# 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:** 221
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4405 "2026-04-17T03:18:27Z")
I so want to give a hint, and yet I don’t.😁 ---
**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 17, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4406 "2026-04-17T03:27:41Z")
WAG: _ **Trading Places** _? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4407 "2026-04-17T04:12:03Z")
That’s not the one I’m thinking of either. I’ve seen that movie a lot and I don’t recall a quote like that. Was it Aykroyd when he’s Santa? ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4408 "2026-04-17T04:15:37Z")
Could be. It sounds like something he or Eddie Murphy might say. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4409 "2026-04-17T04:32:06Z")
It does. Murphy does say “I can walk.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4410 "2026-04-17T15:25:43Z")
There is no movie “Yucatec Man.” I meant that, in Apocalypto, the line wasn’t spoken in English, but rather in the Mayan language called Yucatec — but the subtitle (translation) was a direct quote from the Midnight Cowboy original (instead of a taxi or car, the obstacle was a falling tree). ---
**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:** [April 17, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4411 "2026-04-17T17:13:30Z")
> [@saucywench](#): > > Hey! Hey! I’m walkin’ here! Was that in _Forrest Gump_ too? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4412 "2026-04-17T17:38:44Z")
“You like it there? Great. Now get in the fucking house.” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4413 "2026-04-17T17:56:32Z")
Now I get it. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4414 "2026-04-17T18:04:18Z")
I wanted to give the clue… It’s ironic because the person who says it has no legs. But I knew that would be a dead giveaway. You got it! Lt. Dan in _ **Forrest Gump** _ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8rKRChTF0Bo/maxresdefault.jpg "IM WALKING HERE - Forrest Gump 1994 Lieutenant Dan") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rKRChTF0Bo) ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4415 "2026-04-17T18:09:02Z")
I just now realized, after all the times I’ve seen this movie, that the _ **Forrest Gump** _ scene is also an homage to _ **Midnight Cowboy** _. Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’” is playing while Forrest and Lt. Dan are crossing the street. I wonder if I knew that and had forgotten 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:** [April 17, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4416 "2026-04-17T20:52:14Z")
Got to be one of the most parodied film scenes ever. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4417 "2026-04-17T21:13:52Z")
No one ever got this one I posted. Wish I could remember which movie it was from. “A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4418 "2026-04-18T11:10:18Z")
No worries. I got excited when I saw your post — I lived in Yucatán, so I was looking forward to enjoying this film I somehow had missed, called _Yucatec Man_. Nothing on IMDb. Then it dawned on me what had happened, and I had a good laugh. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4419 "2026-04-18T22:05:36Z")
I just realized I put _ **Yucatec Man** _ instead of _ **Yucatec Mayan.** _ I can see why you thought It was another movie. Sorry for the mix-up.😁 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4420 "2026-04-19T11:49:43Z")
_Mixba’al!_ (It’s nothing!) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4421 "2026-04-19T23:52:56Z")
> “Essentially, we’re just talking about fluid exchange, right?” ---
**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 20, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4422 "2026-04-20T02:13:03Z")
I’m not sure, but that sounds like _Demolition Man_. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4423 "2026-04-20T03:21:42Z")
Ha, that’s a good guess! It _is_ about sex, but actually it’s a drama. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4424 "2026-04-20T23:02:42Z")
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