Bishop73

14th Jan 2023

Arrow (2012)

14th Jan 2023

The Flash (2014)

Trivia: Starting in season 4, Jessica Parker Kennedy plays Nora West-Allen, also known as "XS." In the TV series "Smallville", Kennedy plays Plastique. In the comics, Plastique's first appearance was in "The Fury of Firestorm" #7. Firestorm was a reoccurring character in "The Flash", mainly in season 1.

Bishop73

5th Jan 2023

Smallville (2001)

Warrior - S9-E12

Trivia: This episode bares some resemblance to the story of Captain Marvel, also known as Shazam. In it, young Alec Abrams magically turns into an adult, Steven Swift who is the superhero Angel Warrior. Stephen Swift is played by Carlo Marks. Marks appeared in season 7 as Chloe's fiancé in an alternate reality where Kal-El never came to Earth.

Bishop73

2nd Jan 2023

Smallville (2001)

28th Dec 2022

Man of Steel (2013)

Trivia: Tahmoh Penikett, who plays Zed Eubanks, appeared in the TV series "Smallville" as two different characters.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Prototype - S6-E21

Trivia: Tahmoh Penikett appears in this episode, and "Nemesis" as Wes Keenan, who gained super powers after being injected with the DNA of kryptonite-infected humans as part of Project Ares. Penikett also appeared in season 3 as Vince Davis, who came back to life after being given the Lazarus Serum, which was made from the blood of Clark Kent. The Lazarus Serum was a project by Lionel Luther and Project Ares was a project by Lex Luther.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Black Adam (2022)

Trivia: The take off of the jet with the grounds opening up is similar to the X-Men's jet taking off with the basketball court opening up. The statue that moves is a steel eagle. Steel Eagle is the name of the Justice Society of America's jet in the comics.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Man of Steel (2013)

28th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Pilot - S1-E1

Trivia: When Clark is on the computer, there's an article about a teen becoming the fastest man alive, normally a title for the Flash. The article names the teen Scott Higgs though, who isn't the Flash. The article says he ran the 100-m dash in 2.4 seconds, which is about 93 miles per hour. In the article it said the old record was 8.5 seconds. In real life, the record in 2001 was 9.79 seconds, so it seems the Smallville universe has several fast metahumans.

Bishop73

Trivia: Near the end when the band is getting set up on MP 46, Death is talking to the robot Dennis. There's a Circle K billboard behind them. Circle K is where Bill and Ted first met Rufus in the first Bill and Ted film.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Trivia: Justin Hartley, who plays Oliver Queen and joined the show in 2006, also starred in the unaired pilot of "Aquaman" (2006) as Arthur Curry. "Aquaman" was created by "Smallville" creators Gough and Millar. They didn't want "Aquaman" to be a spin-off "Smallville" so they didn't use Alan Ritchson, who had already played Arthur Curry in "Smallville." The show was scheduled to air on The WB, but when The WB and UPN were shut down, The CW was formed. The CW opted not to pick up the series.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Exposed - S5-E6

Trivia: Additional references to the show "The Dukes of Hazzard"; Senator Jennings (Tom Wopat) drives a '68 Dodge Charger, similar to the '69 Charger in DoH. Jennings mentions Jonathan outrunning cops when he was younger by driving through Chickasaw County, a fictional county in DoH the Dukes often weren't allowed to enter because of their probation, and were sometimes chased by the sheriff. And Jack Jennings' name is a nod to Waylon Jennings, who wrote the DoH theme song and was the Balladeer.

Bishop73

28th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

24th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

19th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Zod - S6-E1

Trivia: Aaron Ashmore appears for the first time as Jimmy Olsen. Aaron's twin brother, Shawn Ashmore, played Eric Summers in season 1 (and again in season 3). Aaron appeared throughout season 6,7, and 8, until Jimmy's death. Aaron would later play Jimmy's younger brother at the end of season 10. Incidentally, it was Shawn who played the superhero Iceman (Bobby Drake) in the X-Men films.

Bishop73

12th Dec 2022

Smallville (2001)

Exposed - S5-E6

Trivia: The name on the fake password for Lois Lane is "Margot Neill", a reference to Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the Superman film series of the 70's and 80's, and Noel Neill who played her in the film serials and the '50s television series.

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

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

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.

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