"Hasta la vista, baby" is a

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associated with

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's title character from the 1991 science fiction action film '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''.

Origin and use

The term "Hasta la vista", literally "Until the view", is a Spanish farewell that can generally be understood as meaning "Until the (next) time we see each other" or "See you later" or "Goodbye". In 1970,

Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 5 ...

comically delivered the "Hasta la vista, baby" saying to

Raquel Welch Jo Raquel Welch ( Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress. She first won attention for her role in ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer ...

in the beginning of their "Rocky Racoon" tribute on Raquel Welch's special ''Raquel''. This term, with the added word "baby"—"Hasta la vista, baby"—was later used in a popular hit song from 1987, "

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. It was also used in the 1988

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single " Wild Thing". The phrase became a famous catchphrase when it was used in the 1991 film '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day''. The phrase is featured in an exchange between the film's characters

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), where the former teaches the latter the use of slang:

John Connor: No, no, no, no. You gotta listen to the way people talk. You don't say "affirmative" or some shit like that. You say "
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". And if someone comes up to you with an attitude, you say "eat me". And if you want to shine them on, it's "hasta la vista, baby".
T-800: Hasta la vista, baby.

The phrase is once again uttered in the 2003 film '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', by John Connor.

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