100 Best The Avengers Quotes

Tony: That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did.

[Banner arrives in New York on a motorcycle just as the Chitauri have begun their attack]
Bruce: So... this all seems horrible.
Black: I've seen worse.
Bruce: Sorry.
Black: No, we could... use... a little worse.

Security: Are you an alien?
Bruce: What?
Security: From outer space, an alien.
Bruce: No.
Security: Well then son, you've got a condition.

- We are clear.
- All engines operating.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Emergency
- Protocol 193.6 in effect.
- We are at level, sir.
- Good.
- Let's vanish.
- Engage retro-reflection panels.

Tony: [Covering his eye, looks around] How does Fury even see these?
Maria: He turns.
Tony: Sounds exhausting.

Tony: What else you got?
Clint: Well, Thor's taking on a squadron down on Sixth.
Tony: And he didn't invite me...

- This is beyond you, metal man.
- Loki will face Asgardian justice.
- He gives up the Cube, he's all yours. Until then, stay out of the way.
- Tourist.
- Okay.

- There are people inside and they're going to be running right into the line of fire.
- You take them to the basements or through the subway.
- You keep them off the streets.
- I need a perimeter as far back as 39th.
- Why the hell should I take orders from you?

- Keep that engine down!
- Yes, sir.
- Detention, wait for cameras to go dark.
- Got it.
- Stay close.
- Let's go, Level 4.
- Engine three. I'll meet you there.

Waitress: [deleted scene: Cap, feeling disconnected from the world, sits at an outdoor cafe table sketching Stark Tower] Waiting on the big guy?
Steve: Ma'am?
Waitress: Iron Man. A lot of people eat here just to see him fly by.
Steve: Right. Maybe another time.
[pays his tab]
Waitress: The table's yours as long as you like. Nobody's waiting on it. Plus we've got free wireless.
Steve: Radio?
[she gives him a nice look over her shoulder as she walks away]
Stan: [from the adjacent table] Ask for her number, you moron.

- The Tesseract belongs on Asgard.
- No human is a match for it.
- You're not going alone.
- You're gonna stop me?
- Put on the suit, let's find out.
- I'm not afraid to hit an old man.
- Put on the suit.
- Oh, my God.

- They're dangerous.
- They surely are, and the whole world knows it.
- Every world knows it.
- Was that the point of all this?
- A statement?
- A promise.

- We need full evac on the lower hangar bay.
- Grenade!

- Go where?
- I'll tell you on the way.
- Can you fly one of those jets?
- I can.
- You got a suit?
- Yeah.
- Then suit up.

- but our ally knows its workings as they never will.
- He is ready to lead and our force, our Chitauri, will follow.
- A world will be his.
- The universe, yours.
- And the humans, what can they do but burn?

Thor: I thought humans were more evolved than this.
Nick: Excuse me, did WE come to YOUR planet and blow stuff up?

- Thank you.
- Are you an alien?
- What?
- From outer space, an alien.
- No.
- Well, then, son, you've got a condition.

[Loki awakens to find the Avengers staring down at him]
Loki: If it's all the same to you, I'll have that drink now.

Iron: [as the fight begins] Call it, Captain!
Captain: Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal, our priority's containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash.
Hawkeye: [to Iron Man] Want to give me a lift?
Iron: Right. Better clench up, Legolas.
[Iron Man takes Hawkeye up to the roof]
Captain: Thor, you gotta try and bottleneck that portal. Slow 'em down. You got the lightning. Light the bastards up.
[Thor swings his hammer and flies off and Captain America turns to Black Widow]
Captain: You and me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk?
[the Hulk turns and glares at Cap]
Captain: Smash!
[Hulk grins and leaps away]

- Where is Barton now?
- We don't know.
- But he's alive?
- We think so. I'll brief you on everything when you get back.
- But first, we need you to talk to the big guy.
- Coulson, you know that Stark trusts me about as far as he can throw me.
- I've got Stark. You get the big guy.

Steve: Is everything a joke to you?
Tony: Funny things are.

- The uniform?
- Aren't the stars and stripes a little old-fashioned?
- With everything that's happening and the things that are about to come to light, people might just need a little old-fashioned.

- All personnel, the evacuation order has been confirmed.

