History Recap / SmallvilleS10E10Luthor

-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': (''to Clark Kent'') I made your destiny--your future, ''our'' future--my whole preoccupation. For God's sake, Clark, I [[CainAndAbel let you kill Lex]], your own brother, my son! I've been afraid of you, Clark--of your power. You know, you may want to use that, uh, [[MacGuffin box]] and escape from here, but the truth is that I'm the one that's been a prisoner all this time.

-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': Not worry about you?! That's all I've ever done--worry about you! I have sacrificed everything for your sake. (''takes off his belt and starts beating Clark Kent with it'') I failed you, Clark. Because no true son of mine, no ''true'' Luthor, would have let me live this long!

* OddNameOut: Lionel, Lex, Tess...''Clark''?

* CainAndAbel: Clark Luthor and Earth-2 Lex had this sort of relationship. Clark Luthor, as it turns out, murdered Earth-2 Lex on Earth-2 Lionel's orders.

* EvilTwin: Clark Luthor is Clark Kent's counterpart on Earth-2.

* AbusiveDad: Earth-2 Lionel, who's perhaps ''worse'' than Earth-1 Lionel.
* AlternateUniverse: Earth-2. Where Clark Kent is [[TheParagon a beacon of hope and light]] on the original Earth, Clark Luthor is Lionel Luthor's [[AxCrazy murderous]] [[TheDragon enforcer]] on Earth-2.

* BadBoss: Clark Luthor is heavily implied to be this to his employees at ''[=LuthorCorp=] Media'', the Earth-2 version of the ''Daily Planet''.

* BrotherSisterIncest / VillainousIncest: Clark Luthor and Earth-2 Tess, apparently.

-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': (''continues beating Clark Kent'') You're right. I made you this way. And because I have failed you, Clark, it's got to be survival of the fittest! Whether you're on this earth or any other, I am the most fit! ''I will be the survivor''!

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Tess, Lois, and Oliver holding their own against Clark Luthor.

* ThreePointLanding: Clark Luthor after crashing down into Watchtower through the skylight, complete with GroundPound.

* AlternateUniverse / MirrorUniverse: Earth-2. Where Clark Kent is [[TheParagon a beacon of hope and light]] on the original Earth, Clark Luthor is Lionel Luthor's [[AxCrazy murderous]] [[TheDragon enforcer]] on Earth-2.

* BadassBoast: Tess tells Lois, "Watchtower is everywhere." Lois had effectively joined the Justice League in the previous episode, and Tess wanted to make it clear that with Tess's HollywoodHacking skills, she could find Lois anywhere and contact Lois. Lois had tried to ignore a phone call from Tess, because she assumed it was work related, and learned that Tess could see her on any security camera, and had kept track of every cell phone in area. Lois needed to realize that if Tess wanted to contact her it might be because the Justice League needed Lois.

* InTheBlood: Defied. Clark Kent begins the episode harboring the belief that "Luthor blood is poison," but his experiences with Earth-2 Lionel cause him to change his position and he remarks to Tess in the final act that Lionel himself is the reason his children turned out the way they did.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Earth-2 Lionel.
-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': (''to Clark Kent'') I made your destiny--your future, ''our'' future--my whole preoccupation. For God's sake, Clark, I let you kill Lex, your own brother, my son! I've been afraid of you, Clark--of your power. You know, you may want to use that, uh, box and escape from here, but the truth is that I'm the one that's been a prisoner all this time.
-->'''Clark Kent''': Let me use the mirror box. I'll go away. You'll never have to worry about me again.
-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': Not worry about you?! That's all I've ever done--worry about you! I have sacrificed everything for your sake. (''takes off his belt and starts beating Clark Kent with it'') I failed you, Clark. Because no true son of mine, no true Luthor, would have let me live this long.
-->'''Clark Kent''': Not my choices.
-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': (''continues beating Clark Kent'') You're right. I made you this way. And because I have failed you, Clark, it's got to be survival of the fittest! Whether you're on this earth or any other, I am the most fit! ''I will be the survivor''!

-->'''Earth-2 Lionel''': Not worry about you?! That's all I've ever done--worry about you! I have sacrificed everything for your sake. (''takes off his belt and starts beating Clark Kent with it'') I failed you, Clark. Because no true son of mine, no true Luthor, would have let me live this long. Not my choices. You're right. I made you this way. And because I have failed you, Clark, it's got to be survival of the fittest! Whether you're on this earth or any other, I am the most fit! ''I will be the survivor''!

-->'''Tess''': And if I don't?

* AbusiveDad: Earth-2 Lionel, who's perhaps worse than Earth-1 Lionel.

* IllKillYou: Clark Luthor's response to Tess' BringIt.

