♥ Saved GIFs

Loading…

View all favorites →

Home » Starship Troopers » S01E01 — Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

Season 1, Episode 1 — Starship Troopers

↓

MAN ON TV: Young people from all over the globe

globe young

↓

are joining up to fight for the future.

fight future joining

↓

-I'm doing my part. -I'm doing my part.

part

↓

-I'm doing my part. -I'm doing my part too.

part

↓

(ALL LAUGHING)

laughing

↓

They're doing their part, are you?

part

↓

Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world.

infantry join mobile mobile-infantry save world

↓

Service guarantees citizenship.

guarantees service

↓

The Bug sent another meteor our way,

another meteor sent

↓

but this time we're ready.

ready

↓

Planetary defenses are better than ever.

↓

Klendathu, source of the bug meteor attacks,

attacks klendathu meteor source

↓

orbits a twin star system whose brutal gravitational forces

brutal forces star system twin

↓

produce an unlimited supply of bug meteorites

produce supply unlimited

↓

in the form of this asteroid belt.

asteroid belt form

↓

To ensure the safety of our solar system

ensure safety solar solar-system system

↓

Klendathu must be eliminated.

eliminated klendathu must

↓

We break net now and take you live to Klendathu

break klendathu live

↓

where the invasion has begun.

begun

↓

MAN: EXQ uplink on two, one. You're on.

uplink

↓

We've just landed here on what camp troopers are calling Big K,

calling camp landed troopers

↓

with the 6th Mobile Infantry Division!

division infantry mobile mobile-infantry

↓

It's an ugly planet, a bug planet!

planet ugly

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

A planet hostile to life as we know it!

hostile life planet

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(MAN SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Help me!

↓

(MAN SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

-Come on! Go, go, go! -Keep moving!

moving

↓

Get out of here now!

↓

(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)

shouting soldiers

↓

(MAN SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

Kit, no!

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

Oh, God!

↓

Oh, God!

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

Rico. Rico. Rico!

rico

↓

Pay attention.

attention

↓

Sorry, Mr. Rasczak.

rasczak

↓

Let's sum up.

↓

This year we explored the failure of democracy.

democracy failure

↓

Bad boy.

↓

RASCZAK: How the social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaos.

brink brought chaos rasczak scientists social world

↓

We talked about the veterans, how they took control

control talked veterans

↓

and imposed the stability that has lasted for generations since.

generations lasted

↓

You know these facts

facts

↓

but have I taught you anything of value this year?

taught value

↓

You, why are only citizens allowed to vote?

allowed citizens vote

↓

It's a reward,

reward

↓

what the Federation gives you for doing Federal Service.

federal federal-service federation gives service

↓

No. No.

↓

Something given has no value.

given value

↓

Look, when you vote, you are exercising political authority.

authority political vote

↓

You're using force. And force, my friends, is violence,

force friends using violence

↓

the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived.

authority supreme

↓

My mother always said violence never solves anything.

mother solves violence

↓

Really?

↓

I wonder what the city fathers of Hiroshima would say about that.

city fathers wonder

↓

You.

↓

They probably wouldn't say anything. Hiroshima was destroyed.

destroyed

↓

Correct.

correct

↓

Naked force has resolved more issues throughout history

force history issues naked resolved throughout

↓

than any other factor.

factor

↓

The contrary opinion,

contrary opinion

↓

(BEEPING)

beeping

↓

that violence never solves anything,

solves violence

↓

is wishful thinking at its worst.

thinking worst

↓

People who forget that always pay.

forget

↓

Rico, what's the moral difference, if any,

difference moral rico

↓

between a civilian and a citizen?

citizen civilian

↓

A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety

citizen personal responsibility safety

↓

of the body politic, defending it with his life.

body defending life

↓

-A civilian does not. -The exact words of the text.

civilian exact exact-words text words

↓

But do you understand it? Do you believe it?

believe

↓

-I don't know. -Of course you don't.

course

↓

I doubt anyone here would recognize civic virtue

doubt recognize virtue

↓

if it reached up and bit you in the ass.

reached

↓

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

bell bell-ringing ringing school school-bell

↓

Not here.

↓

Come on, let's see if they posted the math final.

final math posted

↓

-Rico, we gonna take Tesla? -We're gonna kill 'em.

kill rico

↓

WOMAN: Remember, all graduating seniors must fill out a 710 form.

fill form must remember seniors woman

↓

First thing Fleet Academy looks at is your math scores.

academy fleet math scores

↓

Wish me luck.

luck wish

↓

Good job.

↓

Your turn. Hold on.

↓

I want to talk to Marco. His sister's at Fleet.

fleet marco sisters

↓

-Marco. -Hi, Carmen.

carmen marco

↓

CARMEN: What do you hear about Roxy?

carmen roxy

↓

-MARCO: She made pilot. -CARMEN: She did?

carmen marco pilot

↓

35%, very nice.

↓

Look at that.

↓

35%, ladies and gentlemen. Big numbers.

gentlemen ladies numbers

↓

-Carl. -Sorry.

carl

↓

So, you haven't done it yet, have you? Don't lie.

↓

I'm not in any hurry.

hurry

↓

(GIGGLING)

giggling

↓

-Others are waiting. -DIZZY: And?

dizzy others waiting

↓

-Did you read her mind? -Don't have to.

mind read

↓

It's pretty clear what she wants.

clear wants

↓

Yeah, but I want Carmen.

carmen

↓

-You got it bad. -CARMEN: Bye, Marco.

carmen marco

↓

Hey, don't forget about this afternoon.

afternoon forget

↓

He's always late when he walks you home to fish for a kiss.

fish home kiss late walks

↓

Get out of here.

↓

-Marco's sister made pilot. -So will you.

pilot sister

↓

I mean, imagine flying a half a million tons of starship.

flying half imagine million tons

↓

You gotta have nerves of steel.

nerves steel

↓

Yeah, you do. Let's see how yours hold up.

↓

WOMAN: You may begin.

begin woman

↓

(GROANS)

groans

↓

Come on, it's just a bug. You better put your goggles on.

goggles

↓

"Just a bug."

↓

We humans like to think we are nature's finest achievement.

achievement finest humans natures

↓

I'm afraid it just isn't true.

afraid

↓

This Arkellian sand beetle is superior in many ways.

beetle sand superior ways

↓

It reproduces in vast numbers, has no ego,

numbers vast

↓

has no fear, doesn't know about death,

death fear

↓

and so is the perfect selfless member of society.

member perfect selfless society

↓

But humans have created art, mathematics, and interstellar travel.

created humans interstellar travel

↓

True. But before you let that go to your head

head

↓

take the example of the Arachnids,

arachnids example

↓

a highly evolved insect society.

evolved highly society

↓

By human standards, they are relatively stupid

human relatively standards stupid

↓

but their evolution stretches over millions of years.

evolution millions years

↓

-And now... -Here, take this.

↓

...they can colonize planets by hurling their spore into space.

planets space

↓

RICO: Okay, I think we got it.

rico

↓

The heart.

heart

↓

And here's the stomach.

stomach

↓

DIZZY: Nerves of steel, huh?

dizzy nerves steel

↓

(DIZZY LAUGHING)

dizzy laughing

↓

Don't think about it. Just go on instinct.

instinct

↓

Try to visualize it.

↓

I see the ace of spades.

spades

↓

You know, statistically speaking,

speaking statistically

↓

you should have accidentally guessed right by now. Try another.

accidentally another guessed

↓

So my psychic abilities are zero and I'm unlucky.

abilities psychic unlucky zero

↓

No, luck's not a factor.

factor

↓

No one really knows why some people are sensitive and some aren't.

knows sensitive

↓

Who knows? Maybe it's a new stage of human evolution.

evolution human knows stage

↓

That's why they do these kind of Federal studies.

federal studies

↓

What... Cyrano! Oh, shit. Time out.

↓

You just want some attention. You don't play with him any more.

attention

↓

Cyrano.

↓

Go bug Mom, Cyrano.

↓

(CHITTERING)

↓

How do you make him do that?

↓

Oh, I gave him the impression

impression

↓

there's a grub crawling up my mom's leg.

crawling grub moms

↓

He's on a mission to go eat it.

mission

↓

(MOTHER SCREAMS)

mother screams

↓

MOM: Get out! Get off my leg!

↓

Carl!

carl

↓

I sure hope you don't do anything like that to me.

hope

↓

Don't be afraid. Can't do human. Yet.

afraid human

↓

(CHEERING)

cheering

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

Yeah!

↓

All right!

↓

Yeah!

↓

-Are you all right? -Much better. Now.

↓

-PLAYER: Yeah! -Way to go, team.

player team

↓

Hey! Your helmet.

helmet

↓

So, what are you doing after the game?

game

↓

Well, everyone's going to the dance, aren't you?

dance everyones

↓

I don't know. It's my last night as a civilian.

civilian night

↓

-MAN: Come on, number 12! Let's go! -Ship out for Tereshkova tomorrow.

number ship tomorrow

↓

You're going to the Fleet Academy?

academy fleet

↓

That's where I want to go!

↓

ANNOUNCER: Come on, number 12! Let's play ball!

announcer ball number

↓

Don't get any ideas about my girlfriend!

girlfriend ideas

↓

All is fair in love and war.

fair love

↓

-CHEERLEADERS: Giants! Giants! -Johnny! Yeah!

cheerleaders johnny

↓

PLAYER: Hut! Hut!

player

↓

(WHOOPING)

whooping

↓

Hey, yeah!

↓

ANNOUNCER: Just over 42 seconds remaining.

announcer remaining seconds

↓

-Yeah! -DIZZY: All right, let's go.

dizzy

↓

Irvin, Latham, cover the rush.

cover irvin rush

↓

Perry, fake left. Bertolli, you go long.

fake left perry

↓

Rico, flip six, three hole. Got it? Hey, Rico?

flip hole rico three

↓

-Hey! -What?

↓

You're drifting! Flip six, three hole, on one! Got it?

drifting flip hole three

↓

Just throw me the ball, Diz.

ball throw

↓

Ready? Break!

break ready

↓

(TEAM GRUNTS)

grunts team

↓

Down. Set. Tight left.

left tight

↓

-PLAYER: Screen! -Hut!

player screen

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(CROWD CHEERING)

cheering crowd crowd-cheering

↓

Yeah! Go, go, go!

↓

All right!

