02x03 - Metallo

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Hmm.

Oh, damn.

Oh.

Ah.

Oh, damn.

Oh, damn.

Ah!

Oh!

Not now.

Oh!

Ah!

All right, now I got to get

50 bucks to the print shop.

-Andy?

-And you gotta remind me

to give 25 to the graphic

artist--

Andy?

I told you I don't think

Superboy is going

to want to endorse

a line of t-shirts.

Okay, first of all,

these are not just a line

of t-shirts.

These glow in the dark,

and since when did you

become Superboy's

agent?

Well, I kinda know Superboy

and I sort of

have a feeling for

things he might

or might not

want to do.

Sort of.

Clark, I can't think of two

people more opposite

than you

and Superboy.

Andy's got

a point.

Maybe Superboy should

at least listen

to what he's

got to say.

Hey, I know I wouldn't mind

having a Superboy t-shirt.

And, Clark, you know, you

wouldn't look

too bad in

one yourself.

Better than these plaid shirts

you wear.

I kind of like

this shirt.

Clark, that's

the problem.

Nice and slow

Give me the money.

Come on,

get in there.

End of the line,

mister.

Your luck

just ran out.

Thanks, pal.

Thanks for nothing.

Telephone, please, Dr. Davis,

telephone, please.

Oh, where

am I?

You're a very lucky man,

Mr. Corben.

If not for Superboy,

you wouldn't be here today.

Oh, yeah, yeah, I guess

you're right, Doc.

If not for him I'd be

out free spending

the first national's dough

and living like there was

no tomorrow.

There would have been no

tomorrow for you, Mr. Corben.

Look, you suffered

a massive heart att*ck.

You wouldn't have

lasted the night.

Hey, look on the bright side,

they'll keep you

off your feet

in prison.

You'll get plenty of rest

and with a little bit

of luck you

just might live.

Oh, yeah, yeah,

sure, I'd be alive.

I'd be in a cage for

the rest of my life,

but face it, Doc,

I might as well be dead.

Please, Mr. Corben

Please, no one's ever

been that polite to me.

I wish I could return

the favor,

but I'm not

that kind of guy.

Yeah, I'm

a lucky guy.

This just in, Corben escaped

from city hospital

after murdering

a doctor.

Police have no leads

as to his whereabouts.

Ah!

Will you please

stand still?

I can't when you're standing

so close to me.

Knock it off,

Andy.

I second that.

Andy, would you give

a guy a break

and let me finish this story,

will ya?

You still with

the corben story, Clark?

You've been working

on that for the past two days.

What's the problem?

You've never been stuck

on a story before.

I've been reading through

these files

a hundred times and I can't

believe that he's dead.

We would have found

his body by now.

We?

Who's we, Clark?

I mean the police

and Superboy.

Look, Superboy's been

searching for what,

a week now?

If he couldn't find the guy

just write

that he couldn't

find the guy.

I just hate to admit Superboy

failed like that.

That's his problem.

Geez, let him carry the weight

of the world on his shoulders.

Yeah, Andy's right.

You've got your own problems

to worry about.

I told you I can go until

this story's wrapped up.

Fine, then it's just me

and Andy tonight.

Whoa, babe, you will

not be disappointed.

Babe?

Babe, you know, it's

a term of affection.

Oh, wow,

where am I?

Ah, you are a very lucky man,

Herr Metallo?

What, Metallo?

Ya?

What are you

talking about?

My name

is Corben.

Who the hell

are you?

Oh, is

that me?

You like?

You like?

Oh, please, no need

to thank me.

You were badly hurt

in the expl*si*n.

Your arms, your heart

were destroyed.

I only did what I

had to do to save you.

Save me?

You made me

into a freak!

Look at me!

Oh, you're still

weak.

Yeah.

I suspected

as much.

I've done similar

experiments

on small animals

and always the strain

of trying to power my

prosthetics kills them.

But luckily for you I've

had a breakthrough.

I found this great gem in

one of my field trips

to the sewers.

I find the most interesting

things down there.

I really do.

You're crazy.

I have never seen

anything like it.

It gives off a strange

energy which never

seems to deplete.

It's better than the best

a*t*matic battery.

Uh, what are you

gonna do to me?

Not to you,

my child, for you.

This won't

hurt a bit.

Oh

That wasn't so

bad now, was it?

Oh, that'sThat's not

bad at all but

Not so bad.

Actually II feel

I feel pretty okay.

I feelStrong.

I feelStronger.

I feel

Really strong.

This is

too wonderful.

I am

a genius.

Now, we will show

the university, you and I,

my colleagues, they will never

laugh at me again.

Come, Metallo,

we must prepare

How do you feel about

the big award?

I'm really honored the city

has chosen me to be

the first to receive

the community service award.

Thank you,

Superboy.

What's wrong?

Am I strong

enough?

Can I b*at

him?

Who, who?

The one who started

this, Superboy.

I don't know.

Perhaps.

There's no time.

He'll be at

the arena soon.

Ah, well.

I already

d*ed once.

I'll take

my chances.

Tough break.

Yeah, face it, Lana,

he's not coming.

