Andy Strucker quotes from The Gifted

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Andy

Pick your piece.

I'll be... nickel.

Andy

I think I'm gonna be the shoe.

No, You can't be the shoe. Be the bottle cap.

Andy

What do you mean? I just called the shoe.

I don't care! Put it back!

Andy

Hey, what's your problem, psycho?

Dad's always the shoe, okay?

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Marcos

There's seven deep out front. Anything out back?

John

Yeah, there's four of them and then more outside the kitchen door. We're surrounded. Look, I can get us through a wall, but if they start shooting while we run, there's gonna be a fight.

Andy

Run? Why should we have to run?

Didn't you hear them? There's an army out there.

Andy

Yeah, so what? We can take those guys.

John

Yeah, of course we can take them, but we do that people are gonna die.

Andy

Well maybe it's time these people learned.

Andy, you don't mean that.

Andy

Yes, I do. Listen to them mom, they hate us!

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[Andy and Lauren show John and Caitlin how they can combine their powers to stop the bus]

No. Kids are not attacking a convoy.

John

We don't have a good alternative here, Caitlin. We're running out of time.

What, so you're gonna use child soldiers now?

Andy

We're not kids like that anymore mom.

I said no.

Mom, please. I know you're scared. I'm scared too. But think about what you said last night, about how sometimes we have to take risks.

Really? You're gonna use my own words against me? Look, this isn't going to visit your uncle Daniel. This is about trained men, with guns.

We want to fight for this. You've always said that there are things worth fighting for. Was that all just talk? You said it yourself, there are risks worth taking.

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[Andy is trying to use his powers]

Andy, go!

Andy

I... I can't do it.

What do you mean you can't do it? You have to.

Andy

I... I don't know. It's moving, it's just different.

You can do this, we believe in you.

Andy

It's not what we practiced.

Okay, okay, just calm down.

Mom, stop babying him.

Lauren!

[to Andy] Hey! You're the reason we're in this mess, and now you can't even help us get out?

What are you doing?

Andy

Back off!

Maybe those bullies were right. Maybe you are nothing. If they're wrong, then prove it!

[Andy pushes Lauren out the way and uses his powers with Lauren's to stop the bus]

Sorry, you're better when you're angry.

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Andy

Hey, I'm O negative. It's universal donor, right?

Andy!

Andy

Why? You surprised I actually remember something from biology?

No.

I am.

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[Andy is fidgeting with Monopoly pieces]

Hey, let me make something clear. I have always been proud of you. Always, you hear me?

Andy

Yeah.

Whatever it is that you're thinking, you can tell me. I want to hear, no matter what.

Andy

I'm thinking... you should be the shoe. [Hands Reed the shoe piece from the game]

Of course, I'm always the shoe.

Andy

Yeah.

[They start playing a game of Monopoly]

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[Andy stood up for Lauren]

Thanks.

Andy

You're my sister. Nobody talks to you like that but me.

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So, what happened in the vault?

What did you feel exactly?

Andy

Everything around us kind of disappeared. And it's like there wasn't two of us anymore. There was just one.

It's like we're seeing out of the same eyes.

You said you could've destroyed a building. How did you know that?

I could feel it. Andy pushes things apart, right? I do the opposite, I can pull them together.

Andy

Combined it was like we could do whatever we wanted. I mean, we were looking at the wall in front of us and we could of just vaporized it. Maybe if we practice–

Practice?

Andy

What? We can do it. We might as well get better at it.

You've been given a gift, and a power like that can hurt people. You can't just go around using–

Andy

So we should just stuff it down and bury it, like your dad did? How'd that work out?

That's way out of balance, Andy.

Andy

Mom, it's who we are, okay? It's who I am.

Andy, sometimes you can't control your own powers.

Andy

I see, so I'm just some kind of monster. [gets up to leave the room]

That's not what he meant.

Andy

At least you have one kid you can actually trust. [leaves room]

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It's our fault.

Andy

She told us not to do it.

And we did it anyway! She died for nothing! He just blew her away, like she wasn't even a real person.

Andy

Isn't it like you said? It's going to be okay, right? We just have to be strong–

It doesn't matter anymore, Andy. Don't you get that? Whatever he wanted, we just gave it to him.

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We understand this place is full of difficult memories now. It's one of the reasons that we've been thinking that maybe we should move on.

What?

Andy

Move on? You mean "give up".

No one's giving up. We're gonna be part of this fight, no matter where we go. It's just with everything we've been through...

Andy

The worst of it is already over! Alright? That psycho doctor's already done with all his tests and–

Guys, we almost lost you a few days ago.

There is so much tension between everyone right now. We can't get caught in the middle.

And maybe that means that we go to Mexico, like we talked about.

So that's it? You've made up your mind, right? We're just gonna run away?

Going to Mexico isn't running away. There are refugees that need help there too, maybe more than here.

Andy

Yeah, but here is where we can make a difference.

He's right. I want to do something.

Right now I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this.

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What happened in that parking lot? We came outside, you were both on the ground, and you haven't been speaking to each other.

Andy

Just a disagreement, right?

A disagreement? You attacked those agents.

Andy

They were gonna shoot us, I stopped them, and we got away.

You almost killed that guy.

Andy

Yeah, key word: "almost."

Guys, I don't know what's going on, but we need to stick together as a family right now.

Andy

Tell her that, not me.

What?

Andy

Last time I checked, I'm the one person in this family who's actually proud to be a Von Strucker.

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There are people to protect here. When the X-men founded this place, they didn't say "run off whenever you're pissed".

Andy

Our friends might not be coming back. Aren't you pissed?

Of course I am, but we have a job here.

Guys, we can't keep fighting each other.

Your father's right. We have to be strong as a family.

Andy

I'm the one who wants us to be strong!

You mean you want us to be the Von Struckers again. You sound like the Frost sisters.

Andy

What's wrong with that? They're willing to face reality. The humans are coming after us.

The humans, Andy? Am I coming after you? Is your mom?

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Look, I know you're going through a lot right now. What happened at that lab affected me too.

Andy

Affected you how? I mean you're acting like nothing's changed.

That day changed everything for me. All those people dying, I can't get it out of my head. But we have to focus on making things better. We rescued Dad and Lorna, we helped save Trader when he was shot. Didn't that feel good?

Andy

Yeah, of course it did, but we're not little kids playing X-men anymore. This is real. There are people trying to hurt us, and we have the power to stop them.

You mean the power to destroy them.

Andy

You're the one who denied your abilities and almost destroyed the whole family. Why would you want to do that again?