- Stark, we're on your three, headed northeast.
- What? Did you stop for drive-through?
- Swing up Park. I'm going to lay them out for you.
- Sir, we have more incoming.
- Fine. Let's keep them occupied.
- Nat?
- I see him.

Stan: Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!

Thor: Do not touch me again!
Tony: Then don't take my stuff.
Thor: You have no idea what you are dealing with.
Tony: Uh, Shakespeare in The Park? Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?
Thor: This is beyond you, metal man. Loki will face Asgardian justice.
Tony: He gives up the Cube, he's all yours. Until then, stay out of the way, tourist.

- We need a response team.
- These people may be isolated, unbalanced even but I believe with the right push they can be exactly what we need.
- You believe?
- War isn't won by sentiment, Director.
- No, it's won by soldiers.

World: Director Fury, the council has made a decision.
Nick: I recognise the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.
World: It's a nuclear missile to take out the portal!
Nick: Situated at the island of MANHATTAN!

Jarvis: [Thor has just thrown a thunderbolt on Iron Man] Power to four-hundred percent capacity.
Tony: How about that?

- And there's one other person you pissed off.
- His name was Phil.
- Right.
- Army.

- You come home.
- I don't have it.
- You need the Cube to bring me home.
- But I've sent it off, I know not where.
- You listen well, brother.
- I'm listening.

- Right. I caught his act in Stuttgart.
- Yeah, that was just previews.
- This is opening night.
- And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right?
- He wants flowers, he wants parades.
- He wants a monument built to the skies with his name plastered...
- Son of a bitch.

- Cap, hit the lever.
- I need a minute here!
- Lever now!
- Help!

- One out of five...
- Jarvis, anytime now.
- Jarvis, anytime now.
- You will all fall before me.
- Deploy!
- Deploy!

- unlimited power.
- And for what?
- A warm light for all mankind to share.
- A warm light for all mankind to share.
- And then to be reminded what real power is.
- Well, let me know if "real power" wants a magazine or something.

- Your floating fortress falls from the sky.
- Where is my disadvantage?
- You lack conviction.
- I don't think I'm...
- So, that's what it does.
- All hands to crash stations immediately.

- Until you dragged me back into this freak show and put everyone here at risk.
- You want to know my secret,
- Agent Romanoff?
- You want to know how I stay calm?
- Dr Banner, put down the sceptre.

Steve: Thor, what's his play?
Thor: He has an army, called the Chitauri. They're not of Asgard or any world known. He means to lead them against your people. They will win him the Earth. In return, I suspect, for the Tesseract.
Steve: An army. From outer space.
Bruce: So he's building another portal. That's what he needs Erik Selvig for.
Thor: Selvig?
Bruce: He's an astrophysicist.
Thor: He's a friend.
Natasha: Loki has them under some kind of spell. Along with one of ours.
Steve: I wanna know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here.
Bruce: I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.
Thor: Have a care how you speak! Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother!
Natasha: He killed eighty people in two days.
Thor: He's adopted.

Thor: Where is the Tesseract?
Loki: [laughs] I missed you too.
Thor: Do I look to be in a gaming mood?
Loki: Oh, you should thank me. With the Bifrost gone, how much dark energy did the Allfather have to muster to conjure you here, your precious Earth?
Thor: I thought you dead.
Loki: Did you mourn?
Thor: We all did. Our father...
Loki: YOUR father! He DID tell you my true parentage, did he not?
Thor: We were raised together, we played together, we fought together. Do you remember none of that?
Loki: I remember a shadow, living in the shade of your greatness. I remember you tossing me into an abyss, I who was and should be king!
Thor: So you take the world I love as recompense for your imagined slights? No, the Earth is under MY protection, Loki!
Loki: [laughs] And you're doing a marvelous job with that! The humans slaughter each other in droves, while you ideally threat. I mean to rule them. And why should I not?
Thor: You think yourself above them?
Loki: Well, yes.
Thor: Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother. A throne would suit you ill.
Loki: I've seen worlds you've never known about! I have grown, Odin's Son, in my exile! I have seen the true power of the Tesseract, and when I wield it...
Thor: Who showed you this power? Who controls the would-be-king?
Loki: I AM a king!
Thor: Not here! You give up the Tesseract! You give up this pointless dream!... You come home.
[pause]
Loki: ...I don't have it.
[Thor threatens Loki with his hammer]
Loki: You need the cube to bring me home, but I've sent it off, I know not where.
Thor: You listen well, brother. I...
[Thor is knocked off the mountain by Iron Man who tackles him in mid-flight]
Loki: I'm listening.

