# Name the movie from the quoted dialog

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091 "2009-07-06T15:49:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/1 "2009-07-06T15:49:22Z")

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t1: Muffy, meet Adolph. Adolph, eat Muffy!

t2: Penis! Penis! Big fucking erect penis, ma!

t3: I’m the latina Marilyn Monroe. I’ve got more legs than a bucket of chicken!

t4: See this system here? This is Hi-Fi… high fidelity. What that means is that it’s the highest quality fidelity.

t5: You can’t buy a bag of peanuts in this town without someone writing a song about you.

t6: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?

t7: Whippets? Goof balls? A little wowie sauce with the boys?

t8: Get used to these bars, kid.

t9: You’re already frozen, popsicle head.

t10: I love you, Honey Bunny.

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**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/2 "2009-07-06T16:05:42Z")

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t8: Back to the Future III  
t10: Pulp Fiction?

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/3 "2009-07-06T16:08:55Z")

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t7: Dumb and Dumber

I’ll confirm T10 is from Pulp Fiction, too

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/4 "2009-07-06T16:17:59Z")

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Pulp Fiction is correct. The other guesses are not.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/5 "2009-07-06T16:28:34Z")

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t8 is Back to the Future I.

I’m guessing t3 is Gigli.  
Also guessing t4 is Ruthless People.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/6 "2009-07-06T16:29:27Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> t1: Muffy, meet Adolph. Adolph, eat Muffy!

“I hate the way she licks stamps!”

_Ruthless People_

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/7 "2009-07-06T16:31:27Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#):
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> t8 is Back to the Future I.
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> I’m guessing t3 is Gigli.  
> Also guessing t4 is Ruthless People.

Yes, no, and no. t1 is Ruthless People, as **Robot Arm** said.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/8 "2009-07-06T16:41:40Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> t3: I’m the latina Marilyn Monroe. I’ve got more legs than a bucket of chicken!

t3: **To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar**

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/9 "2009-07-06T17:03:37Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> t3: **To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar**

Correct.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/10 "2009-07-06T17:35:56Z")

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Can I play?

eh1. “Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”  
eh2. “That’s a big Twinkie.”  
eh3. “That’s a big chicken.”  
eh4. “Eh, he’s drunk.”  
eh5. “Oh, Piss Boy!”  
eh6. “Milan, darling.”  
eh7. “So what? We’re in a convertible.”  
eh8. “I know things about pigeons, Lily.”  
eh9. “My dear, what watch?”  
eh10. “Had your chance; muffed it. Good morning!”

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/11 "2009-07-06T17:38:51Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> t1: Muffy, meet Adolph. Adolph, eat Muffy!
> 
> t2: Penis! Penis! Big fucking erect penis, ma!
> 
> t3: I’m the latina Marilyn Monroe. I’ve got more legs than a bucket of chicken!
> 
> t4: See this system here? This is Hi-Fi… high fidelity. What that means is that it’s the highest quality fidelity.
> 
> t5: You can’t buy a bag of peanuts in this town without someone writing a song about you.
> 
> t6: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?
> 
> t7: Whippets? Goof balls? A little wowie sauce with the boys?
> 
> t8: Get used to these bars, kid.
> 
> t9: You’re already frozen, popsicle head.
> 
> t10: I love you, Honey Bunny.

t2: Born on the Fourth of July

t5: Citizen Kane

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/12 "2009-07-06T17:40:43Z")

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> [@stuthehistoryguy](#):
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> t2: Born on the Fourth of July
> 
> t5: Citizen Kane

Correct on both.

eh2. Ghostbusters

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/13 "2009-07-06T17:42:49Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> eh2. Ghostbusters

Correct.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/14 "2009-07-06T18:05:14Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> t4: See this system here? This is Hi-Fi… high fidelity. What that means is that it’s the highest quality fidelity.

Boogie Nights.

> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> Can I play?
> 
> eh1. “Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”  
> eh5. “Oh, Piss Boy!”

eh1: Breaker Morant  
eh5: History of the World Part 1

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/15 "2009-07-06T18:12:31Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> eh9. “My dear, what watch?”

Casablanca

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All three correct.

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/17 "2009-07-06T18:48:33Z")

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t6: What do you do when the thing you most wanted, so perfect, just comes?

t7: Whippets? Goof balls? A little wowie sauce with the boys?

t9: You’re already frozen, popsicle head.

eh3. “That’s a big chicken.”

eh4. “Eh, he’s drunk.”

eh6. “Milan, darling.”

eh7. “So what? We’re in a convertible.”

eh8. “I know things about pigeons, Lily.”

eh10. “Had your chance; muffed it. Good morning!”

I’m stumped on the eh ones!

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/18 "2009-07-06T20:00:25Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> eh3. “That’s a big chicken.”

_Sleeper_

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**Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/19 "2009-07-07T07:29:11Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> eh8. “I know things about pigeons, Lily.”

In The Line of Fire.

Only one I know, dammit.

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**Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-movie-from-the-quoted-dialog/502091/20 "2009-07-07T16:59:02Z")

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t7: Whippets? Goof balls? A little wowie sauce with the boys?  
Transformers movie (2007)

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