Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)
Stolen Memories (1996)
Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent
Quotes
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Superman : Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Lex Luthor : Precisely. Though in your case I'll make an exception.
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Superman : You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!
Brainiac : Only their knowledge was important. It is what I was programed to colect and protect.
Superman : But why kill?
Brainiac : The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
Superman : You're insane!
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Brainiac : We are both orphans of the same planet. While you've been living here on Earth, I have roamed the universe. These orbs contain all the knowledge I've collected. Each represents all the recorded information from a single planet.
Superman : Incredible. And Krypton?
Brainiac : [leading him to a specific orb] All that was Krypton is contained within this orb. Go ahead. Touch your legacy.
Superman : [touching it, he has a vision of Jor-El] Father.
Brainiac : Enough.
Superman : I... I saw my father. Did you know him?
Brainiac : Yes. He helped me escape Krypton's fate, too. Now all of our home world's memories are stored within me.
Superman : You mean you're an artificial intelligence, and those orbs, they're some kind of memory modules.
Brainiac : Most perceptive.
[leading him out]
Brainiac : In all my travels, I have never encountered another quite like you. We would make a formidable pair, we twin sons of Krypton. Join me, Kal-El. Help me explore the galaxies and collect knowledge, and I will give you memories of Krypton. You will know your world as if you lived there yourself.
Superman : But Earth is my home now.
Brainiac : Powers such as yours should not be confined to a single infinitesimal dot. Consider my offer. In exchange for this world, I am offering you the universe.
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Superman : It was several hours after I touched the orb that I saw the images. It's too soon to trust him completely.
Lex Luthor : [chuckling] I never trust anyone completely. Since Brainiac arrived, I've had him targeted from land-based platforms with a payload of 6 1/2 megatons. Enough firepower to incinerate Metropolis County.
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Lex Luthor : Let Superman talk with him, alien to alien. Then he can confirm what I'm telling you.
Superman : Why me?
Lex Luthor : Because I told him all about you, and he's most anxious to meet our Man of Steel.
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Superman : [arriving at Brainiac's rendezvous point] Came a long way to get stood up.
[Brainiac's ship appears behind him]
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Superman : Luthor, we have to talk. I have reservations about Brainiac.
Lex Luthor : Really. Well, you're a little late. I'm already preparing a hookup with Brainiac's ship so he can feed his memory directly into LexCorp's mainframe.
Superman : [stopping the elevator door as it closes] I wouldn't.
Lex Luthor : I'm listening.
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Superman : Superman to S.T.A.R. Labs. Can you read me? I've returned from hyperspace.
Professor Hamilton : How far this time?
Superman : 5 1/2 light-years. Just past Alpha Centauri.
Professor Hamilton : In less than four hours. Remarkable.
Superman : Shall we try for the Vega system?
Professor Hamilton : Actually, I think we should postpone for now. The Pentagon would like to have a word with you.
Superman : About what?
Professor Hamilton : Your old nemesis Lex Luthor. It appears he's made a... friend.
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Brainiac : Most impressive. Your powers even exceed Luthor's description.
Superman : Brainiac, I presume.
Brainiac : I apologize for any discomfort, but it was important that I accurately gauge your powers.
Superman : Why? Morbid curiosity?
Brainiac : Curiosity, yes. Morbid, hardly. You see, we have more in common than you can possibly know, Kal-El.
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Angela Chen : Though little is still known of our visitor from the stars, all of Metropolis is maniac for Brainiac. Even Superman thinks he's for real.
Clark Kent : [turning the TV off and getting into bed] The universe. Is it really possible?
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Superman : You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!
Brainiac : Only their knowledge was important. It was what I was programmed to collect and protect.
Superman : But why kill?
Brainiac : The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
Superman : You're insane!