Jonathan Kent

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John Schneider
John Richard Schneider was born April 8, 1960, in Mt. Kisco, New York. His parents divorced when he ...

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Jonathan Kent Quotes

	Season 5 / Episode 17: - Void Jonathan Kent: [to Clark] This is your destiny, son. You are going to touch the lives of so many people. Not just as a man, but as a symbol. You're a symbol of peace. You're a symbol of justice. And now it's time for you to go.
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - Void Clark Kent: [When Clark and Jonathan meet in the afterlife] Dad I need you, I cannot do this without you. Jonathan Kent: Yes you can. This is your destiny son. You are going to touch the lives of so many people, not just as a man but as a...as a symbol. You're a symbol of Peace, you're a symbol of Justice, and now it's time for you to go. [Jonathan then pushes Clark back into reality]
	Season 5 / Episode 17: - Void Clark Kent: You died because of me. When Jor-El brought me back to life and restored my powers... he told me there'd be a price - the life of someone I love. I'm sorry, Dad. I'm so sorry. Jonathan Kent: Clark... believe me you have nothing to be sorry about. I lived a full wonderful life. I had everything a husband or a father could ever possibly dream of. I am so very proud that I died protecting you. Clark Kent: Protecting me from what? Jonathan Kent: Lionel Luthor, Clark. He knows your secret. He knows everything. You can't stay here, son. You've got to keep your mother safe. You've got to keep the whole world safe.
	Season 5 / Episode 12: - Reckoning Jonathan Kent: [to Lionel] I won't let you destroy my family. Jonathan Kent: We can withstand anything you bring down on us... Jonathan Kent: because we have each other. That's what will always separate the Kents from the Luthors. Now why don't you get... Jonathan Kent: why don't you get the hell off my property.
	Season 5 / Episode 12: - Reckoning Jonathan Kent: [Getting out of the truck having just pulled up telling a joke to Martha]... come on you liked it. [Sees Clark walking out of the barn] Hey I thought you were going to meet us at the polls. Clark: I have something to tell you guys. [Jonathan and Martha both wait in eager anticipation] I told Lana everything... Martha Kent: [In shock] What? Clark: ...right before I proposed to her in the Fortress. Jonathan Kent: Clark have you really thought this thing through? Clark: If I was ever going to risk sharing myself with someone, I want it to be with her. Martha Kent: I'm proud of you Clark. I know this has been weighing on you for a long time. Jonathan Kent: I guess it's just hard looking at your son and realizing you're talking to a man. A man who doesn't need his father's advice anymore. Clark: ...I'm always going to need you Dad. [Jonathan and Clark hug]
	Season 5 / Episode 6: - Exposed Jonathan Kent: Is that the best you got? I had another six inches out here. Senator Jack Jennings: I wasn't sure how rusty your reflexes had gotten. Clark Kent: Senator Jennings! Senator Jack Jennings: I know it's been a long time, but what happened to "Uncle Jack"? Clark Kent: Doesn't seem fit for someone who's on a first-name basis with the governor? Senator Jack Jennings: I don't seem to remember the governor winning a state football championship. Congratulations.
	Season 5 / Episode 3: - Hidden Jonathan Kent: ...Now the hospital lost our son and we want to know how that's even possible. [Clark walks into the house and Jonathan and Martha gaze in shock of their resurrected son]... I'll have to call you back. Martha Kent: Clark! [They all hug each other and pause for a moment] Jor-El gave you your powers back didn't he? Clark Kent: [With great sadness] I'm not human anymore... it's the only way I could come back. [Walks a few steps from his parents in quiet reflection] The real sacrifice would have been not coming back at all. Jonathan Kent: After all that has happened Jor-El just offered to give you your powers back? He didn't ask for anything in return? Clark Kent: [Even though he knows different, with sadness] No.
