Top Gun: Maverick Movie Quotes
Rear Admiral
Maverick. Thirty-plus years of service. Combat medals. Citations. Only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last 40 years.
[Cain looks through pages of Maverick's records]
Rear Admiral
'Distinguished.' 'Distinguished.' 'Distinguished.' Yet you can't get a promotion, you won't retire, and, despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a two-star admiral by now, if not a senator. Yet here you are: Captain. Why is that?
Maverick
It's one of life's mysteries, sir.
Rear Admiral
This isn't a joke. I asked you a question.
Maverick
I'm where I belong, sir.
Rear Admiral
Well, the navy doesn't see it that way. Not anymore.
[pause]
Rear Admiral
These planes you've been testing, Captain, one day, sooner or later, they won't need pilots at all. Pilots that need to sleep, eat, take a piss. Pilots that disobey orders. All you did was buy some time for those men out there. The future is coming, and you're not in it.
[Cain faces the officer by the door]
Rear Admiral
Escort this man off the base. Take him to his quarters. Wait with him while he packs his gear. I want him on the road to North Island within the hour.
[surprised look on Maverick's face]
Maverick
North Island, sir?
Rear Admiral
Call came in with impeccable timing, right as I was driving here to ground your ass once and for all. It galls me to say it, but... for reasons known only to the Almighty and your guardian angel, you've been called back to Top Gun.
Maverick
Sir?
Rear Admiral
You are dismissed, Captain.
[Maverick proceeds to leave Cain's office]
Rear Admiral
The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.
[Maverick turns around]
Maverick
Maybe so, sir. But not today.
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[after crashing the Darkstar, Maverick walks into a small town diner and is given a glass of water]
Maverick
Thank you. Where am I?
Kid in Truck Stop
[staring at Maverick]
Earth?
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Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
The Navy needs Maverick. The kid needs Maverick. That's why I fought for you. That's why you're still here.
Maverick
Thank you, Ice, for everything.
Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
One last thing, who's the better pilot, you or me?
Maverick
This is a nice moment, let's not ruin it.
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Maverick
Thank you for saving my life.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's what my dad would've done.
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Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary. What he has to teach you may very well mean the difference between life and death. I give you Captain Pete Mitchell, call sign Maverick.
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[repeated line]
Maverick
Talk to me, Goose.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Your reputation precedes you.
Maverick
Thank you, Sir.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
It wasn't a compliment.
Maverick
I have to admit I wasn't expecting an invitation back.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
They're called *orders*, Maverick.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[closing his eyes after left engine sputters out]
Please don't tell me we lost an engine.
Maverick
Alright, I won't tell you that.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Talk to me, dad.
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Maverick
[At the beginning of a training mission]
Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to Basic Fighter Maneuvers, As briefed, today's exercise is dog-fighting, guns only, no missiles. We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 ft. Working as team you have to shoot me down or else...
Payback
...or else what, sir?
Maverick
...or else I shoot back. If I shoot either one of you down, you both lose.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
This guy needs an ego check.
Lt. Brigham 'Harvard' Lennox
We'll see to that!
Payback
Sir, what say we put some skin in the game?
Maverick
What do you have in mind?
Payback
Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 push-ups.
Maverick
Guys, that's a lot of push-ups.
Fanboy
Ah well, they don't call it an exercise for nothing, sir.
Maverick
You got yourself a deal, gentlemen. Fight's on. Let's turn and burn!
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Fanboy, you see him?
Fanboy
Not beyond the radar up ahead. He must be somewhere behind us.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[Maverick got ready and from below them, swooshed past between their jets upwards]
Damn it!
Fanboy
What the hell?
Payback
Oh shit!
Maverick
Easy, Maverick. Let's try not to get fired on the first day.
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
[after destroying the plane that almost killed Maverick and Rooster]
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, this is your savior speaking. Please, fasten your seat belts, return the tray tables to their locked and upright positions and prepare for landing.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Hey, Hangman, you look good.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
I am good, Rooster. I'm very good. I'll see you back on deck.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Then it's a dog fight.
