Smallville: 10 Best Characters Only In One Episode

by Andrew Pollard

1. Booster Gold

Booster Gold Smallville
The CW

How could you do a list of great one-and-done Smallville characters and not include Booster Gold and his famed sh*t-eating grin?! Simply put, you can't.

Much like his comic book counterpart, Smallville's Booster Gold (as played by Eric Malstof) is a bit of a prick. Donned in a glitzy, vibrant superhero outfit that's adorned with sponsors, Booster and his flash, brash arrogance is in the hero game purely for the fame and the adoration that it brings along with it. Basically, Booster Gold is the polar opposite of Superman.

Of course, by the time all is said and done with Booster Gold's one-and-done appearance in the aptly titled 'Booster' episode, Clark manages to get through to the real Michael Jon Carter and make him realise what it truly means to be a hero.

With that, Booster Gold zooms off back to the future, complete with Jaime Reyes under his wing as Blue Beetle - but not before Booster gives Clark some sage advice about maybe wanting to change his alter-ego name from the Blur to something that's maybe a little more 'super'.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.