The Avengers (2012)

12% of The Moment

[Stark in his Iron Man suit is working on getting his energy line to work]

Tony Stark: You're good to go on this end. The rest is up to you.
Pepper Potts: You disconnected the transition lines? Are we off the grid?
Tony Stark: Stark Tower is about to become a beacon of of self sustaining clean energy.
Pepper Potts: Wow, so maybe our reactor takes over and it actually works?
Tony Stark: I assume. Light her up.

[as Stark is flying in his suit, we see a large skyscraper building with the name STARK lit up in lights]

Pepper Potts: How does it look?
Tony Stark: Like Christmas, but with more...me.
Pepper Potts: Gotta go wider on the public awareness campaign. You need to do some press. I can do some more tomorrow, I'm working on the zoning for the next billboards.
Tony Stark: Pepper, you're killing me. Remember? Enjoy the moment.
[as Stark arrives at his skyscraper penthouse and is in the process of taking off his Iron Man suit]

Jarvis: Sir, Agent Coulson of SHIELD is on the line.
Tony Stark: I'm not in. I'm actually out.
Jarvis: Sir, I'm afraid he's insisting.
Tony Stark: Close the line Jarvis. I got a date.

Pepper Potts: Levels are holding steady...I think.
Tony Stark: Of course they are, I was directly involved. Which brings me to my next question. How does it feel to be a genius?
Pepper Potts: Well, ha, I really wouldn't know now, would I?
Tony Stark: What do you mean? All this, came from you.
Pepper Potts: No. All this, came from that.

[she points to the energy in his chest plate]

Tony Stark: Give yourself some credit, please. Stark Tower is your baby. Give yourself... twelve percent credit.
Pepper Potts: Twelve percent?
Tony Stark: An argument can be made for fifteen.
Pepper Potts: Twelve percent for my baby?
Tony Stark: Well, I did do all the heavy lifting. Literally, I lifted the heavy things. And sorry, but the security snafu? That was on you.
Pepper Potts: Oooooh...
Tony Stark: My private elevator.
Pepper Potts: You mean our elevator?
Tony Stark: It was teeming with sweaty workmen. I'm going to pay for that comment about percentages in some subtle way later on, aren't I?
Pepper Potts: Not gonna be that subtle.
Tony Stark: I'll tell you what. Next building is gonna say 'Potts' on the tower.
Pepper Potts: On the lease.
Tony Stark: Call your mom, can you bunk over?

[as Stark and Pepper are celebrating the lighting up of
Stark's Tower]

Jarvis: Sir, the telephone. I'm afraid my protocol's are being overwritten.

[Coulson's voice can be heard through Stark's phone]

Agent Phil Coulson: Mr. Stark, we need to talk.

[Stark picks up his phone and looks into it at Coulson]

Tony Stark: You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark, please leave a message.
Agent Phil Coulson: This is urgent.
Tony Stark: Then leave it urgently.

[at that moment the elevator door opens and Coulson appears]

Tony Stark: Security breach.
[to Pepper]
Tony Stark: That's on you.

Agent Phil Coulson: Mr. Stark.
Pepper Potts: Phil! Come in.
Tony Stark: Phil?
Agent Phil Coulson: I can't stay.
Tony Stark: Uh...his first name is Agent.
[to Coulson]
Pepper Potts: Come on in, we're celebrating.
Tony Stark: Which is why he can't stay.
Agent Phil Coulson: We need you to look this over.
[he holds out a file towards Stark]
Agent Phil Coulson: Soon as possible.
Tony Stark: I don't like being handed things.
Pepper Potts: That's alright, cause I love to be handed things. So, let's trade.

[she passes her glass of champagne to Coulson and takes the file from him, then takes her champagne glass back from Coulson and passes the file over to Stark]

Pepper Potts: Thank you.

Tony Stark: Official consulting hours are between eight and five every other Thursday.
Agent Phil Coulson: This isn't a consultation.
Pepper Potts: Is this about The Avengers? Which I...I know nothing about.
Tony Stark: The Avengers Initiative was scrapped, I thought. And I didn't even qualify.
Pepper Potts: I didn't know that either.
Tony Stark: Yeah, apparently I'm volatile, self obsessed, don't play well with others.
Pepper Potts: That I did know.
Agent Phil Coulson: This isn't about personality profiles anymore.
Tony Stark: Whatever. Miss Potts, got a minute?

Tony Stark: I thought we were having a moment.
Pepper Potts: I was having twelve percent of a moment. This seems serious, Phil's pretty shaken.
Tony Stark: How did you notice? Why is he Phil?

[referring to the file Coulson had given to Stark]

Pepper Potts: What is all this?
Tony Stark: This is uh...

[with a flick of his hand he spreads all the profiles of the other Avengers on to the different computer screens]

Tony Stark: This.

[Pepper looks at all their profiles in awe]

Pepper Potts: I'm going to take the jet to D.C. tonight.
Tony Stark: Tomorrow.
Pepper Potts: You have homework. You have a lot of homework.
Tony Stark: Well, what if I didn't?
Pepper Potts: If you didn't?
Tony Stark: Yeah.
Pepper Potts: You mean if you finished?
[Stark nods his head]
Pepper Potts: Well, um...then

[she whispers something in his ear and Coulson looks away in embarrassment]

Tony Stark: Square deal. Fly safe.
[Pepper kisses him]
Pepper Potts: Work hard.