# 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:** 230
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4585 "2026-05-16T17:54:42Z")
_ **Dumb and Dumber** _? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4586 "2026-05-16T17:54:44Z")
Heck, one more… “I hope you didn’t go to any trouble on my account. I’m not gonna break the door down. I’m just gonna give you a little time - to try to be reasonable. If you decide you’re not gonna be reasonable, then, one night, when you come home, you’ll find me on the inside, waiting for you. And that’ll be the night you’ll wish you’d never been born.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4587 "2026-05-16T17:55:59Z")
Never saw the film, so far all I know that could have been said in that flick, but I’m thinking about a different film. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4588 "2026-05-16T18:28:10Z")
_ **Wayne’s World** _? ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4589 "2026-05-16T18:44:53Z")
Another film I didn’t see. (I must not have a life, I guess) Will have to say no again even if that phrase was said in WW. At least you’re on the right track of screwball comedies. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4590 "2026-05-16T18:51:24Z")
_ **Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure** _? The only other one I can think of right now is _ **The Blues Brothers** _. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4591 "2026-05-16T18:59:40Z")
Nope. Final hint (hoping not have gone there, but) - my current avatar. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4592 "2026-05-16T19:01:06Z")
_ **Animal House** _. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4593 "2026-05-16T19:01:57Z")
Got 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:** [May 16, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4594 "2026-05-16T19:05:50Z")
I knew I recognized that face (It’s Dean Wormer’s!) from someplace other than _ **Mission: Impossible** _ (the TV series). ---
**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:** [May 19, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4595 "2026-05-19T22:13:43Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > “Never, never say you’ll be… where you can be found not to be”. From the same movie: “Sure, steak is great, but why would you want that all the time when you can try duck?” ---
**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:** [May 21, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4596 "2026-05-21T23:28:05Z")
> “You got a business to run here, and the last thing you need, especially this week, is a dead guy in your lobby. But hell, seeing as you got one, I think I’ll take a look around, ask a few questions, you know, do the whole cop thing.” ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4597 "2026-05-22T04:14:15Z")
Oh, that’s not right! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4598 "2026-05-22T04:29:17Z")
Sounds like Eddie Murphy in _Beverly Hills Cop_ or _BHC2_. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4599 "2026-05-22T04:36:27Z")
Nobody has correctly guessed my most recent contribution yet. > [@Smapti](#): > > “I’m nominally in charge, but we’re a crack team of lone wolves, nerds, troublemakers, outcasts, academic heretics, and general pains in the bureaucracy.” ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4600 "2026-05-22T06:25:08Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Oh, that’s not right! _Galaxy Quest._ ‘I said it _looked_ clear.’ ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4601 "2026-05-22T06:40:40Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “I’m nominally in charge, but we’re a crack team of lone wolves, nerds, troublemakers, outcasts, academic heretics, and general pains in the bureaucracy.” Did anyone guess _Real Genius_ yet? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2026, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4602 "2026-05-22T06:47:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Hark, I hear the cannons roar. Is it the king approaching?” > [@commasense](#): > > Ooh, I remember hearing this one, but can’t quite dredge it out of my so-called brain. Question: > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I think a hint is due for this one. It’s a movie from a well-known director, but it’s not one of his early, funny ones. Since I don’t think anyone is going to get this one. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/slIbSRT4J9o/hqdefault.jpg "Radio Days (1987) - Sally and her diction lessons") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slIbSRT4J9o) I was watching a movie the other day and I had an idea for a variation on this thread. How about quotes from a movie you can figure out even if you haven’t seen the movie. “Ten oughta do it, don’t you think?” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4603 "2026-05-22T06:48:43Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Did anyone guess _Real Genius_ yet? Still nope. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/4604 "2026-05-22T11:13:23Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > “Ten oughta do it, don’t you think?” Too easy…_Ocean’s Eleven_ `//i\\` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142.md?page=231)