Smallville
2001
Lex: Clark, do you believe a man can fly? Clark: Sure, in a plane.
Ian Randall: Well, if it isn't Ku Klux Van. Van McNulty: Get out of my grille, freaks. Eric Summers: I'd watch your mouth in here if I were you. Ian Randall: We heard about your little one-man ethnic cleansing campaign. Van McNulty: I don't know what you're talking about. Ian Randall: Oh, come on. You were out there picking off meteor freaks like ducks on the first day of hunting season. Eric Summers: And now you're stuck in here with all us ducks. Quack, quack. Ian Randall: We don't want to hurt you, Van. Believe it or not, the three of us have something in common. Van McNulty: I seriously doubt that. Eric Summers: Clark Kent put us all in here. Ian Randall: And the word on the ward is you know his weakness. Van McNulty: Why should I tell you? Ian Randall: Well, because we're looking to sample the sweet taste of revenge. Eric Summers: See, if you weaken him, I can leech his powers and break us all out of here. Van McNulty: Wait, you took Clark's powers. How? Eric Summers: It was a lightning strike. He took them back with a high voltage shock. Van McNulty: How do I know I can trust you freaks? Ian Randall: The enemy of your enemy is your friend.
Chloe: Now, let's go over the house rules. Lana: Okay, and they are? Chloe: One: do not make your bed until after 5pm, two: don't touch the dishes in the sink until it's overflowing, and three: contrary to my dad's protestations, your bedroom floor is definitely a closet.
Clark Kent: Something tells me the world hasn't seen the last of Perry White. Perry White: Something tells me you're right. Rumor has it I still have a friend or two on the Daily Planet. Perry White: (starts to get on the bus, but turns back) Oh, uh, by the way, I, uh, I went over a couple more of your Torch stories. Clark Kent: And? Perry White: Well, they're rough, and half the time you buried the lead, but I see a glimmer of hope. If you ever make it to Metropolis, look me up. I owe you one.
Jeremy Creek: Who are you? (pause) Where am I? Clark: I'm Clark Kent. You're in Smallville.
Lex: Clark, I am *not* a criminal mastermind.
Clark: What are you trying to tell me, Dad? That I'm from another planet? I suppose you stashed my spaceship in the attic. Jonathan: Actually, it's in the storm cellar.
Lex: I'd question your integrity, but you're a journalist.
(to Victoria Hardwick) Lex: If sleeping with me was just business, I'd hate to think what that makes you.
Pete Ross: We'd love to join you and Scooby in the Mystery Machine for another zany adventure, but we have to turn in our permission slips before homeroom
Lex: Clark, you were tied to a pole in the middle of a field. Even the Romans saved that for special occasions.
Clark: I joined a football team, not a cult.
Martha: Body parts in boxes and poisoned cows... this isn't normal.
Lionel Luthor: We don't need to play games, son. Lex: Dad, games are all we have.
(talking to Clark) Lex Luthor: When my father dies, kings will come to his funeral, but when your father dies, his friends will come.
Lana: Nietzsche? I didn't know you have a dark side, Clark. Clark: Doesn't everyone? Lana: So what are you: Man or Superman? Clark: I haven't figured it out yet.
(to Clark) Lana: Some people are just meant to be together.
Chloe: What do you stand for? Clark: I stand for truth, justice, and some other stuff... Chloe: I think the man of tomorrow needs to get a platform for today.
Lex: (to Clark) The man of tomorrow is shaped by his battles today.
Chloe: (angrily) You know, most men are from Mars, Clark, but you're from some distant galaxy that I've never even heard of.
Lionel Luthor: What did she want? Lex: Forgiveness. Lionel Luthor: She must not know you very well, son.
Clark: How many more innocent people are you going to kill? Justin Gaines: Just one more.
Pete: You ought to try getting off of your butt, Clark. It's the wave of the future.
Chloe: Clark Kent leaps tall theories in a single bound.
Lex: I don't like riddles. Dr Hamilton: Then this puzzle will make you profoundly unhappy.
Lex: Any relationship founded on lies is destined to fail. It's a good thing we don't have that problem. Clark: Lucky us.
Victoria Hardwick: We could have been great together. Lex Luthor: I plan on being great all by myself.
Jonathan: What are we supposed to tell everyone? That we found him in a cornfield? Martha: We didn't find him. He found us.
