# Post a Movie Quote That Gives Away the Film w/o Saying the Title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978>\
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**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")\
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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 22, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/662 "2017-04-22T15:03:49Z")

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**An Affair To Remember**  
“Ladies and gentlemen - welcome to violence!”

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**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 22, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/663 "2017-04-22T22:06:23Z")

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**Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!**

"Was your father, by any chance, a _vulture?!"_

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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 23, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/664 "2017-04-23T18:01:39Z")

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**Chicken Run**

“It’s a good thing frogs can jump or else I’d be gone with the Schwinn.”

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**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 23, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/665 "2017-04-23T18:21:10Z")

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**The Muppet Movie**

“Claudia! Now who are we going to get to finish your dress? These impracticalities, cherie!”

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/666 "2017-04-23T23:13:31Z")

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**Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles**

The plan’s a flop. It’s every man for himself\>

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**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 27, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/667 "2017-04-27T05:14:17Z")

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**Ignatz** , I think you’ve stumped us.

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**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 27, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/668 "2017-04-27T09:27:19Z")

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> [@Ignatz](#):
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> The plan’s a flop. It’s every man for himself\>

> [@ekedolphin](#):
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> **Ignatz** , I think you’ve stumped us.

Is it **Brute Force**? Google says the line is “The plan’s a flop. You’re on your own.”

If so, the next quote is:

“Dear Mother Earth… I will drink your blue waters… and eat your green skin.”

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/669 "2017-04-27T22:40:52Z")

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Yes, it was Brute Force and I transcribed the quote while watching the flick. Sorry I had to be off the board for a while and didn’t monitor the thread. I know the movie of your G.C. quote but I’ll let others post it for now.

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**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 27, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/670 "2017-04-27T23:00:43Z")

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**The Men Who Stare at Goats**.

“I warn you scoundrel, I was trained at the King’s Academy and schooled in weaponry by the palace guard. You stand no chance. When you run, I shall ride, and when you stop, the steel of this strap shall be lodged in your brain.”

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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 27, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/671 "2017-04-27T23:12:48Z")

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**Kate & Leopold**  
“Manners maketh man.”

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**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 27, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/672 "2017-04-27T23:49:16Z")

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**Kingsman: The Secret Service**

“Mom! Dad! There’s something I have to tell you… I’m black.”

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**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 28, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/673 "2017-04-28T01:02:48Z")

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**Soul Man**

“My own brother, a goddamn, shit-sucking vampire. You wait 'till mom finds out, buddy!”

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**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 28, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/674 "2017-04-28T01:15:08Z")

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**Lost Boys**

“Rico…I need a new corporal…you’re it until you’re dead or I find someone better”

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**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 28, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/675 "2017-04-28T03:25:56Z")

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**Starship Troopers**  
Instant gratification takes too long.

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**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 28, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/676 "2017-04-28T07:54:35Z")

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**Postcards From The Edge**.

“How many times do I have to _kill_ you, boy?!”

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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 28, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/677 "2017-04-28T13:23:09Z")

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**Aladdin**  
“We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I’m making waffles!”

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**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 28, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/678 "2017-04-28T15:31:43Z")

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**Shrek**

“You took our child into a knife fight?”

“It was a fair fight. Two of them, two of us.”

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**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 28, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/679 "2017-04-28T19:13:48Z")

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**Undercover Blues**  
“A - you’d want me to miss the opportunity to see this specimen, one that may never come again; B - you’d be making up my mind for me; and C - I not only don’t like being pushed around, but you underestimate my ability to help in a crisis.”

“My sympathies are entirely on her side.”

“Didn’t take me very long to lose that argument, did it?”

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/680 "2017-04-30T00:50:21Z")

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**It Came From Beneath the Sea**  
“We were looking for mules.”  
“Gee, are my ears that big?”

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-movie-quote-that-gives-away-the-film-w-o-saying-the-title/779978/681 "2017-05-01T00:04:49Z")

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**Border Treasure**'50  
Whoopee-tee-yi-yo. Get along little dogies. It’s your misfortune and none of my own.

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