Ryan Atwood

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	Season 4 / Episode 15: - The Night Moves Seth Cohen: [Ryan has woken up in the hospital after getting hurt in the earthquake, Seth is sitting in a chair in his room] Although, you're going to have to wrap your head about the fact that we're really brothers now... We're blood brothers. Ryan Atwood: You... donated blood? Seth Cohen: Eh, I had an extra few pints flowing through my veins. It was no big deal. Ryan Atwood: Hm. You're not a big fan of needles. Seth Cohen: Nor of fainting, it turns out. But, the bank was a little low and us O negative guys gotta stick together. Ryan Atwood: Hm. It's weird, cause all of the sudden I have this strange urge to listen to Death Cab and read comic books. Seth Cohen: For real? Ryan Atwood: No. I'm kidding.
	Season 4 / Episode 9: - The My Two Dads Ryan Atwood: You know, if you want, I can teach you a mean left-hook just in case. Sandy Cohen: Just in case what? You got more relatives showing up here or what? Ryan Atwood: I have some mean uncles.
	Season 4 / Episode 6: - The Summer Bummer Ryan Atwood: What are you doing paying your gay friend Roger to pretend he's in love with you? Taylor Townsend: Well what if I did, hmm? What if I did rent a homosexual for the evening?
	Season 4 / Episode 6: - The Summer Bummer Kirsten Cohen: I couldn't help notice that you wanted to talk to Seth. Ryan Atwood: Oh, did I? Kirsten Cohen: Well, since he's out of town and he's going to be moving out next semester, you're going to need a new Seth. Don't tell Sandy, but I thought I would audition for the job. Ryan Atwood: Oh, yeah, that's very thoughtful. Kirsten Cohen: So, how does it work? Do I ask you what's on your mind? Ryan Atwood: Eh, usually you talk about yourself, and I solve my problems on my own.
	Season 4 / Episode 6: - The Summer Bummer Ryan Atwood: Taylor? Taylor Townsend: Yeah. Ryan Atwood: What are you doing tonight? Taylor Townsend: Oh, I'm updating my blog. It's a kind of Felicity by way of Anaïs Nin, the erotic memoirs of soulful college girl... Ryan Atwood: Taylor, tonight, what are you doing? Taylor Townsend: Oh. Blog schmog. Ryan Atwood: Is that a yes? Taylor Townsend: Yes! It is a yes squared, in all caps, with an exclamation mark and a smiley-faced emoticon.
	Season 4 / Episode 5: - The Sleeping Beauty Ryan Atwood: [dancing and flirting with Taylor] We did not hate you. Taylor Townsend: Oh, you totally hated me. Come on, you were probably the president of the "We Hate Taylor" Club. Ryan Atwood: I was the secretary. I took the notes. Taylor Townsend: [giggles] Ryan, you made a real joke! Ryan Atwood: [smiles] A pretty bad one. Yeah, I made a real joke. Don't tell anyone.
	Season 3 / Episode 24: - The Man of the Year Seth Cohen: Today's a good day for me, Ryan. I finally came clean, told the truth about not getting into Brown, and things are great. Life is so much better when you're honest, you just mean what you say, you say what you mean - I feel like you. Ryan Atwood: Well, now that you're on a roll, are you going to tell Sandy and Kirsten about Brown, too? Seth Cohen: Yeah, I don't think so.
	Season 3 / Episode 23: - The Party Favor Ryan Atwood: I'm not here to fight. Kevin Volchok: Sure you are. Otherwise you would have called the police. Come on. You know you're dying to. Just give in...
	Season 3 / Episode 20: - The Day After Tomorrow Ryan Atwood: Seth, I gotta ask. Did you really get into Brown? Seth Cohen: Did I get in? Now who's smoking pot? Listen to me, the only class I've ever gotten less than an A in was gym. My essay on the loneliness of being Superman made Mrs Rushfield cry. So of course I... Oh God, how did I not get in?
	Season 2 / Episode 24: - The Dearly Beloved Kirsten Cohen: Don't you say a word, I let you into this house. Ryan Atwood: Yeah you did, because my own mom couldn't take care of me. Because she wouldn't get help even though I asked her to. I don't want to see that happen again to someone I love.
	Season 2 / Episode 24: - The Dearly Beloved Ryan Atwood: Do you want me to talk to him? Tell him you're doing the right thing, because you are. Sandy Cohen: Thanks but that's my job.
	Season 2 / Episode 24: - The Dearly Beloved Ryan Atwood: All year I've tried to be a different person. I can't do that anymore.
	Season 2 / Episode 18: - The Risky Business Trey Atwood: Stallone, huh? Nah, I'm more of a Van Damme fan. Ryan Atwood: Are you kidding me? Seagal, man. Seth Cohen: Yeah, divided house cannot eat. Now we all gotta get together behind a single action hero. Sandy Cohen: Steve McQueen. Seth Cohen: Steve M-who?
	Season 2 / Episode 17: - The Brothers Grim Ryan Atwood: If we haven't gotten Trey out of the store... I swear he would've taken the guy out. Seth Cohen: So he's got rage issues... like uh... like Summer, or... Ryan Atwood: He's just got a lot of pride, you know...
	Season 2 / Episode 16: - The Blaze of Glory Seth Cohen: I gotta say, this year, not as good as last. Ryan Atwood: You think? Seth Cohen: I do. I mean, look, we all tried some new things, and that was fun. Yard guys, illegitimate daughters, less fighting, more live music... Ryan Atwood: Well, I think you remember last year as better because it was all new. Seth Cohen: So you think I've sentimentalized the past all out of proportion? Ryan Atwood: Yeah, come on. We can't keep living in last year. Seth Cohen: Sure we can.
