This is the OASIS. It's a place where the limits of reality are your own imagination.
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Pizza, guys.
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Now, that... That was when I realized that, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place that you can get a decent meal. Because reality is real. You understand what I'm saying?
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How'd you get here before me? Well, I didn't make a pit stop at the hair salon. -What up, Z? -What's up, Aech? Saved you a spot. Thanks, bro. (BEEPING) I gotta go to the back. Ugh. So you can skim coins from crashed cars? -That's just sad, man. -Fuel's low. Oh, but you still had enough to pay for that Something About Mary hairdo. (ROCK MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
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ANNOUNCER: Get ready for the feel, the feel of real. X1. No pain, no gain.
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Yeah! I won.
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She never left. She's still here.
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You don't need a destination when you're running on an omnidirectional treadmill with quadraphonic, pressure-sensitive underlay.
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Hello, Wade. Hello, Mrs. Gilmore. What's the matter? Life getting you down?
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-(ORGAN MUSIC PLAYING) -And what he left behind changed everything.
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He died.
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(BOTH SPEAKING JAPANESE)
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Aech located. Sector 12. Planet Doom. WADE: Planet Doom, the most dangerous place in the OASIS, and a pretty great place to pick up coin. Figures Aech would be there.
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Aech is my best friend in the OASIS. He's my best friend, period. Even though I've never actually met him in the real world.
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(GRUNTING)
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All your money. (SHOUTS IN OTHER LANGUAGE) Your clothes. (SCREAMS) Your weapons. Since people spend most of their time in the OASIS... (SHOUTING IN JAPANESE) ...losing your shit means... Well, losing your shit. (1980s POP MUSIC PLAYING) Aech, 10 minutes until the race starts. AECOkay, Mom, I heard you. WADE: You see, the OASIS was the brainchild of James Halliday. He and his partner, Ogden Morrow, released the first OASIS build in 2025. It was an instant success, and it made them both very rich. But Morrow was out of the picture after a few years. And Halliday? He wasn't just the owner of the world's biggest company. He was like a god. People loved him. They worshiped him as much as his creation. Maybe we should stop talking about it and start, uh, showing it. If you all wanna reach under your seats, you'll find that there's nothing there. (CHUCKLES) -(AUDIENCE LAUGHING) -But we're gonna... we're each gonna bring you one now. WADE: And then, on January 7, 2040... (MUSIC DISTORTS)