History BeamMeUpScotty / LiveActionFilms

* In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Creator/RobertDowneyJr says to Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "Doctor, do you concur?" Some believe this is an allusion to the fact that they have played Literature/SherlockHolmes and is a stand-in joke for the "No Shit, Sherlock" joke that fans wanted but that filmmakers rejected. In reality, though, it merely alludes to Benedict Cumberbatch's character being a medical doctor, as the line was never spoken in either ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' or in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''.

* Biff Tannen in ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' doesn't ever actually say "Hello [=McFly=]", instead he repeats "Hello, hello, anybody home? Think [=McFly=], think." A child character misquoting this line in the later movie ''Film/{{Jack|1996}}'' is to blame for this.

** His character in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' never said "Welcome to ''Earf''!", despite what the [[MemeticMutation Internet]] would like you to believe. He actually said the word "Earth" correctly. This likely stems from the quote being paired with the image of Will Smith chomping on a cigar, which looks like it would have impaired his pronunciation. Said cigar comes immediately ''after'' the "Welcome to Earth" scene, in which Smith says the line after punching an alien in the face. What he says with the cigar in his mouth is, with impaired pronunciation, "Now that's what I call a close encounter."

* ''Film/TheGodfather'' doesn't say "You come to me, on the day of my daughter's wedding?" He says "You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder -- for money." The phrase "day of your daughter's wedding" is used later, but not by Vito.

* People like to quote Ben Stein's character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' as saying, "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" but that's not how it happened. When he's taking attendance, he repeatedly says, "Bueller... Bueller..." until one of the other students tells him that Ferris is absent. Later on, when he's teaching, he asks for audience participation and that's when he says, "Anyone? Anyone?" He knows that Ferris is absent at this point, so there's no reason to be calling on him to answer a question in class.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': Jason Voorhees's IconicItem is ''not'' [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]]. Despite the "[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaw and hockey mask]]" combination being a regular part of any slasher parody, Jason has ''never'' used a chainsaw in any of the ''Friday the [=13th=]'' films. One is used ''against'' him in part 2, against his copycat killer in part 5, and he once uses a Bushmaster (a circular saw blade at the end of a weedwhacker) to kill someone, but never a chainsaw. His most notable weapon is a machete. The reason for parodies using a chainsaw and hockey mask combination is that they're also parodying Leatherface from ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.

* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': Jason Voorhees's IconicItem is ''not'' [[ChainsawGood a chainsaw]]. Despite the "[[HockeyMaskAndChainsaw chainsaw and hockey mask]]" combination being a regular part of any slasher parody, Jason has ''never'' used a chainsaw in any of the ''Friday the [=13th=]'' films. One is used ''against'' him in part 2, against his copycat killer in part 5, and he once uses a Bushmaster (a circular saw blade at the end of a weedwhacker) to kill someone, but never a chainsaw. His most notable weapon is a machete. The reason for parodies using a chainsaw and hockey mask combination is that they're also parodying Leatherface from ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.

** "Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" or "Harvey Dent, can he be trusted?" is never said by Batman at any point in the film. The phrase originated from [[Website/CollegeHumor CollegeHumor's]] {{WebVideo/Badman}} series, which parodies ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''. In several of the videos, Batman would utter the line as a catchphrase and at random moments for humorous effect. This has resulted in memes centered around the line with many people assuming that Batman frequently quips it throughout the entire trilogy. The closest that Batman ever says such a quote is when Gordon mentions the new district attorney, prompting Batman to ask "do you trust him?". Also, Harvey Dent isn't introduced at this point in the movie yet, so he isn't referred to by name in the aforementioned scene.

* ''Film/TheTerminator'': The T-800's line to the police officer is misquoted "I'm a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told that she was here, could I see her please?" when the correct line should be "...I was told that '''''she's''''' here..."
** From ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', the Terminator never said "I'll be back" as it sinks into the lava with a thumbs up. It only said "Goodbye..." before [[ICannotSelfTerminate sinking down]] quietly into the lava before giving a thumbs-up as its body sinks deep enough.

** At no point does Firefly ever say "Of course you know this means war!" in the picture, despite it being oft cited as the source of Bugs Bunny's LetsGetDangerous CatchPhrase. "This means war!" is spoken twice, but by his rival, Ambassador Trentino of Sylvania, in response to Firefly provoking him. That said, if people say Bugs Bunny's line came from Groucho Marx, they ''are'' correct -- he does say the line, but in ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera''.

* ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'': Vultan's line ''GORDON'S ALIVE!!!'' is regularly quoted as a triumphant cry, and has become a CatchPhrase of Creator/BrianBlessed himself. In the actual movie, however, Vultan expresses the line with (for Brian Blessed) quiet incredulity. (The catchphrase is probably better remembered from the sound clip incorporated in the Queen song, in which an echo effect is used. It also seems to be conflated in the popular imagination with Vultan's later and similarly iconic cry of ''DIVE!!!'')

** Though Johnny says his infamous [[MemeticMutation "Ohai ______!"]] CatchPhrase numerous times in the film, the flower shop scene is not one of them. In that scene, he just says "Hi doggie!"

* People like to quote Ben Stein's character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' as saying, "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" but that's not how it happened. When he's taking attendance, he says, "Bueller... Bueller..." until one of the other students tells him that Ferris is absent. Later on, when he's teaching, he asks for audience participation and that's when he says, "Anyone? Anyone?" He knows that Ferris is absent at this point, so there's no reason to be calling on him to answer a question in class.

*** People quoting the line often mess up the emphasis as well even when they get the words right. Specifically, the emphasis should be on ''I'', as he was responding to Luke's assertion that Vader had "betrayed and murdered" his father. Many also assume that Luke's BigNo follows immediately. In fact, Luke's first response is "[[ThisCannotBe No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!]]". Vader then responds "Search your feelings, you know it to be true!" and then Luke gives his BigNo, which is immediately followed by a smaller "No!" that doesn't last as long. If anything, it appears as though more people are [[ParodyDisplacement confusing this scene with its shout-out in]] ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' between Utility-Belt Buzz and Emperor Zurg. Buzz does say "YouKilledMyFather", Zurg [[PunctuatedForEmphasis emphasizes both]] ''"I"'' and ''"am"'' (and even then, some people apparently get it backward between both films) and it is Buzz's single BigNo that is an immediately drawn-out, vertical skyward scream [[ItMakesSenseInContext (following the elevator they are both riding on no-less)]].

** The quote "Yo, Adrian! I did it!", said Rocky upon winning the title, is sometimes used to specifically represent the [[Film/{{Rocky}} first movie]] and not the franchise as a whole. The quote is actually from the sequel ''Film/RockyII''. Furthermore, in the first film, Rocky actually lost the match, and it was only in the sequel that he won. In the first movie, he merely shouts "Adrian!" repeatedly as he's surrounded by journalists & photographers after the final bell, trying to locate her.

* People like to quote Ben Stein's character from ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' as saying, "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" but that's not how it happened. When he's taking attendance, he says, "Bueller... Bueller..." Later on, when he's teaching, he asks for audience participation and that's when he says, "Anyone? Anyone?" Ferris is absent, so there's no reason to be calling on him to answer a question in class.

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* ''Film/KingKong1933'': Carl Denham's famous closing line is often quoted as "'Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. 'Twas beauty killed the beast." But onscreen it's actually spoken in uncontracted form. ("'''It was''' beauty killed the beast.")
* ''Film/KnuteRockneAllAmerican'': Knute Rockne says "And the last thing he said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they got and '''win just one for the Gipper'''." (''Film/{{Airplane}}'' does manage to paraphrase the quote "correctly", with Creator/LeslieNielsen saying, "...win just one for the Zipper.") Often quoted as "Win one for [[UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan the Gipper]]," or "Win this one for the Gipper."

* ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'': Sam Spade says "The stuff that dreams are made of" at the end, not "It's the stuff that dreams are made of". This in turn is a variant of "... such stuff / As dreams are made on," from Shakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest''.

* ''Film/KingKong1933'': Carl Denham's famous closing line is often quoted as "'Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. 'Twas beauty killed the beast." But it's actually spoken in uncontracted form onscreen. ("'''It was''' beauty killed the beast.")

* ''Film/KingKong1933'': Carl Denham's closing line is often quoted as "'Oh, no it wasn't the airplanes. 'Twas beauty killed the beast." But it's actually spoken in uncontracted form onscreen. ("'''It was''' beauty killed the beast.")

