Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear (2022) Best Movie Quotes

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Starring: Chris Evans, Keke Palmer, Dale Soules, Taika Waititi, Peter Sohn, Uzo Aduba, James Brolin, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

OUR RATING: ★★★☆☆

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Disney and Pixar spin-off animated family adventure directed by Angus MacLane. Lightyear (2022) centers on the origins of Buzz Lightyear (Chris Evans), the hero who inspired the toy, exploring how a young test pilot became the Space Ranger that we all know him to be today.

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'One day you're going to come up against something you don't think you can do, and then you're going to do it. And from then on, you're you.' - Buzz Lightyear (Lightyear Trailer) Click To Tweet

Best Quotes

Alisha Hawthorne: Who are you talking to?
Buzz Lightyear: No one.
Alisha Hawthorne: You were narrating again.
Buzz Lightyear: I was not. Just doing the mission log.
Alisha Hawthorne: You do know no one ever listens to those.
Buzz Lightyear: I know that! Narrating helps me focus. Stay sharp.

Alisha Hawthorne: Please don’t call it the turnip.
Buzz Lightyear: But the ship looks like a root vegetable.
Alisha Hawthorne: Yes, you made that very clear at the design review.

Buzz Lightyear: Commander Hawthorne, you know how I feel about rookies. It’s the same way I feel about autopilots. “How may I assist you? Is there anything I can do, sir?” They don’t help. They just over complicate things. I’m better off just doing the job myself.
Alisha Hawthorne: Which is why I brought the rookie.
Featheringhamstan: Uh, hello.

Buzz Lightyear: [referring to the rookie, Featheringhamstan] He’s going to have sad eyes. You know I can’t deal with sad eyes.

Buzz Lightyear: Respect the suit. This suit means something. It’s not just protecting your body, it’s protecting the universe. This suit is a promise to the world, that you, and you alone, will do one thing above all. Finish the mission, no matter the cost. You will never quit, whatever the galaxy may throw your way!
Buzz Lightyear: [turns to Hawthorne, who’s playing inspirational music] Will you please turn that off!
Alisha Hawthorne: It’s just too easy.

Buzz Lightyear: You’re mocking me, aren’t you?
Alisha Hawthorne: Yeah, but in a supportive way.

Buzz Lightyear: The ship. It’s sinking!
Alisha Hawthorne: Everyone, back to the turnip!
Buzz Lightyear: Oh, so now it’s the turnip.

Featheringhamstan: Captain Lightyear, do you need my help?
Buzz Lightyear: Negative.
Featheringhamstan: Are you sure?
Buzz Lightyear: I’m Buzz Lightyear! I’m always sure!

'Narrating helps me focus. Stay sharp.' - Buzz Lightyear Click To Tweet

Buzz Lightyear: [after they’re marooned] I’m court-martialing myself.
Alisha Hawthorne: No. You’re not.
Buzz Lightyear: Commander Hawthorne, I hereby relieve myself of all Space Ranger duties. This was my fault. And these people deserve better. You can throw me in the brig.
Alisha Hawthorne: Finish the mission, Buzz. That’s what we do. We’re not done until everyone gets home.

Alisha Hawthorne: Ready, Captain Lightyear?
Buzz Lightyear: Ready as I’ll ever be, Commander Hawthorne.
Alisha Hawthorne: To infinity.
Buzz Lightyear: And beyond.

Buzz Lightyear: A year of work for a four minute flight. Isn’t that something?
Airman Díaz: Sure is.

IVAN: Mission failure imminent. Please record your last words.
Buzz Lightyear: Not today, IVAN.
IVAN: If you are satisfied with this recording, speak, or select one.

Buzz Lightyear: How long was I gone?
Airman Díaz: Four years, two months, and three days.
Buzz Lightyear: What?

'“Don’t Die” is just something you want to do every day.' - Darby Steel (Lightyear) Click To Tweet

ERIC: Time dilation is quite simple. As you approached hyper-speed, your time slowed relative to our own. So, during your mission you aged only minutes, while the rest of us have aged years. Simply put, the faster you fly…
Buzz Lightyear: The faster I fly, the further into the future I travel.

