Doctor Strange We're in the endgame now.
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Avengers: Infinity War (2018): in 9 of its 64 quotes
Most scenes with: Tony Stark (6), Peter Quill (5), Thanos (3)
I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict. [Star-Lord: How many did you see?] 14,000,605. [Iron Man: How many did we win?] One.
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2 quotes Doctor Strange Doctor Strange [Last words]
Tony, there was no other way.
Peter Parker / Spider-Man
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6 scenesI consider experience experience. Almighty Thanos, I, Loki, Prince of Asgard... [Looks significantly at Thor] Odinson... the rightful King of Jotunheim, God of Mischief, do hereby pledge to you, my undying fidelity.
[Thor squints and notices a dagger materialize in Loki's hand. Loki braces himself, thrusts upward with lightning speed and attempts to stab Thanos, but is frozen in place by the Space Stone's power before the point could strike home.]
"Undying." You should choose your words more carefully.
[Thanos twists the dagger out of Loki's hand with his right hand, then takes hold of Loki's neck with the gauntlet and lifts him to eye level. Loki struggles, kicking, as his throat is squeezed. He makes eye contact with Thor before he increases his force on Loki's neck.] [Giving up on fighting against Thanos]
You... will never be... a god. [Thanos crushes Loki's neck, killing him.]
[Thanos raises the gauntlet, sends violet Power fire through the remains of the Statesman, and uses the Space Stone to teleport away with the Black Order.]
No... Loki...
[Thor is released from his bonds. He crawls over to Loki's body – which, unlike in Thor: The Dark World, has not returned to its Jotun form – and lays his head down on Loki's chest, shedding tears for all that he has lost. The ship explodes.] [Dr. Stephen Strange recruits Tony Stark to the New York Sanctum, and he with Bruce Banner and Wong explain Thanos' plan to acquire the Infinity Stones.]
Tell me his name again.
Thanos. He's a plague, Tony. He invades planets, he takes what he wants, he wipes out half the population. He sent Loki! The attack on New York, that's him!
No telling. He has the Power and Space Stones, that already makes him the strongest creature in the whole Universe! If he gets his hands on all 6 Stones, Tony...
Dr. Stephen Strange
He could destroy life on a scale hitherto undreamt of.
There's six stones out there. Thanos already has the Power Stone because he stole it when he decimated Xandar last week. He stole the Space Stone from me, when he destroyed my ship and slaughtered half my people. The Time and Mind Stones are safe on Earth. They're with the Avengers.
The Avengers?
They're Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
Like Kevin Bacon? [This line echoes a reference to Footloose made by Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy]
He may be on the team, I don't know. Haven't been there in a while. As for the Soul Stone, no one's ever seen that. No one even knows where it is. Therefore, Thanos can't get it. Therefore, he's going to Knowhere. Hence, he'll be getting the Reality Stone. You're welcome!
Then we have to go to Knowhere now.
Wrong. Where we have to go is Nidavellir.
That's a made up word.
All words are made-up.
Hold up, Nidavellir is real? Seriously?! I mean, that place is a legend. They make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the universe. I would very much like to go there, please!
The rabbit is correct, and clearly the smartest one among you.
Rabbit?
Only Eitri the Dwarf can make me the weapon I need.
Peter...
Now? Really?
You let her go!
Ah, the boyfriend.
I like to think of myself more as a Titan-killing long-term booty call. Let her go.
Peter–
Or I'm gonna blow that nutsack of a chin right off your face!
Not him.
Oh, daughter. You expect too much from him. [To Quill] She's asked, hasn't she? Do it. [there is a very tense and unpleasant pause. Thanos rolls his head and shoves Gamora towards Quill's gun, egging him on.] DO IT!
I love you, more than anything...
I love you, too...
[Quill screws up his eyes and pulls the trigger – but a stream of bubbles comes out. Thanos was playing him.] [Genuinely sincere]
I like him.
[Breathes shakily]
Come on. We got a situation. [He leads Peter over to a viewpoint on the torture below. Peter crouches to study the situation, the Cloak leaning over his shoulder.] See him down there? He's in trouble. What's your plan? Go.
Um. Okay, okay... uh... [Peter and the Cloak pop back upright] Okay, did you ever see this really old movie, Aliens?
