Meeting Art3mis[]
Parzival: Yup. He's pretty great.
Art3mis: I assume you and Shoulder Blades are clanned up? (walks over to the Iron Giant's hand)
Parzival: (follows her) Oh, Aech? Nah. I mean, he's really good, but I don't clan.
Art3mis: (leaning on the Iron Giant's hand) Oh, 'cause you're Parzival, as in the knight who found the Holy Grail by himself.
Parzival: What about you, Art3mis? Goddess of the hunt. Clans must be killing to sign you up.
Art3mis: Favorite shooter?
Parzival: Excuse me?
Art3mis: James Halliday's favorite first-person shooter.
Parzival: What? Oh! GoldenEye.
Art3mis: Playing as?
Parzival: Oddjob. Is this a test?
Art3mis: Favorite game variant?
Parzival: Game variant was "slappers only." No weapons.
Art3mis: I know what "slappers only" means. Racer?
Parzival: Turbo. And his favorite food was Hot Pockets. Favorite restaurant was Chuck E Cheese. Song was Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles. Video wTake on Me by A-ha. Oh, oh... His favorite quote was from Superman. "Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story..."
Art3mis: (finishes for him) "Others can read the ingredients on the back of a chewing-gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe."
Parzival: Lex Luthor (chuckles). Cool (offers Art3mis a high five but she refuses).
Art3mis: (continues walking) What would you do? If you won. The whole contest, I mean.
Parzival: (follows her again) Oh! I mean, I've got tons of plans in the real world. I'd... I'd move into a huge mansion, buy a bunch of cool shit, not be poor (Aech sees his heart rate at one-seventy-four beats per minutes).
Art3mis: Now I know why you stopped short (Aech sees her heart rate at 57 beats per minute).
Parzival: I stopped because of Kong. No one ever makes it past Kong. That... That's... That's, like, a rule.
Art3mis: Well, then you know it can't be true! Because Halliday hated making rules!
Parzival: I can't afford to zero out!.
Art3mis: You're afraid to lose your shit!.
Parzival: No, I'm not!.
Art3mis: What happens when IOI offers you guaranteed coin for the keys to the kingdom? Nolan Sorrento takes over the world. A real gunter would risk everything to save the OASIS from IOI.
Parzival: Who said that?
Art3mis: Me.
Getting to know Samantha[]
Wade: (looks at the IOI headquarters) That's IOI (sees the stacks explosion). So the stacks are over there? (looks at Samantha) We've been living this close to each other the whole time?.
Samantha: (starts walking a little) Next door, around the world, it's... it's all the same in the OASIS (a small gust of wind blows her hair, revealing her birthmark. She quickly covers it).
Wade: For the record, um... I'm not disappointed. You said I... I would be disappointed when I met you, but... I'm not.
Samantha: I've lived with it my whole life. You don't have to pretend (walks over to a bench and sits down. Wade brushes her hair to see the birthmark).
Wade: You have a birthmark, so what? Why would that scare me? (touches her chin)
Samantha: (grabs his hand) Z, if I hurt you, I'm... I'm sorry.
Wade: No, it's... (realizes what she just called him) Wait, did... did you just call me "Z"?
Samantha: Oh, my God. Did I?
Wade: I think you did.
Samantha: (laughs) Wade, I'm sorry.
Wade: Yeah, Wade, Z (sits down next to her. The two lovebirds look at each other) You can call me whatever you want. And I'll call you Sam.
Samantha: (shakes her head as she says it) No.
Wade: Uh, Samantha? (Samantha nods approvingly) Okay. Cool (they lift their heads and gaze at the view). Wow. It's so much slower here. I mean, the wind, the people... Everything.
Samantha: We forget what it's like to be outside (leans in to kiss her boyfriend).
Wade: Yeah (chuckles). Uh...
Samantha: Oh, shit! I just figured it out.
Wade: Figured what out?
Samantha: The second clue. I know what it means (walks off screen).
The Cataclyst[]
Nolan: (he and I-R0k step out of a portal with a captive Sho) Really? Let me finish it for you. It's your last chance, Wade. Last chance. Give me the key. I give you 50 million in your account right now.
Parzival: Why the hell would I ever do that? (I-R0k holds out the Cataclyst)
Sho: Dude! That's the Cataclyst.
Nolan: (grabs the Cataclyst out of I-Rok's hand) Now, personally, I don't care. I'd just as soon never set foot in the OASIS again, let alone have to deal with any of this absurdity. But I know how important Halliday's competition is to you, so...
Parzival: I will never let the future of the OASIS rest in your hands, Nolan Sorrento.
Nolan: Well, that's fine. Three easy steps. One (presses the buttons on the side of the Cataclyst).
I-R0k: Wait, I thought you were bluffing. You know that kills all of us, right? I've got 10 years worth of shit inside of me.
Nolan: Last chance. Two (pulls the Cataclyst in half).
I-R0k: I'm not goin' out like that. That's a camper move. You don't even know how to activate an orb (Parzival kicks the Cataclyst out of Nolan's hands. Sho and I-R0k escape while Parzival and Sorrento fight. Sorrento punches Parzival three times and knees in the side).
Wade: (panting) Yeah, I felt those (gets up off the ground).
Parzival: But this is my world, Sorrento (Parzival kicks Sorrento several times in the head before firing a magical spell at him. Parzival does a flip kicks Sorrento in his penis, causing real-world Sorrento a great deal of pain. The force of the kick unfortunately lands Sorrento right next to the Cataclyst. Sorrento reaches over and grabs it.)
Parzival: (runs towards Sorrento) No, no, no!.
Nolan: (hoisting the Cataclyst above his head) Step three! (presses the Cataclyst together, activating it.)
Parzival: No, no, no! (the bomb explodes, destroying every avatar on Planet Doom, including, Sho, Nolan and I-R0k).