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* AllForNothing: Clark and Chloe's attempts to save Davis lead to the death of Davis and Jimmy.



* Jimmy's death is this for Clark, Oliver and the rest of the Justice League.



* HeroicBSOD: After Davis murders Jimmy, Clark becomes convinced that his human side is dangerous and renounces it.

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* HeroicBSOD: After Davis murders Jimmy, Clark becomes convinced that his human side is dangerous because of the faith he placed in Davis is humanity and renounces it.
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Written by Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders

Directed by James Marshall

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Written by Brian Peterson Creator/BrianPeterson & Kelly Souders

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* SeasonFinale: The show's eighth.
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-->'''Davis''': So, um, this whole time that you were with me...it was for Clark? ... How could you do this? I loved you. You're the only one who ever loved me. Why? '''''WHY'''''?!

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-->'''Davis''': -->'''Davis:''' So, um, this whole time that you were with me...it was for Clark? ... Clark? [...] How could you do this? I loved you. You're the only one who ever loved me. Why? '''''WHY'''''?!



* DesignatedGirlFight: Tess and Lois over the location of the Orb. It ends with Lois accidentaly picking up the Legion ring and [[TimeTravel sending her to the future.]]

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* DesignatedGirlFight: Tess and Lois over the location of the Orb. It ends with Lois accidentaly picking up the Legion ring and [[TimeTravel sending her to the future.]]future]].



-->'''Clark''': Clark Kent is dead.

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-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Clark Kent is dead.



-->'''Clark''': Oliver was right. I put humanity on a pedestal. It wasn't a Kryptonian beast that killed Jimmy. It was a human.
-->'''Chloe''': I was standing right here, Clark; I know full well who killed Jimmy.
-->'''Clark''': This place, Chloe, just get rid of it. Just walk away and don't look back.
-->'''Chloe''': You don't get it, Clark. Jimmy is here; he's watching over me. He knew me so well, he knew this place would be perfect. Jimmy wanted to know that, no matter where I was in this city, I could look up here and see this beacon: The watchtower. And look--Dinah, Oliver, and Bart all disappeared. Maybe it's up to us to bring them back home.
-->'''Clark''': Home? I don't have a home.
-->'''Chloe''': I don't like the way that sounds.
-->'''Clark''': I've always tried to forget I was an alien, or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.

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-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Oliver was right. I put humanity on a pedestal. It wasn't a Kryptonian beast that killed Jimmy. It was a human.
-->'''Chloe''': -->'''Chloe:''' I was standing right here, Clark; I know full well who killed Jimmy.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' This place, Chloe, just get rid of it. Just walk away and don't look back.
-->'''Chloe''': -->'''Chloe:''' You don't get it, Clark. Jimmy is here; he's watching over me. He knew me so well, he knew this place would be perfect. Jimmy wanted to know that, no matter where I was in this city, I could look up here and see this beacon: The watchtower. And look--Dinah, Oliver, and Bart all disappeared. Maybe it's up to us to bring them back home.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Home? I don't have a home.
-->'''Chloe''': -->'''Chloe:''' I don't like the way that sounds.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien, or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.



-->'''Clark''': I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.
-->'''Chloe''': So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark, human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.
-->'''Clark''': They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
-->'''Chloe''': What are you saying?
-->'''Clark''': Clark Kent is dead. Goodbye, Chloe. (''turns and leaves'')

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-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.
-->'''Chloe''': -->'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark, human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
-->'''Chloe''': -->'''Chloe:''' What are you saying?
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Clark Kent is dead. Goodbye, Chloe. (''turns ''[turns and leaves'')leaves]''
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* CharacterDeath: Jimmy Olsen.


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* DesignatedGirlFight: Tess and Lois over the location of the Orb. It ends with Lois accidentaly picking up the Legion ring and [[TimeTravel sending her to the future.]]


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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Tess and Lois engage in this while fighting for real.
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* EventTitle: The title of the episode also refers to the deaths of Jimmy (who's killed by Davis), Davis (who dies after being mortally wounded by a dying Jimmy), and Clark (who declares himself "dead" in a metaphorical sense).
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%%* AntagonistTitle* AntagonistTitle: The episode's title refers to Doomsday, the BigBad of Season 8.
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Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders

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Written by Brian Peterson and & Kelly Souders



-->'''Davis''': So, um, this whole time that you were with me...it was for Clark? ... How could you do this? I loved you. You're the only one who ever loved me. Why? '''''Why'''''?!

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-->'''Davis''': So, um, this whole time that you were with me...it was for Clark? ... How could you do this? I loved you. You're the only one who ever loved me. Why? '''''Why'''''?!'''''WHY'''''?!



** Clark, after Doomsday grabs and punches him several times.

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** Clark, after Doomsday grabs and punches him several times.
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-->'''Davis''': So, um, this whole time that you were with me...it was for Clark? ... How could you do this? I loved you. You're the only one who ever loved me. Why? '''''Why'''''?!


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* DespairEventHorizon: Davis finding out that Chloe left town with him to keep Clark safe pushes him to fatally wound Jimmy and try to kill Chloe in a rage.


