- Clark Kent: ...It wouldn't be easy. Dad's given me so much I could never measure. But you're my heart... my soul.
- Martha Kent: Well, I don't plan on going anywhere for a long time.
- Chloe Sullivan: You got to experience the chills and thrills of journalism.
- Lois Lane: Thanks, but no thanks. I don't know how you do it, chasing story after story that only leads to dead ends. I'd never be able to let go.
- Chloe Sullivan: That's usually how it starts.
- Clark Kent: You know, Professor Fine said that human beings were insignificant and couldn't be depended on. He obviously didn't know you very well.
- Chloe Sullivan: Please. Robo-Professor knows as much about human nature as R2-D2.
- Lois Lane: Don't take this the wrong way, but after eight-hundred pictures, you don't get any prettier.
- Lex Luthor: [to photo staff] That's enough. Thanks, guys.
- Lex Luthor: [to Lois] How 'bout a latte?
- Lois Lane: Don't you find this just a tad sleazy, holding a campaign photo shoot where Martha Kent works? You might as well, I don't know, go out to there farm and milk the cows.
- Lex Luthor: [chuckles] In case you don't know where your paycheck comes from, I own the Talon.
- Lois Lane: What don't you own? I guess now you wanna own the government.
- Lex Luthor: Wow. Why are you so angry, Lois? What have I ever done to you?
- Lois Lane: You just remind me of a lot of the pseudo-politicians I grew up around. You know, men who bought their way into office. But do you really think you can beat Jonathan Kent? There must be enough dirt on you to create a landmass the size of Texas.
- Lex Luthor: Please, grab a shovel and start digging. I have nothing to hide.
- Lois Lane: Let me give you a little friendly advice. Bow out of the race before a pesky little squirrel digs up one of your rotten acorns.
- Lex Luthor: Well, thanks, Lois. You know, there's nothing more valuable than the savvy political advice of a muffin-peddling college dropout. Speaking of, do you have banana-blueberry today?
- Lionel Luthor: How does it go? You can put a tuxedo on the fiddler but he's still going to play the same old tune.
- Chloe Sullivan: That's good. You should jot that down and add it to your page-a-day calendar.
- Clark Kent: [Clark and Fine enter the crystal chamber and stand side by side as Clark places the key into the pedestal and an amazing pulse of light transports them into the Fortress of Solitude] I'll tear this place down piece by piece. Just tell me where to start.
- Professor Milton Fine: [Fine pulls a black crystal out of his back pocket] Here. Stab this into the console. It will trigger a self-destruct mechanism and Jor-El and his fortress will be forever gone.
- Clark Kent: [Holding the black crystal hesitantly] What is it?
- Professor Milton Fine: It was created to defeat your father, but Zod was a man of peace, he would never use it, even as a last resort. There was never a chance.
- Clark Kent: There is now.
- [Clark turns and faces the crystal console as Fine looks upon him with a devious look in his eyes]
- Clark Kent: You will never hurt my family again!
- [Clark jams the black crystal into the console and the Fortress begins to slowly collapse in a huge stream of massive seismic tremors. Clark suddenly feels weak and turns facing Fine holding a huge chunk of Kryptonite in his outstretched hand]
- Professor Milton Fine: I couldn't have done it without you. You were the only one that could affect the fortress. Now that you've accomplished your task, you're just a petty annoyance.
- Clark Kent: A meteor rock! You're not even Kryptonian!
- Professor Milton Fine: I was created by Kryptonians, but I'm a WHOLE LOT smarter.
- [Fine pushes Clark back]
- Professor Milton Fine: YOU ARE FREE, GENERAL ZOD!
- Clark Kent: ZOD!
- Professor Milton Fine: [Fine knocks Clark down on his back lying on a pedestal of ice] The one, TRUE Kryptonian. Now he will finally rid this fertile planet of the scourge of humans and recreate Krypton here on earth.
- Clark Kent: Everything you told me was a LIE! When you were talking about Jor-El, you were really talking about ZOD! He didn't infect my mother did he? You did!
- Professor Milton Fine: To think that you would sacrifice your Kryptonian heritage for a single homo-sapien. You are a pitiful disgrace!
- Clark Kent: [Fine places the chunk of Kryptonite right on Clark's chest] Aaaahhh!
- Professor Milton Fine: Goodbye, Kal-El!
- [Fine turns his back on Clark leaving him to die as the portal to the Phantom Zone opens]
- Professor Milton Fine: Welcome to our new home... General Zod!