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I didn't know there was a contest goin' on! But we should'a guessed it! Seems like everybody's tryin' to conquer the universe these days!
Sheesh! This lab looks like somebody really pearled our harbor! If that's what happens when we win a fight, I sure hope we never lose one!
The world still doesn't know that Cap's quit us! When it finds out... will it figure that the once-mighty Avengers are washed up? Can we make it without Cap -- the greatest leader a fighting team ever had?
I heard you mumble you were lookin' for Doc Strange -- and I wanna know what a brainless baboon and a sorcerer have in common!
Thrice shalt thou see me, Thrice shall we vie -- and then on the fourth time Steve Rogers shall die!
Cap trusted me -- had faith in me -- even when I wasn't sure I deserved it! I've met alot of Joe's in my time -- but there'll never be another like Captain America!
Married! Married! Mantis I was expectin'-- though an intelligent tree for a groom came outta left field-- But Wanda and the Vision took me completely by surprise! That synthezoid's sly, boy!
I might be wrong, but I think gruesome just wiped out our two strongest members...without batting an eye!
I was just remembering how I used to be the one who always blew his stack. All of a sudden I feel old... real old.
Come on! Tigra's one tough lady and Wonder Man's up there in Thor's league! What could possibly threaten him?
East Coast or West... New York or California, it makes no difference! Once an Avenger, always an Avenger!
At last! My bow's at the proper tension, I have plenty of arrows-- guess it's finally time to-- "Rock 'n' Roll!"
I might have to do something drastic-- like use my brains for a change! Nah! No sense going overboard!
I'm startin' to think maybe this Midwest team isn't such a bad idea. Your powers are kinda funky, and your code names stink...But with the proper management...my management...This could be a heckuva team!
Starting now, this neighborhood belongs to the people who LIVE in it. Starting now, you will be held ACCOUNTABLE for every act of violence you commit -- and the CONSEQUENCES will be delivered to your door.
Whatever happens to Hank, or to Bobbi -- This is one time this West Coast bunch is gonna live up to their name -- as AVENGERS!
They came here for you and me, Rover. They wiped everyone else out just to get us. Well, they're gonna get us. But they're not gonna LIKE it!
Trick Shot's right. Bobbi wouldn't want me doing this bitter loner routine. She'd want me to go on. I'n not to blame for what happened. No one is. She died doing something important to her.
I don't have the answers to all your questions, Jim. I'm not sure anybody does. But I do know that Hitlers like Arul, psychos like Deathtoll and obedient soldiers like Cold Warrior don't even ask those kind of questions. Maybe the questions keep you honest. Maybe it's when you think you've got all the answers you ought to worry.
Sorry, Spider-Man-- --but I can't do it. I guess I just need something -- or someone -- to believe in-- --or maybe I just need someone who believes in me. But either way-- --thanks.
Five'll get you ten they're being mind controlled again -- by the Serpent Crown, the Over-Mind, my aunt Pearl -- anybody!
Annoying? MY ARROWS?! You think it's easy to engineer custom-made arrowheads?! It took months to design an aerodynamic boxing glove arrow -- and you wouldn't believe the laughs I've had with it!
Just hold tight, old son. 'Cause if that rumbling I'm hearing from either side means what I think it does, the Avengers are here.
I know I haven't mentioned it yet -- but what you guys did -- coming to help me -- --I -- I wanted to say...thanks. A lot. And if you guys ever have to go to hell again, don't worry......I'll be behind you every step of the way!
When you talk to the cops about this, tell 'em Hawkeye was the good guy willya? I don't need anymore bad press.
I don't have the power to put the world back the way it was and I don't even know if it can be put back... but I damn well can kick the guy's ass who did it.
You don't know how to handle it, do you? The grief. The pain. The loss... So you reached for the thing you know best -- you tried to make a deal. Tried to strike a bargain that would make it all go away. And you CAN'T.
Listen to me... all of you... this doesn't end till every last one of them dies! You hear me?! Every @#$%ing last one of them!
Every time the world has gone to hell someone take advantage of it. Stock market crashes and some dirtbag parachutes out with a billion dollars. Country goes to war, the mob has a field day...now this? This? And dressed in our uniforms? Representing something we've dedicated our lives to? Twisting it into something they can sell? No! NO! We don't wait for them to show their true colors. We know their true colors. We go there and we stop them before it all goes to hell again. We go there and we take back the Avengers from the hands of the Green Goblin maniac! We're the Avengers. We take it back.
Figured you hadn't had one of these in a long time... A party I mean...not birthdays...you gotta be at least eighty or something.
