# Top TV and movie catchphrases

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 22, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740 "2008-09-22T20:34:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/1 "2008-09-22T20:34:13Z")

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Where’s the beef?!?

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/2 "2008-09-22T20:36:04Z")

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“We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/3 "2008-09-22T20:37:02Z")

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D’oh

Luke, I’m your Father

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/4 "2008-09-22T20:39:09Z")

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You talkin’ to me?

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/5 "2008-09-22T20:39:14Z")

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They’re greeeaaaat!

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/6 "2008-09-22T20:43:05Z")

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Can you hear me now?

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/7 "2008-09-22T20:44:39Z")

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I’m master of my domain.  
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/8 "2008-09-22T20:44:42Z")

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Yippee Kai Yea Mother Fucker

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**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/9 "2008-09-22T20:46:59Z")

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“Up your nose wi’d a rubber hose!”

“Wha’choo talkin’ about Willis?”

“Ayyyyyyyyy!”

“Helloooo!”

“DYN-O-MIIIIITE!”

“Ooh! Ooh! Me, pick me, Mr. Kotter!”

“Kiss my grit!”

“Sit on it!”

“Eeeee-Yesss?”

Ah, 1970s television. A golden era of catch-phrases.

Oh, and “I speak jive.”

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/10 "2008-09-22T20:48:31Z")

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Mom always said, don’t play ball in the house.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/11 "2008-09-22T20:50:07Z")

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…but I’m feeling _much_ better now.

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**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/12 "2008-09-22T20:51:19Z")

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“That’s all I need…that and this lamp”

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/13 "2008-09-22T20:53:31Z")

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Nanu-Nanu  
“Stifle yourself, Edith!”

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/14 "2008-09-22T20:55:16Z")

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“Don’t make me put my foot up your ass…”

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/15 "2008-09-22T20:57:26Z")

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Shuh-zayam!

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/16 "2008-09-22T20:57:39Z")

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…And that’s the way it was.

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/17 "2008-09-22T20:59:31Z")

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> [@tdn](#):
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> They’re greeeaaaat!

Ok, I can totally hear that right now, but, I can’t for the life of me put in in the correct context. I know I’ll want to kill myself when you tell me what it’s from. Never mind…Frosted Flakes.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/18 "2008-09-22T21:01:36Z")

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“Silly rabbit. Trix are for kids!”

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/19 "2008-09-22T21:04:40Z")

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> [@UncleRojelio](#):
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> Yippee Kai Yea Mother Fucker

What he said.

“Are you pondering what I’m pondering?”

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**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-tv-and-movie-catchphrases/464740/20 "2008-09-22T21:07:17Z")

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Engage.

I’ve made a huge mistake.

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