Stock Phrases

"Taggart: Hold up, men! We'll head 'em off at the pass!

LaMarr: "Head them off at the pass"? I hate that old cliché! (shoots Taggart in the foot)"

- Blazing Saddles

Stock Phrases are a line of dialogue which get repeated very often in different fictional works, but always carrying the same meaning each and every time they're used. In many cases, they will only be uttered in a specific situation, and often with the same exact words each time. In lampshade-heavy works, may be followed with "I Always Wanted to Say That".

If the phrase is a signature line closely associated with a single character or specific work, it becomes their Catch Phrase.

Closely related to the Stock Parodies. When you've heard the entire conversation before, it may have degenerated into a Cliche Storm. See also Stock Quotes, which can be attributed to a single source but get quoted over and over in the same way each time.

For "stock phrases" whose meaning is exclusive to Troper wiki culture, see the index of Predefined Messages.

See Also:
 * Last Words
 * Stock American Phrases
 * Stock British Phrases
 * Stock Legal Phrases
 * Japanese Stock Phrases
 * Viewer Stock Phrases
 * Reviewer Standard Comparisons
 * Reviewer Stock Phrases
 * Other Stock Phrases

A

 * Abandon Ship
 * Afraid You Were Going to Say That
 * Against My Religion
 * Agree to Disagree
 * All According to Plan
 * All of Them
 * Always With You
 * Am I Right
 * And I'm the Queen of Sheba
 * And Then What
 * And This Is For...
 * And X? . . . Thank you
 * Anything But That
 * Are We Getting This
 * Are We There Yet
 * Are You Done Yet
 * Are You Sure You Can Drive This Thing
 * Are You Sure You Want to Do That
 * Aren't You Forgetting Someone
 * Asleep for Days
 * As Many X As There Are Y
 * As You Know...
 * At Least I Admit It
 * Attack Pattern Alpha

B

 * Because I Said So
 * Before My Time
 * Best Years of Your Life
 * Better Than Sex
 * Bigger Than Jesus
 * Big Never
 * Big No
 * Big OMG
 * Big Shut Up
 * Big What
 * Big Yes
 * Big Stupid Doodoo Head
 * Bill Bill Junk Bill
 * Blood On These Hands
 * Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word
 * Book Em Danno
 * Bonus Points If X
 * Bow Chicka Wow Wow
 * Brass Balls
 * But He Gets the Job Done
 * But This Is Ridiculous

C

 * Can't Believe I Said That
 * Carry the One
 * Catch Phrase to The Max
 * Check Please
 * Chew Bubblegum
 * Ching Chong
 * Classified Information
 * Closest Thing We Got
 * Come Alone
 * Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
 * Come to Gawk
 * Come With Me If You Want to Live
 * Crazy Enough to Work
 * Crush! Kill! Destroy!
 * Curves in All The Right Places

D

 * Dead Man Walking
 * Defensive What
 * Did I Just Say That Out Loud
 * Did the Earth Move For You, Too?
 * Didn't Want an Adventure
 * Didn't We Use This Joke Already
 * Did You Actually Believe?
 * Did You Die?
 * Did You Think I Can't Feel?
 * Dive Dive Dive
 * Does He Have a Brother
 * Does Not Like Men
 * Does That Sound Like Fun to You?
 * Does This Make Me Look Fat
 * A Dog Ate My Homework
 * Do I Really Sound Like That
 * Do Not Pass Go
 * Don't Answer That
 * Don't Ask
 * Don't Be Ridiculous
 * Don't Do Anything I Wouldn't Do
 * Don't Look At Me
 * Don't Look Down
 * Don't Make Me Destroy You
 * Don't Say Such Stupid Things
 * Don't Sneak Up On Me Like That
 * Don't Touch It, You Idiot!
 * Don't Try This At Home
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!
 * Do With Him As You Will
 * Do You Trust Me
 * Do unto others as you would have done unto you
 * Drinking the Kool Aid
 * Dunno What's Going On But
 * Double Don't Know

E

 * The Easy Way or The Hard Way
 * Eat My Dust
 * Eat the Rich
 * Effective Immediately
 * Elevator Floor Announcement
 * Especially Zoidberg
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
 * Expecting Someone Taller
 * Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

F

 * Fell Off the Back of A Truck
 * Figure It Out Yourself
 * Fine, You Can Just Wait Here Alone
 * Finish Him!
 * First Name Ultimatum
 * Flat What
 * For Your Own Good
 * For Your People By Your People
 * Follow That Car!
 * For Science

