The power from a small flashlight battery killed thousands of amoeba.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Angry Red Planet movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:06:28 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- That's how it withstood the sonic gun.
- Heat, fire... I could turn on the rocket.
- You can't do that. With that creature clogging our thrust chamber, we'd have an internal explosion.
- Well, we've got to do something!
- Hey, wait a minute. I do remember. We experimented with electricity.
- The power from a small flashlight battery killed thousands of amoeba.
- That's it! Electric shock! I can generate half a million volts.
- I won't have to. But what I have in mind could backfire.
- If you both don't agree, I won't go through with it.
[...]