"Hasta la vista, baby" is a

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associated with

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

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The term ''hasta la vista'' () 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, " Looking for a New Love" by

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. 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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( Edward Furlong) and

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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 " no problemo". 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.

Later in the film, T-800 says the phrase again before shooting the frozen

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with his gun. In the 2003 film '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'', John Connor (

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) utters the phrase again. Although "hasta la vista" is a Spanish expression, the Castilian Spanish dubbing of the movie replaced the catchphrase with "Sayonara, baby" to reflect the characters' language shift. Also in ase départ(french film), and es invasions barbares(canadian film). UK prime Minister Boris Johnson used the phrase to end his last PMQs

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