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Starship Troopers

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Year

Genre

adventure, action, thriller, science fiction

Box Office

$54,814,377

Production

TriStar Pictures,Touchstone Pictures,Jon Davison Productions,Big Bug Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 16 nominations total

Part of Collection

Starship Troopers Collection: Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, Starship Troopers: Invasion, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

Johnny Rico

Casper Van Dien

Dizzy Flores

Carmen Ibanez

Denise Richards

Ace Levy

Carl Jenkins

Neil Patrick Harris

Sgt. Zim

Sugar Watkins

Zander Barcalow

Patrick Muldoon

Jean Rasczak

Michael Ironside

Biology Teacher

General Owen

Breckinridge

Eric Bruskotter

Kitten Smith

Katrina

Shujimi

Anthony Ruivivar

Captain Deladier

Commanding Officer

Mr. Rico

Christopher Curry

Mrs. Rico

Djana'D

Tami-Adrian George

Lt. Willy

Corporal Birdie

Ungela Brockman

Sgt. Gillespie

Curnal Achilles Aulisio

Net Correspondent

Sky Marshall Dienes

Sky Marshall Meru

Fed Net Announcer

John Cunningham

Expert

Julianna McCarthy

Expert

Recruiting Sergeant

Robert David Hall

Lanny

Pilot Cadet Stack Lumbreiser

Psychic

Timothy Omundson

Engineering Officer

Young Cap Trooper

Little Boy Trooper

Late Cadet

Communications Officer

General

Officer with Morita (as Michael Stokey)

Student

Marco

Medic

Jumpball Referee

Ronald L. Botchan

Judge

Young Mother

Stomping Kid

Stomping Kid

Nathaniel Marshall

Stomping Kid

Austin Sanderford

Stomping Kid

Female Trooper

Male Trooper

Male Trooper

Female Trooper

Dawn E. Anderson

Extra

Trooper

Jeffrey J. Ayers

Businessman

MI trooper

William Bradley

Trooper

Squad Leader

Jason Thomas Campbell

Buenos Aires Survivor

Wounded Soldier on gurney

Voice heard on speaker when troopers were receiving gear for battle (voice)

Trooper

Female Trooper

Football Quarterback

Student

Cpl. Allen

Jump Ball Referee

Jumpball Player

Richy B. Jacobs

Marine

Johnny Mansbach

Male Trooper

Cheerleader

Male Trooper

Jump Ball #5 Player

Defendant

Edward Neumeier

Cadet "flipper"

Jumpball Player

Academy Soilder

Female Trooper

School Prom Lead Singer

ZoÃ« Poledouris

Male Trooper Leader

Trooper

Female Trooper

Female Trooper

Mary Ann Schmidt

Extra

Female Trooper

Student

Soldier

Trooper

Aaron Stielstra

Student / Male Trooper

Male Trooper

Male Trooper

Trooper

Michael A. Valenzano

Student / Female Trooper

Medic

Trooper

Melissa J. Ward

Trooper

Sam P. Whitehead

Corporal Bronski

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Young people all over the globe are joining up to fight for the future. - Starship Troopers

Young people all over the globe are joining up to fight for...

Join the Mobile Infantry and save the worldService guarantees citizenshipThe Bugs send another meteor our wayBut this time we're readyPlanetary defenses are better than everKlendathu source of the attacks orbits a twin star systemwhose brutal - Starship Troopers

Join the Mobile Infantry and save the worldService...

The Bugs send another meteor our way. - Starship Troopers

The Bugs send another meteor our way.

Klendathu, source of the attacks, orbits a twin-star system......whose brutal gravitational forces......produce an unlimited supply of Bug meteorites......in the form of this asteroid belt. - Starship Troopers

Klendathu, source of the attacks, orbits a twin-star...

- Die. Die. - Come on. Go, go! - Keep moving. - Get out of here now. - Starship Troopers

- Die. Die. - Come on. Go, go! - Keep moving. - Get out of...

Oh, God. - Starship Troopers

Oh, God! - Starship Troopers

RicoRicoRicoPay attentionSorry Mr RasczakLet's sum upThis year we explored the failure of democracyhow the social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaosWe talked about the veterans how they took controland imposed the stability that has lasted - Starship Troopers

RicoRicoRicoPay attentionSorry Mr RasczakLet's sum...

Let's sum upThis year we explored the failure of democracyhow the social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaosWe talked about the veterans how they took controland imposed the stability that has lasted for generations sinceYou know these - Starship Troopers

Let's sum upThis year we explored the failure of...

My mother says violence never solves anythingReallyI wonder what the city fathers of Hiroshima would say about thatYouThey probably wouldn't say anythingHiroshima was destroyed CorrectNaked force has resolved more issuesthroughout history than any other - Starship Troopers

My mother says violence never solves anythingReallyI wonder...

