Characters
"Truth be told, we couldn't afford to show that anyway."
— The Shuttle Pilot, closing the blast shields just before docking with the Invincible II
"You don't need to know how something works in order to use it."
— Mark, showing off the warp core
"It's not gonna be like last time, oh no. This time, the Invincible is finally gonna live up to her name!"
— Mark, lampshading the name of the ship
"Did Mark's stupid ship design cause a problem again?"
— Celci, upon waking up to a Sinking Ship Scenario
"The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous, and the storm terrible. But they've never found these dangers sufficient reason to remain ashore."
— Burt, on the perils of space travel
"Do any of our choices matter? Does anything matter? I need to know: have we been here before?"
— The Bandit, breaking down after suffering through the Time Crash aboard the Invincible II
"The multiverse is littered with the corpses of your failures."
— The Lady, on the consequences of your timeline jumping
"When thinking in infinities, 'unlikely' is just certainty waiting for its turn."
— The Narrator, contemplating the nature of reality
"Captain? I was hoping you'd be back. It's gotten real dark out there. I imagine that... this is probably the end. Don't worry about not stopping me sooner. I'm starting to realize that even though we have infinite choices, every single second of our lives, there's only a handful that really, really matter. You know what's funny? I don't know why, but I'm... I'm happy. I don't know any other way to explain it. I'm content with everything. Being this close to an end... finally, an end! And seeing you again just... I don't know. It's good. It's good. For a while there, I felt like I was right back there again, living every single life again and again. Never stopping, always moving forward and... But now, it's calm. It's calm. Everything has to end, Captain. It has to. It doesn't matter how tightly you hold on to things, they'll still just slip right through your fingers. You'll always make mistakes. You have to. And that's okay. I just wish I learned that sooner. For what it's worth... I'm glad I got to share this adventure with you."
— Old Mark, reflecting on his mistakes while waiting out the end
Songs
In my heart, I'm not afraid of death
In the cold vacuum of space
But I never thought I'd have to see
The entire multiverse erased
The pyramids, Orion's Belt, Spider-Man 3... all gone
We've seen the final sunset
This time we can't respawn
But if it's true that there's no stopping this
If we're headed for the ultimate apocalypse
There's no one I'd rather go down with
Than myself from another plane of existence, ooh
I was never a fan of dying
But I'm really not lying
When I say that I don't mind doing it with you
And you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you...
The last goodbye
Throughout the end of space and time
The last goodbye
Above and below the endless sky
Oh, we're going down in a blaze of glory
One tragic end to a million stories
Goodbye, the last goodbye
Aw, steppin' on Legos and pre-roll ads
I guess some things are better gone
And I really miss that universe
Where I got to be King Kong
The one where there's no war or poverty
And the one where I'm friends with a yeti
And the one where I was a mad scientist
Who made a man out of spaghetti
But if it's true we'll never begin again
And we're headed for a final oblivion
There's no one I'd rather log out with
Delete my account with
Than all the me's of existence, ooh
It would be a painful end
But at least I'm with my friends
The ones that stuck by my side always through and through
It's you, and me, and you, and me, and me, and me, and me
The last goodbye
Throughout the end of space and time
The last goodbye
Above and below the endless sky
Oh we're going down in a blaze of glory
One tragic end to a million stories
Goodbye, the last goodbye!
In the cold vacuum of space
But I never thought I'd have to see
The entire multiverse erased
The pyramids, Orion's Belt, Spider-Man 3... all gone
We've seen the final sunset
This time we can't respawn
But if it's true that there's no stopping this
If we're headed for the ultimate apocalypse
There's no one I'd rather go down with
Than myself from another plane of existence, ooh
I was never a fan of dying
But I'm really not lying
When I say that I don't mind doing it with you
And you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you, and you...
The last goodbye
Throughout the end of space and time
The last goodbye
Above and below the endless sky
Oh, we're going down in a blaze of glory
One tragic end to a million stories
Goodbye, the last goodbye
Aw, steppin' on Legos and pre-roll ads
I guess some things are better gone
And I really miss that universe
Where I got to be King Kong
The one where there's no war or poverty
And the one where I'm friends with a yeti
And the one where I was a mad scientist
Who made a man out of spaghetti
But if it's true we'll never begin again
And we're headed for a final oblivion
There's no one I'd rather log out with
Delete my account with
Than all the me's of existence, ooh
It would be a painful end
But at least I'm with my friends
The ones that stuck by my side always through and through
It's you, and me, and you, and me, and me, and me, and me
The last goodbye
Throughout the end of space and time
The last goodbye
Above and below the endless sky
Oh we're going down in a blaze of glory
One tragic end to a million stories
Goodbye, the last goodbye!
— "The Last Goodbye" (end credits song)
