All-Star Superman (film)

All-Star Superman is a 2011 direct-to-video animated superhero film based on the acclaimed comic book series of the same name by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.

Lois Lane

• It all makes sense now. He's brought me here to be the mother of a race of super-children. Can't let that happen. They'll grow up and lie to everybody.
• He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.

Dr. Leo Quintum

• They always said they wanted children...

Dialogue

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Jimmy Olsen: Are you sure don't want to speak at the memorial service? Thousands of people are there paying their respects.

Lois Lane: He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.

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Clark Kent: Why, thanks, Lois. I don't know where my self-esteem would be without you.

Lois Lane: Alone, in front of the TV.

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Lois Lane: That key can't be safe.

Superman: Why don't you give it a try? [Lois tries to lift the key from the ground] I carved it out of a piece of dwarf star material. It weighs half a million tons.

Lois Lane: So you're the only one who can lift it.

Superman: I work pretty hard, Lois.

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Lois Lane: My birthday gift's wearing off. I can't see radio waves anymore. I can't hear the stars singing. I'm tired and sore all over, like I've been dancing all night. Thanks for letting me spend a day in your world.

Superman: You know, I do other things. I mean, besides being Superman.

Lois Lane: You do a great Clark Kent impersonation. You almost had me fooled. Wait till I tell him about this.

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Clark Kent: Gotta get away from him. [runs from Parasite behind a pillar]

Lex Luthor: What's the matter, Kent? Afraid he'll absorb your cowardice?

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Clark Kent: It's such a waste. You and Superman could have been friends and instead you're going to die.

Lex Luthor: Ah, but he'll die first.

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Bar-El: After everything we've done, you still show us kindness.

Superman: My Earth parents taught me forgiveness. Humanity has a lot to teach us.

Bar-El: Perhaps. Kal-El, son of Krypton, I'm proud to call you my kin. Our greatness lives on in you.

Superman: We don't have much time.

Bar-El: There's a way to save us both. Surely you've thought through it.

Superman: Yes. But it has to be your choice. I'll try to find a way to cure you.

Bar-El: But your own time is short. Do what you must. Send us to the Phantom Zone.

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Nasthalthia Luthor: Cool. When do I get my super-powers?

Lex Luthor: The same day that I can trust you with the car keys.

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Solaris: Impossible, I made your sun red. You should have no powers. I see now. Your covering protects you from red sunlight. But it cannot survive this heat.

Superman: It should work long enough for me to take care of you.

Solaris: No, your sun is dying, but I kill you first.

Superman: Stop this. Whatever Luthor offered you, he'll betray you.

Solaris: I betray Luthor first. I will eat your sun, and replace it in the sky. Your people will pray to me, or die in the cold dark.

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Lex Luthor: Welcome to the new world. Lay down your weapons and you won't be hurt. I'll be moving into the White House later today. I'll make my formal declaration then.

Nasthalthia Luthor: Ooh. Can we have a show trial before we put these traitors to death? Are you okay?

Lex Luthor: Better than okay. I can see the entire electromagnetic spectrum and those must be atoms, little clouds of possibility. Einstein couldn't connect the gravitational force to the other three, but if he could have seen this... It's so obvious.

Nasthalthia Luthor: Uncle Lex?

Lex Luthor: The fundamental forces are yoked by consciousness. Everything's connected. Everyone. And this how he sees things all the time. Every day.

Nasthalthia Luthor: I don't know if I should be worried or mortified.

Lex Luthor: It's a cruel joke. The mechanistic clockwork of reality hinging on a precious impossible defiance of entropy, on life. And the clockwork doesn't care. It's like - Like it's all just us, in here together. We're all we've got.

Nasthalthia Luthor: You are embarrassing me beyond therapy.

Superman: You'll have to forgive him, Nasthalthia. He just figured out how everything works.

Lex Luthor: Gravity warps time. Superman trapped me in a reativistic conundrum.

Superman: He's trying to say his 24 hours of superpowers just ran out.

