# NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2020-07-07T13:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4562 "2023-04-02T02:31:38Z")

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No, Buzz. I _am_ your father!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4563 "2023-04-02T03:42:23Z")

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Hey, dad? You wanna have a catch?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4564 "2023-04-02T10:35:06Z")

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Adorable! Why didn’t you write us when you had a son?

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4565 "2023-04-02T11:02:05Z")

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If you lose a son, it’s possible to get another. There’s only one Maltese Falcon.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4566 "2023-04-02T15:24:49Z")

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Oh Charlie, we’re having our first quarrel.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4567 "2023-04-02T16:07:20Z")

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I’m too old for this shit.

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4568 "2023-04-02T17:25:50Z")

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Get off my lawn!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4569 "2023-04-02T20:03:25Z")

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Lawnmower Man is in your head now, Jake. There is no escape, ever.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4570 "2023-04-02T21:55:04Z")

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Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me; I’m the Gingerbread Man.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4571 "2023-04-02T22:22:47Z")

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Runnnnn, Forest!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4572 "2023-04-03T04:31:53Z")

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You can’t beat me on the grade. You can’t beat me on the grade!

(Full disclosure: this is from a TV movie [_Duel_]; I don’t know if it’s acceptable)

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4573 "2023-04-03T06:25:20Z")

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> [@knoodler](#):
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> You can’t beat me on the grade. You can’t beat me on the grade!
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> (Full disclosure: this is from a TV movie [_Duel_] – I don’t know if it’s acceptable)

According to Wikipedia, [it later received an international theatrical release in an extended version featuring scenes shot after the film’s original TV broadcast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_(1971_film)#Release), so I would say yes.

**In play:**

“And how would you beat him?”  
“With a stick. While he slept.”

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4574 "2023-04-03T10:22:02Z")

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Are you the God of Hammers?

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4575 "2023-04-03T16:25:40Z")

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[one of the guards repeatedly bangs the signaller’s right hand with a hammer]

— Now you’re gonna have to learn with your left hand.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4576 "2023-04-03T16:46:44Z")

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Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4577 "2023-04-03T17:48:39Z")

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That’s my darling Luke. He grins like a baby but bites like a gator.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4578 "2023-04-03T18:18:05Z")

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Use the Force, Luke!

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4579 "2023-04-03T21:30:15Z")

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If such a death happened with us, Mama Luke, we would tie the murderer to a pole and cut his body for fish bait.

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**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4580 "2023-04-04T01:07:13Z")

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I can’t believe we just Melvined death!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614/4581 "2023-04-04T15:19:19Z")

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I met Death today. We are playing chess.

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