# 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:** ![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 22, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/764 "2022-04-22T17:33:32Z")

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The movie I’m thinking of is somewhat … lighter. 😉

Clue: Think “Roseanne.”

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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 23, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/765 "2022-04-23T02:27:53Z")

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> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> “Seize the fat one!”

> [@terentii](#):
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> Plan 9 from Outer Space

Sorry, I’m afraid not.

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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 23, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/766 "2022-04-23T02:29:24Z")

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Crap! ☹

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/767 "2022-04-23T02:32:05Z")

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That movie is one of my top ten favorite films.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/768 "2022-04-23T02:40:32Z")

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> [@MrAtoz](#):
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> “Right, daughter, I have your asshole here…”
> 
> Later in the same movie:
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> “Right, asshole, I have your daughter here, and if you don’t want her sent back in pieces…What? Oh, I’m sorry, ma’am. No, I don’t have your daughter. I have someone else’s daughter.”

Clearly _A Life Less Ordinary_

This one is kinda cheating, but it should be easy:

“You’re next! You’re so next!”  
_try singing it_

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/769 "2022-04-23T02:44:21Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> This one is kinda cheating, but it should be easy:
> 
> “You’re next! You’re so next!”  
> _try singing it_

_The Bunny of Seville._

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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 23, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/770 "2022-04-23T02:47:33Z")

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“There’s loose women and there’s whores … and then there’s British soldiers’ whores!”

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/771 "2022-04-23T03:11:49Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> This thread has me trying to think of single-word quotes that are recognizable from certain movies. Off the top of my head, I’ve got:
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> “Rosebud.”
> 
> “Plastics.”
> 
> “Gesundheit.”
> 
> “Inconceivable!”

Three more, of varying difficulty:

“Everyone!”

“L’Australien!” (also “troglodistas”)

and “Golly.”

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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/772 "2022-04-23T03:13:58Z")

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“Golly” is from _Back to the Future 3_

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/773 "2022-04-23T03:16:13Z")

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Well, that is not the one I was thinking of. A much older movie. So, perhaps it is not so definitive.

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**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:** [April 23, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/774 "2022-04-23T03:20:01Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> “Golly.”

My first thought was _Airplane_, in the subtitles when the two guys are speaking jive.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/775 "2022-04-23T03:27:40Z")

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The utterance of that word that was most impactful on me was by Tracy Lord, upon being kissed by Mike Connor (_The Philadephia Story_).

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**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:** [April 23, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/776 "2022-04-23T03:30:34Z")

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I think Christopher Reeve might have said it in one of the _Superman_ movies, too.

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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 23, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/777 "2022-04-23T11:13:29Z")

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“Feed the French and kill the Germans.”

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/778 "2022-04-23T12:27:10Z")

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The Dirty Dozen.  
Lee Marvin to Donald Sutherland.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/779 "2022-04-23T12:29:25Z")

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Correct! 🙂

**A:** _“Surrender!”_  
**B:** _“Ergeben Sie sich!”_

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/780 "2022-04-23T13:03:01Z")

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“Your soldier knew, didn’t he?”

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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 23, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/781 "2022-04-23T14:47:15Z")

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“…you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.”

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/782 "2022-04-23T15:04:23Z")

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Harvey?

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/783 "2022-04-23T15:06:02Z")

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“Don’t smoke right after you drink it.”

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