Memes / Live-Action Films

What happens when worlds collide... ^note What do you mean "collide" ? COLLIDE !!

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Movie-based phrases, if repeated often enough, can eventually generate enough interest to be really cool... or reel-y funny. So fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride... er, "night."

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Movies with their own pages:

• 300
• Airplane!
• Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Austin Powers
• Barbie (2023)
• Billy Madison
• The Cat in the Hat
• DC Comics adaptations:
  • Batman (covers the Batman film series)
  • The Dark Knight Trilogy
  • DC Extended Universe
    • Man of Steel
    • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
    • Suicide Squad (2016)
    • Wonder Woman (2017)
    • Justice League (2017)
    • Aquaman (2018)
    • SHAZAM! (2019)
    • Zack Snyder's Justice League
    • The Suicide Squad
  • Joker (2019)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Dune (2021-2024)
• Evil Dead
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
• Godzilla vs. Kong
• Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
• Harry Potter
• Home Alone
• Indiana Jones
• Jurassic Park
• The Lord of the Rings
• Marvel Comics adaptations:
  • Marvel Cinematic Universe
    • The Avengers (2012)
    • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • Avengers: Age of Ultron
    • Ant-Man
    • Captain America: Civil War
    • Thor: Ragnarok
    • Avengers: Infinity War
    • Avengers: Endgame
    • Spider-Man: No Way Home
    • Doctor Strange (2016)
    • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
    • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Morbius (2022)
  • Spider-Man Trilogy
  • X-Men Film Series
• Mean Girls
• The Muppets (covers the Muppets franchise as a whole)
• Oppenheimer
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Pokémon Detective Pikachu
• The Princess Bride
• Saw
• Sonic the Hedgehog film series
• Star Trek
• Star Wars
  • The Phantom Menace
  • Attack of the Clones
  • Revenge of the Sith
  • Solo
  • Rogue One
  • A New Hope
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Return of the Jedi
  • The Force Awakens
  • The Last Jedi
  • The Rise of Skywalker
• Street Fighter
• Titanic (1997)
• The Twilight Saga

Mystery Science Theater 3000 also has its own section of memes for films that it has MSTed.

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Individual examples:

Please add entries in the following format:

• The name of the film.
  • The meme. ^ExplanationThe explanation behind the meme.
    • Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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• 2001: A Space Odyssey:
  • Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
  • I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. ^ExplanationHAL the computer's defiance towards the human protagonist has become legendary.
    • Which becomes simply, "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."
  • Frequently combined with The League of Gentlemen quotes. "Hello, DAAAAAAAAVE?"
• 2010: The Year We Make Contact:
  • "My God! It's full of stars!"
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin:
  • Thanks to Steve Carell's titular character, one is now allowed to describe breasts as feeling like "bags of sand" and not receive weird looks.
  • "You know how I know this page is gay?"
  • YOOOOOWWWWW, KELLY CLARKSON!

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• Ace Ventura:
  • B-E-A-Utiful...
  • LAAAAAAA...AAAAAA...AAAAAH!!! ^ExplanationSliding door scene
  • LACES OUT! ^Explanation Ray Finkle said that if Dan Marino had positioned the football with the laces out, his field goal kick would've won them the Super Bowl.
  • Allllllrighty then!
  • LIKE A GLOVE!
  • Reee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-heeally...
  • La-hoo-sa-her!
  • Excuse me, I'd like to ass you a few questions...
  • Holy Testicle Tuesday!
  • Do NOT...go in there!
  • Thank you for all your cooperation.
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert:
  • And no more fucking ABBA!
• After Earth:
  • "After Erf," thanks to Will Smith's pronunciation in Independence Day.
  • DENIED! SIT DOWN! ^ExplainationEspecially since The Nostalgia Critic used it as a Running Gag to play the clip whenever he poked a flaw in the movie's plot
• Air Force One:
  • GET OFF MY PLANE!
• Aladdin (2019):
  • "It's rewind time!" ^ExplanationWhen the Genie explains the clauses for granting wishes and Aladdin isn't paying attention, the scene cuts to the Genie in a movie theater trying to rewind what happened while saying this phrase in reference to the infamous YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind that his actor Will Smith starred in.
  • "You know it's Will Smith and DJ Khaled!" ^ExplanationThe last thing fans expected to see in a Disney remake was DJ Khaled performing the end credits song.
• Alien:
  • In space, no one can hear you scream.
    • In space, no one can hear you chachacha!
  • The Chest Burster!
    • Oh no. Not again.
• Aliens:
  • My mommy always said there were no memes. No real ones. But there are.
  • Do not fuck each other over the goddamned percentage!^Explanation Ripley's criticism of the people that started the whole mess is that they're all too willing to "fuck each other over a goddamned percentage".
  • Game over, man! GAME OVER!
  • I say we nuke these memes from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
  • They're comin' outta the walls!
  • Because they mostly come at night. Mooostlly.
  • GET AWAY FROM HER, YOU BITCH!
• Almost Famous:
  • I AM THE GOLDEN GOD!^ExplanationRussell screams the phrase while standing on the roof of a pool shed, blasted out of his mind on acid, then jumps into the pool. The scene was memorable enough to be parodied in Not Another Teen Movie, and the phrase became Dennis's self-proclaimed moniker in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks:
  • "Pizza Toots" ^Explanation A promotional music video for The Road Chip based on a scene in which the trio can't stop farting after eating pizza. Many people have posted clips from this music video on social media when gross things in TV shows and movies, especially those that involve Toilet Humour, get discussed.
• American Pie:
  • God bless the Internet. ^ExplanationCan be used to talk about discovering things on the Internet.
  • Apple pie, huh? McDonald's or homemade? ^ExplanationUsed in reference to bizarre masturbation habits
  • This one time, at band camp...^ExplanationSimilar to the above, but more often when the reference subject is female.
    • ...I stuck a flute up my pussy.
  • Stifler's mom is a MILF. M.I.L.F.= Mom I'd Like To Fuck.^ExplanationUse of the phrase popularized it in the mainstream.
• Animal House:
  • "ASSUME THE POSITION!" "THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!"
  • "They're taking everything, even the stuff we didn't steal!"^ExplanationWhen the fraternity is evicted and a moving company turns up to empty their house.
    • "They took the bar! The whole fucking bar!"^ExplanationBluto despairs, seeing how the movers are carrying the bar out of the fraternity house, then gets handed a bottle of booze and promptly downs it to calm his nerves.
    • "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" "…Germans?" "Forget it. He's rolling."
  • "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
  • "Thanks. I needed that."
  • "Toga, toga, TOGA!"
• Apocalypse Now:
  • "I love the smell of napalm on the morning... smells like victory."^ExplanationWidely used as a reference to Kill It with Fire, There Is No Kill Like Overkill and General Ripper, and often parodied by substituting "napalm" with a context-relevant item.
  • Terminate... with extreme prejudice.^ExplanationAnnotation in Col. Kurtz's file, underlining how much the CIA wants him dead. Possibly one of the sources of the phrase's popularity.
  • "The horror... The horror."^ExplanationKurtz's last words, lifted verbatim from the original novella and often misused as a call for Brain Bleach.
  • A nonverbal one is the repeated use of Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries for any grand attack scene in any situation ever. It even made it onto Farscape. The Simpsons had a memorable subversion when Mr. Burns tried to play "Valkyries" while executing one of his evil plans only to play ABBA's "Waterloo" instead (turns out Smithers taped over it).
• Apollo 13:
  • "Houston, we have a problem." ^ExplanationThe original statement is believed to be "Houston, we've had a problem.", but it became this because the original made it seem like the problem had passed. And in fairness, it's difficult to tell for sure due to the quality of the original transmission.
    • "It's always problems, problems, problems. Don't you ever call just to say "Hi!"?"
• Army of Darkness:
  • Alright, you primitive screwheads, listen up. See this? This Is My Boomstick!^ExplanationProbably the most famous quote from the movie, Ash demonstrating his shotgun to a crowd of medieval peasants.
• Avatar:
  • "You are like a baby!" ^Explanation Neytiri's line is the biggest thing in youtube poop since the CDI Zelda games.