	Season 5 / Episode 1: - Arrival Martha Kent: [Looking at the Kent farmhouse with a gaping hole in it from where the meteor struck the house] Our home... Jonathan Kent: It's just wood and plaster Martha. A house can always be rebuilt. Martha Kent: I guess you're right. Jonathan Kent: [Clark walks toward his mom and dad] But it does help to have a one man construction team as a son. Martha Kent: Hi. Clark Kent: Hi. Jonathan Kent: [after observing a short pause, glad to be together again] Don't worry Clark things will be back to normal soon enough. Clark Kent: Actually, things will be a lot more normal around here than you think. [pauses to prepare himself] My abilities are gone. Martha Kent: [In shock] How? Clark Kent: Jor-El took them. But, I'm not sure it's such a bad thing. All I've ever wanted is to be normal, and now, finally, I am. Martha Kent: It is different. You can get hurt now, your vulnerable. Clark Kent: Isn't that what it means to be human. Jonathan Kent: No, I can't believe Jor-El would have given up on you that easily. Clark Kent: I took care of the danger he warned me about, and if losing my abilities is the consequence then I think he's done with me. [Walks to Jonathan and Martha and stands beside them] Look, none of that matters now. I'm ready to take a step to the future. We'll start by rebuilding this house, one board at a time.
	Season 4 / Episode 22: - Commencement Lois Lane: Nightmare? So that's what all this commotion is about? Jonathan Kent: Lois. Lois Lane: [to Clark] You know, if it makes you feel any better, I have them all the time. I had this one last week. Really scary. This guy wearing a red cape... Clark Kent: [sarcastic] Oh, that sounds horrible, Lois.
	Season 4 / Episode 14: - Krypto Lois Lane: So what are we gonna call him? And don't give me any of this "Skipper" crap. Clark: I was thinking we'd call him "Krypto." Lois Lane: Why, because he's so cryptic like you? I don't think so. Clark: Why not? Lois Lane: Because I think it's dumb. You can call your next dog "Krypto." Look, it's not that hard: Max, Lucky, Rocky, Bailey, Scamp, Monty, Bud. Jonathan Kent: Hey, you're gonna have to pick one of those if you wanna keep him.
	Season 4 / Episode 14: - Krypto Jonathan Kent: Where did you say you found him? Lois Lane: Actually, I kind of... hit him. Clark: You hit him? With your car? Lois Lane: No, with my fist.
	Season 4 / Episode 8: - Spell Clark Kent: Hey, dad. Jonathan Kent: Hey, Clark. Son, is there maybe a little something you'd like to tell your mother and me? Martha Kent: [Quietly] Where did that come from? Jonathan Kent: From out in the barn. In the hay. Martha Kent: [Shocked] Clark... Clark Kent: [Quickly] It was magic. Martha Kent: [Smirking] I'm sure it was...
	Season 4 / Episode 5: - Run Clark: Dad. I found the kid who stole your wallet, bust I lost him down at the docks. He just took off across the water. Jonathan Kent: Uh, son. Bart Allen: Hey, Clark. Bart Allen: What took you so long?
	Season 4 / Episode 1: - Crusade Jonathan Kent: Clark, your mother tells me you can fly? Clark Kent: Kal-El can fly. Clark Kent is still earthbound. Jonathan Kent: How did that feel? Clark Kent: Amazing. And scary. Because if I can do that, maybe I'm capable of anything. Martha Kent: You are. Clark Kent: No, that's you Mom, because I don't know if I would have the strength to hold on three months not knowing where I was and Dad would pull through. Martha Kent: My father used to tell me life asks of you what it thinks you can handle. There were days when I thought it had asked too much. But then, I would think about this family and... all the things we've endured and the good things ahead of us. And I found the strength to keep going because I knew the three of us would be together again.
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Exile (1) Jor-El: [Jonathan screams as a tri-phasic beam of light strikes him surrounding him in an intense column of light and the light begins to speak] I am Jor-El, the true father of Kal-El. Jonathan Kent: His name is Clark Kent! I am his father, I raised him. Jor-El: You have fulfilled your function in Kal-El's destiny. Jonathan Kent: His destiny is whatever he makes of it. Jor-El: His destiny is too great for you to comprehend. This was Kal-El's first test to see if he was ready to begin his journey. Jonathan Kent: He's too young! He needs more time! Jor-El: This phase of Kal-El's journey is almost complete. It will be of no consequence if he returns to you... for now. Jonathan Kent: You'll bring him home? Jor-El: If you want him, you must retrieve him yourself. Jonathan Kent: I can't. He's too powerful. Jor-El: Are you willing to sacrifice anything to get him back? Jonathan Kent: Yes! For my son I'll do anything. Jonathan Kent: [the light widens and becomes more powerful as Jonathan cries out in pain] Aaah! Aaah!
