Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Father's Day (1997)

Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent

Quotes 

• Superman : What have you done to him? I asked you a question. Who are you? Answer me!

  [Darkseid blasts Superman with Omega beams] 

  Darkseid : *That* is who I am. And when the time comes, you and this primitive planet will swear allegiance to Darkseid... or you will be destroyed.

• Superman : [fighting on subway tracks as a train approaches]  There are people on that train; maybe hundreds of them.

  Kalibak : More of your innocents?

  [throwing punches, Superman knocks him backward, and Kalibak is electrocuted by the third rail] 

• Martha Kent : Your father's thinking of buying a computer for the farm, Clark.

  Jonathan Kent : I am not. I don't need some fancy gizmo to tell me when the chickens have to be fed. It's your mother who wants one, Clark. She's aching to surf the net. Whatever that means.

  Clark Kent : When I finish a story, I press a button, and it goes straight to the editor's desk.

  Jonathan Kent : Heck, that could save you five or six whole steps.

  Lois Lane : Ah, but the editor can send it directly to Typography seven flights down, and they can send it to the press room, and...

  Jonathan Kent : Okay, okay. I surrender.

  Clark Kent : This is Lois Lane, folks.

  Lois Lane : Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Kent.

  Jonathan Kent : Please, Jonathan and Martha.

  Martha Kent : We've heard so much about you from Clark.

  Lois Lane : Really?

  Jonathan Kent : We feel like you're practically family. Will you join us for lunch?

  Lois Lane : Well, seeing as how I'm practically family, why not?

• Jimmy Olsen : You got plans this weekend, Clark?

  Clark Kent : I'm playing tour guide for my folks. They're coming to town for Father's Day.

  Jimmy Olsen : What's their ETA?

  Clark Kent : Hmm?

  Lois Lane : [Clark hears her with his superhuman hearing]  Call the SCU. Get them down here fast.

  Jimmy Olsen : Your mom and dad, what time are they...

  [seeing Clark is gone] 

  Jimmy Olsen : Clark?

• Superman : Whoever you are...

  Kalibak : My name is Kalibak.

  Superman : I'll settle with you in a moment.

• Kalibak : Now, with your death, I shall prove my worthiness to my father.

  Superman : Father?

• Superman : [Jonathan is trapped under rubble]  Don't move. I'm coming.

  Kalibak : [punching him]  The only place you're going is to the grave.

  Superman : Stop! There's an innocent man!

  Kalibak : How naive you are. On Apokolips, we are taught even as children...

  [throwing another punch] 

  Kalibak : ....that no one is innocent.