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Episode Information |
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| Title: | Hothead |
| Episode #: | 01x03 |
| Production Number: | 227603 |
| Original Airdate: | Tuesday October 30th, 2001 |
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Episode Summary |
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Clark and his father come to a standoff as he joins the football team despite his father's wishes, ultimately discovering the coach has been altered by kryptonite and is using his fire-starter abilities to hurt anyone who gets in his way of winning. Lex, meanwhile, goes saber to saber with his father over the control of Luthor Corp.
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Guest Stars |
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Main Cast |
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Episode Notes |
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David Paetkau (Trevor Chapell) is yet another guest star who has had a scene in a "Final Destination" movie.
| Dan Lauria played Arnold as well on the ABC series, "The Wonder Years".
| Freak of the Week: Coach Walt Arnold - Ability to ignite fire (pyrokinesis).
| Hiro Kanagawa makes his first appearance as Principal Kwan.
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Featured Songs |
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Episode Quotes |
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Coach Walt: You been here, what, six months? I’ve been here twenty years! We’re not talking about just a game!! We’re talking about my legacy!!
Kwan: I don’t care about your legacy. I’m here to educate young people.
Coach Walt: I’ve been educating young people all my life! You know how many boys have gone on to college because of me? Have gotten good jobs on my recommendations?!?
Kwan: I know most people think you walk on water, Coach. But I think you’re dangerous. I’ve seen your temper. I’ve seen your methods. Just because you win doesn’t make you right. On Monday I’m suspending the players. End of story.
| Clark: I'm sick of being punished because I have these gifts.
| Lex: My father sent me to Smallville because he'd rather surround himself with drones than people who challenge his archaic business practices.
| Coach Walt: Look at Ross here. He doesn't have a lick of natural talent, but he's got a truckload of heart.
Pete: Thanks...I guess.
| Martha: Jonathan, Clark hasn’t been able to do anything normal his whole life. No play groups, no Little League, all because we were afraid he much hurt somebody. He’s a teenager now, let’s give him a shot.
Jonathan: His gifts come with responsibilities.
Martha: This isn’t about his gifts; it’s about his judgment. You’re telling Clark that you don’t believe in him.
| Lex: Rumor has it Clark Kent joined the football team.
Clark: Rumor’s true.
Lex: Congratulations! Your dad must be thrilled.
Clark: Actually, he freaked out. Told me I couldn’t play. I’m surprised with my Dad. I mean, he claims I should make my own decisions but then when I do, he shuts me down.
Lex: And you’re out late, waiting for him to go to bed, so you can avoid the uncomfortable silence that greets you when you get home.
Clark: How did you know?
Lex: The Luthors wrote the book on uncomfortable silences…
| Lex: You have no idea what I'm capable of.
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Episode Goofs |
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When Coach Walt tells Whitney to come over and talk with Clark and himself, Lana walks over with them but there is no sign of Clark getting sick from her Kryptonite necklace.
| Clark walks through a fire and emerges good as new - clothing unscathed. Fire may not bother Clark but it would certainly at least char his clothing.
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Cultural References |
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Coach Walt Arnold’s Last Name
The coach’s last name of Arnold is a nod to actor Dan Lauria’s six seasons portraying the patriarch of the Arnold household on The Wonder Years.
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Analysis |
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The permission slip
Jonathan tells Clark he won’t sign the permission slip and Clark plays anyway. If the school doesn’t really need a signed permission slip, why send slips home with students at all, as it did in the pilot? And if it does need such a slip, did Clark or Coach Walt forge Jonathan’s name to one? Why wouldn’t Jonathan be angrier about something like that. The most probable explanation is that Jonathan yielded to Clark’s resolve and eventually did sign the slip, but we get no evidence of this from the dialog.
| Fire!
Coach Walt slams his hand down on the desk, causing a nearby television to burst into flames. Principal Kwan rather calmly asks what’s going on and then simply leaves, instead of grabbing the extinguisher that can be seen hanging in the hall outside the coach’s office, or even pulling the fire alarm. A school official should react differently to a fire than that, regardless of the strange circumstances surrounding it.
| Jonathan’s Real Fear?
Dialog in this episode offers some insight into a possible reason Jonathan keeps Clark on a tight leash. He fears that some third party will learn of Clark’s gifts and take him away from the Kents. Jonathan loves his son so much he may be over-reacting to forestall that possibility. He does not at this point realize there is no danger – few indeed are the people who can force Superman to do something he does not wish to do.
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Other Episode Crew |
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Episode References |
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