Rene Ramirez quotes from Arrow

Rene

I told you...

Quentin

Hey, you're not the only one around here who doesn't listen to orders.

Who's he?

Rene

Uh, that's um... that's Quentin. Quentin Lance, Daddy's friend, but I call him "Hoss". He arranged this little visit.

[to Quentin] Thank you, Hoss.

Curtis

Diggle family, anybody home? [Diggle walks to the door] I definitely heard Lyla yelling.

Rene

Knock again.

Lyla

Didn't know we were having a party.

Rene

I'm sensing a lot of marital tension.

Rene

What's an EDM?

Curtis

Something you might hear at a nightclub? This was an EMP.

Rene

Gotta say, this team is never boring. I didn't think I'd be doing this when I woke up this morning.

Curtis

Oliver and Felicity might suffocate! How can you be so glib?

Rene

You've met me, right? And how come your toy balls can't float down here and do this for us?

Curtis

For the 1000th time Rene, they're called T-Spheres! But if you want, call them by their proper name.

Rene

You named them?

Curtis

Kodo and Podo. You know, Dar's thieving little ferrets on The Beastmaster. Let's just say, a young Marc Singer was quite helpful in me discovering my homosexuality.

Dinah

And my heterosexuality. On an open channel by the way.

Diggle

Open line!

Curtis

Look, I can't get my T-Spheres because they are in the bunker, and therefore fried. So, whatever.

Dinah

I swear those two are going to make the cutest couple one day.

Oliver

What's this?

Rene

Remarks for the Police Academy graduation ceremony. Seems my promotion came with speech-writing duties.

Diggle

You can write?

Curtis

You can read?

Rene

I can kick both your all's asses, what I can do!

Rene

Lance told me about what happened at school. Kids are mean.

Oliver

He's not worried about bullies. He's worried about me. He thinks I'm gonna make him an orphan.

Rene

Damn.

Oliver

I told him, I said that will not happen. I will always come back. I've never lied to my kid before.

Rene

You know, I'm not exactly Father of the Year. But, white lies are kind of, like, an important parental tool. I remember telling Zoe that she came from a cloud. I really hope her mom set her straight on that one.

Oliver

So help me with this. How do I reconcile that he's right? Because every time that I'm in the field, there's a chance I don't come back. And that he's alone. And now you're telling me that he's gonna have to lie to an FBI agent so that he doesn't lose his father to prison.

Diggle

[to the team] Let's move out. [leaves to get ready]

Curtis

Did he forget to say "Suit up"? Or was "Let's move", like, his version of "Suit up"? Because personally, I like "Let's suit up", 'cause then it just lets you know that you--

[together] Go suit up, Curtis!

Curtis

Yeah, go suit up. [Leaves to go suit up.]

Felicity

Got it. Maximum damage for a thermobaric bomb is Starling Stadium.

Rene

Today's Thanksgiving!

Curtis

Yeah, we just covered that when we talked about ordering turkey burgers.

Rene

I'm saying Billy Joel's playing there tonight. Sold-out crowd. [off the others' looks] I happen to like a wide variety of music, and The Stranger is a treasured piece of rock-and-roll history, yeah.

Rene

Look, man, I know you're pissed at me, and I don't care. Because you left us blind out there, and I wasn't gonna let Lance die just because you didn't trust us enough to go off-leash and look for him!

Oliver

[icy calm] When we are in the field, there is a clear chain of command. Plain, and simple.

Rene

I've been the same guy tonight that I've always been since you brought me onto this team!!

Oliver

Rene, yes, that's true, you have. Sometimes you go your own way.

Rene

That's right!

Oliver

And I put up with it because I trusted you.

Rene

What's that supposed to mean?

Oliver

You got a second chance tonight, my friend. And you broke our trust, again. You don't get a third. You're off the team.

Rene

Just like that?

Oliver

Just like that.

Rene

Hey, man, new Team Arrow's kickin' ass.

Curtis

You know what? I really have to say that we should change our name. Like, what do you guys think of "The Outsiders"?

Dinah

Ooo, ah, I think it was a really awesome book.

Rene

Officers marching. Guns out. City under siege. It's like Escape from Detroit.

Curtis

I don't know whether to correct you, or to just embrace your attempt to reference one of my favorite John Carpenter films.

Rene

Huh?

Dinah

I think the point is that people are scared. It's not good.

Oliver

[approaching with Diggle] They should be scared. That's why they need us.

Curtis

When you say "us", do you mean just you and it's a passive dig at our team --[to Diggle] No pun intended -- or do you mean all of us and you recognize our own team as being independent --

Diggle

Curtis, we got your message. Thanks for reaching out.

Rene

I knew this would happen.

Curtis

What?

Rene

We work with Oliver, we get in trouble. The guy's a walking deathtrap.

Anatoly

[jumps out and tackles Curtis, putting him in a stranglehold.] Who do you think taught him about that?

Rene

Look, man... every time I think about going out there again, all I can think of is Zoe. What's gonna happen to her if something happens to me?

[appearing in the doorway] I'll be fine, Dad.

Rene

[taken aback] Uh, Uncle Curtis and I were just talking about–

How you both wear masks and go and fight bad guys? It's way obvious. [to Curtis] And you and Dinah talk way louder than you think you do.

Oliver

[seeing the gun] You can take a shot at me if you want to. It's just gonna... ruin me saying "Thank you".

Rene

Can't be too safe.

Isn't it bad to punch things? Ms. Lopez says Gandhi wasn't violent.

Rene

Gandhi ain't from the Glades. Besides, self-defense isn't about being violent. It's about being focused and disciplined so you can protect yourself and the ones that you love.