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Lieutenant General Karl Vasich: Delta Pod, your flight is not authorized! Captain Leo Davidson: I'm going to get my chimp. Lieutenant General Karl Vasich: You bring that thing back here now! Return to base! Capt. Leo Davidson: Never send a monkey to do a man's job.

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Ari: Stop it! Who told you you could throw stones at humans? Gorilla kid: My father. Ari: Did he? He's wrong, very wrong. You can tell him for me I said so. Gorilla kid: Human lover!

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Daena: What tribe are you from? Captain Leo Davidson: United States Air Force, and I'm going back.

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Nado: We just returned from our country house. Sandar: How was it? Nova: Boring. Nado: I find it relaxing being away from the bustle of the city. Nova: There was no place to go. Nothing but trees and rocks. All you did was nap. Nado: Exactly. Time away from politics. . . . . .is what I needed. We'd lose ourselves for days in the forest when we were young. Now I can barely climb a tree. Sandar: Trite but true: "Youth is wasted on the young." Oh, how did I get so old so fast? Thade: Living with your daughter would age any ape quickly. Sandar: You've been a stranger lately. Thade: I apologize for my lateness, senator. I stopped to see my father. Sandar: How's my old friend? Thade: Slipping, I'm afraid. I'd like to see him more, but these are troubled days. The humans infest the provinces. Ari: We encroach upon their habitat. They breed while we grow soft in our affluence. Thade: They outnumber us four to one! Nova: Why can't we simply sterilize them all? Nado: The cost would be prohibitiv

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Thade: I came to see you. Ari: Oh, how sweet. You've wasted your time. Thade: My feelings haven't changed. I still care about you. Ari: You only care about my father's influence. And your own ambition. Thade: I know about the trouble you caused today. I could have you arrested. Thade: You feel so much for these humans... yet you feel nothing for me.

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Thade: When you find them, kill them all. Except for the troublemaker. I want to talk to him before he dies. Attar: Sir, the senator's daughter is with them. Thade: They took her? Attar: She's helping them. I saw her myself. Thade: She had no choice. They threatened her life. I'll report to the Senate. They'll beat their chests and ask for my help. Attar: They are weak without you, sir.

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Ari: These "zoos"-- What are they? This word is not familiar. Captain Leo Davidson: Our last apes are in zoos. Krull: What happened to them? Captain Leo Davidson: Gone. After we cut down the forests. . . . . .the ones who survived. . . . . .were locked up in cages. Used for scientific experiment. Ari: That's horrible. Captain Leo Davidson: We do worse to our own kind. Ari: I don't understand. You seem intelligent. Captain Leo Davidson: Smarter we get, the more dangerous our world becomes. Ari: I knew it. You're sensitive. Uncommon quality in a male. Krull: Why don't your apes object to the way you treat them? Captain Leo Davidson: They can't talk. Ari: Maybe they choose not to, given the way you treat them. Limbo: Apes in cages. Right.

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Thade: Father. Zaius: I don't have much time. Tell me about this human... who troubles you. Thade: I will capture him with little trouble. Zaius: No. You're not telling me everything. You believe he is not born of this world. Has he come alone? Thade: Yes. Zaius: More will come looking for him. Thade: How can you possibly know? Zaius: I have something to tell you. Something my father told me... and his father told him. Back along our bloodlines to Semos. In the time before time... we were the slaves and the humans... were the masters. Thade: Impossible. Zaius: Break it. Zaius: What you hold in your hand is the proof of their power. Their power of invention. Their power of technology. Against this, our strength means nothing. This has the power of a thousand spears. I warn you - their ingenuity goes hand in hand with their cruelty. No creature... is as devious, as violent. You must find this human quickly. Do not let him get to Calima. Thade: The forbidden area? Zaius: Calima holds the

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Tival: Apes are afraid of water. They can't swim. Ari: We drown! Daena: That is why every day we pray for rain.

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Ari: I'd like to see your world. Captain Leo Davidson: I know. But they'd probably pry you and poke you and throw you in a cage too. Ari: [smiles] You'd protect me.

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Ari: I can't go home either now. So, maybe we're not so different. Captain Leo Davidson: No, we're very different. You care about everybody, but yourself.

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Thade: He'll turn us into slaves! Kill him! Captain Leo Davidson: Listen. This is where you're from. We brought you here. It's true. We lived in peace together. It was Semos. he's the one who killed everybody. Thade: He's lying! Help me! My friend, kill him! Attar: Everything I have believed is a lie! You and your family have betrayed us! I won't help you anymore.

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Limbo: Y'know, I'd like to thank you, for opening my eyes to a brave new world of trade with the humans. Captain Leo Davidson: Yeah, no problem. Limbo: Farewell, Spaceman! [immediately turns around to a group of children] Now, who wants to buy some aspirin?