Dog of Smallville (TV Series)

Dog of Smallville is an American Television series, based off of DC Comic's Krypto/Superdog, the 2001 TV Series, Smallville, and Boomerang's Krypto the Superdog. The series debuted October 2013, on the CW Television Network. The series is composed by Mark Snow and the theme song, "Save Me" is performed by Remy Zero.

The show is one of the supernatural-themed shows on the network, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Supernatural and Roswell, and has been noted many times for its mixing of multiple genres (from horror and fantasy to comedy and even soap).

Overview
The series follows the life of Krypto, an alien dog that crash landed near Smallville, Kansas, and was found and adopted by Kevin Whitney and is about his adventures before becoming Superdog. The series sees the two of them coping with adolescents, as Krypto develops super powers and explores his extraterrestrial origin.

Like Smallville, the series can be depicted as a three chapter series: Chapter 1 (Season 1-4), Kevin's teenage years in high school, in which Krypto battles meteor freaks. Chapter 2 (Season 5-7) is their beginning of adulthood, which begins Krypto's early training. The final chapter (Season 8-10) is Krypto's final trials and his rise to Superdog.

The series also focuses on the friendship between Kevin and Krypto, and the people in thier lives, such as thier family, whome they have to keep thier secret from. Kevin's friends, Emily and Drew. Drew is Kevin's best friend, until he moves away in season 3. Drew also knew Krypto's secret. Emily is his other best friend. They grow closer throughout the series, as she leaves her crush on him behind and discovers Krypto's secret. His on again, off again love interest Maddie West. His neighbor, Andrea Suseman, who goes from his frenemy to friend to love interest. Thier friendship/partnership with Clark Kent, Krypto's kryptonian owner. And finally, thier friendship to rivalry with Lex Luthor, and his highly intelligent iguana, ignatius.

The mineral kryptonite is used as a recurring plot device throughout the series. Kryptonite is shown to have bizarre and lingering effects on human physiology and the young canine often encounters mutated and psychotic villains who have developed bizarre powers, such as psychic abilities, shape shifting, and other paranormal abilities. On a Kryptonian like Krypto, though, kryptonite has very different effects; the general idea is that Krypto is virtually invincible except when around the kryptonite rocks. There are multiple colors of kryptonite that affect kryptonians in different ways. Green kryptonite physically weakens Krypto and could possibly kill him if he is exposed to it for too long. Red kryptonite causes him to set aside moral standings and act out on his impulses and dark desires. Black kryptonite splits Krypto into (and merges him back together from) two separate beings that exhibit his two personalities (Krypto and the darker Kol-El). Silver kryptonite (which is solely the creation of Milton Fine in the show) causes him extreme paranoia. Blue kryptonite takes away his abilities, but doesn't cause him pain like green kryptonite is often seen to. Lastly, Gold Kryptonite can permanently damage or scar a Kryptonian and take away their powers permanently.

Many allusions to Superman or Superdog are seen in the series, such as the color of Krypto's collars being the same color as the uniforms of Superman and his his own comic book counterpart or red blankets or sheets that represent the Superman cape.

Main Cast
• Ryan Kelly as the voice of Krypto/Kol-El/The Blur, a young canine with superhuman abilities. He was found and adopted by Kevin Whitney, who helped him to control his powers. Krypto's inability to share his secret worsens upon discovering his origin, as the former pet to Kryptonian baby Kal-El, and being chosen to test a rocket created by Jor-El, to save Kal-El from Krypton's destruction. Throughout the series, Krypto grows closer to his destiny as the Dog of Steel. Krypto appears to be a white labrador retriever.

• Dylan Sprayberry as Kevin Whitney, the young boy that found Krypto in the spaceship. He adopted Krypto and helped him control his powers. Not only is he Krypto's owner, he is also his best friend. Krypto will do anything to protect Kevin and Kevin will do the same for Krypto. In order to help Krypto know when a situation is happening, he took a job at the Daily Planet as a photographer. Like Krypto, Kevin grows and matures throughout the series, aging from 14 to 24 years old.

