Roper
Oh man! That's nasty.
Played by Sinbad 
Planes (2013) · 91 quotes
Planes (2013) · 91 quotes
Will you stop? Unbelievable! Why don't you just go back? I mean, I think you actually missed a pothole! [coughs]
More lines from Roper
4 quotes Roper
Roper
Coming out of the Cuban 8 at the end of a fantastic run, people.
Roper
And he's through the Start Gate. The racers must pass through the blue pylons on the horizontal and around the red pylons on the Knife Edge. Now he's coming back to Gate 3. Nicely done, my man. Setting himself up, a little high through the blue pylons there. Lining up for the Quadro. He's taking a hard right with a 279-degree high-G turn. Oh yeah! Back all the way around. Whoo! Cleanly through. Ha, look at you, man! All right. Good speed. Lining up for the 3-pylon chicane, amazing pitch control. Smooth! Fast! Clean! He's going into the final turn, into the half Cuban 8, pulling an aggressive 9.2 Gs. Attacking the climb! Wow! Now that's some speed.
Roper
It's going to be a tall order for him to knock Fonzarelli out of fifth place. And he's off! Well, he's starting a little conservatively. 193 miles per hour. He's into Gate 2, clean through the horizontal. What? He's practically mowing the lawn! Come to my house, man. Okay. At the first split, he's a full second behind Fonzarelli. Yo, that's a lot of time to make up, but this guy's aggressive. Now he's making that hard 270-degree high G turn! Setting himself up. Left vertical turn. Lining up for the 3-pylon chicane. He's gaining speed. Now, he's only half a second behind Fonzarelli. And he is closing rapidly. Now he's back on that stick. Up he goes. Up and away! Now only 2-10s of a second behind Fonzarelli! Oh, it's going to be close. Oh yes! What a finish! Now, that's what you call flying!
Scenes with Roper
1 scene
Dusty Crophopper
I'm afraid of heights!
Chug
But, you’re a plane.
Dusty
I’m a crop duster.
Roper
That airplane needs some help. You all know that, right?
Dusty's Friends
Yeah!
Zed
It's really compelling underdog story. Like Old Yeller.
Ned
That's not an underdog story!
Zed
There's a dog in it.
Skipper
[telling Dusty the truth of his past]
My first patrol as a Jolly Roger was at Glendale Canal. My squadron was all rookies, all razor-sharp. I should know, I trained every single one of them.
Skipper
[A flashback is shown of Skipper's backstory, of him flying with his squadron in WW2.]
It was supposed to be a routine mission; A milk run.
Lucas
[In the flashback, spotting a Japanese battleship]
Look Skipper! Enemy ship, 2:00 low, 2 miles! Easy pickings! What do you say?
Skipper
[In the flashback]
Negative, Jigsaw 2. Our orders are to recon and report back.
Lucas
Come on, Skip! It will be a turkey shoot!
Other Plane
Let's do it, Skipper!
Skipper
Alright, let's go in for a closer look, but keep your distance!
Lucas
[Skipper and his Squadron dive down towards the battleship. When they get through the clouds, it reveals that it's not just one ship; it's a whole fleet of Japanese battleships. The ships immediately all begin shooting at them.] [terrified]
HOLY COW! IT'S THE WHOLE ENEMY FLEET!!
Skipper
[voiceover]
It was too late to pull up.
Skipper
[The squadron returns fire, but bombs hit the planes, causing many to explode.] [In the flashback]
Get out of there, Lucas!!
Skipper
[One by one, each of the planes is shot down. On fire, they all crash into the sea... including Skipper. Hours later, the badly damaged Skipper is rescued by an American battleship. A medic pitty silently informs him he's the only survivor of the attack. Skipper is devastated beyond words, tears in his eyes as the flashback ends] [voiceover as flashback ends]
My whole squadron... under my command. [Dusty is shocked beyond words] After that… I just couldn't bring myself to fly again. Let me ask you something, Dusty. - if you knew the truth about my past, would you have asked me to train you?
Dusty
[Dusty can't think of any words. He feels horribly regretful when he says the truth.] [Heartbroken and truthfully]
No.
Skipper
I'm sorry, Dusty.
Other characters in Planes
Dusty Crophopper
Dane Cook
Chug
Brad Garrett
El Chupacabra
Carlos Alazraqui
Rochelle
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Dottie
Teri Hatcher
Ned and Zed
Gabriel Iglesias
Skipper
Stacy Keach
Bulldog
John Cleese
Franz Flieghosen
Ishani
Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Ripslinger
Roger Craig Smith
Additional voices
Bravo, Echo and other WWII planes
Brent Mustangburger
Brent Musburger
Colin Cowling
Colin Cowherd
