Post by Dark Sonic The Hedgehog on Jul 8, 2006 15:33:19 GMT -5
Gex is a smark alek, wise-cracking gecko that has starred in several of his own games and served as a mascot for Crystal Dynamics. His hobbies are watching late-night TV and quoting from old movies. He is voiced by comedian Dana Gould.
^Gex
Here are a lot of things he says in the game:
[by an enemy]
"It's tail time!"
"Oh yeah, it's tail time."
"Who took out the can of Whoop-ass!?"
"Now that's what I call gettin' some tail!"
"He's dead Jim." - reference to Star Trek
"This one's for Johnny!"
"This is for Keith Moon!"
"My tail doesn't like you..."
"My tail says hello."
[when Gex hits a TV set]
"That's for twelve years of Full House."
"Hey look, SNL!"
"Hey... reruns of Rhoda."
"Kill your TV man."
"Read a book!"
"Off the TV, nothin' but net!"
[when entering a warp]
"Into the garbage chute fly-boy!" - reference to Star Wars
"Go into the Liiiight." - reference to Poltergeist
"I know when I'm not wanted."
"I'll just go in here."
[when Gex takes damage]
"Adriane!" - reference to Rocky
"Ohh, that had to hurt!"
"You probably think that hurts, OUCH!"
"Not yet thanks."
"Higher, Higher, Lower!"
"Sorry, I only cry at weddings."
"Nobody touch me."
[when Gex eats a fly]
"Feed me!" - reference to The Little Shop of Horrors
"Soylent Green is good!" - reference to Soylent Green
"I'm hungry dammit!"
"For me? ... You shouldn't have!"
"This is perfect for my collection!"
"One for me and one for me."
"Sweeet, like candy."
"Need it need it need it need it!"
"I'm so hungry I could cry!"
"I see you've met Mr. Tongue."
"I'll take this and this and this and this."
"Hungry. Must find food."
"That's it, that hits the spot."
[when Gex grabs a power-up]
"I've dated colder."
"She's as cold as ice."
"I feel like Ben Franklin's wallet."
"Dude, I'm trippin'."
"Pulse racing, heart pounding, where's the john?"
"I am IRONMAN!"
"I'm Superman!"
"Scottie, shields up!" - reference to Star Trek
[when jumping or bouncing]
"Geronimo!"
"I'm invincible!"
"AAAAROOOGA!"
"Beat it!" - reference to Michael Jackson
[when Gex swims]
"They call him flipper, flipper..."
"Ibs harb bo quib when your unber waber."
[balancing on edge]
"I'm workin' without a net here!"
[start of level]
"This looks familiar."
"Mental note to self, throw up later."
"Spock, do you read me?" - reference to Star Trek
"Now we're right back where we started -- it's just like college!"
"My name is Forrest GEX."
"Note to self, don't drink tap water at Jerry Garcia's."
"My name is Kang, I seek water."
"Akira, to white courtesy phone! Akira, to white courtesy phone!"
"Oh-kay! Time to bring out the maids!
[end of level]
"Obi Wan has taught you well!" - reference to Star Wars
"I suppose you know it's be-kind-to-geckos month."
"If I had a life I'd be glad to get back to it."
"It reminds me of Ed tapping his birthday keg." - reference to Johnny Carson
"Thats one small step for GEX."
[start of game]
"Lock and load little lizard."
"Time to teach someone some manners."
"Its Party time!!"
[unsorted]
"This place is weirder than the 4th of July at Rick James' place."
"This is about as much fun as being Mike Tyson's cell-mate on Valentines day."
"This place has all the warmth of a Dick Clark special."
"Waaaa, All I really wanted was this."
"BABADOOOOO!"
"Ah! Not yet, no!"
"Oh yeah!"
"If this were a plane crash I could eat the other passengers." - reference to Alive
"Looks like Beetlejuice threw up."
"Looks like Bugs Bunny after the trots."
"Gex, there is no substitute."
"Waiter, if you could just box up the evil and I'll take it home."
[The Cemetery]
"Welcome to the New York City Transit System."
"You moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies!" - reference to Poltergeist
"Hey Scoob, Lets get back to the Mystery Van." - reference to Scooby-Doo
"Ewww... trick or treat"
"Do your arms ever get tired?"
