Star Trek: Enterprise (TV Series)
Future Tense (2003)
Connor Trinneer: Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III
Quotes
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Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Suppose you could look into some... future book, find out the name of the woman you're gonna marry. Would you wanna know it?
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Absolutely. Think of all the awkward first dates I could avoid.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Fine. So, one day you meet Jane Doe. You go out a few times, and you pop the question. She says 'I do', and the two of you live happily ever after.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Sounds perfect.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Now - did you marry her for love... or because some book told you to?
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Well, if we're happily ever after, what difference does it make?
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Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : If Daniels came here and offered you a chance to go to the 31st century - you wouldn't take it?
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Some things are better left to mystery.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : And you called yourself an explorer.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Where is the fun in exploring if you know how it all turns out?
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Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : He'd probably make a quick meal of you.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : The stegosaurus was an herbivore.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : If I could travel back in time, I know exactly what year I'd pick: 1588.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : What happened in 1588?
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : England defeated the Spanish Armada.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Oh, I'm sure someone named Reed had a lot to do with that.
[Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : If I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : He'd probably make a quick meal of you.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : The stegosaurus was an herbivore.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : It seems like we were just in here...
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : [dismissing the thought] If I could travel back, I know exactly what year I'd pick.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III , Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : 1588.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : How'd I know you were gonna say that?
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : I think we're spending far too much time together.
[Trip and Malcolm pull a piece off the ship. Time rewinds and they re-enter the room]
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Now, if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : I always wanted to meet a stegosaurus.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : He'd probably make a... quick meal of you.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Stegosaurus was a herbivore...
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Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : Captain I got to take you down to that chamber, you're not going to believe your eyes.
Captain Jonathan Archer : Bigger on the inside?
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Ensign Travis Mayweather : [of the mysterious traveler] We're more than thirty light years from the nearest trade route. I don't see how he could have made it out this far.
Lieutenant Malcolm Reed : Maybe he got a ride from someone.
Commander Charles 'Trip' Tucker III : That's got to be a world record for hitchhiking.