# Favorite "little" jokes in movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 15, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688 "2024-12-15T22:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [December 30, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/361 "2025-12-30T18:32:59Z")
“He didn’t say” is much funnier than “I don’t know,” and it’s the line that was used in the WB cartoon I saw. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/362 "2026-01-02T20:48:29Z")
Nm wrong thread. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/363 "2026-01-02T21:07:07Z")
A favorite small bit from “Holy Grail” was when the prince shoots an arrow out the window and it hits one of Arthur’s squires. The squire stumbles over to Arthur and croaks “Message for you, Sire. . .” and dies. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/364 "2026-01-02T21:10:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Message for you, Sire. . .” and dies. He actually says Message for you **Sir**. I know because I used the audio as my email delivery sound for a while (with the actually bow twang even), and he does not die…though he does fall over quite dramatically. `//i\\` ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/365 "2026-01-02T21:51:04Z")
In my defense, it’s been years since I saw that movie. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/366 "2026-01-02T22:06:32Z")
> [@icon](#): > > …and he does not die…though he does fall over quite dramatically. He shall not have been mortally wounded in vain. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/367 "2026-01-02T22:16:46Z")
Not a movie, but in _Ted Lasso_ there’s a notable chant for one of the popular footballers that goes “He’s here, he’s there, he’s every f’ing where.” It’s chanted quite a bit. Later there’s subplot where he wants to spend time with his new girlfriend so much that he’s showing up wherever she is, making her feel a bit crowded and exasperated. The beautiful thing is that the joke is so obvious that nobody even speaks the line: He’s here, he’s there, he’s every f’ing where, Roy Kent. I find that _Lasso_ can be a little too understated with plots and character arcs at times, but that’s one place where they really nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/368 "2026-01-02T22:24:19Z")
Oh oh another one from _Norsemen_, a Netflix series set in Viking-era Norway. “You’ve got that thing like when a kidnapped person begins to have sympathy for the kidnapper.” ”What do you mean?" “They haven’t come up with a name for it.” _Norsemen_ is really a trove of little throwaway gags. I love that show all the more knowing that it wasn’t dubbed or subbed into English. The cast just performed every scene twice, once in Norwegian and once in English. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/369 "2026-01-02T22:28:43Z")
That show is a gem. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/370 "2026-01-02T23:16:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The squire stumbles over to Arthur and croaks “Message for you, Sire. . .” and dies. That’s my SMS notification sound. But it wasn’t Arthur, [it was Lancelot](https://youtu.be/lZbG7iwRh34?t=223), and Concord doesn’t die. “I’ll, uh, just stay here, sir? … Yeah.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/371 "2026-01-03T02:17:22Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > _Norsemen_ is really a trove of little throwaway gags See also, a line about “That could last a few more seasons.” Clearly referencing TV seasons. Someone asks, “Seasons?”, and the other guy goes, “You know, spring, summer, winter, fall…” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/372 "2026-01-03T02:22:59Z")
Another little joke. In Mel Brooks “Silent Movie”, the only spoken word is “Non!” by famous mime Marcel Marceau, speaking to Mel on the phone. Someone asks Mel what he said, “I don’t know; I don’t speak French.” ---
**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:** [February 1, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688/373 "2026-02-01T15:46:32Z")
In “This Is Spinal Tap,” when the band is about to meet Sir Dennis, Bobbi Flekman tells Nigel, “You don’t talk so much, honey.” The joke being David in the back laughing and saying, “Oh! She knows!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-jokes-in-movies/1011688.md?page=18)