Godzilla (I) (1998)
Matthew Broderick: Dr. Niko Tatopoulos
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Quotes
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[being questioned at a military checkpoint]
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Well, Sergeant O'Neal just called down for us, he wants us to joint him right now, sir. Thank you.
Tunnel Guard : [to Philippe] You got a problem talkin'?
Philippe Roaché : [Southern accent, without a trace of French] Why, no sir, I'm fine.
[a car honks from the line behind them]
Tunnel Guard : All right, keep it movin'.
Philippe Roaché : Well, thank you very much.
[They drive on. Nick looks questioningly at Philippe]
Philippe Roaché : [normal French accent] Elvis Presley movies. He was The King.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : That's a lot of fish.
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Audrey Timmonds : Wait, I don't get it... If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Not if he reproduces asexually.
Audrey Timmonds : Where's the fun in that?
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : [Repeated line after someone mispronounces his name] It's Tatopoulos.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : [after Godzilla discovers one of his dead offspring] He looks angry.
Victor 'Animal' Palotti : [stammers] What do we do?
Philippe Roaché : Running would be a good idea.
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Sergeant O'Neal : I can't believe it, uh... he did all of this and... we did nothing to him.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Ah, that's not true. We fed him.
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Victor 'Animal' Palotti : Where did you find this guy?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : He's from France.
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Philippe Roaché : I am Philippe Roaché, DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : It sounds big.
Philippe Roaché : French Secret Service.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Oh.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Wrong floor.
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Colonel Hicks : Well, don't tell me what it isn't; tell me what the hell it is.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Well, what do we know? Uh, it was first sighted off the French Polynesian Pacific. That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests over the past 30 years.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.
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Audrey Timmonds : How close did you get to the thing?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : ...I got pretty close.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : What's with the chewing gum?
Philippe Roaché : It makes us look more American.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : He's not some monster trying to evade you. He's just an animal. If you find what he wants, then he'll come to you.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : The radiation isn't an anomaly, it's the clue.
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[about breaking up with Nick]
Audrey Timmonds : It's been eight years. Some people change.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : Most people don't.
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Dr. Niko Tatopoulus : This is not good! This is not good!