Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

James Doohan: Scotty

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• [faced with a 20th century computer] 

  Scotty : Computer! Computer?

  [He's handed a mouse, and he speaks into it] 

  Scotty : Hello, computer.

  Dr. Nichols : Just use the keyboard.

  Scotty : Keyboard. How quaint.

• Scotty : Admiral, there be whales here!

• [the crew is on a shuttlecraft pondering what their new starship will be] 

  Sulu : ...I'm counting on the *Excelsior*.

  Scotty : The *Excelsior*? Why in God's name would you want that bucket of bolts?

  Kirk : A ship is a ship.

  Scotty : Whatever you say so.

  [pause] 

  Scotty : Thy will be done.

  [the new starship USS *Enterprise* 1701-A emerges into view] 

  Kirk : My friends.

  [pause] 

  Kirk : We've come home.

• McCoy : You, ah, realize of course that if we give him the formula we're altering the future.

  Scotty : Why? How do we know he didn't invent the thing?

• [Kirk has just spoken very abruptly to Mr. Scott] 

  Scotty : He's in a wee bit of a snit, isn't he?

  Spock : He is a man of deep feelings.

  Scotty : Aye, what else is new?

• Scotty : Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon - that's hard.

• [Kirk is pacing back and forth, considering a below-decks room in the Klingon ship for possible whale transport] 

  Kirk : Scotty, how long is this bay?

  Scotty : About sixty feet, Admiral.

  Kirk : Can you enclose it to hold water?

  Scotty : [laughs]  I suppose I could. You planning to take a swim?

  McCoy : [sourly]  Off the deep end, Mr. Scott!

  Kirk : We got to find some humpbacks.

  Scotty : Humpbacked... people?

  Kirk : Whales, Mr. Scott, whales! Forty to fifty feet long and about 40 tons each.

• Scotty : Well, this is a fine place you have here, Dr. Nichols.

  Dr. Nichols : Thank you. I must say, Professor, your knowledge of engineering is most impressive.

  Scotty : Yes.

  McCoy : Back home, we call him the miracle worker.

• Scotty : I noticed you're still working with polymers.

  Dr. Nichols : Still? What else would I be working with?

  Scotty : Aye, what else, indeed? I'll put it another way. How thick would a piece of your Plexiglass need to be, at 60 feet by 10 feet, to withstand the pressure of 18,000 cubic feet of water?

  Dr. Nichols : Oh, that's easy. Six inches. We carry stuff that big in stock.

  Scotty : I, uh, noticed. Now suppose, just suppose, I were to show you a way to manufacture a wall that would do the same job, but be only one inch thick. Would that be worth something to you, eh?

  Dr. Nichols : You're joking.

  McCoy : Perhaps the professor could use your computer.

  Dr. Nichols : Please.

• Scotty : [over the intercom]  I'm ready, Spock! Let's go find George and Gracie!

• Kirk : You know, it's ironic, when man was killing these creatures, he was destroying his own future.

  Scotty : The beasties seem happy to see you, Doctor. I hope you like our little aquarium.

  Dr. Gillian Taylor : A miracle, Mr. Scott.

  Scotty : A miracle? That's yet to come.

  Dr. Gillian Taylor : What does that mean?

  Kirk : It means that our chances of getting home are not too good. You might have lived longer if you'd stayed where you belong.

  Dr. Gillian Taylor : I belong here. I am a whale biologist. Suppose, by some miracle, you do get them through. Who in the 23rd century knows anything about humpback whales?

  Kirk : You have a point.

• Scotty : [Negotiating for a supply of plexiglass from Dr Nichols]  Is it worth something to ye?