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6[[folder:Kryptonians in general]]
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8A [[HumanAliens humanoid alien race]] native to the planet Krypton, Kryptonians were initially [[ProudWarriorRace a race of warriors]] before evolving into a [[ProudScholarRace peaceful people devoted to science]].
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10Most of the Kryptonian population died when Krypton exploded following a destructive civil war between the Ruling Council and General Zod, but a few of them (most importantly, [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]) survived one way or another.
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12* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: What little is seen of Krypton fits this trope.
13* [[DoomedHometown Doomed Homeworld]]: Guess...
14* FlyingBrick: Kryptonians manifest this trope when exposed to the radiation of a yellow sun, gaining the following abilities:
15** EyeBeams: All Kryptonians have heat vision.
16** {{Flight}}: Kryptonians can defy gravity and fly through the air.
17** NighInvulnerability: Very few things, beyond attacks from one another and some of the more powerful Phantom Zone escapees, can injure a Kryptonian.
18** SuperBreath: Kryptonians can use their breath to blow opponents away or freeze them.
19** SuperReflexes: Kryptonians have superhuman reaction time.
20** SuperSenses: They have heightened hearing, and a variety of vision powers.
21** SuperSpeed: Can easily break the sound barrier.
22** SuperStrength: Easily capable of bending steel and lifting multiple tonnes.
23** XRayVision: All Kryptonians can see through anything but lead.
24* HigherTechSpecies: Kryptonian technology vastly outstrips human technology.
25* HumanAliens: Kryptonians all appear human.
26* KryptoniteFactor:
27** [[AchillesHeel Green Kryptonite]]: Weakens Kryptonians and can kill them.
28** [[GRatedDrug Red Kryptonite]]: Strips a Kryptonian of his social inhibitions.
29** [[PowerNullifier Blue Kryptonite]]: A Kryptonian is rendered powerless as long as they're near this.
30** [[DePower Gold Kryptonite]]: Can strip a Kryptonian of his powers permanently.
31* MagicFromTechnology: Their technology is advanced enough to traverse dimensions and parallel universe and miraculously heal people but they've never been considered magic. However, their technology has been used in spell components to increase the caster's power.
32* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: ''Krypton''ians are natives of the planet ''Krypton''.
33* PowerCrystal: A common staple of Kryptonian technology. You can store information in them, transport people to the PhantomZone, even bring people {{back from the dead}} as clones.
34* {{Proud Scholar Race|Guy}}: What Kryptonians developed into after starting out as a race of warriors.
35* {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}: Kryptonians were initially this before becoming more peaceful.
36* SuperpowerLottery: Every one of them has near-PhysicalGod levels of power.
37[[/folder]]
38
39!The House of El and Associates
40[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/20201016_211715.jpg]]
41[[caption-width-right:350:The Mark of El]]
42
43One of Krypton's most distinguished dynasties, the Els were deeply involved in Kryptonian politics, with patriarch Jor-El acting as both Krypton's greatest living scientific mind as well as an advisor to the Ruling Council and the military. During General Zod's rebellion, the House of El fell into civil war, with Jor-El's resentful younger brother, Zor-El, siding with Zod and helping to trigger Krypton's destruction. Realizing that the end was drawing near, Jor-El and his wife, Lara, loaded their newborn son, Kal-El, onto a spaceship bound for Earth, where he would become known as Clark Kent/Superman. Zor-El, mimicking his brother, sent his own daughter, Kara, on a similar trip, ensuring that the legacy of the House of El would live on.
44
45[[folder:Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman]]
46!Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman / The Blur
47
48See [[Characters/SmallvilleKents The Kents]].
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Jor-El (Kryptonian)]]
52!!Jor-El
53-->'''Played by''': Creator/TomWelling ("Relic"), Creator/JulianSands ("Kandor," "Abandoned")
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55[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jor-el_7400.jpg]]
56[[caption-width-right:280:Jor-El in his pre-Fortress days.]]
57
58Kal-El's biological father, Jor-El was a brilliant scientist who was regarded as one of Krypton's greatest heroes (next to [[FallenHero Zod]]).
59----
60* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], one on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Earth-1]], one on [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Earth-96]], and one on an [[Series/SupermanAndLois unnumbered Earth]].
61* BrokenAce: Jor-El was a well-respected scientist and regarded as one of Krypton's greatest heroes, but he was crippled by self-doubt and guilt over not being able to save his planet and his people. He even withheld programming his own emotions into the A.I., believing it would hold Clark back in his training.
62* AloofBigBrother: To Zor-El. Kara even remarks to Clark that the two brothers didn't really talk a lot.
63* BadassBookworm: Jor-El can fight, despite his scientific background.
64* CainAndAbel:
65** Jor-El is strongly implied to have had this kind of relationship with his brother, Zor-El. In terms of personalities, Jor-El is the Abel (the good brother who did his damnedest to save Krypton) to Zor-El's Cain (the evil brother who plotted to help destroy Krypton to fulfill a Kryptonian prophecy). When it comes to sibling roles, Jor-El is the Cain (the older brother) to Zor-El's Abel (the younger brother).
66** This trope also applies to Jor-El's relationship with Zod. Simply put, Jor-El is the Abel to Zod's Cain.
67* ChestInsignia: On Krypton, he wore his family's crest on his chest.
68* TheFettered: Heavily implied by Zor-El's claim to Clark that Jor-El couldn't grasp the concept of sacrificing the weak for the greater good. Later, in Season 10, this trope is implied to be the reason why Kryptonian!Jor-El left his emotions out of the A.I.'s programming, believing his {{pride}} and regrets prevented him from saving Krypton.
69* FormerTeenRebel: {{Implied|Trope}} to have been one when he was younger. In Season 3's "Relic," Jor-El admits to Louise that he wasn't a "model son."
70* GoodCounterpart: To Zor-El.
71* HappilyMarried: Screwed up as he was, there are no indications that his marriage to Lara was less than happy. A holographic message in Season 10's "Abandoned" shows them sharing a close, loving embrace during Krypton's final moments.
72* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Both the clone and the real Jor-El have rather negative views of their own achievements.
73-->(''to Clark via a holographic message'') The ship I designed to carry you to your destiny can only hold one Kryptonian, one with so much potential, so unlike your father. [...] I am sending with you all my knowledge, and none of my ego or regrets.
74* IgnoredExpert: Shown in a {{flashback}} scene in Season 9's "Kandor" when he tries to warn the Kryptonian Council that sending cloned Kryptonians to Earth might not be such a great idea.
75* InterspeciesFriendship: He was good friends with J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter, and even asked him to watch over Kal-El/Clark on Earth. Jor-El was a Kryptonian while J'onn was a Martian.
76* InterspeciesRomance: While visiting Earth in 1961, he had a [[StarCrossedLovers doomed relationship]] with Louise [=McCallum=], Lana Lang's great-aunt.
77* LighterAndSofter: The clone (and presumably the real) Jor-El are shown to be much nicer than the Fortress A.I.
78* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead when the show begins.
79* ScienceHero: Heavily implied in "Kandor," where Zod, in a flashback, notes to the Ruling Council that Jor-El dedicated his life's work to saving and preserving life rather than waging war and causing death.
80* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: In a {{flashback}} in "Kandor," he interrupts the taking of blood samples from Zod's soldiers in direct violation of the Council's orders; he even tells Zod that "The Council can do what it will. I will not allow my life's work to be used to commit an atrocity."
81* SoProudOfYou: In regards to his son Kal-El.
82* StrongFamilyResemblance: Completely identical to Clark in his younger days, aside from hairstyle and clothing.
83* TakeAThirdOption: In "Kandor," he interrupts the taking of blood samples from Zod's army so they can be sent to Earth in the Orb. Later, he argues to the Council that he created cloning technology to help the sick and wounded rather than bring the dead (namely super-powered Kandorian soldiers) [[BackFromTheDead back to life]]. After he's ordered to finish the Orb despite his warnings of the Kandorian army potentially using their powers to take over Earth, Jor-El irradiates the Orb with Blue Kryptonite to DePower the Kandorians.
84[[/folder]]
85
86[[folder:Jor-El (A.I.)]]
87!!Jor-El (A.I.)
88-->'''Played by''': Creator/TerenceStamp, Creator/JohnGlover (''Hidden'')
89
90When Krypton was about to [[EarthShatteringKaboom go boom]], the Kryptonian Jor-El copied his brain patterns into the spaceship that would carry his son to Earth.
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92* ArchnemesisDad: Despite his good intentions, he was this to Clark during the earlier seasons, leading Clark to be both resentful and scared of him for many years.
93* AbusiveDad: The reasons behind his behavior and actions toward Kal-El may have been well-meaning and noble, but the fact remains [=AI=]!Jor-El's actions were downright, often unnecessarily, cruel and [[SuperDickery dickish]]. He's burned the mark of Clark's Kryptonian ancestors onto his chest as part of his efforts to control his son, even {{brainwashed}} Clark outright, froze Clark in a solid pillar of ice, and even disowns him early in Season 10.
94* AntiHero: [[UnscrupulousHero Type IV]]. Jor-El's intentions are benevolent (he wants Clark to become the hero that Earth needs), but the way he goes about things are often very nasty and cruel.
95* AntiVillain: [[WellIntentionedExtremist Type III]]. His goals are good (he wants to protect Earth and ensure that Clark becomes the hero he's destined to be), but the methods he employs for achieving those goals are, to put it mildly, highly questionable.
96* AssholeVictim: Jor-El has this happen to him a lot, courtesy of [[RoboticPsychopath Brainiac]], [[ManipulativeBastard Lex]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Earth-2 Lionel]], and various others.
97* BecauseDestinySaysSo: He's a total douche about this.
