Justice League Unlimited (TV Series)

Flashpoint (2005)

Michael Rosenbaum: The Flash, Wally West, Secretary

Quotes 

• Superman : [entering the Watchtower control room with Supergirl]  Give me one good reason not to go down there and take them out.

  J'onn J'onzz : If you didn't know the answer, you wouldn't have bothered to ask.

  Superman : Don't handle me, J'onn! I'm serious!

  J'onn J'onzz : We don't have hard evidence that they've committed any crimes.

  Superman : Oh, come on! You know they're dirty!

  Oliver Queen : Then maybe we should put more effort into proving it and less into acting like a bunch of hyperthyroid stormtroopers.

  Superman : I don't remember asking you for your opinion!

  Oliver Queen : No? How about when you guys hijacked me up here against my will and made me join this team? Batman said I was supposed to keep you guys honest.

  Superman : [menacingly]  Do I look like Batman to you?

  The Flash : Actually, you kinda do. Especially when you're all scowly like that.

  Superman : We can't let Cadmus get away with it.

  J'onn J'onzz : No one's saying we should, but we have to keep a cool head.

  Supergirl : Do you know what they did to me?

  Oliver Queen : Look, kid, Hamilton's a piece of garbage, and Luthor's worse. But this isn't the way to stop them.

  J'onn J'onzz : We must also consider the possibility that Cadmus is right to be afraid of us...

  Supergirl : [outraged]  What?

  J'onn J'onzz : ...*and* there's strong evidence of Cadmus having legitimate connections to the government.

  Superman : Maybe, to some rogue black-ops group. The real government wouldn't get involved in anything like this.

  Oliver Queen : Hey, I'm the only guy in the room who doesn't have superpowers, and let me tell you, you guys scare me. What if you do decide to go marching down there, taking care of whoever you think is guilty? Who could stop you? Me?

  Supergirl : So you *want* the government to have a bunch of superhuman weapons just to keep us in check?

  Oliver Queen : No - I don't know - Yeah!

  [regains composure] 

  Oliver Queen : Look, I'm an old lefty. The government must do for people what people can't do for themselves. The people sure can't protect themselves from the likes of us.

  Superman : We're not talking about the government. We're talking about a shadow cabinet that's taken it upon themselves to eliminate us! They came after us, we have to hit them back hard!

  The Flash : Grammy Flash always used to say the trouble with "an eye for an eye" is that everybody ends up blind.

• Father : [to his crying daughter]  We can't go back, honey. It's not safe.

  Little Girl : But he'll be scared all by himself.

  Father : There's plenty of food until they let us back into the house.

  Flash : [walking up to father and girl]  You guys came out of the blue duplex?

  Father : Yeah, my daughter's worred about...

  [Flash runs off, then immediately returns with an orange cat] 

  Father : ...her cat.

  Little Girl : Beebop!

• The Flash : [trying to return a little girl's cat]  Quite a grip she has there. Claws and all. Starting to really hurt.

• Father : [the Flash returns his daughter's cat]  Thank you.

  The Flash : Trim her claws and we'll call it even.

  Father : Seriously, thank you for everything. I see you guys on the news all the time, and I guess we just take you for granted.

  The Flash : [shaking hands]  It's a rotten situation. I'm glad we could lend a hand.

  Man : If you care so much, why did you shoot at us in the first place?

  The Flash : We did... I...

  Woman : What do you mean?

  Man : First they shoot at us, then they come help us.

  Green Arrow : It's not that simple, buddy.

  Woman : I heard it was an industrial accident. Are you saying you did shoot at us?

  Man : Well, I saw it! A big laser beam from the sky just like the one you guys used to shoot those alien spiders in Nevada a few months ago.

  Green Arrow : It was an accident.

  Man : [sarcastic]  Well, that makes me feel a lot better.

  The Flash : All right, let's calm down. We'd never do anything to hurt you. You have to trust us.

  Green Arrow : [the mother turns to leave]  Those ships will move you to a temporary shelter. It's safer.

  Woman : I'll take my chances.

  Green Arrow : I'm not sure what I'm doing here anymore.

  The Flash : People need us. We help them.