↓

(BUZZER SOUNDS)

buzzer buzzer-sounds sounds

↓

Yeah!

↓

He's in there. It's over.

↓

Who said you could grow up so fast, huh?

fast grow

↓

Mom, don't get mushy.

↓

This came for you today.

today

↓

I presume at your request.

presume request

↓

A lot of my friends are doing Federal Service.

federal federal-service friends service

↓

Well, you're not thinking of applying?

applying thinking

↓

Have you lost your mind?

lost mind

↓

I'd rather take ten lashes in Public Square

public square

↓

than see you ruin your life.

life ruin

↓

It's a term of service.

service term

↓

It's not a career.

career

↓

I just want to get out on my own

↓

see the galaxy for a couple of years.

couple galaxy years

↓

Johnny, people get killed in the Federal Service.

federal federal-service johnny killed service

↓

Who gave you this idea? It's that teacher, isn't it?

idea teacher

↓

What's his name? You know the one I'm talking about.

name

↓

-Mr. Rasczak. -Rasczak?

rasczak

↓

(SCOFFS)

scoffs

↓

Silly name.

name silly silly-name

↓

There should be a law against using a school as a recruiting station.

recruiting school station using

↓

No, Rasczak doesn't do that at all.

rasczak

↓

He sort of discourages you.

↓

Well, that's good.

↓

'Cause you're going to Harvard, and that's the end of it.

harvard

↓

It's my decision, not yours.

decision

↓

-Oh, is that how it is, huh? -Wait, you two.

↓

Dad and I have a surprise for you that will settle this.

settle surprise

↓

Can you guess what it is?

↓

No.

↓

You want to see the galaxy?

galaxy

↓

How about a trip to the Outer Rings?

outer rings trip

↓

Zegema Beach. Huh?

beach

↓

I've always wanted to go there.

wanted

↓

Good, good. Then it's all settled.

settled

↓

(MUSIC PLAYING)

music music-playing playing

↓

CARMEN: Sure. Don't go away.

carmen

↓

RICO: I just need to see Mr. Rasczak.

rasczak rico

↓

Hey, Rico, do you want to dance?

dance rico

↓

Actually, Diz, I promised Carmen...

carmen promised

↓

Come on. Too bad for her if she's not around.

↓

You know, it's sad,

↓

after tonight, most of us probably won't see each other again.

tonight

↓

So, you still gonna play for Rio?

↓

Yeah, looks like. Unless Tokyo lets me start.

start tokyo

↓

Well, anyone who gets you is lucky.

lucky

↓

Johnny, how come we never got together?

johnny

↓

Can't we just be friends, Diz?

friends

↓

Sure.

↓

-MAN: Thank you. -Good night.

night

↓

Look, Diz, I want to talk to Mr. Rasczak.

rasczak

↓

Well, you better hurry up if you want to catch him.

catch hurry

↓

You're the best.

best

↓

-Mr. Rasczak! -What is it, Rico?

rasczak rico

↓

I want to thank you.

↓

Your class was the best one I had this year.

best class

↓

Well, it's really not my job to please. I just hope you learned something.

hope learned

↓

Well, I want to join up.

join

↓

I think I got what it takes to be a citizen.

citizen takes

↓

Good for you. Go find out.

↓

Well, my parents are against it.

parents

↓

And I know it's my choice.

choice

↓

I was wondering...

wondering

↓

What would you do if you were me?

↓

Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has.

figuring freedom

↓

Use that freedom.

freedom

↓

Make up your own mind, Rico.

mind rico

↓

CARMEN: Don't exaggerate.

carmen

↓

I'm serious. I think you have really beautiful eyes.

eyes serious

↓

Johnny.

johnny

↓

This is Zander.

zander

↓

Yeah, we know each other from the game.

game

↓

No hard feelings?

feelings hard hard-feelings

↓

No, none at all. We won.

↓

Come on, Carmen. It's the last dance.

carmen dance

↓

Well, maybe I'll see you at the Academy.

academy

↓

Yeah. Who knows?

knows

↓

Good luck.

luck

↓

Zander's going for pilot too.

pilot

↓

You two have so much in common.

common

↓

Johnny Rico, are you jealous?

jealous johnny rico

↓

Well, maybe.

↓

You don't have to be jealous.

jealous

↓

Hey, hey, break it up, you two. There's a place for that sort of thing.

break place

↓

I've been thinking, and I'm gonna do it, Carmen.

carmen thinking

↓

I'm gonna go for Federal Service.

federal federal-service service

↓

That's great.

↓

Carl and l are signing up tomorrow. Come with us.

carl signing tomorrow

↓

I will.

↓

My father's not home tonight.

fathers home home-tonight tonight

↓

-...my own free will -...my own free will

free

↓

after having been duly advised and warned

having warned

↓

of the meaning and consequences of this oath

consequences meaning oath

↓

enroll in the Federal Service

enroll federal federal-service service

↓

for not less than two years

less years

↓

and as much longer as may be required

longer required

↓

by the needs of the Federation.

federation needs

↓

Fresh meat for the grinder, eh?

fresh meat

↓

So, how'd you kids do?

howd kids

↓

I'm gonna be a pilot.

pilot

↓

(CHUCKLING) Good for you! We need all the pilots we can get.

chuckling pilots

↓

-Hey, did you get starside R and D? -No.

↓

-I don't believe it. -I got Games and Theory.

believe games theory

↓

Games and Theory?

games theory

↓

-That's military intelligence. -Yeah.

intelligence military

↓

Way to go, Carl.

carl

↓

Next time we meet, I'll probably have to salute you.

meet salute

↓

How about you, son?

↓

-Infantry, sir. -Good for you.

infantry

↓

Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today.

infantry mobile mobile-infantry today

↓

MAN ON PA: All recruits must report

must recruits report

↓

to the Federal Transportation Hub in 24 hours.

federal hours transportation

↓

Welcome to the adventure of Federal Service.

adventure federal federal-service service welcome

↓

Let's make a vow.

↓

No matter what, we'll always be friends.

friends matter

↓

(CHUCKLING)

chuckling

↓

I'll go for that.

↓

Well, chances are we'll never see each other again.

chances

↓

We'll be millions of light-years away from each other.

light millions years

↓

But, yeah, sure. Why not?

↓

You'll resign, and that's all there is to it.

resign

↓

It may look bad, but if that's the worst you suffer,

suffer worst

↓

then that's fine.

↓

-I won't quit! -I'm telling you, you will.

quit telling

↓

You're not going back. You're going on vacation!

vacation

↓

I am not going on vacation!

vacation

↓

I want to be a citizen. It's my decision. I made it.

citizen decision

↓

You walk out that door, you are cutoff, young man.

cutoff door walk young

↓

You understand me?

↓

All right, that's it! You are cutoff!

cutoff

↓

Johnny, why won't you change your mind?

change johnny mind

↓

Does citizenship mean that much to you?

↓

Yeah, sure.

↓

I hope so.

hope

↓

I hope you don't ruin your life over some silly little girl

girl hope life ruin silly

↓

who wants you to look handsome in a uniform.

handsome uniform wants

↓

-Don't talk about Carmen that way! -Johnny.

carmen johnny

↓

WOMAN ON PA: Your attention, please.

attention woman

↓

Outbound group 1380, all hub 29 connections…

connections group

↓

-MAN: Do you have everything? -Moscow now boarding.

boarding

↓

Great.

↓

CARMEN: Johnny.

carmen johnny

↓

-RICO: You're late. -My dad had to help me pack.

late pack rico

↓

Suddenly he's afraid he's never gonna see me again or something.

afraid suddenly

↓

It was sweet, but it took forever.

forever sweet

↓

Anyway, I guess I'm ready to go.

ready

↓

Yeah, me too. I'm wearing everything I own.

wearing

↓

I'm sorry your parents were mad.

parents

↓

Who cares? The Federation will give me everything I need

cares federation

↓

for the next two years, right?

years

↓

You talked to Carl?

carl talked

↓

Yeah, he left this morning.

left morning

↓

Couldn't say where.

↓

Oh, it's exciting, going away

exciting

↓

but I'm scared. Aren't you?

scared

↓

I'm gonna miss you.

miss

↓

I'm gonna miss you too.

miss

↓

I love you.

love

↓

WOMAN ON PA: Outbound group 94B to Tereshkova…

group woman

↓

CARMEN: That's me.

carmen

↓

Just say it once. Try it on for size.

size

↓

I love you.

love

↓

Don't forget to write.

forget write

↓

I won't.

↓

SOLDIER: Fully automatic Morita. Who wants to hold it?

automatic fully soldier wants

↓

-Me! Me! Me! -Me! Me! Me!

↓

MAN ON TV: Citizen rule. People making a better tomorrow.

citizen rule tomorrow

↓

(CHILDREN CLAMORING)

children clamoring

↓

(CHUCKLING)

chuckling

↓

A murderer was captured this morning and tried today.

captured morning murderer today tried

↓

Guilty.

guilty

↓

Sentence, death.

death sentence

↓

Execution tonight at 6:00. All net. All channels.

channels execution tonight

↓

If you think you're psychic,

psychic

↓

maybe you are.

↓

MAN ON TV: Federal studies are being conducted

federal studies

↓

in your community.

community

↓

Would you like to know more?

↓

Every school kid knows that Arachnids are dangerous.

arachnids dangerous knows school

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

However, Mormon extremists disregarded Federal warnings

federal

↓

and established Fort Joe Smith

established fort smith

↓

deep inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone.

arachnid deep quarantine zone

↓

Too late, they realized

late realized

↓

that Dantana had already been chosen by other colonists,

chosen

↓

Arachnids.

arachnids

↓

Would you like to know more?

↓

-SOLDIER: One, two, three, four! -Ten-hut!

four soldier three three-four

↓

Most of you will not live to be in the Mobile Infantry.

infantry live mobile mobile-infantry

↓

The trouble is, you are not good enough the way you are.

trouble

↓

Hands at your side!

hands side

↓

Chin up.

chin

↓

I am your senior drill instructor, Career Sergeant Zim!

career drill instructor senior sergeant

↓

Suck in that gut! Feet together!

feet suck

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

To think this had to happen to me.

happen

↓

What a bunch of apes.

bunch

↓

No, strike that! You don't rate that good.

rate strike

↓

Never in my life have I seen...

life seen

↓

(CHUCKLING)

chuckling

↓

Do you think I'm funny? Do I make you laugh?

funny laugh

↓

-Do you think I'm a comedian, son? -I'm sorry.

comedian

↓

The first words and the last words out of your stinking holes will be "Sir"!

holes stinking words

↓

-Do you get me? -Sir, yes, sir!

