# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 2, 2022, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142 "2022-04-02T06:07:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2305 "2023-05-22T12:14:40Z")

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Thought so.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2306 "2023-05-23T07:24:57Z")

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> [@saucywench](#):
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> I will not be threatened by a walking meat loaf

An American Werewolf in London

‘Who did I think I was going to be when I bought that bike?’

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2307 "2023-05-24T04:33:56Z")

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Yes it is.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2308 "2023-05-31T02:56:03Z")

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**[TICKLED PINK]:** Oh my lucky stars, a **NEGRO**! 😀

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2309 "2023-06-18T18:51:10Z")

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“I tried to capture the spirit of the thing.”

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2310 "2023-06-24T05:28:15Z")

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“It’s on the bumper, man.”

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2311 "2023-06-24T08:43:04Z")

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"You are in Hell, little man. And I am the Devil.”  
“You’re not the Devil. You’re practice.”

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2312 "2023-07-01T04:36:13Z")

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“Funny thing happened on the way to Mars.”

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**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2313 "2023-07-01T05:18:19Z")

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“You don’t get it, do ya? You think this is The Count Of Monte Cristo or something, man? We’re in trouble. This is the real deal. We’re in deep s\*\*\*.”

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2314 "2023-07-01T22:29:02Z")

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“Pork bellies have a future?”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2315 "2023-07-02T02:00:09Z")

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_ **Trading Places** _.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2316 "2023-07-02T02:17:22Z")

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“That reminds me, ma. I’m gonna need this knife.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2317 "2023-07-02T02:27:43Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> “Tonight you can do me the honor of christening my forks.”

Henry II (Peter O’Toole) to Thomas Beckett (Richard Burton) in _ **Beckett** _.

**[TICKLED PINK]:** Oh my lucky stars, a **NEGRO**!

Brendan Fraser in _ **Blast from the Past** _.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2318 "2023-07-02T02:38:21Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> _ **Trading Places** _.

Actually, no; but I can see why you’d guess that.

I posted it because I haven’t seen any answers in this thread in a while. I thought it would be easy, but I guess not.

> [@terentii](#):
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> “That reminds me, ma. I’m gonna need this knife.”

_Goodfellas_.

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2319 "2023-07-02T02:42:04Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> > [@terentii](#):
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> > “That reminds me, ma. I’m gonna need this knife.”
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> _Goodfellas_.

Yep. Watched it again just last week on an airliner. I love that movie!

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2320 "2023-07-02T02:54:11Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> “Funny thing happened on the way to Mars.”

I found a better quote from the same movie; same character, even. It was too late to edit, so I’ll post it here as a clue.

“Anybody hungry? Oh, the marvels of American science. Here we are millions of miles from earth, and we can still send out for pizza.”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2321 "2023-07-02T11:49:23Z")

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“Do I really have a face like a horse?”

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2322 "2023-07-02T22:33:07Z")

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“Do you speak Spanish?”  
“Do I _look_ like I speak Spanish?”  
"You have a face _como un burro."_  
“Oh! Thank you!”

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2323 "2023-07-16T01:11:30Z")

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“You speak German like a German and Greek like a Greek.”

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**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2324 "2023-07-16T06:41:43Z")

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_Guns of Navarone_?

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