John Carter
John Carter

John Carter: Toxin, derived from a puffer fish, simulates death.
[Carter finds the medallion on Matai Shang's body]
Edgar Rice Burroughs: You never found the medallion?
John Carter: No. That's why I'm so grateful to you for bringing me one.
Edgar Rice Burroughs: I... I was just bait?
John

Carter: No. You're far more than that. I really do need a protector. That is, if you're willing.
[Ned agrees and hugs Carter]
John Carter: Goodbye, Ned.
John Carter: [Carter turns to go into the mausoleum] Oh, and Ned. Take up a cause, fall in love, write a book.
John Carter: [about to close the mausoleum] It's

time I went home.
John Carter: [he shuts the door, lays down on the body slab, and says the phrase that will return him to Barsoom] Ak Ohum Oktay Weez...
John Carter: [he sees Dejah saying 'Barsoom' and smiles before repeating the word] Barsoom.

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John Carter

John Carter: Stand behind me, this might get dangerous.
[John fights the Zodangans. When he loses his sword, Dejah takes it and kills the remaining enemies]
John Carter: Or maybe I ought to get behind you...
Dejah Thoris: [Cleans the blood off the sword with John's clothes] You let me know when it gets dangerous.

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John Carter

Tars Tarkas: [to John] You are ugly, but you are beautiful. And you fight like a Thark!

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John Carter

Tars Tarkas: Did I not tell you he could jump!

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John Carter

Edgar Rice Burroughs: I am the key. I am the key! I, Edgar.
[he looks for clues on the mausoleum door]
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Ed! E... D!
[he presses the letters E-D in 'Inter Mundos' engraved on the mausoleum door, but nothing happens, frustrated Burroughs takes out the telegraph Carter had sent him and reads]
Edgar Rice

Burroughs: 'Dear, Ned'. He never called me Edgar. He called me Ned!
[he presses the letters N-E-D in the 'Inter Mundos' engraved on the mausoleum door and the door opens, Ned is shocked to discover his uncle's body is missing, Matai Shang appears behind him, about to kill him, but Carter appears and shoots him]
John Carter: Hello, Ned.

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John Carter

John Carter: You got me. I surrender.
Tars Tarkas: [Fist on his chest] Jeddak.
John Carter: Jeddak?
Tars Tarkas: Jeddak. Tars Tarkas.
John Carter: Tars... Tarkas.
[Tars smiles]
John Carter: Captain John Carter. Virginia.
Tars

Tarkas: Vor... ginya.
[Points at John]
Tars Tarkas: Vorginya!
John Carter: No. My name is John Carter, I'm from Virginia.
Tars Tarkas: [Continues to point at John] Virginia.

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John Carter

Tars Tarkas: Zodanga, red flags. Helium, blue. Zodanga is winning the war. But I say let red men kill red men until only Tharks remain.
John Carter: That doesn't look like a fair fight.
Tars Tarkas: Zodanga never fights fair.

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John Carter

John Carter: [Seeing the carvings in the temple of the Tharks] Can you read it?
Dejah Thoris: It's old scripture.
John Carter: What's it mean?
Dejah Thoris: Don't rush me. "To those who seek the solace of eternity, may journey down the river through the sacred Gates of Iss and find everlasting peace in the

bosom of Issus".
John Carter: The Gates of Iss.
Dejah Thoris: What if I could take you there?
John Carter: What if I didn't trust you?
Dejah Thoris: Then we'd be even. I can take you to the gates, to the answers that you seek. A way back to Jasoom.
John Carter: Earth.

Dejah Thoris: Earth. So this I can to repay you from getting us out of here. Assuming that you can.
John Carter: Deal.
[Places his hand in front of her. Dejah looks confused]
John Carter: Go on. Shake it. It's a sign of trust.
[Dejah takes his thumb and gives his hand a light shake]
John Carter:

Good enough.

