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Trust and its Consequences
Col. Nicholas Fury
Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye.
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Trust in Heroes
Taglines
In heroes we trust.
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The Winter Soldier's Dark Legacy Unveiled
Natasha
I know who killed Fury. Most of the intelligence community doesn't believe he exists. The ones who do call him the Winter Soldier. He's credited with over two dozen assassinations in the last fifty years.
Rogers
So, he's a ghost story.
Natasha
Five years ago I was escorting a nuclear engineer out of Iran, somebody shot out my tires near Odessa. We lost control, went straight over a cliff, I pulled us out, but the Winter Soldier was there. I was covering my engineer, so he shot him straight through me. A Soviet slug, no rifling. Bye-bye bikinis.
[Pulls up her shirt to show him the bullet wound on the side of her belly]
Rogers
Yeah, I bet you look terrible in them now.
Natasha
Going after him is a dead end. I know, I've tried. Like you said, he's a ghost story.
[Smirks; Holds up the flash drive]
Rogers
Well, let's find out what the ghost wants.
[Takes the flash drive]
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Determining the Start of a Mission
Wilson
You're going after him.
Rogers
You don't have to come…
Wilson
I know. When do we start?
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Identity and Memory in Conflict
Rogers
Bucky?!
[Shocked]
Winter Soldier
Who the hell is "Bucky"?
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The Dilemma of Saving or Stopping
Wilson
Look, whoever he used to be and the guy he is now, I don't think he's the kind you save. I think he's the kind you stop.
[Bucky]
Rogers
I don't know if I can do that.
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Recruitment of German Scientists by S.H.I.E.L.D.
Rogers
How did you get here?
Dr. Arnim Zola
Invited.
Natasha
It was ] after World War II. S.H.I.E.L.D recruited German scientists with strategic values.
[[w:Operation Paperclip|Operation Paperclip]
Zola
They thought I could help their cause. I also helped my own.
Rogers
HYDRA died with the Red Skull.
Zola
Cut off one head, two more shall take its place.
Rogers
Prove it.
Zola
Accessing archive. HYDRA was founded on the belief that humanity could not be trusted with its own freedom. What we did not realize was that if you try to take that freedom, they resist. The war taught us much. Humanity needed to surrender its freedom willingly. After the war, S.H.I.E.L.D was founded and I was recruited. The new HYDRA grew. A beautiful parasite inside S.H.I.E.L.D. For seventy years, HYDRA has been secretly feeding crisis, reaping war. And when history did not cooperate, history was changed.
[The computer screen shows them old footage of the Red Skull and the original S.H.I.E.L.D founders; The computer screen shows field reports with photos of the Winter Soldier, carrying out top-level assassinations for HYDRA]
Natasha
That's impossible, S.H.I.E.L.D would have stopped you.
Zola
Accidents will happen. HYDRA created a world so chaotic that humanity is finally ready to sacrifice its freedom to gain its security. Once the purification process is complete, HYDRA's new world order will arise. We won, Captain. Your death amounts to the same as your Life; a zero sum. As I was saying…
[The computer screen shows them HYDRA had killed Howard and Maria Stark making it look like a car accident, along with the recent death of Fury; In anger Steve suddenly smashes the computer screen. Zola's face reappears on another]
Rogers
What's on this drive?
Zola
Project Insight requires insight. So I wrote an algorithm.
Natasha
What kind of algorithm? What does it do?
Zola
The answer to your question is fascinating. Unfortunately, you shall be too dead to hear it.
[Bunker door starts to close; Steve throws his shield to keep it open, but it bounces off and the door closes]
Natasha
Steve, we got a bogey! Short-range ballistic. Thirty seconds, tops.
[Checks her phone]
Rogers
Who fired it?
Natasha
S.H.I.E.L.D.
[Grimly]
Zola
I'm afraid I have been stalling, Captain. Admit it, it's better this way. We are, both of us, out of time.
[Steve pulls out a grate in the floor and jumps through it with Natasha]
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A Call to Escape Before Action
Steve Rogers/Captain America
Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out? (incapacitates all the undercover HYDRA agents in the elevator)
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Casual Plans Amidst Serious Situations
Black Widow
You doing anything fun Saturday night?
Captain America
Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so…no, not really.
Rumlow
Coming up by the drop zone, Cap.
Black Widow
You know, if you ask Kristen out, from Statistics, she'll probably say yes.
Captain America
That's why I don't ask.
Black Widow
Too shy, or too scared?
Captain America
Too busy!
[Jumps out of the jet]
STRIKE Agent
Was he wearing a parachute?
Rumlow
No. No, he wasn't.
[Smiles]
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Captain America Reveals S.H.I.E.L.D's Dark Secret
Captain America
Attention all S.H.I.E.L.D agents, this is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the last few days; some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time you know the truth. S.H.I.E.L.D is not what we thought it was; it's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader; the S.T.R.I.K.E and Insight crew are HYDRA as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want; absolute control. They shot Nick Fury, and it won't end there. If you launch those Helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way...unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot, but the price of freedom is high; it always has been. And it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not.
[Turns off the intercom]
Falcon
Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?
[Impressed]
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A Lighthearted Question About Captain America's Past
Natasha
Where did Captain America learn to steal a car?
Steve
Nazi Germany. And we're borrowing it, get your feet off the dash.
