# Most memorable dying words in a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372 "2004-09-21T20:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/181 "2004-09-25T01:44:59Z")
#1 - Monty Python’s _Life of Brian_ #2 - _The Gift_ - Last episode, Season 5, \*\*Buffy the Vampire Slayer \*\* (where the series **should** have ended). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/182 "2004-09-25T01:46:21Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey! It’s one I know. Well, I know the movie–_Big Jake_. Quite a few characters say that to John Wayne throughout the movie. And his response was always “Not hardly”. One of my brother’s favorite phrases… I never knew where it came from until a couple of years ago when I finally saw the movie… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/183 "2004-09-25T03:06:06Z")
Let there be light. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/184 "2004-09-25T03:27:54Z")
> [@Dooku](#): > > “Daddy?” Mary Corleone’s last words in Godfather III ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/185 "2004-09-25T20:17:29Z")
I thought it was just plain “Dad?” Try this one: “Looks like the job is done, sir.” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/186 "2004-09-25T21:27:36Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I thought it was just plain “Dad?” I could be wrong on that count. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/187 "2004-09-25T22:40:19Z")
“I don’t wanna die! I DON’T WANNA DIE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/188 "2004-09-26T21:45:12Z")
I’ll give a hint for my most recent one: The character spoke these words just before being shot right in the forehead. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/189 "2004-09-26T21:56:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO! Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO! Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO!” “The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots?” The radio version, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/190 "2004-09-26T22:04:33Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > “I don’t wanna die! I DON’T WANNA DIE!!!” I think the full version was : “Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.” Unless I’m thinking of a different one. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/191 "2004-09-26T22:55:21Z")
**"More light…"** Dr. Reinhart, from _The Black Hole_. “You arrogant ass, you’ve killed _us_! [kaboom]” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/192 "2004-09-26T23:24:36Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > **"More light…"** > Dr. Reinhart, from _The Black Hole_. > “You arrogant ass, you’ve killed _us_! [kaboom]” The First Mate of the sub that was chasing **the Red October** , in **The Hunt for** … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/193 "2004-09-27T00:34:24Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > Let there be light. The “Smart Bomb” from _Dark Star_ …and I’ve got nothing to add, dangit… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/194 "2004-09-27T03:00:04Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > “Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO! Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO! Oooh! Owww! EEEEE! ARRGgh! OOOwwww! OOoo! Uuhhhh… OOOOOO!” Paul Reubens, _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/195 "2004-09-30T21:08:02Z")
Here’s one: “Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha…” ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/196 "2004-09-30T21:12:22Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I thought it was just plain “Dad?” > Try this one: > > “Looks like the job is done, sir.” More hints: The movie came out last year. The character was an older man. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/197 "2004-10-01T08:03:12Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > I think the full version was : > > “Oh, I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. I don’t wanna die! Oh, please. Don’t let me burn. Oh, please. Let go of me. Please.” Rocky, _Angels With Dirty Faces_ “Look out – here I go!” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/198 "2004-10-01T14:56:50Z")
"You call that begging? You can beg better than that. " “Man…I don’t even have an opinion…” “I’m a cop” “How do I look?” “VERY FUNNY BITCH!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/199 "2004-10-01T14:58:16Z")
“My child, you have come to me my son. For who now is your father if it is not me? I am the well spring from which you flow. When I am gone, you will have never been. What would your world be, without me? My son…” That’s James Earl Jones in the first Conan movie. Character was Thulsa Doom, I think. Here’s mine: "Max! Max, I’m okay! I’m okay max. Just a scratch. Look I’m all right. " ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372/200 "2004-10-01T18:19:07Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > "You call that begging? You can beg better than that. " Go-go Yubari - Kill Bill, Volume 1 I’ll try to think a new one up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-dying-words-in-a-movie/265372.md?page=11)