Maria Robotnik quotes from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

Maria Robotnik

You're my friend. And you can do or be anything you want, not because of your powers, but because of who you are in here. [Shadow: I don't know what I'd do without you.]

Maria

Wow. Look at all those stars. They're like diamonds. My grandfather says it can take hundreds of years for the light of a star to reach Earth, and by the time you see it, the star might not even exist anymore. Isn't that crazy?

Shadow

The light shines... even though the star is gone.

Maria

Yeah, it does. I wonder which one you came from, Shadow.

Shadow

I don't know. I don't know anything about my home.

Maria

This is your home, Shadow. Earth.

Shadow

Maria, do you think I'm... dangerous?

Maria

What are you talking about?

Shadow

The way the scientists look at me, I can tell they're afraid. Like I'm the horrible thing from that movie we watched. I don't know... what I am.

Maria

You're my friend. And you can do or be anything you want. Not because of your powers, but because of who you are... in here. [points at Shadow's chest]

Shadow

I don't know what I'd do without you. [smiles at Maria]
[Maria smiles and holds Shadow's hand. They resume stargazing, with "End of the Line" starting up again. They share a brief look, smiling.]

Ivo

Excuse me, Grampasadoble. What is that thermonuclear gerbil doing?

Gerald

Infusing the core with Chaos Energy. That's my little secret: the Eclipse Cannon is about to turn this planet into a flaming pile of rubble, wiping out everything in a 25,000-mile radius... including us.

Ivo

WHAT?! [laughing incredulously] We can't annihilate the Earth! By combining our genius, we can rule humanity. Together!

Gerald

Humanity is a failed experiment. If anyone should know that, it's you. All your life, you've been rejected by this world. You have nothing down there... no one who cares about you.

Ivo

But I have you now. We're family... we have each other.

Gerald

Oh, Ivo... you're no Maria. The moment I lost her, my family was gone forever. The only way to give Maria's life meaning is to destroy the world that took her from me... so I'm BURNING IT ALL DOWN!

Shadow

It's done.

Gerald

Good work, Shadow. I'm prepping the firing sequence. [flicks a switch] The weapon will be fully charged in ten minutes.

Shadow

It's almost finished, Maria. You will have justice. [then notices a golden light flying up from the planet]

Gerald

What is that?

Shadow

Is G.U.N. launching missiles at us?

Gerald

Impossible. It's moving too fast.

Ivo

It's him.

YOU'VE HURT MY FAMILY! THIS ENDS NOW!

Shadow

Now you know my anger. The pain I felt for fifty years! And you’ve made the same choice I did.

I'M NOTHING LIKE YOU!

Shadow

We'll see.

SHOW YOURSELF, COWARD!
[Shadow shows himself behind Super Sonic and knocks the Chaos Emeralds out of him, reverting Sonic to his base form. They see the Emeralds falling in the air and both make a mad dash for them at the same time. A pillar of golden light shoots up from the Emeralds, and when it leaves, Sonic sees that he has regained his Super form... but Shadow has also gained his for the first time, his limiter rings glowing with power and his fur whitish gold. Super Sonic tries to punch Super Shadow, but the latter effortlessly blocks, the impact causing the earth to crack beneath their feet.]

You were right about one thing... This ends NOW.

Gerald

What's happening? Where are they?

Ivo

Up there.

Gerald

Where?

Ivo

Higher.

Gerald

Hmm?

Gerald

Ah!

Ivo

Left yourself open. [runs for the Cannon's controls]

Gerald

Ivo! What are you doing?!

Ivo

Thwarting your evil plan!

WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA! OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW!

Ivo

Not the mustache!

Gerald

Agreed!

Ivo

Let go on three. One, two, three! [they both let go and shake their mustaches before Gerald creates a giant fist out of nanobots] Ooooh... A nanofist. I haven't seen that since I hate-watched Green Lantern in 2011!

Gerald

I was saving it for Comic-Con. But now there won't be a Comic-Con! [slaps Ivo which sends him flying]

Why are you alone? Where are your friends? [Super Sonic merely grunts in pain.] They tried to stop you, didn't they? But you came anyway. Your anger was too much. What kind of hero abandons his friends to pursue revenge? Abandons his family?

Don't you dare talk about my family!

And here I thought you cared for them. Especially the one... What's his name? Tom?

HYNAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Shadow

Go ahead! Finish it! [Super Sonic pants heavily and prepares to hit, but hesitates] What are you waiting for?! Do it! [points at his heart] I’m right here!

Tom

You didn't let your pain change who you are... [points at Sonic's heart] in here.

This is not who I am.

Shadow

What are you doing? You won. Take your revenge.

Sonic

There are no winners with revenge.

Maria

Wow. Look at all those stars. They're like diamonds.

Shadow

The last time I sat beneath stars like this, I was with her. I've felt this pain for so long, it's all I know.

Sonic

When I lost Longclaw, I felt the same way.

Shadow

Did your pain eventually go away?

Sonic

No. But in time, I learned there's something more powerful than pain. The love we felt for each other. That's what you need to hold on to, Shadow. Maria might be gone, but your love will always remain.

Shadow

The light shines, even though the star is gone. [Sonic sees Shadow's understanding, along with the Eclipse Cannon still looming over the planet in the distance] This whole mess is my fault. I've been so blinded by rage, I thought... I had no choice.

Sonic

You always have a choice. [Shadow thinks for a second, then takes Sonic's hand and gets back up] Making the right one is never easy. One more thing I learned, is that when you really screw something up... you can't fix it on your own.

Gotta go fast!

Don't tell me you've got a catchphrase.

That's right, new hedgehog, and everyone loves it!

Gerald

I... will... not... try... to stop... my... elders... from... destroying... the... world!
[Ivo makes a nano drill and drives it into Gerald's foot, who shouts in pain and relents, so Ivo rolls away and gets to his feet] Playtime is over! [makes a pair of nano scorpion pincers and a tail, the latter destroying the Eclipse Cannon controls]

Gerald

There's no going back now!

Ivo

Set up defense. [accidentally makes a fence] Damn you, autocorrect! [Gerald lunges to attack with his pincers; to his glove] Mantis. [makes a pair of mantis blades, hovering around Gerald's next attack via mantis wings.] I'm right here, arach-nerd. [Gerald lunges again, but Ivo catches his pincer with one mantis blade and slices off part of his mustache with the other.] Hahahahaaa! That's what I call "mantiscaping".

Gerald

That's ELDER ABUSE!

Alert.

Gerald

Shadow, I see you've chosen betrayal. And you were once so useful to me.