In Aliens, what does Ellen Ripley say after discovering that a creature is aboard the dropship?

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In Aliens, Ellen Ripley says, “Get away from her, you bitch.”

Ripley shouts the line while confronting the Alien Queen, which has taken possession of the young survivor Newt. Wearing a powered loader, Ripley turns the rescue into a direct physical challenge and uses the sentence as a fierce warning.

Sigourney Weaver plays Ripley, and Carrie Henn plays Newt. The relationship between the two characters gives the climax an explicitly protective, family-like emotional dimension beyond the film's military science-fiction action.

Aliens was directed by James Cameron and released in 1986. The film is a sequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien, but it shifts toward a larger-scale action style. Weaver received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, a rare recognition for a science-fiction action performance at the time.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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