# 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:** [July 14, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15065 "2018-07-14T18:20:00Z")

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You? Who are you?

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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:** [July 14, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15066 "2018-07-14T22:01:28Z")

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I’m Batman!

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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:** [July 14, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15067 "2018-07-14T22:01:56Z")

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My name’s Forrest. Forrest Gump.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15068 "2018-07-15T01:49:47Z")

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They call me MISTER TIBBS!

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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:** [July 15, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15069 "2018-07-15T05:06:40Z")

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My friends call me Murphy. You call me… RoboCop.

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**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15070 "2018-07-15T15:26:06Z")

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When I told you to call me that, I wanted you to mean it.

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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:** [July 15, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15071 "2018-07-15T17:40:53Z")

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When you call me that, smile.

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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:** [July 15, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15072 "2018-07-15T17:46:54Z")

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Oh, come on! I’m just practicing Southern hospitality!

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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:** [July 15, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15073 "2018-07-15T19:15:36Z")

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Well, I wish I was in Dixie.

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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:** [July 15, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15074 "2018-07-15T23:26:40Z")

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When you tell somebody somethin’, it depends on what part of the country you’re standin’ in… as to just how dumb you are.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15075 "2018-07-16T11:23:15Z")

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You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15076 "2018-07-16T16:09:06Z")

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You can’t keep a kid from growing up. All a 13-year-old boy wants is a 13-year-old girl.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15077 "2018-07-16T18:21:08Z")

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Is this a kissing book?

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15078 "2018-07-16T20:00:31Z")

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No drinking, no drugs, no kissing, no tattoos, no piercings, _no_ ritual animal slaughters of any kind.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15079 "2018-07-16T20:11:24Z")

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She was burned as a witch in 1706. They said she danced naked in the town square and enslaved the minister.

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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:** [July 17, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15080 "2018-07-17T14:53:13Z")

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Now I gotta cut loose  
Footloose, kick off the Sunday shoes

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15081 "2018-07-17T16:18:49Z")

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Relax! Those pious morons are too busy talking to their phoney-baloney God! How ya doin’? Peace be with you. Praise Jebus.

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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:** [July 17, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15082 "2018-07-17T16:35:40Z")

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I give you… The Buddy Christ. Now that’s not the sanctioned term we’re using for the symbol, just something we’ve been kicking around the office, but look at it. Doesn’t it… pop? Buddy Christ…

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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:** [July 17, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15083 "2018-07-17T21:02:00Z")

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Should have called him The Dork!

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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:** [July 17, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/15084 "2018-07-17T23:40:18Z")

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Please, quit being a knucklehead.

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