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Other Major Villains (Comics)
Morgan Edge
Morgan Edge
Played By: Rutger Hauer, Patrick Bergin
A Metropolis crime boss and childhood friend of Lionel Luthor, Morgan Edge is an antagonist featured in the first half of Season 3, attempting to force Clark (whom he knows as "Kal") to honor a deal he made while under the influence of Red Kryptonite. He and Lionel later try to uncover Clark's secret; in the aftermath, Edge is killed when he drives his car into Clark's invulnerable body. Is revealed to have helped Lionel murder his parents when they were both young.
- Accidental Public Confession: Is taped confessing to the murder of Lionel's parents.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime.
- Big Bad Duumvirate: Tries to form one with Lionel, but he's really out of his league.
- Diabolical Mastermind: A leading figure in Intergang, the criminal underworld's equivalent of LuthorCorp.
- Forgotten Childhood Friend: Of Lionel.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: When played by Rutger Hauer.
- Green Rocks: Carries a string of meteor rock beads in case he runs into Clark.
- Magic Plastic Surgery: To explain his change in appearance. Justified in-universe as he was on the run from Lionel.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: Like Lionel, favours suits and ties.
- The Nth Doctor: Again, his change in appearance.
- Villain Team-Up: With Lionel.
Maxima
Maxima
Played By: Charlotte Sullivan
An alien queen from Almerac who arrives on Earth in Season 8 looking for her Kryptonian soulmate. Unfortunately for anyone who isn't a Kryptonian, her kiss is fatal to humans. She kills several men, hospitalizes Jimmy and almost seduces Clark, before he breaks from her control and sends her home.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: She wants Clark for more than just a mate, she genuinely wants his love. In the comics, Maxima only wants Superman for his genes to breed powerful warriors. Outside of a tie-in to Armageddon 2001, set in an alternate future where she undergoes Love Redeems and becomes a Second Love to Superman, she doesn't care for whether or not he loves her. His love and consent are just a convenience to her.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: Maxima lacks her comic incarnation's Telekinesis, Teleportation, hypnosis and Flight. She can also inject hormones into a person through a kiss which can prove fatal from overstimulation, a power her comic counterpart does not posses. The only abilities she has in common with the comic version of Maxima are Super-Strength and Super-Speed.
- All Amazons Want Hercules: She got turned on when Clark slammed her through a brick wall and pinned her.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime.
- Combat Sadomasochist: Implied
- Double Standard Rape: Female on Male: Averted. Her pheromones and callous attitude towards other people nicely cement that what she is doing is a bad thing.
- The Empath: She could sense Clark's loneliness and the feelings between Clark and Lois.
- Evil Redhead: More of an amoral redhead given she does genuinely feel bad when she thinks she's gotten Jimmy killed.
- Hell-Bent for Leather: Initially
- Kiss of Death: This version of Maxima can inject potent hormones and adrenaline into a person through a kiss. While a Kryptonian like Clark can survive it, the kiss is fatal to humans if they are not treated immediately.
- Lack of Empathy: Has no sympathy for the men who die after kissing her. Subverted, albeit at a really low level, with Jimmy.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's downright beautiful and takes pride in that.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: Tries it on Lois.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Is unaffected by bullets and Clark ramming her through a brick wall.
- Pet the Dog: She's genuinely saddened when she thinks she's gotten Jimmy killed since he was nice to her.
- Stripperiffic: Nice bondage gear, Maxima.
- Super-Speed: She runs faster than the human eye can see and could perceive Clark's movements.
- Super-Strength: She can flip a car through the air and wrestle with Clark.
The Persuader
The Persuader
Played By: Fraiser Aitcheson
- Fantastic Racism: As part of the Human Supremacist Movement, he has this against aliens.
- Giant Mook: Doesn't even get enough characterization to qualify as The Brute.
- We Will Wear Armor in the Future: Has plate armor on his torso and an iron mask over his face.
Toyman
Winslow Schott / Toyman
Played By: Chris Gauthier
A weapons engineer formerly employed by Queen Industries, Winslow was fired when he cracked under stress and began bringing toys to work... and filling them with explosives. Having reverted at least partially to childhood, Winslow remains a dangerous adversary due to his mechanical genius and disregard for human life. Smart, eccentric and, in a word, nuts.
