Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series)
First Strike (2007)
Joe Flanigan: Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
Quotes
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Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : [McKay and Zelenka are staring at their computers in silence] Should't you guys be bickering or something?
Dr. Rodney McKay : We've got nothing to bicker about. He's run out of bad ideas... finally.
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Ronon Dex : I need to learn some science.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : What for?
Ronon Dex : I'm not all that useful in situations like these. If we get into a fight, or we need to break out of somewhere, you know, kill someone, I'm your man, but a laser attacking the city's shield - I don't know where to chip in.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, that's why we're a team, like the Fantastic Four.
[Ronon and Teyla stare at him]
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : It's a comic book where superheroes fight crime and stuff. See, I'd be Mr Fantastic, Ronon would be The Thing, McKay would be the Human Torch...
[John looks at Teyla]
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : You'd be the Invisible Woman.
Teyla Emmagan : I am not invisible.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : No. No, and McKay's not a human torch.
Teyla Emmagan : Well, how come *you* get to be Mr Fantastic?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Because he was the leader and I'm the...
[pause]
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I'm just saying that *they* were a cool team and *we're* a cool team and they use their strengths to, you know...
[another pause]
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I'm gonna go check on McKay.
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Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, I guess it's showtime.
Dr. Rodney McKay : You sure you can do this?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Fly the city?
Dr. Rodney McKay : What else could I possibly be talking about?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I flew a V22 Osprey once.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Was it as big as a city?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, you had to use your hands and feet with that one. This one, you just have to sit down and think... Fly.
Dr. Rodney McKay : OK, why don't you just get in the Chair and start your pre-flight?