Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)
The Last Son of Krypton: Part III (1996)
Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent
Quotes
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Lois Lane : [looking at footage of Superman] Nice "S".
Clark Kent : Excuse me?
Lois Lane : Right here. He's strong, he flies. He's the Nietschian fantasy ideal all wrapped up in a red cape. The Super-Man.
Clark Kent : Superman?
Perry White : Hey, I like it! "Superman." It's catchy, sticks with you, the kind of name that looks great splashed across three columns! Make it four. Provided one of you can get an interview with him.
Lois Lane : Somehow, I don't think a guy like that has a press agent, chief.
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[Superman appears hovering outside Luthor's window. Luthor rolls it down]
Lex Luthor : Sorry, but we already have a window-washer.
[silence]
Lex Luthor : Oh, the silent treatment, eh? Well, I don't know what you think you heard out there, but I know what you can prove, and it's nothing. You see, uh..."Superman", I own Metropolis. My technology built it, my will keeps it going, and nearly two-thirds of its people work for me, whether they know it or not. Even you have to admit it's a model of efficiency.
[silence]
Lex Luthor : And yet, I've often thought it's a waste of my talents staying in just one city. A being of your abilities could be very useful to me on a, shall we say, global scale. Why don't you float on in and we'll discuss it, face-to-face?
[silence. Luthor finally loses his composure]
Lex Luthor : SAY SOMETHING!
[He grabs a model of the Lexo-skel and throws it. Superman catches it and crushes it to powder between his hands]
Superman : I'll be watching you, Luthor.
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[after dismantling the Lexo-skel and pulling Corben out of it]
Superman : Shall we go a few rounds without the suit?
John Corben : Uh-uh.
Superman : Too bad.
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Clark Kent : Now that I've moved to Metropolis, it's gonna be impossible to keep a low profile.
Jonathan Kent : Yeah, I can see how touching an airplane down in the middle of a city might turn a few heads.
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Clark Kent : All of a sudden people are calling me "Superman." Some of them are even afraid of me, just like Jor-El and Lara warned. Does this mean I'm going to have to give up my life?
Jonathan Kent : No, son. It doesn't matter where you came from, or what you can do. You'll always be Clark Kent. Superman just helps out now and again.
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Superman : As far as I've been able to piece together, I'm the last survivor of a planet called Krypton.
Lois Lane : [skeptical] Krypton?
Superman : Uh-huh.
Lois Lane : Okay...
Superman : You don't believe me.
Lois Lane : It's a little much.
Superman : Fair enough. All I ask is that you tell the truth about me.
Lois Lane : And that is?
Superman : I'm not here to scare anyone. In fact, I always try to help people whenever possible.
Lois Lane : You sound too good to be true. What's your secret?
Superman : What do you mean?
Lois Lane : Well you don't go around in blue tights and a cape all the time, do you? What do you do in your off hours?
Superman : I think that's a question for another time.
[Flies away]
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Lois Lane : Nice work, Smallville. You're only the second person I've ever seen get under Lex's skin.
Clark Kent : Who's the first?
Lois Lane : Me, when I dumped him.
Clark Kent : Whoa!
Lois Lane : Ancient history.
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Lois Lane : What makes you think Lex might have been an accessory to the theft?
Clark Kent : I don't think it was a theft. I think he gave it away.
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Lois Lane : [on the phone with Perry] Sorry, Perry. I checked with S.T.A.R. Labs, and they're just as clueless as everyone else about our fly boy. Right. I'm heading back now.
Superman : [as she hangs up] Excuse me, Ms. Lane. I believe I'm the one you want to talk to.
Lois Lane : Oh, yeah? Well... where are you?
Superman : I'm... just hang on.
[beneath her car, he lifts it up into the sky]
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Clark Kent : You didn't see Ms. Lane come back, did you?
Jimmy Olsen : Nuh-uh. You know, she brought me along last week to get shots for her smuggling story.
Clark Kent : [not really listening] Is that right?
Jimmy Olsen : [showing him a photo] Yeah. Have a look. Yeah, I figure a few more shots like that, and Perry's bound to put me on staff.
Clark Kent : [spotting something in the picture] There in the background... that ship's a Kaznian tanker.
Jimmy Olsen : It's so small. How can you tell?
[seeing he's gone]
Jimmy Olsen : Clark?
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Superman : [accidentally ripping the tail off an airplane he's trying to save] Nice one, Clark.
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Lois Lane : You're making a big mistake. Everyone in my office knows where I am.
John Corben : Sweetheart, if anyone knew or cared, they would have made a move by now.
[hearing the horn of a tugboat]
John Corben : We're clear. Lose her.
[as his henchmen prepare to execute her, Superman flies in]
John Corben : You again? Get him!
Superman : [with his heat vision, he burns off the ropes binding her] Take cover.
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Clark Kent : I was digging up some background info on Mr. Luthor and found this photo of him at last year's International Industrial Conference. Recognize the guy with the medals?
Lois Lane : The regent of Kaznia. So?
Clark Kent : So, the U.S. and Kaznia haven't been on real friendly terms lately. Seems the regent's been employing an elite squad of terrorists to eliminate his political enemies.
Lois Lane : Old news, Kent. The president broke diplomatic ties with Kaznia months ago.
Clark Kent : Which means Luthor couldn't sell the regent a war suit without it being a deliberate act of treason.
Lois Lane : So Luthor just left the back door open for him to take it.
Clark Kent : It works in theory.
Lois Lane : In theory, maybe, but Perry White doesn't run theories.
Clark Kent : [she turns to leave] Where are you going?
Lois Lane : I'd tell you, but you'd have to share the byline.
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Lex Luthor : [putting down the Daily Planet] Well, well. An alien in my own backyard. And such a civic-minded one, too.
Lois Lane : I think he means what he says, Lex.
Lex Luthor : Well, that's just dandy, Lois. All I know is your hero did nothing to help me. I'm the one who's out a billion-dollar battle suit.
Clark Kent : Actually, this could end up a silver lining in your pocket, couldn't it?
Lex Luthor : What's that?
Clark Kent : Now that the terrorists have your prototype, the Pentagon is undoubtedly gonna want you to build a bigger and better version for them. When all is said and done, this could net you a multibillion-dollar windfall.
Lex Luthor : Lois, it almost sounds as if your friend here is suggesting I should be glad my suit was stolen. You're very amusing, Mr... Kent, is it? Yes, I'll remember that.
