# The TV Show Quote Challenge Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 2, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481 "2005-06-02T01:32:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/101 "2005-06-07T12:29:58Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> Isn’t this spoken by the psychology major vamp to Buffy in “Conversations with Dead Peple?”

Incorrect. The messiah complex quote was original offered by me, by the way.

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> Mine:  
> B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder!

Is this perhaps Jon Lovitz’s effeminate director-character from A Streetcar Named Marge?

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**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/102 "2005-06-07T12:47:10Z")

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Weird glitch keeping the third page from manifesting - let’s see if this fixes it.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/103 "2005-06-07T13:43:49Z")

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This is from a mini-series:

“And one more thing, you complacent, conceited, bastard! You can’t make love for toffee. Ha!”

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/104 "2005-06-07T13:59:29Z")

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> [@CandidGamera](#):
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> Incorrect. The messiah complex quote was original offered by me, by the way.
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> Is this perhaps Jon Lovitz’s effeminate director-character from A Streetcar Named Marge?

You’re getting closer. It IS said by someone instructing people in a dance move, but not him.

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**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/105 "2005-06-07T22:08:26Z")

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> [@Art Vandelay](#):
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> “When they weren’t looking, I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow.”

This exact quote is definitely from Doctor Who as said earlier. However, I’m pretty sure “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow” has been used as a generic meaningless tech phrase on a couple of other SF shows too.

How about this one:

“There is literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.”

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**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/106 "2005-06-07T22:58:52Z")

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> [@ivylass](#):
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> This is from a mini-series:
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> “And one more thing, you complacent, conceited, bastard! You can’t make love for toffee. Ha!”

Rachel Ward in **The Thorn Birds**

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**Author:** ![Corset\_Maiden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@Corset\_Maiden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corset_Maiden)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-quote-challenge-thread/306481/107 "2017-10-18T22:31:30Z")

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“B1:It’s step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-step! Not step-pause-turn-pause-pivot-step-pause! Oh, shudder!”

- The Dance Instructor for the Little Miss Springfield candidates in _The Simpsons_

“Blindfolded, gagged, and with both hands tied behind my back!”

- Rebecca Howe from the _Cheers_ episode titled, “A Kiss Is Still A Kiss”

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