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Sounds like the Sideshow Bob with the Italian family episode of the Simpsons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5Y5MvxGwU
Yeah, this is possibly The Simpsons Season 17 episode 8, The Italian Bob. Sideshow Bob dramatically says "Simpson Family, I hereby swear a.... VENDETTA". This is immedently followed with a gag where Marge checks an Italian-English dictionary and discovers that "vendetta" means "vendetta".
See, that's not it, but it's *like* that. He says something *like* 'Farfalla vendetta!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GCOHEDCyk which makes me think The Simpsons is referring to that same phrase. Even without knowing what episode or character I'm thinking of, does anyone know the actual phrase? It isn't actually 'Farfalla Vendetta' ('Butterfly Revenge'), right? I'm guessing.
And if anyone can tell me what the line is, can you tell me what it's a reference to? I'd appreciate it.
Bump. I gotta know.
A bit late, but I Googled for the same thing and found this:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101006025414AAMIJH7
In "The Barber" Seinfeld episode he says "il voglio vendetta@" [tr: "I want revenge"] right after Newman brings him the hair he stole from Jerry. It's not in the script I saw online, but just went to the episode to check and it's there.
Oh wowwww. It's been so long. Thanks, thanks very much!
I thought this was from the Seinfeld episode The Barber, but a search at seinfeldscripts.com didn't turn it up, so maybe I'm remembering it wrong? Someone makes a dramatic declaration that ends in the word 'vendetta', with them pointing up with a flourish. I'm pretty sure it's a guy, I think they were speaking Italian although it could have been another language and I thought it was Seinfeld, but now that I'm thinking about it it might have been Bill from Newsradio. I can't remember the episode, and short of rewatching either series, it's going to bug me. Anyone can help me out?