Joe PantolianoQuotes

Frank Ridgeway: Why did you do this?

Doc Robbins: Shortcuts, kid. I never could do things the easy way.

Frank Ridgeway: Doc, why this little game and the car business?

Doc Robbins: I figured Joann had the tapes, I knew she wasn't gonna give them to me. Maybe you, Wordman, maybe if she'd give them to you.

Joann Carlino: What would you do if you had the tapes, Doc?

Doc Robbins: Try me, just try me. I have it made. For once in my life, I'd bring home a winner... I'd like that.

Joann Carlino: I once asked Eddie why he kept you around. You know what he said? He said, "Doc's a dreamer, and the world needs dreamers.

Doc Robbins: He was the only real friend I ever had.

Doc Robbins: [to Eddie; Eddie pushes him far back] Are you crazy? We had the money in our hands and you blew it. You blew it!

Sal Amato: Eddie, you're wrong! You're wrong! Now listen to me, I love you. I've known you longer than anyone else. But you're wrong. They want "On the Dark Side"! Why are we giving them some damn opera? I don't even know what you're after!

Eddie Wilson: I want something great. I want something that nobody's ever done before!

Sal Amato: Why? We ain't great. We're just some guys from Jersey.

Eddie Wilson: If you can't be great, than there's no sense in ever playing music again, Sal.

Sal Amato: [to Frank] Blame this on you. It was you! We were doing good till you came along. And you got us all screwed up!

Doc Robbins: Damn it. What the hell are you doing?

Lew Eisen: I've heard enough. Tell him to just relax.

Doc Robbins: [about Eddie's album] There's nothing can't be fixed, am I right?

Lew Eisen: [to Eddie] This won't fix, this is a disaster. You want to be a poet? Try Greenwich Village.

Doc Robbins: Listen, Lew, another couple of weeks. We've been working for months.

Lew Eisen: Doc, take six weeks. I still wouldn't know what to do with it.

Eddie Wilson: [angrily to Lew, with Sal and Kenny holding him back] You want to know what you can do with it? I'll tell you what you can do with it, you son of a bitch!

Lew Eisen: Hey! I put up ten grand, and I expect something for my money. This is what I've waiting a year for? A bunch of jerk-offs making weird sounds? You're not gonna see a red penny!

Mogan: Hey, Bruno. What are you? A65?

Bruno: Model 63. Deluxe.

Mogan: 63? Talk about ancient.

Bruno: Your sister didn't seem to mind.

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Doctor Nichols, you really want to help him? You really want to be his friend? Then you'll help us bring him in, unharmed.

Dr. Charles Nichols: [clicks his tongue] Why? So he can go back to prison? If you want help, gentlemen, you've come to the wrong man. Richard is innocent and you'll never find him. He's too smart.

Marshal Bobby Biggs: [sarcastically] Oh well... we're pretty smart guys.

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Yeah, what about us?

Cosmo Renfro: Last time I looked.

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Yeah, we're smart. We are. I mean, how smart could he be, really? Is he as smart as you are?

Dr. Charles Nichols: [thinks and considers his answer, smiles] Smarter.

Cosmo Renfro: [after Kimble has just leapt off the dam to escape] What happened? Where'd he go?

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [[w:Peter Pan|Peter Pan] The guy did a ] right off of this dam, right here!

Cosmo Renfro: What?

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: [Laughs in amazement] Yeah! BOOM!

Cosmo Renfro: Holy shit! All Right, Can we go home now?

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: No.

Cosmo Renfro: Shit, I just bought these shoes!

Deputy Marshal Samuel Gerard: Shut up, Cosmo.

Norby: Hey, Eddie, you sure you don't wanna go check to see if they left the money?

Eddie: Oh, that's a good idea. We get the living hell tore out of us by a baby! Three fully grown men versus fifteen pounds of pink flesh with a mouth. Now, what chance have we got of strolling into that alley and coming out with anything less than one and forty years in prison?

Veeko: No way.

Eddie: No, thank you! This is a hexed situation. We walk away while we're still ahead.

Veeko: We took a licking and kept on ticking.

Eddie: We'll go back to banks. Dealing with grownups, I don't want no kiddy stuff.

Norby: We did all right with banks.

Veeko: Or a convenience store once in a while, keeps things interesting.