What I should have done is gone to Avengers Tower and killed him. ... Every second that this is allowed to continue, every second this madness goes on...is our fault.
That's not how it works, Red. You owe us all explanations...and, Lady, Clint Barton is first in line!
When you do what Mockingbird and I do -- without powers -- you can't rely on super speed or flight as your weapons. Everything around you is there to help you hit the target. ...We are the weapons!
To successfully make a shot, you gotta follow and master basic steps. Your stance is the foundation. Where you draw your strength. Nock the arrow and grip. Realize you are wielding a weapon. Mindset. Focus solely on your goal, regardless of your surroundings. Be in the now. Set up and draw. Inhale and prepare for what you are about to do. Anchor and hold. There is no going back. Aim. All that remains is you and your target. Release and follow through. Master those and you hit every time. One last step. Feedback. Basically...take responsibility for the outcome. For every shot.
So we're clear, you're admitting you're a hypocrite? The guy who's gone off when he was dying, back from the dead, in armor, and...am I missing any more? Take the high road, Steve, and at least admit when you're wrong.
Everything seems to be telling me the impossible is true. Somehow, my brother, Barney Barton, is alive. And he wants to kill me.
I want this Superia, H.A.M.M.E.R., all of it. I want to know what they were trying to do and I want it all burned to the ground in front of her. I want her in jail or dead for this and I want it all done by the time Bobbi is out of surgery.
Yeah, man. The idea of Avengers Academy is a winner. And what you've done to our old West Coast Avengers compound is a thing'a beauty. So quit beatin' yourself up. Let's get out there--and meet the new class!
I mean, I can't miss... I'm on a team with super-humans. And one god, in case you've forgotten. Even you... well, you climb walls really well. The training is the only thing that makes me special. And if I'm not special, then none of this is worth it. I gave up a lot for this life. I could have been happy with Mockingbir-- Bobbi. We could have had a good, simple life. But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss.
I got into this because Alicia's brother came to me for help. I understood him. Understood his need to look out for his sister. It's why I kept Steve out of it. And it's why I'm going to lie to you, Tony. I don't want to tell you they're afraid of you. Afraid you'll round them up, no matter what I tell them... I want to protect you. Because I'm an Avenger. Because you're my brothers.
Eric understands what it means to be an Avenger. We're not mercenaries. You need to get it through your head.
I had a plan. It was wait for Zemo to sneak away and shoot an arrow at him. And you know what? The simplest plans really are the most effective.
Aw... are we dealing with an alternate reality here? I have a hard enough time keeping this one straight.
Come on, it's Tony Stark and Hank Pym. Two of the smartest guys on the planet... If they don't know what they're doing...
I'd rather stay in character. Like Daniel Day Lewis. Like Stanislavsky. I like playing dumb. It makes me feel smart. Sometimes.
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Avenger Three... boldly going where pretty much all of us have gone before...
Hydra? Did you see that move? They don't teach moves like that in Hydra school, pal! You picked the wrong team! Hail Hawkeye!
At least now Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. can both stop hunting those poor kids and they can rest in peace. Right? Isn't that what your report is going to say, Director Hill?
I didn't need rescuing until about an hour ago. You couldn't have gotten here that fast. Besides, Coulson wouldn't have sent you. He knows... you... you... distract me.
I used to hate you. Hated your body count. Now I get it. You were just making the hard choices that most of us never had to. Do you ever... regret taking a shot?
I'm ready to face my demons -- but there's a guardian angel with other plans... which means this isn't my time to die. It's my time to fight. I can't die. Not again. And definitely not now. Maybe I'm meant for more than being remembered as the guy who killed the Hulk. Maybe. I don't know. All I know is one thing... there are fights to be fought. People that need protection. That's why Banner asked me to kill him. He knew me... knew that I'd do what needed to be done.
Look... I get it... I do. You're a lone wolf. That's your thing. I can respect that. But... Puck said you'd called him, you were asking for help. And if you're asking him for help, despite being a loner, then that makes me think that maybe things are bad.
New Yorkers. Collectively, you know how to make every food known to humanity. And some that aren't. You know how to get a boot off your car using a Phillips screwdriver and a Pez dispenser. As prickly as a desert cactus. As fluidly coordinated as a school of fish. You may not always work together... but when you do... you're a force of nature.
