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* InfantImmortality: {{Averted|Trope}}. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he's stopped by Kara and then Clark.
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* InfantImmortality: {{Averted|Trope}}. ImprobableInfantSurvival: Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he's stopped by Kara and then Clark.
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* ManInWhite: President Lex wears a pristine white suit.
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* TimeTravelEpisode: Clark travels back through time to save his infant self from Brainiac.
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* MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: Brainiac goes back in time to [[RetGone erase Clark from existence]].
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* EventTitle: The episode refers to the end of the alternate Earth and to Krypton's impending destruction in the climax.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and thus eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark what would happen if he hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and thus eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark what would happen if he hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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-->'''Alt!Brainiac''': With the humans gone, I would use Kara to release [Zod] through her fortress.
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-->'''Alt!Brainiac''': With the humans gone, I would use Kara to release [Zod] through her fortress.Fortress.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from existence because he believes everyone will be better off without him.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from existence because he believes everyone and everything will be better off without him.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he is stopped by Kara and then Clark.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted.{{Averted|Trope}}. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he is he's stopped by Kara and then Clark.
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* LightIsNotGood: President Lex wears a white suit, but he's planning to devastate Earth so he can rule over the survivors in a new world.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never learn what happened to Jor-El and Lara once Brainiac came to kill their infant son.
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-->'''Alt!Brainiac''': With the humans gone, I would use Kara to release [Zod] through her fortress.
-->'''Clark''': She'll never go along with it.
-->'''Alt!Brainiac''': It didn't look like she had much fight left in her. But she'll heal. She's healthy. So is Lex Luthor, the vessel. Together, [Kara and Zod] will re-populate the planet, and Krypton will rise again.
-->'''Clark''': She'll never go along with it.
-->'''Alt!Brainiac''': It didn't look like she had much fight left in her. But she'll heal. She's healthy. So is Lex Luthor, the vessel. Together, [Kara and Zod] will re-populate the planet, and Krypton will rise again.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a handgun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in case Kara ever turns on him.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: BetrayalInsurance: President Lex carries a handgun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in case Kara ever turns on him.
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-->'''Jor-El''': You disappoint me, my son. You cannot question your purpose on this planet.
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-->'''Jor-El''': You disappoint me, my son. You cannot question your purpose destiny on this planet.
-->'''Clark''': Ever since I arrived, all I brought is death and suffering, meteor freaks, phantoms, Brainiac.
-->'''Chloe''': Clark, you've done so much good. You can't blame yourself for all the bad in the world.
-->'''Clark''': It's not blame, Chloe. I'm taking responsibility for all the lives that I've ruined, including Lana's.
-->'''Chloe''': Clark, you've done so much good. You can't blame yourself for all the bad in the world.
-->'''Clark''': It's not blame, Chloe. I'm taking responsibility for all the lives that I've ruined, including Lana's.
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* TimeTravel: It appears that the Fortress had this ability.
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* TimeTravel: It appears that the The Fortress had has this ability.ability, according to Kara's message in Swann's diary.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he is stopped by Kara.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El. Fortunately, he is stopped by Kara.Kara and then Clark.
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* RedRightHand: In the [=AU=], President Lex wears a black leather glove.
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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: {{Defied|Trope}}. Clark time-travels to Krypton moments before its explosion and he puts his infant self into his ship, preserving the timeline.
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* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: {{Defied|Trope}}. Clark time-travels to Krypton moments before its explosion and he puts his infant self into his ship, preserving the timeline.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and thus eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and thus eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark what life would be like for everyone happen if he hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a gun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in case Kara ever turns on him.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a gun handgun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in case Kara ever turns on him.
* MythologyGag:
** AU!Jimmy wears a bowtie.
** AU!Lana is married to a French businessman named "Pierre Rousseau," which sounds similar to Pete Ross, whom she married in the past comics continuity.
** [[ClarkKenting Clark wears a suit and glasses while posing as a reporter]].
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: {{Defied|Trope}}. Clark time-travels to Krypton moments before its explosion and he puts his infant self into his ship, preserving the timeline.
** AU!Jimmy wears a bowtie.
** AU!Lana is married to a French businessman named "Pierre Rousseau," which sounds similar to Pete Ross, whom she married in the past comics continuity.
