Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney

Oscar always opens up doors, especially the night of the Oscars. On that night, you hold that gold man, and it's like having Gandalf's staff. You can go anywhere and do anything. It's a talisman of such power.

Ben Dolnick
Ben Dolnick

Writing is a sufficiently lonely and mysterious pastime that I don't begrudge myself a talisman or two, so long as they don't become ways of distracting myself from the glum inescapability of actual work.

Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight

Daytrader: Is that a talisman of the Knights of Iacon? It can't be real. There are several signs of the apocalypse, and that is one of them.

Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3

Kai: [Kai has materialized in a vast field; two farmers cower in fear of him] What is this place?
Rabbit Villager: [uneasy] Ah... my brother's farm?
Kai: Ah. If I stepped on you, would you die?
Rabbit Villager: [both cower as the Goose lays eggs in fear] Y-yes.
Kai: The Mortal Realm.


[speaking to jade talisman of Oogway]
Kai: You hear that, Oogway? I'm back.
[bellows]
Kai: Kai has RETURNED!
Rabbit Villager, Farmer Goose: Who?
Kai: Kai. General Kai. Supreme Warlord of all China!
Farmer Goose: I dunno.

Kai: The Jade Slayer. Master of Pain. You may know me as the Beast of Vengeance. Uh... Maker of Widows?
Farmer Goose: Huh?
Kai: [exasperated] Okay, I used to work with Oogway?
Rabbit Villager, Farmer Goose: Oh, Master Oogway!
Farmer Goose: He was a great warrior!


Rabbit Villager: We've heard of Master Oogway, he's a...
Kai: [cutting their chatter] Okay, okay, enough. SILENCE!

Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3

Kai: [to his jade zombies] Find Oogway's students and bring them to me.
[to jade talisman of Oogway]
Kai: By the time I am done with them, Oogway, there will be no one left who will even remember your name. Hahahaha, Kai is COMING!

The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog

Dr. Facilier: [during the illusion of Tiana's restaurant] Now, isn't this whole life better than hoppin' around a bayou for the rest of your life?
Tiana: Shadow Man.
Dr. Facilier: Gotta hand it to you, Tiana. When you dream, you dream big. Just look at this place! Gonna be the crown jewel of the Cresent City. And all you got to do,

to make this reality Is hand over that little talisman of mine.
Tiana: No. This-this is not right.
Dr. Facilier: Come on, darlin'? Think of everything you sacrificed.
[as he shows her all the people who doubted her]
Dr. Facilier: Think of all those people who doubted you.
[shows her father]
Dr.

Facilier: And don't forget your poor daddy. Now, that was one hard-working man... double, sometimes triple shifts. Never let know how bone-tired, beat he really was. Shame all that hard work didn't amount much more than a busted up, old gumbo-pot and a dream that never get off the back porch. But you... you can give your poor daddy everything he ever wanted. Come on, Tiana... You're

almost there.
Tiana: My Daddy never did get what he wanted. But he had what he needed. He had love. He never lost sight o' what was really important.
[as she charges him, shaking the talisman]
Dr. Facilier: Easy with that! Careful!
Tiana: And neither will I.
[thows the talisman to ground]

The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog

Dr. Facilier: Y'all should have taken my deal. Now you'll spend the rest of your life being a slimy little frog!
Tiana: I got news for you, Shadow Man: it's not slime... it's mucus!
[uses her tongue to get back the talisman and smashes it]
Dr. Facilier: No! How am I ever gonna pay back my debt?
[a trio of masks break

out of some graves, chanting]
Dr. Facilier: Friends!
Masks: [smile malevolently] Are you ready?
Dr. Facilier: No! I'm not ready at all! In fact, I got lots more plans! This is just a minor setback in a major operation!