G

 * Gesundheit
 * Get a Hold of Yourself Man
 * Get a Room
 * Get Out
 * Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter
 * Give a Man A Fish
 * Give a Whole New Meaning
 * Give Me a Reason
 * Give Me a Sign
 * Give Me a Sword
 * Give My Regards in The Next World
 * Glad He's On Our Side
 * Glad I Thought of It
 * God Help Us All
 * Go Figure
 * Going to Be One of Those Days
 * Gone Horribly Wrong
 * Gonna Need More Trope
 * Good Is Old Fashioned
 * Good News Bad News
 * Goodnight Sweet Prince
 * Go Through Me
 * Go to Your Room
 * Gravity Is Only a Theory

H

 * Has Two Thumbs And
 * Haven't You Seen X Before
 * Have We Met
 * Have You Come to Gloat
 * Have You Told Anyone Else
 * Having a Heart
 * He Didn't Make It
 * He Had a Name
 * Heh, Heh, You Said "X"
 * He's Got a Weapon!
 * He Went That Way!
 * Help I'm Stuck
 * Hey That's My Line
 * Hey Wait
 * Hi Mom
 * Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It
 * Hold Me
 * Holding It for A Friend
 * How Dare You Die On Me!
 * How Did That Get in There?
 * How Did You Know I Didn't
 * How Did We Miss This One
 * How Is That Even Possible
 * How Many Fingers?
 * How the Mighty Have Fallen
 * How Much Did You Hear
 * How Would You Like to Die

I

 * I Always Wanted to Say That
 * I Am a Monster
 * I Am Not Him
 * I Am the Noun
 * I Am What I Am
 * I Am X Son of Y
 * I Am Your Opponent
 * I Ate What?/I Drank What?
 * I Believe That You Believe It
 * I Broke a Nail
 * I Can Explain
 * I Can See My House From Here
 * I Can't Believe I'm Saying This
 * I Can't See Myself
 * I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me
 * I Can't Do This By Myself
 * I Can't Feel My Legs
 * I Can't Sense Their Presence
 * I Come in Peace
 * I Didn't Mean to Kill Him
 * I Didn't Tell You Because Youd Be Unhappy
 * I Did What I Had to Do
 * I Do Not Drink Wine
 * I Don't Like You and You Don't Like Me
 * I Don't Pay You To Think
 * I Don't Think That's Such a Good Idea
 * Id Tell You but Then Id Have To Kill You
 * I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship
 * If I Do Not Return
 * If I Had a Nickel
 * If I Wanted XI Would Y
 * If I Want Your Opinion
 * I Forgive You
 * If We Survive This
 * If You Thought That Was Bad
 * I Gave My Word
 * I Have a Family
 * I Have Come Too Far
 * I Have Just One Thing to Say
 * I Have My Ways
 * I Have No Idea What I'm Doing
 * I Have No Son
 * I Have This Friend
 * I Have to Wash My Hair
 * I Have Your Wife
 * I Hit You You Hit the Ground
 * I Just Knew
 * I Knew There Was Something About You
 * I Know You're in There Somewhere Fight
 * I Lied
 * I Like My X Like I Like My Y
 * I Like Those Odds
 * Ill Be Your Best Friend
 * I'll Kill You
 * Ill Take That As a Compliment
 * I Love the Smell of X In The Morning
 * Imagine the Audience Naked
 * I'm a Doctor, Not A Placeholder
 * I Am the Trope
 * I'm Alive
 * I'm Cold... So Cold...
 * I'm Going for A Closer Look
 * I'm Going to Disney World
 * I'm Going to Hell For This
 * I'm Melting
 * I Miss Mom
 * I'm Not a Hero, I'm X
 * I'm Not Here to Make Friends
 * I'm Standing Right Here
 * I'm Your Biggest Fan
 * I'm Your Worst Nightmare
 * I'm Okay
 * I Need You to Shut Up
 * I Need a Freaking Drink
 * I Read It for The Articles
 * I Regret Nothing
 * I Remember Because
 * I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday
 * I Resemble That Remark
 * I Shall Return
 * I Should Have Been Better
 * I Should Have Done This Years Ago
 * Is It Just Me
 * Is Nothing Sacred
 * Is That a Threat
 * Is That the Best You Can Do
 * Is There a Doctor In The House?
 * I Take Offense to That Last One
 * I Taste Delicious
 * I Think You Broke Him
 * It Amused Me
 * It Belongs in A Museum
 * It Can't Be Helped
 * It Doesn't Mean Anything
 * It Has Only Just Begun
 * It Is Not Your Time
 * It May Help You On Your Quest
 * It Meant Something to Me
 * It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time
 * Its Personal
 * Its What I Do
 * It Was a Gift
 * It Wasn't Easy
 * Ive Come Too Far
 * Ive Got an X And I'm Not Afraid To Use It
 * I Want Grandkids
 * I Want My Mommy
 * I Want Them Alive
 * I Warned You
 * I Was Born Ready
 * I Was Just Joking
 * I Was Just Passing Through
 * I Was Never Here
 * I Was Young and Needed The Money
 * I Will Definitely Protect You
 * I Will Show You X
 * I Won't Say I'm Guilty
 * I Work Alone
 * If I Can't Have You
 * If I Wanted You Dead
 * If My Calculations Are Correct
 * If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her
 * If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him
 * If You Won't I Will
 * I'm Not Doing That Again
 * In Love With Love
 * Incoming
 * Is It Something You Eat
 * Is That What He Told You
 * Is That What Theyre Calling It Now
 * Is This a Joke
 * Is This Thing On
 * Is This Thing Still On
 * It Has Been an Honor
 * It Meant Something to Me
 * It Never Gets Any Easier
 * Its a Long Story
 * Its All My Fault
 * Its Like I Always Say
 * It's Not You, It's Me
 * Its the Best Whatever Ever
 * Its the Only Way
 * It S Quiet Too Quiet
 * Its XI Hate X
 * It Was Here I Swear
 * I've Heard of That! What Is It?
 * Ive Never Seen Anything Like This Before

