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--->'''Attacker #2''': ''(discovers Dude's bowling ball)'' ...what is ''this''?!\\

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--->'''Attacker #2''': ''(discovers Dude's bowling ball)'' ...what the fuck is ''this''?!\\''this''?\\
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* The thug who defaces the rug pronouncing "Ever thus to deadbeats" in the process, as if making a political point a la "Syc Semper Tyrannis" in the assasinations of JuliusCaesar and AbrahamLincoln.

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* The thug who defaces the rug pronouncing "Ever thus to deadbeats" in the process, as if making a political point a la "Syc Semper Tyrannis" in the assasinations of JuliusCaesar Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar and AbrahamLincoln.
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--> '''Lebowski:''' ''"Nothing is fucked?!"'' THE PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE GODDAMN MOUNTAIN!

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--> '''Lebowski:''' ''"Nothing is fucked?!"'' THE PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE GODDAMN MOUNTAIN!They did not receive the money, you nitwit! They did not receive the money! Her life was ''in your hands!''
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* If you're mostly familiar with Philip Seymour Hoffman's serious roles, every one of his lines as TheComicallySerious LargeHam Brandt becomes hysterical. Special mention goes to the limo scene:
--> '''Lebowski:''' ''"Nothing is fucked?!"'' THE PLANE HAS CRASHED INTO THE GODDAMN MOUNTAIN!
--> '''Brandt:''' This is our concern, Dude.
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** And then when he proceeds to use the term "Chinaman" himself [[HypocriticalHumor not a few moments later.]]
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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after he replies "Sorry, I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look even funnier while almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after he replies "Sorry, I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look even funnier while almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").
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** Made doubly hilarious by the fact that the man is shaped like a giant phallus himself from torso upwards. In other words, a giant anthromorphic penis with a long erect penis of his own.
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* The Dude, in good ol' Phillip Marlowe mode, shades a notepad with a pencil to highlight the impression made on the next sheet of paper, only to discover Treehorn just drawed a man with a big phallus.

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* The Dude, in good ol' Phillip Marlowe mode, shades a notepad with a pencil to highlight the impression made on the next sheet of paper, only to discover Treehorn just drawed drew a man with a big phallus.

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after he replies "Sorry, I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after he replies "Sorry, I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look even funnier while almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").



-->'''Donny''': [[TheBeatles I am the Walrus]]?

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-->'''Donny''': [[TheBeatles [[JohnLennon I am the Walrus]]?



* Many of the gratuitous echoes and words one character borrows from another, "parlance of our times", unchecked [[GulfWar aggression]] which will not stand, coitus etc...
* [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery He fixes the cable?]], even funnierir if it's taken as more clueless than snarky.

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* Many of the gratuitous echoes and words one character borrows from another, "parlance of our times", unchecked [[GulfWar aggression]] which will not stand, coitus coitus, johnson etc...
* [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery He fixes the cable?]], even funnierir funnier if it's taken as more clueless than snarky.


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* The Dude, in good ol' Phillip Marlowe mode, shades a notepad with a pencil to highlight the impression made on the next sheet of paper, only to discover Treehorn just drawed a man with a big phallus.

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after the replies "Sorry I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face after the he replies "Sorry "Sorry, I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").



* Walter giving a damn about possession of wildlife inside a city when The Dude's Johnson is on the line:
-->'''The Dude''': What are you, a fucking park ranger now?"



* The Dude trying to pull a RoyalWe to Big Lebowski when he realizes he inadvertedly mentioned Walter came along.

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* The Dude trying to pull a RoyalWe to with Big Lebowski when he realizes he inadvertedly mentioned Walter came along.



* Many of the gratoutious echoes of words one character borrow from another, "parlance of our times", unchecked [[GulfWar aggression]] which will not stand, coitus etc...
* [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery He fixes the cable?]] , more so if taken as more clueless than snarky.
* Walter thinking Big Lebowski is ObfuscatingDisability inmediatly becomes -rather unsurprisingly- ComedicSociopathy

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* Many of the gratoutious gratuitous echoes of and words one character borrow borrows from another, "parlance of our times", unchecked [[GulfWar aggression]] which will not stand, coitus etc...
* [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery He fixes the cable?]] , more so cable?]], even funnierir if it's taken as more clueless than snarky.
* Walter thinking the manipulative bastard Big Lebowski is ObfuscatingDisability inmediatly inmediately becomes -rather unsurprisingly- ComedicSociopathyComedicSociopathy.

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* The mere fact that Walter, a giant and alleged war veteran feels bested and "stonewalled" by Larry, a boy who doesn't even say a word.



* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face.face after the replies "Sorry I wasn't listening" to his long and cautionary TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (in a way, the irritant indeference makes it look almost justified, nevertheless). Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").



* The Dude trying to throw a lit joint out the (closed) window of his car, the hot embers burning his crotch. While trying to douse the burning (with beer) he swerves and crashes into a garbage bin.

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* The Dude trying to throw a lit joint out the (closed) window of his car, the hot embers burning his crotch. While trying to douse the burning (with beer) he swerves and crashes into a garbage bin.bin.
* Donny's ''out of his element'' questions never cease to entertain.
-->'''The Dude''': I don't need your fucking sympathy, man [Walter]. I need my fucking Johnson.
-->'''Donny''': What do you need that for?

