Line #22 Recap/SmallvilleS07E10Persona


1	Originally aired January 31, 2008
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3	Written by Creator/HollyHenderson & Creator/DonWhitehead
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5	Directed by Creator/ToddSlavkin
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7	Still masquerading as Clark, Bizarro tracks down a severely-weakened Brainiac to seek a way to remain as Clark permanently, but Brainiac seizes an opportunity to repair himself. Jor-El frees Clark from captivity so he can defeat Bizarro.
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9	!!Tropes present in the episode:
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11	* AlasPoorVillain: Bizarro's death is somewhat sympathetic as he felt betrayed by the woman he fell in love with.
12	* AntagonisticOffspring: In the final act, Brainiac attacks and kills Dax-Ur, his original designer, to gain the information he needs to repair and upgrade himself.
13	* TheAtoner: Dax-Ur fled to Earth hundreds of years ago because he feared that his creation, Brainiac, had the potential to destroy entire worlds.
14	-->'''Dax-Ur:''' My work led to the creation of the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct. I realized much too late that my technology could lead to the destruction of worlds.
15	-->'''Clark:''' So, you came to Earth.
16	-->'''Dax-Ur:''' To clear my conscience.
17	* BadassBoast: Brainiac gives one to Bizarro after the latter mocks him.
18	-->'''Bizarro:''' Look at yourself. You can barely catch a rat.
19	-->'''Brainiac:''' I am the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct. No matter my form, my intellect remains formidable. Do not underestimate me.
20	* BadassFamily: The House of El, according to Dax-Ur.
21	-->'''Dax-Ur:''' ''[after Clark introduces himself as "Kal-El"]'' The House of El...you always were survivors.
22	* BecomingTheMask: Bizarro seems to have undergone this.
23	* BedTrick: Bizarro has sex with Lana while impersonating Clark.
24	* {{Bookends}}: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm and intimate moment in bed together, and ends with an emotionally-distant Clark and Lana silently getting into bed together.
25	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Dax-Ur's shield is activated by the user holding it and speaking his name aloud.
26	* ChekhovsGunman: Dax-Ur, who was previously mentioned in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS07E03Fierce Fierce]]," makes an appearance in this episode.
27	* ComeBackToBedHoney: When Lana leaves the bed to open the curtains and the sunlight triggers Bizarro's GlamorFailure.
28	-->'''Bizarro:''' ''[hiding from the sunlight]'' The sun's got nothing on you. Why don't you close those curtains, come back to bed?.
29	-->'''Lana:''' I guess I could spare a few extra minutes. ''[closes the curtains and joins him in bed]''
30	* DisappointedInYou: Lionel's words to Lex when confronting him about Grant being a clone of the late Julian Luthor.
31	-->'''Lionel:''' You may be his employer, but, uh, you can't claim him as if he were a piece of property. Do you believe you have the right to recycle your dead brother as if he were part of some sick vanity project?
32	-->'''Lex:''' Well, I only did what you never had the guts to do.
33	-->'''Lionel:''' What you've done is depraved. You disgust me!
34	-->'''Lex:''' You're telling me you wouldn't want to see Julian again? To look into the eyes of the son you lost?
35	-->'''Lionel:''' It's you I've lost. It's you I've lost. ''[leaves]''
36	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Bizarro's words to Lana before he explodes.
37	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Lana never suspects Bizarro isn't the Clark she knows.
38	* HalfHumanHybrid: Subverted with Dax-Ur's son Max; his father was under the Blue Kryptonite at the time of his conception, so he is just like a normal human child.
39	* InterspeciesRomance: Dax-Ur, a Kryptonian, married a human woman and had a son with her.
40	* IntriguedByHumanity: Bizarro becomes this, so much he asks Brainiac to let him be Clark permanently.
41	* KilledOffForReal: Dax-Ur, Bizarro and Grant.
42	* MindProbe: In the final act, Brainiac does this to Dax-Ur to obtain the information he needs to repair himself.
43	* ModestyBedsheet: Bizarro and Lana wear one during the intro.
44	* NotRightInTheBed: {{Subverted}}, even after sleeping with him, Lana is not suspicious of Bizarro, even though she knew she and Clark [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex couldn't consummate their relationship under normal circumstances.]]
45	* PlotDevice: Dax-Ur's shield, which teleports anyone who activates it to its owner's location.
46	* PowerNullifier: Dax-Ur wears a Blue Kryptonite bracelet to live as a human.
47	* RemakeCameo: Marc [=McClure=] (Dax-Ur) played Jimmy Olsen in the Creator/ChristopherReeve ''Film/{{Superman\|FilmSeries}}'' movies.
48	* SkywardScream: In the final act, Lex lets one out after he receives word that the assassin he hired killed Grant.
49	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Lana when she leaves the bed and walks naked to the open the curtains.
50	* VillainousCrush: Bizarro has one on Lana.
51	* XanatosSpeedChess: Brainiac pulls one to track down his creator, Dax-Ur. First, he directs Bizarro to find Dax-Ur; this leads Bizarro to search for Dax-Ur's shield, which leads him to the Fortress, alerting Jor-El to his return and prompting him to free Clark from his icy imprisonment. Clark then goes to [=LuthorCorp=] and speaks with Brainiac disguised as Lionel, who tells him how to use the shield. After obtaining the shield from Chloe (who kept it from Bizarro because she correctly suspected that he wasn't Clark), Clark activates it, causing it to emit a beacon that allows Brainiac to later find Dax-Ur.

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