Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Stolen Memories (1996)

Clancy Brown: Lex Luthor

Quotes 

• Programmer : It'll take years to rebuild these systems.

  Lex Luthor : You have two weeks.

• Superman : Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

  Lex Luthor : Precisely. Though in your case I'll make an exception.

• Programmer : We've regained control.

  Lex Luthor : Take Brainiac offline,! Permanently!

• General : So, Mr. Luthor, how long did you intend to keep your rendezvous a secret? In case you haven't heard, there's a thing known as "national security."

  Lex Luthor : There's also a thing known as "free enterprise". It was LexCorp that scanned the heavens, it was LexCorp that made contact and it will be LexCorp that reaps the benefits.

• General : What do we know about this alien?

  Lex Luthor : Brainiac is a collector of data. In exchange for information about us, he is willing to share his vast knowledge of the universe. Allow me to demonstrate.

  [taking out a hand-held device and pressing a button, the General is lifted into the air] 

  General : Hey, what is this?

  Lex Luthor : This is just a sample of his technology. Who knows what else he has? A cure for cancer? A way to repair the Ozone? Are you going to turn your backs on that?

  General : Get me down from here. Luthor!

  [as Lex turns the device off and the General falls, Superman flies up to catch him] 

• Programmer : Mr. Luthor, something's wrong.

  Lex Luthor : What is it?

  Programmer : Brainiac's overriding our transfer protocols. We're not controlling this thing anymore. He's changed the OS. He put up a firewall. We're locked out!

  Lex Luthor : Pull the plug. Now.

  Programmer : Wouldn't help. The reserve batteries would kick in.

  Lex Luthor : If he gets control of my systems, he'll have an open door to every defense computer on the planet. We'll be sitting ducks. Fire the missiles.

  Programmer : [trying]  He's shut down the lines. We're stranded.

• Superman : It was several hours after I touched the orb that I saw the images. It's too soon to trust him completely.

  Lex Luthor : [chuckling]  I never trust anyone completely. Since Brainiac arrived, I've had him targeted from land-based platforms with a payload of 6 1/2 megatons. Enough firepower to incinerate Metropolis County.

• Lex Luthor : Let Superman talk with him, alien to alien. Then he can confirm what I'm telling you.

  Superman : Why me?

  Lex Luthor : Because I told him all about you, and he's most anxious to meet our Man of Steel.

• Lex Luthor : Welcome to Earth. I am Lex Luthor, the one who intercepted your transmission.

  Brainiac : I am pleased to make contact with you, Lex Luthor. I am called Brainiac. I presume you speak for your planet?

  Lex Luthor : For all intents and purposes. In any event, I know what you want, and as a show of my friendship, I offer you this: a disc containing basic information about Earth and its history. A kind of planetary primer.

  Jimmy Olsen : [Brainiac vanishes]  Hey. Where's the green guy go?

  Lois Lane : Show's not over yet.

• Superman : Luthor, we have to talk. I have reservations about Brainiac.

  Lex Luthor : Really. Well, you're a little late. I'm already preparing a hookup with Brainiac's ship so he can feed his memory directly into LexCorp's mainframe.

  Superman : [stopping the elevator door as it closes]  I wouldn't.

  Lex Luthor : I'm listening.

• Programmer : We also found this strange bit of alien code.

  Lex Luthor : Later. I've had my fill of aliens for one day.