Quotes
New Mutants:
Rictor: “Look! The
vibrations from the explosion have those sharks seriously rattled! And if they
don’t like those vibes--they’ll like these even less!”
~Vol 1 #76
Rictor: “I was with my dad in South America. I learned a lot about things
there…including stuff about dynamite!”
~Vol 1 #76
Rictor:
"Blowing off a tentacle...or even two or three won't do any good!"
~Vol 1 #76
Sunspot: “And then her illusion power was changed...so that her illusions came
real. She can still see death coming…but how that effects her ability to fight
it off, we don’t know.”
Rictor: “Geez! And I thought figuring out Illyana’s power was hard!”
~Vol 1 #77
Rictor: “You’re losing it, Boom-Boom!”
Boom-Boom: “But he told Sam--”
Rictor: “You tried to blow that dude up cause you think he lied to your precious
Sam?”
Boom-Boom: “You’re jealous of Sam, that’s it!”
Rictor: “Jealous? ME?”
~Vol 1 #77
Rictor: “Hey, look! We healed! Didn’t we used to be crispy critters?”
Cannonball: “Don’t joke, Rictor.”
~Vol 1 #77
Rictor: “It’s funny. Every time we have trouble with Freedom Force, it’s because
we fought some bad guy and saved people’s lives! It’s interfering jerks like
them that should have to register under the Mutant Registration Act as
dangerous!”
~Vol 1 #78
Rictor: "Don't sweat it, Boom Boom. It's not much worse than being in jail! My
dad and I were thrown in jail in Costa Rica--did I ever tell you? He--""
Boom Boom: "Don't try to cheer me up, Rictor!"
~Vol 1 #78
Rusty:
"Fire away, Pyro. You can't hurt us through my deflector field, so why don't you
just--"
Rictor:
"What...fire!? Did Dani break loose? Is this the end of the
world!?"
~Vol 1 #78
Rictor:
"What's with you, Boom Boom? You forget how to make time-bombs? You're hanging
back like some kind of chicken dwarf!"
Boom Boom:
"A chicken? A dwarf? Me?! Of all the disgusting things to say-- eeeeek!"
~Vol 1 #80
Rictor: "I
still say we muties should forget all this diplomatic garbage and kick Freedom
Force's collective butts."
~Vol 1 #88
Rictor:
"Not bad. The white trash look must be in this year."
Boom Boom:
"You're a fine one to lecture me about style! That punk rocker scalp lock
is last year's fashion fiasco!"
~Vol 1 #88
Rictor: "Nope. I don't want a new uniform. It's just macho kid stuff. I like my
clothes the way they are!"
~Vol 1 #90
Rictor: "No! This is like what happened to my father---what I saw happen to him!
What I see over and over again in my dreams. And I can do nothing."
~Vol 1 #90
Sabretooth:
"Show me some teeth, you little wimp! Make me sweat for it!"
Rictor:
"Don't laugh at me, you animal! Go for it, Sabretooth, go for it! The only way
you're gonna get outta here alive is if you run like the animal you are! What's
it gonna be, pig --be a man and fight and die -- or run like a coward and
live?!
~Vol 1 #91
Boom Boom:
"So I guess we had to save you again!"
Rictor:
"What do you mean we, paleface? I don't see no dirt under your
fingernails!"
~Vol 1 #91
Rictor:
"Floss those teeth or keep 'em under wraps! You don't scare me anymore, mister!"
~Vol 1 #91
Rictor: "You see, Hodge captured me when I was younger. He...tortured
me...almost forced me to topple San Francisco with my seismic power...till
X-factor saved me. And when we heard Archangel killed him, I was glad, for the
first time in a long time I felt safe, and now he's alive again...and here we
are...trapped in my worst nightmare..."
~Vol 1 #95
Rictor: "Don't be a jerk, Rahne!"
~Vol 1 #95
Rictor: "Ouch, my hand!"
~Vol 1 #96
Boom Boom:
“The news made a big deal about Wolverine and Psylocke’s capture, but
it didn’t even mention our escape!”
Rictor: “Poor Boom Boom never gets any airplay.”
~Vol 1 #96
Rictor: “Give her a break, Firecracker. Jubilee may be a butthead, but she has a
point.”
~Vol 1 #96
Rictor:
"All right, Genegineer! I've had it...with you and Hodge, and every Genoshan on
this island! Take us to Wipeout. He's gonna give me back my powers...and I'm
gonna use it to free our people and shake Hodge into scrap metal!"
~Vol 1 #97
Rictor:
"Boom Boom! Jube! GET HER OFF ME!"
~Vol 1 #97
Rictor: "We're tired of people attacking us!"
~Vol 1 #98
Warpath: "Relax buddy!"
Shatterstar: "Get your hands off me, Mojo sniffer!"
Cable: "Hold him, James, this one's got an attitude!"
Shatterstar: "I have a foot, too, see?" -kicks Cable in the face
~Vol 1 #100
Rictor: "My
vibes will shake the monster up and draw its attention away from the Atlanteans!"
Boom Boom:
"...and focus it on us! Just what we need! How's that gonna stop
it?!"
~Vol 1, Annual #5
Cable:
"Care to give level two a try--?"
Rictor:
"We can take anything you and this overgrown playroom throw at us, Cable...one
legged with our hands tied behind our backs!"
~Vol 1, Annual #6
Cannonball:
"Look, Ric, Cable's not out to get us or anything. It's just practice. It's
nothin' personal."
Rictor:
It is with me!
~Vol 1, Annual #6
Rictor: "Rahne, get real. He just tried to
kill you!"
~Vol 1, Annual #6
Rictor: "THAT'S
your mutant power? You're a split personality? Doesn't add much to your team
when all your duplicates are as big a jerk as the original!"
~Vol 1, Annual #6
Rictor: "Lock's
right! That clinches it. This future garbage is all an illusion..a trick! Get
yourselves some other chumps, Bucko, 'cause us New Mutants aren't falling for
it!"
~Vol 1, Annual #6
Boom Boom:
"The one outta a Duran Duran video is Shatterstar."
~Vol 1, Annual #7
Feral: "I think I like him better when he doesn't say nuthin'."
Boom Boom: "Ditto. Nice buns, though."
~Vol 1, Annual #7
Shatterstar:
"Fekt! These are not truly worthy opponents!"
Feral:
"Yeah -- they keep fallin' down when we hit 'em!"
~Vol 1, Annual #7