Quotes / Psychonauts

The Human Mind: Six hundred miles of synaptic fiber, five and a half ounces of cranial fluid, fifteen hundred grams of complex neural matter... a three-pound pile of dreams. But I'll tell you what it really is: It is the ultimate battlefield — and, the ultimate weapon. The wars of this modern age — The Psychic Age — are fought somewhere between these damp, curvaceous undulations. From this day forward, you are all psychic soldiers. Paranormal paratroopers! Mental marines who are about to ship out on the adventure of their lives! This is our beachhead! And this is your landing craft. You shall engage the enemy in his own mentality— you shall chase his dreams, you shall fight his demons, you shall live his nightmares! And those of you who fight well, you will find yourselves on the path to becoming international secret agents— in other words... Psychonauts! The rest of you... WILL DIE.

— The complete speech given by Coach Oleander, and the first lines of Psychonauts

"It's all kind of like if Tim Burton knocked up David Lynch in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory and he did meth right up until the birth.
I'm just going to list out of context some of the things that occur in Psychonauts: a telekinetic bear; a dentist who harvests brains; a sequence wherein you become a giant Godzilla style monster and terrorize a society of talking fish; and a shadowy trench-coated government agent who disguises himself as a housewife by brandishing a rolling pin and talking disjointedly about pies."

—Ben "Yahztee" Crowshaw, Zero Punctuation Review of Psychonauts

Dr. Loboto: The problem lies here... in the part of the body what we doctors call... the brain. I hate to be blunt, but you, my boy, have the insanity of a manatee!
Dogen: I know, doctor. People keep telling me that. What do you think's the matter with me?
Dr. Loboto: How should I know? I'm a dentist! But here's what I do know: if the tooth is bad, we pull it!

Hulking Lungfish: You have earned the right to call me by my true name, the one given to me by my people.
Raz: And what name is that, O noble lake creature?
Hulking Lungfish: Liiiiiiiiiindaaaaaaaaaa.
[descends into the lake]
Raz: Wow. What a magical lady!

"What is the purpose of the goggles?"

—The MIB cross-examining Raz in the Milkman Conspiracy.

"Now I shall pluck out your eyes!"
"Ha, you can't! That is the purpose of the goggles!"

—Raz clarifies things for the level's boss (the Rainbow Squirt's Den Mother in case you were wondering.)

Razputin: They may come for me, Dogen, but they'll be looking for Raz, the boy. What they're going to find, what they don't expect, is Raz, the Psychonaut.
Dogen: And, and, and then you'll make their heads explode?
Raz: No! Do you do that?
Dogen: No! Well... Once, kind of.

—Dogen, giving us another reason to be concerned.

Crispin: So, if I'm not mistaken, you're not Dr. Loboto, and you don't pay my salary, so kindly back away from my elevator and die. Thank you, sir.

Raz: That's in case you were thinking about getting up again, tree.

Dingo: Gimme a G!
Lampita: G!
Dingo: Gimme an O!
Lampita: O!
Dingo: Gimme a B!
Lampita: B!
Dingo: Gimme a U!
Lampita: U!
Dingo: Gimme an L!
Lampita: L!
Dingo: Gimme another L!
Lampita: L!
Dingo: Gimme an S!
Lampita: S!
Dingo: What does that spell?
Dingo and Lampita: GO BULLS! Yaaaaay!

Well, here I am, up in the tower of an abandoned insane asylum.
Wearing a straitjacket.
Talking to myself.

—Raz

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