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Baba : Officer on deck.
Johnny Rico : Today, you're going to locate a medium-sized bug colony and wipe it out. Intel estimates infestation is level two. Which means we're up against a thousand active defenders.
Baba : We know what to do. Kill 'em all!
Johnny Rico : Yeah... that's the idea. Run the plan, lieutenant.
Baba : Yes, sir. Uh... Geo!
Geo : First team secures the landing zone, sir.
Baba : Uh, Camacho!
Camacho : We'll locate the target colony's entrance, sir?
Baba : Uh... One-Oh-One.
One-Oh-One : We give 'em the gas. Kills bugs, but don't hurt us.
Baba : Baba! Oh, uh, jeez, that's me. Flip the nuke, flip the launcher on the nuke. Oh, uh. but not yet. Uh... uh... Dutch!
Dutch : Me and Bessie seal the deal, right down their Bug hole!
Johnny Rico : Remember your training and stick to the plan. Do you get me?
Troopers : We get you, sir!
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Johnny Rico : Well, that was just outstanding.
Dutch : How come I always get ripped in half?
One-Oh-One : Bugs got your number, big man.
Johnny Rico : Colonel, no one told us it was a trap. That's not fair, sir.
Johnny Rico : Here's a little combat secret for you, lieutenant: war isn't fair. It's always a trap.
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Ratzass : You know, maybe it's true what they say. Maybe Martians just aren't that smart.
Johnny Rico : That's what people used to say about me back in high school.
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Johnny Rico : I'm taking Lost Patrol down to the planet.
Ratzass : You're going in with those Martian kids? Are you crazy?
Johnny Rico : Someone's gotta knock out those Bug batteries. We've trained for it, so today's the day.
Ratzass : You're a brass-balled trooper through and through, Rico. And goddamn it, I'm going with you!
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Johnny Rico : On the bounce!
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Johnny Rico : Plasma Bugs. If we don't kill them all tonight, they'll take Mars by morning.
One-Oh-One : You can get a speeding ticket from a satellite, but the Federation misses this?
Johnny Rico : Yeah... someone with experience screwed this pooch.
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Baba : [laughing] Well, I guess we showed them, huh?
Johnny Rico : Yeah, and now all their friends are gonna come looking for us.
Baba : When's the rescue boat coming, sir?
Johnny Rico : Sometime between now and never. Let's move.
Baba : What? I mean, the Fleet, sir. They gotta be sending the Fleet, right?
Johnny Rico : Let's keep moving.
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Johnny Rico : You picked a good day to die.
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Johnny Rico : It IS a good day to die!
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Johnny Rico : Geo! What happens if you turn that thing on?
Johnny Rico , Geo : You mean, like, make some weather?
Johnny Rico : I mean rip the sky apart. Can you do that?
Geo : The core's power's still live. I think we can manage.
Johnny Rico : Do it. I want full power. We're going for balls-out overload.
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Johnny Rico : You wanna live forever, lieutenant?
Baba : No, but a little longer would be okay.
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Carmen Ibanez : Sounds like you guys are having some fun down there.
Johnny Rico : Is that you, Carmen?
Carmen Ibanez : Yeah.
Johnny Rico : Where are you?
Carmen Ibanez : I'm heading in now. But you're making things difficult with this weather system. No one can fly in this mess.
Johnny Rico : Except for you, Carmen. You can fly through anything.
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Johnny Rico : Open the hatch and hover.
Carmen Ibanez : What's the plan?
Johnny Rico : Just open the hatch!
Carmen Ibanez : Just a simple question.
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Johnny Rico : Come on, you apes! Jump for it!
Troopers : Hooah!
Geo : Uh... I can't, sir!
Johnny Rico : What do you mean, you can't? You wanna die here?
Geo : One, you go!
One-Oh-One : Ladies first!
Johnny Rico : Somebody jump!
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Carmen Ibanez : Did you know there were Bugs on Mars too, Carl? And you just let it happen?
Carl Jenkins : Carmen, how could you even think such a thing?
[Rico and Carmen groan]
Carl Jenkins : Very funny. But this is the war we can never stop fighting. The Bugs will never quit. And if we do, we're dead. For a few thousand years we humans enjoyed the relative peace of fighting amongst ourselves. And then we reached for the stars. I mean, what did we think would happen?
Johnny Rico : Well, thinking's your job, Carl. I'm the guy who follows orders.
Carl Jenkins : I like that. Now, go take back Mars from the Bugs will you, GENERAL Rico?
Johnny Rico : Yes, sir.
Carl Jenkins : [Looking at Carmen] What?
Carmen Ibanez : It's always good to see you, Carl.
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Johnny Rico : You troopers got something special. Something everyone wants. You lived to tell the tale.