# One-Word Movie Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849 "2006-09-23T14:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/1 "2006-09-23T14:49:27Z")
I can think of but three that should be instantly recognizable. To wit: “ **Stella** ” “ **Rosebud** ” “ **Plastics** ” but I’m sure there are more. No fair using the main character’s name à la “Superman?” nor plucking one word out of what is really an extended quote as in: “Greed….” or “Badges?..” Then again, who cares. What movies can be recognized by a quote consisting of a single word? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/2 "2006-09-23T14:51:48Z")
**KKKKHHHHHAAAANNNNN** ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/3 "2006-09-23T14:52:12Z")
**Khaaaaaaaaaan!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/4 "2006-09-23T14:53:19Z")
**Aaaaaaaaaaaanniee!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/5 "2006-09-23T14:53:25Z")
**Indians!** ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/6 "2006-09-23T14:57:48Z")
brfffffffrrt (that’s a fart sound) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/7 "2006-09-23T14:59:25Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] brfffffffrrt [/QUOTE] _Blazing Saddles_? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/8 "2006-09-23T15:00:00Z")
“Beuller?” “_Thirty-seven!_” ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/9 "2006-09-23T15:05:19Z")
Adrian! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/10 "2006-09-23T15:06:55Z")
No!!! Her? (this one is a TV show) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/11 "2006-09-23T15:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] **Aaaaaaaaaaaanniee!!!** [/QUOTE] 😃 **Humbug** ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/12 "2006-09-23T15:16:24Z")
**SUPERMAN!** (from The Iron Giant) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/13 "2006-09-23T15:35:51Z")
[QUOTE=minlokwat] I can think of but three that should be instantly recognizable. To wit: “ **Stella** ” “ **Rosebud** ” “ **Plastics** ” but I’m sure there are more. … What movies can be recognized by a quote consisting of a single word? [/QUOTE] Um, I know about Citizen Kane, but where do the other two come from? May I add a clearly recognisable ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialadocious’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/14 "2006-09-23T15:37:34Z")
_A Streetcar Named Desire_ and _The Graduate_. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/15 "2006-09-23T15:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Um, I know about Citizen Kane, but where do the other two come from? [/QUOTE] _A Streetcar Named Desire_ and _The Graduate_. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/16 "2006-09-23T15:42:52Z")
_Waaaaayne!_ ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/17 "2006-09-23T15:44:18Z")
“Hope.” **Q.E.D.** , you just can’t seem to catch a break in this thread, can you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/18 "2006-09-23T15:44:36Z")
OOOOOOKKKKKK-lahoma ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/19 "2006-09-23T15:49:15Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] _A Streetcar Named Desire_ and _The Graduate_. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I haven’t seen Streetcar :o . Is the full phrase from The Graduate “the future is … plastics”? Here’s another one: ‘precioussss’ I think you all know that one! ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-movie-quotes/373849/20 "2006-09-23T15:51:50Z")
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