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John Carter

John Carter: Fifty millions miles apart, and no way to bridge the gap, no way to return my body and my soul to their true home. Like a fool I'd thrown away my medallion. Then I recalled Matai Shang, his knowledge of earth, of my history. It mean Therns were a presence on this world, the cave in Arizona was proof. There might be other such proofs, other Thern way stations hidden

all around the world. I knew now what the cave of gold must be used for. So for ten bitter years I searched, on the trail of rumor and legend, I fared it out every possible evidence of Therns, but I found no medallion. And then it came to me. And once it came, there were many plans I had to make in secret. I could trust no one else. I had long suspected that the Therns were following my movements.

Now you'll understand the cause of my sudden death. The reason for my bizarre funeral instructions. Why the door can only be opened from the inside. For if my body dies on earth, then my copy dies on Mars. You are the key, this is the task I entrust to you along with all my fortune. Protect my body, the Therns will attempt to destroy it. In the time it has taken you to read these pages, they may

have already done so.

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John Carter

Tars Tarkas: When I saw you, I believed it was a sign... that something new can come into this world.

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John Carter

Tars Tarkas: [voiceover] Mars. So you name it and think that you know it. The red planet, no air, no life. But you do not know Mars, for its true name is Barsoom. And it is not airless, nor is it dead, but it is dying. The city of Zodanga saw to that.

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Dejah Thoris: [to Tars Tarkas] Jeddak of the Tharks. I am Dejah Thoris, regent of the Royal Helium Academy of Science. My research...
Tars Tarkas: [Pushes her away to John] Your share of the spoils. Sola, tend to Virginia's property.
Sola: Yes, my Jeddak
[Holds Dejah's arms behind her back]
Dejah

Thoris: [to Tars Tarkas] You know when Sab Than has conquered us, he will turn his weapon upon you!
Tars Tarkas: I know that Zodanga has found a way to defeat you. And now you seek a mighty weapon of your own. But Virginia fights for us! He will fight the Torquas in the south. The Warhoons in the north! And he will be called Dotar Sojat! "My right arms"!

John Carter: No. I don't fight for anyone.
Tars Tarkas: [to John] Virginia. You reject this honor, then I can't guarantee you the safety of your red girl.
John Carter: [Looks at Dejah being held captive by Sola] I am... Dotar Sojat.

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John Carter: [voice over] My dear Edgar, I remember how I used to take you on my knee and tell you wild tales, which you always did me the great courtesy of believing. Now you are grown, time and space have parted us, but I reach out across that distance, to that same wide eyed boy and ask him to believe me once more. This wild tale begins thirteen years ago, in the Arizona

Territory, between the Pinaleño Mountains and the backside of hell.

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John Carter

Dejah Thoris: In the Hall of Science.
John Carter: And where's that?
Dejah Thoris: [chuckles, while smiling with her head down] Helium.
John Carter: [Carter becomes angry, thinking that Dejah is still trying to convince him to go to Helium] Then quick! Let's just head on turn on back to Helium.
[Carter

grabs Dejah's arm in anger]
John Carter: What do you take me for?
Dejah Thoris: I take you for a man who's lost!
John Carter: I won't be lost if you just tell me how to work this thing!
Dejah Thoris: I will! But everything I need to understand the medallion is in Helium. I'm trying to get you back to

your cave of gold. Isn't that what you want?
John Carter: Yes.
John Carter: I won't be lost if you just tell me how to work this thing!
Dejah Thoris: No, I don't believe you. We may have been born worlds apart, but I know you, John Carter. From the moment you caught me in the sky, I knew. I felt the heart of a man willing to

lay down his life for others. A man willing to fight for a cause, here, on Barsoom.
[Suddenly Carter kisses Dejah, but he has a flashback of his wife and daughter and pulls away from Dejah]
Dejah Thoris: Don't you see? Carter, I fled to find another way. You are the other way.
[suddenly they hear Sola calling out to Carter, as they leave the cave they see a

tribe of Tharks, led by Matai Shang, shooting at Sola]