I mean, I can't miss... I'm on a team with super-humans. And one god, in case you've forgotten. Even you... well, you climb walls really well. The training is the only thing that makes me special. And if I'm not special, then none of this is worth it. I gave up a lot for this life. I could have been happy with Mockingbir-- Bobbi. We could have had a good, simple life. But I wanted to play with the big boys. And if I miss, it means I'm just another dude with a bow. It means I've been fooling myself this whole time. And that's why I never miss.
The Wasp | You look pretty cheerful, Hawkeye! There must be a female in your future! |
Hawkeye | There sure will be, if I can help it! |
Hammerhead | If you really think you've won, fool, just look behind you! |
Hawkeye | You gotta be kiddin'! I wouldn't even have fallen for that chestnut when I was a crook! |
Mad Thinker | You shall regret that you did not remain a criminal, my friend! |
Red Guardian | Hah! To think that one of the accursed Avengers should be captured in my very stronghold ... lured here by his love for the Black Widow! What could better prove how superior to all Americans is the one they call... the Red Guardian!! |
Hawkeye | And a hotsky-trotsky to you, you long-winded creep! |
Black Knight | Look there... thru the blinding mist! |
Hawkeye | I see it... but I don't haveta believe it...! |
Ultron-6 | They attack me... here, in my very stronghold! |
Goliath | Where should we have looked for ya, pal...? In beautiful downtown Burbank? |
Wasp | What about the race that built the citadel? Will they ever come back? |
Hank Pym | If they do, Honey, then Hank Pym will fight them with a test tube-- the Avengers with super-powers. |
Goliath | And a prayer, old buddy. Don't forget that. |
War Machine | Mack Mendelson, engineer and mechanical genius. Graduated M.I.T. before he was old enough to shave. Brews a heckuva cappuccino if you're in the mood. Mack, this is Hawkeye. He's good people. |
Mack Mendelson | That's enough for me. What can I do ya for? |
Hawkeye | I need a new bow and some arrows. The special kind. |
Mack Mendelson | And you want 'em yesterday. |
Hawkeye | Even sooner. |
Moonstone | I haven't been ignoring my problems. |
Hawkeye | Of course not. |
Moonstone | I've been obscuring them under a veil of indifference. |
Hawkeye | Exactly. |
Cyclone | C'est Moi |
Hawkeye | That guy makes it easy to hate the French... |
Hawkeye | I guess it's time for me to go, too. |
Dallas Riordan | Wait--you're leaving-- and you're okay with Zemo staying? |
Hawkeye | Am I okay with it? No. Do I see why I have to? Yes. This has always been about getting your lives straight. Mine too, I think. I fought to give you guys enough rope to swing or hang. Look how many of you swung with it. So how can I not give New-Coke Zemo the same chance? |
Songbird | What about us? |
Hawkeye | Not a doubt in my mind, Mel, that you'll make the right decision. An' if you don't, well, beating the snot out of you is what the Avengers live for... |
Hawkeye | Hey, Jenny-Poo. Miss me? |
She-Hulk | Clint! You have no idea! Think you can hold the fort for a sec? |
Hawkeye | For you, Shulkie? No problemo. |
Vision | I had little idea of how much the Avengers have experienced in their lifespan thus far. |
Hawkeye | I dunno... chalk it up to growing pains, I guess. I'm just proud to say I'm still here, doin' my part to make the world a little less scary for the average Joe. In other words... Avengers Assemble. |
Hawkeye | Look, I know we're past the big brother teaching little brother about driving and women and sneaking me a fake I.D. But can we just start over? I'm not giving up on us. |
Trickshot | Yer mistake. Only one way this is gonna end, baby brother. It's in my blood, an' now yours. One'a us is gonna hafta kill the other. An' I ain't gonna stop until it happens. |
Hawkeye | Cap? Where's Spider-Man going? |
Captain America | I told him he could stand down. |
Hawkeye | Stand down?! Cap, how could -- why? |
Captain America | Look around you, Hawkeye...we're going to lose. |
Captain America | It feels so real in the dreams... then I wake up and I'm fine. I just need to be sure. |
Hawkeye | Right. Then we will be... and when you turn out to be completely normal... Tony'll hook you up with a shrink. |
Iron Man | There is one I'd recommend, actually... although she's probably still angry I stopped calling. |
Captain America | Just worry about the scans... I'm not in the market for psychologists or women. |
Hawkeye | So, Steve, this entire mission, dropping us into the nest of the Masters of Evil -- you were hip to all of this? All part of a test to see if I'm ready to lead some Avengers? |
