Line #155 Characters/SmallvilleKents


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2	'''The Kents''' \| [[Characters/SmallvilleHigh Smallville High Alumni]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleLuthorCorp LuthorCorp]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleKryptonians Kryptonians]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleLanes The Lanes]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleDailyPlanet Daily Planet Staff]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleClarksAllies Clark's Allies]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleMeteorFreaks Meteor Freaks]] \| [[Characters/SmallvillePhantomZone Phantom Zone Escapees]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Government Agents and Rogues]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleApokiliptians Apokiliptians]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleOtherMajorVillains Other Major Villains]] \| [[Characters/SmallvilleEarth2 Earth-2]]-]]]]]
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6	[[folder:Clark Kent/Kal-El/The Blur/Superman]]
7	!![[ComicBook/{{Superman}} Clark Kent/Kal-El/The Blur/Superman]]
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9	!!! '''Species:''' Kryptonian
10	!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/TomWelling
11	!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese)
12	!!! '''Appearances:''' '' Series/{{Smallville}}'' \| ''[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis On Infinite Earths]]'' (cameo)
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14	->''"I can do it. I can be their hero!"''
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16	The main character, hero and protagonist of the show. In the show's early seasons, Clark spent most of his time fighting [[MonsterOfTheWeek meteor freaks]], hopelessly pining for [[LoveInterest Lana Lang]], [[IJustWantToBeNormal wishing he were normal]] and befriending his future ArchEnemy, ComicBook/LexLuthor. In Season 8, he began working at the ''Daily Planet'' alongside ComicBook/LoisLane (with whom he began to have feelings) and taking steps towards embracing his destiny as ComicBook/{{Superman}}.
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18	For his counterpart on the Smallville version of Earth-2, Clark Luthor/Ultraman, see [[Characters/SmallvilleEarth2 Earth-2]].
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20	* AcrophobicBird: Clark lacked real use of his flying powers for a long time.
21	* ActionDad: In ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' he was shown to have retired to raise a family on the farm and found a way to give up his powers. He is still able to beat Earth-Prime's Lex Luthor with one punch, and is actually amused that he is still stronger.
22	* ActionHero: Clark is always involved in all of the action.
23	* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: While most adaptations gloss over Clark's formative years, this show focuses on his grappling with his growing powers along with normal adolescent struggles.
24	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He doesn't fully adopt the nerdy facade until the final season, and even then, he doesn't seem to slouch and wear really ill-fitting clothing like Clark does in the comics.
25	* AdaptationalWimp: Unlike most adaptations, Clark's abilities develop fairly slowly, at the start of Season 1, he only has his strength and speed. He's not even technically invulnerable at the start, being covered in bruises the first time he gets shot at.
26	** And of course, he doesn't learn how to fly until the final episode, which he usually has learned by the time he's a teenager in the comics, and something he mastered as a ''toddler'' in the Silver Age comics.
27	* AesopAmnesia: For the first seven seasons, he learns on many, ''many'' occasions that [[ItsAllMyFault not everything is his fault]], [[CursedWithAwesome his powers aren't a curse]], and to [[CallToAdventure accept his destiny]]. The lessons finally begin to stick in Season 8, when he becomes more confident and proactive.
28	* AlliterativeName: Although Clark's first and last name begin with a C and a K (Kent) respectively, his first and last name have the same sound.
29	* AllLovingHero: Clark is a HopeBringer and believes that there is good in everyone.
30	* AlternateSelf:
31	** Clark Luthor, who is from Earth-2 and was raised by Lionel.
32	** In the Season 11 comics he has two other counterparts: one on Earth-13 as a human who was killed by that world's version of Bruce Wayne, and a deceased version on [[ComicBook/WildCatsWildStorm Earth-Majestic]] which is named after his superhero identity of [[CompositeCharacter Mister Majestic]].
33	** In ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' he meets his counterpart from [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-Prime]], who later encounters their counterpart from [[Film/SupermanReturns Earth-96]]. A DeadAlternateCounterpart appears on Earth-75 while the tie-in comic features versions from [[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheatricalCartoons Earth-F]], [[ComicBook/New52 Earth-N52]] and other realities.
34	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Gets this treatment a couple times. He's got the usual SuperSpeed, but [[ComicBook/TheFlash Impulse]] is a faster runner and ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} is a faster swimmer. Even during ''Crisis'' out of the three Supermen to appear he was this, mainly since he had given up his powers while his ''Arrowverse'' counterpart still had them and his ''Returns'' counterpart was the [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome Paragon of Truth]].
35	* ApologisesALot: To pretty much all of his friends, but mostly to Lana, likewise she tends to apologize to him quite a bit as well. It's pretty much the definition of their entire relationship.
36	* ArchEnemy: Of ComicBook/LexLuthor and General Zod.
37	* BabiesEverAfter: Implied to be the main reason for his retirement by 2019 -- to keep his children safe by no longer being a target for villains.
38	* BackFromTheDead: Has briefly died on several occasions.
39	%%* BadassAdorable: Throughout but increasingly so as the show goes on.
40	%%* BadassCape: In the series finale.
41	* BadassInDistress: Clark is the hero, but sometimes he needs saving too.
42	%%* BadassLongcoat: In Season 9. Come Season 10's "Shield," however, he returns to his red-and-blue threads.
43	%%* BashBrothers: With Oliver in later seasons.
44	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In "Leech," he finally does [[IJustWantToBeNormal get to be normal]] and quickly discovers that working on a farm, playing high school sports and keeping up with one's studies are all things that people who get tired and hurt and don't have SuperStrength and SuperSpeed have to really work at (and become exceptionally difficult when they try to do them all once).
45	* BigBrotherInstinct: Notably towards Bart Allen (Impulse) and Conner Kent (Superboy).
46	* BigGood: Well he is destined to become Superman after all.
47	* TheBigGuy: Is significantly more muscular than both the [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38 Clark Kent]] and his own teenage past self, possibly because not having his powers means his muscles are being trained through exertion for the first time. Earth-38 Lois comments appreciatively on it.
48	%%* BoundAndGagged: Has had his fair share of moments.
49	* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: From Season 9 onwards, he picks up legitimate fighting skills, thus allowing him to hold his own against experienced combatants with or without his powers.
50	* BroughtDownToBadass: Has happened to Clark more than a few times, but permanently by 2019. [[Series/Supergirl2015 Earth-38 Lex]] learns this the hard way that just because Clark doesn't have his powers anymore doesn't make it wise to mess with him.
51	-->'''Clark:''' ''[effortlessly catches Lex-38's punch in his right hand, decks him with his left]'' Still stronger.
52	* BroughtDownToNormal: Has given up his powers by 2019 to live a normal human life.
53	* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Clark wears a black-and-silver version in Season 9. In Season 10, he ditches his all-black ensemble and wears a modified version of his red jacket/blue shirt combo from past seasons, only this time, the jacket has a "S" on the front. In the series finale, Clark wears the Superman suit.
