Fun fact: Shawn Ashmore was offered the role of Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns after the first two X-Men movies' director left the series to direct that, but he declined due to conflicting schedule obligations with X-Men: The Last Stand. Both Superman Returns and Smallville, season 6, featuring their first appearance of Jimmy Olsen, occurred in 2006.
Fun fact: The plot involving a lightning and a Kryptonian giving powers to a normal human dates back to the early 90’s live action series “Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman” where the incident gives kryptonian powers to a young boy who was travelling on a plane that was flying near Superman during a storm. He claimed he was the son of Superman. In 1997 the same plot was used to create Livewire for the Animated Series. Finally, it was reused for Smallville with the addition of Kryptonite as a medium. Later in comics we come to know that when exposed to the radiation of a Blue Star, a Kryptonian can naturally bestow kryptonian powers to humans. Livewire is the only known case where the process does not bestow kryptonian powers, but in the story arc Superman Blue/Superman Red Clark loses his solar powers in favour of electric powers. As also Jon Kent, his son, recently gained electric powers, this may be a latent genetic trait that kicked in when Livewire got her powers from Supes.
Jon kent being exposed to a substance called lazurin idk if i spelled it right, is what actually caused jon to get his new electric powers but it uses up all his energy reserves. While very op its also risky which he actually kept in mind after he violated ultraman and later proceeded to use his new powers to neg diff injustice wonder woman before she can even react 😂😂😂.
You missed an earlier episode from Lois and Clark where he was struck by lightning stopping a suicide attempt while both were holding the gun that was actually the first time that series used that plot point not the episode with the kid that happened after Lois discovered Clark's double life which was the major plot point of that episode that Lois believed there were other secrets Clark was keeping from her. I'm literally rewatching the series again and had that order wrong myself.
Livewire got her powers when she was struck by lightning that passed through a Kryptonian. Unlike Eric Summers, she was not holding Kryptonite when it happened.
that was litterally the plot of smallville. have you not been paying attention? there were just a few exceptions where it was robotics. a few cases where it was some magical thing. and a couple of aliens.
Pretty much, if I’m correct, the kryptonite shards that fell down from space with baby Clark, gave almost half of the town their powers from its radiation.
@@redrasegarden thanks i choose to watch it since last christmas because i was born in early 2000s so the writers who made it they were the ones who made screen script of spider man 2 my fav super hero sequel so that's the big coincidence so in 12 days i will rewatch smallville show again on august i promise
this is a good presentation of his bio-electric field. That energy ripple on Clark chest as the lightning strikes is the field itself protecting him, and why the energy travelled to Eric is the Electric current being deflected by Clark's natural bio-field lol Granted they prolly just didn't have a spare shirt to burn a hole into, but the lore itself explains why his clothes sometimes doesn't get fucked up.
When eric flips that car I'm wondering how it was accomplished was it a cleverly hidden mechanical lift behind it? Or was the car a gigantic sponge from the props department? I saw one they used for agents of shield.
Sure but then he become a bully when he got powers so I got no sympathy for him I expected due to his pain to not act the same way so I respect someone like Clark where even with all his powers he didn’t abuse them.
@@jackbauer5455 yeah but can you blame him? Clark had people he could turn to.Pete,Chloe, Lana, his parents.Eric didn’t even have the last one, why wouldn’t he want to inflict his own karma?
@@redrasegarden Some people get a shitty hand in life its unfortunate but you can’t use that as justification to cause pain and suffering look at Nelson Mandela spent years in prison could of been angry his whole life instead he negotiated with apartheids supporters its easy to be lash out but it takes conviction and character to not retaliate .
the problem i have wityh power transference is that if the powers come fom someones upbringing and gentic stock as it did for WW84 or Smallville then how is that transferable .
@@friedfrog5447Bruh, with powers like that you can literally fly into space and find out if there are alien or not, doesn't have to search in Area 51.
I'm kinda curious what superpower he would get if Clark didn't interfere 🐺 Let's just say if the superpower that he would get wasn't Superpower Absorption
Radiation from kryptonite after the first meteor shower that brought Clark to Smallville in the beginning the towns ecosystem has been contaminated with various colors of kryptonite from green to blue to red even gold
Kryptonite brought in the meteor shower, when Clark's spaceship landed. It warps a person's mind though, turning them into an insane sociopath. Sometimes, their motives aren't actually insane, but the insanity is expressed through their complete indifference towards human life.
The problem with this is Shazam should basically just fly into Superman and amplify his own power by stealing Superman powers and keep in mind not all Kryptonian is weak against Kryptonite so maybe Shazam would be invulnerable to Kryptonite or at least to lightning lool
Excellent vid! Don't forget durability or invulnerability. Remember when the thug pulled a knife on Eric. Eric reflexively puts his hand up and the knife blade breaks into pieces.
