Rear Admiral: Thirty-plus years of service. Combat medals. Citations. Only man to shoot down three enemy planes in the last 40 years. Yet you can't get a promotion, you won't retire, and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a two-star Admiral by now, yet here you are. Captain. Why is that?

[pause]

Maverick: It's one of life's mysteries, sir.

Rear Admiral: The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.

Maverick: Maybe so, sir. But not today.

[at the beginning of a training mission]

Maverick: Good morning, aviators! This is your captain speaking. Today's exercise is dogfighting.

Payback: Two versus one? He's gotta be kidding.

[as the other recruits laugh, Maverick slides down his helmet and flies his jet quickly between two other jets]

Fanboy: What the hell?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: I saved you life!

Maverick: I SAVED YOUR LIFE! That's the whole point. What the hell were you even thinking?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: You taught me not to think...

Maverick: Well, it's good to see you.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: It's good to see you, too.

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates: Your instructor is one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. His exploits are legendary. What he has to teach you could mean the very difference between life and death.

[after crashing the Darkstar, Maverick walks into a small town diner and is given a glass of water]

Maverick: Thank you. Where am I?

Boy: [staring at Maverick] Earth?

[repeated line]

Maverick: Talk to me, Goose.

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: Your reputation precedes you.

Maverick: Thank you, Sir.

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: It wasn't a compliment.

Maverick: I have to admit I wasn't expecting an invitation back.

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates: They're called *orders*, Maverick.

[from trailer]

Maverick: You think up there, you're dead, believe me.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Please don't tell me we lost an engine.

Maverick: Alright, I won't tell you that.

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky: The Navy needs Maverick. The kid needs Maverick. That's why I fought for you. That's why you're still here.

Maverick: Thank you, Ice, for everything.

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky: One last thing, who's the better pilot, you or me?

Maverick: This is a nice moment, let's not ruin it.

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky: The Navy needs Maverick. The kid needs Maverick. That's why I fought for you. That's why you're still here.

Maverick: Thank you for saving my life.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: It's what my dad would've done.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Talk to me dad.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Then it's a dog fight.

Maverick: An F-14 against 5th-Gen fighters?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: It's not the plane. It's the pilot.

[from trailer]

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: My dad believed in you. I'm not going to make the same mistake.

Penny Benjamin: [to Maverick as he watches her enter her house after taking her home] I don't like that look.

Maverick: Which one?

Penny Benjamin: That one.

Maverick: He would always resent me for what I did. Why should he resent her too?

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: [after destroying the plane that almost killed Maverick and Rooster] Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman, this is your savior speaking. Please fasten your seat belts, return the tray tables to their locked an upright positions and prepare for landing.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Hey, Hangman, you look good.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: I am good, Rooster. I'm very good. I'll see you back on deck.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: [to Bob, about Hangman] That's why we call him Hangman. He will always hang you out to dry.

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky: [after embracing] One last thing. Who was the better pilot, you or me?

Maverick: [beat] It was a nice moment. Let's not ruin it.

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: You have put me in a difficult position, Captain. On the one hand, you have demonstrated that this mission can be flown, perhaps the only way it can be survived. On the other hand, you did it by stealing a multi-million dollar military aircraft and flying it in such a manner that it may never be airworthy again. Iceman is no longer here to protect you. I have everything I need to have you court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. So what do I do, risk the lives of my pilots and perhaps the success of this mission or risk my career by appointing you team leader?

Maverick: Sir...

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates: I think the Admiral is asking a rhetorical question, Captain.

Maverick: Having fun yet?

Maverick: [to Iceman] How's my wingman?

Amelia: Captain, still?

Maverick: Highly decorated Captain!

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Captain Mitchell, Captain Mitchell, sir!

Maverick: Thank you for saving my life.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: It's what my dad would've done.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Come on Mav do some of that pilot Shit!

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates: Captain Mitchell. You're where you belong. Make us proud.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Breaking the hard deck? Insubordination? Are you trying to get kicked out?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Don't worry about it.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Look, I'm going on this mission, but if you get kicked out, you leave us flying with Hangman. Talk to me, what the hell was that?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: He pulled my papers.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: What? Who?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Maverick. He pulled my application to Naval Academy. He sent me back four years.

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace: Why would he do that?

Maverick: [excusing his poor knowledge of sailing a yacht, despite being in the Navy] I don't *sail* boats Penny, I land on them.

Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman: Maverick, Maverick. Hey, you with me? I don't like that look, Mav.

Maverick: It's the only one I got. Thank you. If I don't see you again Hondo, thank you.

Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman: It's been an honor, Captain.

Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd: [after Maverick ran the training course in 2:15 and destroyed the target] Bullseye, holy shit!

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Damn!

Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman: I don't like that look Mav...

Maverick: It's the only one I got...

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: There's more than one way to fly this mission.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: You really don't get it. On this mission, a man flies like Maverick here, or a man does not come back. No offense, Lieutenant. But somehow, you always manage. Hey, I don't mean to criticize, you're conservative, that's all.

Maverick: Lieutenant...

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: We're going into combat on a level no living pilot's ever seen.

[referring to Maverick]

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Not even him. There's no time to be thinking about the past.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: What's that supposed to mean?

Maverick: Rooster...

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: I can't be the only one that knows that Maverick flew with his old man.

Maverick: Hangman, that's enough.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: That Maverick was flying with his old man.

Maverick: Lieutenant, that's enough.

[the other pilots hold Rooster back from attacking Hangman]

Maverick: That's enough!

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: You son of a bitch!

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: Hey, I'm cool, I'm cool. Hey.

Maverick: That's enough.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: He's not cut out for this mission.

Maverick: That's enough.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: You know it. You know I'm right.

Maverick: You're all dismissed.

Comms-Crew Tech: Sir, Overwatch reports an F-14 Tomcat is airborne and on course to our position.

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates: It can't be, it can't be!

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: [Utters in disbelief] Maverick!

Maverick: Rooster! Bradley! Lieutenant Bradshaw!

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Yes, sir?

Maverick: Let's not do it like this.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Are you going to wash me out?

Maverick: That'll be up to you, not me.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Am I dismissed?

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Why'd you pull my papers at the academy? Why didn't you just *stay out of my way*?

Maverick: You weren't ready.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: Ready for what? Huh? Ready to fly like you?

Maverick: No, ready to forget the book. Trust your instincts! Don't think, just do. You think up there, you're dead. Believe me.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: My dad believed in you. I'm not gonna make the same mistake.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: [Looking at a picture of Maverick's Top Gun class] Yo, Coyote, take a look at this.

Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: [Looks at Maverick in the picture] The man, the legend. There he is.

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: No, no, no, next to him. That look familiar to you?

Lt. Javy 'Coyote' Machado: What have we here?

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: [Referring to Goose] Bradshaw. As I live and breathe.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: [after looking at a hangar in the bombed enemy airfield] You've got to be shitting me! An F-14?

Maverick: I shot down three Migs in one of those.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: We don't even know if that bag ass can fly.

Maverick: Let's find out.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: [Maverick runs to the hangar and Rooster follows him] Mav! OK.

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw: [seeing the Felon pull off Kvochur's bell] Holy shit. What the fuck was that?

Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin: [after Maverick is thrown out of Penny's bar] Thanks for the beers, come back anytime!

Maverick: Including the hard deck, Sir?

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson: Especially the hard deck!

Maverick: [Repeated line, whenever someone tells him they don't like the look he's making] It's the only one I've got.

Amelia: [as Maverick escapes through the 2nd floor window and jumps down, trying to avoid her unexpected return, she's right there looking at him] Please don't break her heart again.