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Fridge Brilliance

• The reason why Superman has such trouble fighting the Stranger for the first time is because he is secretly holding Kryptonite, and he doesn't give Superman enough time to react when he gets it out, since he immediately stabs him.
• A bit of Dramatic Irony: Lana used to have a crush on Kal-El. Now what's her husband's name? Kyle, which sounds almost exactly the same.
  • As of Season 3, Lana is showing Ship Tease with John Henry, Superman's Legacy Character in the comics. Talk about having a type!
• The twins are named after Clark's adoptive and birth fathers, Jonathan Kent and Jor-El. Their other grandfather is Sam Lane. The twins are broadly based on Jonathan Samuel Kent. In the comic story Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, Clark used the alias "Jordan Elliot" as a nod to Jor-El. Ergo, if they have middle names, Jonathan's is probably "Samuel" and Jordan's is "Elliot".
• Jonathan looks a bit like Edge, which would have come from Lara, who is Edge's mother and Jonathan's grandmother.
  • His lighter hair than the rest of the family could also take after his grandfather Sam Lane, or a combination of all of the above (since a recessive gene from both parents can result in that gene being expressed in the child).
• Almost every version of Lois Lane, in pretty much every medium, is married to her Earth's version of Superman. Even in the Stranger's Earth...where she's married to someone else: John Henry Irons, Superman's Legacy Character in the comics!
• Superman managing to just make it to the Fortress after initiating a Solar Flare was more than likely helped by him getting extra energy from the other Subjekts using heat vision to attack him. By using that as fuel he didn't have to expel as much energy during the Flare so he was able to use what was left to get to the Fortress.
• Aside from the absence of the other heroes, there are a few other bits of foreshadowing that this is a different world.
  • There are a few times when Clark, Tal-Rho and Jordan fly around in space, when Supergirl established that Kryptonians from that universe cannot fly in space unaided.
  • Episode 1x11 shows Clark proposing to Lois in a different manner than the proposal we saw at the end of Elseworlds.
  • Sam Lane and “Morgan Edge” are different people physically and mentally, while the latter also applies to Lucy Lane.
  • Clark's Fortress is less crystalline and more like an ice cavern, in contrast to its design on Earth-Prime.
• Clark reveals in 2x13 that he's a Star Wars fan. Of course he is! It's a series about idealistic humans and aliens that look human (or human-ish, for the most part) who fight for truth, justice, and a better tomorrow. More than that, the main character is a young man (well, in the first two trilogies, anyway) struggling to come to terms with the powers he was born with that set him apart from everyone else, and to learn how to use those powers for good. Sound familiar?
• Lana ends season two deciding to not reunite with Kyle. While the cheating is still a factor, keep in mind that she is keeping Clark's secret from him. The last thing she wants is go back to a marriage filled with lies again.
• While never stated outright, it can be deduced Bizarro Kal-El's point of divergence from Clark's in terms of their personalities comes from the fact his that pod didn't land in Smallville and thus, was never raised by the Kents. This means that while he shares Clark's fundamental goodness, he didn't have a tight-knit family or community to teach him humility or instill an appreciation for the simplicity of a farmer's life, hence why it was easier for Bizarro Kal-El to fall into the trap of being a Celebrity Superhero.
• Lois states that Clark is a terrible driver. Given that he can fly and run at super-speed, it's doubtful that he's ever felt the need to drive very often, so he hasn't practiced all that much. Furthermore, growing up in a small town like Smallville (which is probably very walkable), he probably had even less need or desire to do so as a teenager, especially since he doesn't seem like he would've felt the need for independence that characterizes a lot of young drivers. Given that he spent some time wandering the Earth and training in the Arctic, he may not have gotten a license until he settled down in Metropolis.
  • It also may be a subtle mythology gag to his cousin's show, where Alex states that Kara is a terrible driver as well.
• Unlike in The Flash, very rarely do we see papers go flying when Clark or Jordan moves at super-speed. About the only times we see it happen are at the Gazette or the DOD. Because he grew up with super-speed, Jonathan and Martha Kent no doubt invested in paperweights when he was young, and Clark and Lois followed suit.

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