Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)

Mike Shapiro: G-Man, Barney Calhoun

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  G-Man : Rise and shine, Mister Freeman. Rise and... shine. Not that I... wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest, and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until... well, let's just say your hour has... come again.

  G-Man : The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister Freeman. Wake up and... *smell the ashes*...

• [G-Man has just frozen time at the end of the game, finishes Alyx's phrase cut off in the process] 

  G-Man : Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that time again? It seems as if you only just arrived. You've done a great deal in a small time span. You've done so well, in fact, that I've received some interesting offers for your services.

  [G-Man picks something off the frozen body of Alyx] 

  G-Man : Ordinarily, I wouldn't contemplate them... but these *are* extraordinary times.

  [the world around Gordon fades away, into the familiar "Star Tram" from Half-Life 1] 

  G-Man : Rather than offer you the illusion of free choice, I will take the liberty of choosing for you... if and when your time comes round again. I do apologize for what must seem to you an arbitrary imposition, Dr. Freeman. I trust it will all make sense to you in the course of... well... I'm really not at liberty to say. In the meantime... this is where I get off.

  [G-Man walks away from Gordon, adjusts his tie, and walks into a white opening] 

• Barney Calhoun : [after telling Gordon to back up, heads for terminal]  Yeah, I'm gonna need me some privacy for this.

  [works at terminal, deactivating security cameras] 

  Barney Calhoun : Now...

  [turns around, removes CP mask] 

  Barney Calhoun : ... about that beer I owed ya!

• Barney Calhoun : And if you see Dr. Breen, tell him I said: "F...

  [profanity-masking crash] 

  Barney Calhoun : ...you!"

• Barney Calhoun : [after Gordon is congratulated for being a major help in an experiment]  Great job, Gordon! Throwing that switch and all, I can see your MIT education really pays for itself.

• Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [the teleportation device malfunctions]  What happened?

  Barney Calhoun : It's your pet, the freakin' head-humper!

• Barney Calhoun : Oh, before I forget...

  [picks up crowbar] 

  Barney Calhoun : I think you dropped this back at Black Mesa.

  Barney Calhoun : [drops crowbar down to Gordon]  Good luck out there, buddy. You're gonna need it.

• Barney Calhoun : [just as Gordon is about to be teleported to Black Mesa East from Dr. Kleiner's lab, Kleiner's pet headcrab Lamarr jumps out of an air vent]  What the hell?

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : What is it?

  Barney Calhoun : It's your pet, the freakin' head-humper!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Lamarr? Hedy! No!

  [Lamarr leaps into the beam right as it teleports. Gordon finds himself in the middle of an empty field outside the city] 

  Barney Calhoun : [Gordon is partially back to Kleiner's lab]  There he is!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Is Lamarr with him?

  Barney Calhoun : Forget about that thing!

  Alyx Vance : [Gordon is teleported to Black Mesa East, where Alyx was teleported to just minutes before]  He's coming through, Dad.

  Dr. Eli Vance : What's going on, Judith?

  Dr. Judith Mossman : I'm not sure, it seems to be some kind of interference.

  Dr. Eli Vance : Gordon, stay put. We'll get you out of there.

  Dr. Judith Mossman : Something is drawing him away.

  [Gordon is teleported away to the office of Dr. Breen, high at the top of the Citadel] 

  Dr. Wallace Breen : [looks up from his desk]  What's the meaning of this? Who are you? How did you get in here?

  Barney Calhoun : [back to Kleiner's lab]  Hey, hey, he's back! I'm getting him outta there!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : You can't just wade into the field, it will peel you apart!

  Alyx Vance : [on the monitor]  We just lost Gordon! What's going on?

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : I wish I knew. I'm encountering unexpected interference!

  Barney Calhoun : Don't worry, Gordon. We'll-

  [is cut off by Gordon being teleported to Black Mesa East again] 

  Alyx Vance : There he is!

  Dr. Judith Mossman : Ah, we're losing him again!

  Dr. Wallace Breen : [partially back in Breen's office again, Dr. Breen is speaking to an Advisor on his communication monitor]  The man I saw, I'm all but certain it was...

  [the Advisor notices Gordon behind Breen, and Breen turns around] 

  Dr. Wallace Breen : Gordon Freeman!

  [Gordon is suddenly teleported above a lake and begins to sink, and an Ichthyosaur rushes toward him underwater] 

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [finally, Gordon is partially teleported outside of Kleiner's lab]  What do you mean he's not there?

  Dr. Eli Vance : [on the monitor]  He didn't come through.

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Then, where is he?

  Dr. Eli Vance : Behind you!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : [turns around]  Ah!

  Dr. Eli Vance : Shut it down, shut it down!

  Dr. Isaac Kleiner : Gordon! You must get out of here! Run!

  Barney Calhoun : Get down outta sight! I'll come find you!

  [the teleportation finishes and Gordon is released from its grasp]