↓

You see that armory? Run around it.

↓

(MOANS)

moans

↓

Run, I said! Run, run, run!

↓

-Bronski, keep pace! -BRONSKI: Move! Move!

pace

↓

Now, anytime you think I'm being too tough,

anytime tough

↓

anytime you think I'm being unfair,

anytime unfair

↓

anytime you miss your mommy, quit!

anytime miss mommy quit

↓

You sign form 1240 A, you grab your gear

form gear grab sign

↓

you take a stroll down Washout Lane!

lane stroll

↓

Do you get me?

↓

-CADETS: Sir, yes, sir! -Pathetic!

cadets pathetic

↓

I wonder if there's a handful of guts in the whole bunch of you.

bunch guts handful whole whole-bunch wonder

↓

Now, who here thinks they got what it takes to knock me down?

knock takes thinks

↓

Sir! I guess maybe I do, sir!

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

(BONE SNAPPING)

bone snapping

↓

CADET: (GROANING) God! God!

cadet groaning

↓

-You all right, son? -Sir, yes, sir!

↓

It's my arm. I think it's broken, sir.

broken

↓

-Medic! -CADET: God! God!

cadet medic

↓

ZIM: Pain is in your mind!

mind pain

↓

-Who's next? -DIZZY: Sir!

dizzy

↓

Recruit Flores reporting for duty, sir!

duty flores recruit reporting

↓

You specifically requested transfer from Fort Cronkite to this training unit?

fort requested specifically training transfer unit

↓

Sir, I heard it was the best, sir!

best heard

↓

It is the best.

best

↓

But what makes you think you're good enough?

makes

↓

Now that's the kind of gal who makes squad leader.

leader makes squad squad-leader

↓

That's my job you're talking about.

↓

Come on.

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(GASPING)

gasping

↓

You know, I'd like to kill that Sergeant Zim.

kill sergeant

↓

-Improper attitude! -MAN: Watch it.

attitude watch

↓

They'll kick you out for talking like that.

kick

↓

Bye-bye. There you go down Washout Lane.

lane

↓

Yes, you either got what it takes, or you don't.

takes

↓

-Hey, there is a line. -Wait your turn, Ace.

line

↓

Hey, at ease, little soldier. It's all the same muck.

ease soldier

↓

Get in line like everyone else.

line

↓

You got some guts for a rich kid.

guts rich

↓

I guess you and me could be buddies. What do you say?

buddies

↓

-I'm honored. -Hey! Of course you are.

course honored

↓

Everybody should have a friend like me.

everybody friend

↓

Come on, Ace, back of the line. Back of the line! Back! Back! Back!

line

↓

-What a jerk, man. -Tough guy.

jerk tough

↓

Hey, Rico, want to sit together?

rico

↓

No thanks, Diz.

thanks

↓

What's your malfunction, Rico?

malfunction rico

↓

You are.

↓

I joined up to get out on my own, and you had to tag along.

along joined

↓

You think I joined the Mobile Infantry because of you?

infantry joined mobile mobile-infantry

↓

You saying you didn't?

↓

Hi.

↓

RICO: Forget about it, Ace. You don't stand a chance.

chance forget rico stand

↓

What makes you even think you're gonna make squad leader, Rico?

leader makes rico squad squad-leader

↓

Something I got, you don't.

↓

You rich kids are all the same.

kids rich

↓

It isn't about that. It's about who's the best.

best

↓

Hey!

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

ZIM: Third squad!

squad third

↓

(GRUNTS)

grunts

↓

Sir, I don't understand.

↓

Who needs a knife in a nuke fight, anyway?

fight knife needs nuke

↓

All you gotta do is push a button, sir.

button push

↓

Cease fire.

cease fire

↓

Put your hand on that wall, trooper.

hand trooper wall

↓

Put your hand on that wall!

hand wall

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

button cannot enemy hand push

↓

Medic!

medic

↓

Well, we all have one thing in common.

common

↓

We were all stupid enough to sign up for Mobile Infantry.

infantry mobile mobile-infantry sign stupid

↓

Breckinridge, what's your excuse?

breckinridge excuse

↓

Oh, my family's all farmers.

familys farmers

↓

I hate farming. I mean, Mobile Infantry, it's like pure picnic by comparison.

comparison farming hate infantry mobile mobile-infantry picnic pure

↓

All right, so they grow 'em big and dumb on the farm planet, huh?

dumb farm grow planet

↓

-And pretty! -WOMAN: I like big!

woman

↓

Djana'D, what about you?

↓

Oh, I'm going in for politics

politics

↓

and, you know, you gotta be a citizen for that.

citizen

↓

-So here I am. -Ah, you want some responsibility.

responsibility

↓

Yeah.

↓

Shujimi, come on, let's keep it going.

↓

I got into Harvard, but my father says forget it.

father forget harvard

↓

It's gonna cost an arm and a leg.

cost

↓

So, if I serve, Federation pays my way.

federation pays serve

↓

I want to have babies.

babies

↓

You know, it's a lot easier to get a license if you've served, so...

easier license served

↓

I'm going career. Officer's training. All the way.

career officers training

↓

Future Sky Marshal. All right, Rico, your turn.

future marshal rico

↓

Who asked you to be so nosy?

asked nosy

↓

What? I'm the bad guy? I'm gonna be a writer.

writer

↓

Writer's got a right to be nosy.

nosy writers

↓

Hey, Flores, you know Rico from Buenos Aires.

aires buenos buenos-aires flores rico

↓

What's his story?

story

↓

He's here because of a girl.

girl

↓

(ALL CHEERING)

cheering

↓

Oh, Rico! Lover boy!

lover rico

↓

-KITTEN: He's getting me excited. -KATRINA: He's gonna blow.

blow excited kitten

↓

(ALL LAUGHING AND WHOOPING)

laughing whooping

↓

Is it you?

↓

RICO: This is where we live. It's not much, but it's home.

home live rico

↓

(VIOLIN PLAYING)

playing

↓

Right there, that's my bunk, where I dream about you every night.

bunk dream night

↓

Boot's pretty tough. Sometimes I think I won't make it.

boots sometimes tough

↓

Then I think about what you're doing, and I try harder.

harder

↓

(HOLLERING)

↓

(FARTING NOISE)

farting noise

↓

-RICO: Hey, guys! Do you mind? -Try harder, baby, try harder!

baby harder mind rico

↓

Who knows? They might even make me squad leader.

knows leader might squad squad-leader

↓

(BUGLE SOUNDING)

bugle sounding

↓

Uh-oh. I'd better pack it in.

pack

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

-I love you so much. -Write me!

love write

↓

-I love you so much. -RICO: I'm gonna kill you guys!

kill love rico

↓

-Bye! Write me. -KATRINA: Bye!

write

↓

Orbit in five, Ibanez.

five ibanez orbit

↓

First one there gets to fly.

↓

(BOTH GIGGLING)

giggling

↓

-Locking it down. -MAN: Wait! Wait!

locking

↓

Oh, no. Not Ibanez again. She's crazy!

crazy ibanez

↓

Ready, go!

ready

↓

Yeah!

↓

WOMAN: Deploying wings.

wings woman

↓

How come you're in such a good mood, huh?

mood

↓

'Cause today I get to fly that.

today

↓

Pilot Trainee Ibanez reporting for duty, ma'am.

duty ibanez maam pilot reporting

↓

Take the number two chair, Ibanez.

chair ibanez number

↓

Yes, ma'am.

maam

↓

-Identify. -COMPUTER: Ibanez, T 325 A, clear.

clear computer ibanez identify

↓

(LAUGHING)

laughing

↓

What are you doing here?

↓

I'm the guy who's gonna teach you to fly this crate.

crate teach

↓

Assistant Instructor.

assistant instructor

↓

Should I call you "sir"?

↓

-Only when I give you an order. -Prepare for departure.

order prepare

↓

It's amazing, us running into each other like this.

amazing running

↓

-Maybe it's fate. -Maybe not.

fate

↓

Heard about this crazy girl coming through the Academy.

academy coming crazy girl heard

↓

Solid math, a little wild on the stick, but a natural.

math natural solid stick wild

↓

And when it turned out to be you,

turned

↓

I just made sure that we would run into each other.

↓

WOMAN ON PA: Rodger Young cleared for undocking and departure.

cleared rodger rodger-young woman young

↓

All right, Ibanez, take her out.

ibanez

↓

Yes, ma'am.

maam

↓

WOMAN ON PA: All systems go.

systems woman

↓

(ENGINE STARTS)

engine engine-starts starts

↓

In simulation, my supervisors could never keep up.

simulation

↓

Well, this isn't simulation any more, so take her out easy, cadet.

cadet easy simulation

↓

Yes, sir.

↓

(BEEPING)

beeping

↓

COMPUTER: Five meters from object.

computer five meters object

↓

Three meters from object.

meters object three

↓

Clear.

clear

↓

-Don't exceed port speed. -Or what?

port speed

↓

Or they revoke your flight status, and mine.

flight status

↓

Your career is in my hands.

career hands

↓

Steady as she goes, Number Two.

number steady

↓

-Prepare for warp. -Yes, ma'am.

maam prepare warp

↓

Number One, design for Jupiter orbit.

design number orbit

↓

MAN ON PA: All crew, all sections, stand by to cut in C drive.

crew drive sections stand

↓

-Star drive in five, four... -MAN ON PA: Five, four,

drive five five-four four star

↓

-three, two, one. -ZANDER: ...ready, steady, go!

ready steady three zander

↓

(WHOOSHING)

whooshing

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

(YELLING)

yelling

↓

We're going in! Move!

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

Man, they're defended. No way in.

defended

↓

(LAUGHING)

laughing

↓

-Flip six, three hole. -What?

flip hole three

↓

You run a flip six, three hole play, and you can score.

flip hole score three

↓

-Cover me. -You got it.

cover

↓

Now!

↓

-Thanks, buddy. -Bastard!

bastard buddy thanks thanks-buddy

↓

Yeah!

↓

Kid's got some moves.

kids moves

↓

Give him a squad. See what he can do.

squad

↓

ACE: Kitty, Kitty.

kitty kitty-kitty

↓

Someone's got to teach you guys how to play some pool here.

pool someones teach

↓

Look at him.

