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--->'''Lois:''' Yeah? How about "don't leave your date with punch-bowl Maddie"? Something tells me it's for a good reason.
--->'''Greg:''' Clark is the reason a lot of us are still here.

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--->'''Lois:''' Yeah? How about "don't leave your date with punch-bowl Maddie"? Something tells me it's for a good reason.
Maddie"?
--->'''Greg:''' Something tells me it's for a good reason. Clark is the reason a lot of us are still here.
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* ReunionRevenge: At first, Clark is worried that Greg has come to pull this trope. Thankfully, it's averted when Greg talks to Lois and it turns out he's grateful to Clark for setting him straight.
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* NotSoDifferent: Brainiac 5 points this out to Clark, remarking they were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, the both of them were meant to save worlds, and neither one of them was immune to corruption.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Brainiac 5 points this out to Clark, remarking they were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, the both of them were meant to save worlds, and neither one of them was immune to corruption.
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Written by Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

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Written by Brian Peterson Creator/BrianPeterson & Kelly Souders

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Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, present, and future. (200th episode)

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In the [[MilestoneCelebration 200th episode]], Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, present, and future. (200th episode)
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* BaitAndSwitch: Played with in the teaser; a counselor at Smallville High who blames Clark for all the weirdness in town is preparing to kill him when he shows up at the reunion. Brainiac sneaks up behind her, injects her with nanobots and tells her to leave Clark to him, implying that he's the main villain of the episode. Turns out that he's there to help Clark, not kill him.
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* TimeTravelEpisode: The show's final one.
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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, present, and future.

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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, present, and future. (200th episode)
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-->'''Brainiac 5''': You don't see it? The darkness is the past. You hold on to it. You dwell. You punish yourself and everyone around you for past mistakes.

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-->'''Brainiac 5''': 5:''' You don't see it? The darkness is the past. You hold on to it. You dwell. You punish yourself and everyone around you for past mistakes.



--->'''Clark''': (''seeing the Legion ring on Brainiac 5's hand'') The Legion. You're from the future. What'd you do to them?
--->'''Brainiac 5''': I joined them. In the 31st century, I'm known as "Brainiac 5." The ring, {{time travel}}--all my creations. I brought the Legion into a new realm of heroism.
--->'''Clark''': They helped me destroy you.
--->'''Brainiac 5''': No, they helped you ''cure'' me.

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--->'''Clark''': (''seeing --->'''Clark:''' ''[seeing the Legion ring on Brainiac 5's hand'') hand]'' The Legion. You're from the future. What'd you do to them?
--->'''Brainiac 5''': 5:''' I joined them. In the 31st century, I'm known as "Brainiac 5." The ring, {{time travel}}--all my creations. I brought the Legion into a new realm of heroism.
--->'''Clark''': --->'''Clark:''' They helped me destroy you.
--->'''Brainiac 5''': 5:''' No, they helped you ''cure'' me.



--->'''Greg''': I have a message for Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': Yeah? How about "don't leave your date with punch-bowl Maddie"? Something tells me it's for a good reason.
--->'''Greg''': Clark is the reason a lot of us are still here.
--->'''Lois''': Oh?
--->'''Greg''': I kind of got caught up in my web of obsession. He set me straight. It's not every place that has a hometown hero like Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': That's the kind of guy he is.
--->'''Greg''': Just tell him...tell him "thank you."

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--->'''Greg''': --->'''Greg:''' I have a message for Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': --->'''Lois:''' Yeah? How about "don't leave your date with punch-bowl Maddie"? Something tells me it's for a good reason.
--->'''Greg''': --->'''Greg:''' Clark is the reason a lot of us are still here.
--->'''Lois''': --->'''Lois:''' Oh?
--->'''Greg''': --->'''Greg:''' I kind of got caught up in my web of obsession. He set me straight. It's not every place that has a hometown hero like Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': --->'''Lois:''' That's the kind of guy he is.
--->'''Greg''': --->'''Greg:''' Just tell him...tell him "thank you."



-->'''Brainiac 5''': (''to Clark'') The problem is, Kal-El, you and I aren't very different. We were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, both intended to save civilizations, to bring peace to a brutal world. But neither of us was immune to corruption, to darkness.

