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Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)

Tim Robbins: Merlin

Top Gun

Tim Robbins credited as playing...

Merlin

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  • [after the final dogfight]
  • Maverick: Mustang, this is Maverick, requesting fly-by.
  • Air Boss Johnson: Negative, Ghost Rider. The Pattern is full.
  • Merlin: Uh, excuse me, something I should know about?
  • Air Boss Johnson: [gets his coffee] Thank you.
  • [Maverick does a fly-by past the Enterprise, causing the Air Boss to spill his coffee]
  • Air Boss Johnson: Goddamn that guy.
  • 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?
  • [Maverick is in a dogfight with a MiG and is down to one missile left]
  • Merlin: This is it, Maverick!
  • Maverick: I'm gonna hit the brakes, he'll fly right by.
  • Merlin: Shit! He's gonna get a lock on us!
  • Maverick: [the MiG eventually gets a lock onto Maverick] NOW!
  • [Maverick slams the breaks and the MiG passes by, then Maverick locks onto the MiG]
  • Maverick: Got a good lock, firing.
  • [the MiG is then destroyed by the missile]
  • Maverick: Whoo! Scratch four!
  • [Merlin sees the last two MiGs flying away at the end of the dogfight]
  • Merlin: Mustang, this is Voodoo 3. Remaining MiGs are bugging out.

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