# ID these classic video game phrases! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710 "2005-09-08T20:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/221 "2005-11-25T06:01:51Z")
> [@](#): > > **bouv** wrote: > Super Mario Brothers 3. Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/222 "2005-11-25T06:37:39Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > My favorite lines from this character… > > “I am gone” > “Yup” > “I’ve done had enough of this!” Imoen from Baldur’s Gate mine:\*\* Fungah! foiled again!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/223 "2005-11-25T09:11:23Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > The Commando, from Command and Conquer. > > Though personally I prefer Tanya from Red Alert…maybe because she was played by Kari Wuhrer. > Mmmmm… Yup 🙂 Her only catchphrase I can remember is “Kaa-CHIIIING!” when she dispatches a Ruskie 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/224 "2005-11-25T14:52:35Z")
> [@robertliguori](#): > > Bard’s Tale? That’s two out of three, can anyone get the remaining one? **The bard sings 'ho eyo He hum’** ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/225 "2005-11-28T14:21:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Is that _Secret of Evermore_? You are correct sir! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/226 "2005-11-28T20:02:31Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Yup 🙂 > > Her only catchphrase I can remember is “Kaa-CHIIIING!” when she dispatches a Ruskie 😉 She also said “Yeah, baby!”, and I think “Locked and Loaded” when you selected her. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/227 "2005-11-28T20:05:47Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > She also said “Yeah, baby!”, and I think “Locked and Loaded” when you selected her. I think it was “What’s Up ?” ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/228 "2005-11-29T10:06:37Z")
Easy one; “Reticulating Splines” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/229 "2005-11-29T12:52:08Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Easy one; “Reticulating Splines” 😉 SimCity ---
**Author:** ![DVsickgirlDV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DVsickgirlDV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVsickgirlDV)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/230 "2005-11-29T17:52:08Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > SimCity Isn’t it The Sims? Not SimCity. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/231 "2005-11-29T18:32:29Z")
> [@DVsickgirlDV](#): > > Isn’t it The Sims? Not SimCity. The original Sims did “re-reticulating splines”, Sims 2 has re-re-re-(dunno how many re’s)-reticulating splines, but in Sim City, the line was actually spoken at the beginning of the game. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/232 "2005-11-29T18:35:10Z")
I’m not going to go back and see if this has already been posted; if it has it’s probably been long enough to put up again: You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710/233 "2005-11-29T20:48:02Z")
\*\*My shipmates think that if they tie me to the mast I won’t fall overboard so much Are you getting tired? and from the same game You move beautifully\*\* The first is from Animal Crossing, and the second is from Dance Dance Revolution. I like the girly games…I can’t help it 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-classic-video-game-phrases/320710.md?page=11)