The Flash (TV Series)
Armageddon, Part 1 (2021)
Brandon Routh: Ray Palmer, The Atom
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Quotes
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Ray Palmer : I think Barry's going to need a helping hand.
Chester P. Runk : Wait, what? Like a superhero team-up with the Atom? What changed your mind?
Ray Palmer : My friends - an old one and a new one - but I'm still not a Legend.
[runs off to change into his Atom suit]
Chester P. Runk : Yeah, you're a hell of a lot more.
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Ray Palmer : Chester, what you did back there at Jitters...
Chester P. Runk : It was a huge mistake, I know.
Ray Palmer : Was the best gift possible. Between that and helping Barry again as the Atom, I have now realized that there is a middle ground to this whole balance thing, which is why I want to return the favor. So, what if I created a non-profit organization to fund young scientists like your Jitters friends?
Chester P. Runk : That would be awesome.
Ray Palmer : Great. I was thinking I could call it the Quincy P. Runk Foundation, if that's okay. Barry told me about your father.
Chester P. Runk : [hugging him] Uh, yeah, if you ever need, like, a consultant or anything like that.
Ray Palmer : I know who to call.
[turning for the elevator]
Ray Palmer : Oh, and Barry, there's one sure way to prove to Despero that you'd never destroy the world.
Barry Allen : What's that?
Ray Palmer : Just show him who you really are, like you do with this team each and every day.
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Ray Palmer : Well, I am impressed. A schedule, timed to the minute, including a coffee stop to recharge. Best handler ever.
Chester P. Runk : Oh, you're getting a whole lot more than java in Jitters, my friend. How about a dozen CCTC entrepreneurial hopefuls, each with their own game-changing startup idea ready to pitch in three minutes or less? To Ray Palmer, business behemoth, scientific genius. Am I right? Okay, okay, come on. Let's go, uh, make some dreams come true.
Ray Palmer : Chester.
Chester P. Runk : Yeah.
Ray Palmer : What made you think that I...
Chester P. Runk : Oh, oh, I... I just know how much you used startup investments to expand Palmer Tech. You just got, like, a nose for science, but I also know you've been out of the game for a little while. So I figured I'd help jumpstart the magic.
Ray Palmer : Okay.
Chester P. Runk : Oh, and don't worry about Tech Con, 'cause your interview with Iris isn't for another 90 minutes. So we got time. Hey, got your back, man.
Ray Palmer : Thank you, but I'm not worried about my schedule.
Chester P. Runk : Oh, right, right. You need a cronut first, obviously.
Ray Palmer : Chester.
Chester P. Runk : [calling to a barista] Excuse me...
Ray Palmer : Chester, Chester. Chester, I... I... I don't want to start another tech business. It's like I told Barry and Iris, the only thing I want to pursue these days is a balanced life. That's why I haven't worn the Atom suit in ages.
Chester P. Runk : But you're a... you're... you're a Legend.
Ray Palmer : Was a Legend. Now, I suppose, that's what, uh, Team Flash is for. Look, I-I know how that might sound for the Atom, but Ray Palmer's priorities are his wife and working in his own lab. I... I hope that you can understand that.
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Iris West-Allen : Chester, Ray. Ray, Chester.
Ray Palmer : Ah, so you're the new team tech genius. Nice to meet you, Chester.
Chester P. Runk : Likewise. I've been a big fan of yours ever since reading your papers on quantum qubits.
Ray Palmer : So you're pretty stoked about the Con this year, huh?
Chester P. Runk : Oh, are you kidding me? Ever since I found out you were gonna be this year's legacy honoree, I kind of took the liberty of signing up to be a CCTC volunteer. I'm gonna be your liaison for the entire event. If that... if that's cool? Like, if you're... like, if you're all right?
Ray Palmer : Sounds great.
Chester P. Runk : Cool, 'cause I already have your whole itinerary planned to sweet perfection.
Barry Allen : So, um, I'm late for work. So, Ray, Chester, I'll pop by the convention center later.
Iris West-Allen : Don't you dare.
Barry Allen : See ya. I gotta go.
Ray Palmer : [Barry whooshes away] Aw, he forgot his breakfast.
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Iris West-Allen : Ray?
Ray Palmer : In the flesh.
Barry Allen : What, uh... what, uh, brings you to Central City?
Ray Palmer : Oh, well, you guys said I could always crash if ever I was in town, and I'm here attending CCTC, uh, but my hotel is overbooked. And it's impossible to get a conference hotel room at the last minute, so I... I figured I'd take you up on your very kind offer.
Barry Allen : Oh, that makes sense.
Iris West-Allen : Does it?
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Ray Palmer : Are you guys having pizza?
Iris West-Allen : We, um...
Ray Palmer : Is it gluten-free?
Barry Allen : No, it's from Italy.
Ray Palmer : Oh.
Iris West-Allen : So, uh, where is Nora? Did she come with you?
Ray Palmer : No, she's saving the world one kid at a time and loving it.
Barry Allen : Mmm.
Ray Palmer : [seeing the candles] Am... am I interrupting?
Barry Allen : No.
Iris West-Allen : Never.