↓

Have you ever seen anybody so pleased with himself?

anybody pleased seen seen-anybody

↓

Well, Zim must have had to choose someone to be his brownnose.

choose must

↓

All right, where were we? Okay, watch and learn.

learn watch

↓

I couldn't have done it without you, Diz.

↓

Fflends?

↓

Friends.

friends

↓

-BRONSKI: Mail call! Levy! -Yeah, that's me.

mail

↓

-Shujimi! -Here.

↓

-Rico. -Here.

rico

↓

-Breckinridge! -Yeah, right here.

breckinridge

↓

-Niler. -Yeah, here I am. Ah, great, my dad.

↓

BRONSKI: That's all, folks.

folks

↓

Hi, Johnny.

johnny

↓

I'm sorry I haven't written you sooner, but it's been really busy.

busy sooner written

↓

Oh, Rico, you don't deserve that!

deserve rico

↓

They've really got us going here.

↓

They must have made you squad leader by now.

leader must squad squad-leader

↓

And if they haven't, tell 'em to talk to me.

↓

See? All it takes is the love of a good woman.

love takes woman

↓

-ACE: Yeah. -That is a woman.

woman

↓

-Look at that. -ACE: Look at those.

↓

Isn't it beautiful? I love it out here.

love

↓

(SIGHS)

sighs

↓

That's also the problem

problem

↓

because, I think I'm gonna go career.

career

↓

I want to command a ship of my own.

command ship

↓

And you know,

↓

I don't think that's gonna leave a lot of room for you and me, Johnny.

johnny room

↓

(SIGHS)

sighs

↓

I know that's not what you wanted to hear.

wanted

↓

But

↓

I have to follow my heart. I'm sorry.

follow heart

↓

Write me, all right?

write

↓

Write me so that I know we'll always be friends.

friends write

↓

BRECKINRIDGE: Let's get back to the game.

breckinridge game

↓

DJANA'D: I feel so sorry for Johnny.

johnny

↓

Funny how they always want to be friends

friends funny

↓

after they rip your guts out, huh?

guts

↓

Yeah. Well, it's what I deserve.

deserve

↓

What are you talking about?

↓

I joined up for her.

joined

↓

I wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for her.

↓

What are you talking about? You made squad leader on your own.

leader squad squad-leader

↓

And, hey, you still got me to kick around.

kick

↓

ZIM: Fun and games are over, children.

children fun games

↓

You will be firing live ammunition in a simulated combat environment.

combat environment firing live

↓

You will exercise extreme caution on my assault course!

assault caution course exercise extreme

↓

Do you get me?

↓

-Sir, yes, sir! -Sir, yes, sir!

↓

Rico, take 'em out!

rico

↓

First fire team with me. Next team in 10 seconds.

fire seconds team

↓

Maximum score has been 280.

maximum score

↓

I expect you to do better!

expect

↓

(BUZZER SOUNDS)

buzzer buzzer-sounds sounds

↓

RICO: Go!

rico

↓

(ALL YELLING)

yelling

↓

RICO: Shujimi, stay down!

rico

↓

(CRIES OUT)

cries

↓

Hey! God damn it, Breckinridge, clear my line of fire!

breckinridge clear fire line

↓

It's my helmet! It's all screwed up!

helmet screwed

↓

You're gonna blow the score!

blow score

↓

-Damn. -Dumb shit.

dumb

↓

Diz, stay put! What's the problem?

problem

↓

Damn thing keeps getting in my way!

keeps

↓

How come whenever something goes wrong, it's always you, Breckinridge?

breckinridge

↓

-It must be 'cause I'm big and dumb! -Yeah, right!

dumb must

↓

Medic!

medic

↓

(BUZZER SOUNDING)

buzzer sounding

↓

ZIM: Rico, you are relieved of squad command!

command relieved rico squad

↓

Rico, did you give the recruit permission to remove his helmet?

helmet permission recruit remove rico

↓

Sir, yes, sir. Breckinridge reported a helmet malfunction

breckinridge helmet malfunction reported

↓

and I asked him to show it to me, sir.

asked

↓

Are you rated to repair the M-3 Tactical Helmet, Rico?

helmet rated repair rico tactical

↓

Sir, no, sir!

↓

Then why did you order your man to remove his helmet

helmet order remove

↓

during a live fire exercise?

exercise fire live

↓

Sir, I needed everyone in my squad operational, sir!

needed operational squad

↓

I wanted to win, sir!

wanted

↓

Sergeant, we've already lost two recruits over this incident.

incident lost recruits sergeant

↓

You think there's any possibility of salvaging this man?

possibility

↓

Yes, sir, I do.

↓

All right.

↓

We'll try administrative punishment.

administrative punishment

↓

Prisoner, halt!

halt prisoner

↓

Bite down on this, son.

bite

↓

It helps. I know.

helps

↓

For incompetence of command,

command

↓

for failure to abide by safety regulations during a live fire exercise,

exercise failure fire live regulations safety

↓

for negligence which contributed to the death of a teammate,

death teammate

↓

recruit trainee John Rico

john recruit rico

↓

is sentenced to administrative punishment.

administrative punishment sentenced

↓

Ten lashes.

↓

You may carry out the sentence.

carry sentence

↓

(GROANING) One!

groaning

↓

Two!

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

Three!

three

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

Four!

four

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

Five!

five

↓

(GROANS)

groans

↓

Six!

↓

Seven!

seven

↓

Eight!

eight

↓

Nine!

nine

↓

Ten!

↓

MAN ON COMPUTER: All sections secure. EBS is high normal.

computer normal sections secure

↓

Switching to slave on my mark. Mark.

mark slave switching

↓

Thanks. You read my mind.

mind read thanks

↓

Oh, third watch always seems to last forever.

forever seems third watch

↓

I don't know.

↓

Depends on who you're spending it with.

depends spending

↓

Something's wrong.

somethings

↓

-There. -No, I replotted the course.

course

↓

-It's more efficient this way. -Three weeks aboard a starship

aboard efficient three three-weeks weeks

↓

and you think that you can lick my navs?

lick

↓

Check it.

check

↓

You know, I was talking with Captain Deladier

captain

↓

and, she said...

↓

(CHUCKLING) Don't change the subject.

change chuckling subject

↓

Am I right?

↓

(SIGHS)

sighs

↓

Yeah. Yeah. You're right.

↓

So, what did the Captain say?

captain

↓

She thinks that we ought to team up officially

officially ought team thinks

↓

and crew for her.

crew

↓

-You and me, huh? -We're good together, Carmen.

carmen

↓

We're way ahead of the curve in every department.

ahead curve department

↓

I can anticipate you.

↓

You know what I want.

↓

No. What do you want?

↓

(RUMBLING)

rumbling

↓

There's a gravity field out there.

field gravity

↓

-Run a scan. Sensors on. -There.

scan

↓

-CARMEN: Gravity at 225 and rising. -Report.

carmen gravity report rising

↓

Captain, we're in the path of an unidentified object

captain object path

↓

moving toward us at high speed.

moving speed

↓

Profile suggests an asteroid, ma'am.

asteroid maam profile suggests

↓

-Impact, six seconds! -Emergency evasion!

emergency impact seconds

↓

Three, two,

three

↓

(ALARM BUZZING)

alarm buzzing

↓

fire!

fire

↓

Close compartment 21.

close compartment

↓

Where'd it come from?

whered

↓

It came out of the Arachnid Quarantine Zone, ma'am.

arachnid maam quarantine zone

↓

Number Four, contact Fleet.

contact fleet four number number-four

↓

Tell 'em there's a loose asteroid headed their way.

asteroid headed loose

↓

Communications are down, ma'am. They're gone.

gone maam

↓

-Damage assessment. -Hull's compromised.

compromised damage

↓

We're lucky to be alive, ma'am.

alive lucky maam

↓

Luck didn't have anything to do with it.

luck

↓

We have a hell of a flight team.

flight team

↓

(SIGHING)

sighing

↓

It really stinks, you going.

stinks

↓

Yeah, well, the Mobile Infantry will just have to get along without me.

along infantry mobile mobile-infantry

↓

I don't get it, Rico. You took your licks.

licks rico

↓

If they didn't want you, they would have kicked you out.

kicked

↓

Hey...

↓

I joined up for the wrong reasons. I got a guy killed.

joined killed reasons

↓

I figure that kind of proves I don't have what it takes.

figure proves takes

↓

Rico, your call's going through.

calls rico

↓

Take it there.

↓

-Hello? Oh, Johnny! -Hi, Mom.

johnny

↓

Bill, pick it up. It's Johnny!

bill johnny pick

↓

-Johnny? -Dad.

johnny

↓

-Where's your uniform? -Bill.

bill uniform

↓

It's just good to hear from you.

↓

How are you, son?

↓

It's not really working out here for me, Dad.

working

↓

I was thinking...

thinking

↓

I was hoping it would be all right if I came home.

home hoping

↓

Well, of course. You should come home immediately.

course home immediately

↓

I'm sorry. I've been an idiot.

idiot

↓

Don't talk like that. You just come on home, talk things out.

home

↓

We love you, son.

love

↓

-My, what's that? -Looks like rain.

rain

↓

-This time of year? -Sure is dark.

dark

↓

WOMAN: Your transmission has been terminated

terminated transmission woman

↓

due to atmospheric interference.

atmospheric interference

↓

Please try your call again later.

↓

Well, see you.

↓

Hey, you take that stroll down Washout Lane

lane stroll

↓

you're only proving one thing, Johnny.

johnny proving

↓

What's that, Diz?

↓

That you don't have what it takes to be a citizen.

citizen takes

↓

(CADETS SINGING)

cadets singing

↓

(CONFUSED SHOUTING)

confused shouting

↓

What's going on? Hey, Kitten, what's going on?

kitten

↓

War! We're going to war!

↓

MAN ON TV: The devastation we are seeing is unparalleled.

seeing

↓

Judging from early estimates, millions dead, a city in ruins.

city dead early judging millions ruins

↓

Is that Geneva?