First appearing in Season 8, he murders most of the LuthorCorp Board of Directors, makes an attempt to kill Oliver Queen, and nearly brings down the Daily Planet with a gigantic kryptonite bomb. He returns in Season 9, once again attempting to get his revenge on Oliver, who had framed him for the murder of his boss, Lex Luthor. Captured and imprisoned at last, he is freed by Tess, who puts him to work repairing Metallo.
- Actually a Doombot: Sends a robotic double of himself to Oliver's party in Season 9, so that he can plant a bomb and watch the chaos without actually having to be there in the flesh.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime and another on an unnamed Earth as himself, with both versions having a son who went on to also use the identity of Toyman. Also for some reason the Earth-Prime version of Henry VIII looks just like him.
- Berserk Button: Being treated as though he were childish, or otherwise not being taken seriously. Oliver causes him to snap just by calling him a clown. Interestingly, it makes him less dangerous, not more so, as he stops using his head and just attacks you.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Who'd a thunk the overweight guy delivering balloon-o-grams could be dangerous?
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Schott is a little eccentric, to say the least. But whether you're hiring him as a technician or a Mad Bomber, you're probably getting your money's worth.
- The Dragon: To Lex in "Requiem".
- Dragon-in-Chief: In much the same way Brainiac was to Zod. Lex crippled and on a respirator can't do much without Schott to carry out his plans for him.
- Evil Genius: And not just in the scientific department. Schott's got a real talent for disguising himself, getting into places he shouldn't be, and then talking his way out again.
- Framing the Guilty Party: Oliver frames Winslow for Lex's murder, the one crime in "Requiem" that he isn't responsible for. It results in a police manhunt and forces Schott underground, in a way that the other cirmes he was thought to be guilty of never would have.
- Green Rocks: Uses them to fuel his bombs in "Requiem".
- Happy Fun Ball: Between bombs that resemble dolls, Newton's Cradles, and Cymbal Banging Monkeys, gas-filled Mylar balloons, and a wide variety of other Lethal Joke Weapons, he definitely counts.
- Lethal Joke Character: Holy crow, yes!
- Mad Artist: Sees his toys and his weapons as works of art.
- Mad Bomber: Schott really, really likes his explosives.
- Mad Scientist: An expert weapons designer and technician, with a fondness for placing explosives in his toys. All he needs to add is Mad Doctor and he's got the whole "mad" foursome.
- My Little Panzer: Fired by Oliver after he started weaponising toys.
- Non-Action Guy: Schott's a schemer, not a fighter, and proves it any time that things get physical.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: By the time his two episodes are over, Schott has become the posterboy for this trope, having damn near killed Clark and Oliver both, despite his silly gimmick.
- Revenge: Wants it on Oliver for firing him.
- Talkative Loon: He doesn't really shut up. Ever.
- Wicked Toymaker: He speaks to Luthor through a camera and microphone concealed in a wooden doll's head, and uses toys such as an exploding Newton's cradle, knockout gas-filled Mylar balloons, and an explosive cymbal-clanging monkey.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Uses it on a nurse in order to convince her to unhandcuff him. "I was just trying to deliver a baloon-o-gram."
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You Look Familiar: Chris Gauthier played a tech in Season 3 before becoming known for this role.
Bruno Mannheim
Bruno "Ugly" Mannheim
Played By: Dominic Zamprogna
A psychotic gangster who still indulges in the occasional petty robbery, Mannheim carries an intense grudge against Metropolis' vigilante community for making criminal life harder. Beaten by Lois during an attempted mugging, Bruno receives a dressing down from his boss Ron Milano, who has been hoping to go legit. Turning on Milano, Mannheim takes control of the operation as a means of facilitating his personal vendetta against the vigilantes, and Lois' alter ego, Stiletto, in particular. Imprisoned for his crimes, he has not yet reappeared, though he merited a mention in Season 10's "Beacon".
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Comic book Bruno is a disfigured psycho with a burned face and a penchant for cannibalism. This version has only a tiny scar on his face and is played by Dominic Zamprogna. Still a psycho, though.
- Ax-Crazy: Bruno is visibly twitching in every one of his appearances.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Approaches it. Bruno has no desire to go straight.
- Dragon Ascendant: Murders his boss and takes over the Ace of Clubs and the counterfeiting operation.
