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Superman made me do it. This is a paradigm shift. Aliens are among us. And for the rest of human history, there will only ever be "before Superman" and "after". I am protecting mankind from an extinction event. And if this pearl-clutching jury of my... peers... wants to put me behind bars for it, they are welcome to try. But know this. I will always have my thumb on the scales.
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~ Lex Luthor's statement to the court trying to pin his actions on Superman.
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Unnamed Judge: Alexander Joseph Luthor, you've been found guilty on all counts and will serve 31 consecutive life sentences. [she begins coughing and choking]
Lex Luthor: Maybe we should make it 32.
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~ Lex Luthor's conviction as he poisons everyone in court.
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Prison is the greatest alibi ever created.
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~ Lex on why he chooses to stay in jail between his leaves.
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Lex and Lena Luthor, teaming up to save Superman's best pal. What would Mother think?
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~ Lex Luthor working together Lena Luthor to save Jimmy Olsen.
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Supergirl: You have powers?
Lex Luthor: I have powers.
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~ Lex blocking Supergirl's punch and she realizes he has superpowers.
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How do you think I did it? I'm Lex Luthor.
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~ Lex to Supergirl
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Can you believe it, sis? Three Luthors in the Oval Office. Only in America.
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~ Lex Luthor to his family.
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Your friends have been lying to you from the start. Your boyfriend, Jimmy. Alex. J'onn. That little alien runt, Brainy. Even your own mother. They mocked you, humiliated you, betrayed you. Every... last... one. Denial's a very powerful thing, isn't it? It's been standing right in front of you all this time and you chose not to see it. Kara Danvers is... Supergirl. I'm about to die, but at least I lived without ever being a fool. You're left with no one and nothing.
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~ Lex's last words to Lena before his death just as he reveals Supergirl's identity to her.
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Lex Luthor: Checkmate, again. Finally, you've returned. I don't know if anybody's told you this but the Feng Shui of this place it's stale.
Monitor: I brought you back because the universe will need a mind like yours.
Lex Luthor: Someone who can checkmate anyone?
Monitor: Time has come for you to fulfill your destiny, Lex Luthor, you could now become the hero that you longed to be.
Lex Luthor: I've always been the hero. Happy to help, but first we have to discuss my sister.
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~ Lex Luthor and the Monitor making a deal.
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Lex Luthor: Maybe not the Lex you know. The multiverse is a way of lining fates. I am here for you.
Clark Kent (Earth-167): Whoever you are, I'm just a guy working on his farm.
Lex Luthor: You will always be my greatest enemy on any earth. It's written in the stars and in this book, or I wouldn't know that on this earth, Clark Kent... is Superman. Where I come from, that would be ridiculous. He can't see past his glasses.
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~ Lex Luthor confronting Earth-167 Clark Kent.
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Well, I held the Book of Destiny and I saw you seven Paragons due to be stranded at the Vanishing Point and I thought destiny could use a little a rewrite... So, what do we do now?
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~ Lex making himself a Paragon to save his life but kill the Superman of Earth-96.
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Supergirl: You know what, whatever it is you're planning, I'm gonna figure it out and I'm gonna stop you
Lex Luthor: I doubt that. In a contest of mind over muscle, mind wins every time, but here, let me make it easy for you. Ask me what I'm up to. Go ahead.
Supergirl: Alright, what are you up to, Lex
Lex Luthor: Universal domination, of course.
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~ Lex arrogantly revealing what he's up to.
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Oh; I probably should've mentioned that I gave myself a few upgrades when I checked the Book of Destiny out of the library.
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~ Lex Luthor giving himself power from the Book of Destiny.
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You just ruined a perfectly good bad guy plan. You know that, new guy?
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~ Lex Luthor after Ryan Choi and Supergirl ruined his plans.
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Idiots! If anyone is gonna take over the universe, it's gonna to be me!
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~ Lex fighting alongside the Paragons and destroying the Shadow Demons.
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I didn't just save the world. I made a new one.
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~ Lex Luthor on his life Post-Crisis.
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Lex Luthor: You should have known the moment you decided to steal from a Kryptonian that Non Nocere was doomed. Kara Danvers will never see things your way. She'll always work against you.
Lena Luthor: Oh, right, so you'll be my friend now?
Lex Luthor: The world is ours now, Lena. You don't need a robot, and you don't need friends. You need a partner. Imagine what we could accomplish together. Why not give it a go?
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~ Lex manipulating Lena with kindness into doing him.
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Lena Luthor: You think this is your world now? You were just a puppet on a string for Leviathan before. What makes you think this time will be any different?
Lex Luthor: What the hell is Leviathan?
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~ Lena Luthor reveals to Lex Luthor that his actions during the Human-Alien Crisis were a manipulation.
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Lena Luthor: Will you truly be on your best behavior? No homicides?
Lex Luthor: No unnecessary homicides.
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~ Lena to Lena.
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Since I have been on this Earth, I have done nothing but 'protect and serve'. Judging me for the crimes of another Earth's Lex, now that's not fair, is it?
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~ Lex Luthor to Supergirl about his past Earth self.
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Work with me, and no home will be without Obsidian Platinum.
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~ Lex offers his help to Gamemnae.