Lana: What do you think you'll be doing for a living? Clark: I don't know. As long as it doesn't involve wearing a suit and doing a lot of flying.
Clark: People can't fly Lex.
Lex: Trust me Clark, Our friendship is going to be the stuff of legend.
Lana: Clark Kent - He's never around when you want him, but always there when you need him.
Clark: (to his mother, after seeing Lana kissing Whitney with his X-ray vision) What would you do if you could see anything? Martha: Close my eyes.
Chloe: (handing Pete two 5 dollar bills) I can't believe you bet against your best friend. Pete: It's a proven fact. If Clark Kent were any slower, he'd be extinct.
Lana: Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both.
(On saving Lana from a raging tornado) Clark: Dad, I've survived a lot. But being inside that twister... I've never been so scared in my life. I couldn't see anything, and things were bouncing off me, I didn't have any control. And I know it could have been the wind, but all of a sudden I was moving toward the truck and it felt like I was willing myself to do it. I felt like I was flying.
Roger Nixon: Like I said, the people have a right to know. And unlike you, Mr Kent, I am willing to kill for what I believe in.
Roger Nixon: Why don't you stop playing the protector and admit the truth? You and your wife kept him because you couldn't have children of your own. Johnathan Kent: We kept him because he is our son and we love him. Roger Nixon: (Laughs) He's not your son, you deluded hick. He's not even human.
Lex: Yeah, but that kind of love can get me arrested.
Clark: Dad, something else happened to me this morning. When I woke up, I was kind of floating. Jonathan: Floating. Clark: As soon as I woke up I crashed. I mean, Dad, what's happening to me? Jonathan: I honestly don't know. As soon as you start breaking the law of gravity we're definitely in uncharted territory.
Jonathan: I don't know... seems kinda out there. Martha: This from the man who's been hiding a spaceship in the storm cellar for the last twelve years.
Lex: I'm not a criminal mastermind, Clark. Clark: I know. A criminal mastermind would have worn a mask.
Lex Luthor: That's what you get for trusting family.
(after Lionel takes credit for Lex's takeover) Lionel Luthor: That's what happens when you trust your family Lex.
Lionel Luthor: I'm proud of you. Lex Luthor: (Sarcastically) Thanks, Dad. That means a lot coming from you.
Roger Nixon: He can see through solid objects? Unbelievable. What else can he do? Do you have any idea what I would do with his abilities? The wealth, the power he could amass. It's unimaginable. Johnathan Kent: You are exactly the reason why I keep his abilities a secret.
Roger Nixon: Mr Kent, since the beginning of time, people have been looking up at the stars and wondering "What's out there?" Clark is the answer that they have been waiting for.
Clark: There are two girls in my life. One I happen to like but the other one just revealed her crush on me. Lex: Let's say for the sake of argument that their names are "Lana" and "Chloe."
(to Clark) Martha: How can you be as fast as lightning and as slow as molasses at the same time?
Clark: Hello? Hi, I'm Clark, the kid who can lift up tractors and see through walls.
Chloe: Tell you what, Clark. You start throwing people 30 feet in the air, I'll write nice things about you.
Lana: Liking someone is accepting every part of them, but you can't do that unless they are willing to share every part with you.
Clark: (to Lana) We should go on a date. Together. In the near future. Please?
(Pete has been acting crazy due to a parasitic worm) Johnathan Kent: Oh Clark, tell Pete to stop doing donuts in the pasture, he's scaring the cows.
(reading Byron's poem for Lana) Clark: It's kind of mushy. Lana: Clark Kent, man of steel.
Chloe: Can you fly? Clark: I'm an alien, not a cartoon.
(Lana is holding Clark's birthday cake) Lana: Make a wish. Clark: I've been wishing for the same thing ever since I was 5. Lana: And now? Clark: And now I don't have to, she's standing right here in front of me.
Lana: Besides, it's not everyday that Lana Lang gets to save Clark Kent.
Jor-El: Kal-El... it is time.
(Kara and Clark are flying/drifting in the sky) Clark: How are you doing this? Kara: You're doing it, too. Clark: I can't fly... Kara: Not yet. This is just the beginning, Kal-El. You have no idea how powerful you'll become.
(Clark is worried about Lana) Lex: Let's just say that the crouching tigress is about to find her hidden dragon.
Clark: I got to get going, I'm gonna be late. Lex: Hey Clark, you need a lift? Clark: No thanks, I was just going to... run. Lex: (chuckles) No offense, Clark, but I don't think you could outrun my Porsche.
