Kid Superman quotes from Justice League Unlimited

J'onn! We're in trouble!

Are you asking for help?

Yes!

You never ask for help.

Just get us some reinforcements!

Superman, you needed.

Superman

I'm in the middle of something. Can it wait?

Unfortunately, no. It's the Parasite.

Superman

Give me half a minute and I'll be right--

Good work.

It was nothing really.

Hey, I think he's blushing. Don't be modest, kid. I don't even think Superman could have done a better-- Wait... We were just talkin' about you.

Superman

And you are?

Oh, that's right. You were on a space mission when we recruited him.

I'm Captain Marvel, sir, and it is an honor. You're my biggest fan.

Superman

Excuse me?

I... I mean, I'm your biggest fan. Sorry, sir. It's, uh-- It's a little overwhelming meeting you.

Superman

It's a pleasure, Captain, a real pleasure.

Gosh. Take it easy, folks one at a time okay.

Lois Lane. Captain Daily Planet. How does it feel to be part of the Justice League?

How does it feel? Like I've waited my whole life for this. I mean, being on the same team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. I still can't believe they actually let me join.

What is it you value so much about the League?

Golly. I guess it's all the good they do. Not just helping people which is great. I mean, that's the reason we're all here in the first place, right? But they really make a difference they change the world.

How so?

Well, just look at Lex Luthor. He used to be a supervillain for pete's sake and now he's one of the good guys. I think it's terrific that he's running for president, don't you?

Uh, are you moving to Metropolis from fawcett city.

No, ma'am. I help where I'm needed, but I'm a fawcett boy at heart. Sorry, folks, but I really gotta go.

You were a little hard on the Boy Scout, don't you think?

Superman

I thought I was the Boy Scout?

I did too, 'til I met Captain Marvel. [at this point, the villains all lie defeated around them] What did these guys want, anyway?

Superman

To take over the world. Or rob banks, I forget. But back to Captain Marvel: why are you... why is everyone defending him?

We like him. He's... sunny.

Superman

When you joined this team, you became something more than just a hero.

I know that, sir, but...

Superman

You became a symbol. A symbol that represents all of us.

Yes, sir.

Superman

We don't play favorites, we don't sell deodorant on television, and we don't get involved in politics.

Yes, sir.

Superman

And we certainly don't endorse supervillains for the presidency!

Superman

Something I can help you with?

Question

I hope so. But I assume you don't want to discuss your White House weenie-roast in front of a crowd.

Superman

[to others] I'll be back in a few minutes. [he leads Question to the empty conference room]

Question

Always wondered what was in here. Private conference room. Original members only, yes? A place where you're free to discuss your secrets and lies...

Superman

You said something about me in the White House.

Question

Not you exactly. Another version of you, hmm?

Superman

Stop dancing around it. Tell me what you know.

Question

I know what you told everyone. The Justice Lords, a parallel universe version of the Justice League, came to our world to rid it of crime, just as they did on their own world. With Lex Luthor's help, our Justice League managed to rout them before they could impose their totalitarian will on our populace. I also know what you didn't tell anyone, outside of the original seven members of the Justice League. On that other Earth, so very much like our own, a Superman, so very much like you, killed the President.

Superman

[tenses up, accidentally damaging a chair he was leaning on] Question, no one can know about this.

Question

Or what? You'll incinerate me too?

Superman

I'd never do anything like that.

Question

Wouldn't you? Didn't you recently try to lobotomize Doomsday with your heat vision, just as the Justice Lord did?

Superman

That's different!

Question

It's the same. A heavily-armed Watchtower with an army of proactive heroes, Luthor running for President - if it's not quite the same, it soon will be! Have you seen Amanda Waller's computer simulations?

Superman

Batman told me about them.

Question

Did he tell you all the models predict that a war between the Justice League and the government will devastate the planet?!

Superman

We would never fight the government!

Question

Not even if Luthor was the government?! [beginning to ramble in fear] Predestined... Flash will die, you will kill Luthor, Armageddon... inevitable...

