Chadwick Boseman credited as playing...
T'Challa • Black Panther
- T'Challa: Wakanda will no longer watch from the shadows. We can not. We must not. We will work to be an example of how we, as brothers and sisters on this earth, should treat each other. Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe.
- T'Challa: We can still heal you...
- Erik Killmonger: Why, so you can lock me up? Nah. Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.
- King T'Chaka: What is wrong, my son?
- T'Challa: I am not ready, Baba.
- King T'Chaka: Have you not prepared to be king your whole life? Have you not trained and studied, been by my side?
- T'Challa: That is not what I am talking about. I am not ready to be without you.
- King T'Chaka: A man who has not prepared his children for his own death has failed as a father. Have I ever failed you?
- King T'Chaka: Never.
- T'Challa: [on saving Ross] I will not abandon someone to die, when I have the means to save his life.
- [TChalla confronts his ancestors in the ancestral plane]
- T'Challa: You were wrong - all of you were wrong - to turn your backs on the rest of the world! We let the fear of discovery stop us from doing what is right. No more! I cannot stay here with you. I cannot rest while HE sits on the throne! He is a monster of our own making! I must take the mantle back. I must! I must right these wrongs!
- [in Oakland]
- Shuri: When you said you'd bring me to California when I was a kid, I thought you meant Coachella, or Disneyland. Where are we?
- T'Challa: This is the building where our uncle lived, where our father killed him.
- Shuri: [sees a condemnation notice] They're tearing it down. Good.
- T'Challa: They are not tearing it down, not anymore. I bought the building. And that one... and that one.
- T'Challa: You will destroy the world, Wakanda included!
- Erik Killmonger: The world took everything away from me! Everything I ever loved! But I'ma make sure we're even. I'ma track down anyone who would even think of being loyal to you! And I'ma put their ass in the dirt, right next to Zuri!
- Shuri: The entire suit sits within the teeth of the necklace. Strike it.
- T'Challa: Anywhere?
- Shuri: Mmm-hmm.
- [T'Challa knocks the suit across the room]
- Shuri: Not that hard, genius!
- T'Challa: You told me to strike it. You didn't say how hard.
- Shuri: I invite you to my lab,and you just kick things around?
- T'Challa: Well, maybe you should make it a little stronger.
- [T'Challa notices a glow coming from the middle of the suit]
- T'Challa: Hey. Wait a minute.
- Shuri: The nanites absorb the kinetic energy... and hold it in place for redistribution.
- T'Challa: Very nice.
- Shuri: Strike it again in the same spot.
- T'Challa: You're recording?
- Shuri: For research purposes.
- T'Challa: [T'Challa kicks the suit and is immediately knocked over] Delete that footage.
- [W'Kabi brings Killmonger in front of T'Challa and the Elders]
- T'Challa: [in Xhosa] Speak.
- W'Kabi: [to Killmonger] Speak.
- Erik Killmonger: I'm standing in your house, serving justice to a man who stole your vibranium and murdered your people. Justice your king couldn't deliver.
- [T'Challa stands up and approaches Killmonger]
- T'Challa: I don't care that you brought Klaue. Only reason I don't kill you where you stand is because I know who you are. Now what do you want?
- Erik Killmonger: I want the throne.
- [Mining Tribe Elder laughs]
- Mining Tribe Elder: [in Xhosa] My goodness.
- [the other Elders laugh]
- Erik Killmonger: Y'all sittin' up here comfortable. Must feel good. It's about two billion people all over the world that looks like us. But their lives are a lot harder. Wakanda has the tools to liberate 'em all.
- T'Challa: And what tools are those?
- Erik Killmonger: Vibranium. Your weapons.
- T'Challa: Our weapons will not be used to wage war on the world. It is not our way to be judge, jury, and executioner for people who are not our own.
- Erik Killmonger: Not your own? But didn't life start right here on this continent? So ain't all people your people?
- T'Challa: I am not king of all people. I am King of Wakanda. And it is my responsibility to make sure our people are safe and that vibranium does not fall into the hands of a person like you.
- Erik Killmonger: Mmm...
- Ramonda: Son, we have entertained this charlatan for too long. Reject his request.
- Erik Killmonger: Oh, I ain't requesting nothing. Ask who I am.
- Shuri: You're Erik Stevens. An American black operative. A mercenary nicknamed Killmonger. That's who you are.
- Erik Killmonger: That's not my name, Princess. Ask me, King.
- T'Challa: No.
- Erik Killmonger: Ask me.
- [T'Challa turns around and walks back to his throne]
- T'Challa: Take him away.
- T'Challa: So surprised my little sister came to see me off before our big day.
- Shuri: You wish! I'm here for the EMP beads. I've developed an update.
- T'Challa: Update? No. It worked perfectly.
- Shuri: How many times do I have to teach you? Just because something works doesn't mean that it cannot be improved.
- T'Challa: You are teaching me? What do you know?
- Shuri: More than you.
- T'Challa: I can't wait to see what kind of update you make to your ceremonial outfit.
- [Shuri gives T'Challa the finger]