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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.'''

This page is '''not''' a dumping ground for famous film quotes; those go on the SignatureLine page.

Likewise, if the quote has become a Catch Phrase for the audience, those belong on the MemeticMutation page.

!Examples:

* ''Creator/AbbottAndCostello'':
** "Hey Abbott!" - Lou Costello

* ''Film/AceVentura'' series:
** "All righty then!" - Creator/JimCarrey

* ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'':
** "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]]

* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'':
** "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." - Creator/LeslieNielsen

* ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy''
** "You stay classy, San Diego."
*** [[spoiler: "Go fuck yourself, San Diego."]]

* ''Film/AnimalHouse''
** "Toga! Toga!" - Creator/JohnBelushi

* ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}'':
** 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".
** Hannigan, when flirting, tends to open with the same line:
-->'''Man:''' Ms. Hannigan?
-->'''Hannigan:''' That's my maiden name. But I'm not ... ''married'' to it.

* ''Film/AustinPowers'' series:
** "Oh behave!"
** "Yeah, baby, yeah!"

* The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy
** Doc Brown's "Great Scott!" and Marty [=McFly's=] "This is heavy!". In the [[Film/BackToTheFuture first film]], Brown takes Marty's catchphrase literally. Subverted in the [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII third movie]], where they once exchange lines.
** 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.
** "Hey [=McFly=]!" - said by Biff/Griff Tannen to Marty and George

* ''Film/Batman1989''
** "You ever dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight?" - Joker; later used right back at him by Batman.

* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'':
** "Man." - Creator/JeffBridges
** "It really tied the room together"
** "Shut the fuck up, Donny."

* ''Film/TheBluesBrothers":
** "We're on a mission from God." - Creator/DanAykroyd

* ''Film/BonnieAndClyde'':
** "We rob banks." - Creator/WarrenBeatty

* ''Film/TheCourtJester'':
** "King of jesters, and jester of kings!"
** "Harm one hair on (her/that majestic) head, and I throw myself from the highest turret!"
** "If he dies, you die."
** "Get it?" "Got it." "Good."

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'':
** "Wanna know how I got these scars?" - Creator/HeathLedger

* ''Film/DieHard'':
** "Yippee ki-yay, mother[[spoiler:fucker]]!" - Creator/BruceWillis; Only given context in the first film but said in all of them.

* ''Film/DogDayAfternoon''
** "Attica! Attica!!" - Creator/AlPacino

* ''Film/{{Duets}}'':
** Todd Woods: "I'm going out for a pack of cigarettes."
** Reggie Kane: "I made an error in judgement."

* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''
** "E.T. phone home."

* ''Franchise/EvilDead''
** "Groovy" - Creator/BruceCampbell as Ash

* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''
** Protagonist Seth Gecko has a CatchPhrase template he adapts to the situation at hand: "Ok [noun], let's [verbed form of same noun]."
** Prior to making the last dash to the Mexican border and freedom: "Ok ramblers, let's get ramblin'."
** Having arrived at the rendezvous at which they are to meet their Mexican contact: "Ok hard drinkers, let's start drinking hard."
** Immediately prior to the last confrontation with the vampires: "Ok vampire killers, let's kill some fucking vampires."

* ''Film/FunnyGirl''
** "Hello, gorgeous." - Music/BarbraStreisand

* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'
** "Never give up -- never surrender."
** "By Grapthar's hammer..."

* ''Film/GoldenEye''
** "I AM INVINCIBLE!" - Boris Grishenko, who obviously has not read the EvilOverlordList.

* ''Film/GoodBurger''
** "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?"
** "You mess with Kurt and you go into the grinder"

* ''Film/GoodMorningVietnam''
** [[TitleDrop "GOOOOOOOOOD MOOOOOOOOO'NIN' VIETNAAAAAM!"]] - Creator/RobinWilliams

* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}''
** "There can be only one."
** "It's a kind of magic."

