Independence Day (1996)

Harry Connick Jr.: Capt. Jimmy Wilder

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Quotes 

• Capt. Jimmy Wilder : Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!

• Capt. Jimmy Wilder : You scared, man?

  Captain Steven Hiller : No. You?

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : No. Hold me.

  Captain Steven Hiller : Hey, pay attention!

  Lt. Colonel Watson : Something you want to add to this briefing, Captain Hiller?

  Captain Steven Hiller : No, sir, just a little anxious to get up there and whoop E.T.'s ass, that's all!

• Capt. Jimmy Wilder : [knows Hiller is worried about Jasmine]  Don't worry about it, Big Man. I'm sure she got out before it happened. Or, as the Good Reverend would say:

  [imitating Rev. Jesse Jackson] 

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : Why we are on this particular mission, we'll never know. But I do know, here today, that the Black Knights will emerge victorious once again.

• Capt. Jimmy Wilder : Man, you know I really like Jasmine. You know that, right? Man, you are never gonna get to fly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper.

• Captain Steven Hiller : [Anxious about receiving an envelope from NASA]  Ohhh, you're gonna have to do this one...

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : You're a wuss.

  Captain Steven Hiller : Yeah, whatever, just shut up and read it.

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : [reading]  TO: Captain Steven Hiller, Loser...

• Capt. Jimmy Wilder : [to alien pursuing his plane]  Come on, come on, come on! Move, move, move!

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : [to Steve by radio]  He's on me like white on rice, big daddy!

  Captain Steven Hiller : Alright, Jimmy! They ain't got nothing for us! Let's push it... we gotta go, gotta go!

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : I can't shake 'em! I can't shake 'em!

  Captain Steven Hiller : Yes you can! Just the way I showed you! Let's go!

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : Take me out, Stevie! I'm gonna try something!

  Captain Steven Hiller : Yeah? Well, don't do nothin' stupid over there!

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : You know me!

  Captain Steven Hiller : Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about!

  [Jimmy suddenly ascends, Steven is clearly alarmed] 

  Captain Steven Hiller : Jimmy, what're you doing? You can't bank at that speed!

  [sees the alien craft bearing down] 

  Captain Steven Hiller : Jimmy, he's closing on you!

  [Jimmy's alarms sound, he pulls off his mask, gasping for breath] 

  Captain Steven Hiller : Put your mask back on! That's an order, Marine!

  Capt. Jimmy Wilder : I can't breathe!

  Captain Steven Hiller : [the aliens lock Jimmy's plane]  Jimmy! JIMMY!

  [Jimmy's plane is hit and explodes] 

  Captain Steven Hiller : Jimmy noooooo!