Rico what's the moral difference if anybetween a civilian and a citizenA citizen accepts responsibility for the safetyof the body politic defending it with his lifeA civilian does not The exact words of the textBut do you understand it Do you believe itI - Starship Troopers

Rico what's the moral difference if anybetween a...

This is the end of period three. - Starship Troopers

This is the end of period three.

Not here. - Starship Troopers

- Hey, way to go. - Starship Troopers

- Hey, way to go.

So you haven't done it yet, have you? - Starship Troopers

So you haven't done it yet, have you?

Ugh Come on It's just a BugBetter put your goggles on Just a Bug HaWe humans like to think we are nature's finest achievementI'm afraid it just isn't trueThis Arkellian Sand Beetle is superior in many waysIt reproduces in vast numbershas no ego has no - Starship Troopers

Ugh Come on It's just a BugBetter put your goggles on...

Nerves of steel, huh? - Starship Troopers

Nerves of steel, huh?

I see the ace of spades. - Starship Troopers

I see the ace of spades.

How do you make him do that? - Starship Troopers

How do you make him do that?

Yeah! Yeah! Touchdown, Tigers. And the score is now 41 to 38. Tigers lead with 2:46 remaining here a - Starship Troopers

Yeah! Yeah! Touchdown, Tigers. And the score is now 41 to...

All is fair in love and war. - Starship Troopers

All is fair in love and war.

Whoo! Yeah! Giants lead 43 to 41. Just over 42 seconds remaining. Time is running out for the Buenos - Starship Troopers

Whoo! Yeah! Giants lead 43 to 41. Just over 42 seconds...

Yeah! Go, go, go! All right! - Starship Troopers

Yeah! Go, go, go! All right!

Yeah! Go, go, go! - Starship Troopers

Yeah! Go, go, go!

Yeah! He's in there. It's over. - Starship Troopers

Yeah! He's in there. It's over.

Who said you could grow up so fast? - Starship Troopers

Who said you could grow up so fast?

This came for you today I presume at your requestA lot of my friends are doing Federal ServiceWhy you're not thinking of applyingHave you lost your mindI'd rather take 10 lashes in Public Square than see you ruin your lifeIt's a term of serviceIt's not a - Starship Troopers

This came for you today I presume at your requestA lot of my...

You wanted to see the galaxy - Starship Troopers

You wanted to see the galaxy

So you still gonna play for Rio? - Starship Troopers

So you still gonna play for Rio?

Can't we just be friends, Diz? - Starship Troopers

Can't we just be friends, Diz?

Well I wanna join up I think I got what it takes to be a citizenGood for you Go find outWell my parents are against it And I know it's my choiceI was wonderingWhat would you do if you were meFiguring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone - Starship Troopers

Well I wanna join up I think I got what it takes to be a...

This is Zander - Starship Troopers

Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today - Starship Troopers

Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today

You'll resign That's all there is to itIt may look bad but if that's the worst you suffer that's fineI won't quit I'm telling you you willYou're not going back You're going on vacationI am not going on vacation I wanna be a citizenIt's my decision I made - Starship Troopers

You'll resign That's all there is to itIt may look...

You'll resign and that's all there is to it - Starship Troopers

You'll resign and that's all there is to it

I want to be a citizen - Starship Troopers

I want to be a citizen

Johnny. - Starship Troopers

I'm gonna miss you. - Starship Troopers

I'm gonna miss you.

Don't forget to write. - Starship Troopers

Don't forget to write.

Fully automatic Morita. - Starship Troopers

Fully automatic Morita.

Me me me Citizen rulePeople making a better tomorrowA murderer was captured this morning and tried todayGuiltySentence death Execution tonight at 6If you think you're psychicmaybe you areFederal studies are being conducted in your communityEvery school - Starship Troopers

Me me me Citizen rulePeople making a better tomorrowA...

A murderer was captured this morning and tried today. - Starship Troopers

A murderer was captured this morning and tried today.

A murderer was captured
this morning and tried today. - Starship Troopers

A murderer was captured this morning and tried today.

If you think you're psychic......maybe you are. - Starship Troopers

If you think you're psychic......maybe you are.

If you think you're psychic, - Starship Troopers

If you think you're psychic,

Every school kid knows that Arachnids are dangerous. - Starship Troopers

Every school kid knows that Arachnids are dangerous.

However, Mormon extremists
disregarded Federal warnings... - Starship Troopers

However, Mormon extremists disregarded Federal warnings...

Any time you think I'm being unfairany time you miss your mommy quitYou sign form 1240 A you grab your gearyou take a stroll down Washout LaneDo you get me Sir yes sir - Starship Troopers

Any time you think I'm being unfairany time you miss...

- You all right, son? - Starship Troopers

- You all right, son?

