Tom Welling credited as playing...
Clark Kent
- Alec Abrams: I wrote this when you were still Red and Blue. And I didn't really know what you looked like then, so... I like the S better.
- Clark Kent: I do too.
- Zatanna Zatara: Sorry my locator spell wasn't more accurate. Like I said, I'm gonna need all the help I can get. He should be... close?
- Clark Kent: I guess you can't expect magic to be an exact science.
- Zatanna Zatara: Was that a clever play on words? Wonderful wit *and* sparkling theatrics. Mr. Blur's really upped his game.
- Lois Lane: Stop gawking and prosper.
- Clark Kent: That's what was in your bag?
- Lois Lane: Well, this Amazon princess won't get nerd-walled again. But I still don't understand how this qualifies as Amazon, but whatever.
- Zatanna Zatara: Remember how you said magic wasn't an exact science? Well, there's a catch too. And my dad rally outdid himself on this one. There's a monster at the end of the book.
- Clark Kent: Not surprised your dad's friend had trouble selling this. This isn't the origins of a superhero, it's the birth of a villain. In the original story, Warrior Angel becomes Devilicus.
- Zatanna Zatara: And the moment our hero feels the slightest betrayed...
- Clark Kent: He becomes a monster.
- Zatanna Zatara: I could swear there's a twinkle of magic in your eyes. Or is it just pride in a job well done?
- Clark Kent: I think I always gain a bit of perspective when you blow through town.
- Zatanna Zatara: Careful. A girl might just start to crush on you.
- Clark Kent: [Going through Lois's closet] Okay. This is what I got - some red leather thing.
- Lois Lane: Nope.
- Clark Kent: Salute the flag?
- Lois Lane: Less gabbin', more grabbin'.
- Clark Kent: French maid outfit?
- Lois Lane: Need-to-know basis.
- Clark Kent: [looking around] There's a garment bag.
- Lois Lane: Finally. There you go. Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?
- Clark Kent: Yeah, piece of cake.
- Lois Lane: You're my hero.
- Zatanna Zatara: Are you sure we can't keep this team-up rolling? I mean, you've saved me more than once now, and I'd love to return the favor.
- Clark Kent: As flattered as I am...
- [seeing Lois tangled up in her phone cord]
- Clark Kent: I think I'm interested in finding my fantasy somewhere else.
- Zatanna Zatara: It must be love. Make sure she knows just how lucky she is, Clark.
- Lois Lane: [speaking to Clark] Did you and Chloe both just swear off whimsy? Was there a memo? Look, a costume isn't just about hiding who you are, it's about seeing the world in a way that you haven't before. What's your dream? Getting swept away in a little fantasy might do you some good every once in a while.
- Zatanna Zatara: [referring to Lois' previous comment] Lady's got a point. Without a dash of fantasy, life's just life. Where's the magic in that?
- [Lois nods in agreement with Zatanna]
- Clark Kent: [surprised] Zatanna, when did you...?
- Zatanna Zatara: We need to talk, Blue. Alone.
- [turns and speaks to Lois]
- Zatanna Zatara: I hope it's okay that I borrow him for a bit.
- [Lois is confused but nods okay]
- Clark Kent: Lois, Zatanna. Zatanna, Lois.
- Zatanna Zatara: Even though we live lives that everyone else thinks are fantastic, doesn't mean we don't get to take a break from the real world and then.
- Clark Kent: We don't get to take breaks.
- Zatanna Zatara: Which is why us Super Friends gotta stick together. I think I have a spell for that.
- Lois Lane: I'm cashing in a rain check. You cannot renege on a rain check.
- Clark Kent: Lois, can I rain check on your rain check?
- Lois Lane: No. You have been cashing in so many rain checks lately that I am soaking wet with disappointment.
- Clark Kent: I just don't get all this - the colors, the costumes. It's like everyone has a popcorn image of what being a hero's all about.
- Lois Lane: It's called fantasy, Clark - an escape, something, I don't know, more magical than what we have in our normal lives.
- Clark Kent: The reality of being a hero, it's about sacrifice, responsibility, and accountability... From what I've heard.
- Clark Kent: Listen, about Zatanna, Lois, I - let me preface this by saying that she is just a friend...
- Lois Lane: Spit it out, Clark.
- Clark Kent: When we were tracking down a lead for the comic, which was the truth and totally still is the truth, she and I got to talking about the fact that she was really stressed out about being on the road for so long, and I guess I got caught up in my own stuff so much that I didn't realize she'd gotten so close to me. She kissed me, but it's not what I meant to happen. Honest.
- Lois Lane: [Smiles] I was wondering how long it would take you to fess up.