* The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film series
** "I hate snakes!" - Creator/HarrisonFord in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981)
** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989)
*** "Don't call me "Junior"!" - Creator/HarrisonFord
*** "This is intolerable!" - Creator/SeanConnery

* The ''Film/JamesBond'' film series
** "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Bond. James Bond.]]"
** "Shaken, not stirred."
*** The martini one was subverted in the most recent version of ''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.
--->"A dry martini," he said. "One. In a deep champagne goblet."
--->"Oui, monsieur."
--->"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?"
** 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."

* ''Film/JudgeDredd''
** "I knew you'd say that."
** "I am the law!"
** "Court's adjourned."

* ''Film/KillBill''
** "You and I have unfinished business." - The Bride

* ''Film/TheKingAndI'': "Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera." - The King of Siam.

* The Film/KungFuTheater series
** "I thought you were dead!" (crops up in other genres as well)
** "I heard your kung fu is really good." (usually meant as a challenge to the hero)
** "Teacher!"
** "But still..."
** "You (or he) killed teacher!"

* ''Film/LateNight'' (2019)
** "I hope I've earned the privilege of your time." - Katherine Newbury

* Creator/LaurelAndHardy film series
** "D'ooooooooooh!" - James Finlayson
** "Why don't you do something to help me?" - Oliver Hardy
** "There's another nice mess you've gotten me into." - Oliver Hardy (often misquoted as "fine mess")

* ''Film/LethalWeapon'': "I'm too old for this shit!" - Roger Murtaugh

* ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'': Seymour's "I didn't mean it", Gravis Mushnick's "excellent", and [[ChewingTheScenery Audrey Jr.'s]] "Feed Me".

* ''Film/LivesOfABengalLancer'': "We have ways of making men talk" - Douglas Drimbille (which later became a stock phrase as: WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk)

* ''Film/LogansRun''
--> Box: Fish and plankton! And sea greens and protein from the sea!

* Film/MarathonMan
** "Is it safe?" - Creator/LaurenceOlivier

* Creator/TheMarxBrothers film series
** "Of course you know, this means war!" - Creator/GrouchoMarx. He first mentioned it in ''Film/DuckSoup'' (1933).
** Chico Marx often began conversations with a cheery "Hello, boss!" Groucho would sometimes end them with, "...And I do mean ''you''." ''(suggestive eyebrow waggle)''

* Film/AMightyWind
** 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.

* Film/MissingInAction series:
** ''Film/MissingInAction2TheBeginning''
*** "You lose." - Colonel Yin

* ''Film/MrSaturdayNight''
** 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).

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
** The Black Knight's [[YouShallNotPass "NONE SHALL PASS!"]] as well as everything else he says.
** "Ni!" - Creator/MichaelPalin as the Head Knight Who Says "Ni"
** "Run away!" King Arthur sounding retreat

* ''Film/TheMoreTheMerrier'':
** Benjamin Dingle says, "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!"

* ''Film/MysteryTeam''
** "We're the [[TitleDrop Mystery Team]]"

* ''Film/{{Oblivion2013}}'':
** "Another day in paradise." - Victoria
** "Are you an effective team? - Sally

* The ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow." - Creator/JohnnyDepp.
** And, of course, "'''[[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.
** Of course, "the rum is always gone". "But we need not forget about that one". Or any of his other multitudes of catchphrases, "savvy?"
** "This will be the day you will always remember as the day you ALMOST defeated/captured/killed/[[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized]]/etc. Captain Jack Sparrow!"
** Davy Jones: "Do you fear death?"
** Cutler Beckett: "It's just... good business."
** Pintel: "Hello, Poppet."

* ''Film/PrinceOfSpace''
** "Your weapons are useless against me!" - Creator/TatsuoUmemiya

* ''Film/ThePrincessBride'':
** 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."
** Inigo's own catch phrase: "JustForFun/{{Hello}}. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie."
** Westley's own "[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay As You Wish]]," which he even uses to identify himself.

