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Ned Plimpton : Stevesy, what's going on? Are those hijackers?
Steve Zissou : Well, out here we call them "pirates," Ned.
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Ned Plimpton : Why didn't you ever try to contact me?
Steve Zissou : Because I hate fathers, and I never wanted to be one.
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Ned Plimpton : I've never seen so many electric jellyfish in all my life!
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Steve Zissou : [talking about two men who were talking about him] People say that when someone says something like that, it's because they're jealous. But it still hurts. It hurts bad.
Ned Plimpton : That man was damn rude. He can go straight to hell.
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Ned Plimpton : I'm gonna fight you, Steve.
[Steve hits Ned in the face]
Steve Zissou : You never say, "I'm gonna fight you, Steve." You just smile and act natural, and then you sucker-punch him.
Ned Plimpton : You fight your way, and I'll fight mine.
Steve Zissou : Oh, listen, Ned. Don't you try to...
[Ned hits Steve in the face]
Steve Zissou : I think your Team Zissou ring might've caught me on the lip.
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Ned Plimpton : [introducing himself] Captain Zissou my name is Ned Plimpton...
Steve Zissou : [congratulating him] OK, man.
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Steve Zissou : Can you hear the Jack Whales singing?
Ned Plimpton : [Tanker goes off] Beautiful. I wonder what they're saying.
Steve Zissou : Well actually that's a Sludge Tanker over there...
[Several whales sing]
Steve Zissou : There you go!
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Steve Zissou : This bull dyke's got something against us.
Ned Plimpton : I don't think she's a lesbian. She's pregnant.
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Klaus Daimler : So, you really think you're a Zissou.
Ned Plimpton : I don't know.
Klaus Daimler : Well, you traveled a long way for "I don't know," sonny.
Ned Plimpton : That's true. But it's important to me.
Klaus Daimler : Yeah? Well, there are a lot of things that are important to some people around here, sonny.
Ned Plimpton : Klaus, don't call me "sonny."
Klaus Daimler : And one more thing: It's the Steve Zissou show, not the Ned show.
[Klaus slaps Ned in the face]
Klaus Daimler : You hear me?
Ned Plimpton : Yes, I do.
[Klaus starts walking away]
Ned Plimpton : Klaus?
Klaus Daimler : Ja?
Ned Plimpton : If you ever touch me again, I will kick your goddamn teeth out. Is *that* understood?
Klaus Daimler : Not if I don't see you first, sonny.
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[on a speaker-phone]
Oseary Drakoulias : I spoke with Larry Amin, and it's a pass.
Steve Zissou : In other words, you fucked us!
Oseary Drakoulias : Let's not cast stones at one another, my dear.
[suddenly mad]
Oseary Drakoulias : Do you hear me, damn it? Do you?
Steve Zissou : No, I don't! I told you how to play it!
Oseary Drakoulias : Oh, bloody hell! You listen here, mate!
Ned Plimpton : Can I interrupt for a second?
Oseary Drakoulias : Who the blazes is that?
Ned Plimpton : It's me, Ned. Maybe this is nothing, maybe it's something. I don't know what your problems are, I don't know... but I just inherited $275,000. Would that amount make any difference?
[silence]
Oseary Drakoulias : What sort of expression is the lad wearing on his face?
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[arriving at Alistair Hennessey's underwater sea-lab]
Ned Plimpton : Who locked us out?
Anne-Marie Sakowitz : No-one, we're trespassing.
Ned Plimpton : Steve, are we allowed in here?
Steve Zissou : It's a scientific community, man.
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Steve Zissou : I hope you're not gonna bust our chops on this on, Bill.
Bill Ubell : Why would I do that?
Steve Zissou : Because you're a bond company stooge.
Bill Ubell : [scoffs] I'm also a human being.
Steve Zissou : All right, I take that back. How about a little teamsmanship?
[he holds out his hand flat. Bill and Ned put theirs on top of his]
Steve Zissou , Bill Ubell , Ned Plimpton : Ho!
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Ned Plimpton : You don't know me, you don't want to know me... I'm just a character in your stupid film.
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Steve Zissou : I let you call me Stevesy, didn't I?
Ned Plimpton : Yeah, but it doesn't mean the same thing...
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Steve Zissou : Would you like to join my crew?
Ned Plimpton : Would I like to...
Steve Zissou : I want you, on Team Zissou.
Ned Plimpton : I don't think I can do that.
Steve Zissou : Why not?
Ned Plimpton : Well, it's not my field, I don't have the background for it.
Steve Zissou : No one here does. Klaus used to be a bus driver, Wolodarsky was a high school substitute teacher. We're a pack of strays, don't you get it?
Ned Plimpton : Steve I'm not even that strong a swimmer,
[pause]
Ned Plimpton : the answer's yes.
Steve Zissou : Well it's got to be. I'll order you a red cap and a speedo.
[to Klaus]
Steve Zissou : Cut.
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Steve Zissou : You're supposed to be my son, right?
Ned Plimpton : I don't know. But I did want meet you, just in case.