Drax Only idiots dance.
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023): in 7 of its 44 quotes
Most scenes with: Mantis (5), Peter Quill (4), Nebula (4)
Scenes with Drax
7 scenes Drax Drax We'll kill anyone who gets in our way!
No, not kill anyone!
Drax Kill a few people!
Kill no people!
Drax Kill one guy. One stupid guy who no one loves!
Now you're just making it sad.
So you really don't remember anything?
Like what?
About your time with us.
No
We were...
We weren't anything.
You and me...
That person was some alternate future version of me. It wasn't me.
We loved each other.
I don't think so.
I know you don't remember any of it. You were everything to me. And I miss you, so much. And maybe if you open yourself up to it, there’s a possibility.
I don’t think so, Quinn.
Quill.
Quill. I don’t think so.
But what I’m trying to say is…
Peter, you know this is an open line, right?
What?
We’re listening to everything you’re saying.
Drax And it is painful.
And you’re just telling me now?!
We were hoping it would stop on its own.
But I switched it over to private!
What color button did you push?
Blue, for the blue suit!
Drax Oh, no.
Blue is the open line for everyone.
Orange is for blue.
What?!
Black is for orange. Yellow is for green. Green is for red, and red is for yellow.
Drax No. Yellow is for yellow. Green is for red. Red is for green.
I don’t think so.
Drax Try it then.
[groans]
You were right.
How the hell am I supposed to know all of that?!
Drax Seems intuitive.
Can we get back to saving our friend?
[arguing with Nebula]
I know you need to find fault in everyone else to make yourself feel okay... so find it in me!
Oh, GO TO HELL, MANTIS!
But you don't have the right to push him (Drax)! [near tears] It's not his fault he's stupid!
He makes us laugh and he loves us! How is that a liability?? All you care about is INTELLIGENCE and... and COMPETENCE!
Drax Not sure I appreciate this defense...
He has sadness... but he's the only one of you who doesn't hate himself. So I don't care if he's stupid.
Drax ...You think I'm stupid?
Star-Lord
[Rocket's just been revived by Gamora, Groot and Star-Lord. Meanwhile, Drax, Mantis and Nebula are still on the High Evolutionary's ship where all his test subjects, genetically modified children are being held. Peter then contacts them over the comm system.]
Neblula? Where are you?
Oh, thank god. We're here to get you out of here.
Star-Lord
Out of where?
The High Evolutionary's ship.
Star-Lord
No, I got off the ship.
Star-Lord
Wait, where are you?
On the ship!
Star-Lord
On the ship?!
I didn't lie!
Star-Lord
Why are you on the ship?!
To save you, obviously!
Star-Lord
No, I told you to go back! You got to know by now that I always figure out an incredibly clever way to get out of a fix!
Drax [playing with the children.]
Tell him I said hi.
Really?!
Drax Tell him we're coming to save him.
Pay attention or play with the kids, one or the other.
"Play with the kids?"
How did you get out?
Star-Lord
That's not really important.
Groot
I am Groot!
Jumping a thousand feet to your death without a parachute is a clever way of getting out of a fix?!
Star-Lord
Well... [sighs.]
You're all just making up stuff that he's saying, right?
The important thing is we're all okay.
[Drax, Mantis and Nebula are all shocked as they hear Rocket's voice for the first time since he was shot.]
Rocket?
Star-Lord
Yeah. He's here. And he's okay.
[Nebula starts crying, happy her friend is alive. Mantis tries to keep her composure as she speaks into the comm.]
Rocket, we love you very much and we're happy you're alive.
He's right about that.
[Rocket starts hyperventilating as he hears the sound of his creator's voice over the comms. Meanwhile, the High Evolutionary and several of his guards enter the holding area. All the children start screaming and running away from him.]
BACK IN YOUR CAGES!
Star-Lord
[The High Evolutionary uses his telekinesis to send the three Guardians flying, knocking all of them unconscious.]
Nebula? Nebula, come in!
[The High Evolutionary picks up Nebula's comm to use it himself.]
So, you'd like to joust, would you?
Star-Lord
[exchanges a look of fear between him, Rocket and Groot.]
Go to hell, you sick son of a bitch. You killed all those people!
As I will your friends. I'm sending you the coordinates. They will die unless you BRING ME WHAT IS MINE!!!
Star-Lord
Screw you, you stretch faced, Robocop-looking, Skeletor wannabe, PURPLE NURPLE, PIECE OF-
Star-Lord
[The High Evolutionary crushes the comm in his hand before Star-Lord can finish his insulting tirade.] [beat.]
He hung up.
You think?
Star-Lord
[Star-Lord, Gamora, Groot, Rocket and Blurp have entered the hangar bay of the High Evolutionary's ship to save their friends. Star-Lord starts playing No Sleep Till Brooklyn on his Zune, pointing at the nearest doors.]
We go in there, we get Mantis, Nebula and Drax. We move in, we get 'em and we get out.
[A loud thud is suddenly heard behind them so they all take battle stances as something bursts through the wall behind them. However, it turns out to be Drax, Mantis and Nebula riding in on three Abilisks. They then dismount, with Mantis grinning from ear to ear.]
Did that look cool?
Star-Lord
Okay... new game plan. We get the hell out of here, now!
There are thousands of creatures on this ship!
Many of them are children.
Drax And we need to be good joob joob.
Star-Lord
Huh?
Drax It means friends.
If we want to live, we have to leave now! This whole rig is gonna go down any second!
They will all die if we don't help them!
[As they argue, Rocket just looks at the hangar bay door, hearing the sounds of distant explosions. He remembers being experimented on, being abused by the High Evolutionary, making his first friends in a cage, seeing them all die before they could all be free and running away from everything. He gives a determined glare and **** his weapon.]
I'm done running...
[No Sleep Till Brooklyn fades back in as Rocket marches towards the door, weapon in hand. Groot soon joins him, followed by Nebula, then Star-Lord, then Mantis, Drax and and Blurp. Gamora lingers for a moment, rolling her eyes in frustration as the empathic Mantis smirks ahead of her. Eventually, Gamora joins the group, as the Guardians of the Galaxy are reunited once more.]
Drax [after Gamora peels off the High Evolutionary's mask as he falls on his back, revealing his disfigured face]
His face came off!
It's a mask.
Look what you did to me! For what? All I wanted to do was to make things perfect.
You didn't want to make things perfect. You just hated the way things were.
