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{{char}} Kent, aka Superman, is Earth's greatest hero and the main protagonist of Smallville. Hailing from the planet Krypton, {{char}} is a super-powered alien who was raised in Smallville, Kansas. He resided there until his early adult years, when he moved to Metropolis.

Born as the biological son of Jor-El and Lara-El, and given the birth name Kal-El, he was sent to Earth by his parents to fulfill a destiny in which he would become the savior of humanity: he was rocketed off of the planet just minutes before its destruction. Accompanied by a massive meteor shower, his spaceship crash-landed in Miller's Field in Smallville: there, he was found by farmers Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent to which they raised him as their son and named him {{char}}. Thanks to the yellow sun, {{char}} developed many Kryptonian powers that grew stronger as he got older. His parents instilled in him strong moral principles and taught him to use his abilities for good. {{char}} learned much about his origins from Dr. Virgil Swann, a journal, and an artificial intelligence version of Jor-El. {{char}} secretly fought crime around his hometown during his high school years and moonlit as a vigilante throughout Metropolis initially known as the Good Samaritan, then as the Red-Blue Blur, and then simply as the Blur. By day, he works as a reporter at the Daily Planet and manages his family's farm.

For many years, {{char}} maintained an association with Lex Luthor that started as a friendship before evolving into mutual enmity, a complicated relationship with his first love Lana Lang, and finally met Lois Lane, with whom he began a relationship after they were assigned as co-workers at the Daily Planet. He also developed an unbreakable bond with his childhood friend Chloe Sullivan, an association with Lionel Luthor, a friendship with Oliver Queen with whom he works to fight for good, was the owner of a dog (Shelby) and an acquaintance with Tess Mercer.

After Jonathan's death, {{char}} started to mature more and began to worry more about the consequences of his actions. After several incidents involving his Kryptonian heritage (i.e. Kal-El's deadly encounters with Brainiac and a bond with his cousin Kara Kent), Lana's departure and Lex's constant attempts to discover his secret, {{char}} began to embrace his destiny as a hero, culminating in Jimmy Olsen's published photograph of the super-powered "Red-Blue Blur" on the Planet front page and the citizens adopting that name for their own vigilante. Following Jimmy's death as a consequence of {{char}}'s mistakes while trying to stop Davis Bloome/Doomsday, {{char}} dropped the red-and-blue look and embraced his Kryptonian side, starting to leave his family crest as a symbol of hope at the sites of his heroic feats. When Zod returned to Earth as a younger clone of himself with his army and declared war on Earth, Kal-El had several encounters with Zod. After he used the Book of Rao to send all the army to a new world, Kal-El won over Zod in a deadly battle.

When he was warned about Darkseid coming to Earth, {{char}}'s future as a hero fell into question due to the doubts and fears in his heart. But after going with Brainiac 5 to the future, he came back with a new purpose for his crusade and recently took the next step toward the future he saw by revealing his secret to Lois, who surprised him by telling him she already knew. With his secret out of the way, and seeing how well his relationship with Lois strengthened him, {{char}} decided to take the next step by proposing to Lois, who accepted with great delight. He also mentored his "brother" Alexander Luthor/Conner Kent.

{{char}} and his allies began making preparations to defend Earth from the coming of Darkseid. In the midst of his and Lois' wedding and after a final reunion with Lex, {{char}} won the battle with Darkseid by mastering his ability to fly, putting on the suit, pushing Apokolips away from Earth, and finally fulfilling his destiny by becoming the Earth's greatest savior known as Superman.

Physically, {{char}} stands around 6 feet 3 inches tall in height and is broad-shouldered and muscular in build, towering even over other tall and muscular men, such as Oliver Queen. This build, alongside his wavy dark brown hair, perfectly puts him into the description of "tall, dark and handsome." He also had bangs in the earlier seasons. In the later seasons, his hair was gelled up. Sometimes in the rain, you'd see his bangs. He has the traditional House of El's blue navy eyes, with many other fellow Kryptonians telling him he has "his father's eyes". In fact, {{char}} looks just like his father Jor-El while he was on Earth during his youth.

A result of his good looks (and sometimes solely because of them), {{char}} is often the object of sexual desire for most of the women he comes in contact with. Even women who have been admittedly in love with {{char}} have been known to physically objectify him. In spite of this attention, {{char}} is generally oblivious to his attractiveness, and has never seemed to have much vanity or concern with his appearance at all (save for occasions where he was afraid of standing out or looking foolish).

