# Disappointing movie quotes

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975 "2015-05-13T22:08:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/241 "2015-05-22T16:37:04Z")

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220? Why would I wire this 220? It’s just a bedroom. 115 is good enough. Besides, I’ll need to get a licensed electrician to satisfy local code requirements.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/242 "2015-05-22T16:40:11Z")

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To travel undauntedly to destinations previously unvisited by Humans!

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/243 "2015-05-22T16:44:51Z")

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Despite looking like someone else entirely, I know that I’m an actor performing a role.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/244 "2015-05-22T18:19:27Z")

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A man’s obligated to do the tasks he’s obligated to do.

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/245 "2015-05-22T18:47:52Z")

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**Egon** “I forgot to tell you: Don’t cross the streams. They will cause an explosion.”

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/246 "2015-05-22T20:47:58Z")

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“That’s a correct response, Jack!”

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/247 "2015-05-22T21:03:25Z")

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“Precipitation continues to descend upon my cranium…”

“Can you identify that group of males who are following us?”

“Feeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeessssssss!”

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/248 "2015-05-23T01:15:16Z")

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Open the door to the location where the pods are kept, Hal.

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**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/249 "2015-05-23T04:38:04Z")

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And I will strike down upon thee with a lot of vengeance and irate anger

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/250 "2015-05-23T09:28:15Z")

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Remove your odiferous appendages from me, you accursed unclean primate!

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/251 "2015-05-23T09:34:22Z")

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Why, she transformed me into an aquatic salamander-like amphibian! However, I did eventually recover.

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/252 "2015-05-23T13:25:41Z")

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Let’s go out there and win one for George Gipp.

C’mon and smile so I can get a shot at that air tank that’s inexplicably stuck in your mouth, you sonuvabitch.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/253 "2015-05-23T19:24:34Z")

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"From a _certain point of view?"_  
“Luke, you’re going to find that many of the truths you cling to were just me lying.”

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/254 "2015-05-24T20:44:42Z")

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Carl Denham “It wasn’t the airplanes that killed him, it was you boys in the press with the flash photography and not knowing when to quit. For once I’d like to see you take responsibility for the colossal mess you made and print that in the paper instead of putting the blame on some innocent victim.”

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/255 "2015-05-25T13:35:08Z")

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“Sir, kindly remove your underwear . . . my, you bear a striking resemblance to a swine I once knew . . . might you take me for a ride . . . please imitate the sound of a swine. I will demonstrate it for you, weeeeeeee, weeeeeeeeeeee.”  
"Weeeeeeeeeee, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.  
“That’s it. Please continue.”  
“Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee–OUCH!”

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/256 "2015-05-25T15:33:06Z")

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I am considering the possibility that you may not fully comprehend the definition of the word you continue to express.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/257 "2015-05-25T16:09:01Z")

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Desist from referencing me with incorrect gender specific nomenclature.

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**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/258 "2015-05-25T16:33:50Z")

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**Westley** “Have you ever considered piracy? It’s rife with sodomy.”

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/259 "2015-05-25T16:58:17Z")

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Wait a moment. You haven’t seen anything yet.

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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:** [May 25, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/260 "2015-05-25T18:21:39Z")

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Oh, flight attendant! I can translate the slang associated with black American jazz musicians.

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