Clark Kent quotes from Superman: The Animated Series

Clark Kent

Looks like you're just what the doctor ordered... Lolo.

Clark Kent

Touché.

Clark Kent

[narrating] Luck. That's what it all boils down to, doesn't it? The smallest break one way or the other. It can save a life or destroy one. And you can't fight it, no matter how strong you are.

Clark Kent

[Narrating] Dinner was hard to pass up. I hadn't eaten all day. Not that I needed to.

Clark Kent

[Narrating] I suppose I could've flown to the governor as Superman and given him the disk, but that could've raised some awkward questions. Maybe there was some ego to it, too. I wanted this to be Clark's victory. Not Superman's.

Young Clark Kent

Like a pair of glasses is going to fool anyone.

Young Clark Kent

[After seeing his future costume] Red underpants? Now I know you're crazy!

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 multimillion dollar windfall.

Lex Luthor

Lois, it almost sounds as if your friend here is suggesting I should be glad that my suit was stolen. You're very amusing, Mr.... Kent, is it? Yes, I'll remember that.

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

Nice 'S'.

Clark Kent

Excuse me?

Clark Kent

Now that I've moved to Metropolis, it's going to be impossible to keep a low profile.

Jonathan Kent

Yeah, I can see how pulling down an airliner in the middle of a city could turn a few heads.

Clark Kent

It's not just that. People are calling me "Superman" now. Does this mean I'm going to have to give up my life?

Jonathan Kent

No, son. It doesn't matter where you were born, or what you can do, you'll always be Clark Kent. Superman just helps out now and then.

Martha Kent

Still, it wouldn't be bad if people knew a little more about Superman. I don't want anyone thinking you're like that nut in Gotham City.

Toyman

Miss Lane, pay attention to the story. And take good notes.

Toyman

It's a very sad story, one most people have forgotten. Once upon a time, there was a kindly man who loved nothing more than making toys. He wanted to build the most wonderful toy factory in all the world, only he had no money to pay for it. Then one day a man came along, a very bad man. [pop up of Bruno Mannheim holding a wad of cash and with devil horns] He offered to pay for the factory under one condition...

TOYMAKER SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS

Clark Kent

"The factory became the front for a numbers racket. Although Bruno Mannheim was named as a suspect, he was never indicted. Only the toymaker, Winslow Schott, was convicted."

Jimmy Olsen

Sounds like Bruno played him for a patsy.

Toyman

The bad man watched and laughed while the police locked the kindly toymaker in the dungeon forever. Clang!

Clark Kent

2 to 1, Schott's our Toyman.

Jimmy Olsen

Uh, I don't think so, Clark. Take a look.

Clark Kent

His obituary?

Jimmy Olsen

Poor guy. He died before making parole.

Clark Kent

Yeah, but he had a survivor.

Toyman

That's right, Miss Lane. The toymaker had a son. But without his father, the poor little boy was bounced from foster home to foster home, like a little toy that nobody wanted. A childhood is a terrible thing to lose, Miss Lane, but I'm getting mine back... with a vengeance.

Clark Kent

Nothing's happening.

You were expecting them to dance for you?

Lois Lane

I'm confused, Kent. See, I've lived in Metropolis most of my life and I can't figure out how some yokel from Smallville is suddenly getting every hot story in town.

Clark Kent

Well, Lois, the truth is, I'm actually Superman in disguise and I only pretend to be a journalist in order to hear about disasters as they happen, and then squeeze you out of the byline.

Lois Lane

You're a sick man, Kent.

Clark Kent

You asked.

Clark Kent

"L.L."? Lana Lang?

Lois Lane

Don't tell me you know her?

Clark Kent

We used to date.

Lois Lane

Get out!

Clark Kent

In high school.

Lois Lane

She's certainly come up in the world since then. [Clark gives her a look]... From Smallville, I mean.