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Confrontation Among Mutants and Humans
Magneto
You homo sapiens and your guns.
Sabretooth
That's enough Erik.
[Grabs Magneto's throat]
Toad
Let them go.
Magneto
Why not come out where I can see you, Charles?
Xavier
What do you want her for?
[speaking through Sabretooth]
Magneto
Can't you read my mind? And what now, save the girl? You'll have to kill me Charles, and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!
[tapping his helmet]
Xavier
It won't be that way.
Magneto
Then kill me and find out. No? Then release me.
Magneto
Fine. Care to press your luck, Charles? I don't think I can stop them all. Still unwilling to make sacrifices. That's what makes you weak. Goodbye, Charles.
[magnetically fires a bullet and stops it just before it goes through a cop's head; Xavier reluctantly releases his control over Toad and Sabretooth]
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A Defense of the Misunderstood
Taglines
Protecting Those Who Fear Them.
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Fear of the Unknown
Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? It's such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher. As a bringer of light, wisdom and understanding. You see, l think what you really are afraid of is me. Me and my kind. The brotherhood of mutants. It's not so surprising, really. Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, Senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not any more.
[to Senator Robert Kelly]
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Conflict Over Loyalty and Purpose
Storm
Logan, you can't do this alone!
Wolverine
Who's gonna help me, you? So far, you've all done a bang-up job.
Storm
Then join us. Fight with us!
Wolverine
Fight with you? Join the team? Be an X-Man'? Who the hell do you think you are? You're a mutant. The whole world out there is full of people that hate and fear you, and you're wasting your time trying to protect them? I got better things to do. You know, Magneto's right: there's a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?
[starts to leave, then turns back]
Storm
At least I've chosen a side.
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Proving Identity Among Friends
Wolverine
Hey, hey, hey, it's me.
[To the startled Storm and Cyclops after battle with Mystique]
Cyclops
Prove it.
[Holding onto his visor]
Wolverine
You're a dick.
Cyclops
Okay.
[Releases his visor, amused]
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X-Men - Dialogue 4
Wolverine
You gonna tell me to stay away from your girl?
Cyclops
If I had to do that, she wouldn't be my girl.
Wolverine
Well then, I guess you've got nothing to worry about, do you, Cyclops?
Cyclops
It must burn you up that a boy like me saved your life, huh? Better be careful. I might not be there next time. Oh, and Logan – stay away from my girl.
[grins]
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Concerns Over Mutant Abilities and Safety
Senator Robert Kelly
I have here a list of names of identified mutants living right here in the ].
[[United States]
Jean Grey
Senator–
Kelly
Here's a girl in Illinois who can walk through walls. Now what's to stop her from walking into a bank vault, or the White House, or into their houses?
[gestures toward the gallery]
Grey
Senator, please–
Kelly
And there are even rumors, Miss Grey, of mutants so powerful that they can enter our minds and control our thoughts, taking away our ]-given free will. Now I think the American people deserve the right to decide if they want their children to be in school with mutants. To be taught by mutants! Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that mutants are very real, and that they are among us. We must know who they are, and above all, what they can do!
[[God]
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X-Men - Taglines
Taglines
Join the Evolution.
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Tension Among Allies in X-Men
Storm
Logan, is that you?
Wolverine
Shhh. The other one ain't far away.
[Storm stumbles further to Logan, who sniffs the air]
Storm
Come on. We have to regroup.
[walks up behind him]
Wolverine
I know but there's a problem. You're not part of the group!
[turns and stabs Storm with his claws; Storm attempts to attack Wolverine, later reveals herself to be Mystique in disguise and collapses to the ground before shifting back to her original form.]
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Embracing Fear as a Source of Strength
Taglines
The time is coming when all that we are afraid of will be all that can save us.
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Perception vs. Reality in Identity
Taglines
We're Not What You Think.
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Fear and Hope in a Troubled World
Magneto
Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that someday they will pass that foolish law, or one just like it, and come for you and your children?
Professor X
It does, indeed.
Magneto
What do you do when you wake up to that?
Professor X
I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble.
Magneto
Why do you come here, Charles?
[halts the game, sighs]
Professor X
Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer?
[motions the guard to take Xavier away.]
Magneto
Ah yes, your continuing search for hope. You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles, and I intend to fight it, by any means necessary.
[pause]
Professor X
And I will always be there, old friend.
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Reflection on Tolerance and Power
Magneto
Magnificent, isn't she?
Rogue
I've seen it.
Magneto
I first saw her in 1949. America was going to be the land of tolerance. Of peace.
Rogue
Are you gonna kill me?
Magneto
Yes.
[pause]
Rogue
Why?
Magneto
Because there is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Not here, nor anywhere else. Women, children, whole families ] simply because they were born different from those in power. Well, after tonight, the world's powerful will be just like us. They will return home as brothers. As mutants. Our cause will be theirs. Your sacrifice will mean our survival. I'll understand if that comes as small consolation.
[[w:The Holocaust|destroyed]
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Understanding Wolverine's Adamantium Skeleton and Mutation
Jean Grey
The metal is an alloy called adamantium. Supposedly indestructible. It's surgically grafted onto his entire skeleton.
Storm
How could he have survived a procedure like that?
Grey
His mutation. He has uncharted regenerative capability, which enable him to heal rapidly. It also makes his age impossible to determine. He could very well be older than you, Professor.
Cyclops
Who did this to him?
Grey
He doesn't know nor can he remember anything about his life before it happened.
Professor Xavier
Experimentation on mutants. It's not unheard of, but I have never seen anything like this before.
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The Nature of Evolution and Mutation
Charles Xavier/Professor X
Mutation: it is the ] to our ]. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.
[[key; [evolution]
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Trust and Fear in Uncertain Times
Taglines
Trust a few. Fear the rest.
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A Debate on Superhero Costumes
Wolverine
You actually go outside in these things?
Cyclops
Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?
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X-Men - Taglines
Taglines
The future is here.
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A Cautionary Note on Competitive Fighting
Emcee
Whatever you do, don't hit him in the balls.
Stu
You said "anything goes".
Emcee
Anything goes, but... he'll take it personally.
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