54	* CallToAgriculture: By 2019, he's back to work on the Kent Farm, retiring from superheroics. This is likely a MythologyGag to Creator/AlanMoore's '' ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow'', which also showed a version of Superman who chose to give up his powers to raise a family with Lois.
55	* CantStayNormal: No matter how often he gets stripped of his powers, he'll always get them back by the end of the episode. Which likely means that his normal life shown in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' will end eventually and he will regain his powers.
56	%%* TheCape: Picks up traits of it as time goes by. He's definitely there by the finale.
57	* CharacterDevelopment: Clark goes from a naive FarmBoy to a SuperHero who accepts his destiny.
58	* CharacterizationMarchesOn: As "Kal", when affected by red Kryptonite. When he came into contact with it as a teenager, he became extremely materialistic, and would steal to get expensive things for himself. However, as a mature adult, "Kal" is far more similar to Clark, more callous in his methods, but generally with the same goals as Clark, with very little interest in material gain.
59	* CharmPerson: If he has Gemstone Kryptonite near him. He can even turn this power on himself.
60	* ChickMagnet: Humorously, he usually either seems innocently unaware of it or, [[CluelessChickMagnet when he does realize that a girl is attracted to him, he gets extremely shy and bashful]].
61	* TheChosenOne: Repeatedly stated by Jor-El, who knew that Clark would gain powers on Earth and, since WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility, he would need to use those powers to help people.
62	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Despite angsting about his powers, he still steps up to save the day whenever things go wrong.
63	%%* ClassicalAntiHero: For much of the series.
64	* CluelessChickMagnet: Clark is completely oblivious to many girls being attracted to him. Considering that Clark has only had eyes for Lana most of the time.
65	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Clark's primary colors, against Lex's more muted or darker colors.
66	** Clark (Red Jacket/Blue Top) and Bizarro (Blue Jacket/Red Top).
67	** [[GreenRocks Kryptonite]] affects Clark differently depending on what color it is.
68	** In Season 8, Clark only wore red and blue when operating as a superhero. In Season 9, after [[HeroicBSOD declaring himself "dead" after the death of Henry "Jimmy" Olsen and the disappearance of Lois]], he wears black--the color he wore as Kal-El in the Season 4 opener.
69	* CombatPragmatist: Clark's usual strategy seems to be "clock you from behind at 500 miles an hour." And he's willing to use weapons, especially when BroughtDownToNormal.
70	* CompositeCharacter: Hilariously, Luthor-Prime thinks this Superman is one, because even with the evidence of Superman's SecretIdentity right in front of him he can't conceive of the idea that his own Clark Kent might be Superman.
71	* CrazyJealousGuy: In regards to Lana. Clark got jealous and envious of every single one of Lana's love interests and boyfriends. Clark even got jealous of guys who looked at Lana.
72	* CrucifiedHeroShot: Clark gets this trope on occasion. It starts in the pilot when he's strung up as the Scarecrow in a very literal crucifixion; he gets another in "Hidden" after being shot by Gabriel; and in "Salvation," after being stabbed by Zod with a blue kryptonite dagger. As Superman can be seen as a [[CrystalDragonJesus Jesus allegory]], this makes sense.
73	* DarkIsNotEvil:
74	** In Season 9, he dresses in black clothes, but remains heroic.
75	** This also the case when he's under the influence of red Kryptonite. He does dress in dark clothing, is unpleasant to be around and has no issue committing crimes, but he still retains enough of his moral compass to not kill people.
76	** As "Kal-El". He dresses in all-black, and shows little in the way of emotion or a conscience, but his ultimate motives are still good.
77	* DeadpanSnarker: Not as much as Lex, Chloe, Lois, or Oliver, but he can definitely have a pretty dry wit at times.
78	** He REALLY dials up the snark whenever he's affected by Red kryptonite and reverts to his Kal persona, possibly enough to even outsnark ''Lex''.
79	** His only response to Luthor-38's unhinged villain rant is "Can't say I've missed these chats." His wife interprets him telling her straight-faced about the encounter with a dimension traveling supervillain as a very dry joke.
80	* DestructiveRomance: His relationship with Lana causes repeated heartbreak and he ends up losing his father in the process.
81	* {{Determinator}}: Clark NEVER gives up. If it is something or someone that he is passionate about, he won't stop till he finds a way somehow.
82	* DidNotGetTheGirl: Lana leaves for good in Season 8, to protect him after her absorbing kryptonite makes her mere presence a danger to him. As per tradition, subverted with Lois.
83	* DistressedDude: Seems to be a rather easy target for many enemies and villains to torture and kidnap.
84	* DoomMagnet: Meteor freaks, {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, {{Wicked Witch}}es, alien invaders — if it can attack Clark, it has.
85	* DoubleStandardRapeSciFi: Has been on the receiving end of this on several occasions, though thankfully they never actually progressed to having sex and mostly stuck to kissing. The two most notable examples are in ''Warrior'', where Zatanna (a hero and friend of Clark's with magical powers) placed a spell on Clark to make him kiss her with the only thing stopping them from being intimate is his love for Lois breaking the spell, and in ''Unsafe'' when Alicia Baker (a meteor freak who had an unhealthy obsession with Clark) used red kryptonite necklace on him to encourage him to go along with her plans to leave Smallville, resulting in them getting married and almost having sex until she removed the necklace as she wanted him to make the actual decision to be with her. Both situations end with Clark forgiving Zatanna and Alicia, though in the latter case he was still pretty angry due to having trusted her despite the fact she almost killed Lana the previous year, and he even felt guilty even though he wasn't responsible. It's especially problematic with Alicia as the subject of the episode was about sexual relationships (with Chloe giving Lana advice on whether to be intimate with her new boyfriend) and Clark's parents were disappointed with him for marrying Alicia, but while the episode was trying to portray him in the wrong he was essentially drugged and almost raped.
86	* TheDreaded: At least how he appears in Lex's eyes. His clone Lx-15 firmly believed Clark wanted to kill him.
87	** He is also this to the meteor freaks in Belle Reve, given that he put most of them in there.
88	* FarmBoy: Adopted by farmers and raised on their farm. %%Has fully taken this life after his retirement from superheroics.
89	* FatalFlaw: His CharacterDevelopment over the course of ten seasons includes the acceptance that, as one of, if not THE most powerful being on earth, he cannot always blame himself for every tragedy he is involved in. No matter how clear it is to everyone else: in the end, Clark is always ready to believe that everyone who died were people he let die. Sometimes it goes even further, with him thinking that he is the one to blame for the tragedies around him, coming close to the ItsAllAboutMe trope. In "Apocalypse" he openly declares that, had he never been born, the world would have been a better place, and it is only through Jor-El, who shows him a glimpse of what would have been the result of such a reality, that he realizes that this is not true at all.
