Smallville (TV Series)

Booster (2011)

Jaren Brandt Bartlett: Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle

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Quotes 

• Jaime Reyes : You can help me. You're a hero.

  Booster Gold : No, I'm not. Not like you think, kid. But, listen, you can be. Someone once told me that the suit doesn't make the hero, so you fight it.

  Jaime Reyes : I can't.

  Booster Gold : Yes, you can. Fight it. You can be a hero. You just have to have faith in what you are and what you're gonna be. It's your choice, kid. You choose.

• Ted Kord : This boy is absolutely unique. He managed to shutdown the scarab.

  Lois Lane : I'm guessing not everyone has what it takes to do that. So, Mr. Kord, does this mean that you'll be able to remove it from him?

  Jaime Reyes : I- No. I mean, will that take away the power it gives me?

  Ted Kord : Yes, but...

  Jaime Reyes : I want to learn how to use them. I want to be a hero like Booster Gold.

  Booster Gold : I don't know, kid. You know... what do you say we give Miss Lane here an exclusive on the *real* hero of the day?

• Jaime Reyes : Who are you?

  Booster Gold : [to a crowd of people]  I'm sure you're all wondering who I am. Well, how about the 411? I'm pure gold, ladies and gentlemen. I am Booster Gold, the greatest hero you've never heard of... till now!

• Lois Lane : [after witnessing Jaime getting teased]  That's it.

  Jaime Reyes : [she yanks a sign off his back]  What's it say this time?

  Lois Lane : "Kick Me." A classic.

  Jaime Reyes : I've had worse.

• Lois Lane : Listen, kid. You should stand up for yourself. Don't slouch, talk with confidence, and stop being so... so shy. It's okay to get mad.

  Jaime Reyes : I... I guess so.

  Lois Lane : Now, you go back over there, you tell 'em... tell 'em you're mad as hell and you're not gonna take it anymore.

  [seeing his reluctance] 

  Lois Lane : Oh, just try it with me.

  Jaime Reyes : [meekly]  I-I'm... I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore.

  Lois Lane : Okay. Now, like... like, punish 'em with it, you know? Just...

  [grunts] 

  Jaime Reyes : [more confidently]  I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore.

  Lois Lane : Okay, look, it's eat or be eaten. So you get over there and enjoy your meal, right? Go ahead!

  [he goes over to his friends, but can't muster up the courage] 

  Lois Lane : [sighing as he leaves]  Maybe he'll grow out of it.