"Hasta la vista, baby" is a

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

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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,

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

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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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" by

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winner Jody Watley. It was also used in the 1988 Tone Lōc 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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(

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) and The Terminator ( Arnold Schwarzenegger), 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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