Ebony Maw [The Cloak lifts its collar in surprise.] [Cut back to Ebony Maw interrogating Dr. Strange, who screams loudly.]
Painful, aren't they? They were originally designed for microsurgery. And any one of them...
Ebony Maw [At the "thump" behind him, Maw turns to see Iron Man standing there, hand repulsors ready to fire.]
Could end your friend's life in an instant.
I gotta tell you, he's not really my friend. Saving his life is more a professional courtesy.
Ebony Maw [Walks slowly towards Iron Man, beckoning very large, very solid metal objects to float behind him]
You've saved nothing. Your powers are inconsequential compared to mine.
Yeah, but the kid's seen more movies.
This ship is self-correcting its course. Thing's on autopilot.
Dr. Stephen Strange
[Walks closer to Tony]
Can we control it? Fly us home? [Tony is lost in bad memories and does not respond right away.] Stark?
Yeah?
Dr. Stephen Strange
Can you get us home?
Yeah, I heard you. I'm thinking– I'm not so sure we should.
Dr. Stephen Strange
Under no circumstance can we bring the Time Stone to Thanos. I don't think you quite understand what's at stake here.
[Stalks over to Strange]
No. It's you who doesn't understand, that Thanos has been inside my head for six years since he sent an army to New York and now he's back! And I don't know what to do. So I'm not so sure if it's a better plan to fight him on our turf or his, but you saw what they did, what they can do. At least on his turf, he's not expecting it. So I say we take the fight to him, Doctor. Do you concur?
Dr. Stephen Strange
[Pauses]
Alright, Stark. We go to him. But you have to understand– if it comes to saving you or the kid or the Time Stone... I will not hesitate to let either of you die. I can't, because the fate of the universe depends on it.
Nice. Good. Moral compass. We're straight. [Stepping over to Peter, he formally taps each of Peter's shoulders with the edge of his hand, dubbing him as is done at a knighting.] Alright, kid. You're an Avenger now. [He doesn't look at him as he says those words, knowing well what he is signing him up for.]
[Peter looks at Tony in disbelief, and then cycles through delight, satisfaction, pride and determination, and braces himself for what's to come.]
Everybody, stay where you are, chill the eff out... [Quill powers off his helmet] I'm gonna ask you this one time. Where is Gamora?
Tell me where the girl is, or I swear to you, I'm gonna French-fry this little freak. [Points his blaster to Spider-Man's face]
Let's do it! You shoot my guy and I'll blast him! [Tony extends his nanotech cannon at Drax's face] Let's go!
Do it, Quill! I can take it.
No, he can't take it!
Dr. Stephen Strange
[Completely deadpan]
She's right. You can't.
Oh yeah? You don't wanna tell me where she is? That's fine. I'll kill all three of you and I'll beat it out of Thanos myself. [To Spider-Man] Starting with you.
Dr. Stephen Strange
Wait, what? Thanos? [Trying to inject clarity and sanity into the situation] Alright, let me ask you this one time: What master do you serve?
What master do I serve? What am I supposed to say, "Jesus"?
You're from Earth.
I'm not from Earth, I'm from Missouri.
Yeah, that's on Earth, dipshit. What are you hassling us for?
With Thanos? No, I'm here to kill Thanos. He took my girl. Wait, who are you?
You're the ones Thor told us about!
You know Thor?
Yeah, tall guy, not that good-looking, needed saving.
Dr. Stephen Strange
Where is he now?
Spider-Man
[Dr. Strange was floating mid-air, cross-legged in meditation pose, with his head snapping all over the place]
Hey, what was that?
Dr. Strange I went forward in time to view alternate futures. To see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict.
How many did you see?
Dr. Strange 14,000,605.
How many did we win?
Dr. Strange [Beat]
One.
You're full of tricks, wizard.
Dr. Stephen Strange
[As Thanos reaches for the Eye of Agamotto]
No!
[He snaps the Eye off its chain]
Yet you never once used your greatest weapon. [He crushes it in his bare hand] A fake. [He throws Doctor Strange hard enough that Doctor Strange's head hits stone and he passes out.]
[Almost simultaneously, a red and gold device slaps into the palm of the Infinity Gauntlet, bracing the fingers open; and a red and gold Avenger makes a fast and hard entrance.]
You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna to lose it.
Stark.
You know me?
I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge.
My only curse is you.
Come on!