Buzz Lightyear: So, everyone is just stuck here because of me.

Alisha Hawthorne: [referring to her fiancée] It’s funny, I never would have met her if we hadn’t been stranded.
Buzz Lightyear: You got engaged to someone you just met?
Alisha Hawthorne: Buzz, I met her three years ago.
Buzz Lightyear: Oh, right. Right.

SOX: Hello, Buzz! I am SOX. Your personal companion robot.
Buzz Lightyear: My what?
SOX: I was issued by Star Command to ease your emotional transition after your time away.
Buzz Lightyear: Oh. Well, that’s very considerate of you, robot feline. But, no thank you.
SOX: I’m afraid it’s protocol.

SOX: Sensors indicate you’ve missed four birthdays. Would you like a frosted snack kit to celebrate?
Buzz Lightyear: Negative. That would compromise my nutritional regimen.

'Just don't look down, or up. It's all space. It's everywhere. All around you. I'm sorry. I'm probably not helping.' - SOX (Lightyear) Click To Tweet

SOX: We can talk about your feelings. I am an excellent listener.
Buzz Lightyear: No. No. Look, I’ve had a very long day? It did not go as planned.

SOX: I can provide sleep sounds if you like. I have several options. Summer night. Ocean paradise. Whale calls?
Buzz Lightyear: No, no. White noise is fine.
SOX: Very well.
Buzz Lightyear: Good night, SOX.
SOX: Good night, Buzz.
[starts making white noise sound]

SOX: My mission is to help you, and I’m not giving up on my mission.
Buzz Lightyear: Yeah? Yeah. You know what, SOX, I’m not giving up on my mission either.

Alisha Hawthorne: You don’t have to do this.
Buzz Lightyear: Commander, this is my mistake. I need to make it right.

Alisha Hawthorne: [as Buzz is watching her message] Hi, Buzz. You’re back here in a year or two, and, well, I won’t. I don’t know when it happened, but I seem to have gone and gotten very old. I always thought we’d get to be Space Rangers again. I miss being out among the stars. All the adventures. But more than any of that, I missed you.

Izzy Hawthorne: I’m going to be a Space Ranger too.
Alisha Hawthorne: [referring to Buzz] Just like him?
Izzy Hawthorne: Just like you.

Commander Burnside: Look at that! The actual Buzz Lightyear in the flesh!

Commander Burnside: Laser shield. It’ll keep all the creeters out. We’ll just tuck right in here and make do with what we’ve got.
Buzz Lightyear: Make do? No. Wait. Wait. But you don’t understand, Commander. I can still do it. I can get us out of here.
Commander Burnside: Man, it’s great you still believe that. But we’re good, Buzz.

SOX: I figured out the fuel problem.
Buzz Lightyear: What?
SOX: It was an interesting combination. Just the slightest variance, but it made all the difference.
Buzz Lightyear: SOX, how did you do this?
SOX: It took me sixty-two years, seven months, and five days.

Buzz Lightyear: Buzz Lightyear mission log. Star date, I have no idea. In possession of stable fuel formula, I plan to reach hyper-speed and this time finally finish the mission.
SOX: Who are you talking to?
Buzz Lightyear: Doesn’t matter.

Buzz Lightyear: [after SOX fires a tranq dart at a guard] Wait a minute, was that for me, in case I got out of line?
SOX: I bought you five minutes.

'You know, I never wear pants, but suddenly it feels weird to not be wearing pants. Does it look weird without pants?' - SOX (Lightyear) Click To Tweet

Buzz Lightyear: SOX, let’s break this hyper-speed barrier and get everyone home.

IVAN: Congratulations, Captain Lightyear. You have achieved hyper-speed.
Buzz Lightyear: We did it. SOX, we did it!
SOX: Congratulations, Buzz. That was utterly terrifying, and I regret having joined you.

