# What movies are commonly quoted or alluded to on the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716 "2005-01-08T05:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/1 "2005-01-08T05:12:05Z")
On post 41 of [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294458), **Sample the Dog** quotes _Office Space_. Having seen the movie, I got it. But if I had not seen the movie, it would have completely escaped me. I would not have even known a movie was quoted/alluded to. So, what movies are commonly quoted or alluded to here? (Please post or link to an example.) One movie so far: _Office Space_. Example is above. WRS ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/2 "2005-01-08T05:15:11Z")
Well I was going to say _Office Space_ but it looks like that one’s taken. I don’t know they’re not movies but The Simpsons and Monty Python get quoted about as often as anything. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/3 "2005-01-08T05:15:12Z")
The Big Lebowski, sometimes. Often when a rug gets peed on. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/4 "2005-01-08T05:31:08Z")
The Princess Bride. Clerks. MST3K gets referenced quite a lot. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/5 "2005-01-08T05:32:33Z")
Anything Monty Python. I’d post a link but it’d be hard to choose from so many threads. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/6 "2005-01-08T05:33:25Z")
I’d add Pulp Fiction to that list, and maybe Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, and Transformers: The Movie. For TV shows, South Park gets a lot of quotes and cites. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/7 "2005-01-08T05:33:37Z")
How did I miss the Monty Python reference? I just dunno. ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/8 "2005-01-08T05:34:26Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen these before, though I do visit many message boards where references like these are par for the course. Princess Bride (“Inconceivable?” “Never get involved in a land war in Asia” and the whole Inigo Montoya schpeel) Fight Club (The first rule of Fight Club, Robert Paulsen, etc) Clerks (“I’m not even supposed to be here today” “In a row?” etc) Mallrats (“Like the back seat of a Volkswagen?”) Spaceballs (“And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!” etc) Tarantino movies (“I just shot Marvin in the face!” etc) Ghostbusters. This is just scratching the surface, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/9 "2005-01-08T05:41:15Z")
Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles Monty Python and the Holy Grail Life of Brian Rocky Horror This is Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-commonly-quoted-or-alluded-to-on-the-sdmb/283716/10 "2005-01-08T10:53:06Z")
_The Boondock Saints_, I’d love to think. “You know what we need man? Some _rope_!” must come in handy in GD…