Quotes
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Superboy : Something told me those sudden power surges meant you were around.
Professor John Zugar : What are you so mad about? I'm the one who should be teed off. You know how long I've been waiting for you?
Superboy : You planned the whole thing, didn't you? You tricked me into using superheat, and then you dragged me back to 1939.
Professor John Zugar : Well, sure I did. How else was I gonna get your help? But I didn't force you to hang onto the time machine. That's your problem.
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Superboy : Mr. Stoddard, because you made it possible for us to return, the professor and I would like to offer you this gift of ten acres of land in the San Fernando Valley.
Professor John Zugar : I think five acres would be enough. I mean, after all, gratitude carried too far is ostentation. If there's one thing I can't stand...
Percy Stoddard : Please, please, gentlemen, I don't want anything.
Superboy : You don't understand. We insist that you take this. He can't go back unless you take it. As a matter of fact, I won't go back unless you take this.
Percy Stoddard : [leaving] Gentlemen.
Superboy : Thank you very much.
Professor John Zugar : I want to thank you for being so generous with *my* property.
Superboy : I knew you wouldn't mind. I felt like we owed him a favor.
Professor John Zugar : Well, do me a favor: don't do me any more favors.
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Professor John Zugar : Where's your joie de vivre? Your curiosity? Your wonder? I got here in 1938. You didn't arrive until 1939. Aren't you impatient to know how that happened?
Superboy : No, not from you. I don't want...
Professor John Zugar : You were hanging onto the time machine. You must have let go before I reached 1938. That's why you didn't travel back in time as far as I did.