Princess Bride: Why so many quoted lines?

"What do you think? “British New Wave band, beauty, not my style of music though”

“It was no dream, it was in your underwears!”

We should go have a (Elsinore) beer together.

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me… than… a frontal lobotomy! (how profound!)

Okay, zug zug.

That’s in Nerdcore Rising. (I looked up Charity Case because I’m always open to more Frontalot music, but it didn’t have it, searching those lyrics only turns up Nerdcore Rising).

Just testing to see if anyone else get’s the reference.

I don’t think that “quotable lines” necessarily have to come from anything remarkably witty or clever. (Or even film or song.)

Dabu

:smack: You are correct, sir!

All of Front’s lyrics here:

English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?

I’m pretty sure I got that one. Couldn’t think of an appropriate reply.

Yippie ki-yay, motherfucker.

I’m a mushroom cloud layin’ motherfucker, motherfucker!

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I hate Illinois Nihilists.

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I’ve been know to say “Our lady of blessed acceleration, don’t fail me now!” when driving.

Oh, and the use of excessive force is approved.

Out of curiosity, where does this line come from? I read it here for the first time today (seriously, never heard it before), and not 8 hours later I hear a character say this in an anime called “Excel Saga” that I just started watching on Netflix.

Pulp Fiction (clip NSFW):[spoiler]Pulp Fiction: "I'm a Mushroom Cloud Laying Mother Fucker" - YouTube

Well I’ll be damned. I guess I had heard it before. My excuse is that I only watched that movie once, and it was 15 years ago.

The anime character who said it did have an afro similar to Jackson’s character’s, though.

For those hoping to find a new source of quotable lines, let me recommend Galaxy Quest.

Never give up. Never surrender.

By Grabthar’s Hammer - You shall be avenged!

That’s a helluva thing…

Its the simple things, really.

Its only a model.

There’s an anime called Girls Bravo that would probably be quite quotable were it more mainstream:

“When the hot springs dried up, I did what any right-thinking person would do and filled them with alligators and bananas.” (elderly hot springs resort landlady)

“It’s like I’m catnip for lesbians!” (Kirie, one of the main female characters who keeps getting hit on by women)

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For those hoping to find a new source of quotable lines, let me recommend Galaxy Quest.

Never give up. Never surrender.
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I don’t know how you’d slip them into everyday conversation, but there are a lot more :slight_smile:

I see you managed to get your shirt off.

You were never serious about the craft.

It’s a rock monster, it doesn’t have a motivation.

This episode was badly written!

Well screw that! (You can see that Ms Weaver actually says fuck that! but it’s dubbed over, even a non-gratuitous “fuck” would be a bit out of place in that film)

By Grabthar’s Hammer, you will be avenged!

One thing about The Princess Bride is it has a lot of quotes that work well on their own. I generally don’t speak in quotes from Princess Bride or any other movie because I’m not an asshole (no offense, everyone on this entire board), but will make occasional exceptions if either I’m certain that everyone I’m talking to has seen the movie, or if the quote makes sense by itself. I’ve said a few times “Back in my day, TV was called books,” because it’s funny without having seen Princess Bride. Also, “I don’t think that words means what you thin it means” is a good response to a misused word that doesn’t require having seen the movie. I hardly ever use the latter, though, as it’s difficult to say without seeming like you’re going out of your way to be pedantic, but this isn’t about me. The point is I think Princess Bride is one of those oft-quoted movies because it’s funny and quotable for one (people will always quote movies like that), but moreover, even for the movie quote averse, some of the lines could stand on their own and easily apply to everyday conversations.

Edit: Oh, I will say “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Toto,” when in unfamiliar territory, but I don’t think there are human beings that exist (who I would engage in conversation, anyway) who wouldn’t know what I’m talking about. Maybe there’s a seven year old out there who has no idea what that is, but among the rest of us, it’s such an ubiquitous reference that I don’t even consider it dropping a movie quote.