Eddie: [to Norby and Veeko] You know, I tell you one thing I learned from all this, I ain't never gonna have any kids of my own.

Norby: Yeah, seeing as you burnt down the only tree in your forest, I wouldn't worry about it.

Eddie: [about Bink] Why don't you shut up? I don't wanna ever hear another word about that rotten, snake-bit baby.

Eddie: [calls for help] Norby! Veeko!

Veeko: Hey! We're down here!

Norby: Hey, Ed! We better go before I dry!

Veeko: Ed, can you see the baby from up there? Just hang on and we'll come on up. I got an idea.

Cop 1: Have you guys seen a baby around here?

Eddie: The park is full of...babies.

Cop 2: Yeah, well, there's been a kidnapping.

Norby: Well, that's a crying shame. It's amazing what people will do for money.

Veeko: Yeah, for five million...

Eddie: [Baby Bink turns on the lighter; absolutely moans] If we see anything... Excuse me. If we see anything, we'll be sure to notify...

Cop 2: He's got a bad heart.

Eddie: Excuse me. The police. Thank you.

Veeko: [noticing Bink is on Ursala's purse] Some people.

Norby: Eddie, how could he get off?

Veeko: I seen him.

Both: What?!

Veeko: He's in the big broad's purse.

Norby: Did a baby get off this bus?! A little guy, about two feet tall! It's an emergency!

Bus Driver: I didn't have nobody today with a baby.

Norby: He was by himself!

Veeko: I worked at Burger King three years. This is worse than that.

Eddie: Don't blame me. We'd be resting easy if Butterfingers here hadn't lost the kid.

Norby: I lost the kid? I lost the kid?! Oh, well, that's news to me.

Eddie: Who putted himself to sleep reading the kid's nursery story?!

Norby: Who left the window open?!

Veeko: That was me.

Eddie: You idiots are why we don't got the kid. As far as I'm concerned, you can drop out and I'll keep the five million myself. Frankly, you don't deserve a penny!

Veeko: You'd stiff us?

Norby: Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Don't get hot, Eddie. Don't get hot. We're all just tired from getting torn apart.

Eddie: Oh, like I like to fall off buildings and jump in ditches! That's the breaks. We're dealing with a baby. Babies are obviously more dangerous than we thought.

Norby: It don't figure, Eddie. They're so small.

Eddie: [they notice Bink's foot tracks] When I boxed, the guys I most feared were those who feared nothing. Babies are like that, they ain't afraid of nothing. Baby tracks.

Guido: Listen to me.

Joel: No, no. You listen to ME!

Joel: [calls back] Shit! You listen to me, buster. You, you a-hole.

Guido: A-hole?

Joel: I want my stuff back right now.

Guido: Now you listen to me, you little fuck. Not only you take my two best girls, you call me names. If I didn't have any self-respect, it wouldn't just be the furniture, it'd be your arms, your legs, your head.

Guido: Joel, you look like a smart kid. I'm going to tell you something I'm sure you'll understand. You're having fun now, right? Right, Joel? The time of your life. In a sluggish economy, never ever fuck with another man's livelihood. Now, if you're smart, and I hope you are, you're not gonna make me come back here.

Caesar: What did she do to you?

Violet: Everything you couldn't.

Violet: Caesar, I'm leaving.

Caesar: What? Why? I didn't use a good towel.

Caesar: [[man; [man; [man] I'm a dead ], Johnnie? I'm a fucking dead ]? Guess again, Johnnie. Who's the dead ]? Who? Who's dead, fuckface? Who? Who? I can't hear you, Johnnie. Guess again. Take another guess, Johnnie. Take another fucking guess.

Caesar: It's fuckin dark in here!

Marcus Burnett: [''Trying to imitate Mike''] Hello, this is Mike Low-rey.

Captain Howard: He doesn't talk that way. Try to talk like him, like him! Try to talk sexy. Sexy, you don't talk sexy enough!

Marcus Burnett: Cap, Cap! I've been there.

Captain Howard: Ho! What did I say? Did you hear what I said? I heard what I said cause I was standing there when I said it. I told you. I told you to secure a witness. Not to shoot up a neighborhood! Not to do another dead body! Just get the dope back, and do it quietly.

Marcus Burnett: Look, Captain, this whole situation is getting out of control.

Captain Howard: You're goddamn right it's getting out of control!

