Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Fun and Games (1996)

Bud Cort: The Toyman, Winslow Schott

Quotes 

• The Toyman : Hello, boys.

  Johnny : Who's that?

  The Toyman : I'm ever so sorry to spoil your nice celebration, but I have a very important message for your boss, Mr. Mannheim. Please tell him the Toyman is calling time-out on his little games, and don't be tardy.

  'Spider' Spinelli : Grab Pinocchio before he gets out!

  [the ball Toyman dropped hits one of the thugs] 

  'Spider' Spinelli : Johnny!

  [it begins to rebound, wreaking havoc] 

  'Spider' Spinelli : Let's get out of here!

• The Toyman : A childhood is a terrible thing to lose, Miss Lane. But I'm getting mine back - with a vengeance.

• The Toyman : I'm so glad you decided to stay, Ms. Lane. We're going to have a whole lot of fun.

  Lois Lane : Why me, Toyman?

  The Toyman : Because of those lies you wrote about me in your little paper. This time, I want you to get it right.

• The Toyman : Now the real fun begins. You're going to play... reporter! This time, I want you to take good notes.

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : [descended from the ceiling like a marionette]  You just made the biggest mistake of your life, you miserable little freak! I mean it, Schott. I got friends. They'll find you!

  [Toyman's toy soldiers move forward and aim their rifles] 

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : On the other hand, maybe we can make a deal.

  [Toyman blindfolds him] 

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : Aah!

  The Toyman : No peeking now.

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : Please, don't!

  Lois Lane : You can't be serious.

  The Toyman : Deadly serious, Ms. Lane. Playtime is over. Ready... aim...

  [Lois pushes him out of the way] 

  The Toyman : Hey!

  [she pushes over one toy soldier, which dominoes and knocks the others down] 

  The Toyman : [picking up one of the toy rifles]  Ahh! You broke my toys! You spoiled my fun!

• The Toyman : [waving a giant bubble-blowing wand]  How does the saying go? Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble.

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : Yeah, it's you, Winslow. Same creepy voice. I don't know how you came back from the dead, but it's gonna be a short visit.

  The Toyman : [the bubbles pop, releasing knockout gas, and Bruno falls to the ground]  Ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

• Lois Lane : Read it and weep, Kent. It's all here: the attack on the armored car, the attack on Mannheim, and as a finishing touch, a preliminary profile on the perp by a noted police psychiatrist.

  Clark Kent : Based on what?

  Lois Lane : He uses toys as weapons. We're talking about a guy with very serious issues. Like the shrink says: an emotionally stunted, amoral narcissist with paranoid delusions desperately...

  The Toyman : [in his playhouse, reading the article]  "... desperately seeking external validation through antisocial behavior."

• Superman : Little boys shouldn't play with sharp objects.

  The Toyman : Who invited you, Superman?

  Bruno 'Ugly' Mannheim : Superman? Superman, is that you?

  The Toyman : Don't think I haven't prepared a surprise for you. Here's something you can't break.

  Superman : [getting hit with a Play-Doh-like substance]  Very funny, Toyman.

  [it starts to mutate and envelop him] 

  Superman : Huh?

  The Toyman : Uh, maybe you should read the warning. Dopey Doh is a lethal biogenic organism. Contact with the skin can prove fatal. It won't stop growing until it asphyxiates its host. Not for children under three.

  Superman : [she approaches to help]  Lois, no! Don't touch it!

  Lois Lane : What can I do?

  Superman : Get back. Find something to hide behind. Hurry!

• The Toyman : You think you've got me, but I still get a free game.

  [flipping a switch on his remote control, wind-up cannonballs fall from the ceiling] 

• Jimmy Olsen : Nothing yet.

  Clark Kent : Try cross-indexing "Mannheim" with just "toy."

  Jimmy Olsen : [getting a result]  Hey, look at this.

  Clark Kent : "Toymaker sentenced to ten years."

  The Toyman : [in his playhouse, showing Lois a children's pop-up book]  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...

  [pulling a tab, devil's horns appear on Mannheim] 

  The Toyman : ...a very bad man. He offered to pay for the factory under one condition.

  Clark Kent : [at the Planet]  "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.