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• Back to the Future:
  • Anything that Doc says! Most famous is his mispronunciation of "gigawatt."
  • "EIGHTY EIGHT MILES PER HOUR!"
    • "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit."
• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs:
  • "First time?"^ExplanationThe final scene from the second story, with James Franco's character grinning on the gallows. Often used to mock people who repeat other people's screw-ups.
• Being John Malkovich:
  • Malkovich malkovich! Malkovich malkovich. ^Explanation Referring to the scene where John Malkovich enters the portal into his own head, leading to a nightmare realm that's all John Malkovich playing people in a restaurant, who can only say the word "Malkovich."
• Blade Runner
  • The Advert-Overloaded Future shot with giant animated billboards was often used to mock ad-heavy websites and is still used in reference to particularly obnoxious advertising.
  • "I've seen things you wouldn't believe..." [[labelnote:Explanation]] Batty's last words tend to be snowcloned fairly often, usually to express nostalgia after particularly outrageous or silly things.
• Bohemian Rhapsody:
  • “It’s a metaphor, Brian.” ^ExplanationThe scene where Brian makes fun of Roger for the line "With my hand on your grease gun" from "I'm In Love With My Car".
  • Cardboard Ben
  • Rami Malek saying “We shot Live Aid on day one.” in almost every interview.
  • Shipping Roger Taylor with his car after “I’m in Love With My Car” was used as a Running Gag.
  • "NOT THE COFFEE MACHINE!" ^Explanation From the same scene as "It's a metaphor, Brian". Roger starts throwing bacon at Brian and John for mocking his song, but when he picks up the coffee machine, they all stop him.
• Boys Don't Cry (2000): The characters of Fred and Bolec are walking memes, the former being a Know-Nothing Know-It-All Politically Incorrect Villain posturing as a tough guy, and the latter a spoiled rich kid who wants to be a gangsta... being white.
  • "Why, why? So they don't look like concrete block. A Polish gangster has no flair, he moves like a coal wagon. This sad cunt of a city could use some flair and finesse, am I right, nigga?" ^ExplanationBolec's Establishing Character Moment, painting him as a wannabe gangsta. His underling's response calls out the obvious lack of his N-Word Privileges.
    • "You have a pitbull that just happens to look like a dachshund. You're wobbling like a motherfucking rhesus. You're fawning over Mr Kunta-Kinte. You waste my friend's line of best Colombian powder. And finally, you show us a movie about a guy in a boat."^ExplanationHow Fred chews out Bolec for the complete fiasco of their deal, lampshading Bolec's every screw-up in that scene.
  • "I want the guy to tell his buddies in heaven that he got whacked by a man of class."^Explanation Fred, being the Big Bad Wannabe, brags how his jacket alone cost him 1500 dollars while ridiculing Grucha's Homemade Sweater from Hell.
    • "And you wouldn't understand the story behind this sweater anyway."^ExplanationThe Dumb Muscle Grucha is repeatedly ridiculed by Fred because of his pink sweater with a pear patch sewn on the front. While the "story behind this sweater" is left unexplained to Fred, we know that it was gift from his girlfriend and laughing from it smashed his Berserk Button.
  • Laska, the perpetually stoned Cloudcuckoolander friend of the protagonist, Kuba, is as much of a walking meme.
  • "You gotta ask yourself one very fucking important question: what do you like to do in life? And then, start doing it."^ExplanationThe most often quoted line from Laska's conversation with Kuba. The entire scene is a Fountain of Memes.
    • "I wanna be an ambassador, like Tony Halik. Just imagine how much stuff he smoked with all those tribes."^ExplanationLaska's answer to Kuba's question about "What job goes with smoking weed?", referring to explorer and TV personality Tony Halik.
    • "I'm the son of the Toilet King. That's a high bar to pass." ^ExplanationThe flashback to Laska's youth, with Leon Niemczyk as Laska's father hamming it up in a speech about the importance of toilets is a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment in itself. And then, it's capped with this punchline.
  • "Ain't no bunkers, but it's still fuckin' awesome."^ExplanationThe ending of Laska's stoned escapade that was supposed to save Kuba. Instead, he and his buddies drove all the way from Warsaw to an unspecified seaside location. The sheer absurdity of this line made it popular enough to serve as the title of an unrelated hip-hop song and a travelogue.

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• A Christmas Story: "Remember to drink your Ovaltine!" shows up a lot both in and when discussing Alternate Reality Games.
• C.K. dezerterzy:
  • "Ich weiß nicht"^ExplanationHudej's usual response, based on his Obfuscating Stupidity.
  • "There are no words in vocabulary of civilized people to...", followed with anything that fits.^ExplanationThe beginning of the famous "The Reason You Suck" Speech, often used to address atrocious behavior.
  • "This is a hen!"^ExplanationVon Nogay's response to a general leading an inspection, right after the former was released from a hospital after extensive questioning by three nitpicking officers.
• Cruella: When the film came out, people on social media criticized the plot point of the title character's mother being killed by a pack of Dalmatians, which was seen as a ridiculous attempt at "humanizing" an iconic movie villain. This led to a slew of fake villain origin stories revolving their parents bring killed by things similar to their enemies, and also the inevitable comparisons to the "Singing killed my grandma" meme.

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• Die Hard:
  • Now I have a machine gun, ho ho ho.^ExplanationMcClane's message to the terrorists that he's not only armed and ready, but also managed to kill one of them.
  • X Harder^ExplanationThe series' bizarre sequel titles and the jokes at their expense.
• Dirty Harry:
  • I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
  • Go ahead. Make my day.^ExplanationAn iconic Bring It quote, often reused and parodied. The Witcher includes it in Geralt's "The Reason You Suck" Speech before the first boss fight, and in Kenya, it entered the slang as "makmende", a term for a badass.
• Divergent:
  • The fact that Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley who play siblings Caleb and Tris Prior, would later star as lovers in The Fault in Our Stars prompted plenty of memes about Tris or Caleb about to have a romantic moment, only to realise they're in the wrong movie.
• Dora and the Lost City of Gold:
  • "Can you say "delicioso?" ^Explanation A scene in the second trailer for the film in which a younger Dora is eating dinner with her family and asks the audience this.
  • "I had dreams! You think I want to be swiping at my age? Carrying on like a fool in this mask? I'm sixty-five years old, for crying out loud! I live in a studio apartment!" ^ExplanationA Deleted Scene involving Swiper that was only used in the junior novelization (in the actual film, Swiper gets poisoned by the same frog that we saw earlier in the movie when Dora filmed her last video exploring before she moved to California) that became popular when it was posted to Twitter.
• Do Revenge:
  • Angry Natalia Dyer.^ExplanationTalia Ryder, who plays Eleanor's love interest Gabbi, bears a physical resemblance and similar name to Maya Hawke's Stranger Things co-star Natalia Dyer, prompting a few memes on Twitter of Dyer being jealous over Hawke and Ryder's relationship.
  • "I DON'T DO COCAINE!"^ExplanationSophie Turner's character Erica angrily proclaiming that she DOESN'T DO COCAINE has spawned a number of memes, with some proclaiming it to be her best acting to date and others comparing it to the relationship between Rue and her mother in Euphoria.
  • "I'm shocked! This is shocking news!"^ExplanationA sarcastic quote from Drea. It is often used by fans to pretend to be shocked at obvious news.
• Downfall:
  • Hitler doesn't take bad news very well. ^ExplanationA scene of Hitler hearing bad news and getting mad about it has become an endless source for Gag Sub comedy.
  • Steiner's attack will fix everything!^ExplanationThe catalyst for Hitler's Villainous Breakdown was hearing that Steiner did not attack after previously assuring his generals that Steiner's attack will stop the Red Army and turn the tide of the war. After the Gag Sub ran its course, history buffs started using Steiner's attack as a shorthand term for "Imaginary comeback that will never happen." In videos discussing about disastrous defeats that led to the downfall of an empire, it's common to see comments bringing up Steiner's counterattack, with replies mimicking the bad news delivered to Hitler and Hitler's subsequent meltdown rant.
• Dr. Strangelove:
  • The War Room^ExplanationFirst, general Turgidson and the Soviet ambassador come to blows near the snack table, only to be reprimanded by president Muffley "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the war room!", a line so ridiculous that it's ready for mocking (and even getting a shout-out as a mission title in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare). The Deleted Scene of a pie fight that erupts next is just icing on the cake.
    • Gentlemen! Our gallant young president has been struck down in his prime!^ExplanationA line from the deleted pie fight scene, and the reason for which it was deleted - make it Distanced from Current Events after the assassination of president Kennedy.
  • Precious bodily fluids!^ExplanationGeneral Ripper's obsession with the conspiracy theory that Soviets fluoridate the water in the US to render Americans sterile, often used to mock conspiracy theories in general.
  • Riding the Bomb.^ExplanationThe image of Major Kong riding the nuclear bomb like a rodeo bull has been parodied so many times it became a trope.
• Dredd:
  • "Ma-Ma's not the law. I am the law."^ExplanationIt's Dredd. His Catchphrase just had to be in the movie.
  • "[Insert random phrase] is an automatic fail."^ExplanationDredd being a hardass to Judge Anderson with a barrage of snowclones is, naturally, a snowclone fodder.
• Dude, Where's My Car?:
  • And then? ^Explanation The chinese food drive-thru scene. The drive-thru lady keeps responding with this despite anything they say.
  • Dude, where's my X?
    • Where's your X, dude?
  • "Dude, what's mine say?" "Sweet. What's mine say?"^Explanation An Overly Long Gag involving the duo discovering that they'd gotten tattoos on their upper-backs
• Dumb and Dumber (oh so many)
  • "The most annoying sound", as improvised by Jim Carrey.
  • Try not to hear the song "Mockingbird" (MOCK! YEAH!) and instantly think of this movie.
  • "Just when I thought you couldn't be any dumber, you do something like this... AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!"^ExplanationBait-and-Switch Comment made by Harry when Lloyd sells his van for a moped.
• Dumbo (2019):
  • "Let's get ready for Dumbo!" ^Explanation Michael Buffer's Actor Allusion in the film. Many people found the joke hilarious, while other found this out of place for being an anachronism.

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• Easy Rider:
  • BOOOOORN TO BE WIIIIIIIILD!!!^ExplanationThe association of Steppenwolf's song with this movie is now iconic.
• Ed Wood:
  • "What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?" ^Explanation Spoken by Ed Wood when questioned about the sudden day to night transitions in Plan 9 from Outer Space. Frequently used by Internet reviewers to mock various bad moments.
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial:
  • E.T. phone home. ^Explanation Spoken by E.T. while hovering a telephone, in order to communicate the movie's main conflict: he needs to find a way to contact someone to get home.
• Ex Machina:
  • The dance scene has been subjected to numerous mash-ups with so many songs.
• The Exorcist:
  • The power of Christ compels you!
  • The head-twist and projectile pea-soup vomiting from Regan.