↓

Goddamn bugs whacked us, Johnny.

bugs goddamn johnny whacked

↓

The meteor was shot out of orbit by bug plasma

meteor orbit plasma shot

↓

that derived from Klendathu, the Arachnids' home planet.

arachnids home klendathu planet

↓

Nothing lives in what was once called "The Latin Paradise. "

called latin lives paradise

↓

Oh, Johnny, it's us.

johnny

↓

Buenos Aires has been wiped off the Earth.

aires buenos buenos-aires earth wiped

↓

That's home.

home

↓

The Federal Council met moments ago and voted unanimously

council federal moments voted

↓

for mobilization to destroy the Arachnid threat.

arachnid destroy threat

↓

ZIM: I'm serious. I'll go anywhere.

serious

↓

Forget it, Zim. We need you here.

forget

↓

I want combat, sir.

combat

↓

The only way you're gonna see combat is if you bust yourself to private!

bust combat private

↓

-Get me? -Yes, sir, I get you.

↓

-Sir! -What do you want, Rico?

rico

↓

I wish to reconsider my request to drop out, sir.

drop reconsider request wish

↓

You already signed your 1240 A, son.

signed

↓

-It wouldn't be legal. -Major, I know it was wrong.

legal major

↓

I didn't learn from one mistake, and I made another, sir.

another learn mistake

↓

You made your decision, son.

decision

↓

Sir, my family, my whole family, was in Buenos Aires, sir.

aires buenos buenos-aires family whole whole-family

↓

Is this your signature, Rico?

rico signature

↓

Sir, yes, that is, sir!

↓

Doesn't look like it to me.

↓

-Carry on, Private! -Yes, sir!

carry private

↓

MAN ON TV: Out of the ashes of Buenos Aires comes first sorrow,

aires ashes buenos buenos-aires comes sorrow

↓

then anger.

anger

↓

The only good bug is a dead bug.

dead

↓

In Geneva, the Federal Council convenes.

council federal

↓

We must meet the threat with our valor, our blood

blood meet must threat

↓

indeed, with our very lives

indeed lives

↓

to ensure that human civilization, not insect,

civilization ensure human

↓

dominates this galaxy, now and always!

galaxy

↓

MAN ON TV: Sky Marshal Dienes announces plans

marshal plans

↓

for an offensive against Klendathu,

klendathu offensive

↓

source of the bug meteor that destroyed Buenos Aires.

aires buenos buenos-aires destroyed meteor source

↓

Every day, Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs.

bugs federal kill looking scientists ways

↓

Your basic Arachnid warrior isn't too smart

arachnid basic smart warrior

↓

but you can blow off a limb,

blow limb

↓

and it's still 86 percent combat effective.

combat effective percent

↓

Here's a tip, aim for the nerve stem, and put it down for good.

nerve stem

↓

Would you like to know more?

↓

Everyone's doing their part. Are you?

everyones part

↓

The war effort needs your effort

effort needs

↓

at work, at home, in your community.

community home

↓

We now break net and take you live to Fleet Battle Station, Ticonderoga,

battle battle-station break fleet live station

↓

deep inside the Arachnid Quarantine Zone

arachnid deep quarantine zone

↓

where the men and women of the Federal Armed Services

armed federal services women

↓

prepare to attack.

attack prepare

↓

MAN: DXQ, uplink on two, one, You're on.

uplink

↓

No one here in the AQZ knows exactly

knows

↓

when the invasion of Klendathu will occur.

klendathu occur

↓

But everyone's talking about it

everyones

↓

and the talk says tomorrow.

tomorrow

↓

Here's a bunch of MI kids

bunch kids

↓

that look like they could eat bugs for lunch.

bugs lunch

↓

-(CHUCKLING) Yum, yum, yum. -So, trooper,

chuckling trooper

↓

you're not too worried about fighting the Arachnids?

arachnids fighting worried

↓

Shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs. Am I right?

bugs dead hole nuke shoot

↓

I just hope it's not over before we get some.

hope

↓

Some say the bugs were provoked

bugs provoked

↓

by the intrusion of humans into their natural habitat,

humans natural

↓

that a "Live and let live policy" is preferable to war with the bugs.

bugs live policy

↓

Let me tell you something.

↓

I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill them all!

aires buenos buenos-aires kill

↓

-Yeah! -Yeah, okay!

↓

Big bad bugs, huh?

bugs

↓

Hey, guys, we ought to get tattoos.

ought tattoos

↓

-Hey, let's all get out together. -What do I want a tattoo for?

tattoo

↓

Oh, what? Your skin's too pretty?

skins

↓

Come on, everybody's doing it.

everybodys

↓

CARMEN: Hey, Johnny!

carmen johnny

↓

Johnny Rico.

johnny rico

↓

Carmen?

carmen

↓

At ease.

ease

↓

Guess I ought to lose the hat when I'm off duty.

duty lose ought

↓

-Hi, Diz. -Carmen.

carmen

↓

My mother was right about you.

mother

↓

You look great in a uniform.

uniform

↓

You look pretty good yourself.

↓

So, what do you hear?

↓

You know about anyone who made it out of BA alive?

alive

↓

Most of the time I don't think about it.

↓

Like it happened to someone else.

happened

↓

Then it hits me, and I can't stop crying.

crying hits

↓

Well, we're still alive. Got to be happy about that.

alive happy

↓

You don't look very happy to see me.

happy

↓

Should I be?

↓

Johnny, it's different now.

johnny

↓

We're at war.

↓

I think what I did was probably the best thing for both of us.

best

↓

Everything copacetic, Lieutenant?

lieutenant

↓

Zander, you remember Johnny.

johnny remember zander

↓

Zander and I are a flight team now.

flight team zander

↓

Yeah, and we're best in the fleet.

best fleet

↓

I get it.

↓

This is the part that's best for both of us.

best part

↓

-Don't do me any more favors. -Johnny, wait.

favors johnny

↓

No, forget it, Lieutenant. He's Mobile Infantry.

forget infantry lieutenant mobile mobile-infantry

↓

See, when you're trained to kill, it just doesn't pay to be polite.

kill polite trained

↓

You got something to say about the Mobile Infantry?

infantry mobile mobile-infantry

↓

I think you heard me.

heard

↓

You want to make something of it, Private?

private

↓

Not with an officer. No, sir.

officer

↓

The MI doesn't mint stupid troopers.

mint stupid troopers

↓

Well, let's disregard rank.

rank

↓

-Zander, please. -TROOPER: Let it go, Rico. Let it go.

rico trooper zander

↓

Everybody hear that? Rank is not an issue here.

everybody issue rank

↓

-Don't do this. -Come on. What's he gonna do?

↓

(CROWD CHEERING)

cheering crowd crowd-cheering

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

ZANDER: Come on, jarheads!

zander

↓

Let go of me! Come on! I'm gonna kill you!

kill

↓

I'm gonna kill you! I'll kill you!

kill

↓

Guys! Guys! Quit it! Enough! Come on!

quit

↓

Come on!

↓

Forget it, Rico! Mobile Infantry and Fleet don't mix. Come on.

fleet forget infantry mobile mobile-infantry rico

↓

Come on, let's go.

↓

Jarheads.

↓

-ACE: Mobile Infantry rules! -KITTEN: Yeah!

infantry kitten mobile mobile-infantry rules

↓

Oh, God, that hurts.

hurts

↓

Hey, well, I got something that might hurt just a little bit more, buddy.

buddy hurt might might-hurt

↓

Oh, yeah! We're gonna fight, and we're gonna win!

fight

↓

-Yeah! -Yeah!

↓

(ALL HOOTING)

hooting

↓

CAPTAIN: This is the captain speaking.

captain speaking

↓

All personnel, prepare for drop.

drop personnel prepare

↓

We are at D-minus three and counting.

counting minus three

↓

We are going in with first wave.

wave

↓

Means more bugs for us to kill.

bugs kill

↓

You smash the entire area.

area entire smash

↓

You kill anything that has more than two legs.

kill legs

↓

You get me?

↓

-We get you, sir! -We get you, sir!

↓

-Plasma, ma'am, from the planet. -Bug batteries.

batteries maam planet plasma

↓

According to military intelligence, it'll be random and light.

according intelligence itll light military random

↓

Drop status?

drop status

↓

Drop is 35% complete, ma'am.

complete drop maam

↓

Steady as she goes, Number Two.

number steady

↓

(MOANING NERVOUSLY)

moaning nervously

↓

Remember your training, and you will make it back alive!

alive remember training

↓

(RETCHING)

retching

↓

(PANTING)

panting

↓

(HOWLING)

howling

↓

This isn't random or light. Someone made a mistake.

light mistake random

↓

That's it. We're empty, ma'am.

empty maam

↓

Someone made a big goddamn mistake!

goddamn mistake

↓

Break for high orbit!

break orbit

↓

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Move it!

↓

(PANTING)

panting

↓

-Rockets up! -Rocket crew, move up!

crew rocket rockets

↓

-Nuke 'em! Levy! Rico! -Heat 'em up!

heat nuke rico

↓

-Set. -ACE: Fire!

fire

↓

-Follow me! -Let's go!

follow

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

First platoon, left flank!

flank left platoon

↓

Split up! First and second squads, follow me.

follow second split

↓

Two, cover! One, with me!

cover

↓

MAN: Along side! Side to side!

along side

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

Fire!

fire

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Here they come!

↓

-Ace, what are we doing? -I don't know.

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

-I don't know. -KiII them! Kill them all!

kill

↓

(GUNS FIRING)

firing guns

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

Come on!

↓

Come on! Come on! You want some?

↓

Here's some! Yeah!

↓

Here's some of this!

↓

(SCREAMS)

screams

↓

Oh, my God!

↓

Shujimi!

↓

No! No!

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

Help! Help! Get out!

↓

God!

↓

(YELLING)

yelling

↓

(ALL ROARING)

roaring

↓

Let's get out of here!

↓

Fall back!

fall

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

WOMAN: Mayday!

mayday woman

↓

MAN ON RADIO: All units, fall back to retrieval.

fall radio retrieval units

↓

RICO: What's going on?

rico

↓

-Repeat… -You got com?

repeat

↓

It's a general retreat! Back to the boats!

boats general retreat

↓

REPORTER: We've just landed here on what camp troopers are calling Big K

calling camp landed reporter troopers

↓

with the 6th Mobile Infantry Division.

division infantry mobile mobile-infantry

↓

It's an ugly planet, a bug planet.

planet ugly

↓

A planet hostile to life as we...

hostile life planet

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Help me!

