Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

The Hand of Fate (1997)

George DelHoyo: Dr. Fate, Kent Nelson

Quotes 

• Kent Nelson : I know all about Karkull. I fought him a century ago, thought I'd won. But if there's anything I've learned from a lifetime of combat, it's that victory is an illusion. No matter how thoroughly you exterminate the evil, it creeps back like a cockroach.

  Superman : Well, it's time to step on him again.

  Kent Nelson : Not for me. I've removed myself from the battlefield.

• Kent Nelson : This is my domain now, the metaphysical realm. I've moved beyond good and evil.

  Superman : But there are people trapped.

  Kent Nelson : I'm sorry. I truly am.

  [Superman turns to leave] 

  Kent Nelson : Superman. You and I are alike, you know. We're masters of our destiny. Don't waste your life in endless battle as I did, not when the universe beckons.

  Superman : You're wrong, Fate. We're nothing alike.

• Superman : [after defeating Karkull]  What made you change your mind?

  Kent Nelson : You.

  Superman : Something I said?

  Kent Nelson : Something you did. You went back. You didn't stand a chance, but you went back. 'Til then, I thought it was only the forces of evil that wouldn't give up. I was wrong.

  Superman : [offering him the Helmet of Fate]  Your helmet.

  Kent Nelson : I'll be needing it.

• Dr. Fate : [struggling against Karkull]  The artifact! It's the only power that can trap him. Get it!

  Superman : But you...

  Dr. Fate : Go!

• Superman : You heard?

  Kent Nelson : Yes.

  Superman : [gesturing to the Helmet of Fate]  Then what are we waiting for?

  Kent Nelson : Not this time, my friend. I've quit.

• Karkull : [easily restraining Superman]  You continue to surprise me. But as I said, you don't have the tools to defeat me.

  Dr. Fate : [emerging from a portal]  But I do.

  Karkull : Fate. I thought our dealings had come to an end long ago.

  Dr. Fate : No such luck, I'm afraid.

  Karkull : What magic do you have that's powerful enough to defeat me in my own realm?

  [Fate conjures a small stone tablet] 

  Karkull : The Artifact of Lorta? I destroyed it.

  Dr. Fate : What has been made can never be unmade.

• Superman : [Inza heals a supernatural injury]  I don't suppose you can sew, too.

  Inza Nelson : [chanting, the front of his suit is repaired]  Entry-level spells. Wouldn't be much use against whatever gave you that.

  Superman : It was something called Karkull.

  Inza Nelson : That's why you wanted to see Fate?

  Superman : Is he here?

  Kent Nelson : Right behind you.