Lois: Do you even care if I get this job?
Clark: Of course I care. I bought a new tie.
Lois: Oh, well I bought a whole new outfit.
Clark: Yeah, you look great.
Lois: Don't do that.
Clark: Do what?
Lois: Don't you dare reassure me right now.

(to Clark)
Chloe: Wow. Tackling morning television to get into Lois' good graces. You know, this has got to be one of your bravest moves yet.

Lois: If you want these mainframe matchmakers to pick you a winner, you really have to be careful to choose exactly the right words.
Clark: I filled mine out in 10 minutes this morning.
Lois: I guarantee that's the only 10 you're going to get out of it.

Clark: Well, let's see what you wrote. All right. Under "likes," you have the theater. You mean movie theater.
Lois: Details.
Clark: Favorite drinks--you have "bubbly." Yeah, if it comes in a six-pack.
Lois: (glances at Clark's chest) Well, I do like a six-pack.

Clark: Look, there are a lot of good things about you that would attract a lot of great guys.
Lois: Really? Like what?
Clark: Uh... well, you're Lois.
Lois: Thanks, Clark. But I already filled out my name.

Tess: Fix the situation, Stuart. Or I'll have you terminated.
Stuart Campbell: Okay, By terminated, though, you mean fired, right? Right?

Lois: Okay, Clark. Let's talk about something else--like your online-dating profile.
Clark: But that was supposed to be private.
Lois: Well, I'll give you this. You definitely were honest. But admitting that you grew up on a farm is either going to get you a date with a country mouse, or a cougar looking for her next meal.

Lois: Ollie, I need your help.
Oliver: It's not a good time, Lois.
Lois: You know how Clark and I have this side job hosting Good Morning Metropolis?
Oliver: Uh, Clark Kent's hosting morning television? I can't wait to watch him show me how to bake a cake.

Oliver: Clark's on a blind date? Talk about footage of a train wreck.

Oliver: Whoa! Why don't you take it easy, there, Speedy? I'm trying to stay away from life in the fast lane!

Speedy was Green Arrow's sidekick in the comic books, the Robin to his Batman.

Tess: Thanks to the cutting edge technology we've acquired through our new partnership with R.A.O. Incorporated, I believe this project will put LutherCorp on top, Metropolis on the map, and our planet back on course.

In the comics, Rao is the Kryptonian name for the red sun of Krypton, and also their name for God.

Catherine Grant

In the comic books, the "Cat Grant" character is more generally a barracuda who runs the society/ gossip column for the Daily Planet, which is radically at odds with the squeaky-clean character she appears to play here.

In actual fact, the "Solar Tower" concept Tess describes could not possibly collect solar energy in adequate quantity to power a city. The absolute maximum possible amount of power obtainable by any system is directly related to a number referred to as The Solar Constant. In space, it is approximately 1.3kW/sq.meter, but with attenuation from the atmosphere it is close enough to 1kW/sqm for rough calculations at the earth's surface. This is an inviolate physical number, like the speed of light. It basically means that, in order to derive 1kW of energy, you need a collecting surface of not less than 1square meter (in actual, real-world usage, efficiency of conversion is 20% to 30%, meaning 3 to 5 sq. m. would be required per kilowatt). Las Vegas, Nevada has a Peak load of 7200 MW, or 7.2 million kW, meaning you'd need to cover not less than 7.2 million sq. m. with some form of collector. That's 2.78 square MILES of surface area. To put that into perspective, it's the surface covered by about 50 miles of six-lane interstate highway pavement. That's assuming this Kryptonian technology which Zod has made available is 100% conversion. The collection area required goes up with the inverse of the percent effectiveness. And you cannot get more than "100% effective" -- this is a physical law, not a fiddle-factor that can be played with, short changed, or outsmarted. Metropolis is in Kansas, but in the comics it's sized akin to New York City, so its power requirements surely are going to at least equal those of Las Vegas All this, by the way, is equally true for real-world solar installations, too, which is why "little blue cell" solar power will never supplant existing power generation mechanisms.