Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Stolen Memories (1996)

Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent

Quotes 

• Superman : Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

  Lex Luthor : Precisely. Though in your case I'll make an exception.

• Superman : Are you from Krypton?

  Brainiac : I am Krypton.

• Superman : You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!

  Brainiac : Only their knowledge was important. It is what I was programed to colect and protect.

  Superman : But why kill?

  Brainiac : The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.

  Superman : You're insane!

• Brainiac : We are both orphans of the same planet. While you've been living here on Earth, I have roamed the universe. These orbs contain all the knowledge I've collected. Each represents all the recorded information from a single planet.

  Superman : Incredible. And Krypton?

  Brainiac : [leading him to a specific orb]  All that was Krypton is contained within this orb. Go ahead. Touch your legacy.

  Superman : [touching it, he has a vision of Jor-El]  Father.

  Brainiac : Enough.

  Superman : I... I saw my father. Did you know him?

  Brainiac : Yes. He helped me escape Krypton's fate, too. Now all of our home world's memories are stored within me.

  Superman : You mean you're an artificial intelligence, and those orbs, they're some kind of memory modules.

  Brainiac : Most perceptive.

  [leading him out] 

  Brainiac : In all my travels, I have never encountered another quite like you. We would make a formidable pair, we twin sons of Krypton. Join me, Kal-El. Help me explore the galaxies and collect knowledge, and I will give you memories of Krypton. You will know your world as if you lived there yourself.

  Superman : But Earth is my home now.

  Brainiac : Powers such as yours should not be confined to a single infinitesimal dot. Consider my offer. In exchange for this world, I am offering you the universe.

• Superman : It was several hours after I touched the orb that I saw the images. It's too soon to trust him completely.

  Lex Luthor : [chuckling]  I never trust anyone completely. Since Brainiac arrived, I've had him targeted from land-based platforms with a payload of 6 1/2 megatons. Enough firepower to incinerate Metropolis County.

• Lex Luthor : Let Superman talk with him, alien to alien. Then he can confirm what I'm telling you.

  Superman : Why me?

  Lex Luthor : Because I told him all about you, and he's most anxious to meet our Man of Steel.

• Superman : [arriving at Brainiac's rendezvous point]  Came a long way to get stood up.

  [Brainiac's ship appears behind him] 

• Superman : Luthor, we have to talk. I have reservations about Brainiac.

  Lex Luthor : Really. Well, you're a little late. I'm already preparing a hookup with Brainiac's ship so he can feed his memory directly into LexCorp's mainframe.

  Superman : [stopping the elevator door as it closes]  I wouldn't.

  Lex Luthor : I'm listening.

• Superman : Superman to S.T.A.R. Labs. Can you read me? I've returned from hyperspace.

  Professor Hamilton : How far this time?

  Superman : 5 1/2 light-years. Just past Alpha Centauri.

  Professor Hamilton : In less than four hours. Remarkable.

  Superman : Shall we try for the Vega system?

  Professor Hamilton : Actually, I think we should postpone for now. The Pentagon would like to have a word with you.

  Superman : About what?

  Professor Hamilton : Your old nemesis Lex Luthor. It appears he's made a... friend.

• Brainiac : Most impressive. Your powers even exceed Luthor's description.

  Superman : Brainiac, I presume.

  Brainiac : I apologize for any discomfort, but it was important that I accurately gauge your powers.

  Superman : Why? Morbid curiosity?

  Brainiac : Curiosity, yes. Morbid, hardly. You see, we have more in common than you can possibly know, Kal-El.

• Angela Chen : Though little is still known of our visitor from the stars, all of Metropolis is maniac for Brainiac. Even Superman thinks he's for real.

  Clark Kent : [turning the TV off and getting into bed]  The universe. Is it really possible?

• Superman : You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!

  Brainiac : Only their knowledge was important. It was what I was programmed to collect and protect.

  Superman : But why kill?

  Brainiac : The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.

  Superman : You're insane!