** While the line “What does this monster have to mourn?!” ''is'' in the movie, it’s often misattributed to Comicbook/StarLord for some reason. It’s actually said by Comicbook/{{Drax|The Destroyer}}.
** Fans often quote the line "a soul for a soul" in their Comicbook/{{Thanos}} impression and there is even a popular [[MemeticMutation meme template]] with him saying this line. It's actually said by Comicbook/RedSkull and never quoted by Thanos. He's completely silent in the scene the meme image comes from.

* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': A lot of fans misquote Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}'s memetic line as "Don't do that. Don't give me hope" whenever good news seems to be on the horizon. That being said, Clint never actually says the first sentence in the film, only saying "Don't..." in a pleading tone before saying the rest.

** ComicBook/TheJoker as portrayed by Creator/HeathLedger is often misquoted as asking "Do I look like a man with a plan?", when Harvey Dent says that [[spoiler:his (Harvey's) disfigurement and the death of Rachel Dawes]] was part of his (the Joker's) plan, most likely because people associate the rhyming words "man" and "plan". The quote is, however: "Do I really look like a guy with a plan?"

** Never in ''The Dark Knight'' does the Joker say that "We live in a society." The meme is so pervasive that Creator/JoaquinPhoenix absentmindedly replaced "system" with "society" during the final rant in ''Film/{{Joker}}'' and [[SerendipityWritesThePlot it was left in]], and viewers assumed it was a MythologyGag. The trailer for ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' also made rounds across the Internet when Creator/JaredLeto's Joker says, "We live in a society, where honor is a distant memory. Isn't that right... Batman?", which was left out of the final film.

* People often quote Comicbook/RocketRaccoon in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' as saying [[MemeticMutation "I'm gonna need that guy's leg."]] or some other paraphrase of the actual quote, which is "That dude there. I need his prosthetic leg." The paraphrase is actually closer to the [[BrickJoke second time the gag is used]], where he says "I'm gonna need one more thing... THAT GUY'S EYE!"

* ''Film/AndJusticeForAll'': Creator/AlPacino doesn't say "I'm out of order? You're out of order! This whole court is out of order!"; it's "'''You're''' out of order! You're out of order! The whole '''trial''' is out of order! '''They're''' out of order!"

-->'''Jules:''' "What country you from?!"\\

* When Tony Manero (Creator/JohnTravolta) strikes his trademark StayingAliveDancePose in ''Film/SaturdayNightFever'', the song that's playing isn't "[[TropeNamers Stayin' Alive]]". It's "You Should Be Dancing" by [[{{Music/BeeGees}} the same authors]] (from their 1976 album ''Children of the World''). The dance pose with "Stayin’ Alive" playing actually comes from ''Film/{{Airplane}}'', with Ted Stryker (Creator/RobertHays) doing Tony Manero’s dance pose.
* ''Film/ScaryMovie'' has a scene where Marlon Wayan's character imitates the kid from ''Film/TheSixthSense'' and says, in a hushed whisper "I see dead people" i.e the exact same line as the original film. For some reason, many people misremember the line as "I see ''white'' people", perhaps confusing it with the movie.
** Host Creator/BillyCrystal used the line "I see white people" at the 2000 Academy Awards when ''The Sixth Sense'' received multiple nominations. He was jokingly musing what black Oscar nominee Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan was thinking.
* ''Film/UndercoverBrother'', where a character really does say that, or just due to thinking it would be funnier that way.

* The saying "That's a fact, Jack!" is a misquote of one of Creator/BillMurray's lines in the movie ''Film/{{Stripes}}''. In the actual movie, he says "That's '''the''' fact, Jack!".

* The line from ''Film/WhiteHeat'' is not "Top of the world, Ma!"; it's "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" Comicbook/LexLuthor misquotes it in the 1st season finale of ''Series/LoisAndClark'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has done it a few times.

* Memes from ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' have Mysterio say "Now, this is an Avengers level threat", usually an example of SeriousBusiness. The actual line is "Now ''that'' is an Avengers level threat."

** Obi-Wan's DespairEventHorizon speech: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them!" The second sentence is routinely quoted as "''You were supposed to'' destroy the Sith, not join them!" Obi-Wan actually does say that in the GBA/DS game adaptation, though.

** An often joked-on Grievous line, "Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection!" is often quoted as "This will make a fine addition to my collection!"