The Best Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch Quotes

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: [while Cyclone is giving the pilots new instructions on the mission, the screen shows a plane is about to run the course] Who the hell is that?
Maverick: Maverick to Range Control. Entering Point Alpha, confirm Green Range.
Mission: Maverick, Range Control. Green Range is confirmed. I don't see an event scheduled for you, sir.
Maverick: Well, I'm going anyway.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Nice.
Maverick: Set the time to target, 2 minutes 15 seconds.
Payback: 2:15 that's impossible!
Maverick: File attack point, Maverick's inbound.
[Maverick runs the course and gets to the target]
Maverick: Bomb's away!
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd: [after Maverick ran the training course in 2:14.84 and destroyed the target] Bullseye, holy shit!
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Damn!

Maverick: [At the beginning of a training mission] Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to Basic Fighter Maneuvers, As briefed, today's exercise is dog-fighting, guns only, no missiles. We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 ft. Working as team you have to shoot me down or else...
Payback: ...or else what, sir?
Maverick: ...or else I shoot back. If I shoot either one of you down, you both lose.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: This guy needs an ego check.
Lt. Brigham 'Harvard' Lennox: We'll see to that!
Payback: Sir, what say we put some skin in the game?
Maverick: What do you have in mind?
Payback: Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 push-ups.
Maverick: Guys, that's a lot of push-ups.
Fanboy: Ah well, they don't call it an exercise for nothing, sir.
Maverick: You got yourself a deal, gentlemen. Fight's on. Let's turn and burn!
Bradley: Fanboy, you see him?
Fanboy: Not beyond the radar up ahead. He must be somewhere behind us.
Bradley: [Maverick got ready and from below them, swooshed past between their jets upwards] Damn it!
Fanboy: What the hell?
Payback: Oh shit!
Maverick: Easy, Maverick. Let's try not to get fired on the first day.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Fellas, this here is Bagman.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Hangman.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Whatever. You're looking at the only naval aviator in active duty with a confirmed air to air kill.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Stop.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Mind you, the other guy was in a museum piece from the Korean War.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: Cold War.
Payback: Different wars, same century.
Fanboy: Not this one.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: Who are your friends?
Payback: Payback.
Fanboy: Fanboy.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Hey, Coyote.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: Hey.
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Who's he?
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: Who's who?
[Phoenix nods towards Bob]
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: When did you get in?
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd: Oh, I- I've been here the whole time.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Well, the man's a stealth pilot.
Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: Literally.
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd: Weapons Systems Officer, actually.
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: With no sense of humour.