RoboCop quotes
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RoboCop, a futuristic story about a policeman shot to death and then revived after all parts of his body have been replaced by artificial substitutes, introduces a more tragic note: the hero who finds himself literally "between two deaths"—clinically dead and at the same time provided with a new, mechanical body—starts to remember fragments of his previous, "human" life and thus undergoes a process of resubjectivication, changing gradually back from pure incarnated drive to a being of desire. (...) [I]f there is a phenomenon that fully deserves to be called the "fundamental fantasy of contemporary mass culture," it is this fantasy of the return of the living dead: the fantasy of a person who does not want to stay dead but returns again and again to pose a threat to the living.
Slavoj Žižek, Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture, p. 22. ISBN 026274015X
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Dick Jones: I remember when I was a young executive at this company. We used to call the old man funny names. "Iron Butt", "Boner", once I even called him... "asshole". But there was always respect. I always knew where the line was drawn. And you just stepped over it, buddy-boy. You've insulted me. And you've insulted this company with that bastard creation of yours. I had a guaranteed military sale with ED-209. Renovation program. Spare parts for the next decade. Who cares if it worked or not?
Bob Morton: The old man thought it was pretty important... Dick.
Dick Jones: You know... he's a sweet old man. And he means well. But he's not gonna live forever. And I'm number two around here. Pretty simple math, huh, Bob? You just... ****ed with the wrong guy!
Bob Morton: You're out of your ****ing mind!
Dick Jones: You better pray... that that unholy monster of yours doesn't screw up.
Bob Morton: The old man thought it was pretty important... Dick.
Dick Jones: You know... he's a sweet old man. And he means well. But he's not gonna live forever. And I'm number two around here. Pretty simple math, huh, Bob? You just... ****ed with the wrong guy!
Bob Morton: You're out of your ****ing mind!
Dick Jones: You better pray... that that unholy monster of yours doesn't screw up.
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[Boddicker meets with Sal in the latter's drug factory.]
Clarence Boddicker: I dunno, I dunno, maybe I'm just not making myself clear. I don't want to **** with you Sal, but I've got the connections, I've got the sales organization, I got the muscle to shove enough of this factory so far up your stupid w*p ass, that you'll shit snow for a year!
Sal: Frankie, blow this **** sucker's head off.
[Sal's men pull weapons on Boddicker and his crew, who draw their own weapons.]
Clarence Boddicker: Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! The Tigers are playing...tonight! I never miss a game.
. . .
[RoboCop bashes his way into the factory.]
RoboCop: Come quietly or there will be trouble.
Steve Minh: Aww, **** you!
Clarence Boddicker: I dunno, I dunno, maybe I'm just not making myself clear. I don't want to **** with you Sal, but I've got the connections, I've got the sales organization, I got the muscle to shove enough of this factory so far up your stupid w*p ass, that you'll shit snow for a year!
Sal: Frankie, blow this **** sucker's head off.
[Sal's men pull weapons on Boddicker and his crew, who draw their own weapons.]
Clarence Boddicker: Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! The Tigers are playing...tonight! I never miss a game.
. . .
[RoboCop bashes his way into the factory.]
RoboCop: Come quietly or there will be trouble.
Steve Minh: Aww, **** you!
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[Former city councilman Ron Miller, holding the mayor hostage, makes demands of the police.]
Ron Miller: And third, I want a recount! And no matter how it turns out, I want my old job back!
Lt. Hedge****: Okay!
Ron Miller: And I want a bigger office! And I want a new car! And I want the city to pay for it all!
Lt. Hedge****: What kind of car, Miller?
Ron Miller: Something with reclining leather seats, that goes really fast, and gets really shitty gas mileage!
Ron Miller: And third, I want a recount! And no matter how it turns out, I want my old job back!
Lt. Hedge****: Okay!
Ron Miller: And I want a bigger office! And I want a new car! And I want the city to pay for it all!
Lt. Hedge****: What kind of car, Miller?
Ron Miller: Something with reclining leather seats, that goes really fast, and gets really shitty gas mileage!
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Clarence Boddicker: You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy, do ya?
Murphy: Buddy, I think you're slime.
Clarence Boddicker: See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops.
[Boddicker shoots off Murphy's right hand.]
Clarence Boddicker: Well, give the man a hand!
. . .
[Boddicker finishes Murphy off with a shot to the head, then leaves.]
Joe Cox: Good night, sweet prince. Ha ha ha ha ha!
Murphy: Buddy, I think you're slime.
Clarence Boddicker: See, I got this problem. Cops don't like me. So I don't like cops.
