"I shop, therefore I am."
—Sticker inside Heather Chandler's locker, Heathers
Kara Zor-El: Oh my gosh, that was so much fun! I'm going to love being an Earth girl!
Clark Kent: You've certainly got the shopping part down.
Clark Kent: You've certainly got the shopping part down.
— Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, adapted from The Supergirl from Krypton (2004)
We emerged several floors above the one where we'd first appeared. It was just what I needed: narrow walkways between tall residential buildings with shops on the ground level. Iskoort crammed everywhere. Iskoort mostly of a new type: Shopper Iskoort.
"My people!" Rachel cried in delight. "At last I have a true homeland!"
"They shop?" I asked Guide. "That's it? They shop?"
<Someone must buy what is created in the great factories and small craftworks,> Guide said.
"Exactly," Rachel agreed.
<The economy cannot function without people to buy things.>
"Guide, you are finally making sense," Rachel said with great satisfaction.
"My people!" Rachel cried in delight. "At last I have a true homeland!"
"They shop?" I asked Guide. "That's it? They shop?"
<Someone must buy what is created in the great factories and small craftworks,> Guide said.
"Exactly," Rachel agreed.
<The economy cannot function without people to buy things.>
"Guide, you are finally making sense," Rachel said with great satisfaction.
—Animorphs 26: The Attack
