T'Chaka quotes from Black Panther (2018)

I am not king of all people. I am king of Wakanda. And it is my responsibility to make sure our people are safe and that vibranium does not fall into the hands of a person like you.

Baba.

Yes, my son?

Tell me a story.

Which one?

The story of home.

Millions of years ago, a meteorite made of vibranium, the strongest substance in the universe, struck the continent of Africa, affecting the plant life around it. And when the time of men came, five tribes settled on it and called it Wakanda. The tribes lived in constant war with each other until a warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess Bast, who led him to the Heart-Shaped Herb, a plant that granted him superhuman strength, speed, and instincts. The warrior became king and the first Black Panther, the protector of Wakanda. Four tribes agreed to live under the king's rule, but the Jabari tribe isolated themselves in the mountains. The Wakandans used vibranium to develop technology more advanced than any other nation, but as Wakanda thrived, the world around it descended further into chaos. To keep vibranium safe, the Wakandans vowed to hide in plain sight, keeping the truth of their power from the outside world.

And we still hide, Baba?

Yes.

Why?

Hey, look. If we get in and out quick, there will be no worries. You and the van come in from the west around the corner and laying right here. Me and the twins pull up right here leaving this car behind.

Hide the straps.

Yo, is it the feds?

No.

It's these two Grace Jones looking chicks. They're holding spears.

Open it.

You serious?

They won't knock again!

I observed for as long as I could. Their leaders have been assassinated. Communities flooded with drugs and weapons. They are overly policed and incarcerated. All over the planet, our people suffer because they don't have the tools to fight back. With vibranium weapons they can overthrow all countries and Wakanda can rule them all, the right way.

Did you think you were the only spy we sent to the States? [Zuri reveals himself]

So, your mission did not go as planned.

What happened to my uncle, N'Jobu? My father told me he disappeared. There was a man today wearing a ring identical to this one.

It is not possible.

He helped Klaue escape from us and he was wearing this ring. My grandfather's ring! Do not tell me what is impossible, tell me the truth!

Some truths... [Exhales deeply] are too much to bear, T'Challa.

That is not your choice to make. What happened to him?

I promised the king to say nothing.

I AM YOUR KING NOW!!

Your uncle took a War dog assignment in America. Your father placed me there to observe. Unbeknownst to him, your uncle fell in love with an American woman, they had a child. The hardship he saw there radicalized your uncle.

I observed for as long as I could. Their leaders have been assassinated. Communities flooded with drugs and weapons. They are overly policed and incarcerated. All over the planet, our people suffer because they don't have the tools to fight back. With vibranium weapons, they can overthrow all countries, and Wakanda can rule them all, the right way.

He knew your father would not support this, so your uncle betrayed us.

No!

He helped Klaue steal Vibranium.

No.

You will return home at once where you will face the council and inform them of your crimes.

He drew his weapon on me.

Your father killed his own brother to save my life.

Speak nothing of this.

And the child?

We left him. We had to maintain the lie.

Yintoni engalunganga, nyana wam? (translation: "What's wrong, my son?")

Andikulungele, Baba. (translation: "I'm not ready, Baba.")

Ngaba awuzange ulungele ukuba ngukhosi wakho ubomi bonke? Ngaba awuzange uqeqeshe kwaye ufunde, ube ngecala lam? (translation: "Are you not ready to be your master all the life? Did you not train and learn, to blame me?")

That is not what I am talking about. I am not ready to be without you.

A man who has not prepared his children for his own death has failed as a father. Have I ever failed you?

Never.