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Hercules! You sure you know what you're doing? 
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Too bad we don't have a catchy assembly call! Y'know like "Champions Convene" or something!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Since when did being a mutant become a crime, friend?
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Whoa! You come in different colors now? How many varieties of Hulk are available these days?
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- ...My dad's Irish-Catholic, my mom's Jewish. I was the only kid in Hebrew school who got off for St. Patrick's Day!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Funny. When you get the high-level government clearance The Defenders received after the Secret Empire Affair, people start believing whatever you tell them! I don't think I like that.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- At home I was always the baby boy -- being coddled and protected! In the X-Men, I was the weak link -- the kid who couldn't hold his own! Is it any wonder I was never sure of myself!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Teamwork. You gotta love it.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- My name is Bobby Drake. Iceman. I've been an X-Man, an X...Factor-ian, a Defender, a Champion (don't ask). I've been a super hero since before I was old enough to shave. I've stood side by side with the toughest, most powerful heroes in the known universe and always held my own. But today... today I need to be something more. So go ahead, call me a joke if you want. Label me the X-Man with the lamest power ever. But a man of untapped potential? Don't you dare ever call me that again!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Hey -- pointless combat is what we do best, buddy!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Save yourselves...and leave me to die...with the city...I will destroy!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Say "uncle," Rask, or I freeze your face!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Trust me!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Now I'll do it my way, by myself!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Then fight me without powers.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- I am pulling the most totally bizarre vibes off the others.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Oh... sorry! Was that cold? Just be glad it wasn't Wolverine giving you the wake-up call!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Whatever it is, we can handle it.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Ridin' an iceboard is a blast too...but I don't make a federal case out of it!
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
- Oh man! That was like pulling myself up by my bootstraps -- after knitting the boots out of my own guts.
- --Robert Drake (Earth-616)
Bobby |
| C'mon, Hank, do you have to watch that opera?
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Hank |
| Shhh -- Kirite Kanawa's about to make her entrance. I thought you were into music, Bobby.
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| Bobby |
| I am -- but the Stevie Ray Vaughn concert starts any minute on MTV!
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| Hank |
| Fear not -- I'm taping that -- And the Ansel Adams tribute for Warren AND "Dynasty" for Dolly and Cloud -- Isn't modern science wonderful?
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- — Defenders #141
- — Uncanny X-Men #404
- — Uncanny X-Men #425
Hank |
| Just tell me... why are we bothering? She doesn't need to be taught to control her powers! She's got plenty of control!
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Bobby, discussing helping Boom Boom |
| Of her powers, yeah! But not the slightest shred of self-control!
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Iceman (Bobby) |
| Listen, Boom-Boom! X-Factor isn't what you think it is! We have a place where mutants can come and be safe and learn to use their powers... ...where they won't have to live on the streets or rely on villains or thievery....
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Boom-Boom |
| I heard about a school in Westchester... I tried to go there but they ignored me an'...an' scared me...an'... -sniff-
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| Bobby |
| Yeah! That place used to be good, but now... Look, we're not like that! You'll love it with us!
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Beast (Hank) (mocking sing-song) |
| "You'll love it with us!"
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| Bobby |
| Cut it out, Hank! She needs us! There's a couple of kids a little older than you and a couple younger, already! Please come...?
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| Boom-Boom |
| If you want me to! Gosh, I can't remember the last time somebody asked me please...!
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- — X-Factor #12
Bobby |
| Hey, Vera, ya got any Mercedes Sosa albums? She's terrific in expressing the plight of the peasant class under totalitarian oppression!
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Hank (to himself) |
| I'm going insane! That must be it!
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Vera |
| Sure, Bobby! Just come by the store sometime! I give a special discount to politically-aware mutants!
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- — X-Factor #2
Bobby |
| So am I a silver-tongued devil or what?
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Scott |
| What is it with you, Bobby? You actually like talking to those fool reporters?
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Bobby |
| Yeah, I do. You're lucky somebody does.
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- — X-Factor #29
Bobby |
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Jean |
| Ground sensors, Bobby! If we walk through the compound, the vibrations of our footsteps will set them off!
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Bobby |
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Jean |
| Just hold on and I'll levitate us across the grounds!
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Bobby |
| So why didn't you just float us over the fence?!
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Bobby |
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- — X-Factor #3
Bobby |
| Regardless of the method, you can't deny that we've accomplished a lot! We've saved at least two young mutants from an unbearable existence and taught them to use their powers wisely! Why don't you ask Rusty and Arthur how they feel about our set-up?
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Hank |
| She has a valid argument, Bobby. Besides -- we all know that you'll do anything to keep from returning to your job as an accountant!
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Bobby |
| Izzat so? Is everyone gettin' cold feet around here except the Iceman?
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- — X-Factor #5
Opal Tanaka |
| Everyone should learn a foreign language, Bobby. It broadens the mind.
