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Bizarro Earth

In General

An Inverse World existing in another dimension, described as being "Bizarre".

Adaptational Attractiveness: The Bizarro race in the comics all had the grey deformed skin that Kal-El is seen with, while here he's the only one with that appearance, and only as the result of advanced Kryptonite addiction; the rest of them still look perfectly human.
Adaptational Mundanity: In the comics, the Bizarros are a race of imperfect clones accidentally created from Superman's essence that went and formed their own colony. Here they are natives to another dimension and for the most part look quite human.
Bizarro Universe: As the inverse of the Prime-Earth, there are a number of differences.
- All objects that should be spheres are squares, including planets and stars. Pool is played with blocks instead of balls.
- Everyone dresses in dark clothing, with even Bizarro Lana's wedding dress being black and Gothic. Kal-El's costume is still the usual blue, red and yellow, but otherwise red is the only bright color people wear.
- Chrissy's newspaper is far better staffed.
- Lana was a waitress at a country bar in Smallville before marrying Tal-Rho.
- Kal-El was a Celebrity Superhero compared to Clark being just a superhero.
- Kal-El didn't grow up in Smallville and he and Lois only moved there from Metropolis after she became pregnant, he does not go by the name Clark Kent and was probably never adopted by the Kents, and his wife and sons are known to the public. He also doesn't go by Superman; he's addressed only as Kal-El, or even "Mr. El".
- Kal-El and Tal-Rho apparently grew up together, and Tal is even more visibly excited about the news that Lois is expecting and he's going to be an uncle than Kal is, loudly announcing it to the bar they're in and paying for everyone's drinks.
- In this universe it's Jon-El who has Kryptonian powers while Jordan-El doesn't. And Bizarro Krypto is a cat.
- Lois mentions that Sam was always there for her and Lucy, which was decidedly not true on Earth-Prime.
- When Jordan-El feels bad about not having powers, Lois assures him they'll come in any day now. Her counterpart would have said it didn't matter.
Fantastic Drug: Much like X-Kryptonite on Earth-Prime, the regular green kind is used as a superpower-granting and -enhancing narcotic on Bizarro World. Bizarro Kal became addicted to it in order to cope with his family falling apart, and it's all but stated to be the source of Bizarro Lana's powers as well (given that she's wearing an outfit resembling that worn by the Supermen of America).
In Spite of a Nail:
- Despite some major differences, the same people are born in similar if not identical roles. This is most notable with Bizarro Superman, who was raised an El, not a Kent, yet still wound up with Lois and named his kids the same. It's implied that there's a resonance between Bizarro World and Earth-Prime, as Bizarro Superman purchased the Kent farm simply because it "felt" like the right thing to do.
- While several people have different occupations in the Bizarro World, Chrissy Beppo is still a reporter (albeit a more successful one) and Sam Lane is still a general and head of the DOD.
- Lara Lor-Van is present at the Fortress of Solitude as the holographic mentor, seemingly replacing Jor-El in this world, and is still wise enough to recognize the threat Ally Alston poses.
- Given that Kal-El, Tal-Rho and the Fortress are all on Bizarro Earth, Bizarro Krypton was presumably still destroyed.
Sdrawkcab Speech:
- When compared to Prime-Earth, everyone is speaking backwards. Any visitors will be perceived to be speaking like this as well. Kryptonians are able to speak like everyone else with a bit of effort, though.
- In Bizarro World, the writing is both mirrored and capitalized in reverse, as seen with the display in the Fortress of Solitude (which we see from behind so it's normal to us, but it's backwards from Superman's perspective):
  "thE risE and falL of ouR herO, kaL-eL"
World Shapes: Bizarro World is cube-shaped, as is its red sun. At least the edges are rounded.

El Family

Kal-El / Bizarro / Doomsday

Species: Kryptonian

Portrayed By: Tyler Hoechlin

First Appearance: "What Lies Beneath" (Superman & Lois 2x01)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Clark Kent/Superman, who goes by the name Kal-El. An accident would end up transforming him into Bizarro.