Natasha: [all arguing in the lab] Are you really that dense? S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors potential threats.
Bruce: Captain America is on threat watch?
Natasha: We ALL are!
Tony: [to Rogers] You're on that list? Are you above or below angry bees?
Steve: I swear, Stark, one more wisecrack out of you...
Tony: Verbal threat! Threatening! I'm being threatened!

- There's not enough time.
- I got to put her in the water!
- You won't be alone.
- Oh, my God.
- This guy is still alive!

- What did Loki do to you?
- He didn't. I just...
- Natasha.
- I've been compromised.
- I got red in my ledger.
- I would like to wipe it out.

- We're going to be okay. Listen to me.
- Are you hurt?
- We're going to be okay. All right?
- I swear on my life,
- I will get you out of this.
- You will walk away and never ever...
- Your life?

- Agent Coulson is down.
- A medical team is on its way to your location.
- They're here.
- They called it.

- I have a plan. Attack.
- I'd sit this one out, Cap.
- I don't see how I can.
- These guys come from legend.
- They're basically gods.
- There's only one God, ma'am.
- And I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.

Tony: [to Bruce Banner] You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz? Bongo drums? Huge bag of weed?

- and drop a hundred feet of rock on us.
- He means to bury us.
- Like the pharaohs of old.
- He's right. The portal is collapsing in on itself.
- We've got maybe two minutes before this goes critical.
- Well, then.

- Turn off the Tesseract, or I'll destroy it.
- You can't.
- There is no stopping it.
- There is only the war.
- So be it.

- No contacts, no IMs.
- If there was any tampering, sir, it wasn't at this end.
- "At this end"?
- Yeah, the Cube is a doorway to the other end of space, right?
- Doors open from both sides.
- Not yet.

- Come on, Stark.
- Close it.
- Son of a gun.
- He's not slowing down.
- Is he breathing?

Steve: What's the matter, scared of a little lightning?
Loki: I'm not overly fond of what follows...
[Thor appears]

- I got to get this superconducting coolant system back online before I can access the rotors, work on dislodging the debris.
- I need you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position.

- Always a way out.
- You may not be a threat but you better stop pretending to be a hero.
- A hero? Like you?
- You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers.
- Everything special about you came out of a bottle.

- Ten bucks says you're wrong.
- There's a debriefing packet waiting for you back at your apartment.
- Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now?
- You should have left it in the ocean.

- No, I'm clocking out here.
- Not an option.
- It's okay, boss.
- This was never gonna work if they didn't have something to...

- He's headed for the detention level.
- Does anybody copy?
- This is Agent Romanoff.
- I copy.
- Stark, we're losing altitude.
- Yeah, I noticed.

- To see if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could.
- Phil Coulson died still believing in that idea.
- In heroes.
- Well, it's an old-fashioned notion.

- Okay, turn, turn.
- Less! Less!

- into his personal flying monkeys.
- Monkeys? I do not understand.
- I do.
- I understood that reference.
- Shall we play, Doctor?
- This way, sir.

- The other guy saved my life?
- That's nice.
- It's a nice sentiment. Saved it for what?
- I guess we'll find out.
- You may not enjoy that.
- And you just might.

- You really think I'm pretty?
- Tell Lermentov we don't need him to move the tanks.
- Tell him he is out.
- Well...
- ...you may have to write it down.

- Then tell him to suit up.
- I'm bringing the party to you.
- I don't see how that's a party.
- Dr Banner.
- Now might be a really good time for you to get angry.
- That's my secret, Captain.
- I'm always angry.

- We are not your enemies, Banner.
- Try to think!

- Can anybody copy?
- I can shut the portal down.
- Do it!
- No, wait.
- Stark, these things are still coming.
- I got a nuke coming in.
- It's gonna blow in less than a minute.

Tony: [regaining consciousness] What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me.
Steve: We won.
Tony: Alright. Hey. Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. Have you ever tried shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it.

Loki: Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity
Tony: Uh, actually I'm planning to threaten you.
Loki: You should have left your armor on for that.
Tony: Yeah. It's seen a bit of "mileage" and you got the "glow-stick of destiny". Would you like a drink?
Loki: Stalling me won't change anything
Tony: No, no no, threatening! No drink? You sure? I'm having one.

