->"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum."\\
-- '''[[NoNameGiven Nada]]''', ''TheyLive''

This oft-parodied line originated in the 1988 film ''TheyLive!'' (The line was actually ad-libbed by hero and pro-wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.)

The "kick ass and chew bubblegum" quote is referenced quite often for laughs (word for word except for the one part where it's mangled); it's assumed all viewers should know it by name. This is some of the most obvious LampshadeHanging you will likely find anywhere.

Originally used as a PreAssKickingOneLiner, but in parodies more often indicates an IncomingHam.

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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Comics]]
* From ''Marvel Zombies 3'':
-->'''Aaron Stack:''' I have been programmed to eviscerate your repulsive squishy organic bits and chew gum. And I hate gum.
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[[folder: Fan Fic]]
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}'' has Bakura saying in one episode "I've come to kick ass and drink cups of tea, and I'm all out of tea!"
** Previously, Kaiba says "I've come to kick ass and play card games, and I'm all out of cards." Then Yugi hands Kaiba his deck, which had been stolen by the {{Mook}}s.
** It was later parodied again by Yami: "I'm here to kick ass and play Card games, and I'm all out of ass."
** The use here of this line is [[OlderThanTheyThink often perceived to be the origin of the line]] by some.
* A different [[TheAbridgedSeries abridged series]] (Deadzone, a ''DragonBallZ'' collaboration by the guys who do [[NarutoTheAbridgedSeries Naruto]] and YuYuHakusho Abridged) had a botched take on it:
-->'''Piccolo:''' All right. I'm here to kick bubblegum and chew ass, and I'm all out of ass... wait...
* In ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFHld9CaOfs .hack Trilogy Abridged]]'', during Haseo's fight with Tri-Edge, at 6:17-6:25, Tri-Edge says "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum, AGAIN!! I need to shop for more!"
* GanXingba, the creator of ''{{Avatar The Abridged Series}}'' produced this gem:"I'm hear to eat fire flakes and kick ass, and I'm all out of fire flakes."

