Dr. Niko Tatopoulus Quotes in Godzilla (1998)

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: That's a lot of fish.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [Repeated line after someone mispronounces his name] It's Tatopoulos.

Audrey Timmonds: Wait, I don't get it... If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Not if he reproduces asexually.

Audrey Timmonds: Where's the fun in that?

Sergeant O'Neal: I can't believe it, uh... he did all of this and... we did nothing to him.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Ah, that's not true. We fed him.

Philippe Roaché: I am Philippe Roaché, DGSE - Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: It sounds big.

Philippe Roaché: French Secret Service.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Oh.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This thing is much too big to be some lost dinosaur.

Victor 'Animal' Palotti: Where did you find this guy?

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's from France.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: I've always wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: What's with the chewing gum?

Philippe Roaché: It makes us look more American.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Wrong floor.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: He's not some monster trying to evade you. He's just an animal. If you find what he wants, then he'll come to you.

Colonel Hicks: Well, don't tell me what it isn't; tell me what the hell it is.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Well, what do we know? Uh, it was first sighted off the French Polynesian Pacific. That area has been exposed to dozens of nuclear tests over the past 30 years.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: The radiation isn't an anomaly, it's the clue.

[about breaking up with Nick]

Audrey Timmonds: It's been eight years. Some people change.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: Most people don't.

Audrey Timmonds: How close did you get to the thing?

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: ...I got pretty close.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: [after Godzilla discovers one of his dead offspring] He looks angry.

Dr. Niko Tatopoulus: This is not good! This is not good!