Maverick
An F-14 against 5th-Gen fighters?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's not the plane. It's the pilot.
Maverick
Exactly!
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
You have put me in a difficult position, Captain. On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown, perhaps the only way it can be survived. On the other hand, you did it by stealing a multi-million dollar military aircraft and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again. Iceman is no longer here to protect you. I have everything I need to have you court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. So what do I do? Risk the lives of my pilots, and perhaps the success of this mission, or risk my career by appointing you team leader?
Maverick
Sir...
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
I think the Admiral is asking a rhetorical question, Captain.
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Maverick
He would always resent me for what I did. Why should he resent her too?
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Come on, Mav, do some of that pilot shit!
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Penny Benjamin
[to Maverick as he watches her enter her house after taking her home]
Don't give me that look.
Maverick
What look?
Penny Benjamin
That one.
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Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman
Maverick, Maverick. Hey, you with me? I don't like that look, Mav.
Maverick
It's the only one I got. Thank you. If I don't see you again, Hondo, thank you.
Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman
It's been an honor, Captain.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
[while Cyclone is giving the pilots new instructions on the mission, the screen shows a plane is about to run the course]
Who the hell is that?
Maverick
Maverick to Range Control. Entering Point Alpha, confirm Green Range.
Mission Controller
Maverick, Range Control. Green Range is confirmed. I don't see an event scheduled for you, sir.
Maverick
Well, I'm going anyway.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Nice.
Maverick
Set the time to target, 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Payback
2:15? That's impossible!
Maverick
File attack point, Maverick's inbound.
[Maverick runs the course and gets to the target]
Maverick
Bomb's away!
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
[after Maverick ran the training course in 2:14.84 and destroyed the target]
Bullseye, holy shit!
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Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Sir, we're receiving a signal from Rooster's e-set, but there seems to be a malfunction.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Have you lost him?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
No, sir. He's supersonic.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
He's airborne!
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
In what?
Comms-Crew Tech
Sir, Overwatch reports an F-14 Tomcat is airborne and on course for our position.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Can't be, it can't be!
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Maverick
You don't say!
Penny Benjamin
Pull on the backstay. We'll de-power the sails.
Maverick
OK. What does that mean?
Penny Benjamin
You're supposed to be in the Navy!
Maverick
I don't sail boats, Penny, I land on them!
Penny Benjamin
[after teaching Maverick how to handle the sails, she pats his shoulder]
Now you're in the Navy!
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Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Captain Mitchell. You're where you belong. Make us proud.
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Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
[to Bob, about Hangman]
That's why we call him Hangman. He will always hang you out to dry.
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Maverick
Having fun yet?
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
There's more than one way to fly this mission.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
You really don't get it. On this mission, a man flies like Maverick here, or a man does not come back. No offense intended.
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
And somehow, you always manage.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Hey, I don't mean to criticize, you're conservative, that's all.
Maverick
Lieutenant...
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
We're going into combat, son, on a level no living pilot's ever seen.
[referring to Maverick]
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Not even him. There's no time to be thinking about the past.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
What's that supposed to mean?
Maverick
Rooster...
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
I can't be the only one that knows that Maverick flew with his old man.
Maverick
That's enough.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
That Maverick was flying with his old man...
Maverick
Lieutenant, that's enough.
[the other pilots hold Rooster back from attacking Hangman]
Maverick
That's enough!
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
You son of a bitch!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Hey, I'm cool, I'm cool. Hey.
Maverick
That's enough.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
He's not cut out for this mission.
Maverick
That's enough.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
You know it. You know I'm right.
Maverick
You're all dismissed.
[the pilots leave the room]
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[after looking at a hangar in the bombed enemy airfield]
You've got to be shitting me! An F-14?
Maverick
I shot down three Migs in one of those.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
We don't even know if that bag of ass can fly.
Maverick
Let's find out.
[runs towards the hangar]
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Mav! OK.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Got yourself another kill.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
That makes two.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Mav has five. Makes him an ace.
