1 | * A majority of the cast get off decent one-liners, due to Hawks' love of DeadpanSnarker characters. |
2 | ** The thermite destroys the priceless FlyingSaucer. They then find the alien corpse. |
3 | --> '''Officer''': How are we going to get it out of the ice? |
4 | --> '''Scotty''': [[DeadpanSnarker How about some more thermite?]] |
5 | --> '''Hendry''': Knock it off! |
6 | ** Scotty's gloomy comment on the likelihood of finding the Thing after it first escaped upon thawing from the ice. |
7 | ---> "When we lose 'em they ''stay'' lost!" |
8 | ** Then, after they get back to the base, they find a radio message ordering them to use thermite to get the ship out of the ice: |
9 | -->'''Scotty:''' [[SarcasmMode "That's what I like about the Army: smart, all the way to the top."]] |
10 | * The radio man's response, cut off by the closing door, to a casual last-minute caution by Hendry. |
11 | ---> "What do you mean guns are no good?!" |
12 | * Nikki's immediate response to the question "How do you kill a carrot?" |
13 | ** "Boil it." Funny because it's given so quickly and nonchalantly that the audience can't help but chuckle at how ''simple'' a solution it could be. |
14 | * This line towards Scotty as the group returns from searching for the Thing, and Scotty's response. |
15 | --> '''Hendry''': Well Scotty, did you get your picture? |
16 | -->'''Scotty''': No, you were in the way and the door wasn't open long enough. |
17 | -->'''Hendry''': You want me to open it again? |
18 | -->'''Scotty''': NO! |
19 | ** Everyone looks to Scotty just after the Thing is killed, only to watch him fall over backwards as he faints. |
20 | * A few times in the film, doors are barricaded shut using wooden beams. This was done at least once against the side of a door that swung ''away'' from the barricade, as demonstrated by the alien opening the door without issue. |
21 | * Pat and Nikki's date. After what happened last time, he offers to let her tie his hands. [[IWasJustJoking She does.]] Then, as she's talking about the difference between men and women, he suddenly pulls out a cigarette and asks for a light. |
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