SOX: Are we going to crash?
Buzz Lightyear: No! Well, technically, yes.

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Buzz Lightyear: Why are there robots? Where did the robots come from?
Izzy Hawthorne: Where did you come from?
Buzz Lightyear: I came from here.
Izzy Hawthorne: Here? Wait. Buzz?

Buzz Lightyear: Alisha?
Izzy Hawthorne: Oh, no. That’s my grandmother. I’m Izzy.
Buzz Lightyear: Izzy? But you were just a little… SOX, how long were we gone?
SOX: Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. Twenty-two years, nineteen weeks, and four days.
Buzz Lightyear: Woh.

Buzz Lightyear: You know, your grandmother and I could practically finish each other’s sentences. If you’re anything like her, you and I are going to make a great team.
Izzy Hawthorne: The robots cry.
Buzz Lightyear: Okay.

Buzz Lightyear: [as Izzy pets SOX] Hey, what’s that noise? Come on, don’t break my cat!
Izzy Hawthorne: He’s purring. He likes it.
Buzz Lightyear: SOX, do you like that?
SOX: I do.
Buzz Lightyear: Huh.

Izzy Hawthorne: Let’s review our objectives.
Darby Steel: Kill the robots.
Mo Morrison: And don’t die.
Darby Steel: “Don’t Die” is just something you want to do every day!
Mo Morrison: It’s still an objective.

Buzz Lightyear: If I may, we have one objective. We need to put this crystal in the turnip, and get out of here. So, to do that, we have to get onto the base.
Darby Steel: To do that, we have to kill all the robots.
Izzy Hawthorne: To do that, we have to destroy the Zurg ship.
Mo Morrison: And to do any of that, we have to not die.

Buzz Lightyear: To infinity.
Izzy Hawthorne: Are you trying to get me to pull your finger?
Mo Morrison: Don’t fall for it!
Buzz Lightyear: No. Not like that! Sorry. It’s a thing your grandma and I used to do.
Darby Steel: Ew!

Buzz Lightyear: [referring to the weapon] You there! Grab it! Grab it!
Darby Steel: Grab what? Oh. I’m not allowed to handle weapons. It’d be a violation of my parole!

Buzz Lightyear: Okay, new plan.
Izzy Hawthorne: New plan? What was the old plan?

Buzz Lightyear: So you’re rookies.
Izzy Hawthorne: Oh, boy. We’d love to be rookies. Still building up to that.

Buzz Lightyear: Do you have munitions training?
Izzy Hawthorne: Partial.
Buzz Lightyear: Tactical engagement?
Izzy Hawthorne: Pending.
Buzz Lightyear: Combat experience?
Izzy Hawthorne: Yes! If you count the robot situation we just went through.

Izzy Hawthorne: We just saved you from that robot.
Buzz Lightyear: Excuse me?
Izzy Hawthorne: Mo made the kill shot.
Buzz Lightyear: Mo got lucky.
Mo Morrison: Very.

Darby Steel: I do this, and they shave a little time off my sentence. But I really learned a lot in there.
Izzy Hawthorne: Darby can take any three things and make them explode.
Buzz Lightyear: Okay. And what about you?
Mo Morrison: Me? Oh, well, I thought this was going to be like a fun boot camp workout thing. But it is not.

Darby Steel: He’s a quitter.
Mo Morrison: I’m not a quitter.
Darby Steel: You were quitting.
Mo Morrison: What are you talking about? I was just going in a different direction.
Darby Steel: Yeah, the direction of a quitter.
Mo Morrison: You know what, I give up.
Darby Steel: See?

SOX: Buzz, the probability of surviving a frontal attack is thirty-eight point two percent.
Mo Morrison: Seems a bit low.

Buzz Lightyear: [to Mo, referring to his suit] That’s the surrender strand. You never pull that.
Izzy Hawthorne: There is no more shameful maneuver for a Space Ranger.

Buzz Lightyear: Ready?
All: Ready!
Mo Morrison: [as he gets the keys] No, wait! Not ready! Hang on. Okay, got them. That would’ve been embarrassing.

