find your answers by looking to the stars. It's a journey you'll have to take. You must write your own destiny...Kal-El.
* RemakeCameo: Creator/ChristopherReeve (Dr. Swann), of course, played Clark Kent/Superman in ''Film/{{Superman}}'', ''Film/SupermanII'', ''Film/SupermanIII'', and ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''.
* SpecialGuest: Creator/ChristopherReeve as Dr. Virgil Swann.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Clark meets Dr. Swann (played by original Superman actor Creator/ChristopherReeve), learns of his true origins, and finds a message from his birth father that suggests he was sent to conquer Earth.]]
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Originally aired February 25, 2003
Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with energy. Later, after a series of strange events, Clark receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his homeworld. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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Against his parents' wishes, Clark puts the Key into the Kawatche Cave wall and is hit with energy. Later, after a series of strange events, Clark receives an e-mail from Dr. Virgil Swann, a scientist who has a message for Clark from his homeworld. Lana and Chloe clash when Chloe catches Lana snooping through her personal files.
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