Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Apokolips... Now! (1998)

Barbara Parkins: Mother Box

Quotes 

• Orion : My name is Orion. I fled from the fire pits of Apokolips to warn you. He's coming.

  Superman : Who is?

  Orion : Darkseid. Mother Box can explain it better than I.

  [summoning a machine and turning it on] 

  Orion : She is a living computer connected to the Source.

  Mother Box : Let us begin at the beginning. What once was whole was split asunder. And in its place, there arose two worlds. Worlds as different as daylight and darkness, virtue and evil. One is called New Genesis. Unparalleled in its beauty, it is ruled by the wise and powerful Highfather. The other is Apokolips, a ravaged wasteland ruled by the demonic and omnipotent Darkseid. He psychically feeds on the despair and misery of others. Because of their opposite natures, these two worlds have been locked in eternal war. However, an uneasy truce was established when Darkseid and Highfather exchanged their infant sons. Unfortunately, this has not diminished Darkseid's ambitions. For years, he has searched the galaxies for the legendary Anti-Life Equation, a formula that would give him complete control over all living things. In his endless search, he has conquered and subjugated planet after planet.

  Orion : Now he threatens Earth. He's already provided human agents with Apokoliptic weaponry.

  Superman : The hover tank?

  Orion : It's just a prelude.