# Challenge us with a non-famous line from a movie **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 211
**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 29, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4205 "2026-01-29T09:32:12Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > > [@ekedolphin](#): > > > > “Rule #1: You may not touch anything.” > > I am hearing this in Gru’s voice? Correct! It’s from the first _Despicable Me,_ when he and Margo start matching wits as soon as he takes the girls home. ---
**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 29, 2026, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4206 "2026-01-29T09:34:25Z")
> “You fucked with the wrong Marine!” ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4207 "2026-01-29T10:34:49Z")
_A Few Good Men_ ---
**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 29, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4208 "2026-01-29T10:39:38Z")
Correct. Even though I’m not a Marine, I angrily yelled that at the cops I felt were mistreating me when I was in psych treatment at the hospital in '22. Many times. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4209 "2026-01-29T12:53:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Let’s revisit another one from upthread: > > > “I’m going to rip off your head and shit down your neck” > > Though similar lines appear in “Full Metal Jacket” (1987), “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986), “Stand By Me” (1986) and “Duke Nukem” (1996), I’m looking for the earliest documented screen appearance of this phrase, in 1983. It’s not directly relevant to your question, but I love the fact that in **Godzilla** (2014), the big G literally does rip off the head of one of the MUTOs and then breathes fire down its neck. It’s the closest thing I’ve seen to actually performing the act that’s threatened. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nglTPbYIhf0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nglTPbYIhf0) ---
**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:** [January 29, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4210 "2026-01-29T12:54:24Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > “The green fairy who lives in the absinthe wants your soul. But you are safe with me." The second version of _Moulin Rouge_ ? ---
**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 29, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4211 "2026-01-29T13:39:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Though similar lines appear in “Full Metal Jacket” (1987), “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986), “Stand By Me” (1986) and “Duke Nukem” (1996), I’m looking for the earliest documented screen appearance of this phrase, in 1983. _Trading Places?_ I seem to remember the bad guy that ended up in the gorilla suit with this line or something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4212 "2026-01-29T13:47:24Z")
Close! Clarence Beeks says, “I’ll rip out your eyes and piss on your brain!” ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4213 "2026-01-29T17:08:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The second version of _Moulin Rouge_ ? Nope. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2026, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4214 "2026-02-03T04:42:10Z")
New one: “And what happened to the cattle?” “I don’t know; I never got a straight answer. All I know is that their teeth fell out.” ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4215 "2026-02-05T06:50:56Z")
‘Guess who’s coming to dinner…’ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4216 "2026-02-05T08:08:48Z")
So you’re telling me you made a porno where the point is the plot? ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4217 "2026-02-05T09:14:36Z")
_Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country_. Chekov said it. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4218 "2026-02-05T11:25:15Z")
Correct! ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4219 "2026-02-15T12:01:02Z")
“Don’t screw around, Otter, they’re serious this time. Relax, man, I’m pre-law. I thought you were pre-med! What’s the difference?” ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4220 "2026-02-15T12:50:44Z")
_ **Animal House** _? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4221 "2026-02-15T20:19:54Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > So you’re telling me you made a porno where the point is the plot? No one? Let me offer a different line from the same movie: Fine. I’m done. Put a fork in me… . Don’t really put a fork in me. ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4222 "2026-02-15T20:38:26Z")
Correctamundo! ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4223 "2026-02-15T20:55:39Z")
It sounds really familiar but I can’t place it. In the meantime here’s one of mine that never got guessed … with a new line. > “And what happened to the cattle?” > “I don’t know; I never got a straight answer. All I know is that their teeth fell out.” “Nope, it isn’t Hell either. Actually, there is no Hell. Although I hear Los Angeles is getting pretty close.” ---
**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:** [February 15, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4224 "2026-02-15T20:58:38Z")
_Zack and Miri Make a Porno?_ Or is that too obvious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=212)