Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

A Little Piece of Home (1996)

Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent

Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : As long as I have the rock, you can't stop me. But it is bothersome to have you always trying, so, the deal is this: you leave me and my operations alone, and I and my little green rock will leave you alone.

  Superman : I don't make deals with criminals.

  Lex Luthor : I control everything in this town, Superman. Your cooperation is not really necessary. The offer was merely a courtesy.

  Superman : [glaring]  You will *never* control me, Luthor. Never!

  [flies off] 

  Lex Luthor : Well, then, I guess I'll have to kill you.

• [Nito and Sam steal a diamond] 

  Sam Coralli : What do you think we'll get for it, Nito?

  Superman : I'd say five to ten, with time off for good behavior.

• Professor Hamilton : The fact that your body chemistry absorbs the radiations so readily, leads me to believe that you share with it a point of origin.

  Superman : You mean it came from Krypton?

  Professor Hamilton : More than likely it is Krypton, or rather a small piece of it. 'Kryptonite' if you will.

• Superman : You know, we can keep this up all day, or you...

  [feeling the effects of kryptonite, he groans and falls to the floor] 

  Sam Coralli : You know, you don't look so hot. Maybe we should help him.

  'Neato' Coralli : [sarcastic]  Sure, we'll send him some chicken soup. Come on!

• Superman : [re: two robbers' fruitless attempts to stop him]  I hope you're planning on cleaning up this mess.

• Lois Lane : If only we had some lead.

  Tour Guide : [in Superman's memory]  ... entire civilization was destroyed by systemic metallic poisoning.

  Superman : The cups... they're made of lead.

  [trying to get the cup, Lois is shocked by the security system; to avoid the T-Rex, she crawls across the floor and bumps into the kryptonite on the ground next to her] 

  Lois Lane : Lane squares off. She aims. She shoots...

  [throwing it like a basketball shot, it rolls around the cup's lip and goes in] 

  Lois Lane : Two points!

• Clark Kent : [Lois plays trash basketball]  Does Perry know you're playing basketball on his time?

  Lois Lane : It helps me think. Why didn't he nab those two museum thieves? It doesn't make sense.

  Clark Kent : Who?

  Lois Lane : Who? Superman.

• Clark Kent : [at the kryptonite display case]  Nothing's happening.

  Old Woman : You were expecting them to dance for you?

  Security Guard : I like the stuff they had in there before.

  Clark Kent : Before?

  Security Guard : Yesterday. They came in this morning and changed the whole display around.

• Lois Lane : Thank you, Superman.

  Superman : No, Lois, thank you. You saved my life.

  Lois Lane : I suppose I did.

  Superman : I owe you one.

  Lois Lane : I'd say an exclusive interview would just about even us up.

  Superman : All right. Under one condition: you don't print anything about the kryptonite.

• Waitress : Be with you in a second, sir.

  [as she trips, Clark speeds over, catching both her and her dishes] 

  Waitress : Good catch. So, what'll it be?

  Lois Lane : [coming in]  I'd like the turkey meatloaf, baked potato, no butter, no soup, salad, house dressing on the side. Give the whole thing legs. Sorry, Kent, I'm in a hurry.

  [seeing he doesn't look well] 

  Lois Lane : Say, you don't look so hot.

  Clark Kent : I'm fine. What's the rush?

  Lois Lane : [taking a piece of kryptonite out of her purse]  Take a look at this.

  Clark Kent : [dropping it]  Aah!

  Lois Lane : Careful!

  Clark Kent : I'm sorry. Just clumsy, I guess. What is it?

  Lois Lane : Lex Labs got a hold of some kind of meteor that seems to have the ability to drain Superman's powers. This is just a small sliver. You sure you're not catching something?

  Clark Kent : I'm okay. Really.

  Lois Lane : I'm taking this piece over to S.T.A.R. Labs to let them have a look at it.

  [the waitress brings her order] 

  Lois Lane : I'll let you know what they say. The gentlemen would like a large orange juice, chicken soup, and tea with lemon. You gotta take care of yourself, Smallville.

  Waitress : Yeah, you really don't look so good.

• Lex Luthor : As you know, recent cutbacks have forced the city to close the doors to many of its own museums, which is why the Lex Luthor Museum of Natural History is such a boon to the city's populace.

  Lois Lane : [watching with Clark]  And a boost to Lex's popularity.

  Lex Luthor : In anticipation of tomorrow's grand opening, I felt that you, the elite of the Metropolis press, might enjoy a sneak preview of the city's newest state-of-the-art exhibition hall. The priceless artifacts are displayed in open cases, protected by electronic surveillance and an impregnable automated security system.

  Clark Kent : [hearing an explosion]  Did you hear that?

  Lois Lane : Just typical Luthor blarney.

  Lex Luthor : And now, I will be happy to answer any questions regarding the museum and its displays.

  Lois Lane : How do you respond to charges that the museum is really just a large tax shelter for LexCorp?

  [Lex scowls] 

  Lois Lane : Let's see him get out of...

  [seeing Clark isn't there] 

  Lois Lane : Kent?