Quotes
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Automan : You know, it's amazing the lengths your species will go to, to put a little white ball in a hole.
Walter Nebicher : For someone who can trace his family tree back to "Pong", I'd think you'd have a little more appreciation for games.
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[Walter is found lying in a sand trap with gun that killed Felipe in his hand]
Walter Nebicher : Mercer, you gotta believe me. I swear I never saw that guy before in my life. Look, somebody knocked me out. The next thing I knew, I was lying on the golf course.
Inspector Mercer : With the murder weapon in your hand.
Walter Nebicher : Well, I know it sounds crazy, but would I make up a story that stupid if it wasn't true?
Inspector Mercer : You do have a point.
Walter Nebicher : Well then, why are you locking me up?
Inspector Mercer : We're trying to prevent another murder - yours.
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[Walter is locked in a jail cell]
Walter Nebicher : Listen, we can't waste any more time. You've got to get me out of here now!
Automan : Break out of jail? Walter, you designed me to fight crime, not engage in it.
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[discussing a clue]
Walter Nebicher : She left a coded message on the ribbon!
Automan : You're right, Walter. She must have typed something else and put this sheet back in the typewriter.
Walter Nebicher : All we have to do is look at the imprint left on the ribbon. The letters will be out of sequence. They don't read across. They have to be read vertically in rows of three.
Automan : You forget, Walter. I'm fluent in IBM.
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[Automan is driving at breakneck speed]
Walter Nebicher : Please, Auto, don't get us killed!
Automan : Walter, what is death but asleep and the forgetting, a transition from one energy state to another, a cosmic conversion...
Walter Nebicher : Just shut up and drive.
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[last lines]
Walter Nebicher : Well, I guess that about wraps it up. What do you say we get those diamonds out of the tank?
Lt. Jack Curtis : You know, Laura, I gotta hand it to you. It was really a smart place to hide those diamonds. I mean, only an idiot would stick his arm in a tank full of piranha.
Walter Nebicher : Piranha!
[Walter jerks his hand from the aquarium filled with angel fish as Jack, Roxanne and Laura laugh]