Marcus Burnett: Look, man, I damn near had to pass a pop quiz before she believed I was him.

Captain Howard: [''Shoots the ball''; ''Missed shot''] Going, it's going... Shit. A little off.

Mike Lowrey: I haven't killed anybody yet today, Captain.

Captain Howard: Hey, do you want me to yell at you? Cause I can do that. Let me tell you something. This witness—is my only good news I got, okay? The only good news. You guys are bad news. So what does that mean? It means if you have to be Mike Lowrey, Santa Claus, FD Hutton—I don't give a shit, that's what you're gonna be!

Mike Lowrey: Wait a minute, what the hell is going on here?

Captain Howard: [''Missed another shot''] I was getting them all in before you showed up.

Mike Lowrey: Can somebody talk to me, please? Can I know what's going on?

Marcus Burnett: Captain, these fools could have gotten a look at my license plate last night.

Captain Howard: So where's the girl now?

Marcus Burnett: [''Points to Mike''] ...His place.

Mike Lowrey: What!?

Captain Howard: You left her by herself? Our only fucking witness?!

Mike Lowrey: You left a strange hooker alone in my apartment?!

Marcus Burnett: The girl is not a hooker, as far as I know. See, I had to stash her someplace. Her and her dogs, Luke and Dukie.

Mike Lowrey: Oh, so y-you left dogs in my house? There's dogs and a hooker in my house? How about you add some chimps, we can have a carnival.

Marcus Burnett: [''Talking over Mike''] I said she isn't a hooker. Can you please—

Mike Lowrey: [''Talking over Marcus''] Respect my stuff—

Captain Howard: [''To Marcus] Shut up!! For years, Sinclair has been up my ass, trying to pin something on me. I'm always taking it for you. Do it for me! Now, if we can get this witness to IDs our shooters, maybe we catch our bad guys. But until then—until then— ] YOU are Mike Lowrey, you be him, that's what you are, you're him—

Marcus Burnett: [''Talking over Howard''] But I—

Captain Howard: [''Talking over Marcus''; ''to Mike''; ''To Marcus''; ''To Mike''; ''Takes another shot and misses''] You're him—I don't wanna hear it! You're him! And you, you're you, you be you, but...not in front of her. You're him! You're you! Fuck!

Mike Lowrey: Can we get a time-out, Captain? What am I, the designated homeless?

Captain Howard: Does it look like I care? Whatever it takes, all right? Whatever it takes. What did she say to you? The shooters are making their drop in four days? So we got four days.

Marcus Burnett: Captain! What kind of plan is that, man? I can't be shacked up with that woman. I have a family to look after. My wife will kill my ass!

Captain Howard: [''Missed another shot''] You don't like your job? Quit. Damn!

Mike Lowrey: Look, I'll stay at the house with Theresa and the kids.

Marcus Burnett: Thank you—Thank you, but no thank you. You wouldn't last five minutes with my family.

Mike Lowrey: [''Picks up a basketball''] Please, married life is easy. You only got one woman to satisfy.

Marcus Burnett: [[The Cosby Show|Cosbys] Yo, man, we ain't the ].

Mike Lowrey: [''In position to shoot''] Let's go, I got this.

Captain Howard: Go.

Mike Lowrey: [''Posing''; [w:Be Like Mike|be like Mike] Everybody wants to ].

Captain Howard: [[w:Michael_Jordan#First_retirement_and_stint_in_Minor_League_Baseball_(1993–1994)|retired like him] Yeah, and you're going to be ], too.

Marcus Burnett: [''Walks off from the court''] I'd have dunked it on your ass...

Captain Howard: [''To Mike as they watch his granddaughter play basketball''] The horse represents all of our fears and traumas and it's got us running around a hundred miles an hour to the point where we can't even answer a simple question: Where are you going? Where are you going Mike? ... You gotta take control of your life. You gotta grab the reins before your horse runs you off a cliff.

Leonard Shelby: I have this condition.

Teddy: [examining Jimmy Grantz; [dead] I hope it's not as serious as this guy, because he's ].

Leonard Shelby: [[gun] I don't think they'd let someone like me carry a ].

Teddy: [[hope] I fucking ] not.

Teddy: [[lie; [yourself; [happy] So you ] to ] to be ].

Cypher: Where are they?

Tank: Making the call.

