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[[caption-width-right:350:"God ''damn'' that son of a bitch!"]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAqYkNhhDM At the start of the movie]], Maverick and Goose see a [=MiG=] harassing their wingman. They're not allowed to fire first, so Maverick decides to "have some fun with him." His idea of "fun" is ''flying upside-down right above the enemy plane.'' When the [=MiG=]'s pilot looks up, Maverick [[FlippingTheBird gives him the bird]], and Goose takes a Polaroid photo to commemorate the moment. The [=MiG=] pilot promptly flies away, thoroughly freaked out by the crazy stunt.
--> '''Goose:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Is this your idea of fun, Mav?]]
** And then Goose accidentally [[FlippingTheBird gives the finger]] to Charlie while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZxSf_P2r0 recounting the incident.]]
* Maverick's list of offenses when Stinger is chewing him and Goose out:
-->'''Stinger:''' What you ''should'' have done was land your plane! You don't own that plane, the tax payers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high-speed passes over five air control towers and one admiral's daughter!
-->'''Goose (whispering):''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint ...Penny Benjamin?]]
-->'''Maverick:''' ''(shrugs nervously)''
** BrickJoke: Penny Benjamin is a character in the sequel.
* Two parts during the FinalBattle with the [=MiGs=]:
** Iceman shooting down a [=MiG=], followed by Slider saying this line:
---> '''Slider''': Wash that sucker, yeah!
** Maverick is down to one missile with a [=MiG=] dead on his tail. [[DodgeByBraking He then intentionally slows down his plane]].
---> '''Merlin''': What are you doing? You're slowing down! You're slowing down!
---> '''Maverick''': I'm bringing him in closer, Merlin.
---> '''Merlin''': You're gonna do [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]
* When Maverick does a [[BuzzingTheDeck fly-by]] that causes Air Boss Johnson to spill his coffee on himself, first after Maverick defeats Jester and then after the FinalBattle.
--> '''Johnson:''' Goddamn that son of a bitch!
** After the first fly-by, Johnson chews out Viper over the lack of discipline among his students (with Maverick and Goose standing outside the office looking ''very'' nervous). Upon leaving Viper's office, he runs into someone carrying some cups of coffee, resulting in ''getting it spilled on him again''.
---> '''Johnson''': TWO OF YOUR SNOT-NOSED JOCKEYS DID A FLY-BY ON MY TOWER AT OVER 400 KNOTS! I WANT SOMEBODY'S '''BUTT!''' I WANT IT '''NOW!''' I'VE '''HAD IT!''' ''(crash)'' GOD'''DAMMIT'''! THAT'S '''TWICE!''' I WANT SOME '''BUTTS!'''
** And right after Johnson bumps into the guy with cups of coffee and gets spilled on, Viper's reaction is, "[[DeadpanSnarker ...Well, that'll just about cover the fly-bys]]."
* After Maverick and Goose get chewed out for Mav's first fly-by, Goose is freaking out and asks Maverick what he thinks of him learning to be a truck driver after they get kicked out of the Navy. Goose considers this career option based entirely on the fact that he saw a commercial for a truck driving school on TV.
* Maverick picks up Charlie by (badly) singing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFT0jGibz80 You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling]]" to her, with the other aviators as his backup chorus.
* Maverick suavely introduces himself (as Maverick) to Charlie, who promptly [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude asks him if his parents liked him.]] Given that her job is revealed to center around military aviation, and they are in a Navy town, it becomes clear in retrospect that [[ForTheLulz she was making a joke at Maverick's expense]].
-->'''Maverick:''' I'm going to need a beer to put these flames out. Yo! Great, Mav, real slick.
* After getting beaten during one of the exercises, Goose adds his snarky commentary:
--> '''Goose:''' The Defense Department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were ''stupid.''
* After Charlie pretends to turn down Maverick's date, Slider says to Maverick, "Crashed and burned, huh, Mav?" Maverick then goes to Slider and sniffs him, saying, "Slider... You stink." Slider then sniffs himself.
* Pretty much the pilots' [[OhCrap reactions]] to [[TheDreaded Viper]] showing up as one of their opponents during a training exercise.
-->'''Viper:''' Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees.
-->'''Wolfman:''' Holy shit, it's Viper!
-->'''Goose:''' Viper's up here, great! Oh shit...
-->'''Maverick:''' Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Maverick and Goose."
-->'''Goose:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Yeah, I'm SURE he's saying that...]]
* While Hollywood is chasing Jester, Maverick sees Viper in the distance, and is clearly itching to go after him. Goose and Hollywood both remind Maverick that he's supposed to watch Hollywood's back. Maverick gives a cursory glance at Hollywood's situation, before:
-->'''Maverick''': Hollywood, you're looking good. I'm going after Viper.
* Stinger informs Maverick that the Navy is giving him free choice of his next assignment, anything, anywhere:
-->'''Stinger:''' So, where do you think you wanna go?
-->'''Maverick:''' I thought of being an instructor. Sir.
-->'''Stinger:''' At TOPGUN?!
-->'''Maverick:''' Yes, sir.
-->'''Stinger:''' ''God help us.''
** And then Stinger departs, ''cackling''.
*** [[SequelGap Three and a half decades later,]] ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' would [[BrickJoke eventually reveal]] that Maverick kept that job [[spoiler: for all of two months before he got fired and reassigned.]]
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