Quotes

Wolverine: Magneto's right: there is a war coming. Are you sure you're on the right side?

Storm: At least I've chosen a side.

Bobby: Welcome to Mutant High.

[to Senator Kelly]

Magneto: Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher; a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me. Me and my kind. The Brotherhood of Mutants. Oh, it's not so surprising really. Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, Senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not any more.

Senator Kelly: I have here a list of names of identified mutants living right here in the United States.

Dr. Jean Grey: Senator...

Senator Kelly: Here's a girl in Illinois who can walk through walls. Now what's to stop her from walking into a bank vault, or the White House, or

[indicating the gallery]

Senator Kelly: into their houses?

Dr. Jean Grey: Senator, please...

Senator Kelly: ...and there are even rumors, Miss Grey, of mutants so powerful that they can enter our minds and control our thoughts, taking away our God-given free will. Now I think the American people deserve the right to decide if they want their children to be in school with mutants. To be taught by mutants! Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that mutants are very real, and that they are among us. We must know who they are, and above all, what they can do!

[Logan has found his way to the Professor's office]

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: I'm Charles Xavier. Would you like some breakfast?

Logan: Where am I?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Westchester, New York. My people brought you here for medical attention.

Logan: I don't need medical attention.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Yes, of course.

[to Storm]

Sabretooth: You owe me a scream.

[to Sabretooth]

Wolverine: Hey, bub, I'm not finished with you yet.

Wolverine: This is mine!

Rogue: I saved your life!

Logan: No, you didn't.

Logan: [Logan's first line] Beer.

Dr. Jean Grey: Ladies and gentlemen, we are now seeing the beginnings of another stage of human evolution. These mutations manifest at puberty, and are often triggered by periods of heightened emotional stress.

Senator Kelly: Thank you, Miss Grey! That was-quite educational. However it fails to address the issue which is the focus of this hearing. Three words: are mutants dangerous.

Rogue: You know, you should wear your seat belt.

Wolverine: Now look, kid, I don't need advice on auto...

[car crashes]

[the X-Men help Senator Kelly, a victim of Magneto's mutant machine]

Senator Kelly: I was afraid they'd...

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Treat you like a mutant?

[pause]

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: We're not what you think. Not all of us.

Senator Kelly: Tell that to the ones who did this to me.

Magneto: You "homo sapiens" and your guns!

[Sabretooth suddenly grabs Magneto by the throat]

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [through Sabretooth] That's enough, Eric!

Magneto: Why not come out where I can see you, Charles?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: What do you want her for?

Magneto: [taps his helmet] Can't you read my mind?... What now? Save the girl? You'll have to kill me, Charles. And what will that accomplish? Let them pass that law, and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: It won't be that way!

Magneto: Then kill me and find out.

[pause]

Magneto: No? Then release me.

[pause]

Magneto: Fine.

[sets off the guns with his magnetism, halting the bullets before they pierce the policemen's bodies]

Magneto: Care to press your luck, Charles? I don't think I can stop them all.

[Sabretooth releases Magneto]

Magneto: Still unwilling to make sacrifices. That's what makes you weak. Goodbye, Charles.

Logan: [finds Rouge stowing away in his trailer] Hey! What the hell are you doing?

Rogue: I'm sorry. I need a ride, I thought you could help me. I... I don't have any money. Could you give me a lift to the next town or...

Logan: [cutting her off] Get out!

Rogue: [as Logan pulls her out] But we're in the middle of nowhere. Where am I supposed to go?

Logan: [shrugs] I don't know.

Rogue: You don't know, or you don't care?

Logan: [cynical tone] Pick one!

Senator Kelly: Thank you, Miss Grey! That was-quite educational. However it fails to address the issue which is the focus of this hearing. Three words: are mutants dangerous. Three words: Are mutants dangerous?

Doctor Jean Grey: That's an unfair question, Senator Kelly. After all, the wrong person behind the wheel of a car can be dangerous.

Senator Kelly: Well, we do license people to drive.

Doctor Jean Grey: But not to live.

[trapped inside the Statue of Liberty]

Cyclops: Storm, fry him!

Magneto: Oh yes! A bolt of lightning into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school?

Mystique: [to Senator Kelly] You know, people like you are the reason I was afraid to go to school as a child.

Wolverine: Well, it certainly is a big, round room.

Wolverine: Felt like she killed me.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: If she held on any longer, she could have.

[In the ring, before the fight with Wolverine]

Emcee: Whatever you do, don't hit him in the balls.

Stu: You said "anything goes"!

Emcee: Anything goes, but he'll take it personal.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Where are you going?

Wolverine: To find her.

Storm: How?

Wolverine: The traditional way: look!

[Preparing Senator Kelly for the mutation machine]

Senator Kelly: What are you going to do?

Magneto: Let's just say God works too slow.

Senator Kelly: [on registering mutants] We must know who they are, and above all, what they can do.

Magneto: Ah, my brothers, welcome.

[Looks at Logan]

Magneto: And you,let's point those claws of your in the safer direction.

Logan: Have you ever...