Cypher: Good.

Trinity: You first, Neo.

Cypher: [''Fires lightning thrower at Tank but fails to hit him''; ''Fires it again and succeeds''] Shit!

Dozer: [''He witnesses it and lunges at Cypher''; ''Cypher fires lightning thrower at Dozer''] No!

Neo: I don’t know, it just went dead.

Cypher: Hello, Trinity.

Trinity: Cypher? Where’s Tank?

Cypher: [''Leans over Trinity's face''] You know, for a long time, I thought I was in love with you. I used to dream about you. You’re a beautiful woman, Trinity. Too bad things had to turn out this way.

Trinity: You killed them!

Apoc: What?!

Switch: Oh God!

Cypher: [''Jumps onto Morpheus' body''] I’m tired, Trinity. I’m tired of this war. Tired of fighting, tired of this ship, being cold, eating the same goddamn goop everyday. But most of all, I’m tired of that jackoff and all of his bullshit. Surprise, asshole! I bet you never saw this coming, didja? God, I wish I could be there, when they break you. I wish I could walk in just when it happens. So right then, you’d know it was me.

Trinity: You gave them Morpheus.

Cypher: He lied to us, Trinity. He tricked us. If you’da told us the truth, we woulda told you to shove that red pill right up your ass!

Trinity: That is not true, Cypher, he set us free.

Cypher: Free? You call this free? All I do is what he tells me to do. If I had to choose between that and the Matrix, I choose the Matrix.

Trinity: The Matrix isn’t real!

Cypher: I disagree, Trinity. I think the Matrix can be more real than this world. All I do is pull the plug here. But there, you have to watch Apoc die.

Apoc: [''Falls down dead''] Trinity.

Switch: [''Rushes down to him''] No!

Cypher: Welcome to the real world, huh, baby?

Trinity: But you’re out, Cypher. You can’t go back.

Cypher: Oh no, that’s what you think. They’re going to reinsert my body. I go back to sleep, and when I wake up, I won’t remember a goddamn thing. By the way, if you have anything terribly important to say to Switch, I suggest you say it now.

Trinity: No, no, please don’t.

Switch: [''She falls down dead''] Not like this. Not like this.

Cypher: Too late.

Trinity: Goddamn you, Cypher!

Cypher: Don’t hate me, Trinity. I’m just the messenger, and right now I’m gonna prove it to you. If Morpheus was right, then there’s no way I can pull this plug. I mean, if Neo’s The One, then there’d have to be some kind of a miracle to stop me. Right? I mean, how can he be The One if he’s dead? You never did answer me before. You bought into Morpheus’ bullshit. Come on – all I want is a little yes or no. Look into his eyes, those big pretty eyes, and tell me. Yes or no?

Trinity: Yes.

Cypher: [''Realizes Tank survived and is aiming the lightning thrower''] No! I don’t believe it!

Tank: [''Fires lightning thrower at Cypher who goes flying into pipes''] Believe it or not, you piece of shit, you’re still gonna burn!

Tank: [''Enters Neo's quarters''; ''Neo shakes head''] Morning, did you sleep? You will tonight, I guarantee it. I’m Tank, I’ll be your operator.

Neo: [''Noticing Tank's lack of electrical sockets''] You don’t... you don’t have any...

Tank: Holes? Nope. Me and my brother Dozer, we’re both one hundred percent pure, old fashioned, home-grown human, born free right here in the real world. Genuine child of Zion.

Neo: Zion?

Tank: If the war was over tomorrow, Zion’s where the party would be.

Neo: It’s a city?

Tank: The last human city. The only place we have left.

Neo: Where is it?

Tank: [''Nodding head''] Deep underground, near the Earth’s core, where it’s still warm. You live long enough, you might even see it. Goddamn, I... I got to tell you, I’m fairly excited to see what you’re capable of, if Morpheus is right and all... We’re not supposed to talk about this, but if you are... damn, it’s a very exciting time. We got a lot to do. Let’s get to it...

Tank: [''Jumps into operator seat with Neo in his plug-in seat and Tank is rifling through [[w:Floppy disk|floppy discs; ''holds up floppy''] Now, we’re supposed to start with these operation programs first, that’s major boring shit. Let’s do something a little more fun. How about... combat training?

