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Nanomachines, son!
— Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance · 2013
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The best non-explanation in games: a man with a superhuman body, a stump speech and no need to justify either. Fans took Nanomachines, son! as the all-purpose answer to any impossible bit of sci-fi, and it has been quoted and remixed endlessly. It works because Armstrong says it with total conviction, like a politician who has never been asked a follow-up.
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In context
Spoilers for Metal Gear Rising: RevengeanceShow the scene
Near the end of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Senator Steven Armstrong of Colorado, a presidential hopeful who has secretly boosted himself with custom nanomachines, fights Raiden after Metal Gear EXCELSUS has been destroyed. He rants about remaking America as a land where every person fights their own war. When Raiden's blows seem to do nothing, Armstrong explains, in his gravelly voice, that the nanomachines harden in response to physical trauma, and that Raiden cannot hurt him. Alastair Duncan voices him in English.
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- Metal Gear Wiki: Steven ArmstrongPowers and abilities, biographyReference checked
- Metal Gear Wiki: Senator Armstrong's nanomachinesOverviewReference checked
- Wikipedia: Metal Gear Rising: RevengeancePlot and charactersReference checked
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