Fun:Bizarro Kansas

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Bizarro Kansas is the United States' State of Kansas as depicted in the DC Comics Universe.

Clark Kent/Superman's spaceship landed in Kansas when he was an infant. He was the "last" survivor of his home planet of Krypton. Jonathan and Martha Kent, his adoptive parents, raised him on their farm in the town of Smallville, Kansas. Clark grew up with strong moral values and a desire to protect the people of his adoptive homeworld. This led to a willingness to sacrifice everything for even the smallest cause.

Sometime into his career as Superman, genetic material was used in an attempt to create a clone of Clark. The clone was less than successful. While its physical abilities were on par with Superman's, its mental abilities were incredibly inferior, and even completely opposite, to Superman's. These drawbacks, coupled with a bizarre appearance, led to the clone being called Bizarro.

Since that time anything that is labeled as Bizarro is thought to be diametrically opposed to the "normal/real" thing. Hence, the Kansas of the DC Universe is actually a Bizarro Kansas as it is not a bastion of anti-intellectualism, fundamentalism, and Dark Age-like anti-science.

[edit] Smallville (TV show)

The Smallville television show gives a stark contrast between the real and Bizarro Kansas.

  • One of the Senators from our "real" Kansas is Sam Brownback.
  • One of the Senators from the Smallville television show's Bizarro Kansas is Martha Kent.
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