Nasthalthia Luthor: But it's only been a couple of hours.

Superman: Relative to us. The gravity gun, this clock alone.

Lex Luthor: You think I didn't make more of it.

Superman: Looking for this?

Lex Luthor: Give it back. I saw everything. I saw how to save the world. I could have made everyone see. If it wasn't for you, I could have saved the world.

Superman: If it had mattered to you, Luthor, you could have saved the world years ago.

Lex Luthor: You're right.

Lois Lane: Oh, your poor face.

Superman: No one can repair the sun but me, Lois. I'm turning into pure energy and I only have one chance to save the world.

Lois Lane: That's all you've ever needed.

Superman: I love you, Lois Lane, until the end of time.

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Lois Lane: He knows I'm here. Gotta stop him. God forgive me, I've gotta stop me. [fires Kryptonite gun at Superman and he's not hurt]

Superman: Huh. Tickles.

Lois Lane: What have I done?

Superman: For one thing, you've confirmed my suspicion that I'm immune to Kryptonite.

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Lex Luthor: Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. Superman.

Dr. Leo Quintum: We know all the story, Luthor. Why did you ask to see me? If this is an escape attempt...

Lex Luthor: I'd already be free. No, I've already accepted my imminent execution. This is a confession. Forgive me, doctor. For have I sinned. A lot.

Dr. Leo Quintum: You killed him.

Lex Luthor: And my deathbed claims that I've seen the error of my ways can't change that. But there is one thing I can do to honor his memory.

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Lois Lane: Okay, how about you explain the time Clark was a witness in the Boss Grimaldi trial and you were his bodyguard?

Superman: Batman was standing in for me.

Lois Lane: And then Clark presented you with the key to the city, that was Batman too?

Superman: A robot. Lois, when I misled you, it was for your own protection. But now I'm telling you the truth. Clark Kent and Superman are one in the same.

Lois Lane: If you're telling me the truth now, doesn't that mean now you've been lying to me for years?

Jimmy Olsen: Are you sure you don't wanna speak at the memorial service? Thousands of people are there paying their respects.

Lois Lane: He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back. And I'll be here waiting for him.

Lex Luthor: Doomed planet. Desperate scientists. Last hope. Kindly couple. Superman.

Dr. Leo Quintum: We all know the story, Luthor. Why did you ask to see me? If this is an escape attempt--

Lex Luthor: I'd already be free. No, I've already accepted my imminent execution. This is a confession. Forgive me, doctor, for I have sinned. A lot.

Dr. Leo Quintum: You killed him.

Lex Luthor: And my deathbed claims that I've seen the error of my ways can't change that. But there is one thing that I can do to honor his memory.

Dr. Leo Quintum: "A-A-C-C-A-T-T-A"-- Is that--?

Lex Luthor: A map of Superman's genetic code. I reverse engineered it from his 24-hour super-serum. I also finally figured out how to replicate it.

Dr. Leo Quintum: No.

Lex Luthor: Of course, it will require an ovum from a healthy human woman.

Quintum: They always said they wanted children.

Lois Lane: He's not dead. He's up there fixing the sun. And when he's done, he'll be back.

Perry White: Kent, what's the matter with you? You look like hell.

Clark Kent: I saw whole thing, Perry. I've got tomorrow's big story. Just finished dead.

Cat Grant: Clark!

Perry White: He's not breathing.

Lois Lane: No.

Steve Lombard: He doesn't have a heartbreat, Lois.

Man: Look at that.

Lex Luthor: He's the least of your worries.

Perry White: You get the hell out of here, Luthor!

Lex Luthor: That's no way to talk to the future savior of the Earth. Who, by the way, you sent to the electric chair.

Perry White: The truth sent you to the chair!

Lex Luthor: I don't believe in truth. You can't measure it or hold it in your hands. I mean, what is truth?

Lois Lane: Lex, stop it! I know what the power's like! It's intoxicating, but there's more to it! Use those super-senses! Just think for a minute!

