30 Best Godzilla Quotes

Sergeant: 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.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: What's with the chewing gum?
Philippe: It makes us look more American.

[Animal is about to sneak out of his apartment]
Audrey: What are you doing?
Victor: Can't let Lucy know. She'll hurt me.

[about breaking up with Nick]
Audrey: It's been eight years. Some people change.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Most people don't.

Victor: Where did you find this guy?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's from France.

Ed,: There's no Ranger game on tonight.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This is not good! This is not good!

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: The radiation isn't an anomaly, it's the clue.

Mayor: Do you believe this?
Gene: I don't know what's going on.
Mayor: You never know what's going on.
Gene: Thank you.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: That's a lot of fish.

Homeless: Hey, Joe, you gonna catch one of them little fish in the East River?
Old: I hope so. But you never know. I mean, today could be my lucky day.
Homeless: The only thing you're gonna catch is a cold.
[laughs]

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.

Sergeant: [Having seen the size of Godzilla for the first time] We need... bigger guns.

Audrey: [surrounded by baby Godzillas, seeing a potential escape route] You see that?
Victor: Alright, on three.
Audrey: Okay.
Victor: [pauses] Three!

Victor: [while being chased by Godzilla in the taxi] Uh, you better step on it, Mr. French.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Wrong floor.

Philippe: I am Philippe Roaché, DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: It sounds big.
Philippe: French Secret Service.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Oh.

Mayor: What the hell's the matter with you people? You've caused more damage than that goddamn thing did!
Gene: All right, Mayor, calm down. Have some candy.
Mayor: [flails his arms around like a child having a tantrum, knocking the bag of candy out of Gene's hand] No, I don't want any candy! Leave me alone!

Philippe: [holding the flame of the lighter to his face to awaken him from his stupor] What did you, see old man?
Japanese: Gojira... Gojira... Gojira.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [after Godzilla discovers one of his dead offspring] He looks angry.
Victor: [stammers] What do we do?
Philippe: Running would be a good idea.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [Repeated line after someone mispronounces his name] It's Tatopoulos.

Philippe: Okay, party's over. Time to leave.
[Shoots out the window, and throws a rappel cable out. Baby Godzillas begin breaking into the room]
Philippe: Anyone care to join me?

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.

Colonel: 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.

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.

Mayor: We can use this. "The mayor who destroyed Godzilla".
Gene: I don't think we should exploit this. It could backfire.
Mayor: Listen to me, idiot, I do the thinking around here. It's a magnificent idea.
Gene: You know what I think about you and your campaign?
[he gives Ebert a thumbs down gesture and walks away]
Mayor: Gene, wait a minute, where are you going? I need you!

[Animal appears on TV]
Lucy: That's my husband! That's my husband! Oh, my... I'm gonna kill him!
[jumps, whoops]

[Caiman is complaining to his superiors via cell phone]
Charles: I am grateful for the fact that we are getting a new set. I know that represents a commitment on the part of management. Here's what I don't understand: why we're the only station in town that doesn't have the Korean grocery hold-up as our lead. I mean, what's our lead? Rain, again! It's stupid. I know, the pressure's at the parties you go to is that we're the classy station. I'm sorry, I just don't give a rat's ass about a war in some country whose name I can't even pronounce. How about a real story?
[Caiman's secretary looks behind him and sees Godzilla walk past the window]
Caiman's: Sir? I think your story just walked by the window.
[Caiman turns around just as Godzilla disappears from view. He turns back, only to miss Godzilla's tail sweep over the windows]
Charles: What?
[Caiman resumes talking on his phone]
Charles: Maybe we can get the Korean grocer's hospital.

Audrey: 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: Where's the fun in that?

Charles: Ladies and Gentlemen, we New Yorkers like to believe we've seen it all... what you're going to see right now will shock you beyond belief. This is, uh, footage we have that indicates that there is a *dinosaur* loose in Manhattan.