• Ignatius, Lex Luthor's highly intelligent iguana. He became close friends with Krypto, but started down a dark path, as his past curiosities got the better of him.

• Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor, a young billionaire, who was sent by his father to manage the LuthorCorp fertilizer Plant in Smallville. He was furious at first, but that changed when he was saved by Krypto, starting an instant friendship between him and Kevin, and also becoming friends with Maddie West. He even refused to return to his father in Metropolis, when offered a chance, wanting to leave behind dark deeds from his past, and start fresh with new friends. He becomes obsessive with the accident in which Krypto saved him, even having the Whitney's researched. With his mother and baby brother dead when he was nine and being fathered harshly by his father, Lex is very envious of Kevin's perfect family.

• Jadin Gould as Maddie West, Kevin's life long crush, who growing up, lived only a mile away from the Whitney's and is admired from afar by Kevin. The two quickly became friends and wanted to become closer, which is hard when Krypto's secret got in the way.

• Macy is Maddie's dog and Krypto's first love-interest. The couldn't have a relationship, because of Krypto's secret, but she eventually found out.

• Peyton List as Emily Olsen, Kevin's intelligent and inquisitive best friend. She is very skilled with computers and in journalism. Her curiosity often gets the better of her and creates tension between her and her friends, as she crosses personal boundaries. She harbored secret feelings for Kevin, but was hurt, as he only had eyes for Maddie. Thier friendship became stronger as she discovered Krypto's secret. Her character is based off of Chloe Sullivan.

• Jonny Gray as Drew Farrus, Kevin and Emily's best friend. He and Kevin have been like brothers since nursery school. Drew discovered Krypto's secret after finding the ship. When the secret became too much, as of getting beat, to get the truth out of him, he moved away to his fathers.

• Mia Talerico as Melanie Whitney, Kevin's baby sister, who knows Krypto's secret throughout the series, starting from 3 years old to 13. She has a close bond with Kevin.

• Ryan Newman as Andrea Suseman, arriving in Smallville to find her cousin Maddie, Andrea met Kevin and Krypto. She and Kevin often sarcastically insulted eachother, but grew closer until it came to a romantic relationship. Andrea is very skilled in combat and is tough. She was partnered with Kevin, when he began work at the Daily Planet.

• Kevin Costner and Nicole Oliver as Jack and Amy Whitney, Kevin's parents, whome they must keep Krypto's secret from.

• Justin Hartly as the voice of Ali/Hound Arrow, Green Arrow's golden retriever, highly trained to fight and to use a special collar that holds a crossbow, with a variety of different arrows, for multiple purposes, such as a shock arrow and a grappling arrow. Attatched to his collar is a hood, identical to Green Arrows. This character is similar to Bat-Hound, such as his collar, which holds his batarangs and a whole array of gadgets

• Aaron Ashmore as the voice Jimmy the Rat, an intelligent rodent that belongs to Jimmy Olsen. He often helps Kevin and Krypto, when they need information or if thet need him to fit through small Spaces.

• Laura Vandervoort as the voice of Streaky/Supercat, a female kryptonian cat, formerly owned by Kara Zor-El, who was sent to Earth, by Zor-El, in order to test his own. Like Kara, she crash landed in Smallville in the Smallville reservoir, near Reeves Dam, where she remained in suspended animation for 18 years, until Krypto's battle with a clone of himself broke the dam and freed her. Like all Kryptonian creatures under the Earth's yellow sun, Streak also gained powers, but unlike Krypto, she mastered flight right away, Her character and role in the series is based off of Supergirl herself.

• Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer, the CEO of LexCorp after Lex's presumed death. She is also the boss of Kevin and Andrea, at the beginning of Kevin's career at the Daily Planet. She immediately took interest in Kevin and Krypto, and discovered what she already expected, Krypto's powers.