"Big fan of Kid-n-Play?"
"Someone ring a dinner bell!"
"Sorry Mr. Presley."
"Hey Don King!"
"Who catered this thing?"
"With a little cover-up I could work magic on your scar."
"Talk about your fixer-upper."
"Like the slime, boys, nice touch."
"Okay, time to call the maid."
"I have a scientologist's lust for life."
"Comin' through."
"Woooo that's rich!"
"We've lost visuals captain." - reference to Star Trek
"That was really wild!" - reference to Johnny Carson
[New Toonland]
"Looks like Beetlejuice threw up!"
"Phone call for Mr. Hoffa."
"You are a disgrace to your leotards."
"I'm too young to have a second childhood."
"My inner child is coming out, and it HURTS!"
"WILMA!" - reference to The Flintstones
"Looks like Bugs after the trots."
"Wish these stars looked more realistic."
"Rocket Mannn" - reference to Elton John
"Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?" - reference to Star Wars
"I don't remember reading about THIS in the manual"
"Would you like to swing on a star" (sung)
"This is Major Gex to ground control" (sung) - reference to David Bowie's Space Oddity
[Jungle Isle]
"Me GEX you Jane" - reference to Tarzan the Ape Man
"Spock, what kind of creature is this?" - reference to Star Trek
"Jim she said she is laying eggs." - reference to Star Trek
"All this thanks to Miracle Grow."
"Welcome to the jungle!" - reference to Guns N' Roses
"Jungle boogie" - reference to Kool & the Gang
"You're just mad because you're lonely."
"Okay, whose turn was it to mow the lawn?"
"This place is hotter than Tom Arnold's sauna pants."
"What a tangled web we weave"
"And they said atomic testing would have no effect here."
"Loved you in the Empire Strikes Back."
"George, George, George of the jungle!"
"Throw me the idol and I'll throw you the whip." - reference to Indiana Jones
"Looks like someone had too much chili at Wendy's."
[Kung Fuville]
"I'm having 'Nam flashbacks and I wasn't even there!"
"My name is Caine, I seek water" - reference to Kung Fu
"Without that shell, you're a big naked lizard!"
"Big Rocket turtle go bye-bye."
"Kind of cocky after you beat the hare."
"Hey baby, it's the fourth of Juuuly!"
"Fire in the hole!"
"Why yes, I've come to pick up my laundry."
"Where is my dry cleaning?"
"Listen to me grasshopper."
"It's nice to see Gamera get another gig."
"Pants pressed and no starch on the shirts..."
"I said no starch!"
"I sure hope thats a candy-bar!"
"Ahhhh Detroit, the pearl of the orient."
"Thats not MY bra!"
"Look Ma, no gills!"
"Photon topedos away captain."
"Snap crackle and ..."
"Number one, raise shields." - reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Come on Jack, it's Chinatown." - reference to Big Trouble in Little China
"I love a paraaaade."
"Everybody was Kung Fu fighting."
[Rezopolis]
"What are you, a student loan officer?"
"Helium makes my voice do this."
"Hey cutie!"
"Jane, stop this crazy thing!" - reference to The Jetsons
"To boldly go..." - reference to Star Trek
"What do you MEAN Darth Vader was my father!?" - reference to Star Wars
"Hey! It's Darth Vader's younger brother Myron."
"Nice teeth, heh... Do we floss?"
"So THIS is New Jersey."
"All this because of Rose Bud?" - reference to Citizen Kane
"YOU call it a cloak, I call it a dress."
"When is Grace Jones gonna retire?"
"This guy's a nut, have you been on Geraldo yet?"
"Hey, where's Jane Fonda?"
"Ugly is as ugly does."
"I'm working hard and not getting anywhere."
"Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!"
"Great, I've found a health club in the belly of Hell."
"This is the worst health club I've ever been in."
"I would have to join a health club in the valley of Hell."
"Pretty balloon!"
From the UK version:
"Phonecall for Scatman Crothers."
"The things I do for crispy duck."
"Whatsup doc?"
"This must be where Tarzan comes for a quick dump."
"Hoohah!"
"A little tongue now, and a lot of tail later!"