Buzz Lightyear: Why are you congratulating yourselves?
Izzy Hawthorne: Because I just Hawthorned us out right out of that situation.

Mo Morrison: That was a big swirly turn. I think I need a bag.
Buzz Lightyear: No, no. Do not vomit inside the vehicle.

Darby Steel: [referring to Izzy] She’s afraid of space.
Buzz Lightyear: What?
SOX: She should be. It’s horrible!

Mo Morrison: [as he’s about to vomit] It’s coming.
Buzz Lightyear: No, no, no, no. Engage your helmet. That’ll catch it.

Buzz Lightyear: How are you afraid of space?
Izzy Hawthorne: Oh, It’s pretty easy. Did you know if you let go out there you just keep going in the same direction, forever.

Buzz Lightyear: I was done. I finally had the crystal. This was supposed to be over. But who am I kidding? I don’t need a crystal. I need a time machine to get out of this mess.

Buzz Lightyear: Hey, honestly, there is a lot of room out here. If you guys want to reminisce, you could go over there. Or look, there’s no one trying to think over there.

Buzz Lightyear: [to Darby] Nice job, elderly convict.

Buzz Lightyear: But if it doesn’t work I won’t be able to save you.
Izzy Hawthorne: You don’t need to save us. You need to join us.

Izzy Hawthorne: Something wrong with your sandwich?
Buzz Lightyear: Why is the meat on the outside?
Mo Morrison: Because it’s a sandwich?
Buzz Lightyear: No, the bread is supposed to be on the outside.
Mo Morrison: What, like bread, meat, bread?
Darby Steel: That’s too much bread.
Buzz Lightyear: Yeah, but this is all wet.
Mo Morrison: Yeah. Juicy fingers. That’s the best part.

Izzy Hawthorne: When was the last time you had a sandwich?
Buzz Lightyear: I don’t know. A hundred years ago, give or take.
Mo Morrison: Just a “bread, meat, bread”.
Darby Steel: That’s too much bread. That would just suck all the moisture out of your mouth.

Buzz Lightyear: [referring to not being a good when he joined the Academy] But her grandma saw something in me. So I started looking for it too.

Buzz Lightyear: [referring to Alisha] She believed I could fix the mistake I made. And that belief cost her everything.
Izzy Hawthorne: Everything? No. She had grandma Kiko, my Dad and me, all her friends. She didn’t meant to be here, but she had a whole life on this planet, Buzz. All of us had. Except for you.
Buzz Lightyear: We wanted to be Space Rangers again. We wanted to matter.
Izzy Hawthorne: Believe me, she mattered.

Buzz Lightyear: [referring to Zurg] We’re being pursued by a, just a massive robot!

Buzz Lightyear: You two, blast some robots.
Mo Morrison: But we haven’t even finished our munitions training.
Darby Steel: How hard can it be? Look. We got these spiky things. And these one probably explode. Just do whatever feels right.
Mo Morrison: What? What are you going to do?
Darby Steel: I’m going to dance with Mister Boom.
Darby Steel: [as she blasts a robot using the weapon] Now that’s satisfying.

Buzz Lightyear: Izzy, do you know how to transfer power on the fly?
Izzy Hawthorne: I’ve done it in the simulator.
Buzz Lightyear: Well, it’s about to get real.

Buzz Lightyear: What is this? Where are we? Who are you?
Old Buzz: Now that’s the question. You look good, Buzz.
Buzz Lightyear: Dad?
Old Buzz: Guess again.

Buzz Lightyear: You’re not me. I am me.
Old Buzz: You are you now. But I’m you fifty years from now.
Buzz Lightyear: Well, there can’t be two mes.
Old Buzz: Yet here we both are.
Buzz Lightyear: Okay then. If you’re me, I’m thinking of a number between one and…
Old Buzz: Twelve hundred and seventy-three.
Buzz Lightyear: Woh.

