Top Gun
The bestTop Gunquotes serve to show how the movie became such an iconic piece of music of amusement . The 1986 film had Cruise playing Maverick , a skilled and arrogant fighter cowcatcher who contend against the world ’s beneficial in the Top Gun escape school . There are so many famed view and moment that buff remember , but some of the lines are just as memorable as the awe-inspiring aerial dogfights that Maverick baffle himself into . With the franchise given a new life withTop Gun : Maverickin 2022 , many people returned to the original and relived the most memorableTop Gunquotes .
While the aerial action and ' 80s vibes are what most fans remember about the pic , there aremanyTop Gunquotesthat have stayed with rooter and become as far-famed as the movie itself . Many of these quotation highlight how Cruise ’s character of Maverick became such a beloved movie hero . OtherTop Gunquotes highlight aspects of the movie , from the love affair to the humor to the rivalries . CertainTop Gunquotes even become well after watchingTop Gun : Maverick . front back on these lines might make buff want to revisitTop Gunall over again .
30"Gentlemen, You Are The Top One Percent Of All Naval Aviators. The Elite. The Best Of The Best. We’ll Make You Better."
Viper
When Maverick arrives at Top Gun , he is already an established and experienced pilot burner . What makes the movie exciting is that he is nothing special among these other talented pilot burner , and in the eyes of the instructors , like Viper , he is still not good enough . Viper makes that clear during the buffer ' creation to the flight school , admit that they are the best pilots in the country but that they are still not Top Gun material .
It is an exciting jumping - off point for the movie and one that frames Maverick ’s mission to examine himself in this office . He already knows that he is one of the best , but he also pushes back against the theme that he can get better . For Maverick , all of his instincts are the right one and there is nothing else he can be taught . It is certainly an arrogant outlook for the immature original , but one that aid him become the best of the best .
29"You’ve Been Busted, You Lost Your Qualifications As Section Leader Three Times, Put In Hack Twice By Me, With A History Of High-Speed Passes Over Five Air Control Towers, And One Admiral’s Daughter!"
Stinger
Top Gunwastes little time in demonstrate the audience just what kind of pilot Maverick is . He is a skilled man in a plane , but he is also heedless and play by his own rule . This is much to the annoyance of his command officers , who can not seem to insure his wild behavior . In this other scene , Stinger give an extensive and screaming face at all of the offenses Maverick has been responsible for during his time .
Despite not seeing any of these moments , it is a equipment failure that cement Maverick as the lovable movie insurrectionist right from the beginning . There is also a fun little Easter egg amid the inclination of transgression . After Stinger gain mention of the " admiral ’s girl , " Goose confirms that it was a new woman named Penny Benjamin , show that , whileJennifer Connelly’sTop Gun : Maverickcharacterisn’t in the original pic , she has been part of the population from the commencement .
28"Any Of You Boys See An Aircraft Carrier Around Here?"
Maverick
While Maverick ’s many retiring stunt have showcased his cattleman antics , the opening stunt that gets him in his latest hassle with his control officers is also one that shows he is a true hero . While Maverick is fall to the ship , a fellow pilot named Cougar begins to have a scare attack in the sky and is ineffective to shoot down the sheet . Defying club , Maverick survive back into the skies to avail bring Cougar in .
His lighthearted line to Cougar shows the kind of caring individual Maverick is to his fellow pilot . He use charm and humor to help distract Cougar from the fear he is palpate while also couch himself on the line to ensure that he lands safely . Throughout the movie , Maverick is criticize by others for vanish for himself and no one else , but with his heroical turn towards Cougar , he demonstrate that he is selfless at fourth dimension .
27"Sorry To Hear About Cougar. He And I Were Like Brothers In Flight School. He Was A Good Man."
Ice Man
puma lose his edge as a pilot not only highlighted Maverick ’s heroic but also the stress these pilots are under in their in high spirits - stake positions . However , Top Gun only takes the unspoilt pilots and the ones who can handle that form of pressure . When Maverick and Goose arrive at the escape program , they reveal that a pilot losing their sharpness is just as bad as one who is killed .
Upon adjoin Iceman , the Val Kilmer part expresses his sorrow in Cougar ’s spot , telling Maverick " he was a unspoiled man " to which Maverick castigate that he still is a good man . It is a pernicious moment that shows the harshness of Iceman ’s outlook , seeing weakness as something that can not be tolerated . Despite the story he and Cougar might have share , he is uncoerced to sack him if he proves he ca n’t cut it as a airplane pilot .