• Robert Girdisch as David Green, a senior at Smallville High, the popular quarterback for the Football team, and the boyfriend of Maddie West. When Kevin and Maddie became friends, Kevin became his rival for Maddie's heart. Jealous, David chose Kevin for a harsh Football tradition, to hang him as a scarecrow before the big homecoming game, but when Kevin saved his life, he regreted the things he did and they became somewhat of friends. After graduation, David joined the marines, where he died fighting for his country.

Reoccurring Cast
• Kyle Gallner as the voice of Impulse, a turtle that gained super speed, after being struck by lightning, which also gave him the ability to talk, and was found and taken care of by Henry Ferum, who used him to steal. He appears to be way faster than Krypto.

• Graham Philips as Henry Ferrum, an orphan that got amnesia after nearly getting hit by lightning. He found a turtle with super speed, and named him Impulse. Henry has the turtle use his speed to steal. He is impulsive and was unconcerned with the law, but Kevin and Krypto changed that.

• Rydel Lynch as Lucy Gadens, a marine biology student at the University of Miami, who met three special sea creatures, with special abilities and trained them. She is a skilled swimmer, that can hold her breath for a long period of time.

• Ross Lynch as Topo, a superpowered octopus, with a human level intelligence, hydrokenisis and telepathy.

• Riker Lynch as Ark, a superpowered seal, with a human level intelligence, hydrokenisis and telepathy.

• Rocky Lynch as Storm, a large, superpowered seahorse, with a human level intelligence, hydrokenisis and telepathy.

• Uriah Shelton as Felix Davidson, a teenager Maddie met while in physical therapy, and who she also started dating. He was revealed to be resurrected by a serum of Krypto's blood, but when he used the last of the serum, he died.

• James Marsters as Mechanicat, a living kryptonian supercomputer created by Brainiac, that took the form of a cat. He has powers similar to a Kryptonian.

• Ryan Kelly as the voice of Bizarro-Krypto, one of the last two wraiths, that took Krypto's DNA, becoming an exact duplicate of him, gaining his powers and memories. Though green kryptonite weakens Krypto, it strengthens Bizarro and as blue kryptonite takes away Krypto's powers, it overloads Bizarro's, destroying him.

• Lee Thomas Young as Van/Cy-Dog, a dog that was hit and nearly killed by a car, but Lex had the dog used as a test subject, as his broken body parts were replaced with a robotic exoskeleton. He was given the codename Cy-Dog, after Victor Stone, also known as Cyborg.

• Doomsday, a kryptonian creature, destined to destroy all kryptonians.

• Callum Blue as the voice of Zod, a krypyonian dog, named after his owner and thrown into the Phantom Zone along with him. Mechanicat used Ignatious as a vessel, to free him, but was stopped by Krypto. In season 9, an orb released younger versions of Zod and his army of kryptonian mutts. Krypto and Kevin tried to befriend them, but Zod betrayed them and his own army. Krypto usef a portal to send them to a new planet for a new beginning, but Zod didn't go easily, as Krypto had to fight him before sending him.

• John Glover as the voice of Darkseid, a dark force that once tried to destroy Earth, but failed when Clark finally became Superman, but when Krypto opened a portal to teleport the Kryptonian mutts, it left a tear in the universe that allowed Darkseid to pass through to Earth, where he took the form of his own breed of mutt to restart his plans.

• Christine Willes as Granny Goodness, Darkseids command officer of his army, who owns an orphanage for little girls on Earth, to brainwash and train the girls to be the Female Furies.

• Steve Byers as Desaad, one of Darkseid's minions.

• Michael Daingerfield as Gordon Godfrey, a radio host with a vendetta against vigilantes and a possessed minion of Darkseid.

Smallville Cast
• Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman, Krypto's original owner on Krypto, who was sent to Earth as a baby to avoid Krypton's destruction. He was found and raised by two farmers, who taught him good morals and to use his powers for good. As an adult, he finally learned to fly and became Superman. He often helps Kevin and Krypto and works with Kevin at the Daily Planet. They became close friends and allies, as Clark has often givin him advice.

• Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan/Watchtower, Clark Kent's best friend and ally to Kevin and Krypto. She is very intelligent and is skilled with computers. She often helps the duo with information and becomes a close friend to them, mostly Emily.

• Erica Durance as Lois Lane, Clark's fiancée and partner. She is a skilled reporter and is very skilled in combat. She also becomes close to Kevin and Andrea.

• Justin Hartly as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, a vigilante archer, that uses a variety of arrows and gadgets to fight crime. He is the billionaire CEO of Queen Industries. He is married to Chloe and is very close friends with Clark and Lois. He is the owner and partner of Ali/Arrow-Hound.

• James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen, a photographer at the Daily Planet, who works alongside Clark and Lois, and Emily's cousin. This Jimmy is the younger brother of James Henry Olsen (who was a main character in Season 7 and 8 of Smallville). He is skilled with computers and helps his allies gain information. He is close friends with Kevin.

• Annete O'Toole as Martha Kent, Clark's adoptive mother and the U.S. Senator of the stare of Kansas. She, along with her deceased husband Jonathan, found and raised Clark. She first met Kevin and Krypto, when she arrived in Metropolis to visit Clark, after the appearance of a new Blur. Sometime after the final season, in the Dog of Smallville Season 11 Comics, Clark asked Kevin and Krypto to protect Martha, after she was attacked in Washington D.C.

• Alessandro Juliani as Emil Hamilton, a doctor that works part-time at Metropolis General Hospital, but spends most of his time working with Queen Industries and the Justice League, which includes advising Chloe Sullivan at the Watchtower.

• Michael McKean as Perry White, the editor of the Daily Planet, who has shown up in Smallville twice.

Summary
A fourteen year old boy finds and adopts an alien dog, Krypto, who seems to exhibit invulnerability, superspeed and strength right away and develops X-Ray vision during the season. Season One is in his frechman year in high school. Almost every week, Krypto battles a new villain with super powers bestowed from exposure to the meteors and discovers a weakness in the meteor rocks themselves. Lex and Ignatius become very curious about and the car crash, but their investigations threaten to expose Krypto.

Summary
As Kevin and the group start thier sophomore year of high school, Krypto gains a new power, Heat vision. This year, Drew discovers Krypto's secret, the group discovers red meteor rock, Amy becomes pregnant, and most of Krypto's year is occupied with Krypto and Kevin discovering the mysteries in Krypto's life and discover his home planet and former family. Meanwhile Lex battles his father for control of LuthorCorp, as he falls in love with Helen Bryce, as Emily tries to resolve her feelings and complicated relationships with Kevin and Maddie, who start a relationship of their own, as do Krypto and Macy. The season ends as Krypto attempts to escape the destiny his former owner, Jor-El, has in store for him, by destroying the ship, which creates a shockwave that causes Amy to lose her baby. Blaming himself, Krypto leaves to Metropolis, under red Kryptonite.

Summary
Krypto returns to Smallville after his self-imposed exile in Metropolis to face his problems. Kevin and Krypto's relationship with Maddie and Macy end faster than it begins. He meets Perry White, learns more about his biological family, and gains a new ability, super hearing. Lionel conspires with his old friend Morgan Edge, who arranged for Krypto's vial of blood to be stolen. He retrieves the sample and uses the vial in an attempt to cure his terminal liver disease, testing the treatment on a new subject, Felix Davidson, who begins a relationship with Maddie. When Chloe and Lex learn that Lionel killed his own parents, Lionel conspires to make it look like Lex has a psychotic break and institutionalizes him, where he gives him a treatment to make him forget Lionel's misdoings. However, Lex is brought back home where he undergoes several psychiatric evaluations. In attempt to get rid of witnesses for his impending trial, Lionel plans attempts on Chloe and Lex's life, as Krypto sacrifices his, for his family, to fullfil his destiny and is pulled into the Kawatche caves and is transported into space.

2016 - 2017: 22 Episodes