Chew Bubblegum: Difference between revisions

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The [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|"kick ass and chew bubblegum"]] quote is referenced quite often for laughs (word for word except for the one part where it's mangled, the reversal is common as many people find it flows more naturally); it's assumed all viewers should know it by name. This is some of the most obvious [[Lampshade Hanging]] you will likely find anywhere.

 

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* One volume of ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'' has the three male protagonists saying "We're here to kick ass and chew mochi balls... and we're all out of mochi." Seeing as gum hadn't been introduced to Japan yet, the chewy, doughy stuff makes an acceptable substitute.

* Kuwabara pulls this once in the dub of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', in the dark Tournament Arc. [[Cool Big Sis|Shizuru]] is not impressed.

 

* From ''Marvel Zombies 3'':

** The mag also inverted this once - showing a War Machine figure saying "I'm here to fire missiles and chew bubblegum. And I have plenty of missiles."

* In ''[[Horndog]]'':

 

 

* Clint in [[Dazed and Confused]]:

** Clint: I only came here to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. [glances over his shoulder] Looks like we're almost outta beer.

* Used as a [[Stealth Pun]] in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]'': at one point, it's established that Duke ''really'' likes [[Trademark Favorite Food|Dubble Bubble]]. Right before the Paris chase, he gives his last piece to Breaker.

* Invoked during Roddy Piper's appearance at a wrestling match featured in the [[Juggalo]] documentary ''A Family Underground''.

 

* In ''Proven Guilty'', book 8 of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', we find this gem:

I kicked the door open, staff held ready to fight, and shouted, "And I'm all outta bubble gum!" }}

** [[Chirping Crickets|Cue crickets]].

 

* In 'The Final Countdown' episode of ''[[The IT Crowd]]'':

* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'':

** Parodied with Kevin Murphy as [[Santa Claus (film)|Santa Claus]], pronouncing, "I'm here to kick ass and eat candy canes, and I'm all out of candy canes!" before fighting with [[Satan|Pitch]].

** The episode ''The Outlaw (of Gor)'' made fun of this. Before the fight, the hero is chewing on something, and Crow quips "I've come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass!"

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', Rory has the similar "I'm here to kiss my wife or kick your ass. And I don't see my wife."

 

* "The Meddler" by the Subway Thugs, a street punk band, has the line during the intro.

 

* In the ''[[Scion]]'' sourcebook ''Hero'', players are advised to make Physical Attributes their character's primary category "if you're building a Scion who kicks ass and chews gum, but happens to be all out of gum."

 

** Also used in the 2011 ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'' trailer. Near the end of the trailer as word are superimposed on the screen, two screens make mention to this. The first screen shows "...And He's Really...", the second screen (after a lengthy piss-off scene) says "Really", and the third screen shows "...All out of gum."

* There is a Gunslinger boss from the Malta Group in ''[[City of Villains]]'' who greets your character with the line "Guess what? I'm all outta bubblegum!"

* ''Invictus'', a somewhat obscure strategy game, rendered the line as "I've come to kick butt and eat goats, and I'm all out of goats."

* The online game ''[[Adventure Quest]]'' has this as one of the many, ''many'' cheesy [[Stock Phrases]] the Guardian Dragon uses when summoned.

** Funny, yes, but doesn't that just mean he can chew gum while kicking ass?

** The player character can use the very line in Redding, if he doesn't particularly care about the impression he makes on the sheriff.

* Used straight in ''[[One Must Fall]] 2097'' with guest character [[Jazz Jackrabbit]], "I'm here to kick butt and eat carrots and I'm all out of carrots!"

* In ''[[Cargo the Quest For Gravity]]'', one of the evil robot gods accuses the protagonist of not being much of an engineer because "all [she does] is kick arse and chew bubblegum."

* [[Kingdom of Loathing]] has an item that states, "You came here to make a lamp, and to beat things with a big club, and you're all out of light bulbs."

 

* In ''[[Bob and George]]'', Dr. Light mangles the line due to being really drunk in [http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/070713 this comic].

* In ''[[Mac Hall]]'', they were [http://machall.com/view.php?date=2001-08-10 all out of ass].

* ''No Need for Bushido'' uses the line "Yori's ready to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and he's fresh out of bubblegum!" as a subtitle on its banner at TopWebComics.com.

* Parodied in ''[[The Non-Adventures of Wonderella]]'', when the eponymous character gets pissed off at a [[Genius Loci|sentient Target store]]:

* ''Felicity Flint'' of John Troutman's various comics once gets distracted in the middle of it:

** [[Don't Explain the Joke|Isn't Bubble Tape bubblegum?]]

'''Goldy:''' Uh... ta. }}

** Also played with, because the gum is why he then kicks ass. {{spoiler|The gum is actually a high power explosive, one of the few inventions created by the resident incompetent [[Mad Scientist]] (Bluey) that works as it's intended to.}}

** Earlier, in the actual "canon" storyline, there was this one:

"AND YOU'RE ALL OUT OF IMAGINATION." }}

*** Especially appropriate as it's been [[Running Gag|repeatedly established]] that Ace Dick's imagination sucks.

* ''Today Nothing Happened'' (a journal comic) had a semi-filler strip doing the usual subversion (only with dishes).

 

'''Elderly Doctor Proton:''' "Plenty of gums, though." }}

* Spoofed in a [[Gag Sub]] version of ''[[Red Dawn]]''.

''(General Jackinoff nods for reasons you really don't want to know)'' }}

 

* Numbuh 4 of the ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' also referenced the quote in "UNCOOL", with chewy pellets instead of gum. (The episode also featured zombies, so it fits.)

* An episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' had Peter Venkman say "I'm here to chew bubblegum and bust ghosts! And I'm all out of bubblegum!"

 

* For the [[Grammar Nazi|pedantic]], it deserves to be mentioned that this is an "and" clause which works as a grammatical all-or-nothing; nobody is going to be kicking anything, if they don't have any gum to go along with it. If you try to point this out, expect your subject to [[Dope Slap|demonstrate otherwise]].

 

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[[Category:Stock Phrases]]

[[Category:Harbinger of Asskicking]]