Kal-El (Smallville)

Kal-El is a minor antagonist who appeared on the TV series Smallville, played by Tom Welling.

History
In the Season 3 finale "Covenant," Jor-El coerces Clark Kent into entering a portal in the wall of the Kawatche Cavess by threatening to kill his adoptive father Jonathan Kent; Clark sacrifices himself to Jor-El to save his father and is absorbed into the portal. The episode ends with Clark imprisoned inside a cocoon of energy floating in an unknown void as Jor-El announces that he shall be "reborn."

In the following episode "Crusade" (the Season 4 premiere), which is set three months after the events of "Covenant," Clark is returned to Smallville, with amnesia. He is found by Lois Lane in a cornfield and brought to the Smallville Medical Center, where he is later spotted by Martha Kent, who brings him home to the Kent Farm, where she shows him around his barn loft, hoping to jog his memory. Clark only remembers being in a place he states felt like home, then recognizes Jonathan but says that Jonathan was the one who tried to stop him from being reborn.

Moments later, Clark hears a Kryptonian beacon coming from a Kryptonian artifact that was recently unearthed in Egypt by Lex Luthor. Once the noise stops, he announces to Martha: "I am Kal-El of Krypton. It is time to fulfill my destiny." When Martha claims that Jor-El is controlling him and screams for him to return Clark, Kal-El insists that "Clark Kent is dead" and then takes flight.

Kal-El flies to Lex's jet and rips the door off the plane, causing turbulence. Once aboard the jet, he telekinetically summons the Kryptonian artifact to him and departs just before Lex tries to catch a glimpse of the intruder. Kal-El returns to Smallville and heads to the Kawatche Caves, where he opens a hidden chamber containing an altar with Kryptonian symbols. He places the retrieved artifact on the altar and exits the chamber, which closes behind him, only to then be confronted by Martha.

Kal-El approaches Martha, who then slams a piece of black kryptonite on his chest, causing him to split into two beings: Clark and Kal-El. Kal-El grabs Clark by his neck and tells him that humanity has made him weak. Clark yells for his mother to toss him the black kryptonite, which he then uses to apparently destroy Kal-El and thereby restore himself to normal.