J

 * Jaccuse
 * Joe Sent Me
 * Joined Your Party
 * Jump, I'll Catch You!
 * Jump Off a Bridge Rebuttal
 * Just a Kid
 * Just Following Orders
 * Justice Will Prevail
 * Just One Man
 * Just Smile and Nod
 * Just Testing You
 * Just Trying to Help

K

 * Kill Him Already
 * Klaatu Barada Nikto

L

 * Ladies and Germs
 * The Last Thing You Ever See
 * Leave Him to Me
 * Leave Me Alone
 * Leave No Survivors
 * Leave No Witnesses
 * Let Me Get This Straight...
 * Let's Dance
 * Lets Do It Again!
 * Let's Get Out of Here
 * Let's Have Another Baby
 * Let's Just Be Friends
 * Lie Back and Think of England
 * Life Isn't Fair
 * Like an Old Married Couple
 * Likea Son to Me
 * Little Did I Know
 * Look Behind You!
 * Look Ma I Am On TV
 * Lost My Appetite

M

 * Make an Example of Them
 * Matter of Life and Death
 * May I Borrow a Cup of Sugar
 * The Men First
 * Metaphor Is My Middle Name
 * Misery Builds Character
 * Misplaced a Decimal Point
 * Move Along Nothing to See Here
 * My Card
 * My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad
 * My Eyes Are Up Here
 * My Grandma Can Do Better Than You
 * My God What Have I Done
 * My God You Are Serious
 * My Hero
 * My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
 * My Way or The Highway
 * My X is a Y
 * My Other Car Is an X

N

 * Name One
 * The Natives Are Restless
 * Never Bring a Knife To A Gun Fight
 * Never Heard That One Before
 * Never Send an X To Do A Ys Job
 * Never Tell Me the Odds
 * Never Work With Children or Animals
 * New Look Same Great Taste
 * No Hard Feelings
 * No Intelligent Life Here
 * No Matter How Much I Beg
 * No One Could Survive That
 * No One Is Indispensable
 * No Questions Asked
 * No Really Its Okay
 * NOT!
 * No Time to Explain
 * No You
 * No You Hang Up First
 * Not a Game
 * Not Big Enough for The Two of Us
 * Nothing Can Save Us Now
 * Nothing Can Stop Us Now
 * Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here
 * Nothing Personal
 * Not Afraid of You Anymore
 * Not in Kansas Anymore
 * Not in My Back Yard
 * Not in My Contract
 * Not in The Face
 * Not Like Other Girls
 * Not Listening to Me Are You
 * Not My Driver
 * Not Now Kiddo
 * Not On the List
 * Not Safe for Work
 * Not That Kindof Partner
 * Not What It Looks Like
 * Not What I Signed On For
 * Not With the Safety On, You Won't
 * Not Your Daddys X
 * Not Your Problem
 * Now Its My Turn
 * Now I Know How an X Feels
 * Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
 * Now You Tell Me

