Norm Spellman Quotes in Avatar (2009)

Trudy Chacon: [the instrumentation is going haywire, flying through clouds] Looks like we're VFR from here on.

Norm Spellman: What's VFR?

Trudy Chacon: It means you gotta see where you're goin'.

Norm Spellman: But you can't see anything.

Trudy Chacon: [laughing] Yeah, ain't that a bitch.

[Grace is showing pictures of the Na'vi to Jake so he remembers them]

Dr. Grace Augustine: Okay, let's run through them again.

Jake Sully: [Sees a picture] Mo'at. Dragon lady.

[Sees next picture]

Jake Sully: Eytukan.

Dr. Grace Augustine: [Says the name correctly] Ey-tu-"kahn". He's the clan leader. But she's the spiritual leader. Like a shaman.

Jake Sully: Got it.

[Sees next picture]

Jake Sully: Tah-soo-tey.

Dr. Grace Augustine: [Says the name correctly] Tsu'tey.

Jake Sully: Tsu'tey.

Dr. Grace Augustine: He'll be the next clan leader.

Jake Sully: [Sees next picture] Neytiri.

Dr. Grace Augustine: She'll be the next "Tsahik". They become a mated pair.

Jake Sully: So who's this Eywa?

Norm Spellman: Who's Eywa? Only their deity! Their goddess, maker of all living things. Everything they know! You'd know this if you've had any training whatsoever.

Jake Sully: [Shows him Neytiri's picture] Who's got a date with the chief's daughter?

Norm Spellman: Oh, come on!

Dr. Grace Augustine: [to Jake and Norm] Knock it off you two. Village life starts early.

[to Jake]

Dr. Grace Augustine: Don't do anything unusually stupid.

[Jake grins as Grace rolls her eyes at him before closing the pod]

Norm Spellman: This is a very important part of it. It's not just, "I'm seeing you in front of me," it's "I see into you. I *See* you."