Green Arrow quotes from Justice League Unlimited

Green Arrow

I strongly advise you to stay down. These impact arrows are non-lethal, but they hurt... a lot.

Green Arrow

I think you'll make a great diplomat... leave your sword.

Green Arrow

And Black Canary said a buzzsaw arrow was self-indulgent.

Green Arrow

But it'll make me a little cranky. Well, well, the great and glorious Green Lantern. What, did you run out of alien menaces to beat on, you have to horn in on my turf?

Green Lantern

You're welcome. We never heard back from you.

Green Arrow

Been kind of busy. Someone's gotta keep the streets safe while you and your pals are out...

Green Lantern

Ready.

Green Arrow

...zipping around the galaxy... grandstanding and...

Superman

Glad you could make it.

Green Lantern

And where am I, exactly?

Superman

Among friends. Each of you brings something different to the table. Strength. Speed. Stealth. Whatever. But we're all equal in at least one way: Each of us is willing to make the sacrifices a hero needs to make, even the ultimate one. Since there are so many of us, we have a chance to do more than just put out fires, both literal and figurative. We can be proactive. We can do some real good in the world. But we're going to have to be organized. J'onn'll be up here keeping an eye on everything. He'll be the one to decide whose going where and when. I know a lot of you are used to making those decisions for yourself, but from now on we have to be more coordinated than that. We can't be cowboys any more... or cowgirls.

Green Arrow

C'mon, I don't belong up here, fighting monsters and aliens and supervillains. I just help the little guy. And a big club like this, you tend to forget all about him. So gee whiz, I'm flattered to be asked and all. But NO THANKS.

Suit yourself... [starts to walk away, then turns back] Those monsters you don't fight? They tend to STEP on little guys.

Green Arrow

Is that a Containment suit?

Uh-huh. I'm not flesh and blood anymore, just living energy.

Green Arrow

That wouldn't be NUCLEAR energy, would it?

With a name like Captain Atom, what do you think?

Green Arrow

I think you're what I marched against back in college.

Green Arrow

So what's the plan?

I shove these carbon rods in the robots reactor, that should stop it.

Green Arrow

I gotta say that's not much of a plan, if you get that close the heat will fry you.

I know.

Green Arrow

But--

If this doesn't work, contact the League, they'll know what to do next.

Green Arrow

Captain.

Supergirl

You sure he's gonna be okay?

Green Lantern

He should be. J'onn's team picked him up right after it happened, so he didn't lose much of his energy.

Supergirl

At least he got a new suit out of it. So aren't you gonna give me the "you did good" speech?

Green Lantern

You're headstrong, unprofessional and reckless. If you ever jeopardize yourself or your teammates again by running off half-cocked without a battle plan, I will personally see to it that you are kicked out of the League. I don't care who your cousin is. And incidentally? You did good.

Supergirl

Huh.

Well, if it isn't the monster-killer.

Green Arrow

I was lucky. So was everybody else. Still don't think I belong up here.

That's the point. Someone like you will keep us honest.

Green Arrow

Gee, Bats, I don't know. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good radiation burn as much as the next guy, but I don't think...

So...see you soon?

Green Arrow

You just might.

Green Arrow

Come on!

I told you to stay away!

Green Arrow

Hey, I'm just trying to help!

I told you before the situation is completely under con--

Green Lantern

Looks like I just can't help boarding in.

Green Arrow

There's some people at the cliff.

I'll try to drain it.

Green Lantern

Go! Go!

There was too much energy.

Supergirl

Well, there's always the low tech way.

Green Arrow

Lantern!

I'll worry about that.

Green Arrow

So, what's the plan?

I shove these carbon rods into the robot's reactor. That should stop it.

Green Arrow

I gotta say, that's not much of a plan. If you get that close, the heat'll fry you. :Captain Atom: I know.

Green Arrow

But--

If this doesn't work, contact the League. They'll know what to do next.

Green Arrow

Captain.

Try to distract it.

Supergirl

Roger. Hey! Butane breath!