98* DarkerAndEdgier: The Fortress A.I. was intentionally designed without the real Jor-El's emotions that might get in the way of his son's training. Presumably, the real Jor-El felt they kept him back whilst trying to save Krypton and didn't want to make that mistake again.
99* EvilCounterpart: To the actual Jor-El. He's still 100% a good guy, just one programmed to focus entirely on the mission at hand, with zero empathy or regard for others.
100* GeniusLoci: When he's in the Kawatche Caves and later the Fortress of Solitude.
101* GoodIsDumb: For an all-knowing A.I, his approach to Clark is unbelievably stupid. Through his needlessly harsh treatment of Clark, and his tendency to never explain anything, he pushed Clark away for years, and came close to getting himself destroyed when Brainiac manipulated Clark into nearly destroying the Fortress.
102* GoodIsNotNice: He's on the side of good, but he is generally anything but nice.
103* {{Hypocrite}}: In the Season 10 premiere, Jor-El condemns Clark for being willing to kill a clone of Lex. Seasons earlier, he ''ordered'' Clark to kill he actual Lex to prevent Zod from using him as a vessel.
104* {{Jerkass}} / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Switches between the two.
105* KickTheDog: When he almost froze Chloe to death in the Season 5 premiere "Arrival."
106* KnightTemplar: The only thing that matters is Clark's destiny. No matter how many people he's let die, or how many times he's ruined his own son's life, held him prisoner or taken his powers as "punishment".
107* LackOfEmpathy: Designed with this in mind. He's at many times encouraged Clark to cut out his human side, cared very little when Chloe almost died, and when Jonathan ''did'' die, held Clark prisoner several times and brainwashed him, as well as several humans to do his bidding. Supposedly, the real Jor-El viewed his empathy as a major reason why he failed to save Krypton.
108* MetaCasting: [[Film/SupermanII Kneel before Jor-El!]] I mean, uh, Zod!
109* MrExposition: Sometimes, such as when Clark asked about Zod and Brainiac in "Vessel," and when Martha came to the Fortress in the Season 6 premiere.
110* RemakeCameo: Creator/TerenceStamp previously played General Zod in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' and ''Film/SupermanII''.
111* SoProudOfYou: Said by the Fortress AI to Clark in Season 8's "Abyss" and in the GrandFinale.
112* SoulJar: The original Jor-El copied his brainwaves into Kal-El's spacecraft.
113* SpiritAdvisor: To Clark.
114* SociopathicHero: Made on purpose to lack any of the real Jor-El's more "human" qualities, meaning he's got basically zero empathy, nor any consideration for how his son feels.
115* TheUnfettered: Unlike his predecessor, Fortress!Jor-El will do whatever it takes to get the job done, no matter how extreme it might be.
116* TheVoice: Save for flashing lights, [[PillarOfLight pillars of energy]], and [[MouthOfSauron possessing Lionel Luthor]], Jor-El usually manifests as a disembodied voice.
117* WellIntentionedExtremist: The above-mentioned freezing and intending to [[FateWorseThanDeath trap Clark in the Fortress till everyone he loves is dead]] firmly put it in this category.
118* WouldHurtAChild: Kidnapped a teenage Lindsay Harrison, brainwashed her and kept her behind a cave wall for a decade and a half.
119** Burned the Mark of El onto a sixteen-year old Clark's chest, then used it to cause searing pain as a way to force him into fulfilling his destiny.
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Lara-El]]
123!!Lara-El
124-->'''Played by''': Creator/KendallCross ("Memoria"), Creator/HelenSlater ("Lara," "Blue," "Abandoned")
125
126[[quoteright:279:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lara-el-3_9911.jpg]]
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128Clark/Kal-El's Kryptonian biological mother.
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130* AlternateSelf: Has four, two on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]] as herself and the adopted Earth mother of Kara Zor-El, one on [[Film/ManOfSteel an Earth-1]], and two on [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]] as Kara and herself.
131* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to cloning and a PowerCrystal in Season 7's "Blue."
132* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sports blond hair, and is shown to be [[NiceGuy very kind and gentle]].
133* HappilyMarried: To Jor-El, much to Zor-El's disgust.
134* ParentalSubstitute: She seemed to be like a secondary mother figure for Kara, even though she was her aunt through marriage.
135* PosthumousCharacter: She is long dead when the series begins.
136* RemakeCameo: Helen Slater originally played the titular heroine in ''Film/Supergirl1984''.
137* SealedGoodInACan: Zor-El placed her DNA in the blue crystal so she could be resurrected as a clone.
138* SoProudOfYou: In regards to her son Clark/Kal-El.
139* UnwittingPawn: Of Zor-El.
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Raya]]
143!!Raya
144-->'''Played by''': Creator/PascaleHutton
145
146[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raya_5439.jpg]]
147
148Jor-El's lab assistant, Raya helped construct the spaceship that Kal-El escaped Krypton in, and was later put into the PhantomZone so she could survive Krypton's destruction. Years later, she meets Clark after he's sent to the Phantom Zone by Zod and helps him escape, but is believed to have been killed by two of Zod's henchmen. Later on, Raya shows up in Smallville, having been freed from the Phantom Zone herself along with some others, and helps Clark battle [[NuclearMutant Baern]], one of the Phantom Zone escapees. She is killed by Baern in the Fortress of Solitude. Appears in "Zod" and "Fallout."
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150* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Raya had blond hair, and shown to be a good and kind-hearted person.
151* MinoredInAssKicking: Raya survived in the Phantom Zone for twenty years and holds her own against Baern, one of the worst of the Zoners.
152* [[MrExposition Miss Exposition]]: She tells Clark how to escape the Phantom Zone and later how to repair the Fortress.
153* MsFanservice: When Clark first meets her, she's in a toga.
154* TheSmartGirl: She's intelligent and also a scientist.
155* TakingTheBullet: Takes a nuclear blast from [[AxCrazy Baern]] in order to save Clark's life.
156* TellMeAboutMyFather: Tells Clark about his Kryptonian dad.
157* WeHardlyKnewYe: Barely has two appearances and dies.
158* YouLookFamiliar: Hutton previously played Karen Gallagher in the Season 4 episode ''Ageless''.
159[[/folder]]
160
161[[folder:Kara Zor-El/Kara Kent/Supergirl]]
162!! Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El/ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}
163-->'''Played by''': Creator/LauraVandervoort
164
165[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kara-kent_6660.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smallville_season_11_argo2.jpg]]
166
167Clark's Kryptonian cousin, the daughter of Jor-El's brother Zor-El. Kara was sent to Earth by her father, ostensibly to find and look after her cousin Kal-El, only to be trapped in suspended animation shortly after her arrival. Eighteen years later (in Season 7), Kara is awakened following a battle between Clark and Bizarro.
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169While she initially has trouble fitting in, Kara grows into her role as Clark's cousin, protege and confidante...only to be kidnapped by Brainiac and forced into the Phantom Zone, from which she was not released until Season 8. She made her return in Season 10 and began operating out of Metropolis as a SuperHero. In the second-to-last episode of the series, she travels to the 31st century using a Legion ring.
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171* ActionGirl: A fighter and superhero, pretty much like her cousin.
172* AlliterativeName: Once adopted into the Kent family.
173* AlternateSelf: Has three, one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], one on [[Film/TheFlash2023 Earth-1]], and one on [[Film/Supergirl1984 Earth-96]]. Also has one on Earth-Prime that is a Coluan.
174* BadassAdorable: Very sweet, shy and friendly as well and able to turn concrete into dust with her bare hands.
175* BadassInDistress: Although superhuman, Kara sometimes finds herself in trouble and needs saving.
176* [[BashBrothers Bash Cousins]]: With Clark.
177* BerserkButton: Messing with Kara's stuff is a really bad idea. Also, don't mess with her family (Clark).
178* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kara is generally a NiceGirl, but don't get on her bad side. You'll regret it.
179* {{The Big G|uy}}irl: In a physical strength sense. Kara is [[SuperStrength significantly stronger]] than the average human female.
180* BigBrotherInstinct: To Clark. Although Kara seems younger than Clark, this is because she spent 18 years in suspended animation. However, Kara is actually much older than Clark.
181* BigBrotherMentor: To Clark.
182* BrokenBird: Primarily in Season 7.
183* BrutalHonesty: Not afraid to speak her mind and her opinions. Kara can be very sarcastic, opinionated and snarky.
184* TheBusCameBack: Returns in Season 8's "Bloodline" and in Season 10.
185* ClarkKenting: In Season 7. By her return in Season 10, she has adopted a wig and glasses as a disguise.
186* DeadpanSnarker: Like her comics' counterpart, she can be quite sarcastic.
187* DeathGlare: Gives this to either an enemy, an opponent or someone she doesn't like or trust.
188* {{Determinator}}: Kara is a fighter and a very determined individual.
189* DisproportionateRetribution: The first thing she did when she met Clark and Lois for the first time was beat them up for touching her ship.
190* TheDragon: To PresidentEvil Lex in the AlternateUniverse Clark gets sent to in "Apocalypse." She quickly {{Heel Face Turn}}s after meeting Clark, though.
191* EtTuBrute: In regards to her father. She thought Zor-El was a good man, until she discovered that he wasn't a good person with good intentions.
192* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Kara is a blonde who is attractive to the opposite sex.
193* TheFashionista: Kara seems to like clothing and fashion.
194* GaussianGirl: Her first appearance shows her blurred and in a flowing white dress. Under water. When she saves Lex Luthor and flies away, he is convinced she is an angel who is there to make him repent his sins.
