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Rosalind Lutece: Odd, isn't it?
Robert Lutece: What's odd?
Rosalind Lutece: The fact that we sometimes—
Robert Lutece: --finish each other's sentences?
Rosalind Lutece: Exactly.
Robert Lutece: It would be odder if we didn't.

Lamb: Never one...
Wolf: Without the other.

Hunter: Forget about the plane. Can you pull up the...
Fitz: Footage of Bobbi. From the base. Before she left. Good idea.
Hunter: You know, I am capable of finishing my own...
Fitz: Sentences. Yes, you are. Sorry.

Mac: I feel like we're completing each other's—
Rachelle: Sentences.
Mac: Yeah! I was gonna say sentences!
Rachelle: (laughs) I know.
Mac: Oh, my God! How did you read my—
Rachelle: Mind!
Mac: I was gonna say head.
Rachelle: Oh...
Mac: But that's OK. That's all right. We got— we're one for two.

Rem: Yes, we're so in sync—
Ram: we can even finish each other's—
Rem: banana.
Ram: ... Damnit, Rem.

Tenth Doctor: Any second now, you're gonna stop that countdown, both of you, together.
Eleventh Doctor: And then you're going to negotiate the most perfect treaty of all time.
Tenth Doctor: Safeguards all around, completely fair on both sides.
Eleventh Doctor: And the key to perfect negotiation?
Tenth Doctor: Not knowing what side you're on.
(both stand up)
Eleventh Doctor: So, for the next few hours, until we decide to let you out...
Tenth Doctor: ...no-one in this room will be able to remember if they're human...
Eleventh Doctor: ...or Zygon!
Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor"

Hans: I mean, it's crazy!
Anna: What?
Hans: We finish each other's-
Anna: Sandwiches!
Hans: That's what I was gonna say!
— "Love is an Open Door", Frozen (2013)

Critic: And here's another little annoying tidbit they do a lot in this movie. The couple completes their sentences a little too often. (...) And when I say a little too often, I mean all the fucking time! (...) I'm sure again this is to show how 'in-tune' they are, but it's pretty obnoxious. I mean, they just never stop doing it. I'd love once to see a couple complete each other's sentences without getting right what the other was going to say.
(Cut to a married couple)
Husband: It didn't matter where he came from...
Wife: He was ours...
Husband: We were his...
Wife: We were a family...
Husband: It was the greatest day since...
Wife: He discovered Viagra!
Husband: That wasn't what...
Wife: A penis should look like, until he started taking it.
Husband: Maybe if you'd let me finish...
Wife: He would say all the time, but nothing ever came out!
Husband: I don't think we should talk about this...
Wife: Without visuals!
(The wife pulls out a drawing of her husband crying in bed with a cartoonish frowny face covering his crotch as his wife looks away in disgust)
Husband: Jesus Christ!
Wife: He would cry every night until I showed him the online ad!
Husband: Dammit, honey! This is already hard enough!
Wife: ...was the name of the brand we got.
Husband: This is...
Wife: Why we can't have children.

Nina's dad: "We'll need a..."
Map Lady: "Map?"

Nick: "Do termites actually use—?"
Cat: "Spit for glue? They do!"

Grandpa Peg: "I'll get this—"
Granny Peg: "—Firewood to Mr. Limpy."
Grandpa Peg: "And when I'm over at his place,—-"
Granny Peg: "See if he needs anything else. I have plenty of strawberry jam. (the girls giggle) What are you two giggling about?"
Milly: "We like how you finish each other's sentences."
Grandpa Peg: "It's because we've been together—"
Granny Peg: "—-For such a long time. (chuckle) I just did it again."
Milly, Molly, the animated series, "Grandpa's Oak Tree"

"What's the matter, Aida?" Asuka asked, innocent concern in her voice. "You look like—"
"—you've just seen a ghost," Shinji finished.
It was a dirty trick, both their synchronized speaking and continuing each other's sentences, but Shinji felt like a little revenge was in order.

Rachel: Oh, you think? Well, if you wanna talk to Maya...
Mackenzie: ...You're gonna have to go through us first!

Hibiki: Don't tell me...
Kanade: You're afraid of hermit crabs?

Black Adam: He who laughs best...
Joker: Dies last!

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