- Evil Is Petty: Despite his status as a member of the Metropolis mob, Bruno isn't above committing street level crime.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Implied by Lois' comments in "Beacon" where he's at the top of a list of suspects in the attempted shooting of Senator Martha Kent, not something that you would expect a petty criminal to be involved in. Makes sense in an even more horrifying context when one remembers that this was the same season where Darkseid was preparing an invasion of Earth, and that Mannheim has traditionally been one of Darkseid's mooks on Earth, thus implying that his rise to prominence in the criminal underworld may have been aided by an alliance with Apokolips, as previously seen in Superman: The Animated Series.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Crossing Bruno is a good way to get yourself killed.
- Hell-Bent for Leather —> Man of Wealth and Taste: Between appearances.
- Ironic Nickname: Bruno's far from ugly. Of course, it could always be a reference to his personality.
- It's Personal: With Lois/Stiletto.
- Klingon Promotion: Murders his boss to gain control of their operation.
- Minor Injury Overreaction: His vendetta against Lois stems from a tiny scar she left on his face.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Brutally beats Jimmy and later a Green K-weakened Clark.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Normally, you wouldn't wonder this about a Villain of the Week, but in "Beacon", Lois mentions him as a possible suspect when someone (we're looking at you, Alexander) takes a shot at Mrs. Kent. It does leave one wondering just what Bruno's been up to these past two years.
- White Gangbangers: Has the mentality of one. His boss wants to move up in the world and go legit. Bruno, on the other hand, enjoys being a criminal far too much.
Metallo
John Corben / Metallo
Played By: Brian Austin Green
"Control myself? That's easy for you to say. It doesn't take... much to stay in control when you watch from the shadows. You stand apart from the world... while the rest of us live in it. Even when it breaks your heart."
A war correspondent assigned to Afghanistan, John Corben returns to Metropolis early in Season 9, where he is given a desk opposite Lois Lane, to whom he is attracted. Nearly killed in a car accident, Corben is re-built as a Cyborg by Major Zod and the Kandorians. Driven nearly mad by the resultant adrenaline rush, Corben attempts to hunt down and kill the Blur, only to be defeated. He is later re-built by Tess, with an assist from Winslow Schott (see above). Escaping her lab, Corben ultimately assists Chloe and Lois in capturing a Red K-infected Clark and returning him to normal. He leaves at the end of the episode and disappears until he returned as a member of Toyman's Legion of Doom group.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime & Earth-X.
- Body Horror: You can see the tubes and struts sticking out of his arms and ribs. It's unpleasant, to say the least.
- Create Your Own Villain: The Blur's saving of a bus load of convicts resulted in his sister's death, which fuels his hatred of the hero and subsequent Start of Darkness.
- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Justified. The Green K causes an adrenaline rush, accompanied by emotional and mental instability, impulsiveness and irrationality.
- Dogged Nice Guy: With Lois.
- Green Rocks: Serve as his power source.
- Knight Templar Big Brother: His motivation for killing the Blur is that he accidentally killed his sister.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: He briefly became a good guy before switching sides again.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: Seeing as he's a robot, this is to be expected. Explosions, freezing—nothing so much as dents Metallo.
- Robotic Psychopath: Zod specifically designed him to be Ax-Crazy, so he falls under this.
- Start of Darkness: The adrenaline rush from the Green K causes Metallo to hyper-focus on The Blur as the cause of all his problems.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Justified, as his shirtless status increases the effectiveness of the Green K. Not a pretty sight, though.
- We Can Rebuild Him: Courtesy of Zod, and then Tess.
Isis
Isis
Played By: Erica Durance
- Adaptational Villainy
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime.
- Grand Theft Me: Does this to Lois.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Sunlight seals her back into the amulet. Kryptonian heat vision works nicely, as it's basically concentrated solar energy.
Marionette Ventures
Marionette Ventures — Winslow Schott/Toyman, John Corben/Metallo, Victoria Sinclair/Roulette, Vordigan/Dark Archer, Leonard Snart/Captain Cold, Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, Black Manta
A team of super villains assembled by Toyman to take over Metropolis. Black Flash
A supernatural creature who's purpose is to collect the souls of speedsters, such as Bart Allen and Jay Garrick, who appears in the Season 11 comics.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime.
