Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

Gil Gerard: Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers

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Quotes 

• Princess Ardala : [Buck starts dancing at Ardala's reception]  What are you doing?

  Buck : It's called gettin' down. It's a little before your time, if it frightens you.

  Princess Ardala : Nothing frightens me.

• Buck : I would suggest thoroughly searching her ship before you allow it inside your defense shield.

  Wilma : Rather an insulting manner to begin an alliance based on good faith.

  Buck : Good faith is for bureaucrats and what gets you a city with a lid on it. I'd go up there armed to the teeth, full squadrons. Otherwise, you'll be sitting ducks.

  Wilma : [bristling]  For a man whose expertise is allegedly five centuries old, you seem quite opinionated.

  Buck : You're right. It's none of my business how to blow up your world. My generation didn't know what they were doing either.

• Buck : Well, I'm scheduled for termination. And if I miss it, I could be in a great deal of trouble.

  Wilma : Buck, you are impossible. I'm offering you your life, and you're giving me practical jokes?

  Buck : Well, that's the point. Are you offering me termination of my termination, or are you just postponing it?

  Wilma : If you can prove that your story is true...

• Wilma : We owe you a great deal more than an apology, Buck. Especially me. I confess I thought the Princess had you beguiled.

  Buck : Well, I will say she did have the nicest set of... horns at the ball.

  Dr. Theopolis : [agrees]  Yes, it was an attractive hat.

• [last lines] 

  [Buck sees Ardala's shuttle escaping, Twiki looks out the window] 

  Buck : [readjusts him]  Twiki, eyes forward, you'll get starsick!

  Twiki : Bedeep bedeep bedeep! Buck, you're my kind of guy!

• Buck : Get out your card decks and backgammon boards, lucky Buck is back!

• Wilma : [out in space, to the old antiquated craft]  Do you have manual override capabilities?

  Buck : Sure.

  Wilma : Then follow me closely.

  [her sleek spacecraft zooms away] 

  Buck : Be right on your tail.

  [chuckles] 

• Wilma : Look, I don't know what went wrong with our combat computers. Thank you. Now, Captain, let's go home.

  Buck : My place or yours?

  Wilma : What? What did you say?

  Buck : Just joking.

• Buck : [loads bomb up starfighter's exhaust]  This will warm your tail!

• Wilma : I thought you were a spy, Captain Rogers. I was wrong.

  [in the mood for love] 

  Wilma : Do you want to go someplace?

  Buck : [has another engagement]  I, uh... I'm not up to that yet. I've... been out of it for quite a while. Five hundred years.

  [her face drops] 

  Buck : I've got to go easy on re-entry.

• Buck : [to the Princess, re her growling bodyguard Tigerman]  They make better pets if you have them fixed.

• Twiki : Bidi, bidi, bidi!

  [commenting on Buck's rock 'n' roll dance with Princess Ardala] 

  Twiki : It's expressive!

  Wilma : It's disgusting!

  Princess Ardala : [to her dance partner]  What happens if we bump together?

  Buck : We automatically become husband and wife.

• Wilma : Captain, I came to find you at some personal risk.

  Buck : Very ballsy.

  Wilma : Very *what*?

  Buck : Forget it.