Ralph Dibny quotes from The Flash

So here's the thing: scum... recognizes scum. I'm scum. And I've survived this long by recognizing same. [to Ralph] Like you. You're scum, I sniffed you coming a mile away.

Ralph

Thanks.

But your partner... I don't sniff nothing on him, and that worries me. So, the question is [to Barry] "who are you?"

Ralph

Look, uh... I don't have to ask you how you feel about this. Stealing from a hospital, that's... that's way more than we bargained for. So, if you don't want to do this, I'm–

Barry

I'll do it.

Ralph

You will?

Barry

Yeah, what choice do I have? You warned me to get my head on straight for this job, and I didn't. You had Goldface ready to give us what we needed, I blew it trying to get those guns off the street, and here we are.

Ralph

Barry, this is not your fault.

Barry

Yeah, it is. And you were right. If I want to stop Cicada, I can't be so precious about getting the Flash's hands dirty. Sometimes the ends justify the means, I get that now.

Ralph

Chapter one: "Initial Planning".

Cisco

Initial planning? It's a first date, Sun Tzu, not an incursion.

Ralph

Trust me, Grasshopper. Love is war.

Ralph

On that note, I'm happy to help you follow that lead on the atomizer.

Caitlin

Really? What about... Sher-luck?

Sherloque

"Sherloque". Do you think any of you are gonna get this right at any point at any time in your life? "Sherloque" !

Caitlin

Yeah, but the minute you got "The Book of Ralph" back from Cisco, you tried to give it away again. Don't you want to use it? Try to find someone special for yourself?

Ralph

[strained] Caitlin,... look,... "Book of Ralph"... works great for other people, but... never actually worked for me. I know I'm not... built for love.... And that's okay.

Caitlin

Ralph Dibny. You are kind, intelligent, and compassionate. And most of all, you put the needs of others before yourself. So that means you are built for love. And you deserve someone who loves you back.

Ralph

Nora, where would you find this hyper-conduit in 2049?

Nora

Probably Ollins Laboratory. Ollins won a Nobel Prize for quantum engineering.

Cisco

Ollins? As in Sebastian Ollins?

Nora

Yeah. Do you know him? He is a true genius.

Cisco

[scoffs] A genius, you say. The guy couldn't even stay awake through a single physics lecture. In fact, I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for his very smart, very considerate college roommate lending him notes, helping him study, he wouldn't have made it through his finals! Nobel Prize, my ASS!!

Barry

Yeah, he knows him.

Barry

[regarding the speedster trap] Man, this thing brings back memories.

Ralph

Good ones? Bad ones?

Barry

Thawne ones. We trapped the Reverse-Flash in this thing before we even knew he was Thawne.

Cisco

Well, we actually ended up trapping his speed mirage, while his real self just sat there chilling in his wheelchair.

Ralph

Man, Thawne's plans got plans.

Barry

What're we gonna do?

Ralph

Breach in, lose our powers from the dagger, stop Cicada from Supergirl-ing away, then regroup for the emotional fallout.

This is nice. Team Flash, back together again. With a new guy. Ralph Dibny. Welcome. You should be dead.

Ralph

Yeah, I guess we have that in common.

Ralph

Art reflects how we feel, so connecting to art can help us plumb the depths of our soul.

Okay. What I am connecting to in these photos... is that the photgrapher's afraid to get a shot in focus.

Kamilla Hwang

Those are actually... mine.

They're not all winners.

Cisco

The Monitor? Where did you see him?

Barry

We went in the Time Vault, right after putting Chester in the MAC. The Crisis that he spoke about last year, it's the same one in the plinth's newspaper. And it's not coming in 2024. It's coming December 10... 2019.

Ralph

Are you sure about this?

The jackass lied to you.

Iris

Yeah, well, we thought so, too, but... Barry went to Earth-3 and Jay Garrick helped him see that it was true.

Cisco

How did he do that?

Barry

Jay projected my mind forward into the future.

Cisco

Okay. And what did you see?

Barry

I saw a giant wave of antimatter sweeping over our Earth. Vaporized all of Central City and everybody in it. Including you three.

Great. I'll go mark my calendar.

Barry

We still have seven weeks to make sure none of this happens.

Iris

Guys, Barry's right. We've changed the future before. We can change it again.

Ralph

So what else did our Asgardian cosplayer say?

Barry

That was pretty much it.

Iris

Sue is very lucky to have a master detective like you searching for her.

Ralph

Give me a break. It's just a missing person's case. It's not I'm looking to getting married.

Ralph

Okay, computer, what's Barry's favorite movie?

Barry

Empire.

Ralph

Oh, thank God.

Barry

Actually... I loved, loved Empire Strikes Back my whole life, but... now that I think about it... oh, my God. My favorite movie is Jurassic Park.

Cisco

There it is.

Barry

How does it do that?

Cisco

Fuzzy logic, and AI intuition, my guy. With the B.A.R.I. by my side, it'll be like you never left.

I am very curious, though, as to why you are really here.

Ralph

Do you expect me to talk?

Meister

No, Mr. Dibny... I expect you to die.

Ralph

Oh, come on. That line is literally from Goldfinger.

Barry

I should've listened to you. If we had done things your way, we wouldn't have gotten caught. Maybe I should be handing over Central City over to Ralph Dibny rather than the Elongated Man.

Ralph

What are you talking about?

Barry

There's no deposition. I planned a press conference to present you as Central City's official protector. Because of this coming Crisis, I have to prepare the city for a world without Flash.

Ralph

Wow. I'm, uh... I'm honored that you think that I could help fill your shoes. Look, tonight's job was for Ralph Dibny because both parts of my identity have value. The same is true for you, only tonight I could've used your civilian half. What I'm trying to say is Barry Allen is just as important as the Flash. Try to remember that. I know I will.