Starship Troopers (1997)
Casper Van Dien: Johnny Rico
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Quotes
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Johnny Rico : I wanna join up. I think I got what it takes to be a Citizen.
Jean Rasczak : Good for you! Go find out...
Johnny Rico : Well... my parents are against it... and I know it's my choice. I was wondering. What would you do if you were me?
Jean Rasczak : Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom. Make up your own mind, Rico.
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Johnny Rico : Someone asked me once if I knew the difference between a civilian and a citizen. I know now. A citizen has the courage to make the safety of the human race their personal responsibility. Dizzy was my friend. She was a soldier. But most important, she was a citizen of the Federation.
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Jean Rasczak : [after Rico denies Dizzy's request to dance] Rico - you once asked me for advice, want some now?
Johnny Rico : Yes, sir!
Jean Rasczak : Never pass up a good thing.
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Jean Rasczak : You got 10 minutes to get ready and go.
Johnny Rico : Yes sir.
Jean Rasczak : [notices someone's hiding] Whos's in there with you?
Dizzy : [shows up, slightly embarrassed] Flores, sir.
Jean Rasczak : [smiles] Make it 20.
Johnny Rico : Yes sir.
Dizzy : 20 minutes?
Johnny Rico : We can do it.
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Carl : We thought there might be a Brain Bug on 'P'.
Carmen : You knew and still you sent them?
Carl : We couldn't afford to launch an operation if there wasn't one.
[both Carmen and Johnny look at Carl with contempt]
Carl : You disapprove? Well, too bad! We're in this war for the species, boys and girls. It's simple numbers. They have more. And every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.
Johnny Rico : Didn't they tell you, Colonel? That's what the Mobile Infantry is good for.
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Dizzy : Rico, I'm dying.
Johnny Rico : No Diz, you'll be fine.
Dizzy : But it's OK, because I got to have you.
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Johnny : M.I. does the dying. Fleet just does the flying.
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Johnny Rico : These are the rules. Everybody fights, nobody quits. If you don't do your job I'll kill you myself. Welcome to the Roughnecks!
Private Sugar Watkins : Rico's Roughnecks!
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Johnny Rico : Who are these kids?
Ace Levy : We got reinforced. Most of them are fresh out of boot.
Johnny Rico : We're the old men, Ace.
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General Owen : I had to evade capture. The lives of the Federation were at stake.
Ace Levy : [background] Fire in the Hole!
[explosion]
General Owen : [startled by the explosion] I have operational knowledge of what were up to out here.
Jean Rasczak : [to Diz] Dizzi, give me a status report.
Johnny Rico : [softly] She's working on it.
General Owen : [points to a dead soldier with his head hollowed out] Here, they did it to Farley, they got into his mind. They made Farley call Headquarters.
Johnny Rico : The distress call was a trap.
General Owen : They're just like us. They wanna know what makes us tick. They wanna know us, so they can KILL us!
Jean Rasczak : [into his radio] This is Rasczak, prepare for attack. I repeat, prepare for attack!
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Jean Rasczak : Rico. What is the moral difference, if any, between a civilian and a citizen?
Johnny Rico : A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety and the body politic defending it with his life. A civilian does not.
Jean Rasczak : The exact words of the textbook. But do you understand it? Do you believe it?
Johnny Rico : I don't know.
Jean Rasczak : No, of course you don't. I doubt anyone here would recognize civic virtue even if it reached up and bit you in the ass!
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[last lines]
Newsreel announcer : We have the ships. We have the weapons. We need soldiers. Soldiers like Lieutenant Stack Lumbreiser...
Lt. Lumbreiser : Over the target area now, Captain.
Newsreel announcer : ...and Captain Carmen Ibanez.
Carmen : This is the captain speaking. All personnel prepare for drop.
Newsreel announcer : Soldiers like Private Ace Levy and Lieutenant John Rico.
Johnny Rico : Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?
Newsreel announcer : We need you all. Service guarantees citizenship.
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Johnny Rico : I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!
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Private Sugar Watkins : Gimme the nuke
Johnny Rico : You trying to be a hero, Watkins?
Private Sugar Watkins : Just trying to kill some bugs, sir.
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Johnny Rico : Never surrender. Never retreat. Never give up.
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Net Correspondent : No one here in the AQZ knows exactly when the invasion of klendathu will occur. But everyone's talking about it and the talk says tomorrow. Here's a bunch of M.I. kids that look like they could eat bugs for lunch.
Dizzy Flores : [chuckling] Yum, yum, yum.
