History Characters / SupermanConnerKent

* ChivalrousPervert: Just some examples in ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman''. In ''ComicBook/PublicEnemies'', he and Supergirl (Cir-El) are caught in a "walls closing in" DeathTrap and Conner compains that would have preferred if there was ComicBook/PowerGirl with him. Another occasion, he find some sexbots of the female Teen Titans, belonging to the teenage Toyman (''not'' the original villainous version); Conner clearly enjoys... until [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]] destroys them.

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[[Characters/TeenTitansPostGraduationDay 2003 Teen Titans]] ([[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] | '''Conner Kent''' | [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]] | [[Characters/GreenArrowSpeedy Mia Dearden]]) | [[Characters/TeenTitansAncillary Ancillary Titans]]\\

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[[Characters/TeenTitansPostGraduationDay 2003 Teen Titans]] ([[Characters/RobinTimDrake Tim Drake]] | '''Conner Kent''' | [[Characters/WonderGirlCassieSandsmark Cassie Sandsmark]] | [[Characters/TheFlashBartAllen Bart Allen]] | [[Characters/DeathstrokeRoseWilson Rose Wilson]] | [[Characters/GreenArrowMiaDearden Mia Dearden]] | [[Characters/BlueBeetleJaimeReyes Jaime Reyes]]) | [[Characters/TeenTitansAncillary Ancillary Titans]]\\
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Kon-El was substantially rebooted following the CosmicRetcon ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', in history and personality, to the point where he was essentially an entirely different character. When Superman's pre-''Flashpoint'' history was restored to the timeline in the aftermath of ''ComicBook/SupermanReborn'', Conner was notable for his complete absence. This became a plot point when a future Conner Kent was shown to exist in the "Titans Tomorrow" timeline (which originated pre-''Flashpoint'') but the present-day ComicBook/RedRobin didn't recognise the name "Conner", with the strong implication that everyone's memories of him had been erased. Conner finally made his return in ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019'', which revealed he had been marooned in the alternate reality Gemworld during ''Flashpoint'' and so had missed the CosmicRetcon entirely.

** Kon-El teams up with the other versions of Superboy Black Zero had captured to disable Black Zero, who is an evil alternate of the Superboys that were created at Cadmus. Not all of the alternate Superboys are alternate versions of ''Kon-El'' as some are young versions of Kal-El and one is a clone of [[Comicbook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl an alternate Supergirl]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: As with his [[Franchise/{{Superman}} "dad"]], he's a prime target for this trope. Happened to him when he was with the Young Justice as well as another time when Poison Ivy used him for this purpose. His entire purpose for being created by Lex Luthor was to [[spoiler:act as a [[ManchurianAgent sleeper agent]] in the superhero community]], and the Black Lanterns attempted to take control of him again. Fortunately, by this time, Superboy had trained himself to retain ''some'' measure of control even while brainwashed.

** The third costume (which he kept up until the reboot of the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'') was an extensive overhaul. It ditched the jacket, skintight costume, earring, shades and TotallyRadical attitude (the CivvieSpandex look took a heavy turn toward "civvie", with a t-shirt and jeans). Instead, he became more dark, brooding, and angsty, which became popular around the mid-2000s.

* FlyingBrick: His original abilities were "programmed" to mimic Franchise/{{Superman}}'s as closely as possible, including flight, deflecting bullets and mimicking SuperStrength through {{Telekinesis}} and over time he developed the usual Kryptonian power set allowing him to find more creative uses for his telekinesis.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With both [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} Tim Drake]] and [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Bart Allen]].

** This one is complicated. Back when they first met, Kon-El and Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} II/(Matrix) were not related, and Superboy used to hit on Matrix with impunity. He also later enjoyed mutual flirtation with the ''Pre-Crisis'' Kara Zor-El [[Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns when she was torn from time and space]]. Most subtext between the two was dropped when it was realized that Superboy is Superman's "offspring", but in the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' crossover, a Black-Lantern-ring-possessed Superboy taunts ComicBook/WonderGirl (his girlfriend at the time) by saying that when he's alone, it's his ''"cousin"'' he fantasizes about. Conner himself is horrified by what his possessed self is saying, but doesn't exactly deny it. And then there's the ComicBook/PowerGirl thing, though that's rarely gone beyond a few jokes.

** His original abilities were "programmed" to mimic Franchise/{{Superman}}'s as closely as possible, including deflecting bullets and mimicking SuperStrength through {{Telekinesis}}. They turn "off" completely when he's asleep or unconscious, making him as vulnerable as a normal human.

* LoopholeAbuse: ''"But Batman '''never''' said anything about your '''teammates''', right? Never a mention of ComicBook/YoungJustice steering clear of Gotham or [[Comicbook/{{Robin}} you]]'d be waxing the Batmobile?"''

* MixAndMatchMan: Conner is a clone made of DNA from both Comicbook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/LexLuthor.
* MorallySuperiorCopy: Conner Kent falls under this, in addition to CopiedTheMoralsToo, as he is a clone of both Franchise/{{Superman}} and Lex Luthor. Luthor believed that the clone possessing his genes would be both easier to control and behave more like a "Luthor" than Superman. For added insurance, he also subconsciously conditioned the clone to act as a ManchurianAgent that he could directly control. But Superboy's desire to be a hero like Superman was far stronger than whatever was imprinted on him by Luthor.

