Justice League Unlimited (TV Series)

I Am Legion (2005)

Powers Boothe: Gorilla Grodd

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• Gorilla Grodd : The Spear of Longinus. Hitler believed that whoever holds it is invincible.

  Lex Luthor : What are you going to do with it? Sell it to the highest bidder? Keep it yourself and try to conquer the world?

  Gorilla Grodd : I was thinking it would look good on the wall in my office.

  Lex Luthor : You mean you recruited me, sent me to an island full of death traps, and up against the Justice League. You made me risk my life, and all for nothing?

  Gorilla Grodd : Essentially, yes.

  Lex Luthor : [laughs]  Monkey, I like your style.

• The Key : Here we are, Mr. Luthor. Your benefactor is looking forward to meeting you.

  Lex Luthor : Does the mystery man have a name?

  Gorilla Grodd : No reason to be insulting, Lex. I'm far superior to any man.

  Lex Luthor : Grodd. I appreciate the help, but gratitude only goes so far. I'm not interested in working with you or anyone else.

  Gorilla Grodd : I think you'll change your mind once you've seen what I have to offer.

• Lex Luthor : What is this?

  Gorilla Grodd : A home away from home for members of my... organization. I'll admit we're putting on something of a show for your benefit. We rarely have so many members here at once.

  Lex Luthor : Yes, it would take a huge scam to pay for all these people.

  Gorilla Grodd : Actually, it's the other way around. They pay me. The world's most powerful supervillains banded together with one common goal.

  Lex Luthor : They protect each other from the Justice League.

  Gorilla Grodd : It's the only way to survive in the modern world. There are so many heroes now. And under the Martian, they're too organized for freethinkers like ourselves to make an honest buck.

  Lex Luthor : You're running a protection racket.

  Gorilla Grodd : A co-op. Everyone's free to go about their own business, but if, say, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash show up to foil your bank robbery, you no longer have to face them alone.

  Lex Luthor : [laughing]  Right, he does it out of the goodness of his heart.

  Gorilla Grodd : Plus 25% of the gross. So far, it's working perfectly. The League doesn't even know that we exist.

  Lex Luthor : Have to hand it to you, this is an impressive operation. But we're still not interested.

  Gorilla Grodd : [stopping him from leaving]  See, now, that's a problem. You're much too powerful a player to be out there freelance.

  Lex Luthor : Don't worry about the competition. I'm out of the business.

  Gorilla Grodd : Really? Then why bother to escape from prison? Mmm. You've still got the spark, Luthor. I see it in your eyes. The spark of a man who can't be bound by society's petty restrictions. Besides, nobody who plays the game at our level ever quits.

  Lex Luthor : [talking to someone who's not there]  Oh, you got that right. Completely missing the point.

  Gorilla Grodd : [confused]  Luthor?

• Lex Luthor : You think you understand me? That you actually have anything to offer? For a brief moment, I attained absolute knowledge, godhood. Now it's all gone.

  Gorilla Grodd : You melded with the computer-being Brainiac. And at your moment of triumph, the Justice League destroyed him. Tragic. Now there isn't a single piece of him left anywhere on Earth.

  [holding such a piece out] 

  Gorilla Grodd : Except, of course, for this one.

  Lex Luthor : [grabbing for it]  Give it to me.

  Gorilla Grodd : Salvation comes at a price, Lex. First, you do something for me, then you get your precious rock.

  Brainiac : [appearing only to Lex]  Do whatever he asks. My entire program resides in even the smallest part of me.

  Lex Luthor : I could reconstitute you, bring you back to life.

  Brainiac : Yes. We could be together again.

  Lex Luthor : All right, Grodd, I'm in.

• Gorilla Grodd : Today was just a test. Your next mission is for real.

  Brainiac : [appearing to Lex]  He still has something we need. We have to put up with him for the moment.

  Lex Luthor : I should kill you.

  Gorilla Grodd : But you won't.

  Lex Luthor : No. Not today.