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Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Breaking the hard deck? Insubordination? Are you trying to get kicked out?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Don't worry about it.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Look, I'm going on this mission, but if you get kicked out, you leave us flying with Hangman. Talk to me, what the hell was that?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
He pulled my papers.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
What? Who?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Maverick. He pulled my application to Naval Academy. He set me back four years.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Why would he do that?
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
The hard deck is 5,000 feet above ground level, a perimeter set not just for the safety of our pilots, but for the safety of their aircraft. 5,000 feet is not just a rule, it is a law, as immutable as gravity.
Maverick
The hard deck will be much lower for the mission, sir.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
And it will not change without my approval, especially not in the middle of an exercise! And that Cobra maneuver of yours? That could have got all three of you killed. I never want to see that shit again!
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
What exactly do you suppose you were teaching, captain?
Maverick
As good as they are, sir, they still have something to learn.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
You are talking about the best fighter pilots on the planet, captain.
Maverick
And they've been told that their entire career, while they've been dropping bombs from a high altitude with little to no dog fighting. The parameters of this mission call for something they have never encountered, something...
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
You have less than three weeks to teach them how to fight as a team and how to strike the target.
Maverick
...and how to come home. And how to come home, sir.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Every mission has its risks. These pilots accept that.
Maverick
I don't, sir.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Every morning from this day forward you will brief us on your instructional plans in writing and nothing will change without my express approval.
Maverick
Including the hard deck, sir?
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
*Especially* the hard deck, captain.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
What is this?
Maverick
It's a request to lower the hard deck sir, to practice low level bombing per the mission parameters.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
You can learn a thing or two about timing, captain.
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Meek Engineer
[When everyone celebrates that Maverick reached Mach 10, he looks at Admiral Caine]
Put that in your Pentagon budget!
Meek Engineer
[Admiral Caine gives him a stern look]
Sorry.
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Maverick
[Repeated line, whenever someone tells him they don't like the look he's making]
It's the only one I've got.
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Penny Benjamin
Oh, you gotta be kidding me. Pete!
Maverick
Penny? What are you doing here?
Penny Benjamin
I should ask you the same thing.
Maverick
That is a long story.
Penny Benjamin
I doubt that.
Maverick
Yeah.
Penny Benjamin
Who did you piss off this time?
Maverick
Another admiral.
Penny Benjamin
Exactly!
Maverick
Are you mad at me?
Penny Benjamin
Oh Pete, I could never stay mad at you, that's the problem.
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Maverick
[in response to Iceman's message It's time to let go, tearing up]
I don't know how. I'm not a teacher, Ice. I'm a fighter pilot. Naval aviator. It's not what I am, it's who I am. How do I teach that? Even if I could teach it, it's not what Rooster wants. It's not what the Navy wants. It's why they canned me the last time. The only reason I'm here is you. If I send him on this mission, he might never come home. And if I don't send him, he'll never forgive me. Either way, I can lose him forever.
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Say, Phoenix. How's about we tell everybody 'Bob' stands for something? Other than Robert, I mean.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Don't take the bait, Bob. Wanna know why we call him Hangman?
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
All right. I got it. Baby On Board.
[Maverick appears out of nowhere and flies by at full speed between Phoenix and Hangman's planes]
Maverick
Greetings, aviators. Fight's on!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Alright, Phoenix. Let's take this guy out!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Break right!
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Breaking right.
[Hangman leaves Phoenix]
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
Where's he going?
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
That's why we call him Hangman. He'll always hang you out to dry.
Maverick
Leaving your wingman. There's a strategy I haven't seen in a while.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
He called you a man, Phoenix. You gonna take that?
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
So long as he doesn't call you a man.
[towards Bob]
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Talk to me, Bob, where's Maverick?
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
Jesus, his nose is already coming around!
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Get him off me, Hangman!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
For all you folks at home, this is how you bury a fossil!
Maverick
Alright, Hangman. Time to teach you a lesson.