Captain America | Would you approve if it were? |
Hawkeye | That's the thing about being a leader, Steve...you have to find that approval in yourself. |
Captain Britain | We've all met before, with the exception of this new Ant-Man, whom I've read... things about. Captain America has offered me the reins of this unit, and with great pride, I accept... Our world seems to be in constant peril. I hope together we can preemptively put a stop to some of the chaos - |
Hawkeye | We're going to, Brian. Which is why Cap put a time-honored Avenger in charge of this delicate detail. |
Captain Britain | Yes, 'shooting things with accuracy' is far more impressive than 'Protector of the Omniverse.' |
Wolverine | Makes me wonder what we're doin' here. When we stop a man from doin' what needs to be done. |
Hawkeye | You felt Cletus in your head. Just like I did. He wanted to take the entire world. We did enough. We kept him from having his way. |
Wolverine | You think so, huh? Look at this place... I'm not so sure. |
Kate Bishop | Why me? You know Avengers. You ran Avengers. Why me? |
Clint Barton | Because you're good |
Kate Bishop | Cap is good, Spider-Man is good. Why me? |
Clint Barton | You're smart. |
Kate Bishop | So's Iron Man. So's -- everyone at your day-job. Why me? |
Clint Barton | You're rich? |
Kate Bishop | So are you now. Why -- |
Clint Barton | -- because I don't want to sleep with you? |
Kate Bishop | Well good. You're old enough to know... how creepy that would be... does this mean you want to sleep with Spider-Man? |
Hawkeye | Hold on, I'm having an argument with my girlfriend. |
Spider-Woman | Girlfriend? So you do know that word? |
Hawkeye | Oh my God! What did I do now? |
Hawkeye | Y'know those airships ain't cheap, Barnes. |
Winter Soldier | You're just mad 'cause I took out more guys than you with one shot. |
Hawkeye | No, I'm mad 'cause we don't have a ride home anymore... |
Clint Barton | Boomerang Arrow, Kate -- it comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it. |
Kate Bishop | Why the hell do you need an arrow that comes back to you after you shoot it, Clint? |
Clint Barton | Because... boomerangs. |
Hawkeye | Hold on. I remember you. The Leviathan thing. Marcus, right? Marcus -- |
Maria Hill | Nick Fury, his name is Nick Fury now. |
Hawkeye | Really? Because I seem to remember Nick Fury being -- |
Hawkeye | All I'm saying is, at least I look like I put up a fight. Ow. Talking hurts. |
Nick Fury Jr. | And putting up a fight helped you how exactly, Hawkeye? |
Hawkeye | It helped me feel like I didn't just give up, Fury-- |
Nick Fury Jr. | You think giving up is always a bad thing? You'd make the worst spy ever-- |
Hawkeye | Why am I doing this? I'm not in on whatever this is. |
Black Widow and Spider-Woman | Because you want to impress us. |
Hawkeye | ... |
Hawkeye | ... Are you impressed? |
Black Widow and Spider-Woman | No. |
Hawkeye | Hey! What are you talking about, Steve? What's going... |
Captain America | We have a traitor. |
Hawkeye | Who? |
Captain America | Tony Stark. |
Hawkeye | So I guess this means we'll be working together... Pard-nerr. |
Nick Fury Jr. | Please, do be competent |
Hawkeye | Last time I was competent I saved your butt from burning. You were falling. From space. Scared. Remember? |
Nick Fury Jr. | I wasn't scared. |
Hawkeye | Sure. And I could find two clean socks belonging to the same pair this morning. Really. |
Hawkeye | Ow. Dammit! My head is killing me. Be more careful, not everyone has non-stop regeneration! |
Deadpool | Didn't you get sucked into a jet engine one time? |
Hawkeye | That was totally different! |
Dum-Dum Dugan | C'mon -- -- meet the new guy. |
Hawkeye | S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Clint Barton reporting for duty. I'm the super-secret traitor on your team. Sorry. |
Sunspot | ... Could we get the other Hawkeye? |
Clint Barton | Any regrets? |
Matt Murdock | About making sure a man received a fair trial? Not a single one, Mister Barton. |
Clint Barton | So you think the trial was fair? |
Matt Murdock | In the end, very. |
Clint Barton | And the verdict? Do you think the verdict was fair? |
Matt Murdock | I don't know, Mister Barton. I honestly don't know. |
Víctor Álvarez | I'm sorry I keep screwing up. |
Clint Barton | Because you got punched really hard? Sometimes that is the job. You didn't know steroid Yoda was gonna wallop you. |
Hawkeye | Natasha Romanoff, would you do me the honor of accompanying me back to America to face whatever consequences come our way? |
Black Widow | I've got nothing better to do. |
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