History Funny / Argo

-->"If I'm gonna make a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit."
-->"Okay pal, we're in the movie. Call my agent."
-->"I've worked with this guy for 20 years. He's full of shit and he comes on strong."

--> "You don't have a better bad idea than this?"
--> "This is the best bad idea we have, sir... by far."

-->It's an exfil [from] the worst place you can imagine.
-->[[HorribleHollywood Universal City?]]

--> '''Chambers:''' If you're gonna do a 20 million dollar ''Franchise/StarWars'' ripoff, you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. Somebody respectable. (''beat'') [[ExplainExplainOhCrap With credits]]. (''beat'') [[SerialEscalation Who you can trust with classified information.]] (''beat'') [[FromBadToWorse Who will produce a fake movie.]] (''beat'') [[OverlyLongGag For free.]]
* Following a very tense scene where [[spoiler:Iranian guards are holding up Mendez and the six for questioning before allowing them to board the airplane and escape]], the CommanderContrarian of the six [[spoiler:stays completely in-character and acts out scenes from the pretend sci-fi movie to the Iranian guards. Once their story checks out, the protagonists board the plane but leave behind the storyboard pictures from the movie for the guards. Two of the serious, imposing Iranian guards then begin to practically {{Squee}} over it]].

-->'''Jack''' Go find the Chief of Staff!
-->'''CIA Guy''': How am I supposed to know where he is?
-->'''Jack''': '''''WE'RE A FUCKING SPY AGENCY!''''' Find him!

-->'''Lester''': History starts as farce, ends as tragedy!
-->'''John''': No, it's the other way around.
-->'''Lester''': Who said that exactly?
-->'''John''': [[Creator/KarlMarx Marx]].
-->'''Lester''': ...really? ''[[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho]]'' said that?

-->'''John''': The target audience will hate it.\\
'''Mendez''': What is the target audience?\\
'''John''': People with eyes.

-->'''Lester Siegel''': Keep that fucking space witch away from me!
-->'''John Chambers''': You know her?
-->'''Lester Siegel''': I was ''[[AwfulWeddedLife married]]'' to her!

* When the group gets into the bus to take them to the plane and it has engine trouble, there's a quick shot of Tony letting out a brief, sardonic laugh. You can tell he's thinking, "Good grief, what the hell else is going to go wrong?" It's the one moment in the film where he appears close to losing his composure and it manages to be amusing rather than worrisome.

--> '''Chambers:''' If you're gonna do a 20 million dollar ''Franchise/StarWars'' ripoff, you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. Somebody respectable. (''beat'') With credits. (''beat'') [[SerialEscalation Who you can trust with classified information.]] (''beat'') [[FromBadToWorse Who will produce a fake movie.]] (''beat'') [[OverlyLongGag For free.]]

--> '''Chambers:''' If you're gonna do a 20 million dollar ''Franchise/StarWars'' ripoff, you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. Somebody respectable. (''beat'') With credits. (''beat'') [[SerialEscalation Who you can trust with classified information.]] (''beat'') [[FromBadToWorse Who will produce a fake movie.]] (''beat'') [[ExplainExplainOhCrap For free.]]

--> '''Chambers:''' If you're gonna do a 20 million dollar ''Franchise/StarWars'' ripoff, you need somebody who's a somebody to put their name on it. Somebody respectable. (''beat'') With credits. (''beat'') [[SerialEscalation Who you can trust with classified information.]] (''beat'') [[FromBadToWorse Who will produce a fake movie.]] (''beat'') [[OhCrap For free.]]

* "It's like talking to [[StatlerAndWaldorf those two old fucks]] on Franchise/TheMuppets."

* "It's like talking to [[StatlerAndWaldorf those two old fucks]] on TheMuppets."