O

 * Oh God Did She Just Hear That
 * Oh God With the Verbing
 * Oh No Not Again
 * Oh No You Didn't
 * Oh the Humanity
 * Oh Wait
 * Once Upon a Time
 * One Thing Led to Another
 * The One With...
 * Open and Shut Case
 * Or Are You Just Happy to See Me
 * Or My Name Isn't
 * Or So Iheard
 * Ow My Body Part

P

 * A Penny For Your Thoughts
 * Permission to Speak Freely
 * Plays By His Own Rules
 * Please Don't Leave Me
 * Please I Will Do Anything
 * Please Wake Up
 * Popular Saying, But...
 * Preemptive Apology
 * Preemptive Shut Up
 * Prepare to Die
 * Present Company Excluded

Q

 * Quit Your Whining

R

 * Read Em and Weep
 * Readings Are Off the Scale
 * Read the Freaking Manual
 * The Real Heroes
 * Resistance Is Futile
 * A Riddle Wrapped in A Mystery Inside An Enigma
 * Right Behind Me
 * Right Under Their Noses
 * Rule Number One

S

 * Sand in My Eyes
 * Saw It in A Movie Once
 * Seen It a Million Times
 * See You in Hell
 * Seize Them!
 * Shame If Something Happened
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend
 * She Will Come for Me
 * Shoot Everything That Moves
 * Should Have Thought of That Before X
 * Sign of the Apocalypse
 * Silence You Fool
 * Sleep With One Eye Open
 * Slices Dices and Makes Julienne Fries
 * Slip Into Something More Comfortable
 * So Beautiful Its a Curse
 * So Long Suckers
 * Sorry I'm Gay
 * So You Were Saying
 * Someones Touching My Butt
 * Something We Forgot
 * So Proud of You
 * So Was X
 * Spy Speak
 * Standard Police Motto
 * Stating the Simple Solution
 * Stay Frosty
 * Still Got It
 * Stop Helping Me!
 * Stop or I Will Shoot
 * Stop Saying That
 * A Storm Is Coming
 * The Strength of Ten Men
 * Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard
 * Such a Phony
 * Sure Let's Go With That

T

 * Take Care of the Kids
 * Take Me Instead!
 * Take Me to Your Leader
 * Take the Wheel
 * Take Up My Sword
 * Taking You With Me
 * Talk to The Hand
 * Tastes Like Chicken
 * Tell Me About My Father
 * That Didn't Happen
 * That Liar Lies
 * That Man Is Dead


 * That's an Order
 * That's Gotta Hurt
 * That Wasn't a Request
 * That's What I Call X
 * That's What I Would Do
 * That's What She Said
 * The Plot Thickens
 * There Are No Coincidences
 * There Are No Rules
 * There Are Two Kinds of People in The World
 * There Is a God
 * There Is No God
 * There Is No Try
 * These Hands Have Killed
 * They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
 * They Have the Scent
 * They Knew the Risks
 * Thicker Than Water
 * Think Nothing of It
 * This Ain't Rocket Surgery
 * This Cannot Be
 * This Explains So Much
 * This Is As Far As I Go
 * This Is Gonna Suck
 * This Is Not a Drill
 * This Is No Time for Knitting
 * This Is No Time to Panic
 * This Is Pest Control
 * This Is Reality
 * This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself
 * This Is the Final Battle
 * This Is the Part Where
 * This Is Unforgivable
 * This Is Wrong On So Many Levels
 * This Song Goes Out to Tv Tropes
 * Those Were Only Their Scouts
 * The Three Certainties in Life
 * Three Two One
 * Timber
 * Time for Plan B
 * Tired of Running
 * To Absent Friends
 * Today X Tomorrow the World
 * To Make a Long Story Short
 * To the Bat Noun
 * Too Slow
 * Trust Me, I'm an X
 * Try Not to Die
 * Turn Off the Camera
 * Turn Your Head and Cough
 * Two Out of Three Aint Bad
 * Two Words Obvious Trope

U

 * Unaccustomed As I Am to Public Speaking
 * Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object