You specifically requested transfer......from Fort Cronkite to this training unit? - Starship Troopers

You specifically requested transfer......from Fort Cronkite...

That's the kind of gal who makes squad leader. - Starship Troopers

That's the kind of gal who makes squad leader.

Now that's the kind of gal
who makes squad leader. - Starship Troopers

Now that's the kind of gal who makes squad leader.

You know, I'd like to kill Sergeant Zim. - Starship Troopers

You know, I'd like to kill Sergeant Zim.

You got some guts for a rich kid. - Starship Troopers

You got some guts for a rich kid.

Of course you are Everybody should have a friend like me - Starship Troopers

Of course you are Everybody should have a friend like me

Everybody should have a friend like me - Starship Troopers

Everybody should have a friend like me

Hi. Forget about it, Ace. You don't stand a chance. What makes you think you'd make squad leader, Ri - Starship Troopers

Hi. Forget about it, Ace. You don't stand a chance....

Third squad! - Starship Troopers

Sir I don't understandWho needs a knife in a nuke fight anywayAll you gotta do is push a button sirCease firePut your hand on that wall trooperPut your hand on that wallAahDamn itThe enemy cannot push a button if you disable his handAahMedic - Starship Troopers

Sir I don't understandWho needs a knife in a nuke fight...

Aah! Damn it. - Starship Troopers

Medic - Starship Troopers

Well we all have one thing in commonWe were all stupid enough to sign up for Mobile InfantryBreckinridge your excuseOh my family's all farmers I hate farmingI mean Mobile Infantry it's like pure picnic by comparisonAll right so they grow them big and dumb - Starship Troopers

Well we all have one thing in commonWe were all stupid...

This is where we live. - Starship Troopers

This is where we live.

- Do you mind? - Starship Troopers

Who knows? - Starship Troopers

- Bye. Write me. - Bye. Orbit in five, Ibanez. First one there gets to fly. - Starship Troopers

- Bye. Write me. - Bye. Orbit in five, Ibanez. First one...

- Locking it down. - Starship Troopers

- Locking it down.

Yeah! - Starship Troopers

How come you're in such a good mood, huh? - Starship Troopers

How come you're in such a good mood, huh?

Pilot Trainee Ibanez reporting for duty, ma'am. - Starship Troopers

Pilot Trainee Ibanez reporting for duty, ma'am.

Pilot Trainee Ibanez
reporting for duty, ma'am. - Starship Troopers

Pilot Trainee Ibanez reporting for duty, ma'am.

- Identify. - Starship Troopers

What are you doing here? - Starship Troopers

What are you doing here?

In simulation, my supervisors could never keep up. - Starship Troopers

In simulation, my supervisors could never keep up.

Five meters from object. - Starship Troopers

Five meters from object.

Five metres from object. - Starship Troopers

Five metres from object.

Don't exceed port speed. - Starship Troopers

Don't exceed port speed.

Steady as she goes,
Number Two. - Starship Troopers

Steady as she goes, Number Two.

Man, they're defended. - Starship Troopers

Man, they're defended.

Thanks, buddy! - Starship Troopers

The kid's got some moves. - Starship Troopers

The kid's got some moves.

Someone's gotta teach you guys how to play some pool here. - Starship Troopers

Someone's gotta teach you guys how to play some pool...

Funny how they always wanna be friends after they rip your guts out. - Starship Troopers

Funny how they always wanna be friends after they rip your...

And hey you still got me to kick around - Starship Troopers

And hey you still got me to kick around

Fun and games are over, children! - Starship Troopers

Fun and games are over, children!

Hey! Goddamn it, Breckinridge! Clear my line of fire! It's my helmet. It's all screwed up. - You're - Starship Troopers

Hey! Goddamn it, Breckinridge! Clear my line of fire!...

Rico, you are relieved of squad command! - Starship Troopers

Rico, you are relieved of squad command!

Rico did you give the recruit permission to remove his helmetHe reported a helmet malfunction and I asked him to show it to me sirAre you rated to repair the M 3 tactical helmet RicoSir no sirThen why did you order your man to remove it during a live fire - Starship Troopers

Rico did you give the recruit permission to remove his...

Sergeant, we've already lost two recruits over this incident. - Starship Troopers

Sergeant, we've already lost two recruits over this...

Bite down on this, son. - Starship Troopers

Bite down on this, son.

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Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

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Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writer: Edward Neumeier, Robert A. Heinlein

Production: TriStar Pictures,Touchstone Pictures,Jon Davison Productions,Big Bug Pictures

Genre: adventure, action, thriller, science fiction

Year: 1997

MetaScore: 51/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: $54,814,377

Released: 07 Nov 1997

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 16 nominations total

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Starship Troopers Collection: Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, Starship Troopers: Invasion, Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars