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7Cinematic {{Catch Phrase}}s. By definition, '''the phrase(s) should to be repeated multiple times throughout the film or the film series in order to qualify.'''
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9This page is '''not''' a dumping ground for famous film quotes; those go on the SignatureLine page.
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11Likewise, if the quote has become a Catch Phrase for the audience, those belong on the MemeticMutation page.
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13!Examples:
14
15* ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello'':
16** "Hey Abbott!" - Lou Costello
17*** Also: “I’m a baaaaaad boy.”
18
19* ''Film/AceVentura'' series:
20** "All righty then!" - Creator/JimCarrey
21
22* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'':
23** "Always on alert!" - Nick Carter, America's [[GreatDetective greatest detective]][[note]]It's funniest when he says it totally wasted and exhausted after beer drinking montage.[[/note]]
24
25* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'':
26** "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." - Creator/LeslieNielsen
27
28* ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy''
29** "You stay classy, San Diego."
30*** [[spoiler: "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."]]
31
32* ''Film/AnimalHouse''
33** "Toga! Toga!" - Creator/JohnBelushi
34
35* ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}'':
36** Stacks tries to modify his cell phone company's slogan "never drop a call" into a political slogan for his mayoral campaign: "never drop a citizen".
37** Hannigan, when flirting, tends to open with the same line:
38-->'''Man:''' Ms. Hannigan?
39-->'''Hannigan:''' That's my maiden name. But I'm not ... ''married'' to it.
40
41* ''Film/AustinPowers'' series:
42** "Oh behave!"
43** "Yeah, baby, yeah!"
44
45* The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy
46** Doc Brown's "Great Scott!" and Marty [=McFly's=] "This is heavy!". In the [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 first film]], Brown takes Marty's catchphrase literally. Subverted in the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third movie]], where they once exchange lines.
47** In the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII second]] and [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third]] films Marty also develops the CatchPhrase "Nobody calls me chicken!" (or "yellow" in the Western setting) in response to his personal BerserkButton.
48** "Hey [=McFly=]!" - said by Biff/Griff Tannen to Marty and George
49
50* ''Film/Batman1989''
51** "You ever dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?" - Joker; later used right back at him by Batman.
52
53* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'':
54** "Man." - Creator/JeffBridges
55** "It really tied the room together"
56** "Shut the fuck up, Donny."
57
58* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers":
59** "We're on a mission from God." - Creator/DanAykroyd
60
61* ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'':
62** "We rob banks." - Creator/WarrenBeatty
63
64* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'':
65** "Do you want to live forever?"
66
67* ''Film/TheCourtJester'':
68** "King of jesters, and jester of kings!"
69** "Harm one hair on (her/that majestic) head, and I throw myself from the highest turret!"
70** "If he dies, you die."
71** "Get it?" "Got it." "Good."
72
73* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'':
74** "Wanna know how I got these scars?" - Creator/HeathLedger
75
76* ''Film/DieHard'':
77** "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker!" - Creator/BruceWillis; Only given context in the first film but said in all of them.
78
79* ''Film/DirtyHarry'':
80** "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do you, punk?"
81
82* ''Film/DogDayAfternoon''
83** "Attica! Attica!!" - Creator/AlPacino
84
85* ''Film/{{Duets}}'':
86** Todd Woods: "I'm going out for a pack of cigarettes."
87** Reggie Kane: "I made an error in judgement."
88
89* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
90** "E.T. phone home."
91
92* ''Film/ForrestGump''
93** "...And that's all I have to say about that."
94
95* ''Franchise/EvilDead''
96** "Groovy" - Creator/BruceCampbell as Ash
97
98* ''Film/FreeGuy''
99** "[[TropeName Catchphrase]]." - Creator/RyanReynolds as [[invoked]] [[ObviousBeta DUDE]]
100
101* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''
102** Protagonist Seth Gecko has a CatchPhrase template he adapts to the situation at hand: "Ok [noun], let's [verbed form of same noun]."
103** Prior to making the last dash to the Mexican border and freedom: "Ok ramblers, let's get ramblin'."
104** Having arrived at the rendezvous at which they are to meet their Mexican contact: "Ok hard drinkers, let's start drinking hard."
105** Immediately prior to the last confrontation with the vampires: "Ok vampire killers, let's kill some fucking vampires."
106
107* ''Film/FunnyGirl''
108** "Hello, gorgeous." - Music/BarbraStreisand
109
110* ''Film/GalaxyQuest''
111** "Never give up -- never surrender." - Jason Nesmith[=/=]Commander Peter Quincy Taggart
112** "By Grapthar's hammer..." - Alexander Dane[=/=]Dr. Lazarus
113
114* ''Film/GoldenEye''
115** "I AM INVINCIBLE!" - Boris Grishenko, who obviously has not read the EvilOverlordList.