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[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Proven Guilty'', book 8 of ''TheDresdenFiles'', we find this gem:
-->'''Chapter Thirty-five'''\\
I kicked the door open, staff held ready to fight, and shouted, "And I'm all outta bubble gum!"
** [[ChirpingCrickets Cue crickets]].
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[[folder:LiveActionTV]]
* Although it's never explicitly referenced, an episode of ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' included a one-episode character shooting the hell out of a zombie while blowing bubbles with his gum.
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* The ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode ''The Outlaw (of Gor)'' made fun of this. Before the fight, the hero is chewing on something, and Crow quips "I've come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass!"
** Also, during the movie ''Film/SantaClaus'', Santa shows up (in a skit) to fight the imp Pitch, calling a similar line, but involving candy-canes rather than gum.
** And again during ''[[{{Godzilla}} Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', with Crow substituting "sushi" for bubblegum.
* Spoofed in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlfJ0HO3DGw this]] GagDub version of ''RedDawn''.
-->Russian counter-insurgency specialist: "I'm here to kick bubblegum and chew ass, and guess what? I'm all out of bubblegum."
-->''(General Jackinoff nods for reasons you really don't want to know)''
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[[folder: Manga & Anime]]
* One volume of ''SamuraiDeeperKyo'' has the three male protagonists saying "We're here to kick ass and chew mochi balls... and we're all out of mochi." Seeing as gum hadn't been introduced to Japan yet, the chewy, doughy stuff makes an acceptable substitute.
* Kuwabara pulls this once in the dub of ''YuYuHakusho'', in the dark Tournament Arc. [[CoolBigSis Shizuru]] is not impressed.
* Averted in ''BubblegumCrisis''; which has no references to bubblegum at all, despite the protagonists doing plenty of ass-kicking.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* The bubblegum line was quoted almost word-for-word by the main character in the computer game ''DukeNukem 3D'' -- Duke actually rendered it as "It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of gum." Thanks to the WeirdAlEffect, many people actually attribute this line to the Duke, rather than the earlier, comparatively less-known film.
** In ''Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project'', the BigBad has built a giant robot in Duke's image. During the final level, you can hear the robot mangle this line into "I came to kick bubblegum and chew ass, and I am all out of ass."
* There is a Gunslinger boss from the Malta Group in ''{{City of Villains}}'' who greets your character with the line "Guess what? I'm all outta bubblegum!"
** Also, the badge description for the fifteen-month veteran badge in CoV reads, "You've spent fifteen months chewing bubblegum and kicking butt. You ran out of gum a long time ago."
* ''Invictus'', a somewhat obscure strategy game, rendered the line as "I've come to kick butt and eat goats, and I'm all out of goats."
* The online game ''AdventureQuest'' has this as one of the many, ''many'' cheesy StockPhrases the Guardian Dragon uses when summoned.
* ''{{Guild Wars}}'': One of Gwen's battle quotes: "... and I'm all out of mossgum!"
* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'': "I have come from the frozen heart of Naxxramas to feast on souls and deliver a vicious threshing upon our sworn enemies -- and I'm all out of souls."
** "Report to Vice Admiral Keller just northwest of here and let him know that you're all out of bubble gum."
** "It be time ta kick some arse an' drink double-rum! An' I almost be outta double-rum."
* ''Warriors Orochi 2'', the second game in a series of crossovers between Koei's ''DynastyWarriors'' and ''SamuraiWarriors'', has this one from Sun Wukong: "I'm ready to paint the town red! And I'm all out of paint!"
* WeirdAlYankovic's ''Virus Alert'' game features the line, "I'm here to kick butt and chew bubblegum. And I'm all outta butt. Er, no, wait..."
* In ''{{Fallout}} 2'', one of the random NCR guards will occasionally say "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Lucky for you, I still have one stick left."
**Funny, yes, but doesn't that just mean he can chew gum while kicking ass?
** The player character can use the very line in Redding, if he doesn't particularly care about the impression he makes on the sheriff.
* ''[[{{Champions}} Champions Online]]'' has a mission titled 'Chew Bubble Gum And'. To the development team's credit, the mission also contains multiple references to They Live.
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[[folder: Web Comics]]
* In ''{{Bob and George}}'', Dr. Light mangles the line due to being really drunk in [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/070713 this comic]].
* In ''Mac Hall'', they were all out of ass.
* ''No Need for Bushido'' uses the line "Yori's ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he's fresh out of bubblegum!" as a subtitle on its banner at [=TopWebComics.com=].
* Parodied in ''{{The Non Adventures of Wonderella}}'', when the titular character gets pissed off at a [[GeniusLoci sentient Target store]]:
-->'''Wonderella:''' I'm here to buy bubblegum and eat cookies... ''and you're all out of bubblegum.''
* ''Felicity Flint'' of John Troutman's various comics once gets distracted in the middle of it:
-->'''Felicity:''' I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of-- [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny OOH, Bubble Tape]]!
**[[DontExplainTheJoke Isn't Bubble Tape bubblegum?]]
* The Forums for the webcomic ''DresdenCodak'' had a forum regular sprout "It's time for badass Kimiko to kick ass and manipulate the structure of synthetic polymers, and she's all out of synthetic polymers."
* Parodied in ''Dragon Tails'' [[http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=030704 here]].
-->'''Goldy:''' That's it, I'm stealing a one liner. Time to kick ass and chew bubble gum and I'm all out of gum.\\
'''Lemuel:''' Actually, I've got another pack of gum in my bag.\\
'''Goldy:''' Uh... ta.
** Also played with, because the gum is why he then kicks ass. [[spoiler:The gum is actually a high power explosive, one of the few inventions created by the resident incompetent MadScientist (Bluey) that works as it's intended to.]]
* Also parodied in [[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=339 this]] ''AnsemRetort'' comic. Justified in that it's perfectly in-character for Sora.
* [[MSPaintAdventures Problem Sleuth]] pairs a variant with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness when, in a donation-sponsored bonus comic, [[TheSmartGuy Pickle Inspector]] attempts to save the day with a desk fort.
-->"You're here for two things: to rain unspeakable devastation down on the forces of evil, and to flail your limbs about in a playful manner.\\
"AND YOU HAVE NO ROOM IN YOUR FORT TO FLAIL ABOUT WHATSOEVER."
** Earlier, in the actual "canon" storyline, there was this one:
--->"You're here for two things: to fucking ruin someone's shit, and to play a friendly game of make-believe.\\
"AND YOU'RE ALL OUT OF IMAGINATION."
* ''Today Nothing Happened'' (a journal comic) had a [[semi-filler strip doing the usual subversion]] (only with dishes).
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* Numbuh 4 of the ''KidsNextDoor'' also referenced the quote in "UNCOOL", with chewy pellets instead of gum. (The episode also featured zombies, so it fits.)
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