	Season 3 / Episode 1: - Exile (1) Jonathan Kent: Hello, Clark. Clark Kent: [cocky, smiling] Jonathan Kent. Isn't it a little past your bedtime? How'd you find me? Jonathan Kent: Your biological father. Clark Kent: You two are working together now, huh? That's cute. But I didn't listen to him and I'm certainly not gonna listen to you. Jonathan Kent: Clark. You need to put all this behind you, son. Come on home to the people who love you. Clark Kent: You should've stayed in Smallville. Jonathan Kent: Son, you're coming home with me. Now.
	Season 2 / Episode 12: - Insurgence Clark Kent: I think I figured out a way into the building. No one is watching the Daily Planet. Jonathan Kent: Clark, that has to be at least three hundred feet. You'll never make it. Clark Kent: I can make it.
	Season 2 / Episode 12: - Insurgence Jonathan Kent: [to Lex, slamming his coffee cup down] Look, I don't know how things work in your house, but around here, we think it's important to respect other people's privacy. Clark Kent: Dad... Lex Luthor: [to Clark] It's alright Clark. [to Jonathan] Mr. Kent, since the day I moved to Smallville I've done nothing but try to be a friend to you. And in return, you do nothing but lecture me with sanctimonious platitudes. I'm done listening to them.
	Season 2 / Episode 12: - Insurgence Jonathan Kent: Hey, I appreciate your concern but it's not your responsibility to fix everything.
	Season 2 / Episode 2: - Heat Martha Kent: What were you doing exactly? Clark Kent: We were watching a film in science class. Martha Kent: An educational film? Clark Kent: A sex-educational film. Jonathan Kent: [to Martha]... this could get very complicated.
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - Vortex (2) Roger Nixon: Why don't you stop playing the protector and admit the truth? You and your wife kept him because you couldn't have children of your own. Jonathan Kent: We kept him because he is our son and we love him. Roger Nixon: [laughs] He's not your son, you deluded hick. He's not even human.
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - Vortex (2) Roger Nixon: He can see through solid objects? Unbelievable. What else can he do? Do you have any idea what I would do with his abilities? The wealth, the power he could amass. It's unimaginable. Jonathan Kent: You are exactly the reason why I keep his abilities a secret.
	Season 1 / Episode 12: - Leech Jonathan Kent: You know what they say: lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Look, my guess is that your powers aren't coming back. Clark Kent: Maybe being normal won't be so bad; I mean it works for you and Mom. Martha Kent: Oh, thanks.
	Season 1 / Episode 5: - Cool Jonathan Kent: We already talked about that. Martha Kent: I talked, you grunted. Jonathan Kent: I thought that I was rather articulate.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - X-Ray Jonathan Kent: Yeah, you could start with something small. [reaches into pocket] Try to tell me what I have in my hand right now. Clark Kent: Your pocket knife. Jonathan Kent: You could see through my hand... Clark Kent: No, you always carry your knife in that pocket.
	Season 1 / Episode 4: - X-Ray Jonathan Kent: I've seen some strange things in my life, but this definitely takes the cake... [Looks at Clark] well, almost.
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Metamorphosis Jonathan Kent: I don't know. Seems kind of out there. Martha Kent: This coming from the man who's been hiding a spaceship in his storm cellar for the last 12 years. [she leaves]
	Season 1 / Episode 2: - Metamorphosis Clark Kent: You need to talk to Mom. I think I really freaked her out this time. Jonathan Kent: You also made her really proud, Clark. Clark Kent: Dad, something else happened to me this morning. When I woke up, I was... kind of floating. Jonathan Kent: Floating? Clark Kent: As soon as I woke up, I crashed. I mean, Dad, what's happening to me? Jonathan Kent: I honestly don't know. As soon as you start breaking the law of gravity, we're definitely in uncharted territory.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Jonathan Kent: Are you okay? Clark Kent: Can I answer that in about five years? Jonathan Kent: Yeah. Clark Kent: Dad I'm glad you and mom are the ones that found me. Jonathan Kent: We didn't find you, Clark, you found us.
	Season 1 / Episode 1: - Pilot Jonathan Kent: Kids just don't fall out of the sky, Martha. Martha Kent: Then where did he come from? Jonathan Kent: I don't know. But he must have parents. Martha Kent: Well, if he does, they're definitely not from Kansas. Jonathan Kent: Sweetheart, we can't keep him. What are we gonna tell people? We found him out in a field? Martha Kent: We didn't find him... he found us.

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