Tuesday November 18, 2008 6:25 pm
“Inside” Smallville
One of the subjects my comic shop customers love to discuss, besides “Heroes,” is “Smallville”. To survive nine seasons on TV is remarkable in itself, but one of the things I most enjoy is picking up the insider references that they toss in. My comic shop partner, Jason, hates every one of them. Here are a few of them.
Just this season, Clark had to change into a suit at the Daily Planet. The only available place was a telephone booth. Clark said that he wouldn’t change his clothes in a phone booth and Lois had to push him in. Clark’s dog, back at the farm, is named Krypto. When he first met Bart Allen AKA the Flash, Bart was fleeing from Clark when Clark ripped open his backpack. Out flew a bunch of phoney driver’s licenses in the names Jay Garrick, Wally West, and Barry Allen. Bart later suggests they form a club or a league. When Clark meets Arthur Curry AKA Aquaman, Arthur suggests to Clark that they fight crime on the land and sea. Clark responds that he isn’t ready for the Junior Lifeguards of America.
In the very first season Lois is reading a book and explains to Clark that Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus and asks him ” What planet are you from?” John Jones AKA the Martian Manhunter, drops Oreo cookies in his first appearance. Clark now works at a great metropolitan newspaper. Anyone remember others?
Personally, I love watching “Smallville” with my son and every time one of these inside references show up, I have to explain them to him. Father and son bonding - who knew Smallville could help.
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Comments:
Dude I like that you are a Smallville fan b/c I certainly am as well, but some of your stories are inacurate. Don’t take these comments the wrong way but if you are going to write a story then you need to know the facts.
1. Smallville is in it’s eighth season, not nineth.
2. Clark’s dog’s name is Shelby. Clark wanted to name it Krypto but Lois would not let him, she said it was a dumb name, so Martha told them that she had a dog once who’s name was Shelby. Lois and Clark agreed to the name and so now we have Shelby. But Lois did say that Clark could name his next dog Krypto.
3. Your story about Clark finding the licenses is inacurate. Clark snuck into Bart’s hotel room and opened the back pack that was laying on the couch. Clark was then confronted by Bart and as Clark asked him for his name he read off Barry, Wally and Jay’s names.
4. A.C. never really said anything about fighting crime on land.
5. Lois was not even in the first season, you are thinking of Lana.
But like I said I do love Smallville and I guess this just show’s how much of a nerd I am. Some references that I have picked up throughout the show that I can think of off of the top of my head are…
1. Johnathon Kent says Clark can be the world’s greatest hero or it’s most milled mannered citizen.
2. Clark uses ‘The Man of Tommorrow’ as his campain slogan when running in high school.
3. Recently in Season 8 ep 5 Clark told Lois ‘Statistacly speaking, it’s still the safest way to travel.’ When refering to taking the elevator over the stairs.
4. When Clark told Chloe that he came back in time to stop Lana from dieing in the 100th episode Chloe asked ‘What did you do spin the world around backwards on it’s axis?’ Or something to that extent. This was a reference to what Superman did in the Superman movie.
5. Bart filrts with Chloe and he tells her that ‘I’m from the future and I came back in time to tell you that one hundread years from now we are still in love.’ This is a reference to the fact that in the comic’s Bart is from the future.
There are dozens and dozens of others I think my post is long enough though.
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