Stargirl (TV Series)
Summer School: Chapter Three (2021)
Brec Bassinger: Courtney Whitmore, Stargirl
Quotes
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Courtney Whitmore : I just love the smell of bacon in the morning, don't you? Smells like...
[sniffing]
Courtney Whitmore : Victory.
Pat Dugan : Yeah, see, never count your winnings before you collect, okay, Court?
Courtney Whitmore : The Shade has no idea who he's up against.
Barbara Whitmore : First of all, he's obviously very dangerous. So I think you should definitely bring S.T.R.I.P.E.
Courtney Whitmore : Mom, we need the element of surprise. S.T.R.I.P.E.'s as subtle as a tank.
Barbara Whitmore : Doesn't he have, like, a silent mode?
Pat Dugan : That's a good idea.
Courtney Whitmore : Silent mode? Seriously?
Barbara Whitmore : Or... I don't know, invisibility?
Courtney Whitmore : Mom, you're embarrassing yourself. Let the professionals figure it out.
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Beth Chapel : The Shade killed Doctor Mid-Nite? So that means... Doctor Mid-Nite's the only one of the JSA that we haven't gotten justice for. We need to.
Courtney Whitmore : First things first, we need to find out where the Shade is hiding.
Rick Tyler : All for that, but then what? You-You can't punch a shadow, Court.
Courtney Whitmore : [lost for words] Pat?
Pat Dugan : Yeah?
Courtney Whitmore : How does one punch a shadow?
Pat Dugan : Oh, well, yeah. I mean, as long as you're asking, I did see Starman incapacitate the Shade one time using the staff.
Courtney Whitmore : Yes!
Yolanda Montez : S-So... so, we knock out this shadowy freak. And then what, Mr. Dugan?
Pat Dugan : I don't know yet. I don't know.
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Pat Dugan : Well, turns out the girl who cried wolf was, uh, right after all.
Courtney Whitmore : Of course I was right. There's a wolf in Blue Valley. He's called the Shade, the last member of the Injustice Society.
Pat Dugan : The Shade worked with the ISA in the past, but he quit a while back. I don't know what he's up to now, but he's going by the name Richard Swift. He's posing as an antiques dealer, and he's basically an antique himself. There's photographic evidence of him going back to the 1800s.
Yolanda Montez : So he's, like, really old.
Courtney Whitmore : Pat thinks he doesn't age. His powers...
Pat Dugan : Are shadows. His powers are shadows. He can manipulate them and travel through darkness.
Beth Chapel : So why is he in Blue Valley? To finish what the ISA started?
Pat Dugan : I don't think so, Beth. He had a falling-out with them after he helped them defeat the JSA, but, uh... I know he's bad news. I watched him kill Doctor Mid-Nite.
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Courtney Whitmore : Pat, we've come to a decision.
Pat Dugan : Hey, this is not a group discussion, okay?
Courtney Whitmore : But Mike deserves to be in the JSA.
Yolanda Montez : We voted.
Mike Dugan : Just call me Mikey Thunder.
Courtney Whitmore : Let me handle this. Also, that's terrible.
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Mike Dugan : So, in conclusion, show us the location of, quote, the Shade, unquote, not to be confused with a lamp or window shade, but the last known member of the Injustice Society of America, hiding somewhere in Blue Valley, Nebraska, 68060, USA.
Beth Chapel : [as the pen crackles, a pink flame appears on a nearby map] Where is he?
Pat Dugan : That's William Zarick's old house.
Yolanda Montez : That's the Wizard, right?
Pat Dugan : Yeah.
Courtney Whitmore : Hey, you did it, Mike!
Pat Dugan : Yeah, you did good.
Mike Dugan : Thanks, Dad. Let's go.
Pat Dugan : Whoa! Whoa! You're staying here.
Mike Dugan : What?
Pat Dugan : Yeah, that was the deal, remember? You agreed to it. And it's safer that way for everyone.
Mike Dugan : No, no, no, no, no. Come on, man. You can't bench me now. I...
Pat Dugan : I'm sorry, Mike, that's just the way it is.
Courtney Whitmore : Mike, you really did help us.
Pat Dugan : Hey, you guard the Pit Stop. That's an important job, right? There's some, uh, pizza bites, string cheese, and some of those juice boxes you like.
Mike Dugan : [dejected] Mikey Thunder, riding the pine.
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Mike Dugan : Hey. So, did you guys have a vote yet? Am I in the JSA or do I have to go through some hazing first?
Courtney Whitmore : There's no hazing.
Mike Dugan : Oh. Great. So I'm in, right?
Courtney Whitmore : It's not up to me.
Mike Dugan : Yeah, it is. You're, like, the JSA's leader.
Courtney Whitmore : But Pat's your dad. That's veto power I can't overrule.
Mike Dugan : He told you no, too. Come on, Court, think about it. All the bad guys we'll be able to take down. All the people we'll be able to save. You and me together, brother and sister!
Courtney Whitmore : Yeah, that sounds great, really, but...
Mike Dugan : The Thunderbolt picked me. So I'm like you. I was meant to be a superhero. It's my destiny. Please, help me try?
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Courtney Whitmore : [walking home from school with Yolanda] Don't worry, we're gonna figure this out. Things are looking up from here.
[they watch as a stop sign falls from the sky and lands in the sidewalk]
Courtney Whitmore : Mike?
Mike Dugan : [they see he's holding the pink pen] Guess who's the newest member of the Justice Society of America? Me.
Thunderbolt : [emerging from the pen] You mean us! Ta-da! Pleasure to meet you.
[another stop sign lands on a car in the background, setting off its alarm]
Thunderbolt : What's going on? Sorry about the sign. Tough crowd, right?
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Pat Dugan : I knew you took the other stuff from the JSA headquarters, but you didn't tell me you took the pen.