Adaptational Heroism: This Bizarro is more of a Well-Intentioned Extremist than an incompetent supervillain.
Adaptational Intelligence: Bizarro is usually portrayed as a complete meathead of a villain. This iteration is perfectly intelligent, if brutal in his execution.
Adaptational Distillation: His transformation into Doomsday occurs over a much shorter time-span compared to the comics version of Doomsday. Rather than being killed and re-cloned over countless generations, this Doomsday is repeatedly killed and regenerated over a period of days or maybe weeks at most.
Addled Addict: Bizarro Kal's addiction to kryptonite is what eventually turns him into the Facial Horror-wearing monstrosity we were introduced to.
Anti-Hero: In contrast to the Ideal Hero of the normal Earth, Bizarro Kal has a number of serious character flaws right from the get-go (e.g. Parental Neglect as a side-effect of being a Celebrity Superhero, and later an addiction to kryptonite), which the viewers can already ascertain from seeing his behaviour and interactions in Earth-Prime earlier in the season. Despite this, he ultimately means well, and correctly identifies Ally as an outright villain that needs to be stopped at all costs.
Bait-and-Switch: Zig-zagged. The first two episodes of Season 2 suggest he was actually Doomsday, only to have his helmet shot off in The Thing in the Mines to reveal he was actually a version of Bizarro. Come a season later, he gets transformed into Doomsday proper.
Came Back Wrong: After being revived as a result of Bruno Mannheim's experiments, he becomes a violent, zombie-like being who is seen munching on rats, and attempts to eat Lex Luthor's henchman Otis as well, though it subsequently turns out that he only managed to bite his ear off before Lex shot him. He then proceeds to come back more wrong — and more strong — which Lex exploits by killing him over and over again, ultimately turning him into Doomsday.
Chest Insignia: A backwards Superman shield.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: Bizarro Kal, in a very negative manner.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He is never referred to as "Bizarro", the closest we ever get is him being called a "bizarre version" of Superman.
Composite Character: Initially he just seemed like an adaptation of Bizarro. But as of Season 3, he is brought Back from the Dead by Bruno Mannheim's experiments and granted Doomsday's trademark Adaptive Ability and Resurrective Immortality. Lex Luthor exploits this to transform him into Doomsday proper.
Evil Doppelgänger: While not quite evil, he is an antagonistic version of Superman from another dimension.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Bizarro Superman was a Celebrity Superhero in his world, adored the world over, but slowly his family troubles mounted after his sons grew into teenagers. After Jon defected to Ally's cult and Lois walked out on him to her father and took Jordan with her, he turned to Kryptonite inhalers to make himself stronger, making him unstable, until eventually he became a pariah and mutant.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: Has bright blue eyes glowing eerily.
I Did What I Had to Do: Bizarro staunchly insists that his actions, including the killing of the two Supermen of America, were justified to stop Ally.
Idiot Ball: Bizarro Superman was strong enough to steal the Bizarro half of the pendant and intended to destroy it on Earth-Prime. But since he already had it and they couldn't take it back, he could have just as easily chucked it into the sun or thrown it as hard as possible into deep space, never to be seen again. This can partially be blamed on his Kryptonite addiction making him unbalanced, as he was warned it was a fool's errand by his mother yet tried anyway.
The Juggernaut:
- A beast that looks like Superman but with no restraint. Nothing can stop him at all, except for X-Kryptonite. Even more frightening is that he's unaffected by John Henry's red solar blasts, although it is later revealed that this is because on his Earth he gets his powers from a red sun, not a yellow one. So John Henry's red solar weapons were only increasing his powers.
