Funny / Breaking Away

• Ray could probably fill this entire page.
  • He's long since grown tired of Dave's Italophilia:
    Dave: Buon giorno, papa!
    Ray: I'm not your 'papa', I'm your goddamned father. And she's your goddamned mother.
  • And then there's when he goes to yell at Dave for playing his music too loud, only to come back looking stunned:
    Ray: He's shaving.
    Evelyn: Well, so what?
    Ray: His legs. He's shaving his legs!
  • Then there's this:
    Ray: He's never tired. He's never miserable.
    Evelyn: He's young.
    Ray: When I was young, I was tired and miserable!
  • Ray doesn't take kindly to Evelyn's idea of heart-healthy food:
    Ray: What is this?
    Evelyn: It's sauteed zucchini.
    Ray: It's I-tey food. I don't want no I-tey food!
    Evelyn: It's not. I got it at the A&P. It's like...squash.
    Ray: Evelyn, I know I-tey food when I hear it. It's all them "ini" foods...zucchini...and linguine...and fettuccine. I want some American food, dammit! I want French Fries!
  • Then you have the scene where an unsatisfied customer comes back with a bad car and demands a refund. The next time we see him, he's lying in bed with a doctor listening to his heart through a stethoscope.
    Ray: "Refund"? "REFUND?!" Are you crazy?! Refund?! REFUND?! REFUND?!!
  • Near the end, when Ray reveals Evelyn is pregnant:
    Dave: You mean we might be a father?
    Ray: No. I might be a father. And your mom might be a mother. And you might be a brother. See, that way I keep it all in the family.
    Moocher: Wow, that's great! Hey, I didn't think people your age...
    Ray: Uh, the next word may be your last, kid!
  • And in the final scene, Ray has taken up cycling to reduce his risk of another heart attack, and he passes IU freshman Dave and the French female student the latter has befriended:
    Ray: Hi, Dave!
    Dave: Bonjour, Papa!
    [Ray stops in his tracks; we freeze on his "Oh God, not this again!" expression]
• Evelyn gets a few quips of her own in:
  Ray: What are we gonna do about him?
  Evelyn: I don't know, dear. We could always strangle him while he's asleep.
  Ray: Evelyn, that is not funny.
• Then there's Cyril:
  Cyril: I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete's foot and jock itch went away.
  • Then there's when Mike's brother warns Mike not to hot-rod around the campus. He then asks how the others are doing:
    Cyril: Well, we're a little disturbed by the developments in the Middle East, but...
  • And:
    Mike: That's the place to be right there, Wyoming! Nothin' but prairies and mountains and nobody around. All you need is your bed roll and a good horse.
    Cyril: Don't forget your toothbrush; you're still in your cavity-prone years.
  • Not to mention:
    Cyril: You know what I'd like to be?
    Mike: Smart. (laughs at his own joke)
    Cyril: A cartoon of some kind. You know, like when they get hit in the head with a frying pan or something, and their head looks like the frying pan, with the handle and everything? They they just go *booiing* and their head comes back to normal. Wouldn't that be great?
    Mike: How'd you get to be so stupid, Cyril?
    Cyril: I don't know. (Beat) I guess I just have a dumb heredity. What's your excuse, Michael?