- Ambiguous Situation: As the Speed Force is part of the entire multiverse and therefore every speedster gains power from it, it is unclear how the Smallville version of Black Flash fits with that portrayal of the Speed Force from The Flash (2014). The Arrowverse even had it's own version of Black Flash which further complicates matters.
- Hero Killer: Is responsible for the death of Bart who pulls a Heroic Sacrifice to stop it.
Rose Wilson / Ravager
Rose Wilson / Ravager
Species: Human
The daughter of Slade Wilson who appears in Season 11 seeking to continue his crusade against vigilantes and get revenge for his comatose state, choosing to do this by killing the Teen Titans and stopping the next generation of heroes.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-9.
- Daddy's Little Villain: Wants to continue her father's goal of stopping superheroes.
Joe Chill
Joe Chill
Species: Human
The man who murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne, and therefore directly responsible for the existence of Batman. Season 11 showed that he eventually moved to Metropolis and worked with Intergang, helping criminals around the world battle super powered vigilantes.- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-1.
- Ascended Extra: In the comics Chill is only important to the Batman mythos and is usually not shown to have not found much success in his life if he reappears later, while here he ends up working for Intergang and encountering Superman.
Other Major Villains (Smallville Original)
Sam Phelan
Sam Phelan
Played By: Cameron Dye
A rogue cop that only appears for one episode, as well as in a brief flashback a few episodes later.
- Badass Normal: He was Clark's first non-powered opponent, and was quite a threat.
- Dying Curse: To Lex.Go to hell.
- Evil Is Hammy:You might be strong, but YOU ARE NOT BULLETPROOF!
- Smug Snake: He even whistles when he makes Clark reveal his powers.
Dr. Laurence Garner
Dr. Laurence Garner
Played By: Martin Cummins
Head of the Summerholt Neurological Institute, or at least head of its less ethical projects. He's responsible for the experimentation on Ryan James, and there's every implication that his research on superhuman abilities and other phenomena didn't start there. It certainly didn't end there.
- Manipulative Bastard: Molly, a social outcast he apparently "saved", is committing murders on his behalf in "Delete".
- Smug Snake: Luthor-grade red tape prevents him from being taken down for quite a while.
Roger Nixon
Roger Nixon
Played By: Tom O Brien
- Intrepid Reporter: Evil version.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: It looks like he might make a Heel–Face Turn at one point in "Vortex", only for him to reveal that he is not interested in that whatsoever and actually gets worse.
- Killed Off for Real: By Lex.
- Paparazzi: Starts off this way for Lex, only to become more dangerous.
- Sanity Slippage: From smug reporter to would-be murderer.
- Secret Chaser: And far more dangerous than most.
- Smug Snake: He conducts business with a very punchable smirking face.
- Ungrateful Bastard: Jonathan Kent saves his worthless life several times over in "Vortex", and yet he still attempts to murder him in the end.
Van McNulty
Van McNulty
Played By: Jesse Metcalfe
- Badass Normal: He is just a regular human, but he uses the resources at his disposal to kill several meteor freaks. He also almost fatally wounds Clark after discovering he is weak against Kryptonite, thus creating Kryptonite bullets to use against him, one of the most deadly and effective weapons of the series.. This ironically made him one of the villains that came the closest to killing Clark, despite having no powers of his own.
- Expy: Is similar to Bloodsport who is also famous for shooting Superman with kryptonite bullets.
- Fantastic Racism: Of any "freaks", regardless of whether they are good or evil.
- Freudian Excuse: Tina Greer murdered his father. Ironically, they never meet.
- Killed Off for Real: Courtesy of Ian Randall in "Asylum".
- Shirtless Scene: Practically shoehorned into both his appearances.
- Van Helsing Hate Crimes: To Van, all meteor freaks deserve to die, whether they've done anything yet or not.
Adam Knight
Adam Knight
Played By: Ian Somerhalder
A boy who befriends Lana in Season 3 and begins rooming at the Talon. He is eventually revealed to be a) a spy for Lionel Luthor, and b) to have died several months before and been resurrected by the Lazarus Serum (manufactured from Clark's blood). Cut off by Lionel, Adam is kept alive by Dr. Lia Teng, the doctor who brought him back, and eventually escapes, going on a rampage in an attempt to avoid dying again. It fails, and he succumbs to the effects of his disease.
- Ax-Crazy: In "Crisis."
- Death by Secret Identity: A minute and a half after he saw Clark take a bullet.