Superman

Question, I'm... [puts a hand on his shoulder; the Question recoils with a gasp] I'm worried about you. You're mixed up. This world isn't like the other one. We're not the Justice Lords. Those things you're afraid of will never happen here. I won't let them.

Superman

Jimmy. Jimmy?

Huntress

Not exactly. Some kind of hypersonic signal, right? Keeps good time too.

Superman

What do you think you're doing?

Huntress

Your little pal is fine. I was just trying to get your attention. You guys need a hot line.

Superman

A minute, Jimmy. This better be good.

Huntress

Question's been missing for almost a week. Just before he disappeared, he was behaving oddly. I mean, oddly for him. He saw a fake tape of you killing Luthor, freaked out and ran off.

Superman

Question, this is Superman. Come in, please. Channel's open, but he's not responding. J'onn should be able to track his location.

Huntress

Oh, no.

Huntress

I'll find you, baby.

Superman

Not here you won't. They wouldn't have bothered to dump his comlink unless they took him alive.

Huntress

It has to be Cadmus. But if they've got him, we'll never find him.

Superman

Sure we will. We've been keeping tabs on Cadmus for months. We know exactly where they are.

Huntress

And you didn't do anything?

Superman

The Justice League plays by the rules. We'll move when we have solid evidence, not before. And we'll move within the limits of the law.

Huntress

That's why I quit.

Superman

The way I remember it, you were fired. But you may have a point this time.

Huntress

So?

Superman

So you and I will do this togheter. And we're doing it off the books. We're past the lead shielding. I should be able to find Question with my x-ray vision. Hold on. Didn't want you to get hit by a ricochet. Hold the fort. I've got some personal business.

Huntress

Hey, take your time.

Superman

A lot of things are starting to make sense now, Professor Hamilton. When did Cadmus recruit you?

Recruit me? I went to them.

Superman

How can you work for these people? Do you know what they are?

Power brokers, politicians, criminals, and black ops mercenaries with one thing in common besides: they're humanity's last hope against your kind.

Superman

What are you talking about? Humanity doesn't need protection from us.

I used to believe that. I thought you were a guardian angel, come to answer our prayers. But Lucifer was an angel too, wasn't he?

Superman

Professor-

You forget: I've been on the receiving end of your wrath, when you brought Supergirl to S.T.A.R. Labs for medical treatment. I know what you're capable of.

Superman

That's what this is about? One little scare and you betray us?! You stole Kara's DNA! Violated her trust! My trust!

The chicken, or the egg, Superman?

Huntress

Next time, go to the bathroom before you leave for a mission.

Superman

Let's go.

Superman

Don't be stupid - drop it.

Huntress

Sorry - not good enough. [knocks Dr. Moon to the floor and pulls her crossbow on him]

Superman

Huntress!

Huntress

[backs off] Yeah. Okay. Lean on me. We're getting outta here.

Question

[weak, babbling] Secret messages encoded in amino acid chains in carb-free breakfast bars.

Huntress

Come on, baby doll. It's all right.

Superman

It's gonna be a little rough. It'll take the guards, you get ready to move him.

That won't be necessary, Superman.

Superman

Good to see you, Captain. Cover our flank.

I'm afraid you misunderstand. I'm speaking as an officer of the United States Air Force.

Huntress

Bad time to grow a sense of humor, Cap.

No joke, ma'am. I'm currently assigned to General Eiling's special projects unit. My orders are to prevent you from taking Question out of this facility. So how's this gonna go down?

Superman

This is ridiculous. If you're not gonna help us, get out of our way!

Not an option, Superman. I've got my orders, legal and proper.

Huntress

Dude, Superman just told you to step aside.

I heard him, ma'am. Not gonna happen. [Superman makes to move past him, but he forms red energy with his fists and punches Superman across the room with ease] I control radiation, Superman. That includes red sun radiation.

Superman

Get Question out of here. Don't wait for me.

Huntress

What made you think I was gonna.

Superman

Call J'onn for transport, when you get outside. This buiding's commlink shielded.

Nobody's going anywhere with Question. Thought I made that clear.