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• The Fault in Our Stars:
  • Once the film was released, there were plenty of memes theorising that Augustus's name is really Caleb Prior^note Both characters are played by Ansel Elgort and Hazel is a Replacement Goldfish for his dead sister^note Hazel is played by Shailene Woodley, who played Tris Prior in the Divergent films.
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  • WAIT! We can't stop here... This is Bat Country!^ExplanationRaoul Duke's famous outburst as they're cruising through the desert while tripping on a mix of drugs.
  • As your attorney I advise you to...^ExplanationGonzo's Catchphrase before he and Duke get into their usual drug-fueled shenanigans.
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off:
  • Anyone know of any more memes? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?^ExplanationBen Stein's improvised lecture on economics that was reportedly so boring that it sent the cast corpsing.
  • Sah-wing, batta!
  • Your ass is mine!^ExplanationPrincipal Rooney's line that got much darker after actor Jeffrey Jones was convicted on child pornography charges.
  • My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw [Name] pass out at 31 Flavors last night.
• A Few Good Men:
  • "You can't handle the truth!"
• Fight Club:
  • The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is...you do not talk about Fight Club. ^Explanation When introducing new members to Fight Club, they have to learn the rules.
  • I want you to hit me as hard as you can. ^Explanation Much stems from the fact that Brad Pitt was hit as hard as he could.
  • "His name is Robert Paulson!"
    • HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...
• Flash Gordon:
  • GORDON'S ALIIIIIIVE!?^ExplanationBRIAN BLESSED, just Chewing the Scenery as he tends to.
  • FLASH, AAAAAH! SAVIOUR OF THE UNIVERSE!^ExplanationQueen's great, yet extremely campy soundtrack is the perfect match for the movie.
  • Klytus, I'm bored. What plaything can you offer me today? ^ExplanationThe exchange between Ming and Klytus, sampled in the intro to Queen's just as memetic theme song, highlights the sheer scale and "But for Me, It Was Tuesday" approach of the galactic Evil Overlord.
    • An obscure body in the SK system, your majesty. The inhabitants refer to it as the planet...Earth.^ExplanationAside from being a part of the above meme, Peter Wyngarde's delivery of the name "Earth" with audible disgust ("Ewwwf.") shows off his obvious villainy.
• The Fly (1986):
  • Be afraid. Be very afraid.^ExplanationVeronica's warning to a woman whom Seth is trying to force to undergo teleportation. Being used as the film's tagline made it a major pre-online meme that was often quoted for comedy — millennials who aren't horror buffs may believe it originated in Addams Family Values — the irony of this being that the line was not in David Cronenberg's original script, but rather suggested by the film's uncredited-by-choice producer Mel Brooks.
• Forrest Gump:
  • "Run, Forrest, Run!!"^ExplanationThe scene where young Forrest tries to escape a trio of bullies and his leg braces fall apart as he's gaining speed was supposed to be dramatic, with bombastic music and all. It's unintentionally hilarious instead.
  • "Life is like a box of chocolates..." Full of brown, sticky stuff.^ExplanationThe Cloud Cuckoo Language of the quote made it ripe for parody, some of which you might read below.
    • Cigarette Smoking Man would like to remind you that Life... is like a box of chocolates - a cheap, thoughtless, perfunctory gift that no one ever asks for, unreturnable because all you get back is another box of chocolates. So, you're stuck with mostly indefinable whipped mint crap, mindlessly wolfed down when there's nothing else to eat while you're watching the game. Sure, once in a while you get a peanut butter cup or an English toffee but it's gone too fast and the taste is fleeting. In the end, you are left with nothing but broken bits filled with hardened jelly and teeth-shattering nuts, which, if you are desperate enough to eat, leaves nothing but an empty box of useless brown paper.
    • Life is like a box of chocolates. You open it up, and most times somebody's taken a bite out of each and every one. That's when I gotta pull out my piece and blow their friggin' head off. That's all I gotta say about that.
    • Life is like an Overly Long Gag. It starts off interesting, but then it just drags on for too long. But if it drags on long enough, it gets interesting again.
    • Life is like a jar of jalapenos... what you do today could end up burning your ass tomorrow.
    • I guess life is kinda like a crab cake. There's some good stuff in the middle, but mostly it's surrounded by a bunch of crap.
• Friday:
  • "Bye, Felicia." ^ExplanationIn one scene from the film, a woman named Felicia asks Smokey for his car, and a blunt, and is denied both times. Jones dismisses her with a terse "'Bye, Felicia." The line became adopted by social media in the late 2010s and is used in a similar capacity.
• Friday the 13th:
  • The scene in Jason Takes Manhattan where Jason randomly obliterates a blaring boombox by kicking it has become popular, with people editing any random music into the scene.
  • Crispin Glover's dance from Part IV. ^ExplanationIn one scene with the partying teens, Glover's character starts a jerky and hilarious dance. The song that he was dancing to was changed in post-production, making him look like a total dork.
  • Ki-ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma-ma... ^ExplanationThe onomatopoeia of Jason's leitmotif, which has often been mistaken for "ch-ch-ch-ma-ma-ma".
• The Fugitive
  • The term "one-armed man" used to denounce someone who is clearly guilty of something, yet coming up with all sorts of ridiculous excuses for the overwhelming evidence against them. Ironically, this might also double as an Analogy Backfire, as despite how bizarre Kimble's story is, he's telling the truth.

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• George of the Jungle:
  • "Now this is the part where we throw our heads back and laugh. Ready?" ^ExplanationGifs and videos of the scene with three African porters from the beginning of the movie are used as a reaction to "funny fail" posts.
• Ghost in the Shell (2017):
  • #IAmMajor
• Ghostbusters (1984):
  • There is no X. There is only Zuul.^ExplanationA snowclone based on the scene where one of the Ghostbusters addresses the possessed Dana, and she responds in Voice of the Legion "There is no Dana, there is only Zuul."
  • If there's something strange / in your neighborhood / Who You Gonna Call?^ExplanationThe undoubtedly catchy theme song.
  • Don't cross the streams!^ExplanationAfter Egon explains that crossing the streams fired from Proton Packs may disintegrate an entire universe.
  • That's a big Twinkie.^ExplanationWinston's response to Egon's explanation of a sudden increase of spirit activity in New York, comparing the baseline to a Twinkie, and the increased activity to a Twinkie that's 35 feet long.
• Gladiator:
  • ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? IS THAT NOT WHAT YOU CAME TO SEE?!^ExplanationMaximus promptly butchers five opponents in the arena, turns to the audience in the stands and shouts this question.
  • Downvoting Roman ^explanation Commodus giving a thumbs-down gesture to signal Maximus to kill an opponent. This has been used to express disapproval, especially regarding posts on Reddit like overused memes.
• The Godfather:
  • I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.^ExplanationThe Trope Namer, a scene where Don Vito orders putting pressure on movie mogul Jack Woltz.
  • "It's a Sicilian message. It means, 'Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes'."^ExplanationA response after the Corleone heavy Luca Brasi goes missing after a meeting with a rival mob boss and his bulletproof vest, wrapped around a fish, is sent to Corleone's business.
  • Leave the gun, take the cannoli.^ExplanationPete Clemenza's line to a Corleone soldier after they dispatched a traitor after buying the mentioned sweets.
• Godzilla:
  • "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" ^Explanation The ominous J. Robert Oppenheimer quote used in the first teaser for Godzilla (2014) has gotten juxtaposed against animated GIFs and other images of many of the sillier moments from the Showa films (for example, this image from Invasion of Astro-Monster, this image from Godzilla vs. Hedorah, and this image from Godzilla vs. Megalon), as well as the Snickers tie-in commercial.
  • Eat your vegetables!^ExplanationA scene from King Kong vs. Godzilla where Kong shoves a tree down Godzilla's throat is often captioned with that line.
  • SKREEEEEEEOOOOONK ^Explanation The written Godzilla roar; oftentimes this is used as a censor by fans. Has also lead to much parodies being made.
  • The Toy Wars ^ExplanationThere's a loooot of chances for a flame war when someone criticizes a toy brand a lot of others love to death. (example: S.H Monsterarts)
  • Mosura, Ya, Mosura~ ^Explanation Part of the lyrics to Mothra's theme song.
  • This is Tokyo. Once a city of six million people. What has happened here was caused by a force which up until a few days ago was entirely beyond the scope of Man's imagination. Tokyo, a smoldering memorial to the unknown, an unknown which at this very moment still prevails and could at any time lash out with its terrible destruction anywhere else in the world. There were once many people here who could've told of what they saw... now there are only a few. My name is Steve Martin. I am a foreign correspondent for United World News. I was headed for an assignment in Cairo, when I stopped off in Tokyo for a social; but it turned out to be a visit to the living hell of another world. ^ExplanationThe first lines uttered in the Americanized version of Gojira
  • DESUTOROYAH!!!^ExplanationHow James Rolfe pronounces Destoroyah
  • PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH!/Jet Jagar^ExplanationPart of Jet Jaguar's theme song.
• Goodfellas:
  • Funny? Funny how? Funny like a clown? Do I amuse you?^ExplanationThe most quotable scene of the movie, where Joe Pesci's notoriously short-tempered character, Tommy DeVito, goes off at the protagonist Henry.
• Groundhog Day:
  • The title itself has become an accepted phrase used for any sort of plot where a time period repeats itself, in Real Life as well as on this site (well we had to rename it to make all the wicks easier but with regret, with regret).
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014):
  • METAPHOOOR! ^Explanation Drax is unable to grasp the concept of metaphors throughout the entire movie. Despite the "slashing finger across throat = kill" gesture being explained to him several times, he takes a much more literal approach.