Lex Luthor: You can stop trying to stall me.

Jimmy Olsen: Ah!

Lex Luthor: And you won't be needing that infuriating signal watch any longer. Superman won't be coming to the rescue.

Jimmy Olsen: That's too bad, because without him, we're screwed. Look at these pictures from our Singapore desk, the sun is turning blue.

Lois Lane: Don't you get it?! Solaris double-crossed you and poisoned the sun! You vain, stupid little man!

Lex Luthor: Stupid?

Clark Kent: Lois.

Lex Luthor: Anyone else feel like acting out against the most powerful man on Earth?

Clark Lent: I do.

Lex Luthor: What are you trying to hide from me?

Clark Kent: Gravity gun.

Lois Lane: Clark?

Clark Kent: I told you, Lois. Superman.

Lex Luthor: Did you ever think that it would end like this? Me looking down on you?

Superman: Actually, I had the whole thing figured to end pretty much exactly like this. I've been on to you since robot seven first malfunctioned. Hard to stay in the air? I just increased your personal gravity five hundred times. That's not why I used the gravity gun, I--

Lex Luthor: No! If I die, you die first!

Man: Look.

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Lois Lane: You're Clark Kent.

Superman: I'm Clark Kent.

Lois Lane: Sorry, Superman. But you've got to admit. That's very hard to believe. All the years I spent trying to prove you were, Superman.

Superman: You almost had me a couple of times.

Lois Lane: And you turn around and just tell me? What happened to that big golden key you used to have?

Superman: Didn't think it was secure enough.

Robot: Good afternoon, Superman. May we be of assistance.

Superman: Please bring Miss Lane's car inside and repair any damage from the flight.

Lois Lane: That key can't be safe.

Superman: Why don't you give it a try. I carved it out of a piece of dwarf star material. It weights half a million tons.

Lois Lane: So you're the only one who can lift it.

Superman: I work pretty hard, Lois. It's important to have someplace private to relax. How's the water.

Lois Lane: Mm. Perfect. You're not looking, are you?

Superman: Lois.

Lois Lane: Well, to be honest if this situation were reversed--

Superman: I'd never take advantage, Lois.

Lois Lane: So is this a date? I mean, is all this for my birthday, or are we about to get serious here? Superman?

Superman: These are for you. I picked them on Alpha Centauri four. They sing.

Lois Lane: I didn't know you collected modern art.

Superman: Actually, I do, but this is the armory. I've confiscated some incredibly destructive weapons over the years. There are things here that can even hurt me, like this Kryptonite laser or this gravity gun.

Lois Lane: I hope none of your enemies find out about this place. They'd do anything to kill you.

Superman: That's not a problem, Lois. My fortress is only for the people closest to me. Come see my new Time Telescope.

Lois Lane: What's it do?

Superman: Lets me talk to my descendants in the far future. That's Kal Kent, the Superman of the 84th century. We fought the mad god Darkseid in the year 834. I'm still working out the bugs, but someday, I'll be able to use it to stop threats before they happen.

Lois Lane: He looks a little like my dad. A thousand warriors, valiant and true. And this is a Sun Eater. I found it wandering in orbit near Jupiter. Poor thing would have starved.

Lois Lane: Ech. What do you feed him?

Superman: Suns. Little ones I make here on my Cosmic Anvil. He's just a baby. Here you go.

Lois Lane: What's in here? What the hell?

Superman: Lois, stay out of there.

Lois Lane: I didn't mean to.

Superman: You can go anywhere in the fortress except for this room. It's off-limits. It's not too early for dinner. Why don't we eat? What do you think? I've been restoring it in my spare time.

Lois Lane: It's good to have hobbies, I guess. What are you wearing?

Superman: Traditional Kryptonian formalwear. I made it myself.

Lois Lane: Shipbuilding, fashion design. You're a man of many talents.

Lois Lane: I just feel like trying things.

