Jimmy Olsen (Earth 1) - SirJeffCena

**James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen** is the younger brother of Henry James Olsen. He is a photographer at the Daily Planet and works alongside Clark Kent and Lois Lane.

## History

### Year Eight

Jimmy (along with his parents) was seen at his older brother's funeral along with Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Oliver Queen, Bart Allen, Dinah Lance and a group of others. At the end of the funeral, Chloe gave him Henry's camera. She tells him that he may walk in his brother's footsteps someday, for which he thanked her. He then left with his father.

### Superman: Heart

When Vartox attacked Superman in Metropolis, Jimmy was at the Daily Planet and snapped a photo of them.

## Future

### 2013

During Clark's dream of the year 2013, Lois Lane yelled at an "Olsen" (who was not seen or heard) to have his camera ready for a plane crash, telling him that he'd better be getting every pixel of the event.

### 2018

In the year 2018, Jimmy abruptly stopped Lois when she was about to enter Perry White's office and warned her about it not being a good idea to speak to their editor. He then asked for Lois' opinion regarding photos that he took of Superman, to which Lois stated that while the color and lighting were fine, and that it was lacking the drama and awe worthy of Superman. She then reminded Jimmy that he had some big shoes to fill left by his brother, but that she was certain he can do it, leaving Jimmy to proudly smile back at her.

## Notes

* As in the comics, Jimmy (James) is shown with red hair, a bow tie and his trademark camera.
* James' name (as "Jimmy Olsen") was briefly seen in season 10's *Homecoming*. It was the only time that he was identified by the name "Jimmy". In *Doomsday*, he is unnamed and in *Salvation* and *Finale, Part 2*, Lois just refers to him by his last name.
* In *Legion*, Rokk Krinn lists Jimmy Olsen as someone that they have heard about. Presumably, he was talking about James Bartholomew Olsen, not Henry James Olsen.
* The characterization for the character of photographer Bert Camp in season 10's *Masquerade* bears a remarkable similarity to the classic version of Jimmy Olsen from the comics.
* It is shown that James Bartholomew Olsen is the Smallville incarnation of "Jimmy Olsen" and not his brother that was as seen in season 6, season 7 and season 8 on Smallville. This would be consistent with Jimmy Olsen's character is somewhere between five to ten years younger than fellow *Daily Planet* reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane in the comics.
	+ In an interview, Aaron Ashmore states that the reveal was caused by DC Comics restrictions.
* James Bartholomew Olsen never met Clark Kent onscreen.
* James (Jimmy) has been featured or mentioned in three season finales in a row:
	+ He first appeared at his brother's funeral in season 8's finale Doomsday.
	+ He was mentioned in Clark's dream of the future shown in season 9's finale *Salvation*.
	+ He was shown working at the *Daily Planet* in season 10's *Finale, Part 2*.
* In Season Ten's series finale, Olsen (James) looks exactly like his older brother and a mental patient named Eric Summers. In real life, this is because the brothers both portrayed by Aaron Ashmore while Eric is portrayed by Aaron's twin brother, Shawn Ashmore.