"God damn that son of a bitch!"
- At the start of the movie
, Maverick and Goose see a MiG harassing their wingman. They're not allowed to fire first, so Maverick decides to "have some fun with him." His idea of "fun" is flying upside-down right above the enemy plane. When the MiG's pilot looks up, Maverick gives him the bird, and Goose takes a Polaroid photo to commemorate the moment. The MiG pilot promptly flies away, thoroughly freaked out by the crazy stunt.- And then Goose accidentally gives the finger to Charlie while recounting the incident.
- And then Goose accidentally gives the finger to Charlie while recounting the incident.
- Maverick's list of offenses when Stinger is chewing him and Goose out:Stinger: What you should have done was land your plane! You don't own that plane, the tax payers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. 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!Goose (whispering): ...Penny Benjamin?Maverick: (shrugs nervously)
- Brick Joke: Penny Benjamin is a character in the sequel.
- Two parts during the Final Battle with the MiGs:
- Iceman shooting down a MiG, followed by Slider saying this line:Slider: Wash that sucker, yeah!
- Maverick is down to one missile with a MiG dead on his tail. He then intentionally slows down his plane.Merlin: What are you doing? You're slowing down! You're slowing down!Maverick: I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin.Merlin: You're gonna do WHAT?!
- Iceman shooting down a MiG, followed by Slider saying this line:
- When Maverick does a fly-by that causes Air Boss Johnson to spill his coffee on himself, first after Maverick defeats Jester and then after the Final Battle.Johnson: Goddamn that son of a bitch!
- After the first fly-by, Johnson chews out Viper over the lack of discipline among his students (with Maverick and Goose standing outside the office looking very nervous). Upon leaving Viper's office, he runs into someone carrying some cups of coffee, resulting in getting it spilled on him again.Johnson: TWO OF YOUR SNOT-NOSED JOCKEYS DID A FLY-BY ON MY TOWER AT OVER 400 KNOTS! I WANT SOMEBODY'S BUTT! I WANT IT NOW! I'VE HAD IT! (crash) GODDAMMIT! THAT'S TWICE! I WANT SOME BUTTS!
- And right after Johnson bumps into the guy with cups of coffee and gets spilled on, Viper's reaction is, "...Well, that'll just about cover the fly-bys."
- After the first fly-by, Johnson chews out Viper over the lack of discipline among his students (with Maverick and Goose standing outside the office looking very nervous). Upon leaving Viper's office, he runs into someone carrying some cups of coffee, resulting in getting it spilled on him again.
- After Maverick and Goose get chewed out for Mav's first fly-by, Goose is freaking out and asks Maverick what he thinks of him learning to be a truck driver after they get kicked out of the Navy. Goose considers this career option based entirely on the fact that he saw a commercial for a truck driving school on TV.
- Maverick picks up Charlie by (badly) singing "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" to her, with the other aviators as his backup chorus.
- Maverick suavely introduces himself (as Maverick) to Charlie, who promptly asks him if his parents liked him. Given that her job is revealed to center around military aviation, and they are in a Navy town, it becomes clear in retrospect that she was making a joke at Maverick's expense.Maverick: I'm going to need a beer to put these flames out. Yo! Great, Mav, real slick.
- After getting beaten during one of the exercises, Goose adds his snarky commentary:Goose: The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid.
- After Charlie pretends to turn down Maverick's date, Slider says to Maverick, "Crashed and burned, huh, Mav?" Maverick then goes to Slider and sniffs him, saying, "Slider... You stink." Slider then sniffs himself.
- Pretty much the pilots' reactions to Viper showing up as one of their opponents during a training exercise.Viper: Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees.Wolfman: Holy shit, it's Viper!Goose: Viper's up here, great! Oh shit...Maverick: Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Maverick and Goose."
- While Hollywood is chasing Jester, Maverick sees Viper in the distance, and is clearly itching to go after him. Goose and Hollywood both remind Maverick that he's supposed to watch Hollywood's back. Maverick gives a cursory glance at Hollywood's situation, before:Maverick: Hollywood, you're looking good. I'm going after Viper.
- Stinger informs Maverick that the Navy is giving him free choice of his next assignment, anything, anywhere:Stinger: So, where do you think you wanna go?Maverick: I thought of being an instructor. Sir.Stinger: At TOPGUN?!Maverick: Yes, sir.Stinger: God help us.
- And then Stinger departs, cackling.
- Three and a half decades later, Top Gun: Maverick would eventually reveal that Maverick kept that job for all of two months before he got fired and reassigned.
- And then Stinger departs, cackling.
