spoof
science fiction
film that was released in 1984. It was directed and produced by W. D. Richter
, and concerns the efforts of the multi-talented Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller
), a physicist
, neurosurgeon, test pilot
, and rock musician, to save the world by defeating a band of inter-dimensional aliens called Red Lectroids from Planet 10.
Hey, hey, hey — don't be mean. No need to be mean. 'Cause, remember: no matter where you go... [pause] there you are.
The missing circuit's in your head, Whorfin.
[To New Jersey, as they are performing brain surgery] You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that, you never know what it might be attached to.
EVIL, PURE AND SIMPLE, FROM THE 8TH DIMENSION! GET 'EM!
I tell ya, if it ain't one thing, it's somethin' else.
Sealed with a curse as sharp as a knife. Doomed is your soul and damned is your life.
Laugh'a while you can, monkeyboy!
History is'a made at night! Character is what you are in the dark!
It'a makes the ganglia TWITCH!
Home! Home is where you hang your hat! I feel so broke up... I want to go HOME!