The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

Thomas Ian Griffith: Terry Silver

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• Terry Silver : Now the real pain begins, Danny-boy.

• Terry Silver : [in sauna, talking to Kreese on phone]  What did I tell you, my man? The minute you step off that plane, you're the biggest dojo operator in the valley!

  John Kreese : [getting back massaged]  What do you mean? What are you talking about?

  Terry Silver : I bought 20 locations today. Signed, sealed, 100%. You are back, my man; bigger and badder than ever!

  John Kreese : You're a sweetheart, that's great. But what about those two jerks?

  Terry Silver : Those two jerks are taking up 100% of my time from now on. So have patience, my friend, I'm just getting things rolling. When I'm finished with that kid, he'll be begging me to be his teacher! And you know what he's going to learn from me? Pain in every part of his body, and fear in every part of his mind!

  [laughs] 

  Terry Silver : And here's the kicker: he's going to thank me for it!

  John Kreese : What about the old man?

  Terry Silver : Him I hurt through the kid. Johnny, by the time that little twerp steps into the ring to defend his title, I'm going to have him thinking he's invincible. And then he's gong to find out what pain and fear really mean.

  [evil smile] 

  Terry Silver : Right in front of a thousand people!

  John Kreese : How do you know he'll compete?

  Terry Silver : He'll compete. Don't worry about it, you just have fun. Go give Mamona and her girlfriend a squeeze for me.

  John Kreese : [smiling]  How do you know about Mamona?

  Terry Silver : I know!

  [laughs] 

  Terry Silver : Anything else?

  John Kreese : [looks at his hands]  Yeah. Make his knuckles bleed.

  Terry Silver : [shocked/amazed]  Hey! Hey, I like that! Oh, I like that, Johnny! I'm going to use it!

  [laughs maniacally] 

• Daniel Larusso : Why do I have to do this with this thing?

  Terry Silver : Because it's a part of the training. Because I'm teaching techniques that you don't have. Techniques you'll need to win the tournament. What, do you think you can rely on that crane crap?

  [does a phoney impression of it] 

  Daniel Larusso : Well, I did pretty well with it last time.

  Terry Silver : Hey, wake up and smell the coffee, Mr. Larusso. Last time you weren't fighting this.

  [shows him a picture of Mike Barnes] 

• Terry Silver : I owe you, man.

  John Kreese : You don't owe me anything.

  Terry Silver : Oh bullshit. I don't owe you anything? What about Vietnam, huh? How many times did you save my ass?

  John Kreese : I don't know. I lost count.

• Terry Silver : [at the climax of Daniel's training]  Visualize: this is not a bunch of sticks and pipes anymore; this is not some pathetic mugger who needs a couple of dollars so he can eat. No! This is a deadly, hungry wrecking machine who wants to detatch your head from the rest of your body and mount it over his fireplace!

  [Daniel gashes his fist on the 2X4 with Mike Barnes' picture] 

  Terry Silver : It's blood. So what? Make believe it's HIS! This guy wants to BREAK you! HUMILIATE you! STOMP YOU INTO THE GROUND! NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

  Daniel Larusso : ...NAIL HIM!

  Terry Silver : SHOW ME! DO IT!

  [Daniel breaks all three 2X4s] 

  Terry Silver : YES! You nailed him! You're ready!

• [after Mike Barnes beats Daniel up] 

  Terry Silver : Do you wanna see some more?

  John Kreese : I wanna see a lot more.

  Terry Silver : [to Mike]  Bring him back.

  Terry Silver : [to Kreese]  You see his face? See the trail? I think he peed in his pants.

• Terry Silver : Look at this. Ten years ago, nuclear was the preferred waste. You could dump it anywhere! Now everybody's a detective. I'm lucky if I make one deal a YEAR without being indicted!

• Margaret : [to Terry Silver, who's taking a bubble bath and smoking a cigar]  And if you do not pay your bills, I will sue you for everything you are worth.

  Terry Silver : [disinterested]  Yeah. Yeah. Look, I'll have the check out by five.

  Margaret : And what about the court on the green?

  Terry Silver : Do what I usually do. Bribe them.

