History Awesome / Tremors

--> '''Val:''' [[BadassBoast I GOT A GODDAMN PLAN!!]]

---> "Well, when the radios went down I decided to return to the refinery, but en route, I find ''I'M IN AN AMBUSH SITUATION!'' Must have been a couple dozen of these things! Well, I dropped the first wave with semi-auto fire, but they ''[[ZergRush just kept on coming.]]'' Sheer luck most of them were in front of the truck, so [[CombatPragmatist I just popped it into six-wheel]] and [[CarFu ran 'em down]]. The ones that got on board I handled with a combination of small-arms fire and hand-to-hand techniques. [''pulls out two pistols''] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis I am completely. Out. Of ammo.]]'' [''{{Beat}}''] [[CrazyPrepared That's never happened]] [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything to me before.]]"

** There's Val's line when the others ask what he's doing.

--> '''Val:''' [[BadassBoast I GOT A '' GODDAMN '' PLAN!!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[MoreDakka Grabboid Swiss cheese.]]]]

** Doubles as a CMOF. The combination of Michael Gross's delivery and the hilarious lines make it one of the funniest scenes in the franchise. It must be seen to be appreciated. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xeHPdm7e-Y Here.]]

* While the basement scene is Burt Gummer's most defining moment, there's a scene in Tremors 2 that's just as beloved. After barely surviving encounters with individual Shriekers, Earl, Grady, and Kate hear an ominous rumbling. They look outside to see, Burt's truck approaching, torn to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. Burt stumbles out, shaken, exhausted, and splattered with blood, ''but without a single visible injury.'' He then proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

* While the basement scene is Burt Gummer's most defining moment, there's a scene in Tremors 2 that's just as beloved. After barely surviving encounters with individual Shriekers, Earl, Grady, and Kate hear an ominous rumbling outside. They look out, to see, Burt's truck approaching, torn to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. Burt stumbles out, shaken, exhausted, and splattered with blood, ''but without a single visible injury.'' He then proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

* While the basement scene is Burt Gummer's most defining moment, his first encounter with the Shriekers in Tremors 2 is just as beloved. After barely surviving encounters with individual Shriekers, Earl, Grady, and Kate hear an ominous rumbling outside. They look out, to see, Burt's truck approaching, torn to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. Burt stumbles out, shaken, exhausted, and splattered with blood, ''but without a single visible injury.'' He then proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

* While the basement scene could be regarded as Burt Gummer's most defining moment (in that he gives the term 'gun nut' a whole new meaning), his first encounter with the Shriekers in Tremors 2 is just as beloved. After barely surviving encounters with individual Shriekers, Earl, Grady, and Kate hear an ominous rumbling outside. They look out, to see, Burt's truck approaching, torn to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. Burt stumbles out, shaken, exhausted, and splattered with blood, ''but without a single visible injury.'' He then proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

* While the basement scene could be regarded as Burt Gummer's most defining moment (in that he gives the term 'gun nut' a whole new meaning), one can't forget his first encounter with the Shriekers in Tremors 2. We see several instances of the new Graboid mutation having jumped other characters and torn them apart with apparently little resistance. Then we get a brief cut to Burt getting ambushed by the things before cutting away again. The next morning Earl, Grady, and Kate have just survived a Shrieker attack when they hear an ominous rumbling from outside. Thinking it's a Graboid, they brace for another shootout. Instead, Burt's truck appears over the hill, torn completely to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. The truck grinds to a halt and Burt steps out, his clothes ripped and covered from head to toe in Shrieker guts, but he is not only alive to tell the tale of fighting off roughly two dozen Shriekers singlehandedly, ''he doesn't even have a single visible injury to show for the experience.'' The group asks him if he's all right, and Burt proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

--> "You came ''[[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace this close]]''. Too close. No more games."

** As of Tremors5Bloodlines there is another survivor of being swallowed by a Graboid. He was swallowed whole, head first, and holding a gun. He convinced the Graboid to spit him out by "tickling its insides a little".

* While the basement scene could be regarded as Burt Gummer's most defining moment (in that he gives the term 'gun nut' a whole new meaning), one can't his first encounter with the Shriekers in Tremors 2. We see several instances of the new Graboid mutation having jumped other characters and torn them apart with apparently little resistance. Then we get a brief cut to Burt getting ambushed by the things before cutting away again. The next morning Earl, Grady, and Kate have just survived a Shrieker attack when they hear an ominous rumbling from outside. Thinking it's a Graboid, they brace for another shootout. Instead, Burt's truck appears over the hill, torn completely to hell and half-covered in Shrieker guts. The truck grinds to a halt and Burt steps out, his clothes ripped and covered from head to toe in Shrieker guts, but he is not only alive to tell the tale of fighting off roughly two dozen Shriekers singlehandedly, ''he doesn't even have a single visible injury to show for the experience.'' The group asks him if he's all right, and Burt proceeds to deliver what might be the single most awesome line in the entire series:

* Rosalita gets one for kicking a Shrieker in the face.

-->""Broke into ''THE WRONG GODDAMN REC ROOM'', didn't you, you bastard!?""

* [[CrazyPrepared Burt Gummer]] is one big walking [=CMoA=], though his most defining moment is probably from the first film, when he and his wife Heather are attacked in their bunker by a Graboid. Listening on the radio the others hear Burt yell, "Jesus Christ!" and think it's all over...then a beat later, they hear gunshots echoing across the valley. Cut back to Burt and Heather going to town on the Graboid with their guns. They run out of ammo, and it looks like it's all over for real...[[BullyingADragon then the camera pans over to the]] ''gigantic'' {{Wall of Weapons}}. Burt and Heather spend a solid two minutes or so blasting the damn thing with increasingly larger guns, with Burt finally taking it down with an [[{{BFG}} elephant gun]]. He comments "Broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't you, you bastard?" Heather probably would be just as highly regarded if only Reba [=McEntyre=] hadn't cut ties with the franchise at that point.

* [[KevinBacon Val]] staring down an oncoming worm with steely resolve, and announcing to the world, ''"This bastard ain't smarter than us."''

** Even better. He's the only person in the entire franchise that could be eaten by a Graboid, survive, and the audience will absolutely believe the plausibility of said survival. It's believable simply because this is [[BadAss Burt Freaking Gummer]]. Chuck Norris has nothing on this guy.

* Also, he's the ONLY person in the ENTIRE FRANCHISE to actually [[BadAss be eaten by a Graboid and SURVIVE.]]

** Oh, it gets better. He ''captured one of them alive''. By beating it into submission ''[[{{Badass}} with his bare hands]]'', and then tying it up and throwing it in the back of his truck.

** Earlier, there's his heroic charge to rescue Rhonda when she's caught on some barbed wire and being dragged towards the graboid's mouth. He starts by slamming a pickaxe through the graboid's head, then when that doesn't work he saves her through quick thinking and CuttingTheKnot (or rather, the pants).

* Rosalita gets one for kicking a Shrieker in the face.

** Even better. He's the only person in the entire franchise that could be eaten by a Graboid, survive, and the audience will absolutely believe the plausibility of said survival. It's believable simply because this is [[BadAss Burt Freaking Gummer]].