Superman: My trip to the sun, it not only tripled my strength, it tripled my curiosity, my imagination, my creativity.

Lois Lane: Did it triple your honesty? Is that why you're suddenly telling me the truth about your secret identity?

Superman: No, that's not why.

Lois Lane: But you are telling the truth.

Superman: Yes.

Lois Lane: Okay, how do you explain the time Clark was a witness, in the Boss Grimaldi trial and you were his bodyguard?

Superman: Batman was standing in for me.

Lois Lane: And when Clark presented you with the key to the city, that was Batman too?

Superman: A robot. Lois, whenever I misled you, it was for your own protection.

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Samson: Come with me and I'll show you wonders far beyond what you've seen, a small token of my affection: the radioactive crown jewels of the Ultra Sphinx.

Superman: Careful, Lois, plutonium 240 is lethal—at least.

Lois Lane: Not for the next 24 hours. Look, guys, I'm flattered. You'd have to go a long way to outdo Superman.

Atlas: You would spurn my affections for a dalliance with this--?

Superman: Careful.

Samson: If I win your heart, I'll make the Titans kneel before you and give testimony to your loveliness. I'll crush diamonds in my mighty fist and make them into sparkling wine.

Lois Lane: Wow.

Samson: That's day one.

Superman: Lois, a moment, please. Why are you flirting with them?

Lois Lane: Maybe I'm teaching you a lesson for impersonating Clark Kent.

Superman: I'm not impersonating Clark Kent. I am Clark Kent.

Lois Lane: Anyway, you can win any contest those losers can dream up. Why don't you humor me? It's my birthday.

Superman: I don't like you much, Samson. Trouble always seems to follow you. What do I have to do to make you keep your hands off of my girl?

Samson: I'm a time traveler, and I happen to know she won't be your girl for much longer. All's fair in love and war. Anyway, pretty soon you'll be too busy with your challenge to even think about dating.

Superman: Forget it, Samson. Lois and I are going to a party in Atlantis in less than an hour.

Samson: I sincerely doubt it.

Lois Lane: What's this, Atlas? Part of my birthday surprise?

Atlas: Since we, uh, borrowed that necklace from the Ultra Sphinx, he's been hounding us like one of the Furies, chasing us throughout time and space.

Samson: Legend has it that just before your death, you performed the most amazing feats of your career. Some scholars say that among them, you answered the unanswerable question.

Superman: What are you talking about?

Samson: The Ultra Sphinx is here.

Ultra-Sphinx: Return what was stolen.

Superman: Lois!

Ultra-Sphinx: Halt. She exists now in a condition of quantum uncertainty. Both alive and dead. The universe asks you an unanswerable question. To answer correctly is life. Failure to answer correctly is death. This is my judgment.

Superman: You stole that necklace.

Atlas: Don't you see? We couldn't fight the Ultra-Sphinx without help, so we let it chase us here.

Samson: But we meant no harm to Lois, I swear to living Zeus.

Superman: And I swear too. If she dies, you're both going to the Phantom Zone. Ultra-Sphinx, let's hear it.

Ultra-Sphinx: Question: What happens when the irresistible force meets the immovable object?

[beat]

Superman: They surrender.

Ultra-Sphinx: Response acceptable.

Lois Lane: Superman. I was alive and dead at the same time. My God.

Superman: It's okay, I've got you. Come on, we're going dancing.

Atlas: Wait a minute, what about our contest? Answering a riddle is hardly what I'd call a feat of strength.

Samson: I agree. How about I wrestle you for her? Or is the mighty Man of Steel a coward?

Atlas: Even the shield on his chest is yellow.

Superman: Okay, that's enough. Both of you.

Superman: Then we have a deal? If I win, you both leave the 21st century right now.

Atlas: I'll be leaving, all right, with the beauteous Lois Lane on my arm.

Samson: Not if I beat him first.

[they double arm-wrestle Superman]

Superman: I'm sorry, have you two already started? [slams their arms down]

---

Superman: It seems impossible.