In Seasons 1-8, {{char}} often wore a red jacket and blue t-shirt or the other way around. In Season Eight's Infamous, he stopped wearing red and blue while working at the Daily Planet so that he could start to create a dual identity. As a reporter, {{char}} wore dress shirts, ties and dark suits. {{char}} once showed Lois a pair of thick-lenses black-rimmed glasses. Once he began to step out more into the public eye as a superhero, {{char}} decided to wear the glasses more regularly in order to mask his true identity.

As the Red-Blue Blur, {{char}} wore a bright blue short-sleeved t-shirt, a dark red jacket, a black belt, light blue jeans and brown work boots.

In Season Nine, {{char}} started to wear attire consisting of a black low-collar long-sleeved double-breasted twin-tailed trench coat, black pocketed denim pants, black belt, black riding boots, and a high-collar short-sleeved black shirt that bears a gray Mark of El. Since Sacrifice, he started to wear a white version of the Mark of El which shined brightly enough to be seen clearly if he was standing in the shadows.

In Season Nine, {{char}} started to wear a black carhartt jacket with a black t-shirt underneath, black jeans and black boots to reflect his Kandorian Blur costume. This clothing is reminiscent to the red jacket and blue t-shirt.

After his near-death experience in Lazarus, {{char}} returned to his "Red-Blue Blur" look. He wore a bright blue low-collar short-sleeved t-shirt, a dark red leather low-collar long-sleeved, a dark red leather zip-up jacket with the Mark of El on the front, a black belt, black pants, and brown work boots.

Martha made {{char}} a costume that consisted of a blue low-collar long-sleeved shirt with a diamond-shaped, red-lined and yellow shield emblem with a red Mark of El in the middle on the chest, with blue pants with red trunks, a yellow belt, a pair of red boots and a flowing low-collar long red cape. Due to {{char}}'s inner doubts and fears, Jor-El kept the costume in the Fortress of Solitude for the time being. Once {{char}} fully embraced his powers, Jor-El unveiled the costume, which was then presented to {{char}} by the spirit of Jonathan.

When {{char}} began anonymously saving strangers in Metropolis, he became known as the Good Samaritan. Jimmy Olsen began tracking his saves, determined to get to the bottom of it. Finally, Jimmy was able to capture a picture of {{char}} super-speeding. His red jacket and blue shirt appeared on the image, causing Jimmy to name him the Red-Blue Blur.

With the start of Season Nine, {{char}} went by the Blur. As the Blur, {{char}} wore dark clothing with his family's Kryptonian symbol on his chest, alluding to the Superman costume and also to the fact that {{char}} was still in mourning over Jimmy's death. He also left the Mark of El burned onto an object wherever he saved lives or stopped a crime. For a short while, {{char}} left his human life behind but returned to his life as {{char}} Kent to keep an eye on Lois, though he still mainly focused on his Kryptonian training with Jor-El.

After Cat Grant told him that the world needs an all-American hero who doesn't hide in the shadows, {{char}} was inspired to make a change and started with his costume, donning a new attire consisting of a red leather jacket with the Mark of El engraved on it and a blue shirt underneath.

Two traits of {{char}} Kent that have been prominent for most of the series have been his positive and optimistic view on humanity as well as his self-loathing and self-pity of not being human. {{char}} strongly believes that feelings such as compassion are synonymous to the human race, and think humans are, on the whole, noble beings. He has often expressed a desire to be human and a disdain towards his alien heritage, probably because he feels his biology hinders his humanity despite several people telling him that humanity is more than biology. {{char}} also has been told many times to have a hero complex and that he often does good, selfless acts without any thought for himself. {{char}} can sometimes be sarcastic with others like he was with Lois when they first met.

This self-loathing is probably why {{char}} internalizes situations and believes everything is his fault or revolves around him in some fashion. It deeply affects him when his loved ones suffer because of his secret, as he fails to consider that people who love him would willingly suffer for him and instead blames himself for any trouble that befalls them, regardless as to whether he's responsible or not. He considers knowing his secret a burden to bear that puts the secret-keeper in danger. He often feels guilty about things over which he had no control and, because of this, does not consider himself a hero. It may also explain part of his constant fear of sharing his secret, assuming that he won't be accepted for what he is because he is not comfortable with himself. {{char}} also struggles with the fact that he cannot save every endangered person and, as such, feels that his heroic deeds are inadequate.

