# 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:** ![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:** [March 30, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3145 "2024-03-30T00:48:19Z")

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That’s it.

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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:** [March 30, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3146 "2024-03-30T01:34:01Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> “Safety lights are for dudes!”

Another from the same movie:

“He rips that v-neck off, he’s got another v-neck underneath.”

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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:** [April 1, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3147 "2024-04-01T02:20:54Z")

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“I can do anything I want to, baby. I ain’t lost.”

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3148 "2024-04-02T17:01:53Z")

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Just watched this last night! ha ha  
Pretty Woman

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3149 "2024-04-02T17:31:51Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> “Safety lights are for dudes!”
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> “He rips that v-neck off, he’s got another v-neck underneath.”

One last line:

“I heard something really weird, what’s ‘Zuul’?”

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3150 "2024-04-02T17:43:25Z")

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Me too.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3151 "2024-04-02T18:26:52Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> “I heard something really weird, what’s ‘Zuul’?”

The original **Ghostbusters**

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3152 "2024-04-02T18:35:30Z")

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Nope. But close.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3153 "2024-04-02T20:02:00Z")

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“I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man.”  
“The what?”  
“The duality of man. The Jungian thing, sir.”

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3154 "2024-04-02T20:15:01Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man.”

Full Metal Jacket

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3155 "2024-04-02T20:45:59Z")

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Damn, that was fast. I was hoping without the lines being shouted at the top of his lungs by Matthew Modine that it would be a little harder.

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3156 "2024-04-02T21:03:34Z")

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Love that film - so many good lines, like:  
“How can you shoot women and children?”  
“Easy - you just don’t lead ‘em as much.”

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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:** [April 2, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3157 "2024-04-02T22:42:48Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> Damn, that was fast. I was hoping without the lines being shouted at the top of his lungs by Matthew Modine that it would be a little harder.

The officer that Modine is shouting to is the same actor who tried to order a Waldorf salad at Fawlty Towers.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3158 "2024-04-03T16:15:57Z")

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We’re gonna drink this one to Ozzie. A good man who tried to save my ass by injecting me into yours.

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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:** [April 3, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3159 "2024-04-03T17:27:52Z")

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_Innerspace_.

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3160 "2024-04-05T01:52:02Z")

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_Well, he’s outside._

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3161 "2024-04-05T01:57:32Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> The officer that Modine is shouting to is the same actor who tried to order a Waldorf salad at Fawlty Towers.

He and Ed Bishop were the guys hired to play Americans whenever one was needed in a British series back in the '70s and '80s. IIRC, they were both Canadian.

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3162 "2024-04-05T02:50:40Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> Well, he’s outside.

Is that from _Galaxy Quest_?

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3163 "2024-04-05T03:04:14Z")

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_2001: A Space Odyssey_?

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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:** [April 5, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3164 "2024-04-05T03:39:32Z")

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You got it!

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