Sky High Quotes
Set in an era where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young William Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
Magenta: [sitting down beside Layla] Hey, Layla, you did the history homework?
Warren Peace: What are you doing?
Magenta: It's called sitting.
Warren Peace: No one sits here but me.
Magenta: Mm-hmm.
Magenta: [starts talking to Layla again] What'd you get for number four? I wasn't sure if Tigerman was, A: bitten by a radioactive tiger, or B: bitten by a regular tiger, then exposed to radiation.
Ethan: [sitting down beside Warren] Hey. Eating at Warren's table now? I feel extremely dangerous.
Warren Peace: Whoa. Whoa.
Zach: [sitting down on the other side Warren and pointing at Warren] This guy bothering you, Magenta?
Warren Peace: Try the other way around.
Warren Peace: What are you doing?
Magenta: It's called sitting.
Warren Peace: No one sits here but me.
Magenta: Mm-hmm.
Magenta: [starts talking to Layla again] What'd you get for number four? I wasn't sure if Tigerman was, A: bitten by a radioactive tiger, or B: bitten by a regular tiger, then exposed to radiation.
Ethan: [sitting down beside Warren] Hey. Eating at Warren's table now? I feel extremely dangerous.
Warren Peace: Whoa. Whoa.
Zach: [sitting down on the other side Warren and pointing at Warren] This guy bothering you, Magenta?
Warren Peace: Try the other way around.
[during Power Placement]
Coach Boomer: [to Layla] You, Flower child. Let's go.
Layla: I believe in only using my powers when the situation demands it.
Coach Boomer: Well, you're in luck: This is the situation, and I'm demanding it.
Layla: But to participate in this test would be to support a flawed system. I think the whole Hero-Sidekick dichotomy only serves to...
Coach Boomer: Let me get this straight. Are you refusing to show me your powers?
Layla: Well, it's more complicated than that, I mean...
Coach Boomer: [Yells very loudly, causing all glass in the vicinity to shatter and makes everyone brace themselves] SSSSSIIIIIIIDDDDDDEEEEEEEKKKKKIIIIIIICCCCCCCKKKKKK!
Coach Boomer: [to Layla] You, Flower child. Let's go.
Layla: I believe in only using my powers when the situation demands it.
Coach Boomer: Well, you're in luck: This is the situation, and I'm demanding it.
Layla: But to participate in this test would be to support a flawed system. I think the whole Hero-Sidekick dichotomy only serves to...
Coach Boomer: Let me get this straight. Are you refusing to show me your powers?
Layla: Well, it's more complicated than that, I mean...
Coach Boomer: [Yells very loudly, causing all glass in the vicinity to shatter and makes everyone brace themselves] SSSSSIIIIIIIDDDDDDEEEEEEEKKKKKIIIIIIICCCCCCCKKKKKK!
Steve: [stretching out his arms for a hug] William Theodore Stronghold, come here!
Will Stronghold: Wait, you're not mad?
Steve: My boy has super-strength! How can I be mad?
[hugs Will, cracking his backbones]
Will Stronghold: [groans in pain] Ow!
Steve: Sorry.
[Will hugs Steve back]
Steve: Ow,you ARE strong!
Steve: All right, if your mom asks, you tell her I read you the riot act and I took away your xBox.
Will Stronghold: But I don't have an xBox.
Steve: Are you sure?
[Steve spins a chair to reveal a large, nicely wrapped present for Will]
Will Stronghold: Wait, you're not mad?
Steve: My boy has super-strength! How can I be mad?
[hugs Will, cracking his backbones]
Will Stronghold: [groans in pain] Ow!
Steve: Sorry.
[Will hugs Steve back]
Steve: Ow,you ARE strong!
Steve: All right, if your mom asks, you tell her I read you the riot act and I took away your xBox.
Will Stronghold: But I don't have an xBox.
Steve: Are you sure?
[Steve spins a chair to reveal a large, nicely wrapped present for Will]
[during Power Placement]
Coach Boomer: Did I say you were next?
Zach: Name's Zach, Coach Boomer. Try not to drop your clipboard.
[claps his hands together and opens his arms again slowly. Nothing happens]
Coach Boomer: Any day now, superstar.
Zach: I'm doing it.
Coach Boomer: Doing what?
Zach: I'm glowing!
Coach Boomer: I don't think so.
Zach: Well, it's easier to see in a dark room, maybe we could turn off these lights, you could cup your hands around your eyes and look real close...
Coach Boomer: Sidekick!
Coach Boomer: Did I say you were next?
Zach: Name's Zach, Coach Boomer. Try not to drop your clipboard.
[claps his hands together and opens his arms again slowly. Nothing happens]
Coach Boomer: Any day now, superstar.
Zach: I'm doing it.
Coach Boomer: Doing what?
Zach: I'm glowing!
Coach Boomer: I don't think so.
Zach: Well, it's easier to see in a dark room, maybe we could turn off these lights, you could cup your hands around your eyes and look real close...
Coach Boomer: Sidekick!
Layla: Hi, Warren.
Warren Peace: Did I do or say anything last night to make you think this is okay?
Layla: Funny. No, but, seriously, you're never gonna believe what happened. I was about to ask Will to homecoming when, wouldn't you know it, I said I was going with you instead.
Warren Peace: I don't remember that being the plan.
Warren Peace: Did I do or say anything last night to make you think this is okay?
