# 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:** ![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:** [October 9, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17005 "2019-10-09T17:28:56Z")

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He put… creatures… in our bodies… to control our minds.

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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, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17006 "2019-10-09T19:12:47Z")

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Scores of wizards and witches claimed that they only did You-Know-Who’s bidding under the effects of the Imperius Curse. But here’s the rub… how do we sort out the liars?

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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, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17007 "2019-10-09T20:46:38Z")

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You can’t handle the truth.

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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:** [October 9, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17008 "2019-10-09T23:15:17Z")

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The truth is, I had a chance to sell my studio. But Cloverleaf wouldn’t buy my property unless Acme sold them his. The stubborn bastard wouldn’t sell! So I had to blackmail Acme with pictures of him and the rabbit’s wife. Blackmail, that’s all! I’ve been around toons all my life! I didn’t wanna see them destroyed!

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17009 "2019-10-09T23:55:00Z")

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Ha ha ha, what a story, Mark!

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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, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17010 "2019-10-10T14:22:08Z")

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Mark Watney: Space Pirate.

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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:** [October 10, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17011 "2019-10-10T15:33:39Z")

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Video pirates! Man the guns and prepare to defend borders.

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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 11, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17012 "2019-10-11T19:59:09Z")

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Pirates! You mean like walking the plank? Buried treasure? Hack, slash, off with his head, and the Jolly Richard, and everything?

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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:** [October 12, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17013 "2019-10-12T18:26:48Z")

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You think Pike and old Sykes haven’t been watchin’ us. They know what this is all about - and what do I have? Nothin’ but you egg-suckin’, chicken stealing gutter trash with not even sixty rounds between you. We’re after men - and I wish to God I was with them. The next time you make a mistake, I’m going to ride off and let you die

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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 12, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17014 "2019-10-12T23:31:22Z")

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I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can’t think of anything else.

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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:** [October 13, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17015 "2019-10-13T01:59:49Z")

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Breakfast, pal, remember? Main meal. Energy!

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17016 "2019-10-13T17:31:52Z")

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But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.

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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 13, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17017 "2019-10-13T18:57:02Z")

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Yes, but what about second breakfast?

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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:** [October 13, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17018 "2019-10-13T19:15:28Z")

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No! You didn’t eat your din-din, so you’ll have to wait till lunchtime.

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17019 "2019-10-13T19:18:30Z")

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I’ll have what she’s having.

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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 13, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17020 "2019-10-13T19:24:53Z")

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…and two hard boiled eggs!

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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:** [October 13, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17021 "2019-10-13T20:03:04Z")

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Have you ever eaten a dog, Mr. Russell?

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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:** [October 13, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17022 "2019-10-13T22:13:33Z")

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You see, what we’re talkin’ about here is an organism that imitates other life-forms, and it imitates 'em perfectly. When this thing attacked our dogs it tried to digest them… absorb them, and in the process shape its own cells to imitate them. This for instance. That’s not dog. It’s imitation. We got to it before it had time to finish.

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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 13, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17023 "2019-10-13T22:40:37Z")

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Who cried when Old Yeller got shot at the end?

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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 14, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-movie-quotes/628882/17024 "2019-10-14T23:30:56Z")

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Cry-Baby, when you was a boy, you had to be the man of this family.

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