Justice League Unlimited (TV Series)

Question Authority (2005)

Jeffrey Combs: The Question, Vic Sage, Dr. Moon

Quotes 

• Lex Luthor : [sees Question sitting in his office]  Question, isn't it? I believe you took something that belongs to me.

  The Question : Have you seen the latest polls? It's beginning to look like you're going to be our next president... just like in that other world.

  Lex Luthor : I wouldn't bet against me.

  The Question : No, it wouldn't be prudent. I want you to understand something, Luthor: although my distaste for you as a human being is brobdingnagian, what I'm about to do isn't personal.

  Lex Luthor : What are you babbling about?

  The Question : Everything that exists has a specific nature, each entity exists as something in particular and has characteristics that are part of what it is. "A" is "A". And no matter what reality he calls home, "Luthor" is "Luthor". If I'm to save the world, your existence must come to an end, before you take office.

  Lex Luthor : ...You're going to kill me so that Superman can't.

  The Question : I'm a well-known crackpot. The Justice League's reputation will survive my actions... and Superman's legacy will remain intact.

  Lex Luthor : Interesting plan. Unfortunately for you, it's not really an option.

  [he flings out his arm, hitting Question hard enough to knock him into the opposite wall] 

• Dr. Moon : You stole files from our computer. Just tell me what you've learned.

  The Question : Topically applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay! It does render teeth detectable by spy satellite!

  Dr. Moon : [shocks The Question]  Tell me what you know.

  The Question : The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister!

  Dr. Moon : [shocks The Question]  Tell me what you know.

  The Question : There was a magic bullet. It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning the truth!

• Superman : Something I can help you with?

  The Question : I hope so. But I assume you don't want to discuss your White House weenie-roast in front of a crowd...

  Superman : [to others]  I'll be back in a minute.

  [he leads Question to the empty conference room] 

  The Question : Always wondered what was in here. Private conference room. Original members only, yes? A place where you're free to discuss your secrets and lies...

  Superman : You said something about me in the White House.

  The Question : Not you, exactly. Another version of you, hmm?

  Superman : Quit dancing around it. How much do you know?

  The Question : I know what you told everyone. The Justice Lords: a parallel universe version of the Justice League who came to Earth to rid it of crime just as they had on their own world. With Lex Luthor's help, our Justice League managed to rout them. I also know what you didn't tell anyone! On that other Earth, so very much like our own, a Superman, so very much like you, killed the president.

  Superman : [accidentally bends the back of a chair he's leaning on]  Question, no one can know about this.

  The Question : Or what? You'd incinerate me, too?

  Superman : I'd never do anything like that.

  The Question : Wouldn't you? Didn't you recently try to lobotomize Doomsday with your heat vision, just as the Justice Lord did?

  Superman : That's different!

  The Question : It's the same! A heavily-armed Watchtower with an army of proactive heroes, Luthor running for president - if it's not *quite* the same, it soon will be. Have you seen Amanda Waller's computer simulations?

  Superman : Batman told me about them.

  The Question : Did he tell you that all the models predicted that a war between the Justice League and the government would devastate the planet?

  Superman : We would never fight the government!

  The Question : Not even if Luthor *was* the government?

  [Superman is silent; Question begins rambling] 

  The Question : Predestined... Flash will die... You will kill Luthor... Superhuman arms race... Armageddon... Inevitable...

  Superman : Question, I'm...

  [He puts a hand on the Question's shoulder; the Question recoils] 

  Superman : I'm worried about you. You're mixed up. This world isn't like the other one. We're not the Justice Lords. Those things you're afraid of won't happen here. I won't let them.

  [Question is silent for a moment, then walks out] 

• [while Question is working at a computer, Huntress is single-handedly wiping the floor with the building's security guards] 

  Huntress : You really know how to show a girl a good time, Q! When are we going out on a real date?

  The Question : Shh! I'm trying to concentrate.

  Huntress : I'm not even in the Justice League anymore. You're lucky to have me along.

  The Question : Hardly. You're drawn to my eccentric charm.

• Huntress : You get what you came for?

  The Question : I believe so. If there's a link between Luthor and Cadmus, I'll find it here.

  Huntress : Which leaves the rest of our evening tantalizingly free.

  The Question : There are three terabytes of data here. I'll be busy for days...

  [Huntress snatches the hard drive away and gives him a piercing look] 

  The Question : Uh... dinner and a movie?

  Huntress : It's a start.

• Huntress : [helping Question out of Cadmus]  Lean on me. We're getting out of here.

  The Question : [weary and disoriented]  Secret messages... encoded in amino acid chains in carb-free breakfast bars...

  Huntress : Come on, baby doll. It's all right.