Stargirl (TV Series)

Summer School: Chapter Three (2021)

Jim Gaffigan: Thunderbolt

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Quotes 

• Mike Dugan : What the heck are you?

  Thunderbolt : I'm your new best friend and you don't even know it!

• Mike Dugan : What's going on?

  Thunderbolt : What's going on is that you, Mike Dugan, are now in control of me, the Thunderbolt!

  Mike Dugan : The Thunderbolt?

  Thunderbolt : As in Johnny Thunder and the Thunderbolt. Of the Justice Society of America! You're so lucky.

  Mike Dugan : [indicating the pink pen]  This belonged to the JSA?

  Thunderbolt : Yep! You said the magic word, and now I'm back in action.

  Mike Dugan : Wait, so the magic words are "so cool"?

  Thunderbolt : Word, singular. It's pronounced "sowkewl" in my native land of Bahdnesia.

  Mike Dugan : Bahd-what?

  Thunderbolt : It's not on the map anymore. Thanks for bringing it up.

• Thunderbolt : Sowkewl meets "set free the all-powerful force upon the Earth of the magical and awe-inspiring Thunderbolt"! It's also a synonym for the sound on the chalkboard that drives everyone crazy, but I like that sound.

  Mike Dugan : So, if I free the genie...

  Thunderbolt : Your wish is my command.

  Mike Dugan : So, all the wishes I want?

  Thunderbolt : Yup!

  Mike Dugan : Start small. I'm thirsty. I wish I had some water.

  [Thunderbolt laughs as water drenches him] 

  Mike Dugan : I meant in a glass.

  Thunderbolt : Rule number one: you gotta be specific. Oh, my gosh, you look so silly. I love it when people do that. Uh-oh.

  [he disappears into the pen as a woman with a baby stroller passes by] 

  Thunderbolt : Human, 3:00.

  Mike Dugan : [conversationally]  Morning. Nothing like a good sweat to start off the day, huh? Wish I was dry. Did you hear that?

  [he's magically dried off] 

  Mike Dugan : Thanks.

  Thunderbolt : Well, you're welcome. You're learning. You're learning.

• Thunderbolt : It's never a good thing when other people see me. Reactions range from mild amusement to sheer panic. Sent one guy to the ER. Heart attack, yeah. He recovered, I think. I don't know. He was old. He probably didn't have much time anyway. This is fun. So, what else can I do for you?

  Mike Dugan : I'm thinking. Okay, I got it. I wish I was taller.

  [he begins to increase in height, but then realizes he's just standing on a park bench] 

  Mike Dugan : What the hell?

  Thunderbolt : [laughing]  What? You're taller. You gotta be...

  Mike Dugan : Specific. Yeah, okay. Uh, I wish my body was taller.

  Thunderbolt : Uh-uh, sorry. Can't wish for the same thing twice. And be happy about that in this case. Wishes about body transformation never go well.

  Mike Dugan : Another rule?

  Thunderbolt : Well, yeah, there are a few. Let me see if I can remember them. I mean, there are only... uh... can't wish for someone to die. Can't wish someone back from the dead. That's important. The last guy that tried...

  Mike Dugan : O-Okay, back to the point. So, you were a member of the JSA and so was...

  Thunderbolt : Johnny Thunder, my previous master. And you are my new one.

  Mike Dugan : Super sowkewl.

• Pat Dugan : Still zipping around, I see.

  Thunderbolt : [inspecting the S.T.R.I.P.E. armor]  I can't believe you built this! If Starman had seen it, I'm sure he would have promoted you from sidekick to, like, senior sidekick or, you, know, he would have been happy!

  Pat Dugan : Yeah, well, it's not a toy.

  Thunderbolt : So there's a new JSA now, huh?

  Pat Dugan : Yeah, but you know how dangerous this life can be, and even with power like yours, Johnny died.

  Thunderbolt : I remember his smile when he made that last wish and then... he was gone.

  Pat Dugan : Yeah, so what was his last wish?

  Thunderbolt : That I'd find a new friend.

  Pat Dugan : Mike? Why him?

  Thunderbolt : You know how it works. I-I can only pick someone like me to be partners with. Someone who feels completely and utterly alone.

  Pat Dugan : That's really how he feels?

  Thunderbolt : Right now? Yeah.

• Courtney Whitmore : [walking home from school with Yolanda]  Don't worry, we're gonna figure this out. Things are looking up from here.

  [they watch as a stop sign falls from the sky and lands in the sidewalk] 

  Courtney Whitmore : Mike?

  Mike Dugan : [they see he's holding the pink pen]  Guess who's the newest member of the Justice Society of America? Me.

  Thunderbolt : [emerging from the pen]  You mean us! Ta-da! Pleasure to meet you.

  [another stop sign lands on a car in the background, setting off its alarm] 

  Thunderbolt : What's going on? Sorry about the sign. Tough crowd, right?

• Mike Dugan : [watching bullies from school steal cookies from a Girl Scout]  Thunderbolt, I wish you'd make 'em stop.

  Thunderbolt : You got it!

  [a stop sign falls from the sky and lands in the middle of the street, blocking the bullies' way] 

  Mike Dugan : That's great. Look at how freaked out they are.

  Lutz Lone : [more stop signs appear]  What is this?

  Mike Dugan : O-Okay, that's... that's good. You can stop now.

  Thunderbolt : Well, I can't until they do.

• Jenny Williams : Jakeem, Mom wants you to take out the trash.

  Jakeem Williams : But I got a high score.

  Jenny Williams : On your one-player game? Get some friends that aren't Pac-Man and Luigi.

  [their mother calls from elsewhere in the house] 

  Jenny Williams : You know what Dad's gonna say; what everyone does: you're a loser!

  Jakeem Williams : [sighing]  I am a loser.

  Thunderbolt : Yoo-hoo!

  Jakeem Williams : [the pink pen appears on his desk]  What? Where did you come from?