Natasha
Alright I have a question for you. Uh, which you do not have to answer. I feel like if you don't answer it though, you're kind of answering it-
[smirks, slowly taking her feet down]
Steve
What?
[annoyed]
Natasha
Was that your first kiss since 1945?
[About Steve kissing her]
Steve
That bad huh?
Natasha
I didn't say that.
Steve
Well, it kinda sounds like that's what you said.
Natasha
No, I didn't. I just wondered how much practice you've had.
Steve
You don't need practice.
Natasha
Everybody needs practice.
Steve
That was not my first kiss since 1945. I'm 95, I'm not dead.
Natasha
Nobody special, then?
Steve
Believe it or not, it's kind of hard to find someone with shared life experience.
[Chuckles]
Natasha
Well, that's alright, you just make something up.
Steve
What, like you?
Natasha
I don't know. The truth is a matter of circumstances, it's not all things to all people all the time. And neither am I.
Steve
That's a tough way to live.
Natasha
It's a good way not to die, though.
Steve
You know, it's kind of hard to trust someone when you don't know who that someone really is.
Natasha
Yeah. Who do you want me to be?
Steve
How about a friend?
Natasha
Well, there's a chance you might be in the wrong business, Rogers.
[Chuckles]
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Loyalty to HYDRA's Ideals
Alexander Pierce
Hail HYDRA.
[Last words]
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Reflections on Duty and Regret
Rogers
You should be proud of yourself, Peggy.
[Looks at Peggy's family photos by her table bedside her, showing her with her husband and children.]
Carter
Mm. I have lived a life. My only regret is that you didn't get to live yours. What is it?
[sees Steve disappointed]
Rogers
For as long as I can remember I just wanted to do what was right. I guess I'm not quite sure what that is anymore. And I thought I could throw myself back in and follow orders, serve. It's just not the same.
Carter
You're always so dramatic. Look, you saved the world. We rather…mucked it up.
[Chuckles]
Rogers
You didn't. Knowing that you helped found SHIELD is half the reason I stay.
Carter
The world has changed and none of us can go back. All we can do is our best, and sometimes the best that we can do is to start over.
[Takes Steve's hand; Starts to cough, Steve turns to get her some water and goes to hand it to her]
Rogers
Peggy.
Carter
Steve?
[Looks at him, surprised]
Rogers
Yeah...
Carter
You're alive! You…you came, you came back!
Rogers
Yeah, Peggy.
[Upset, but hides it]
Carter
It's been so long… So long.
[Begins to cry]
Rogers
Well, I couldn't leave my best girl. Not when she owes me a dance.
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The Importance of Friendship in Adversity
Steve Rogers/Captain America
Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky.
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Trust Issues and the Concept of Peace
Col. Nicholas Fury
This man declined the Nobel Peace Prize. He said that peace is not an achievement, but a responsibility. See, it's stuff like this that gives me trust issues.
[About Pierce]
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The Hidden Reach of HYDRA's Operations
List
It's over. Fury has released everything to the public.
Strucker
Everything he knows about.
List
Herr Strucker, if they get word of our work here, if they find out we serve HYDRA...
Strucker
HYDRA, SHIELD, two sides of a coin that's no longer currency. What we have is worth more than any of them ever knew. We've only scratched the surface and already... there are other facilities doing HYDRA's good work around the world. We'll feed them to Captain America and his colorful friends. Keep them off our scent.
[They walk over to the corner of the lab where Loki's scepter is being kept]
List
What about the volunteers?
Strucker
The dead will be buried so deep their own ghosts won't be able to find them.
List
And the survivors?
Strucker
The twins. Sooner or later they will meet the twins. It's not a world of spies anymore, not even a world of heroes. This is the age of miracles, doctor. There's nothing more horrifying than a miracle.
[referring to Pietro and Wanda Maximoff, aka Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, being kept in glass cells each exhibiting their powers, Pietro having superhuman speed and Wanda having telekinetic powers]
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A Moment of Anticipation and Humor
Wilson
Don't say it! Don't you say it!
[Jogging, sees Steve coming up behind him]
Rogers
On your left.
[Easily overtakes him]
Wilson
Come on!
[Frustrated]
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A Familiar Phrase of Encouragement
Steve Rogers/Captain America
On your left.
[First lines of the movie]
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Identity and Recognition in Conflict
Captain America
You know me.
Winter Soldier
No, I don't!
[Attacks him]
Captain America
Bucky, you’ve known me your whole life. Your name is James Buchanan Barnes.
[Receives fresh blow from Bucky without fighting back]
Winter Soldier
SHUT UP!
[Hits him again]
Captain America
I’m not gonna fight you. You’re my friend.
[Takes off his mask and drops his shield out of the Helicarrier]
Winter Soldier
You’re my mission! YOU'RE... MY... MISSION!
[Pushes him to the ground; Mercilessly punches him repeatedly across the face]
Captain America
Then finish it. Cause I’m with you to the end of the line.
[The Winter Soldier gets ready to punch him again, holding his fist up; The Winter Soldier looks stunned and hesitates]
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Moral Dilemmas in Security and Sacrifice
Alexander Pierce
Let me ask you a question. What if Pakistan marched into Mumbai tomorrow, and you knew they were going to drag your daughters into a soccer stadium for execution and you could stop it with a flick of a switch, wouldn't you?
[To World Security Council official]
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