195* GeniusBruiser: Largely overlooked, but she once [[HollywoodHacking easily hacked]] to gain classified information (specifically about [[MacGuffin her blue crystal]]) on the Department of Homeland Security, while making herself untraceable.
196* GirlNextDoor: As Kara Kent. As Supergirl, it's another story.
197* GirlyBruiser: Kara is both a beauty queen and an ActionGirl[=/=]SuperHero who kicks ass.
198* GoodIsNotSoft: Good, but when she becomes aggresive, things go wrong.
199* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Kara has pale blonde hair, which is one of her defining physical characteristics in both the comics and on the show.
200* HotBlooded: Kara is impulsive, opinionated and hot-headed.
201* HowDoIShotWeb: In Season 7, Kara originally had problems with controlling her abilities. Clark managed to help her control her powers and train her.
202* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Kara Zor-El is this trope. When Darkseid attempts to mind-control her early in Season 10, she--like ComicBook/LoisLane in the same episode--has a heart pure enough to resist it.
203* InnocentBlueEyes: Kara has clear blue eyes, fitting with her [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold blonde hair]].
204* HumanPopsicle: Was trapped in stasis until the start of Season 7.
205* LoveHurts: Kara doesn't seem to have much luck in the romance department.
206* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: No, seriously. Her dad Zor-El has got some issues.
207* {{Mentor|s}}: To Clark on the subject of flight.
208* MinidressOfPower: Season 10.
209* MsFanservice: She wears a midriff-baring top with shorts, had a scene in her underwear and participated in a BeautyContest in a skimpy red bikini.
210* NoSocialSkills: At first due to being a complete stranger to Earth.
211* OlderThanTheyLook: She's actually twenty or so years older than Clark. Thanks to her getting trapped in stasis, though, Clark both looks and acts a fair bit older than her. Depending on whether Brainiac stranded her in the Phantom Zone in 1986 or 2008, if the former, then Kara spent an additional 20 years stranded there. Since the Phantom Zone is timeless however, she hasn't aged a day.
212* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: Kara survived in the Phantom Zone for a year, despite having lost her powers.
213* PrimAndProperBun: The version of Kara in the alternate timeline of "Apocalypse" wears her hair in this style.
214* PrimaryColorChampion: Like her cousin Clark, she is often seen wearing the colours red and blue (sometimes with yellow) to give her the ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} look.
215* PutOnABus: At the end of Season 7 she gets trapped to the Phantom Zone.
216* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Was introduced in an 8-episode story arc (a good one) at the start of Season 7. At the end of it, she's struck by some LaserGuidedAmnesia and left wandering around Detroit (keeping her out of the next several episodes). No sooner does she have her memory restored than in the very next episode, she's forced to go away with Brainiac to save Lana's life (also keeping her out of the next several episodes). When she finally returns near the end of Season 7, she's behaving strangely. In the season finale, we learn it's because she didn't return. Brainiac trapped her in the Phantom Zone and has been impersonating her. She isn't freed until several episodes into Season 8 and is then promptly PutOnABus until the final season.
217* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Kara's romance with Jimmy Olsen.
218* StoryBreakerPower: Likely the reason why she kept getting written out so often. Kara has all of Clark's powers plus flight which might have made it difficult to build genuine tension if she was a regular cast member.
219* {{Tsundere}} Type B. Primarily towards Clark.
220* UnskilledButStrong: In Season 7. Unlike Clark, she has access to the full range of Kryptonian powers, allowing her to [[{{Flight}} fly]], [[SuperStrength lift cars]], SuperSpeed and [[NighInvulnerability take bullets]] with the best of them, but she has almost no control over her lesser abilities. Clark can carve a pumpkin with his [[EyeBeams heat vision]]; Kara tends to make them explode.
221[[/folder]]
222
223[[folder:Zor-El]]
224!!Zor-El
225-->'''Played by''': Creator/ChristopherHeyerdahl
226
227[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zor-el-1_2606.jpg]]
228
229Clark's Kryptonian uncle, Jor-El's younger brother and Kara's father. A scientist like his brother, Zor-El and Jor-El [[CainAndAbel did not get along very well]], probably since Zor-El was in love with Jor-El's wife, Lara, and [[MurderTheHypotenuse tried to kill Jor-El so he could have Lara all to himself]]. He later became an ally to General Zod, but only so he could fulfill an ancient Kryptonian prophecy by destroying the planet.
230
231Years later, Zor-El and Lara are resurrected by a PowerCrystal he sent with Kara to Earth. He tries to take over Earth, only to be stopped when Clark destroys the crystal that brought him and Lara back to life.
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233* AbusiveParents: Zor-El was seen to be rather abusive and controlling in nature.
234* AdaptationalVillainy: The comics Zor-El was a NiceGuy (notwithstanding memories of him being an abusive bastard training his daughter to be an assassin, which turned out to be a hallucination). The Smallville incarnation was an outright bad guy.
235* AlternateSelf: Has two on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-]][[Series/{{Arrow}} Prime]] as himself and a human assistant to Damian Darhk, and one on [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]] as himself.
236* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Jor-El.
237* ArchnemesisDad: Becomes one to Kara.
238* AxCrazy: Zor-El is a lunatic and a danger to anyone he encounters.
239* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to cloning and a PowerCrystal in Season 7's "Blue."
240* BigBadEnsemble: With Zod and Brainiac. They all caused the destruction of Krypton.
241* BrokenPedestal: To Kara. She saw him as a good father, but actually he was a rather controlling man.
242* CainAndAbel: His relationship with Jor-El. Simply put, Zor-El is the Cain (the evil brother) to Jor-El's Abel (the good brother).
243* ControlFreak: Zor-El needs to control everybody. When he couldn't do it, he blew up the planet.
244* EarthShatteringKaboom: Caused Krypton's, alongside Brainiac and Zod.
245* EvilCounterpart: To his brother, Jor-El.
246* EvilUncle: To Clark.
247* EvilPlan: The first one is pre-story; destroy Krypton because of a prophecy. Main story is TakeOverTheWorld.
248* EvilWearsBlack: After he's brought back by the blue crystal, he's wearing a black leather robe.
249* TheFundamentalist: Fervently believed in a Kryptonian prophecy about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, leading him to cause it using Brainiac.
250* GeniusBruiser: He's got Superman-like powers ''and'' he's a scientist in the same league as his brother.
251* HellBentForLeather: After his resurrection, he wears a black leather robe.
252* HotBlooded: He even described himself as "passionate", [[SiblingYinYang in comparison to his brother]] Jor-El, who even he felt was colder..although he believes that makes him more deserving of Lara's affections.
253* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Kara believed he was a good man, [[FallenHero and maybe at one time he was]]. But he openly tried to pursue Lara despite her being Jor-El's wife, [[MurderTheHypotenuse and attempted to kill Jor-El over her]]. After being brought back through cloning, with Lara, he engineered events so that Clark [[BroughtDownToNormal would be powerless against him]], who he knew wouldn't join him in [[KillAllHumans his genocidal plan against humanity]], and later tried to [[OffingTheOffspring kill his own daughter]] when she took a stand for the human race.
254* KillAllHumans: His goal after being brought back by the blue crystal in "Blue."
255* LargeHam: Every other scene (notably the ones where [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Kara]] and [[IfICantHaveYou Lara]] were absent) has him ChewingTheScenery.
256* LeanAndMean: Very tall, thin and definitely mean.
257* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Uses a Crystal of El to erase Kara's memories of him trying to seduce Lara.
258* LoveMakesYouEvil: He was in love with his brother's wife.
259* MadScientist: Cloned Lara and himself not to save what's left of the Kryptonians, but solely because he wanted a chance where they'll finally be together.
260* ManipulativeBastard: Zor-El is highly strategic, cunning and manipulative.
261* MurderTheHypotenuse: Zor-El tried to kill his own brother Jor-El so that he could have Jor-El's wife Lara all to himself.
262* OmnicidalManiac: Helped Zod blow up Krypton.
263* SealedEvilInACan: He was in the blue crystal Kara wanted all along in Season 7.
264* SmugSnake: Very cunning but too impulsive, insane, and short-sighted to be a MagnificentBastard.
265* WeCanRuleTogether: Invokes this trope with Lara, Clark and Kara at various points.
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Clone Jor-El]]
269!!Clone Jor-El
270-->'''Played by''': Creator/JulianSands
271
272[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200812_025801_video_player.jpg]]
273
274A clone of Jor-El, created by the Orb from [=DNA=] taken from the original Jor-El 20 years prior to Krypton's destruction.
275----
276* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to cloning in Season 9's "Kandor."
277* CloneAngst: He admits to Tess that he and the Kandorians are "abominations" that shouldn't have existed in the first place.
278* KilledOffForReal: In "Kandor."
279* MinoredInAssKicking: Demonstrates some pretty decent fighting skills.
280* TheParalyzer: Demonstrates the ability to knock out people via {{Pressure Point}}s.
281* SealedGoodInACan: In the Season 9 episode "Kandor."
282* SoProudOfYou: Says this to Clark in Season 9's "Kandor."
283[[/folder]]
284
285!The House of Zod and Associates
286[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/superman_house_of_zod_vinyl_decal_sticker__415961510987692.jpg]]
287[[caption-width-right:350:The Mark of Zod]]
288The sworn enemies of the House of El, the House of Zod were a Kryptonian military family whose rebellion against the Ruling Council resulted in the destruction of Krypton itself. General Zod and his wife, Faora, were exiled to the Phantom Zone for their crimes, but not before they sent their genetically-engineered son, Doomsday, and their deadliest servant, Brainiac, to Earth in pursuit of Jor-El's son, Kal-El. Like their archenemies, the legacy of the House of Zod lives onto this day, and its members (and their clones) still hope to bring down all of Jor-El's works and, in doing so, complete their long-awaited revenge.