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-->'''Brainiac 5''': (''to Clark'') 5:''' ''[to Clark]'' The problem is, Kal-El, you and I aren't very different. We were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, both intended to save civilizations, to bring peace to a brutal world. But neither of us was immune to corruption, to darkness.



-->'''Clark''': (''to his future self'') How did I become so uptight? And nerdy?

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-->'''Clark''': (''to -->'''Clark:''' ''[to his future self'') self]'' How did I become so uptight? And nerdy?



-->'''Clark''': You knew I'd be here?
-->'''Future!Clark''': {{Time travel}}; think it through.
-->'''Clark''': 'Cause you were me when you went through this, and I'm--
-->'''Future!Clark''': Well done, my man.

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-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' You knew I'd be here?
-->'''Future!Clark''': -->'''Future!Clark:''' {{Time travel}}; think it through.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' 'Cause you were me when you went through this, and I'm--
-->'''Future!Clark''': -->'''Future!Clark:''' Well done, my man.
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* MythologyGag: When in the future, Clark saves Future!Lois when her [[Film/SupermanTheMovie helicopter malfunctions]].
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* NoodleIncident: Future!Lois, bewildered by the time-displaced Clark's unusual behavior, suspects that some form of Kryptonite might be causing it. She mentions some past incident involving black Kryptonite; while not elaborating, it was apparently a disaster.
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* EventTitle: The title refers to Clark's high school reunion.
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Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders

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Written by Brian Peterson and & Kelly Souders

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--->'''Clark''': (''seeing the Legion ring on Brainiac 5's hand'') The Legion. You're from the future. What'd you do to them?
--->'''Brainiac 5''': I joined them. In the 31st century, I'm known as "Brainiac 5." The ring, {{time travel}}--all my creations. I brought the Legion into a new realm of heroism.
--->'''Clark''': They helped me destroy you.
--->'''Brainiac 5''': No, they helped you ''cure'' me.



* InsufferableGenius: Brainiac 5

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--->'''Greg''': I have a message for Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': Yeah? How about "don't leave your date with punch-bowl Maddie"? Something tells me it's for a good reason.
--->'''Greg''': Clark is the reason a lot of us are still here.
--->'''Lois''': Oh?
--->'''Greg''': I kind of got caught up in my web of obsession. He set me straight. It's not every place that has a hometown hero like Clark Kent.
--->'''Lois''': That's the kind of guy he is.
--->'''Greg''': Just tell him...tell him "thank you."
* InsufferableGenius: Brainiac 55, despite his HeelFaceTurn by the Legion.

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-->'''Brainiac 5''': You don't see it? The darkness is the past. You hold on to it. You dwell. You punish yourself and everyone around you for past mistakes.



-->'''Brainiac 5''': (''to Clark'') The problem is, Kal-El, you and I aren't very different. We were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, both intended to save civilizations, to bring peace to a brutal world. But neither of us was immune to corruption, to darkness.



-->'''Clark''': (''to his future self'') Since when did I become so uptight? And nerdy?

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-->'''Clark''': (''to his future self'') Since when How did I become so uptight? And nerdy?nerdy?
* StableTimeLoop: Clark meets his future self, and figures out that the reason he knew he'd be there is because he went through it himself.
-->'''Clark''': You knew I'd be here?
-->'''Future!Clark''': {{Time travel}}; think it through.
-->'''Clark''': 'Cause you were me when you went through this, and I'm--
-->'''Future!Clark''': Well done, my man.



* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Despite the episode not taking place during Christmas, the plot features Clark being shown his past, his present, and his future, and emerging changed from the experience for the better.

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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Despite the episode not taking place during Christmas, the plot features Clark being shown his past, his present, and his future, and emerging changed from the experience for the better.

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* DanceOfRomance: In the final scene, Clark and Lois finally admit their love for one another and share a romantic dance in the Kent barn. During this, Clark starts floating in the air.

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* DanceOfRomance: In the final scene, Clark and Lois finally admit their love for one another and share a romantic dance in the Kent barn. During this, [[LoveFloats Clark starts floating in the air.air]].


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* LoveFloats: In the ending scene, Clark and Lois share a dance in the barn, and Clark starts floating a few feet off the ground.

