Justice League Unlimited (TV Series)

To Another Shore (2005)

Powers Boothe: Gorilla Grodd

Quotes 

• Gorilla Grodd : Progress report, Mr. Luthor?

  Lex Luthor : As promised, I've used various technologies to augment the powers of dozens of our associates. I've had notable success with Atomic Skull.

  Gorilla Grodd : And Devil Ray?

  Devil Ray : Ready for action. I feel stronger than ever.

  Lex Luthor : That's because you are. The increased strength is the least of the gifts I've granted you. Your stingers...

  Gorilla Grodd : Perfect timing, Lex. I've got an assignment that's right up Devil Ray's new-and-improved alley.

  Devil Ray : Where to?

  Gorilla Grodd : First, I wanna tell you a story. In Scandanavia, early in the 10th century, lived Prince Jon, the greatest warrior of his era. His tremendous skill and valor brought him fame throughout the world as the legendary Viking Prince. His adventures were epic, as were the legends that grew around his exploits. This much we know to be truth: on a frozen battlefield, Prince Jon, sole survivor of a bloody war, its purpose lost to time, met a Valkyrie, a messenger from the Norse gods sent to escort the souls of fallen heroes to their reward in the halls of Valhalla. Impossibly, they fell in love and swore their hearts to each other. But Odin, king of the Norse gods, discovered their illicit affair and, enraged, banished Jon from Valhalla. The Viking Prince pleaded with Odin for mercy, begging to be allowed to remain with his love. Odin agreed, saying that if Jon died a heroic death, he and his love would again be united for all eternity. But Odin was a crafty god and cruel. Before exiling Jon, he gifted him with invulnerability to harm from metal, wood, fire, and water. The Viking Prince soon realized that he would never die a hero's death, because no weapon on Earth could slay him. He trod boldly across a troubled world in search of adventure and an honorable death, growing ever more distant from humanity. Eventually, weary of the endless fight for justice and despairing in his loneliness, he sailed north, beyond the boundaries of the known world, and passed from the knowledge of men. That is until now.

  Lex Luthor : That Viking ship they found in a glacier last month. You think it's his?

  Gorilla Grodd : I know it is.

  [showing them an image of the ship's prow] 

  Gorilla Grodd : That's the standard of King Rikk, his father. The Viking Prince is on that ship.

  Devil Ray : And?

  Gorilla Grodd : I want you to steal his corpse.

  Lex Luthor : You want me to reverse-engineer the secret of his invulnerability.

  Gorilla Grodd : If we gained that power, all of us, we'd have nothing left to fear from the Justice League. And we'd be that much closer to achieving my ultimate goal.

  Killer Frost : Which, I note, you haven't seen fit to share with us.

  Gorilla Grodd : Patience, my friends. The grandest prizes are worth the wait.