- Expy: Of Bruce Wayne, believe or not. He's an orphan, his name combined Adam West (as in the actor to play Batman in the 60's TV show) and the "Dark Knight," one of Batman's nicknames. He's done a lot of reading, is very knowledgeable and is a skilled fighter. Many fans actually suspected he was the show's way of getting around the Bat-Embargo before he turned out to be a zombie.
- Though the Lazarus serum and coming Back from the Dead also reference Ra's al Ghul and Solomon Grundy.
- Killed Off for Real: In "Crisis."
- Manipulative Bastard: A huge part of his ploy to enter Lana's life is basically emotionally smacking her around like a squash ball.
- The Mole: For Lionel.
- Psycho Serum: The Lazarus Serum does not have a positive effect on his sanity.
- Tears of Blood: A symptom of his illness.
Dr. Lia Teng
Dr. Lia Teng
Played By: Françoise Yip
Fleeing from North Korea and needing a green card marriage to stay in the US, Dr Teng's more concerned about continuing her work than handling the consequences.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime as a unnamed woman called the Priestess who works for the League of Assassins.
- For Science!: Only agreed to the whole Lazarus Serum business to fund her research.
- Killed Off for Real: In "Crisis."
Jason Teague
Jason Teague
Played By: Jensen Ackles
Lana's Season 4 boyfriend, whom she met in Paris, he follows her back to Smallville, where he becomes the new football coach. He has some history with Lex and Lionel, and spends a great deal of time making sure that Lana never meets his mother, Genevieve. Following his mom's outing as the Big Bad, Jason, suffering from major Sanity Slippage, assumes the position of The Dragon, helping her in her game of Xanatos Speed Chess against Lionel, ultimately kidnapping both he and Lex. Jason is shot by Lionel for his trouble and falls off of a waterfall; returning to the Kent farm he takes Martha and Jonathan hostage, only to be killed when a meteor hits the building.
- Abusive Parents: Financial Abuse from his father, soul-destroying psychological torture from his mother.
- Broken Ace: He was a good-looking football coach and successful athlete, dated the girl most people seemed to consider the prettiest one in the school and, to top it off, he was from a rich, successful family. He was also the product of an abusive relationship with his Evil Matriarch mother, and had no self-esteem or ability to control himself without her help.
- Death from Above: A meteor hit him.
- The Dragon: His mother's.
- Evil All Along: He was with his mother all along as a pawn to get revenge on Lana.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Oliver Queen and Patricia Swann never mention him or ask about the strange circumstances of his death, even though he, they and Lex Luthor were friends as children.
- Hot for Student: With Lana. She was a student, he was a football coach at her school.
- Jerk Jock: Double subverted. Clark suspects him of being bad, he turns out to be a very pleasant guy and then it's revealed he was working for his mother the entire time.
- Killed Off for Real: He winds up killed when a meteor crashes into where he was standing.
- Made of Iron: He is shot by Lionel and falls of a cliff. He returns slightly the worse for the wear, manages to overpower Jonathan and Martha, and is finally killed when a meteor hits the house.
- Motive Decay: At some point between episodes his character suddenly shifted from suspecting his mother of being up to no good and wanting nothing to do with it, to being her willing Dragon with an Oedipus Complex and acting as if this had always been the case.
- Mr. Fanservice: Attractive as many other males on the show.
- Romantic False Lead: For Lana.
- Sanity Slippage: In his penultimate and ultimate appearances, he snaps on and stops being friendly altogether.
Margaret Isobel Thoreaux
Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux
Played By: Kristin Kreuk
A medieval witch who was burned at the stake by Genevieve Teague's ancestor, the Duchess Gertrude, Isobel swore vengeance against Gertrude's entire line. She possesses Lana several times over the course of Season 4 in an attempt at stealing the Stones of Power and killing Genevieve.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Enchants various weapons so they can pierce Clark's skin.
- Back from the Dead: Though only as a ghost possessing Lana.
- Big Bad: Competes with Genevieve for this role.
- Burn the Witch!: How she met her demise in the 17th Century.
- Evil Is Hammy: "The Stones of Power shall be mine! MWAHAHAHA!!!" Fans love her all the more for it.
- Grand Theft Me: Consistently possesses Lana (much to the latter's chagrin).
- Identical Grandson: What Lana is to her.
