1 | Originally aired October 20, 2005 |
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3 | Written by Creator/ToddSlavkin & Creator/DarrenSwimmer |
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5 | Directed by Creator/BradfordMay |
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7 | After hitting her head while diving into a lake, Lois is saved by [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Arthur "A.C." Curry]], a mysterious swimmer. Clark begins attending college and meets his new History professor, Milton Fine (secretly Brainiac). |
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9 | !!Tropes present in the episode: |
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11 | * NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: In his introductory scene, Professor Fine/ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} claims humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. |
12 | -->'''Professor Fine''': Do you know where the greatest supercomputer in the world resides? ''[points to his head]'' Right here. It's the human brain. Yet we only use [[NinetyPercentOfYourBrain ten percent of it]]. |
13 | * AlmostKiss: Lois and A.C, before he falls into the lake due to Leviathan, an earache-inducing sonar noise. |
14 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: A.C. can swim a lot faster than Clark can. |
15 | * BeachEpisode: The closest the show has, with Clark, Lana, Lois and Chloe going to swim at Crater Lake. |
16 | * BodyHorror: After being deprived of water for a long period of time, A.C.'s skin starts to dry out. Needless to say, it isn't a pretty sight. |
17 | * ButNowIMustGo: A.C. to Lois at the end. |
18 | * CharacterDebut: This episode marked the live-action debut of DC Comics superhero Aquaman. |
19 | * ColdBloodedTorture: What Lex subjects A.C. to, by dehydration. A sign of his growing dark side. |
20 | * DistressedDude: A.C. is captured and held prisoner by Lex until Clark rescues him. |
21 | * EarAche: Leviathan, Lex's sonic weapon, causes A.C.'s ears to bleed. |
22 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Lois does this to A.C twice, first after he saves her from drowning and again at the café while she judges his fashion. |
23 | * EvilTeacher: Milton Fine AKA Brainiac, though Clark isn't aware of his true colors yet. |
24 | * FanDisservice: A.C's skin drying out due to being deprived of water. |
25 | * {{Fanservice}}: Lois in a swimsuit and {{Female Gaze}}s up A.C.'s torso are sure to serve everyone's interests. |
26 | * FireForgedFriends: Clark and A.C. become friend when working together to disable Project Leviathan. |
27 | * IntimateLotionApplication: The opening has Clark intimately rubbing sunscreen on Lana's back at Crate Laker. Once he's done, she tells him he missed a spot and points to her lips, prompting him to kiss her. |
28 | * KickTheDog: While A.C. is [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable strapped to a table]] and growing weaker due to being out of the water for a while, Lex tauntingly holds a glass of water over his head before withholding it completely. |
29 | -->'''Lex:''' You may be a fish out of water, but up here, [[BadassBoast I'm the shark]]. |
30 | %%* LoveTriangle: Clark/Lois/A.C |
31 | * MakingASplash: A.C. can control water. He can condense it into balls thrown with enough force to knock Clark around. |
32 | * TheMountainsOfIllinois: Crater Lake continues to be one of the most blatant examples in the series. While the lake itself being created by a meteor impact isn't necessarily implausible, the fact that it seems to be surrounded by literal mountains shows that it blatantly wasn't filmed in Kansas. |
33 | * MythologyGag: |
34 | ** A.C. wears orange and green, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'s traditional colors. |
35 | ** A.C. uses his water ball attack like he did in Superfriends. |
36 | ** In the final act, A.C. remarks that he and Clark should start a "Junior Lifeguard Association," to which Clark replies he's "not ready for the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague JLA]] just yet." |
37 | ** A.C. refers to Clark as both "Super Boy" and a "[Big Blue] Boy Scout." |
38 | * OnlyAFleshWound: A.C to Lois after his earache out in the lake earlier. Though Lois insists he should see a doctor, A.C brushes it off as just a minor headache and (unknown to Lois) spontaneously recovers just from drinking glasses of water. |
39 | * PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The episode is almost entirely devoted to a reinvention of the classic Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} character, with little relation to the regular plot. It was later revealed that Creator/TheWB planned to launch a ''Smallville''-esque ''Aquaman'' series called ''Mercy Reef''. The proposed series would have diverged widely from the episode's version of the character; in the unaired pilot, Aquaman was played by Creator/JustinHartley rather than Creator/AlanRitchson, who played the character in ''Smallville''. After the pilot failed, Hartley was cast as ComicBook/GreenArrow on ''Smallville'' and Ritchson keep guest-starring as Aquaman. |
40 | * RescueRomance: Lois and A.C. romance starts with him rescuing her after she almost drowned. |
41 | * RomanticFalseLead: A.C. and Lois are ultimately this to each other. |
42 | * SarcasticConfession: Plenty involving fish puns. A.C. telling Lois he's "part fish". |
43 | * SexySurfacingShot: Lois surfacing out of the water in a bikini in SlowMotion, so the audience can drink in her curves. We even get a [[MaleGaze close up]] shot of her toned legs and navel. The shot would later make it into the [[TitleSequence opening credits]] when introducing Creator/EricaDurance as ComicBook/LoisLane. |
44 | * ShirtlessScene: A.C. in the teaser and later in the episode. |
45 | * ShoutOut: |
46 | ** Arthur tells Lex "I don't travel with an entourage." This is a possible reference to the television series ''Series/{{Entourage}}'', in which the main character plays Aquaman in a fictional motion picture. |
47 | ** The sequence of Lois [[SexySurfacingShot climbing out of the water]] early on in the episode is extremely reminiscent of the iconic scene in the film ''Film/FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh''. |
48 | ** Lois sarcastically telling Clark "Well, I know what you did this summer", a possible nod to ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer''. |
49 | ** Chloe asking "Where did [[Series/{{Baywatch}} Bobby Baywatch]] come from?" upon meeting A.C. |
50 | ** Lois telling A.C that his style "looks like Flipper threw up". |
51 | * StrappedToAnOperatingTable: A.C., after being captured by Lex. |
52 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: A.C. wants to protect the ocean and sea life, but his methods are questionable, to say the least. |
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