  Margaret : [astounded]  Mr. Silver!

• Daniel Larusso : [practicing karate in garden when suddenly the gate busts open]  Hey, get out of here, man! I signed it, all right?

  Mike Barnes : What'd you call the cops for?

  Daniel Larusso : What'd you steal the trees for?

  Mike Barnes : No proof.

  Daniel Larusso : Oh, who left the application? The tooth fairy? Huh?

  Mike Barnes : [the two fight until Barnes has Daniel on the ground and steps on his throat]  There's nothing you've got that I can't counter. Your karate's a joke!

  Terry Silver : [entering the garden]  Let him up, punk!

  Mike Barnes : Who are you? His mother?

  Terry Silver : Maybe.

  [the two fight] 

  Terry Silver : Get up. GET UP!

  Terry Silver : [grabs the book he brought with him]  See this? You see it?

  [hits Barnes with the book, then grabs him by the hair] 

  Mike Barnes : [afraid he's going to fall, leans a hand on Silver for balance] 

  Terry Silver : Get your hand off. Get your hand off me!

  Mike Barnes : [shaking, lets go] 

  Terry Silver : I ever see you even on the same street as this kid, I won't be so charitable with your health. You understand?

  Mike Barnes : Yeah...

  Terry Silver : YOU UNDERSTAND?

  Mike Barnes : YES!

  Terry Silver : [lets him go]  Good!

  [kicks his butt] 

  Terry Silver : Now get the hell out of here!

  Mike Barnes : [zooms out of garden] 

  Terry Silver : [helping Daniel up]  Who was that guy?

  Daniel Larusso : That's the lunatic that wants my title. I was hoping you would have killed him.

  [chuckles] 

  Terry Silver : No, no. That's not what karate's about. It's for defense.

  Daniel Larusso : Yeah, yeah, I know, you're right.

  [tries to hand Silver's book back to him] 

  Daniel Larusso : Here, here's your book.

  Terry Silver : No, I brought that for you.

  Daniel Larusso : [remembering]  Oh, yeah, right. Right, thanks!

  Terry Silver : Well, of course, there's only so much you can learn from a book.

  Daniel Larusso : Yeah, you're telling me.

  Terry Silver : Come on, stand up. Let me show you a couple of moves to help you deal with punks like that.

• Terry Silver : There you are. Where'd you go?

  Daniel Larusso : I, uh, I had to go think about some things, and um...

  Terry Silver : And?

  Daniel Larusso : And, uh... listen, I decided not to defend my title. Look. I... I really appreciate everything you've done for me. I mean, you've been great, I just... you know, when I hit that guy, that... that's just not me, you know? I just... I just wanted to come here and tell you in person, 'cause I figure after everything, I owe you at least that.

  Terry Silver : You owe me a lot more than that, Danny-boy.

  Daniel Larusso : Oh, I... I'm sorry, I thought the lessons were for free, but I...

  Terry Silver : [interrupting]  No, no, no, nothing's for free. You ARE gonna defend. You're getting in that ring!

  Daniel Larusso : Excuse me, Mr. Silver, you can't make me do something I don't want to do.

  Terry Silver : [laughs]  Danny, Danny, Danny. From the moment you met me, I've been making you do things you didn't want to do.

  Daniel Larusso : [confused]  What are you talking about?

  Terry Silver : What am I talking about?

  Daniel Larusso : Yeah, what?

  Terry Silver : [calling towards office]  Let's show him what I'm talking about!

  Mike Barnes : [steps out]  I'm what he's talking about, shit head!

  Terry Silver : We have an agenda here, Daniel. It's really very simple.

  Daniel Larusso : You guys are nuts, man!

  Terry Silver : [continuing]  Either you fight one fight on one day, or you fight every day for the rest of your life.

  [even more hyped up] 

  Terry Silver : What's it going to be, Danny-boy?

  Daniel Larusso : What's it going to be? I'm not gonna be there, so just forget about it, all right?

  [attempts to leave the dojo, but is blocked by Kreese, who scares him by popping out from behind a cardboard cutout and forces Daniel back towards Silver and Barnes] 

  Terry Silver : Let's show Mr. Kreese how he's going to get his business back!

