History Quotes / SidetrackedByTheAnalogy

'''Harlan''': No that was in ''Film/LustForLife'' when he played Creator/HenriDeToulouseLautrec.[[note]]Harlan is wrong, ''Lust for Life'' was about van Gogh.[[/note]]\\

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''

'''Shadow:''' [[NoPronunciationGuide It's pronounced "JIFF".]]\\

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'''Harlan''': [[LeftFielder What brought this up?]]\\

'''Donkey:''' ''(sniffs onion)'' They stink?\\

'''Shrek:''' NO! ''Layers!'' Onions have layers! ''Ogres'' have layers! Onions have layers...You get it, we both have layers! ''(sigh)''\\
'''Donkey:''' Oh, you both lave ''layers''. You know, not everybody likes onions. CAKE! Everybody loves cakes! Cakes have layers!\\

'''Donkey:''' ''(beat)'' Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet.

'''Flik''': Oh, being little's isn't such a bad thing.\\

'''Flik''': Is not! Is not! Is not! ''(sighs)'' Seed. I need a seed. ''(Flik tries to reach a seed from his harvester, but he can't reach it and ends up going around in circles. He finally gives up and picks up a rock instead. Flik hands it to Dot.)'' Here, pretend that that's a seed.\\

* ''Bob''. Bob [=McCay=] is in his workplace talking with his wife and daughter about an old friend coming over, who had once made a pass at Kaye (Bob's wife). The conversation quickly devolves into a discussion of movies Creator/TonyCurtis and Creator/KirkDouglas were in.
-->'''Bob''': I still don't trust Jerry. I'm not taking my eyes off him. If he so much as looks crosseyed at you I'm gonna punch him in the breadbasket.\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Shrek tries to tell Donkey that ogres have HiddenDepths by comparing ogres to onions in that they have layers, but Donkey doesn't quite agree with his choice of words.
-->'''Shrek:''' For your information, there's a lot more to ogres than people think.
-->'''Donkey:''' Example?
-->'''Shrek:''' Example? Okay, um...Ogres are like onions.
-->'''Donkey:''' ''(sniffs onion)'' They stink?
-->'''Shrek:''' Yes--No!
-->'''Donkey:''' Oh, they make you cry?
-->'''Shrek:''' No!
-->'''Donkey:''' Oh, you leave them out in the sun and they get all brown and start sproutin' little white hairs.
-->'''Shrek:''' NO! ''Layers!'' Onions have layers! ''Ogres'' have layers! Onions have layers...You get it, we both have layers! ''(sigh)''
-->'''Donkey:''' Oh, you both lave ''layers''. You know, not everybody likes onions. CAKE! Everybody loves cakes! Cakes have layers!
-->'''Shrek:''' I don't care what everyone likes! Ogres are ''not'' like cakes!
-->'''Donkey:''' You know what else everybody likes? Parfait. Have you ever met a person and you say "Hey, let's get some parfait." and they say "Hell no, I don't like no parfait"? Parfaits are delicious.
-->'''Shrek:''' '''''NO!''''' You dense, irritating, miniature beast of burden! Ogres are like onions! ''End of story!'' Bye-bye! See you later.
-->'''Donkey:''' ''(beat)'' Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', Shrek tries to tell Donkey that ogres have HiddenDepths by comparing ogres to onions in that they have layers, but Donkey doesn't quite agree with his words.

-->'''Donkey:''' You know what else everybody likes? Parfait. have you ever met a person and you say "Hey, let's get some parfait." and they say "Hell no, I don't like no parfait"? Parfaits are delicious.

'''Albie''': No, that was ''TheVikings''.\\

'''Harlan''': No that was in ''LustForLife'' when he played Toulouse-Lautrec.[[note]]Harlan is wrong, ''Lust for Life'' was about van Gogh.[[/note]]\\
'''Tricia''': No, ''that'' was JoseFerrer.[[note]] she's thinking of ''Moulin Rouge'' from 1952.[[/note]]\\

'''Harlan''': [[WhatTheHellHero C'mon Bob]], Tony's no kid.

'''Chad''': [[VincentVanGogh Cut his ear off]].\\

''Albie & Chad walk over''

* ''Bob''. Bob [=McCay=] is in his workplace talking with his wife and daughter about an old friend coming over, who had once made a pass at Kaye (Bob's wife). The conversation quickly devolves into a discussion of movies TonyCurtis and KirkDouglas were in.
-->Bob: I still don't trust Jerry. I'm not taking my eyes off him. If he so much as looks crosseyed at you I'm gonna punch him in the breadbasket.
-->Kay: You're gonna do what?
-->Bob: It's not funny Kaye. It's very serious. Houdini died from that.
-->Tricia: Didn't Houdini die trying to escape from a water chamber?
-->''Harlan walks over''
-->Harlan: No. In the ''movie'' that was how Tony Curtis died.
-->'' Albie & Chad walk over''
-->Albie: I thought Kirk Douglas stabbed Tony Curtis in the movie.
-->Chad: No, no you're thinking of ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''.
-->Harlan: No, Tony Curtis killed Kirk Douglas in that.
-->Albie: No, that was ''TheVikings''.
-->Bob: I didn't, I didn't see that.
-->Tricia: So what happend to Kirk Douglas?
-->Chad: [[VincentVanGogh Cut his ear off]].
-->Harlan: No that was in ''LustForLife'' when he played Toulouse-Lautrec.[[note]]Harlan is wrong, ''Lust for Life'' was about van Gogh.[[/note]]
-->Tricia: No, ''that'' was JoseFerrer.[[note]] she's thinking of ''Mulin Rouge'' from 1952.[[/note]]
-->-2- You know, [[LittleKnownFacts interestingly]] Kirk Douglas lost his ear in ''Lust for Life'' and his eye in ''The Vikings''.
-->Harlan: [[LeftFielder What brought this up?]]
-->Albie: Mr. [=McCay=] is threatening to punch Tony Curtis in the stomach.
-->Harlan: [[WhatTheHellHero C'mon Bob]], Tony's no kid.

-->Harlan: No. In the ''movie'' that was how Tony Curtis died.

-->Chad: No, no you're thinking of ''{{Spartacus}}''.

-->Harlan: No that was in ''LustForLife'' when he played Toulouse-Lautrec.[[hottip:*:Harlan is wrong, ''Lust for Life'' was about van Gogh.]]
-->Tricia: No, ''that'' was JoseFerrer.[[hottip:*: she's thinking of ''Mulin Rouge'' from 1952.]]