Question

You shouldn't have come from me.

Huntress

You shouldn't have snuck away without me. Locked. Sure, why not?

Superman

Just about enough of the energy blasts.

Question

I can't make it.

Huntress

Sure you can. This is Huntress. Two for emergency pickup.

You are no longer a member of the Justice League. Clear this channel and--

Huntress

Save it. Cue it down and we're under fire get us out of here then scan the area. Superman won't be far behind us.

Superman

Taught a good fight. Stay down.

I can't do that, Superman.

Superman

Don't you touch him! He's Justice League. [Carries Captain Atom out]

Question

Wait. Get this off my face. Aerosol in my coat pocket.

Supergirl

What happened?

Superman

Cadmus turned him against us.

Supergirl

No way. He'd never do that.

Superman

But he did, and so did Professor Hamilton. Hamilton's working for Cadmus. He's probably the one who--

Supergirl

Cloned me. Why?

Superman

He was afraid of us. I'm sorry, Kara.

Supergirl

Don't be. Just tell me when we're gonna go and shut them down.

Superman

One stop first. Wait here.

Green Arrow

What's going on? :Huntress: He's gonna be fine, but he needs his rest.

Superman

I'll only be a moment.

Question

It's okay, Helena.

Huntress

Five minutes.

Question

You were right. I am the ugliest guy of all time.

Huntress

Not in my eyes. [kisses him]

Superman

What happened, Question? How did Cadmus get ahold of you?

Question

I went to kill Luthor so that you wouldn't be able to.

Superman

That's not how we do things.

Question

How do we do things, Superman? Your counterpart killed Luthor, this Luthor is scheming to enrage you--

Superman

Doing a pretty good job of it.

Question

Ruining your reputation, turning your friends and comrades against you, creating a superpowered arms race - but you cannot succumb.

Superman

I can shut down Cadmus without killing Luthor.

Question

Carry on, then. If you're wrong, it's not like it's the end of the world... right?

Long-range communications back on line at least.

How long before you can restore full power?

Atom's still down in the reactor room working on it. He thinks he can shave twenty minutes off the system reboot.

Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?

It is now. Go ahead, Flash.

The evacuation's going okay. Lots of minor injuries, but no casualties.

They were fortunate.

That's not how they see it. They're pretty mad. They think it's our fault, J'onn.

Do what you can to keep a lid on things. I'll send additional help.

I wouldn't. They're scared of us as it is. If we can help it, we should try not to look like an invading army, you know?

Agreed. Keep me updated.

Continuing coverage live from Covenant, New Mexico, where a huge explosion has caused tremors detected as far away as Japan, although many agree that in the instance before the explosion, they saw an energy beam strike from the sky.

Superman

Turn it off.

Our sensors are still out. This is the only information available.

Superman

Diana, John, Shayera, meet me in the main conference room, now. You too, J'onn.

Superman

What have we done?

We haven't done anything. An outside force took control of the binary fusion generator. Whoever's behind that is responsible for the destruction of Cadmus. Not us.

Superman

Tell that to all those people in New Mexico. They're terrified of us. So's the government.

Green Lantern

We can't let that stop us from doing our job. We aren't here to be liked. We're here to make the world a safer place.

Superman

How're we doing so far today?

You want me to what?!

Wonder Woman

Turn yourself over into U.S. custody, along with the rest of us.

Yeah, that makes sense, okay.

Superman

Meet us at the coordinates I’m sending first. We should all go over together.

This is the single dumbest plan I’ve ever heard. If you’re feeling guilty, clear your own name. Don’t stand on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to do it.

Wonder Woman

We’ve already voted. Five in favor.

Six.

Wonder Woman

You have to come with us, Bruce.

I don’t have to do anything. I’m a part-timer, remember? [Hangs up]

Wonder Woman

Actually, he took it a lot better than I’d expected.

Superman

As promised, we're surrendering ourselves to your authority.

[to the founding members of the League] Where's Batman?

Running late. The Batmobile, it lost a wheel. The Joker got away. [a soldier glares at him] That's what I heard.