- This only gets worse once he is transformed into Doomsday, where even his usual weaknesses are gone and he is quite literally unstoppable in true Doomsday fashion.
Kryptonite Factor: He's weakened by X-Kryptonite. This is a notable departure from the source material where he was weakened by Blue Kryptonite. He is also weakened by a yellow sun.
Neck Snap: Bizarro tends to kill people using this technique, killing two members of the Supermen of America like this, and Dr. Faulkner.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Beats the bejeezus out of Superman in their first encounter and could have killed him before the strange visions that plagued Superman also affect him.
Noodle Incident: In Bizarro's home, he passes by a photo of his family. Like Clark, he has his own Lois, Jon, and Jordan. The first two are crossed out, but Jordan isn't. There's also a picture of Jordan by himself. Whatever happened to his family is so far unrevealed.
No-Sell: Has a mine dropped on him, is shot with an army's worth of machine gun fire and even basted by John's red sun blasts and none of them have any effect on him save for blasting part of his helmet off.
Not So Similar: It's initially shown that Bizarro Kal was very similar in personality to the Kal of Earth-Prime, though the episode slowly subverts this as more and more of the family's backstory is shown. Of course, the viewers already know Bizarro Kal is quite different from seeing his interactions on Earth-Prime earlier in the season.
Parental Neglect: Kal-El's superheroics and celebrity lifestyle have led to him not spending much time with his sons outside of galas and family photo ops.
Pragmatic Adaptation: Rather than being an incomplete clone to Superman, he's a version of him from another dimension. His inhuman appearance is also the result of an accident and he at one point looked human.
Psychic Link: He appears to have this with Superman, being able to make Superman feel the same emotions, particularly rage, as he can. Apparently cause by the medallion around his neck, as once it is gone the visions seem to stop for both of them.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Bizarro Tal-Rho and Bizarro Kal-El appear to have this dynamic, with Kal as the Blue.
Sdrawkcab Speech: Bizarro is speaking backwards. When he is unmasked, he says "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and when he arrives at the Fortress, he says "HOME". After being captured and taken to the fortress of solitude, the hologram of Lara is able to translate his speech into regular English.
Sequel Adaptation Iconic Villain: Morgan Edge is a relatively minor Superman villain in the comics and only achieved more moderate recognition in Smallville and the Arrowverse, particularly as the Big Bad of the first season in Superman and Lois. By comparison, Bizarro is much more recognized and well-known as one of the central villains in Superman's Rogues Gallery, debuting as the villain in the second season.
Stage Mom: Kal's personality in the Bizarro World, which eventually alienates him from his entire family.
Superpower Lottery: While he has mostly the same Flying Brick abilities as Superman, some of his powers are inverted versions of Supermans ("freeze vision" instead of heat vision, "flame breath" instead of frost breath).
The Spook: Little to nothing is known about him, including where he actually comes from (he was found in the Smallville mines, but nothing is known about prior to that) or what his actual goals/motivations are, since he can't even appear to speak any human languages. All that's known is he's very, very dangerous.
The Unintelligible: He doesn't speak much, and when he does, it's comes out backwards which no one can understand. The Fortress of Solitude is able to translate it so he can be understood.
Toxic Phlebotinum: Abuse of Kryptonite is what caused Bizarro Superman to mutate from his regular appearance.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Bizarro is actually trying to save both his world and Earth-Prime, dismissing any death as casualties of war.

