Dr. Karen Jenson You used me as bait?
Get over it.
Played by N'Bushe Wright 
Blade (1998) · 54 quotes
Blade (1998) · 54 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Blade (1998): in 17 of its 54 quotes
Most scenes with: Blade (13), Deacon Frost (3), Whistler (2)
You know, my mother used to say: A cold heart is a dead heart.
Scenes with Dr. Karen Jenson
16 scenes Dr. Karen Jenson Dr. Karen Jenson Oh, great. Now you're robbing him. You gonna rob me, too?
How do you think we fund this organization? We're not exactly the March of Dimes.
Dr. Karen Jenson So what do you use? Stakes? Crosses?
Crosses don't do squat.
Dr. Karen Jenson Wait! I'm coming with you.
You're useless.
There are worse things out tonight than vampires.
Dr. Karen Jenson Like what?
Like me.
OK, Vampire Anatomy 101, crosses and holy water don't do dick so forget what you've seen in the movies. You use a stake, silver or sunlight. You know how to use one of these? [hands her a gun]
Dr. Karen Jenson No, but I'll damn sure learn quick.
Safety's off, round's already chambered. Silver hollowpoint filled with garlic. You aim for the head or the heart. Anything else, is your ass...
Dr. Karen Jenson Isn't this just a little high-tech?
They've got their claws into everything - politics, finance, real estate. They already own half of downtown.
Dr. Karen Jenson What's that smell?
Pearl [Distantly]
...image carefully, Frost. You will need 12 purebloods to make the ritual work. [Realizes that someone is in the room] Kreiger, is that you? [Blade reveals himself] He's here! He's here!
This must be Pearl, the record keeper.
Pearl [Pearl lets out a rather disgusting fart]
He's gonna kill me! You need me, Frost! You need me!
Pearl, you're history. Have the good grace to die with some **** dignity.
Pearl Frost. [Blade twists the laptop Frost is communicating through] Ruthless bloodsucker.
Congratulations, Blade.
Frost.
I hear you've been looking for me. I'm flattered.
It'll pass.
Pearl [After Dr. Jenson takes out a flashlight]
What's that?
That, biscuit boy, is a UV lamp. We're gonna play a game of 20 questions. Depending on how you answer, you may walk out of here with a tan. [Points to a computer screen] What's that?
Pearl That? Oh, it's nothing. It's routine research. Actually it's a video game.
[Blade snaps his fingers; Dr. Jenson momentarily shines the UV light on Pearl]
That must've hurt.
Pearl It's a fragment! A piece of the prophecy!
What prophecy?
Pearl Oh, I'm not really sure. There's so many of them out--
Pearl [Without warning, Jenson automatically fries Pearl again] [in vampire tongue]
La Magra is coming! The souls of the twelve will awaken the Blood God! [in English] And there's nothing you can do about it, Daywalker!
Is that so?
Pearl Well, that's what Frost says.
Then you won't mind me borrowing this, will you? [Takes a disk from the computer] If he moves, fry him. [Walks to an armored door] What's in here?
Pearl Nothing! It's a storeroom. But you're wasting your time. There's nothing of importance to anyone.
Then you won't mind if I take a peek.
Pearl NO!!
Dr. Karen Jenson [Dr. Jenson fries Pearl almost immediately; A look from Blade stops her]
He moved.
Dr. Karen Jenson You're one of them, aren't you?
No, I'm something else.
Dr. Karen Jenson Why do you hunt them?
I had a family once - wife, two daughters. Then a drifter came callin' one evenin'. A vampire. He toyed with them first. Tried to make me decide what order they'd die in.
I'm not human.
Dr. Karen Jenson You look human to me.
Humans don't drink blood.
Dr. Karen Jenson You know, maybe you could think about letting it go? Try to be like everyone else.
I have spent my entire life searching for that thing that killed my mother, and made me what I am. And every time I take one of those monsters out, I get a little piece of that life back. So don't you talk to me about forgetting.
Dr. Karen Jenson You have a lot of love for him, don't you?
We have a good arrangement. He makes the weapons. I use them.
You seem a bit tense. A bit pent up, maybe. Like you need to release something. You know? Blade not... giving it to you, maybe? I don't know. I just... I see such a beautiful woman. Great skin. I'd like to see you happy, that's all.
Dr. Karen Jenson Is this the part where you offer to turn me?
Well, it's either that or a body bag.
Dr. Karen Jenson Go ahead. Bite me. I'll just cure myself. I did it before, and I can do it again.
There is no cure, baby.
Dr. Karen Jenson There is if you've been bitten. If you were once... human.
Dr. Karen Jenson [Frost smokes a cigarrette. She notices he is wearing a band-aid]
How'd you get that scar, Deacon? A born vampire would have the power to regenerate from birth. You must've gotten scarred. Before you were turned. Isn't that right? Vampires like you aren't a species. You're just infected. A virus, a sexually transmitted disease.
I'll tell you what we are, sister: We're the top of the **** food chain. The Blood God's comin' and after tonight, you people are ****in' history. He's a hurricane. An act of god. Anyone caught in his path will instantly be turned. Everyone you've ever known. Everyone you've ever **** loved. It won't matter who's pure-blood and who's not. How are you goin' to cure the whole **** world? [Stands] And Blade's blood is the key.
Let's see this sword of yours. [Mercury tosses him Blade's sword] Titanium, right? Acid-etched. I'll get used to a weapon like this. [Turns the security device off in Blade's face] What? You look surprised. I told you, Blade. I know everything about you. Hold out your arm Quinn.
Why, man? I mean, these are like all better.
Hold out your arm. Now.
Deac, I-- [Extends his arm]
Dr. Karen Jenson [Whispers]
Blade. Blade.
He can't hear you, honey. The thirst has got him now. [Quinn hands him the EDTA vials] What do we have here? The precious serum. How long's it been since you shot up? 12, 13 hours maybe? [Holds a vial to Blade's face] Bet your just dyin' for a drink, aren't you? What's it feel like? Is your blood on fire?
Try some. You might like it.
Thanks, but I prefer the real thing. In any event, I don't think you'll be needing these anymore.
[Frost throws them into the abyss]
Dr. Karen Jenson I need to get back to the lab if I'm going to cure you.
It's not over. You keep your cure. There's still a war going on and I've got a job to do. You want to help, make me a better serum.