Amanda Waller

Hey, Lex! That android is Cadmus property. You're going to have to find somewhere else to keep your brain! [destroys the Amazo body] A nano-disassembler beam. Your design, I believe.

Lex Luthor

Arrogant cow! It'll take weeks to build myself another android body!

Amanda Waller

You ain't got weeks, baldy. You're under arrest for trying to use the Justice League's space-gun to murder everyone at Cadmus.

Lex Luthor

Did you really think you could take me down all by yourself?

Amanda Waller

Actually, yeah. But on the off chance I might've been wrong...

Tada!

Superman

It's over, Lex.

Lex Luthor

Not until I-

I hoped to remain hidden, until I could install myself into the android. But you forced my hand.

Superman

Brainiac!

Ta-da.

Superman

It's over, Lex.

Lex Luthor

Not until I--

Lex Luthor

I'd hoped to remain hidden--

Until I could install myself into the android.

But you forced my hand.

Superman

Brainiac.

Dude. That is messed up!

Lex Luthor

I don't understand what's happening!

You are under my control. I have lain dormant within you for years, Lex Luthor, subtly influencing your actions until we arrived at this point. Do you not recall my kidnapping you in this very building?

Lex Luthor

Yes... You forced me to build you a new body.

Kal-El destroyed that body, foiling my plans. In any event, I always have a backup plan. Consider: how could you have survived that point-blank blast from me, unless--

Lex Luthor

Unless... it wasn't intended to kill me?

The beam carried a nanotech payload that inserted a microscopic, holistic copy of my program inside your body. Since then, I have steadily grown in strength, protecting this body until I could arrange my transfer into a more suitable one.

Lex Luthor

You cured my cancer; gave me super-strength!

Your animal-protein shell was insufficient for my needs. Improvements were required.

Hate to interrupt this special live performance of The Thing With Two Heads, but it's time to go to jail now.

Amanda Waller

What he said. [shoots Brainiac/Luthor several times] We'll take it back to Cadmus and see if the tech boys can't pull Luthor out of what's left of that hunk of-- [Brainiac/Luthor suddenly stands, instantly repairing] I'll be dipped!

Be gone.

You are defeated. Any unique information that dwells within you will be digitized. Your physical forms will be deleted. Such is the ultimate fate of this world, but for you, the end comes now.

I am so willing to wait my turn-- [a tentacle hits him last]

No! [phases himself free and rips the tentacles out of Brainiac]

No! I was not yet prepared for this battle. [uses the LexCorp tower to form a massive Skullship] Now I am prepared.

Shayera

Hi-ya!

That was too easy.

Shayera

Easy? Then I guess I must have gone to the wrong fight.

Superman

No, he's right. Brainiac isn't here. He suckered us.

Shayera Hol

Why would you even try to move a prisoner that dangerous without calling us?

Maybe because we thought we could do our jobs without help from the mighty Justice League.

Shayera Hol

And yet... here we are.

Superman

Okay, Shayera, what's done is done. Let's see if we can pick up his trail. Aztek?

The wall's submolecular integrity has been compromised.

Shayera Hol

Leptons showing residual weak-force interactions?

Yeah. How did you know?

Superman

It's a common energy signature of matter-phasing technology. I assume it doesn't leave a trail?

Shayera Hol

No such luck. Maybe Aztek could...

You guys want some coffee? Apparently I got nothing better to do here.

Superman

Sorry, we got caught up in the work.

Special Agent King Faraday. I'm the liaison between the Attorney General's office and the Justice League.

Uh, good to meet you. I'm...

Aztek. I've been well briefed on all of you. Security on Luthor's transfer was lax because it didn't seem necessary. We haven't had a peep outta him since he was arrested for that Brainiac business last summer.

He's a broken man. Just sits in his cell talking to himself.

Shayera Hol

When he's not stealing police vans you mean?

That came out of nowhere. We had no reason to think he was an active threat.

Do what you can. Put out an APB, stake out airports, train and bus stations.

Already done, for what it's worth.

If he's sighted, don't approach him. Call in the League.