116** "For England, James." - Creator/SeanBean
117
118* ''Film/GoodBurger''
119** "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?"
120** "You mess with Kurt and you go into the grinder"
121
122* ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam''
123** [[TitleDrop "GOOOOOOOOOD MOOOOOOOOO'NIN' VIETNAAAAAM!"]] - Creator/RobinWilliams
124
125* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}''
126** "There can be only one."
127** "It's a kind of magic."
128
129* ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''
130** "You know...for kids!"
131
132* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series
133** "I hate snakes!" - Creator/HarrisonFord in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981)
134** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989)
135*** "Don't call me "Junior"!" - Creator/HarrisonFord
136*** "This is intolerable!" - Creator/SeanConnery
137
138* The ''Film/JamesBond'' film series
139** "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Bond. James Bond.]]"
140** "Shaken, not stirred."
141*** The martini one was subverted in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'': when asked how he wants his martini, Bond asks "Do I look like I give a damn?" Earlier in the film, though, he gives very specific instructions as to how he wants his martini prepared, which is word-for-word out of the original book. "Shaken, not stirred" is a summary of ''part'' of this particular order.
142--->"A dry martini," he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet."
143--->"Oui, monsieur."
144--->"Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon-peel. Got it?"
145** Q's repeated plea to Bond, to bring his equipment back "in pristine order" (which Bond never does). And of course, the ever-popular "Grow up, 007."
146
147* ''Film/JudgeDredd''
148** "I ''knew'' you'd say that."
149** "I am the law!"
150** "Court's adjourned."
151
152* ''Film/JurassicPark1993''
153** "We spared no expense." - John Hammond
154
155* ''Film/KillBill''
156** "You and I have unfinished business." - The Bride
157
158* ''Film/TheKingAndI'': "Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." - The King of Siam.
159
160* The Film/KungFuTheater series
161** "I thought you were dead!" (crops up in other genres as well)
162** "I heard your kung fu is really good." (usually meant as a challenge to the hero)
163** "Teacher!"
164** "But still..."
165** "You (or he) killed teacher!"
166
167* ''Film/{{Late Night|2019}}'' (2019)
168** "I hope I've earned the privilege of your time." - Katherine Newbury
169
170* Creator/LaurelAndHardy film series
171** "D'ooooooooooh!" - James Finlayson
172** "Why don't you do something to help me?" - Oliver Hardy
173** "There's another nice mess you've gotten me into." - Oliver Hardy (often misquoted as "fine mess")
174
175* ''Film/LethalWeapon'': "I'm too old for this shit!" - Roger Murtaugh
176
177* ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'': Seymour's "I didn't mean it", Gravis Mushnick's "excellent", and [[ChewingTheScenery Audrey Jr.'s]] "Feed Me".
178
179* ''Film/LivesOfABengalLancer'': "We have ways to make men talk" - Douglas Drimbille (which later became a stock phrase as: WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk)
180
181* ''Film/LogansRun''
182--> Box: Fish and plankton! And sea greens and protein from the sea!
183
184* Film/MajorGromPlagueDoctor
185** "Think, think!" - Igor Grom
186
187* ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'' (1962)
188** "Always with a little humor." - Dr. Yen Lo
189
190* Film/MarathonMan
191** "Is it safe?" - Creator/LaurenceOlivier
192
193* Creator/TheMarxBrothers film series
194** "Of course you know, this means war!" - Creator/GrouchoMarx. He first mentioned it in ''Film/DuckSoup'' (1933).
195** Chico Marx often began conversations with a cheery "Hello, boss!" Groucho would sometimes end them with, "...And I do mean ''you''." ''(suggestive eyebrow waggle)''
196
197* Film/AMightyWind
198** Creator/FredWillard plays a former child TV star where his catchphrase was "Wha' Happened?" -- which he still uses as it's his only claim to fame left.
199
200* Film/MissingInAction series:
201** ''Film/MissingInAction2TheBeginning''
202*** "You lose." - Colonel Yin
203
204* ''Film/MissMeadows'': Miss Meadows' says "Toodle-oo" for goodbye, whether the farewell is temporary [[DeadlyEuphemism or permanent.]]
205
206* ''Film/MrSaturdayNight''
207** Creator/BillyCrystal plays a TV comedian whose catchphrase is "Don't get me started!" (also a title of one of Billy Crystal's comedy albums).