289
290[[folder:General Zod]]
291!!General Dru-Zod
292-->'''Played by''': Creator/MichaelRosenbaum ("Vessel," "Zod"), Creator/TerenceStamp (briefly in "Zod"), Creator/CallumBlue ("Kandor," "Dominion")
293
294[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/GeneralZodsmallville_7427.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200815_023408_video_player.jpg]]
295[[caption-width-right:200:''"You have your father's eyes... Hello, Kal-El."'']]
296
297A Kryptonian general and war criminal, Zod's body was destroyed and his spirit thrown into the PhantomZone following an attempted coup against the Ruling Council. Freed in the Season 5 finale, Zod body-jacks ComicBook/LexLuthor, using the billionaire's newly-gained superpowers in an attempt to bring Earth to its knees. He is defeated by Clark in the Season 6 opening and imprisoned by the Crystal of El.
298
299In Season 8, it is revealed that Zod and his second wife, Faora, had been unable to have children. Genetically engineering a child, they sent him to Earth as genetic material attached to Kal-El's spaceship. Said child grew up to be Doomsday, and was intended to kill Clark and destroy the world.
300
301In Season 9, Major Zod's arrival leads to important revelations about his genetic predecessor, namely that Zod was once a hero from the war against Black Zero and that his hatred for Jor-El stemmed from the latter's refusal to clone his son, following the death of Zod's family when Kandor was destroyed by Black Zero. The Major was eventually banished by the Book of Rao (see his entry for more on that).
302
303In the Season 10 episode "Dominion," it's revealed that the General, with {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}'s help, has successfully taken over the body of Major Zod, who was banished to the Phantom Zone by the Kandorians, and has carved out an empire for himself. He then lures Clark and Oliver to the Zone, and pits them against one another in gladiatorial combat. This backfires badly and Zod, along with two of his followers, is cut off from the Phantom Zone and trapped within a crystalline prison that goes spiraling off into space.
304----
305* AbusiveParents: To Davis/Doomsday.
306* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], one on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Earth-1]] that Superman [[DeadAlternateCounterpart was forced to kill]] via NeckSnap, and one on [[Film/Supergirl1984 Earth-96]].
307* ArchEnemy: To Jor-El, after their friendship went sour. Clark inherits the grudge, and given that Zod is responsible for corrupting Brainiac, creating Doomsday, blowing up Krypton, and twice trying to TakeOverTheWorld, he's probably number two on Clark's hit parade, right behind Lex. After fusing with his younger clone, it becomes very personal for the General as well.
308* BadassLongcoat: While possessing Lex. After performing a FusionDance with Major Zod, he adds both a coat and a BadassCape to the latter's outfit.
309* BackForTheFinale: Appears in one of the last episodes.
310* BaldOfEvil: When possessing Lex.
311* BeardOfEvil: Sported by both his Phantom and Major Zod bodies.
312* CainAndAbel: References the story and invokes the trope during "Dominion" with both Clark and Oliver. He seems desperate for a "brother-in-arms" worth having.
313* CoolChair: Is seated atop a skull-decorated throne in Season 10.
314* TheCorrupter: Tries to tempt Oliver into evil in "Dominion."
315* ContinuityNod: The face on the real Zod's phantom is a dead ringer for how Terence Stamp's Zod looked in the Christopher Reeve movies.
316* DealWithTheDevil: Made a deal with ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} to gain control over the Zone and Major Zod.
317* DemotedToDragon: In "Dominion," he is reduced to Darkseid's surrogate, ruling the Phantom Zone in the latter's absence.
318* TheDisembodied: To even greater extremes than normal for a Zoner. His body was not only destroyed, but his Phantom was altered so that it can only control a body that has been specially prepared. Brainiac has to mutate Lex to make him GrandTheftMe-able; after his defeat by Clark, the General is reduced to being a ghost again until a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with Darkseid]] lets him perform a FusionDance with Major Zod.
319* DisproportionateRetribution: Stabs Lana ''through'' her hand with a fire poker, as revenge for her trying to attack him, which quite obviously couldn't and didn't hurt him in the slightest.
320* EvilBrit: Post-FusionDance.
321* EvilCounterpart: To Jor-El. Invoked with Clark in "Dominion," after he seizes control of the Major.
322* EvilOverlord: Successfully conquers the {{Mordor}} that is the Phantom Zone and sets himself up as its tyrant, with a little help from ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and Major Zod's body.
323* FallenHero: Was once called one of Krypton's greatest heroes (see ''Major Zod'' for more on that).
324* FlawExploitation: Clark exploits his [[ControlFreak drive for control]] to defeat him in "Zod"; in "Dominion," Clark and Oliver exploit his [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou need to kill Clark himself]] to take his crystal and escape the Zone.
325* FourStarBadass: Held the rank of General.
326* FusionDance: "Dominion" is unclear as to whether the General or the Major is more in control. He has the latter's body, the former's coldness and sense of fashion, and seems to retain both of their memories, almost like the two genuinely became a single entity.
327* GladiatorGames: Oversees them after seizing control of the Phantom Zone in Season 10.
328* GrandTheftMe: Of Lex, and eventually, his own clone, Major Zod. With his original body destroyed, this is the best he can do.
329* GreaterScopeVillain: In Season 5 and 8. He's the one who turned Brainiac into the monster that he is, resulting in almost all of Season 5's unpleasantness, and he's the one who bioengineered Doomsday, who Faora turns loose in Season 8.
330* HappilyMarried: To Faora.
331* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Fanatical Loyalty in the case of Faora and the Disciples of Zod, Fear in the case of the Zoners in "Dominion."
332* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Pulls this on [[DamselInDistress Lana]] in "Zod"; according to WordOfGod, this is due to his being influenced by Lex's emotions and not any real interest on his part.
333* [[InsaneAdmiral Insane General]]: Cold-blooded, ruthless, and visibly off his rocker (although not nearly to the degree of Major Zod, who seems to ''live'' one step away from a VillainousBreakdown).
334* InTheHood: Briefly during "Dominion."
335* ItsPersonal: By "Dominion."
336* KneelBeforeZod: [[TropeNamers Naturally.]]
337* LargeHam: Always needs to ham it up, regardless of which body he's in.
338* MythologyGag: After he was taken out of Lex's body, he resembles the one from the Creator/ChristopherReeve movies. At the end of "Dominion," he and two henchmen, who may well be Non and Ursa, are sent spiraling off into space, much like in ''Film/SupermanII''.
339* OmnicidalManiac: When he couldn't take over Krypton, he corrupted the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct and helped Zor-El blow up the planet.
340* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: A variant. He has no problem with someone else beating the tar out of Clark, but only he is allowed to deliver the ''coup de grace''. Though that might actually be the Major shining through after the FusionDance.
341* OutGambitted: By Clark and Oliver in "Dominion."
342* {{Revenge}}: Wants payback on the House of El for his imprisonment. Later, his feud with Clark becomes personal, following the latter's defeat of him, and his own subsequent FusionDance with Major Zod who hates Clark more than anyone whose name isn't "[[{{Archenemy}} Lex]]."
343* SealedEvilInACan: In the fifth season, Brainiac's primary goal is to release him from the Phantom Zone. He eventually succeeds in the season finale and Zod's first action upon being freed is to [[SealedGoodInACan put Clark into the same can that he just escaped from]]. Clark manages to escape on his own, without help from the outside, and subsequently re-imprisons Zod in the Season 6 premiere.
344* SecondLove: Faora, who was originally one of the soldiers under his command.
345* SinsOfOurFathers: The General initially targets Kal-El because Jor-El is unavailable. It turns [[ItsPersonal personal]] later on.
346* TragicVillain: He lost his first wife and young son in the war against Black Zero, and Jor-El's refusal to resurrect said son is what led Zod to become the villain he is today.
347* UnholyMatrimony: With Faora.
348* WeCanRuleTogether: To Lana and Clark in "Zod," and Oliver in "Dominion."
349* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Jor-El.
350* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The loss of his wife, son, and hometown is what twisted Zod into the world destroying monster he became.
351* WouldHitAGirl: Stabbed Lana through the hand, gruesomely pinning her to the wall.
352[[/folder]]
353
354[[folder:Brainiac]]
355!Brainiac / Milton Fine / Brainiac 5
356-->'''Played By''': Creator/JamesMarsters
357
358[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brainiac-1_607.jpg]]
359[[caption-width-right:280:''"I am the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct. No matter my form, my [[SuperIntelligence intellect]] remains formidable. Do not underestimate me."'']]
360
361When Clark began attending college in Season 5, his World History professor was one Milton Fine, who later claimed to be another surviving Kryptonian. Fine convinced Clark to assist him in taking down Jor-El, who had supposedly been a brutal dictator back on Krypton. In truth, Fine was a Kryptonian A.I. under the control of [[GreaterScopeVillain General Zod]], who he sought to release from the PhantomZone. When the truth of Fine's plans were revealed, Clark tried to defeat him; ultimately, Brainiac's "death" was [[ThanatosGambit revealed to be the very thing required to release Zod from his imprisonment]].
362
363In Season 7, Brainiac returned under his own control, albeit in a badly-battered condition. Manipulating Bizarro and Clark into helping him repair himself, Brainiac 2.0 subsequently trapped Kara in the Phantom Zone and revealed Clark's secret to Lex. Clark destroyed his body, but Brainiac returned once again in Season 8 by [[GrandTheftMe body-jacking Chloe]] and attempting to gain control of Doomsday. He was finally defeated with the aid of the Legion of Super-Heroes, and taken to the future for re-programming; he returns in Season 10 as Brainiac 5 as a member of [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Legion of Superheroes]].
