# Help me find a line: "I. Know. You're. Faking it!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611 "2020-04-26T13:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/1 "2020-04-26T13:57:22Z")
So yeah. This line of dialogue has been plowing through my head, and I can’t for the life of me remember where it’s from. I vaguely remember someone half-yelling it at someone who they think isn’t dead, but maybe is? “I. Know. You’re. FAKING IT!” Other friends and google have already helped me eliminate the following: -Ferris Bueller’s day off -A Fish Called Wanda -Pulp Fiction -Shameless -Stepbrothers It’s stuck in my head like a bad earworm, and I could really use some relief! ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/2 "2020-04-26T14:13:31Z")
Above Suspicion? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/3 "2020-04-26T14:36:40Z")
I think a Fish Called Wanda has the line “I am faking it!” or something like that. But I do recall “I know you’re faking it!”, punctuated as you showed it, in some movie. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/4 "2020-04-26T14:53:06Z")
I’ve never seen Above Suspicion, and I paged through the script for Wanda, and couldn’t find it, sadly. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/5 "2020-04-26T15:01:23Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > I’ve never seen Above Suspicion, Just to be clear — the one where Joe Mantegna is convinced that Christopher Reeve _isn’t_ actually confined to a wheelchair, right? That aside: you mentioned ruling out STEP BROTHERS; for what it’s worth, that’s also a line that comes up in another Will Ferrell movie, LAND OF THE LOST. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/6 "2020-04-26T15:37:18Z")
I can hear this line in Steve Martin’s voice. I know he pretends to be in a wheelchair in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” Could that be it? Or what about “All Of Me?” There’s a lot faking going on in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/7 "2020-04-26T15:46:44Z")
“They think. THEY think… you’re faking it.” Is from the movie One Flew Over The Cukoo’s Nest. Which is followed by a sly “who, me?” grin from Jack Nicholson. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/8 "2020-04-26T15:47:20Z")
Could it have been the cop hassling a (pretending to be blind and disabled) Eddie Murphy in Trading Places? ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/9 "2020-04-26T15:55:48Z")
Jason Bateman gets thrown down a staircase by someone who thinks he’s faking a disability in THE EX (which isn’t really a spoiler; it’s in the trailer). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/10 "2020-04-26T15:56:54Z")
Correction on my post. Upon furthe remembering, lhe Cukoo’s Nest (movie) line is more like: “They think, THEY think… you’ve been faking it.” ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/11 "2020-04-26T18:58:24Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I can hear this line in Steve Martin’s voice. I know he pretends to be in a wheelchair in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” Could that be it? Or what about “All Of Me?” There’s a lot faking going on in that movie. Damn. I had -hoped- it was that. I could hear it in his voice, too. But checking both scripts, bupkis. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/12 "2020-04-26T19:42:59Z")
Hmm. Maybe another Steve Martin movie, then. Also, what about trying to find the line that likely preceded this one? Maybe something like “You may have fooled everyone else but…” or “I won’t let you get away with this because…” I don’t know. Maybe it will jog someone’s memory. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/13 "2020-04-26T19:55:24Z")
The bit on COMMUNITY, where they think Señor Chang is faking amnesia — excuse me, _Changnesia_ — because, seriously, he would, wouldn’t he? ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/14 "2020-04-26T20:41:28Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I can hear this line in Steve Martin’s voice. I know he pretends to be in a wheelchair in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.” Could that be it?.. > [@cmkeller](#): > > Could it have been the cop hassling a (pretending to be blind and disabled) Eddie Murphy in Trading Places? Definitely neither of those. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/15 "2020-04-26T20:49:04Z")
Arresred Development when Buster is faking a coma? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/16 "2020-04-26T20:58:48Z")
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it, but was it _The Man Who Knew Too Little?_ I remember there was a dead guy and Bill Murray said, “You gotta be careful; they might be able to CATCH THIS!” And he doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/17 "2020-04-26T21:01:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Arresred Development when Buster is faking a coma? Can’t find anything for that. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-line-i-know-youre-faking-it/852611/18 "2020-04-27T00:33:01Z")
Any chance you’re thinking of Sgt Bilko and the Hover tank? (Steve Martin as Sgt Bilko, Phil Hartman as Major Thorrn - cant seem to find the requisite video on youtube)