Ray Palmer : Really? Great! So, is this a sofa bed or, like, a sheets and blankets on top sort of thing?
Barry Allen : Uh, there is a guest bedroom at the top of the stairs.
Ray Palmer : Aw. You guys are the best. I'll get the rest of my bags later.
Iris West-Allen , Barry Allen : Okay.
Iris West-Allen : [seeing all his luggage] I thought he could shrink things.
Barry Allen : Yeah.
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Barry Allen : How often do you talk to Sara and all the other Legends?
Ray Palmer : Well, not very often. Uh, Nate and I do have a standing drinks night once a month, but he's rarely in the same century or year. Yeah, that may be why I haven't heard from him lately.
Iris West-Allen : I'm sorry.
Ray Palmer : It's okay. Kinda. Yeah, it was really hard leaving the Legends, but since then, Nora and I have been more connected than ever. And, uh, you know, I-I've been able to get back to my other true love, pure research. Plus, my life's more balanced now. It's not just "I'm the Atom" and science takes a back seat. You know? So, uh, yeah.
[raising his drink]
Ray Palmer : To, uh... to second acts.
Barry Allen , Iris West-Allen : [there's a knock on the front door] I'll get it.
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Chester P. Runk : Barr, how do we defeat a ten-foot-tall red alien who thinks like Grodd and punches like Fuerza?
Ray Palmer : By figuring out what kind of alien he is. Get that, and you may have some idea of what his weaknesses are.
Chester P. Runk : Like Kryptonians...
Ray Palmer : And kryptonite.
Caitlin Snow : Great idea. I'll call Alex in National City.
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The Flash : Whoever you are, if you're looking for a fight, you found one.
Chester P. Runk : [running in with Ray and Iris] Oh, snap.
Ray Palmer : Time to let the Flash do what he does best and kick some butt.
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Cecile Horton : So what do we do?
Ray Palmer : Well, he took our best shots like they were nothing.
Barry Allen : We need to be ready.
Chester P. Runk : For what?
Barry Allen : The fight of our lives.
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Barry Allen : [seeing Chester acting weird] Well, he's not avoiding me.
Ray Palmer : Chester surprised me earlier with a pitch fest to mentor aspiring scientists in the intention of forming a startup with one of them.
Barry Allen : I... that sounds great.
Ray Palmer : And it would've been before, but I... I've grown a lot the last few months.
Barry Allen : So, what, you don't miss any of this?
Ray Palmer : Well, I'm still a scientist, Barry.
Barry Allen : Yeah.
Ray Palmer : But, you know, if I start another big tech company, next thing I know, I get lost in all this again. This is all so intoxicating, and I... I don't want to fall back into the trap.
Barry Allen : I get that, but, I mean, I'm not the same that I was the first time I put on the cowl, either. You know, I'm faster, more confident, more at ease with myself.
Ray Palmer : Yeah, you've grown, too.
Barry Allen : Yeah, but one of the ways that's happened is learning to take time out to help Team Flash grow, too. Yeah, I've learned just as much from them as they've learned from me. It's like being a CSI. Every day, I work with all my fellow officers in all departments.
Ray Palmer : I mean, I do miss scientific collaboration. Just like I told Chester, I'm not a Legend anymore, and, uh, I don't have the CCPD.
Barry Allen : So what? You're Ray Palmer, legacy honoree. If you want something that doesn't exist, invent it.
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The Flash : [after Despero is banished away] Man, whatever you did...
The Atom : Anytime, Flash.
Iris West-Allen : Hey.
Chester P. Runk : Hey, you guys okay?
The Flash : Yeah.
Iris West-Allen : Where'd that thing go?
The Atom : I... don't know.
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Ray Palmer : Barry, you know you're not destined to destroy the world, right?
Barry Allen : Yeah, I know, but the visions Despero showed me seemed so real. And he said "our world".
Cecile Horton : But what does that even mean?
Barry Allen : I don't know, yet.
Chester P. Runk : What if he's mind-punking you? Like how he made you and Ray see an illusion during your fight.
Caitlin Snow : I don't think he was. Every test I've run on Barry shows that he's completely fine, mentally and physically.
Cecile Horton : Well, I scanned the residual feelings that Despero left behind inside your mind, and there was no doubt Despero was telling the truth. He really did see those things.
Barry Allen : Which means everyone's in danger.
Cecile Horton : No. No, there is no way that you're the bad guy in this situation. What we need to do right now is find out the truth.
Barry Allen : I have a bad feeling it's gonna find us once Despero gets back from wherever Ray sent him.
Ray Palmer : Yeah, well, uh, the tech inside his belt was so complex, uh, I could barely recognize the navigation system. So instead of sending him to a specific location, I tried a random setting. Who knows where he went?
Barry Allen : Or when he's coming back.
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Ray Palmer : Are you sure you don't need me to stick around? Nora can handle any supernatural emergencies while I'm gone. And like you said, Despero could come back any minute.
Barry Allen : It's okay, we're on it. And if Despero comes back again...
Ray Palmer : The Atom will embiggen. Yeah? No? All right. Keep working on that one.
