The 10 Biggest Changes Smallville Made To Superman & His World
Smallville has a complicated relationship with the wider Superman universe. It simultaneously serves as a prequel showing Clark Kent"s teenage years and a re-imagining of his early years as a superhero. Though Clark does not officially become Superman until the final episode, he"s already a hero. In fact, he faces many of his biggest foes, joins the proto-Justice League, and even falls in love with Lois Lane, all before he dons the cape.
Some characters received complete overhauls, such as Mister Mxyzptlk being a high school student with mind control powers instead of an imp. Others have smaller characteristics shifted, like the Wonder Twins being comically incompetent. Even so, these changes pale in comparison to the most substantial the show made to Clark"s life and timeline. Here are 10 of the biggest changes Smallville made to the Superman lore:
10 Clark Developed All of His Powers Separately Clark's Abilities Were Spread Out Across The Seasons Close Instead of Smallville having a fully-powered Clark from the get-go, he slowly gained his powers over the course of 10 seasons. Interestingly, his abilities were still the result of Earth"s yellow sun, but the earlier seasons of the show presented them as being tied to puberty. This is easily explained. Neither Clark nor his parents knew his true heritage, so it"s a fair assumption on their part, especially since his heat vision was triggered by his attraction to a teacher.
In season 1, Clark is already strong and super fast, but he also develops X-Ray vision, followed by heat vision in season 2, super hearing in season 3, super breath in season 6, and flight in the series finale. Notably, however, Clark flies in season 4, but this ability is temporary, as Clark was reprogrammed by Jor-El at the time and loses the power upon regaining his original identity.
9 Clark’s Closest Ally Was An Original Character Chloe Sullivan Sticks With Clark Through Thick And Thin Close Chloe Sullivan is the only character other than Clark to retain main role status throughout all 10 seasons of Smallville. She starts off as Clark"s friend with a not-so-secret crush on him, and the two go through a roller coaster of emotions before becoming cemented as each other"s closest platonic relationship. Chloe borrows a lot of traits from Lois Lane. She"s a plucky aspiring journalist whose investigations often push the plot forward, and her not knowing Clark"s secret can lead to conflict in the early seasons.
This tracks because Chloe is actually Lois" first cousin, thus setting up the latter"s introduction into the show. Once Lois joins Smallville, Chloe is slowly shifted out of the journalist role and more into that of "guy-in the-chair," as she learns the secret identities of both Clark and Green Arrow/Oliver Queen. She is a fun addition to the show and plays off of Clark"s seriousness well, especially in the later seasons when the crush storyline is dropped.
8 Clark Arrived In A Meteor Shower![]()
Instead of only sending Superman plummeting to Earth, Krypton also sent huge chunks of his home planet to Kansas in Smallville. This change, on the surface, would seem like solely a convenient way to make sure that Clark"s weakness is prevalent in his hometown, but it impacts the series in other major ways, too. Lana Lang"s parents die in the kryptonite meteor shower that brought Clark, which gives him a sense of unearned guilt during their relationship. Additionally, she wears a necklace made from kryptonite, which serves as a physical barrier to their romance early on.
Perhaps a bigger result of the meteor shower is its creation of a bunch of metahumans. These super-powered individuals derived their abilities from kryptonite radiation, earning them the nickname "Meteor Freaks." Most of the early episodes featured these characters as one-off villains, and while it got repetitive in later seasons, this gave the show a dependable episodic formula.
7 Doomsday Has A “Human” Side Davis Bloome Had Anger Issues Close One of the strange decisions the writers of Smallville made was to incorporate Doomsday--as in the character most known for killing Superman. This iteration of the character was unusual at best. Instead of being a pure monster, Doomsday had a human alter ego, Davis Bloome. The revised origin of Doomsday painted him as the genetically engineered "son" of Zod and Faora, who was attached to Clark"s ship. He"s somewhat like the Hulk in that the monster emerges from the man when he"s angry or in distress.
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Some characters received complete overhauls, such as Mister Mxyzptlk being a high school student with mind control powers instead of an imp. Others have smaller characteristics shifted, like the Wonder Twins being comically incompetent. Even so, these changes pale in comparison to the most substantial the show made to Clark"s life and timeline. Here are 10 of the biggest changes Smallville made to the Superman lore:
10 Clark Developed All of His Powers Separately Clark's Abilities Were Spread Out Across The Seasons Close Instead of Smallville having a fully-powered Clark from the get-go, he slowly gained his powers over the course of 10 seasons. Interestingly, his abilities were still the result of Earth"s yellow sun, but the earlier seasons of the show presented them as being tied to puberty. This is easily explained. Neither Clark nor his parents knew his true heritage, so it"s a fair assumption on their part, especially since his heat vision was triggered by his attraction to a teacher.
In season 1, Clark is already strong and super fast, but he also develops X-Ray vision, followed by heat vision in season 2, super hearing in season 3, super breath in season 6, and flight in the series finale. Notably, however, Clark flies in season 4, but this ability is temporary, as Clark was reprogrammed by Jor-El at the time and loses the power upon regaining his original identity.
9 Clark’s Closest Ally Was An Original Character Chloe Sullivan Sticks With Clark Through Thick And Thin Close Chloe Sullivan is the only character other than Clark to retain main role status throughout all 10 seasons of Smallville. She starts off as Clark"s friend with a not-so-secret crush on him, and the two go through a roller coaster of emotions before becoming cemented as each other"s closest platonic relationship. Chloe borrows a lot of traits from Lois Lane. She"s a plucky aspiring journalist whose investigations often push the plot forward, and her not knowing Clark"s secret can lead to conflict in the early seasons.
This tracks because Chloe is actually Lois" first cousin, thus setting up the latter"s introduction into the show. Once Lois joins Smallville, Chloe is slowly shifted out of the journalist role and more into that of "guy-in the-chair," as she learns the secret identities of both Clark and Green Arrow/Oliver Queen. She is a fun addition to the show and plays off of Clark"s seriousness well, especially in the later seasons when the crush storyline is dropped.
8 Clark Arrived In A Meteor Shower
Instead of only sending Superman plummeting to Earth, Krypton also sent huge chunks of his home planet to Kansas in Smallville. This change, on the surface, would seem like solely a convenient way to make sure that Clark"s weakness is prevalent in his hometown, but it impacts the series in other major ways, too. Lana Lang"s parents die in the kryptonite meteor shower that brought Clark, which gives him a sense of unearned guilt during their relationship. Additionally, she wears a necklace made from kryptonite, which serves as a physical barrier to their romance early on.Perhaps a bigger result of the meteor shower is its creation of a bunch of metahumans. These super-powered individuals derived their abilities from kryptonite radiation, earning them the nickname "Meteor Freaks." Most of the early episodes featured these characters as one-off villains, and while it got repetitive in later seasons, this gave the show a dependable episodic formula.
7 Doomsday Has A “Human” Side Davis Bloome Had Anger Issues Close One of the strange decisions the writers of Smallville made was to incorporate Doomsday--as in the character most known for killing Superman. This iteration of the character was unusual at best. Instead of being a pure monster, Doomsday had a human alter ego, Davis Bloome. The revised origin of Doomsday painted him as the genetically engineered "son" of Zod and Faora, who was attached to Clark"s ship. He"s somewhat like the Hulk in that the monster emerges from the man when he"s angry or in distress.
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