- You have a missile headed straight for the city.
- How long?
- Three minutes, max.
- The payload will wipe out Midtown.
- Jarvis, put everything we got into the thrusters.
- I just did.

- That stator control unit can reverse the polarity long enough to disengage maglev and that could...
- Speak English!
- You see that red lever?
- It will slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out.
- Stand by it. Wait for my word.

[Captain America puts on a parachute to go follow after Thor, Loki and Iron Man]
Natasha: I'd sit this one out, Cap.
Steve: I don't see how I can.
Natasha: These guys come from legend. They're basically gods.
Steve: There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.
[Captain America leaps out of the Quinjet]

- He has a fever and he's moaning but his eyes won't open.
- Slow down.
- My father...
- Like them?
- Please.

Tony: JARVIS, have you heard the tale of Jonah?
Jarvis: I wouldn't consider him a role model.
[Iron Man flies through a Leviathan]

[Captain America throws his shield between Iron Man and Thor, stopping their fight in the woods]
Steve: Hey! That's enough!
[Captain America looks at Thor]
Steve: Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here.
Thor: I've come here to put and end to Loki's schemes!
Steve: Then prove it! Put the hammer down.
Tony: Um, yeah, no! Bad call! He loves his hammer!
[Thor knocks Iron Man back with his hammer]
Thor: [to Cap] You want me to put the hammer down?
[Captain America ducks and holds up his shield as Thor leaps at him, blocking Thor's blow. The impact of the hammer on the vibranium shield creates a massive shockwave, knocking Thor off his feet]
Steve: Are we done here?

Steve: Big man in a suit of armour. Take that off, what are you?
Tony: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.
Steve: I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. I've seen the footage. The only thing you really fight for is yourself. You're not the guy to make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other guy crawl over you.
Tony: I think I would just cut the wire.
Steve: Always a way out... You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.
Tony: A hero? Like you? You're a lab rat, Rogers. Everything special about you came out of a bottle!
Steve: Put on the suit. Let's go a few rounds.

- I need men in those buildings.
- Lead the people down and away from the streets.
- We're going to set up a perimeter all the way down to 39th Street.
- Well, we got its attention.
- What the hell was step two?

Loki: Enough! You are, all of you are beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by...
[Hulk flattens Loki with repeated smashes into the floor]
The: Puny god.

Loki: How will your friends have time for me, when they're so busy fighting you?
[taps Stark with his scepter, but the Arc Reactor stops the effect]
Loki: [tries again, with no success] This usually works...
Tony: Well, performance issues, it's not uncommon. One out of five...

- until the pain starts.
- What are you asking me to do?
- I'm asking, what are you prepared to do?
- Loki is a prisoner.
- Then why do I feel like he's the only person on this boat that wants to be here?

[Stark suits up to chase Thor and Loki]
Steve: Stark, we need a plan of attack!
Tony: I have a plan: attack!

Thor: I have unfinished business with Loki.
Clint: Yeah? Get in line.

- And you're all about style, aren't you?
- Of the people in this room, which one is,
- A, wearing a spangly outfit, and, B, not of use?
- Steve, tell me none of this smells a little funky to you.
- Just find the Cube.

- Kneel.
- Not today!
- The guy's all over the place.
- Agent Romanoff. You miss me?

- Power at 400% capacity.
- How about that?

- I didn't make it.
- I just didn't argue with the god that did.
- So, you let him take it and the war criminal, Loki, who should be answering for his crime.
- I think he will be.

- I need these vehicles.
- Who's that?
- They didn't tell me.
- Hill!
- Do you copy?
- Barton has turned.
- They have the Tesseract!
- Shut them down!

