# What are the most hackneyed, cliched lines in all of TV and film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247 "2003-06-25T06:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sassafras\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Sassafras\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras_Kid)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/41 "2003-06-26T00:47:19Z")
Don’t forget the Trailers: “In a world…” ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/42 "2003-06-26T01:01:42Z")
“I’ve got an idea…” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/43 "2003-06-26T01:08:35Z")
Typical fight movie cliche: Manager “My fighter says he can beat the crap out of you.” Opponent:“Is that so? You name the time, the place, etc and I’ll beat the crap out of him, etc” The show “Police Squad” skewered this cliche with: Manager “My fighter says he can beat the crap out of you.” Opponent:“Wow, he must be pretty good !!” LOL ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/44 "2003-06-26T01:13:02Z")
Sassafras\_Kid that is GREAT !! Yes movie trailers have got great cliches. Here’s a good one “At an experimental lab, the government denied ever existed…” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/45 "2003-06-26T01:15:33Z")
“I came as soon as I heard” Who **gives** a shit? (That last one was just my response to the cliched line) 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/46 "2003-06-26T01:22:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diogenes the Cynic \* > \*\*“I love you more than you’ll ever know.” > \*\* I always hope a character will respond with "Well, you might as well jettison all the love I’ll never know about, because what good is it? ---
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/47 "2003-06-26T01:24:33Z")
Adult to child in bed: “You know your father and me love you more than anything else in the world, don’t you?” Cue speech about divorce, impending imprisonment, or pesky serial killer roaming round garden ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/48 "2003-06-26T01:28:12Z")
“Give me your badge and gun - you’re SUSPENDED!!” “I’m hit!!” “Hey, you guys - wait up!!” “Rights?! What about the rights of the woman he killed?!” ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/49 "2003-06-26T01:31:39Z")
Honey…I’m home… ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/50 "2003-06-26T01:32:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winston Bongo \* > \*\*“It’s gonna blow!!!” \*\* They mocked this on MST3K: Hunky hero: Its’ gonna blow! Its’ gonna blow! Servo: If the first ten minutes of this movie have been any indication this movie’s gonna blow! A classic horror movie one: Big boobed blonde who’s turkey is clearly done in a dark house/mansion/hotel, “Anybody there?” Like the killer gonna come out and say, “Damnit, BBBWTCD! How did you know there was a clause in the serial killer constitution that forces us to say ‘I’m a serial killer here to kill you’ if you say ‘Anybody there?’ Curse you, BBBWTCD!” ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/51 "2003-06-26T04:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Quasimodem \* > **"I came as soon as I heard"** You watch too much porn. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/52 "2003-06-26T04:55:18Z")
“I don’t know who you are anymore.” “I don’t know who I am anymore.” “Are you okay/all right?” (ALWAYS asked of a person who has just fallen from a great height, been shot multiple times, been beaten up by a gang of thugs, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/53 "2003-06-26T05:44:28Z")
Would someone please tell me what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![CadburyAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CadburyAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CadburyAngel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/54 "2003-06-26T06:11:25Z")
_ **Showtime…** _ ---
**Author:** ![tram2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@tram2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tram2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/55 "2003-06-26T06:24:49Z")
“We’ll be back in two and two.” Lame hand gestured, and forced smile included. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/56 "2003-06-26T06:25:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ricksummon \* > **"I know this sounds crazy, but…"** Combine this with **Lumpy** ’s “I’ve got an idea…”, and you might get a response on the order of “It’s such a crazy idea, it just might work!” And how might that idea be broached? “Hey kids, let’s put on a show!” ---
**Author:** ![legion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@legion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legion)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/57 "2003-06-26T09:40:51Z")
“MEDIC!” ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/58 "2003-06-26T10:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sassafras\_Kid \* > \*\*Don’t forget the Trailers: > > “In a world…” \*\* Heh. You all have seen the trailer for [Comedian](http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/comedian.html), right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/59 "2003-06-26T12:04:14Z")
“You talkin’ to me?” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-most-hackneyed-cliched-lines-in-all-of-tv-and-film/184247/60 "2003-06-26T12:23:20Z")
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