↓

(YELLING)

yelling

↓

ACE: Squad right!

squad

↓

(REPORTER SHOUTING)

reporter shouting

↓

(BUG SHRIEKING)

shrieking

↓

Come on! Go! Go! Go!

↓

Get out of here now!

↓

Watch your flanks! Watch your flanks!

watch

↓

MAN: GXR, we're being overrun.

overrun

↓

(BUG ROARING)

roaring

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

Kitten, no!

kitten

↓

KITTEN: God! Oh, God!

kitten

↓

(KITTEN GROANING)

groaning kitten

↓

(SHRIEKING)

shrieking

↓

(CRIES OUT)

cries

↓

(YELLING)

yelling

↓

(BUG SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

MAN ON TV: Crisis for humankind.

crisis

↓

Fleet officials admit they underestimated

admit fleet underestimated

↓

the Arachnids' defensive capability.

arachnids defensive

↓

Accepting responsibility for Klendathu

accepting klendathu responsibility

↓

Sky Marshal Dienes resigns.

marshal

↓

His successor, Sky Marshal Tahat Meru

marshal

↓

outlines her new strategy.

strategy

↓

To fight the bug we must understand the bug.

fight must

↓

We can ill afford another Klendathu.

afford another klendathu

↓

Would you like to know more?

↓

Federal scientists struggle to explain the intelligent military actions

actions explain federal intelligent military scientists struggle

↓

of the Arachnids.

arachnids

↓

When a colony reaches a certain size, 300 generations or something,

certain generations reaches size

↓

it gets smarter.

smarter

↓

Insects with intelligence? Have you ever met one?

insects intelligence

↓

I can't believe I am hearing this nonsense.

believe hearing nonsense

↓

You just wait a moment!

moment

↓

This is the most ridiculous conversation I have ever had.

conversation ridiculous

↓

Maybe, there is some kind of bug that we haven't seen yet,

seen

↓

a leadership caste, a hive brain.

brain hive leadership

↓

Brain? Bugs? Frankly, I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive!

brain bugs frankly idea offensive thinks

↓

CARMEN: Ticonderoga, this is Rodger Young

carmen rodger rodger-young young

↓

requesting approach vector.

approach requesting vector

↓

MAN ON RADIO: Affirmative, Rodger Young.

affirmative radio rodger rodger-young young

↓

One, zero, zero, niner, five, two.

five niner zero zero-zero

↓

Welcome back.

welcome

↓

ZANDER: My God.

zander

↓

How could this happen?

happen

↓

We thought we were smarter than the bugs.

bugs smarter

↓

MAN: Give me something, please!

↓

It hurts!

hurts

↓

MEDIC: Be right with you, sir.

medic

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

MAN: Help me, God!

↓

It's strange. There's almost no wounded at all.

strange wounded

↓

Bugs don't take prisoners.

bugs prisoners

↓

Oh, no.

↓

TROOPER: Look!

trooper

↓

-Carmen... -TROOPER: See it? Right there.

carmen trooper

↓

ACE: There he is.

↓

DIZZY: Come on, we'll just wake him up.

dizzy wake

↓

Hey, Johnny! Hey!

johnny

↓

ACE: Hey, Rico! DIZZY: Hey, Johnny!

dizzy johnny rico

↓

ACE: Hey, Rico! How you doing, fish boy?

fish rico

↓

DIZZY: Wake up!

dizzy wake

↓

Hey, look. You're dead!

dead

↓

Killed in action!

action killed

↓

(BOTH LAUGHING)

laughing

↓

-Three more days. -Three days.

days three three-days

↓

-You're out. -Good as new. See you later.

↓

Bye.

↓

So what do you hear about our new unit?

unit

↓

Roughnecks killed more bugs than any other outfit on Big K.

bugs killed outfit roughnecks

↓

Yeah, well, I hear their lieutenant's a real nutbuster.

real

↓

Who's top kick?

kick

↓

(GUN CLICKING)

clicking

↓

You want the job, huh?

↓

I wouldn't mind.

mind

↓

I would.

↓

Just doing my part.

part

↓

Orders.

orders

↓

Yours?

↓

Where you been besides Big K?

besides

↓

Outer rings, Zegema Beach.

beach outer rings

↓

Zegema Beach? I always wanted to go there.

beach wanted

↓

Good luck. It's not there any more.

luck

↓

So, I hear your lieutenant's a real nutbuster.

real

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

No one talks about the lieutenant that way.

lieutenant talks

↓

-He saved my life. -Mine too.

life saved

↓

-Same for me. -Me too.

↓

Well, sounds like he's quite a guy.

sounds

↓

Who do you think saved your ass?

saved

↓

Stand by. Attention on deck!

attention deck stand

↓

This is for you new people.

↓

I only have one rule,

rule

↓

everyone fights, no one quits.

fights

↓

You don't do your job, I'II shoot you.

shoot

↓

Do you get me?

↓

We get you, sir!

↓

-Welcome to the Roughnecks. -Rasczak's Roughnecks!

roughnecks welcome

↓

(ALL GRUNT)

grunt

↓

At ease. Listen up.

ease

↓

We got a new Sky Marshal and a new battle plan.

battle marshal plan

↓

We're gonna clean out the systems outlying Klendathu

clean klendathu systems

↓

one planet at a time.

planet

↓

Tomorrow we hit Tango Urilla.

tango tomorrow

↓

After Fleet glasses the planet, MI mops up.

fleet glasses planet

↓

Carry on.

carry

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

All right. Spread out!

spread

↓

Fire teams! You locate a bug hole, nuke it.

fire hole locate nuke teams

↓

Watkins, shake out Flores and Rico.

flores rico shake watkins

↓

Copy that. Move out!

copy

↓

First platoon, we're going for that ridge.

platoon ridge

↓

Levy, you're with me.

↓

ACE: No, I'm in A Squad. I'm going with Rico.

rico squad

↓

BIRDIE: Shut up and follow me!

birdie follow

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(BUG SHRIEKING)

shrieking

↓

(BUG WHIMPERING)

whimpering

↓

(SHRIEKING WEAKLY)

shrieking weakly

↓

Hey, you like that? Fungus-sucking sack of maggot puke!

fungus maggot puke sack sucking

↓

It's dead, Watkins! It's dead!

dead watkins

↓

Ain't much to look at after you scrape them off your boot.

aint boot scrape

↓

Bug hole. There.

hole

↓

(GUN FIRING)

firing

↓

(BUGS ROARING)

bugs roaring

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

Nuke 'em, Rico!

nuke rico

↓

(WEAPON BEEPING)

beeping weapon

↓

Fire in the hole!

fire hole

↓

BIRDIE: Watkins, we're under heavy attack. Position M-4.

attack birdie heavy position watkins

↓

-Get over here! -Move!

↓

-You got a bug problem, ma'am? -Stow it, trooper!

maam problem trooper

↓

Tanker!

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

-Oh, shit! -Come on! Move!

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

Get down!

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

RASCZAK: Come on!

rasczak

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(BUG SHRIEKING)

shrieking

↓

(GRENADE BEEPING)

beeping grenade

↓

(CADETS CHEERING AND HOWLING)

cadets cheering howling

↓

TROOPER: Stay down, sucker!

sucker trooper

↓

Gillespie.

↓

-Call for retrieval. -GILLESPIE: Medic!

medic retrieval

↓

Nice moves.

moves

↓

Where'd you learn how to do that, soldier?

learn soldier whered

↓

Back in school, sir. Don't you remember?

remember school

↓

I was captain of the team.

captain team

↓

-Rico. -Sir.

rico

↓

I need a corporal.

corporal

↓

You're it until you're dead or till I find somebody better.

dead somebody till

↓

Thank you, sir.

↓

-All right, saddle up! Show's over. -Way to go, Corporal.

corporal saddle shows

↓

-I need a squad leader. -Oh, no. I've been there and blew it.

blew leader squad squad-leader

↓

I'm just here to fight.

fight

↓

What about it, Diz?

↓

Looks like I'm your girl, sir.

girl

↓

(ALL GRUNT)

grunt

↓

Listen up!

↓

I expect the best, and I give the best!

best expect

↓

Here's the beer!

beer

↓

(ALL CHEERING)

cheering

↓

Here's the entertainment!

entertainment

↓

(ALL HOOTING)

hooting

↓

Have fun! That's an order!

fun order

↓

This one's for me!

ones

↓

Thank you, Lieutenant!

lieutenant

↓

WATKINS: Rico!

rico watkins

↓

You kill bugs good.

bugs kill

↓

Thanks.

thanks

↓

You knew the Lieutenant before the war.

lieutenant

↓

What was he like?

↓

He was a teacher. Kind of like, he knew it all.

teacher

↓

He always had this little smile.

smile

↓

Yeah, well, he don't smile much any more.

smile

↓

Yeah, well, I guess your bottle fills up real quick when your kids get smeared.

bottle fills kids quick real real-quick

↓

-Come on, Corporal. -No, I don't do that any more.

corporal

↓

I remember when you used to dance. Come on.

dance remember used

↓

Do I have to pull rank?

pull rank

↓

Excuse me, sir.

excuse

↓

Rico. You once asked me for advice.

advice asked rico

↓

-Want some now? -Yes, sir.

↓

Lieutenant, HQ is on the com.

lieutenant

↓

Never pass up a good thing.

pass

↓

Watkins, beer?

beer watkins

↓

(CHUCKLES)

chuckles

↓

(SLOW MUSIC BEING PLAYED)

music played slow

↓

(CHUCKLING) Ace.

chuckling

↓

So, Rico, what are you doing after the dance?

dance rico

↓

(DIZZY GIGGLING)

dizzy giggling

↓

What's so funny?

funny

↓

Just the way things work out.

↓

We finally got together, Diz.

finally

↓

I love you, Johnny.

johnny love

↓

RASCZAK: Rico!

rasczak rico

↓

(UNZIPPING)

↓

We're moving out.

moving

↓

There's been a distress call from General Owen on Planet P.

distress general owen planet

↓

So get your shit wired and report in 10 minutes.

minutes report wired

↓

Yes, sir.

↓

Who's that with you?

↓

Flores, sir.

flores

↓

Make it 20 minutes.

minutes

↓

RICO: Yes, sir.

rico

↓

(GIGGLING) 20 minutes?

giggling minutes

↓

We can do it.