208
209* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
210** The Black Knight's [[YouShallNotPass "NONE SHALL PASS!"]] as well as everything else he says.
211** "Ni!" - Creator/MichaelPalin as the Head Knight Who Says "Ni"
212** "Run away!" King Arthur sounding retreat
213** People assumed to be killed suddenly saying "I'm not dead yet!"
214
215* ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'':
216** Benjamin Dingle says, "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!"
217
218* ''Film/MysteryTeam''
219** "We're the [[TitleDrop Mystery Team]]!"
220
221* ''Film/{{Oblivion2013}}'':
222** "Another day in paradise." - Victoria
223** "Are you an effective team? - Sally
224
225* ''Film/OlsenBanden'' and adaptations[[note]]All catch phrases have been translated here for simplicity even if the original film hasn't received an official English translation; as such, be aware that translators may handle them differently.[[/note]]:
226** Egon:
227*** "I have a plan."
228*** "No, no, no!" (Danish & Norwegian versions only)
229*** "It's all timed and organized." (Danish & Norwegian versions only) / "Timed and prepared down to the last detail." (Swedish version only)
230*** Swedish version only: "Of course" in response to pretty much anything, including compliments.
231** Benny:
232*** "Bloody good, Egon!" in the original series. Both the Norwegian and Swedish adaptations tone down the character's swearing and change the catchphrase to "Brilliant, Egon[[AdaptationNameChange /Sickan]]!"
233*** In the Norwegian SpinoffBabies films, he will typically say "I've got to agree with Kjell/Egon there" if Kjell and Egon are in a conflict and he tries to be reasonable about taking one of their sides.
234** Kjeld:
235*** "I knew it, I knew it!"
236*** "What am I going to tell Yvonne?"
237*** "Is it dangerous?" (Often in response to Egon's "I have a plan.")
238** Yvonne: "You've put me through a lot during all these years..."
239** Dynamit-Harry, Swedish version only: "What a friggin' blast!"
240** Hermansen Sr:
241*** "You can make a note of that, Holm."
242*** "Holm, Holm, Holm! What am I going to do about you?!"
243** Ingrid:
244*** Ending negative statements about men in general with "That's what my aunt says, and she knows what she's talking about!"
245*** "The same goes for you too, Benny!" after Valborg either tells Kjell off or invites him along somewhere.
246
247* The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
248** Jack Sparrow's catchphrases:
249*** "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." - Creator/JohnnyDepp.
250*** "'''[[InsistentTerminology Captain]]''' Jack Sparrow," when someone omits his title. To the point that when he isn't there, Will and Elizabeth do it for him.
251*** "The rum is always gone."
252*** "But we need not forget about that one"
253*** Adding "savvy?" to the end of his sentences.
254*** "This will be the day you will always remember as the day you ALMOST defeated/captured/killed/[[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized]]/etc. Captain Jack Sparrow!"
255** Davy Jones: "Do you fear death?"
256** Cutler Beckett: "It's just... good business."
257** Pintel: "Hello, Poppet."
258
259* ''Film/PrinceOfSpace''
260** "Your weapons are useless against me!" - Creator/TatsuoUmemiya
261
262* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'':
263** Vizzini shouts, "Inconceivable!" whenever something goes happens that he didn't expect. His partner, Inigo Montoya, eventually says, "YouKeepUsingThatWord. I do not think it means what you think it means."
264** Inigo's own catch phrase: "JustForFun/{{Hello}}. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie."
265** Westley's own "[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay As You Wish]]," which he even uses to identify himself.
266
267* ''Anime/PorcoRosso'', the eponymous character (who is half man, half pig) bitterly reiterates "I'm a pig."
268
269* ''Film/{{Psycho}}''
270** "My mother isn't quite herself today." - Creator/AnthonyPerkins
271
272* In ''Film/RainMan'', Raymond has "I'm an excellent driver."
273** "Definitely, definitely."
274*** "Uh-oh."
275*** "Ten minutes to Wapner."
276
277* ''Film/RoboCop1987''
278** "I'd buy that for a dollar!" - Bixby Snyder in a {{Lampshade}} of the trope. ContinuityNod in the [[Film/RoboCop2014 2014 version]] by Rick Mattox: [[spoiler:"I wouldn't buy that for a dollar."]]
279** "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." - Robo himself.
280** "Come quietly or there will be ({{beat}}) trouble." - Also Robo himself.
281
282* ''Film/RockyIII''
283** "I pity the fool." - Mr. T
284
285* ''Film/TheRoom2003''
286** "Oh hi, (name)!" - Tommy Wiseau
287** As well as his distinctive, inappropriate laughter.