- [He looks surprised]
- Lois Lane: Clark, for a guy without a single poker face, you've got like a million tells and you wouldn't look me in the eye and you smelled like a magazine insert.
- Clark Kent: Lois, why are you in the men's bathroom?
- Lois Lane: You obviously haven't seen the line for the women's room.
- Clark Kent: [admitting that Zatanna kissed him] Let me assure you that this will never happen again. Lois, it's just this whole thing with us is... it's new to me right now.
- Lois Lane: Yeah? It's new for me, too. Do you think that I like... being insecure? I-I don't. I just have to get used to the reality that I'm not the only gal that thinks you're fantastic.
- Clark Kent: Well, this isn't the reaction I expected.
- Lois Lane: [nervous chuckle] Expect the unexpected.
- [as a Daily Planet staffer passes by, she grabs him and kisses him]
- Lois Lane: That look on your face? Remember how that feels the next time one of your sexy lady friends invades your personal space.
- Clark Kent: I'm gonna finish my apology now.
- Clark Kent: At the end of the con every year, there's a, um, costume ball.
- Lois Lane: You hate costumes.
- Clark Kent: Yes. But I was rethinking what I said about not understanding... fantasy. And, uh... you asked me what my dream was, and it's this. With you, Lois.
- Lois Lane: [taking the tickets] Now, that, my friend... is an apology. I get to pick out your costume.
- Alec Abrams: How's Chloe?
- Clark Kent: She's been better.
- Alec Abrams: I'm sorry. I don't know what happened. I've never felt like a, like a...
- Clark Kent: Like a bully before?
- Alec Abrams: Yeah.
- Clark Kent: No one starts out wanting to be the bad guy. Life can be pretty hard on you sometimes, huh? You know, the test of a true hero is not letting the sadness and the lonelieness take over.
- Alec Abrams: Especially when you have superpowers.
- Clark Kent: Especially. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
- Alec Abrams: That sounds hard.
- Clark Kent: It is.
- Alec Abrams: So, uh, why do you do it?
- Clark Kent: I do it because I wanna help people like you. Not because I have to, but because I choose to.
- Alec Abrams: What do I do now?
- Clark Kent: [returning his backpack] You... should go home and be a kid. And remember, the next time you run into a bully that there is some goodness in there.
- Alec Abrams: 'Cause everyone's worth saving.
- Clark Kent: And a hero's work is never done.
- Zatanna Zatara: I think we're a little late to the party. Can't find my guest of honor yet.
- Clark Kent: Well, the computer's doing a facial recognition search based on the age progression from Alec's photo.
- [a match is found]
- Clark Kent: Abracadabra.
- [seeing photos of Warrior Angel saving Chloe at Met Con]
- Clark Kent: Chloe? Why didn't she say something?
- Zatanna Zatara: If you found out your hero was really a 12 year old, how would you have reacted?
- Clark Kent: If I were Chloe, I'd try to fix it myself.
- [his super-hearing picks up Chloe's cries for help]
- Clark Kent: Please tell me your counter-curse is ready to go.
- Zatanna Zatara: As ready as it's gonna be. Bring our girl home.
- Clark Kent: Lois, you know, you don't have anything to worry about with Zatanna.
- Lois Lane: Of course I don't. Wanna know why? Jealous women worry. Me? Not jealous, not even a little. See, I know that I have nothing to worry about because Clark Kent, he is the most honest man that I know. So if anything were to happen between the farm boy and lady fishnets, Lois Lane would be the first to know about it. Not the last. Right?
- [into the phone before he can say anything]
- Lois Lane: Well, you can tell your supervisor that I find it highly ironic that I can't find anyone worth talking to in missing persons.
- Clark Kent: When did we drift from missing comic to missing persons?
- Lois Lane: We course-corrected when our thief's aunt filed a report.
- Clark Kent: Aunt? How old's our thief?
- Lois Lane: Meet Alec Abrams, our pre-teen pre-convict. He's been AWOL ever since he stole the book. Not that I can blame him. It's worth thousands and thousands of dollars. The cops are still looking for him.
- Clark Kent: The police are the least of his worries. Lois, we need to find him as soon as we can.
- Lois Lane: Don't think I haven't been trying. His ID was flagged in the Planet database as a potential story. He kept sending letters to the post office addressed to the Blur.
- Clark Kent: [unfolding one] "Your world is so much better than mine. I wish I could be a hero, so I wouldn't get bullied at school. I wish I could be a hero like you so I could have saved my parents. I used to think heroes weren't real until you showed up."
- Lois Lane: Looks like our little juvie is in desperate need for a big brother.
- Clark Kent: He's just looking for someone to understand what he's going through.