# Speak to me only in Movie Quotes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [July 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882 "2012-07-20T20:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [October 9, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4644 "2013-10-09T18:50:54Z")

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_Red_

Frank-n-Furter it’s all over. Your mission is a failure, your lifestyle’s too extreme. I’m your new commander. You are now my prisoner. We return to Transylvania. Prepare the transit beam.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4645 "2013-10-09T18:53:48Z")

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_Rocky Horror Picture Show_

What if I told you that your transwarp theory was correct, that is is indeed possible to beam onto a ship that is traveling at warp speed?

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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:** [October 9, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4646 "2013-10-09T19:03:03Z")

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_Star Trek_

Preparing to fast-forward!

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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:** [October 9, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4647 "2013-10-09T19:40:08Z")

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You killed my father. Prepare to die.

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4648 "2013-10-10T12:15:34Z")

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_The Princess Bride_  
I met Death today. We are playing chess.

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4649 "2013-10-10T13:23:06Z")

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The Seventh Seal

Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum!

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4650 "2013-10-10T13:27:22Z")

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Professor Plum, you were once a professor of psychiatry specializing in helping paranoid and homicidal lunatics suffering from delusions of grandeur.

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**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4651 "2013-10-10T15:41:38Z")

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_Clue_

I see dead people.

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4652 "2013-10-10T15:47:44Z")

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_The Sixth Sense_

It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder. A widespread investigation of funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead have been returning to life and seeking human victims. It’s hard for us here to be reporting this to you, but it does seem to be a fact.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4653 "2013-10-10T18:39:05Z")

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_Night of the Living Dead_

To recap, it is _vital_ that you stay in your homes. Make no attempt to reach loved ones, and avoid all physical contact with the assailants.

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4654 "2013-10-10T18:43:29Z")

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Daddy! I’m back from Trick or Treating!

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4655 "2013-10-10T18:52:36Z")

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Now, show Daddy what you’ve got, hm?

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4656 "2013-10-10T18:54:19Z")

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See anything you like?

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4657 "2013-10-10T18:57:03Z")

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_Once Upon A Time In Mexico_

Lili. Lili, Lili, Lili, legs, Lili, Lili… I cannot finds the words to truly express my joy at the rekindling of our association.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4658 "2013-10-10T18:59:27Z")

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_Blazing Saddles_

I have to ask you a question. It’s a good one so think about it. If two people love each other, but they just can’t seem to get it together, when do you get to that point of enough is enough?

(Mine above was actually _Halloween_, but the cite given works, too.)

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4659 "2013-10-10T19:02:49Z")

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Our files are confidential Mr. Barish so we can’t show you any evidence. Suffice it to say, Miss Kruczynski was not happy and she wanted to move on. We provide that possibility.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4660 "2013-10-10T19:04:04Z")

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_Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_

I’m always angry.

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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:** [October 10, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4661 "2013-10-10T19:06:49Z")

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_Marvel’s The Avengers_

Temper’s the one thing you can’t get rid of, by losing it.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4662 "2013-10-10T19:11:06Z")

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Why is everyone in this hotel always slapping me?

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**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/4663 "2013-10-10T19:15:57Z")

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You unimaginable bastard.

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