Great Family One-Liners
Got a great one-liner your family picked up from a movie or book. I’d like to hear it.
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Got a great one-liner your family picked up from a movie or book. I’d like to hear it.
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“Noggin!” -Finding Nemo
One that our family likes is from Bruce Almighty. “God” and Bruce often say “Its Good” or “Good” in a funny way. We like to imitate it.
From the movie, “The Kid”. “So, I’m forty, I’m not married, I don’t fly jets, and I don’t have a dog? I grow up to be a loser.”
Another one from the movie, “The Kid”, that we use when someone in the family is whining about something trivial. “Aww, somebody call the waahmbulance!”
Thanks for doing this Ellen…from the movie Dave. we say it when we know the other is doing something they really don’t want to do….
I tell my kids just about every time they go somewhere (daily for the school bus) This quote from Miracle Max from the Princess Bride.
“Have fun storming the castle!”
Nicky Flippers: We don’t arrest people for being creepy. from Hoodwinked.
From The Princess Bride: A great response to any request of your wife : ‘As you wish’.
“Gratifaction” from Tom Sawyer. We use this when reminding our kids of how great it feels when they get their schoolwork or chores all done.
Movie: Robots. “See a need, fill a need.”
When we get into a discussion that is going WAY off topic, someone invaribly yells SQUIRREL!
(Up)
From the same movie family man wrote about, “Dispicable Me” we use it in situations when we get mad at somebody but we realize that it is really not that big of a deal. Gru, after having his airplane shrunk by his rival say, in his thick hungarian accent, “oooh I hate dat guy…”
“What we have here, is a failure to communicate. – Cool Hand Luke
It’s so fluffy!!!!!
Movie: The Incredibles. “We’ll get there when we get there!” A great line when traveling over the road.
“Squirrel!” gets used a lot at our house, also.
Yoda….do or do not, there is not try.
Movie: Jonah. “________ runs very deep in my family!” Fill in the blank with whatever you would like to be an expert in.
“Nachooooooooooooooooooooooo” Nacho Libre always gets a laugh at my house.
“Rookie of the Year” and “Little Big Leagues” are two Family favorites from which we have many family quotes:
“Yu’re $11 bucks short Mack, to which the Team Owner responds, “Three Dollars for a Hot Dog!”
and “What a sweet little double play that was.”
“The Incredibles” is also a family favorite. We love the spot at the end where Dash says excitedly, “Mom and Dad, you were great. This is the best vacation ever. I love this family!” then he flops backward on seat of the limo with his arms outstretched and lets out a big contented sigh.
“There was one?” from “Stripes”. When the kids ask one of those obvious questions that they already know the answer to.
IPOY (I’m Proud Of You) Mr. Rogers
From “The Losers”, Don’t start none, won’t be none..
Further up! Further in!
When things are going crazy in the house….
DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER, MASS HYSTERIA! (from Ghostbusters)
And if my lovely wife quotes something, it is most certainly from the Lord of the Rings movies. 🙂
Another favorite: “You bowled!” from the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
When someone says something that is obvious: REALLY, IT’S HOT IN AFRICA? Band of Brothers Episode One
When we say something is really good or really bad: “Like anyone could even know that Napoleon” – Napoleon Dynamite
“Don’t look doll, this might get hairy.”-Skipper (Madagascar)
From Sandlot: “You’re killing me Smalls”
I’m just amazed at how many one liners people remember. I must be getting old. However, “Squirrel” has become a favorite in our house.
From Madagascar, Who wipes?
From Hooper, “It was a good day. Nobody died and we all got paid.”
How come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up, we’ll all get up…it’ll be anarchy!!!
Empire Records!!! love that movie. what about… “Why is the sky blue…” we always used that when someone asks a question that really doesn’t have an answer.
However now they are smart ____ teenagers, they try to scientifically answer it.
Terry beat me to it…
Every time some leaves our house, our 4 and 2 year olds yell “Have fun storming the castle!” from The Princess Bride.
Our movie lines usually revolve around our dog: “I just met you but I love you!” and “Squirrel!” from Up! and “Tina, eat your food!” from Napoleon Dynamite.
“Mumbler”! Willy Wonka
From the movie “Radio”….“That’s a goo’ one Coach Jones!!”. We say it a lot. And “Mumbler” from Willy Wonka also.
“Badges, where we are going we don’t need no stinkin’ badges.” I change the first word randomly..Nachos,where we are… etc.
When we suspect the need for a diaper change (from Jonah, A Veggie Tales Movie), “Smell him.”
When anyone says “I’ve been thinking” someone inevitably responds with “a dangerous pastime” (from Beauty and the Beast)
“Peet-stop?” (Cars)
“That was totally wicked!” (The Incredibles)
Too many from Princess Bride to name, but when we’re wrestling, sword-fighting, whatever…“I’m not left-handed,” “never start a land war in asia,” or “anybody want a peanut?”
My son is in a huge Star Wars phase so our favorite current quote is from Yoda: “When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.”
Although full of toilet humor (what do you expect, it takes place in the sewer), “Flushed Away” is full of them. Two of my favorites are “You’ve got ladies hands…you’ve got your mothers hands” and “got a bum like a Japanese flag” after eating spicy food.
Nemo: “you were like woah, and then we were like wooah, and then it was like woooooah.”
Up: “Point!”
I could go on…
I was reminded of another one. When someone brings up something that happened that doesn’t really matter, in my best Rafiki voice, I say, “I doesn’t matter; it’s in the past!”