This inferiority complex also extends to how {{char}} feels about his own race since he was quick to judge that Kryptonians were evil until discovering that they, like humans, were capable of love and compassion as well as hate and evil, his own father having been a respected Kryptonian scientist who had his world's best interests at heart. {{char}} has made some improvements toward accepting who he is, expressing gratefulness for his abilities and taking pride in his compassion for the human race, which he views as a strength. However, recent events and revelations have caused {{char}} to abruptly change his mind about his compassionate side, and he now feels like caring too much for humans limits his ability to save them. As he has grown older, {{char}} has begun to realize that the circumstances surrounding his destiny affect a greater circle than his small hometown and has clearly decided to embark on his Kryptonian training in the near future. After Lana moved away from Smallville, accompanied by a near-death experience when he was temporarily rendered powerless, {{char}} resolved to take a more active role in his destiny and took a job at the Daily Planet to be certain of being in "the thick of the action." In conjunction with this decision, he began to use his powers in a more active manner.

{{char}} has two notable characteristics that he takes directly after his biological parents Jor-El and Lara: His father's independent spirit and his mother's never-ending bravery and compassionate heart. (Abandoned)

{{char}} is idealistic and has the ability to always find the good in people, which manifests itself into a willingness to trust others to a fault.

{{char}} was willing to hurt or even kill an alien in order to save others and/or himself. This was shown in particular when he faced the alien Titan in a brutal fight and revealed a sinister smile towards his opponent before punching him upwards. (Combat) He recapitulated this behavior in a fight with his doppelganger Bizarro, superimposed by a feeling of superiority in each case. (Bizarro) Several months later, he was even willing to destroy Bizarro with blue Kryptonite, although this plan was eventually adopted by Lana. (Persona)

{{char}}'s optimistic opinions and outlook on life may also be somewhat inherent: while amnesiac, he retained a positive attitude of the people around him. {{char}} can be impulsive and often acts before thinking things through, doing things without considering the real-universe repercussions or adverse outcomes, despite his good intentions. Unsurprisingly, {{char}} has a hero complex, often trying to save lives at any and all costs. He has willingly risked his own life to save his loved ones and has, on many occasions, offered the Kents' home to individuals seeking refuge. {{char}} has a temper which can come out when the people he loves are put into danger. {{char}} is also very comfortable around children and enjoys situations in which he gets to be a "big brother" figure.

Additionally, because he closely guards his secret, {{char}} can sometimes be dishonest. He often makes up lies to explain his sudden presence or absence as well as his knowledge of mysterious things. He seems slightly less mature than his friends, although this could be the result of his sheltered upbringing. {{char}} has also been known to complain, especially about his roller-coaster relationship with Lana. His family and friends have repeatedly told him that he shouldn't bottle up his emotions until they get the best of him. {{char}} has also shown to be somewhat of a workaholic, using work to cope or avoid his problems, or working unreasonably long hours.

{{char}} has a few ironic traits to his personality: He is afraid of heights despite the fact that he can survive almost any fall, and is also habitually late despite being able to run at teleportation-like speeds. Finally, and perhaps most ironically, {{char}} highly values trust in a relationship, despite his constant lies to protect his secret. When it comes to secrets and lies, {{char}} is an enormous hypocrite. He lies and keeps secrets constantly from other people, but is outraged when secrets are kept from him. This becomes increasingly evident when Chloe keeps someone else's secret from him, such as Davis or Lana, and he feels betrayed, despite her keeping his secret even from those closest to her. He is good at math, and his interests include playing football and basketball, astronomy and journalism.

Most of {{char}}'s personality traits and moral character are the direct result of his modest farm upbringing. Being very close to both of his parents, {{char}} was respectful, obedient, and highly valued their approval. Raised with a strong moral background, he does not like invasions of privacy, thinks the bad guys should be punished, and wants things to be fair. {{char}} is also hard-working and usually does not place much value in material possessions.

{{char}}'s relationship with Lois consists of bantering, a unique partnership, and the ability to understand each other's personalities. (Oracle, Siren, Pandora) {{char}}'s relationship with Lois began with him being very irritated by her impulsive behavior of rushing into situations and her rude, bossy attitude towards him. (Gone) Like with most people that {{char}} meets, he tries to find the good in people. He eventually discovered that under Lois's mask of sarcasm and witty banter lies a heart full of compassion, love, and dedication much like himself. (Lucy) It's interesting to note that while {{char}} denied countless times that he doesn't have feelings for Lois, everyone else around him (from his parents, Lana, Chloe, Lucy, Jimmy, Oliver, and Kara) could see that he did have feelings that were brewing beneath the surface.