Clark: Hey, Pete, did you know Chloe had a birthmark on her cheek? Pete: (looks at Chloe) No, she doesn't. Clark: Not that cheek. Pete: Man, come on, that's Chloe you're lookin' at. Clark: Not just Chloe. (looking at Lana)
Clark: Did you know that Cloe had a birthmark on her cheek? Pete: (distracted) No, she doesn't. Clark: Not that cheek. Pete: (looks up) Are you doing what I think you're doing? Pete: Clark, that's Cloe you're scoping, man. Clark: Not just Cloe.
Chloe: (talking to Pete) Clark would have to be on drugs to be on drugs.
Lana: If me and Clark going out on a date bothers you, just tell me. Chloe: No, it's okay. My feelings for Clark are so ancient... they're fossilized.
Chloe: Heard about your little date with Lana. Were you planning on telling me? Clark: Of course I was. Look just get Pete to your house, I'll meet you there. Chloe: It's a date.
Lana: Sometimes people can surprise you.
Clark: Lana, this is crazy. Lana: That's the point. If life doesn't make you crazy then, why bother living it? I know that's how I want it.
Lex: This isn't you. Lana: Why? Because I'm not doing exactly as I'm told? Because I'm not stuck in a corner hiding in a book? For once I am not afraid of life and nobody can handle it cause you all prefer the insecure little girl. Well I'm sick of her and all of her talk about her dead parents.
Chloe: So she just stripped down right in front of you? Lana Lang in all her glory... Clark: Most of her glory. She said everything I ever wanted to hear but it didn't seem like she knew what she was doing. Chloe: At least you'll have something nice to daydream about in Saturday detention.
Chloe: Let's face it, Lana, Clark has more issues than "Rolling Stone".
Lana: She knew what it felt like to really be in love. Clark: It's too bad it couldn't last. Lana: But what if that's not the point. Maybe you have to be grateful for the time that you have together, stop holding on to what could've been.
Clark: Can I tell you a secret? Lana: That would be a first.
Lex: Trust me, eccentric bald kids sit pretty low on the prep school totem pole.
Dr Helen Bryce: Thank God. Lex: Trust me, I've done that. He seems to be the only one on my side.
Lionel Luthor: I had search parties scouring half the world for you. Lex Luthor: Looks like you picked the wrong half.
Chloe: (to Lionel) You are so low, you're subterranean.
Lana: How tasteless is this? I think they even used real meteor rocks. Chloe: The American version of closure. You can only get over your grief when you figure out how to merchandise your tragedy.
Lex: (to Clark) Now you're saving people in your dreams too. Bet a shrink would have a field day with that scenario.
(to Lex) Lionel Luthor: When you're rich, you're not crazy. You're eccentric.
Clark Kent: You shouldn't underestimate farmboys. Bailing all that hay can make you pretty strong.
(after Clark saves Lana from a machine-gun-toting student vigilante) Lana: What I don't understand is... you're willing to walk into bullets for me, but you're not willing to share what's inside. Clark, if you don't open up to the people that love you, you'll always be alone. I can't believe you want to spend your life like that. Clark: I may not have a choice. Lana: You always have a choice.
Lex: I've only loved two women in my life: one died and the other betrayed me.
Chloe: I want to let you in on a secret, I'm not who you think I am, in fact, my disguise is so thin, I'm surprised you haven't seen right through me. I'm the girl of your dreams masquerading as your best friend. Sometimes I want to rip off this facade like I did at the spring formal, but I can't because you'll get scared and run away again. So I decided it's better to live with a lie than expose my true feelings... my dad told me there are two types of girls: the ones you grow out of, and the ones you grow into. I really hope I'm the latter. I may not be the one you love today, but I'll let you go for now, hoping that one day you'll fly back to me because I think you're worth the wait.
Jor-El: You will obey me, Kal-El.
Lana: Why did he just call you Kal? Clark Kent: It's my secret identity.
Lionel Luthor: Lex... things would have been so different between us. Lex Luthor: Yes, Dad. You might have actually loved me.
Cassandra Carver: Because we both know... you're not like other people. Clark: (nervous) Sure I am... Cassandra Carver: No Clark, I've seen you. Before we ever met. More than once, I've touched people and seen such pain and dispair and - But then you were there and the pain was gone. I think that's your destiny, Clark. To save people from fear and darkness. You can fear the future or you can embrace it. The choice is yours.