[The rockets all explode on target, momentarily shrouding Thanos in smoke. Before it clears, Iron Man pile drives into Thanos horizontally, using his single super-jet boot configuration. As he bounces off, he flips and sticks his landing, immediately re-configuring his boots into ground clamps for stability and his gloves into rocket-driven battering rams, punching Thanos into a ruined wall behind him.]
[Thanos shakes it off quickly, reaches forward and tears Iron Man's helmet off, revealing Tony's surprised expression before the suit recovers automatically and re-forms his head protection. The Titan makes use of the fractional delay and punches back hard, sending Iron Man sliding meters away, giving Thanos time to rip the brace device off the gauntlet. He immediately uses the Power Stone to stream furiously lambent energy at his opponent, who forms a shield to kneel behind just as instantly, getting pushed back even further by the incredible force.]
[Iron Man slides out from behind the shield, letting the angled energy push him away for a faster start, and whips back to Thanos full thrusters; he kicks at the Titan with his left foot, turning the boot into a ground clamp at the same time to pin the gauntlet, and keeps twisting while his left glove becomes a ram again, slamming into Thanos' face, cutting his cheek.] [Wiping at wound on his cheek]
All that for a drop of blood?
[He smiles briefly punches Iron Man, sending him pinwheeling, then starts beating him with his fists. Iron Man attempts to block the blows with his forearms, but Thanos is relentless, picking him up by the helmet and blasting his midsection with the Power Stone. The gaps in nanite coverage are now gaping, as the armor loses the ability to recover from the intensity and extent of the damage. Iron Man lands hard from the Power blast, struggles to one knee and fires his right hand repulsor at the inexorable Thanos; the beam is easily deflected by the gauntlet. He gets to both feet as the suit tries to complete repairs, adding the beam from his left hand as well. Thanos walks right up to him, and backhands the incomplete helmet completely off Tony's head. He crosses his arms to block a blow from Thanos' gauntlet, and has his left hand caught over his head. In desperation, he forms what's left of his right glove into a short-sword, which is also easily caught by Thanos, snapping it off clean and driving it through Tony's left side. The fight is over.]
[Thanos walks Tony back until he sits, and places the gauntlet almost comfortingly on Tony's head.]
You have my respect, Stark. When I'm done, half of humanity will still be alive. I hope they remember you.
Dr. Stephen Strange
[Tony's just a little distracted with the pain, and blood drooling out of his mouth, and compromised breathing.] [Thanos raises the gauntlet, closing his fist, all four Stones glowing]
Stop! [Sitting up and sounding entirely damaged] Spare his life, and I will give you the stone.
No tricks. [Doctor Strange shakes his head as Thanos points all four Stones at him instead.]
Don't–!
[Doctor Strange reaches up and plucks the Time Stone out of its hiding place in the stars. He opens his hand, the scars on his fingers and their inherent trembling particularly obvious now, and the Stone floats to Thanos' bare hand. Doctor Strange watches him intently, as he takes the Stone and drops it into the thumb setting, the energy pulse making the Titan wince.]
One to go. [An energy blast hits the gauntlet right in the empty Mind Stone setting, and Thanos grimaces in surprise.]
[Screaming in incoherent rage, helmet up, firing with both hands and flying straight for Thanos.]
[Thanos doesn't even bother responding to the assault – he just leaves. Star-Lord flies through where Thanos had been and crashes, rolling several times] [Standing and de-helmeting]
Where is he?!
[Tony stitches up his stab wound as well as he can with his suit functions; he has no breath for answers.] [Now fearful instead of furious]
Did we just lose?
Why'd you do that?
Strange We are in the endgame now.'
[Reaches down to presume to stroke her hair, as if in comfort]
Today, I lost more than you can know. But now is no time to mourn. Now... is no time at all. [He reaches forward, clenching the gauntlet, emerald filigree surrounding his wrist, making a gesture very similar to that Doctor Strange made when activating the Eye of Agamotto. In response, a bead of yellow light starts gathering in on itself as time is reversed and growing in size, solidifying into an intact and conscious Vision]
No! [She lunges for Vision and is swatted away.]