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• Halloween (1978):
  • "I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil." ^ExplanationPart of the speech that Dr. Loomis, Michael Myers's psyciathrist, makes about him.
• Halloween (2007):
  • MICHAEL! JESUS CHRIST!^ExplanationLoomis's awkward response to an attack by Michael, it became popular on some horror sites
• Hardcore has given us the infamous scene of George C. Scott going into a porno theater, only to see his daughter on screen, and saying "Turn it off. Turn it off! Turn it off!" Thanks to the Internet, it has now been remixed with many things, ranging from Rick Astley to the trailer for Jack and Jill.
• Harry Potter:
  • "Turn to page three hundred and ninety-four."^Explanation Alan Rickman's delivery of this line is one of the most deadpan things one will hear.
  • "It's "levi-ooooo-sa", not "levio-saaaaa".^ExplanationHermione correcting Ron on the pronunciation of "Wingardium Leviosa" spell, delivered in a snooty know-it-all way.
  • TROOOOOOLL IN THE DUNGEON! has become one when talking about, well, trolls.
  • That awkward moment when Voldemort hugs you.
  • HARRY! DIDYAPUTURNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIRE!!!!????/He asked CALMLY.^ExplanationIn the books he asked calmly, however in the film adaptation, Gambons delivery is the exact opposite of calm. Made even more ridiculous when it was revealed that Gambon had never read the books.
  • NYEEAAHH!
  • My father will hear about this! ^ExplanationDraco Malfoy's ineffectual parting shot after having his ass handed to him.
• Hellboy (2019):
  • Heckboy. ^ExplanationA marquee for a Roxy, TN movie theatre drive-in censored the film's title into "Heckboy" due to being near an elementary school and church, and the image quickly went viral on the Internet.
• Highlander:
  • "There can be only one!" ^Explanation Recurring phrase said by the film's Big Bad The Kurgan, referring to the fact that only one immortal, who is last one alive, can claim the mythical Prize.
• His Girl Friday:
  • "Get Out!!" ^ExplanationCary Grant deploying this trope as only he could do it, complete with an elegant finger-flick. The clip is used on Internet forums when someone someone posts something disgusting, makes a really bad pun, etc.
• History of the World Part I
  • It's good to be the king!
  • Nobody ever expects the Spanish inquisition! (As a song-and-dance number.)
    • SEND IN THE NUNS!
• The Hobbit:
  • Scene 88. ^Explanation An internal meme used by the cast and crew of An Unexpected Journey referring to the scene where Thorin's company are running from the orc warg pack. The scene was compiled from countless shots taken of the main cast running...and then running some more...and running some more...and running some more...and running some more... They even got T-shirt's produced, advertising "The Middle Earth Fun Run: Sponsored by Scene 88."
• Hook:
  • "Rufio! Rufio! RU! FI! OHHHHHHHHHHH!" ^ExplanationThe movie created the chant after the character played by Dante Basco. Anytime we see Mr. Basco or hear his voice, most people will use this chant.
• Hot Fuzz:
  • We used memetic mutation for the greater good.
    • THE GREATER GOOD.^ExplanationThe conspiracy behind the film's plot pretty much committed arson and murder in order to cover up jaywalking, treating the "Most Beautiful Village" contest as Serious Business and the entire thing being an inversion of Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot. The "greater good" excuse is just ripe for memes.
  • SWAN!^ExplanationNick and Danny's attempts to catch a runaway swan, with the three being photoshopped into various situations, for example the 2011 London riots.
  • Yarp. Narp?^ExplanationNick trying to imitate the hulking, mentally handicapped Michael on the phone after hearing him only say "Yarp" and having to say "No".
• How I Unleashed World War II:
  • "Oh dearie me, did I just mess up."^ExplanationThe opening quote, after Franek tries to shoot a German soldier and everything explodes around him.
  • "Bordello Bum Bum!"^ExplanationThe Italian military camp having a brothel, treated by the soldiers as essential for morale.
  • "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz."^ExplanationDolas giving the Stalag clerk a fake, unpronounceable name, much to his exasperation. Lifted from the book version of C.K. dezerterzy and often brought up as an example of difficult Polish names.
• How to Get Rid of Cellulite:
  • "Fuck. No. Just simply fucking no!"^ExplanationThe clip of Krystian's outburst, with the Punctuated! For! Emphasis! delivery and frantic gun waving, quickly became a popular Internet reaction in Polish social media.
• The Hunger Games:
  • Why does X have to be black not gonna lie kinda ruined the X.^Explanation After the film's initial release, a number of fans tweeted their disappointment over the fact that Thresh and Rue were portrayed by black actors (despite the fact that said they were clearly described as being "dark skinned" in the books).

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• Idiocracy
  • BRAWNDO: IT'S LIKE A MONSTER TRUCK THAT YOU POUR INTO YOUR FACE! It's got electrolytes!^ExplanationA Large Ham, No Indoor Voice commercial that spawned several imitations, like the fake ad for fictional energy drink Powerthirst and an actual advert for Vytautas Mineral Water and its follow-up for Haier home appliances.
  • "Ow, my balls!"^ExplanationA game show about people getting hit in the nuts. Sometimes used to mock new and weird game show formats.
• In the Heat of the Night:
  • THEY.CALL.ME.MI-STER.TIBBS.^Explanation Sidney Poitier's iconic line.
    • Re-memed by Pumbaa from The Lion King: THEY.CALL.ME...MI-STER PIG!
• Inception:
  • "X-CEPTION" (not "exception") ^ExplanationHas now replaced "Yo dawg, I heard you like X" as the standard response to "An X within an X". They mean recursion.
    • _ception is more a reference to Inception being known for its dream recursion (dream within a dream). Still, it's got implications, as Dictionary.com seems to have added the wrong meaning.
  • WE HAVE TO GO DEEPER.^ExplanationThe original context refers to going deep into the layers of someone's mind to their subconscious, via dreams.
  • Here are 15 awesome Inception memes.
  • The trailer music ("Mind Heist"), by Zack Hemsey, reached memetic levels before the movie itself was even out, thanks to the "angry boat sound" later imitated in other trailers. BWONG!
• Independence Day:
  • Must go faster. Must go faster! Must go faster! Go, go, go, go!
  • THAT'S RIGHT! That's what you get! Look at you, ship all banged up! WHO'S THE MAN? HUH? WHO'S THE MAN? Wait until I get another plane! I am going to lower your friends RIGHT BESIDE YOU!
    • Welcome to Earth. ^ExplanationSteven Hiller's Attack Hello to the pilot of the alien ship he shot down
  • Ha-ha-ha! Hello, boys! I'm baaaaaack! ^ExplanationRussell Casse's combo Pre-Mortem One-Liner / "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner at the climax of the film, when he flies his jammed missile right into the alien ship's Wave-Motion Gun.
  • "Ohhhh shit. Um... hide." ^ExplanationWhen David and Steve are in the alien mothership, and one of the aliens begins opening the cover over their craft's window to see just who's flying the thing.
• Indiana Jones:
  • "No camels!" ^ExplanationAs compensation for losing his brother-in-law's car to a Nazi tank, Sallah gets camels, but Indy only wants horses.
  • Both the Indy Hat Roll and Indy Escape are so popular, they are parodied in various media.
  • Indiana Jones would like you to know that their treasure was knowledge. Knowledge was their treasure.
  • And he survived a nuclear blast in a fridge.
  • "Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?" ^ExplanationIndy's greatest fear is snakes. Had any other critter been in the pit with the Ark, he would have been fine.
  • "That belongs in a museum!"
  • "He chose... poorly." ^ExplanationThe crusader's wry understatement explaining why the Big Bad of The Last Crusade aged to dust after drinking from the wrong chalice.
  • Swish, swish, swish...BANG! ^ExplanationThere's a scene where a swordsman threatens Indy with his swordplay, and Indy's simple response is to pull out his gun and shoot him. Usually used for Anti-Climaxes and Stating the Simple Solution responses.
  • "No ticket." ^ExplanationAfter he fistfights a Nazi and lobs him out of a zeppelin, Indy tells this to the watching crowd of passengers, implying Disproportionate Retribution for evading the fare.
  • *face melts* ^ExplanationSimilar to the Scanners example below, Toht's face melting after the Ark is opened has been used as a reaction image to sights perceived as horrible.
• Inglourious Basterds:
  • Lt. Raine's ending speech to Hans Landa about him taking off his uniform, and "giving him something he can't take off", was used a lot by the Left following Trump's 2020 defeat, replacing "Nazi uniform" with "MAGA hat".
  • "Bawnjorno."^ExplanationThe scene where Raine, Donny and Ulmer pretend to be Italian, and badly so, only to be surprised by Landa's fluency in Italian.
• The Interview: "They hate us 'cause they ain't us" & "Haters gonna hate, ain'ters gonna ain't" have begun being used on Internet message boards.
  • "They hate us 'cause they anus!", a popular mutation of Skylark's catchphrase. Even Seth Rogen himself admitted he thought that's what James Franco was saying.
  • "Honeydicking" is used as a Spear Counterpart for "Honeypotting" (Honey Trap).
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978):
  • The final, dialogue-free, shot◊ of the movie, with Donald Sutherland's character, or rather his pod-person replacement, pointing at the viewer and screeching. ^ExplanationPosted on Internet forums when someone expresses a "heretical" opinion.
• It's Alive:
  • "It's Alive!" ^ExplanationFor a movie that isn't so well-remembered, that phrase was everywhere in the 1970s.
• The Italian Job (1969):
  • "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" ^ExplanationMichael Caine's one-liner after one of his character's cohorts detonates a van. A similar scene was shown in the now-infamous "hackers on steroids" news report, likely prompting the same reaction from some viewers.