Excuse me.

It's just that Clark needs

to get out more,

but every time I try he's

got some stupid excuse.

Do you think we're

maybe too hard on him?

Like about his

clothes and things?

I mean, he can be

really sensitive.

I don't know, he's just

shy about everything.

Probably couldn't

take this crowd.

Just face it,

that's the guy I am.

No kidding.

Ladies and gentlemen,

thank you for your patience,

ladies

and gentlemen.

Now, I'd like to introduce

you to tonight's

guest of honor,

Superboy.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I like to think of myself

as a man of action,

not of words so

I'll keep this brief.

I

You!

Corben!

That two-bit punk,

corben, is dead, pal.

You can call me,

Metallo.

I don't care what

you call yourself.

You're a m*rder*r

and I'm taking you in.

Take your best sh*t,

pal.

I always do.

This some kind

of a joke?

You're really hurting,

aren't ya, pal?

Yeah, you're

hurting bad.

The rock, it's got to be this

green rock inside my chest.

Hey, you running

away, pal?

After these nice folks went to

all this trouble

to throw this

bash for you?

You can run, Superboy,

but you can't hide.

Oh, share, you've

got to share.

Here, some

for you.

Oh, oh, ah,

this is perfect.

Driver, driver,

stop the limo.

You two girls,

you wait here

and I'm going to be back with

something the two

of you can

fight over.

Oo.

Hi, guys.

I'd like a sample of your gold

and platinum bars.

Freeze

or I'll sh**t.

Sorry, I was

never any good

at following orders.

My suit, look what

you did to my suit.

I brought you girls

some trinkets.

One for you and

one for you.

Yeah, I know,

not bad, huh?

I'm doing big things from now

on, big things.

You know, there's never

a Superboy around when

you need one.

And it seemed like such a great

idea at the time.

Andy, people are still gonna

want to buy your t-shirts.

I don't know.

Everybody's talking about how

humiliated

Superboy was

at the awards.

I mean,

it was embarrassing.

It's a good thing you weren't

there, Clark.

It was

a dark day.

I'm sure Superboy must have

some sort of plan.

He's not gonna lay low

and let Metallo get

away with, with

all these robberies.

Why does everyone think that

Superboy is just

gonna give up?

Oh, my sensitive.

I tell you what, we're just

gonna leave you alone

for a while,

okay?

The strange green substance

seems

to have a similar molecule

structure

of a planet that

astronomers have named Krypton.

Prolonged exposure to this space

rock that I will

call Kryptonite can be lethal to

Superboy.

Lead shielding seems to

neutralize the effect.

Yeah.

I'm a lucky man.

I, uhCertainly

have come a long way,

huh, girls?

Oh, look,

this one's bent.

You can

have it.

There's plenty more

where that came from.

Oh, look, I got

another bent one.

Metallo!

It's him.

Metallo!

It's Superboy.

It's time,

Metallo.

It's time

to prove yourself.

Where the hell

is he?

I'll be at the scrap yard

in 30 minutes.

Then you can prove to

the world how strong

you really are.

You'd better be

there, tin man.

Unless there isn't enough man

left inside of you

to b*at

my challenge.

I'll be there, creep,

over your dead body.

Sorry, we have orders from

Superboy to keep

everyone away.

Excuse me, excuse me,

excuse me.

Pardon me, officer,

we're special friends

of Superboy and we'd

like to go through.

I'm sorry, we have

orders that no one is

to get through.

Uh, Officer, I'm not sure you

realize exactly who I am.

The name's McAlister,

Andy McAlister.

Oh, yes, we do have you down on

the list.

Yeah, there was a special note

concerning you.

Superboy told us you might try

extra hard

to get through.

But

What'd I tell ya,

girls?

Looks like Superboy's

a no-show.

No such luck,

Metallo.

Superboy?

You still hiding

from me?

Afraid you're

gonna faint again?

I'm not afraid

of you, Metallo.

Most snakes

are harmless.

You gotta be

kidding me?

Look at me, Superboy,

I'm big-time now.

No more

little guy.

People respect me.

You think that suit of armor's

gonna protect

you from me?

It's not you that the armor is

protecting me from.

Aren't you feeling

a little woozy?

You've lost

your advantage.

This suit guarantees

us a fair fight.

Oh,

is that so?

In that case, I'm gonna have to

get rid of it.

All right, Superboy,

the kid gloves are off.

Now, I'm gonna peel

you like a banana.

Hah!

Any questions,

Superboy?

Oh, yeah.

Thank you,

thank you.

Look.

Oh, no.

You don't know when you're b*at,

do ya?

Not yet, never.

Wrong.

This is the end

of the line, pal.

Your luck

just ran out.

Aah!

Aah!

No, no!

No.

Be still.

Your heart'll hold you till help

arrives.

Yeah, I guess I'm

just a lucky guy.

Superboy, I'm so

glad you're okay.

Yeah, hey,

me too.

While I got you here without

that Clark Kent,

you know he throws such a damper

on everything.

Um, I thought we might have this

little two minute

pow-wow on this business

proposition

that I was

thinking of.

This isn't about

your t-shirts, is it?