# Most Quotable Films and Television Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432 "2001-10-09T22:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/1 "2001-10-09T22:49:40Z")
What movies and TV shows do you quote most often with friends or perfect strangers? Mine? TV Simpsons Seinfeld Movies Vacation Animal House Caddy Shack 2 (yes, Part 2!) Coming to America So I Married an Ax Murderer ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/2 "2001-10-09T22:53:09Z")
Monty Python (shows and movies) ---
**Author:** ![frock75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@frock75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frock75)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/3 "2001-10-09T23:21:28Z")
Movies: Full Metal Jacket, The Godfather, Aladdin TV: I tend to quote Mr. Rodgers and The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/4 "2001-10-09T23:29:35Z")
I can spend an entire day quoting only Ghostbusters, The Big Lebowski, Clerks, and Office Space. If everyone I talk to has seen these movies, they inevitably know exactly what I am talking about. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/5 "2001-10-09T23:59:33Z")
Dunno, I was on a “Clerks” quoting rampage for a while, along with “Mallrats.” TV— hmm, prolly “Twin Peaks” the odd “Simpsons” quote and many Seinfeld-isms (though no direct quotes). ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/6 "2001-10-10T00:01:30Z")
I have a tendency to quote whatever movie I’ve seen most recently. When I watched the original Star Wars trilogy last year, I was talking like Yoda for weeks. Drove people nuts! Then when I watched Episode I, it was JarJar. I think that was worse, lol. The biggest one has to be Wayne’s World. I still use “Pshah, and monkey’s might fly outta my butt!” all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/7 "2001-10-10T01:09:47Z")
My big movies for quotes are The Princess Bride, Office Space and Undercover Blues. Occasionally The Dream Team. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/8 "2001-10-10T01:45:51Z")
I don’t have good enough quote memory to regularly quote TV shows or movies, but I’ve noticed that Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the show) is just loaded with potential quote material. Oh, and another reason I rarely quote is that nobody ever gets it. I quoted a very recognizable Simpsons line the other day and received only blank stares in return. I don’t particularly enjoy the “What the Hell are you talking about?” look. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/9 "2001-10-10T02:06:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ooner \* > \*\* > Oh, and another reason I rarely quote is that nobody ever gets it. I quoted a very recognizable Simpsons line the other day and received only blank stares in return. I don’t particularly enjoy the “What the Hell are you talking about?” look. \*\* Maybe you need to hang out with different people? Just a thought. My brothers love to quote Midnight Run, the movie with Robert DeNiro and Charles Grodin. Princess Bride is also good. And also the movie Clue, especially the Madeline Kahn line about flames coming out of her eyes, or whatever it is. For shows, nothing really touches the Simpsons and Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/10 "2001-10-10T02:13:12Z")
My most recent is **Army of Darkness**. > [@](#): > > This…is my BOOM STICK!!! I forced my wife to watch it with me. She got me back by giving me the DVD for my birthday. 🙂 Course I spent whole years in college reciting _Monty Python and the Holy Grail._ ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/11 "2001-10-10T03:25:43Z")
The Simpsons, of course, and the beauty of that is that most people will get it! I also quote MST3K a lot. Those references tend to be a lot more obscure than the Simpsons quotes… ---
**Author:** ![EVO95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@EVO95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EVO95)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/12 "2001-10-10T03:32:47Z")
My favourite movie quote, and I unfortunately must use it endlessly, is “What we have here, is a failure to communicate.” What a great flick… ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/13 "2001-10-10T04:24:35Z")
The Godfather, Animal House and Airplane! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/14 "2001-10-10T14:25:43Z")
Office Space Princess Bride Animal House (What, the Germans _didn’t_ bomb Pearl Harbor??) Airplane M_A_S\*H–the movie The Simpsons ---
**Author:** ![naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@naughty\_wicked\_zoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naughty_wicked_zoot)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/15 "2001-10-10T14:46:13Z")
tv: the simpsons third rock from the sun (“soooocccckkk monnnnnkkkey!”) the x-files numerous star trek quotes, really like to quote kirk! movies: die hard any monty python caddyshack animal house good morning, viet nam (mr. zoot cracks up when i describe a new flavor as having “just a touch of formaldeheide”) a fish called wanda fawlty towers black adder the prisoner ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/16 "2001-10-10T14:57:47Z")
TV: Seinfeld The Simpsons Dennis Miller (usually not verbatim) Movies: Any Python Dr. Strangelove Blazing Saddles Fandango (Does this mean I get my fondue set back?) Animal House The Jerk (He hates cans!) Rocky Horror Apocaplyse Now (Charlie don’t surf!) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/17 "2001-10-10T15:11:51Z")
In terms of older movies, what can beat Casablanca for lines that have made it into common vernacular: Play it again, Sam (okay, never actually said in the movie, but made famous through the movie) (Round up) the usual suspects I’m shocked, shocked! (to find gambling in this establishment) This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship We’ll always have Paris Here’s looking at you, Kid I stick my neck out for nobody The list goes on and on…in terms of durability, some of the lines have faded, but they have lasted a lot longer than most… ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/18 "2001-10-10T17:11:12Z")
I love Casablanca. I absolutely love Claude Rains in that. “It is a little game we play. They put it on the bill, I tear the bill up. It is very convenient…” Other reliable sources - Cupid Ed Ellen Northern Exposure The Simpsons Animaniacs Monty Python Blackadder Absolutely Fabulous Austin Powers ---
**Author:** ![Mogwei22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@Mogwei22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mogwei22)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/19 "2001-10-10T17:26:08Z")
Ooner…what Simpsons quote did you use? For me…always the Simpsons…I tend to think in Simpsons…the quotes fly out of my mouth regardless of whether or not they fit the situation…kind of makes me feel like Ralph “Go Banana” Wiggum. Buffy-I’m working very hard to get “That’ll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo!” Into my everyday banter. Twin Peaks Absolutely Fabulous The State Thundercats MST3K-Particularly episodes involving Gamera or Fugitive Aliens. Movies- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Any Monty Python Rocky Horror The House of Yes The Big Lebowski Star Wars Labyrinth Neverending Story Princess Bride … ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432/20 "2001-10-10T18:51:25Z")
_The Princess Bride_ is the most quotable movie of all time. Just about every single line is quotable! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-quotable-films-and-television-shows/86432.md?page=2)