James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, also known as the Winter Soldier, is a complex character grappling with his past and trying to forge a new identity.
Reflections on the Past
- “Was that the time we used our train money to buy hot dogs?”
- “What was her name again?”
- “She’s gotta be a hundred years old right now.”
- “You’re Steve. I read about you in a museum.”
- “Steve.”
- “Your mom’s name was Sarah…You used to wear newspapers in your shoes.”
Struggles with Identity
- “I remember all of them.”
- “I can’t trust my own mind. So, until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head I think going back under is the best thing . . . for everybody.”
- “What did I do?”
- “Oh, God, I knew this would happen. Everything HYDRA put inside me is still there. All he had to do was say the goddamn words.”
- “I don’t know.”
Moments of Action and Strategy
- “What the hell?”
- “That’s smart. Good strategy.”
- “It always ends in a fight.”
- “He wanted to know about Siberia. Where I was kept. He wanted to know exactly where.”
- “We should get moving.”
- “They’re evacuating the airport.”
- “You couldn’t have done that earlier?”
Confronting the Truth
- “I wasn’t in Vienna. I don’t do that anymore.”
- “I’m not gonna kill anyone.”
- “I didn’t kill your father.”
Warnings of a Greater Threat
- “Because I’m not the only Winter Soldier.”
- “Their most elite death squad. More kills than anyone in HYDRA history. And that was before the serum.”
- “Worse.”
- “Enough.”
- “With these guys he could do it. They speak 30 languages, can hide in plain sight, infiltrate, assassinate, destabilize, They can take a whole country down in one night. You’d never see them coming.”
- “What the hell is that?”