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1!!The film:
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3* During the labor camp escape, Richards throws a [[GasMaskMooks gas mask mook]] to his death after telling him the one-liner "Give you a lift?". When he's picking the guy up, the actor has been [[SpecialEffectsFailure clearly replaced by a dummy]], of which limp arms hilariously juxtapose the character's panicking "No! No! Nooo!" for his life.
4* The scene where Killian is going through a criminal database for contestants for his show, the Running Man, one of the suspects on the list is a ''literal'' baby named Mado "Baby Face" March. The audience was probably thinking "''how the hell did a baby make it on this list anyway?''".
5--> '''Killian''': '''*[[{{Corpsing}} trying to not laugh]]*''' ''Are you kiddin' me?'' Next...
6* "Hello, get me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division."
7** Then, on second thought: "Get me the President's agent."
8* A great comeback if you've ever heard one.
9--> '''Richards''': Killian! [[Film/TheTerminator I'll be back!]]
10--> '''Killian''': Only in a rerun.
11* Arnie's got a lot of great {{Bond One Liner}}s in this movie.
12** After strangling Sub-Zero with razor wire.
13--> What a pain in the neck.
14** After Ben cuts Buzzsaw in half with a chain saw.
15--> '''Amber''': What happened to Buzzsaw?
16--> '''Ben''': Ah, he had to split.
17** And those [[NicknamingTheEnemy nicknames]] he gives to Dynamo (whose costume is, you know, totally covered with colorful diodes) when trying to get his attention...
18--> '''Ben:''' Hey! Lighthead! Hey, Christmas tree!
19** There's also this magnificent... [[NarmCharm attempt]], also involving Sub-Zero:
20--> Here is Sub-Zero... now... Plain Zero!
21* Buzzsaw actually screams in a [[InstantSoprano falsetto]] when Richards shoves the saw [[GroinAttack into his junk]].
22* Just ''try'' to keep a straight face during Richards' HamAndCheese response to Kilian's proposal of working for him as a stalker:
23--> '''Richards: (RIPS Camera out of socket)''' You cold-blooded bastard! I'll tell you what I think of it! I '''live''' to see you '''eat''' that contract! But I hope you leave enough room for my *fist* because I'm going to *ram it into your stomach*, and ''break your goddamn '''spinnneee!! Yaaaaarrrgh!! (SMASHES Camera)'''''
24* Due to the fact a great number of classic shows have been banned by the regime, there's a few nods to the generation gap between people who grew up with them and those who are oblivious.
25** Killian on the phone to a government bigwig, explaining how one of his Stalkers just got killed.
26-->"Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. Look, I-- [Shoos away a page who's trying to freshen his makeup] Well, it is a contact sport, right? [{{Beat}}] Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. [{{Beat}}] ''Gilligan's Island''. [Killian hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligans Island''] Yeah. Yeah, the one with the ''boat''." [Hangs up.]
27** Here's an amusing [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Shout Out]].
28--> '''Mic''': "Mr. Spock, you have the conn."
29--> '''Tech''': "Who's Mr. Spock?"
30* [[IronicEcho Hello, cutie pie. One of us is in DEEP trouble.]]
31* The advertisement for the Running Man at the end of the credits.
32* Richards signs his contract on the back of his court-appointed theatrical agent and stabs him in the back with the pen, pinning the contract to him.
33-->"[[BondOneliner Don't forget to send me a copy.]]"
34** Even better is the reaction from Sven (the security chief) -- who just kind of gives a "yep, saw that one coming" smirk.
35* "Where did you hide that?" "None of your business."
36* When Killian's lies are exposed to the public and he tries to cover them up, an old lady leaps up and shouts "Bullshit!" Killian looks absolutely stunned.
37** And the previous scene when the same CoolOldLady picks Richards as the next one to make a kill. "That Richards is ''one mean [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]''."
38* When Dynamo thinks he's about to die, he screams, "Cut! Go to a commercial!"
39* When the rebels break into the communications center, guns drawn, their warning to the technicians is a classic line of old TV announcers:

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