Neo: [''Reading on screen''; [w:Jujutsu|Jujitsu; ''Tank uploads program''] ]? I’m going to learn Jujitsu? Holy shit!

Tank: [[w:Life (cereal)|Hey Mikey, I think he likes it] ]. How about some more?

Neo: Hell yes!

Morpheus: [''Leaning over Tank''] How is he?

Tank: Ten hours straight. He’s... a machine.

Neo: [''To Morpheus leaning over him''; [w:Kung Fun|Kung Fu] I know ].

Morpheus: [''In the sparring program''; ''They fight a round''; ''Wagging fingers''] Show me. This is a sparring program, similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix. It has the same basic rules, rules like gravity. What you must learn is that these rules are no different that the rules of a computer system. Some of them can be bent. Others can be broken. Understand? Then hit me. If you can. Good. Adaptation, improvisation. But your weakness is not your technique.

Mouse: [''To the Nebuchadnezzar crew in the mess''; ''They all scramble to see''] Morpheus is fighting Neo.

Morpheus: How did I beat you?

Neo: You’re too fast.

Morpheus: Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles, in this place? You think that’s air you’re breathing now...? Again.

Mouse: Jesus Christ, he’s fast. Take a look at his neural kinetics, they’re way above normal.

Morpheus: What are you waiting for? You’re faster than this. Don’t think you are, know you are. Come on! Stop trying to hit me and HIT me!

Mouse: I don’t believe it.

Neo: I know what you’re trying to do.

Morpheus: [''The jump program simulation is initiated Neo and Morpheus are on top of a skyscraper''; ''Morpheus jumps from the skyscraper to another skyscraper''] I’m trying to free your mind, Neo, but I can only show you the door, you’re the one that has to walk through it. Tank, load the jump program... You have to let it all go, Neo, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.

Neo: [''Makes focus-on-the-task-gestures''] Whoa. Okie dokie. Free my mind.

Mouse: So what if he makes it?

Tank: No one’s ever made the first jump.

Mouse: I know, I know. But what if he does?

Apoc: He won’t.

Mouse: Come on.

Trinity: Come on.

Neo: [''He jumps only to fall to the street landing softly''] All right, no problem. Free my mind. Free my mind. All right.

Mouse: Wha- what does that mean?

Switch: It doesn’t mean anything.

Cypher: Everybody falls the first time. Right, Trin'?

Neo: [''unplugged; wipes blood from mouth''] I thought it wasn’t real.

Morpheus: Your mind makes it real.

Neo: If you’re killed in the Matrix, you die here?

Morpheus: The body cannot live without the mind.

Neo: Morpheus, what’s happened to me? What is this place?

Morpheus: More important than ‘What?’ is ‘When?’

Neo: When?

Morpheus: [''Walking through the hacking floor''] You believe it’s the year 1999 when in fact it’s closer to 2199. I can’t tell you exactly what year it is, because we honestly don’t know. There’s nothing I can say that will explain it for you, Neo. Come with me. See for yourself. This is my ship, the Nebuchadnezzar; it’s a hovercraft. This is the main deck. This is the core, where we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix. Most of my crew you already know. This is Apoc, Switch, and Cypher.

Cypher: Hi.

Morpheus: [''Puts hands on Neo's shoulders''; ''Motions head to her''; ''To Neo in plug-in chair''; ''Slips in head plug and Neo becomes sentient in the construct''] The ones you don’t know, Tank and his big brother, Dozer. The little one behind you is Mouse. You wanted to know what the Matrix is, Neo? Trinity? Try to relax. This will feel a little weird. This is the construct. It’s our loading program. We can load anything from clothing, to equipment, weapons, training simulations, anything we need.

Neo: Right now we’re inside a computer program?

Morpheus: Is it really so hard to believe? Your clothes are different. The plugs in your arms and head are gone. Your hair has changed. Your appearance now is what we call residual self image. It is the mental projection of your digital self.

Neo: This... this isn’t real?

Morpheus: [[brain; ''Turns on vintage TV set and sits in an antique leather seat''; ''Changes channel to war-ravaged city with blackened thunderous skies, which suddenly surrounds them''; [w:artificial intelligence|AI] What "is" real? How do you define "real"? If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your ]. This is the world that you know. The world as it was at the end of the 20th century. It exists now only as part of a neural-interactive simulation that we call the Matrix. You’ve been living in a dream world, Neo. This is the world as it exists today... Welcome.. to the desert.. of the real. We have only bits and pieces of information, but what we know for certain is that at some point in the early 21st century, all of mankind was united in celebration. We marvelled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to ].