↓

Whiskey Outpost, do you copy?

copy whiskey whiskey-outpost

↓

This is Roughneck 2-0 on tac three. Come in, please.

roughneck three

↓

Whiskey Outpost, Whiskey Outpost,

whiskey whiskey-outpost

↓

this is Roughneck 2-0 on tac three.

roughneck three

↓

-Any contact with General Owen? -No, sir.

contact general owen

↓

Not even the transponder signal.

signal

↓

It's these canyons. Go to higher ground, Sergeant.

ground higher sergeant

↓

Whiskey Outpost, Whiskey Outpost this is Roughneck 2-0 on...

roughneck whiskey whiskey-outpost

↓

(BUG SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(SOLDIER SCREAMS) TROOPER: Look out!

screams soldier trooper

↓

(SCREECHING AND ROARING)

roaring screeching

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

Sugar, your weapon.

sugar weapon

↓

Help me!

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

(GUN FIRES)

fires

↓

I'd expect anyone in this unit to do the same for me.

expect unit

↓

-Rico. -Sir.

rico

↓

You're acting sergeant. Move 'em out.

acting sergeant

↓

You heard the lieutenant! Saddle up!

heard lieutenant saddle

↓

(DIZZY GROANS)

dizzy groans

↓

Gee, someone really humped the bunk.

bunk humped

↓

-Watkins. -Sir.

watkins

↓

Secure this compound. Police these bodies.

bodies compound police secure

↓

Yes, sir. Give me three up on the tower, now!

three tower

↓

OP there! OP there!

↓

-TROOPER: Away! -Number Two, police up these bodies!

bodies number police trooper

↓

Stinks in there.

stinks

↓

-Rico! -Yes, sir.

rico

↓

We need retrieval. This place crawls.

crawls place retrieval

↓

Get somebody in the communications tent and get me an uplink.

somebody tent uplink

↓

Yes, sir. Diz, check it out.

check

↓

RASCZAK: Command group with me.

command group rasczak

↓

(TROOPER SHOUTING ORDERS)

orders shouting trooper

↓

ACE: Shit.

↓

Lieutenant!

lieutenant

↓

Dirty bugs came in right while they were having chow.

bugs chow dirty having

↓

(GROANS IN DISGUST)

disgust groans

↓

RASCZAK: Yeah, this is where they got in.

rasczak

↓

DIZZY: Lieutenant.

dizzy lieutenant

↓

I think you're gonna want to see this.

↓

RASCZAK: What do you got, Flores?

flores rasczak

↓

God, I hate this place.

hate place

↓

What does that look like to you, Rico?

rico

↓

Looks like a bug was in his brain, sir.

brain

↓

(GULPING)

gulping

↓

They sucked his brains out.

brains sucked

↓

(CRASHING)

crashing

↓

Open that.

open

↓

(MAN SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Officer on the deck!

deck officer

↓

-Pick up the general. -Gone? Is it safe?

general gone pick safe

↓

-We've got to get out of here! -General!

general

↓

Sir!

↓

Thank God for you, all of you.

↓

You're all gonna be heroes. Every last one of you.

heroes

↓

-Close that hole. -Yes, sir.

close hole

↓

I had to evade capture.

capture

↓

The security of the Federation was at stake.

federation security stake

↓

ACE: Fire in the hole!

fire hole

↓

l have operational knowledge of what we're up to out here.

knowledge operational

↓

-Flores, I need that uplink. -Working on it, sir.

flores uplink working

↓

GENERAL: See?

general

↓

They get in your mind. Look, they did it to Farley.

mind

↓

They got in his mind.

mind

↓

They make you do things. They made Farley call headquarters.

headquarters

↓

The distress call was a trap.

distress trap

↓

They're just like us. They want to know what makes us tick.

makes tick

↓

They want to know us, so they can kill us.

kill

↓

Roughnecks, this is lead. Prepare for attack.

attack lead prepare roughnecks

↓

-I repeat, we're gonna be attacked. -Where's the retrieval boat?

attacked boat repeat retrieval

↓

Mayday. Mayday. This is Roughneck 2-0 to Battlegroup. Do you read?

mayday read roughneck

↓

Oh, God! We're gonna die!

↓

Don't you understand? We're all gonna die!

↓

(GRUNTS)

grunts

↓

Control yourself, General.

control general

↓

I can't. I can't.

↓

I wish you'd just shoot me.

shoot wish

↓

Lieutenant! He's just a little out of his mind, sir.

lieutenant mind

↓

Bugs! Bugs!

bugs

↓

-Die! -All right.

↓

Warm it all up! Everything you've got!

warm

↓

Come on, you apes! You want to live forever?

forever live live-forever

↓

TROOPER 1: Here! TROOPER 2: I got bugs!

bugs trooper

↓

(SOLDIERS SHOUTING)

shouting soldiers

↓

(ROARING AND SCREECHING)

roaring screeching

↓

Fire at will!

fire

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

(SHRIEKING)

shrieking

↓

(BUG MOANING)

moaning

↓

Incoming!

incoming

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(GROANING)

groaning

↓

(BUGS SCREECHING)

bugs screeching

↓

No! Hey!

↓

TROOPER: Watch your fire!

fire trooper watch

↓

Rico, where's my communication?

communication rico

↓

-Diz, status on the uplink! -DIZZY: Give me a minute.

dizzy minute status uplink

↓

We don't have a minute!

minute

↓

DIZZY: Battlegroup, this is Roughneck 2-0. We are...

dizzy roughneck

↓

MAN ON RADIO: This is Rodger Young. Go ahead.

ahead go-ahead radio rodger rodger-young young

↓

We are under attack, sir. We need retrieval now!

attack retrieval

↓

We have Planet P as clear.

clear planet

↓

This place crawls, sir. We need pickup now!

crawls pickup place

↓

-What's your position? -Come down on this transmission.

position transmission

↓

Inside the outpost? That's crazy!

crazy

↓

Well, I hope you have a crazy pilot. Out!

crazy hope pilot

↓

(BUGS SCREECHING)

bugs screeching

↓

RICO: Lieutenant!

lieutenant rico

↓

Boat coming down, sir!

boat coming

↓

Fall back into the compound! Fall back!

compound fall

↓

(TROOPER SCREAMING)

screaming trooper

↓

(BUG ROARS)

roars

↓

(TROOPER SCREAMS)

screams trooper

↓

Hold here! Hold what you've got!

↓

Running low!

running

↓

I'm out!

↓

Here, make 'em count!

count

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(SHIP WHOOSHING)

ship whooshing

↓

Make cover fire! Fall back!

cover fall fire

↓

Move, move, move!

↓

Fall back to the boat! Haul ass!

boat fall haul

↓

(RASCZAK SHOUTING)

rasczak shouting

↓

(GRUNTING)

grunting

↓

-Oh, my God! -Oh!

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Rico! Rico!

rico

↓

-You know what to do! -Yes, sir!

↓

Do it, Rico!

rico

↓

(GULPING)

gulping

↓

(HOOTING)

hooting

↓

-Yeah! -Dizzy!

dizzy

↓

(BUG GROWLING)

growling

↓

(DIZZY SCREAMING)

dizzy screaming

↓

RICO: No!

rico

↓

Ace, help me! Hold her down!

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

ACE: Move! Get her into the boat!

boat

↓

Come on, Diz! Don't die on me!

↓

ACE: Get out! Let's go!

↓

(COUGHING)

coughing

↓

Let's go! Get aboard!

aboard

↓

Tower, let's go!

tower

↓

Let's move it, tower!

tower

↓

Run!

↓

(TROOPERS SCREAMING)

screaming troopers

↓

Lift off!

lift

↓

(SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(GASPING)

gasping

↓

-Johnny, I'm dying. -No.

dying johnny

↓

You're gonna be all right, Diz.

↓

It's all right

↓

because I got to have you.

↓

(GASPING)

gasping

↓

Johnny, don't let me go!

johnny

↓

(COUGHING)

coughing

↓

MAN ON RADIO: This is traffic control.

control radio traffic

↓

Proceed on vector five-niner-two-two-seven.

five niner proceed seven vector

↓

I think you should know

↓

your friend Rico is back there.

friend rico

↓

Get on the com and tell Fleet to glass that rock.

fleet glass rock

↓

On whose authority, Corporal?

authority corporal

↓

That would be mine, sir. I assumed command of the mission.

assumed command mission

↓

Rodger Young, we have an official request by the Mobile Infantry

infantry mobile mobile-infantry official request rodger rodger-young young

↓

to commence bombardment of Planet P.

commence planet

↓

I thought you were dead.

dead

↓

I'm not, but a lot of my troopers are.

troopers

↓

Negative on your request, DeRuyter.

negative request

↓

The Sky Marshal has other plans for Planet P.

marshal planet plans

↓

Welcome back.

welcome

↓

MI does the dying. Fleet just does the flying.

dying fleet flying

↓

Hold on. Something's up.

somethings

↓

Fleet's mobilized for a big operation.

operation

↓

Attention on deck!

attention deck

↓

Once somebody asked me

asked somebody

↓

if I knew the difference between a citizen and a civilian.

citizen civilian difference

↓

I can tell you now.

↓

A citizen has the courage

citizen courage

↓

to make the safety of the human race their personal responsibility.

human personal race responsibility safety

↓

Dizzy was my friend.

dizzy friend

↓

She was a soldier.

soldier

↓

But more than that

↓

she was a citizen of the Federation.

citizen federation

↓

Present arms!

arms present

↓

Order arms!

arms order

↓

Left face!

face left

↓

-Officer on deck! -Carry on.

carry deck officer

↓

Burial detail, dismissed.

burial detail dismissed

↓

At ease.

ease

↓

-How are you, Carl? -Carmen, good.

carl carmen

↓

Johnny, I'm sorry it had to be your unit on P.

johnny unit

↓

That mission had a very low survival probability.

mission survival

↓

The bugs laid a trap for us, didn't they?

bugs laid trap

↓

Elegant proof of intelligence, isn't it?

elegant intelligence proof

↓

We thought there might be a Brain Bug on P.

brain might

↓

You knew, and you sent them anyway?

sent

↓

We couldn't afford to launch an operation if there wasn't one.

afford launch operation

↓

You don't approve. Well, too bad.

approve

↓

We're in this for the species, boys and girls.

boys girls species

↓

It's simple numbers. They have more.

numbers simple

↓

And every day I have to make decisions

decisions

↓

that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.

deaths hundreds send

↓

Didn't they tell you, Colonel?

colonel

↓

That's what the Mobile Infantry is good for.

infantry mobile mobile-infantry

↓

I hope you're ready for more.

hope ready

↓

We're going back to P to capture that Brain.

brain capture

↓

The Roughnecks are always ready, sir.

ready roughnecks

↓

I hear they need a new lieutenant. Want the job?

lieutenant

↓

I'll take it, till I get killed or you find someone better.

killed till

↓

WOMAN ON PA: Attention. All personnel report to your stations.

attention personnel report stations woman

↓

-Well... -Prepare for drop in 75 minutes.

drop minutes prepare

↓

Take care of yourself, Johnny.

care johnny

↓

I'll see you again.