90	%%* FlyingBrick: He qualifies, although he doesn't know to use flight for a long time.
91	* {{Foil}}: To Lex Luthor. Both of them are young, somewhat ambitious dreamers, Lex a bit more so, who want to change the world together, who end up taking different paths. The rest is history...
92	* FriendToAllChildren: Incredibly protective of those under 12.
93	* GoshDangItToHeck: Unless under the influence of Red K, Clark hardly ever swears.
94	* GuiltComplex: Clark blames himself for everything bad that has happened, including the meteor shower, meteor freaks and Jonathan's death. Brainiac 5 even states in Season 10 that this is Clark's FatalFlaw.
95	* HappilyAdopted: By Jonathan and Martha. Clark has boatloads of angst over his Kryptonian heritage, but he loves his parents and considers them his real family. He even explicitly says in "Rosetta" that no matter what he finds out about his people, the Kents will still be his mom and dad.
96	* HappilyMarried: Clark is married to Lois in the GrandFinale. According to the [[WordOfGod show's producers]], in the flash-forward sequence set in 2018, Clark and Lois are happily married, although they chose not to display any rings at the ''Planet'' office due to their desire to keep their professional lives separate from their personal lives. By 2019, both have left the city life to live in the Kent farm with their two daughters. [[invoked]]
97	* HeartbrokenBadass: Clark has had his fair share of heartbreak when it comes to love and romance.
98	* HellBentForLeather: As [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Kal]]. In Season 10, he dons a red leather jacket, complete with a [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS stylized House of El symbol]] on the front.
99	* HeroicBuild: Tom Welling has a [[LanternJawOfJustice strong jaw]] and very muscular body. In ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', Lois of Earth-1 is surprised and [[EatingTheEyeCandy impressed]] when comparing him to Tyler Hoechlin's leaner Clark.
100	* HeroicNeutral: In the early seasons, he'll always do the right thing, and step up to the plate to defend the innocent, but he mainly just wants to keep his secret.
101	%%* HeroicSelfDeprecation
102	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pete and Lex in the early seasons. Oliver fills this space later on after Pete leaves and Lex has become a villain.
103	* HisHeartWillGoOn: For almost the entirety of the series, there was no doubt that [[FirstLove Lana Lang]] was the love of his life. But when circumstances both [[StarCrossedLovers in and beyond their control]], with ultimately her being forced to absorb enough kryptonite to make her literally lethal to him, [[StarCrossedLovers made it impossible for the two of them to ever be together]], he found a way, and fell, possibly even deeper, in love with his [[VitriolicBestBuds headache inducing but steadfast companion]] [[SecondLove Lois Lane.]]
104	%%* HonorBeforeReason
105	* HumanAlien: Clark is a Kryptonian, meaning he is an alien. However, he looks completely human and nobody can tell he is from another planet. When Clark admits to Chloe that he's an alien, not meteor infected, she confusedly asks him why he looks exactly like a human.
106	* HumanPopsicle: In Season 7, Jor-El gets sick of Clark's constant defiance and encases him in a block of ice. However, when [[EvilTwin Bizarro]] returns and starts to wreak havoc, Jor-El quickly lets him go to handle the situation.
107	* HumbleHero: Clark is very strong, powerful and his destiny is great; however, he is very humble about what he can do. He uses his abilities for good and he uses them for a greater purpose.
108	* {{Hunk}}: Clark has an ''impressive'' physique. Combining this and PrettyBoy makes him a bonafide TallDarkAndHandsome MrFanservice. In ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', an [[Series/Supergirl2015 alternate Lois Lane]] and [[Series/TheFlash2014 Iris West-Allen]], who are both HappilyMarried, have [[EatingTheEyeCandy given him plenty]] of blatant FemaleGaze.
109	* {{Hypocrite}}:
110	** He expects everyone else to be completely honest with him about everything, but builds his relationships around lies and deceit, insisting on keeping his "secret" even among his closest friends. That's probably why he's so touchy about lies; he knows people keep secrets and that somebody can be deceiving you even when it doesn't seem like it -- he does so himself.
111	** Lampshaded in "Zero," where he chews out Chloe for snooping around in his past, then ''immediately'' invites her to join him in snooping into Lex's. Chloe does a double-take.
112	** He admits that his reactions to things are what keep people from telling him things in "Luthor." He starts the episode off by telling [[DramaticIrony Tess]] that all Luthors are dangerous and evil. He then is furious and offended when he finds out that she hid Lex's clone from him. He then disappears [[AlternateUniverse into the plot]] before Tess can admit to her heritage, so we don't know how he would've taken that. At the end of the episode, however, he's realized that blaming the entire Luthor bloodline for Lionel's influence is the exact reason why Tess didn't tell him the truth, so he stops being a jerk about it.
113	** In "Nocturne," he peevishly comments that Lana's SecretAdmirer sounds like a stalker. This, from Mr. Peeping Telescope.
114	%%* IJustWantToBeNormal: For about the first half of the show.
115	* ILetGwenStacyDie: In "Reckoning" Lana's death causes him to go back in time to change her fate, but this only alters events so that Jonathan dies from a heart attack. This becomes a defining moment for him and he blames himself for what happened until Season 10 when he starts to accept that not everything is his fault and that he can't blame himself for the decisions made by others. Strangely he never brings up Alicia Baker, who was murdered by a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]] after framing her for several attempted murders with Clark feeling guilt over not trusting her.
116	* {{Immortality}}: It's heavily implied that, due to his Kryptonian heritage, Clark will eventually stop aging and can live for hundreds, even thousands, of years. One episode had a meteor freak who was able to see people's deaths through physical contact, but with Clark all he saw was a cape flying through space implying that Clark will just live on forever. ''Crisis'' reveals that Clark gives up his powers, but it's entirely possible that he regains them at some point and this vision will still come to pass.
117	* ImmuneToFate: In ''Hereafter'', he is the one thing capable of interfering with Jordan's premonitions.
118	* ImmuneToMindControl: [[ZigzaggingTrope Sometimes, Clark Kent doesn't even notice people trying to influence him, sometimes it works]].
119	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: This is depicted as being intrinsic to his very being. Lionel, who once switched bodies with him and Lx-15, who shares some of his DNA, end up pulling a HeelFaceTurn in part because of this. Weaponized against Darkseid in the finale.
120	* InSpiteOfANail: Despite living different lives to each other both himself and his ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' counterparts from [[Series/SupermanAndLois Earth-Prime]] and [[Film/SupermanReturns Earth-96]] are parents as revealed in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''.
121	* IronicFear: Even though he's NighInvulnerable and has the innate power to fly, he's scared of heights.
122	%%* ItsAllMyFault: He may as well be the living, breathing incarnate of this trope.
123	* JackOfAllStats: He's got all the standard Superman powers. Other superpowered individuals may be superior to him in one power, but no one has them all. For example, Aquaman is a faster swimmer, but not by much. The Flash is a significantly faster runner, but Clark is still faster than the eye can follow.
