Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Feeding Time (1996)

Brion James: Parasite, Rudy Jones

Quotes 

• Parasite : [as he's absorbing Superman's energy and thoughts]  Good to see you again, Superman. Or should I say "Clark?" That's right, Kent! I've got your powers, I got your thoughts and I got your secret!

• Parasite : Comfy?

  Superman : Where are we?

  Parasite : Why don't you use your x-ray vision?

  Superman : I... can't.

  Parasite : Aw, shucks. Well, all you need to know is it ain't your apartment. It's mine now. Fits my new, ritzy lifestyle.

  Superman : When I don't go to work, people will come looking for me.

  Parasite : [imitating Clark's voice]  "Hi, Perry? That cold of mine is acting up again. I think I'm going to be out sick for a while." You see, Supes, you're my new meal plan. Figure I'll keep you here, pop back every 12 hours or so for a recharge. In fact, it's feeding time right about now.

• Parasite : Don't you recognize me, Marty? It's your old doormat, Rudy Jones.

• LeBeau : Rudy, you oughta be in a hospital. Y-Y-You need help.

  Parasite : Help? I never felt better in my life.

  LeBeau : [Parasite touches him, absorbing some of his energy]  Ow! Hey!

  Parasite : [continuing to do so]  It's fantastic, Marty. I should be thanking you. When I touch somebody, I get strong. I absorb their energy. But more than that, I hear their thoughts. I know what they know. Really, words don't describe it. Here. Let me show you.

• Parasite : Playing hide and seek now? Come on, Kent, this is beneath you.

• Parasite : You're wasting your time. I'm still stronger.

  Superman : Maybe, but for how long?

  Parasite : You've got a point. Guess I oughta end this quick.

  [pulling the faceplate of Superman's helmet off] 

  Parasite : Time... to say... good night!

  [Superman evades his finger, and Parasite screams as he absorbs the energy from a piece of kryptonite] 

• Guard : You there! Hold it!

  [recognizing him] 

  Guard : Oh, it's you, Rudy. Hey, what's up? You get cleared for machinery?

  LeBeau : [nervously]  Yeah, I'm, uh... a forklift operator now.

  Guard : [seeing his badge says "janitor"]  And who's your friend, huh? Doing some early Christmas shopping, mister?

  Rudy Jones : He, um...

  LeBeau : That's all right, Rudy.

  [drawing a gun] 

  LeBeau : Maybe I can clear all this up.

• Superman : Enjoy your night out?

  Parasite : You better believe it. My whole life, everybody's been stepping on me. Now I'm the one with all the power.

  Superman : And what have you done with all this power, Rudy? Gave the world the raw deal they gave you? Feel like you've gotten even yet?

  Parasite : What's with the chatter all of a sudden? You're up to something.

  [absorbing some of his energy] 

  Parasite : Huh? Somebody's here.

  [looking around with Clark's x-ray vision, he sees Jimmy in hiding] 

  Parasite : [knocking him backward as Jimmy swings a crowbar at him]  Cute, kid.

• Rudy Jones : Mr. LeBeau, please stop!

  LeBeau : You messed me up for the last time, you stupid little parasite.

  Rudy Jones : Hey! Slow down!

  [as the truck hits a rock in the road, Rudy is covered in hazardous waste] 

  Rudy Jones : Mr. LeBeau, stop the truck! Please! Stop! Please! Martin... help me!

  LeBeau : [as he slams on the brakes, Rudy is thrown from the truck bed]  Adios... freak.

• Rudy Jones : You're gonna get us put away for good!

  LeBeau : Speak for yourself. I'm not getting caught.

• Superman : What's happened to you?

  Parasite : I don't know, Superman. It's as if I've turned into some kind of monster. Can you help me?

  Superman : Let me take you back to S.T.A.R. Maybe Professor Hamilton can treat you.

  Parasite : Okay, Superman. Just don't hurt me.

  Superman : I won't. Hang on.

  Parasite : Oh, you can count on it.

  [grabbing him and absorbing his energy] 

  Parasite : Man, what a rush! So that's what real power feels like. Ah. Looks like you still got some juice left in you.

  [grabbing him again; after Superman fights back, Parasite throws him into a lamppost like a rag doll] 

  Parasite : You all see that? That's the new me!

  [Superman breaks off the lamppost and swings it, but Parasite knocks him backward into the water] 

  Parasite : That's what Rudy Jones can do. Now tell your friends... there's a new Superman in town.

• LeBeau : Hey, Rudy, today or what? You screw this up, you can forget about me paying off that bookie of yours.

  Rudy Jones : I-I know, Mr. LeBeau.

  LeBeau : [watching him try to put a pallet in a truck with a forklift]  Jeez! I thought you knew how to work that thing.

• Parasite : Good evening, Dinner.