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IT was the end of the Cold War and some young kid called Tom Cruise was making a name for himself in Hollywood. Men the world over were too nervous to serenade women in bars, wear bad ass shades, fly planes and play volleyball topless.
But all that was about to change - Top Gun was about to hit the big screen.It's a quarter of a century since we flew into the Dangerzone with Maverick, Goose and Iceman. The world's never been the same since.
Here are 25 ways Top Gun has changed the world:
1. Inspired a generation of drunk men to warble You've Lost That Loving Feeling to uninterested girls in bars.
2. Began, and ended, Kelly McGillis’ career. In the decades since she played everyone's favourite tough-but-vulnerable flight instructor, she has pretty much disappeared from view.
3. If your friends call you Goose, then you’re going to die – horribly.
4. Started the Tom Cruise movie formula: Tom Cruise is a cocky guy who plays by his own rules. Loses his confidence. Meets and falls in love with a girl who helps him be that cocky guy again.
5. We all feel the need, the need for speed!
6. Aviators and bomber jackets became the epitome of cool - heck, they still are!
7. People started calling their kids Maverick.
8. People stopped calling their kids Maverick.
9. Applications for US Air Force shot up. The film turned jet fighters into sex symbols - even those with moustaches.
10. Without Top Gun, we'd never have the world's greatest karaoke song of all time - Berlin's Take My Breath Away.
11. Without Top Gun, there would be no Captain Jack Sparrow. Top Gun made producer Jerry Bruckheimer's name in Hollywood, allowing him to go on to make Pirates of the Caribbean.
12. Introduced the world to the word "wingman".
13. Sure, he'd starred in Risky Business and Colour of Money before he became Maverick, but Top Gun propelled Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere and set him on track to meet an certain Aussie actress named Nicole.
Here are some of the actors who turned down the role: Patrick Swayze, Emilio Estevez, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Matthew Broderick, Sean Penn, Michael J. Fox and Tom Hanks.
14. Gave us a new way of putting people down: "Your ego is writing cheques your body can’t cash."
15. White pants started to look pretty sexy on men.
16. Gave Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino his best party piece - Top Gun isn't about men flying planes, it's about the unspoken love between Maverick and Iceman. See here to watch Tarantino in action - warning: contains graphic language.
17. Taught everyone the important lesson of why never to drink hot coffee in a flight control tower.
18. "Ma'am" – both sexy and condescending at the same time.
19. Introduced the world to an adorable young actress called Meg Ryan.
20. Took the high five and added a low reverse five to it, thus creating an awesome way for guys to congratulate each other.
21. Turns out women can be hot and in charge – whodathunk? Top Gun was a boost to female bosses everywhere.
22. When the person sitting next to you on a plane puts their thumb up on take-off, it's because of Top Gun.
23. Val Kilmer earned his heartthrob stripes after playing THAT game of volleyball. Shame about what's happened to his abs and career.
24. Men (and women) everywhere want a best friend just like Goose and Maverick.
25. "Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full" – an excellent way of saying no.