[Maverick puts Phoenix and Bob on missile lock]
Maverick
You're out, Phoenix.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Son of a bitch!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Let's go, Mav, let's see what you got.
Maverick
Come get me!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Evil be gone. Hangman's coming!
[Hangman keeps up with Maverick]
Maverick
Yeah, you're good. I'll give you that.
[Maverick flies up to the sun, blinding Hangman, who is after him]
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Shit! Phoenix, I can't see him. How close am I? Phoenix?
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
I'm dead, dickhead!
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
See you in the afterlife, Bagman.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Where is he? Where is he?
[Maverick soars from behind Hangman and paints him killed]
Maverick
That's a kill.
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Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Fellas, this here is Bagman.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Hangman.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Whatever. You're looking at the only naval aviator in active duty with a confirmed air to air kill.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Mind you, the other guy was in a museum piece from the Korean War.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Cold War.
Payback
Different wars, same century.
Fanboy
Not this one.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Who are your friends?
Payback
Payback.
Fanboy
Fanboy.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Hey, Coyote.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Hey.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Who's he?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Who's who?
[Phoenix nods towards Bob]
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
When did you get in?
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
Oh, I- I've been here the whole time.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Well, the man's a stealth pilot.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
Literally.
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
Weapons Systems Officer, actually.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
With no sense of humour.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[seeing the Felon pull off Kvochur's bell]
Holy shit. What the fuck was that?
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Why'd you pull my papers at the academy? Why didn't you just *stay out of my way*?
Maverick
You weren't ready.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Ready for what? Huh? Ready to fly like you?
Maverick
No, ready to forget the book. Trust your instincts! Don't think, just do. You think up there, you're dead. Believe me.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
My dad believed in you. I'm not gonna make the same mistake.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Working on it. Radio's out, no radar, everything's dead back here, what do I do? Talk me through it.
Maverick
Okay, first the radio. Throw the UHF-2 circuit breaker, try that.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
There's 300 breakers back here, anything more specific?
Maverick
I don't know, that was your dad's department.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
I'll figure it out.
[Looking below at 5 Gen fighters]
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Mav, tally two, five o'clock low! What do we do?
Maverick
Okay, listen. Just be cool. If they knew who we were, we'd be dead already.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[Watching fighters increase altitude]
Well, here they come. What's your plan?
Maverick
Just put your mask on. Remember, we're on the same team. Just waive and smile. Just waive and smile.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[Watching Fifth Gen fighter pilot's hand signals]
What's that signal, what's he saying?
Maverick
No idea. I have no idea what he's saying.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
What about that one, any idea?
Maverick
Nope, never seen that one either. Shit. His wingman is moving into weapons envelope. Alright, listen up. When I tell you, you grab those rigs above your head. That's the ejection handle.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Mav, can we outrun these guys?
Maverick
Not their missiles and guns.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Then it's a dogfight.
Maverick
An F-14 against 5th Gen fighters?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's not the plane, it's the pilot. You'd go after them if I wasn't here.
Maverick
But you are here.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
C'mon, Mav. Don't think, just do.
[Mav pulls right and the dogfight begins]
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
[Looking at a picture of Maverick's Top Gun class]
Yo, Coyote, take a look at this.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
[Looks at Maverick in the picture]
The man, the legend. There he is.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
No, no, no, next to him. That look familiar to you?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
What have we here?
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Maverick
Rooster! Bradley! Lieutenant Bradshaw!
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Yes, sir?
Maverick
Let's not do it like this.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Are you going to wash me out?
Maverick
That'll be up to you, not me.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Am I dismissed?
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Say, Rooster, mind if I ask you a personal question?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Would it matter if I did?
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
So, what's the story with you and Maverick? Seems like he's got you a little rattled.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's none of your business. Now, where the hell is he?
Maverick
Been here the whole time.
[Maverick, flying under Rooster's plane, flips his plane upwards on his starboard side and ends up inverted over Rooster's plane]
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Holy shit!
Maverick
You see me now? Come on, let's get it over with.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
What is it with these two?
