Memorable quotes for
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) More at IMDbPro »

[from trailer]
Destro: When I'm finished, this world will never forget.

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[from trailer]
Destro: What did you say your unit was called?
General Hawk: I didn't.

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[from trailer]
General Hawk: [to Cover Girl] Make the call...

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[from trailer]
Ripcord: Alright ladies mount up!

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[from trailer]
Heavy Duty: Standing in front of you are delta 6 accelerator suits...
Ripcord: What's it accelerate.
Heavy Duty: You. It'll make you run faster, jump higher, and hit harder than any of you enemies. Let's suit up.

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[from trailer]
[Ripcord's jet is hit with Cobra nanomites]
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: You're running out of time! Eject!

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[from trailer]
The Baroness: Try this on for size boy's.
[launches missiles at the Joes]

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[from trailer]
General Hawk: Technically, GI Joe does not exist. But if it did, it would be comprised of the best men and women from the top military units in the world, the alpha dog's. When all else fails we don't.

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[from trailer]
Breaker: [about handling the accelerator suits] Careful, they're worth billions of dollars!
Ripcord: [in a suit] Billions of dollars, I got it!
[falls over; Scarlett gives Ripcord a hangdog look]
Ripcord: My bad! Won't happen again!

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[from trailer]
The Baroness: Would you look at that? Real American heroes...

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Duke: [after crashing into cars while running in the accelerator suits] Okay, that was crazy... What happened to you?
Ripcord: I went through the train. What happened to you?
Duke: I jumped over it.
Ripcord: [pause] You can do that?
Duke: I told you to read that manual.
Ripcord: There's a manual?

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The Baroness: [Snake Eyes has left their car] He must have given up.
Storm Shadow: He never gives up.
[their SUV is hit by a train]

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Storm Shadow: I said I'd kill him if he touched you again.
The Baroness: I heard you the first time.

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The Baroness: That redhead is starting to piss me off!

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Zartan: American politics. Governors, senators, congressmen... No wonder nothing ever gets done.
Destro: That's what we're going to fix, Mr. Zartan.

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Ripcord: [during a flashback scene] Do you love my boy?
The Baroness: Always... and forever.

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[points a gun at a woman in an elevator]
The Baroness: Get out! GET OUT!
[woman runs out, Baroness gets in, as the elevator doors close:]
The Baroness: Nice shoes.

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The Doctor: Now that we have a moment to ourselves... I've designed something especially for you, James.
[the Doctor injects nanomites into James McCullen head]
The Doctor: This will only hurt a little. What comes next... moreso. Nanomites, perfect little healers.
[James McCullen's head becomes completely silver]
Destro: ...I've finally taken my place in the long line of McCullens.
The Doctor: James McCullen is no more. Now, you are Destro.
Destro: What have you done to me?
The Doctor: The time has come for the cobra to rise up and reveal himself. You will call me... Commander.

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General Hawk: Deploy the SHARKS!

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Heavy Duty: [aiming a big machine gun at the Baroness] Don't make me shoot a woman.

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Breaker: [about Snake Eyes] He doesn't talk.
Duke: Why?
Breaker: He doesn't say.

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The Baroness: Hello Duke.
Duke: Anna?
The Baroness: [the Baroness kicks him] Now you have to admit, you had that coming.

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Zartan: [after Zartan kills a female Joe] Oh, that's right you don't kill women.
Storm Shadow: For you Zartan, I'll make an exception.

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Breaker: Thousand's of miles across and ten stories thick, locating McCullen's base will be like finding a needle in a colemine.
Ripcord: Haystack.
Breaker: Oh, right haystack in a colemine.

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Ripcord: Listen I think you and me got off on the wrong foot, now me I'm attracted to you and you your'e attracted to me, and him the damn zen master but he creeps me out, but what I'm trying to say is...
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: Were attracted to eachother
Ripcord: Thank You.
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: [cuts him off] Thats what your saying, it's not what I'm saying.
Ripcord: It's not. So what are you saying?
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: Attraction is an emotion, and emotions are not based on science. So If you can't quantify or prove that something exists then in my mind it doesn't.
Ripcord: Okay i'll get back to you on that one.