124	%%* TheKlutz
125	* KryptoniteFactor: As usual, Clark is vulnerable to Kryptonite and magic. At least until 2019.
126	* LastOfHisKind: Subverted. In the Superman mythology, Clark is frequently referred as the "Last Son of Krypton." But he isn't the last of his kind. Kara, his Kryptonian cousin, is a survivor along with him.
127	* LimitedWardrobe: A side-effect of ColorCodedForYourConvenience -- Clark's blue shirt and red jacket combo. Every time he wears something else, he's probably at work, it's a special occasion or he is evil/"dead." [[LampshadeHanging It got to the point where]], in one episode, Jimmy, seeing a red/blue blur caught on camera, came to the conclusion that it was Clark going around saving people, just based on the colors.
128	** That episode also included a scene where Clark gets all his clothes out to sort the red and blue ones from the rest and dispose of them, only to discover that they are all red and blue.
129	** By Season 9, Clark doesn't wear any red and blue on his uniform, though sometimes in his everyday clothes.
130	*** Perhaps made fun of in the Season 9 episode "Warrior," where Clark goes to Metro Con (the ''Smallville'' universe's version of Comic Con). We see somebody wearing what looks like Clark's red and blue. This would mark the first time Clark has worn red and blue since "Doomsday" (the Season 8 finale, which was over eleven episodes ago)...if it weren't for the fact we see Clark bump into the guy wearing what looks like his old outfit, and is wearing his ''Daily Planet'' suit.
131	*** Clark was in a major funk after the episode "Doomsday," feeling responsible for the death of Henry Olsen and regretting his humanity, so he took on an all-black motif until early in Season 10 where he is wearing at least maroon and blue.
132	* LoveMakesYouDumb: A recurring problem for him to the extent that, in the first half of Season 8, he was ''finally'' starting to act like Superman... until Lana came back to town, causing him to lose seven years worth of CharacterDevelopment.
133	* MalfunctionMalady: How Clark discovers his super-breath. And super-hearing too, if you think about it.
134	%%* MartyrWithoutACause:
135	* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: It repeatedly sabotages his relationship with Lana at the very least.
136	* MessianicArchetype: Probably the most famous example in all of Comics and American Pop Culture, with more than a few {{Crucified Hero Shot}}s to continue the Jesus allegory.
137	* MightyLumberjack: We happen to run into him in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' while he's splitting logs for firewood. Earth-38 Lois even comments on how much he looks like the mascot for Brawny paper towels.
138	* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: During Season 9, he swaps out his [[RedIsHeroic red]]-and-[[BlueIsHeroic blue]] attire for a black BadassLongcoat, black pants, and a black shirt with a silver logo, symbolizing the guilt and anger he feels for Jimmy's death at Davis' hands, and the belief that caring too much for other people inhibits his ability to save them. In early Season 10, he manages to move past this, swapping back to his trademark red and blue.
139	* MrFanservice: He is a ChickMagnet and shirtless scenes of him or when at least his build is emphasized are not uncommon at all. Even in ''Crisis'' his rugged appearance has a few characters EatingTheEyeCandy.
140	* MundaneUtility: Clark has been known to use his heat vision to make toast, heat up coffee and light candles. He also uses his SuperStrength to drive nails with his bare hands, plant fence posts, and lift cars and tractors instead of using a jack.
141	* MythologyGag: His appearance in ''Crisis'' establishes that he takes inspiration from two versions of Superman: the version from ''Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?'' where he gives up his powers, and the version from ''Superman: Secret Identity'' where he has two daughters.
142	* NeutralNoLonger: Season 8 onwards, he stops fighting his destiny, and steps up to becoming the Worlds Greatest Hero.
143	* NeverGetsDrunk: Unless the alcohol is magically enchanted, Clark cannot get smashed.
144	* NiceGuy: Clark is kind, friendly, loyal, self-sacrificing, warm and empathic. He's the kind of person anyone would be lucky to have as a friend.
145	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
146	** His complete and utter refusal to be honest and tell Lana his secret despite her love for him, keeps on breaking up there relationship and eventually results in them being separated forever.
147	** In the Season 2 finale, he uses a kryptonite key to destroy his spaceship so he can get rid of Jor-El, but ends up causing an explosion that causes Martha to miscarry her unborn child.
148	** In Season 4, he, through inaction, causes [[CataclysmClimax another meteor shower to bombard Smallville]].
149	** In Season 5, Clark breaks his promise to return to Jor-El before sundown to help Lana, which results in Jor-El taking his powers away. At first Clark is relieved and enjoys being normal, but then gets shot and dies. Jor-El resurrects Clark and reveals that someone he loves will have to die to compensate for his restored life.
150	** In Season 5, Clark uses a crystal to reverse time and save Lana from a fatal car accident, but this results in Jonathan suffering a fatal heart attack, to repay Jor-El's debt for resurrecting Clark.
151	** In the Season 5 finale, he stabs [[TheDragon Brainiac]] with a Kryptonian knife, opening a portal for [[BigBad General Zod]] to escape from the PhantomZone and [[GrandTheftMe possess Lex]].
152	** In the Season 6 finale, he tries using a Kryptonian crystal against the last Phantom Zone prisoner who instead clones Clark and becomes [[EvilTwin Bizarro]].
153	** In Season 8 he refuses to kill Davis and spares him due to his faith in his humanity, this leads to the death of Jimmy Olsen as Davis has gone AxCrazy.
154	** In Season 9 he uses his blood to save the depowered Major Zod from a gunshot wound, and ends up restoring Zod's powers.
155	** In the Season 9 finale, his use of the Book of Rao to send away Zod and the Kandorians away allowed {{ComicBook/Darkseid}} to come to Earth.
156	* NoSell: If a meteor freak's mere presence isn't sufficient to act as Clark's KryptoniteFactor, then he will usually be completely immune to their powers. If said powers are PsychicPowers, he often will be able to shrug them off so completely that he won't even realize they tried anything on him.
157	** Without his powers, he's just as immune to the effect of Earth-38 Lex's Kryptonite as Lex is.
158	* NotHimself: Clark gets reprogrammed as Kal-El, complete with [[TheUnfettered full access to all his powers]] including {{flight}}.
159	%%** Clark whenever he's infected by [[GRatedDrug Red]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Kryptonite]].
160	* OutOfTheInferno: Clark can walk through fire unscathed. In the episode "Hothead," [[PlayingWithFire Coach Arnold]] engulfs Clark in massive flames and thinks he's won, only for Clark to nonchalantly step out of them.
161	* TheParagon: According to Doctor Fate in Season 9's "Absolute Justice" two-parter.
162	* PhlebotinumBattery: In "Perry," solar flares/sun spots cause Clark's powers to go haywire and he doesn't have the same precision control.
163	%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Chloe.