- Kick The Son Of A Bitch: Isobel resurfaces for the final time to kill Genevieve Teague when she tries to murder Lana. While Isobel is far from innocent herself, it's hard not to believe Genevieve didn't have it coming.
- Kung-Fu Wizard: Or whatever that martial art she was using was.
- Lady of Black Magic: Isobel is a beautiful and evil witch.
- Mind over Matter: One of the abilities she possesses.
- Playing with Fire: She generates bright purple flames as one of her main powers.
- Power Tattoo: The presence of her tattoo on Lana is what lets Isobel keep bodyjacking her.
- Sins of Our Fathers: She was betrayed by Duchess Gertrude, one of the Teagues' ancestors; now she wants payback.Isobel: (to Jason) And you...so eager, and yet so tragically doomed to pay for the sins of your ancestors!
- Waif-Fu: Justified. She's a witch, after all.
- Wicked Witch: She's got the dark magic and hammy personality to match.
Genevieve Teague
Genevieve Teague
Played By: Jane Seymour (Actress)
Jason's mother, Genevieve is descended from the aristocracy and isn't afraid to let you know it. She bails Lionel out of jail partway through Season 4 in an attempt at enlisting him in her crusade to find the Stones of Power. When Lionel turns on her, she uses her son Jason, as a pawn in her scheme to destroy Lionel, Lex, and the Countess Isobel Thoreaux. The Man Behind the Man to most of the fourth season, she never meets Clark and is killed in the finale by Isobel.
- Abusive Mom: She's pretty much destroyed her son's self-esteem, turning him into little more than a puppet.
- Ancient Conspiracy: Her ancestors have been guarding the secrets of the Stones of Power and the Traveler for centuries. The whole Veritas mess was actually started by her family.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: Descended from Duchess Gertrude of France, who had Isobel burned at the stake so she could find the Stones of Power for herself. Genevieve isn't much better.
- Asshole Victim: Isobel possessing Lana kills her. Her unrepentant evilness makes such moment unsympathetic.
- Big Bad: Season 4's.
- Distaff Counterpart: To Lionel.
- Evil Counterpart: To Lionel in Season 4. They're both Abusive Parents, with a lot of money and an obsession with alien life and the Stones of Power. Where they're different is in the why—Lionel abused Lex to try and make him stronger; Genevieve abused Jason in an attempt to control him and hurt his father. Additionally, Lionel turns around and tries to connect to Lex, whereas Genevieve never does and uses her son until the end. And when it comes to the Stones of Power, Lionel is driven by curiosity and the desire for power, Genevieve by paranoia and the need to defeat Isobel.
- Evil Matriarch: She is Jason's abusive, evil mother.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Isobel.
- The Man Behind the Man: To Jason. She may also have had a hand in some of the events of the Season 3 finale, as well as the murders of Virgil Swann and Bridgette Crosby. It's rather iffy as to whether this was she or Lionel at work.
- My Beloved Smother: A dark version who tries to control every aspect of Jason's life.
- Non-Action Big Bad: The only time she tries to get physical, it doesn't end well for her.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Margot Kidder's Dr. Bridgette Crosby was supposed to be Season 4's Big Bad, but left the show following Christopher Reeve's death. Genevieve was created to fill the gap.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Her attempt to kill Lana before Isobel can get her, results in Isobel bodyjacking Lana for the last time, leading to Genevieve's death.
- Smug Snake: Competent, but she lacks Lionel's
magnificence, Lex's Woobie status and Zod's flair, putting her firmly in this category. - The Unfought: Clark never even meets her.
Curtis Knox
Curtis Knox
Played By: Dean Cain
- Alternate Self: Technically has three on Earth-Prime with each one getting a certain quality of Knox: there is Vandal Savage who has his immortality, a man who was Jack the Ripper and Jeremaih Danvers who has Knox's physical appearance.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He is seen crying over his wife's body as she dies.
- Expy: In theory he is one of Vandal Savage. In the script he originally was Vandal Savage but the producers forbid the writers to use the name. In the show proper, it is implied he is Vandal Savage under an alias. The later portrayal in Legends of Tomorrow confirmed this to be exactly the case where Savage used the alias of Curtis Knox.
- Julius Beethoven da Vinci: He was apparently Jack the Ripper.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Said word for word when he accidentally killed his wife.
