Roman Pierce (Tyrese Gibson) has always been the resident comedian in the Fast & Furious franchise. He has the ability to create humor out of every situation, though not all the jokes tend to land. Such an example happened when he tried to hit Gisele (Gal Gadot). Instead, she threatened to pull a gun on him.
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First appearing in 2 Fast 2 Furious, he took a hiatus before returning to Fast Five, and the character has been a regular ever since. He also tends to be at his comical best when interacting with Brian, Tej, and Hobbs. Interestingly, he has rarely made jokes about Dom. Perhaps he just respects the leader of the group.
“Hey, Mia, You Better Hide Your Baby Oil.”
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Tyrese Gibson and Dwayne Johnson didn’t see eye to eye for a while in real life, but in the franchise, they have had plenty of fun moments. For example, as Roman spots Hobbs approaching during a barbecue session in Furious 6, he chooses to make fun of him by telling Mia to hide her baby oil. Hobbs has previously been told that he looks like a giant baby, hence the joke lands perfectly.
The DSS agent fires back by telling Roman to hide his forehead, but his rejoinder doesn’t end up being as funny as what Roman just said. Hobbs goes to Plan B by giving Roman a death stare. This forces Roman to retract his statement and claim he was just joking. Nevertheless, Tej bursts out laughing.
“When Are You Gonna Give Martin Luther King His Car Back?”
Roman and Tej have history from early on in the franchise. Roman thought he’d never bump into Tej again, so he’s a bit surprised to see he is part of the team being assembled for a heist in Fast Five.
Tej isn’t happy to see Roman. He jokes that Dom scrapped the bottom of the barrel to get all the men he could. That’s how he found Roman. Not one to take a burn humbly and turn the other cheek, Roman makes fun of Tej’s car, claiming it looks so old that it might have belonged to Marting Luther King.
“That Ain’t A Plane. That’s A Planet.”
Roman is in a boastful mood while he and the crew are chasing Owen Shaw on the runway of a military base. Roman makes fun of the villain, arguing that he has nowhere to go because the military base is well-guarded. He looks forward to catching him, but there’s a twist.
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All of a sudden, a huge plane appears on the runway and Owen speeds right into it. Tej then calls out Roman for always jinxing moments by opening his mouth. Because of his words, they now have a plane on their hands. However, Roman argues that it isn’t a plane but a planet, considering its size.
“I Think I’m Gonna Start A New Culture, It’s Called Blarab, You Know, Like Black Arab.”
The crew finds itself in Abu Dhabi in Furious 7. Their task is to retrieve a chip from the prince’s 2013 Lykan Hypersport. The chip contains the God’s Eye program. In order to do conduct the mission, they get themselves invited to one of the prince’s parties.
On seeing how amazing the party is, Roman vows to move to Abu Dhabi for good. He tells the rest of his associates that he’s been reliably informed that such parties happen every day. And moving to Abu Dhabi isn’t the only thing he claims he’ll do. He’ll start a whole new culture, too. The question is whether he’ll have time for that.
“Use Them Bus Tokens, Partner!”
Brian and Roman first share the screen in 2 Fast 2 Furious. At the time, Roman is an ex-convict, while Brian is a cop. At first, they are hostile to each other, but they soon become a team. At one point, they make a bet with two other drivers: if they win a race, they take their car. To no viewer’s surprise, they win and are more than glad to take their vehicle.
As they step out of their car and walk away, Roman begins making fun of them. He calls them carless losers and advises them to use their bus tokens because where their destination is several miles away.
“Say What?”
In Fast Five, the crew reunites after a long time to plan the Rio Heist. When Roman hears that they are going to rob Rio kingpin Hernan Reyes, he refuses to participate. He argues that going to a foreign country to rob the richest person in it is more personal than business, hence he isn’t going to risk his life.
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As he is walking away, Dom tells the group they’ll get $100 million dollars for their work. Upon hearing this, Roman makes a quick U-turn before hilariously uttering, “Say what?” He then tells the crew that he just has a habit of overthinking, but he is more than ready to participate in the mission.
“Number 11 My A**!”
Early in the Fate Of The Furious, Roman is excited to hear that the team made Interpol’s “10 Most Wanted” list after the Berlin job. His excitement is short-lived, though, as Mr. Nobody lets him know that he was “number 11,” so he didn’t make the cut. The fact that even Ramsey made the list ahead of him leaves him devastated.
For the rest of the movie, he goes out of his way to prove that he is as good as the rest. After shooting a number of baddies all by himself, he goes off on a victory chant with the quote above.
“I Was In Jail, Bro!”
Brian isn’t impressed with Roman’s excessive eating in 2 Fast 2 Furious. He tries to find out why he can’t focus his energy on something that doesn’t involve eating.
Roman doesn’t understand why Brian even cares. He lets him know that there is a simple explanation as to why he is eating too much: he was in jail. He adds that it’s only a matter of time before he goes back in, so he’s living his best life while he can. Well, at least he hasn’t gone back to jail yet.
“So Now We Work For The Hulk?”
After the events of Rio in which DSS agent, Luke Hobbs, tried to arrest the team, Roman developed some form of hatred for him. As expected, he has the appropriate reaction upon learning that they will be teaming up with the man to go after Owen Shaw.
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Roman laments to Brian, arguing that the Rio job should have been their last. But it’s never enough and Brian makes sure to let him know that. Roman goes on to complain that working for the Hulk (a reference to Hobb’s big, ripped body) is not fun.
“Where Did You Get That From? Papa Smurf?”
In the same movie, Brian shows up in a blue Porsche 996 GT3 RS at the team’s hideout. He likes the car because the previous owner won the Avenida race with it for three years consecutively. The car is also all about the motor and requires no tuning to maneuver wavy roads.
Given its blue color and general appearance, Roman thinks it looks funny. He goes on to ask Brian whether he bought it from Papa Smurf of the popular Smurfs animated film series.
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