164	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Clark is suddenly powerful enough to shove a planet back into space in the finale (this was a planet capable of traveling under its own power, too). This is more than a little out of sync with the power level he's shown to have during the rest of the series.
165	** In fairness, this is just as he accepts his legacy as Superman and develops his flight properly. This could be like Marvel's Gladiator, who varied from nigh-omnipotent to being taken out by [[CListFodder Cannonball]] depending on confidence.
166	* PowerLossDepression: Usually inverted. Whenever Clark loses his powers, he is often happy that he [[IJustWantToBeNormal can live a normal life]]. If anything, [[CursedWithAwesome regaining his powers makes him feel depressed]].
167	* PowerLossMakesYouStrong: As often as Clark loses his powers, this happens quite a bit, most notable being taking a bullet for Lois while weakened by kryptonite.
168	* PretenderDiss: We get no information about his current relationship to his own universe's Lex Luthor by 2019 other than Clark quietly dismissing Earth-38 Lex as an impostor.
169	* PrettyBoy: Clark is very physically attractive to the point that, from some angles, Clark has somewhat androgynous physical features. But at the same time, Clark is also a {{Hunk}}. How is that even possible?
170	* PrimaryColorChampion: Clark is often seen wearing red and blue.
171	* TheProtagonist: ''Smallville'' centers on Clark's heroic journey and his relationships with other characters.
172	* RetiredBadass: Retires from superheroics and The Daily Planet some time between 2018 and [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 late 2019]] to take up farming. He's also apparently the only Clark in TheMultiverse either our heroes or Earth-Prime Luthor has found who's in retirement.
173	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy Guy to Lois' Energetic Girl.
174	* SecondLove: Lana's after Whitney.
175	* SecondSuperIdentity: Clark takes on a secondary superhero persona as "The Red-Blue Blur" (later just "The Blur") when Jimmy captures him on camera as a red-blue blur.
176	* SeenItAll: He reacts to [[Series/Supergirl2015 an alternate]] Lex Luthor appearing out of nowhere and trying to kill him with only mild annoyance. (Fans of ''Smallville'' will remember he's already visited a MirrorUniverse of his own world before on the show, so the concept of alternate Earths isn't actually new to him.)
177	* ShamefulStrip: The whole point of the scarecrow prank which frightened Clark and caused him so much anxiety. A 14-year-old Clark Kent is chosen by Whitney Fordman to be the scarecrow. Fordman restrains him, takes him to a cornfield, forcefully strips him to his boxers, draws a red "S" on his chest and ties him to a cross to shame and humiliate him.
178	%%* ShirtlessScene: Has quite a few of these.
179	* SignatureMove: The [[MythologyGag Superman Punch]]. He first uses it in the fight with Titan in "Combat." After that he uses at least one in most major battles of the rest of the series.
180	* SilverFox: His hair is graying in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', but he still manages to be attractive.
181	* SociallyAwkwardHero: His shyness makes him a little less charismatic and smooth with other people like say Oliver or Arthur.
182	* SociopathicHero: As "Kal-El". His motives are still the same as always, but to make his journey more efficient, Jor-El strips him of his attachments and emotions, leaving only an obsession with fulfilling his destiny.
183	* StalkingIsLove: He stalks Lana for most of Season 1, even going so far as to set up a telescope in his barn so he can spy on her when she's on her front porch.
184	* StarcrossedLovers: He and Lana, despite the two loving each more than anything, the universe seems determined to keep the two apart.
185	* StealthHiBye: The number of times that someone has been speaking to Clark and then turned around to find him gone would make a good drinking game. It's practically a RunningGag.
186	* StrongAndSkilled: For the first eight seasons of the show, Clark is UnskilledButStrong, relying heavily on his powers in a fight and being outmatched by more skilled opponents like General Zod. Come season 9, he begins training with Jor-El and becomes this. Even when BroughtDownToNormal by exposure to blue Kryptonite, he was able to hold his own against Alia, a Kryptonian soldier.
187	* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His powers vary depending on the plot, generally because of solar coronal activity, the fact that they're still developing, and the fact that KryptoniteIsEverywhere.
188	* StrongerWithAge: With every season, he gets stronger and more powerful as he ages. Just compare Season 1, when conventional bullets left visible bruises on his skin, to Season 5, when he gets up and walks away from atmospheric reentry.
189	* SuperHero: He's Superman after all. Or at least he becomes Superman in the final season.
190	* SuperpowerLottery: Clark is a Kryptonian who possesses superhuman abilities.
191	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: When Jor-El reprograms Clark into the callous, emotionless "Kal-El", Clark gets access to ''all'' of his abilities, including flight, which normal Clark was incapable of doing until several years later.
192	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Lois and Lana both think so.
193	* TechnicalPacifist: Murder is wrong! Smacking someone over the head from behind, however, is not.
194	* TheTeetotaler: He doesn't drink until he's of legal age, despite alcohol obviously having no effect on him, since he knows his parents would disapprove.
195	* ThatManIsDead: At the end of Season 8, he decides this for a while, embellishing himself in his training with Jor-El and declaring to Chloe that "Clark Kent is dead."
196	* ThouShaltNotKill: He comes dangerously close to killing the guy who killed [[TemporaryLoveInterest Alicia Baker]] and Lx-3, but pulls back at the last moment. Nonetheless, Clark believes there is always a better option than murder, and calls out the likes of ComicBook/GreenArrow and the ComicBook/{{Justice League\|of America}} whenever they cross the line.
197	** Clark does not apply this rule to machines. But then again, this is [[RoboticPsychopath Brainiac]]. Not even [[ArchEnemy Lex]] went to the levels Brainiac went to. And the bastard's got a FromASingleCell thing going on, as well, so it ain't like it's ever been permanent.
198	** WordOfGod was Clark does not kill anyone; the villains are always either HoistByTheirOwnPetard or die under circumstances that Clark has no control over. [[invoked]]
199	* TookALevelInBadass: In the later seasons, after he has embraced his true Kryptonian destiny and all of his abilities.
200	* TookALevelInJerkass: During Season 9. Among other things, he puts a witness in the hospital, and {{Neck Lift}}s Tess and threatens her with little provocation.
201	* UnskilledButStrong: For the first eight seasons. Best shown when he first fights Zod, a trained soldier with years of combat experience; he ends up getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] and has to rely on trickery to win.
202	* UnwantedHarem: Clark himself has had a few. Alicia started out as a welcome suitor who quickly became unwanted when she turned into a StalkerWithACrush. Maxima from Season 8 would definitely count as one, too. Chloe in the first few seasons also had a huge crush on Clark, but this apparently faded.
203	* UnwantedFalseFaith: Repeatedly has to tell Tess (among others) to "StopWorshippingMe!"
204	* UnwittingPawn: On occasion. He's getting better about it, though.
205	* VirtueIsWeakness: The events of "Doomsday," where his splitting Davis and Doomsday from one another leads to Jimmy's death at Davis' hands, leads Clark to adopt this belief. He states to Chloe afterwards that caring too much about other people limits his ability to save them.