Layla: Funny. No, but, seriously, you're never gonna believe what happened. I was about to ask Will to homecoming when, wouldn't you know it, I said I was going with you instead.
Warren Peace: I don't remember that being the plan.
Layla: So, then there was this time in first grade. You know how you grow lima beans in school? Well, Will could not figure out why mine was growing so quickly, it was driving him crazy. So finally I took mercy on him and I told him about my powers! We've been best friends ever since.
Warren Peace: And falling for him, was that before or after the lima beans?
Layla: What? I am *not* in love with Will Strong... is it that obvious?
Warren Peace: Yeah.
Warren Peace: And falling for him, was that before or after the lima beans?
Layla: What? I am *not* in love with Will Strong... is it that obvious?
Warren Peace: Yeah.
Steve: Son, I'm only going to asking you this.
Will Stronghold: Dad, I swear, I didn't plan this.
Steve: All right. That's good enough for me.
Josie: Steve, I've got half a mind not to let him go to homecoming!
Will Stronghold: That's fine; I'm not going anyway.
Steve: Whoa, whoa, your mom said she had half a mind!
Will Stronghold: Dad, I swear, I didn't plan this.
Steve: All right. That's good enough for me.
Josie: Steve, I've got half a mind not to let him go to homecoming!
Will Stronghold: That's fine; I'm not going anyway.
Steve: Whoa, whoa, your mom said she had half a mind!
Warren Peace: What are you doing here?
Will Stronghold: I'm, uh, looking for Layla. Do you know where she is?
Warren Peace: How should I know?
Will Stronghold: You're taking her to homecoming.
Warren Peace: Oh, yeah. Right.
Will Stronghold: Well, you don't have to worry about me ruining your night.
Warren Peace: And why is that?
Will Stronghold: Because I'm not going.
Warren Peace: Hmm. Well, that sucks. Because we're only going together to make you jealous.
Will Stronghold: I'm, uh, looking for Layla. Do you know where she is?
Warren Peace: How should I know?
Will Stronghold: You're taking her to homecoming.
Warren Peace: Oh, yeah. Right.
Will Stronghold: Well, you don't have to worry about me ruining your night.
Warren Peace: And why is that?
Will Stronghold: Because I'm not going.
Warren Peace: Hmm. Well, that sucks. Because we're only going together to make you jealous.
Principal Powers: In a few moments, you will go through Power Placement and your own heroic journey will begin.
Will Stronghold: Power Placement?
Layla: Sounds fascist.
Ethan: Power Placement. It's how they decide where you go.
Magenta: The hero track or the loser track.
Will Stronghold: There - there's a loser track?
Ethan: I believe the preferred term is "Hero Support."
Will Stronghold: Power Placement?
Layla: Sounds fascist.
Ethan: Power Placement. It's how they decide where you go.
Magenta: The hero track or the loser track.
Will Stronghold: There - there's a loser track?
Ethan: I believe the preferred term is "Hero Support."
[Warren shows up at the Homecoming Dance wearing his father Baron Battle's tuxedo]
Layla: I thought you weren't renting a tux?
Warren Peace: It's my dad's. He doesn't have much use for it in solitary.
Layla: [tries to get off the subject that Warren's father is in prison by holding up a cheese cube] Cheese cube?
Layla: I thought you weren't renting a tux?
Warren Peace: It's my dad's. He doesn't have much use for it in solitary.
Layla: [tries to get off the subject that Warren's father is in prison by holding up a cheese cube] Cheese cube?
Ethan: You're on! If Will beats you in Save The Citizen, you lay off the sidekicks for the rest of the year.
Zach: Yeah, and if he loses, you can dunk Ethan's head in the toilet every day until graduation.
Ethan: Yeah! Huh?
Lash: You got yourself a deal!
Will Stronghold: Wait, guys, guys! Come on, guys, are you crazy? No freshman ever won Save the Citizen, and those guys are undefeated!
Layla: And you barely know how to use your powers!
[pause]
Layla: Sorry... not helping.
Zach: Will, you have no choice. You can't let them dunk Ethan's head in the toilet. Not again.
[dead serious]
Zach: The dunking - must end.
Zach: Yeah, and if he loses, you can dunk Ethan's head in the toilet every day until graduation.
Ethan: Yeah! Huh?
Lash: You got yourself a deal!
Will Stronghold: Wait, guys, guys! Come on, guys, are you crazy? No freshman ever won Save the Citizen, and those guys are undefeated!
Layla: And you barely know how to use your powers!
[pause]
Layla: Sorry... not helping.
Zach: Will, you have no choice. You can't let them dunk Ethan's head in the toilet. Not again.
[dead serious]
Zach: The dunking - must end.
Gwen: Well you've got new friends now. And I think that you need to figure out whether you hang out with us - or with those losers. Come on, let's go.
Will Stronghold: No, forget it! I'm not going anywhere with you. Not now, and not to homecoming. Might as well just find yourself a new date, Gwen.
Gwen: You're dumping me? Whoa whoa, let's just get something straight, ok? *You* do not dump *me*! Not the night before the dance!
Will Stronghold: Sorry Gwen, I, ah, just *did*! You're dumped!
Will Stronghold: No, forget it! I'm not going anywhere with you. Not now, and not to homecoming. Might as well just find yourself a new date, Gwen.
Gwen: You're dumping me? Whoa whoa, let's just get something straight, ok? *You* do not dump *me*! Not the night before the dance!
Will Stronghold: Sorry Gwen, I, ah, just *did*! You're dumped!
