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* "Captain"? Of [[Film/BrightEyes the Good Ship Lollipop]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phil dissing Vito[[/labelnote]]

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* "Captain"? Of [[Film/BrightEyes the Good Ship Lollipop]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phil dissing Vito[[/labelnote]]Vito, and thus granting him a fan-favorite nickname[[/labelnote]]
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* "Captain"? Of [[Film/BrightEyes the Good Ship Lollipop]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phil dissing Vito[[/labelnote]]
* Charles Schwab over here [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phil's put-down towards Tony, invoked as smug criticism[[/labelnote]]

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* A. She was a hooah. B. She hit me. C. That wasn't my baby she was carrying. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ralph Cifaretto's excuse/justification for beating his girlfriend Tracee to death.[/labelnote]]
%% * Benny Fazio, criminal mastermind. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A sarcastic moniker that Artie gives to Benny after he discovers his employees have embroiled his restaurant in a credit card scam. It's especially ironic considering he is possibly the biggest ButtMonkey in the series.[[/labelnote]]

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* A. She was a hooah. B. She hit me. C. That wasn't my baby she was carrying. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ralph Cifaretto's excuse/justification for beating his girlfriend Tracee to death.[/labelnote]]
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* Benny Fazio, criminal mastermind. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A sarcastic moniker that Artie gives to Benny after he discovers his employees have embroiled his restaurant in a credit card scam. It's especially ironic considering he is possibly the biggest ButtMonkey in the series.[[/labelnote]]


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* WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Phil's exceptionally angry reaction to Carmine Jr casually bringing up the death of his 47 year old kid brother Billy Leotardo.[[/labelnote]]
** I'LL TELL YOU WHAT FUCKIN' HAPPENED - THIS PIECE OF SHIT [X] DID [Y] WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION WHATSOEVER! [[labelnote:Explanation]]Following that quote, Phil rants about how Tony Blundetto killed his brother without any provocation, which fans will snow-clone into what best describes the subject.[[/labelnote]]
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* Whatever happened there... [[labelnote:Explanation]] Carmine pointlessly brings up the death of Billy Leotardo during a conciliatory meeting with Tony Soprano, which naturally enrages Phil. Often used ironically by the fandom in a CaptainObvious way.[[/labelnote]]
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* A. She was a hooah. B. She hit me. C. That wasn't my baby she was carrying. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ralph Cifaretto's excuse/justification for beating his girlfriend Tracee to death.[/labelnote]]
%% * Benny Fazio, criminal mastermind. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A sarcastic moniker that Artie gives to Benny after he discovers his employees have embroiled his restaurant in a credit card scam. It's especially ironic considering he is possibly the biggest ButtMonkey in the series.[[/labelnote]]
* Doing X out of respect to Jackie Jr's fatha. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jackie Jr's attempts to get respect with the Sopranos crime family by trying to lean on his dad's reputation. Any scene with him will have comments claiming to do X out of respect for Jackie Sr.[[/labelnote]]


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* What kind of likeness is that!? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Junior's reaction to his unflattering courtroom sketch. Any resemblance to a Sopranos character will inevitably be followed by this remark.[[/labelnote]]
** I'm fucking fodder for cartoonists now? [[labelnote:Explanation]]Junior's follow up statement after Bobby compliments the drawing.[[/labelnote]]


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* "The fundamental question is, will I be as effective as a boss like my dad was. And I will be, even more so...But until I am, it's going to be hard to verify that I think I'll be more effective." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Little Carmine's hilariously redundant speech (based off of a quote by George W Bush apparently) explaining why he's avoiding being the boss of the Lupertazzi family.[[/labelnote]]
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* You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A {{Malaproper}} from Bobby Baccalieri, mixing up UsefulNotes/Nostradamus and ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.[[/labelnote]]

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* You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A {{Malaproper}} from Bobby Baccalieri, mixing up UsefulNotes/Nostradamus UsefulNotes/{{Nostradamus}} and ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.[[/labelnote]]
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* You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A {{Malaproper}} from Bobby Baccalieri, mixing up Nostradamus and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.[[/labelnote]]

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* You know, Quasimodo predicted all of this.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A {{Malaproper}} from Bobby Baccalieri, mixing up Nostradamus UsefulNotes/Nostradamus and the Hunchback of Notre Dame.''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''.[[/labelnote]]
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* Fat Tony[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mafia nickname invented by Borko. In the show, [[YouAreFat calling Tony fat]] is a BerserkButton for him, but since he's the Boss, few are willing to do so to his face.[[/labelnote]]

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* Fat Tony[[labelnote:Explanation]]A mafia nickname for Anthony Soprano invented by Borko.Borko, after Fat Tony D'Amico from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In the show, [[YouAreFat calling Tony fat]] is a BerserkButton for him, but since he's the Boss, few are willing to do so to his face.[[/labelnote]]

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* Never had the makings of a varsity athlete.[[labelnote: Explanation]]During the Soprano dinner at Junior's apartment in "[[Recap/TheSopranosS5E3WheresJohnny Where's Johnny?]]", Junior keeps informing everyone that Tony could never be a professional football player, eventually enraging Tony to the point that he and AJ promptly leave. This phrase is frequently used as a playful tease for people who claimed to have been great athletes in college, but never "made it to the big leagues".[[/labelnote]]
** Small [X], that was your problem.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Junior's followup to the above quote, often adlibbed into any shortcoming the person in question possesses.[[/labelnote]]


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* Never had the makings of a varsity athlete.[[labelnote:Explanation]]During the Soprano dinner at Junior's apartment in "[[Recap/TheSopranosS5E3WheresJohnny Where's Johnny?]]", Junior keeps informing everyone that Tony could never be a professional football player, eventually enraging Tony to the point that he and AJ promptly leave. This phrase is frequently used as a playful tease for people who claimed to have been great athletes in college, but never "made it to the big leagues".[[/labelnote]]
** Small [X], that was your problem.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Junior's followup to the above quote, often adlibbed into any shortcoming the person in question possesses.[[/labelnote]]
* Oh, this fucking shit! What's the point? I can't take it anymore![[labelnote:Explanation]]At Uncle Zio's funeral "[[Recap/TheSopranosS5E7InCamelot In Camelot]]", Junior suddenly breaks down in tears and starts lamenting his life, much to the concern of other people present. This phrase has often been used to point out something that a person has been doing for a long time without any success, to the point of breaking down.[[/labelnote]]
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* Shinebox.[[labelnote:Explanation]]Sopranoposters will often make references to Creator/FrankVincent's other mob roles, especially his turn as Billy Batts in ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', which ''The Sopranos'' recycles a lot of the cast members of.[[/labelnote]]


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* I'm glad you caught that, very observant. The sacred and the propane. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used ironically as a fake compliment, echoing Little Carmine's malapropism when he discuss the faux symbolism of his movie ''Cleaver''[[/labelnote]]

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* I'm glad you caught that, very observant. The sacred and the propane. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used ironically as a fake compliment, echoing Little Carmine's malapropism when he discuss the faux symbolism of his movie ''Cleaver''[[/labelnote]]''JustForFun/{{Cleaver}}''[[/labelnote]]

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