Eat My Dust
Stock Phrases used in situations involving racing or being chased. Variants with involve substitutes for the "Dust" part.
Examples of Eat My Dust include:
Film
- In Finding Nemo, Marlin telling Dory "You're about to eat my bubbles!"
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, A gazelle mocks Diego after outrunning him.
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Gazelle: Eat my dust, dingo! |
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Clark Griswold: I'm going to pull around them... Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber! |
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- Year One: While Cain is trying to flee his father Adam on a slow-moving camel:
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Cain: Eat my dust, father! |
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- This is the title of a Roger Corman film starring Ron Howard, who only agreed to star in it after Corman promised to let him direct a later film.
Video Games
- Nintendo game Eliminator Boat Duel features character "Vicious Vicky". Right before the second race against her, she says, "We're gonna have a drag [race] and you're gonna eat my wake!"
- One of the lines said by the Scout in Team Fortress 2.
- Sega Genesis game Road Rash 3: When you place poorly in a race, you'll sometimes be treated to another racer telling you, "I was trying to get you to eat my dust, but it settled before you got there."
Western Animation
- SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Fry Cook Games": when SpongeBob gives Patrick this line, Patrick responds with "I'll be eating my own dust!"
- Transformers Prime: said by Knock Out when he was pursued by Arcee with Vince as his hostage.