Tremors (TV Series)
Project 4-12 (2003)
Christopher Lloyd: Dr. Cletus Poffenberger
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Quotes
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Cletus Poffenberger : There's a monster on the loose.
All : [checking their wrist seismos] So?
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Cletus Poffenberger : [to Burt] All your life, you thought someone was out to get you. Me, I *knew* it.
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Burt Gummer : The way I see it, this creature of yours is sweeping the valley in a classic grid pattern: north to south, south to north. Feel free to chime in.
[Cletus doesn't reply]
Burt Gummer : There's a wrong time for silence, Cletus. You created this thing.
Cletus Poffenberger : Why yes... yes I did. It was my job to breed 4-12 for combat.
Burt Gummer : Vietnam?
Cletus Poffenberger : Seemed like everybody had given up on the war except the hardliners in the military and at Proud Foot. They thought 4-12 could track down North Vietnamese soldiers in the jungle at night. Maybe even root the VC out of the tunnels in Cu Chi province. Hell, 4-12 is expendable. Kill one, they'd send a dozen more just like him.
Burt Gummer : Flesh and blood killing machine.
Cletus Poffenberger : Well, the strongest thing I ever called it was a hybrid. The combination of a rhino, switchback spider and a wolverine.
Burt Gummer : Impossible.
Cletus Poffenberger : You're wrong, Burt. We made a big breakthrough in the lab. Enormous, to tell you the truth.
Burt Gummer : What kind of breakthrough?
Cletus Poffenberger : We created a compound that allowed us to blend DNA from different species. We called it Mixmaster.