	Season 2 / Episode 14: - The Rainy Day Women Seth: They're showing a marathon of 'Sherman Oaks: The Real Valley's. Ryan Atwood: What's that? Seth: Hm, apparently 'The Valley' has got its own reality show knock-off. And, you know, why watch the angst of fictional characters when you can watch real people in contrived situations?
	Season 2 / Episode 13: - The Test Seth Cohen: No, I'm not wallowing, Ryan, I'm agonizing. The two are vastly different. Ryan Atwood: Really? Seth Cohen: Yeah. See, wallowing, that's, like, lounging around eating ice cream, watching, eh, VH1. But agonizing, that's more like MTV2, okay. It's no thrills, requires discipline.
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - The Ex-Factor Seth Cohen: I am a man in the desert. I'm dying of thirst. You have a thermos full of Kool-Aid. Come on, give me a sip. Did you meet the ex? I know you did. Ryan Atwood: All right. Yes, I did. Seth Cohen: And, who is he? Ryan Atwood: He... is a she.
	Season 2 / Episode 9: - The Ex-Factor Ryan Atwood: So Alex hooked up with a girl. It's not a big deal. Seth Cohen: Ryan, my girlfriend dated a girl. It's a very big deal. There's only one thing Ì can do to make it okay. Zach Stevens: You're gonna hook up with a guy?
	Season 2 / Episode 6: - The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't Lindsay Gardner: When I was little, all my friends were waiting for something from Santa, and I was just hoping for something ... anything, from my dad. Ryan Atwood: Still waiting? Lindsay Gardner: Not anymore. Every kid grows up and stops believing in Santa. I stopped believing in my dad.
	Season 2 / Episode 5: - The SnO.C. Kirsten Cohen: Why is that ninja smoking a cigarette? Sandy Cohen: Honey, I don't actually think that's a ninja. Ninjas usually wear capes, right? Kirsten Cohen: Oh, so a ninja's like a superhero. Seth Cohen: Mom, Dad, you two enjoy. Ryan, give me five minutes. Sandy Cohen: Where are you going? Come on back. Ryan Atwood: Nice work. Sandy Cohen: Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.
	Season 2 / Episode 3: - The New Kids on the Block Seth Cohen: Changing urinal cakes. That's how committed Seth Cohen is to the new Seth Cohen. Ryan Atwood: Okay, now you're talking about yourself in, like, the 4th person. Seth Cohen: It's a whole new dimension of selflessness, Ryan.
	Season 2 / Episode 3: - The New Kids on the Block Lindsay Gardner: I, uh, I owe you an apology. Ryan Atwood: You have to actually say the words, that's how it works.
	Season 2 / Episode 3: - The New Kids on the Block Lindsay Gardner: Your penmanship however... Ryan Atwood: What's wrong with my penmanship? Lindsay Gardner: Nothing. Just next time, don't hold the pen between your toes. Ryan Atwood: Yeah well next time, don't spell canceling with two lls, it's one l. You got it wrong, you wanna correct it? Lindsay Gardner: I was using the Canadian spelling. Ryan Atwood: Ohhh, you were using the Canadian spelling.
	Season 2 / Episode 3: - The New Kids on the Block Seth Cohen: The Bait Shop? Could be our very own CBGBs. Ryan Atwood: Could be what? Seth Cohen: C'mon. What? The only music they had in Chino was the sound of gunshots and helicopters?
	Season 2 / Episode 3: - The New Kids on the Block Marissa Cooper: Do you like this band? Ryan Atwood: I like Journey.
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - The Distance Sandy Cohen: I've always liked Luke. Kind of a big Golden Retriever. Ryan Atwood: Actually, he kinda is.
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - The Distance Ryan Atwood: How'd you make it all the way from Newport on that little catamaran? Seth: Hm. Well, Ryan, sit down, my son. It was a long and torturous journey, and I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna sugar coat any details with you... Ryan Atwood: Please don't. Seth: -'cause we're friends. First, I sailed to Catalina. Then, I sailed to Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, I ran out of snacks. Freaked out a little bit, pawned my boat for cash, took a Greyhound to Portland. Ryan Atwood: You took a bus. Seth: Yeah. But don't say it like that, cause it was a local. Okay, have you ever been in one of those? Okay, not for the faint of heart. Ryan Atwood: I can't believe after all that you took a bus. Seth: Yeah. I think we're definitely going to have to come up with a better story for school though, that'd be good. Ryan Atwood: I don't know, I like the bus idea. It's cool. Seth: Okay, what about maybe... boat sank, saved by whales? It's very Whale Rider. Ryan Atwood: What else you' got? Seth: I took a boat, boat sank, saved by a mermaid? Boat sank, stranded on a desert island...
	Season 2 / Episode 1: - The Distance Ryan Atwood: Hey, so, ah, I was thinking. Seth: I was thinking too. You know they don't even have a water polo team here. That's just gonna be a problem for me.
	Season 1 / Episode 24: - The Proposal Summer: And we looked through all your toys and we couldn't find any plastic horses but we did find this. Marissa: Share Bear? Wow! Seth: She'll watch over you with her Care Bear Stare. Ryan Atwood: How'd you know about the Care Bear Stare? Seth: I painted that.

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