# 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:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2865 "2023-12-31T02:43:30Z")

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_Airplane_. That was an alley-oop dunk.

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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:** [December 31, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2866 "2023-12-31T03:36:03Z")

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Correct!

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2867 "2023-12-31T04:05:57Z")

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“Joe Bob’s Fine Foods - Eat Here, or I’ll Kill Ya!”

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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:** [December 31, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2868 "2023-12-31T04:08:32Z")

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> “Two tossed salads!”  
> _SPROING!_

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2869 "2023-12-31T15:33:38Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> Joe Bob’s Fine Foods - Eat Here, or I’ll Kill Ya!”

I posted this earlier and no-one got it. _North Dallas Forty_ of course.

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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:** [January 1, 2024, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2870 "2024-01-01T05:31:04Z")

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“YES. YES. Say it. He vas my… BOYFRIEND.”

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2871 "2024-01-01T05:44:16Z")

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_Young Frankenstein_ … another slam-dunk, I’d say.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2872 "2024-01-01T06:02:32Z")

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“We’re sorta like 7-Eleven. We’re not always doing business, but we’re always open.”

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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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2873 "2024-01-02T03:04:04Z")

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“One little murder and I’m Jack the Ripper!”

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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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2874 "2024-01-02T03:30:43Z")

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“I’ll say!”

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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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2875 "2024-01-02T03:50:49Z")

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“_He_ said _that_?” 😮

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2876 "2024-01-02T18:37:06Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> “One little murder and I’m Jack the Ripper!”

I’m ashamed I know this… Throw Momma From the Train?

Great line, though

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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:** [January 2, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2877 "2024-01-02T18:38:19Z")

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Yep, got it! It was on TV last night. 👍

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2878 "2024-01-06T04:11:30Z")

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“Face it. I’m a pig.”

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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:** [January 6, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2879 "2024-01-06T18:52:51Z")

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Still unsolved.

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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:** [January 7, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2880 "2024-01-07T01:29:16Z")

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“I don’t think it’s gonna work.”  
“No?” [smashes something] “_Triumphe,_ Napoleon!”

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2881 "2024-01-07T04:06:07Z")

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_Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure_. I practically have that movie memorized.

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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:** [January 7, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2882 "2024-01-07T04:09:28Z")

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hehe! Yes. I love that movie.

> “Seize the fat one!”

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**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2883 "2024-01-26T00:19:02Z")

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“A crippled newsie took 'em away from him. I made him give 'em back.”

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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:** [January 26, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/2884 "2024-01-26T11:47:42Z")

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_The Maltese Falcon._ Sam Spade to Kaspar Gutman after Spade takes Wilmer’s gun away from him.

I think there are some movies – this one, _Casablanca, Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, It’s a Wonderful Life,_ etc, that are so well known that _every_ line is a famous line.

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