Randomly Quoting Movies in Conversation

[That-Guy]

I was having this discussion with a group of my friends the other day about how periodically we'll just start quoting things from movies when something reminds us of one or if the subject of a particular movie comes up in conversation that we are all familiar with and like, we'll most likely start spouting off dialogue from it. But the important conclusion that we came up with was that this is more of a "guy" thing to do than a "girl" thing. What I mean is, 9 times out of 10, guys tend to start reciting lines from movies more often than girls do, for whatever reason.

There does, however, seem to be ONE exception to this rule. Can someone explain to me why women all over the country recite lines from the movie ANCHORMAN, of all things? I mean, I saw the film, and even though I'm not a fan of Will Ferrell's, I enjoyed it for the most part. But its wasn't anything special. Most movies of its calibre would have been forgotton in 6 months, but for some reason, I hear girls say "I'm kind of a big deal" or "I love lamp" on a goddamned daily basis. Hell, they even make T-SHIRTS that say these two stupid lines. Can somebody please explain to me why the hell people are trying to turn this mediocre movie and its moderately funny dialogue into something that will live one for eternity?

 

[Duende Verde]

Is this thread about randomly quoting movies in conversation or about you hatred towards the movie Anchorman?

 

[The Shape]

^ THAT is the question...

 

[cryptic name]

my friends are the same way with music and movie quotes.

 

[The Shape]

Yeah, we quote movies randomly all the time. I do it the most of my friends, though.

 

[Joker]

We always say "Victory!" from Entourage, "Reganomics!" from a sketch from Robot Chicken, and "Byaaah!" from Chapelle's Show...also, every once in a while someone will throw out a "That'll put some marzopan in your pie plate, bingo!"

 

[Cyrusbales]

"look, two women *****ing a polar bear", that comes up more than you'd think....

 

[incurock31]

from toothpaste for dinner.

 

[Boom]

I quote Grandma's Boy all the time.

My friend: "You're an idiot."
Me: "I HATE YOUR FACE."

 

[Elijya]

I do it occassionally, and it's a habit I'm trying to break

I see it as kind of a sign you don't have enough unique thoughts of your own to share and spend too much time memorizing other peoples'

When I was a kid, I had FAR too many conversations that began "did you ever see the Simpsons where..." Pissed a fair number of people off

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

But the important conclusion that we came up with was that this is more of a "guy" thing to do than a "girl" thing.

Wrong.
I have more girl friends than guy friends and we can have whole discussions that are made up of little more than movie quotes, to the point that even we get sick of it.

I had a girlfriend and she, her best female friend and I watched Bill + Ted's excellent adventure and I actually raised my voice and said "STOP IT! I'm SERIOUS!" TWICE because they were literally reciting every.single.line. along with every character, like Rocky Horror or something.

 

[The Shape]

We always say "Victory!" from Entourage, "Reganomics!" from a sketch from Robot Chicken, and "Byaaah!" from Chapelle's Show...also, every once in a while someone will throw out a "That'll put some marzopan in your pie plate, bingo!"

"Let's hug it out, *****" and "Byaaaaahh!" come up more often than not.

 

[incurock31]

"Let's hug it out, *****"

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[The Shape]

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Yeah. But then again...those aren't from movies, so...

 

[xwolverine2]

better than reciting shakespear......

 

[MrScissorhands]

My most frequently used quotes in daily conversation :

"STEVE HOLT !" from Arrested Development, to express excitement or victory.
"I can't know this !" from Serenity, when I've just heard something disgusting or shocking.
"Oh my God, [Danny DeVito], I love your work !" from Mean Girls, when I pass someone on the street that looks like a celebrity.
"I am Aquaman !" from The 40-Year Old Virgin, for no reason whatsoever.
"I will be my father's corpse." from Arrested Development, once again for no reason whatsoever.
"Are you threatening me ?" from Beavis & Butt-head when someone asks me to do something I don't want to do.

There's probably a lot I can't think of right now.