Neo: AI? Artificial Intelligence?

Morpheus: [''Points upwards''; [w:Solar energy|solar power; [w:British thermal unit|BTUs of body heat; [dream; ''He holds up [[w:Duracell|a Duracell duralock D cell battery] A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines. We don’t know who struck first, us or them. But we know that it was us that scorched the sky. At the time, they were dependent on ], and it was believed that they would be unable to survive without an energy source as abundant as the sun. Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. The human body generates more bio-electricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 ]. Combined with a form of fusion, the machines have found all the energy they would ever need. There are fields, Neo, endless fields, where human beings are no longer born. We are grown. For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, and then I saw the fields with my own eyes. Watched them liquefy the dead so they could be fed intravenously to the living. And standing there, facing the pure horrifying precision, I came to realize the obviousness of the truth. What is the Matrix? Control. The Matrix is a computer-generated ] world, built to keep us under control in order to change a human being into... this.

Neo: No. I don’t believe it. It’s not possible.

Morpheus: I didn’t say it would be easy, Neo. I just said it would be the truth.

Neo: [''Starts to panic''; ''Gets unplugged''] Stop. Let me out! Let me out! I want out!

Trinity: Easy, Neo. Easy.

Neo: Take this thing off me. Take this thing...

Morpheus: Listen to me...

Neo: Don’t touch me. Stay away from me. I don’t want it. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it.

Cypher: He’s gonna pop.

Morpheus: [''Neo falls to knees, vomits, and then passes out''] Breathe, Neo. Just breathe.

Trinity: This is it. Let me give you one piece of advice. Be honest. He knows more than you can imagine.

Morpheus: At last. Welcome, Neo. As you no doubt have guessed, I am Morpheus.

Neo: [''Extends hand for handshake''] It’s an honor to meet you.

Morpheus: [[honor; ''They sit in armchairs facing each other''; [w:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice, tumbling down the rabbit hole] No, the ] is mine. Please, come. Sit. I imagine that right now you’re feeling a bit like ], hmm?

Neo: You could say that.

Morpheus: [[fate] I can see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth. Do you believe in ], Neo?

Neo: No.

Morpheus: Why not?

Neo: [[control] Because I don’t like the idea that I’m not in ] of my life.

Morpheus: [[mind] I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with this world. You don't know what, but it's there, like a splinter in your ], driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?

Neo: The Matrix?

Morpheus: [''Neo nods in response''; [television; [work; [truth] Do you want to know what it is? The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn on your ]. You can feel it when you go to ]. When you go to church. When you pay your taxes. It is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the ].

Neo: What truth?

Morpheus: [''Leans in closer to Neo''; ''Pause''; ''Opens his pillbox, empties the contents into his palms, outstretches his hands as clenched fists''; ''opens his right hand revealing blue pill''; ''opens his left hand revealing red pill; [Alice in Wonderland|Wonderland; ''Neo, after a pause, reaches for the red pill''; ''Neo takes the red pill''; ''Leads Neo into a room with Trinity, Dozer, Apoc and Switch busy with peculiarly improvised electronic equipment''] That you are a slave, Neo. Like everyone else, you were born into bondage. Born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch. A prison for your mind. Unfortunately, no one can be... told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in ], and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more. ...Follow me. Apoc, are we online?

Apoc: Almost.

Morpheus: [''Neo sits in unplugging chair''] Time is always against us. Please, take a seat there.

Neo: [''Trinity working alongside him''] You did all this?

Trinity: Uh-huh.

Morpheus: The pill you took is part of a trace program. It’s designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.

Neo: What does that mean?

Cypher: [[w:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|buckle your seat belt, Dorothy, ’cause Kansas is going bye-bye] It means ].

Neo: [''Watches a cracked mirror become repaired''; ''He touches it and glass becomes viscous on his hand''] Did you...

Morpheus: [[dream] Have you ever had a ], Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

Neo: [''The illusionary glass starts spreading on his arm''] This can’t be...

Morpheus: [''The illusionary glass goes up his neck and into his throat; he wakes from the Matrix''] Be what? Be real?