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%%* FutureBadass* DanceOfRomance: In the final scene, Clark and Lois finally admit their love for one another and share a romantic dance in the Kent barn. During this, Clark starts floating in the air.
* FutureBadass: While visiting the future, Clark sees [[Franchise/{{Superman}} the hero he's destined to become]].
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%%* FutureBadass
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Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

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* BackForTheFinale: Greg Arkin, who was last seen in Season 1's "Metamorphosis," returns for the final season in this episode.



** Brainiac was re-programmed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] [[InsufferableGenius know-it-all]], though.
** Greg Arkin, who credits Clark with helping him change his ways.

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** Brainiac was re-programmed by the Legion of Superheroes as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] [[InsufferableGenius know-it-all]], though.
** Greg Arkin, who actually credits Clark with helping him change turn from his ways.villainous ways and asks Lois to tell Clark "thank you."



* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Despite the episode not taking place during Christmas.

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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Despite the episode not taking place during Christmas.Christmas, the plot features Clark being shown his past, his present, and his future, and emerging changed from the experience for the better.

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* ActingForTwo: Tom Welling plays both Clark and his future self.
* GuiltComplex: Brainiac 5 points out that this is Clark's FatalFlaw and that it started with Jonathan's death.

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* ActingForTwo: Tom Welling plays both Clark and his future self.
* GuiltComplex: Brainiac 5 points out that this is Clark's FatalFlaw and that it started with Jonathan's death.death in Season 5's "Reckoning."



** Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky know-it-all, though.

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** Brainiac was reprogrammed re-programmed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky know-it-all, [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] [[InsufferableGenius know-it-all]], though.



-->'''Clark''': Since when did I become so uptight? And nerdy?

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-->'''Clark''': (''to his future self'') Since when did I become so uptight? And nerdy?
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* ActingForTwo: Tom Welling plays both Clark and his future self.


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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Clark isn't impressed with his future self's [[ClarkKenting nerdy disguise]].
-->'''Clark''': Since when did I become so uptight? And nerdy?
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%%* TimeTravel* TimeTravel: Brainiac 5 uses the Legion ring to take Clark through the past, present, and future.
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** [[spoiler:Greg Arkin, who credits Clark with helping him change his ways.]]

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** [[spoiler:Greg Greg Arkin, who credits Clark with helping him change his ways.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky know-it-all, though.
* InsufferableGenius: Brainiac 5



* HeelFaceTurn:
** Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky know-it-all, though.
** [[spoiler:Greg Arkin, who credits Clark with helping him change his ways.]]
* InsufferableGenius: Brainiac 5



* NotSoDifferent: Brainiac 5 points this out to Clark.

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* NotSoDifferent: Brainiac 5 points this out to Clark.Clark, remarking they were both created in one way or another by Jor-El, the both of them were meant to save worlds, and neither one of them was immune to corruption.
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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, his present, and his future.

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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, his present, and his future.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What Brainiac 5 has become.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What Brainiac 5 has become.become due to being reprogrammed by the Legion.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky, arrogant know-it-all, though.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky, arrogant snarky know-it-all, though.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Brainiac 5

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What Brainiac 55 has become.
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Originally aired October 15, 2010
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* GuiltComplex: Brainiac 5 points out that this is Clark's FatalFlaw.

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* GuiltComplex: Brainiac 5 points out that this is Clark's FatalFlaw.FatalFlaw and that it started with Jonathan's death.
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Clark and Lois attend their high school reunion at Smallville High. Brainiac 5 arrives from the future and takes Clark on a journey through his past, his present, and his future.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:

* HeelFaceTurn: Brainiac was reprogrammed by the Legion as Brainiac 5 and is now one of the good guys. He's still a snarky, arrogant know-it-all, though.
* InsufferableGenius: Brainiac 5
* GuiltComplex: Brainiac 5 points out that this is Clark's FatalFlaw.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Brainiac 5
* NotSoDifferent: Brainiac 5 points this out to Clark.
* TimeStandsStill: Brainiac 5 displays this ability.
%%* TimeTravel
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Despite the episode not taking place during Christmas.
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