↓

Officer on deck!

deck officer

↓

-Who are all these kids? -We got reinforced.

kids reinforced

↓

Most of them are fresh out of boot.

boot fresh

↓

We're the old men, Ace.

↓

This is for all you new people.

↓

I only have one rule,

rule

↓

everyone fights, no one quits.

fights

↓

If you don't do your job, I'll kill you myself.

kill

↓

Do you get me?

↓

We get you, sir!

↓

-Welcome to the Roughnecks. -Rico's Roughnecks!

roughnecks welcome

↓

(ALL GRUNT)

grunt

↓

Today we're gonna pay a visit to Bug City.

city today visit

↓

We're looking for a bug no one's ever seen before.

looking ones seen

↓

Some kind of smart bug.

smart

↓

And it probably knows we're coming.

coming knows

↓

-Saddle up! -TROOPER: Saddle up now!

saddle trooper

↓

Come on! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!

↓

Evasive action.

action

↓

Get us clear for warp, Number Two.

clear number warp

↓

Clear in five, four...

clear five five-four four

↓

Initiating star drive in five.

drive five star

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

This is Rodger Young. We're going down. Repeat, this is...

repeat rodger rodger-young young

↓

Get out! Abandon ship! Come on!

abandon ship

↓

ZANDER: Carmen!

carmen zander

↓

(ZANDER SHOUTING)

shouting zander

↓

-Zander! -Here!

zander

↓

-We've got to get to the rescue deck! -Come on!

deck rescue

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

Captain!

captain

↓

Abandon ship. That's an...

abandon ship

↓

She's dead, Carmen. She's dead!

carmen dead

↓

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

ZANDER: Here!

zander

↓

Follow me!

follow

↓

CARMEN: Ready?

carmen ready

↓

ZANDER: Hit it!

zander

↓

(ENGINE ROARING)

engine roaring

↓

Life pod Bravo 6-3, two aboard.

aboard bravo life

↓

Scanning for a landing zone! Checking terrain. Here!

checking landing scanning zone

↓

-Can you handle that? -Piece of cake.

cake handle piece

↓

MAN ON RADIO: We've lost the Rodger Young!

lost radio rodger rodger-young young

↓

Flight Command, we have confirmation.

command confirmation flight

↓

The Rodger Young is down.

rodger rodger-young young

↓

Johnny!

johnny

↓

Johnny!

johnny

↓

Rodger Young just burned up.

burned rodger rodger-young young

↓

It's on the rescue net.

rescue

↓

Any survivors?

survivors

↓

Well, they're getting tarred up there pretty bad.

↓

...Bravo 6-3, two aboard. Is anyone receiving?

aboard bravo receiving

↓

Affirmative. This is Roughneck 2-0.

affirmative roughneck

↓

You're breaking up. Say again.

breaking

↓

-Carmen'? Carmen! -Say again. I'm losing you.

carmen losing

↓

Prepare for landing. Retros in three, two, one, fire!

fire landing prepare three

↓

Carmen. Carmen.

carmen

↓

Hey, are you okay?

↓

Get out. Get out. Get out.

↓

RICO: This is Roughneck 2-0. Are you receiving? Over.

receiving rico roughneck

↓

This is Roughneck 2-0.

roughneck

↓

Carmen, are you receiving?

carmen receiving

↓

-Johnny, is that you? -Yeah, it's me.

johnny

↓

-What's your position and situation? -Yeah.

position situation

↓

We're in Bug City, 20 meters underground.

city meters underground

↓

Position, south 42, east 118.

east position south

↓

Situation is...

situation

↓

I repeat. South 42, east 118. What's your situation? Over.

east repeat situation south

↓

(GROWLING)

growling

↓

Carmen.

carmen

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

The situation is extremely hostile.

extremely hostile situation

↓

(BUG SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

I need a squad to pull 'em out!

pull squad

↓

-Direction? -Three clicks, south by southwest.

clicks direction south three

↓

Look out!

↓

(BUG GROWLING)

growling

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

(SCREAMS)

screams

↓

(STATIC ON RADIO)

radio static

↓

-What do you wanna do? -You heard the lieutenant.

heard lieutenant

↓

Rescue party! Third squad, come with me!

party rescue squad third

↓

Cancel that!

cancel

↓

You know as well as I do, she's already dead.

dead

↓

Sorry, buddy.

buddy

↓

Roughnecks, let's move.

roughnecks

↓

All right.

↓

(BUGS SHRIEKING)

bugs shrieking

↓

(SHOUTS)

shouts

↓

Why didn't they kill us?

kill

↓

They want us alive.

alive

↓

(CHITTERING)

↓

(DEVICE BEEPING)

beeping device

↓

We should go this way.

↓

A Company's that way.

companys

↓

Yeah, but Carmen's down there.

↓

Hey, I hate to be rude, buddy, but word has it she's dead.

buddy dead hate rude word

↓

She's still alive.

alive

↓

How do you know?

↓

-I don't know how I know, but I know. -Listen. You got command,

command

↓

but going off mission...

mission

↓

-That's a serious offense. -Yeah.

offense serious

↓

I think they hang you for that.

hang

↓

Roughneck 2-0, proceed on mission.

mission proceed roughneck

↓

I need two volunteers.

volunteers

↓

(ACE SIGHING)

sighing

↓

(BUGS SHRIEKING)

bugs shrieking

↓

(GROWLING)

growling

↓

(GURGLING)

gurgling

↓

One day,

↓

someone like me is gonna kill you

kill

↓

and your whole fucking race.

fucking race whole whole-fucking

↓

(SHOUTING)

shouting

↓

(SLURPING)

slurping

↓

(SHUDDERING)

↓

(GASPING)

gasping

↓

(SCREAMING)

screaming

↓

(GROWLS)

growls

↓

(ROARING)

roaring

↓

(BUG SCREECHING)

screeching

↓

(DEVICE BEEPING)

beeping device

↓

RICO: You know what this is?

rico

↓

(MIMICS EXPLOSION)

explosion mimics

↓

Sure you do.

↓

You're some kind of big, fat, smart bug, aren't you?

smart

↓

Come on.

↓

(SHRIEKING AND GROWLING)

growling shrieking

↓

This is Roughneck 2-0.

roughneck

↓

Brain Bug sighted moving west of grid five.

brain five grid moving west

↓

(BUG SNARLS)

snarls

↓

Run!

↓

Go! Go!

↓

-Give me the nuke! -You trying to be a hero, Watkins?

hero nuke watkins

↓

I'm trying to kill some bugs, sir!

bugs kill

↓

Get outta here! Get outta here!

outta

↓

Move!

↓

Come on! You like that? You like that? Come on!

↓

You want a little more?

↓

You like that? You like that? You like that? You want a little more?

↓

Come on! Come on!

↓

(ALL PANTING)

panting

↓

Come on, come on, come on!

↓

RICO: Come on, Carmen.

carmen rico

↓

(TROOPERS CHEERING)

cheering troopers

↓

TROOPER 1: We did it! TROOPER 2: We won!

trooper

↓

TROOPER 3: What's going on?

trooper

↓

(ALL CHEERING)

cheering

↓

-What's going on? -We got it!

↓

Come on.

↓

Pull! Pull! Pull!

pull

↓

TROOPER: Quiet!

quiet trooper

↓

(BUG BREATHING HEAVILY)

breathing breathing-heavily heavily

↓

What's it thinking, Colonel?

colonel thinking

↓

It's afraid.

afraid

↓

It's afraid!

afraid

↓

-Yeah! -Yeah!

↓

(BUG ROARING)

roaring

↓

CARMEN: Come on!

carmen

↓

Yeah!

↓

Carl! Carl! Hey!

carl carl-carl

↓

Well, look who's here. You made it. Good.

↓

It was you, wasn't it? You told me how to find Carmen.

carmen

↓

Well, that's classified.

classified

↓

You know, whenever the three of us are together,

three

↓

I feel like things might just work out.

might

↓

I hope you're right, Carmen.

carmen hope

↓

We've got one of their brains now. Pretty soon we'll know how they think.

brains

↓

And then we'll know how to beat them.

beat

↓

One day it will all be over

↓

and everyone will forget that this was the moment,

forget moment

↓

this is when it turned.

turned

↓

And it wasn't the mighty Fleet, it wasn't some fancy new weapon.

fancy fleet mighty weapon

↓

It was a drill instructor named Zim who captured a Brain.

brain captured drill instructor named

↓

Come on! Who am I?

↓

-Yeah! -Zim?

↓

He got him! Yeah!

↓

Zim. Zim got the bug.

↓

Zim got the bug, man!

↓

-Good job, Sergeant. -Thank you, sir.

sergeant

↓

That would be private, sir.

private

↓

-Carry on, Private. -Yes, sir!

carry private

↓

-Yeah! -Yeah!

↓

(ALL CHEERING)

cheering

↓

MAN ON TV: What mysteries will the Brain Bug reveal?

brain mysteries reveal

↓

Federal scientists are working around the clock to probe its secrets.

clock federal probe scientists secrets working

↓

Once we understand the bug, we will defeat it.

defeat

↓

We have the ships. We have the weapons.

ships weapons

↓

We need soldiers.

soldiers

↓

Soldiers like Lieutenant Stack Lumbreiser.

lieutenant soldiers stack

↓

We're over the target area now, Captain.

area captain target

↓

-And Captain Carmen Ibanez. -This is the captain speaking.

captain carmen ibanez speaking

↓

All personnel prepare for drop.

drop personnel prepare

↓

MAN ON TV: Soldiers like Private Ace Levy and Lieutenant John Rico.

john lieutenant private rico soldiers

↓

Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever?

forever live live-forever

↓

We need you all.

↓

Service guarantees citizenship.

guarantees service