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"What do you think is up with all this costume critters poppin' up all over the place? Dan here thinks it's a fad. Like what did you say? Like break-dancing."
—Mr. Big, Ultimate Spider-Man
Film — Live-Action
"Mark these words: NO ONE will play Queen."
—Ray Foster, Bohemian Rhapsody
Fozzie Bear: Hey dere! Want a lift?
Big Bird: Oh, no thanks. I'm on my way to New York City to try to break into public television.
(Kermit and Fozzie exchange wary looks)
Fozzie: Good luck!
Big Bird: Oh, no thanks. I'm on my way to New York City to try to break into public television.
(Kermit and Fozzie exchange wary looks)
Fozzie: Good luck!
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus when he said the world was round
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly
They told Marconi wireless was a phony, it's the same old cry
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound
They all laughed at Wilbur and his brother when they said that man could fly
They told Marconi wireless was a phony, it's the same old cry
—Shall We Dance?, "They All Laughed"
Rick's Father: [near death] Rick... I'm dying...
Rick: No!
Rick's Father: Don't worry. My brother, Albert, will take you in. Rick, the money... it's all yours now. Sell all shares of a small company called "Google". Pfft, it's worthless. Invest heavily in... Enron
..."
Rick: No!
Rick's Father: Don't worry. My brother, Albert, will take you in. Rick, the money... it's all yours now. Sell all shares of a small company called "Google". Pfft, it's worthless. Invest heavily in... Enron
...""Hey, Chon, you're lucky I didn't invest in that ridiculous 'auto-mobile' idea."
—Roy O'Bannon, Shanghai Knights
R.F. Simpson: (apropos new sound technology for films) What do you think of it, Dexter?
Rosco: It'll never amount to a thing.
Olga: Its vulgar.
Cosmo: That's what they said about the horseless carriage.
Rosco: It'll never amount to a thing.
Olga: Its vulgar.
Cosmo: That's what they said about the horseless carriage.
"Come on...nobody's gonna drive this lousy freeway when they can take the Red Car for a nickel."
—Eddie Valiant, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Live-Action TV
"I feel the taste may be a little strong for the British palate. It's unlikely to find many fans over here."
—Beau Brummel on curry, Horrible Histories
Claudius: Who was this man?
Vibius Marsus: His name was Joshua bar Joseph. He was also called "Jesus" by the Greeks.
...
Claudius: So he has followers, then?
Vibius Marsus: Oh, yes, yes, it's a cult. There are always cults, Caesar.
Vibius Marsus: His name was Joshua bar Joseph. He was also called "Jesus" by the Greeks.
...
Claudius: So he has followers, then?
Vibius Marsus: Oh, yes, yes, it's a cult. There are always cults, Caesar.
—I, Claudius, "A God in Colchester"
[Oliver's looking at posters of theatre productions he directed he got Teddy to invest in]
Oliver: Some good memories, huh, Teddy? Makes me so happy seeing them up.
Teddy: It would be nice if I had posters of the shows you talked me out of investing in. Les Mis?
Oliver: Yeah, I know.
Teddy: "It's such a downer, Teddy, and all over a loaf of bread?"
Oliver: Well, it was.
Teddy: Mamma Mia! "I didn't like ABBA when they were ABBA."
Oliver: Yeah.
Teddy: Hamilton.
Oliver: They picked the one founding father with no pizazz!
Oliver: Some good memories, huh, Teddy? Makes me so happy seeing them up.
Teddy: It would be nice if I had posters of the shows you talked me out of investing in. Les Mis?
Oliver: Yeah, I know.
Teddy: "It's such a downer, Teddy, and all over a loaf of bread?"
Oliver: Well, it was.
Teddy: Mamma Mia! "I didn't like ABBA when they were ABBA."
Oliver: Yeah.
Teddy: Hamilton.
Oliver: They picked the one founding father with no pizazz!
Ryan: (as gangster, dialing phone) Someday they're gonna invent a phone where you just push buttons.
Colin: You're crazy!
Colin: You're crazy!
Spock: If I may ask, Admiral, how did you convince Starfleet our actions did not violate General Order 1?
April: I used a loophole. Since the council can't acknowledge that the battlenote actually took place...
Spock: It cannot acknowledge how the people of Kiley 279 acquired warp.
April: Council's not happy about it. They're doubling down, renaming it the... Prime Directive.
Pike: Well, that'll never stick.
Music
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon, but I swear you'll make me mad
The West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty; how can America be free?
The West will kill us both, you gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty; how can America be free?
—James Taylor, Mark Knopfler's "Sailing to Philadelphia"
Video Games
The Boss: Apparently, there are those in the U.S. military who consider camouflage too 'passive' a technique.
Snake: Morons.
Snake: Morons.
"So much for this automobile of yours. If this is the future, God help us all. ... I can walk faster than this piece of shit! Give me a horse anyday!"
—John Marston, Red Dead Redemption
Visual Novels
"The bicycle fad won't last. I don't see why anyone would want to ride something like that."
—Ryunosuke Naruhodo, The Great Ace Attorney
Web Animation
"I can't believe that stupid spaghettiria made their own game! They fire me without even giving me free spaghetti, and then they make a game! Well, ha! No one is gonna play that piece of crap!" (Gilligan Cut to Toad playing the game)
Webcomics
Sigint: Yeah, man. A walking tank? That's stupid.
Snake: I know, right? And what kind of name is 'Metal Gear' anyway? That will never catch on.
Sigint: Seriously, man. No one's gonna go with that.
*BA-DUM TSH!*
Snake: I know, right? And what kind of name is 'Metal Gear' anyway? That will never catch on.
Sigint: Seriously, man. No one's gonna go with that.
*BA-DUM TSH!*
Western Animation
Brain-2-Me-2: Are you pondering what I'm pondering, 3-Pinky-O?
3-Pinky-O: I think so, Brain-2, but a show about two talking lab mice? Heh, it'll never get on the air.
3-Pinky-O: I think so, Brain-2, but a show about two talking lab mice? Heh, it'll never get on the air.
—Pinky and the Brain, "Star Warners"
Miscellaneous
"Chess casts you as king of a small country at war with a rival country of equivalent military power. There is little background story to speak of, and by and large the units in the game are utterly lacking any character whatsoever. The faceless, nondescript units are dubbed arbitrarily such labels as "Knight" and "Bishop" while their appearance reveals nothing to suggest these roles. To make matters worse, the units on both playable sides are entirely identical aside from a simple color palette swap.
The setting of the conflict is equally uninspiring and consists merely of a two-color grid so as to represent the two warring factions. Adding insult to injury, there is only one available map - and it's pathetically small, an 8x8 matrix (Red Alert maps are up to 128x128 in size). The lack of more expansive battlefields makes Chess feel like little more than an over-glorified Minesweeper."
The setting of the conflict is equally uninspiring and consists merely of a two-color grid so as to represent the two warring factions. Adding insult to injury, there is only one available map - and it's pathetically small, an 8x8 matrix (Red Alert maps are up to 128x128 in size). The lack of more expansive battlefields makes Chess feel like little more than an over-glorified Minesweeper."
—A satirical 'review' of chess