364
365He is the main antagonist of Seasons 5 and 7, and is a recurring threat in Season 8, giving him the distinction of being the only non-regular to serve as the BigBad for more than one season.
366----
367* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Brainiac in the comics is usually depicted as a hulking, bald, green alien with electrodes all over his scalp, or a robot with a skull for a face. Here, he's James Marsters.
368* AdaptationalHeroism: As a result of being a CompositeCharacter with Brainiac 5, this version is reformed and joins the Legion of Superheroes.
369* AdaptationalVillainy: While the comics version of Brainiac is by no means a nice guy, his atrocities are mostly in the name of science, and he's usually emotionless, meaning he takes no real joy in his misdeeds. This Brainiac, however, seems to get a perverse sense of enjoyment from the horrors he inflicts on others.
370* AdaptationalNameChange: In the comics Brainiac's name is Vril Dox while Brainiac 5 is name Querl Dox. Here his name really is Brainiac, being a shortened version of the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct.
371* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the comics Brainiac is fixated on acquiring knowledge and is characterized as coldly logical. Here he’s driven primarily by his loyalty to the House of Zod and is much more emotional with sadistic tendencies.
372* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Like in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' Brainiac isn't a Coluan like in the comics but a Kryptonian A.I. As a result of being a CompositeCharacter with Brainiac 5, this occurs again as Braniac 5 was also a Coluan.
373* AdaptedOut: Brainiac's skull ship and habit of bottling cities for their knowledge are absent from this version.
374* AIIsACrapshoot: We're led to believe this is what happened, but it's ultimately subverted. See RoboticPsychopath below.
375* AllThereInTheManual: His Season 7 incarnation's identity as Brainiac 2.0.
376* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SupermanFilmSeries Earth-96]] as himself and technically on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]] as Brainiac 5.
377* BadassBoast: Following his defeat in Season 5, Brainiac returns in Season 7 in a nearly powerless, deteriorating body that can barely hold itself together. Bizarro accuses him of "barely being able to catch a rat"; Brainiac's response is the section quote. Given the circumstances, it's very badass.
378* BadassBookworm: He's a skinny guy masquerading as a Professor of World History. He's also a Kryptonian AI capable of fighting Superman to a draw.
379* BadassTeacher: Goes hand-in-hand with his BadassBookworm status.
380* BadFuture: Causes one in an AlternateUniverse shown in Season 7's "Apocalypse".
381* BigBad: For Season 5 and the [[DiscOneFinalBoss first half of Season 8]].
382* BigBadDuumvirate: With Lex in Season 7.
383* BodySurf: Seasons 7 and 8.
384* TheChessmaster: So very much. Brainiac is a meticulous planner, and uses almost every character in the show as a pawn at one point or another, often incorporating their schemes into his own.
385* CompositeCharacter: Starts out as the villainous Brainiac that is an enemy of Clark, but later joins the Legion as Brainiac 5 who in the comics is a descendant of the original Brainiac. He also takes elements from the Eradicator as a antagonistic Kryptonian AI imitating Kryptonian superpowers.
386* ComputerVirus: Unleashes one in the Season 5 finale.
387** Acts like one too, when taking over the Fortress, or when he hijacked Chloe's brain.
388* ContagiousAI: Brainiac can take over any computer system he interfaces with, and often acts as a sentient virus.
389* DeadpanSnarker: Both pre- and post-HeelFaceTurn.
390* DiscOneFinalBoss: Season 8, where he's the BigBad for the first half before being supplanted by his own UnwittingPawn, [[PersonOfMassDestruction Doomsday]], as the season's major threat.
391* TheDragon: For Zod in Season 5.
392* DragonInChief: Take Brainiac away from Zod, and there's not much [[SealedEvilInACan the General can do]].
393* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: In Season 5, where he wants a world ruled by General Zod, with humans treated as nothing more than slaves.
394* EarthShatteringKaboom: Blew up Krypton.
395* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Tries to have the world enslaved by Zod in Season 5, nuked by Lex in Season 7, and slaughtered by Doomsday in Season 8.
396* EvilGenius: Not ''[[EvilGenius The]]'' EvilGenius in a FiveManBand sense, as he's generally the BigBad or TheDragon, but definitely ''an'' EvilGenius. In terms of actual IQ points, he's probably the smartest being on the show.
397* EvilMentor: To Clark in early Season 5.
398* EvilTeacher: As Milton Fine, Professor of World History.
399* {{Expy}}: He may initially appear to be one of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} the T-1000]] due to some obvious similarities, such as being a robotic villain with a true form made of liquid metal and shapeshifting abilities that let him impersonate anyone he's been in contact with and form melee weapons from his own body mass. But, it's ultimately subverted as this version of Brainiac has a much larger array of abilities beyond those and is significantly smarter and more cunning than the T-1000, making him a far more dangerous and formidable threat.
400* FlawExploitation: Exploits Clark's need to save everyone close to him, Chloe's refusal to be a burden, Lex's obsessions and drive to know Clark's secret, Davis' crush on Chloe (later even revealed it is part of his programming), Kara's desire to be useful to Clark, and Bizarro's need for Lana at various points.
401* GuileHero: After his HeelFaceTurn.
402* HalfTruth: In his introductory story arc, he attempts to gain Clark's trust by claiming to be a fellow Kryptonian survivor who recently arrived on Earth. This is technically true since he is an alien entity of Kryptonian origin. He just conveniently left out the part where he's a Kryptonian-built robot instead of a flesh and blood Kryptonian like Clark is.
403* TheHeavy: Season 5's.
404* HeelFaceBrainwashing: The Legion of Superheroes reprograms him. Usually, this might come with moral qualms, but considering just how bad he was before, it's probably for the best.
405* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[MisanthropeSupreme ...And thus deserve to die]].
406* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: He claims this is the truth about humans.
407* InsufferableGenius: For a computer system, he's got an ego.
408--> "I was created by Kryptonians, but I'm a whole lot smarter."
409* KickTheDog: Abuses anyone he can get in his power.
410* KillAllHumans: His plan in Season 8.
411* LackOfEmpathy: Brainiac's hard-wiring didn't include an empathy drive. It's one of the reasons why he manages to make [[ItsAllAboutMe Lex]] look good in comparison.
412* LeanAndMean: In the form of Milton Fine.
413* TheManBehindTheMan: To PresidentEvil Lex in the BadFuture of Season 7's "Apocalypse".
414* ManipulativeBastard: Excels at playing on people's fears and obsessions in order to make them do what he wants.
415* MisanthropeSupreme: Hates humans, and even holds his Kryptonian creators in contempt.
416* MythologyGag:
417** The pink collared shirt he wears is a nod to the outfit of Brainiac's original Silver Age incarnation
418** His alias of Milton Fine is taken from the original Post-Crisis version of Brainiac
419* NanoMachines: His real body is a black, liquid metal composed of these.
420* NoSell: Kryptonite has no effect on him since he's a robot and not a true flesh and blood Kryptonian, despite him possessing (or at least being able to mimic) the standard Kryptonian powerset.
421* OmnicidalManiac: Plans to destroy Earth in Seasons 7 and 8, and implies he'll do the same thing to the next planet he visits. Within the context of the setting, it's quite omnicidal.
422* PowerAtAPrice: Specifically:
423** PowerDegeneration: In Season 7, following his near-destruction by Clark in the previous season. It takes a visible effort for him to shape-shift, and his body takes on the appearance of someone with a very serious illness.
424** PowerSource: Is shown re-charging himself at a power plant in Season 7. Coincidentally, an overload of electricity is every bit as bad for him as not getting enough.
425* ReplicantSnatching: He doesn't ''kill'' Kara, but he does exile her to the PhantomZone and take on her appearance.
426* RoboticPsychopath: His programming didn't [[AIIsACrapshoot malfunction]]; it was deliberately corrupted by Zod.
427* ScienceHero: Post-reprogramming. He's the AI behind the [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion]] flight rings and most of their other tech.
428* SelfMadeOrphan: In a way. He not only kills his designer Dax-Ur, but helped Zod wipe out Krypton, killing his builder, Jor-El, in the process.
429* TheSmartGuy: To the Legion, post-HeelFaceTurn.
430* SoftSpokenSadist: Well known for his sadism and his whisper-soft creepy monotone.
431* SuperiorSpecies: Pretends to be a Kryptonian with this attitude. In truth, he hates [[MisanthropeSupreme just about everybody]].
432* SuperpowerLottery: A major winner. He can fake most of the Kryptonian powers, and has a few of his own, all in addition to his EvilGenius status. Here's the full list:
433** EyeBeams: Uses heat vision during his fight against Clark.
434** {{Flight}}: After draining the knowledge from his creator Jax-Ur, he upgrades himself to make this possible.
435** FromASingleCell: He's been utterly destroyed numerous times, but as long as a few pieces of him remain, he can regenerate completely, although it does take time.
436** GrandTheftMe: Body-jacks several people in Season 7 in order to drain their trace minerals and re-build himself. In Season 8, he takes control of Chloe following the destruction of his own body, [[SuperIntelligence increasing her intelligence]] in order to make her a better host.
437** MindProbe: Typically by means of inserting a finger through the person's eye or temple. Yes, it's as [[{{Squick}} vile]] as it sounds.
438** NighInvulnerability: Can shrug off getting punched by or shot with heat vision by Clark.
439** PuppeteerParasite: Related to GrandTheftMe. He enters in his liquid metal form and can be extracted the same way.
440** SelfDuplication: Can duplicate himself, and does so frequently.
441** ShapeShifter: Easily transforms into people, and mimics them with frightening accuracy.
