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Seeing how rife the innuendo in the series was, the film seems to have three a minute!

  • Even the film's theme isn't free from them:
    Up Pompeii!
    Up Pompeii!
    I never seem to get it...
    U~u~u~u~up Pompeii!
  • Lurcio discussing the plans for Ludicrus Sextus' latest orgy with Vinus:
    Lurcio: This time it's to celebrate the Festival of the Prolific Goose. Lay all night.
  • Cassandra warns of Pompeii's impending doom:
    Cassandra: Repent now, I say, or suffer the fate that befell the wicked people of Gomorrah.
    Lurcio: Quite, quite.
    Cassandra: And Sodom.
    Lurcio: I quite agree, dear. The lot of them.
  • Lurcio on the topic of Cassandra's love life:
    Lurcio: Well, did you notice that ring she had on? She had a ring, mmm, well, apparently, that was given to her by the man she loved when she was eighteen, you see, an' he left her, an' she's never had it off since.
  • Procuria discussing Sutra's past with Lurcio:
    Procuria: In the court of Samarkand, she once held a very unique position.
    Lurcio: On top of the wardrobe, I should think.
  • Lurcio arguing with Procuria over the price of slave girls:
    Procuria: Well, don't blame me. It's the inflation that does it.
    Lurcio: Oh... I wondered how she got them that size.
  • Captain Bilius ordering Lurcio to move his donkey, Betty:
    Captain Bilius: Here, you there! Slave!
    Lurcio: 'Oo, me?
    Captain Bilius: Yes, you. Move your ass.
    Lurcio: (Beat) Well, that's nice, isn't it?
  • After Captain Bilius falls off his horse:
    Captain Bilius: Oh, I've hurt my coccyx.
    Lurcio: I thought he bowled his back?
  • When Ludicrus Sextus compliments Erotica:
    Ludicrus Sextus: Dear child, so lovely. So chaste.
    Lurcio: And so easily caught.
  • Prosperus Maximus introduces Captain Bilius to Voluptua:
    Prosperus Maximus: This is my wife, the Lady Voluptua.
    Captain Bilius: It's a great pleasure, milady.
    Voluptua: I know... I've tried it.
  • Nausius tries telling Lurcio his news:
    Nausius: I feel a different person.
    Lurcio: Well, it's better than sticking to one, isn't it? Teehee.
    Nausius: Lurcio, I've lost it.
    Lurcio: Pardon?
    Nausius: I've lost it.
    Lurcio: You haven't?!
    Nausius: Yes, I have. I have lost my heart!
    Lurcio: Oh.
  • When Captain Bilius discusses staying in Prosperus Maximus' palace with Voluptua:
    Voluptua: You will be staying with us, Captain?
    Captain Bilius: Certainly, yes, milady. I mean if you have room for me.
    Voluptua: I'm sure I can fit you in somewhere.
  • When Lurcio discusses the slave girls hired for Ludicrus Sextus' orgy:
    Lurcio: You see, the trouble they're foreign. They've come over here to learn the language. Au pair girls. (Beat) Now there's an "Oh!" pair if I ever saw one.
  • When Lurcio asks Scrubba for the wine:
    Lurcio: Right now, Scrubba. I'm ready for it.
    Scrubba: Me too.
    Lurcio: No, dear, for the wine.
  • When Ammonia chats with Captain Bilius during Ludicrus Sextus' orgy:
    Ammonia: A drink, perhaps?
    Captain Bilius: No.
    Ammonia: Well, there must be something that you'd like?
    Captain Bilius: Well, perhaps just a quick one.
    Ammonia: Here? Or upstairs?
  • When Rumpus leaves Erotica during Ludicrus Sextus' orgy:
    Erotica: Well, it really is a bit stiff!
  • When Captain Bilius is trying to get Lurcio to give him the scroll:
    Captain Bilius: You know what I want, don't you?
    Lurcio: Certainly not! I have not the slightest idea.
    Captain Bilius: Oh, yes you have. It's about that long.
    Lurcio: Flattery will get you nowhere.
  • When Flavia is attending to Voluptua:
    Voluptua: Put my 'air up, Flavia. It gets in my way when I'm riding.
    Flavia: Oh, I'm sorry, milady. I didn't know you were going out tonight.
    Voluptua: Who said anything about going out?
  • When Voluptua is seducing Ludicrus Sextus:
    Ludicrus Sextus: Let me tell you the latest position.
    Voluptua: I probably know it but carry on.
  • When Lurcio tries to calm down the overexcited Christians:
    Lurcio: Alright, stop doing that. You'll screw yourself into the ground.
    Christian: Ay, grandad.
    Lurcio: You can screw yourself too.
  • When Ludicrus Sextus comes to terms with the fact he can't let Lurcio die:
    Ludicrus Sextus: It's no use, Ammonia. I can't do it.
    Ammonia: Well, that's nothing new.
  • When Lurcio gives Biggia a massage:
    Biggia: That's right. Knead it, knead it!
    Lurcio: So do I, dear, but I can't always get it.
  • When Cassandra asks Lurcio if he can feel the rumbling from Mount Vesuvius:
    Cassandra: Don't you feel anything?
    Lurcio: I rarely get the chance, dear, an' I've got no time now.

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