How did you do that? I gave it a cold. I gave it a virus. A computer virus. Are you telling us you can send out a signal that will disable all their shields? That's right. Just like they used our satellites against us, we can use their own signal against them. If we plant a virus into that mother ship, it's gonna then filter down into all the corresponding ships below. I--I'm sorry. I don't understand. Just how, exactly, do we infect the mother ship with this virus? Well... we're going to, uh... have to, um, ahem, fly their alien craft out of our atmosphere and dock with it. We can enter here, as shown in these satellite photos. We then upload the virus. We then set off some kind of explosion, which will disable it, and that'll disorient the smaller ships below, and that could buy, I think, at least some time to, uh... to take 'em-- take 'em out. Take 'em down. Do your... do your stuff. This is ridiculous. How long would their shields be down? Uh... I don't know. A matter of minutes. You want us to coordinate a massive worldwide counterstrike with a window of only a few minutes? With the shields down, that might be possible. Oh, please. We don't have the manpower or the resources to launch that kind of a campaign. Not to mention that this whole cockamamie plan is dependent on a machine that no one in this world is qualified to operate. I wouldn't say that, sir. I've seen these things in action, and I'm well aware of their maneuvering capabilities. With your permission, General, I'd like the opportunity to try. That thing is a wreck. Crash-landed back in the fifties. We don't even know if it's capable of flying. Jim, uh, remove the clamps. [Clicking]
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David! What the hell are you doing? I'm making a mess! Yeah, this I can see. We gotta burn the rain forest, dump toxic waste, pollute the air, and rip up the ozone, 'cause maybe if we screw this planet up enough... they won't want it anymore. Wait, wait, wait. David, David! Don't do this to yourself. Listen to me. Are you listening to me? Everyone loses faith at some point in their life. David, look at myself. I haven't spoken to God since your mother died. Yes.
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See that, uh, Coke can on top of the alien craft? Think you can shoot that thing off? Do it. Shoot it. Sir? Go ahead. [Cocks Gun]
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Hey.
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It's time.
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They want to organize a counteroffensive. It's about bloody time. What do they plan to do?
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Mommy's sleeping.
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Well... you still have your health.
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Knight 3, pull up! Controls are showing complete failure of the stats. Pull up! Aah!
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Oh, no. You did not shoot that green shit at me.
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Evasive maneuvers! Squadron leaders, evasive maneuvers! Prepare to engage!
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Son of a bitch.
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Virus ineffective. Disengage. Get your people out of there. Commander: Disengage. Rear flank, follow suit. Whitmore: Hold on, Command.
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Come on. Come on. Come on.
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Um...Well, I--I just-- I mean, that--that we're going, too. Cool. Tell that punk to shut the door. We're outta here. Go sniff around somewhere else. - Bye. - Bye.
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This is our victory dance. Not until the fat lady sings. Oh! Yes. OK. This is important. Mm. Fat lady. I gotcha.
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Any questions?
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Hoo. I understand you are upset over the death of your wife, but that's no excuse for making another fatal mistake. The only mistake I ever made was to appoint a sniveling little weasel like you as secretary of defense. I don't think you understand-- However, that is one mistake I'm thankful to say that I don't have to live with. Mr. President-- Mr. Nimziki...you're fired.