288
289* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''
290** "Hello, [victim]. I want to play a game." - Jigsaw
291** "Live or die. Make your choice."
292
293* ''Film/TheSearchers''
294** "That'll be the day." - Creator/JohnWayne.
295*** This was also the inspiration for the Music/BuddyHolly song.
296
297* In ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'', Geoffrey Rush's character answers every question to which he doesn't know the answer with "I don't know. It's a mystery." By the end of the movie, he's got Gwyneth Paltrow using it, too. This is arguably [[ActorAllusion a reference to Rush's portrayal]] of David Helfgott in the 1996 film ''{{Film/Shine}}'', where he frequently said the line, too.
298
299* ''Film/ShootEmUp''
300** "Y'know what I hate?" - Clive Owen
301
302* ''Film/ShowdownInSeattle''
303** "THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!" - a chant repeated by demonstrators throughout the protests.
304
305* ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight''
306** "Punish!" - Billy Caldwell
307
308* ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2''
309** "Naughty." - Eric Freeman
310
311* ''Film/SlapShot''
312** "I tried to capture the spirit of the thing." - Dickie Dunn
313
314* ''Film/SmokeSignals''
315** "HEY VICTOR!". - Thomas Builds-A-Fire
316** "Thomas, you're so full of shit...". Victor Joseph
317
318* ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''
319** "Don' worry. Ah can take care of mah self." - Brer Rabbit
320** "Ah'm just gonna ''knock his head CLEAN OFF!'' - Brer Bear
321* ''Franchise/StarWars''
322** "Hello there!" (General) Obi-wan Kenobi
323** "Good"- Chancellor/Emperor Palpatine
324** "May the Force be with you"- The Jedi as a whole
325** "You underestimate/do not know the power of the DarkSide"- various Sith
326** "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck I have a bad feeling about this]]"- pretty much everybody at some point
327* ''Film/StrokerAce''
328** "Fastest chicken in the South!" - the Chicken Pit's oft-repeated campaign slogan
329** "It's in your contract." - Clyde Torkle and pretty much everyone else when Stroker complains about his job. [[LoopholeAbuse Stroker later gets to turn this against Torkle.]]
330* ''Film/TheNLittleMistresses'':
331** One of the younger mistresses, Because, is called such because a video of her coyly asking "Because?" went viral. She frequently asks "because?" in the same way when prompting other characters.
332** Constantin peppers his dialogue with an exuberant "Amazing!".
333* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' film series
334** "Hasta la vista, baby!" - Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
335** "{{Come with me if you want to live}}" - Kyle Reese in [[Film/TheTerminator the first film]], also used in later films and twice in the TV series.
336*** "GetOut" also appears OncePerEpisode.
337** "I'll be Back" - Creator/{{Arn|oldSchwarzenegger}}ie's T-800.
338*** Lampshaded in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
339*** Parodied in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', where he says "She'll be back" (after fighting off [[RobotGirl the T-X]]) and "I'm back".
340*** {{Subverted|catchphrase}} in ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'', where he says "I won't be back".
341* ''Film/{{Tron}}''
342** "I fight for the users"
343** ''End of line''.
344** "Greetings, Programs!"
345
346* ''Film/TheTrumanShow''
347** "Good morning! And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night!"
348
349* ''Film/TheVictors''
350** "Stupid idiots!" Sgt. Craig.
351
352* ''Film/TheWar''
353** "A bowl full of cherries" - Miss Strapford uses this as her way of saying that everything, including racism, is wonderful.
354
355* ''Film/WaynesWorld''
356** "Party on, [Character]!"
357
358* Wheeler and Woolsey, 1930s comedy team
359** Robert Woolsey would give a distinctive cry of "Whoooooooooahh!!" whenever he realized something had gone wrong or he and Wheeler were in some kind of trouble. He did it multiple times per film for years, so it certainly would have been a well-recognized catchphrase (or catch-yell) in 1930s America.
360
361* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''
362** "P-P-P-Pleeeease!" - Roger Rabbit
363
364* ''Film/TheWildBunch''
365** "Let's go." - Pike Bishop
366
367* The ''WolfMan'' series
368** "Even a man who is pure at heart/and says his prayers at night/may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms/and the autumn moon is bright"
369** It's worth noting that the movie ''Film/VanHelsing'' has both this and the prior phrase.
370
371* Creator/WoodyAllen film series
372** "La dee da. La dee da." - Creator/DianeKeaton in ''Film/AnnieHall''
373

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