This seems like a good place to mention a bit of trivia I came across.
You know how Elmer Fudd is always the butt of Bugs’ antics?
Well a fud is …
a rabbit’s butt :eek:
A little off the direct topic but related:
I’ve occasionally had this scenario run through my head - Since the end of the Cold War, Boris and Natasha have needed to seek other employment. Boris calls up his old coworker to see how she is.
Boris: “How you are like-ink new job at animal grooming parlor?”
Natasha: “Ees nice, but beezy. Got no time to talk, right now.”
Boris: “Vat you are do-ink?”
Natasha:“Moussin’ squirrel.” :smack:
“Three cheers and a tiger for me - I have won!”
Voiced by the great Jim Backus in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
And it would have worked if it weren’t for you meddling kids!
I’m comin’ Beanie Boy!
Make beeg trouble for Moose and Squirrel.
Gee, Mr. Peabody.
But, Dahlink…
‘Oh Beau-ree-gard…come he-ah, boy!’
“Yoiks, and awaaaay!” (Daffy Duck cartoon)
“Exit, stage left.” (Snagglepuss)
“Buhdee, buhdee…that’s all, folks!”
“Oh, wise guy, eh?” (actually a Stooges reference)
Whenever I find something that I have been looking for for a long time:
"Oh goody! My illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator. "
Sometimes I’ll do a Snagglepuss schtick like in stage left when he says “The door is open, ajar even.” Example: In my best Snagglepuss voice, I’ll say “That cat is insane, crazy even”.
There’s no need to fear. UNNderdog is here!
(but I can’t do Wally Cox)
When my computers pointing device is not responding
I hate meeces to pieces!
(Jinx the cat from Pixie an Dixie cartoon)
I used to say that about Reagan’s Attorney General.
Unfair to Local 12, Villains, Thieves, and Scoundrels Union.
(Boris Badenov in a commercial for Rocky and His Friends)
Help! Cecil, Help! Hekp! Cecil, Help!
Beany in Beany and Cecil)
There’s something you don’t see every day, Chauncey.
(sometimes someone will reply: What’s that Edgar?)
(from Rocky and Bullwinkle)
My wife’s Hungarian and son is eleven so our cartoon touchstones are of recent vintage.
Avatar, the Last Airbender:
“Yip-yip!” (usually on the way out the door in a hurry)
“Pants are an illusion… and so is death.” (when my son runs around the house in his underwear)
“MY CABBAGES!”
Phineas and Ferb:
“Curse you, Perry the platypus!” whenever we’re frustrated.
My sons and I will often say the next line when we find something unexpectedly:
“Well waddayano, one buwwet weft.”
I’ll often have “Pronoun trouble.”
Don’t you mean Belvedere?
From a Rocky and bullwinkle retellin of Little Red Riding Hood:
"A lovely bas-KET full of…"BOOM!!!“good-dies.”
Don’t do that at the Airport, m’kay?
Daffy Duck:
“I’m rich! I’m a wealthy miser!” “I’m socially secure!”
AT Daffy Duck:
“Absolutely free! For $5!”
Whenever I make a loud eructation (or some similar noise):
“Must be a barge comin’ through!” (from Calvin & Hobbes)
Whenever someone points out something that’s arguably technically correct but stupid and irrelevant, there are a couple of good Simpsons quotes I like to use:
“Batman’s a scientist”
“There’s an Air In Space Museum”
And another Simpsons quote I sometimes use:
“There’s no trick to it – it’s just a simple trick!”
Not that the classics aren’t great, but I’ll pick something from the last decade. How about some Adventure Time?
“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”
“Let’s wait the heck out of this line.”
“I’m not cute, I’ll mess you up!”
Demoncat: Greetings, Frank the Human Boy.
Finn: How did you almost know my name?
Demoncat: I have approximate knowledge of many things.
“You’re nuts, man. And I can’t help you. Probably because I’m just a simple dude.”
“She’s too sassy and powerful!”
“The walls are trying to hug us.”
“Hmm…needs more fire.”
“Ow! My hippocampus!”
“My whole body is a callous.”
[this requires hiding and surprising someone]
“If this were a real attack you’d be dead.”
From the Venture Brothers:
“I dare you to make less sense!”