V

 * Verb This

W

 * Wait Here
 * Walk the Plank
 * Walk This Way
 * The War Has Just Begun
 * Was It All a Lie?
 * Was Just Leaving
 * Wasn't That Fun?
 * We All Die Someday
 * We Are Everywhere
 * We Gotta Stop Meeting Like This
 * We Have Ways of Making You Talk
 * We Need to Get Proof
 * We'll See About That
 * Welcome to Hell
 * Welcome to My World
 * We Meet Again
 * Went to The Great X In The Sky
 * We Only Have One Chance
 * We're Being Watched
 * We've Got Company
 * We've Got Ourselves a Blank
 * We Wait
 * We Will Meet Again
 * What an Idiot!
 * What Are You in For?
 * What a Senseless Waste of Human Life
 * What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
 * What Did I Do Last Night?
 * What Does She See in Him?
 * What Does This Button Do?
 * What Have I Become?
 * What Have You Done for Me Lately?
 * Whatever
 * What He Said
 * What Is Going On?
 * What Is This, X?
 * What Is This X You Speak Of?
 * What's an X Like You Doing In a Y Like This?
 * What's He Got That I Ain't Got?
 * What's That? Timmy's in a Well?
 * What's in It For Me?
 * What the Hell Are You?
 * What Were You Thinking?
 * What Would X Do?
 * What Year Is This?
 * When I Was Your Age
 * Where Is Your X Now?
 * When It Rains, It Pours
 * When Life Gives You Lemons
 * When You Coming Home, Dad?
 * Where Did We Go Wrong?
 * Where Do You Think You Are?
 * Where's the Fun In That?
 * Where Were You Last Night?
 * While You Were in Diapers
 * Who Are You?
 * Who Are You Calling Names?
 * Who Dares?
 * Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?
 * Who Would Want to Watch Us?
 * Who Writes This Crap?
 * Why Couldn't You Save Them?
 * Why Didn't You Just Say So?
 * Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
 * Why Don't You Marry It?
 * Why Won't You Die?
 * Why Are You Looking At Me Like That?
 * Why Didn't I Think of That?
 * Why Isn't It Attacking?
 * Why, Thank You, X!
 * Why We Can't Have Nice Things
 * With a Capital T
 * With Due Respect
 * With or Without You
 * Word Schmord
 * Worst Whatever Ever
 * Worth It
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl
 * Would Hit a Girl
 * Wouldn't Hurt a Child
 * Would Hurt a Child
 * Would You Like to Hear How They Died?
 * Would you still love me if I was an X?
 * Wrote the Book

X

 * X Called. They Want Their Y Back.

Y

 * Years Too Early
 * You!
 * You and What Army
 * You Answered Your Own Question
 * You Are a Credit To Your Race
 * You Are Already Dead
 * You Are Not Alone
 * You Are Not Ready
 * You Bastard
 * You Can Run but You Can't Hide
 * You Can Say That Again
 * You Can See Me?
 * You Can Talk
 * You Can't Make an Omelette
 * You Can't Miss It
 * You Can Verb My Noun Any Day
 * You Did Everything You Could
 * You Didn't Ask
 * You Didn't See That
 * You Did the Right Thing
 * You Do NOT Want to Know
 * You Fool
 * You Got Guts
 * You Got Spunk
 * You Had Us Worried There
 * You Have Failed Me
 * You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
 * You Have No Chance to Survive
 * You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With
 * You Haven't Seen the Last of X
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
 * You Have to Believe Me
 * You Imagined It
 * You Just Had to Say It
 * You Just Ruined the Shot
 * You Killed My Father
 * You Know I'm Black, Right?
 * You Know Nothing About X
 * You Know What They Say
 * You Know What They Say About X...
 * You Know What That Means
 * You Know What to Do
 * You Know What You Did
 * You Leave Him Alone
 * You Look Like You've Seen a Ghost
 * You Make Me Sick
 * You Meddling Kids
 * You Monster
 * You Need a Breath Mint
 * You Need to Get Laid
 * You Never Did That for Me
 * You Owe Me
 * Your Answer to Everything
 * Your Blank Is Showing
 * You Rebel Scum
 * You're Cute When You're Angry
 * You're Insane
 * You're Just Jealous
 * You Remind Me of X
 * You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum
 * You're Not My Father
 * You're Not My Type
 * Your Favorite
 * Your Little Dismissive Diminutive
 * Your Mom
 * You Said You Couldn't Dance
 * You Said You Would Let Them Go
 * You Shouldn't Have
 * You Talk Too Much
 * You Taught Me That
 * You Wanna Get Sued
 * You Watch Too Much X
 * You Will Be Spared
 * You Will Know What to Do
 * You Won't Feel a Thing
 * You Would Do the Same For Me
 * You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You
 * You Wouldn't Hit a Guy With Glasses
 * You Won't Like How I Taste