Quotes / On Three

"Those countdown scenes in movies are such dreadful clichés. Nonsense. In real life nobody counts. You just stand up and go!"

— Gregory Lamb, Carte Blanche

Brother Maynard: Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
All: Amen.
King Arthur: Right. One... two... five!
Galahad: Three, sir.
King Arthur: Three!

—Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Clover: Wait, do we go on "three" or do we go on "go"?
(Beat, then Sam and Jerry both Face Fault)
Sam: Three! Who said anything about go?!?

—Totally Spies! "A Spy Is Born"

Shinji: Ouch!
Asuka: What?
Shinji: I think you broke a finger. Looks weird and it hurts.
Asuka: (examines his finger) It's not broken, just dislocated. You can push it back into place and you need something to keep it from moving. But it's going to hurt like hell.
Shinji: ...You do it.
Asuka: You should have left when you had the chance. (takes hold of his finger and wrist) On three, okay?
Shinji: (nods)
Asuka: One... Two... *SNAP*
Shinji: Owww! What happened to three?
Asuka: It always hurts more on three.

— Neon Genesis Evangelion: Genocide

"Alright, Hero, ya ready? Count of three, we'll grab [the horse]."

— Carver, Dragon Quest VI

Joey: The usual plan, T?
Tristan: On "three", partner.
Both: THREE!

—Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

Bubba Ray Dudley: D-VON!
(later...)
Bubba Ray Dudley: One...two...three...
Crowd: Get the tables!

— Bubba Ray Dudley, before he and D-Von put their unfortunate victim through a table with a 3D, almost every time

Cid: On the count of three? Three!
Clive: What happened to two?
Cid: Ask one.

—Final Fantasy XVI

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