Net Correspondent : So trooper, you're not too worried about fighting the Arachnids?
Ace Levy : Hey shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs am I right?
Kitten Smith : I just hope it's not over before we get some.
Net Correspondent : Some say the bugs were provoked by the intrusion of humans into their natural habitat, that a "Live-and-let-live" policy is preferable to war with the bugs.
Johnny Rico : Let me tell you something. I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill them all!
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Carmen : Johnny, wait...
Zander : Forget it, Ensign. He's mobile infantry. When you're paid to kill it doesn't pay to be polite.
Johnny Rico : You got something to say about mobile infantry?
Zander : You heard me. You want to make something of it... private?
Johnny Rico : No, sir, not with an officer. The M.I. doesn't mint stupid troopers.
Zander : Then let's disregard rank.
[raising voice to speak to the crowd]
Zander : Everybody hear that? Rank is not an issue here.
Carmen : Zander, please, don't do this.
Zander : Come on, what's he gonna do?
[Zander turns towards Rico, who punches Zander in the jaw]
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Carmen : Johnny, uh, you remember Zander, don't you?
Zander : From the game today.
[shakes Johnny's hand]
Zander : No hard feelings?
Johnny Rico : None at all. We won.
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Johnny Rico : This is Roughneck Two-Zero-One. We are under heavy attack!
Radio operator : [voice] But we have Planet P as secure.
Johnny Rico : This place crawls, sir! I request retrieval, now!
Radio operator : [voice] What is your location?
Johnny Rico : Come down on this transmission.
Radio operator : [voice] On the outpost? That's crazy!
Johnny Rico : Well, I hope you have a crazy pilot. Out.
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Johnny Rico : I hear you got a bug problem ma'am?
Corporal Birdie : Ah, stuff it, Rico!
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Johnny Rico : You're some sort of big, fat, smart-bug, aren't you?
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Carl : So you haven't done it yet, have you? Don't lie!
Johnny Rico : I'm not in any hurry.
Carl : [Indicating Dizzy Flores] Others are waiting.
Johnny Rico : [Looking at Dizzy] Did you read her mind?
Carl : Don't have to. It's pretty clear what she wants.
Johnny Rico : Yeah, but I want Carmen.
Carl : Oh, you got it bad!
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Mr. Rico : [hands Johnny a enlistment book] This came for you today. I presume at your request?
Johnny Rico : A lot of my friends are doing Federal Service.
Mrs. Rico : Well you're not thinking of applying.
Mr. Rico : Have you lost your mind? I'd rather take ten lashes in public square than to see you ruin your life.
Johnny Rico : It's a term of service, it's not a career. I just want to get out on my own, see the galaxy for a couple years.
Mrs. Rico : Johnny, people get killed in the Federal Service.
Mr. Rico : Who gave you this idea? Its that teacher isn't it, you know the one I'm talking about, what's his name?
Johnny Rico : Mr. Rasczak.
Mr. Rico : Rasczak? Silly name. There should be a law against using a school as a recruiting station.
Johnny Rico : No, Rasczak doesn't do that at all. He sort of discourages you.
Mr. Rico : Well that's good. Because you're going to Harvard and that's the end of it.
Johnny Rico : It's my decision, not yours.
Mr. Rico : Oh, is that how it is.
Mrs. Rico : Wait a minute, you two! Dad and I have a surprise for you that I think should settle this, can you guess what it is?
Johnny Rico : No.
Mr. Rico : You said you wanted to see the Galaxy, how about a trip to the outer rings, Zegema Beach, huh?
Johnny Rico : I've... always wanted to go there.
Mrs. Rico : Well good then, it's all settled.
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Mr. Rico : You'll resign and that's all there is to it it may look bad but if that's the worst you suffered then that's fine.
Johnny Rico : I won't quit!
Mr. Rico : I'm telling you you will. You're not going back your going on vacation.
Johnny Rico : I am not going on vacation. I want to be a citizen. it's my decision I made it.
Mr. Rico : You walk out that door and you are cut off young man do you understand
[Johnny walks out]
Mr. Rico : Alright that's it you are cut off!
Mrs. Rico : Johnny why would you change your mind does a citizenship really mean that much to you?
Johnny Rico : Well... Yeah, sure.
Mrs. Rico : I hope so. I hope you don't ruin your life over some silly little girl who wants to look handsome in a uniform.
Johnny Rico : Don't talk about Carmen that way!
[walks off]
Mrs. Rico : Johnny.
