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“Chloe” Wasn’t Supergirl’s Only Smallville Reference In “Midvale”

The Supergirl episode “Midvale” was chock full of Smallville.

Published

8 years ago

November 14, 2017

Much fanfare was made about the reference to “Clark’s friend Chloe” in the November 13 episode of Supergirl, which was titled “Midvale…” but upon further inspection, that’s far from the only reference in this Smallville-iest episode of the Girl of Steel’s TV series.

For starters, Midvale High School might look a little familiar… it’s Vancouver Technical Secondary School, which as you can see to your left occasionally doubled as Smallville High on the 2001-2011 WB/CW show that starred Tom Welling as Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman.

This episode also featured a Smallville tribute in the presence of Erica Durance, who played “Noel Neill” (really J’Onn in disguise.) Interestingly, her voice seemed to have a little bit of Smallville’s “Sheriff Nancy Adams” within; we aren’t sure if that was intentional or not, but we liked it. On Smallville, of course, Erica Durance played Lois Lane, and now she is the second actress to play Kara’s Kryptonian mother Alura on Supergirl.

One could argue the whole “speed in and knock someone out” move was perfected by Welling’s Clark Kent in the early years of the WB series, where it seemed villains were always put out of commission before they realized the farm boy from Kansas was saving the day.

Of course, the idea of a young man using a telescope to peer into the stars was something that Clark Kent would do in the early days of Smallville. Like young Kenny, sometimes he also would use that telescope to look at things that are closer to home, like Lana (Kristin Kreuk).

No Super-costume was seen in this episode, which again, was a Smallville mainstay.

For those of us who may have visited this very website and obsessed over Smallville, it’s kind of weird to see a flashback period piece to something that would have gone on during Smallville Season 7… but it’s pretty cool, isn’t it?

Our thanks to the Supergirl team for “always holding on.” Play “Save Me” for us next time, though?

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New Video Spotlights Superman References on Smallville

Warner Bros. celebrates the Superman references of Smallville in a new video.

Published

1 month ago

January 1, 2026

Craig Byrne

We’re starting to think someone at the Warner Bros. social media team may be a Smallville fan as they have recently posted a new video spotlighting the references to Superman on Smallville. Of course, it’s not every reference ever, but it’s nice to see the show being spotlighted by WB and DC in this day and age, especially now that we are in the year that will mark 25 years since the premiere of Smallville on October 16, 2001. With ten seasons and 218 episodes, there’s a lot to choose from! (Yes, 218. “Absolute Justice” counts as two!)

What was your favorite Superman reference? Leave some comments below and unless there’s some kind of disaster, we promise the KryptonSite Forums will return sooner rather than later! Happy Anniversary Year, everybody!

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Michael Rosenbaum on Smallville Animated, Favorite Lexes & More

Michael Rosenbaum spoke with Bleeding Cool about his version of Lex Luthor on Smallville and offers a Smallville animated update

Published

2 months ago

November 28, 2025

Craig Byrne

Michael Rosenbaum recently spoke with the Bleeding Cool website about a number of topics, including the much-asked-about Smallville animated project. Unfortunately, the latest seems to be no update on what we’ve heard before.

“I would say the Smallville animated series that I created, and we have Al and Miles, creators of Smallville, who are in, and Tom Welling. We want to do it, and it’s just got to be the right timing. Right now, I’m not sure it is, but we’ll see. I think it will happen at some point, but I don’t know when. I wish I had an oracle, but I hope it comes to fruition,” Michael told them.

Rosenbaum also discussed the things that really made his Lex Luthor work.

“Ultimately, if you don’t know anything about the character’s past or don’t know why he became evil, then to me, you’re missing the special sauce and the ingredients. That’s what is most important to me. I knew I was playing a character, we were going to delve into his past, his childhood, his relationship with his father, and with other people. We saw him evolve, and I thought that’s what was interesting,” he said. “I thought the creators (behind Smallville, Al (Gough) and Miles (Millar) did a terrific job, and that’s why people liked what I did, because I had the opportunity to be likable, lovable, and be understood, and then I turned. You know why I did, and to me, that’s the best villain. When you see different layers, that’s all I’ll say about that. There have been some great actors to play Lex, but I think that’s the most important thing to me, and I had the luxury of having years to develop and become the ultimate villain,” he continued.

As for his favorite Lex Luthor actors?

Michael’s favorite is Gene Hackman “because of the nostalgia,” and he loves Nicholas Hoult’s take on the character from James Gunn’s 2025 Superman film. He also had fond things to say about Michael Cudlitz and Jon Cryer.

You can read the full Bleeding Cool interview here.

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Salute to Smallville 2026 Adds Erica Durance & Laura Vandervoort

Erica Durance and Laura Vandervoort will be attending the 2026 Salute to Smallville convention in Nashville.

Published

2 months ago

November 20, 2025

Craig Byrne

The 2026 Salute to Smallville convention celebrating the 25th anniversary of Smallville is happening in Nashville on November 6 & 7, and while that time is a little less than a year away, Creation Entertainment is already adding more guests!

Previously, the convention announced Tom Welling (Clark Kent), Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor), Eric Johnson (Whitney Fordman), and Adrianne Palicki (Lindsay Harrison/”Kara” from “Covenant”) – today, they are announcing two of Smallville’s most popular actors to the roster. Who, you ask?

The first of the two guests joined Smallville in Season 4. Originally set for only four episodes, she was so well liked and did such a great job in the role that she kept coming back… and coming back… and ultimately, the show was able to give us the actual Lois Lane that we all deserved, finally allowing Clark and Lois to be romantic on the show. We are talking, of course, about Erica Durance!

Next up is our favorite Supergirl, with no offense to others who have played the role. Yes, actor and award-winning director Laura Vandervoort is coming too! Laura was busy getting married at the time of the second Salute, and it’ll be great to see her again.

DISCLAIMER: KryptonSite webmaster and Salute to Smallville co-emcee Craig Byrne who wrote this article also is an employee of Creation Entertainment. But trust that means that I know full well how great we plan on making it!