442*** ShapeShifterDefaultForm: Milton Fine, whom he shifts to whenever he is not impersonating somebody else.
443*** ShapeshifterWeapon: Regularly forms blades, MindControl cables, and other weapons out of his hands.
444*** VoluntaryShapeshifting
445** SuperIntelligence: Has the highest IQ of anyone on the show, and can both process information and multi-task at a speed that would leave most super computers in the dust.
446** SuperSpeed: Can move fast enough to escape from Clark's sight at times.
447** SuperStrength: While he can't overpower Clark, he can give him a lot of trouble and at one point, effortlessly throws a tractor. He boasts that he's strong enough to snap Clark's neck.
448* TakeOverTheWorld: In Season 5.
449* ThanatosGambit: Clark stabbing him in Season 5 is what lets Zod take control of Lex.
450* TreacherousAdvisor: To Clark, Bizarro and, eventually, Lex, in both the real world and an AlternateUniverse BadFuture shown in "Apocalypse".
451* TheVirus: Serves as one himself, with his ability to infect victims via nanomachine implant. He also uses computerized ones repeatedly as part of his plans, shutting down most of the planet on at least two separate occasions. During the Season 5 finale, he was also planning to unleash a real virus to wipe out Earth's human population.
452[[/folder]]
453
454[[folder:Faora]]
455!!Faora
456-->'''Played by''': Creator/EricaDurance ("Bloodline"), Creator/SharonTaylor ("Kandor")
457
458Zod's second wife, Faora escapes the PhantomZone in Season 8, possesses Lois Lane, and goes hunting for her son Doomsday, whom she and Zod genetically engineered due to her own inability to bear children. Finding him in his human form as Davis Bloome, Faora murders him in order to kick-start his mutant genetics and transform him into the killing machine she and Zod intended him to be. She is sent to the Phantom Zone once again by Kara, through the use of the Martian Manhunter's crystal.
459
460In Season 9, we learn that Faora was originally one of Zod's soldiers during his days with the Kryptonian army. She grew close to her commander after the death of his first wife and son, eventually becoming his partner in the plot to take over or destroy Krypton.
461----
462* AbusiveMom: To Davis/Doomsday.
463* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Still as twisted as her comic counterpart, but seems more like Zod, an evil soldier than a man-hating lunatic.
464* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Earth-1]].
465* DarkActionGirl: She's one of Zod's soldiers. This surprises anyone?
466* TheDisembodied: As a Phantom.
467* EvilCounterpart: Faora could be considered this to Lara, Clark's Kryptonian mother. Both Faora and her husband Zod intended for their son Doomsday/Davis to be the destroyer of humankind, similar to how Lara and Jor-El planned for Kal-El/Clark to become Earth's savior.
468* EvilMakeover: Gives a subtle one to Lois.
469* FallenHero: Faora, like Zod, was once considered one of Krypton's greatest soldiers, before turning rotten.
470* GrandTheftMe: Of Lois in "Bloodline."
471* IOweYouMyLife: Zod saved her when she was a cadet, carrying her several miles on his back after she was injured. She's been obsessively loyal ever since.
472* LukeIAmYourFather: Reveals to Davis that he is the son of Zod and herself.
473* RescueRomance: See IOweYouMyLife. Her and Zod eventually [[UnholyMatrimony got married]].
474* SealedEvilInACan: Trapped in the Phantom Zone along with Zod.
475* SecondLove: To Zod, following the deaths of his wife and son in the war against Black Zero.
476* SociopathicSoldier: She got her start as a member of Zod's Kandorian army.
477* UndyingLoyalty: To General Zod.
478* UnholyMatrimony: Played straight with her and Zod. To hear her tell it, they're quite HappilyMarried.
479[[/folder]]
480
481[[folder:Nam-Ek and Aethyr]]
482!!Nam-Ek and Aethyr
483[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aethyr_and_nam_ek.jpg]]
484-->'''Played by''': Creator/LeonardRoberts and Creator/AlanaDeLaGarza
485
486Two of Zod's henchmen (or "disciples"), Nam-Ek and Aethyr come to Earth during the second meteor shower that strikes Smallville at the end of Season 4, having escaped Krypton before its destruction inside of a black spaceship (which also contained Brainiac). After they raise some hell in Smallville searching for Clark, Clark finds them and manages to send them to the PhantomZone. They return in the Season 6 premiere. Nam-Ek is killed by Raya; Aethyr's fate remains unknown.
487----
488* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Aethyr
489* BaldOfEvil: Nam-Ek
490* CurbStompBattle: Them vs. the Smallville police.
491* DarkActionGirl: Aethyr
492* EliteMooks: To Zod.
493* {{Expy}}: Somewhat of Non/Quex-Ul and Ursa/Faora.
494* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Their Own Petard]]: Aethyr attempts to send Clark to the Phantom Zone, but Clark manages to turn the tables and send the both of them there instead.
495* KilledOffForReal: Nam-Ek in the Season 6 premiere.
496* {{Revenge}}: In the Season 6 opener.
497* ScaryBlackMan: Nam-Ek
498* {{Stripperific}}: Aethyr, before donning a military jumpsuit.
499* VillainousCheekbones: Aethyr
500* WeCanRuleTogether: When Clark finally confronts them, they tell him that together they can rule Earth together. Clark, of course, refuses.
501[[/folder]]
502
503[[folder:Davis Bloome/Doomsday]]
504!!Davis Bloome/Doomsday
505-->'''Played by''': Creator/SamWitwer (Davis), Creator/DarioDelacio (Doomsday)
506
507[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/davis-bloome-1_1735.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doomsday_smallville_001.png]]
508[[caption-width-right:280:''"[[SuperpoweredEvilSide I've always felt like...kind of like there was this darkness inside me...just fighting to get out.]]"'']]
509
510A paramedic who befriends Chloe in Season 8, Davis suffers from constant blackouts and memory lapses, and has his own connections to Krypton and Zod. Faora eventually reveals that he is Doomsday, the genetically-engineered son of herself and Zod--news Davis does not take well. At first [[DrivenToSuicide determined to end his own life]], the knowledge that this is more or less impossible, combined with his growing crush on Chloe and his obsession with protecting his secrets, slowly drive Davis mad, turning him into a dark mirror of Clark Kent.
511
512Discovering that he can keep Doomsday under control by committing murders as Davis, the paramedic becomes a SerialKiller in both his identities; while this prevents Doomsday from hurting others, it causes Davis to become increasingly evil, transforming him into the season's BigBad. The two are separated by Black Kryptonite in the finale; in the aftermath, Doomsday is imprisoned underground, while the de-powered Davis {{FaceHeelTurn}}s, kills Henry James Olsen, and is in turn killed by Henry.
513----
514* AbusiveParents: Davis only meets Faora for a single episode, but in that time, she lectures him on not having killed enough people before running him through with a pole to activate his HealingFactor. She definitely counts, and given that it's Zod's plan, he does as well.
515* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A given, since Doomsday doesn't ''have'' a human side in the comics. Even his Doomsday persona is more human than normal, however, far less massive than the freakish monster he usually is.
516* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice Earth-1, as a mutated Zod]]. Also has one on [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], a sociopathic bigot named Ben Lockwood.
517* AntiHero: He begins by murdering criminals in order to save others and suppress [[TheKillerInMe Doomsday]]. He later slides towards NominalHero, as his condition worsens and he struggles to keep people like Jimmy from uncovering his secret, losing some audience sympathy in the process. Finally, he dives off the deep end into villainy, cementing his role as Superman's enemy.
518* BackFromTheDead: Until "Doomsday", when he gets split from Doomsday...and later kills Jimmy before being killed himself.
519* BeautyToBeast: Played straight; can go from HospitalHottie to EldritchAbomination within less than a minute.
520* BigBad: For Season 8. [[BigBadEnsemble Sort]] [[TheHeavy of]].
521* BroughtDownToNormal: Following his separation from Doomsday in the Season 8 finale.
522* CaptainErsatz: He's pretty much the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] with a dose of homicidal mania and the ability to control it by becoming a SerialKiller.
523* CharacterDevelopment: From NiceGuy to AntiHero to BigBad.
524* DoomMagnet: Attracts the attention of Faora, Brainiac, and Tess, all of whom want to control or eliminate him.
525* DrivenToVillainy: Killing people is the only way he can control the far more murderous Doomsday.
526* EnemyWithout: After he gets separated from Doomsday in the Season 8 finale.
527* EvilSoundsDeep: As Doomsday and Angry!Davis.
528* FaceHeelTurn: He finally becomes evil and kills Jimmy some time after being rid from Doomsday.
529* FinalBoss: This may well be the best way to describe Doomsday's role after being separated from Davis.
530* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Double subverted...or something...for the {{Trope Namer|s}}; they gave him a human body and a NiceGuy personality, but when he changes into Doomsday, he fits. He is able to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] the Justice League, but is [[AnticlimaxBoss defeated when he is buried under some rocks]]. The human side, split off with black kryptonite, goes crazy and kills Jimmy. [[FanonDiscontinuity We don't like talking about it.]]
531* HeroKiller: Davis kills Jimmy in the Season 8 Finale, a dying Jimmy returns the favour by killing Davis .
532* HealingFactor: To the point where death doesn't stick.
533* HospitalHottie: Just ask the female fanbase.
534* IJustWantToBeNormal: Even more so than Clark.
535* JekyllAndHyde: Davis basically has split personality.
536* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In the final episode, when he goes from TragicMonster to AxCrazy psychopath.
537* KarmicDeath: Killed by Henry/Jimmy Olsen, who he had just mortally wounded.
