To amend tonight’s post:

Quotes of the Day: Tonight’s episode of Justice League, “Brave and the Bold (pt. I),” was chock full of them.

  • The Flash and Green Lantern, having stopped two scientists from stealing a truckload of experimental isotopes, hear an alert about an escaped gorilla. Locating the simian, who had just stolen someone’s car, Flash races after him. After a few blocks, Flash catches up to the car and, pacing it, asks: “Having fun, Mojo?” A nod to Cartoon Network’s own Powerpuff Girls.
  • After Flash stopped the car, and while he was assessing the situation, he put a hand on Solivar, who said: “Get your stinking paws off of me, you filthy human!” A nod to Planet of the Apes. I’m sure that they couldn’t wait to put this line in when they were writing the script.
  • A few scenes later, Green Lantern appears at a local police station; Flash has been arrested for stealing the same experimental isotopes… from the police impound yard. Green Lantern bails him out. As they exit the station…
    Flash: “Thanks for sticking up for me in there…”
    Green Lantern: *smacks Flash on the back of the head*
    Flash: “OW!”
    GL: “What were you thinking?!”
    Flash: “I wasn’t!”
    GL: (icily) “Obviously.”
    Flash: “Look, if I wanted the ‘third degree,’ I could have stayed in there! Like I told them: I don’t remember…”
    GL: “All right, then let’s start with the first thing you do remember.”
    Flash:“Let’s see. After I caught the gorilla, it told me that…”
    GL: *stare* “The gorilla talked to you…?”
    Flash: “Yeah, right after I stopped his car.”
    GL: (incredulously) “I’m supposed to believe this?!”
    Flash: Hey, we’ve both got a Martian’s number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt here.”

  • After tracking down the still-at-large gorilla, Green Lantern blasts him… in what he felt was a defensive necessity. The simian, getting up, asks: “Was that really necessary?”
    GL: “Oookay, so he can talk. Who are you?!”
    Solivar: “My name is Solivar. I am Chief of Security for Gorilla City.”
    Flash: ” ‘Gorilla City?’ You’ve got to be kidding.”

  • Solivar explains that he is on the trail of a rogue (and quite power-hungry) gorilla named “Grodd,” who had attempted to take over Gorilla City using mind-control techniques… like the one used on Flash to make him steal the isotopes. GL decides to call in the other members of the League when Flash interjects: “Why You think we can’t handle one dumb gorilla?” *looks at Solivar* “No offense. It’ll be a piece of cake.”
    He then dashes off, leaving Solivar and GL literally watching his dust.
    Solivar: “He is very fast.”

  • Flash arrives at the lab where he and GL first learned of the isotopes.
    Doctor Corwin:“Don’t move.” She then fires a gun at him.
    Flash disappears offscreen… to tap the doctor on the shoulder, from behind.
    Corwin: How?!?
    Flash: “You blinked. Where’s Grodd.”
    Corwin: “I don’t know what you mean.”
    Flash: “Don’t play cute with me doc. Grodd. Your little monkey pen pal?”
    *huge simian fist punches Flash from off-camera.*
    Grodd: “That’s for the banana. I hate bananas.” Another nod to the original PotA movies.

One of the things that I love about this show, aside from the fact that it allows me to be a big kid, is the writing. It also has, what I consider, good production values; as I’ve said, it’s a very worthy successor to WB’s “Batman: the Animated Series” and “Superman: the Animated Series.”

But for now… bedtime.

Peace.