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Amelia
[as Maverick escapes through the 2nd floor window and jumps down, trying to avoid her unexpected return, she's right there looking at him]
Please don't break her heart again.
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Title Card
On March 3, 1969, the United States Navy established an elite school for the top one percent of its pilots. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of aerial combat and to ensure that the handful of men and women who graduated were the best fighter pilots in the world. They succeeded. Today, the Navy calls it Fighter Weapons School. The flyers call it: TOP GUN: MAVERICK.
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Maverick
What are you doing here?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
What am I doing here?
Maverick
You think I took that missile so you could be down here with me? You should be back on the carrier by now!
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
I saved your life!
Maverick
I saved your life! That's the whole point! What the hell were you even thinking?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
You told me not to think!
[Maverick stares blankly at Rooster, Rooster shrugs]
Maverick
Well, it's good to see you.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's good to see you, too.
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[repeated line]
Maverick
Don't think, just do.
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Maverick
Why are they dead?
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
We broke the 300ft ceiling, and a S.A.M. took us out.
Maverick
No. Why are they dead?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
I slowed down and I didn't give her a warning. It's my fault.
Maverick
Was there a reason you didn't communicate with your team?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
I was focusin' on...
Maverick
One that their family will accept at the funeral.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
No, sir.
Maverick
Why didn't you anticipate the turn? You were briefed on the terrain. Don't tell me... talk to his family.
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
[after Maverick is thrown out of Penny's bar]
Thanks for the beers, come back anytime!
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
It's not the plane, it's the pilot.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
What is this?
Maverick
It's dogfight football. Offense and defense at the same time.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Who's winning?
Maverick
I think they stopped keeping score a while ago.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
This detachment still has some training to complete, Captain. Every available minute matters.
Maverick
Yes, sir.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
So why are we out here playing games?
Maverick
You said to create a team, sir. There's your team.
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Maverick
I think, I think this is it.
Penny Benjamin
Come on, Pete, you've been saying that as long as I've known you. You said that after they busted you for taking me on a joy ride in that F-18, and the next thing I know, you're off to Bosnia, then Iraq. Both times you get yourself in trouble, Iceman makes a call and you're back in the air.
Maverick
Penny, this is different.
Penny Benjamin
Pete, trust me. As improbable as it seems right now, somehow you'll be back in a fighter plane with your tail on fire.
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Maverick
[as the final enemy plane moves in for the kill and Rooster is unable to eject them from the F-14]
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Goose.
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Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
You two have something in common. Cyclone here was first in his class back in '88.
Maverick
Actually, sir, I finished second. Just want to manage expectations.
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Maverick
Time is your greatest enemy.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
[singing]
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain, Too much love drives a man insane, You broke my will but what a thrill
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw, Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin, Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace, Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado, Payback, Fanboy, Lt. Brigham 'Harvard' Lennox, Lt. Logan 'Yale' Lee, Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander, Lt. Billy 'Fritz' Avalone: Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire!
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
You give 'em hell!
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
All right, now hit your target and come home.
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[Tomahawks launch from USS Leyte Gulf]
Naval Officer
Tomahawks airborne.
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
No turning back now.
Maverick
Daggers, assume attack formation.
[Planes line up in single file]
Maverick
[Approaching coastline]
Daggers set. Proceeding to target. Two minutes and thirty seconds in 3... 2... 1. Mark.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Two mark.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Three mark.
Payback
Four mark.
Maverick
Going in.
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[last lines]
Bartender (Jimmy)
Hey, Mav!
Maverick
Jimmy. Is Penny around?
Bartender (Jimmy)
She took Amelia on a sailing trip.
Maverick
Did she say when she'd be back?
Bartender (Jimmy)
You know, she didn't. Can I get you anything?
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Maverick
Come on, sweetheart, just a little more. Just a little. Come on. Come on!
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Maverick
They want mach 10, let's give 'em mach 10.
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Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
I flew as fast as I could. Kind of like my ass depended on it.
