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"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum." — Nada, They Live
This oft-parodied line originated in the 1988 film They Live! (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 Lampshade Hanging you will likely find anywhere.
Originally used as a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner, but in parodies more often indicates an Incoming Ham.
Examples:
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Comics
Fan Fic
Literature
- In Proven Guilty, book 8 of The Dresden Files, 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!"
Live Action TV
- 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.
- The Mystery Science Theater 3000 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 Santa Claus, 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 vs. Megalon, with Crow substituting "sushi" for bubblegum.
- Spoofed in this
 Gag Dub version of Red Dawn.
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)
Manga & Anime
- One volume of Samurai Deeper Kyo 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 Yu Yu Hakusho, in the dark Tournament Arc. Shizuru is not impressed.
- Averted in Bubblegum Crisis; which has no references to bubblegum at all, despite the protagonists doing plenty of ass-kicking.
Video Games
- The bubblegum line was quoted almost word-for-word by the main character in the computer game Duke Nukem 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 Weird Al Effect, many people actually attribute this line to the Duke, rather than the earlier, comparatively less-known film.
- In Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, the Big Bad 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 Co V 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 Adventure Quest has this as one of the many, many cheesy Stock Phrases 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 Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors, has this one from Sun Wukong: "I'm ready to paint the town red! And I'm all out of paint!"
- Weird Al Yankovic'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? I think that applies to most of these. Also, he doesn't say OR, he says AND. In fact, according to Bullion logic, if he doesn't have gum, he can't do either...
- 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 Online has a mission titled 'Chew Bubble Gum And'. To the development team's credit, the mission also contains multiple references to They Live.
Web Comics
- In Bob and George, Dr. Light mangles the line due to being really drunk in 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 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— OOH, Bubble Tape!
- The Forums for the webcomic Dresden Codak 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 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. The gum is actually a high power explosive, one of the few inventions created by the resident incompetent Mad Scientist (Bluey) that works as it's intended to.
- Also parodied in this Ansem Retort comic. Justified in that it's perfectly in-character for Sora.
- Problem Sleuth pairs a variant with Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness when, in a donation-sponsored bonus comic, 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."
- Today Nothing Happened (a journal comic) had a [[semi-filler strip doing the usual subversion]] (only with dishes).
Western Animation
- Numbuh 4 of the Kids Next Door also referenced the quote in "UNCOOL", with chewy pellets instead of gum. (The episode also featured zombies, so it fits.)
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