- Remake Cameo: He was played by Dean Cain, who played Clark Kent/Superman in Lois & Clark.
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: Can't stand losing the women he loved over the centuries.
Edward Teague
Edward Teague
Played By: Rick Ravanello, Robert Picardo
"Veritas... It's the greatest secret the world will ever know."
The ex-husband of Genevieve Teague, he went into hiding and became a priest.
- Abusive Dad: Not nearly to the extent of his Evil Matriarch wife or even Lionel, but Edward cut Jason off when the latter refused to join his law firm.
- Amoral Attorney: In the Backstory.
- Anti-Hero: Arguably, yes. After seeing that Clark isn't willing to kill Lex, who is on the verge of discovering a device that would let him control Clark, Edward tries to take them both out of the picture in the interests of protecting humanity.
- Badass Preacher: "Quest" shows him to be a decent physical match for Badass Normal Lex, who's at least twenty years younger than he is.
- Carved Mark: Cuts Kryptonian symbols into his victims' chests with a ritual dagger; later uses it against Lex.
- In the Hood: His priest's robes.
- Killed Off for Real: By Brainiac in "Arctic."
- Knight Templar: Sometimes protecting humanity requires a body count.
- Sinister Minister: Hides out as a priest in St. Christopher's Cathderal.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Tries to kill Clark in order to prevent Lex from controlling him.
Vordigan
Vordigan
Played By: Steve Bacic
A member of the Brotherhood of Scion, Vordigan is the one who trained Oliver Queen with the intent that Oliver would take his place in the Brotherhood. However years after Oliver left Vordigan tracked him down to fulfil the codes of the Brotherhood, where he was defeated and imprisoned with help from Clark. However Vordigan would escape and join Marionette Ventures.
- Alternate Self: Has one on Earth-Prime as Sean Sonus.
- Death Seeker: Wants Oliver to kill him.
- Expy: Of DC Comics' villain Merlyn, a long-time Green Arrow adversary.
- Evil Mentor: To Oliver, who bailed once he realized just how bad Vordigan was.
- Evil Wears Black: All in black.
- Foil: He's basically who Season 9 Oliver could have become if he'd let himself fall apart a little more.
- Hired Guns: A member of a group of Celtic-influenced cultists and assassins.
- Obviously Evil: Black clothes, black, pointed beard, threatening tone of voice, always goes armed? Yeah, he's evil.
- Worthy Opponent: How he sees Oliver. It's why he wants to die at his hands.
- You Look Familiar: His actor previously played an unnamed character in the pilot who was killed by Jeremy Creek
Bruce Wayne (Earth-13)
Bruce Wayne
Appearing in the Season 11 comic he is an alternate version of Bruce Wayne/Batman from Earth-13, who instead of being a hero became a violent criminal and also murdered his world's version of Clark Kent after he discovered his identity. After travelling to Earth-167 he was defeated and imprisoned by his counterpart.- Alternate Self: Due to being both Batman and the Joker he has many throughout the multiverse.
- Composite Character: This Bruce apparently dyed his hair green and skin chalk white, and has a personality that matches the Joker.
- Evil Doppelgänger: To the Bruce Wayne of the main universe who is one of Earth's greatest heroes. Is also this to every other Batman in the multiverse, being the only version who was never a hero while the Earth-99 Bruce Wayne was at least a Fallen Hero.
- Expy: Is basically Owlman who also killed his parents in the comics.
- Ambiguous Situation: Given how Clark and Lois appeared in Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019) and established that Smallville took place on Earth-167 in the Arrowverse multiverse, it is unclear how Bruce could come from Earth-13 which is described as being filled with magic and creatures from fantasy. The two most likely explanations are that like Earth-2 Bruce's universe was misnumbered or he originates from the post-Crisis Earth-13.
The Monitors
A species from an alternate dimension that wish to destroy the multiverse to maintain order and cause a Crisis as they destroy as many universes as they can.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the comics the Monitors were a species meant to protect the multiverse. Here they all want to destroy it to create some kind of order.
- Ambiguous Situation: Given that the Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019) revealed that Smallville took place on Earth-167, it is unclear how the Season 11 adaption of the same storyline could coexist with the live-action version. However it would explain why Clark was so calm at the idea of the multiverse being destroyed as he's already experienced such an event and possibly believed the Arrowverse heroes would stop it.
