History Characters / SmallvilleHigh

* DudeMagnet: Lana is attractive to the opposite sex. She's had many different guys who are in love with her and has had quite a few love interests. . . and many, ''many'' stalkers.

-->'''Lana''': I read about the mysterious blur saving lives in Metropolis. I'm proud of you Clark, it's who you should have been all along.

* FirstGirlWins: [[DoomedByCanon Subverted]].

* KnightTemplar: After Season 8, Chloe doesn't just skirt into this territory...she [[LandmarkingTheHiddenBase builds a house]] and [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection puts in Wi-Fi]].

-->'''Davis''': (after he kills Jimmy) You are the only who ever loved me. Why? WHY?!
-->'''Chloe''': I thought I did, but really what I wanted to do was save you.

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* RaceLift: Is [[HeroesWantRedHeads a red-headed]] Caucasian in the comics, but portrayed by Kristin Kreuk, who's Asian-Canadian (albeit with Dutch ancestry, as well). Strangely enough, the character seems to be treated as a white woman for all intents and purposes. As a child, she was portrayed as a white actress and her parents and aunt were depicted by white actors. The only relative of Lana's who is played by an actress of Asian descent is her ancestor Isobel Thoreaux who is portrayed by Kristin Kreuk herself and is never acknowledged as being mixed race in universe.

!!ComicBook/LanaLang

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Lana Lang in the comics has been through many different incarnations, but most of them have little to no similarity to how she's portrayed in ''Smallville''.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During the early years of the show, Clark tended to put her on a pedestal, thinking of her as idealistic and perfect. In season 2 episode Accelerate, she reveals that she is not only well aware of the fact that sees her as perfect, but that, while it’s flattering, she feels like one day he’s going to take a look at her and see that she’s not, and it’ll change the way he feels about her. Expectations are difficult things to live up to, especially if someone thinks you’re perfect. To his credit, Clark was upfront about the fact that nothing would ever change how he felt, and nothing did.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Clark.

* {{Bookends}}: The GrandFinale starts with Chloe reading a ''Smallville'' comic book to her son and, not counting the obligatory final scene of ComicBook/{{Superman}} going off the save the world, it ended with her finishing the story and tucking him into bed.

* CompositeCharacter: Of Lois and Lana. Like Lois, she is an intrepid reporter; like Lana from the comics, she's Clark's UnluckyChildhoodFriend from high school with an unrequited crush on him who eventually learns his {{secret|Keeper}}. She also tried often to expose Clark's secret, much like Lois and Lana did in the Silver Age. She also eventually takes on a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Barbara Gordon]]-like role during the second half of the show.

* EasilyForgiven: See the above DrunkWithPower entry. Chloe manages to get Instant Forgiveness and, despite the fact that she utterly terrorized the student body during "Truth" for her own amusement, somehow manages to get elected Prom Queen.
** To her credit, Chloe seems to be aware of the fact that she benefits from this and acknowledges she doesn’t deserve it, once telling Clark she feels like she’s used up her “I’m sorry’s” and doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

* {{Expy}}: Originally started as an Expy for Lois Lane (the actual Lois was introduced later), [[CompositeCharacter as well as the Silver Age version of Lana Lang]]. As she began to grow apart from Lois, her journalism career was downplayed and her computer skills evolved to their current levels -- making her now an expy for [[ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey Oracle]].

* GoneHorriblyRight: A meta example. In the early seasons, the writers used Chloe as an {{Expy}} for ComicBook/LoisLane. However, it was apparently a little ''too'' effective, and once the real Lois was introduced in Season 4, there was a very vocal faction known as the "Chlois Theorists" who refused to accept Creator/EricaDurance's Lois as the real thing and clung to the idea that Chloe would inevitably turn out to be the "real" Lois. The producers, the writers and even Allison Mack herself repeatedly stated that the Chlois Theory was never going to happen, but the Chlois Theorists adopted the attitude that the showrunners were simply "hiding the truth," as if this were some grand conspiracy and insisted that, by the time ''Smallville'' ended, the theory would come true (Super Secret Spoiler: It didn't). Eventually, though, the exasperated writers decided to make a joke out of it and spoof the idea in Season 8's "Hex," [[{{Functional Magic}} via a magical spell by Zatanna]] (everything goes back to normal by the end). The episode's ending even has Chloe pointedly note "I will never be ComicBook/LoisLane" as she fully embraces her new role as Watchtower.

* PutOnABus: She leaves the series on the final season and only makes rare appearances.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Clark, although she eventually finds love with a certain other superhero as an adult.

* MsFanservice: The show doesn't shy away from showing off Kristen Kreuk's legs and body, including not one but two instances of skinny dipping with Clark. This became especially apparent in season 4, when they posses her with a free thinking, free spirited, wicked witch, who after taking control would strip off Lana's conservative clothing in favor of [[EvilIsSexy more revealing attire.]]

