Corey Burton credited as playing...
Brainiac
- Superman: You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!
- Brainiac: Only their knowledge was important. It is what I was programed to colect and protect.
- Superman: But why kill?
- Brainiac: The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
- Superman: You're insane!
- 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.
- Brainiac: We are both orphans of the same planet. While you've been living here on Earth, I have roamed the universe. These orbs contain all the knowledge I've collected. Each represents all the recorded information from a single planet.
- Superman: Incredible. And Krypton?
- Brainiac: [leading him to a specific orb] All that was Krypton is contained within this orb. Go ahead. Touch your legacy.
- Superman: [touching it, he has a vision of Jor-El] Father.
- Brainiac: Enough.
- Superman: I... I saw my father. Did you know him?
- Brainiac: Yes. He helped me escape Krypton's fate, too. Now all of our home world's memories are stored within me.
- Superman: You mean you're an artificial intelligence, and those orbs, they're some kind of memory modules.
- Brainiac: Most perceptive.
- [leading him out]
- Brainiac: In all my travels, I have never encountered another quite like you. We would make a formidable pair, we twin sons of Krypton. Join me, Kal-El. Help me explore the galaxies and collect knowledge, and I will give you memories of Krypton. You will know your world as if you lived there yourself.
- Superman: But Earth is my home now.
- Brainiac: Powers such as yours should not be confined to a single infinitesimal dot. Consider my offer. In exchange for this world, I am offering you the universe.
- 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]
- 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.
- Brainiac: Most impressive. Your powers even exceed Luthor's description.
- Superman: Brainiac, I presume.
- Brainiac: I apologize for any discomfort, but it was important that I accurately gauge your powers.
- Superman: Why? Morbid curiosity?
- Brainiac: Curiosity, yes. Morbid, hardly. You see, we have more in common than you can possibly know, Kal-El.
- Brainiac: You are your father's son, Kal-El. Headstrong, foolish, easily defeated and ultimately forgotten.
- Superman: You destroyed those planets, didn't you? And every living soul on them!
- Brainiac: Only their knowledge was important. It was what I was programmed to collect and protect.
- Superman: But why kill?
- Brainiac: The fewer beings who have the knowledge, the more precious it becomes.
- Superman: You're insane!