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• Jack and Jill:
  • Dunkaccino^ExplanationAt the end of the movie, Jack manages to shoot a Dunkin' Donuts commercial where Al Pacino starts rapping about his new alias, Dunkaccino. The ad recently saw a memetic surgence in 2020, with plenty of edits and "Dunkaccino, but X" variations coming about. It's also Hilarious in Hindsight as, after Jack showed him the finished product, Al wanted him to destroy every copy so it never saw the light of day.
• James Bond:
  • 007's "Bond, James Bond", "Shaken, not stirred", and Goldfinger's "No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to DIE!" are among the franchise's most well-known and more often-repeated catchphrases
  • "Oh, James!" ^ExplanationUsed as a catch-all catch-phrase for the Bond Girls, as for a time it seemed that every one of them said the exact phrase in every movie.
  • "YES! I AM INVINCIBLE!" ^ExplanationBoris in GoldenEye exclaims this when his plans succeed. It becomes his last words when he shouts it moments before the liquid nitrogen tanks in Janus's base explode and he gets frozen.
  • The titles of some films have become well-known and repeated snowclones:
    • From [X] With Love.
    • The [insert profession/hobby/distinguishing characteristic] Who Loved Me.
• Judge Dredd:
  • Every time someone uses the word "law", they have to do it in the most hammy and exploitable way possible.
    • I AM THE LAW.
    • YOU BETRAYED THE LAW!
    • LAAAAAAAWWW!!!!

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• The Karate Kid:
  • Sweep The Leg.^explanationKreese encouraging Johnny to attack Daniel's weakened leg
  • To baby trees.^explanationDaniel mishears drunken Miyagi's "Banzai!" as "Bonsai!"
• Kindergarten Cop^note Quotes of Arnold Schwarzenegger from this movie would become best known for their use in the early "celebrity prank calls", which involved playing sound clips of said celebrities over the phone. For context of individual quotes, see their notes.
  • Who is your daddy and what does he do?^ExplanationKimble asks this of the kids in the class as a game to play with them.
  • IT'S NOT A TUMAH!^ExplanationWhen Kimble starts complaining of a headache after trying to introduce the game of the above quote, one of the kids suggests it might be a tumor.
• King Kong (1933):
  • Perhaps one of the earliest memes is the mental image of King Kong climbing up the Empire State Building, carrying a blond-haired girl and attacking planes whenever you see the aforementioned building. And remember, it wasn't the airplanes, it was beauty killed the beast. ^Explanation The very last line of the film, it speaks the main message: that Kong's love for this person was so great that he was willing to kill himself in order to "protect" her.

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• Labyrinth:
  • Thanks to The Nostalgia Chick, David Bowie's crotch has achieved levels of Memetic Badassery. There's a church devoted to worshipping The Area. ^Explanation The scene from which this meme originates had many shots of his crotch.
• Little Women:
  • It's common for fans of the film to make fun of the fact that most of the trailers before the film were for kids' movies, most notably The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. This is because the film was rated PG despite its' audience being older than that of the average film with that rating, which just so happens to be most kids or family movies these days that try to avoid getting a G-rating.
• The Lost Boys:
  • Tim Capello's performance of "I Still Believe" ^Explanation One of the most often remembered scenes from this movie, even appearing in a sketch on Saturday Night Live more than twenty years after the movie came out.

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• Madame Web (2024):
  • "He was in the Amazon with my mom when she was researching spiders right before she died." ^ExplanationThis awkward run-on sentence used by Webb to describe Ezekiel in the teaser spread like wildfire, much akin to "To bats, it's lethal. To humans, it's deadly" from Morbius. The line isn't present in the movie itself, however.
  • It's webbin' time. ^ExplanationDue to the film instantly receiving comparisons to Morbius, some internet denizens quickly began making variations of "It's Morbin' time" and similar memes.
  • "So, while my character in the movie may be able to see the future, I also can and I know what the future brings. I know that when you see Madame Web you're going to love it. In fact, I think you’re going to see it twice." ^ExplanationFrom a promo video that went memetic due to Dakota Johnson’s incredibly sensuous delivery, with some joking that Sony was attempting to tap into the "gooner demographic."
  • The entire movie is just a Pepsi commercial. ^ExplanationThere's a lot of Pepsi and Pepsi related Product Placement throughout the entire movie, and the main villain even meets his demise by being crushed by the falling "P" from a Pepsi-Cola sign. This has caused at least a few viewers to call this movie Madame Websi.
  • "I remember all my encounters with you Madame Web, and I want nothing to do with you." ^ExplanationA moment from the 90s Spider-Man cartoon where Madame Web returns to take Spider-Man for his final mission, even though he doesn't want to. The wording made it perfect for people who have no desire to watch the film or to revisit it. [[/labelnote]
• Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
  • Two men enter, one man leaves. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Recurring phrase related to the eponymous Thunderdome, a caged arena where every fight is a Duel to the Death.
  • Who run Bartertown? ^Explanation Master, the guy in charge of Bartertown's power, shows off to the main character by cutting the juice and forcing the town's leader Aunty to admit that he's really the one in charge by repeatedly asking this question.
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  • "OH WHAT A DAY! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!" ^ExplanationNux on driving through a thundersandstorm chasing after a giant truck
  • "I LIVE! I DIE! I LIVE AGAIN!" ^ExplanationNux before launching what he believes will be his Suicide Attack
  • "WITNESS ME!" ^ExplanationWar Boys' last words before attempting a Dying Moment of Awesome
  • "Mediocre!" ^ExplanationSaid by Immortan Joe as Nux attempts (and fails miserably) to climb onto said truck
  • "Uh, uh. That's bait." ^ExplanationSaid by Max when they come across an obvious Schmuck Bait. That fact that he points up as he says it has made it a popular message board GIF for trolls
  • "I HAD A BROTHER! A BABY BROTHER! AND HE WAS PERFECT! PERFECT IN EVERY WAY!"
  • *Men yelling indistinctly* ^ExplanationA subtitle that has gained wide use as a reaction to (mostly sexist) pointless/illogical Internet controversy.
• Man of Steel:
  • "I WILL FIND HIM!!" ^Explanation Zod says it four times in the film. The "Where's Waldo" Crossovers have already begun.
  • The line paraphrased from All-Star Superman has been spoofed numerous times.
    You will give DC an ideal to strive towards. They'll rise behind you. They will stumble. They will fall. But in time, they will join you in the theatres. In time, you will help them make an epic movie.
  • On that note, there's "Have you read All-Star Superman?" ^Explanation A question often asked of people who like this movie, by people who hate it.
  • Sad Batman ^ExplanationWhen the first picture of Ben Affleck as Batman and the Batmobile for the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie were revealed, Batman is shown with his head bowed. Cue pictures of Batman looking sad at everything.
  • X saved more people than Superman ^Explanation Following the movie's violent climax, various people have pointed out how other characters saved more people than Superman. Including The Avengers, Godzilla, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
  • "What does the [letter on costume] stand for?"
  • "WHERE DID YOU [action]? ON A FARM!?"
• Marathon Man:
  • "Is it safe?" ^ExplanationIn one scene, the main character is tortured by a Depraved Dentist who repeatedly asks this question.
• The Mask:
  • SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMOKIN'!
  • Ooh, somebody stop me!
• The Matrix:
  • There Is No Spoon.
  • Red pill or blue pill?
  • I know kung-fu. Whoa.^explanationNeo's reaction after kung-fu knowledge is downloaded into his brain
  • Your Mind Makes It Real.^explanationThe reason why Neo tastes blood in his mouth after the jump program
  • This is the very movie that popularized the Bullet Time.
    • DODGE THIS!^explanationTrinity's Pre-Mortem One-Liner before shooting an agent at point-blank range with a pistol
    • The best part about being me is, there's so many mes.
  • Ergo consequently visavi apropos.
  • Missster Anderson.^explanation Agent Smith always addresses Neo as "Mr. Anderson" in a very mechanical way
  • "What if I told you...*insert item here*?"^explanationIronically a line that Morpheus never said
• Men in Black:
  • (points to you) Old and busted... (points to self) new hotness.^explanationJ mocking the old MIB sedan and Agent K...
    • Old, busted hotness.^explanation...only to learn that the sedan is kitted out with space-age tech, including a hidden jet booster.
  • *flash*^explanationThe Neuralyzer, used to give people Laser-Guided Amnesia, emits a flash of red light when used.
• Midnight Madness:
  • "Fagabeefe!" ^ExplanationAn attempt by Barf, the dimwitted Blue Team member, to decode a clue by reordering the letters. (The first a is pronounced as in "cat"; the final e, like "ee".) Sometimes used to suggest that something is just too stupid for words, but has other meanings as well. It also simply sounds awesome! Even if awesomely silly.
  • Leon!^ExplanationUh, they say Leon when the guy comes out. Referenced on Robot Chicken.
• Miś ("The Teddybear", a Polish Cult Classic comedy highlighting the absurds of late communist era):
  • The entire scene with fake house fronts erected by the side of the road in order for the police to stop and ticket the drivers is a Fountain of Memes:
    • "And what if it was YOUR CHILD?"^ExplanationThe traffic cop tries to give the same reprimand to all the drivers without even looking at them, and says this line to a Catholic priest.
    • "Mother sits in the back!" ^ExplanationThe same traffic cop asks the dispatcher for a new line after saying the above one to the priest, and gets "And what if it was your mother?!" When one of the drivers says his mother sits in the back, the cop once again radioes the dispatcher, reporting that "Mother sits in the back!"
  • "In this country, real money is made on large straw investments."^ExplanationThe scene with Hochwander and Ochódzki discussing the massive straw teddybear is another Fountain of Memes that was easily transposed from the communist to the capitalist era.
  • The sneaky wiener eaters^ExplanationThe Show Within a Show "The Last Wiener of Count Barry Kent" is yet another Fountain of Memes, from the lampshading of WTH Casting Department with a crowd of bearded men supposed to play "village children", through using a cat wearing a rabbit's fur as a stand-in for a hare, the miscommunication regarding "The Heir, Pruski" to someone stealing the wieners intended for use in a closeup of a stew being cooked and the pompous communist newspeak condemning "the sneaky wiener eaters".