  Daniel Larusso : Hey, I'm not gonna fight. You can't make me fight!

  Terry Silver : You don't have to. You can just stand there and let him kick your ass!

  [Daniel attempts to lunge at Barnes, but is blocked by him] 

  Terry Silver : [mockingly]  Use the crane, Danny-boy!

  Mike Barnes : [attacks Daniel]  You're doing this to yourself, man.

• Terry Silver : You think this is the end of it, old man? I'm gonna open Cobra Kai dojos all over this Valley. Hell, I might even teach for free! From now on, when people say "karate" around here, all they'll mean is Cobra Kai karate. John Kreese's karate. You won't even be a memory!

  Daniel Larusso : Yes, he will. You won't.

  [Kreese and Silver are laughing hysterically, as Daniel turns to Miyagi] 

  Daniel Larusso : NOW... will you train me?

  Mr. Kesuke Miyagi : Hai. Now Miyagi train you.

• Mike Barnes : Sir, you said if I come down here and beat this LaRusso kid, I can have 25 percent ownership in your new dojos? Well, to perform my best, which I fully intend to do, I'm gonna need 50 percent.

  Terry Silver : Whoa... I'm afraid I can't give you any more than 35!

  Mike Barnes : I guess I'll be on my way, then... nice meeting everybody.

  [turns to leave] 

  Terry Silver : Hey...

  [Mike turns around] 

  Terry Silver : ... you fight as hard as you negotiate?

  Mike Barnes : Harder.

  Terry Silver : All right, you got it. 50 percent.

  Mike Barnes : And I can get that in writing?

  Terry Silver : By noon today.

  Mike Barnes : Mr. Silver, you just bought yourself a champion.

• Terry Silver : A man can't stand, he can't fight.

• Terry Silver : A man can't breathe, he can't fight.

• Terry Silver : A man can't see, he can't fight.

• Terry Silver : All right, all right, I've heard enough. I've made up my mind. This slope, what's his name - Miyagi - and that punk kid - I'm gonna get them for what they did to you. They made you suffer, so I'm gonna make them suffer... and suffer and suffer, and when I think they've suffered enough, then I start with the pain.

• Terry Silver : [watching Barnes fighting Daniel]  I love it when he pounds him!

• [after Terry Silver met Mike Barnes] 

  Terry Silver : So what do you think?

  Margaret : Oh, he's obnoxious.

  Terry Silver : [laughing]  Yeah. He's perfect.

  [relaxes into bubble bath] 

• Terry Silver : [to Mike Barnes before the match]  Remember the game plan. First you win a point, then you lose a point. Keep the score at zero-zero. Pulverize him for the full three minutes. Then in sudden death you get the point, we win. I want him to experience pain. First he suffers.

  John Kreese : Then he suffers some more.

• Terry Silver : This is even funner than I anticipated

• Terry Silver : [Mr. Silver is invited to say a few words before the final match of the All-Valley Tournament]  Thank you, John. Thank you very much. I've always lived my life by the rule: "If you get, you give." For the last twenty years I've gotten from karate. I've gotten discipline, health, self-confidence, inner peace, everything that makes me what I am today. And today it's time for me to give back.

  [audience cheers approvingly] 

  Terry Silver : It's my pleasure to announce my partnership with the greatest karate man I have ever known, Sensei John Kreese.

  [more cheers] 

  Terry Silver : Together, we are about to open a chain of Cobra Kai dojos, where young people can come and learn the same values I've learned: honesty, compassion, and fair play. Thank you all for coming, enjoy the final match.

  [Mr. Silver leaves to thunderous applause] 

• Terry Silver : [speaking to Mike Barnes]  If you're looking to be a bad boy in L.A., Snake's the boy to be bad with. Right, Snake?

  Snake : You know it.

• [repeated line] 

  Terry Silver : Perfect!

• Terry Silver : [sarcastically to Mr. Miyagi]  Well, well, well. Look who it is, the big war hero!

• Terry Silver : [taunting Mr. Miyagi sarcastically]  Come on little man! Let's see how good you really are!