Green Arrow

Say "ah," dirt bag.

Supergirl

What's with the running, doc? We both know how this is gonna turn out.

I didn't tell anyone! I swear!

Supergirl

Good. Then you're the only loose end.

Supergirl

You can scream now, if you want.

Hmm. I've never fully understood the mechanics of dreams. I don't have them myself.

Supergirl

Well, this one's doing a number on my ceiling, and Pa Kent's getting tired of patching it.

I will say this. What I saw was far more linear than ordinary dream logic. But it didn't seem like a memory either. It was inconclusive.

Supergirl

You mean... I might actually have done these things?

I'm sorry. I just don't know.

Green Arrow

Don't listen to this guy, everything's conspiracies with him.

The Question

Not "conspiracies". Conspiracy. Singular.

Question

Reaching back to ancient Egypt, there's been a single cabal of powerful individuals directing the course of human history. But the common man prefers to believe they don't exist, which aids their success.

Supergirl

[reading newspaper clippings] Global warming, military upheavals in the third world, actors elected to public office...

Green Arrow

The spread of coffee bars, germs outpacing antibiotics, and boy bands? Come on! Who would gain from all this?

Question

Who indeed?

Supergirl

These weren't just dreams, they felt like they really happened!

Green Arrow

I dunno, I've had some dreams that felt mighty real. [glances over his shoulder at Black Canary] There was this one the other night... [eats a French fry thoughtfully]

Green Arrow

Hold your horses! No one asked for more help. This whole trip might just prove the kid shouldn't eat nachos before bed.

Question

Peanut butter sandwiches.

Supergirl

How did y- what, do you go through my trash?!

Question

Please... I go through everyone's trash.

Green Arrow

So I think that answered everything.

Question

A little too well.

Green Arrow

Does everything have a sinister motive in your world?

Question

Yours too, you just don't know it.

Green Arrow

What was that about?

Question

What do you think? We're asking questions someone doesn't want answered.

Green Arrow

Aw, learn a new tune already!

Question

Standard Z8 Combat Trainer.

Green Arrow

Like the ones we use. The League buys 'em in bulk.

Supergirl

So?

Question

So who do we buy them from?

Supergirl

The Army, I thin... Oh, wait a minute...

Question

Another fun fact: The man who commissioned the Z8 Project? The same man who put you in the hospital.

Supergirl

General Hardcastle? He's retired now, isn't he?

Question

Gone. And hoping to be forgotten.

Figured someone would come for me some day. Only, I thought they'd be from the other side. [aiming his weapon at Supergirl] This weapon fires a projectile of kryptonite pellets suspended in a liquid silicon core. Causes maximum scatter on impact. Only gets one shot, but trust me, alien, it'll do the job.

Supergirl

We're not here to hurt you. We just have some questions.

Sorry if I don't take your word for it. As I recall, your kind can be fickle.

Green Arrow

Okay, now what, smart guy? Use up your magic bullet on me, and you're left with one very ticked off Supergirl.

Green Arrow

Now, be a good host and tell us a story.

The army shut me out after Superman invaded. The feeling upstairs was I failed when it counted most, so how could I lead again? I got the message and took early retirement. Problem is, I know too much. One of these days they’ll decide to shut me up. The military and big business have been in cahoots for decades. Top secret stuff. Experiments on metahumans, mutants, aliens. Searching for new technologies both for national security and profit. That Volcano Woman? She was one of ours. Same with those freaks the Joker made up like playing cards.

Green Arrow

Any of it have to do with Supergirl?

It has to do with all of them. Your little club up in that spaceship? There’s a file on every one of you. But I don’t know anything about these dreams of yours. If it is connected to these people, I’ve been out of the loop too long to know.

Question

And how do we find "these people"?

You don't. They find you.

Green Arrow

Sorry, kid. Dead end I guess.

Question

Not necessarily. Need some time to process this. Martian, pick us up.

What? I told you everything I... Supergirl?

Yes. And no. Friends call me Tea. Are you a friend, general?

Guess that's a no.