History BeamMeUpScotty / LiveActionFilms

** [[https://twitter.com/brettwhite/status/366999192016662528 DC/WB is all like "Wonder Woman's too confusing for a movie!" and Marvel/Disney is all like "Here's a raccoon with a machine gun."]] Except DC never said that. David S. Goyer, writer on all of the Nolanverse ''Batman'' films and ''Film/ManOfSteel'', said that Wonder Woman was more difficult to adapt than Superman, who is more complicated than Batman, but that someone should take a whack at her anyway.

* ''Film/WhatsLoveGotToDoWithIt'': In the infamous "Eat the cake, Anna Mae!" scene, despite what Music/JayZ would have you think, Ike Turner never says those exact words to [[Music/TinaTurner Tina]] nor does he yell at her to eat it. Instead, he keeps saying "You should have some cake" or something similar and she keeps saying she doesn't want any, which leads to him holding a slice closer and closer to her mouth until he "playfully" (in his drug-addled mind, at least) smashes it in her face, which leads a fight with Tina's friend Jackie.

** "Shall we shag now, or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. The actual wording is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?" and Powers says it only once in ''International Man of Mystery''. However, the line is said by Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember''.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said by Batman at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that Batman frequently says it throughout the entire trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask "do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent isn't introduced at this point in the movie yet.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that Batman frequently says it throughout the entire trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask "do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent isn't introduced at this point in the movie yet.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask "do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent isn't introduced at this point in the movie yet. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that Batman frequently says it throughout the entire trilogy.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that it is commonly said by Batman throughout the entire trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask "do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent hasn't been introduced at this point in the film yet.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that it is commonly said by Batman throughout the entire trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask 'do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent hasn't been introduced at this point in the film yet.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that it is a commonly said by Batman throughout the trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask 'do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent hasn't been introduced at this point in the film yet.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said at any point in the film. The line originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in a popular Internet meme centered around the line and many people mistakenly assume that it is a common quote said by Batman throughout the trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask 'do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent hasn't been introduced at this point in the film yet.

** "Shall we shag now, or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. He actually says "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?" and Powers has only said it once in ''International Man of Mystery''. However, the line is said by Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember''.

** "Shall we shag now, or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. The actual quote is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?" and Powers has only said it once in ''International Man of Mystery''. However, the line is said by Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember''.

** "Shall we shag now, or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. The actual quote is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?" and Powers only says it once in ''International Man of Mystery''. However, the line is said by Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember''.

** Obi-Wan's DespairEventHorizon speech: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them!" The second sentence is routinely quoted as "''You were supposed to'' destroy the Sith, not join them!"

''Film/UndercoverBrother'', where a character really does say that, or just due to thinking it would be funnier that way.

* People often quote the first ''Film/HomeAlone'' movie with the line "Merry Christmas, you filthy animal." This one pops up sometimes in ironically-minded Christmas accouterments. Unfortunately, no one in the movie says this. The actual line, which is spoken in the [[ShowWithinAShow movie within the movie]] ''Angels with Dirty Souls'', is "Keep the change, you filthy animal." However, "Merry Christmas, you filthy animal." ''is'' said in the sequel.

* In no film did Creator/JamesCagney ever say "You dirty rat!" This is a misquote of both a line from the 1931 film ''Film/BlondeCrazy'', where he refers to another character as "that dirty double-crossing rat", and from the 1932 film ''Taxi!'', where he calls someone "you dirty yellow-bellied rat". At his AFI lifetime achievement award show in 1974, Cagney set the record straight before quickly proceeding to parody the trope (see "Judy, Judy, Judy" below). Part of the spread of this misconception among later generations can be traced to the original ''Film/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1990}}'' movie, which had a memorable scene where Michelangelo said "You dirty rat! You killed my brother!" while doing a Cagney impression.

* Possibly the most quoted line from ''Creator/LaurelAndHardy'' is Ollie's "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into, Stanley," (the "Stanley" is often omitted). This line was never spoken in any of their films. The line that was actually frequently used by Ollie was, "This is another '''nice''' mess you've gotten me into," and he never added a "Stanley" to the line either. The confusion apparently stems from one of the L shorts entitled "Another Fine Mess."