[Thanos picks up Vision by the throat, lifting him to eye-level, and digs the fingers of his right hand into Vision's forehead, digging out the Mind Stone. He pulls it loose, and Vision goes limp and colorless; he tosses the lifeless android aside like trash. Bringing his gauntleted hand up, he slowly moves the Mind Stone over the last empty setting, and drops it in. The energy surge is much more than any previous – his torso is wreathed with iridescent static and he bellows from the sensations.]
[As Thanos studies the completed gauntlet, a massive bolt of lighting strikes him, digging him into the ground and grinding him back for meters. Thor has arrived, eyes glowing with power, stooping down from the sky like a bird of prey. The God of Thunder pauses his attack, reverses his position, raises Stormbreaker above his head and hurls it – Thanos fires the whole might of the gauntlet against it, but it only creates a rainbow-like bow-shock, not slowing the ax as it slams right into Thanos' chest. ]
I told you... You'd die for that!
[He takes hold of the back of Thanos's head and forces Stormbreaker deeper into his chest, staring angrily into his eyes while Thanos cries out in pain]
You... should have gone for the head!
[Thanos is now briefly inside the Soulworld, where he sees a young Gamora on the home world of the Zen Whoberi]
Daughter?
Did you do it?
Yes.
[out of the Soulworld, Thanos is snapped back into reality, notices the damages inflicted on the scorched Gauntlet, and the stones are no longer glowing]
What did you do? WHAT DID YOU DO?!
[Thanos closes his fist, Using the Space Stone to teleport away, leaving Thor left on the Wakandan field] [Stumbles into the clearing, holding his left side]
Where'd he go? Thor, where'd he go?
Steve?
[Bucky suddenly collapses into a pile of ashes. Steve walks over and touches the ground where Bucky's ashes evaporated unbelievably. On the battlefield, Wakankan soldiers disintegrate to ashes, much to M'Baku's horror] [While reaching for a fallen Okoye]
Up, General! Up! This is no place to die. [He holds out his hand for Okoye. But T'Challa then turns into ashes and an anguish Okoye falls back on the ground]
Okoye Kumkani?!
Okoye [Off-screen]
KUMANI!
No. No, no, no, no! Groot... No...
War Machine [Scarlet Witch is mourning over Vision. She then turns into ashes. An injured Falcon turns to ashes, hidden in the brush] [Searching for Falcon, missing him by only a few feet]
Sam!
War Machine [Okoye is seen hyperventilating fearfully over T'Challa's disappearance] [Off-screen]
Sam, where you at?!
[Back on Titan, the remaining members of the Guardians and Avengers help themselves up from their battle against Thanos they had lost]
Something's happening. [She gets disintegrated into ashes]
Quill?
Dr. Strange [Quill turns into ashes also]
Tony. [Tony turns to Dr. Strange] There was no other way. [Finally gets erased]
[Stumbling and terrified]
I don't... I don't know what's happening. I don't– [Parker falls into Stark's arms, clutching him tight and crying] I don't wanna go, I don't wanna go! Sir, please. Please, I don't wanna go. I don't wanna go. I'm sorry.
[Parker disintegrates into ashes in Stark's arms.] [To Tony Stark, seeing Thanos' victory]
He did it.
War Machine [Stark mourns silently at their failure it caused. Back on Wakanda, the remaining team members, Captain America, Thor, War Machine, Black Widow, Bruce Banner, and Rocket are left mourning near Vision's dead body.]
What is this? What the hell is happening?
[Pause]
Oh, God.
[Meanwhile, in a different place, in a rustic house on a terraced slope with a scarecrow made of discarded armor, Thanos sits down and watches the sun rise.]
Other characters in Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos
Josh Brolin
Tony Stark
Robert Downey Jr.
Peter Quill
Chris Pratt
Thor
Chris Hemsworth
Peter Parker
Tom Holland
Drax
Dave Bautista
Gamora
Zoe Saldaña
Mantis
Pom Klementieff
Bruce Banner / Hulk
Mark Ruffalo
T'Challa / Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman
Bucky Barnes
Sebastian Stan
Rocket
Bradley Cooper
Groot
Vin Diesel
Loki
Tom Hiddleston
Nebula
Karen Gillan
Steve Rogers / Captain America
Chris Evans
Maria Hill
Cobie Smulders
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Scarlett Johansson
Nick Fury
Samuel L. Jackson
Vision
Paul Bettany
Cull Obsidian
Terry Notary
Heimdall
Idris Elba
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
Elizabeth Olsen
