Bishop73

12th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Thirst - S5-E5

Trivia: This episode is a nod to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The episode was written by Steven DeKnight, who also wrote for and worked on the Buffy series and the spin-off "Angel." James Marster (who plays Milton Fine) starred in the Buffy series. The head vampire is name Buffy Sanders, a nod to Buffy Summers. We also learn that Buffy isn't the girl's real name but changed by Chloe in her story. At the end, Ms. Kahn says people don't want to read about "slaying Buffy the Vampire."

Bishop73

12th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Hidden - S5-E3

Stupidity: When Clark is trying to sneak Lana out of the house, they walk past the front door in order to go through the kitchen door, where they get caught. It makes no sense to not use the front door. This way Lana is already outside, the whole goal in the first place, should his mom or dad see them. Not to mention the fact that Lana's car is still parked outside and Johnathan or Martha would have seen it, so they shouldn't be surprised to see her in the house.

Bishop73

11th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Ageless - S4-E20

Trivia: The names of the students who RSVP'd to the party are names of people who worked on the show in some form, with the exception of the two characters in the episode, Karen and Tanner. Even the host of the party, Christina Verano, worked on the show.

Bishop73

10th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Ageless - S4-E20

Trivia: When looking at Karen in the yearbook, the other person on the page is listed as Jacquie Gould. Gould is a Canadian director out of Vancouver, where a lot of the show was filmed. She's credited as first assistant director for one episode.

Bishop73

10th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Spirit - S4-E18

Stupidity: When Lois, possessed by Dawn, comes downstairs and says she's going to the prom and Clark is taking her, Clark doesn't think for a moment it could be Dawn. He already knows Dawn can posses others, those people don't act like themselves, Dawn is obsessed with the prom, Lois isn't acting like herself, and Lois is now not only suddenly prom obsessed for no reason, but wants to go with Clark when she said that would never happen.

Bishop73

10th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Spirit - S4-E18

Stupidity: After the accident, Dawn is in spirit form on the road trying to wave down an oncoming car (driven by Martha Kent). Dawn doesn't know she's a spirit that can pass through objects at that point. Since Martha can't see her, she keeps driving straight towards Dawn. Dawn sees the vehicle isn't slowing down and instead of simply stepping out of the way to avoid getting hit, she turns her back, revealing to the audience that objects can pass through her now.

Bishop73

10th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Spirit - S4-E18

Trivia: When Dawn is looking through the yearbook, some of the names seen are people who worked on "Smallville." Mairzee Almas was one of the directors who would go on to direct Kreuk (Lana) in "Beauty and the Beast" and a few other DC shows. Assistant editor Anthony Ashley, assistant directors Jen Carpenter and Rob Duncan, costume designer Caroline Cranstoun, and location manager Michael Hauka. Many would also go on to work on other DC shows.

Bishop73

6th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

6th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Gone - S4-E2

Trivia: The Daily Planet article about Lionel Luther being found guilty was reported by Perry White. When Perry was seen in season 3, he was a disgraced reporter, after Lionel got him fired, who worked as a tabloid reporter. He vowed to get sober and get his career on track at the end of the episode "Perry." He isn't physically seen again until the end of season 9.

Bishop73

6th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Gone - S4-E2

Character mistake: When Chloe is rescued, and she sees Lois, she asks what's Lois is doing here. Lois says "putting the worst 2 months of my life behind me", indicating how long since Chloe supposedly died. But it had been three months at that point.

Bishop73

3rd Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

3rd Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Delete - S3-E11

Continuity mistake: When Clark goes to Molly's and Lex is there, Lex asks if this is the disc Clark is looking for. Lex holds the disc up in one shot between his 1st and 2nd finger. In the next shot he's holding it between his thumb and 1st finger.

Bishop73

1st Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Asylum - S3-E9

Audio problem: When one of the Ian doubles is talking to Lex, the other double is kicking Clark, but we don't hear any of the kicks, even though we hear them in other shots.

Bishop73

1st Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Shattered - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: In the shot of Lana being stepped on by the horse, her right arm is out by her side and her hair is covered with the wood shavings lining the stall. In the next shot of her, her right arm is up so that her right hand is by her head and her hair isn't covered with the shavings. Her arm is back out by her side in the next shot when Clark arrives.

Bishop73

1st Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Shattered - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When Lex and Clark go to where Lex saw Morgan and it's a bunch of people sewing, Lex grabs a man's hand and puts it on the table. On the table is a piece of fabric that the hands are on, but in the close up shot, there is no fabric. It's back in the next shot.

Bishop73

1st Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Relic - S3-E6

Other mistake: In the flashback to 1961, "Splendor in the Grass" is playing at the Talon. However, the film was released in October of 1961 and Louise McCallum was killed in June of 1961. So the flashback would be set before the film was released.

Bishop73

30th Nov 2022

Smallville (2001)

Perry - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Perry arrives at the Kent's, and they start talking, Clark has his hands in his pockets. After being asked it he's a report, Perry starts to walk around and the shot changes and Clark no longer has his hands in his pockets and is then seen putting them in them.

Bishop73

25th Nov 2022

Smallville (2001)

Redux - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: The "Go Crows" sign Lana is working on changes depending on the camera angle. From the front you can see the! at the end. In the close up shot of the sign, the! is now gone. When Lana underlines "crows" it's back but the writing is slightly different.

Bishop73

25th Nov 2022

Smallville (2001)

Nocturne - S2-E5

Revealing mistake: When Lionel is playing the piano while talking to Lex, you see inside the piano and none of the dampers are moving for the notes he's playing, revealing he's not really playing or even hitting the keys.

Bishop73

25th Nov 2022

Smallville (2001)

Nocturne - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Lex has the envelope and pulls it away from Lana as she grabs for it, the flap is opened, so the wax seal is on top. In the next shot the flap is folded down.

Bishop73

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