The Best Dr. Niko Tatopoulos Quotes

Audrey: How close did you get to the thing?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: ...I got pretty close.

Audrey: Wait, I don't get it... If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Not if he reproduces asexually.
Audrey: Where's the fun in that?

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: That's a lot of fish.

[being questioned at a military checkpoint]
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Well, Sergeant O'Neal just called down for us, he wants us to joint him right now, sir. Thank you.
Tunnel: [to Philippe] You got a problem talkin'?
Philippe: [Southern accent, without a trace of French] Why, no sir, I'm fine.
[a car honks from the line behind them]
Tunnel: All right, keep it movin'.
Philippe: Well, thank you very much.
[They drive on. Nick looks questioningly at Philippe]
Philippe: [normal French accent] Elvis Presley movies. He was The King.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This is not good! This is not good!

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [Repeated line after someone mispronounces his name] It's Tatopoulos.

Victor: Where did you find this guy?
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's from France.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [after Godzilla discovers one of his dead offspring] He looks angry.
Victor: [stammers] What do we do?
Philippe: Running would be a good idea.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: What's with the chewing gum?
Philippe: It makes us look more American.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: The radiation isn't an anomaly, it's the clue.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.

Philippe: I am Philippe Roaché, DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: It sounds big.
Philippe: French Secret Service.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Oh.

[about breaking up with Nick]
Audrey: It's been eight years. Some people change.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Most people don't.

Sergeant: I can't believe it, uh... he did all of this and... we did nothing to him.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Ah, that's not true. We fed him.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's not some monster trying to evade you. He's just an animal. If you find what he wants, then he'll come to you.

Colonel: Well, don't tell me what it isn't; tell me what the hell it is.
Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Well, what do we know? Uh, it was first sighted off the French Polynesian Pacific. That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests over the past 30 years.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Wrong floor.