26"I Thought Of Being An Instructor, Sir."
Top Gun : Maverickfinds the former hotshot of the Top Gun family restoration after years aside asMaverick becomes an instructor for Top Gun ’s new generationof would - be pilots . However , this development was actually tease apart decades earlier at the end ofTop Gun .
After discharge the political platform , the commanding ship’s officer ask him what he would like to do next . or else of going off to deliver the cosmos , Maverick insists he need to return as an instructor — as if setting up the sequel that come X later on .
It is interesting to see Maverick immediately visualizing that as a path for himself even though the sequel shows him slightly forced into the role of instructor . Though it hit for a fitting terminal for the first movie , the sequel makes a lot of sense , showing Maverick continuing to try and show himself the best by push worldly concern breaks with state - of - the - art carpenter’s plane .
25"So, You’re The One."
Charlie
WhileTop Gun : Maverick ’s love story with Pennywas a highlight of the sequel , fan should n’t forget about Maverick ’s first love interest . Anyone who has seen a movie before would be able to augur that Maverick and Charlie will fall for each other by the end , but the relationship does part off rather cold . With Charlie as the new intelligence activity officeholder lecturing the Top Gun candidates , she is not impressed with Maverick ’s arrogant ways .
As he interrupts the lecture to boast about his skills in front of everyone , Charlie challenges that ego . There is a sense that she has meet this kind of lordliness before , and she is unforced to expect to see if he is all talk of the town or not . It helps to cement Charlie as more than just a love interest as she is one who will challenge Maverick .
24"You Don’t Have Time To Think Up There. You Think, You’re Dead."
There is often the question in the motion-picture show as to whether Maverick ’s reckless nature as a pilot is a good character or a danger . While it feels at time that it come from Maverick ’s arrogance , he does give some perceptiveness into how he lock in a cockpit .
Explaining his method acting to Charlie , Maverick assert that the thing a pilot needs most is near instincts . Given the dangerous situations they find themselves in , Maverick feels that there is no sentence to think , only to act .
Though it does get him into trouble , the motion-picture show show that having a pilot who can respond due to gut instinct can save the day . There are other archetype who fly smarter than he does , but when something unexpected happens in the air , there is no better pilot than Maverick to plow such berth .
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23"You Two Really Are Cowboys."
Iceman
Val Kilmer ’s return as Icemanis one of the in force recall inTop Gun : Maverick , especially watch how much the human relationship between him and Maverick grew over the years . They are indicate to be pricey friends and partake a smashing amount of respect for each other . However , in the first movie , he is not afraid to face Maverick and Goose about their panache of flying .
As a more conservative and perhaps intelligent buffer , Iceman sounds like a discipline parent as he call Maverick and Goose cowboys . While it render the dispute between these two contender , it is also hard not to see Iceman ’s valid point . He has to share the sky with Maverick and is not too fond of having a pilot who feel that they have something to prove to the point that they will put others in danger . Though Maverick insists he is safe , Iceman sees it another way .
22"The Encounter Was A Victory, But I Think That We’ve Shown It As An Example Of What Not To Do."
While Charlie ’s romantic feelings towards Maverick complicate the hierarchy of their professional human relationship , the fact that she refuse to soften as a critic of his fly vogue shows the strength she has . During a partitioning of the pilots ' last simulated mission , Maverick ’s aggressive flying is singled out as a costly error , especially by Charlie .
In her analysis of his flying , Charlie sharpen out that Maverick take a lot of risks that put the very expensive jet in peril . While she reluctantly corroborate that Maverick ’s moves figure out and the enemy ship was ineffective to take him out , she still look at it a failure . It is a cogent moment that , despite their romanticistic feeling for each other , Charlie and Maverick have very dissimilar views of flying and Charlie insists that a victory can also be a red .
21"When I Fly, I’ll Have You Know That My Crew And My Plane Come First."
While Maverick is confident in his style of fly and is n’t afraid to push the boundaries , he does seem bothered with being perceived as a rash cowcatcher . He can have a laid - back attitude about being risky and a snatch of a freedom fighter , buthe always fights back against those who take that he is a peril to others when he is in the sky .
This even includes when Charlie brings up the point and Maverick drops his attempts to flirt with her for set her straight person . Maverick seems truly angry that he is doubt in this matter and makes it clear that the aeroplane he is flying and the crew that depends on him always hail first . It does seem to be a battle within Maverick to be the dependable and to protect those he cares about .
