# Name the movie based only on the punchline. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794 "2008-03-18T16:46:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/1 "2008-03-18T16:46:49Z")
“I thought it was my grandmas douchebag but that’s in Iowa” ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/2 "2008-03-18T16:53:56Z")
Sounds like Booger’s line from the original _Revenge of the Nerds_ but you got it wrong – the douchebag is in Ohio, not Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/3 "2008-03-18T17:13:24Z")
“Yes, Your Honor, that is correct. This man has no dick.” ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/4 "2008-03-18T17:15:16Z")
Ghostbusters. “Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put on Earth to rise above.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/5 "2008-03-18T17:16:33Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] “Yes, Your Honor, that is correct. This man has no dick.” [/QUOTE] Ghostbusters! “Sure, we can take off as many inches as you want!” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/6 "2008-03-18T17:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=peedin] Ghostbusters. “Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put on Earth to rise above.” [/QUOTE] The World According to Garp? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/7 "2008-03-18T17:18:26Z")
[QUOTE=peedin] Ghostbusters. “Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put on Earth to rise above.” [/QUOTE] The African Queen. “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/8 "2008-03-18T17:20:19Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” [/QUOTE] _Blade Runner_. “Never ever in my fucking life has anyone ever been as fucking rude to me as you.” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/9 "2008-03-18T17:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] “All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.” [/QUOTE] Blade Runner! “How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?” ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/10 "2008-03-18T17:22:44Z")
[QUOTE=3waygeek] Sounds like Booger’s line from the original _Revenge of the Nerds_ but you got it wrong – the douchebag is in Ohio, not Iowa. [/QUOTE] Touche. I think you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/11 "2008-03-18T17:23:40Z")
Dang, too late for Blade Runner. “I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind.” ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/12 "2008-03-18T17:34:04Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] “How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?” [/QUOTE] The Usual Suspects “Either I’m dead right, or I’m crazy.” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/13 "2008-03-18T17:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] “I did not achieve this position in life by having some snot-nosed punk leave my cheese out in the wind.” [/QUOTE] Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/14 "2008-03-18T17:49:27Z")
I can’t get **Priceguy** ’s quote, even when I cheat and look it up on IMdB. I did get **RealityChuck** ’s, but since I had to cheat on that one too, I feel like it’s unethical to post it. Yay, **OneCentStamp**! “We’ve got Armadillos in our trousers. It’s really quite frightening.” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/15 "2008-03-18T17:50:34Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] “We’ve got Armadillos in our trousers. It’s really quite frightening.” [/QUOTE] This Is Spinal Tap “English, motherfucker! DO YOU SPEAK IT???” ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/16 "2008-03-18T17:50:40Z")
[QUOTE=InappropriateHumor] I can’t get **Priceguy** ’s quote, even when I cheat and look it up on IMdB. I did get **RealityChuck** ’s, but since I had to cheat on that one too, I feel like it’s unethical to post it. Yay, **OneCentStamp**! “We’ve got Armadillos in our trousers. It’s really quite frightening.” [/QUOTE] This is Spinal Tap “I guess I sort of went west, you know, the way of Horatio Alger, Davy Crockett, the Donner party…” ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/17 "2008-03-18T17:56:35Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] This Is Spinal Tap “English, motherfucker! DO YOU SPEAK IT???” [/QUOTE] Pulp Fiction. “One day a rain is gonna come and it’s gonna wash all the scum of the earth” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/18 "2008-03-18T17:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] “English, motherfucker! DO YOU SPEAK IT???” [/QUOTE] **Pulp Fiction** “I thought I was dead, but it turned out I was in Nebraska.” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/19 "2008-03-18T17:57:54Z")
[QUOTE=Švejk] “One day a rain is gonna come and it’s gonna wash all the scum of the earth” [/QUOTE] Taxi Driver? “Ty Cobb wanted to come, but none of us could stand that sonofabitch while we were alive, so we told him to STICK IT!!!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794/20 "2008-03-18T17:59:28Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Taxi Driver? [/QUOTE] That’s the one. What about “That rug really tied the room together.”? This one’s actually too easy but it belongs in a thread like this one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-based-only-on-the-punchline/441794.md?page=2)