Courtney Whitmore : I forgot about it!
Pat Dugan : Okay, Court, I told you it was dangerous. Somebody could have been killed.
Courtney Whitmore : Well, you should've told me everything about it in the first place. You know, been specific.
Mike Dugan : You gotta be real specific with the wishing, let me tell you.
Pat Dugan : No, Mike. No more wishes.
Beth Chapel : But, Mr. Dugan is this genie really grants wishes, maybe he could fix the goggles?
Rick Tyler : Or find the Shade?
Yolanda Montez : And stop him.
Pat Dugan : Trust me, he'd just cause more trouble.
Mike Dugan : Me?
Pat Dugan : No, not you, Mike, the Thunderbolt. He's not exactly a living monkey's paw, but he's close.
Mike Dugan : [the pen crackles] I, uh... I think he can hear you. Also, what's this got to do with monkeys?
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Courtney Whitmore : Yolanda, you okay? Headaches again?
Yolanda Montez : Mm-hmm. How are we gonna stop the Shade once we find him?
Courtney Whitmore : Pat's working on it.
Yolanda Montez : I don't wanna be in another situation like Brainwave, Court. I can't do what I did again. I won't.
Paul Deisinger : [interrupting] Courtney? Yolanda? Care to answer?
Yolanda Montez : Um...
Paul Deisinger : I assume you were conferring about the topic at hand. In 1521, why did the Aztec civilization suddenly disappear?
Yolanda Montez : [flipping through her textbook] Uh...
Courtney Whitmore : Well, this conquistador named Cortes, who sounds like a total jerk, conquered the Aztecs, so that was bad enough, right? But at the same time, the Europeans brought over this super plague. So between them both, the Aztecs didn't stand a chance. RIP Aztecs.
Paul Deisinger : Correct, Courtney.
Courtney Whitmore : [quietly to Yolanda] We'll come up with a plan that doesn't involve anything remotely like that. I promise.
Yolanda Montez : How did you know all of that?
Courtney Whitmore : Turns out, if you actually read the book, history's not that hard.
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Courtney Whitmore : Mike and the Thunderbolt could find the Shade for us.
Rick Tyler : We don't have any leads on him, Pat.
Beth Chapel : And the goggles haven't found him.
Pat Dugan : The Thunderbolt, it's dangerous, Beth, okay?
Courtney Whitmore : You didn't want me to use the Cosmic Staff for the same reason.
Yolanda Montez : You didn't want any of us suiting up at first.
Courtney Whitmore : But together, we stopped the ISA. A-And Mike helped. He stopped Icicle, if you remember.
Pat Dugan : Yeah, I try to not think about it.
Courtney Whitmore : We need to find the Shade, and Mike and the Thunderbolt are our best chance of doing that right now.
Mike Dugan : She rests my case.
Pat Dugan : Okay, you can help us *locate* the Shade. That's it. Deal?
Mike Dugan : [offering a fist bump] My man.
Pat Dugan : All right, knowing how these wishes can backfire, we gotta come up with one that's bulletproof, and I need all of your help.
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Pat Dugan : So, I'm just gonna ask you again, Shade, why are you here?
Stargirl : We won't let you hurt our town.
The Shade : And why ever would I do that?
Wildcat : Because you were a member of the Injustice Society.
The Shade : Our interests aligned for a moment, but birds of a feather we were not. Jordan Mahkent and his merry band were no friends of mine. Icicle was a lunatic. If there's one thing worse than a man who wants to rule the world, it's a man who wants to save it. Though seeing the way your generation's going, I expect you'll end humanity for good.
Stargirl : Okay, just because you gave up and only looked out for yourself doesn't mean we're ever going to. We're never gonna stop fighting to protect the world from people like you.
The Shade : Just to reassure you, I have no dark design on Blue Valley. Stay out of my way, and I'll be gone before you know it.
Stargirl : Why are you here?
The Shade : Young lady, I'm not being coy. It's just better that none of you know. Now, please, try the tea.
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Mike Dugan : I know I should've listened, but...
Pat Dugan : You didn't!
Courtney Whitmore : I didn't either in the beginning.
Barbara Whitmore : Courtney.
Courtney Whitmore : This is the beginning for Mike, Mom, with the Thunderbolt. Even if Mike hadn't shown up, the Shade was way ahead of us. You saw, Pat.
Mike Dugan : No. No, I-I screwed up. Thought this pen was my ticket into the JSA, but now I kind of just wish it was in better hands.
Courtney Whitmore : [the pen disappears] No!
Mike Dugan : Thunderbolt?
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The Shade : Oh, my. Quite the assembly. I hope I have enough biscuits. Come, come. Do sit down. The tea is nicely steeped. It's perfect, in fact, if I say so myself.
Pat Dugan : We're not here for teatime, Shade. What are you doing in Blue Valley?
The Shade : Pat Dugan. It took me a moment to place the name in the diner.
Pat Dugan : By the way, I knew that was a 1967 Jag, right? You know that?
The Shade : Well, of course I do, Stripesy. Oh, I see. Same sidekick, different Star-Spangled Kid.
Stargirl : Stargirl.
The Shade : Oh, absolutely. Now, please sit. We could do it the other way, I suppose, all bother and perspiration, or we could try the more genteel approach.
Dr. Mid-Nite : You murdered Doctor Mid-Nite. You don't deserve the genteel approach!
The Shade : My dear young lady... and I mean this in the nicest possible way, you don't know what you're talking about. Now, sit. I implore you.
Pat Dugan : All right, kids, let's go ahead and have a seat.
The Shade : Wonderful.
Pat Dugan : Thank you.
Hourman : Try anything, and I'll see how many teacups I can shove down your throat.
The Shade : Don't you teach these children any manners, Stripesy?