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• Network
  • "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!!"^explanationThe protagonist's iconic rant about Apathetic Citizens, telling people to go out and shout the (then-controversial) phrase in the streets, intercut with more and more people walking away from their TVs and shouting from their windows or the streets.
• Nic Śmiesznego ("Nothing Funny", a Polish Movie-Making Mess film)
  • "Can you tell me: what the fuck do I need a forest for?" ^explanationThe protagonist is tasked with finding a location for a shoot, but the important last word of the description has been moved to the next page of the script.
    • "As they crossed over the hill, they saw a forest... (Beat) Of crosses."
  • "All right then! Fuck you, buddy! I'm in the rain here! Surrounded by wolves!"^explanationThe protagonist screams into a payphone while stranded
  • "Second again. Always fucking second."^explanationFrom the protagonist's self-deprecating Internal Monologue
  • "Where do you think it's going, sideways?!"^explanationResponse to a neighbor asking if the elevator is going up while on the ground floor.
• Night at the Museum:
  • Battle of the Smithsonian:
    • "It was shorter in Egyptian."
• The Night of the Hunter
  • HATE/LOVE^explanationThe Reverend's knuckle tattoos that became the Trope Codifier.
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  • "They're coming to get you, Barbara" ^ExplanationBarbara's brother teases her with this line before he becomes zombie chow. The phrase is pretty popular, especially amongst horror fanatics. So much so that Ed yells into the phone, "We're coming to get you, Barbara!" in Shaun of the Dead.
• No Country for Old Men:
  • Implied Facepalm^Explanation Tommy Lee Jones is the demotivator poster boy for where an idea is so retarded that a full and proper Face Palm is unnecessary.

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• Office Space:
  • Die, motherfucker, die, motherfuckin' still!^Explanation Plays during the famous printer beat down scene.
  • "Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison".^ExplanationMichael Bolton worries that when they get caught because of Peter's money-laundering scheme, they'll be sent away to do hard time instead of going to a "white-collar resort prison".
  • I believe you have my stapler...
  • And nothing was wrong with the name "Michael Bolton" until that no-talent ass-clown got famous and started winning Grammys.
  • Don't forget about your flair.
  • Yeah, about that...I'm gonna have to ask you to come in on Saturday. ^explanationLumburgh telling people to work on the weekends and telling this in the most non-confrontational tone possible
  • "PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does that mean?
  • Two chicks at the same time.
  • If you could just add this meme, that would be great. ^explanationLumburgh way of requesting something
• On the Waterfront
  • I coulda had class. I Coulda Been a Contender!. I coulda been somebody.^explanationThe Trope Namer, scene where Terry chews out his brother for ruining his boxing career.

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• Pacific Rim:
  • Once Ellen McLain's voice appeared as the robots' AI system, plenty of jokes were made about GLaDOS controlling the robots. And it's not just nerds flexing their voice actor knowledge, the AI sounds exactly like GLaDOS. The fact that the Kaiju come from a "portal" didn't exactly stem the tide of jokes either.
  • "Cherno Bill" ^ExplanationSome fans started jokingly calling Cherno Alpha "Cherno Bill" in honor of William Chekhov.
• Paddington (2014):
  • Paddington is Ukraine ^ExplanationDuring the Russo-Ukrainian War, memes and propaganda pieces portraying Ukraine as Paddington abounded. The meme probably originated in that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was Paddington's Ukrainian voice actor before he turned to politics. However, the image of Ukraine, the attacked country, as the cute and unthreatening bear, was quite evocative and soon captured the imagination of political cartoonists and memelords alike.
• Passenger 57:
  • "Always bet on black!" ^ExplanationA Badass Boast made by Cutter to Rane, after bringing up roulette. It has become one of the signature phrases related to Wesley Snipes.
• Pejzaži u magli (Landscape in the Mist)
  • "Hello. Yes, this is dog." ^Explanation During the film somebody wishes to speak to their dog, so somebody places the headset at the dog's face. This (thirty years later) became a popular image macro series with the caption "Hello. Yes, this is dog."
• Pirates of the Caribbean:
  • I got a jar of dirt~! I got a jar of dirt~! And guess what's inside it~! ^Explanation In Dead Man's Chest, Jack hides Davy Jones' heart inside a jar of dirt to prevent him from getting at it. He later taunts Jones with this.
  • But why is the rum gone? ^Explanation While marooned on a deserted island in the first film, Elizabeth forms a huge beacon of smoke by burning all the food, shade and rum on the island. Jack expresses dismay at the last.
  • Elizabeth is Will's long-lost sister...^Explanation When the Irish Times, Ireland's main broadsheet, reviewed Dead Man's Chest, the reviewer compared the movies to the original Star Wars trilogy, arguing that Dead Man's Chest was Darker and Edgier enough to be the equivalent of The Empire Strikes Back. The reviewer concluded by saying that the film's only weak point was the romance between Will and Elizabeth "so we can only hope she turns out to be his twin sister". The joke caught on...
  • Gentlemen, this is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow.^ExplanationThe iconic scene of Jack Sparrow outsmarting Norrington and making off with his entire ship.
• Pitch Perfect:
  • Putting "aca" in front of everything appears to be the biggest aca-meme to spawn from this film.
• "Film/Precious":
  • Sufro como Precious ^Explanation lit. "I suffer like Precious" became a meme during the period where the film ran for the Academy Awards overlapping the First World Suffering meme with the drama that passed the main character for comedic reasons in Latin America, e.g. "Acabo de comer y me di cuenta que habia un aguacate, Sufro como Precious. (I just finished my meal and I notice there was an avocado. I Suffer Like Precious)
• Planet of the Apes:
  • YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP! Ah, DAMN YOU! Goddamn you all to hell!^ExplanationThe most famous line, often used as an exaggerated They Changed It, Now It Sucks! response.
• Police Academy:
  • The music in the Blue Oyster Bar has showed up in numerous places, particularly related to scenes with homoerotic subtext.
• The Professional:
  • Bring me everyone. What do you mean "everyone"? EVERYONE!^ExplanationThe gif of Norman Stansfield's meltdown after the SWAT team is unable to capture Mathilda Lando and take down Leon makes rounds on the Internet,
  • I haven't got time for this Mickey Mouse bullshit!^ExplanationWhen Stansfield tries to explain to his superiors about what happened at the apartment where he killed Mathilda's family he just curses at them and asks his bosses to come to his office at the DEA building in New York.
  • The scene with Leon going Guns Akimbo while hanging upside down from the ceiling. It was even parodied in the Polish comedy Kiler as an example of Crazy Is Cool, completely impractical gunplay.
  • This...is...for Mathilda.
• Pulp Fiction:
  • It's in my bag. It's the one that says "Bad Motherfucker".^ExplanationJules' wallet, with a distinctive angular embroidery, ended up defictionalized.
  • Samuel L. Jackson's most iconic performance ever.^ExplanationThe character of Jules is a walking Fountain of Memes, with several lines entering the common vocabulary and being parodied.
    • Does Marcellus Wallace look like a bitch? (gunshot) DOES?! HE?! LOOK?! LIKE?! A BITCH?!^ExplanationA line intended to intimidate and parodied by photoshopping Samuel L. Jackson's face, along with the first sentence, onto a box of "Guess Who?" game.
    • "AND YOU WILL KNOW MY NAME IS THE LORD WHEN I LAY MY VENGEANCE UPON YOU!"^ExplanationThe iconic made-up Bible quote Jules is most famous for.
  • I'm gonna GET MEDIEVAL on your ass!^ExplanationMarsellus Wallace's outburst has been widely parodied, not only by Terry Pratchett, but even as a game title.
  • Aw man, I just shot Marvin in the face!

