Justice League (TV Series)

Only a Dream (2003)

William Atherton: Dr. Destiny, John Dee

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Quotes 

• John Dee : Trouble sleeping? Maybe it's your conscience. Oh - I forgot. You don't have one.

• John Dee : And I thought I'd actually have to break a sweat!

  Superman : [flying in]  I'll be doing the breaking around here!

  John Dee : [transforms into a giant and crushes him between his hands]  Yes. You break very nicely.

• John Dee : [after being denied parole]  It's just a little setback, that's all.

  Penny Dee : You said that last time and the time before.

  John Dee : Listen, I'm working on something new. It's gonna change everything.

  Penny Dee : You've said that before, too.

  John Dee : Baby, this time it's going to happen, I swear.

  Penny Dee : John, I found someone else.

  John Dee : [she stands to leave]  You can't do this. I'm so close.

  [as she walks out] 

  John Dee : You can't do this to me!

• Dr. Bill Brooks : 3, 2, 1. And stop.

  John Dee : That's it? I don't feel any different.

  Dr. Bill Brooks : You're not supposed to. Just let your mind go blank, then tell me what comes into it when I look at these cards.

  John Dee : [as Brooks holds them up]  Uh... a car maybe. A tree. A cow. A house.

  [he's shown his guesses were all correct] 

  John Dee : Sheez. So it's true. This thing really can give people ESP.

  Dr. Bill Brooks : Only for a little while, and I'm still charting the side effects.

  John Dee : But think of the potential. I'd sure like to keep working with you on this. Even after they let me out. See what this baby can really do.

  Dr. Bill Brooks : What it could do is fry your brain.

  John Dee : Hey, sometimes you have to take a chance. You know, for science.

• Penny Dee : How'd you get in here?

  John Dee : I can go anywhere I want now.

  Penny Dee : [running to the bedroom]  Rick! Rick! Get up! Get up!

  John Dee : Sound sleeper, huh?

  Penny Dee : What did you do to him?

  John Dee : Nothing. But there isn't much he can do for you. Not even the Justice League can save you now.

  Penny Dee : John, please...

  John Dee : You know, I never liked that name. It's so... ordinary. Especially for someone who has such big things in store. You know, a destiny. Oh. Destiny. I like it. Dr. Destiny. What do you think?

  Penny Dee : You're crazy!

  John Dee : I think you're finally seeing the real me.

  [conjuring a Dr. Doom-ish cloak] 

  John Dee : And now that I'm a doctor...

  [his face peels off, revealing just the skeleton underneath] 

  John Dee : ...I think I'll perform some surgery.

• Inmate : Where's that happy face today, Dee?

  John Dee : Shut up.

  Inmate : [feigning fright]  Ooh.

  [hearing an alarm] 

  Inmate : Sounds like somebody's getting out of here today.

• Lex Luthor : Congratulations. You've done what even I couldn't do, Mr...

  John Dee : Dee. John Dee.

  The Joker : Ew! We'll have to do better than that. Let's see, Dee... Dee... Destructor? Demolisher!

  Lex Luthor : [pushing him away]  Time for that later. First, Mr. Dee has to tell us exactly how this... thing works.

  John Dee : The Materiopticon? Sorry. It's a trade secret.

  Solomon Grundy : That all right. Grundy like you anyway. You one of us now.

  John Dee : [getting patted on the back too hard]  Easy. Easy.