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7 | Cinematic {{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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9 | This page is '''not''' a dumping ground for famous film quotes; those go on the SignatureLine page. |
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11 | Likewise, if the quote has become a Catch Phrase for the audience, those belong on the MemeticMutation page. |
12 | |
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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