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I was rooting for you, Lena. But, I have to agree. Humanity can't be fixed. They need to be controlled. Leviathan may be our biggest threat, but they were right about one thing. Humanity needs a firm hand to guide it. To lead it. And not some arrogant alien. It needs to be human.
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~ Lex Luthor
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HOW DARE YOU!? I gave you the world! Everything! I supported you! I sabotaged nothing, touched nothing! I set aside my own goals for you! (whispering) Because you needed to see your little project fail with your own eyes. To know the true depravity of humanity. To know that my way was the ONLY WAY!
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~ Lex's villainous breakdown to Lena when she decides to abandon him and redeem herself.
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You know, I pride myself on seeing things, connections where others only find coincidence.
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~ Lex to Gamemnae
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Lillian Luthor: Are you all right?
Lex Luthor: [crushing a metal tube] I'd say I'm more than all right.
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~ Lex Luthor after infusing his DNA with Rama Khan, Sela, and Tezumak.
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I told Lena that she had it right. Aliens shouldn't be Earth's saviors. A Luthor should. And now I will be. Leviathan is gone. Next, I'll get rid of the Kryptonian and all her friends, and then the non-believers. And once I fix this planet, I'll do what the Anti-Monitor failed to do. Fix every other planet in the universe.
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~ Lex Luthor planning to fix the universe after receiving his new powers.
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Lex Luthor: I knew that fixing this planet would require big moves that not everyone would appreciate. So I took the advantage of Lena's delivery system to make sure that everyone in VR would always appreciate me, no matter what I do.
Lillian Luthor: And what about the people who were not in VR? The ones unenlightened to the goodness that is my son?
Lex Luthor: The satellites I launched during the Obsidian world tour are armed with sonic weapons poised to obliterate the minds of anyone who didn't get the I Love Lexi upgrade. My satellites will be aligned to beam the kill frequency in about five hours.
Lillian Luthor: I assume I will be safe without being brainwashed to love you, since I already do.
Lex Luthor: Course, Mother. There's a special doohickey with your name on it.
Lillian Luthor: And your sister. You can't kill her, either.
Lex Luthor: Why not? She killed me first.
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~ Lex intending to kill everyone who won't follow him including his sister, but Lillian won't let him.
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Lillian Luthor: You aren't actually considering going to the Fortress, are you? Of course it's a trap.
Lex Luthor: Ah, no. I'm taking advantage of an opportunity. Supergirl hasn't seen new, improved me in action yet. I will destroy her.
Lillian Luthor: And while you're doing that, her friends will be busy undoing all your hard work.
Lex Luthor: With Supergirl out of the way, her friends will be easy targets. And even if they're successful at stopping my satellites, I'm a god, Mother. I'll have plenty of time to fix what they mess up. Oh, uh... and silver lining, if Supergirl's friends go behind my back and take down my satellites, you don't have to worry about Lena. See? It is time to celebrate.
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~ Lex taking advantage of the opportunity to kill Supergirl and her friends.
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Lex Luthor: What, no pleading, no hopeful pontification about how I can change and learn to be a better person... [blabbering] That's your problem, Kara. You, Leviathan, you're all the same. Pushing an agenda, trying to make humanity bend in ways that it just doesn't want to.
Supergirl: Yeah, like you tried to bend Lena, pitting her against me? You're a man with alien DNA coursing through him, thinking he knows what's best for this world. Sound familiar?
Lex Luthor: Sounds like someone willing to do whatever it takes to save humanity.
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~ Lex taunting Supergirl.
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I won.
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~ Lex beating Supergirl by sending her to the Phantom Zone.
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Hmm. About that... I'm not going anywhere near a cell. Unless you want me to reveal Supergirl's identity. She may be gone, but she still has an awful lot of enemies out there. It would be tragic if Mama Danvers or your lovely Kelly Olsen were to become the target of one of...
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~ Lex threatening to reveal Supergirl's identity before being slugged by Lena.
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Your damn right I can! I have always taken the big swings you never would but I supported you because you're a Luthor, I kept you close by my side but you were too timid and weak to do what was necessary. It takes guts to wield power and I wield my power to make the world better. So did I help develop Non Nocere? Yes. And yes, Non Nocere failed? Yes. Boohoo. It happens but instead of accepting that humbly, my sister blames me for it. It's no surprise this entire case has fallen apart, when every single charge hinges on unsubstantial hearsay of bitter woman like my sister and Eve. Woman mind you who could have committed these crimes themselves, as could any number of other suspects that the prosecutor has overlooked in her obsession with targeting me. And why? Because I am powerful. So let that be a lesson to you all. If you try to build a good life for yourself, there always somebody to tear you down and punish you for your greatness. But I accept you I am. I like power. And I have the guts to do something with it. I did not commit the crimes of which I stand accused. But if I had, who could blame me? If push came to shove, you'd have done it. The defense rests.
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~ Lex to Lena and the jury at his trial.
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Hmm. From mass murderer to vindicated martyr in one fell swoop, and all I needed was me. I wasted so much time trying to buy, threaten or brainwash people into doing what I wanted. But apparently, people love a guy who tells it like it is. The key is, if you can get them to buy it long enough, they stop being able to discern whether you're telling it like it really is, or how you want them to believe it is.
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~ Lex to Lillian after his acquittal.
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