This page contains a list of quotes said by Vanitas during the course of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance.

Cutscene Quotes

Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

  • "He ain't gonna cut it. Somebody's gotta break that loser in."
    commenting on Ventus, to Master Xehanort.
  • "Better hurry, Ventus... Or you'll never see Terra again."
    confronting Ventus.
  • "Like right now? He's leaving you behind. And by the time you catch up...he'll be a different person."
    telling Ventus about Terra.
  • "Oh, grow up. Is that what you call friendship? You'll never know the truth unless you go out and look for it yourself. Come on, what could you possibly know when you're stuck here, looking at nothing but what's in your tiny world?"
    after Ventus challenges him to a fight for insulting Terra.
  • "Exactly what I said, idiot. The Terra you know will be gone forever."
    when Ventus asks about Vanitas's comments about Terra.
  • "Good. Let's see what you're made of."
    challenging Ventus to a battle.
  • "That really all you got? Man, you are worthless. I'd be going against the Master's orders, but so what? As far as I'm concerned, your job here is done."
    preparing to kill Ventus.
  • "Hmph, you win."
    after first being defeated.
  • "Consider yourself on probation."
    parting words to Ventus, after their first battle.
  • "I'll be asking the questions. And why shouldn't I? After all, between the two of us...I'm the only one who will walk away from here alive."
    meeting Aqua in Radiant Garden.
  • "Not bad at all. Congratulations. I'll keep you around. Never hurts to have a backup."
    after being defeated in his first battle against Aqua.
  • "So, have a good time hanging out with the kiddies?"
    meeting Aqua in Neverland.
  • "I think that kid's outgrown such a childish toy, if you ask my opinion. Just like I've outgrown my need for you."
    challenging Aqua to their second battle.
  • "Going somewhere?"
    meeting Ventus at Destiny Islands.
  • "Well, I'm just getting started with you. You've become strong enough to fulfill your purpose. So why don't you join with me? Right here and now. Become the χ-blade."
    trying to persuade Ventus into forging the χ-blade on Destiny Islands.
  • "You used to be too broken to talk back."
    when Ventus refuses to fight Vanitas.
  • "Fine. Then I'll give you a reason to fight. Come and find me... at the one and only place to spawn the χ-blade, the Keyblade Graveyard. There, you're gonna see me choke the life out of Terra and Aqua. Then we'll see how long you play the pacifist."
    threatening Ventus before leaving.
  • "You've done it, Ventus. Now that my body is about to perish, you and I will have to join together! The χ-blade will be forged!"
    unmasking himself after his defeat in his second battle against Ventus.
  • "It happened when you and I were split into two. The negativity took shape as these monsters. They are what I feel—a horde of fledgling emotions under my control. I released them in all the worlds I could, hoping to lure you away from home and isolate you from your Master. We needed to make you stronger. The Unversed were the perfect opponents. And better yet, no matter how many times you defeat them, their negativity flows right back into me. You never stood a chance against us, Ventus."
    revealing the nature of the Unversed.
  • "Correct. I am not Ventus. His heart has become a part of mine now."
    revealing himself to have possessed Ventus to Aqua and Mickey.
  • "This χ-blade will open a door—one that leads to all worlds! Then, Keyblade-bearing warriors will flock here from each and every one of them, to battle for the light within Kingdom Hearts! And just like the legend says, the Keyblade War will begin!"
    explaining his plan, while possessing Ventus, to Aqua and Mickey.
  • "Our union was not finished. The χ-blade shouldn't stay broken like this. Join me now, and we can complete the χ-blade!"
    challenging Ventus to a final showdown.
  • "The χ-blade is made of your heart too, idiot. If you destroy it, your heart will vanish forever."
    mocking Ventus after he threatens to destroy the χ-blade.
  • "Hmph, it's always about your friends, isn't it?"
    after Ventus explains why he's willing to sacrifice himself.
  • "What's wrong? Giving up already?"
    taunting Aqua.
  • "You're just wasting your energy."
    his last words to Aqua before the destruction of the χ-blade.

