Justice League (TV Series)

A Better World (2003)

Clancy Brown: Lex Luthor

Quotes 

• Lorder Superman : You're nothing but a mad dog now, are you?

  Lex Luthor : [mocking]  Ooh! A threat! But this old dog still has a few teeth!

  [opens up a cabinet to reveal the trigger for nuclear missiles] 

  Lorder Superman : There are at least six different ways I can stop you right now.

  Lex Luthor : But they all involve deadly force, don't they? And you don't do that. No, you need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain and you do love being the hero, don't you? The cheering children, the swooning women... You love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice!

  Lorder Superman : Accomplice? What are you...

  Lex Luthor : You could have crushed me any time you wanted and it wasn't the law or the will of the people that stopped you; it was your ego. Being a hero was too important to you. You're as much responsible for this as I am! So, go ahead, fix it somehow, put me on trial, lock me up, but I'll beat it. And then we'll start the whole thing all over again.

  Lorder Superman : I *did* love being a hero. But if this is where it leads, I'm done with it.

  [his eyes start to glow with heat vision] 

• Superman : [in the Oval Office]  Even this wasn't enough for you, was it? You had to have it all. Now we're on the brink of a war that could destroy the whole planet.

  Lex Luthor : Could have been so perfect. Paradise.

  Superman : And I let it get this far because of the law... and the will of the people.

  Lex Luthor : Ha ha, the people? This is all their fault! And they're going to burn for it. Burn!

• Lex Luthor : [captured by the Justice League]  Watch. I'll be out in days.

  Wonder Woman : Not with a broken leg, you won't.

  The Flash : Sorry I messed up back there.

  Superman : Apology accepted... as soon as the damage is fixed.

  The Flash : Got a sec?

  [as he puts everything back in order, a portal opens] 

  J'onn J'onzz : [seeing who emerges]  Who... who are you?

  Lord Martian Manhunter : I'm you.

• Lex Luthor : So, Larry, how are the wife and kids?

  Larry : Fine, Mr. Luthor. And they love that big-screen TV.

  Lex Luthor : They'll love their new SUV even more.

• [last lines] 

  Lex Luthor : [grinning]  It's not them.