Neil Patrick Harris credited as playing...
Carl Jenkins
- Carl: We thought there might be a Brain Bug on 'P'.
- Carmen: You knew and still you sent them?
- Carl: We couldn't afford to launch an operation if there wasn't one.
- [both Carmen and Johnny look at Carl with contempt]
- Carl: You disapprove? Well, too bad! We're in this war for the species, boys and girls. It's simple numbers. They have more. And every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.
- Johnny Rico: Didn't they tell you, Colonel? That's what the Mobile Infantry is good for.
- [Inside an Arachnid study laboratory]
- Newsreel announcer: Every day, Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs.
- Carl: Your basic Arachnid warrior isn't too smart, but you can blow off a limb,
- [shoots an Arachnid warrior's limb off]
- Carl: and it's still 86 percent combat effective. Here's a tip: Aim for the nerve stem, and put it down for good.
- [demonstrates]
- Carmen: Carl.
- Carl: You made it.
- Johnny Rico: It was you wasn't it? You told me how to find Carmen.
- Carl: Well that's classified.
- Carmen: You know, whenever the three of us are together I feel like things might just work out.
- Carl: I hope you're right Carmen. We've got one of their brains now, pretty soon we'll know how they think then we'll know how to beat them, then one day it'll all be over and everyone will forget that this was the moment this is when it turned. And it wasn't the mighty Fleet, it wasn't some fancy new weapon. It was a drill instructor named Zim who captured a brain.
- Carl: So you haven't done it yet, have you? Don't lie!
- Johnny Rico: I'm not in any hurry.
- Carl: [Indicating Dizzy Flores] Others are waiting.
- Johnny Rico: [Looking at Dizzy] Did you read her mind?
- Carl: Don't have to. It's pretty clear what she wants.
- Johnny Rico: Yeah, but I want Carmen.
- Carl: Oh, you got it bad!
- Carl Jenkins: Your basic Arachnid warrior isnt to smart but you can blow off a limb
- [shoots off warriors appendage]
- Carl Jenkins: and it's still 86 percent combat effective. Here's a tip, aim for the nerve stem and put it down for good.
- [Kills Arachnid]
- [at Dizzys funeral Johnny salutes Carl]
- Carl: At ease.
- Carmen: How are you Carl?
- Carl: Carmen, good. Johnny I'm sorry it had to be your unit on P. That mission had a very low survival probability.
- Johnny Rico: The bugs laid a trap for us didn't they?
- Carl: Elegant proof of intelligence isn't it? I thought there might be a brain bug on P.
- Carmen: You knew and you sent them anyway?
- Carl: We couldn't afford to launch an operation if there wasn't one. You don't approve. Well too bad, we're in this for the species boys and girls. It's simple numbers, they have more. And every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.
- Johnny Rico: Didn't they tell you colonel? That's what the mobile infantry's good for.
- Carl: I hope you're ready for more. We're going back to P, to capture that brain.
- Johnny Rico: The Roughnecks are always ready sir.
- Carl: I hear they need a new lieutenant, want the job?
- Johnny Rico: I'll take it. Until I get killed or you find someone better.
- [Carl leaves]
- Johnny Rico: Well?
- Carmen: Take care of yourself, Johnny.
- Johnny Rico: I'll see you again.