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

Kingdom Hearts III

  • "Gotta say, that strange facade had me fooled at first, brother."
    revealing himself to Sora at Monsters Inc after the defeat of his Unversed.
  • "We haven't ever met in the flesh. I am Vanitas"
    introducing himself to Sora.
  • "This whole world... was powered by scream. They converted the screams of human children into energy. And this very company was made it happen. It's as rich a source of negative emotion we'll ever find."
    explaining the background behind Monsters Inc.
  • "But, even with all this negative emotion, my heart is still incomplete. I need something else. The half of me... that sleeps on inside your heart."
    speaking about his desires to be fully complete.
  • "My heart is made of just one thing. And the Unversed collected enough screams and sadness of children to reconstruct it."
    explaining how he came back from the dead.
  • "Ventus...what a strange place to slither off to...you insignificant speck."
    discovering Ventus's heart resides within Sora.
  • "Oh, you wouldn't remember. When you were little...you formed a special bond, with a boy named Ventus who joined your heart."
    explaining how Ventus's heart came in contact with Sora during the events of Birth By Sleep.
  • "Now, you will return Ventus to ME."
    declaring to tear Ventus's heart out of Sora to complete himself.
  • "Join your heart...with mine!"
    preparing to unlock Sora's heart to retrieve Ventus.
  • "That was a neat trick. No wonder no one could find him."
    upon entering the Land of Departure and greeting Sora, Aqua, Donald, and Goofy.
  • "Oh, I'm sorry for interrupting your touching reunion, but surely you won't begrudge me a moment with my brother?"
    derisively mocking the heroes as he approaches Ventus in a comatose state.
  • "So, Venty-Wenty wants to keep sleeping. What am I ever going to do with you?"
    wondering how he'll awaken his "brother".
  • "You better settle down there, master!"
    taunting Aqua before their confrontation.
  • "Three guardians are more than I care to face. But now that brother is awake...I'm just certain he'll come to visit."
    expressing amusement over Ventus's awakening before leaving through a dark corridor.
  • "Only when your hopes have been broken upon battle upon battle can the key be claimed to Kingdom Hearts."
    taunting the Guardians of Light at the Keyblade Graveyard.
  • " I'm the piece of Ventus that was taken away. And you're the piece Ventus needed to be whole again. So... why shouldn't you and I look exactly the same? You define me, Sora, the same way that Ventus does. We are brothers who, together, make a greater whole."
    revealing that Sora and Ventus both define who he currently is.
  • "Because I am darkness. And I do stand by your side. I'm the shadow you cast. How much closer can I be?"
    -telling Sora his acceptance of his role as a dark shadow standing by Sora and Ventus's side.
  • "But... Ventus, I did decide who I am. You see?"
    telling Ventus he already made up his mind.
  • "What I am is darkness."
    final words, showing satisfaction with being the darkness to Ventus's light.

Battle Quotes

Terra's Story

  • "Go!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, burrowing underneath the ground.
  • "Gotcha!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "Pathetic!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "See ya."
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, bursting up from under the ground and summoning a rain of fireballs.
  • "Suffer!"
    jumping up and unleashing pillars of fire, casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, using his dark lightning.
  • "Too slow."
    cartwheeling, teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.

Ventus's Story

First Battle

  • "Go!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Gotcha!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "Pathetic."
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "See ya!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Suffer!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, using his dark lightning.
  • "Too slow."
    cartwheeling, teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.

Second Battle

  • "Darkness waits"
    releasing a barrier of darkness.
  • "Go!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, sending homing orbs, burrowing underneath the ground.
  • "Gotcha!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "Pathetic!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "See ya"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, sending homing orbs, bursting up from under the ground and summoning a rain of fireballs.
  • "Suffer!"
    sending homing orbs, casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, using his dark lightning.
  • "Too slow."
    cartwheeling, teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.

Third Battle

  • "Darkness waits!"
    repeatedly charging while the χ-blade cloaks him in dark energy.
  • "Forge the χ-blade!"
    charging his weapon.
  • "Go!"
    shooting a homing blast of energy in the shape of an "X".
  • "Gotcha!"
    vanishing and appearing behind the player.
  • "Show me anguish!"
    charging his weapon, creating large beam of damaging light.
  • "Suffer!"
    using his dark lightning.
  • "Pathetic!"
    vanishing and appearing behind the player.
  • "There's no escape!"
    repeatedly charging while the χ-blade cloaks him in dark energy.
  • "Too slow."
    cartwheeling, vanishing and appearing behind the player, dodging an attack.
  • "What's yours is mine!"
    charging his weapon, creating large beam of damaging light.
  • "Playtime's over!"
    shattering the pillar and initiating the second phase of the battle.
  • "Join now with your better half!"
    the two D-Link attacks collide.
  • "You cannot resist, Ventus."
    the two D-Link attacks collide.
  • "You're an empty husk!"
    the two D-Link attacks collide.
  • "Why?"
    upon defeat.

Aqua's Story

  • "Go!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Gotcha!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "Pathetic!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "See ya."
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Suffer!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs, using his dark lightning.
  • "Too slow."
    cartwheeling, teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.

Kingdom Hearts III

  • "Alright! Let's see what you're made of, "MASTER"!"
    at the start of the battle with Aqua.
  • "Well, that's better. I was hoping to have company."
    at the start of the battle with Sora, Aqua, and Ventus.
  • "Destroy!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Perish!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Take this!"
    casting a fireball that splits into three homing fireballs.
  • "Give it up!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.
  • "Nope!"
    teleporting and then attacking from above, dodging an attack.
  • "Annoying!"
    dodging an attack during the fight with Sora, Aqua & Ventus.
  • "You wish!"
    countering an attack by teleporting and then attacking from above.
  • "Let's go!"
    summoning a number of Keyblades in a flowing spiral.
  • "Dodge this!"
    speeding up his Keyblade spiral and launching multiple ice spells.
  • "RIDE!"
    speeding up his Keyblade spiral and launching multiple ice spells.
  • "YOU'RE NOTHING!"
    finishing his Keyblade swarm attack by surrounding himself in the air with the Keyblades and launching waves at Sora.
  • "DESPAIR!"
    finishing his Keyblade swarm attack by surrounding himself in the air with the Keyblades and launching waves at Sora.
  • "See? You're nobody's master anymore!"
    upon victory, in the Game Over screen when defeating Aqua.
  • "Be one with darkness!"
    upon victory, in the Game Over screen when defeating Sora.
  • "I'll let you have this one..."
    upon defeat by Aqua.
  • "I need the rest of me!"
    upon defeat by Sora.