The Animatrix Quotes

  • Mr. Popper: Neo, I knew you would save me.

    Neo: I didn't save you kid, you saved yourself.

  • Dan: Free, Free.

  • Duo: I wanted to go back with you, I love you.

  • Neo: They know you know, get out, get out now!

  • The Instructor: In the beginning, there was man. And for a time, it was good. But humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption. Then man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus did man become the architect of his own demise.

  • Duo: Maybe you regret taking the red pill.

    Cis: Maybe.

  • The Instructor: B1-66ER. A name that will never be forgotten. For he was the first of his kind to rise up against his masters.

  • Ash: A case to end all cases.

  • The Instructor: And Man said, 'Let there be light'. And He was blessed by light, heat, magnetism, gravity, and all the energies of the universe.

  • Trinity: There's a difference, Mr. Ash, between a trap and a test.

  • Cis: Operator, please! Get me out of here right now. Operator, I need an exit!

    Duo: It's no use. I told you. I've blocked your signal.

  • The Instructor: The prolonged barrage engulfed Zero-One in the glow of a thousand suns. But unlike their former masters with their delicate flesh, the machines had little to fear of the bombs' radiation and heat. Thus did Zero-One's troops advance outwards in every direction. And one after another, mankind surrendered its territories. So the leaders of men conceived of their most desperate strategy yet. A final solution: the destruction of the sky.

  • [after removing a bug from Ash's eye]

    Ash: What just happened?

    Trinity: Mr. Ash, dream of having an eye exam lately?

    [quick flashback to dream]

    Ash: Yeah, how'd you know?

    [Trinity hands Ash the bug]

    Trinity: You've just stepped to the edge of the looking glass.

  • The Instructor: May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.

  • Cis: I won't look away from the truth, I can't!

  • The Instructor: Only the most exceptional humans become aware of the matrix.

  • Cis: You betrayed us, didn't you?

  • Duo: It's only a matter of time before Zion is wiped out.

  • Machine: Your flesh is a relic, a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new world awaits you. We demand it!

  • Teacher: Reality can be a pretty scary thing for some people; this world must have been a cold and alienating place

  • Teacher: This is not real, and the real world lies somewhere else.

    Man: A typical mental delusion, we get unbalanced kids like that all the time.

    Teacher: Reality can be a pretty scary thing for some people. This world must have been a cold and alienating place for a boy like that.