U.S. Army post 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". It may have first been popularized in the comic strip
Gordo. In 1970,
Bob Hope comically delivered the "Hasta la vista, baby" saying to
Raquel Welch 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
Grammy Award 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
John Connor (
Edward Furlong) 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 "
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
T-1000 with his gun. In the 2003 film
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, John Connor (
Nick Stahl) 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. ==In popular culture==