Superboy/Bizarro... The Thing of Steel (1)

Bizarro... The Thing of Steel
Season 2, Episode 6
Airdate	November 11, 1989
Written by	Mark Jones
Directed by	Kenneth Bowser
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Bizarro... The Thing of Steel is the sixth episode of the second season of Superboy, and the thirty-second episode overall.

Gerard Christopher (Clark Kent / Superboy), Stacy Haiduk (Lana Lang), Ilan Mitchell-Smith (Andy McAlister)

Guest Star: George Chakiris (Professor Peterson)

Featuring: Barry Meyers (Bizarro), Valerie Grant (Mom), Billy Flanigan (Todd), Christy Lyle (Girl), Kristian Truelsen (Cop), Andrew Lamoureux (Kid), Chris Lombardi (Student)

Plot Overview

Professor Peterson's duplication experiment accidentally creates a doppelganger of Superboy. While physically and mentally different, this Bizarro creation attempts to go about his day as the real Boy of Steel.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Professor Peterson creates a duplication machine, but his first test with a rose recreates it as white, blocky, and odorless. An accident then leads to a similar result with Superboy, resulting in a being taking the name Bizarro. It has all of Superboy's abilities, but his mind seems distorted, speaking in broken English and using/understanding negatives as positives.

• Peterson discovers the rose exploded and predicts the same will happen with Bizarro. Reluctant to destroy him, Superboy attempts to subdue him with Kryptonite, only to discover it has no affect on him. Bizarro then kicks it to Superboy, leaving him helpless as he takes away Lana.

Referbacks

• Superboy uses the Kryptonite he took from Corben, still sealed in the glove he used to protect himself. ("Metallo")

Trivia

Goofs

• In the shot where Bizarro picks Lana out of the car, parts of the frame appear to be blurry, just above her head. Presumably, it seems to be something done to conceal the wires.