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Maverick
In a head-to-head with these planes in your F-18s, you're dead. That's why you need to get in, hit your target, and be gone before these planes even have a chance of catching you. This makes time your greatest adversary.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Let me be clear: This will be your last post, captain. You fly for Top Gun - or you don't fly for the Navy ever again.
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Maverick
How low you want to go, Rooster?
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
I can go as low as you, sir! And that's saying something.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Hangman, the only place you'll lead anyone is an early grave.
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Maverick
What's past is past. For both of us.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
You'd like to believe that, wouldn't you?
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Maverick
Rooster just saved your life, fellas. But it's gonna cost him.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Not this time, old man.
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Penny Benjamin
Look, I have an example to set. I can't be bringing guys home on a first date.
Maverick
This is not our first date.
Penny Benjamin
You know what I mean.
Maverick
Okay. Fine. But this is the last time I go out your window.
Penny Benjamin
We'll see.
Maverick
No. No, I mean it. I'm never gonna leave you again.
Penny Benjamin
Oh, shut up.
[kiss]
Penny Benjamin
Go on, get out of here.
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Maverick
You and Amelia, you seem a lot closer than when I last saw you.
Penny Benjamin
Yeah. Yeah, we are.
Maverick
How do you manage?
Penny Benjamin
Well, you know, she always wanted more freedom than I thought she was ready for.
Maverick
Where'd she get that from, I wonder?
Penny Benjamin
I guess I realized I also had to trust her. Let her make some of her own mistakes sometimes.
Maverick
Not an easy choice.
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
The stress limit of the F-18's airframe is 7.5.
Maverick
That's the accepted limit. To survive this mission, you'll pull beyond that, even if it means bending your airframe. You'll be pulling so hard, you'll weigh close to 2,000 pounds, your skull crushing your spine. Your lungs imploding like an elephant's sitting on your chest, fighting with everything you have just to keep from blacking out. And this is where you'll be at your most vulnerable. This - is coffin corner.
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Maverick
This is gonna take you and your aircraft to the breaking point.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Sir, is this even achievable?
Maverick
The answer to that question will come down to the pilot in the box.
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Maverick
That's enough for today.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
That was close.
Maverick
Too close. Bird strike! Bird strike!
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Bird strike!
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Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Both runways are cratered. How we gonna get this museum piece in the air? Why are the wings coming out, Mav? Mav, this is a taxiway, not a runway. This is a very *short* taxiway, Mav.
Maverick
Just hang on.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Holy shit!
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Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Your target is a clear and present threat. A secret uranium enrichment site under rogue state control. It's an underground bunker, tucked between these two mountains.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Seems like we're not the only ones holding on to old relics.
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Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado
We're out of time. I'm dropping blind.
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Maverick
Here we go. Enemy territory up ahead. Feet dry in 60 seconds. Comanche, dagger one. Picture.
Comms-Crew Tech
Comanche. Picture clean. Decision is yours.
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Maverick
Come on, Rooster. Bandits inbound. We got to make up time now. Let's turn and burn.
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Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
This is what you've all been training for. Come home safely.
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Maverick
You can't save it. Eject, eject!
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Eject, eject, eject!
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Maverick
I don't know what to do.
Penny Benjamin
But you'll find a way. I know you will.
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Maverick
Dagger 1 up and ready on catapult 1.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Dagger spare standing by.
Payback
Dagger 4 up and ready.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Dagger 3 up and ready.
Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Dagger 2 up and ready.
Air Control Officer
Report axis airborne, strike package ready, standing by for launch decision.
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Send them.
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Rear Admiral
You got some balls, stick jockey. I'll give you that.
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Maverick
[shows off thick manual]
The F-18 NATOPS. Contains everything they want you to know about your aircraft. I'm assuming you know the book inside and out.
Payback
Damn right!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Damn straight.
Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman
[under his breath]
And we're off...
Maverick
But what the enemy doesn't know is your limits. I intend to find them. Test them. Push beyond. Today we'll start with what you only think you know. And you show me what you're made of.
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