Tars Tarkas Quotes in John Carter (2012)

John Carter: You got me. I surrender.

Tars Tarkas: [Fist on his chest] Jeddak.

John Carter: Jeddak?

Tars Tarkas: Jeddak. Tars Tarkas.

John Carter: Tars... Tarkas.

[Tars smiles]

John Carter: Captain John Carter. Virginia.

Tars Tarkas: Vor... ginya.

[Points at John]

Tars Tarkas: Vorginya!

John Carter: No. My name is John Carter, I'm from Virginia.

Tars Tarkas: [Continues to point at John] Virginia.

Tars Tarkas: Did I not tell you he could jump!

Tars Tarkas: [to John] You are ugly, but you are beautiful. And you fight like a Thark!

Tars Tarkas: Zodanga, red flags. Helium, blue. Zodanga is winning the war. But I say let red men kill red men until only Tharks remain.

John Carter: That doesn't look like a fair fight.

Tars Tarkas: Zodanga never fights fair.

Tars Tarkas: When I saw you, I believed it was a sign... that something new can come into this world.

Tars Tarkas: [voiceover] Mars. So you name it and think that you know it. The red planet, no air, no life. But you do not know Mars, for its true name is Barsoom. And it is not airless, nor is it dead, but it is dying. The city of Zodanga saw to that.

Dejah Thoris: [to Tars Tarkas] Jeddak of the Tharks. I am Dejah Thoris, regent of the Royal Helium Academy of Science. My research...

Tars Tarkas: [Pushes her away to John] Your share of the spoils. Sola, tend to Virginia's property.

Sola: Yes, my Jeddak

[Holds Dejah's arms behind her back]

Dejah Thoris: [to Tars Tarkas] You know when Sab Than has conquered us, he will turn his weapon upon you!

Tars Tarkas: I know that Zodanga has found a way to defeat you. And now you seek a mighty weapon of your own. But Virginia fights for us! He will fight the Torquas in the south. The Warhoons in the north! And he will be called Dotar Sojat! "My right arms"!

John Carter: No. I don't fight for anyone.

Tars Tarkas: [to John] Virginia. You reject this honor, then I can't guarantee you the safety of your red girl.

John Carter: [Looks at Dejah being held captive by Sola] I am... Dotar Sojat.

Tars Tarkas: [on Barsoom, Carter discovers due to his different bone density and planet's low gravity, he's able to jump high, after which he runs into the Tharks and their leader, Tars Tarkas]

[subtitled]

Tars Tarkas: Hello! Don't run. Don't run away.

John Carter: [Carter hides behind some rocks not understanding anything Tarkas is saying]

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Hello. Don't run. Don't run away.

John Carter: [Tarkas slowly walks towards Carter and Carter comes out from behind the rocks] Alright. You've got me. I surrender.

Tars Tarkas: [Tarkas points to himself] Jeddak.

John Carter: Jeddak?

Tars Tarkas: Jeddak. Tars Tarkas

John Carter: [Carter salutes as he introduces himself] Captain John Carter, Virginia.

Tars Tarkas: Vir... ginia. Virginia!

John Carter: No. My name is John Carter. I'm from Virginia.

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Virginia. Jump as you did before.

John Carter: [not understanding what Tarkas is saying Carter repeats the word for jump] Sak?

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Jump, yes?

[Tarkas mimes the motion of jumping with his hands]

Tars Tarkas: Sak.

John Carter: Sak! Yes, sir.

[Carter salutes and jumps and as he lands he grabs the weapon that Tarkas had thrown to the ground]

Tars Tarkas: [shouting to his men as Carter points the weapon at Tarkas]

[subtitled]

Tars Tarkas: Don't shoot it! Don't shoot it! Don't shoot it!

[as Tarkas lunges himself onto Carter, one of his soldiers shoots Carter in the butt, after which Tarkas takes him prisoner, straps him to one of their alien horse creatures, along with some Thark hatchlings]

John Carter: [shouting] What is this place? Where am I?

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Virginia. It's okay, just relax.

John Carter: Where's my damn gold?

Young Thark Warrior: [one of Tarkas' soldiers walks up to him to inform him about the eggs]

[subtitled]

Young Thark Warrior: Eighteen have not yet hatched, Jeddak.

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Then they are not our kind. Leave nothing for the white apes.

John Carter: [Carter watches as Tarkas' soldiers shoot the unhatched eggs] Where on earth am I?

John Carter: I claim the right of challenge!

Tal Hajus: You have no right to challenge! You are not Thark!

Tars Tarkas: He is Thark! He is Dotar Sojat!

Sola: Dotar Sojat! Dotar Sojat! Dotar Sojat!

[the crowd of Tharks start to chanting Dotar Sojat, Tal Hajus leaps towards Carter and as Carter leaps up he kills Tal Hajus in mid-air with his sword]

Tars Tarkas: [subtitled] Watch. Everyone, step back. Show them, Virginia. Jump. Jump!

John Carter: [spits]

Tars Tarkas: By Issus, you will jump tomorrow, Virginia.