Superman quotes from Superman: The Animated Series

Superman

Mxyzptlk?! I thought you promised to stay away from Earth forever!

Mr. Mxyzptlk

No, no, no. I only promised I wouldn't come back and bother you, and I'm not! Old Rockhead is!

Superman

And I can guess you got him riled up.

Bizarro

You saved me. Why?

Superman

Because I knew Mxy tricked you. If it makes you feel better, he's done it to me. A lot.

Superman

Listen to me, my friend. Mxy's playing you for a fool.

Bizarro

Little big head man my friend! Him say you enemy.

Superman

Him lie like rug. Trust me.

Bizarro

Peaceful.

Superman

That will keep him quiet till he reaches home.

Mr. Mxyzptlk

[as he dodges the boulder] WATCH IT, YA BIG JERK! Three months of this?! I don't think so! I QUIT!

Superman

[imitating Bizarro] Life am good.

Kyle Rayner

There must be someone better suited for the job, like him! [points to Superman]

The ring has chosen you, Kyle Rayner.

Kyle Rayner

But I'm just an artist. I doodle in the margins of notepads, I daydream about color form and monster trucks. I live half my life in a fantasy world.

Superman

You sound perfect.

Angela Chen

Got time for a statement, Superman?

Superman

You wouldn't want it!

Superman

So it ends like this.

Lex Luthor

Don't think of it as an end, Superman. My biotech people will spend years studying your carcass. I'm certain it will be a most profitable endeavor.

Darkseid

[after Kalibak is easily beaten by Superman] I can't believe he's blood.

Superman

You used me.

Darkseid

I told you once, Superman: If you would not be my knight, you would be my pawn.

Superman

I see you're a man of your word.

Darkseid

I am many things, Kal-El. You couldn't even begin to imagine half of them. But for now, I shall take the role of the executioner. A final gift, my wayward son: A fast death, infinitely preferable to the shame of returning to Earth. There, your legacy would be one of fear and distrust - a pariah desperately seeking the favor of a world that cursed your name.

Superman

[Punches Darkseid] That was for Dan Turpin!

Darkseid

Who?

Superman

The good man you murdered!

Darkseid

Had I known one human's death would pain you so, Kal-El, I would have killed more. And kill more I shall. Carry that agony with you to oblivion, Superman.

Supergirl

Don't, Clark.

Superman

Kara?

Supergirl

You fight by Darkseid's rules, you're gonna kill somebody. And it won't be him. Let it go. Let's go home.

Superman

Home.

Superman

They're right. I did lose control and it scares me. If I can't trust myself, how can I win back the trust of an entire planet?

Lois Lane

One person at a time. [Kisses him]