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-->'''Clark''': Oliver was right. I put humanity on a pedestal. It wasn't a Kryptonian beast that killed Jimmy. It was a human.
-->'''Chloe''': I was standing right here, Clark; I know full well who killed Jimmy.
-->'''Clark''': This place, Chloe, just get rid of it. Just walk away and don't look back.
-->'''Chloe''': You don't get it, Clark. Jimmy is here; he's watching over me. He knew me so well, he knew this place would be perfect. Jimmy wanted to know that, no matter where I was in this city, I could look up here and see this beacon: The watchtower. And look--Dinah, Oliver, and Bart all disappeared. Maybe it's up to us to bring them back home.
-->'''Clark''': Home? I don't have a home.
-->'''Chloe''': I don't like the way that sounds.
-->'''Clark''': I've always tried to forget I was an alien, or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.


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-->'''Clark''': I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.
-->'''Chloe''': So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark, human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.
-->'''Clark''': They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
-->'''Chloe''': What are you saying?
-->'''Clark''': Clark Kent is dead. Goodbye, Chloe. (''turns and leaves'')
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Clark enlists the help of Bart and Dinah to take down Doomsday...with shocking consequences.

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Clark enlists the help of Bart and Dinah to take down Doomsday...with shocking consequences.consequences for everyone involved.
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* BigWhy: Davis shouts this after he stabs Jimmy upon overhearing that Chloe only ran away from Smallville with him to protect Clark and not because she loved him.
* BloodFromTheMouth:
** Clark, after Doomsday grabs and punches him several times.
** Jimmy, after being stabbed by Davis.


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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Jimmy dies in Chloe's arms.


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* HeroicSacrifice: Jimmy, while dying from a fatal stab wound, tackles Davis as he advances on Chloe in a murderous rage, and ends up impaling him on a spike.


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* PlotDevice: A chunk of Black Kryptonite, which Chloe later uses to separate Davis from Doomsday.
* SanitySlippage: Davis finally snaps after learning Chloe left Smallville with him to protect Clark and not because she had feelings for him. He follows on this by trying to murder Chloe, only for Jimmy to use the last of his strength to tackle him and impale him.
* SingleTear: Oliver, at Jimmy's funeral.
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Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders

Directed by James Marshall
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* DeathBySecretIdentity: A non-villainous example has Jimmy dying at the hands of Davis not long after he learns the truth about Clark.

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* DeathBySecretIdentity: A non-villainous example has example. Jimmy dying dies at the hands of Davis not long after he learns the truth about Clark.
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* ThatManIsDead: Clark renounces his human identity.

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* EnemyWithout: Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.

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* DeathBySecretIdentity: A non-villainous example has Jimmy dying at the hands of Davis not long after he learns the truth about Clark.
* EnemyWithout: Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite Black Kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.


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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Clark starts leaning toward this line of thinking after Davis, separated from Doomsday, murders Jimmy in a jealous rage.
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* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Davis murders Jimmy, Clark becomes convinced that his human side is dangerous and renounces it.]]
-->'''Clark''': [[spoiler:Clark Kent is dead.]]
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Zod, at the very end of the episode.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him]].]]

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* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Davis, Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.]]
Doomsday.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After After Davis murders Jimmy, Clark becomes convinced that his human side is dangerous and renounces it.]]
it.
-->'''Clark''': [[spoiler:Clark Clark Kent is dead.]]
dead.
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Zod, Zod, at the very end of the episode.]]
episode.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Jimmy Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him]].]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:"Clark Kent is dead."]]

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* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:"Clark [[spoiler:After Davis murders Jimmy, Clark becomes convinced that his human side is dangerous and renounces it.]]
-->'''Clark''': [[spoiler:Clark
Kent is dead."]]]]
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* EnemyWithout: Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.
* HeroicBSOD: "Clark Kent is dead."
* HesBack: Zod, at the very end of the episode.
* KilledOffForReal: Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him]].

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* EnemyWithout: Davis, [[spoiler:Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.
Doomsday.]]
* HeroicBSOD: "Clark [[spoiler:"Clark Kent is dead."
"]]
* HesBack: Zod, [[spoiler:Zod, at the very end of the episode.
episode.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Jimmy [[spoiler:Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him]].]]
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* KilledOffForReal: Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him.]]

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* KilledOffForReal: Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him.]]him]].
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Originally aired May 14, 2009
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* KilledOffForReal: Jimmy dies, but not before [[TakingYouWithMe taking Davis with him.]]
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* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:"Clark Kent is dead."]]
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Zod, at the very end of the episode.]]

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* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Davis, Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.]]
Doomsday.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:"Clark "Clark Kent is dead."]]
"
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Zod, Zod, at the very end of the episode.]]
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Clark enlists the help of Bart and Dinah to take down Doomsday...with shocking consequences.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Davis, after Chloe uses black kryptonite to separate him from Doomsday.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:"Clark Kent is dead."]]
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Zod, at the very end of the episode.]]
%%* MoreHeroThanThou
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