District 9 Quotes

Christopher Johnson : My son's in there!

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Wikus Van De Merwe : Get your fokkin' tentacle out of my face!

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Points out Alien graffiti ] This is basically a guy, and there's 3 humans here, basically trying to make a warning, you know, saying "I kill 3 humans, watch out for me."

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ picks up to examine and fiddle with silver canister ] Well, huh, this has got the markings of - so it's definitely alien but it's uh, not a weapon... but I don't trust it, ya know, I don't trust any-a the... [ sprayed in face with the Alien fuel ]

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Wikus sees the head restraint descend down in-front of him ] Alright, that's very comfor... [ Wikus's head is suddenly shunted forward and we hear a whirring sound ]
Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Wikus shouts ] *Argh* Foking Bliksem!

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Facing the PMCs ] I'm not fucking scared of you!

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Automated MNU Instructional Voice : [ in MNU Humvee ] When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ examining and fiddling with the lid of the Prawns' fuel ] ... but, it's uh, not a weapon... but I don't trust it, I don't trust any-a the - [ sprayed in face with the Prawns' fuel ]

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James Hope - Police Officer : I mean, you can't say they don't look like that, that's what they look like, right? They look like prawns.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : Could you go a bit slower with the clicks there, it sounded like you said *three years*...

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Wikus Van De Merwe : Hello, little guy! It's the sweetie man coming!

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Wikus is obviously falling sick ] Okay, let's cut some cake! [ Wikus begins to hallucinate and experience distortion in hearing his own speech, slowing things down considerably ]
Wikus Van De Merwe : C-U-T S-O-M-E C-A-K-E!

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Fundiswa Mhlanga : [ about Wikus Van de Merwe ] He was an honest man, and he didn't deserve any of what happened to him.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ giving an Alien reproductive apparatus to co-worker ] Here, you can take that, you want to keep that, as a souvenir of your first abortion, ay. You can feel like you've done one of these too.
Thomas : [ beaming ] Thanks, boss!

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Christopher Johnson's Son : How many moons does our planet have?
Christopher Johnson : Seven.
Christopher Johnson's Son : This planet only has one. I can't wait to see our planet again... it's bigger than this one, isn't it?
Christopher Johnson : [ turns off holographic atlas of what seems to be the Alien home planet ] Enough.
Christopher Johnson's Son : We go home now?
Christopher Johnson : Not home, no. This is where we must go. [ shows his son an MNU brochure outlining "Sanctuary Park Alien Relocation Camp" aka District 10 ]
Christopher Johnson : See that tent there? That might be ours.
Christopher Johnson's Son : I want to go home!
Christopher Johnson : We can't go home. Not anymore.

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Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist : [ about Nigerian scams on the Prawns ] ... where they sold cat food to the aliens for exorbitant prices.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ in Christopher's ship ] This whole's thing's under your shack? For 20 years, you've had this fookin' thing hidden out here? This is, this is very illegal, I mean, this is... this is a fine.

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Christopher Johnson's Son : Fuel goes in here!
Christopher Johnson : That's enough! QUIET!
Christopher Johnson's Son : ...then we fly away.
Christopher Johnson : I said QUIET! We cannot trust him.
Wikus Van De Merwe : What is he saying about the fuel, is this, are you trying to start this thing? He-he. Are you little fookers trying to start this, and get away, ay?
Christopher Johnson : Never mind.
Wikus Van De Merwe : Ha-ha. Yeah, you sneaky fookin' prawns, heh?
Christopher Johnson : Too bad. I could have fixed you.
Wikus Van De Merwe : Wha- wait what did you say about-about the *fixing*?

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[ Wikus enters an MNU code and the gate opens ] [ an MNU agent shoots several bullets at Wikus, causing him to pull the trigger of his Alien gun and shoot the agent ]
Christopher Johnson : [ the MNU agent explodes ] Fuck! [ Wikus takes off his mask and checks his vest ]
Christopher Johnson : I thought you said not to kill them?
Wikus Van De Merwe : He shot at me!

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MNU Agent : MNU! We're serving eviction notices.
Alien : What is "eviction"?

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Prawn : We trade [ large alien robot suit ]
Prawn : for ten thousand cans
Obesandjo : Give them one hundred cans
Obesandjo's Lieutenant : [ to Prawn ] One hundred!
Prawn : Yes, yes, but we take all of them now
Obesandjo's Lieutenant : Get them the cat food, hurry up!

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[ last lines ]
Tania Van De Merwe : It couldn't possibly come from him... I know it's true.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ when under attack in MNU ] What are you doing?
Christopher Johnson : Making a bomb!

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Christopher Johnson's Son : We go home now?
Christopher Johnson : Yes.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : We need your signature on this eviction notice.
Angry Alien : Fuck off! [ smacks the pad away ]

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[ Wikus walks into a room filled with Alien weaponry ]
Wikus Van De Merwe : This is Christmas. This is Christmas, my friends! This is the biggest find that I've ever seen.

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[ Fundiswa clutches his face mask while he witnesses the burning shack ]
Wikus Van De Merwe : [ referring to the face mask ] You don't need that, man. Only sissies wear that. You don't need that.

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ talking to a prawn in District 9 ] We drinking a little bit here, eh? [ the prawn vomits at Wikus's feet ]

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Wikus Van De Merwe : Oh! I haven't shown you a picture of my wife! Here she is, my angel. I tell people she actually looks like an angel, you see here? The white looks like a halo on her head. Can you see that? She's my angel, you're picking that up on your cameras there! They probably won't keep that in the film but...

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Wikus Van De Merwe : [ Nervous ] Forget about the weapons there mate, it doesn't matter. Forget about the weapons!
Obesandjo : I want his arm. Cut it off.

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