History Smallville / TropesNToS

** When Lana started the Isis Foundation, she began experimenting on meteor freaks in the same way as Lex but while Lex's actions were treated as a MoralEventHorizon since she was searching for a cure, it’s ultimately treated as a good thing. She once found a sick freak instead of calling a doctor or taking him to a hospital she locked him in a room and waited for him to die. This is treated as a noble gesture.

* SuperWeight:
** Type 0: Lois, Chloe, The Kents, Lex, Lionel, Tess, Lana before she gains Lex's super suit]]
** Type 1: Green Arrow, Rick Flag, Deadshot, Slade Wilson, or is he?
** Type 2: Most meteor freaks/metahumans, Impulse, Aquaman, Cyborg, ComicBook/BlackCanary, Hawkman, ComicBook/{{Stargirl|DC Comics}}
** Type 3: Most aliens, Kryptonians under the yellow sun, Clark, Kara, ComicBook/MartianManhunter, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Lana after gaining Lex's super suit]], Zod, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}, Doomsday, ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}
** Type 4: ComicBook/DoctorFate

** Earth2-Lionel's face says it all at the end of "[[Recap/SmallvilleS10E16Scion Scion]]" when standing next to Lex's grave, he is surrounded by black smoke that transforms into Darkseid and towers over him. Oh crap, indeed.

--->'''[[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]:''' [[PunyEarthlings She is just a human.]] ([[ImStandingRightHere Chloe was standing right there]])\\

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The "Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}" episode, although apparently not originally intended as such since it was going to be in a different continuity from the show.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Clark travels backwards in time at least three times (once with a [[MagicFromTechnology Kryptonian Crystal]] to save Lana's life, once with the future Legion of Superheroes' ring to [[ResetButton undo]] his revealing to the world, and once to save himself as a baby in Krypton), and always remembers the timelines that no longer exist. None is longer than a day or two, so it's not a big deal. Also, this is Franchise/{{Superman}}, so he's ''Everything''-proof. In the lead up to the third example, Kara sent a message from past Krypton, which Dr. Swan received in 1989 and recorded in his journal. Clark, reading the journal in 2007, notices the page is "new".
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Deathstroke showed up as a recurring foe despite having little if any connection to the Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos. Similarly, Deadshot appeared as part of the Suicide Squad in the last season of the show.

** The origin of Greg Arkin is an intentional dark echo of Franchise/SpiderMan.

** All of "[[Recap/SmallvilleS05E19Mercy Mercy]]" to ''{{Franchise/Saw}}''.

*** Season 5 has a hitman called [[Franchise/SpiderMan The Chameleon]], but with invisibility instead of disguises. Worth noting is that he's able to carry on committing evil after Clark saves him from a car crash, which sounds like a rip on the traditional Spider-Man origin story.

** Jimmy and Chloe indulge in this from time to time. Often due to TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife on Chloe's part. Or mutual flirting between [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] and Jimmy. Or Jimmy having an inferiority complex towards Clark, who Chloe is fiercely loyal to. They really do have quite a few issues.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The earliest version of the Justice League includes [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Clark]], ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}[=/=]Author, Cyborg/Victor, [[Franchise/TheFlash Impulse]]/Bart, ComicBook/GreenArrow[=/=]Oliver, and Chloe. This defies some common expectations however, as she is {{The Smart G|uy}}irl and is, at that time, romantically involved with someone outside the group.

** [[Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]] picked up the family business and arguably did a better job (read:more off-screen Stealth Byes due to budget cuts).