Top Gun: Every Original Movie Callsign & What They Really Mean
Many fans of Top Gun remember most of the film's characters by their callsigns, all of which (besides sounding cool) mean something. Maverick, Iceman, Goose, and the rest of the crew have a story behind each of their nicknames, and the story of how they earn them is almost as interesting as the story of the film itself. Top Gun shows 14 on-screen characters with different callsigns, and many have deeper meanings behind them.
Top Gun follows Lt. Pete «Maverick» Mitchell as he follows his dream of becoming an ace fighter pilot and joins the Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School. Along the way, Maverick's hotshot attitude gets him friends like Goose and enemies like Iceman, but in the end the crew comes together as a team to take down the enemy. Top Gun has become a pop-culture staple, with die-hard fans of the original still eagerly awaiting the long-delayed sequel Top Gun: Maverick.
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In the film, each member of the Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School gets a callsign, a type of military nickname often given to aviators. Some characters have a story behind their callsign, some match a character's personality, and some are simply related to the character's real names. No matter how grand or how bland, each callsign in Top Gun has a meaning behind it, all of which will be explained here.
Pete «Maverick» Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is Top Gun's main character, and his callsign perfectly encapsulates his personality. Maverick is a maverick, a character who lives his life independently and dangerously. In the film, Maverick flies upside down, takes out multiple enemy combatants by himself, and keeps his cool while doing it. Maverick is such a perfect nickname that
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