The Last Starfighter quotes

38 total quotes

Alex Rogan
Centauri
Grig
Multiple Characters

View Quote Beta: [grimly smiling] You owe me one, Alex.

View Quote Jane Rogan: Oh, Alex, I always knew you was gonna leave someday, but I never expected this.

View Quote Louis Rogan: Woo! All right! We're being invaded!

View Quote Maggie Gordon: I love you, Alex Rogan.

View Quote Alex Rogan: [calling out] Maggie! You're never going believe this!
Maggie Gordon: [slaps him, angrily] I told you, Alex! Me and my, how did you put it, "strange sexual urges" aren't talking to you anymore!

View Quote Alex Rogan: Grig, when did the hanger go up?
Grig: I told you, when Xur attacked.
Alex Rogan: And where were the Starfighters?
Grig: In the hanger.
Alex Rogan: You mean they're dead?
Grig: Death is a primitive concept; I prefer to think of them as battling evil, in another dimension!
Alex Rogan: In another dimension? How many are left?
Grig: Including youself?
Alex Rogan: Yeah!
Grig: One!

View Quote Alex Rogan: Hey, you look like me!
Beta: Of course I do. I'm a beta unit.
Alex Rogan: What the hell is a beta unit?
Beta: A beta unit is a simuloid. An exact duplicate of you, only not as loud.

View Quote Alex Rogan: Otis, I just never had a chance to have a good time around here.
Otis: Things change. Always do. You'll get your chance! Important thing is, when it comes, you gotta grab it with both hands and hold on tight!

View Quote Alex Rogan: Store's closed, mister.
Centauri: I'm not here for cigarettes or bubblegum, my boy. Can you tell me the name of the person who broke the record on that game over there, and where I might find him?
Alex Rogan: Alex Rogan, and you're lookin' at him.
Centauri: Alex Rogan. [laughs]
Alex Rogan: Who are you?
Centauri: Centauri's the name. I invented Starfighter, which is why I'm here.
Alex Rogan: It is?
Centuari: It is. We have to talk about a matter of utmost importance [gestures toward the back of his seat] Step into my office.

View Quote Alex Rogan: The truth is you're scared of leaving this trailer park.
Maggie Gordon: I'm not scared of leaving this trailer park, Alex.

View Quote Alex Rogan: There's no fleet, no Starfighters, no plan? One ship, you me, and that's it?
Grig: Exactly. Xur thinks you're still on Earth. Classic military strategy: surprise attack.
Alex Rogan: It'll be a slaughter!
Grig: That's the spirit!
Alex Rogan: No, MY slaughter! One ship against the whole armada?
Grig: Yes, one gunstar against the armada. I've always wanted to fight a desperate battle against incredible odds.

View Quote Alex Rogan: We did it.
Grig: Yes, we actually did, didn't we?
Alex Rogan: The command ship!

View Quote Beta: Good luck, Alex.
Alex Rogan: You too... Alex.

View Quote Beta: Wait a minute, what are you doing back?
Alex Rogan: Are you kidding? It's war up there!
Beta: Oh, save the whales, but not the universe, huh?

View Quote Centauri: Alex! Alex! You're walking away from history! History! Did Chris Columbus say he wanted to stay home? No! What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think that the Ulus were too ugly to save?
Alex Rogan: [confused] Who's Galoka?
Centauri: [realizing his mistake] Never mind.
Alex Rogan: Listen, Centauri. I'm not any of those guys, I'm a kid from a trailer park.
Centauri: If that's what you think, then that's all you'll ever be!