Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

Where There's Smoke (1998)

Peri Gilpin: Volcana

Quotes 

• Volcana : I hope you'll think of me, especially on those cold Metropolis nights.

  Superman : Don't you ever cool down?

  Volcana : No.

  [blows him a fire kiss] 

• Volcana : Hey, I told you last time. I like chunky.

  Superman : Adapt.

  Volcana : Food, shelter, sunshine... could be worse.

  Superman : Could be Metropolis Women's Prison if you weren't so... volatile.

  Volcana : Polite to the end. Your mother raised you well.

• Volcana : Life, liberty, and the pursuit of my happiness.

  [melting a display case, she sees Superman blocking her way] 

  Volcana : You're gonna make me earn this, aren't you?

  Superman : Don't do it, Volcana. I can help you.

  Volcana : No, thanks. These days, I help myself.

  Superman : Listen, nobody will blame you for what you've done. But the stealing has to stop. Now.

  Volcana : Stop? I'm just getting warmed up.

  [blasting him backward, she runs away; he eventually gets ahead of her to block her exit] 

  Superman : You have to trust me, Volcana.

  Volcana : Do you know how many times I've heard that? From my parents, before they shuffled me off to the institute? From the institute just before they turned me over to the feds. And from the government just before they took away my life!

• Superman : [after Volcana assists him with trouble]  Thanks.

  Volcana : Don't get sentimenal. It's a one-time thing.

• Volcana : You're going to love the merchandise, Donny. And I'm offering it to you first 'cause you're my absolute favorite fence.

  Donny : Newspaper said a bunch of boat stuff was missing.

  Volcana : Please. Nautical memorabilia.

  Donny : Whatever it is, I'm gonna have to pass.

• Volcana : Donny, I can give you a really good price. I have to get out of town.

  Donny : Look, Volcana, honey, I'd love to help you, but I can't move that kind of stuff. Don't you have anything else?

  Volcana : [picking up a copy of the Daily Planet]  I might.

  Donny : Yeah? When?

  Volcana : Tuesday. Meet me at the usual place. You won't be sorry.

  [hanging up, Donny gasps as three agents approach him] 

  Kurt : Where exactly is "the usual place"?

• Volcana : Shoe's on the other foot, eh, lover?

  Kurt : Volcana, please.

  Superman : Volcana, no. Let the courts deal with him.

  Volcana : You'll understand if I'm a little skeptical about the justice system. I prefer my own justice. And if you're not part of my solution... you're part of my problem.

• Kurt : No escape, Volcana. The tank is filled with an inert gas. The breathing mask is your only source of oxygen. Not enough for you to start a fire. And should you try...

  [he presses a button on his glove, and she begins to choke from the lack of oxygen] 

  Kurt : I wouldn't give us any trouble. Understood?

  Volcana : Okay, you win. Who do you want me to kill?

  Kurt : My dear, you can't believe we'd trust you with another assignment. However, it did cost us a lot of money to develop your talents, and we'd like to get some of it back.

  Volcana : How?

  Kurt : A foreign government doing metagenetic experiments wants to study you.

  Volcana : You mean dissect me.

  Kurt : Probably. When they're done playing.

• Volcana : I guess I always knew you'd catch up to me, Kurt. Now leave, before I make it even hotter for you.

  Kurt : You've been bad, Volcana.

  Volcana : You've been worse. And now that we've recapped the past two years...

  Kurt : You shouldn't have left us.

  Volcana : I don't like being used.

  Kurt : All for a good cause.

  Volcana : I'll be the judge of that. And if you're thinking you can make me go back, forget it.

  Kurt : Now, that's where you're wrong.

  [agents burst in and cover her in fire-retardant foam] 

  Kurt : You see, we've had two years to think about... how to do it.

• Volcana : The whistle was touched by the president's lips.

  Donny : What wasn't?