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Morning, Starbuck. What do you hear? / Nothin' but the rain, sir. / Grab your gun and bring the cat in.
— Battlestar Galactica · 2003
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The call-and-response is the private ritual of a commander and the pilot he half-adopted, and its nonsense is the point: it tells you instantly that these two have a bond beyond rank. Because the chant is never explained, fans filled in meanings of their own and the line became the series' recurring password.
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In context
Spoilers for Battlestar GalacticaShow the scene
The exchange is an early scene of the 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries, Part 1. Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) is jogging through the corridors of the battlestar Galactica when Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) greets her. Starbuck answers in rhythm, and after Adama's third line she shouts back "Boom boom boom". Writer Ron Moore later said it was modelled on a military jody cadence, and that he deliberately never wrote the whole chant out.
Sources (3)
- Battlestar Galactica (2003), WikiquoteMiniseries, Part 1; Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1Reference checked
- Ron Moore Blog/July 23, 2005, Battlestar WikiQ&A answer on the greetingReference checked
- Kara Thrace and William Adama, Battlestar WikiInfoboxReference checked
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