Joey Cramer: David Freeman

Flight of the Navigator

David Freeman

Max: I crashed into electrical towers and my star charts were erased. I need the ones in your head to complete my mission.
David: So you need ME and my INFERIOR brain to fly that thing?
Max: Correction, I need the SUPERIOR information in your INFERIOR brain to fly this... thing.

Carolyn McAdams: All right, listen, um, I gotta go, um, is there anything else you want when I come back?
David: How about a Big Mac, large fries and a Coke? They're still around, I hope.
Carolyn McAdams: Well, now, that all depends, Do you want New Coke, Classic Coke, Cherry Coke, Diet Coke or caffeine-free Coke?
David: Huh?
Carolyn McAdams: Nothing, Forget it.

David: If I stay, those scientists will experiment on me like a guinea pig for the rest of my life.
Max: If I take you back in time, you could be vaporized. It's very risky, David.
David: Let's do it.
[Max prepares the ship]
David: Max? Will I ever see you again?
Max: [sadly; his voice returned to its normal tone] I don't know. We must start the journey. Hold on tight, Davey.
David: I'm gonna miss you.
Max: I'm gonna miss you too. Thanks.
David: No big deal. Really. Come on, let's get out of here.
Max: *Compliance*... Navigator.

Woman Officer: David, what is the date today?
David: [sighs] It's the Fourth of July.
Woman Officer: And what year?
David: [impatiently] 1978!
Detective Banks: [a beat] David... who is the President of the United States?
David: Duh. You need that for your paperwork?
Detective Banks: Mmm-hmm.
[long pause]
Detective Banks: Well?
David: It's Jimmy Carter!
David: [long, awkward pause as the Woman Officer and Detective Banks look at David, then at each other]

David: [to his family] I'm sorry, but I don't belong here now! I love you!
[gets back in ship and flies off]
Max: You need to be with your family, David.
David: That is my family, but that's NOT my home. MY home is back in 1978!
Max: I wish I could take you back in time, David, but it's just too risky.
David: But if I stay, those scientists will treat me like a guinea pig for the rest of my life! I have to take that chance.

Max: I told you, I blew a fuse when I totaled that electrical tower. I was checking out some daisies.
David: You crashed while looking at FLOWERS?

David Scott Freeman: Where do you go next, Max?
Max: Back in time to when I picked up my creatures. By now they're so hungry, they could eat a zigzog.
David Scott Freeman: What's a zigzog?
Max: Kind of like a hippo, but with feathers.

David: [trying to find his family's new home] Can't you give me a signal in the air to go by?
Jeff Freeman, 16 Years: If I have to set the house on fire, you'll find it.

Max: Are we there yet? Where are we anyway?
David: Geez, I have no idea where we are. We got to get directions.
Max, David: [they hear "Trapped in My Mind" coming from a convertible on the highway] Hmm.
David: I wonder if that's that Twisted Sister stuff Carolyn was talking about.
Teen in Car: Come on.
David: [they lower the space ship beside the car at a stop sign] Hi, you wouldn't happen to know the way to Fort Lauderdale, would you?
Max: [Max sticks his 'head' out] Try to make your directions clear because we get lost easy.
Teen in Car: [freaking out] Floor it!
[they speed off]
Max: Hey! Thanks for nothing!... Were those geeks, David?
David: Yes, Max. Those were geeks.

David: That's it?
Max: That's it, Davy!
David: Davy?
Max: If you wanna learn how to swim, you have to jump in the water. Don't forget to feed Bruiser. Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun... Whoa! I think I got some stuff out of your head that has nothing to do with navigating this ship!
David: You sound just like a human!
Max: No! That dumb dog will never learn to catch a frisbee. You are the inferior species, you dumb dork!
David: Buttface!
Max: Scuz-bucket! Ha-ha!

Dr. Faraday: David... Where is Phaelon?
David: [sighs in annoyance] How am I supposed to know?
[the computers come up with charted galaxies]
Scientist #1: He's searching through star charts!
[David goes bewildered seeing this, the screens change]
Scientist #2: Sir, I think he's downloading.
David: Wait...
Scientist #1: My God, these are uncharted systems!
Scientist #2: Our computers don't contain this information.
[the computers then come up with an outer system as it closes in on the requested planet, Faraday peers in closely]
Dr. Faraday: David, is this Phaelon?
David: [uncomfortably] I don't know!
[the computers answer, 'Yes' much to Faraday's delight]
David: [scared, runs off] LET ME OUT OF HERE!
Dr. Faraday: Uh-- David! David?
[David runs across the hallway without stopping once]
Dr. Faraday: [to himself] 48 hours is not going to be enough time, hmm?

David: [returns to the house] Bruiser? Here, Bruiser!
[David runs into the door somehow locked]
David: [bangs furiously, thinking it's Jeff] Open up, you little punk! Do you hear me! I SAID OPEN UP!
[the door opens, a different woman looks at him]
David: Who are you?
Mrs. Howard: Who are you?
David: Uh... I'm David, I live here.
Mrs. Howard: [pauses then smiles] Think you have toe wrong house, dear.
David: [stops her from closing the door, worried] Where's my mom?
Mrs. Howard: [concerned] I've no idea. Oh, are you lost?
[David runs in, everything in the house is totally different]
Mrs. Howard: HEY! Where do you think you're going? Now just a minute--you made a mistake!
David: [goes very worried] Mom? Dad?
[David runs in the kitchen then upstairs as the woman tries to stop him]
David: Mom!
Mrs. Howard: LARRY!
[David runs up to what used to be his bedroom, it is now a study, David sees a man reading his newspaper]
Mr. Howard: [smiles] What's the problem, son?
[David shakes his head and runs off]
Mr. Howard: Now, calm down, son! Now, nobody's going to hurt you.
[David stops midway at the stairs between the two people]
Mr. Howard: What's your name? Where do you live?
[David goes afraid and confused]
David: [tearfully] Please... Where's my mom and dad?
Mr. Howard: Janet, call the police.