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Wake the fuck up, Samurai. We have a city to burn.
— Cyberpunk 2077 · 2020
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The wake-up call is Johnny's whole philosophy: he blew up an Arasaka tower once and he wants a second round. It frames V as a reluctant new bandmate and passenger, and the profanity and the 'city to burn' swagger are exactly the register Keanu Reeves brought to the role. Players quote it whenever someone needs rousing for something reckless.
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In context
Spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077Show the scene
Johnny Silverhand, the dead rockerboy whose Relic engram ends up in the mercenary V's head in Cyberpunk 2077 (2020), is voiced in the game by Keanu Reeves. After the opening heist goes wrong, V is revived by the Relic and, in the main job 'Playing for Time', wakes in their apartment to find Johnny standing there, hostile at being stuck in V's body. 'Samurai' is the name of his old band. Wikiquote lists this as one of Johnny's lines to V.
Sources (3)
- Cyberpunk Wiki: Johnny SilverhandinfoboxReference checked
- Cyberpunk Wiki: Playing for TimeWalkthroughReference checked
- Wikiquote: Cyberpunk 2077Johnny Silverhand sectionReference checked
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