Annette O'Toole |
Martha Clark Kent |
Michael Rosenbaum |
Alexander ('Lex') Joseph Luthor |
John Schneider |
Jonathan Kent |
Allison Mack |
Chloe Sullivan |
Tom Welling |
Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton |
John Glover |
Lionel Luthor (Recurring Season 1, Regular Season 2+) |
Alvin Sanders |
Store Owner |
Guest Star |
Alex Green |
Doctor Kline |
Guest Star |
Bucks the Dog |
Hercules |
Guest Star |
Erica Durance |
Lois Lane |
Recurring Role |
Bud the Dog |
Einstein/Krypto/Shelby |
Recurring Role |
Jane Seymour |
Genevieve Teague |
Recurring Role |
Genevieve says, "We're Gertrude's ancestors, Jason." She should have said descendents.
When Clark and Lois are driving, the viewers can see in the front of the car the car brand (GMC), but when Lois and Clark stop driving, the logo that says "GMC" is gone (it's covered in black).
When Hercules is biting Jonathan's arm, you can clearly see he is wearing a protective arm pad under his jacket.
In the beginning, when Lois hits the dog, and stops, at first she has the car's lights off, and in the next shot they are on.
Martha was cooking John t-bone steaks? For a man with a bad heart and who has had a lot of ill health and surgery recently, he shouldn't been eating these (even though in the end he didn't get to).
If the Kryptonite liquid drug that spilled on the floor was affecting Clark, wouldn't the liquid be on Clark's jacket when Einstein is dragging him out of the truck? And if so, Clark wouldn't regain his strength until he took off his jacket.
When Clark gets into the back of the van the first time, he is several feet away from the kryptonite tubes but doesn't feel anything or seem to notice them. It's only after they get broken open that he starts getting affected, even though he's just as close. Which doesn't make sense unless they were lead-lined, which they clearly aren't.
When Clark gets into the back of the van the second time to rescue Krypto, he doesn't notice the kryptonite even though there's no indication it was cleaned up or disappeared or anything.
When Shelby breaks Hercules out of the burning van, he clearly misses the button with his nose, However, it still beeps and releases the cage door.
When Einstein presses the button to open the cage and Clark falls out, you can clearly see that, although there's a green glow, there are no Kryptonite puddles which would have caused the glow.
At the end of the episode, Shelby was clearly wet in the barn following his bath. Yet he is all dry, and even freshly brushed, when playing with Clark outside just moments later.
The collar around Krypto's neck is able to withstand the strain of Krypto pulling a tractor through a fence. There is a closeup of the collar as Clark is tying it and you can see that the chain is attached to a flimsy-looking spring hook.
Lois: (about the dog) I thought bathing him was supposed to help with my allergies.
Clark: Well, maybe you're allergic to the soap, too.
Lois: Maybe I'm allergic to you.
(talking about the dog)
Lois: We call him "Clarkie."
Clark: We don't call him "Clarkie."
Lois: Is is the "ie" part you don't like? Because we could always just make it "Clark." But then that would get really confusing. And hey, maybe you should consider changing your name.
Martha: You know when I was a little girl, we had a dog that looked just like this one. Maybe that's why I liked him so much right away. His name was Shelby.
Lois: I can live with that.
Clark: Well it beats "Clarky."
Lex: If I understood my father's insanity, Clark, I'd be a much happier man.
Jonathan: Hey! That's my t-bone!
Genevieve: I'm just trying to protect my son.
Lex: Maybe you'd better get together with my dad and write a parenting book. It'd be a best seller.
Genevieve: I underestimated you, Lex.
Lex: A common mistake.
Lois: Let's see, (the dog's) annoying, and I can't get within 10' of him without being sick. Why don't we call him 'Clarky'?
Lois: Okay, that's just bad wood. That's not my fault.
Jonathan: How did you find this dog?
Lois: Well, actually, I hit him.
Clark: With your car?!?
Lois: No, with my fist.
Clark: (Lois) re-recorded our answering machince, uses all the hot water, and she took over my bedroom. She's doing great.
Lois: You're be fine. Everything'll be fine. Everyone I've ever hit has been all right.
Injoke: Einstein/Clarkie/Krypto is eventually renamed "Shelby." In the comic book Superman For All Seasons, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, the young Clark Kent has a dog named Shelby. According to series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Superman For All Seasons is one of the major inspirations for Smallville. Not only that, but SFAS writer Jeph Loeb is a creative consultant and occasional writer on Smallville, as well as the liaison between DC Comics and the series showrunners.
Injoke: At the end when Clark puts a red towel on the dog's back, it looks like Krypto's cape in the comics and cartoons.
Injoke: Clark suggests calling the dog "Skippy". This was Krypto's secret identity in the early 1980s New Adventures of Superboy comic books.
In the comics, the Kents actually had a dog named Rusty, the same breed as Shelby here. Specifically, in Man Of Steel #1 we see Clark discovered his flight as Rusty jumped on him playing and he nearly fell down a pit, but surprisingly floated and discovered he could fly.
According to the "Found Dog" fliers Lois made, the Smallville area code is 913, meaning the town is located in the far eastern part of Kansas. (The Kent's number could possibly be 555-0143 - it's hard to tell for sure.)
Music: "Anodyne" by Speechwriters LLC, and "Give A little Bit" by The Goo Goo Dolls It's a remake of the Supertramp song that was in the 1978 movie Superman. It is playing on the radio when Lois pulls up to the gas station right before the earthquake.
The last name that Lois suggests for "Krypto" is the dog's real name - Bud.
Jane Seymour is billed as "Special Appearance By."
Dog names
Two of the dog's names allude to individuals who had "amazing superpowers." Hercules was a Roman mythological character who had super strength. Einstein was an extremely intelligent scientist known for the equation "Energy=mass x speed of light squared".
Chloe: This belongs in the Guinness "strangest, last-minute request."
This is referring to the Guinness Book of World Records, which is a book of world records that shows normal feats (such as tallest man), but also shows strange feats such as "largest number of scorpions in mouth."
Lois: Hold on there, Forrest Gump – what are you going to do, run?
Referencing the movie with Tom Hanks, and the main character who...well, ran a lot.
Shelby the Dog:
Einstein/Clarkie/Krypto is eventually renamed "Shelby." In the comic book Superman For All Seasons, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, the young Clark Kent has a dog named Shelby. According to series creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, Superman For All Seasons is one of the major inspirations for Smallville. Not only that, but SFAS writer Jeph Loeb is a creative consultant and occasional writer on Smallville, as well as the liaison between DC Comics and the series showrunners.
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