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Bobby |
| I'm from Long Island, sweetheart. English is hard enough all by itself.
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- — X-Factor #65
Apocalypse |
| You've had your fun, X-Factor -- your final fleeting moment of glory -- now it's time for you all to DIE!
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Bobby |
| Yeah. Right. Sure. So what else is new? Better'n' you have tried, buster, but we're still here and still fighting!
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- — X-Factor #68
Beast |
| You don't have to be so protective.
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Iceman |
| Sure, I do. You're curious Hank. I'm the man in the yellow hat. That's our relationship.
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- — X-Men Unlimited #10
Zelda |
| What a groovy poem! And it's in free verse!
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Iceman -- about Bernard's poetry |
| It hadda be! Nobody'd be nutty enough to pay'im for it!
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- — X-Men #31
Iceman |
| Women... bless their gentle souls... are so understanding! Full of sugar and spice and everything nice!
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Beast |
| And forgiving, too! Especially forgiving!!!
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- — X-Men #47
Iceman |
| I see that blow on the head didn't damage your talent for big words! I was kind of hoping it had!
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Beast |
| Big words? I haven't the slightest glimmer of comprehension as to the significance of that obtuse reference!
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- — X-Men #53
Iceman (solo series, 1984-85)
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- My parents broke their backs for so many years to make things good for me... to give me comfort... to give me values... to give me love! I won't believe that it was all for nothing! I won't believe that their lives, their passions, their pain... meant nothing! You're a liar, Oblivion -- a trickster -- a fraud -- An I won't let your lies crush me!
- --Bobby[src]
- Mom... Dad... Listen to me. Something happened to me tonight... Something... Well, I don't think I could ever really explain it -- but, because of what happened, I realize now what a jerk I've been -- and how much time we've all wasted on arguments -- on trying to make each other what we're not! You've been pushing for years to get me to conform to some norm I could never conform to... even if I wanted to. I'm not blaming you for that. I understand how hard it's been for you -- having a mutant for a son. And I... I've been just as bad. I never bothered to look at you as people. You were either heroes or villains... Always larger than life. Always looming over me like... like gods. But you know what? None of that matters! We've wasted so much time on things that DON'T MATTER! The important thing is -- we've never stopped loving one another! I-I know it sounds corny and trite... but love's the only thing in life that has any real meaning! Everything else -- might as well be a dream!
- --Bobby[src]
- Listen up out there! This is the X-Terminators speaking! The X-Terminators are not responsible for that mess down there! People were! They kidnapped a mutant child-- tortured him! Tried to make him destroy your city! But we stopped them! Mutants are like everybody else, except they've got powers! Some are bad... but most are good! We saved you! Remember that! All of you, listen up out there! Know mutants by our deeds! And be glad that we exist!
- --Iceman's speech from a helicopter, despite the repeated attempts of his teammates to get the microphone away from him and calm him down.[src]
Bobby |
| Cyke saved you, you saved him! What say you call it even?
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Scott |
| Shut up, Bobby! And freeze the launch-assembly! Hurry! Jean can't keep this up indefinitely!
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Bobby -- (X-Factor #28) |
| Me? Shut up? Sheesh! You think I can't talk and freeze stuff at the same time?
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- A sentient ship... the slave of a villainous arch-fiend... saved by a brave band of mutant heroes. Isn't it just ...too romantic? And that leader... I imagine he's very handsome behind that mask. But my favorite... my absolute favorite... is that beautiful Iceman!
- --Infectia commenting as she watches X-Factor on television
| a reporter |
| How do you answer people who suggest that X-Factor means well, but that you mutants have caused more harm than good?
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Iceman -- (X-Factor #29) |
| Why, we tell them that you can't blame X-Factor for the actions of a few evil mutants... Just like none of you law-abiding reporters would want to be held responsible for the actions of the mad, serial subway-sniper! X-Factor's mission is to reflect the brotherhood of man and protect both humans and mutants from harm... whatever the source.
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| Bobby |
| So am I a silver-tongued devil or what?
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Scott |
| What is it with you, Bobby? You actually like talking to those fool reporters?
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Bobby -- (X-Factor #29) |
| Yeah, I do. You're lucky somebody does.
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{{Conversation
|Everyone should learn a foreign language, Bobby. It broadens the mind.| [[Robert Drake (Earth-616)|Opal Tanaka
|I'm from Long Island, sweetheart. English is hard enough all by itself.| [[Robert Drake (Earth-616)|Bobby -- (X-Factor #65)
}}
Apocalypse |
| You've had your fun, X-Factor -- your final fleeting moment of glory -- now it's time for you all to DIE!
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Bobby -- (X-Factor #68) |
| Yeah. Right. Sure. So what else is new? Better'n' you have tried, buster, but we're still here and still fighting!
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