# What movie/TV lines do you and yours use? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530 "2006-10-31T02:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/21 "2006-10-31T13:19:25Z")
“WASH THIS!” from History of the World, Part I or Jamie Kennedy’s, “For Real?” from Malibu’s Most Wanted For my good friends, though, it usually, “Fight the good fight, precious” ---
**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:** [October 31, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/22 "2006-10-31T14:08:02Z")
Marge Simpson voice: I can’t begin to tell you what is wrong with that statement. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/23 "2006-10-31T14:17:46Z")
“You just keep thinkin’ Butch; that’s what you’re good at.” ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/24 "2006-10-31T14:19:13Z")
For some reason, the MST classic **Devil Doll** has given me and Mrs. Nonsuch great fodder for quoting around the house. Upon any mention of wine: “Why can’t I have some wine? I want some wine!” Upon any mention of Berlin: “Find me … in … Berlin!” I guess you have to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/25 "2006-10-31T14:49:11Z")
“_Hamlet_… in love with the old man’s _daughter_…the old man _thinks_.” Used whenever there is pronoun confusion. Usually shortened to “… the old man _thinks_.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/26 "2006-10-31T14:58:30Z")
“Humor! Ar ar ar” ( **Mork and Mindy** ) “Thank you.” “Thank _yo_” (in a Groucho voice). ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/27 "2006-10-31T15:00:21Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] “That’s the second biggest (fill in the blank) I’ve ever seen!” [/QUOTE] I use this Guybrush Threepwood-ism a lot, but inevitably the person I say it to asks “What was the biggest one?” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/28 "2006-10-31T15:13:56Z")
“Laugh it up, Fuzz Ball” gets a lot of use. As does, “Bye bye, boys! Have fun storming the castle!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/29 "2006-10-31T15:22:52Z")
“I’ll be bahk.” - Ah-nuld, of course “Had your chance; muffed it. Good morning!” - said with a properly clipped British accent, by Mr. Scumptious the candy tycoon in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” “Ex-cellent!” - Mr. Burns, his fingers steepled together, “The Simpsons” ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/30 "2006-10-31T15:37:30Z")
My daughter and I could easily go an entire day communicating in nothing but movie and television quotes. It gets us in trouble sometimes. For instance, occasionally I forget that many, many people have never seen _Mean Girls_, and it’s inappropriate to greet these people with “Boo, you whore!” I won’t even start with the Whedon, but we definitely find that there’s a Whedon quote for every occasion. “Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?” is another favorite, although we appear to be the only people who’ve seen \*Heathers \* in the past ten years. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/31 "2006-10-31T15:37:59Z")
“Great Mandingo! I dig the sound of your mouth-music!” ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/32 "2006-10-31T15:52:01Z")
From _Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade_, whenever someone makes a boneheaded mistake or takes the wrong turn, or whatever: “You chose… _poorly_.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/33 "2006-10-31T16:01:51Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] “Great Mandingo! I dig the sound of your mouth-music!” [/QUOTE] I love it! What’s it from? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/34 "2006-10-31T16:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I love it! What’s it from? [/QUOTE] The Tick, live action series. The episode with Ron Perlman in it. Damn, I loved that show. Gets way more hate from Tick fans than it should. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/35 "2006-10-31T16:17:19Z")
Oh, there are so many. Whenever something goes wrong–usually traffic or a kitchen incident: “Captain, we’re humped.” (_Firefly_) And from _Sports Night_–“The length of this conversation is totally out of proportion with my interest in it.” Whenever somebody says “It’s possible,” it’s invariably followed with “I kill a lot of people.” (_The Princess Bride_) Any mention of pudding–“Quinn … is there ever a _bad_ time for pudding?” (_Sealab 2021_) So many more. None of them are coming to me right now, of course, because that would make everything easier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/36 "2006-10-31T16:23:23Z")
Ooh, I just remembered… my daughter is probably the only 15 year old on the face of the earth who’s been known to say “Shazbot, I missed!” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/37 "2006-10-31T16:25:19Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] You might, rabbit, you might. [/QUOTE] I use this one too! I’m also partial to "I’ve got that going for me, which is nice (CaddyShack) A few from Sixteen Candles . . . “What’s happenin’, hot stuff?” and “nice manners, babe!” And a gajillion from Seinfeld. ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/38 "2006-10-31T16:26:17Z")
“Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way - turn.” - Better Off Dead of course, you almost inevitably have to follow it with: “I want my two dollars!” Susan ---
**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:** [October 31, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/39 "2006-10-31T16:32:17Z")
The kids and I have memorized nearly every line of The Emperor’s New Groove. Any time one of us uses a quote from the movie, the other two will start tossing them out, and we pretty much go through the whole thing. (We’re a charming family, really.) Last night, one child said “Do you smell something burning?” and was met with _gasp_ “My spinach puffs!”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530/40 "2006-10-31T16:42:15Z")
When someone makes a statement ending in a comparative adjective – like “The weather is getting better” – it’s always fun to respond: “And LEON is getting LAAAAAAAARGER!” (_Airplane_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-tv-lines-do-you-and-yours-use/378530.md?page=3)