# What accidental movie lines cause your mandatory reply? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580 "2011-11-02T02:13:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/81 "2011-11-05T01:52:49Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > “Almost there” is always followed by “Stay on target” For me, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/82 "2011-11-05T02:07:49Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Wait… “I do not think that word means what you think it means” is a movie quote? > > I had no idea… The actual line is, “you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/83 "2011-11-05T02:14:48Z")
Well, it’s not my own idiosyncrasy as much as it’s a widespread meme in France, but I’ve repeated it so often I do have a hard time not mindlessly answering any question along the lines of “where are the XXX” with “Close… in your ASS”. ETA (from _Rambo III_) ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/84 "2011-11-06T11:56:12Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Whenever someone tells me they have a headache, I have to respond with “maybe it’s a tumor.” They, of course, generally reply back with… This ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Chicago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Dr\_Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Chicago)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/85 "2011-11-06T19:14:36Z")
If a friend tells a story that flops real bad, I just nod, and go, “Cool story, Hansel.” (Zoolander) ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/86 "2011-11-06T19:57:36Z")
If I’m driving, and I see a police car behind me, I have to say (to an empty passenger seat, if necessary): “We’ve got company.” ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/87 "2011-11-06T20:04:24Z")
^ Any specific movie? > **['We've Got Company' The Most Over-Used Line In Film? (VIDEO)](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weve-got-company-the-most_n_534713)** > > 'We've Got Company' The Most Over-Used Line In Film? (VIDEO) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/88 "2011-11-07T12:26:40Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > ^ Any specific movie? > ['We've Got Company' The Most Over-Used Line In Film? (VIDEO) | HuffPost Entertainment](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/12/weve-got-company-the-most_n_534713.html) I have 3 kids so I use [THIS](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4lzJ8jwdIM) alot! ---
**Author:** ![MovieCriticNextDoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MovieCriticNextDoor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieCriticNextDoor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/89 "2011-11-07T16:13:46Z")
I can’t possibly think of them all now, of course. I’ve used probably about half of the ones mentioned above at least once. Whenever someone mentions repression of any sort (or oppression; close enough, I say), I always find myself saying, “Help, help, I’m being repressed!” Similarly, any mention of three questions and/or crossing bridges will get a line or two from the bridge keeper scene. Potatoes tend to set me off quoting from the Blackadder II episode of the same name. “I haven’t forgotten; it’s a rhetorical question.” “Nah, it’s a potato.” Blackadder is just so, so quotable, though. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580/90 "2011-11-07T16:36:54Z")
Me or wife “What do you want to do tonight” MUST be followed with “Same thing we do every night, try to take over…” with “the world” often replaced by what ever is appropriate (Little League, Boy Scouts, PTA, Faculty meeting, etc.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-accidental-movie-lines-cause-your-mandatory-reply/601580.md?page=4)