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.

Extended Reading
  • Kristina 2022-01-04 08:01:02

    Yep. . The first story in the opening title is extremely ambiguous. But what caught my attention most was the story of the little Japanese girl, her cat, and a group of children, creating an area free from the constraints of the material world in the light, where the innocence is displayed wantonly, thinking of the world of Sophie. That blurred animation world

  • Donato 2022-03-26 09:01:08

    When I watched it, I was younger and had less contact with cults. The middle robot directly pulled out his master's brain and left a deep shadow on my young mind...