Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series)

Tempus Fugitive (1995)

Lane Davies: Tempus

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Quotes 

• Lois Lane : If you wanna kill Superman, I don't know why you're going to Smallville or 1966.

  Tempus : She doesn't know yet. Oh, this is good. This is really good. Um, Lois, did you know that, in the future, you're revered at the same level as Superman? Why there are books about you, statues, an interactive game. You're even a breakfast cereal.

  Lois Lane : Really?

  Tempus : Yes. But, as much as everybody loves you, there is one question that keeps coming up: "How dumb was she?" Here, I'll show you what I mean. Look.

  [puts glasses on] 

  Tempus : I'm Clark Kent.

  [Takes glasses off] 

  Tempus : No, I'm Superman.

  [Puts glasses on] 

  Tempus : Mild-mannered reporter.

  [Takes glasses off] 

  Tempus : Superhero. Hello! Duh! Clark Kent is Superman. Ha, ha, ha. Well, that was worth the whole trip. To actually meet the most galactically stupid woman who ever lived.

• H.G. Wells : What's the matter, my dear?

  Lois Lane : Oh, you've been to the future, Mr. Wells. Is it true what Tempus said about me?

  H.G. Wells : Oh, yes. You're as highly revered as any woman in history.

  Lois Lane : Oh, no, I'm meant about being galactically stupid.

  H.G. Wells : No, no, no, Miss Lane, not stupid: blind. It is one of the many things that makes your story so timeless. Why children never tire of hearing it at bedtime. Why parents never outgrow it. Generation after generation, we are all blinded by love, Miss Lane. Especially that one great love that changes us forever.

  Tempus : Excuse me, but I'm in danger of choking on my own vomit.

• Lois Lane : I couldn't stand the idea I might lose you and I'd never get to tell you... to say that... I...

  Tempus : Please. I'll go to jail, I'll strap myself into the electric chair - but don't make me listen to this!

• Tempus : Superman, as long as I have you here, just answer one thing for me. Why tights? Why a cape? You're a grown man. Don't you feel ridiculous?

  Superman : My mother made it for me.

• Tempus : You want to know the future, Miss Lane? No one works, no one argues, there are 9,000 channels and NOTHING ON!

• Tempus : Well, this is a special pleasure, Ms. Lane. I'm Tempus. I'm from the future that you and Superman created.

  Lois Lane : Me and Superman?

  Tempus : A world of peace. A world with no greed or crime. A world so boring you'd blow your brains out, but there are no guns.

• H.G. Wells : I won't let you hurt him, I will fight you with my last breath.

  Tempus : Really?

  H.G. Wells : I swear it!

  Tempus : [hits Wells who falls unconscious]  Sorry, can't have you swearing in front of the baby.