Lois Lane

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Elizabeth Tulloch

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Lois Lane.

The Maiden Name Debate: One of the crowd in the first flashback refers to Lois as "Mrs. El", but the title card for her segment still reads "Bizarro Lois Lane".
Stage Mom: Lois also suffers from this and enables her husband's celebrity career. The difference is she realizes sooner what the consequences have been for their family and admits her own culpability.

Jonathan-El

Species: Kryptonian-Human hybrid

Portrayed By: Jordan Elsass

First Appearance: "30 Days and 30 Nights" (Superman and Lois 2x9)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Jonathan Kent.

Antagonistic Offspring: Jon-El developed into this to Kal-El and Lois after growing disillusioned and joining Ally as her Dragon. Kal was obviously also bitter, as Clark notices several pictures laying around the house where Jon's image has been removed or destroyed.
Calling the Old Man Out: Bizarro Jon gets fed up with his father constantly ignoring how he is feeling.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Misty notes that he's been trying to figure out who he is the whole time she's known him. Which makes him vulnerable to Ally Alston's recruitment techniques.
Evil All Along: Jonathan-El pretends to help Clark until Bizarro Lois reveals he's working for Ally. Also encompasses the previous episode, since when he appeared in the stinger it wasn't clear he was evil.
Face–Heel Turn: Bizarro Jon starts out doing heroic things, but joins Ally's cult after getting fed up with his father.
It Gets Easier: Bizarro Jon has a slight My God, What Have I Done? moment after killing Bizarro Anderson. No such thing happens after killing Prime Anderson.
My Beloved Smother: How Jonathan-El views his parents forbidding him from doing heroics without his father's supervision after he becomes a Celebrity Superhero in his own right, especially coming after years of Parental Neglect by Kal before Jon's powers came in.
My God, What Have I Done?: Bizarro Jon is slightly taken aback after incinerating Bizarro Anderson, having never killed anybody before.
Mythology Gag:
- Jonathan-El's "Superboy" outfit is a heavy nod to Conner Kent's various iconic Superboy outfits, including the spike-studded leather jacket from Brian Michael Bendis's Young Justice (2019) run and the black S-Shield T-shirt from Geoff Johns's Teen Titans run.
- Jordan-El suggests that Jon-El use the name Superboy, which he rejects as embarrassing.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Bizarro Jon is quite fond of handing these out, first to Clark, later to Anderson.
Pet the Dog: Although the three of them constitute basically the entire remaining resistance movement, Jon still won't harm Lois, Jordan and Sam directly, instead insisting they make themselves scarce. Until he slaps his mother across the room, when she tries to help Prime-Superman.
Punk: His Hellbent For Leather outfits, faux-hawk, Guyliner and black earrings give him this aesthetic.
Smug Super: Is shown constantly reveling in his superiority over others, even calling Prime-Jordan "the weak one" and gloating when a powerless Prime-Superman tries to stand against him.
The Sociopath: Jonathan-El seems to have an extreme lack of empathy combined with arrogance and sadism. Unlike his Prime version, he is not even sympathetic towards his twin brother. All of his relationships are defined in terms of personal benefit, and he is very manipulative as well as an attention-seeker. He is also homicidal at age 15. Committing his first murder does shock him, but only briefly and because he had never killed before.
Toxic Friend Influence: Jon-El is introduced to Ally Alston by his girlfriend Misty. He likewise introduces his Uncle Tal and Aunt Lana to her, and Tal stays in the cult largely because Lana becomes a true believer.

Jordan-El

Species: Kryptonian-Human hybrid

Portrayed By: Alex Garfin

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Jordan Kent.

Goth: His black outfit, sullen shyness and emo bangs make him look like one (although people dress more Gothically in general in the Bizarro World).
The Quiet One: Even compared to his counterpart at the beginning of the series, Jordan-El speaks infrequently and fades into the background.

Other Residents

Lana-Rho

Species: Meta-Human

Portrayed By: Emmanuelle Chriqui

First Appearance: "Tried and True" (Superman and Lois 2x6)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Lana Lang-Cushing.

Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: The Lana Lang of Bizarro's world is superpowered and in the service of Ally Allston.
Happily Married: Tal-Rho and Lana, with Kal-El saying that they're the happiest couple he knows. Subverted after they join Ally as a seeming Unholy Matrimony, and later Tal has a change of heart and deflects Lana from attacking Clark.

Tal-Rho

Species: Kryptonian

Portrayed By: Adam Rayner

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Tal-Rho.

