Slade quotes from Teen Titans

Terra

No! I won't let you hurt my friend!

Slade

Dear child, you don't have any friends.

Terra

Beast Boy, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen.

Beast Boy

Then why did you let it?

Terra

I don't know, okay? I don't know. Slade… he helped me, saved me from myself. He said I owed him, but-

Beast Boy

So it was all a game? You were just pretending?

Terra

No. You said you'd be my friend no matter what, remember?

Beast Boy

Slade was right. You don't have any friends.

Slade

Apprentice, come. We've had a change of plans.

Slade

You have had doubts in the past. Made mistakes. But all that is behind you, isn't it?

Terra

Yes.

Slade

You belong to me now, don't you?

Terra

I do.

Slade

From this day forward, will you serve me and me only?

Terra

I will.

Slade

Will you obey my every command?

Terra

I will.

Slade

Will you fight at my side forever?

Terra

I will.

Slade

And will you destroy the Teen Titans?

Terra

I thought you'd never ask.

Raven

That's a new trick.

Terra

Whoa. How did I-?

Slade

[through the earpiece] You didn't. I did. Your new suit is more than a fashion statement, my dear. It is a sophisticated neural interface that gives me direct access to your nervous system. Your power is my power. My strength is your strength. We are connected, Terra; united as master and apprentice! We fight as one!

Slade

A world without Titans. I was beginning to think I'd never see the day. But at long last, the city is ours, and victory is mine. Fine work, apprentice. You have made me very proud.

Terra

Thanks. It was fun.

Slade

Where do you think you're going, young lady?

Terra

Anywhere! I was getting thrashed, I had to get-

Slade

NO! I will not tolerate failure, apprentice. I will not permit you to run away! You will stay! You will fight! And you will win!

Terra

Slade! I made it! I'm alive. I can't believe they almost beat me.

Slade

That was nothing… compared to what I'm going to do to you.

Slade

You failed me, apprentice. I ordered you to eliminate the Titans. You did not. I commanded you to fight, and you ran.

Terra

You can't treat me like this.

Slade

Can't I? [strikes her again.] Who else would have you, my dear? You've done horrible things. Unforgivable things. Where else could you possibly go?

Terra

Anywhere but here! I'm sick of fighting, and I'm sick of YOU!

Slade

You'll find that quite impossible. The suit's neural interface has integrated into your nervous system into your skin. It's part of you… and so am I, Terra.

Terra

[gasps] No!

Slade

You chose this life, apprentice. It's too late to change your mind now. Far too late.

Terra

But it's not too late for me to walk out the door.

Slade

I'm afraid it is, my dear. You see… [holds one finger over the other wrist] …you no longer have any control in the matter.

Slade

You promised to fight at my side forever. And that's a promise I intend to make you keep.

Beast Boy

Terra?

Terra

Destroy me! Quick!

Beast Boy

What?

Terra

C'mon! Isn't that what you came for?

Slade

My apologies, as usual, my apprentice can't seem to control herself. That's why from now on, I'll be controlling her every move.

Beast Boy

What have you done to her?!

Slade

Nothing she didn't want me to. Terra came to me seeking control, and that's precisely what I've given her. My control, her body. I think you'll find I make far better use of her powers.

Slade

That's my good little girl.

Terra

You have to stop me, Beast Boy! Please! I don't want to fight anymore!

Beast Boy

Then don't let Slade control you anymore!

Terra

I have no choice.

Beast Boy

That's a lie! You've always had a choice! It's all been your choice! You chose to work for Slade, chose to betray us, and now you've chosen to give him control! Slade isn't doing this, Terra! You are!

Terra

No!

Slade

Very good, my dear. Now shall we finish him off?

Beast Boy

Terra! No!

Terra

He's too powerful! I can't stop him!

Beast Boy

Yes, you can! It's your power, not his! You can still control it! You can still do the right thing!

Terra

It's too late.

Robin

STOP!

Slade

Strike, apprentice! Now!

Robin

Terra! No!

Raven

It'll be the last thing you ever do!

Slade

I gave you an order! DO IT!

Starfire

Please, Terra, no!

Cyborg

Don't do it! Don't do it!

Robin

Listen to us, Terra.

Cyborg

We're not playing around here.

Raven

Fight it.

Starfire

You're still our friend.

Robin

You don't have to do this.

Starfire

We want to help.

Beast Boy

It's your life, Terra. Your choice. It's never too late to change.

Terra

I'm sorry, Beast Boy, for everything I've done.

Starfire

But must we keep him restrained?

Cyborg

He threatened us, Star. He's dangerous.

Beast Boy

Dangerous?! Try totally flipped-out cuckoo-labanza! [sneezes]

Raven

We got to run some tests on him; figure out what's going on.

Slade

Alone again, Robin?

Slade

As long as I'm around, you're never alone.

Robin

[Weakly] Slade... stop...

Slade

[Kicks him] No, Robin. [as the light flickers he vanishes for a second then reappears in the dark] I won't stop. Not now. Not ever. I am the thing that keeps you up at night. The evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind. I will never rest... and neither will you.

Robin

My friends say ... you're not real.

Slade

Oh, I'm very real.

Slade

Could you have gotten all those bruises from someone who wasn't there? You can't even touch me.

Robin

All these ... bruises... but you don't have a scratch.

Starfire

There was no one there.

Cyborg

There are no generators; there is no Slade!

Slade

I am the thing that keeps you up at night. The evil that haunts every dark corner of your mind.

Robin

E ... every dark corner. You're only my mind, only in the dark. My friends are right, you aren't real.

Slade

I'm real enough to finish you!

Robin

Light's out, Slade.

Starfire

ROBIN!

Robin

It's okay, Starfire. It's okay...

Cyborg

So who's the bad guy dejour? Gizmo, Mad Mod, Killer Moth?

Starfire

The reports say there's an intruder.

Beast Boy

Well, whoever it is, we're gonna totally kick their- [Beast Boy bumps into Robin]

Robin

[sees Slade. Beast Boy gasps] No!

Slade

It's been a long time, hasn't it, Titans? A month? A year? A millennium? Far too long for my tastes anyway. I was beginning to think I'd never see your smiling faces again.

Cyborg

You! How did you survive?

Beast Boy

Terra took you down! Way down!

Robin

Slade! I don't know where you've been but you shouldn't have come back! I'm still ready.

Slade

[chuckles] That's precious, Robin. But I didn't come back for you.

Slade

What you have concealed, you shall become! You have no other choice.

Raven

No!

Slade

The message will be delivered. Your destiny shall be fulfilled.

Raven

No!

Slade

Yes. Look at it. Drink it in. Behold, the world you are destined to create.

Raven

No! I won't do it! This is just a vision. This can't be real!

Slade

This is the future. Your future. It began the day you were born, and nothing can stop it. This will come to pass. I will make sure of it. You're going to destroy the world, Raven. It's written all over your face.

Raven

NOOOOOOOOOO!