206	-->'''Clark:''' I've always tried to forget I was an alien or a creature. I've always tried to pretend I was human. I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side. It... It's the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions. That's my enemy. And Davis proved that to me.\
207	'''Chloe:''' So, because of some psychopath, you're gonna cut the rest of us out of your life? Clark... human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today.\
208	'''Clark:''' They're what's stopping me from being the hero I could be. It's what the world needs now.
209	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Lois, in Seasons 4 through 7. Converts to {{UST}} as of Season 8.
210	* WeirdnessMagnet: When is Clark not attracting the weird?
211	* WeUsedToBeFriends: One of the premises of the series is asking the question, "What if Clark Kent and Lex Luthor were once best friends before becoming mortal enemies?"
212	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In the Season 7 finale, he kills Brainiac while remarking that Brainiac is JustAMachine; thus, he's technically not violating his ThouShaltNotKill rule.
213	%%* WideEyedIdealist
214	* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Lois.
215	* YouCantFightFate: In Season 9's "Savior," Clark refuses to go back in time to stop Davis from killing Jimmy for this reason, remarking that the last time he did such a thing resulted in Jonathan's death.
216	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Assuming that it was indeed 2019 when he appears in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', then Clark looks far older than thirty-two. While a natural consequence of DawsonCasting, as Tom Welling was twenty-four when he was cast as fourteen year old Clark Kent, it is very noticeable considering the final scenes of ''Smallville's'' GrandFinale took place in 2018.
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Jonathan Kent]]
220	!!Jonathan Kent
221	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jonathan-kent_6657.jpg]]
222	!!! '''Species:''' Human
223	!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnSchneider
224
225	Clark's adoptive human father. In Season 5, he ran for the Kansas State Senate and won... only to die of a heart attack a short while later following a confrontation with Lionel Luthor.
226	----
227	* ActionDad: Jonathan won't hesitate to jump in the action when it's necessary for him to do so.
228	* ActionSurvivor: Jonathan survived five years of Smallville's insanity, armed with nothing more than his wits, and his shotgun.
229	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Younger and handsomer than most depictions of Jonathan, who almost always looks middle-aged or elderly even when Clark is younger. Martha herself calls him more or less handsome.
230	* AdaptationalBadass: A former football player, and somebody who has done his fair share of fighting, unlike most versions of him that are old men.
231	* AesopAmnesia: Despite all of Lex's attempts to show that he wasn't his father, and despite the fact that Jonathan acknowledged this almost every time that he was proven wrong, he was back to blaming Lex for everything that went wrong automatically by the next episode.
232	* AggressiveCategorism: In "Solitude," after Clark reveals Professor Fine AKA Brainiac is a Kryptonian, Jonathan is rather quick to judge that the Kryptonian race, as a whole, are evil and hell-bent on destruction and chaos. He immediately gets called out on this by Martha, who points out Clark is Kryptonian, only to counter that Clark is a Kryptonian raised with human values.
233	** Also, considering how pretty much every Kryptonian other than Clark that appeared on-screen prior to Jonathan's death was kind of evil, with even the AI of Jor-El being a SociopathicHero on its good days, it's hard to dispute his point.
234	* ArchEnemy: Of his moral and spiritual opposite, Lionel Luthor. The two engage in a take-no-prisoners war for the souls of Lex and Clark, ending only with Jonathan's untimely death.
235	* BadassNormal: At his best, he can go toe-to-toe with Lionel and survive anything the MonsterOfTheWeek can throw at him.
236	* DoomedByCanon: Jonathan is an interesting case, as the original comics, movies and television shows had him die. Later comic books and the show ''Series/LoisAndClark'' allowed him to live. However, ''Smallville'' returns to the original canon by having Jonathan die which granted was not due to old age, but rather trauma from being possessed by Jor-El and finally dying during a confrontation with Lionel Luthor.
237	* FatalFlaw: Despite being a great dad for Clark, he can't control his anger and lets it get the best of him several times. It was said that when Martha's father rejected him, saying Martha deserved better, Jonathan hit him. An old classmate of Jonathan remembered his anger from high school, and didn't doubt that he was guilty when he was a suspect in an assassination attempt on Lionel Luthor. It is ultimately his anger that gets him killed. When he believes Lionel is trying to blackmail him with Clark's secret, he violently lashes out at Lionel and gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech before his heart finally gives out, when really Lionel was just trying to help him.
238	* {{Foil}}:
239	** To Lionel. Everything from their histories to their parenting styles is diametrically opposed. Jonathan runs a barely successful farm, while Lionel is a rich businessman. Jonathan was raised by [[GoodParents loving parents]], while Lionel's parents [[AbusiveParents abused him]]. Jonathan uses loving encouragement and support in parenting his son, with whom he is very close; Lionel constantly criticizes Lex and keeps a distance from his illegitimate children. Both men serve as mentors/father figures to Clark.
240	** There funerals also parallel each other as everyone attended Jonathan's funeral, whereas only Clark and Lex attended Lionel's funeral.
241	** He's also this to Jor-El's VirtualGhost. Jonathan believes [[ScrewDestiny Clark should be free to decide his own path in life]]; Jor-El is hell-bent on [[YouCantFightFate ensuring Clark fulfills his destiny]]. In "Lazarus," Jor-El tells Clark he has darkness in his heart, but doesn't elaborate on what the darkness is or give any useful advice on how to overcome it, and apparently rejects his son; Jonathan openly reflects on his own flaws, demonstrates a more forgiving and gracious attitude; and assures his son he can overcome his inner darkness and still become the hero he's destined to be.
242	* FormerTeenRebel: Once ran away from home to try out for the Metropolis Sharks football team and bought a motorcycle against his father's wishes. Jonathan once mentions he used to get into fights at school.
243	* GentleTouchVsFirmHand: Him and Jor-El, with regard to Clark's destiny. Jonathan is a Gentle Touch, whereas Jor-El is a Firm Hand. Jonathan repeatedly counsels his son that he can choose what path to take, while Jor-El constantly tries to push Clark to fulfill his destiny.
244	* GoodParents: For the most part, he was supportive and kind to his foster son.
245	* HappilyMarried: To Martha.
246	* HairTriggerTemper: He has had problems controlling his anger.
247	* HardHead: How many times has Mr. Kent been knocked out now?
248	%%* HotBlooded
249	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jonathan was a jerk to people he was skeptical of or people he didn't trust, notably Lionel and Lex. But again, he only acted this way towards both of them with the best intentions of protecting Clark.
250	* JerkassToOne: He's generally a good man and supportive parent, but he openly despises the Luthors, especially Lionel, and is almost constantly rude to them. Justified with Lionel, since he's an [[CardCarryingJerkass openly nasty]] CorruptCorporateExecutive who ''everyone'' hates, but with Lex, he basically hates him and blames him for everything [[SinsOfOurFathers just for being Lionel's son]].
