1 | Originally aired October 23, 2001 |
2 | |
3 | Written by Creator/AlfredGough & Creator/MilesMillar |
4 | |
5 | Directed by Creator/PhilipSgriccia & Creator/MichaelWWatkins |
6 | |
7 | Greg Arkin, a childhood friend of Clark's, is bitten by Kryptonite-irradiated insects and gains insect-like abilities. The once harmless geek and shut-in gains confidence and independence- even if he has to kill for satisfaction. When Greg kidnaps Lana so he can mate with her, Clark races to stop him. |
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9 | !!Tropes present in the episode: |
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11 | * AnimalMotifs: Greg uses a bug metaphor to Whitney when talking about Lana. |
12 | --> '''Greg''': You afraid of a little competition, Whitney? |
13 | --> '''Whitney''': We're not in competition, Greg, but if I find out you've been leaving butterflies in my girlfriend's bedroom, you'll know about it. ''[walks off]'' |
14 | --> '''Greg''': Yeah, well, just remember--sometimes you're the windshield... and sometimes you're the bug. |
15 | * AntagonisticOffspring: After gaining his powers, Greg kills his mother. |
16 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Jonathan is slow to believe Greg has insect powers, leading to this reply from Martha: |
17 | -->'''Martha''': [[SarcasmMode This coming from the man who's been hiding a spaceship in his storm cellar for the past twelve years.]] |
18 | * AlasPoorVillain: Greg's mother may have been harsh on him but even she didn't deserve to go out the way she did. |
19 | * BodyHorror: Greg peeling off his skin in the shower during his molting phase. |
20 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: "Bug bites boy, and you get bug boy." |
21 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Greg's mother being killed by her son via spiderwebs from his mouth and left rotting inside a web cocoon. |
22 | * DoubleMeaning: When Lana asks Clark where he was the previous night, he responds "I was a little tied up," naturally referring to his being tied up in Riley Field by Whitney and his friends. |
23 | * DreamingOfThingsToCome: Technically, Clark's dream of flying, as ComicBook/{{Superman}} has this ability. |
24 | * EventTitle: The title refers to Greg's transformation into a bug-boy. |
25 | * EvilFormerFriend: Greg is a childhood friend of Clark's. |
26 | * FriendToBugs: Greg collects bugs and keeps them in his room, much to his mother's disgust. When Mrs. Arkin threatens to ship him off to a military school, Greg takes his bugs to safety, only to end up getting bit by his bugs. |
27 | * HiddenDepths: Lana puts her homecoming crown inside a drawer, filled with other crowns she's won. |
28 | * {{Irony}}: While helping Clark win Lana over, Lex gives him Lana's Kryptonite necklace (Kryptonite obviously being a material that seriously weakens Clark) and states: "That necklace gives you the power, Clark." |
29 | * {{Jumpscare}}: Clark, Chloe and Pete are shaken when they open up a spiderweb cocoon inside Greg's room and his mother's decaying corpse falls out. |
30 | * MyBelovedSmother: Greg's mother. Martha remarks that she kept Greg on a tight leash. |
31 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Whitney, realizes that making Clark the Scarecrow over jealousy in the previous episode was wrong and sincerely tries to apologize to him before going to save Lana. |
32 | * MythologyGag: |
33 | ** Clark says that his father refers to the loft where he spends a lot of his time as his "Fortress of Solitude". |
34 | ** Greg plans to make Lana his queen. In the Silver Age comics, Lana often becomes Insect Queen. |
35 | * NakedFirstImpression: Lana reminding Lex of the first time she met him--accidentally walking in on him and a girl skinny-dipping. |
36 | * NeatFreak: Greg's mother is stated to be one. Clark remembers one time during childhood that he forgot to take off his shoes and Mrs. Arkin yelled at him. |
37 | * OhCrap: Clark, Chloe and Pete's reactions when they find Greg's videotapes of Lana and his mother's dead body and realize Lana is his next victim. |
38 | -->'''Clark''': Lana! ''(takes off running)'' |
39 | * RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Greg is bitten by bugs that were exposed to Kryptonite radiation. |
40 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Arkin seems to be a believer in this as the 3rd acts sort of shows. |
41 | * StalkerWithACrush: Greg stalks Lana and videotapes her. Later, he kidnaps her so he can mate with her. |
42 | * StealthPun: What band is playing during the scene where Greg gains his insect powers? Music/PapaRoach. |
43 | ** Also, "Arkin" sounds remarkably close to "Orkin," a notable extermination company. |
44 | * VillainOfTheWeek: Greg Arkin, bug boy. |
45 | * VisualPun: Greg drives a Volkswagen Bug. |
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