The Avengers (2012 film)
Appearance
Marvel's The Avengers (titled Marvel Avengers Assemble in the UK and Ireland) is a 2012 American superhero film about a team of superheroes who come together to form the Avengers to help stop Thor's brother Loki from enslaving the human race. It is based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.
- Written and directed by Joss Whedon. Story by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon.
Tony Stark/Iron Man
- It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner. Your work on anti-electron collisions is unparalleled. And I'm a huge fan of the way you lose control and turn into an enormous green rage monster.
- [About Banner] You really have got a lid on this, haven't you? What's your secret, smooth jazz, bongos, huge bag of weed?
- That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did.
- [To Thor] No hard feelings, Point Break, you got a mean swing.
- How does Fury see all this? [(Maria Hill) He turns.] Sounds exausting.
- Who in this room is A, wearing a spangly outfit, and B, not of use?
- [(Maria Hill) When did you become an expert on thermonuclear physics?] Last night. Am I the only one who did the readings?
- [To Pepper Pots] Give yourself, twelve percent of the credit.
- Phil? His first name is Agent.
- Why is this now about me? [(Steve Rogers) Isn't it always?]
- Tony Stark - genious, billionare, playboy, philanthropist.
- [To Thor] Shakespear in the park? Doest mother know you wearest her drapes?
- I have a plan - attack!
- [(Loki) I have an army.) We have a Hulk.
- You've got like, what? The glowstick of destiny?
- [To Black Widow] Did you miss me?
- [To Loki] Not a great plan.
- Following orders isn't really my style.
- [(Thor) Do not touch me again.] Then don't take my stuff.
Bruce Banner/The Hulk
- That's my secret - I'm always angry!
- [(Black Widow) We're facing a potential global catastrophe.] Now those I activally try to avoid.
- [To Black Widow] (yells) Stop lying to me! I'm sorry, that was mean. I just wanted to see what you would do.
- [To Loki] Puny god.
- What if I say no? [(Black Widow) I'll persuade you.] And what if the other guy says no?
- Are you here to kill me, Miss Romanoff? Because that's not going to work out... for everyone.
Loki
- If it's all the same to you, I think I'll have that drink now.
- No, you brought the monster.
- I'm listening.
- [(Nick Fury) Scared of lightning?] No, but I'm not particurally fond of what follows.
- I remember a mist, like a dream.
- Kneel. I said KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave sudjugation. The bright lure of freedom diminishes your life's joy in a mad scramble for power. For identity. You were made to be ruled.
- There are no men like me.
- I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.
- An ant has no quarrel with a boot.
- Freedom is life's greatest lie. Once you accept that, in your heart, you will know peace.
The Other
- [Last lines of the movie.] Humans. They are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them is to court death.
Dialogue
- Pepper Potts: Is this about the Avengers? Which I know nothing about.
- Tony Stark: The Avengers initiative was scrapped, I thought. And I didn't even qualify.
- Potts: I didn't know that either.
- Stark: Apparently I'm volatile, self-obsessed, and don't play well with others.
- Potts: That I did know.
- Loki: I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.
- Nick Fury: We have no quarrel with your people.
- Loki: An ant has no quarrel with a boot.
- Nick Fury: You planning to step on us?
- Loki: I come with glad tidings, of a world made free.
- Nick Fury: Free from what?
- Loki: Freedom. Freedom is life's great lie. Once you accept that, in your heart, you will know peace.
- Nick Fury: Yeah, you say peace. I kinda think you mean the other thing.
- Loki: [To crowd] Kneel before me. I said… KNEEL! 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.
- Old German: [Stands] Not to men like you.
- Loki: There are no men like me.
- Old German: There are always men like you.
- Loki: Look to your elder. Let him be an example. (Loki prepares to kill the man with his staff, but Steve Rogers saves the old man)
- Rogers: You know, the last time I was in Germany, and I saw a man standing above everybody else, we ended up disagreeing.
- Loki: The soldier. A man out of time.
- Rogers: I'm not the one who's out of time.
- Thor: Do not touch me again.
- Stark: Then don't take my stuff.
- Thor: You have no idea what you're dealing with.
- Stark: [Looks at the surrounding trees] Shakespeare in the Park? [About Thor's cape] Doth Mother know you weareth her drapes?
- Thor: Loki will face Asgardian justice.
- Stark: He gives up the cube, he's all yours. Until then... [Closes his helmet] Stay out of the way. [Under his breath] Tourist.
- Nick Fury: [Loki is sealed in the cell, Nick Fury shows the function to dump it from the helicarrier] In case you try to escape, if you so much as scratch that glass. Thirty thousand feet, straight down in a steel trap. Get how that works? Ant, boot.
