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It is first heard when Adama shares the greeting with Thrace as she jogs through the battlestar's corridors in the hours prior to the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]]'s scheduled [[Galactica Museum|decommissioning]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. | It is first heard when Adama shares the greeting with Thrace as she jogs through the battlestar's corridors in the hours prior to the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]]'s scheduled [[Galactica Museum|decommissioning]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. | ||
Later while Starbuck defends {{callsign|Apollo}}'s crippled Viper at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|Ragnar Anchorage]], William Adama uses their greeting over the [[wireless]] to draw Starbuck's attention and call her back to ''Galactica'' before making their escape [[FTL]] jump, with the sounds of debris deflecting off her cockpit adding some resonance to it {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}. | Later while Starbuck defends {{callsign|Apollo}}'s crippled Viper at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|Ragnar Anchorage]], William Adama uses their greeting over the [[wireless]] to draw Starbuck's attention and call her back to ''Galactica'' before making their escape [[FTL]] jump, with the sounds of debris deflecting off her cockpit adding some resonance to it {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}. | ||
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In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]] for the same episode, Adama again asks Starbuck what she hears when she is jogging through ''Galactica'''s hallways. | In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]] for the same episode, Adama again asks Starbuck what she hears when she is jogging through ''Galactica'''s hallways. | ||
Over two years later, before her Viper is lost and she is presumed dead in "[[Maelstrom]], | Over two years later, before her Viper is lost and she is presumed dead in "[[Maelstrom]]", a distracted Thrace walks past Admiral Adama and President [[Laura Roslin]], oblivious to their presence, when Adama uses their greeting once more to get Thrace's attention. Adama again uses the greeting when he temporarily departs ''Galactica'' to wait for the missing President Roslin in "[[Sine Qua Non]]". | ||
Adama and Thrace exchange the greeting one last time when they say their goodbyes in "[[Daybreak, Part II]]". | Adama and Thrace exchange the greeting one last time when they say their goodbyes in "[[Daybreak, Part II]]". | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* According to a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/07/ blog entry] by Ronald D. Moore, the exchange is "a riff on contemporary marching chants or cadences used in the military called 'jodies'." He suggests that it has a deeper meaning for the characters, but he never wrote out the entire chant. | * According to a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/07/ blog entry] by Ronald D. Moore, the exchange is "a riff on contemporary marching chants or cadences used in the military called 'jodies'." He suggests that it has a deeper meaning for the characters, but he never wrote out the entire chant. | ||
* In | * In the Season 4 episode [[Sine Qua Non]], [[William Adama]] changes his final line slightly to "Then grab your gun and bring the cat in." | ||
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