Whitney Fordman had a number of near-death experiences before eventually dying in combat in Indonesia.
| Image | Episode | Episode Name | Near-death experience |
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1x01 | Pilot | Jeremy Creek would have killed all the students of Smallville High, including Whitney if Clark Kent hadn't stopped him. |
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1x02 | Metamorphosis | Whitney would have died in the explosion of his truck after he was attacked by Greg Arkin if Clark hadn't pulled him out. |
| 1x05 | Cool | Sean Kelvin almost sucked the heat out of his body but he sought refuge in the Luthor Mansion along with Lana Lang. | |
| 1x08 | Jitters | Whitney almost died in a gas explosion at the LuthorCorp plant but Lex Luthor saved him and the rest of his class. | |
| 1x11 | Hug | Whitney would have been killed by Kyle Tippet with a baseball bat after he had been persuaded to kill Tippet by Bob Rickman if Clark hadn't intervened. | |
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1x13 | Kinetic | Whitney was almost crushed by a falling car but Clark pushed him out of the way. |
| 1x17 | Reaper | Whitney was knocked unconscious by Tyler Randall and possibly would have been killed along with his father, George Fordman, if Clark hadn't intervened. | |
| 1x20 | Obscura | Whitney and Lana were nearly caught in a gas-line explosion. | |
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2x11 | Visage | Whitney died in combat in Indonesia. |
Notes[]
- Whitney was the first main character to die.