"Mongo only pawn in game of life."
— Mongo, Blazing Saddles
Magneto: In chess, The Pawns Go First.
Bill Corbett: Whereas in Hungry Hungry Hippos, you all sort of go at once.
"What's that thing you humans say when you're playing chess and you trap your opponent into an inescapable position? Oh, right. Eat butt, you ding dongs."
—Shawn, The Good Place
Archer Lincoln: Do you know what a pawn is?
Terry Doolittle: [sarcastically] Yes, it's a shrimp.
Archer Lincoln: That's a prawn. A pawn...
Terry Doolittle: ...is the smallest piece on the chessboard!
Archer Lincoln: And the most expendable.