251	* KilledOffForReal: In the Season 5 episode ''Reckoning''.
252	* KnightTemplarParent: He loves Clark and would do anything for him, but unfortunately that means he is incredibly paranoid of anyone he sees as a threat.
253	* MisplacedRetribution: He holds a grudge against Lionel for blackmailing him, but he mostly takes it out on Lex, even though at first, Lex hated his father even more than Jonathan and just wanted to be Clark's friend.
254	* MuggleFosterParents: As usual. Clark is a Kryptonian while he and Martha are humans.
255	* NotHelpingYourCase: He hated the Luthors and made absolutely zero effort to hide it... which made it easy for a DirtyCop to shoot Lionel and frame him for the crime in season 2. Jonathan even acknowledges that his doing so has come back to bite him.
256	-->'''Jonathan:''' No, I didn't shoot Lionel. But I let my anger get the best of me. I... I haven't exactly kept it a secret how Jonathan Kent feels about the Luthors. What jury could possibly believe me now?
257	* PapaWolf: If you mess with Clark, Jonathan will come for you. With a shotgun.
258	* ParentsAsPeople: While Clark admired him Jonathan was aware of his faults such as his HairTriggerTemper and his {{pride}}, and as much as he loved Clark it's clear that his paranoia about every possible danger to his son is the reason Clark becomes so terrified about opening up to people. Also while he was right in the end that Lex was dangerous, how much of that was caused by Jonathan refusing to accept he wasn't his father is up to debate.
259	* {{Pride}}: A big part of his character.
260	* ProperlyParanoid: {{Zigzagged\|Trope}}. Jonathan can come off as a paranoid KnightTemplarParent, but the threats to Clark are real. Pick a person that Clark trusted and who then betrayed him; chances are, Jonathan predicted it.
261	** He was right about what [[{{Archenemy}} Lex]] would do if he ever found out Clark's secret. Though that can ''also'' be considered a SelfFulfillingProphecy. In the early seasons, Lex was a flawed but well-meaning guy who, by all indications, ''wanted'' to help Clark (at first). Jonathan's paranoia might not have been misplaced on many counts, but he might have pushed it too far at times. How much of Lex's FaceHeelTurn can be attributed to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil the way Jonathan treated him]] is open to interpretation.
262	** He was right about [[{{Yandere}} Alicia]], at least in Season 3. When she returned in Season 4, he [[ReformedButRejected refused to see]] that she had genuinely reformed, and the constant attempts to turn Clark against her had disastrous consequences.
263	** He was right about Brainiac. But only [[RightForTheWrongReasons because he assumed]] that [[FantasticRacist all Kryptonians are evil]].
264	* SecretKeeper: He keeps Clark's status as an alien secret.
265	* SilverFox: Martha comments at one point he is more or less handsome.
266	* SkewedPriorities: Minor example from one of the ''Smallville'' tie-in novels—Clark accidentally runs in front of Jonathan's tractor [[note]]and by runs, we mean ''[[SuperSpeed runs]]''[[/note]], causing Jonathan to injure his shoulder. He immediately asks if Clark is all right. You know, the kid who is invulnerable to bullets, explosions, stab wounds and pretty much any other injury that's fatal by Earth standards. This is probably one instance where it's okay to be worried about yourself and not the person you just hit.
267	* SoProudOfYou: He often tells Clark this, most noticeably as a vision in Season 10.
268	* SpiritAdvisor: After his death in "Reckoning," he briefly reunites with Clark in the afterlife after he temporarily dies and gives him words of encouragement regarding his destiny as TheParagon. In Season 10, he returns from beyond the grave a couple of times to impart guidance to his son, culminating with him giving Clark his new superhero costume in the GrandFinale.
269	[[/folder]]
270
271	[[folder:Martha Kent]]
272	!!Martha Kent
273	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martha-kent_1496.jpg]]
274	!!! '''Species:''' Human
275	!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/AnnetteOToole
276
277	Clark's adoptive human mother. In Season 5, Martha took over Jonathan's Senate seat after his death and [[PutOnABus moved to Washington, D.C. at the end of Season 6]]. [[TheBusCameBack Returns]] in Seasons 9 and 10.
278	----
279	* ActionMom
280	* ActionSurvivor
281	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Like Jonathan, she is more attractive and [[AgeLift younger-looking]] than how the Kents are usually portrayed, even granting Clark's relative younger age.
282	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
283	** Her relationship with [[VillainousCrush Lionel]]. Not that it ever goes anywhere.
284	** Also with Jonathan Kent. While Jonathan is a good guy, he does have anger issues, and when Martha's father is introduced, it's heavily implied this trope was a large part of their early attraction, since Jonathan was the exact opposite of the kind of man Martha's father thought she should fall for, living the exact opposite of the kind of life he thought she should live.
285	* BadassNormal
286	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Jonathan goes on a rampage while under the influence of the Nicodemus, it wasn't his fault and she's just glad he's okay. Clark runs away, spends an entire summer putting on his red kryptonite ring every time Jor-El forced him to take it off, robbing ATM machines, she's just glad he came home. Clark crashes Lex and Lana's engagement dinner while high on red kryptonite, simultaneously hurting Lex, Chloe, Lois, and Lana's feelings, it wasn't his fault and she's just glad it's over. Clark marries Alicia while high on red kryptonite: "That doesn't matter, marriage is sacred!"
287	* TheBusCameBack: In Seasons 9 and 10.
288	* ChessMotifs: Season 9's "Hostage."
289	* ConvenientMiscarriage: At the end of Season 2.
290	* FieryRedhead
291	* GuileHero: Showed astonishing shrewdness by successfully [[OutGambitted outgambitting]] [[IronLady Amanda]] [[TheGovernment Waller]] ''and'' [[MisanthropeSupreme Tess]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mercer]], and using Maxwell Lord against the latter to retrieve [[MacGuffin the Book of Rao]] [[KnightTemplarParent and protect Clark]], all without the knowledge of Clark's peers, and playing a "mere" Kansas senator.
292	* GoodParents: She is kind to her son.
293	* HappilyMarried: She loves her husband Jonathan.
294	* IntergenerationalFriendship: She develops a friendship with the younger Lois Lane.
295	* KnightTemplarParent: In Season 9's "Hostage."
296	* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The Red Queen. She even dresses all in red.
297	* MamaBear
298	* MuggleFosterParents: As usual. She is human, while Clark is a Kryptonian.
299	* ParentsAsPeople: Not to the same extent as Jonathan, but she has her faults and like her husband her fears of what could happen if Clark's secret was discovered was definitely why he struggled to open up to people.
300	* PutOnABus: At the end of Season 6.
301	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers a short yet ''scathing'' one to [[WellIntentionedExtremist Tess Mercer]], which likely contributes to the latter's HeelFaceTurn.
302	* SecretKeeper: She keeps Clark's powers and identities secret.