Old Buzz: [to Buzz] Isn’t that cute. Robots can’t quite say “Buzz”, so around here I’m just Zurg. And I guess so are you.

Old Buzz: Listen, Buzz, I’ve broken time. What’s happening to you never happened to me. This is a new now that’s never been lived. You see, we can change things, Buzz.

Old Buzz: Commander Hawthorne believed we could fix this mistake we made. And that belief cost her everything.
Buzz Lightyear: Oh, no, no, no. We had that all wrong. She had a whole life down there.
Old Buzz: What kind of life? We’re supposed to be Space Rangers. We’re suppose to matter.

Old Buzz: You don’t want to live like this, Buzz. Waking up with that same nightmare. Haunted by your mistake. But you can finally let go of that. Starting right now.

Buzz Lightyear: [to old Buzz] You and me, we’re not the same.

Darby Steel: You are the last person I want to be stuck with in a life-and-death situation.
Mo Morrison: Well, you’re in luck. Okay? Because look around. This is just a death situation.

Old Buzz: [to Buzz] You’ve changed. And not for the better.

Buzz Lightyear: You’re going to take away everything. People’s families, their friends. My friends. They have lives on that planet. Everyone does. Except for us.
Old Buzz: I hardly recognize you, Buzz. All these new ideas. You know what? We’ll go ahead and erase those too.

Old Buzz: You think we’re not the same, Buzz? You’re already me, you just don’t know it yet.
Buzz Lightyear: I’m never going to be you!
Old Buzz: Well, if you’re not going to be me, you’re not going to be anyone!

Mo Morrison: So, you can just build a bomb out of that stuff?
Darby Steel: I worked with less. Now give me the gum.
Mo Morrison: Wait, I’m not done, there’s still a lot of flavor left.

Izzy Hawthorne: Are you okay?
Buzz Lightyear: No. I can’t do it alone. I need help.
Izzy Hawthorne: Buzz. I’m not my grandma.
Buzz Lightyear: Izzy, I don’t need your grandma. I need you.

SOX: [as Izzy about to jump into space] Just don’t look down, or up. It’s all space. It’s everywhere. All around you. I’m sorry. I’m probably not helping.

Old Buzz: You can’t hide for me, Buzz. It’s like hiding from yourself. I’ll always find you.

Old Buzz: Buzz Lightyear mission log. I now have the crystal in my possession, and can finally, at long last, finish the mission. I’m going to go back and matter again, Buzz. And you? You will be like you have never here. So, prepare to die.
Buzz Lightyear: Not today, Zurg.

Buzz Lightyear: We’re going too fast.
IVAN: Congratulations!
Mo Morrison: We don’t need confetti. We need brakes!

Buzz Lightyear: You seem like a decent citizen. What led to your incarceration?
Darby Steel: I stole a ship.
Buzz Lightyear: Oh. Well, who among us hasn’t stolen a ship in a moment of relative desperation?

Mo Morrison: I’m a man of resources. My weapon is ingenuity. I can do anything!
Darby Steel: Can you not shout in my ear?
Mo Morrison: Oh. Yeah. Sorry.

Izzy Hawthorne: I was in space.
Buzz Lightyear: Your grandma would be proud.
Izzy Hawthorne: She’d be proud of you too. She always was.

Buzz Lightyear: You know, for the first time in a long time I feel like I am home.

Izzy Hawthorne: These new suits are amazing. Arm blaster. Rocket wings.
Mo Morrison: It could use a pen though.
Darby Steel: I can’t believe I’m allowed to carry this. I wish I had two of them.
Mo Morrison: You got a clean record, and you’re free, and armed. How are you still complaining?
Darby Steel: I got off for good behavior, not good attitude.

SOX: You know, I never wear pants, but suddenly it feels weird to not be wearing pants. Does it look weird without pants?
Mo Morrison: No, you look good. I wish I could pull that off.

Buzz Lightyear: Alright, Space Rangers. Here we go.
Izzy Hawthorne: To infinity.
Buzz Lightyear: And beyond.

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