Dr. Leo Quintum: But it isn't. You're lifting 200 quintillion tons. Even allowing for the one-sixth normal gravity here on my moon base, that's three times your record.

Superman: I feel like I could do more.

Dr. Leo Quintum: No doubt, but that's the heaviest apparatus known to man. Add to that the new superpower you exhibited when you saved me, and it's obvious your body is changing radically. Superman? I'm not sure how to tell you this.

Superman: Tell me straight.

Dr. Leo Quintum: Your trip to the sun overexposed your cells to solar radiation, more than even your body can metabolize.

Superman: I see it, like tiny fireworks beneath my skin.

Dr. Leo Quintum: Your cells are over-saturated with power. Their bursting from within.

Superman: I'm dying.

Dr. Leo Quintum: I'm sorry, Superman. If I hadn't tried to steal fire from the sun, none of this would have happened.

Superman: Don't apologize. You couldn't have known.

Dr. Leo Quintum: But he knew. It was his plan all along. Luthor used me to kill you. We engineer new forms of humanity here for the eventual betterment of mankind. You're our inspiration, Superman. And I promise, we'll find a way to save you.

Superman: I need a favor, Dr. Quintum.

Dr. Leo Quintum: Anything.

Superman: My condition. Don't tell anyone, not yet. There are some things I have to do first.

Perry White: Great Caesar's ghost! "Wait," he says. "Exclusive interview," he says. If Clark Kent doesn't show up in the next five seconds, he's fired. Five, four, three, two, one.

Steve Lombard: Hold the presses-- Oop!

Perry White: here the hell have you been, Kent?

Superman: Uh, working on my suntan?

Lead Agent: Freeze. Hands above your head. Lex Luthor, you are under arrest for attempted murder and crimes against humanity.

Lex Luthor: By all means, boys, take me away.

Lois Lane: He was smiling when they nabbed him. Said something about friends in high places.

Superman: That does seem odd.

Lois Lane: The Court of International Justice, is talking about reinstating the electric chair just for him.

Superman: Do you ever think about death, Lois?

Lois Lane: Don't be morbid, Smallville.

Superman: I'm so sorry.

Old Man: Idiot. Your boyfriend's an idiot.

Lois Lane: How dare you? And he's not my idiot.

Superman: Why, thanks, Lois. I don't know where my self-esteem would be without you.

Lois Lane: Alone, in front of the TV. Come on, Clark. Thanks for carrying all this stuff.

Superman: Lois, there was something I wanted to tell you.

Lois Lane: If it's about the trial coverage, it can wait till tomorrow. I've gotta fly.

Superman: Lois, I have something to tell you.

Lois Lane: You're Clark Kent?

Superman: I'm Clark Kent.

Lois Lane: Sorry, Superman, but you've got to admit, that's very hard to believe. All the years I spent trying to prove you were Superman--

Superman: You almost had me a couple of times.

Lois Lane: And you turn around and just tell me? What happened to that big golden key you used to have?

Superman: Didn't think it was secure enough.

Cast

• James Denton - Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman
• Christina Hendricks - Lois Lane/Superwoman
• Anthony LaPaglia - Lex Luthor
• Edward Asner - Perry White
• Frances Conroy - Martha Kent
• Linda Cardellini - Nasthalthia "Nasty" Luthor
• Matthew Gray Gubler - Jimmy Olsen
• Steven Blum - Atlas, General Sam Lane
• Alexis Denisof - Dr. Leo Quintum
• John DiMaggio - Samson, Ultra-Sphinx
• Kevin Michael Richardson - Steve Lombard, Tyrannko
• Cathy Cavadini - Cat Grant, Floral
• Arnold Vosloo - Bar-El
• Finola Hughes - Lilo
• Robin Atkin Downes - Solaris
• Michael Gough - Parasite
• Fred Tatasciore - Krull
• Chris Cox - Lead Agent
• Obba Babatundé - Judge, Bibliobot