I always find it super wierd when "powers" like supermans get passed on somwhow. Dont his abilities come from the fact that he is an alien/his body and nature? Makes zero sense that lighting and some glowing rock could switch that upXD
superman doesn't loose his powers when this happens. and the people who get TEMPORARY superman powers when this happens do not get the kryptonite weakness.
This is a stupid concept. Electricity + kryptonite and powers he has due to being kryptonian and a different cell structure which reacts to the sun and this gives him powers, can be transferred? How exactly?
Smallville was a great series. Timeless TV.
One of my favorites
God i love Smallville. Every student looked 35 and they genuinely used U2 on their soundtrack unironically. Might have to start a rewatch.
What is U2?
cant watch it anymore. the blond girl was the head of the child sex ring like epstein.
god im old@@Metalffe
@@Metalffegod i'm old/2
Fuck answer the question, im old too BUT I DONT FUGGIN KNO
I love how he got his revenge on those bullies, including his father. Pity it was short lived though and they survived to tell the tale.
Those bullies were terrible, don't get me wrong, but even they don't deserve death.
Cool fact. Eric is played by Shawn Ashmore, who is the twin brother of Aaron Ashmore who played Jimmy Olsen in later seasons of the show
It's pretty funny that they used the twin for another character.
Another cool fact Aaron ashmore is ice man in the X-men
👍🏾
Fun fact: Shawn Ashmore was offered the role of Jimmy Olsen in Superman Returns after the first two X-Men movies' director left the series to direct that, but he declined due to conflicting schedule obligations with X-Men: The Last Stand. Both Superman Returns and Smallville, season 6, featuring their first appearance of Jimmy Olsen, occurred in 2006.
So that's not Iceman?
Smallville super speed and strength are so solid for effects even for todays tv standards.
Thanks for keeping this shows legacy alive!
Props to Clark for being such a good actor and letting himself be thrown like that
He didn't. All of Clark's powers went into Eric
Fun fact:
The plot involving a lightning and a Kryptonian giving powers to a normal human dates back to the early 90’s live action series “Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman” where the incident gives kryptonian powers to a young boy who was travelling on a plane that was flying near Superman during a storm. He claimed he was the son of Superman. In 1997 the same plot was used to create Livewire for the Animated Series. Finally, it was reused for Smallville with the addition of Kryptonite as a medium. Later in comics we come to know that when exposed to the radiation of a Blue Star, a Kryptonian can naturally bestow kryptonian powers to humans. Livewire is the only known case where the process does not bestow kryptonian powers, but in the story arc Superman Blue/Superman Red Clark loses his solar powers in favour of electric powers. As also Jon Kent, his son, recently gained electric powers, this may be a latent genetic trait that kicked in when Livewire got her powers from Supes.
Jon kent being exposed to a substance called lazurin idk if i spelled it right, is what actually caused jon to get his new electric powers but it uses up all his energy reserves. While very op its also risky which he actually kept in mind after he violated ultraman and later proceeded to use his new powers to neg diff injustice wonder woman before she can even react 😂😂😂.
You missed an earlier episode from Lois and Clark where he was struck by lightning stopping a suicide attempt while both were holding the gun that was actually the first time that series used that plot point not the episode with the kid that happened after Lois discovered Clark's double life which was the major plot point of that episode that Lois believed there were other secrets Clark was keeping from her. I'm literally rewatching the series again and had that order wrong myself.
Favorite show of all time forever!! Absolutely LOVE the podcast
0:54 I'm incline to believing this scene was inspired by 2002's Spider-Man when Peter realize he could see clearer without his glasses
This episode aired 3 months before the spider man movie came out
Whoever’s reading this comment , you’re eternally worthy of having superpowers like Eric Summers , because you’re the best of us , thanks for existing
thank i want them
@@eriksmit5049 Ok
U too
@@kb6900 Thanks man
@@Mr.Death101 Use them secretly and thanks for telling me but delete your comment to avoid putting yourself at risk , like right now
Livewire got her powers when she was struck by lightning that passed through a Kryptonian. Unlike Eric Summers, she was not holding Kryptonite when it happened.
But if she were she would have supergirls powers
Because it's different in every DC Universes.
@@GuyMcPherson69 but she did she would have supergirls powers
Maybe she had Meta Gene?
I remember the day these episodes came out. 🤗
now i think almost everyone in smallvile got superpowers by Kryptonite
that was litterally the plot of smallville. have you not been paying attention?
there were just a few exceptions where it was robotics. a few cases where it was some magical thing. and a couple of aliens.