%%* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome

* ThrownAcrossTheRoom: Clark Luthor does this to Lois when she (thinking he's her Clark on [[GRatedDrug Red Kryptonite]]) tries to talk him down.

* BringIt:
-->'''Clark Luthor''': Give me the box, Tess.
-->'''Tess''': And if I don't?
-->'''Clark Luthor''': (''smiles'') Then {{I'll kill you}}.

* AlternateUniverse / MirrorUniverse: Earth-2. Where Clark Kent is a beacon of hope and light on the original Earth, Clark Luthor is Lionel Luthor's murderous enforcer on Earth-2.
* BadassNormal: Earth-2 Lionel, who beats a Kryptonite-weakened Clark with nothing but his belt.

* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Earth-2 Lionel takes off his belt and beats a Kryptonite-weakened Clark while delivering his SocialDarwinist rant.

* InTheBlood: Defied. Clark begins the episode harboring the belief that "Luthor blood is poison," but his experiences with Earth-2 Lionel cause him to change his position and he remarks to Tess in the final act that Lionel himself is the reason his children turned out the way they did.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Earth-2 Lionel, after TheReveal that he somehow makes it to Earth-1, remarks to a newspaper vendor that he made it back to Metropolis in the nick of time before looking right at the camera and saying:

* OddNameOut: Lionel, Lex, Tess...''Clark''.

* AbusiveDad: Earth-2 Lionel
* AlternateUniverse: Earth-2

* BadBoss: Clark Luthor is heavily implied to be one to his employees at ''[=LuthorCorp=] Media'', the Earth-2 version of the ''Daily Planet''.

* EvilTwin: Clark Luthor

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Earth-2 Lionel, after TheReveal that he somehow made it to Earth-1, remarks to a newspaper vendor that he made it back to Metropolis in the nick of time before looking right at the camera and saying:

* MirrorUniverse: Earth-2. Where Clark Kent is a beacon of hope and light on the original Earth, Clark Luthor is Lionel Luthor's murderous enforcer on Earth-2.

* BadassNormal: Earth-2 Lionel, who beats Clark with nothing but his belt.

* InTheBlood: Defied. Clark begins the episode harboring the belief that "Luthor blood is poison," but his experiences with Earth-2 Lionel cause him to change his position and he remarks to Tess that Lionel himself is the reason his children turned out the way they did.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Earth-2 Lionel, after TheReveal that he somehow made it to Earth-1, remarks to a newspaper vendor that he made it back to Metropolis in the nick of time before looking right at the camera and delivering the following line:

* VillainOfTheWeek: Both Clark Luthor and Earth-2 Lionel Luthor fill this role.

* ActingForTwo: Tom Welling plays both Clark Kent and Clark Luthor.

* MacGuffin: The Kryptonian mirror box.

* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Earth-2 Lionel takes off his belt and beats a weakened Clark while delivering his SocialDarwinist rant.

* HesBack: At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Earth-2 Lionel has managed to find his way to Earth-1.
* InTheBlood: Defied. Clark begins the episode harboring the belief that "Luthor blood is poison," but his experiences with Earth-2 Lionel cause him to change his position, remarking to Tess that Lionel himself is the reason his children turned out the way they did.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Earth-2 Lionel, after TheReveal that he somehow made it to Earth-1, remarks to a newspaper vendor that he made it back to Metropolis in the nick of time before looking right at the camera and delivering this line:

* BadassNormal: Earth-2 Lionel, who [[spoiler:beats Clark with nothing but his belt]].
%%* BewareTheSuperman

* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: [[spoiler:Earth-2 Lionel takes off his belt and beats a weakened Clark while delivering his SocialDarwinist rant.]]

* HesBack: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Earth-2 Lionel has managed to find his way to Earth-1.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:Earth-2 Lionel, after TheReveal that he somehow made it to Earth-1, remarks to a newspaper vendor that he made it back to Metropolis in the nick of time before looking right at the camera and delivering this line]]:
-->[[spoiler:'''Earth-2 Lionel''']]: Wouldn't want to miss how it all turns out.
* MacGuffin: The mirror box.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:

* BadassNormal: Earth-2 Lionel, who beats Clark with nothing but his belt.

* HesBack: At the end of the episode, it's revealed that Earth-2 Lionel has managed to find his way to Earth-1.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "Wouldn't want to miss how it all turns out."

After Tess receives a Kryptonian artifact, Clark activates the artifact and ends up being transported to Earth-2, a parallel world where Kal-El was found and raised by Lionel Luthor instead of the Kents, and Lionel raised Clark to become a murderer. Clark Luthor, Clark's Earth-2 counterpart, ends up on Earth-1 and begins wreaking havoc.

* AbusiveDad

* BadassNormal: Earth-2 Lionel beats Clark with nothing but his belt.

* HesBack
* InTheBlood: Defied.

* TheSocialDarwinist