Clark Kenting/Quotes

"Clark Kent. If you can't see past his glasses, then quite frankly, you need glasses."

—The Nostalgia Critic, "Top 11 Dumbest Superman Movie Moments"

Peter Parker: I used to be so much better at this whole secrets thing...
Betty Brant: Don't kid yourself, Peter. You always sucked at it. We were all just too blind to put it together.

—Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #20

Fisto: Hey, Mekaneck, what's Prince Adam doing fighting Modulok, all shirtless and glorious?
Mekaneck: That can't be Prince Adam, Fisto. Prince Adam's giant green cat doesn't wear a mask.

—Seanbaby, on He-Man.

Let me guess, you've got a loosely formed idea that shouldn't work on paper but ultimately proves to be reasonably successful?

—Burton Guster, Psych

Samantha Wilkins: How did you--?
Professor Hiles: Are you kidding me? You're not even wearing a mask.

—Invincible #4

"They're them, I have it all figured out, see. You know how Clark Kent puts his glasses on and suddenly nobody can tell he's Superman? The same thing. You can stare at the video all day, I know because I have, but your brain just refuses to make the connection unless you force it to. The magic even extends to MPEG. How else could someone in that outlandish costume go incognito?"

—Kongou Shin, Sailor Nothing

"You are all fools! All he does is put on and remove his glasses! That's his whole disguise! And yet somehow nobody figures out that they are the same guy? Come on!"

—One of the comments (by Carteeg_Struve) in Merry Zodmas: Christmas Specials. But he/she was talking about Zod and the Nostalgia Critic.

Lori: Let's review: you always disappear when the wolf shows up, and you reappear when the wolf is gone, but you're never together at the same time. You do the math.
Tommy: That doesn't mean a thing! Take Clark Kent and Superman. They're never together in the same place at the same time.

—Big Wolf on Campus

The Flash: I still don't get why you don't do more to protect your identity. This new Lantern? Kyle? His mask covers most of his face. Smart kid.
Green Lantern: Clark hides behind a pair of glasses and you're worried about me?

—Blackest Night

"Hel-lo? Danny Fenton? Danny Phantom? Ever notice the similarities?"

—Dark Danny, lampshading this trope for his younger self.

"That's right ... Peter Parker took photos. Of himself. And sold them to this man who never, ever wondered why this one guy could get nearly all the photos of Spider-Man ... all the time."

—Jon Stewart commenting on J. Jonah Jameson, from the Civil War fanfic "Commentary"

Carol: "Hal? HAL?"
Hal: "How did you know it was me?"
Carol: "I've known you my whole life! I've seen you naked! You think I wouldn't recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!?"

—Green Lantern

Fiore’s real superpower may be being the only one in the entire anime who has the ability to see that Sailor Moon and Usagi Tsukino look exactly the same. He only met her once, too, and he doesn’t even know her name. Putting everyone else to shame.

—Tumblr

Beast Boy: "But what about my secret identity!?"
Raven: "What secret identity? You're green."

—Teen Titans

Lois Lane: I'm confused, Kent. See, I've lived in Metropolis most of my life and I can't figure out how some yokel from Smallville is suddenly getting every hot story in town.
Clark Kent: Well, Lois, the truth is I'm actually Superman in disguise, and I only pretend to be a journalist in order to hear about disasters as they happen and then squeeze you out of the byline.
[Beat]
Lois Lane: You're a sick man, Kent.
Clark Kent: You asked.

—Superman: The Animated Series