# 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:** 212
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4225 "2026-02-15T21:33:47Z")
Nope. Not a Kevin Smith movie. ---
**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, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4226 "2026-02-15T22:14:32Z")
“The enemy has nothing like this, sir!” ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4227 "2026-02-16T21:33:55Z")
Another one where I can describe the scene and context, but not the title. _‘Someday this war’s gonna end.’_ RIP Robert Duvall ---
**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:** [February 16, 2026, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4228 "2026-02-16T23:35:06Z")
To clarify, my comment about scene and context refers to **schnebs** post. ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4229 "2026-02-17T00:46:54Z")
_Apocalypse Now_ ---
**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 17, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4230 "2026-02-17T00:51:39Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > > “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.” Last giveaway line for this movie: “Welcome to the Past Lives Pavilion.” ---
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4231 "2026-02-17T01:01:50Z")
Defending your Life. ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4232 "2026-02-17T01:03:23Z")
Correct! ---
**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 17, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4233 "2026-02-17T01:07:19Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4234 "2026-02-17T03:41:34Z")
> [@schnebs](#): > > The enemy has nothing like this, sir!” Think early Blake Edwards. ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4235 "2026-02-17T04:55:06Z")
_ **The Great Race** _? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4236 "2026-02-17T05:04:17Z")
What kind of fresh hell is this? ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4237 "2026-02-17T05:32:38Z")
> _ **The Great Race** _? > > ## Earlier than that. Nice guess, though! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4238 "2026-02-17T07:29:00Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > What kind of fresh hell is this? Not sure which movie you’re channeling here, but that quote has been around a long time and attributed to Dorothy Parker answering her phone with it. I remember Kelsey Grammar doing the same bit on _Frasier_ as a tribute. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4239 "2026-02-17T07:56:16Z")
An earlier version of this is the words “What fresh misery is this? What do you want here?” in the ninth paragraph from the end of chapter 21 of _The Pickwick Papers_ by Charles Dickens: > **[The Pickwick Papers (Gutenberg edition)/Chapter 21 - Wikisource, the free...](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers_(Gutenberg_edition)/Chapter_21)** Can someone with a copy of the book verify that this is in it? ---
**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 17, 2026, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4240 "2026-02-17T09:40:19Z")
_ **The Pink Panther** _? ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4241 "2026-02-17T15:07:50Z")
I’ll end the torture - _Operation Petticoat._ It’s exclaimed when Nurse Crandall’s bra saves the _Sea Tiger_ from being sunk by their own navy. ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4242 "2026-02-17T15:18:11Z")
**Fun Fact:** _ **Operation Petticoat** _ was made to satisfy a provision of Tony Curtis’s contract with the studio. Having been a submariner during WWII and a longtime Cary Grant fan, he told them he wanted his next film to be a service comedy set on board a submarine with Grant as his commanding officer. Since Curtis had the right to name his own project, the studio had no choice but to meet his conditions. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4243 "2026-02-17T15:24:15Z")
Nitpick - Curtis served on a submarine tender, a ship which supplied subs at sea so they didn’t have to return to port for fuel/supplies/ammunition as often. Still a vital and dangerous job of course. ---
**Author:** ![schnebs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4244 "2026-02-17T16:46:50Z")
Let’s try something from a little newer movie… “I’d love to see you try. But then, I’d love to see you as a crater.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=213)