# Rosebud! Guess the Fictional Character by their Last Words (obvious spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717 "2008-05-27T02:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/41 "2008-05-27T14:18:18Z")
1. “You always were an asshole, Gorman.” ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/42 "2008-05-27T14:47:41Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] 28. “You always were an asshole, Gorman.” [/QUOTE] Vazquez to Gorman in _Aliens_. Shoulda nuked them from orbit. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/43 "2008-05-27T15:22:20Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] \*Stay on the bomb run boys. I’m goin’ to get them doors open if it hare lips everybody on Bear Creek. \* [/QUOTE] Actually, Major Kong’s last word was, “Yeeeeehaaaaa” as he sat astride the bomb falling foward the “Ruusian” city. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/44 "2008-05-27T15:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=TV time] Actually, Major Kong’s last word was, “Yeeeeehaaaaa” as he sat astride the bomb falling foward the “Ruusian” city. [/QUOTE] I thought of that, but decided that it didn’t really count as a word. It’s more of a scream. It certainly has a meaning that is either undefined or so ambiguous as to be useless as a means of communication. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/45 "2008-05-27T15:55:26Z")
1. Freedom! * * * [“Rosebud”](http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/080515.html) ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/46 "2008-05-27T15:58:53Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] 1. “I stepped into a private trap back there and I’d like to go back and try to pull myself out of it before it’s too late for me to.” [/QUOTE] Marion in Psycho. Here are a few Short and sweets… 1. “It’s Beautiful!!!” 2. “What’s happening to me?” 3. “Where will we be?” 4. “Oh no…” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/47 "2008-05-27T16:05:36Z")
1. They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist… ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/48 "2008-05-27T16:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=kingpengvin] 1. “It’s Beautiful!!!” [/QUOTE] Belloq from **Raiders of the Lost Ark**. 1. Is that the best you can do, you pansies? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/49 "2008-05-27T16:28:54Z")
[QUOTE=divemaster] Belloq from **Raiders of the Lost Ark**. 1. Is that the best you can do, you pansies? [/QUOTE] Marv, from Sin City. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/50 "2008-05-27T16:31:18Z")
[QUOTE=glee] 33. They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist… [/QUOTE] Colonel John Sedgwick. But he wasn’t fictional. 😉 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/51 "2008-05-27T16:37:15Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] But here’s one of my favorites: 26: “Summer’s over.” (May not sound like much to go on, but it was from an iconic actor, one that people weren’t used to seeing in a death scene.) [/QUOTE] Can you give a hint on this one? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/52 "2008-05-27T16:39:53Z")
[QUOTE=shijinn] 29. Freedom! [/QUOTE] William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson, in _Braveheart_ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/53 "2008-05-27T17:56:12Z")
1. Shoot straight, you bastards, don’t make a mess of it 2. Such is life 3. Let’s do it. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/54 "2008-05-27T18:10:19Z")
1. how do you know? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/55 "2008-05-27T18:15:02Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] #6 “Look at that, sun’s coming up.” [/QUOTE] Captain John Sheridan, **Babylon 5** (and why are so many of these from Captains?) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/56 "2008-05-27T18:22:35Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] 35) Shoot straight, you bastards, don’t make a mess of it [/QUOTE] Breaker Morant, if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/57 "2008-05-27T18:33:01Z")
You aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/58 "2008-05-27T18:51:23Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] Colonel John Sedgwick. But he wasn’t fictional. 😉 Regards, Shodan [/QUOTE] I know, but it’s amusing! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/59 "2008-05-27T19:17:15Z")
1. Didn’t your mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717/60 "2008-05-27T19:23:00Z")
1. “Not like this. Not like this.” 2. “This is blasphemy! This is madness!” 3. “Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin’ right up!” 4. “That really was a Hattori Hanzo sword.” 5. “She begged for her life, and the life of the baby inside her … Oh, he didn’t know.” 6. “Here. I cannot self-terminate. You must lower me into the steel. Good-bye.” 7. “I want my mommy!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosebud-guess-the-fictional-character-by-their-last-words-obvious-spoilers/450717.md?page=4)