Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a hunter's respect for the animal that is about to kill him, and the film's cleanest example of the raptors out-thinking people. Said quietly, almost admiring, it makes Muldoon's death feel earned instead of cruel. Fans now use it whenever someone has been outsmarted, or a clever pet pulls a trick, and the word 'girl' makes it unmistakably his.
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In context
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Near the end of Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993), game warden Robert Muldoon goes with Dr Sattler to restart the park's power at the maintenance shed. Earlier he warned the visitors that the raptors test fences for weaknesses and that the big female took over the pack. In the grounds he tells Ellie they are being hunted and sends her on alone while he deals with the raptor in the bushes. The line comes in the seconds before another raptor kills him; fans treat it as his last words.
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- Wikiquote: Jurassic Park (film)Robert Muldoon quotes and the raptor briefing dialogueReference checked
- Jurassic Park Wiki: Robert MuldoonPage header quote boxReference checked
- Wikipedia: Jurassic Park (film)PlotReference checked
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