* Minor example: in ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'', Ron is often quoted as saying "Well, that escalated quickly" when the correct quote is "Boy, that escalated quickly." Also, he sounded genuinely surprised when he said it, though people often say the line in a deadpan voice for comedic effect.

* The most famous line from ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' is actually much longer than often thought. People tend to quote it as "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like... victory" and speak it as a BadassBoast. However, the complete quote goes: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Y'know, one time we had a hill bombed...for 12 hours, and when it was all over, I walked up, we didn't find one of them, not one stinking dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory..." with deep sorrow. However, the line ''was'' quoted just as rendered above by Creator/CharlieSheen in the very last scene of ''Film/TheChase1994''.

* An interesting example: in the original ''Film/DieHard'', the main villain Hans Gruber claims to quote Plutarch with "And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." In fact, not only is this wording nowhere in Plutarch's biography of Alexander, but the closest thing to it is a scene where Alexander does the exact opposite -- namely, weeping because he's realized that there are countless worlds out there, and he has yet to conquer even one. It's something of a GeniusBonus meant to imply Gruber isn't nearly as cultured or eloquent as he thinks, as well as that Gruber is wrong about how successful his big scheme is. But, lacking a Classical education, many people have reused the quote claiming it to be an authentic line from Plutarch.

** Also, an example less of wording and more of intonation: "Help me!" is often done high pitched in parodies such as ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''. In the original movie, however, it was more of a deep, nasal sound, like an insect buzzing.
*** The iconic image of the fly's body with a man's head is not in the original movie either. It comes from ''Film/ReturnOfTheFly''. The only time the human-headed fly is seen in ''The Fly'' is when its body is wrapped in spider silk, revealing only a deformed-looking human head and hand.

* One of the IconicItem examples: does anyone know what Jason Vorhees' preferred weapon is? If you said [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]], you're dead wrong. Despite the "[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaw and hockey mask]]" combination being a regular part of any slasher parody, Jason has ''never'' used a chainsaw in any of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films. One was used ''against'' him in part 2, against his copycat killer in part 5, and he once used a Bushmaster (a circular saw blade at the end of a weedwhacker) to kill someone, but never a chainsaw. His most notable weapon is a machete. The reason for parodies using a chainsaw and hockey mask combination is that they’re also parodying ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.

** Bond doesn't actually say "The name's Bond, James Bond" that often either ("[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Bond... James Bond]]" however is in practically every film) and orders vodka martinis rarely too. The former line has only been known to appear in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', ''Film/GoldenEye'', and ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''.
*** Although, in some films, he does say "''My'' name ''is'' Bond, James Bond" -- for example, at the start of ''Diamonds'', while he's questioning the Egyptian's mistress about the whereabouts of Blofeld.

* ''Film/LethalWeapon'': Roger Murtaugh is not ''getting'' too old for this shit, he already is. But to be fair, he does say it that way in both the second and third movie, ("I'm getting too old for this shit!")

** Smith's monologue is often misquoted: "Human beings are a virus," or "Human beings are a disease, and we are the cure." Whether or not this is an example is arguable, however, considering that at least one of the [[NeverTrustATrailer trailers]] actually did use the latter. The unedited version of the line is:

** The Black Knight's most memorable quote is [[OnlyAFleshWound "It's only a flesh wound!"]] and has even been merchandised as such when he really said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4 "Just a flesh wound."]] The misquotation is possibly influenced by the scene where the knights first see Camelot and one of the servants remarks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dZl3yfGpc "It's only a model."]] Additionally, the Black Knight does not make the "flesh wound" comment until ''both'' of his arms have been cut off and Arthur points it out. What he says after Arthur slices off his first arm is, "'Tis but a scratch."

* Though RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain is attributed to ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' and even credits it as its {{Trope Namer|s}}, the line was actually first spoken in ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead''. The 1985 horror-comedy ''Film/TheReturnOfTheLivingDead'' comes close, but it only mentions that in ''Night'', they killed the zombies by "[destroying] the brain", and here, removing the head only comes after destroying the brain proves to be unsuccessful (not that it achieved anything other than reducing the zombie to little more dangerous than a headless chicken). The actual quote from ''Night'' goes "Kill the brain, and you kill the ghoul." (The 1990 remake, meanwhile, refers to "incapacitating the brain".) The closest any of Creator/GeorgeARomero's films get to using the line is in ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'', where, during a news report early on, an expert on the subject of zombie survival says, "A dead body must be exterminated either by destroying the brain or severing the brain from the rest of the body."

