The Avengers

Tensions Rise

The Avengers
About The Avengers
  • Released in 2012
  • Directed by Joss Whedon
  • Produced by Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures
Characters in This Scene
Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Mark Ruffalo
Tony Stark (Ironman)
Robert Downey, Jr.
Captain America
Chris Evans
Tensions Rise Full Transcript
Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
The gamma readings are definitely consistent with Selvig's reports of the Tesseract. But it's going to take weeks to process.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
If we bypass their mainframe and direct route to the Homer cluster, we can clock this at around 600 teraflops.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Heh. All I packed was a toothbrush.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
You know, you should come by Stark Tower sometime. Top ten floors, all R&D. You'd love it. It's Candy Land.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Thanks, but the last time I was in New York, I kind of broke Harlem.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Well, I promise a stress-free environment. No tension, no surprises.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
AW!
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Captain America
Hey!
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Nothing?
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Captain America
Are you nuts?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Jury's out. You really have got a lid on it, haven't you? What's your secret? Mellow jazz, bongo drums, huge bag of weed?
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Captain America
Is everything a joke to you?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Funny things are.
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Captain America
Threatening the safety of everyone on this ship isn't funny. No offence, Doc.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
It's all right, I wouldn't have come aboard if I couldn't handle pointy things.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
You're tip-toeing, big man. You need to strut.
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Captain America
And you need to focus on the problem, Mr Stark.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Do you think I'm not? Why did Fury call us in? Why now? Why not before? What isn't he telling us? I can't do the equation unless I have all the variables.
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Captain America
You think Fury's hiding something?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
He's a spy. Captain, he's "the" spy. His secrets have secrets. It's bugging him, too. Isn't it?
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Uhhhh, I just want to finish my work here, and...
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Captain America
Doctor?
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
"A warm light for all mankind." Loki's jab at Fury about the Cube.
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Captain America
I heard it.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
I think that was meant for you. Even if Barton didn't tell Loki about the tower, it was still all over the news.
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Captain America
The Stark Tower? That big, ugly building in New York?
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
It's powered by an arc reactor, a self-sustaining energy source. That building will run itself for, what, a year?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
It's just the prototype. I'm kind of the only name in clean energy right now. That's what he's getting at.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
So, why didn't S.H.I.E.L.D. Bring him in on the Tesseract project? What are they doing in the energy business in the first place?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
I should probably look into that once my decryption programme finishes breaking into all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secure files.
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Captain America
I'm sorry. Did you say...
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Jarvis has been running it since I hit the bridge. In a few hours, I'll know every dirty secret S.H.I.E.L.D. Has ever tried to hide. Blueberry?
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Captain America
Yet you're confused about why they didn't want you around.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
An intelligence organization that fears intelligence? Historically, not awesome.
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Captain America
I think Loki's trying to wind us up. This is a man who means to start a war and if we don't stay focused, he'll succeed. We have orders. We should follow them.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Following's not really my style.
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Captain America
And you're all about style, aren't you?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Of the people in this room, which one is, A, wearing a spangly outfit, and, B, not of use?
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Steve, tell me none of this smells a little funky to you.
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Captain America
Just find the Cube.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
That's the guy my dad never shut up about? I'm wondering if they shouldn't have kept him on ice.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
The guy's not wrong about Loki. He does have the jump on us.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
What he's got is an Acme dynamite kit. It's going to blow up in his face. And I'm going to be there when it does.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
Yeah. I'll read all about it.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Or you'll be suiting up with the rest of us.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
You see, I don't get a suit of armour. I'm exposed. Like a nerve. It's a nightmare.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
You know, I've got a cluster of shrapnel trying every second to crawl its way into my heart. This stops it. This little circle of light, it's part of me now, not just armour. It's a terrible privilege.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
But you can control it.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Because I learned how.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
It's different.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
Hey, I read all about your accident. That much gamma exposure should have killed you.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
So you're saying that the Hulk... The other guy saved my life? That's nice. It's a nice sentiment. Saved it for what?
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
I guess we'll find out.
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Dr. Banner (The Hulk)
You may not enjoy that.
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Tony Stark (Ironman)
And you just might.
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