The Avengers

The Tesseract is Misbehaving

The Avengers
About The Avengers
  • Released in 2012
  • Directed by Joss Whedon
  • Produced by Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures
Characters in This Scene
Nick Fury
Samuel L. Jackson
Dr. Selvig
Stellan Skarsgard
The Tesseract is Misbehaving Full Transcript
Nick Fury
Talk to me, Doctor.
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Dr. Selvig
Director.
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Nick Fury
Is there anything we know for certain?
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Dr. Selvig
The Tesseract is misbehaving.
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Nick Fury
Is that supposed to be funny?
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Dr. Selvig
No, it's not funny at all. The Tesseract is not only active, she's behaving.
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Nick Fury
I assume you pulled the plug.
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Dr. Selvig
She's an energy source. We turn off the power, she turns it back on. If she reaches peak level...
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Nick Fury
We prepared for this, Doctor. Harnessing energy from space.
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Dr. Selvig
But we don't have the harness. My calculations are far from complete. And she's throwing off interference, radiation. Nothing harmful, low levels of gamma radiation.
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Nick Fury
That can be harmful. Where's Agent Barton?
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Dr. Selvig
The Hawk? Up in his nest, as usual.
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Nick Fury
Agent Barton, report.
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