Lois Lane: Give me a nerd with glasses anyday.
(Lana talking to Clark about his future wife - Lois Lane, after their relationship didn't work out) Lana: It's funny, isn't it? After everything we;ve been through, I thought it would take us longer to get over it. Clark Kent: Us? Lana: You and Lois. Clark Kent: Lois? She's bossy. She's stuck-up, she's rude - I can't stand her. Lana: The best ones always start that way.
Chloe: I'm off to see Clark Kent in a wet t-shirt. Care to join me? Lois Lane: Like I've never seen that before.
Chloe: Wow... superhero and journalist. What are the odds?
Clark: So, what are you going to do now? Bart Allen: I don't know. I mean, it's a big world. See if there's anyone else out there like us. Maybe start up a club or a league or something.
Clark: Sometimes, letting go is the only way to move forward.
Clark Kent: Don't you wish... Miss Sullivan.
Alicia Baker: I'm surprised you remember my name. Clark: You tried to kill me, how could I forget?
Lois Lane: Don't worry. I'll visit. Clark: Is that a promise or a threat?
Lois Lane: (trying to name dog) Well, he's annoying and I can't seem to get within ten feet of him without getting sick. I think we should call him Clarkie.
Lois Lane: (to vet) We call him Clarkie. Clark: We do not call him Clarkie. Lois Lane: Is it the ie part you don't like? We could always just make it Clark, but then that would get kind of confusing. Hey, maybe you should change your name. We could call you Skipper.
Clark: Someone I can trust and will always be there. Lana: That's just how I see you, Clark.
Lex: (to Genevieve, Jason's mom) You should get together with my father and write a parenting book. Sure it would be a best-seller.
Lex Luthor: If I understood my father's insanity I'd be a much happier man.
Lana: (crying) I don't care if you have secrets, Clark. You're the one good constant thing in my life and I don't want to lose you too.
Clark: I thought you were here for fashion advice. (holds up shirt) Chloe: Eww. Burn it.
Lois Lane: Oh, advanced chem. How many cheerleaders does it take to draw a double helix? Mandy: You wanna quote? Lois Lane: Yeah. Mandy: Back off, bitch.
Clark: I thought I told you to wait outside. Lois Lane: I don't do good with waiting. Especially when I'm awaiting trial.
Lois Lane: You're going to realize that Clark's sense of humor is an acquired taste; much like his sense of fashion.
Sheriff Nancy Adams: Mr Teague, the next time you say there's been a killing - I better see a stiff.
Sheriff Nancy Adams: (to Perry White) Don't call me Chief!
Lex: (To his father's unconscious body after element has caused him to have a seizure) Dad, can you hear me? You did create the son you always wanted.
Chloe: I know that you run faster than a speeding bullet, Clark.
Lois Lane: Besides, my delicate feminine sensibilities weren't offended the first time I got a glimpse of, uhm, Clark Junior.
Chloe: Is super-whining one of your powers?
Clark: So it must've been kind of strange to have a zombie best friend walking around. Chloe: Yeah, I mean, you know, I never really realized how complicated that zombie's life was. Clark: (apprehensive) Complicated? Did I do something unusual? Chloe: You had a clean slate to start all over with, and you made all the same choices... except for one. (Clark laughs nervously) Clark: Chloe, I need you to be completely honest with me. Chloe: (challenging.) Honest, huh? Clark: What'd I do? Chloe: You trusted me.
Lex: You were right about me all along, Mr Kent. I am the villain of the story.
(to Arthur referring to his swimwear) Lois Lane: You know this, uh, orange-and-green thing you got going? It looks like Flipper threw up.
Arthur Curry: Maybe we should start up a Junior Lifeguard Association or something. Clark: I'm not sure I'm ready for the JLA quite yet.
Professor Milton Fine: There's no such thing as vampires, Clark.
Clark: (referring to Arthur Curry, AKA Aquaman) Clark: Come on, am I the only one who thinks there's something fishy about this guy?
Buffy Sanders: Oh. Didn't we tell you? You get to live forever. (now baring vampire fangs) Lana: Cool.
Pete Ross: I figured it out, Clark. In your world, green means "stop", and red... (slipping a sliver of red kryptonite into Clark's pocket) Red means "go".
Pete Ross: (about Clark) He's my brother... from another planet.
Arthur Curry: I don't run with an entourage.