Pretty much, if I’m correct, the kryptonite shards that fell down from space with baby Clark, gave almost half of the town their powers from its radiation.
Where’s Professor X and Rogue, when you need them?
Eric would be best bud with Pyro
Smallville - one love❤
Fitting that Clark’s mission to get his powers back is his version of “With great power comes great responsibility.”
Cool fact, Eric is called superboy in his episode
What a good show.
I love smallville
Isn’t that the guy who played Bobby in X-men
Yes... you damn right.
Yep,pre iceman and seemingly more interesting!
And Jake in Animorphs
@@lightheart5 who?
@@calebsoria1777 Shawn Ashmore
I can’t believe I forgot Shawn Ashmore was on Smallville so bizarre since his brother Aaron was on it as a regular!
something tells me i would like to rewatch smallville show again
Got Hulu?
@@redrasegarden no but i got dvd collection since last christmas
@@tobycattel ah, just as good
@@redrasegarden thanks i choose to watch it since last christmas because i was born in early 2000s so the writers who made it they were the ones who made screen script of spider man 2 my fav super hero sequel so that's the big coincidence so in 12 days i will rewatch smallville show again on august i promise
@@tobycattel y wait?
Eric shimmer would have been a interesting character to bring to the arrowverse
Lmao i forgot how every metal in Smallville crumbled into pieces instead of bending lol
DID YOU PEEP GAME? Shawn Ashmore played the Villain in Smallville and Iceman (X Men) the hero.
this is a good presentation of his bio-electric field. That energy ripple on Clark chest as the lightning strikes is the field itself protecting him, and why the energy travelled to Eric is the Electric current being deflected by Clark's natural bio-field lol
Granted they prolly just didn't have a spare shirt to burn a hole into, but the lore itself explains why his clothes sometimes doesn't get fucked up.
The constant tossing people around is absolutely hilarious
i love gym scene
When eric flips that car I'm wondering how it was accomplished was it a cleverly hidden mechanical lift behind it? Or was the car a gigantic sponge from the props department? I saw one they used for agents of shield.
I love this scene 💯🔥🥰
which one
Most thought he was the villain Leech until the real one came.
love that 2000s vibe
I always felt for Eric. Constantly bullied, no real friends, dad was an ass hole. He was just a kid that got a bum deal
Sure but then he become a bully when he got powers so I got no sympathy for him I expected due to his pain to not act the same way so I respect someone like Clark where even with all his powers he didn’t abuse them.
@@jackbauer5455 yeah but can you blame him? Clark had people he could turn to.Pete,Chloe, Lana, his parents.Eric didn’t even have the last one, why wouldn’t he want to inflict his own karma?
@@redrasegarden Some people get a shitty hand in life its unfortunate but you can’t use that as justification to cause pain and suffering look at Nelson Mandela spent years in prison could of been angry his whole life instead he negotiated with apartheids supporters its easy to be lash out but it takes conviction and character to not retaliate .
@@jackbauer5455 I understand, but that’s easier to say when you have people to turn to, which Eric, unfortunately, did not.
@@redrasegarden Maybe there is a reason he had no-one. You see how he is an asshole to his "friend" in prison.
0:09 iceman Bobby
is he the one who plays iceman in X-Men?, his face looks similar
Yep! His name is Shawn Ashmore.
@@derrelkizis7865 Thank you for answering my question
@@alexandria764You're welcome.
His casualness though @ 2:38. 🤣
hot
Wait a minute isn't this the same guy who did Iceman from the X-Men trilogy?
Woah thats iceman and the lawyer in the rookie show 😮.. heard his twin was considered to be also the photographer in superman returns..
Smallville had a unique habit of making the nerds and those who got picked on or mistreated the villains.
the problem i have wityh power transference is that if the powers come fom someones upbringing and gentic stock as it did for WW84 or Smallville then how is that transferable .
E o mesmo ator que interpretou o irmão do ciclope summers no filme dos Xman ?
I can’t tell if that’s Shawn or Aaron, honestly.
Stabbers in Smallville must have some biceps with the way they always manage to completely shatter the knife.
Do one for The Legion.
Dang Ice Man is fast & strong😂😂😂
Buffy's brother?
4:21 No way is that Jonathan Tyler Thomas!?
That's him and Shawn/Aaron Ashmore (I don't know which twin, but I know one of the play Jimmy in the latter seasons of the show).
@@JT-fq2blShawn played Eric, Aaron played Jimmy
I wish I had superman powers like him
me too , what you do with them
@@eriksmit5049go to area 51 with super speed
@@friedfrog5447 why
@@eriksmit5049 see what they're hiding
@@friedfrog5447Bruh, with powers like that you can literally fly into space and find out if there are alien or not, doesn't have to search in Area 51.