* NotGrowingUpSucks: To clone him, a group of evil scientists "unzipped" his DNA, thus causing Superboy to slowly degenerate. The only way Cadmus's scientists could stop it was to halt his aging at [[YoungerThanTheyLook physically 16 years old]]. Afterward, they couldn't find the aging genome to turn it back on until some time later, during the Comicbook/YoungJustice CrisisCrossover "Sins of Youth," when the spell that aged the rest of his teammates to adults started tearing him apart at the genetic level once again. Cadmus reactivated Superboy's aging, only to have him [[BroughtDownToNormal lose all his powers]] when the aging spell was lifted.

* RaisedInALab: In his ''ComicBook/New52'' origins, Superboy was raised in a lab as an ArtificialHuman with Franchise/{{Superman}}'s DNA and later released as a HumanWeapon.

Superboy was given a very different origin in the aftermath of the CrisisCrossover ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', as part of the line-wide reboot known as either "The ComicBook/{{New 52}}" or "[[FanNickname The DCnU]]". This Superboy was a biological experiment of the conspiracy known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E., made from Superman's DNA and that of several others, both human and alien. Or so we were told: he is eventually revealed to be a clone of Superman and Lois Lane's child Jon Lane Kent from the same future the leader of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. comes from. He was used by them as a living weapon, under the supervision of both "Red", a.k.a. [[ComicBook/{{Gen13}} Dr. Caitlin Fairchild]] (the last survivor of the team of scientists working on him) and Rose Wilson, a young mercenary hired to make sure that he stays under control.

** The fight between Superboy and ComicBook/WonderGirl in ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' is even more blatant. All the two talk about is how cute they find each other while trying to smear their faces into the sidewalk.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Used at first to help differentiate him from Superman. In the new DC universe it was intended to make him look sinister in comparison to the Comicbook/TeenTitans, but since they also wore a lot of red and black - to the point where if you take away the wings and domino mask and S-shield respectively, it can be quite hard to tell Superboy and Red Robin apart - it didn't really work.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was last seen abandoning the Teen Titans and heading off with Harvest after being convinced he was indeed just a living weapon after all. Even with the subsequent return of the pre-''Flashpoint'' Kon-El during ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', it's unclear where the New 52 Kon is or [[RetGone if he even still exists]].

[[Characters/SupermanCentralRoguesGallery Central Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiacCharacter Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], [[Characters/SupermanDoomsdayCharacter Doomsday]], ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, [[Characters/SupermanMisterMxyzptlk Mister Mxyzptlk]], [[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] [[[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]])\\

* KidANova: Girls whom he's dated or have been attracted to him include: Tana Moon, Roxy Leech, Knockout, Sparxx, [[TwinThreesomeFantasy all THREE of]] [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Triad/Triplicate Girl]]'s [[MesACrowd split selves]], [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Cassandra Cain]], Dr. Sterling Roquette, ComicBook/WonderGirl, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] (Pre-Crisis), Lori Luthor, and [[Characters/BatmanRoguesGallery Poison Ivy]]. Especially when you consider that he was only ''[[CloningBlues born a few years ago.]]''

* TotallyRadical: He started out like this, and even had good excuses like being regularly exposed to Hawaiian pidgin and surfer lingo, before he was retooled into Mr. CloningBlues.

* CivvieSpandex: He uses to wear a leather jacket over his spandex suit.

* CloningBlues: He falls into this occasionally, after several years of being TotallyRadical.

* CloningBlues: The ComicBook/{{New 52}} version of ''Superboy''. Even more so than his pre-Flashpoint incarnation. Supergirl and H'el treat him like a monster at first because of a clone rebellion in Krypton's past. The name "Kon-El" is Kryptonian for "abomination of the house of El". [[spoiler:The only reason he even exists is because Harvest wanted a guinea pig he could experiment on to find a cure for his "son's" (Jonathan Kent, the future son of Superman and Lois Lane) genetic problems. Having apparently done so, Harvest now wants Superboy dead.]]

* TheBusCameBack: The one true Conner Kent, not the New 52 Kon-El, is finally returning to the DC Universe and reforming Young Justice with Tim Drake, Bart Allen, and Cassie Sandsmark as part of the new Creator/WonderComics imprint.

* HeroicBSOD: After Luthor brainwashes him just before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''.

* AllianceOfAlternates: Kon-El teams up with the other versions of Superboy Black Zero had captured to disable Black Zero, who is an evil alternate of the Superboys that were created at Cadmus. Not all of the alternate Superboys are alternate versions of ''Kon-El'' as some are young versions of Kal-El and one is a clone of [[Comicbook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl an alternate Supergirl]].

* AlternateUniverse: Kon-El meets and teams up with the Kal-El version Superboy in several post-Crisis storylines, including "ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime" and "Hypertension."

* AppropriatedAppellation: In his early appearances, he insisted on being called Super''man''. It wasn't until Superman returned from the dead and told Kon that he'd be honored to let Kon use the name "Superboy" that he started to take to it. And even then, the new Superboy told Big Blue, "When I turn 21... watch out."

** This one is complicated. Back when they first met, Kon-El and Comicbook/{{Supergirl}} II/(Matrix) were not related, and Superboy used to hit on Matrix with impunity. He also later enjoyed mutual flirtation with the ''Pre-Crisis'' Kara Zor-El [[Comicbook/ManyHappyReturns when she was torn from time and space]]. Most subtext between the two was dropped when it was realized that Superboy is Superman's "offspring", but in the ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' crossover, a Black-Lantern-ring-possessed Superboy taunts ComicBook/WonderGirl (his girlfriend at the time) by saying that when he's alone, it's his ''"cousin"'' [[ADateWithRosiePalms he fantasizes about]]. Conner himself is horrified by what his possessed self is saying, but doesn't exactly deny it. And then there's the ComicBook/PowerGirl thing, though that's rarely gone beyond a few jokes.