# Oft Misquoted Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867 "2008-04-18T10:43:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/1 "2008-04-18T10:43:34Z")
So last week, I was channel surfing, I happened upon the first _Star Wars_ movie. So I’m watching, and I started thinking about the whole “Darth-Vader-is-Luke’s-father” revelation from the second one: Misquote: “Luke, I am your father.” Actual Quote: “No, _I_ am your father”. (In response to Luke telling Vader that Obi-Wan said that Vader killed his father) Any others (not just from SW)? ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/2 "2008-04-18T10:52:48Z")
There are so many of them- If you build it, he will come. You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk? One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know. All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up Why don’t you come up sometime and see me? Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’. Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges! These are all in the top 100 most famous movie quotes. They usually get quoted wrongly- usually they are quoted in a more catchy way ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/3 "2008-04-18T11:00:02Z")
Uh, what were the movies, and what were the ACTUAL quotes? (I recognize some of them, of course, but just for clarity’s sake) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/4 "2008-04-18T11:44:34Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] Uh, what were the movies, and what were the ACTUAL quotes? (I recognize some of them, of course, but just for clarity’s sake) [/QUOTE] Those ARE the actual quotes. Here are the movies, along with the misquotes: _If you build it, he will come._ From **Field of Dreams** , often misquoted as, “If you build it, they will come.” _You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?_ **Dirty Harry** , misquoted as “Do you feel lucky, punk?” _One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know._ **Animal Crackers** , misquote: “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I’ll never know.” _All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up_ **Sunset Boulevard** , misquote: “I’m ready for my closeup, Mr. Demille.” _Why don’t you come up sometime and see me?_ **She Done Him Wrong** , misquote: “Why don’t you come up and see me sometime?” _Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’._ **Casabalanca** , misquote: “Play it again, Sam.” _Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!_ **Treasure of the Sierra Madre** , misquote: “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/5 "2008-04-18T12:00:23Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] _Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’._ **Casabalanca** , misquote: “Play it again, Sam.” [/QUOTE] And unless my memory is failing me, it’s Ilsa’s line and not Rick’s. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/6 "2008-04-18T12:15:45Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] And unless my memory is failing me, it’s Ilsa’s line and not Rick’s. [/QUOTE] From memory Rick says to Sam ’ You played it for her. You can play it for me. Play it.’ ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/7 "2008-04-18T12:19:53Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] _Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’._ **Casabalanca** , misquote: “Play it again, Sam.” [/QUOTE] Of course ‘Play it again Sam’ is a real movie quote from ‘A Night in Casablanca’ by the Marx brothers and the name of a neglected gem of a movie by Woody Allen. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/8 "2008-04-18T12:22:24Z")
“Toto, I have a feeeling we’re not in Kansas, any more.” Often misquoted as “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more.” ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/9 "2008-04-18T12:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas, any more.” Often misquoted as “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas any more.” [/QUOTE] Really? I would have thought that would not get misquoted. I have seen it any many TV shows and never misquoted. Made a parody of - yes. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/10 "2008-04-18T23:37:18Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] _Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges! I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!_ **Treasure of the Sierra Madre** , misquote: “We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” [/QUOTE] But they do say “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” in _Blazing Saddles_. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/11 "2008-04-18T23:42:15Z")
[QUOTE=St. Urho] But they do say “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” in _Blazing Saddles_. [/QUOTE] And “Badgers? We don’t need no stinkin’ badgers” in Weird Al’s _UHF_. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/12 "2008-04-19T00:51:47Z")
I’ve heard people say “Call it…friend-o” in reference to an early scene in **No Country for Old Men**. The actual line is: “What business is it of yours where I’m from…friend-o?” The calling-the-coin-toss bit comes a little later. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/13 "2008-04-19T00:57:01Z")
In the spirit of posts 7, 10, and 11: W.C. Fields says “Why don’t you come up and see me some time” to Mae West in **My Little Chickadee** , all of which begs the question, when does a misquote become just a quote? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/14 "2008-04-19T01:08:03Z")
More in line with the OP, although it has lost its currency, “You dirty rat, you killed my brother!” used to be the standard line for Jimmy Cagney impressions, but the closest he came in any of his films was “You dirty rat, I’m going to get rid of you just like you gave it to my brother” from **Taxi!**. Also, many people seem to vividly remember the little boy at the end of **Shane** yelling “Come back, Shane!” as his hero rides off. He actually yelled “Shane! Come back!” Not a hugely significant difference, but it’s such an iconic line and only three words long, so you’d think more people would get it right. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/15 "2008-04-19T01:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I’ve heard people say “Call it…friend-o” in reference to an early scene in **No Country for Old Men**. The actual line is: “What business is it of yours where I’m from…friend-o?” The calling-the-coin-toss bit comes a little later. [/QUOTE] To be fair, some trailers for the movie spliced scenes together to make this quote. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/16 "2008-04-19T02:06:07Z")
[What we’ve got here is failure to something or other.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=421698) ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/17 "2008-04-19T02:28:21Z")
It’s not a movie… …but it drives me insane when people quote Simpsons episode [2F17](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F17.html), “Radioactive Man”. The scene in question - Rainier Wolfcastle is playing Radioactive Man in the Radioactive Man movie. He is tied up and Fallout Boy (played by Milhouse) is meant to save him before he is engulfed in a wave of acid. The director informs the talent: wear goggles, for this is real acid. Milhouse does not show up, and Rainier is swept away in the acid. As this is occuring, idiots would have you believe that he cries: “My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!” But what he really cries is: “My eyes! The goggles do nothing!” Very nitpicky, but damn that misquote ruins the cadence of a nice line. Plus “the goggles, they do nothing!” has been appropriated for all sorts of stupid image macros and lolcats. Hell, I just checked the wikipedia entry for goggles and it references the misquote. I fixed it, but god damn. People are stupid! I have this episode on DVD, I have checked it several times, stop inserting “they”! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oft-misquoted-movies/445867/18 "2008-04-19T02:54:53Z")
GameHat took the one I was going to add. The misquote is so ubiquitous that one of GameFAQ’s “secret” message boards was given the name “the goggles, they do nothing!” rather than the correct line.