Despite possessing amazing powers and abilities, Clark Kent has had a number of near-death experiences, many of which involved green kryptonite.
Image | Episode | Episode Name | Near-death experience |
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1x01 | Pilot | Clark is strung up as the annual Smallville Scarecrow by Whitney Fordman in Riley Field, who places Lana's necklace laced with kryptonite around his neck causing him to be powerless until he is found and saved by Lex Luthor. | |
1x03 | Hothead | Coach Walt Arnold overpowered Clark with the kryptonite in his sauna, but Clark was rescued by his father. | |
2x03 | Duplicity | Clark almost died of kryptonite exposure when trying to save Pete Ross from Dr. Steven Hamilton, but Pete saved him. | |
2x11 | Visage | Clark almost died when Tina Greer tied him up in the storm cellar and put Lana Lang's necklace around his neck, but his spaceship saved him. | |
2x16 | Fever | Clark was infected by a kryptonite toxin left in the cellar, but his father helps Clark used his ship to save him and Martha Kent. | |
2x20 | Witness | Clark almost died when he was thrown in a furnace with kryptonite around. | |
3x03 | Extinction | Clark almost died from a kryptonite bullet wound shot by Van McNulty but was saved by his father. | |
3x05 | Perry | After losing his powers due to solar flares, Clark almost fell to his death attempting to save Perry White. They were both saved by Pete Ross and Lana Lang. | |
3x19 | Memoria | Clark almost drowned in a kryptonite pool, but Lex Luthor saved him by breaking the pool wall. | |
3x20 | Talisman | Clark was mortally wounded by the Starblade in possession of Jeremiah Holdsclaw, but Jor-El saved him through Jonathan Kent. | |
5x03 | Hidden | While Clark Kent was mortal, he was shot to death by Gabriel Duncan and brought brought back to life by Jor-El's vessel, Lionel Luthor. | |
5x18 | Void | Clark Kent died briefly as a result of being injected with the kryptonite-based Limbo drug. | |
5x20 | Fade | Clark was almost killed by Grarham Garrett who put him under a pile of dirt along with kyptonite in Clarks pocket, so Clark wouldn't stop him from killing Lex and Lana, but Clark was saved by both Lois and Chole who called his cellphone and found him. Chloe removed the kyrptonite. | |
6x03 | Wither | Clark was almost killed by Gloria's vines, until Chloe used a taser on the plant. | |
6x08 | Static | Aldar would have killed Clark, if the Martian Manhunter hadn't interfered. | |
6x19 | Nemesis | Lex saved Clark from kryptonite exposure in the tunnels. | |
7x14 | Traveler | Lionel had Clark captured and held in a cage powered by kryptonite radiation. His captor intended to kill him but he was saved by Kara. | |
7x19 | Quest | Clark was incapacitated by Edward Teague and became part of a ritual sacrifice involving an altar surrounded by kryptonite liquid, but he was saved by Chloe. | |
8x01 | Odyssey | After being stripped of his powers by the Orb, Clark was shot through the heart by a mind-controlled Oliver Queen and almost died. The Martian Manhunter flew him into outer space, where the yellow sun healed him and restored his powers but stripped John Jones's powers. | |
8x19 | Stiletto | When Lois is shot upon, Clark throws himself in the way to take the bullet. Lois gets Clark away from the kryptonite. | |
9x22 | Salvation | Clark allowed himself to be stabbed by Zod's blue kryptonite knife, and then fell off of a building. | |
10x01 | Lazarus | With the blue kryptonite knife still in his body Clark dies and his spirit is transported to the The Abyss of Life and Death. Until he is rescued by Lois Lane who pulls the knife out of his lifeless body allowing the rays of the yellow sun to bath him restoring his body and powers. | |
10x06 | Harvest | Clark died after being stabbed by a knife while in the presence of humans who had drank water infused with blue kryptonite. He was eventually buried underground, but completely healed after the humans who buried him walked away and he was no longer affected by their blue kryptonite. |
Notes
- Clark has been almost killed as a result of green kryptonite at least eight times: Pilot, Hothead, Extinction, Memoria, Void, Nemesis, Traveler, and Quest.
- Clark almost died after losing his powers four times in Perry, Hidden, Odyssey and Lazarus.
- Clark was almost killed once by the Starblade, a Kryptonian weapon. (Talisman)
- Clark has died four times: once in Hidden, once in Void, once in Lazarus, and once in Harvest. Also in episode Apocalypse, Clark was killed by Brainiac in an alternate reality.
- Clark has almost been killed by at least two aliens: Gloria (Wither) and Aldar (Static).
- Lex has saved Clark's life three times. (Pilot, Memoria and Nemesis)
- Martian Manhunter has saved Clark's life twice. (Static and Odyssey)
- Clark was severely damaged by the Persuader's axe. (Legion).