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Ripcord: [Scarlett goes flying of the bike and Ripcord saves her] I got you, I got you.
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: Nice catch, slick.
Ripcord: Don't start being all nice now.
Ripcord: [Scarlett laughs] I gotta go
[puts Scarlett down]
Ripcord: .

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Ripcord: Yo Duke, Breaker told me Scarlett graduated college at 11. She's like some freaky little deadly genius.
Duke: [Ripcord leans on Bars] Rip I get it , I get it you like her.
Ripcord: Ahh, to hell with it.
Duke: [Rip let's go] Rip, Rip... Rip!

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Sergeant Stone: [seeing Duke and Ripcord training] They Joes?
Heavy Duty: No, they're jokes.

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Zartan: Hello Mr. President, Mr. McCullen sends his regards.
U.S. President: Oh My God. So that's what this is all about.

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Breaker: Ripcord, can you hear me?
Ripcord: Loud and clear buddy, doin' Mach 6 and lovin it.

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Duke: This is Captain Duke Hauser, prepare to be boarded.
Viper Guard: Sir.
Cobra Commander: You are relentless Duke, I'll give you that much. And what's to stop me from blowing you out of the water?
Duke: Self preservation. I'm taking you in Rex.
Cobra Commander: Ha ha ha. You and what army.
Duke: My army.

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Storm Shadow: [holding the Warheads] 3 Left.
Destro: Take the warheads to the missiles, I want them ready to launch in one hour.
Storm Shadow: It will be done.

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Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: Ripcord get out of that plane.
Ripcord: Uhhhh, Almost there.
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: Eject Ripcord Eject, KURMA.
Ripcord: KURMA.

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Hard Master: English Storm Shadow, where are your manners? He's hungry, we need to invite him in and show him the path
Young Storm Shadow: He is a cur, a weakling.
Hard Master: He does not fight like one...
Hard Master: Now what shall we call you.

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The Doctor: Are you ready Mr. Zartan.
Zartan: Oh I'm ready doctor. This is going to be the achievement of a lifetime.
The Doctor: Yes, as a master of disguise you have no equal my friend.
Zartan: 18 months of studying my target, learning mannerisms but the devil is in the details.
Destro: Gentlemen, let's get it going.
Zartan: One more thing, I'll control my own brain thank you very much... Let's do this.

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Ripcord: Hey... You alright
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: I'm fine, I didn't want anyone to see me like this.
Ripcord: Why?
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: I don't know, the men we lost, General Hawk wounded my neck just doesn't seem that important
Ripcord: You almost lost your life out there, you have a reason to be concerned.
Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara: First fight I lost since I was a kid, my father taught me to win.
Ripcord: Look, I don't see how you can teach anybody to win everything every time. I mean look at you, you're still here right, you get knocked down you get back up maybe that's what he wanted you to learn. Then again that would be an emotional response, one that can't be explained or quantified.

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The Doctor: So far, we've created twenty Neo-Vipers. Nineteen stand before you.
Destro: Is it working?
The Doctor: We injected one thousand cc's of the nanomite solution into each subject. When they... finally stopped screaming, brain scans showed a complete inactivity of the self-preservation region of the cortex.
Destro: English, Doctor?
The Doctor: They feel no fear. Cortical nerve clusters showed complete inactivity. They feel no pain. Concepts of morality are disengaged. They feel no regrets. No remorse.

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Destro: Are they completely obedient?
The Doctor: Of course. The real world applications are endless. So, you tell me... "Is it working?"

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The Doctor: If we sold one warhead on the black market, I could continue my research...
Destro: [Interrupts] I appreciate your thirst for knowledge, Doctor, but this world is messy enough. No, what it needs is unification. Leadership! It has to be taken out of chaos by someone with complete control! Beijing, Moscow, Washington. When these missiles detonate, the world will turn to the most powerful man on the planet. When I'm finished, the money will take care of itself. You'll be able to do all the research you want.

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