“ | You will never be this young, this beautiful... or this perfect again. But I will. | „ |
~ Chrissy to Clark before attempting to steal his youth. |
Christine "Chrissy" Parker, also known as Missy Parker, Robin Stroud and the Youth Sucker was the main antagonist freak of the week in the Season 2 episode "Redux" of Smallville.
She was portrayed by Maggie Lawson, who also played Samantha in the TV series Fear Itself.
Personality[]
Chrissy Parker, stands out as a uniquely dangerous adversary due to her ability to absorb the life energy of others through a kiss. This gruesome power not only allowed her to maintain her youthful appearance for decades but also made her nearly unstoppable, with many murders throughout history, until she was confronted by the Smallville class of 2002.
Clark Kent faced a unique challenge in stopping her, as her method of draining life energy left her victims rapidly aged and lifeless, which made it difficult to trace her crimes until it was almost too late.Her powers pushed Clark to his limits, as he had to rely on his intellect and investigative skills rather than sheer Kryptonian strength to uncover her true nature and prevent further deaths.
History[]
Early life[]
Chrissy's true age was unknown, though her parents died over a hundred years before she moved to Smallville, Kansas in 1902. She possessed a bizarre ability to absorb youth from others through a kiss, causing her victims to age rapidly and herself to remain young and beautiful. How she acquired this power is unknown except that she had it long before the first meteor shower struck Smallville, so her ability was in no way related to the meteor rocks.
For decades, Chrissy had been using her power to absorb the life energy of others to keep herself youthful and has repeatedly changed her identity and appearance as she moved to different towns across America, hoping to live what she considers to be the "best years" of a person's life forever.
It would appear that three absorbitions over a forty-eight hour period would be enough to retain her youth for over a decade. Developing a fear of the future, which she came to regard as miserable, she began to use her ability to stay in high school for over 80 years.
Redux[]
Chrissy was a student at Smallville High during the 2002 school semester serving as captain of the cheerleading squad and was friends with Lana Lang. In gym class during a swim race, she kissed her boyfriend and current champion Troy Turner for good luck before diving in. When he began having trouble, Clark Kent pulled him from the pool; everyone was shocked to see that Troy suddenly aged 60 years older.
Chrissy was in charge of planning spirit week and planned to have it held at the Talon. She practiced with the other cheerleaders when Lex Luthor approached Lana about her photo. Chrissy spent most of the week at the Talon putting up decorations and setting up lighting and music while cheer practicing.
During the week, the new principal Mr. Reynolds approaches Chrissy and asks her for missing transcripts for her student file. Chrissy said she'll tell her parents and Reynolds thanked her before walking away. Chrissy snarled at his prying then went to class.
After school, Clark worked on an essay about his future at the Talon when Chrissy asks him to help out for spirit week. She talks about how the future is unimportant because high school is the best time of a student's life but Clark declines. As they talked, Chrissy began to age again in her hand. Later Chrissy was working backstage with Russell Burton who was Troy's best friend.
He was deeply upset about his friend's passing. She told him that Troy and all the others live inside of her now, which confused Russel. When Chrissy started to rapidly age, she seduced Russell with a kiss that started to suck the life out of him, repeating the process, aging him to be 70 years-old in a matter of seconds.
After two consecutive cases of students rapidly aging and dying, Clark and Chloe Sullivan began investigating the possible cause. Remembering that he had seen her with both victims prior to their deaths, Clark asked Chloe to look into Chrissy's past. Chloe's investigation revealed a number of cases of advanced progeria leading back as far as 1921 and discovers old photographs of Chrissy under different names.
In 1921, she was a student at Hammond School for Girls, where she absorbed the life of three fellow students. In 1981, she was living as Robin Stroud and attended Lakewood High School, where she again absorbed the life of three students. Nine years later, she enrolled at Piper High School, where she attended as Missy Parker and drained the life of another three students. Principal Reynolds again asked Chrissy for her missing files and his inability to contact her parents, she tells him her parents will give them to him that evening at the spirit week rally. She began to age while she searched for a another victim.
That night, Chrissy confronts Principal Reynolds in the theater hall of the Talon where the Spirit Week festival was to be held. She tells him her parents died over a hundred years ago but Reynolds was confused by what she was saying. Chrissy now appeared as an old woman as her stolen youth was wearing off, causing her to age rapidly and knocked him out in an attempt to drain his life energy. As she prepared to absorb Reynolds' life, Clark confronted her and told her to stop.
Chrissy defended her actions by explaining that she regarded absorbing peoples' life energy as saving them from lives that would never be as good, as they are now; youthful and perfect but she will be. When she moved back towards Reynolds and attempted to drain Clark's life energy, Clark threw her through a stage set, crashing onto an electric keyboard. She gets back up and looks at her reflection in a revolving mirror cube that was part of the decor for the festival. As the mirror cube rotates, Chrissy watches her face wither in each side of the cube. In seconds, she ages so rapidly that her body deteriorates into a pile of dust then wind blows her remains away.