** [[ClarkKenting Clark wears a suit and glasses while posing as a reporter]].
* NeverShallTheSelvesMeet: {{Defied|Trope}}. Clark time-travels to Krypton moments before its explosion and he puts his infant self into his ship, preserving the timeline.
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels back through time to moments before Krypton explodes and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels back through time to moments before Krypton explodes and manages to put place his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything would turn out if hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and thus eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything what life would turn out be like for everyone if he hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (in Lex's body) and Kara repopulate the devastated Earth with new Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
* AlternateUniverse: Jor-El sends Clark to one such reality to show him why his presence on Earth is really important.
* AlternateUniverse: Jor-El sends Clark to one such reality to show him why his presence on Earth is really important.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (in Lex's body) and Kara repopulate re-populate the devastated Earth with new Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
* AlternateUniverse: Jor-El sends Clark to onesuch reality to show him why his presence on Earth is really important.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a gun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in the event that Kara betrays him.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a gun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in the event that case Kara betrays ever turns on him.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from the present because he believes everyone will be better off without him.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from the present existence because he believes everyone will be better off without him.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline. Fortunately, he is stopped by Kara.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline.Kal-El. Fortunately, he is stopped by Kara.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark essentially contemplates suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. [[ApocalypseHow It isn't exactly pretty]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine, Lex's Chief of Staff.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine, Lex's Chief of Staff.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark essentially contemplates what is basically suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. [[ApocalypseHow It isn't exactly pretty]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiacserves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality in his guise as Milton Fine, Lex's Chief of Staff.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels through time to moments before Krypton explodes and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels back through time to moments before Krypton explodes and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* YouCantFightFate: Jor-El says this to Clark before bringing him back to the real world.
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* YouCantFightFate: Jor-El says this to Clark before bringing him back to the real world.actual reality.
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* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/JamesMarsters plays both the real and alternate versions of Brainiac/Milton Fine.
** Laura Vandervoort plays both Kara and Linda Danvers, Kara's AlternateUniverse counterpart.
** Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore play both the real and alternate versions of Lois and Jimmy, respectively.
** Creator/JamesMarsters plays both the real and alternate versions of Brainiac/Milton Fine.
** Laura Vandervoort plays both Kara and Linda Danvers, Kara's AlternateUniverse counterpart.
** Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore play both the real and alternate versions of Lois and Jimmy, respectively.
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* DirectedByCastMember: Tom Welling directed the episode.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: President Lex carries a gun loaded with Kryptonite bullets in the event that Kara betrays him.
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-->'''Jor-El''': You disappoint me, my son. You cannot question your purpose on this planet.
* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from the present because he believes everyone will be better off without him.
* DrivenToSuicide: Clark prepares to let Brainiac kill his infant self on Krypton so he'll be eliminated from the present because he believes everyone will be better off without him.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. [[ApocalypseHow It isn't exactly pretty]].
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark essentially contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. [[ApocalypseHow It isn't exactly pretty]].
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* TimeTravel: It appears the Fortress had this ability.
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* TimeTravel: It appears that the Fortress had this ability.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything would turn out if hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything would turn out if hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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** Creator/JamesMarsters plays both the real and alternate versions of Brainiac/Milton Fine.
** Laura Vandervoort plays both Kara and Linda Danvers, Kara's AlternateUniverse counterpart.
** Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore play both the real and alternate versions of Lois and Jimmy, respectively.
** Creator/JamesMarsters plays both the real and alternate versions of Brainiac/Milton Fine.
** Laura Vandervoort plays both Kara and Linda Danvers, Kara's AlternateUniverse counterpart.
** Erica Durance and Aaron Ashmore play both the real and alternate versions of Lois and Jimmy, respectively.
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* ApocalypseHow: In the AlternateUniverse.
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* ApocalypseHow: In Class 5 in the AlternateUniverse.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline. Fortunately, Clark arrives to stop him.
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* InfantImmortality: Averted. Brainiac time-travels to Krypton just before its destruction it explodes so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline. Fortunately, Clark arrives to stop him.he is stopped by Kara.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. It isn't exactly pretty.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. [[ApocalypseHow It isn't exactly pretty.
pretty]].