-->'''[[EruditeStoner The Dude]]''': It's like [[VladimirLenin Lenin]] said [...]
-->'''Donny''': [[TheBeatles I am the Walrus]]?
* The Dude does not particularly abide Treehorn's adult ''software'', [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he still jerks manually]].
* The thug who defaces the rug pronouncing "Ever thus to deadbeats" in the process, as if making a political point a la "Syc Semper Tyrannis" in the assasinations of JuliusCaesar and AbrahamLincoln.
* The Dude trying to pull a RoyalWe to Big Lebowski when he realizes he inadvertedly mentioned Walter came along.
* The Dude thinking the boys in the picture are Big Lebowksi's literal children from different mothers,
--> Racially he's pretty cool huh?
* Many of the gratoutious echoes of words one character borrow from another, "parlance of our times", unchecked [[GulfWar aggression]] which will not stand, coitus etc...
* [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery He fixes the cable?]] , more so if taken as more clueless than snarky.
* Walter thinking Big Lebowski is ObfuscatingDisability inmediatly becomes -rather unsurprisingly- ComedicSociopathy
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* "Also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."

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* "Also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.""
* The Dude trying to throw a lit joint out the (closed) window of his car, the hot embers burning his crotch. While trying to douse the burning (with beer) he swerves and crashes into a garbage bin.
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** Made even funnier in the TV edits, which turn the scene into a surreal BigLippedAlligatorMoment.
--> '''"DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS?! DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS LARRY?! DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FEED A STONER SCRAMBLED EGGS?!"'''
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* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."

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* "Also, Dude, Chinamen Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."
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* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."
* Walter accidentally [[spoiler:emptying Donny's ashes onto the Dude.]]

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* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."
* Walter accidentally [[spoiler:emptying Donny's ashes onto the Dude.]]
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* Walter "commends" [[Spoiler: Donny's]] remains to the Pacific Ocean. But the wind commends them all the way into the Dude's face.

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* Walter "commends" [[Spoiler: Donny's]] [[spoiler:Donny's]] remains to the Pacific Ocean. But the wind commends them all the way into the Dude's face.
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* Walter "commends" Donny's remains to the Pacific Ocean. But the wind commends them all the way into the Dude's face.

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* Walter "commends" Donny's [[Spoiler: Donny's]] remains to the Pacific Ocean. But the wind commends them all the way into the Dude's face.

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** Even better later on, when the Dude trips over the barricade.



* [[LameComeback Yeah, well, y'know that's just like uhh...your opinion man.]]

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* [[LameComeback "[[LameComeback Yeah, well, y'know that's just like uhh...your opinion opinion, man.]]]]"



* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."

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* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.""
* Walter accidentally [[spoiler:emptying Donny's ashes onto the Dude.]]
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The guys at the start weren\'t nihilists.


* Right off the bat--poor dude is having his head forcefully flushed through his toilet at the behest of two random nihilists...

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* Right off the bat--poor dude is having his head forcefully flushed through his toilet at the behest of two random nihilists...thugs...
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* "Well, they finally did it. They killed my fucking car."

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* The nihilists light Dude's car on fire. "Well, they finally did it. They killed my fucking car."
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-->'''Attacker #2''': ''(discovers Dude's bowling ball)'' ...what is ''this''?!\\

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-->'''Attacker --->'''Attacker #2''': ''(discovers Dude's bowling ball)'' ...what is ''this''?!\\
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* Right off the bat--poor dude is having his head forcefully flushed through his toilet at the behest of two random nihilists...
-->'''Attacker #1''': WHERE'S THE MONEY, LEBOWSKI?! ''(shoves Dude's head in the toilet again)'' WHERE'S THE MONEY, SHITHEAD?!\\
'''Dude''': ''(legitimately confused)'' It's...it's...[[SureWhyNot it's down there somewhere; let me take another look]].
** It ''very slowly'' dawns on them that they don't have the right place. "Isn't this guy supposed to be a millionaire, or something?"
-->'''Attacker #2''': ''(discovers Dude's bowling ball)'' ...what is ''this''?!\\
'''Dude''': [[DeadpanSnarker Obviously, you're not a golfer]].
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* [[LameComback Yeah, well, y'know that's just like uhh...your opinion man.]]

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* [[LameComback [[LameComeback Yeah, well, y'know that's just like uhh...your opinion man.]]
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* [[LameComback Yeah, well, y'know that's just like uhh...your opinion man.]]
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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Enhanced by Dude's reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!").fascist!").
* As The Dude is being hustled into Mr. Lebowski's limo, he yells out, "Hey, careful, man, there's a beverage here, man!"
* "Also, Dude, Chinamen is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."
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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Dude's reaction: "Ow, fucking fascist!"

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* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Enhanced by Dude's reaction: "Ow, reaction ("Ow, fucking fascist!"fascist!").
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-->'''Walter''': [[SeriousBusiness Has the whole world gone CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES? MARK IT ZERO!]]

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-->'''Walter''': [[SeriousBusiness Has the whole world gone CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES? MARK IT ZERO!]]ZERO!]]
* The CompleteMonster police chief in Malibu (combined with NauseaFuel, because he makes you so sick) throwing the coffee mug right in Dude's face. Dude's reaction: "Ow, fucking fascist!"
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-->'''Walter''': [[NoIndoorVoice MARK IT ZERO!]]

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-->'''Walter''': [[NoIndoorVoice [[SeriousBusiness Has the whole world gone CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES? MARK IT ZERO!]]
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* "Well, they finally did it. They killed my fucking car."

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* "Well, they finally did it. They killed my fucking car.""
* The entire scene with Smokey.
-->'''Walter''': Smokey this is not Nam, this is bowling there are rules.
-->'''Walter''': [[NoIndoorVoice MARK IT ZERO!]]
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* When The Dude's car gets stolen (and his phone has been ringing for the past ten minutes of the movie):
-->'''Donny''': Where you going, Dude?\\
'''The Dude''': I'm going home, Donny.\\
'''Donny''': [[CaptainObvious Your phone's ringing, Dude]].\\
'''The Dude''': [[DeadpanSnarker Thank you, Donny]].

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