 

[Mr. Credible]

i would say that music and movie (mostly movie) quotes make up about 40% of my conversational lexicon.


and anchorman ruled in every way a movie can rule, and is one of the more quotable movies in recent memory... deal with it, rock and roll.

 

[Mr. Credible]

Wrong.
I have more girl friends than guy friends and we can have whole discussions that are made up of little more than movie quotes, to the point that even we get sick of it.

I had a girlfriend and she, her best female friend and I watched Bill + Ted's excellent adventure and I actually raised my voice and said "STOP IT! I'm SERIOUS!" TWICE because they were literally reciting every.single.line. along with every character, like Rocky Horror or something.

bill and ted is one of my most quoted movies... not sure why.

 

[JackBauer]

"Let's hug it out, *****"

dude, EVERYTIME my friends and I manage to sneak that one in. Ari is one of the most quotable characters in TV these days.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I quote my own movies on a daily basis.

 

[huskerwebhead]

We will sit around here at work and just rattle off lines from movies and TV that we like...all comedies of course. Stuff like Anchorman, Caddyshack, 40 year old virgin, stripes, Venture Bros, Simpsons, Seinfeld, Family Guy....just about everything. Things I have used often are (that I can think of):

I'm sick of this place and everyone in it! Bender (futurama)
Hang on! I'm having one of those things...a headache with pictures... --Phillip J. Fry
Talking in the third person like Jimmy from Seinfeld
Did you get pee pee scared?? - Dean, Venture Bros.
It's on , it's off. It's on, It's off. It's on, It's off. --Dean and Hank, Venture Bros.
"Two Weeks!" --Money Pit
"Swell" --Dirty Harry
"I still want to crush his layrnx with my boot" --Con-Air

 

[amazingfantasy15]

Me and my friends quote the Big Lebowski a lot whenever someone's phone rings we always say "Phone's ringin' dude", always followed by "Thank you Donny..."

One of my friend's is a teacher and got a bunch of tests stolen from his car over the summer, when talking with police he took the chance to quote Lebowski when they asked what was in the car, "Papers, business papers"

Another one of the big lines is from Kingpin, whenever there's a lull in the conversation we'll always yell at someone "Who you callin' psycho!"

 

[BeserkerHilf]

something tells me borat is next on this list of conversation quotes.

goddamn that movie was funny as hell.

 

[Wolfwood]

I qoute different movies, but some of my friends aren't as into movies as I am, so they don't get the reference and I wind up having to explain it to them. :-/

 

[huskerwebhead]

Me and my friends quote the Big Lebowski a lot whenever someone's phone rings we always say "Phone's ringin' dude", always followed by "Thank you Donny..."

One of my friend's is a teacher and got a bunch of tests stolen from his car over the summer, when talking with police he took the chance to quote Lebowski when they asked what was in the car, "Papers, business papers"

Another one of the big lines is from Kingpin, whenever there's a lull in the conversation we'll always yell at someone "Who you callin' psycho!"

That's a damn good one too. We always use "There's a beverage here, Dude!!"

And for throwing people off during a conversation I usually use:

"Its just like the story of the grasshopper and the octopus. All year long the grasshopper kept burying acorns for winter while the octopus mooched off his girlfriend and watched TV. Then the winter came, and the grasshopper died, and the octopus ate all his acorns and also he got a racecar. Is any of this getting through to you?" -Fry (Futurama)

Come to think of it, Futurama has a crap ton of good quotes:

"Everyone's always in favour of saving Hitler's brain. But when you put it in the body of a great white shark, ooohh! Suddenly you've gone too far!" -Professor

"My next clue came at 4:15, when the clock stopped. And another came 2 hours later at 4:15 when I discovered the murdered body of Amy's dead, deceased corpse!" -Zoidberg

Zapp Brannigan:

"I've never heard of such a brutal and shocking injustice that I cared so little about."
"The best way into a girl's bed is through her parents. Have sex with them, and you're in."
"I am the man with no name - Zapp Brannigan, at your service."
"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
"Why'd you open your bong hole you smelly hippy? You'd sacrifice a beautiful woman to save a moderately attractive monkey?"