Dr. Jean Grey: Used Cerebro? No. It takes a degree of control and for someone like me it's...

Cyclops: Dangerous.

Wolverine: Gotta get her out of there. Cyclops, can you hit it?

Cyclops: The ring's moving too fast.

Wolverine: Just shoot it!

Cyclops: I'll kill her!

Magneto: Why do none of you understand what I'm trying to do? Those people down there- they control our fate and the fate of every other mutant! Well, soon our fate will be theirs.

[Rogue screams for help]

Wolverine: You're so full of shit! If you're really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing.

[the bartender is pointing his shotgun at Wolverine]

Bartender: Get out of my bar, freak!

Cyclops: Wait a second! You said this machine draws its power from Magneto, and that it weakened him.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Yes, in fact it nearly killed him.

Wolverine: He's going to transfer his power to Rogue and use her to power the machine.

[to Sabertooth, who has just been thrown through the wall by Storm]

Toad: Quit playin' around!

Rogue: Hey.

[Logan turns and looks at her]

Rogue: You running again?

Logan: No, not really. I've got some things to take care of up north.

Rogue: Oh.

[They stand in silence for a few moments, then Logan reaches out and plays with her hair, which now has a prominent white streak. She jumps back a little and then smiles]

Rogue: I kinda like it.

Logan: Yeah.

Rogue: I don't want you to go.

[Logan looks around at his small pack of stuff and then undoes his dog tags. Then he takes her hand, places them inside, then pushes her fingers over them. She looks up at him]

Logan: I'll be back for this.

[He turns and walks out the door with her staring after him, smiling]

Dr. Jean Grey: I saw Senator Kelly.

Magneto: So, the senator survived the fall, and the swim to shore. He's become more powerful than I imagined.

Dr. Jean Grey: He's dead. Just like all those people out there will be.

Storm: It's true. I watched him die.

Magneto: Are you sure you saw what you saw?

Wolverine: How is she?

Dr. Jean Grey: She's fine.

[pause]

Dr. Jean Grey: I think she's still taken with you.

Wolverine: Well you can tell her... my heart belongs to... someone else.

Dr. Jean Grey: [after examining Wolverine] The metal is an alloy called adamantium, supposedly indestructible. It's been surgically grafted to his entire skeleton.

Storm: How could he have survived a procedure like that?

Dr. Jean Grey: His mutation. He has uncharted regenerative capabilities, enabling him to heal rapidly. It also makes his age impossible to determine. He could very well be older than you, Professor.

Cyclops: Who did this to him?

Dr. Jean Grey: He doesn't know. Nor does he remember anything about his life before it happened.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Experimentation on mutants. It's not unheard of, but I've never seen anything like this before.

Cyclops: What do you think Magneto wants with him?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: I'm not entirely sure it's him Magneto wants.

Cyclops: [about Wolverine] He's not one of us. There's no way he's going to take orders.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Give him an order worth following. He'll take it.

[Wolverine stabs Storm]

Wolverine: You're not one of the team!

[Storm collapses, and is revealed to be a disguised Mystique]

Wolverine: [to Jean Gray] So... couldn't wait to get my shirt off again.

[grins]

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [at a map] This is a military base situated near Alkali Lake. It isn't much, but if you go there, you might get a few clues as to what happened to you.

Wolverine: Thank you.

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [reading Logan's mind] Are you going to say goodbye to her?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: [Speaks with severity as Logan stirs] Logan?

Wolverine: [Pants and speaks exhaustively] What happened...? Is she alright?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: She'll be alright.

Wolverine: [Grunts and grimaces in pain] What did she do to me...?

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Whenever Rogue touches someone, she takes their energy: their life force. In the case of mutants, she absorbs their gifts for a short while. In your case... your ability to heal.

Wolverine: [sighs] Ugh, it felt like she almost killed me...

Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: If she'd held on any longer, she *could* have.

Rogue: [Almost fearfully] You think I should go back.

Wolverine: No, I think you should follow your instincts.

Rogue: [pauses and then speaks remorsefully] The first boy I ever kissed... ended up in a coma for *three weeks*...

[Her eyes well with tears]

Rogue: I can still feel him, inside my head... and it's the same with you.

Wolverine: [Looks down and back up, seeing Marie start to cry; he reaches his arm around the seat and rests hos hand on her shoulder; she shudders and recoils slightly not wanting to hurt him, but he gently draws her in for a hug; she rests her head against his chest, and he holds her close, only touching her clothes, not her skin; she sighs in relief once she is being held] There's not many people that'll understand what you're going through... But, I think this guy Xavier's one of 'em... He seems... to genuinely wanna help you, and that's a rare thing... for people like us.

[Marie looks up at him; the train suddenly stirs as it is about to move. He slides his arm off of Marie and looks at her confidently]

Wolverine: Okay, so... what do you say, we give these geeks one more shot?

[Marie smiles, but looks down with a bit of uncertainty]

Wolverine: C'mon, I'll take care of you.

Rogue: [pauses and looks back at Logan] You promise?

Wolverine: Yeah... Yeah, I promise.