Is Erick and Jimmy the same actor?
Yeah
They’re twin brothers, Eric is played by Shawn Ashmore and Jimmy is played by Aaron Ashmore
Back when the CW network had GOOD, decent heroic stories!!!!! No politics or pandering.
2:26 I know that song 🎧
What song is it
@@LeightonChitwood Bonecracker by shocore
What happened to him at the end?
It's crazy how his brother came in as Jimmy Olsen
Am I remembering wrong? Didn’t that guy play Jimmy?
His twin brother did (Aaron Ashmore). He has a crooked face, rather than this guy (Shawn Ashmore), that's how I find I can tell the difference.
Didn't he play Iceman in X-men ?
Yup
Pretty much his only power is stealing powers through the use of electricity and kryptonite
I'm kinda curious what superpower he would get if Clark didn't interfere
🐺
Let's just say if the superpower that he would get wasn't Superpower Absorption
Bobby ice man
This guy looks just like Henry "Jimmy" Olsen And James Bartholomew Olsen. Triplets perhaps? 🤔
No, he's Aaron's twin brother, Shaun! 😁
Can you do "Ellen O'Donnell" from "Nowhere Boys"?
What gives so many people powers in Smallville?
Usually it's kryptonite, which is why there sometimes called "meteor freaks".
Radiation from kryptonite after the first meteor shower that brought Clark to Smallville in the beginning the towns ecosystem has been contaminated with various colors of kryptonite from green to blue to red even gold
Kryptonite brought in the meteor shower, when Clark's spaceship landed. It warps a person's mind though, turning them into an insane sociopath. Sometimes, their motives aren't actually insane, but the insanity is expressed through their complete indifference towards human life.
Ryan mind powers
Is that bobby or his brother?
Imagine if lex Luthor discovered this
That would have been a great episode! He would have become a true supervillain and unstoppable.
@ac725 yeah and he would go after those who both betrayed him and defey him and worst of all kill them
The problem with this is Shazam should basically just fly into Superman and amplify his own power by stealing Superman powers and keep in mind not all Kryptonian is weak against Kryptonite so maybe Shazam would be invulnerable to Kryptonite or at least to lightning lool
shazam is not kryptonian so you are correct this episode is one of the many dumb episode of smallville
Excellent vid! Don't forget durability or invulnerability. Remember when the thug pulled a knife on Eric. Eric reflexively puts his hand up and the knife blade breaks into pieces.
Invulnerability is at the 0:45 mark
@@ThrowbackStudioz Thanks for pointing it out.
Last name is Summers and is Played by Bobby Drake’s actor
1:37,2:26,2:39
If you any of you had leeching powers, what would your superhero/supervillain name be?
I would cal myself *The Slightly orange Duck*
I honestly thought Eric Summers was sort of a Easter egg to Parasite.
I always find it super wierd when "powers" like supermans get passed on somwhow. Dont his abilities come from the fact that he is an alien/his body and nature? Makes zero sense that lighting and some glowing rock could switch that upXD
i completely agree with this. kal-el/clark dna is kryptonian. if his powers got transferred, it should be temporary not permanently
is he related to Cyclops and Havok? 😅
This is how homeland was born😂😂
Sean Ashmore really has super range
Какой это сезон и какая серия?
Neverever Underestimate The Power of the Iceman
Eric Harris in another universe.
Iceman becomes guy with all powers
i love to have it
Gabby-you alright where you at
That's Jimmy Olsen right?
Jimmy,is that you?
Every single time I see bro he has powers 😂
What season is this from?
S1: 12EP : leech. ur welcome😉
@@Ist... Thanks. I have the series on dvd, but haven’t watched it in a while.
how many times is my boi clark gonna get tossed😩
Come on Iceman...
... make a move
I liked him better as Bobby Drake in X-Men😊
I know that man..in the x man the iceman
Iceman is so villainous!
I'm very confused is this power only got Eric or anyone who uses electricity with kryptonite
Whoa! Eric threw Clark like a sack of potatoes like hes nothing
superman doesn't loose his powers when this happens.
and the people who get TEMPORARY superman powers when this happens do not get the kryptonite weakness.
0:54 ok bob the iceman
Think Twice About Messing with Anyone who Has Been Bullied
Didn't he play jimmy roo
Iceman was in Smallville huh
Very strange to decide to have twin brothers play 2 different characters.
Title please
1:02
I never knew ice man was in DC too.😊
This is a stupid concept. Electricity + kryptonite and powers he has due to being kryptonian and a different cell structure which reacts to the sun and this gives him powers, can be transferred? How exactly?
This was one of those young adult channels notorious for having a big IP, a fair amount of money, and not much writing talent.