# Post a Movie Quote That Gives Away the Film w/o Saying the Title **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [February 16, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978 "2017-02-16T15:07:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/581 "2017-04-06T23:21:41Z")
**National Lampoon’s Vacation** “Take him to Detroit!” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/582 "2017-04-07T00:18:27Z")
**Kentucky Fried Movie**. “Rebellions are built on hope.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/583 "2017-04-07T00:51:52Z")
**Rogue One** “Give us leave, great king, to view the field in safety and dispose of their dead bodies.” “I tell thee truly, herald, I know not if the day be ours or no.” “The day is yours.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/584 "2017-04-07T02:46:56Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > “Give us leave, great king, to view the field in safety and dispose of their dead bodies.” > > “I tell thee truly, herald, I know not if the day be ours or no.” > > “The day is yours.” **Henry V** “And I won’t feel a thing.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/585 "2017-04-07T05:00:23Z")
**Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog.** “You wanna run this ship?” “YES!” “…Well… you can’t!” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/586 "2017-04-07T09:49:36Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > “You wanna run this ship?” > > “YES!” > > “…Well… you can’t!” **Serenity** “Not many people know this, but the turtle is nature’s suction cup.” ---
**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 7, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/587 "2017-04-07T11:58:27Z")
**UHF** “That’s funny, that plane’s dustin’ crops where there ain’t no crops.” ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/588 "2017-04-07T12:08:32Z")
North by Northwest Is he housebroken, or is he going to leave batteries all over the floor? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/589 "2017-04-07T12:44:52Z")
**Sleeper** “Centuries ago, the monster appeared in the skies of Mars. Within a month, the culture of Mars had been wiped out completely. The civilization on my planet had reached a stage of development which you people will not achieve for a long time. Centuries, at least. Today, because of the space monster, it is a dead world. Dead and unpopulated.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/590 "2017-04-07T16:01:26Z")
**Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster**. “You know, somehow, ‘I told you so’ just doesn’t quite say it.” ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/591 "2017-04-07T16:48:51Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > **Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster**. > > “You know, somehow, ‘I told you so’ just doesn’t quite say it.” I Robot The way I hear it you couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a fucking boat. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/592 "2017-04-07T16:52:53Z")
**Bull Durham**. “Blue flower, red thorns. Blue flower, red thorns. This would be so much easier if I wasn’t COLORBLIND!” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/593 "2017-04-07T17:41:13Z")
**Shrek** “All right, Bud. You have to cut the ground wire. Not the lead wire. It’s the blue wire with the white stripe. Not – I repeat, NOT – the black wire with the yellow stripe.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/594 "2017-04-07T18:59:38Z")
**The Abyss** “Nieman, you earned the part. Alternates, will you clean the blood off my drum set?” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/595 "2017-04-07T21:32:57Z")
**Whiplash**. “HE STOLE MY BALLOONS! Why didn’t someone TELL ME he had one of those… things? Bob… gun.” _BANG!_ “Gonna need a little time alone, boys.” ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/596 "2017-04-07T21:56:01Z")
**Batman** (1989) “I refuse to kill another human being in cold blood! However, in deference to your cultural traditions, I would be willing to have sex with him.” ---
**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 7, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/597 "2017-04-07T23:26:03Z")
**Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death** “I remember when I was about twelve years old. My daddy asked me, he says, “What do you want to be when you grow up, Little Harley?” And like a damn fool, I said a cowboy. I’ve been making wrong moves ever since.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/598 "2017-04-08T23:58:57Z")
**The Cheyenne Social Club** “Well, Old Man Johnson could’ve died in any one of five ways: His neck and back were broken, his chest was crushed, his skull was fractured… and here’s one for Sherlock Holmes - there was enough formic acid in him to kill twenty men.” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/599 "2017-04-09T00:05:56Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > “Well, Old Man Johnson could’ve died in any one of five ways: His neck and back were broken, his chest was crushed, his skull was fractured… and here’s one for Sherlock Holmes - there was enough formic acid in him to kill twenty men.” _Them!_ “This is an historical presentation of the Civil War and Reconstruction Period, and is not meant to reflect on any race or people of today.” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/600 "2017-04-09T01:09:05Z")
**Birth of a Nation**. “Has anybody ever told you you have a SERIOUS IMPULSE CONTROL PROBLEM?!” [Could also be “anyone”, instead of “anybody”]. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978.md?page=31)