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John Carter

Dejah Thoris: [Pointing with a stick at the solar system she drew on the ground] Sun. Then Rasoom.
John Carter: Mercury.
Dejah Thoris: [Points to the second planet] Then Cosoom.
John Carter: Venus.
[Points to the third planet]
John Carter: Then Earth. Us.
Dejah

Thoris: That is Jasoom.
[Points to the next planet]
Dejah Thoris: You are on Barsoom, John Carter.
John Carter: Mars? I'm on Mars...
[Gets up, shocked]
John Carter: Good God, I'm on Mars.
Dejah Thoris: So your home is Jasoom? And you came on one of your sailing ships across

millions of karads of empty space?
John Carter: No. Not like that.
Dejah Thoris: Go on. Shock me. How?
John Carter: [Points at the thern medallion kept by Tars Tarkas] That brought me here.
Dejah Thoris: Oh. Well, that explains everything then.
John Carter: It does?

Dejah Thoris: Yes. You are a thern. And you simply wish to return to your rightful place, isn't that it?
John Carter: Yes.
Dejah Thoris: [Begins to walk away] Then let's sort this out right now. Come along!
[John follows]

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John Carter

John Carter: War's a shameful thing.
Dejah Thoris: Not when a noble cause is taken by those who can make a difference. You made a difference today, Virginia.
John Carter: Okay. See, my name is John Carter. Virginia is where I'm from.
Dejah Thoris: Where did you learn to jump that way?
John

Carter: I don't know. How'd you learn to fly?
Dejah Thoris: Your ships cannot sail on light in Virginia?
John Carter: No, professor. See, our ships sail on the seas. Endless water everywhere.
Dejah Thoris: [Stares at him then begins to walk around him] Skeleton structure normal...
John Carter:

What are you doing?
Dejah Thoris: [Continues to study him] It must be the density of your bones.
[Spanks him]
Dejah Thoris: Jump for me!
Sola: Enough! There will be time for playfulness later!
Dejah Thoris: I want no playfulness from him. I want his help. Explain to me how you do it. If it's a

skill, teach it to Helium. Name your price.
John Carter: I'm not for hire. I've got a cave of gold of my own. Somewhere
[Begins to walk away]
Dejah Thoris: Only a madman would rave about the times of oceans!
John Carter: Is that your expert's view? I'm mad?
Dejah Thoris: Or a liar.

Sola: She's a good match for you, Dotar Sojat.
John Carter: Don't call me that.
Dejah Thoris: There are no seas on the planet.
John Carter: You said planet...

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Matai Shang: [during the battle between Helium and Zodanga, Sab Than's ship gets attacked by a mysterious blue light in the sky, Sab Than notices three figures floating towards him, one of the men, Matai Shang, gives Sab Than a blue arm band which is a special weapon, Sab Than immediately uses this to kill Matai Shang but Shang quickly deflects the attack] Being a fool is a great

luxury, Sab Than. Get up.
Sab Than: [slowly gets up] What are you?
Matai Shang: We serve the Goddess, and she has chosen you to receive this weapon. Do as we command and you will rule all of Barsoom, with none to defy you and nothing to stand in your way.

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Telegraph Clerk: [on Earth, Carter goes to a telegraph office and places a telegraph on the counter] Ten words a minimum. That's fifty cents, unless you want special delivery.
Telegraph Clerk: [Carter places a coin on the counter making the telegraph clerk look up and take the coin] Special delivery it is. Name of sender?
John

Carter: Carter. John Carter.

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John Carter

Dejah Thoris: [to John, as Matai Shang disguised as Dejah is fleeing] I'm getting away!
[John and Dejah pursue the other Dejah]

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John Carter

Matai Shang: We do not cause the destruction of a world, Captain Carter. We simply manage it. Feed off it, if you like.