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• Race to Witch Mountain:
  • An exploitable scene where The Rock is driving the car while having a back-and-forth exchange with AnnaSophia Robb.
• Rambo:
  • A socially relevant example: While Rambo is banned from being distributed in Burma for its honest portrayal of the Burmese military's sickening brutality towards helpless ethnic minorities, bootleg copies of the film's DVD are extremely popular amongst the Karen Rebel army, which fights the Burmese military's tyranny. Rambo's signature quote from the film, "Live For Nothing, Or Die For Something," has become a morale-lifting battle-cry amongst the Karen Warriors - a point which Stallone himself has said to be "my proudest moments in cinema." That's right ladies and gents. Rambo is so hardcore that he's actually feared by real world tyrants. Hard. Core. Period.
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  • Unlike some other Robin Hoods, Cary Elwes can speak with an English accent.^ExplanationA jab at Kevin Costner and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, where Costner was Not Even Bothering with the Accent.
  • "Lend me your ears!"^ExplanationRobin trying to make an impression on the Literal-Minded villagers, who throw their ears at him in response.
• RoboCop (1987):
  • "IIIIIIIII LIKE IT!" ^Explanation One of the mooks firing a BFG. Again, a variant of this phrase later found its way into Smash TV
  • "I'd buy that for a dollar!" ^Explanation The Catchphrase in the stupid sitcom that many characters find inexplicably funny. This one also made its way into Smash TV as one of the evil game show host's Catch Phrases.
  • BITCHES LEAVE. ^Explanation When Boddicker comes to kill Bob Morton, he tells his prostitutes to leave with this line.
  • "Yer gonna be a bad mother FUCKER!" ^Explanation Bob Morton's line to RoboCop when he is still under production, but can keep a lookout on his surroundings.
  • "Dead or alive, you're coming with me!"^Explanation Robo's catchphrase when apprehending a crook.
• Robot Monster:
  • Pre-Internet example: Ro-Man from Robot Monster was popular all throughout The '50s for just how terrifying a monster he wasn't. Interestingly enough the Columbus OHIO annual 24 hour science fiction marathon keeps the memory of Ro-Man alive by mentioning him, and running the trailer for his film. As far as some people know that particular character has yet to be elected to that fine body's hall of fame.
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
  • There's a sort of trend on YouTube in which people make fan videos about effeminate male characters using a certain song from the movie. You know which one we're talking about.
  • Let's do the time warp again! ^ExplanationThe Time Warp is performed twice in the film, and is probably the only song from the show to make it into the mainstream. With the actual dance steps in the lyrics and their catchiness, it's become rather memetastic. Further promoted by the cheesy version Glee did.
  • The various and common Audience Participation
    • "ASS-HOOOOOOOLE!" "SLUUUUUUUUUT!" ^ExplanationBrad and Janet, in the official audience participation dialogue. Oh, yes, shouting at the film has become so popular that there's an official script. These two nicknames have become the massively common
  • Janet! ^ExplanationSee Rocky Roll Call.
    • Dr. Scott!
    • Janet!
    • Brad!
    • Rocky!
    • Bullwinkle!

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• Say Anything...:
  • The ending scene of a guy, in a trench coat, holding a boom box blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" has been used as a visual for guys seeking forgiveness or just attention.
• Scanners:
  • *head explodes* ^ExplanationThe scene where a guy's head explodes has been mutated so far that most people, though familiar with the scene, have no idea that it's from Scanners. Even if they know the source, they may not know that it comes only a few minutes into the action.
• Scarface (1983):
  • SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND! ^ExplanationTony's Pre Ass Kicking One Liner before he takes on Sosa's goons.
  • I only got two things, my balls and my word, and I don't break 'em for anybody!^ExplanationTony's summation of his I Gave My Word work ethic.
  • First, you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the WOMEN!^ExplanationTony's summation of his goals.
• Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed
  • "I think Coolsville sucks!"^ExplanationA line from Fred that, in-universe, was originally him protesting how the news crew will take what he's saying out of context to make him and the gang look bad, and they do exactly that, resulting in the new line.
• A Serbian Film:
  • Newborn porn!^note The line in question originates from a very disturbing scene in the movie where a man performs an unspeakable act towards a baby. It's also the only English line in a Serbian language film
  • The film's repulsive subject matter led to jokes claiming it (or any similarly repulsive picture, like August Underground's Mordum) is the film adaptation of The Aristocrats joke.
• Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
  • WHERE'S...MY...JELL-OOOOOOOOO?!!!!^ExplanationThis partly non-sequitur exclamation happens at the end of the grouch diner scene just as it fades out.
• Shane:
  • "Shane, come back!" ^Explanation A misquoted line from the Tear Jerker ending, often rendered as "Come back, Shane!"
• The Shawshank Redemption:
  • The scene where Andy plays opera music for the prison has been edited many times on YouTube. Said opera music has been replaced by various kinds of music, from pop music to heavy metal, and even to flea market ads. To be fair, the reactions of the prisoners and the warden made it pretty ripe for parody.
  • “Not tomorrow, not after breakfast...NOW!”^ExplanationHappens during the climax when Andy is nowhere to be found in cell, even though he was in there last night. This was Norton’s reaction, demanding his guards to find Andy immediately.
• She Done Him Wrong:
  • "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" ^Explanation Mae West's most famous misquoted lines from this pre-Code film. It has often appeared in many classic animated shorts, especially the ones from Warner Bros. Often misheard as "Come up and see me some time".
• The Shining:
  • HEEEEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY! ^ExplanationJack's Dynamic Entry with a hatchet spawned countless mutations, including replacing Jack Nicholson in the movie still with various characters.
• Short Circuit:
  • Number 5 has many memorable quotes throughout the film, such as:
  • "Number five is alive!"
  • "No disassemble!"
  • "Malfunction, need input."
    • INPUT!
  • "Hey, laser lips! Your mama was a snowblower!" (*raspberry*)
  • "Los Locos kick your ass!/Los Locos kick your face!/Los Locos kick your balls into ou-ter SPACE!" ^Explanation The musical sting of a memorable group of criminals in the sequel.
  • Newton and Ben would like to remind you that a robot "doesn't get happy, it doesn't sad, it doesn't laugh at your jokes, it just runs programs! ^ExplanationWhile the quote is self-explanatory in context, "just runs programs" has become shorthand for when things are uneventful.
• The Silence of the Lambs:
  • "Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me." ^ExplanationIn a memorable scene, the Serial Killer Buffalo Bill tucks his junk between his legs and dances on front of a mirror, pretending to be a woman. He then asks this question from his reflection.
  • "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!"
  • A (blank) once tried to (blank) me. I ate his liver with some fava beans, and a nice chianti. *slurp*^ExplanationThe widely referenced, parodied and snowcloned line from Hannibal Lecter, lampshading his cannibalism... and snobbery, even becoming a Trope Namer for the latter.
• Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2:
  • "Garbage Day!" ^ExplanationAs Ricky goes on with his suburban rampage, he comes across a guy taking out his trash. He hammily yells this line before shooting him. It is for this scene alone that the movie is known at all.
  • "Red car! Good point!" ^ExplanationAfter a flashback in which Ricky had run over a rapist with a red jeep, his therapist writes "Red car!" on a piece of paper. Ricky notices this and mocks the therapist for his stating the obvious, in a moment that comes off as Eric Freeman openly mocking the movie.
• Any instance of someone copying someone else's style, especially their hairstyle, is bound to result in a reference to Single White Female.
• The Sixth Sense:
  • "I See Dead People. All the time." ^ExplanationHaley Joel Osment's (and the movie's) most famous and recognizable line, even if you don't know the plot.
• Slap Shot:
  • "Old time hockey!" ^Explanation Used in the film to describe clean play... used everywhere else to describe the sort of dirty, roughhouse play that the Hansons were emblematic of.
• Snakes on a Plane:
  • "Enough is enough! I have had it with these muthafuckin' snakes on this muthafuckin' plane!" ^ExplanationThe most famous line from Snakes on a Plane (involving exasperation and much profanity) came from an Internet parody that emerged less than a month after Samuel L. Jackson was signed to the film. It then made its way into the film... This line has become so famous that EVERYTHING that has ever had and probably ever will have Samuel L. Jackson in it has been parodied by inserting a context appropriate version of this line somewhere.
    • And the Bowdlerized version of that line ("monkeyfighting snakes on this mondaytofriday plane") counts.
• The Social Network:
  • There's the scene where Mark gets a note in class from an angry female, often with the note's context, the girl, and/or Mark himself being replaced with random things to fit the joke.
• Soylent Green:
  • "Soylent Green is people!" ^ExplanationThe movie's It Was His Sled moment, often brought up in response to questionable practices of the food industry.
• Spartacus:
  • "I Am Spartacus!" "No, I'm Spartacus!" ^ExplanationWhen the rebels are surrounded and ordered to give up Spartacus, each of them claims they're Spartacus. The scene is memorable enough to have been referred to or parodied multiple times, for example in Monty Python's Life of Brian.
• Space Jam:
  • "What kind of Mickey Mouse organization names a team The Ducks?" ^Explanation Bugs says this after Daffy suggests "The Ducks" as their basketball team name. This quote has commonly been used to mock poor decisions that Disney makes.
• Space Jam: A New Legacy:
  • "Now say, "I'm hunting wabbits!" and try to chase me!" ^ExplanationIn the movie, Bugs says this to LeBron James when he first encounters him and turns into his Big Chungus form while doing so.
  • The cameo of the titular characters of Rick and Morty. ^Explanation The characters in question return Taz after finding out his condition is normal for his species. This scene surprised many viewers because the characters would be the last thing one would expect to have a cameo in a family-friendly movie.
• Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams: "Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, fears what he has created?"^note This line, spoken by Steve Buscemi's character, is commonly used as a response to particularly bizarre Internet phenomena.
• Sully:
  • Never travel with Tom Hanks.^ExplanationThe fate of the plane piloted by Tom Hanks' character in this film started a trend of articles consisting of lists of the bad fates that befall characters played by Tom Hanks who travel in their respective movies.
• Superbad:
  • I am McLovin. (The 25-year-old Hawaiian organ donor.)^ExplanationFogell's bad fake ID with an improbable name that, unbelievably, works.