From the Rex Harrison “Dr. Doolittle”: “For someone named Fred, she’s a fine looking fella.” We actually nicknamed our third daughter “Fred” after we knew she was a girl but before we had a name.
My girls are into the period girly movies like “Pride and Prejudice”, “Wives and Daughters”, “Sense and Sensibility”, “North and South” and the like… so we have a lot of proposal scene lines and goofy stuff like that.
When we are hiking we use the line from “An American Tail”…“Keep walking!” of course, then we sing the VeggieTales version.
Also, from an old Dan Blocker movie “The Cock-eyed Cowboys of Calico County” (highly recommended for Bonanza/Ponderosa fans) where Micky Rooney says, “Oh Charlie, that’s gonna hurt!”
We have a ton of them, but the funniest by far is one my oldest son (8) immediately latched onto after watching the movie “Atlantis” for the first time.
We have an infant daughter, who was actually taking a nap while the rest of us watched the movie. Just as the movie ended, we heard her coming through the monitor and in the best rendition of Mole, he looks at his mom and I and says “The Volcano, She Awaaakes”. My wife just about fell off the couch laughing.
Now we use it all the time.
“I would like to buy a Hamburger!” – The Pink Pather.
Squirrel! – the movie “Up!” With nine of us in the house, it’s easy for Mom to get distracted in the middle of a conversation, refereeing scuffles, teac…“Hey, quit popping wheelies on the front porch!” See what I mean?
I have a son Luke so of course I say “Luke, I am your father”
When my 16 year old daughter is a bit crabby “Oh, you’re a girl dragon” From Shrek
When I have a whiny child “I speak whale” and “does this sound orcaish” From Finding Nemo
“Do what’s right, come what may!” from the movie, “Come What May”.
“You become 21, you turn 30, you push 40, you reach 50, you make it to 60, and by that time you gain enough speed to where you hit 70, and after that you take it day by day: Wednesday, Thursday and if you’re lucky enough like our friend Bill, you’ll manage to make it to lunch.”—Mark Lowry
When someone in our family of 9 (wait for the baseball analogy…) says something totally random and unrelated to a discussion, the response generally heard is< “Now batting, the LEFT FIELDer, <their name>”
Two situations:
1.) Having to raise the urgency/importance of a situation – “Houston, we have a problem”…
2.)Frustrated, discouraged, etc… “Stay on Target” – Star Wars, when the few fighters were attacking the death star.
Its great, because the kids will say “but dad, its just so..” and I interrup with “Stay on Target”.
From “Behind the Sun”—Whenever we are in a tough or challenging situation one of us makes the little sign with our fingers and says:
“When have I ever passed up the chance for a little excitement!?”
When one of the kids gets weird or difficult we quote my sister-in-law:
“Remember, you begged for this!”
“If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong”
Oh yeah…and from the mean magician in Frosty the Snowman… “Messy, messy, messy!”
From the same movie, Dispicable me. When the one blames the other for something and he says “Whaaaaaaaaaat”. We say that all the time in our house when something goes wrong.
Almost any of the cracks from National Treasure, the first one…we love Ryley’s sense of humor!
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” – Jaws
When my 3 boys want to help me with a project.
“Its morning, the sun is shining, the tank is clean…” (Nemo)
Gets us going a lot of mornings.
“NERDS!!!”. Do I need to reference? Really?
We have so many…being big movie fans. But, my favorites have to be these…“Don’t touch my vine!” from French Kiss, (when someone has used someone else’s stuff w/o asking); “Real-lly?” as done by Steve Martin playing the “slow” brother of the “prince”, (Michael Caine’s character) in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (sarcastic response to someone’s boring or random comment). And my older dtrs use a ton of lines from Friends.
I use this one a lot in unexpected circumstances, “Toto (or “Kids”), we aren’t in Kansas anymore!”. I am sure I don’t have to reference THAT ONE!
Oh, just remembered two more! “Beam me up, Scottie” from the Star Trek series. And “Mine! Mine! Mine!” from Nemo (the seagulls).
Our son’s nickname is “Pook” so sometimes when he has trouble scooping food at dinner we’ll suggest in an Obi Wan Kenobi voice, “Pook….Pook….use the fork, Pook.” We also love “Smell him” from Jonah when deciding if someone needs a bath.
Hi Dads. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend Letters to God (www.letterstogodthemovie.com) for the whole family. One of the most powerful movies I have ever seen.
Napoleon Dynamite- “Make yourself a dang quesadilla!”
Nacho Libre- “Chancho I need to borrow some sweeeeeeeeats. No, no I would never leave you Chancho, I just need to borrow some sweeeeeeats.”
National Treasure- “When will we get there? Im hungry. This car smells weird.”
Night at the Museum- “Hey dumb-dumb. You bring me gum-gum?”
Monsters Inc- “Im watching you Wazouski. Always watching.”
Evan Almighty- “OOOOOWWWW I GOTTA BOO BOO”
There are sooooooo many in our house!
From Secondhand Lions “But you guys don’t have a fireplace” ~ “We’ll buy one then!”
Madagascar: How long is this going to take?!!!
From Star Wars: “I find your lack of _____ disturbing.”
Also, Princess Bride: “There is too much, let me some up…”
“There is something you must know, I am not left-handed!”
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: “Camelot! It’s only a model…”
“Help! I’m being repressed! You saw it, didn’t you!”
From an Austin powers movie. Favorite quote
“Thier are two kinds of people I hate in this world. Those who can’t tolerate other people’s cultures and the Dutch”.