# Catchphrase question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 1999, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226 "1999-12-09T00:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/1 "1999-12-09T00:35:00Z")
I like catchphrases: ‘I’ll be back!’ ‘because I’m worth it’ ‘that’s GOTTA hurt’ but wait - where does that last one come from? Over to you, fellow Dopers… * * * In the bathtub of history, the truth is harder to hold than the soap… (Pratchett) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/2 "1999-12-09T01:03:00Z")
I’m sure it’s been used in other movies, but the last one is used in The Phantom Menace. In the Pod Racer scene, of of the competitors crashes into a boulder, and his pod blows up. The annoying two-headed announcer(s?) says, “No matter what planet you’re from, that’s gotta hurt!” Unrelated note: I’m gonna go see it tomorrow for the 6th time, and probably the last time in a theater. Bittersweet… * * * JMcC, San Francisco, [JJM’s page from the Bay](http://members.tripod.com/~weirdstuff/index.html) If I were a baseball player, and I got beaned by a fastball, I wouldn’t want medical attention. I’d want my limp, lifeless body flung to 1st, cause, dammit, I earned it! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/3 "1999-12-09T01:07:00Z")
28 minutes - what a board! Thanks,jjtm! ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/4 "1999-12-09T01:10:00Z")
Oh, it’s much older than that. I’ve been hearing it in movies, and hearing sportscasters use it, among other places, for years. Don’t know where it originated, though. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/5 "1999-12-09T04:15:00Z")
MST3K was using it long before _Phantom Menace_ came out (along with the related phrase “_That’s_ going to leave a mark.”). I suspect it originated in sports; probably one of the TV sports anchors. * * * “Drink your coffee! Remember, there are people sleeping in China.” Dennis Matheson — [dennis@mountaindiver.com](mailto:dennis@mountaindiver.com) Hike, Dive, Ski, Climb — [www.mountaindiver.com](http://www.mountaindiver.com) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/6 "1999-12-09T04:24:00Z")
I like them too, for a while. We tend to wear them out. Every year I look forward to the “Things You Can’t Say in …” edition of the comic “Life in Hell”. Should be showing up soon. Peace, mangeorge * * * Work like you don’t need the money… Love like you’ve never been hurt… Dance like nobody’s watching! …(Paraphrased) ---
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/7 "1999-12-09T09:10:00Z")
First time I ever heard it was Bugs Bunny. Or was it Curly from the stooges? BTW it’s spelled HOIT ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/8 "1999-12-09T09:51:00Z")
Isn’t “that’s gotta hurt” a Marv Albertism. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/9 "1999-12-09T09:53:00Z")
Sorry. I should have ended that with a question mark. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/10 "1999-12-09T12:14:00Z")
Yeah, I can see Marv in the hotel room taking a bite out of her and saying… That’s gotta hurt. That’s gonna leave a mark. You’ll feel that in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/11 "1999-12-09T15:28:00Z")
Well this is the anti-ignorance forum … please, what is MST3K? ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/12 "1999-12-09T15:33:00Z")
MST3K = Mystery Science Theater 3000. A Comedy Central and later Sci-Fi Channel show where a guy and two robots would heckle a bad movie. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/13 "1999-12-09T16:06:00Z")
\*glee: Well this is the anti-ignorance forum … please, what is MST3K? \* I couldn’t believe you didn’t know, until I noticed your email address ended in “.uk”. You’ll probably be getting it in some syndication in a year or two. The humour is fast and subtle, so you gotta watch closely. ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/14 "1999-12-09T21:30:00Z")
Maybe from “The Great Outdoors” with John Candy? The bear busts through the door, bounces up and down on Candy, and one of his family says the line. * * * John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. That’s my name too. Wait, no it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchphrase-question/5226/15 "1999-12-09T21:52:00Z")
AWB, yes, it’s true - we get US stuff much later. Movies can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months; ‘Larry Sanders’ just finished, while ‘Seinfeld’ appears at odd times. ‘Sunset Beach’ (look, I only watched it once, OK) is running about 9 months behind, according to the website. I’ll watch out for MST3K! * * * In the bathtub of history, the truth is harder to hold than the soap… (Pratchett)