History Characters / SmallvilleOtherMajorVillains

A Metropolis crime boss and childhood friend of Lionel Luthor, Morgan Edge is the antagonist in the first half of Season 3, attempting to force Clark (whom he knows as "Kal") to honor a deal he made while [[NotHimself 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. [[spoiler:Is revealed to have helped Lionel murder his parents when they were both children.]]

When Clark began attending college in Season 5, his World History Prof. was one Milton Fine, who 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 AI, under [[spoiler:the control of 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" [[spoiler:was revealed to the very thing required to release Zod from his imprisonment]].

In 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 [[spoiler: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 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; [[spoiler: he returns in Season 10 as Brainiac 5]].

* AllThereInTheManual: His Season 7 incarnation's identity as Brainiac 2.0
* {{Badass}}:
** BadassBoast: Following his defeat in Season 5, Brainiac, in Season 7, is trapped in a nearly powerless, deteriorating body that can barely hold itself together. Bizarro accuses him of "barely being able to catch a rat." His response is the page quote. Given the circumstances, it's very {{Badass}}.

* BigBad: For Seasons 5 [[DiscOneFinalBoss and the first half of Season 8]].

* 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.

* EarthShatteringKaBoom: Blew up Krypton under Zor-El's control.

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: It's thanks to being reprogrammed though, so it doesn't gain him a lot of sympathy.]]

* InsufferableGenius: For a computer system he's got an ego.
--> "I was built by the Kryptonians, but I'm a whole lot smarter."

* OmnicidalManiac: Plans to destroy Earth in Seasons 7 & 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.

** 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.

* RoboticPsychopath: His programming didn't [[AIIsACrapshoot malfunction]]: it was deliberately corrupted by Zod.
* [[spoiler:ScienceHero: Post-reprogramming. He's the AI behind the Legion Flight rings and most of their other tech.]]

* [[spoiler:TheSmartGuy: To the Legion, post-HeelFaceTurn]]

** GrandTheftMe: Body-jacks several people in Season 7 in order to drain their trace minerals and rebuild himself. In Season 8, he takes control of [[spoiler:Chloe]] following the destruction of his own body, increasing her intelligence in order to make her a better host.

* TreacherousAdvisor: To Clark, Bizarro, and eventually, Lex, in both the real world, and an AlternateUniverse BadFuture.
* TheVirus: Uses computerised 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.

An alien queen from Almerac, who arrives on Earth in Season 8, looking for her Kryptonian soul mate. Unfortunately for anyone who ''isn't'' a Kryptonian, her [[KissOfDeath 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.

* CombatSadomasochist: Implied.

* EvilIsSexy
* HellBentForLeather: Initially.

* BigBad: For Seasons 5 and 7, [[DiscOneFinalBoss and the first half of Season 8]].

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Normally you wouldn't wonder this about a VillainOfTheWeek, but in "Beacon", Lois mentions him as a possible suspect when someone [[spoiler:we're looking at you, [[TeensAreMonsters Alexander]]]] takes a shot at Mrs. Kent. It does leave one wondering just what Bruno's been up to these past two years.

* CompleteMonster: See his entries on the trope's and {{Smallville}}'s YourMileageMayVary page for more...[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel details]].

** MesACrowd: Can duplicate himself, and does so frequently.

* TreacherousAdvisor: To Clark, Bizarro, and eventually, Lex.

* {{Jerkass}}

* AbusiveDad: Not nearly to the extent of his EvilMatriarch wife, or even Lionel, but Edward [[FinancialAbuse cut Jason off]] when the latter refused to join his law firm.

* KilledOffForReal: By Brainiac in "Arctic".

* SinisterMinister: Hides out as a priest in St. Christopher's cathderal.

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* AbusiveDad: Not nearly to the extent of his wife, or even Lionel, but Edward [[FinancialAbuse cut Jason off]] when the latter refused to join his law firm.

* AbusiveParents: His dad inflicted FinancialAbuse on him, and his [[EvilMatriarch mother]] destroyed his psyche.

* MagicPlasticSurgery: To explain his change in appearance. {{Justified}} in-universe as he was on the run from Lionel.

* BigBad: For Seasons 5 and 7, and the first half of Season 8.

* RitchBitch

* RomanticFalseLead

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Comic book Bruno is a disfigured psycho with a burned face and a penchant for [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]]. This version has only a tiny scar on his face and is played by Dominic Zamprogna. Still a psycho though.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Brutally beats Jimmy and later a Green K weakened Clark.
* WhiteGangBangers: Has the mentality of one. His boss wants to move up in the world. Bruno on the other hand, enjoys being a criminal far too much.

A war correspondent assigned to Afghanistan, John Corben returns to Metropolis early in Season 9, where he is assigned to 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 [[spoiler:capturing a Red K-infected Clark and returning him to normal]]. He leaves at the end of the episode and has not been seen since.

* WhiteGangBangers

!!John Corben / Metallo (Brian Austin Green)

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A war correspondent assigned to Afghanistan, John Corben returns to Metropolis early in Season 9, where he is assigned to 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 [[spoiler:capturing a Red K-infected Clark and returning him to normal]]. He leaves at the end of the episode and has not been seen since.

* TheVirus: Uses them repeatedly as part of his plans, shutting down most of the planet on at least two separate occasions.

A Metropolis crime boss and childhood friend of Lionel Luthor, Morgan Edge is the antagonist in the first half of Season 3, attempting to force Clark (who he knows as "Kal") to honor a deal he made while [[NotHimself 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. [[spoiler:Is revealed to have helped Lionel murder his parents when they were both children.]]

* FantasticRacism: Of any "freaks", regardless of whether they are good or evil.

* VanHelsingHateCrimes: To Van all meteor freaks deserve to die, whether they've done anything yet, or not.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame

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. Cut off by Lionel, Adam is kept alive by 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.

* MadeOfIron: He [[spoiler:is shot by Lionel and falls of a cliff. He returns slightly the worse for the wear, manages to overpower Mr. and Mrs. Kent, and is finally killed when a ''meteor'' hits the house.]] Who does he think he is, [[RasputinianDeath Rasputin]]?