# Favourite movie puns and/or punny movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354 "2018-06-03T13:44:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/21 "2018-06-04T15:28:09Z")
Two from _Mafia!_ “Say hello to my little friend!” [a little person, armed with a sub-machine gun, jumps out and starts shooting.] "What’s this?’ “It’s a Sicilian message: Luca Brazzi sleeps with the fishes.” “What a shame. A handsome boy like that could have had any woman he wanted.” ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/22 "2018-06-04T15:33:07Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > _Top Secret!_… I can only think of one other joke / pun that fits the OP’s request… Another… Nick Rivers: I’m pleased to meet you. My name’s Nick. Hillary: Nick? What does that mean? Nick Rivers: Oh, nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/23 "2018-06-04T15:33:38Z")
At the end of “Commando”, Arnold is fighting a rogue commando and his arch enemy, Bennett. He ends up breaking a steam pipe and running Bennett through with it so that the steam is blowing out the end of the pipe sticking out of his body. Arnold says, “Blow off some steam, Bennett!” ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/24 "2018-06-04T16:15:08Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I thought about mentioning that, too, but decided it was too similar to my other example, since both play on two senses of “little.” > > But it now occurs to me that the names of the French Resistance, while not exactly puns, might pose a translation problem. How about when they are getting into the 2 person cow costume and the blond guy insists on switching the plan so he is the back, and the guy now in the front hands him the back end of the cow costume and says “fine, be an asshole” ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/25 "2018-06-04T16:26:08Z")
Does the original have to be in English? Because otherwise Trueba’s comedies, such as La niña de tus ojos and Belle Époque, have enough puns for a few pun forests. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/26 "2018-06-04T19:18:22Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Does the original have to be in English? For my purposes? No, but it has to be in a language I know well enough to understand the pun. So ideally English, French, or German. (I could also probably do Russian, Hungarian, or Icelandic, though at the risk of missing cultural nuances.) But don’t let that stop you from quoting your favourite Trueba puns here. Others might enjoy them even if I can’t use them for my project. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/27 "2018-06-04T19:19:56Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > How about when they are getting into the 2 person cow costume and the blond guy insists on switching the plan so he is the back, and the guy now in the front hands him the back end of the cow costume and says “fine, be an asshole” I very nearly posted that one, too, but I wasn’t sure if it counted as a pun with a visual aspect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/28 "2018-06-04T19:21:20Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > At the end of “Commando”, Arnold is fighting a rogue commando and his arch enemy, Bennett. He ends up breaking a steam pipe and running Bennett through with it so that the steam is blowing out the end of the pipe sticking out of his body. Arnold says, “Blow off some steam, Bennett!” Groan. :). The Roger Moore-era Bond movies were infamous for those sorts of cheesy lines as Bond finished off a villain. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/29 "2018-06-04T20:18:32Z")
From [UHF](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1): [Supplies!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB2GboGOuTI) > [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I don’t recall if this is from one of the Naked Gun movies, or from the related TV series. But Leslie Nielson and his crew storm into some sort of store or office with their guns and badges out. The large-breasted girl behind the counter says, “Is this some kind of bust?” Leslie looks at her chest and says, “Yes, ma’am, it’s very impressive, but we need to ask you a few questions.” Movie. _2½_, to be specific. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/30 "2018-06-04T20:34:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Groan. :). The Roger Moore-era Bond movies were infamous for those sorts of cheesy lines as Bond finished off a villain. And sometimes, no villain was involved. I recall one of the Roger Moore movies: Bond had (as I recall) flown to the US and was picked up at the airport by a CIA staffer. He was surprised that his CIA contact, Felix Leiter, had not been there to pick him up. “He was busy, but we’re in radio contact, if you want to speak with him.” However, the car contained no radio. “Use this,” the driver said, pointing at the car’s cigarette lighter. And soon, Felix’s voice greets Bond through the cigarette lighter. “Ah,” said Bond. “A genuine Felix lighter.” ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/31 "2018-06-04T20:56:53Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I thought about mentioning that, too, but decided it was too similar to my other example, since both play on two senses of “little.” > > But it now occurs to me that the names of the French Resistance, while not exactly puns, might pose a translation problem. None of them named “Soissons Neuvaumes”, huh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/32 "2018-06-04T21:08:46Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > From [UHF](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1): [Supplies!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB2GboGOuTI) You reminded me of another purely visual pun from \*Top Secret! \* Nick (and, I think, Hillary) are fleeing from the Nazis, in the backstage area of a theater. They find a door labeled, “Prop Room.” When they open it, we see that the room is filled with propellers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/33 "2018-06-05T01:29:20Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > One of my favorites from \*The Great Race \*(1965) after the hero **(Leslie)** has escaped with the help of a monk… > **Max** : “ **Leslie** escaped with a small friar!” > **General** : “ **Leslie** escaped with a chicken?!” > Cracks me up every time… I’m sorry, I’m here giggling uncontrollably and people are looking at me. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/34 "2018-06-05T06:42:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > You reminded me of another purely visual pun from \*Top Secret! \* > > Nick (and, I think, Hillary) are fleeing from the Nazis, in the backstage area of a theater. They find a door labeled, “Prop Room.” When they open it, we see that the room is filled with propellers. 😃 Hey, props for noticing that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/35 "2018-06-05T14:12:15Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > Hey, props for noticing that. 🙂 I mean, it was pretty plane to see ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/36 "2018-06-05T16:33:14Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > > [@Tim R. Mortiss](#): > > > > I don’t recall if this is from one of the Naked Gun movies, or from the related TV series. But Leslie Nielson and his crew storm into some sort of store or office with their guns and badges out. The large-breasted girl behind the counter says, “Is this some kind of bust?” Leslie looks at her chest and says, “Yes, ma’am, it’s very impressive, but we need to ask you a few questions.” > > Movie. 2½, to be specific. It was originally from the _Police Squad_ TV series episode titled “Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)” (1982) and recycled for the 2½ movie (1991). According to IMDb, the exact quotes are: > [@Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)](#): > > Mimi : Is this some kind of bust? > Det. Frank Drebin : Yes, it’s very impressive, but we’d just like to ask a few questions. > [@The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear](#): > > Busty Female Shop Assistant : Is this some kind of bust? > Lt. Frank Drebin : Well… it’s very impressive, yes, but we need to ask you a few questions. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/37 "2018-06-05T20:03:41Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I haven’t seen Airplane! in yonks, but I remember it being full of visual gags/puns, from Otto Pilot… I never caught on to that, and I’ve seen this movie dozens of times. :smack: ---
**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:** [June 5, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/38 "2018-06-05T20:19:37Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Hillary says, “I know a little German,” (in the context of needing to speak the language) then follows it with, “He’s sitting over there.” She then waves, and a little person in lederhosen stands up and waves back to her. _Airplane II: The Sequel_ had a similar joke. There has been a problem requiring Elaine (I think) to take immediate action. She does, then says, “I need a little breather.” Up steps Herve Villechaize, smiling and adjusting his tie, while audibly inhaling and exhaling. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/39 "2018-06-07T00:04:13Z")
In Duck Soup, Groucho distracts Mrs. Teasdale while Chico and Harpo sneak around her house. Harpo accidentally turns on a radio, which erupts in a Sousaesque march until he gets it turned off. Mrs. Teasdale: What was that? Groucho: Probably just mice. T: Mice? Mice don’t play music. G: Oh yeah? What about the old maestro? Not a great joke, but there it is. Many years ago, I watched the movie on Swiss TV, with French subtitles. “Mice” in French is “souris” — no pun there. Instead, the subtitles read (and I’m in a diner on an iPad without diacriticals or having had a conversation in French for years, so please forgive me): T: Qu’est-que ca? G: Probablement les rats. T: Les rats ne jouent pas la music. G: Tu ne connaise pas la ratsody? I was impressed. ---
**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-movie-puns-and-or-punny-movies/815354/40 "2018-06-10T14:59:01Z")
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