Justice League (TV Series)

Secret Origins: Part II (2001)

Michael Rosenbaum: The Flash, Wally West, Martian

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Quotes 

• The Flash : Where have you been all my life?

  Wonder Woman : Themyscira.

  The Flash : Huh?

  Hawkgirl : The home of the Amazons. I always thought it was merely a legend.

  Wonder Woman : I assure you, it's as real as the ground on which we stand.

• Wonder Woman : I am Diana. Princess of the Amazons.

  The Flash : Pinch me, I must be dreaming.

  [Superman elbows him in the ribs] 

  The Flash : Ow.

• The Flash : [Green Lantern has suggested splitting up into teams to defeat the aliens]  Dibs on the Amazon.

  [cut to him and John on a mission together] 

  The Flash : You are no fun.

• The Flash : Look, I'm usually pretty quick on the uptake, but would someone please tell me what the heck is goin' on here?

• J'onn J'onzz : The invaders are noctural. They want to blot out the sun so they can live in perpetual darkness.

  The Flash : [to Batman]  Friends of yours?

• The Flash : This is too weird.

  Green Lantern : I've seen stranger things.

• The Flash : You are no fun.

  Green Lantern : This isn't supposed to be fun.

• Green Lantern : Now listen up, here's the plan.

  The Flash : What plan? We kick their butts, right; let's get this over with.

• Green Lantern : Of all the idiotic, boneheaded, glory-grabbing moves. Haven't you ever heard of teamwork?

  The Flash : [a laser-shot fires near where he's being freed]  Um, maybe we better save the motivational speeches for *later*?

• J'onn J'onzz : We first encountered them a thousand of your Earth years ago. It was a golden age. Our Martian civilization was at the height of its peace and prosperity. And then... they arrived. Where they came from, no one knew, but they were determined to make our planet their own. We Martians were peaceful people, and the taking of any life was abhorrent to us. But we quickly learned the ways of war. For centuries, the battles raged on. Every trace of our once-great civilization was obliterated. We fought valiantly, but the invaders were parasites who fed on our psychic energy. As we grew weaker, they grew stronger. They even absorbed our shape-changing abilities. Finally, a small group of Martian survivors planned one final desperate attack. Inside their underground stronghold, we unleashed a powerful nerve gas which paralyzed them. The attack was successful, but the cost was dear. I was the only survivor, the last of my kind. I sealed up their citadel to keep them in a constant state of suspended animation. For over 500 years, I stood guard over them, but then, while I was in a hibernation cycle, astronauts from Earth unsealed the stronghold and accidentally revived the invaders.

  The Flash : Wait. Those astronauts never said anything about finding life on Mars.

  Green Lantern : Hmph. Some pencil-pusher in Washington probably decided it should be classified information.

  J'onn J'onzz : With all the Martians gone, the invaders had nothing left to feed upon, so they turned their sights to Earth. I narrowly escaped and came here to warn of the coming danger. While I was being held against my will, the invaders sent advance agents to disable Earth's defenses.

  Batman : That's why they sabotaged the deep-space monitoring network; so we couldn't detect their activities.

  Green Lantern : We've gotta stop them before it's too late.

  J'onn J'onzz : It may already be too late.

• The Flash : [returning a broken piece of the Batplane]  Hey, Bats! I think you dropped this.

• The Flash : Can't you just whip up another batch of that nerve gas?

  J'onn J'onzz : Unfortunately, no. The gas can only be made from a rare Martian plant. I brought a sample with me, but it was destroyed when I was captured.

  The Flash : Uh, what's plan B?