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as MiltonFine.Fine, Lex's Chief of Staff.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels through time to moments before Krypton's explosion and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* PillarOfLight: Clark is enveloped in one once again as Jor-El speaks to him.
* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels through time to moments beforeKrypton's explosion Krypton explodes and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* YouCantFightFate: Jor-El says this to Clark before bringing him back to the real world.
-->'''Jor-El''': You cannot change the course of history, Kal-El.
-->'''Jor-El''': You cannot change the course of history, Kal-El.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (possessing Lex's body) and Kara repopulate the devastated Earth with Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
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* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (possessing (in Lex's body) and Kara repopulate the devastated Earth with new Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
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* StableTimeLoop: Clark travels through time to moments before Krypton's explosion and manages to put his infant self into his spaceship while Kara deals with Brainiac.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Brainiac goes back in time to just before Krypton explodes so he can kill infant Kal-El, ensuring Clark won't exist in the future.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Brainiac goes back in time to just before Krypton explodes so he can kill infant Kal-El, ensuring that Clark won't exist in the future.
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* TheEvilChancellor: In the [=AU=], President Lex's Chief of Staff Milton Fine AKA Brainiac.
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* TheEvilChancellor: EvilChancellor: In the [=AU=], President Lex's Chief of Staff Milton Fine AKA Brainiac.
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* ApocalypseHow: In the AlternatveUniverse.
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* ApocalypseHow: In the AlternatveUniverse.AlternateUniverse.
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* DisappointedInYou: Jor-El tells Clark such when he reveals ItsAllJustADream.
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* DisappointedInYou: Jor-El tells Clark such when he reveals ItsAllJustADream.everything he's seen was AllJustADream.
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Originally aired May 1, 2008
Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything would turn out if hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (possessing Lex's body) and Kara repopulate the devastated Earth with Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
* AlternateUniverse: Jor-El sends Clark to one such reality to show him why his presence on Earth is really important.
* ApocalypseHow: In the AlternatveUniverse.
* CataclysmClimax: The episode's turning point is set on Krypton as it nears annihilation.
* DirectedByCastMember: Tom Welling directed the episode.
* DisappointedInYou: Jor-El tells Clark such when he reveals ItsAllJustADream.
* TheEvilChancellor: In the [=AU=], President Lex's Chief of Staff Milton Fine AKA Brainiac.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Clark blames himself for everything bad that's happened on the show thus far--the meteor showers, meteor freaks, Brainiac, etc.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. It isn't exactly pretty.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine.
* ManInWhite: President Lex
* TimeTravel: It appears the Fortress had this ability.
* WouldHurtAChild: Brainiac goes back in time to just before Krypton explodes so he can kill infant Kal-El, ensuring Clark won't exist in the future.
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Clark learns that Brainiac has traveled back through time to Krypton before its destruction so he can kill baby Kal-El and eliminate Clark from the timeline, but he thinks everything will be better for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. Jor-El then shows Clark how everything would turn out if hadn't made the trip to Earth.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
* AdamAndEvePlot: In the AlternateUniverse, Brainiac mentions that he plans to have Zod (possessing Lex's body) and Kara repopulate the devastated Earth with Kryptonians so Krypton will be reborn.
* AlternateUniverse: Jor-El sends Clark to one such reality to show him why his presence on Earth is really important.
* ApocalypseHow: In the AlternatveUniverse.
* CataclysmClimax: The episode's turning point is set on Krypton as it nears annihilation.
* DirectedByCastMember: Tom Welling directed the episode.
* DisappointedInYou: Jor-El tells Clark such when he reveals ItsAllJustADream.
* TheEvilChancellor: In the [=AU=], President Lex's Chief of Staff Milton Fine AKA Brainiac.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Clark blames himself for everything bad that's happened on the show thus far--the meteor showers, meteor freaks, Brainiac, etc.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Just as Clark contemplates the cosmic equivalent of suicide, Jor-El shows him what life would be like for everyone if he hadn't made it to Earth. It isn't exactly pretty.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Brainiac serves in this position to President Lex in the alternate reality as Milton Fine.
* ManInWhite: President Lex
* TimeTravel: It appears the Fortress had this ability.
* WouldHurtAChild: Brainiac goes back in time to just before Krypton explodes so he can kill infant Kal-El, ensuring Clark won't exist in the future.
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