* Another ''Franchise/StarTrek'' example: Some people mistakenly think that "[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan KHAAAAAN!]]" was a SkywardScream, when Kirk actually just yelled it facing forward into his communicator, which was followed by an exterior shot of the planet.
** Also, as far as intent, people often portray it as a classic example of how [[LargeHam hammy]] Creator/WilliamShatner is, when in fact Kirk (the character) was purposely hamming it up, to make Khan think he had outsmarted Kirk.
** Similarly, the line is often quoted as a long shout ("KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"). As performed, the line is just slightly longer than it would be if simply spoken.

'''Darth Vader:''' No, -- ''I'' am your father.

** A similarly joked-on Grievous line, "Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection!" is often quoted as "This will make a fine addition to my collection!"

* Quite possibly, the most famous line from ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' is, "Dry land is not a myth, I've seen it!" And yet, the line is never heard anywhere, in any form in the entire movie. It is, however, present in the Universal Studios water show based on the movie, which has been seen by many more people. Actual quote: The Mariner says " Dryland is a myth!" She says "I've seen it. It was in a basket we found Enola in. Dirt richer and darker than yours." ''Film/TheCableGuy'' makes this mistake, which is particularly notable due to the character immediately bragging about [[SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes how many times he's seen the movie]]. [[WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged Abridged Heathcliff]] was legitimately impressed when Kirito correctly debunked the line's association with the movie.

*** Although in ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', Stephen Stucker as Johnny says (while tangling himself in phone cords) "Auntie Em! Toto! It's a Twister! It's a Twister!"

* One of the IconicItem examples: does anyone know what Jason Vorhees' preferred weapon is? If you said [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]], you're dead wrong. Despite the "[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaw and hockey mask]]" combination being a regular part of any slasher parody, Jason has ''never'' used a chainsaw in any of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films. One was used ''against'' him in part 2, against his copycat killer in part 5, and he once used a Bushmaster (a circular saw blade at the end of a weedwhacker) to kill someone, but never a chainsaw.

* One of the IconicItem examples: does anyone know what Jason Vorhees' WeaponOfChoice is? If you said [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]], you're dead wrong. Despite the "[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaw and hockey mask]]" combination being a regular part of any slasher parody, Jason has ''never'' used a chainsaw in any of the ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films. One was used ''against'' him in part 2, against his copycat killer in part 5, and he once used a Bushmaster (a circular saw blade at the end of a weedwhacker) to kill someone, but never a chainsaw.

** "Shall we shag now or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. The actual quote is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?" and Powers only says it once in ''International Man of Mystery''. However, the line is said by Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember''.

** "Shall we shag now or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. While Powers frequently says "shag" and many shag-related requests and puns in all movies, the only time he says something similar is in ''International Man of Mystery'', and the actual line is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?". Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember'' however says the line with that exacting wording.

** "Shall we shag now or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. While Powers frequently says "shag" and many shag-related puns and requests in all movies, the only time he says something similar is in ''International Man of Mystery'', and the actual line is "Shall we shag now, or '''shall we''' shag later?". Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember'' however says the line with that exacting wording.

** "Shall we shag now or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. While Powers frequently says "shag" and many shag-related puns and requests in all movies, the only time he says something similar is in ''International Man of Mystery'', and the actual line is "Shall we shag now, or shall we shag later?". Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember'' however says the line with that exacting wording.

** "Shall we shag now or shag later?" is assumed to have been said by Austin Powers multiple times throughout all 3 films. While Powers frequently says "shag" and many shag-related puns and requests in all movies, the only time he says something similar is in ''International Man of Mystery'', and the actual line is "Shall we shag now, or shall we shag later?" Tom Cruise's parody portrayal of Powers in the opening of ''Goldmember'' however says the line with that exacting wording.

** And Creator/EdwardGRobinson's character never said "[[WhereIsYourXNow Where's your Messiah now? Where's your Messiah now, see]]?" [[note]]he was delivering the line as if Edward G. Robinson was playing a gangster, which he was known for. [[/note]]Creator/BillyCrystal made the line up for his routine about the movie.