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Spirit

Episode Number: 84    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Wednesday April 20, 2005    Prod Code: 2T5218
On the eve of the Smallville High School Prom, stuck-up candidate for Prom Queen Dawn Stiles is pulled into a coma when she is involved in a car crash into a ravine filled with dozens of chunks of kryptonite. While her body lies in a coma, Dawn finds her spirit allowed to possess the bodies of others, where she can continue her quest to become Prom Queen. As a result, Martha, her body possessed by Dawn, flirts with Clark and asks him to the Prom, Lana attempts to electrocute the ex-boyfriend who dumped Dawn, Lois goes all-out to ensure she and Clark go to Prom together, and Chloe attempts to set fire to the school on Prom night.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Luke Schelhaas
Director: Whitney Ransick
Star: 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+)),  Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang),  Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague (Season 4))
Recurring Role: Erica Durance (Lois Lane),  Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Nancy Adams),  Bud the Dog (Shelby)
Guest Star: Rebecca Reichert (),  Dan Joffre (Admissions nurse),  Leela Savasta (Nanny),  Beatrice Rosen (Dawn Stiles),  Kandyse McClure (Harmony),  Jesse Hutch (Billy Durden),  Veena Sood (),  Biski Gugushe (),  Katya Virshilas (),  Ecstasia Sanders (),  Lifehouse (Themselves)

Notes

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This episode won a Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Series. (edit)
It is a full 7:14 before Clark appears in this episode. (edit)
Lifehouse appears in this episode as themselves, playing at the school prom. (edit)
John Glover does not appear in this episode. (edit)
Music: "La La" by Ashlee Simpson; "Not Gonna Wait" by Lamar; "You And Me," "Come Back Down," "Blind" & "Undone" by Lifehouse; "Merry Go Round" by Split Habit; and "Good" by Tim Cullen. (edit)

Quotes

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Lois: You know, a year from now, this is all gonna seem like a lifetime ago.
Chloe: That's funny because it feels like just yesterday when he deserted that nervous freshman on the dance floor.
Lois: You're headed for Metropolis. You are destined to be a big shot reporter at the Daily Planet. Do you really picture Clark Kent being able to keep up with you?
Chloe: You know, Lois, I think Clark might have a lot more to offer than you realize.
Lois: I wouldn't bet on it. (edit)
Lois: Your parents filled me in. Apparently some girl named Dawn was possessing me.
Clark: Yeah, well, that's the short version.
Lois: Yeah, well, that's the last time I let her do my hair. (edit)
Dawn/Lois: Well? How do I look?
Clark: Looks like you're going to the prom.
Dawn/Lois: I am. And you're taking me! I'm not going to let you sit around moping all night while your parents go out and do the electric boogaloo all night. It's gonna be fun.
Clark: No, I'm not going.
Dawn/Lois: Massive re-strategy. You're going to your senior prom whether you like it or not. End of discussion. (edit)
Clark: I know, it's a little backwards. My parents are going to the prom and I'm staying home to wait up for them.
Jonathan: Son, when you're older, we don't want you to have to look back on high school and regret not going to the prom.
Clark: Dad, I'm not sure that standing by the punch bowl and watching bad dancing is a memory I'm gonna cherish. (edit)
Lois: I just went to see the allergist. This says I owe two hundred dollars.
Receptionist: Actually, it's $215 including lab fees.
Lois: But all they did was stick a bunch of needles in my back and make me really itchy. What's that all about?
Receptionist: They need to find out what you're allergic to.
Lois: I know what I'm allergic to. He's got four legs and drools. What I need is a prescription. Please. A dog's life depends on it. (edit)

Trivia

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Every time someone has touched one of the other two artifacts a beacon has been emitted that Clark hears and immediately goes to the object. Yet when Jason picks up the artifact no warning is made, just like when Lionel previously had this one. (edit)
Trivia: Clark's full Senior Quote says: Wow! Done with another year. But it was definitely another good one. Can't wait to hang around at Crater lake with PR, CS, and the two LL's.
Thanks mom and dad for everything! And of course I'll still be around the farm to lend a hand....
See everyone else next year!
(edit)
After Clark saves Billy from being electrocuted, he runs outside to find out what "Lana" did, after Dawn leaves Lana's body, Clark is still talking to her about what happened...shouldn't they go check to see if Billy is okay? He just endured a huge electric shock and is left lying on the floor (edit)
After Dawn-as-Chloé takes the fireaxe to the valve on the pipe, two things are amiss. First, the wheel pops off too cleanly, showing an open pipe, rather than a system to block the fluid from flowing, which is the traditional function for valves. Secondly, there is a noticible gap between when the 'valve' is removed from the pipe and when the oil starts to spill out. Anything that is travelling through a pipe is being forced from one point to another, and would immediately take the path of least resistance, in this case the new opening. (edit)
Guardrails are intended to stop cars from driving off cliffs. When Dawn drives her car through the guardrail and its support post, you can see styrofoam crumbling onto the front bumper. Then as the car continues off the cliff, there is absolutely no damage to the front from that impact. (edit)

Allusions

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Dawn Stiles
Coincidentally or not, Dawn Stiles is highly reminiscent of a character named Dawn Mills in the Smallville novel "See No Evil" where this Dawn has two best friends and a boyfriend who are backbiting and annoyed which she discovers whilst using her Kryptonite induced power of invisibility. The differences between this Dawn in the book and in the episode is that Dawn Mills is three grades ahead of Clark and is head of the drama club. (edit)
Sheriff Adams: I even did one of those Google searches. It asked me if I meant "Bing" Crosby.
Google just happens to be a highly popular and highly used search engine on the internet. Sometimes when a search is run, Google will ask if you really meant to search for something different. That usually occurs during a misspell. (edit)
Lois: Okay, Smallville, I clicked my heels three times and nothing happened. Better explain what's going on.
Referencing the movie The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's method for leaving Oz and returning to Kansas. (edit)
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Community Reviews (18)

 
10.0
Perfect
Spirit
"Flashback episode"
One of my favorite episodes of Smallville.
Continue » Posted Jan 4, 2008 9:51 am PST
9.6
Superb
Spirit
"Another great installment"
The night before the Smallville High prom, stuck-up prom queen candidate Dawn Stiles crashes into a ravine filled with kryptonite and falls into a coma, but is pleasantly surprised to find she can transfer her spirit into the bodies of others.
Continue » Posted Dec 2, 2007 10:37 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
Spirit
"Adventurous"
Great Episode
Continue » Posted Aug 22, 2007 9:48 am PST
9.2
Superb
Spirit
"Exactly why I watch this series"
This is a great episode. Dawn in Clarke's body is hilarious!
Continue » Posted Nov 10, 2006 4:56 am PST
10.0
Perfect
Spirit
"Fine example"
Great episode.
Continue » Posted Nov 1, 2006 11:35 pm PST
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