Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

A Fish Story (1999)

Dana Delany: Lois Lane

Quotes 

• Lois Lane : [watching as the grunting Aquaman struggles to break his chains]  Aquaman, huh?

  Aquaman : Something wrong?

  Lois Lane : No, it's just that I always thought you were an urban legend.

  Aquaman : Nothing urban about me.

  Lois Lane : So, you gonna tell me what's going on?

  Aquaman : Some of your people...

  Lois Lane : *My* people?

  Aquaman : Surface-dwellers. They're about to cause the deaths of millions.

  [grimly determined] 

  Aquaman : I have to stop them.

  [Lois's eyes widen] 

• Lois Lane : Something stinks here, Jimmy, and it's not just the fish.

  Jimmy Olsen : He did seem kind of nervous.

  Lois Lane : [spotting Lex's limousine]  And I think I know why.

• Doctor Cardy : Animal behavior is very complex, Ms. Lane. During mating season, for example, they exhibit all manner of bizarre behavior.

  Lois Lane : Since when is attacking ships a mating ritual?

  Doctor Cardy : The whales who attacked you were probably protecting a calf or an expectant mother. But taken in context of the marine world, there's really nothing unusual going on.

  Jimmy Olsen : [taking pictures]  Yeah, right.

  Lois Lane : Are you really saying...

  Doctor Cardy : [his beeper goes off]  I'm sorry, you'll have to excuse me. No rest for the wicked.

• Lexie #1 : [preparing to throw Lois overboard]  Luthor said to get you out of there, but he didn't say to where.

  Lois Lane : Oh, no, you don't, you...

• Jimmy Olsen : How did Clark manage to miss out on this?

  Lois Lane : Smallville's got a problem with seasickness. Says the only waves he can stand are "amber waves of grain."

  Jimmy Olsen : [taking pictures]  Whoa, awesome!

  [a fish leaps at him and knocks his camera out of his hands] 

  Jimmy Olsen : Ow!

  [as he tries to retrieve it, a turtle grabs it, snapping at his hand] 

  Jimmy Olsen : Ah!

  Lois Lane : You got the camera?

  Jimmy Olsen : I'm lucky I got my fingers.

• Bibbo : 40 years at sea, I ain't never seen whales act like this before.

  Lois Lane : Bibbo, you have to radio for help.

  Bibbo : [glancing up at the broken antenna]  No can do, Ms. Lane.

  Lois Lane : If we don't do something, we're fish bait.

  Jimmy Olsen : [activating his signal watch]  Maybe not.

• Lois Lane : I really appreciate you taking us out on your boat, Bibbo.

  Bibbo : Anything for you, Ms. Lane. Besides, she was just sittin' idle. All these stories about fish attacks have got the fishermen spooked. I can't find nobody to crew with me.

  Lois Lane : So, you don't believe the stories.

  Bibbo : Bunch of hooey. You can quote me on that.

• Lois Lane : [surprised at how an Atlantean addresses Aquaman]  Did he say "king"? Just when you think you know a guy.

• Jimmy Olsen : Where the heck are you? I still can't find a parking space.

  Lois Lane : [having discovered Aquaman in a containment tank]  You may have to cruise a little longer.

  Jimmy Olsen : But I've only got a learner's permit. I'm not supposed to be driving alone.

  Lois Lane : Hang in there, kid. I may have stumbled onto the story of the decade.

  Doctor Cardy : Why so modest? Why not the century?

• Aquaman : Are you all right?

  Lois Lane : Are you nuts? That was a great white!

  Aquaman : Yes. Lucky he was passing by. I've got ten more circling us right now.

  Lois Lane : Hope they're not hungry.

  Aquaman : Want me to ask them?

• Lois Lane : [escaping Lex's henchmen]  Neat trick back there. How did you...

  Aquaman : I communicate with the creatures of the sea telepathically. There's not much time. I need to get out to the blast site.

  Lois Lane : [seeing they're being pursued]  These guys have something else in mind.

  [crashing through a blocked-off section of road] 

  Lois Lane : We're running out of road.

  Aquaman : Keep going.

  Lois Lane : What?

  Aquaman : Trust me.

  Lois Lane : You can fly, right?

  Aquaman : Fly?

  Lois Lane : [they sail off a cliff and fall into the ocean]  "Trust me," he says.

• Superman : Is that who I think it is?

  Lois Lane : Aquaman, in the flesh.

  Superman : He isn't staying for introductions.

  Lois Lane : He doesn't have much time, and neither do we.

• Aquaman : LexCorp has been testing explosives off the eastern seaboard. The explosions have caused extensive damage to my home, Atlantis.

  Lois Lane : Whoa. You mean Atlantis is real?

  Aquaman : Very real. And very angry. I was sent here to try to put a stop to the tests, but my peaceful overtures were met with violence and capture.

  Lois Lane : What happens if you don't make it back?

  Aquaman : War.

• Lois Lane : You've gotta call off the test. Now.

  Lexie #1 : It's Mr. Luthor that gives the orders here.

  Superman : [throwing him aside]  Mind your manners.

  Lex Luthor : These are international waters, and I'm perfectly within my legal rights. The test will proceed, and there is nothing you can do to stop it.

  Lexie #2 : [receiving a transmission]  Yeah, I copy. Mr. Luthor, one of our subs has spotted Aquaman.

  Lois Lane : Still think your test will proceed?

  Lex Luthor : The man's nothing but an ecological terrorist. Tell the divers they've got my authority to stop him any way they can.

• Lois Lane : [to Lex]  Sounds like your assets are getting kicked.