# 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:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> “I am going to rip off your head and shit down your neck.”

_Heartbreak Ridge_

'For some reason…I knew…that this question…was gonna come up.

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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:** [July 26, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1645 "2022-07-26T23:03:31Z")

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Yes, to both. It’s the bartender, after being asked if Elwood is alone.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1646 "2022-07-26T23:09:34Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> Heartbreak Ridge

Not the one I was thinking of. Mine was earlier.

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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:** [July 27, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1647 "2022-07-27T00:52:44Z")

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> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> “I am going to rip off your head and shit down your neck.”

One thing I love about the 2014 Godzilla movie is that the Big G basically does this to the male MUTO, except that he breathes fire down the neck instead.

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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:** [July 27, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1648 "2022-07-27T03:53:09Z")

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“Oh, this is the best pizza in a cup ever. This guy is unbelievable. He ran the old Cup 'o Pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to eat this.”

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1649 "2022-07-27T08:26:09Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> “Oh, this is the best pizza in a cup ever. This guy is unbelievable. He ran the old Cup 'o Pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to eat this.”

Ah, **The Jerk**. It’s a classic.

> [@terentii](#):
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> Not _ **Zero Hour** _?

Nope. Something a bit more domestic in focus.

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**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:** [July 27, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1650 "2022-07-27T08:44:49Z")

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[quote="Fear\_Itself, post:1641, topic:962142]  
“I am going to rip off your head and shit down your neck.”  
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Full Metal Jacket.

“Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it’s forgiveable to go ass-to-mouth.”

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1651 "2022-07-27T09:08:53Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> “A family tiff seems to be developing. I don’t know if we should leave, but I definitely advise skipping the fish course.”

The War of the Roses.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1652 "2022-07-27T09:11:46Z")

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Bingo. Said after Michael Douglas’s character was caught pissing on the fish.

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1653 "2022-07-27T10:46:51Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> Full Metal Jacket

Still not the one I am thinking of. Mine is earlier, possibly the first time that expression was used by anyone, anywhere.

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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:** [July 27, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1654 "2022-07-27T12:12:40Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> Ah, **The Jerk**. It’s a classic.

Yes, and that was the most (let’s face it, only) understated line in the whole movie. The idea of pizza-in-a-cup is silly enough to begin with; but two competing pizza-in-a-cup restaurants makes it genius.

> [@Smapti](#):
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> “Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it’s forgiveable to go ass-to-mouth.”

_Clerks II_

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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:** [July 27, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1655 "2022-07-27T23:40:19Z")

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You ever been hungry lady? Not just ready for dinner hungry, but so hungry that your belly stands out?

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1656 "2022-07-28T00:06:26Z")

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“If there is anything I can do for you, or more to the point, to you, let me know.”

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1657 "2022-07-28T00:12:30Z")

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Real Genius.

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**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:** [July 28, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1658 "2022-07-28T03:58:11Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> You ever been hungry lady? Not just ready for dinner hungry, but so hungry that your belly stands out?

I can picture the setting, the context and the actor, but not the title, so I got nothing. But, you know, sometimes nothing can be…

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**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1659 "2022-07-28T20:45:15Z")

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> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#):
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> You ever been hungry lady? Not just ready for dinner hungry, but so hungry that your belly stands out?

**Hombre**. His followup line is good too. “You’d eat (dog) and you’d fight over the bones.”

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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:** [July 28, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1660 "2022-07-28T20:58:58Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> His followup line is good too.

There are so many good lines in that movie:  
“Mister, you go a lot of hard bark on you”.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1661 "2022-07-28T21:47:32Z")

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Main stem stop wow.

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**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:** [July 28, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1662 "2022-07-28T23:01:52Z")

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> [@TreacherousCretin](#):
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> **Hombre**. His followup line is good too. “You’d eat (dog) and you’d fight over the bones.”

Yep, I’ve used that line, or the sentiment, on people, myself.

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**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:** [August 1, 2022, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142/1663 "2022-08-01T05:38:26Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> 'For some reason…I knew…that this question…was gonna come up.

_Ernest Saves Christmas_

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