[Boddicker shoots off Murphy's right hand.]
Clarence Boddicker: Well, give the man a hand!
. . .
[Boddicker finishes Murphy off with a shot to the head, then leaves.]
Joe Cox: Good night, sweet prince. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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[Dick Jones directs Kinney to threaten ED-209. Kinney points a gun at the robot.]
ED-209: Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
Dick Jones: I think you'd better do what he says, Mr. Kinney.
[Alarmed, Kinney quickly tosses the gun away. ED-209 growls menacingly.]
ED-209: You now have 15 seconds to comply.
ED-209: Please put down your weapon. You have 20 seconds to comply.
Dick Jones: I think you'd better do what he says, Mr. Kinney.
[Alarmed, Kinney quickly tosses the gun away. ED-209 growls menacingly.]
ED-209: You now have 15 seconds to comply.
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[Boddicker spears RoboCop/Murphy with a sharp metal pole.]
Clarence Boddicker: Sayonara, RoboCop!
Clarence Boddicker: Sayonara, RoboCop!
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[Dick Jones gloats over RoboCop's inability to arrest him because of "Directive 4".]
Dick Jones: Any attempt to arrest a senior officer of OCP results in shutdown. What did you think... that you were an ordinary police officer? You're our product. And we can't very well have our products turning against us, can we?
Dick Jones: Any attempt to arrest a senior officer of OCP results in shutdown. What did you think... that you were an ordinary police officer? You're our product. And we can't very well have our products turning against us, can we?
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RoboCop: Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere, there is a crime happening.
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[Clarrence enters Bob Morton's house, draws a gun on him and brings him into his living room, where he notices two women are sitting down.]
Clarence Boddiker: Bitches, leave!
Clarence Boddiker: Bitches, leave!
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Reporter: Robo, excuse me, Robo! Any special message for all the kids watching at home?
RoboCop: Stay out of trouble.
RoboCop: Stay out of trouble.
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[Boddicker kicks the captured Murphy around.]
Clarence Boddicker: Where's your partner? Where's your partner?!
Joe Cox: Well, guys, other one was upstairs. She was swe-e-e-e-e-e-t, um! Um, um. I took her out. Ha ha ha ha ha!
Clarence Boddicker: Where's your partner? Where's your partner?!
Joe Cox: Well, guys, other one was upstairs. She was swe-e-e-e-e-e-t, um! Um, um. I took her out. Ha ha ha ha ha!
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[Seriously wounded Lewis and RoboCop/Murphy look at each other across a muddy pit.]
Lewis: Murphy! I'm a mess!
RoboCop/Murphy: They'll fix you. They fix everything.
Lewis: Murphy! I'm a mess!
RoboCop/Murphy: They'll fix you. They fix everything.
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[Robocop forces the doors open on a high level conference meeting of OCP senior personel.]
Old Man: How may we help you, officer?
Robocop: Dick Jones is wanted for murder.
Dick Jones: This is absurd! That...thing...is a violent, mechanical psychopath!
Old Man: These are some serious charges. What is your evidence?
[Robocop moves toward the TV monitors, and plays back Dick Jones confessing "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake; now it's time to erase that mistake."]
[Jones pulls a gun on the Old Man in a board meeting.]
Dick Jones: I want a chopper! Now! We will walk to the roof, very calmly! I will board the chopper with my hostage. Anybody tries to stop me, the old geezer gets it!
[Robocop aims his firearm in the general direction of Dick Jones, but makes no intention to shoot him.]
Robocop: My program will not allow me to act against an officer of this company.
The Old Man: Dick, you're fired!
[Directive 4 disappears from RoboCop's vision.]
RoboCop/Murphy: Thank you.
[Robocop shoots Jones out of the window]
Old Man: How may we help you, officer?
Robocop: Dick Jones is wanted for murder.
Dick Jones: This is absurd! That...thing...is a violent, mechanical psychopath!
Old Man: These are some serious charges. What is your evidence?
[Robocop moves toward the TV monitors, and plays back Dick Jones confessing "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake; now it's time to erase that mistake."]
[Jones pulls a gun on the Old Man in a board meeting.]
Dick Jones: I want a chopper! Now! We will walk to the roof, very calmly! I will board the chopper with my hostage. Anybody tries to stop me, the old geezer gets it!
[Robocop aims his firearm in the general direction of Dick Jones, but makes no intention to shoot him.]
Robocop: My program will not allow me to act against an officer of this company.
The Old Man: Dick, you're fired!
[Directive 4 disappears from RoboCop's vision.]
RoboCop/Murphy: Thank you.
[Robocop shoots Jones out of the window]