- Loki: It is an impressive cage, one not I think built for me.
- Nick Fury: Built for something a lot stronger than you.
- Loki: Oh I've heard; the mindless beast, makes play he's still a man. How desperate are you? That you call on such lost creatures to defend you?
- Nick Fury: How desperate am I? You threaten my world with war, you steal a force you can't hope to control, you talk about peace, and you kill 'cause it's fun. You have made me very desperate. You might not be glad that you did.
- Loki: Ooo, it burns you to have come so close. To have the Tesseract, to have power. Unlimited power. And for what? A warm light for all mankind to share? And then to be reminded what real power is.
- Nick Fury: Well, let me know if 'real power' wants a magazine or something.
- Rogers: Loki's going to drag this out. So, Thor, what's his play?
- Thor: Loki has an army, called the Chitauri. They are not of Asgard or any other world known. They will win him the Earth, in return, I suspect, for the Tessaract.
- Rogers: An army...from outer space.
- Banner: So, he's building another portal, that's what he needs Dr. Eric Selvig for.
- Thor: Selvig?
- Banner: He's an astrophysicist.
- Thor: He's a friend.
- Romanoff: Loki has him under some kind of spell. Along with one of ours.
- Rogers: I want to know why Loki let us take him. He's not leading an army from here.
- Banner: I don't think we should be focused on Loki. The guy's mind is a bag of cats, you can smell crazy on him.
- Thor: Have care how you speak. Loki may be beyond reason but he is of Asgard and he is my brother.
- Romanoff: He killed eighty people in two days.
- Thor: He's adopted.
- Steve Rogers: We have orders, we should follow them.
- Tony Stark: Following's not really my style.
- Steve Rogers: And you're all about style, aren't you?
- Tony Stark: Of the people in this room, which one is: A, wearing a spangly outfit; and B, not of use?
- Steve Rogers: Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?
- Tony Stark: Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.
- Steve Rogers: I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. You're not the kind of man who will make the sacrifice play, to lay down on a wire and let the other man walk over you.
- Stark: I think I would just cut the wire.
- Rogers: Always a way out. You know, you may be a genius, but you better stop pretending to be a hero.
- Stark: Like you? You're a laboratory experiement, Rogers. Everything that's special about you came out of a bottle.
- World Security Council: Director Fury, the council has made a decision.
- Nick Fury: I recognize the council has made a decision, but given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it.
- Phil Coulson: [Dying, holding a very large gun] You're going to lose.
- Loki: Am I?
- Coulson: It's in your nature.
- Loki: Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky. Where is my disadvantage?
- Coulson: You lack conviction.
- Loki: I don't think I-
- [Coulson fires the weapon, blasting Loki through a wall]
- Coulson: So that's what it does.
- Loki: Please tell me you're going to try to appeal to my humanity?
- Tony Stark: Actually I'm going to threaten you.
- Loki: You should've left your armour on for that.
- Loki: What have I to fear?
- Tony Stark: The Avengers. It's what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" type thing.
- Loki: Yes, I've met them.
- Tony Stark: Yeah. Takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one but, let's do a head count here: Your brother, the demi-god; a super soldier, a living legend who kind of lives up to the legend; a man with... breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, and you, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them.
- Loki: That was the plan.
- Tony Stark: Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you.
- Loki: I have an army.
- Tony Stark: We have a Hulk.
- Loki: I thought the beast had wandered off.
- Tony Stark: You're missing the point. There's no throne. There is no version of this where you come out on top. Maybe your army comes, and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.
- Loki: How will your friends have time for me? When they're so busy fighting you! [Loki tries to use his mind control powers from his scepter on Tony Stark, unsuccessfully] This usually works. (Tries again, and fails)
- Tony Stark: Well, performance issues...[shrugs]aren't uncommon, one in five...
- Loki: [To Hulk] Enough! You are all of you beneath me! I am a god, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by—
- [Hulk grabs Loki and slams him around, then leaves him face-up on the floor in a crater]
- Hulk: Puny god. [Walks off]
Taglines
- Avengers Assemble!
- Some assembly required.
- Every team needs a Captain.
- Throw down the hammer.
- Hulk, SMASH!
Cast
- Robert Downey - Tony Stark/Iron Man
- Chris Evans - Steve Rogers/Captain America
- Mark Ruffalo - Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk
- Chris Hemsworth - Thor
- Scarlett Johannson - Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
- Jeremy Renner - Clint Barton/Hawkeye
- Tom Hiddleston - Loki
- Samuel L. Jackson - Nick Fury
- Cobie Smulders - Maria Hill
- Clark Gregg - Phil Coulson
External links
- Official website
- The Avengers quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- The Avengers at Mojo
- The Avengers at The Numbers