Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Heavy Metal (1997)

Michael Dorn: Steel, John Henry Irons

Quotes 

• Metallo : Well, what have we here?

  Steel : Call me... Steel.

  Metallo : Steel? Metallo. The meeting of the metals. Well, then, Mr. Steel, may the best alloy win.

• Superman : Steel, huh? Well, Steel, you're gonna be getting this a lot, so you might as well hear it from me first.

  Steel : What?

  Superman : [offering a handshake]  Thanks.

• Robber : Look, it's a dead Samaritan. Say goodnight, chump.

  Superman : Good night, chump.

  [he throws them into two metal drums and crimps the tops closed] 

  John Henry Irons : That's putting out the trash, Superman.

  Superman : My pleasure, Mr. Irons.

• Natasha Irons : [John brings in the injured Superman]  What's that?

  John Henry Irons : It's a full-spectrum light generator. I'm going to give him some intensified yellow sunlight. Might help him recover, if it's not too late.

• Natasha Irons : Guess you really do know him, Uncle John.

  Superman : Working on the prototype again?

  John Henry Irons : You said if someone could get it to work, you'd be glad to have the help.

  Superman : And I meant it. But be careful. You're not invulnerable, you know.

  John Henry Irons : Well, I'm working on that, too.

• Natasha Irons : Uncle John, we're out of gas.

  John Henry Irons : Must have busted the fuel line when you hit Metallo.

  Natasha Irons : I'll remember to aim better next time.

  John Henry Irons : You did great.

• Natasha Irons : This is a lot lighter than the last one, Uncle John. You ready to go out and whup some bad guys now?

  John Henry Irons : Gotta do more testing, Nat. Lots more.

  Natasha Irons : But that's all you've been doing ever since you quit working for Mr. Luthor. Grandma and I hardly ever see you anymore.

  John Henry Irons : Once I get it right, things will be different.

  Natasha Irons : Back to the way they were before?

  John Henry Irons : Yeah, except for the Luthor part.

  Natasha Irons : You gonna be home in time for dinner tonight?

  John Henry Irons : What are we having?

  Natasha Irons : Pork chops and bean curd in a cilantro sauce.

  John Henry Irons : Ugh.

  Natasha Irons : [laughing]  Hey, you're the one who bought Grandma a California cuisine cookbook.

  John Henry Irons : Maybe I should be building myself a cast-iron stomach.

• Metallo : [fighting Superman]  I bet you think you've got me. Well, surprise.

  Natasha Irons : [removing the rubble covering Steel]  He's got Superman. He's gonna kill him!

  Steel : Not on my watch, he's not.

• Metallo : Remember how you left me, Superman, buried in rock? I couldn't move. I couldn't see. I couldn't hear. But I could think. And all I thought about was how I was going to make you pay. Goodbye, hero.

  [John whacks him with a steel rod, which has no effect] 

  Metallo : You still here?

  [throwing him aside, then turning his attention back to Superman] 

  Metallo : A lovely shade of chartreuse.

  John Henry Irons : You can't!

  Metallo : You ought to be paying attention, my friend. The tabloids will be all over you. You're about to become famous. The man who watched Superman die.