Follow TV Tropes

Following

Quotes / Can't You Read the Sign?

Go To

"I think this is a docking station!"
Wheatley, referring to a wall that reads "DOCKING STATION - 500M DOWN", Portal 2

"Now WHY would you go and do something like THAT?! Didn't you see the SIGN that said DO NOT PUSH THAT BUTTON?!"
Mimiron, World of Warcraft

Fat Hawaiian Man: Oh, you didn't throw any pineapples in the volcano, didja?
Skinny Hawaiian Man: There are signs everywhere!

"HEY, SISTER, CAN'T YOU READ?!?"
Zoo Monkey, "A Day At The Zoo"

"Mate, you have to stop! Understand this sign?! It means stop!"
Traffic Controller, Swift & Shift Couriers

Tom: Are you open?
Squidward: Read the sign.
Tom: I'll have a Krabby Patty Deluxe, and a double chili kelp fries.
Squidward: No, you won't! I can't hang out here all night! I've got a life!
Tom: Well, fine, if you don't want my money!
Mr. Krabs: MONEY?! (drops into the scene, crushing Squidward) You mean, if we stayed open later, you'd give us your money?
Tom: Sure!
Mr. Krabs: Mr. Squidward... (tears up the sign) Welcome to the night shift.
SpongeBob SquarePants, "Graveyard Shift"

No dogs allowed
You're not our crowd
Obey the signs
And boundary lines
You're out of place
You bark and chase
You're not our crowd
No dogs allowed!
Thurl Ravenscroft, "No Dogs Allowed", Snoopy, Come Home

"That sign can't stop me, because I can't read!"
D.W. Read, Arthur

"Blatantly ignoring the 'High Voltage' signs on the fence, you walk right up, grab the wires, and attempt to climb the fence."

"Woah, woah, woah. Read the sign, honey. (Girl looks at him) Sorry, I don't make the rules. (Girl takes off her bikini top much to the pleasure of onlookers)''
Costa, Project X (2012)

"Damn, fatso didn't even read the 'do not touch' sign..." says Tori, her disdainful voice making your wobbling cheeks burn.
Weeb's Wonka Game

You notice, though Victoria seemingly does not, a sign on each and every nest that reads — 'DO NOT TOUCH'. Why say something now, though?
(later)
"Yes, well, the 'do not touch' sign applied to both the geese and the eggs, and you've managed to defy both, so..." You swear you see a hint of a smile at the corner of Wonka's mouth. "I can't be held responsible for what happens next."
Weeb's Wonka Game

Well, if two was fine, then three should be okay, right...? The sign's just probably warning you about getting fat, that's all. Everything in here seems just unbelievably calorie-dense... but you're still thin enough to continue. At least, that's what you think as you reach for a third hunk of dough to cram into your greedy gullet.
"Oh, no no no! Did you not read the sign, my dear guest?" Suddenly, Wonka is beside you, and he is shaking his head in a way that makes your stomach suddenly drop. Or... well, your stomach is doing something, anyway.
You mumble out an apology, still absentmindedly munching on the mouthful of dough. It just... tasted really good. You try to tell him that you already know about the weight gain, and it's really not that big of a...
The chocolatier slaps his forehead in frustration, right in the middle of your talking.
Weeb's Wonka Game

Can't you read?
Can't you see?
This is private property!
Aren't the signs
Plain and clear?
No one is allowed in here!
— Opening lines for "This is the Forest of No Return", sung by the trees in Walt Disney's Babes in Toyland

Top