Hot Shots! (1991)

William O'Leary: Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson

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Quotes 

• Topper Harley : I could never find time for love. It's too heavy. It's an anchor that drowns a man. Besides, I got the sky, the smell of jet exhaust, my bike.

  Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : A loner?

  Topper Harley : No. I own it.

• Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : [Dead Meat and Mary kiss hello]  Mary, have you come to watch me fly?

  Mary Thompson : There was a meltdown at the plant, so they gave me the afternoon off.

  'Dead Meat' : Aw, terrific!

  [a black cat crosses their path] 

  Mary : Oh, good news: we just closed escrow on our little dream house.

  'Dead Meat' : Wonderful! When do we move in?

  Mary : Tuesday. I've got the kids stripping asbestos off the pipes right now.

  'Dead Meat' : Aw, that's great.

  [Dead Meat walks under a ladder] 

  'Dead Meat' : Things just couldn't be better for us! I'm so blessed.

  Mary : Oh, your life insurance forms came for you to sign.

  [Mary opens her purse, and a mirror falls out and breaks] 

  Mary : My mirror!

  'Dead Meat' : [Deadmeat shakes pen because it won't write]  Huh.

  Mary : I'll get another pen.

  'Dead Meat' : No need. I'll sign it when I get back.

  Mary : Well you know best.

  'Dead Meat' : Honey, you know that global warming problem? Well I've discovered how we can reverse it.

  Mary : Tell me!

  'Dead Meat' : No, not now, Lovey Bumpers. There'll be plenty of time for that later. And my investigation into the assassination of JFK...

  Mary : You found the evidence you were looking for?

  'Dead Meat' : Yes, I have proof. It's right here in my pocket.

  [Dead Meat climbs into the cockpit] 

  'Dead Meat' : It's big, honey. Really big. It goes all the way to the White House.

  Mary : Do you want me to hold it for you?

  'Dead Meat' : No, it'll be safe right here. I'm in a jet. What could go wrong?

  Mary : Oh, Dead Meat. We just couldn't be any more perfectly happy.

  [Dead Meat and Mary blow kisses at each other, catch the air kisses, and put them in their pockets] 

• Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach : I just got kicked out of the unit. My flight status has been withdrawn. I'm through, Dead Meat!

  Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : What happened?

  Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach : It's my eyes. I've got walleye-vision.

  Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : Isn't there something that can be done?

  Jim 'Wash Out' Pfaffenbach : Well, there's a delicate corneal inversion procedure... a multi-opti-pupil-optomy. But, in order to keep from damaging the eye sockets, they've got to go in through the rectum. Ain't no man going to take that route with me!

• [Topper Harley is looking at the photos of Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson's family] 

  Topper Harley : Cute.

  Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : I like to stay in shape. Thanks.

• Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : I'm in a hospital! What could go wrong?

• Pete 'Dead Meat' Thompson : [after being hit by ambulance]  Wendy, I can fly!