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• Taken:
  • "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."^ExplanationBryan's Badass Boast delivered over the phone, often parodied due to how over-the-top macho it is. For example, by juxtaposing it with the "Yes, this is dog" meme that originated in the Yugoslavian film Pejzaži u magli.
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  • Shake-and-bake!^ExplanationCal Naughton's catchphrase. It's been used by TV commentators and on Sprint Cup drivers' radio communications.
  • "Hakuna matata, bitches!" ^ExplanationWhat Jirad says when he crosses the finish line.
• Taxi Driver:
  • You Talkin' to Me? ^ExplanationIrrelevant to the plot, supposedly ad-libbed during takes looking for a One-Liner by Robert De Niro, and also instantly recognizable to the point it's repeated out of context for all uses even by people who don't know the film.
• Team America: World Police
  • MATT DAMON!^ExplanationThe character's depiction as mentally disabled that came from the fault in the process of the marionette's creation.
  • Durka durka durka.^ExplanationThe mock Arabic the terrorists speak in the movie became something of a racist dogwhistle after the streak of terrorist attacks in the 2000s.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014):
  • After the first trailer was released, many people noted the similarities in designs between the Turtles and Shrek.
  • The scene where Michelangelo tries to assure April that his bandanna is just a mask and frightens her by showing his real face has spawned a lot of parody videos where Michelangelo unmasks himself as either another fictional character or as a different incarnation of the Ninja Turtles.
  • The April/Raphael ship for those who don't... you know ship them together. While it had some basis in the 2012 cartoon (they were originally going to be love interests in the cartoon) it so far has no basis here except a few implications in the trailers that Raph might have been hanging out with April more than his brothers. Fans who haven't been following the Nick!2012 cartoon are especially confused by the support the pairing is getting.
• Terminator:
  • The Terminator:
    • Fuck you, asshole.^explanationThe T-800's response when confronting the three punks to acquire their clothes
    • Fuck you, asshole.
    • I'll be back...
    • Come with Me If You Want to Live!
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    • Hasta la vista, baby.^explanationThe T-800's response before blasting the T-1000 to pieces
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
    • "I don't know about that accent." "We can fix it."^explanationComes from a deleted scene where it's revealed that the T-800 model was based on Sgt. Candy, who was Schwarzenegger dubbed by Samuel L. Jackson. One general says he doesn't like the voice, and a scientist who has Schwarzenegger's voice says "We can fix it."
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
  • Who will survive and what will be left of them?^explanationLarge-print tagline for the 1974 movie
• There Will Be Blood:
  • "I. Drink. Your. MILKSHAKE!" Entertainment Weekly posted an article vilifying the transformation of this line into a meme. For all the good that did. Scout certainly picked up on it, though.
  • Also, right before, there's "DRAAAINAGE! DRAAAINAGE!"
• They Live!:
  • Altering scenes where the See-Thru Specs are donned, or adding them to original photos.
  • By the way, Roddy Piper has come here to Chew Bubblegum. And kick ass. And he's all outta bubblegum.^ExplanationThe ad-libbed one-liner became so widely reused (most famously in Duke Nukem 3D) and parodied that it became a trope.
• They/Them (2022): "If only you tried as hard as you did with the title" ^ExplanationThe film's most praised aspect, even amongst detractors, was it's admittedly clever title "They Slash Them". Leading to memes of how the filmmakers put more thought into the film's title than the actual story.
• This is Spın̈al Tap:
  • "These go to 11."^ExplanationThe comically exaggerated amp volume knob that scales not from one to ten, but to eleven.
• Tombstone:
  • "Well... bye". ^ExplanationIn the film, this is how Big Bad "Curly Bill" Brocius reacts to the news that the Earps are leaving Tombstone. In real life, it has become a standard for dismissing sore losers and rage-quitters.
  • "I'm your huckleberry." ^ExplanationThis one is a bit special, in that it is a real-life meme from the time of the setting, meaning "I'm the man for the job." However, modern usage is more specific, and used the way Doc uses it in the film, more like "If you want to throw down, I'm game." Doc uses it in response to frequent threats form Johnny Ringo.
  • "You're a daisy if you do!" ^ExplanationAnother period meme, courtesy of Doc. Basically, it's the period-appropriate equivalent of "Make my day, punk!" or "Come at me, bro!"
  • "Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself." ^ExplanationDoc again. He drops this line when, in the final stage of tuberculosis, he has gone on a non-stop 36-hour bender and his friends suggest he get some rest. In real life, the phrase is used much in the same way.
• Total Recall (1990)
  • How long did it take us to mention Total Recall in the first place? TWOOOO WEEEKS?^ExplanationThe scene where Quaid's attempt at getting through customs on Mars using a robotic mask with pre-recorded answers gets foiled by an additional question, with Quaid struggling to stop the mask from repeating the incorrect "Two weeks." answer.
• Tough Guys Don't Dance:
  • OH MAN OH GOD OH MAN OH GOD; ^ExplanationThe only part of the movie anybody remembers. You know, the way this trope is supposed to work.
• Tropa de Elite:
  • The Brazilian movie Tropa de Elite (The Elite Squad, for the foreigners). In the country it was produced, it generated a lot of memetic mutations due to the good number of catchphrases, jokes, and situations (the narrator and arguably protagonist Captain Nascimento became a Memetic Badass). But due to an overly literal and formal translation, most of the jokes are lost, and the protagonists were seen as fascists. At least the grenade scene will still be understood.
• Tropic Thunder:
  • I'M A LEAD FARMER, MOTHERFUCKER!^explanationKirk Lazarus's Badass Boast towards the drug dealers. Sometimes used as an answer to Captain America's "suit of armor" question, since both Kirk and Tony Stark share the same actor.
  • He also knows that it's a bad idea to "go full retard". You never win the Oscar if you go full retard.^ExplanationFrom the in-universe discussion about the Inspirationally Disadvantaged trope, referring to i am sam.
  • First, take a big step back and literally… FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!^ExplanationThe character of foul-mouthed, fat, balding Hollywood producer Les Grossman is very much a meme. And then, the fact that he's played by Tom Cruise in heavy make-up...

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• The Warriors:
  • "Warriors..come out and play-ay!"
    • Clink...Clink...Clink...Clink...^ExplanationOne of the two most distinctive scenes from the movie, the clip often being used as a taunt. The audio quote has been also widely sampled in hip-hop songs, by, among others, Busta Rhymes, Wu-Tang Clan, Lordz Of Brooklyn and Insane Clown Posse.
  • "CAN? YOU? DIG IT?"^ExplanationThe other one of the two most distinctive scenes, the quote has been even more widely sampled in hip-hop songs.
• The Wicker Man (2006):
  • OH, NO! NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAGGHHH!^ExplanationNicolas Cage's extremely over-the-top reaction to having a swarm of angry bees poured into the cage on his head became a huge source of meme material due to unintentionally hilarious nature of the scene.
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:
  • Condescending Wonka aka "You Must Be New Here".^ExplanationThe image of Wonka leaning upon a hand with a smug-in-other-context stare as he says "Would you like to see?" when asked about the covered machine in the factory's lab (which makes the Everlasting Gobstoppers).
  • "Child: -dies- Oompa Loompas:" ^Explanation This phrase, mocking the fact that the Oompa Loompas usually sing and dance after the children suffer their Tempting Fates, is usually accompanied by videos of people from other TV shows and movies dancing.

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• "Ya Nunca Mas":
  • "¡Mi pierna! ¡Mi pierna, Dios mio! ¡MI PIERNAAAAAAAAAAA!" ^ExplanationMain character Luis (performed by singer Luis Miguel) suffers a terrible accident that left him without one of his legs, when he wakes up after surgery he realize his leg is not more and begins screaming, this was used in internet to make jokes over people that overworked his legs a lot in the gym or that just stayed more than three hours sitting in the bathroom watching memes".
• You Got Served:
  • "You got served!" ^ExplanationThis is mostly limited to dancing, but can be extended to thorough beatdowns in other media. Computer gamers refer to this process as "pwnage".
• Young Frankenstein:
  • "Frau Blücher!" [horses whinny] ^ExplanationSpeaking her name (from just about anywhere) sets the horses off. Was at first Played for Drama, but became a mild Running Gag, including one scene when Igor dropped the name at the horses just for fun.

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• Zack and Miri Make a Porno:
  • "Take It Barry" ^ExplanationBecause of a certain scene in the movie, "Take It Barry" has come to be used to refer to the rather unusual sex act depicted in said scene.
• Zardoz
  • THE PENIS IS EVIL!^ExplanationThe propaganda spouted by the titular Zardoz, a massive stone head that drops firearms for the wasteland dwellers as a form of population control.
  • Zed's red outfit^ExplanationThe outfit worn by Sean Connery, being a ridiculous number consisting of two crossed bandoliers, diaper-like underpants and thigh-high boots, became a meme, even winding up in official Dungeons & Dragons module "Waterdeep: Dragon Heist" as the getup of a NPC named Zardoz Zord.
• Zoolander:
  • It's become a meme to take a .gif file of the part where Derek and his friends are dancing around while driving in a car during the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" scene (shortly before the freak gasoline fight accident that kills Derek's friends), and placing the heads of other fictional characters on them.
  • "Blue Steel" ^ExplanationOne of Zoolander's "many" looks, which has probably gotten more pop-culture nods than any other joke in the movie.
  • "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" ^ExplanationThe Big Bad is the only one unimpressed by Zoolander's "many looks", though even he is stunned by Magnum.
  • "What is this, an X for ANTS!?!" ^ExplanationZoolander is outraged upon seeing the model for a new institute, believing that they're planning to make the real thing the same size when it would need to be "at least three times as big."
  • "You think I don't know what a eugoogoly is?" ^ExplanationZoolander demonstrating his vocabulary with a mangled version of the word "eulogy"
  • "Mer-MAN!" ^ExplanationZoolander's retort when insulted for playing a "mermaid" in a TV commercial.
  • " ...But why male models?" ^ExplanationZoolander asks this question, receives the answer, and then deadpan asks the exact same question again. This was a Throw It In!.
  • "The files are in the computer?!''^ExplanationHansel breaks open a computer in an attempt to retrieve files from it.

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