303	* TeamMom: Martha is a maternal figure for many different characters other than Clark, including Lana, Chloe, Lex and Lois. Ironically, all of these characters have [[MissingMom lost their mothers]] and have ParentalIssues.
304	* TookALevelInBadass
305	* TheManBehindTheMan: To the Martian Manhunter in Season 9.
306	[[/folder]]
307
308	[[folder:Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El/Supergirl]]
309	!![[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Kent/Kara Zor-El]]
310	-> See [[Characters/SmallvilleKryptonians Kryptonians]]
311	[[/folder]]
312
313	[[folder:Conner Kent/Kon-El/Superboy]]
314	!![[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner Kent]]
315	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/conner_kent_8739.jpg]]
316	!!! '''Species:''' Human-Kryptonian Clone
317	!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/LucasGrabeel
318
319	---> ''"[[IAmWhatIAm I know who I am]]."''
320
321	A clone of Superman suffering from amnesia who struggles with his identity and his volatile relationship with the Luthors.
322	----
323	* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the comics Superboy is primarily a clone of Superman with Lex Luthor's DNA added to keep him stable, but here this is reversed so that he's a clone of Lex with some of Clark's DNA.
324	* AdaptationalDyeJob: As Alexander, he has a head of curly red hair, something comics Conner never did.
325	%%* BadassAdorable
326	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: First introduced as a young clone of Lex that Tess adopted in hopes of preventing him from following the same path. At first it seemed he was going to end up like his genetic donor until it was later revealed he has the DNA of Clark Kent, eventually abandoning the idea of being "Alexander" or "Lex" and instead bases his name on the initials of Cognitive Neuroplastic Replicant (CNR), Conner.
327	* CloneAngst: When he found out that not only was he half-Clark, but half-''[[BigBad Lex]]''. He's over it now.
328	* CompositeCharacter: Of Alexander Luthor Jr. and [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Conner Kent]].
329	* FlyingBrick: Has demonstrated NighInvulnerability, SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, [[EyeBeams Heat Vision]], SuperSenses and [[ComicBook/{{Superman}} other Kryptonian abilities]].
330	* GeniusBruiser: His quick reactions make it quite obvious that he has maintained Lex's intellect.
331	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: First he was a CheerfulChild as Alexander. Then he became an EnfanteTerrible demanding to be called "Lex." Then he pulled a HeelFaceTurn after he lost his memory and became Conner. Then his SuperPoweredEvilSide kicked in due to Red K. As of the end of "Scion," however, he appears to have settled on "Face."
332	* HereWeGoAgain: At the end of "Scion," Clark reveals that he has enrolled him in high school, starting next school year. Conner will be attending Smallville High. Unlike Clark, however, he's most likely going to be a lot more accepting of his destiny as ComicBook/{{Superboy}}.
333	* InterspeciesRomance: In the Season 11 comics he starts dating Miss Martian.
334	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He lost much, if not all, of Lex's memories.
335	* ParentalIssues: Throughout most of "Scion," but resolved by the end.
336	* PowerIncontinence: Struggles with this in ''Scion'', since unlike Clark, Conner was a normal human up until losing all his memories, meaning every single one of his powers appeared within weeks of each other, giving him little chance to get used to them.
337	* PutOnABus: Thankfully, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. He's living on the Kent Farm indefinitely.
338	** Though he does go to stay with Martha for a while to keep him safe while Tess continues to deal with Lionel. This ends up saving him in the finale, as when Lionel kidnaps Tess to attempt to [[OffingTheOffspring cut out her heart]], he admits that he's only doing it because he can't find Conner.
339	* RapidAging: Like all of Lex's clones, Conner/Alexander suffers from this, going from a young child to a teenager in a matter of weeks, making it look like he's got only a few weeks left before dying of old age. Thankfully, the addition of Clark's blood slows down his aging considerably, saving him from the fate of all the other Lex clones.
340	* SanitySlippage: As Alexander, his mental state deteriorates rapidly, since he's a young boy with the almost thirty years of memories and the instability of the actual Lex.
341	* SuperHero: On his way to being ComicBook/{{Superboy}}.
342	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: On Red K, the "Lex" side of his personality is very much dominant. He more or less reverts to being "Alexander".
343	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks a lot more like Lex than Clark, even as Conner, although he does get Clark's black hair.
344	* ThatManIsDead: Eventually comes to deny the side of him that is "Lex."
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Unnamed Daughters]]
348	!!! '''Species:''' Human-Kryptonian Hybrids
349	Clark's and Lois' daughters who were mentioned in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' and were the reason Clark gave up his powers.
350	----
351	* TheGhost: They are only mentioned in the crossover.
352	* MythologyGag: In ''ComicBook/SupermanSecretIdentity'' Clark and Lois (not the same characters, but two similarly named people living in the real world) had two daughters named Jane and Carol.
353	* TheNameless: They are also never given any names.
354	* VagueAge: Judging from the toy tractor they are presumably still young, though it is left unclear if there are any age gaps between the two.
355	[[/folder]]
356
357	[[folder:Shelby]]
358	!!Shelby
359	!!! '''Species:''' Dog
360	!!! '''Played By:''' Bud
361	The Kent's golden retirever who joined the family in ''Krypto'', having temporarily gained super strength from kryptonite.
362	----
363	* AdaptationalNameChange: Is briefly called Krypto by Clark near the end of his debut episode, but Lois quickly points out how silly that name is and Lex also questions such a odd name.
364	* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Instead of being from Krypton, this version is a regular Earth dog.
365	* CompositeCharacter: Has some similarities with Streaky the Supercat, who also got powers from kryptonite.
366	* PragmaticAdaptation: Is the ''Smallville'' adaption of Krypto the Superdog, though beyond being a dog owned by Clark and briefly having super strength Shelby has nothing in common with the character.
367	[[/folder]]
368
369	[[folder:Hiram and Jessica Kent]]
370	!!Hiram and Jessica Kent
371	!!! '''Species:''' Human
372	!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/DeanWray and Creator/KendallCross
373	Jonathan's parents who crossed paths with a young Jor-El in the Season 3 episode ''Relic''.
374	----
375	* AdaptationalNameChange: A complicated example as while he was named Hiram in the pre-Crisis comics he was also named Matthew, and post-Crisis he was given the name Samuel. Jessica meanwhile was called Edith in the comics.
376	* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Hiram was this according to Martha, with this being supported by how he believed Jor-El was innocent of the crime he was accused of.
377	* ForWantOfANail: How different would things have been if Hiram hadn't believed that Jor-El was innocent?
378	* GenerationXerox: Apparently Jonathan was a lot like his father, inheriting the same headstrong attitude but also his compassion for others.
379	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Their encounter with Jor-El tied their family with his, as it is implied that the compassion Hiram and Jessica showed him led him to choose Jonathan and Martha to be the ones to raise his son.
380	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / SmallvilleKents