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Smallville was adapted to television in 2001, by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.

Clark Kent is played by Tom Welling, with others portraying Clark as an infant.

Throughout the series, Clark never officially adopted a costume until around the eighth season, but prior to this was seen wearing Superman's traditional colors of red and blue, more often as the series progresses ( more commonly a blue shirt underneath a red jacket, reflecting Superman's uniform and cape colors ).

He is going through a process of character formation, making many mistakes in his youth, over time forming better and better judgment, while always self-consciously aware of his status as an alien from another planet who is different from other people.

In season eight, he begins a fight against evil, hoping to be a source of inspiration and hope to others.

A modest amount of religious imagery is seen occasionally in the series, but to a lesser degree than in the Christopher Reeve series.