Tachikoma 2 quotes from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

[upon seeing the larger tank] Wow.

Don’t get so googly-eyed that you wander into its field of fire! Let’s go!

He’s so lucky! He broke down!

Maybe they’ll do a structural analysis on him!

Batou

Hey, we don't even know its capabilities and we're going in with Tachikomas.

Motoko

[chuckles] Don't be too quick to underestimate them.

That's right!

You tell 'em, Major!

Bring it on!

Harima Research Academy is the place where our neurochips were made.

A triumphant return to our birthplace.

The Major gets mad when we chatter.

Wow, it sure is damp. Our optical camouflage visibility index is definitely going to shoot up.

Our gaskets won't corrode, will they?

Quit your whining. Just be thankful you don't have a sense of smell.

Is there an unpleasant odor? We can analyze it with our sensors.

Bouma's discomfort index is at 68%.

Ah, shut up.

[shoots the guards down a flight of stairs] How do you like that?

Saito

Moron! Have you forgotten that you've got somebody inside your pod?

[whines] Ohh/Aww! But I wanna fight some more!

I've got a better idea of the internal design, but it looks like this thing's not equipped with any autonomous functions to output its condition to the outside.

You mean it can't even talk? It's a sub-Turing machine!

Huh?

Keep up the good work.

It's nice to see a robot enthusiastic about her duties.

Ah, what are you up to? I'm responsible for this prototype until the debriefing is over. Don't you Tachikomas even come near it.

We won't do anything.

Please stop wasting my time with your blatant lies.

You're right. I only tell lies. I never, ever say anything that's true.

Eh?

A curious dilemma. Because if what it said is true, that means it wasn't lying. And if what it said is false, that would mean that it does tell the truth. How do you resolve this perplexing contradicton?

Uh. Um, well.

Well, come on, don't you know, figure it out.

Folks who can't handle a self-reference paradox are real suckers.

So, will we be sent back to lab too?

Batou

Wha...? Who's been telling you that?

Well, it's just that the way the Major's been looking at us lately is kinda scary.

Batou

Oh, is that all? The major's always scary, remember? I think you guys are doing a fine job.

You really think so?

Batou

What, you're still worried about that?

Yeah... It just seems like the Major is angry about what we've acquired recently.

Batou

"Acquired"? Acquired what?

Well, it's ... Individuality.

Batou

Individuality?

Yeah! And you know that "existence of God" thing that I had trouble understanding before? I think I am starting to understand it now. Maybe, just maybe, it's a concept that's similar to a zero in mathematics. In other words, it's a symbol that denies the absence of meaning, the meaning that's necessitated by the delineation of one system from another. In analog, that's God. In digital, it's zero. what do you think? Also, our basic construction is digital, right? So for the time being, no matter how much data we accumulate, we'll never have a Ghost. But analog-based people like you, Batou-san, no matter how many digital components you add through cyberization or prosthetics, your Ghost will never be damaged. Plus, you can even die 'cause you've got a Ghost. You're so lucky. Tell me, what's it feel like to have a Ghost?

Batou

How's it feel...? No, I take back what I said earlier. You're pretty messed up, all right.

Are these the people they refer to as perverts?

Yeah, but maybe we should refer to them as eccentric.

If I understand it correctly, zen is not so much a religion, but rather it is a means of freeing human karma from worldly thoughts, right?

For us, maybe it correlates to deleting data from our cache when it's full.

Yeah, maybe it's similar to that, and having our data synchronized, too.

Wow, if that's true, maybe we could link up with someone who's meditating , and download enlightenment!

Yeah!

Motoko

Now then, what would be the shortest route to Kuze?

Major! I found a duty roster for a Dejima police station showing that a female officer no else is of full percent is on duty right now!

Motoko

Alright good work. Give me a visual.

Here you go!

Motoko

Hmm they sure seem bored.

Maybe they're on alert for terrorist attacks.

Motoko

OK, we're going to borrow this woman's cyberbrain.

Roger!