Natasha: I want to know what you've done to Agent Barton.
Loki: I would say I've expanded his mind.
Natasha: And once you've won, once you're king of the mountain, what happens to his mind?
Loki: Oh. Is this love, Agent Romanoff?
Natasha: Love is for children. I owe him a debt.
Loki: Tell me.
Natasha: Before I worked for SHIELD, I, uh... Well, I made a name for myself. I have a very specific skill set. I didn't care who I used it for, or on. I got on SHIELD's radar in a bad way. Agent Barton was sent to kill me. He made a different call.
Loki: And what will you do if I vow to spare him?
Natasha: Not let you out.
Loki: [smiles] No, but I like this. Your world in the balance, and you bargain for one man.
Natasha: Regimes fall every day. I tend not to weep over that, I'm Russian... or was.
Loki: And what are you now?
Natasha: It's really not that complicated. I've got red in my ledger, I'd like to wipe it out.
Loki: Can you? Can you wipe out that much red? Dreykov's daughter, Sao Paulo, the hospital fire?
[Natasha's calm demeanor starts to break]
Loki: Barton told me everything. Your ledger is dripping, it's GUSHING red, and you think saving a man no more virtuous than yourself will change anything? This is the basest sentimentality. This is a child at prayer... PATHETIC! You lie and kill in the service of liars and killers. You pretend to be separate, to have your own code. Something that makes up for the horrors. But they are a part of you, and they will never go away!... I won't touch Barton. Not until I make him kill you!
[Natasha's eyes start to bulge as her face turns fearful]
Loki: [snarling] Slowly, intimately, in every way he knows you fear! And then he'll wake just long enough to see his good work, and when he screams, I'll split his skull! This is MY bargain, you mewling quim!
[Natasha turns and takes several steps away]
Natasha: [starts to cry] You're a monster!
Loki: [laughing] Oh no, you brought the monster.
Natasha: [quickly dropping her facade] So, Banner... that's your play.
Loki: ...What?
Natasha: [on the intercom] Loki means to unleash the Hulk. Keep Banner in the lab, I'm on my way. Send Thor as well.
Natasha: [turning back to Loki] Thank you... for your cooperation.

Loki: Kneel before me. I said, KNEEL!
[Loki stamps his scepter on the ground, causing a shockwave that intimidates the crowd into silence as they all kneel before him]
Loki: Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity, that you crave subjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power, for identity. You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel.
German Old Man: [slowly rises to his feet] Not to men like you.
Loki: [smiling] There are no men like me.
German Old Man: There are *always* men like you.
Loki: Look to your elder, people. Let him be an example.
[Loki aims a blast of power from his scepter at the old man when Captain America leaps in front of the intended target, deflecting the blast with his shield back at Loki, knocking him down]
Steve: You know, the last time I was in Germany and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
Loki: The soldier. A man out of time.
Steve: I'm not the one who's out of time.

- Move away, please.
- You like this?
- We started working on the prototype after you sent the Destroyer.
- Even I don't know what it does.
- Do you want to find out?
- No!

- Wait. Cross match, 79%.
- Location?
- Stuttgart, Germany. 28 Königstrasse.
- He's not exactly hiding.
- Captain, you're up.

- Look around you!
- You think this madness will end with your rule?
- It's too late.
- It's too late to stop it.
- No. We can, together.
- Sentiment.

- Enough!
- You are, all of you, beneath me!
- I am a god, you dull creature.
- And I will not be bullied by...

- If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice where he cannot find you.
- You think you know pain?
- He will make you long for something sweet as pain.

- Slow them down.
- You got the lightning.
- Light the bastards up.
- You and me, we stay here on the ground.
- We keep the fighting here.
- And Hulk...
- Smash.

- and saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
- The soldier.
- The man out of time.
- I'm not the one who's out of time.
- Loki, drop the weapon and stand down.

- Stark, you copy that?
- I'm on it.
- Coulson, initiate defensive lockdown in the detention section then get to the armoury.
- Romanoff?
- We're okay.
- We're okay, right?

- what happens then?
- They'll come back.
- Are you really sure about that?
- I am.
- Why?
- Because we'll need them to.

- Target acquired.
- Target engaged.
- Target angry, target angry!

- This moron is giving me everything.
- I don't give everything.
- Look, you can't pull me out of this right now.
- Natasha...
- Barton's been compromised.
- Let me put you on hold.

- Oh, boy.
- Nice call.
- What else you got?
- Thor is taking on a squadron down on Sixth.
- And he didn't invite me.

- Well, maybe it's not about guns.
- If you want to get up there, you're going to need a ride.
- I got a ride.
- I could use a boost, though.
- Are you sure about this?
- Yeah. It's gonna be fun.

- Now, I don't know what you plan on doing here.
- I've come here to put an end to Loki's schemes.
- Then prove it. Put that hammer down.
- Yeah... No.
- Bad call. He loves his hammer.
- You want me to put the hammer down?