Tubbs quotes from Miami Vice

Tubbs

[over the phone] That's TUBBS, T-U-B-B-S: Tough, Unique, Bad, Bold, and Sassy.

Tubbs

Hey you, you're out of your jurisdiction, you're out of your league, and you don't live in the neighborhood, so keep it moving! Chumps!

Tubbs

[After Daytona blows] Sold.

Tubbs

This is America you need to be in debt, only way banks can get money back.

Tubbs

Bottom line is, you're doing exactly what you believe is right, and you can't ask any more of yourself than that.

Tubbs

[About Stuart] He calls himself a reporter. But they only use the papers he writes for to line trash cans.

Tubbs

Crockett. James "Sonny" Crockett.

Crockett

Very good, Tubbs. Next week we'll work on your name.

Tubbs

University of Florida. All-American wide receiver number 88? Am I right or what?

Crockett

Oh, that was a long time ago.

Tubbs

You were sensational. I remember one time I watched you run a screen pass 90 yards with 10 seconds left on the clock, man, for the winning TD against Alabama.

Crockett

It was 92 yards, Tubbs. Six seconds remaining.

Tubbs

Yeah, well, excuse the hell outta me. You know, not that Vice isn't the most glamorous gig in the world, Crockett, but what happened, huh? I mean, you must have had half the scouts in the NFL on your tail.

Crockett

Traded it all in on two years in the Southeast Asian Conference.

Tubbs

'Nam?

Crockett

No, Coney Island.

Crockett

This here is a flare gun, sucker. So unless you want your entire intestinal tract lit up like Cape Canaveral, you've got exactly 10 seconds to tell me who you are.

Tubbs

Are you crazy, man? What are you--

Crockett

8 seconds!

Tubbs

What are you talking about, man? You know who I am!

Crockett

Rafael Tubbs died 3 weeks ago in that New York shootout with Calderone. 4 seconds! Who are you, man?!

Tubbs

His brother. I'm his brother, Crockett! I know we all look alike to you Southern crackers but not this much. Look at the picture, man! Look at it!

Tubbs

Rafael was the best. He was the reason why I became a cop. My ID's in my right pocket, man.

Crockett

Ricardo Tubbs. La Bronx. Armed Robbery Division? Why?

Tubbs

Homicide up north wasn't getting anywhere.

Crockett

The interdepartmental memo, priority security clearance... all forged.

Tubbs

How else could I have gotten down here? A Bronx street cop on a Brooklyn narcotics investigation? Tell them there was a death in the family? Or as a veteran detective first-class on assignment? That bastard killed my brother.

Crockett

Counterfeit setup bread, fake memos, forged security clearance! God! The biggest score of my entire godforsaken career and I've teamed up with some outlaw New York street cop out on a hit mission.

Tubbs

It's called justice, Crockett.

Crockett

It's called vengeance, my friend, plain and simple. Now I may seem somewhat unorthodox to the untrained eye, but when it comes to being a cop, I am strictly business, pal. And I'll be damned if I'm gonna put my life on the line for some outlaw cop on a personal vendetta! Because when it gets personal, it gets messy. And when it gets messy, the wrong people get killed. ¿Comprende? I'm blowing the whistle to Rodriguez. You're out of this operation, Tubbs, as of now.

Tubbs

There is no operation without me, Crockett. Calderone'll back out of this place so fast it'll make your badge spin.

Crockett

Hey, Tubbs. You ever consider a career in southern law enforcement?

Tubbs

Maybe. [chuckles] Maybe.

Am I dealing with something here I can't handle? I mean, you two are just a couple of, high-rolling cowboys from Jersey with a briefcase full of cash... isn't that right, detectives? I used my agency priority call to do a backtrace on that phone number you gave me. Are you trying to get me killed? [raises voice] I'm on an investigation here!

Tubbs

Hey, hey, hey, are you sure about that?

What is that supposed to mean?

Tubbs

That means you haven't checked with the bureau in over 3 weeks, or your wife. You move out of the apartment they set you up in, and your own people can't even find you.

Crockett

Artie, they think you've gone over.

I don't want you or anybody else to question my methods. If I make a strategic decision to cut corners, to throw the book away, that's my decision because it's me out here and nobody else. Now I got tapes, records, full documentation of prostitution, kiddy porn, extortion, at least 7 murders. I can bust Kovics whenever I want to.

Crockett

So what are you waiting for?

Because when I haul him in I want him to stay there! When he goes down he's going to go down so hard he doesn't come up! I've seen things!

Crockett

Tubbs, that was $28.95!

Tubbs

I hope he likes the local waters.

Yo, man, I'm gettin' a little rusty around the edges. I need a little pick-me-up. You know I got a friendly right around the corner.

Tubbs

You wanna get high?

Well, you know, it serves the purpose. You understand what I'm sayin'? What's up?

Crockett

Listen, little squirrel, we don't work our informants that way, you got it?

All right. Forget I said anything.

Tubbs

Great. Buggy ride with a damn junkie.

Yo, man, I ain't no junkie. I'm a speed freak.

Tubbs

Although that's a reasonable possibility, seein' that 95% of all these deals are rip-offs.

Crockett

Tubbs,you don't think that these obviously experienced professionals here are gonna fall for a rip-off.

Crockett

What about it, Tubbs? When do I get the grand tour of the Big Apple?

Tubbs

As soon as I think you can handle it, partner.

Switek

We're gonna give 'em a buzz.

Zito

Maybe it's a short circuit.

Tubbs

Maybe it's possessed.