- Spider-Man: [encountering Star-Lord and Rocket] Is it just me or are these subway rats getting huge?
- Star-Lord: [pretending not to see in the fog] Hey, no fair! I can't see! Rocket, where are you?
- [Spider-Man tries to hit him, but he dodges]
- Star-Lord: Psyche!
- Spider-Man: Dude, we just went over that!
- Star-Lord: We-we went over what now?
- Drax the Destroyer: [arriving to save Star-Lord and Rocket] We heard your screams. Where's the symbiote? Where's the vicious creature that attacked you?
- Spider-Man: [fighting Gamora] That would be me.
- [Drax laughs]
- Star-Lord: What? He's tougher than he looks!
- Spider-Man: Got that right.
- Spider-Man: Okay, I'm guessing you guys aren't from around here. Long Island, maybe?
- [lands in a sticky sap puddle, courtesy of Groot]
- Groot: I am Groot.
- Spider-Man: And I am stuck.
- [Gamora tackles him to the ground]
- Gamora: If you know what's good for you, Terran, you will stay down.
- Thanos: [merging with the symbiote] The Guardians of the Galaxy. As I recall, I was about to destroy you when I was rudely interrupted.
- Spider-Man: Is that the purple guy that attacked Earth? I saw him on TV.
- Gamora: His name is Thanos, and now we know why he kept a symbiote.
- Thanos: A fail-safe, Gamora, though a bit delayed in its arrival.
- Drax the Destroyer: Thanos, only you would be mad enough to voluntarily bond with a symbiote!
- Thanos: Not bond, use. It is a tool. A weapon. And has returned to its master as it was programmed to do. Allow me to demonstrate what else it can do.
- [attacks Spider-Man and the Guardians]
- Spider-Man: Just gonna say it, he looked a lot smaller on TV.