The Atoner: Bizarro Tal eventually decides to let Clark go, not wanting to repeat the mistake he made with his brother.
Cannot Keep a Secret: Kal had been going to put out a press release about Lois being pregnant, but Tal shouts to the rafters that he's going to be an uncle. By his own admission Bizarro Tal-Rho wears his heart on his sleeve and can't keep these things to himself.
Cool Uncle: If his excitement about becoming one is any indication.
Happily Married: Tal-Rho and Lana, with Kal-El saying that they're the happiest couple he knows. Subverted after they join Ally as a seeming Unholy Matrimony, and later Tal has a change of heart and deflects Lana from attacking Clark.
Heel–Face Turn: Tal-Rho joined Ally's cult because his wife Lana did, but helps Superman escape back to his world as redemption for failing to save his brother.
My Greatest Second Chance: Bizarro Tal-Rho tried to help Bizarro Superman by suggesting he give Ally a chance, but all it did was drive them apart because Bizarro Superman blames Ally for taking Jon from him. Bizarro Superman tried to talk Tal into leaving Ally's cult, but he couldn't abandon his wife Lana. In the present, Tal helps Superman escape because he sees it as the opportunity he should have taken with his brother.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Bizarro Tal-Rho and Bizarro Kal-El appear to have this dynamic, with Tal as the Red.

Ally Allston

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Rya Kihlstedt

First Appearance: "Tried and True" (Superman and Lois 2x6)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

The inverse version of Ally Allston.

All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Manages to take over the DOD with help from Jon-El and moles inside the facility.
Alternate Universe Reed Richards Is Awesome: Bizarro Ally started from similar origins as her prime self, but amassed enough power to cause large-scale riots even before she drew superhumans into her ranks. By the present, she effectively has power on par with the government itself.
Big Bad: Takes over as the main villain of Season 2, after Kal-El is disposed of.
Fusion Dance: Wants to do this with her other self to become all powerful. She succeeds.
The Corrupter: Something Bizarro Ally Allson has in common with her counterpart, swaying Jon, Lana, Tal and a huge number of followers to her cause, even threatening entire countries.
Hypocrite: For all her talk about how merging with their other selves is really a good thing for everyone, Ally orders Jon-El to murder Bizarro Anderson to prevent him from merging with his other self when she angrily realizes that her own double has not crossed over and that Anderson would thus be the first person to merge. The most generous interpretation is that she doesn't trust Anderson to share, as she does with Jon-El later, but Bizarro Anderson is her follower and should be of like mind, so it hardly works as an excuse.
It's All About Me: Downplayed. When Ally starts the process to merge her two selves, she tosses the pendant to Jon-El so he can go merge with his other self, showing that she is at least genuine about having everyone merge. However, she also has Bizarro Anderson killed before his prime counterpart can fuse with him, so she seemingly won't tolerate anyone other than herself being the first to do so.
Villain with Good Publicity: Thanks to her ever-growing legion of followers. Her control of the media is such that she's able to put out public enemy alerts for Clark and Anderson urging the citizens to report any sighting of them (or else).

Characters / Arrowverse: Bizarro World

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Bizarro Earth

El Family

Kal-El / Bizarro / Doomsday

Species: Kryptonian

Portrayed By: Tyler Hoechlin

First Appearance: "What Lies Beneath" (Superman & Lois 2x01)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Lois Lane

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Elizabeth Tulloch

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Jonathan-El

Species: Kryptonian-Human hybrid

Portrayed By: Jordan Elsass

First Appearance: "30 Days and 30 Nights" (Superman and Lois 2x9)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Jordan-El

Species: Kryptonian-Human hybrid

Portrayed By: Alex Garfin

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Other Residents

Lana-Rho

Species: Meta-Human

Portrayed By: Emmanuelle Chriqui

First Appearance: "Tried and True" (Superman and Lois 2x6)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Tal-Rho

Species: Kryptonian

Portrayed By: Adam Rayner

First Appearance: "Bizarros in a Bizarro World" (Superman and Lois 2x10)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

Ally Allston

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Rya Kihlstedt

First Appearance: "Tried and True" (Superman and Lois 2x6)

Appearances: Superman & Lois

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