538* KickTheSonOfABitch: His murder of [[SmugSnake Linda]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing Lake]]. Is it his StartOfDarkness? Yes. Does it mark the beginning of the end for Davis? Yes. Is it hard not to cheer for him? Yes!
539* KilledOffForReal: By Henry James Olsen, after being separated from Doomsday.
540* TheKillerInMe: From the beginning, Davis suspects he might be the SerialKiller who's on the loose in Metropolis. He's right.
541* KnightofCerebus: When Davis's Doomsday side shows things get a whole lot darker.
542* LoveMakesYouEvil: An interesting variant--Chloe serves as [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Doomsday]]'s MoralityChain and helps to keep him under control, but his unrequited crush on her makes ''Davis'' more evil and insane.
543* TheMedic: Plays this role in the first couple episodes.
544* MrFanservice: He is a HospitalHottie and has had a few shirtless scenes.
545* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: C'mon, ''Doomsday'' ought to set off bells.
546* NighInvulnerability: As Doomsday and, later, Davis.
547* ParentalAbandonment: Has no idea who his real parents are, and was bounced from one lousy foster home to the next.
548* PayEvilUntoEvil: He begins killing those he deems evil as a way of suppressing Doomsday.
549* PersonOfMassDestruction: It's Doomsday. No kidding.
550* RedEyesTakeWarning: Doomsday's eyes are red. They're also the first part of his body to shift when Davis transforms, making their appearance on him a literal warning.
551* ReligiousBruiser: Davis keeps a cross and rosary beads hanging from the rear-view mirror in his ambulance, and is seen [[{{Confessional}} attending confession]].
552%%* SanitySlippage: By the end, all the carnage around him shattered his human side, rendering him basically no different from his other half.
553* SerialKiller: Doomsday is an indiscriminate murderer on a PersonOfMassDestruction-style rampage. Davis eventually becomes one of the PayEvilUntoEvil {{Antihero}}ic bent.
554* ShadowArchetype: To Clark. They're both the sons of important Kryptonian leaders, have a connection to Chloe and, most importantly, have a secret they are determined to keep. Clark became a hero; Davis let his obsession with secrecy drive him nuts.
555* StrongFamilyResemblance: To Zod, according to Faora. In fact, Sam Witwer was approached to play Zod in season nine, though he declined, considering it illogical for Zod to look virtually identical to known serial killer Davis Bloome.
556* ShoutOut: To ''Film/KingKong''. Jimmy once even referred to him as that.
557* SpikesOfVillainy: As Doomsday.
558* SuperStrength: As Doomsday and, eventually, Davis.
559* SuperpoweredEvilSide: A real doozy. He's got [[PersonOfMassDestruction Doomsday]] trapped inside him.
560%%* TragicMonster
561%%* TragicVillain: Created for one purpose, then thrown into a foreign world, alone, with nobody to care for him, only to slowly realize his lot in life is to brutally murder everyone in his path, with no say in his future.
562* UnstoppableRage: As Doomsday.
563* VigilanteMan: Targets drug dealers, drunk drivers, and other low-level criminals for termination.
564* VillainousCrush: On Chloe.
565* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Somehow, the show managed to turn him into a somewhat sympathetic character. He certainly crosses the boundaries of what you can do and remain sympathetic, but early on, when he was first realizing what he is and was absolutely ''terrified'' of what he was.
566[[/folder]]
567
568[[folder:Major Zod]]
569!!Major Zod
570-->'''Played by''': Creator/CallumBlue
571
572[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zod-1_1018.jpg]]
573
574--> ''"You chose to fight me! You forced me to unleash my power! We could have made this planet a paradise!"''
575
576A clone of the original Zod from his time as a Major, he and his cloned Kandorian army arrive in Season 9, following Clark's defeat of Doomsday and Tess' activation of the Orb in the Season 8 finale. Determined to gain Kryptonian powers for his initially {{depower}}ed army, Zod is nevertheless horrified by the knowledge that his own future self destroyed Krypton. Clark attempts to use this knowledge to save the Major from himself, but to little avail; Zod slides further into villainy even as people within his own army begin to question his leadership. In the BadFuture of "Pandora", Zod and the Kandorians have conquered the world. In the main timeline, Zod stays one step ahead of Clark by posing as the Blur and convincing Lois to give him information.
577
578Following the collapse of his alliance with Tess and his own murder of Faora whom he regards as a traitor, Zod declares war on the entire world. Clark is able to reveal the full extent of his crimes to the Kandorians, however, and the entire army is ultimately sent away from Earth by the Book of Rao, though not before Zod and Clark engage in an epic fight to see who will truly control Earth's future.
579
580The main antagonist of Season 9, Zod is a quick study, and a capable political and business leader, in addition to being the superb tactician and strategist that one would expect Krypton's greatest war hero to be. He returns in the Season 10 episode "Dominion," where it's revealed not only that he's conquered the Phantom Zone in [[BigBad Darkseid]]'s name, but he's been possessed by the Phantom of the original Zod. See ''General Zod'', above, for more on that.
581----
582* AccidentalPublicConfession: He confesses to killing Faora in front of his army. He's whispering, but they all have [[SuperSenses super-hearing]], [[HoistByHisOwnPetard thanks to him]].
583* AxCrazy: Zod is consistently one hair away from a violent VillainousBreakdown.
584* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to cloning, as revealed in "Kandor."
585* BadassArmy: Led one.
586* BadassBoast: He gets two in the Season 9 finale:
587-->[[Literature/ParadiseLost Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven!]]
588-->Unlike [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} you]], I would lead from the throne, not from the shadows! Every human, including the woman you love, will ''{{kneel before Zod}}''!
589* BadassLongcoat: He starts wearing one early on into Season 9.
590* BadFuture: In a truly bad one, he is the ruler of a post-apocalyptic Earth.
591* BigBad: Of Season 9.
592* BrokenPedestal: To Faora, Vala, and later the other Kandorians.
593* CatchPhrase: "Kneel before Zod" pretty much becomes this.
594* CloneAngst: Created with memories he doesn't fully understand and a mission he can't fulfill.
595* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Briefly. He founds the [=RAO=] Corporation, fully intending for it to be bought out by Tess and [=LuthorCorp=] so that they can fund [=RAO=]'s solar energy towers.
596* CulturedWarrior: He quotes Shakespeare, Kierkegaard and ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', enjoys a good fine wine, and is obsessed with Kryptonian culture and history.
597* DarkMessiah: His portrayal has definite aspects of this, with Season 9 setting him up as a rival messianic figure to Clark.
598* DealWithTheDevil: The deal with {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} that enabled him and General Zod to fuse together is implied to have been a mutual one.
599* DoomedHometown: Kandor was destroyed during the war against Black Zero, along with Zod's wife and son.
600* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He was already badass. Then he gains the Kryptonian powers he should have had all along, and holy crap.
601* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His wife and son were killed during a war on Krypton, and the reason he turned evil is because Jor-El refused to clone his son.
602* EvilBrit: He is played by a British actor.
603* EvilCounterpart: To Jor-El or Clark, depending on how you look at it.
604* EvilIsHammy: The best example on the show. The eviler he gets, the more over the top he gets.
605* EvilIsPetty: As soon as he gains his Kryptonian powers, he impersonates The Blur to Lois. Considering she was under the impression he was a [[TheMenInBlack government agent]], there seems to be no reason to do that other than [[ForTheEvulz to screw with Kal-El/Clark]].
606* FallenHero: He was one of Krypton's greatest military heroes. He then grew up to become [[OmnicidalManiac General Zod]].
607* FauxAffablyEvil: He's a truly terrible person, and only gets worse as the season progresses, but his LargeHam tendencies, sheer badassery, and TheChessmaster skills make him a lot of fun to watch.
608* FusionDance: With the Phantom of the original General Zod. We're really not sure which of them is in the driver's seat, or if they've truly fused.
609* GeniusBruiser: Smarter than pretty much any person alive, turns [=LuthorCorp=] into the most technologically advanced company in the world, and can punch through concrete and bench press two trucks at once.
610* TheHeavy: Season 9's.
611* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Twice in under 10 minutes--his army turns on him after they learn that ''he'' killed Faora after he whispers it to Clark and they all hear it, thanks to their super-hearing...which wouldn't have happened if Zod hadn't restored their powers a few episodes earlier; then Zod stabs Clark with his Blue Kryptonite dagger and lets him fall to the streets below with the dagger still in his body, allowing Zod's powers to return and the Book of Rao to recognize him as Kryptonian and transport him to the new world...[[OhCrap and reunite him with the army that just turned on him]].
612* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Authority and Fanatical Loyalty. He's the clone army's legitimate commanding officer (and the highest-ranking Kandorian on Earth) and has, in his own words, saved the lives of more than half his troops on one occasion or another.
613* ItsAllAboutMe: It becomes increasingly clear that, for all his talk about the good of his people, his plan is designed only to benefit him, and he kills Faora when she turns against him.
614-->'''Zod (''to Faora''):''' If I had known that insurrection rose across my my ranks, if I had discovered that my men turned against me...I would ''raze'' this planet. I would ''burn it to the ground'' till the '''last ember went cold beneath my boot!''' Only ''I'' can lead us into the next age. All will follow ''Zod''.
615* KneelBeforeZod: Of course.
616* KnifeFight: Carries two Kryptonite knives, one Green and the other Blue. This leads to a knife duel between him and Clark in the Season 9 finale.
617* LargeHam: Big time.
618* MajorlyAwesome --> FourStarBadass: He starts out with the rank of Major, but gets promoted to General in "Sacrifice."
619* ManipulativeBastard: An expert at it, playing Clark, Tess, Lois, and the entire Kandorian army for suckers, and making it look easy. These traits were passed onto the General after their FusionDance in "Dominion" and used on Clark and Oliver.