** To her credit, Chloe seems to be aware of the fact that she benefits from this and acknowledges she doesn’t deserve it, once telling Clark she feels like she’s used up her “I’m worry’s” and doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

* CoolLoser: Arguably lampshaded in Season 4's "Spirit," where Chloe is nominated to be Prom Queen (and later wins). A bewildered Chloe is informed by Clark that she is actually a lot more popular than she ever realized, and it's even strongly hinted that the only reason why people had been afraid to openly hang out with Chloe before was because of the resident AlphaBitch ruling the school by intimidation. Apparently, once the secret ballot afforded by the prom election came up, the SilentMajority of Smallville High seniors were quite happy to voice their support for Chloe.
-->'''Clark:''' "For the past four years, we've all been trying to break out of the categories and labels that we've been boxed into. And you're the battlecry."
-->'''Chloe:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker Ah, the Great Smallville High Prom Coup!]]"

* PowerTrio: With Clark and Chloe. The three are initially seen as a trio of [[{{CoolLoser}} three nerds]], despite Pete's best efforts. Eventually, they all gain popularity.

Season 6 sees major changes in Chloe's life. Having become PlatonicLifePartners with Clark, she enters into a relationship with Jimmy Olsen, with whom she had a one-night stand between Seasons 1 and 2. She also discovers the secret identities of ComicBook/GreenArrow and most of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}, and becomes Watchtower, their MissionControl. In Season 7, Chloe is fired from her job at the ''Daily Planet'', but becomes Watchtower full-time. Season 8 sees Chloe's relationship (and brief marriage) to Jimmy end in tragedy; her friendship with paramedic Davis Bloome, later revealed to be the Kryptonian monster Doomsday, led to Jimmy's death. Season 9 had her withdraw completely from society, only to be coaxed back by the man who would eventually be her true love, Oliver Queen. Season 10 saw Chloe move to Star City to be close to Oliver; the two having gotten married in the interim. Season 11 saw Chloe finally settle down and start a family, having gotten both pregnant and a HappilyEverAfter.

* {{Bookends}}: The GrandFinale starts with Chloe reading a ''Smallville'' comic book to her son and, not counting the obligatory final scene of Franchise/{{Superman}} going off the save the world, it ended with her finishing the story and tucking him into bed.

* CompositeCharacter: Of Lois and Lana. Like Lois, she is an intrepid reporter; like Lana from the comics, she's Clark's UnluckyChildhoodFriend from high school with an unrequited crush on him who eventually learns his {{secret|Keeper}}. She also tried often to expose Clark's secret, much like Lois and Lana did in the Silver Age. She also eventually takes on a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Barbara Gordon]]-like role during the second half of the show.

* MissionControl: For the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}.

* SecretKeeper: For Clark and the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica.

* TraumaCongaLine: She may cross to an IronWoobie but, good God, the stuff that happens to her. She finally snaps at the end of Season 8 and throughout Season 9, as a result of her feeling responsible for what happened to Jimmy; it's amazing she remained calm for so long. The post-traumatic stress caused by the events of the Season 8 finale actually become a huge plot point for her, Oliver, Clark and the rest of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} for most of the season. It was actually quite realistic, as the healing from it was shown to be a long process rather than an easy light switch.

* ThreeAmigos: With Chloe and Clark.

* CanonForeigner: The rights to Chloe's character were bought from Al Gough and Miles Millar by DC Comics towards the end of Season 3. However, it wasn't until almost the end of the decade when she first appeared in the main continuity of DC Comics. However, she has yet to appear in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Lana has dark hair because she's of French decent on her mother's side and, in her senior year, was voted "Most likely to be a cover girl."

* DudeMagnet: Lana is attractive to the opposite sex. She's had many different guys who are in love with her and has had quite a few love interests.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse Earth-1]], one on [[Film/SupermanIII Earth-96]] where she looks like Martha Kent, and another on [[Series/SupermanAndLois an unnumbered Earth]]. While she loses them in the Season 11 comics she is the only version to gain superpowers making her a case of Main/AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/{{Supergirl2015}} Earth-Prime]].

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/DCEUSmallvilleAndMetropolis Earth-1]].

* TheChick: She is the female centerpiece of ''Smallville'', especially before Lois came around in Season 4.

* BareYourMidriff: To a lesser extent but still noticeable.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Film/SupermanIII Earth-96]] where she looks like Martha Kent, another on [[Series/SupermanAndLois Earth Prime]], and another on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an unnumbered Earth]]. While she loses them in the Season 11 comics she is the only version to gain superpowers making her a case of Main/AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome.

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/DCEUSmallvilleAndMetropolis an undesignated Earth]].

* TheCheerleader: Lana was a cheerleader during the very beginning of Season 1, and in Season 3, we learn that she was also one throughout middle school. She quit a few weeks into high school because she wanted to try and experience other things.

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!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/EricJohnsonActor