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

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> Are you talking about the 1922 silent film _Häxan_ which was originally in Swedish and Danish? The line you give is in German, I think. So that is from the German translation, I suppose.

I’ll give a hint: the officer who spoke the line was mistaken. You’re correct about the language. Another hint: the movie itself is in English.

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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 27, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3306 "2024-04-27T19:03:34Z")

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_Schindler’s List_?

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3307 "2024-04-27T23:27:16Z")

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…and the subtitle on the screen was “There’s no such thing as witches!”

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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 27, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3308 "2024-04-27T23:41:36Z")

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I knew that, I just don’t know the movie. 😔

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**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3309 "2024-04-27T23:59:53Z")

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> [@Tierce](#):
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> An assortment (hopefully all accurate):
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> “I didn’t hear you wash your hands.”
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> “Feel it vibrate?”
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> “It’s like Ivana Trump riding the subway.”
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> “That’s the second time I’ve shot that man while he was flying through the air.”

From a while back, don’t think anyone got these…

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3310 "2024-04-28T00:02:21Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> …and the subtitle on the screen was “There’s no such thing as witches!”

(AND the speaker was mistaken.)

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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 28, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3311 "2024-04-28T00:22:55Z")

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_ **Four Rooms** _?

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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 28, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3312 "2024-04-28T01:50:45Z")

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^Still in play. The Neil Diamond one is also.

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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 28, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3313 "2024-04-28T01:51:23Z")

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Where is the German quote with hexen in it?

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3314 "2024-04-28T02:00:48Z")

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Him: _Bitch_  
Her: _Bastard_

If you need a hint:

These are the last lines of the film.

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3315 "2024-04-28T02:05:18Z")

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Found it.

^ “_Es gibt keine Hexen!_” Posted on _Star Wars_ day.

Is it _Indiana Jones_?

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3316 "2024-04-28T03:07:33Z")

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Think Disney.

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3317 "2024-04-28T03:13:19Z")

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_Bedknobs and Broomsticks_?

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3318 "2024-04-28T04:50:06Z")

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“No, not at any time, only when it was funny.”

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3319 "2024-04-28T05:22:57Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> _Bedknobs and Broomsticks_?

Yaaaaaayyy!!! You got it.

I guess it really IS a non-famous line.

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3320 "2024-04-28T14:56:20Z")

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> [@Tierce](#):
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> “I didn’t hear you wash your hands.”

Jackie Brown

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> “No, not at any time, only when it was funny.”

Roger Rabbit

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3321 "2024-04-28T15:15:13Z")

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It’s not exactly the most quotable movie of all time. It holds a bit of a special place in my heart because it was the first movie I remember going to a theater to see.

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**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3322 "2024-04-28T15:32:20Z")

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> [@yev\_zeppelin](#):
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> Jackie Brown

Nope. Right genre though.

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Guess this must have been a reference then. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvNZ1THDdA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvNZ1THDdA)

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**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/3324 "2024-04-28T17:11:52Z")

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Huh. I could have sworn it was Reservoir Dogs, but I can’t find the scene. I’ll give you that one.

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