"The old five-finger discount."
"I should be in prison."
"Say hello to the floor."
"Bluh Bluh." (While a vampire)
^Gex
Here are a lot of things he says in the game:
[by an enemy]
"It's tail time!"
"Oh yeah, it's tail time."
"Who took out the can of Whoop-ass!?"
"Now that's what I call gettin' some tail!"
"He's dead Jim." - reference to Star Trek
"This one's for Johnny!"
"This is for Keith Moon!"
"My tail doesn't like you..."
"My tail says hello."
[when Gex hits a TV set]
"That's for twelve years of Full House."
"Hey look, SNL!"
"Hey... reruns of Rhoda."
"Kill your TV man."
"Read a book!"
"Off the TV, nothin' but net!"
[when entering a warp]
"Into the garbage chute fly-boy!" - reference to Star Wars
"Go into the Liiiight." - reference to Poltergeist
"I know when I'm not wanted."
"I'll just go in here."
[when Gex takes damage]
"Adriane!" - reference to Rocky
"Ohh, that had to hurt!"
"You probably think that hurts, OUCH!"
"Not yet thanks."
"Higher, Higher, Lower!"
"Sorry, I only cry at weddings."
"Nobody touch me."
[when Gex eats a fly]
"Feed me!" - reference to The Little Shop of Horrors
"Soylent Green is good!" - reference to Soylent Green
"I'm hungry dammit!"
"For me? ... You shouldn't have!"
"This is perfect for my collection!"
"One for me and one for me."
"Sweeet, like candy."
"Need it need it need it need it!"
"I'm so hungry I could cry!"
"I see you've met Mr. Tongue."
"I'll take this and this and this and this."
"Hungry. Must find food."
"That's it, that hits the spot."
[when Gex grabs a power-up]
"I've dated colder."
"She's as cold as ice."
"I feel like Ben Franklin's wallet."
"Dude, I'm trippin'."
"Pulse racing, heart pounding, where's the john?"
"I am IRONMAN!"
"I'm Superman!"
"Scottie, shields up!" - reference to Star Trek
[when jumping or bouncing]
"Geronimo!"
"I'm invincible!"
"AAAAROOOGA!"
"Beat it!" - reference to Michael Jackson
[when Gex swims]
"They call him flipper, flipper..."
"Ibs harb bo quib when your unber waber."
[balancing on edge]
"I'm workin' without a net here!"
[start of level]
"This looks familiar."
"Mental note to self, throw up later."
"Spock, do you read me?" - reference to Star Trek
"Now we're right back where we started -- it's just like college!"
"My name is Forrest GEX."
"Note to self, don't drink tap water at Jerry Garcia's."
"My name is Kang, I seek water."
"Akira, to white courtesy phone! Akira, to white courtesy phone!"
"Oh-kay! Time to bring out the maids!
[end of level]
"Obi Wan has taught you well!" - reference to Star Wars
"I suppose you know it's be-kind-to-geckos month."
"If I had a life I'd be glad to get back to it."
"It reminds me of Ed tapping his birthday keg." - reference to Johnny Carson
"Thats one small step for GEX."
[start of game]
"Lock and load little lizard."
"Time to teach someone some manners."
"Its Party time!!"
[unsorted]
"This place is weirder than the 4th of July at Rick James' place."
"This is about as much fun as being Mike Tyson's cell-mate on Valentines day."
"This place has all the warmth of a Dick Clark special."
"Waaaa, All I really wanted was this."
"BABADOOOOO!"
"Ah! Not yet, no!"
"Oh yeah!"
"If this were a plane crash I could eat the other passengers." - reference to Alive
"Looks like Beetlejuice threw up."
"Looks like Bugs Bunny after the trots."
"Gex, there is no substitute."
"Waiter, if you could just box up the evil and I'll take it home."
[The Cemetery]
"Welcome to the New York City Transit System."
"You moved the headstones but you didn't move the bodies!" - reference to Poltergeist
"Hey Scoob, Lets get back to the Mystery Van." - reference to Scooby-Doo
"Ewww... trick or treat"
"Do your arms ever get tired?"
"Big fan of Kid-n-Play?"
"Someone ring a dinner bell!"
