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

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142>\
**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\
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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/624 "2022-04-16T14:25:20Z")

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It’s a **great** film, but it has to be seen in 3D for the full effect. I found it hilarious.

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/625 "2022-04-16T14:25:26Z")

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To be pedantic, “Shoot straight you bastards” is probably the most famous line from _Breaker Morant_, so it’s not a correct answer in this thread.

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/626 "2022-04-16T14:30:58Z")

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> [@commasense](#):
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> It’s a **great** film, but it has to be seen in 3D for the full effect. I found it hilarious.

I’ve seen it in 3D. It didn’t help.

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/627 "2022-04-16T14:33:59Z")

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> [@terentii](#):
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> _ **Deliverance** _ ?

Now let’s you just drop them pants.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/628 "2022-04-16T15:27:35Z")

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> [@teelabrown](#):
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> New one: “Well, they’ve got a very good bass section, mind, but no top tenors, that’s for sure.”

That’s from _Zulu_. The Welsh soldiers, whose choir practice was interrupted by the battle, commenting on the Zulus’ war chant.

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/629 "2022-04-16T15:38:15Z")

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> [@Jack\_Burden](#):
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> The Outlaw Josey Wales

Correct.

“What does ecto gamet mean?”

“Never without my permission.”

“That’s what I thought.”

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/630 "2022-04-16T15:42:33Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> What does ecto gamet mean?”
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> “Never without my permission.”
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> “That’s what I thought.”

_The Fifth Element_

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**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:** [April 16, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/631 "2022-04-16T18:47:20Z")

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Meet me in my dwessing woom

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**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 16, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/632 "2022-04-16T19:08:58Z")

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I’ll spoiler-tag the name because it would be a dead giveaway. As it is, it’s probably an easy quote.

“Clara was one in a million. One in a billion. One in a googolplex. The woman of my dreams, and I lost her… for all time…”

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**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/633 "2022-04-17T02:17:12Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> . As it is, it’s probably an easy quote.

Yep. _BTTF3_.

> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> Meet me in my dwessing woom

Gotta be from _Blazing Saddles_.

This one’s probably easy:

“Better than mortal man deserves!”

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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 17, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/634 "2022-04-17T02:17:41Z")

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Lili Von Shtüpp in _Blazing Saddles_?

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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 17, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/635 "2022-04-17T02:21:07Z")

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“So, how ‘bout it, honey? Just for a little while, let ol’ Trixie sit up front with her big tits.”

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**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 17, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/636 "2022-04-17T02:34:17Z")

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“I suppose you used the old lipstick on a mirror routine, huh?”  
“Lipstick yes, mirror no. I found a nice, clean piece of paper.”

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**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/637 "2022-04-17T03:41:40Z")

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Paper Moon?

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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 17, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/638 "2022-04-17T03:53:35Z")

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“Forget it! I’m stayin’ right where I am. It’s gonna take you and the police department and the fire department and the National Guard to get me outta here!”

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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 17, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/639 "2022-04-17T13:16:36Z")

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Yes. Madeline Kahn as Miss Trixie Delight.

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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 17, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/640 "2022-04-17T14:24:59Z")

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**A:** “Did you see who just moved in next door?”  
**B:** “Yes. Black as the ace of spades, they were.”  
**A:** “Oh, well. There goes the neighbourhood!”

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**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:** [April 17, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/641 "2022-04-17T14:26:54Z")

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“That escalated quickly. I mean that really got out of hand fast.”

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/642 "2022-04-17T14:36:48Z")

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A : You know, I’ve missed you terribly.

B : I haven’t missed you. In fact, I’ve been revoltingly unfaithful to you.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/643 "2022-04-17T14:48:53Z")

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