# Disappointing movie quotes

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**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:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/81 "2015-05-14T17:44:52Z")

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“Return… the wax lighting device… to its socket.”

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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 14, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/82 "2015-05-14T17:49:34Z")

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Apply the car wax, remove the car wax.

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/83 "2015-05-14T17:58:19Z")

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Private Pyle! Your performance in negotiating these obstacles is not up to the standards of the United States Marine Corp and you will not pass basic training unless you improve!

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/84 "2015-05-14T18:02:59Z")

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You would find the truth devastatingly uncomfortable!

Hand the baby over to me you Hades-bred Phacochoerus africanus!

Each of you has crossed the bounds of courtroom etiquette!

It may interest you to know that meaning you seem to intend can not be derived from the word you are continually using.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/85 "2015-05-14T18:13:53Z")

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I accept no responsibility for our inability to evade our pursuers as I was informed by my maintenance crew that they had repaired the hyperdrive.

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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 14, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/86 "2015-05-14T18:19:36Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> No.

“Did you order the Code Red?”  
“Yep.”

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/87 "2015-05-14T18:23:51Z")

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Let’s head 'em off at the impasse.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/88 "2015-05-14T18:30:42Z")

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As you are a child with no medical training, I do not agree with your ‘diagnosis’ that I am suffering from cancer.

All people have their flaws.

There is still more for you to see.

Despite recent setbacks, I may hope for better things in the near future.

Tell our officers to gather those who have fallen under suspicion in the past for further interrogation as to this crime.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/89 "2015-05-14T18:46:39Z")

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Anybody not wearing the most powerful sunblock in existence is not likely to enjoy their day.

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/90 "2015-05-14T18:54:45Z")

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Delay a short time, delay a short time I beseech thee, for anon you will be so surprised and pleased regarding the auditory offering that it will make the preceding seem as naught.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/91 "2015-05-14T18:56:46Z")

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I may be a deity of some kind, but I do not believe I am the single deity worshipped by the world’s major monotheistic religions.

I am a famous person who is having a personal crisis and thus deserve special consideration.

Customarily, I offer a toast to the global absence of war.

Are you presently offering pancakes for sale?

Despite knowing this town very well indeed, I am not yet prepared to buy a house here.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/92 "2015-05-14T19:59:26Z")

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Step away from the young girl, you female alien.

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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 14, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/93 "2015-05-14T21:16:03Z")

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“DANNY! DANNY BOY!!”  
“Right here, Dad.”

“‘Surprised’, Eddy? I couldn’t be more surprised if I was at, like, a birthday party or something.”

“You’ve got mail!” ::delete::

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/94 "2015-05-14T21:45:18Z")

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I remember that sled I had as a kid.

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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 14, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/95 "2015-05-14T22:39:23Z")

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“E.T. text home.”

“Who you gonna call? Someone who can fix your problem!”

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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 14, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/96 "2015-05-14T22:40:10Z")

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There’s a bunch of dangerous bunnies moving in this direction.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/97 "2015-05-14T23:38:59Z")

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“On the St Louis team, the guy who plays first base has the nickname Who, the guy who plays second base has the nickname What, and the guy who plays third base has the nickname I Don’t Know.”  
“Those are certainly unusual nicknames that are likely to cause confusion.”

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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 15, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/98 "2015-05-15T00:12:02Z")

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I see corpses.

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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 15, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/99 "2015-05-15T00:20:08Z")

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Rocky: “You know, I been thinkin’ . . . if you don’t want me mixing with Creed no more, we’ll make up some other kinda way, you know?”

Adrian: “There’s one thing I want you to do for me.”

Rocky: “What?”

Adrian: “C’mere.”

Rocky: “What?”

Adrian: “I want Creed to lose on points, quit, get counted out, or be disqualified.”  
\<beat\>  
Adrian: _“I want Creed to lose on points, quit, get counted out, or be disqualified.”_

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappointing-movie-quotes/719975/100 "2015-05-15T01:34:29Z")

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Dr. Everett Scott: Janet!

Janet: Dr. Scott!

Brad: Janet!

Janet: Brad!

Frank: Rocky!

[Rocky grunts]

Dr. Everett Scott: Janet!

Janet: Dr. Scott!

Brad: Janet!

Janet: Brad!

Frank: Rocky!

[Rocky grunts]

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