620* NobleDemon: At first. While he always had a selfish streak, and bad intentions for humanity, he had a genuine sense of compassion for his fellow Kandorians, being horrified when his fellow men died.
621* ANaziByAnyOtherName: A given, since pretty much every version of Zod is Kryptonian Hitler, but made even more obvious by the fact that his most loyal followers wear red bands on their arms.
622* {{Necromantic}}: His StartOfDarkness was when Jor-El refused to clone his son.
623* NeverMyFault: Blames Jor-El, and subsequently Clark, for most of his own screw-ups.
624* OffingTheOffspring: When he murders the Faora clone. Turns out she was pregnant with his child. Whoops. [[NeverMyFault He blames Clark]] for making her betray him.
625* OhCrap: The look on his face as the Book of Rao forcibly ascends him.
626* PragmaticVillainy: While he did have designs for Earth, he and his army were lacking powers after their release, so early on, he adopted this approach. In "Rabid", he chews out one of his men, who happens to be an expert in bioterrorism; for a dangerous gambit to expose Jor-El's usage of his natural Kryptonian abilities (actually Kal-El/Clark bearing his family crest), by infecting Metropolis with a virus that turned the populace into zombie-like creatures. Zod told him of the potential risk to the Kandorians of the possibility that humanity discovered that the virus was a designed as a ''weapon''. Not even revealing that there was indeed a Kryptonian with powers prevented that soldier's execution.
627* TheRival: To Clark, rather than Jor-El's clone, in contrast to the General. The Major isn't quite up to his older self's level of [[MagnificentBastard cunning]], and he and Clark directly compete for the loyalty of the Kandorians. When they meet again, the combined Zod shows the General's maturity and calm in all but one aspect: he won't stop randomly beating on Clark. The rivalry between the two becomes the combined Zod's greatest flaw.
628* RousingSpeech: "Let Black Zero feel the bite of your weapons and the bravery in your hearts!" Very badass considering he's yelling it in a trench with death and destruction surrounding him, Jor-El, and his troops. However, the glimmer of hope is shot down when [[DoomedHometown Kandor]] is destroyed.
629* SanitySlippage: That business with Faora really sends him over the edge.
630* SealedEvilInACan: Was originally in the Orb; is sent to the Phantom Zone in the aftermath of the Season 9 finale.
631* SecondLove: Subverted heavily with both Tess and Faora. He's simply too damaged to have a functional relationship with anybody.
632* StartOfDarkness: The deaths of his wife, son, and everyone else he knew from Kandor. Oh, and his best friend Jor-El refusing to clone his dead son.
633* TakeOverTheWorld: His goal. He convinces Tess that he'd be a benevolent tyrant, but as the BadFuture shows, it's more of a case of ZeroPercentApprovalRating, at least among humans.
634* UnholyMatrimony: With [[MisanthropeSupreme Tess]] and, later, Faora. Neither one ends well.
635* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Tess.
636* VillainousBreakdown: He spends most of Season 9 slowly deconstructing, shifting from the calm, if slightly twitchy, man we see in the first episode of the season, to the ranting LargeHam who appears in the later episodes. He snaps repeatedly but always seems to pull himself back together...until the events of "Salvation" when his army's defection causes him to fall apart completely, pull a knife, and charge at Clark, ChewingTheScenery the entire time.
637* WeCanRuleTogether: Tries this on Clark.
638* WeUsedToBeFriends: Him and Jor-El.
639* YouCantFightFate: "Krypton will rise again...and all humankind will [[CatchPhrase kneel before Zod]]."
640[[/folder]]
641
642[[folder:Clone Faora]]
643!!Clone Faora
644[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faora_clone_smallville_001.jpg]]
645-->'''Played by''': Creator/SharonTaylor
646
647A clone of Faora from before she and Zod were in a serious relationship. At first loyal to Zod, Faora eventually begins to gravitate towards Kal-El/Clark as she attempts to create a new life for herself on Earth. She is slain by the Major in cold blood when he discovers she no longer wants a part in his scheme to TakeOverTheWorld; he then discovers she is carrying his child after the one night they spent together.
648----
649* AloofBigBrother: To Vala.
650* AdaptationalHeroism: Unlike her comic counterpart (and the real Faora), the clone ultimately turns against Zod.
651* BrokenPedestal: Zod is this to her. He even kills her when she announces this. Worse, she was carrying his child.
652* DarkActionGirl: She's one of Zod's soldiers.
653* DefiantToTheEnd: Refuses to bow to Zod when he orders her to, right before he ends up strangling her.
654* EnemyMine: Teams with Clark to find a kidnapped Vala; this leads to her HeelFaceTurn.
655* HeelFaceTurn: Comes to believe in Clark/Kal-El more than she does in Zod. Finding out that Zod already restored his Kryptonian powers and that his original self destroyed Krypton helped.
656* KilledOffForReal: Courtesy of Major Zod.
657* UnholyMatrimony: Subverted. The original Faora and General Zod were HappilyMarried. Things between her clone and Major Zod don't go as well.
658[[/folder]]
659
660[[folder:Alia]]
661!!Alia
662-->'''Played by''': Creator/MoniqueGanderton
663
664One of Zod's cloned soldiers. Clark faces an alternate timeline version of her who kills herself by accident. The real Alia is revealed to have killed the clone Jor-El; Zod shoots her in retribution.
665----
666* AfraidOfNeedles: She states this in a {{flashback}} in "Kandor."
667* FaceDeathWithDignity: After admitting to killing Clone!Jor-El, she hands Major Zod the gun she recovered from Tess, and kneels for her execution
668* FutureBadass: The Alia from Zod's BadFuture is ''very'' badass, and can maintain her powers under a yellow sun.
669* IcyBlueEyes: Sports a pair of these.
670* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She admits to killing Clone!Jor-El to Zod, fearing that he would have them destroyed. Zod kills her in response.
671* NobleDemon: Most of the things she does is not out of malicious intent, but what she considers to be appropriate responses. For instance, her BadFuture self hunts down Lois only to stop Clark from erasing the timeline she came from. After dueling Clark, she sustains a fatal wound and apologizes to Clark as she dies. In the main timeline, she kills Clone!Jor-El, fearing that he'd have the Kandorians destroyed. She admits this to Major Zod, knowing it means certain death but [[FaceDeathWithDignity accepts she'll have to be killed in response]]. Say what you want about her, but at least she has a sense of honor.
672[[/folder]]
673
674[[folder:Basqat]]
675!!Basqat
676-->'''Played by''': Creator/AdrianHolmes
677
678A captain in Major Zod's Kandorian army, Basqat led the mutiny against the Major in the Season 9 premiere alongside Faora. He later becomes Zod's NumberTwo, a position he faithfully holds until the season finale.
679----
680* AllThereInTheManual: His name and rank, which are never said aloud in-show.
681* TheDragon: Major Zod's NumberTwo, he sticks by the Major even after Clark accuses him of killing Faora. It takes the Major himself confessing to shake his loyalty.
682* HeelFaceTurn: When Zod confesses to killing Faora.
683* ScaryBlackMan: The only African-American among the Kandorians and one of the most dangerous.
684* YouLookFamiliar: His actor portrayed Lex's [=PI=], Griff, in Season 5.
685[[/folder]]
686
687[[folder:Vala]]
688!!Vala
689-->'''Played by''': Creator/CrystalLowe
690
691Faora's sister.
692----
693* BadassBookworm: Vala specialized in cybernetic engineering back on Krypton. On Earth, she has a job in a bookstore.
694* TheDogBitesBack: Dr. Bernard Chisholm, whom she had experimented on, kidnaps her as part of a plan to expose the Kandorians to the world at large.
695* HeelFaceTurn: In no small part due to a hero crush on Clark.
696* HumanPopsicle: Chisholm's plan for her.
697[[/folder]]
698
699!Other Kryptonians
700
701[[folder:Dax-Ur]]
702!!Dax-Ur
703-->'''Played by''': Creator/MarcMcClure
704
705[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200813_014009_video_player.jpg]]
706
707A Kryptonian scientist who invented Brainiac, Dax-Ur fled to Earth a couple of centuries ago after finding out that Brainiac had the potential to destroy planets. Using [[PowerNullifier Blue Kryptonite]] to {{depower}} himself, he lived as a normal human, even settling down with a wife and son, and working as a mechanic. In Season 7's "Persona," he helps Clark defeat Bizarro, only to later be killed by Brainiac.
708----
709* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Earth-1]] as a police officer named Jerry, and one on [[Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}} Earth]]-[[Film/SupermanReturns 96]] as Jimmy Olsen.
710* TheAgeless: Spent centuries on Earth without aging, hence why he's so ancient, yet only looks to be in his fifties or sixties.
711* BroughtDownToNormal: Did it to himself with Blue K.
712* CruelAndUnusualDeath: His own creation Brainiac drains his mind of all information, killing him.
713* HappilyMarried: To a human woman named Grace.
714* KilledOffForReal: By Brainiac.
715* MetaCasting: Marc [=McClure=] played ComicBook/JimmyOlsen in the ''Film/{{Superman|FilmSeries}}'' films of the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] and [[TheEighties 80s]].
716* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to his creation of Brainiac; it's why he chose to go into exile.
717* MythologyGag: He shares the same name as a Kryptonian in ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything''. It's unclear if he's in any way related to Jax-Ur.
718* OlderThanTheyLook: Looks middle-aged at most, but is actually ''centuries'' old. Understandably so, as he is a Kryptonian that only gave up his powers within the last few decades, meaning he didn't age at all for the most part.
719[[/folder]]
720
721[[folder:Ruling Council]]
722
723[[/folder]]

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