* ''Anime/PorcoRosso'', the eponymous character (who is half man, half pig) bitterly reiterates "I'm a pig."

* ''Film/{{Psycho}}''
** "My mother isn't quite herself today." - Creator/AnthonyPerkins

* In ''Film/RainMan'', Raymond has "I'm an excellent driver."
** "Definitely, definitely."
*** "Uh-oh."
*** "Ten minutes to Wapner."

* ''Film/RoboCop1987''
** "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."]]
** "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." - Robo himself.

* ''Film/RockyIII''
** "I pity the fool." - Mr. T

* ''Film/TheRoom''
** "Oh hi, (name)!" - Tommy Wiseau
** As well as his distinctive, inappropriate laughter.

* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''
** "Hello, [victim]. I want to play a game." - Jigsaw
** "Live or die. Make your choice."

* ''Film/TheSearchers''
** "That'll be the day." - Creator/JohnWayne.
*** This was also the inspiration for the Music/BuddyHolly song.

* 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.

* ''Film/ShootEmUp''
** "Y'know what I hate?" - Clive Owen

* ''Film/ShowdownInSeattle''
** "THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!" - a chant repeated by demonstrators throughout the protests.

* ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight''
** "Punish!" - Billy Caldwell

* ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2''
** "Naughty." - Eric Freeman

* ''Film/SmokeSignals''
** "HEY VICTOR!". - Thomas Builds-A-Fire
** "Thomas, you're so full of shit...". Victor Joseph

* ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''
** "Don' worry. Ah can take care of mah self." - Brer Rabbit
** "Ah'm just gonna ''knock his head CLEAN OFF!'' - Brer Bear

* ''Film/StrokerAce''
** "Fastest chicken in the South!" - the Chicken Pit's oft-repeated campaign slogan
** "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.]]

* The ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' film series
** "Hasta la vista, baby!" - Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger in ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay''
** "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.
*** "GetOut" also appears OncePerEpisode.
** "I'll be Back" - Creator/{{Arn|oldSchwarzenegger}}ie's T-800.
*** Lampshaded in ''Film/LastActionHero''.
*** Parodied in ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'', where he says "She'll be back" (after fighting off [[RobotGirl the T-X]]) and "I'm back".

* ''Film/{{Tron}}''
** "I fight for the users"
** ''End of line''.
** "Greetings, Programs!"

* ''Film/TheTrumanShow''
** "Good morning! And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and good night!"

* ''Film/TheVictors''
** "Stupid idiots!" Sgt. Craig.

* ''Film/TheWar''
** "A bowl full of cherries" - Miss Strapford uses this as her way of saying that everything, including racism, is wonderful.

* ''Film/WaynesWorld''
** "Party on, [Character]!"

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''
** "P-P-P-Pleeeease!" - Roger Rabbit

* ''Film/TheWildBunch''
** "Let's go." - Pike Bishop

* The ''WolfMan'' series
** "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"
** It's worth noting that the movie ''Film/VanHelsing'' has both this and the prior phrase.

* Creator/WoodyAllen film series
** "La dee da. La dee da." - Creator/DianeKeaton in ''Film/AnnieHall''

** Westley's own "AsYouWish," which he even uses to identify himself.

* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'':

** "I'd buy that for a dollar!" - Bixby Snyder in a {{Lampshade}} of the trope. {{Continuity Nod}} in the 2014 version by Rick Mattox: [[spoiler:"I wouldn't buy that for a dollar."]]
** "Excuse me, I have to go. Somewhere there is a crime happening." - Robo himself.

* The KungFuTheater series

** "D'ooooooooooh!" - JamesFinlayson

* ''Film/LivesOfABengalLancer'': "We have ways of making men talk" - DouglasDrimbille (which later became a stock phrase as: WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk)

** 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.

** "Your weapons are useless against me!" - TatsuoUmemiya

** "La dee da. La dee da." - DianeKeaton in ''Film/AnnieHall''

* ''Film/{{Batman}}''