"Sorry Mr. Presley."
"Hey Don King!"
"Who catered this thing?"
"With a little cover-up I could work magic on your scar."
"Talk about your fixer-upper."
"Like the slime, boys, nice touch."
"Okay, time to call the maid."
"I have a scientologist's lust for life."
"Comin' through."
"Woooo that's rich!"
"We've lost visuals captain." - reference to Star Trek
"That was really wild!" - reference to Johnny Carson
[New Toonland]
"Looks like Beetlejuice threw up!"
"Phone call for Mr. Hoffa."
"You are a disgrace to your leotards."
"I'm too young to have a second childhood."
"My inner child is coming out, and it HURTS!"
"WILMA!" - reference to The Flintstones
"Looks like Bugs after the trots."
"Wish these stars looked more realistic."
"Rocket Mannn" - reference to Elton John
"Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?" - reference to Star Wars
"I don't remember reading about THIS in the manual"
"Would you like to swing on a star" (sung)
"This is Major Gex to ground control" (sung) - reference to David Bowie's Space Oddity
[Jungle Isle]
"Me GEX you Jane" - reference to Tarzan the Ape Man
"Spock, what kind of creature is this?" - reference to Star Trek
"Jim she said she is laying eggs." - reference to Star Trek
"All this thanks to Miracle Grow."
"Welcome to the jungle!" - reference to Guns N' Roses
"Jungle boogie" - reference to Kool & the Gang
"You're just mad because you're lonely."
"Okay, whose turn was it to mow the lawn?"
"This place is hotter than Tom Arnold's sauna pants."
"What a tangled web we weave"
"And they said atomic testing would have no effect here."
"Loved you in the Empire Strikes Back."
"George, George, George of the jungle!"
"Throw me the idol and I'll throw you the whip." - reference to Indiana Jones
"Looks like someone had too much chili at Wendy's."
[Kung Fuville]
"I'm having 'Nam flashbacks and I wasn't even there!"
"My name is Caine, I seek water" - reference to Kung Fu
"Without that shell, you're a big naked lizard!"
"Big Rocket turtle go bye-bye."
"Kind of cocky after you beat the hare."
"Hey baby, it's the fourth of Juuuly!"
"Fire in the hole!"
"Why yes, I've come to pick up my laundry."
"Where is my dry cleaning?"
"Listen to me grasshopper."
"It's nice to see Gamera get another gig."
"Pants pressed and no starch on the shirts..."
"I said no starch!"
"I sure hope thats a candy-bar!"
"Ahhhh Detroit, the pearl of the orient."
"Thats not MY bra!"
"Look Ma, no gills!"
"Photon topedos away captain."
"Snap crackle and ..."
"Number one, raise shields." - reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation
"Come on Jack, it's Chinatown." - reference to Big Trouble in Little China
"I love a paraaaade."
"Everybody was Kung Fu fighting."
[Rezopolis]
"What are you, a student loan officer?"
"Helium makes my voice do this."
"Hey cutie!"
"Jane, stop this crazy thing!" - reference to The Jetsons
"To boldly go..." - reference to Star Trek
"What do you MEAN Darth Vader was my father!?" - reference to Star Wars
"Hey! It's Darth Vader's younger brother Myron."
"Nice teeth, heh... Do we floss?"
"So THIS is New Jersey."
"All this because of Rose Bud?" - reference to Citizen Kane
"YOU call it a cloak, I call it a dress."
"When is Grace Jones gonna retire?"
"This guy's a nut, have you been on Geraldo yet?"
"Hey, where's Jane Fonda?"
"Ugly is as ugly does."
"I'm working hard and not getting anywhere."
"Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!"
"Great, I've found a health club in the belly of Hell."
"This is the worst health club I've ever been in."
"I would have to join a health club in the valley of Hell."
"Pretty balloon!"
From the UK version:
"Phonecall for Scatman Crothers."
"The things I do for crispy duck."
"Whatsup doc?"
"This must be where Tarzan comes for a quick dump."
"Hoohah!"
"A little tongue now, and a lot of tail later!"
"The old five-finger discount."
"I should be in prison."
"Say hello to the floor."
"Bluh Bluh." (While a vampire)
