Gonna Need More Trope: Difference between revisions

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A [[Stock Phrase]], usually spoken in response to an emergent situation wherein the speaker [[Oh Crap|suddenly realizes]] either the sudden absence of a necessity, or that the one in his/her possession is woefully insufficient. They need more.

 

 

A sister trope to [[More Dakka]], when you need a stronger attack; and [[Tim Taylor Technology]], when you need [[Catch Phrase|MORE POWER]]! A subtrope of [[Dramatic Deadpan]], containing that trope's top example.

 

== Advertising ==

* The series of commercials advertising action figures featuring characters from the movie ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' commonly featured the Marines battling the featured ghoulie, and in the case of the flying alien queen they "NEED BIGGER GUNS!"

 

* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'': "You mean we're gonna need to use an even bigger [[This Is a Drill|drill]]?"

 

* Upon reading the news of [[The Flash|Barry Allen's]] return in ''Flash: Rebirth'' and realizing that [[The DCU]] now has ''three'' Flashes, one member of Flash's [[Rogues Gallery]] (actually called the Rogues in this case) says "We're gonna need more Rogues."

* In the September 15, 2007 ''[[Garfield]]'' comic, Garfield's normal [[Running Gag]] about crushing spiders with newspapers was interrupted when Jon saw a spider with a hard hat walk by, chuckling to itself. Garfield followed it saying, "I'm gonna need a bigger newspaper".

* The Body Doubles (a pair of villainous super-hero impersonators) commenting on their latest job; Impersonate [[Power Girl]]: "We're gonna need a [[Most Common Superpower|bigger]] [[Big Bra to Fill|bra]]."

 

* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon was drinking milk (a common way for him to calm himself) when he was called by Nagato to her apartment. After he arrived he was told the reason for his summoning: [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|the IDSE]] decided she's a liability and thus [[Stay with Me Until I Die|she's going to be deleted in a few hours]]. Since he realizes he won't be calm no mater how much he tries or how much milk he drinks he comments "There isn't enough milk in the world".

 

== Films -- Animation ==

 

== Films -- Live Action ==

* The misquote ("We're...") of the ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' example is used during the "salsa shark" bit in ''[[Clerks]]''.

* When the protagonists of ''[[2012]]'' realize they need to fly to China. "We're gonna need a bigger plane."

* Rutger Hauer's partner in ''[[Split Second]]'' started yelling about needing [[BFG|"Big Fucking Guns!"]] after seeing the monster for the first time. It becomes his [[Madness Mantra]] for a bit.

* ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'': "We're gonna need more wax!" followed by "Cancel all my appointments for this afternoon."

** [[Brain Food|"MORE BRAINS!"]]

* From ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]] II'': "Might I suggest a bigger gun!" Followed by Agent Kay shooting [[More Dakka|more rapidly with the same gun]] to good effect.

* ''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{spoiler|after the [[Cute Witch]] turns into [[One-Winged Angel]] with [[Super Strength]] who can melt its way out of its cage.}}

{{quote|'''Priest:''' "We're going to need more holy water."}}

 

== Jokes ==

* Then there's the old mechanic's joke, "If it doesn't fit, don't force it. Get a bigger hammer."

 

== Literature ==

 

* In ''[[Friends]]'', Monica convinces Chandler that taking a bath can be very relaxing. She prepares him a bath and gives him a toy ship to "so it's a boy bath". After a while, Monica comes by to ask whether he likes it:

'''Chandler''': "I'm gonna need a bigger boat." }}

{{quote|'''Cleese:''' Right, who's got the chest rash?

'''Cleese:''' ...I'll have to get a [[Gag Boobs|bigger bottle]]. }}

* Played straight in ''[[River Monsters]]'' when host Jeremy Wade says this in one episode when he hooks into a giant freshwater stingray so big that it actually starts towing the boat. It later ends up snapping a heavy-duty saltwater fishing rod designed to handle '''Marlin'''!

'''Dog:''' * Woof woof*

'''Handler:''' Body!

* In one episode of ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', Cooper has taken all the files of the local vet to the sheriff's station to search for the file disguised as that of a bird. Turns out the vet's secretary sorted the files by the name of the pets: ''"We gonna need some [[Must Have Caffeine|more coffee]]."''

** ... and make sure it's damn good coffee!

** And a little later... "Wow... you're gonna need a bigger mouth."

* In the ''[[Medium]]'' episode "Attack of the Zombies", Alison was having a dream involving a zombie apocalypse. In her dream, Joe was breaking up furniture to board up the house to keep the zombies out. Joe looked outside to see hordes of zombies coming closer to the house. "We are going to need more wood."

{{quote|'''Adam:''' I think we're gonna need a ''smaller scale''!}}

* In an episode of ''[[Eureka]]'', Carter comes up with a plan to capture a small radioactivity-eating [[Blob Monster|blob]] by luring it out with a stockpile of radioactive material, then grabbing it and putting it back in its container. Too bad for them, it already found the stockpile before they went to place it, and now it's a ''giant'' radioactivity-eating blob. Quoth Carter, "we're gonna need a bigger container".

** And then he says it ''again'' in the season 1 finale, after said submarine is blown up while trying to close a seafloor fault line: "We're going to need a new boat." Roy Scheider certainly got his money's worth out of that line.

* In the ''[[Charmed]]'' episode "The Devil's Music", Phoebe plans to defeat a soul-eating demon by feeding him a balloon full of a potion that will force him to regurgitate all the souls she's eaten. When she actually encounters the demon, her reaction is, "We're gonna need a bigger balloon."

 

== Tabletop Games ==

 

== Video Games ==

* A variation in the ''[[The Lord of the Rings|Return Of The King]]'' game: When the oliphants show up, Gimli quips, "I don't have an axe big enough for this one."

{{quote|"No effect? I need a bigger sword!"}}

* The Heavy in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' flips it: '''You're gonna need much bigger guns!'''

** From the Meet the Engineer Video, when pontificating on how to stop some mean mother hubbard from tearing him [[Sophisticated As Hell|a structurally superfluous new behind]], he mentions that if ''a'' gun doesn't work, [[More Dakka|"Use more gun."]] The video then cuts from a slow-firing popgun to a monstrosity with [[No Kill Like Overkill|twin chainguns]] and [[Macross Missile Massacre|quadruple rocket launcher]].

*** Inverted with the Engineer's Gunslinger, a robotic arm that deploys mini-sentries "Sometimes you just need a little less gun"

* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' contains a fantastic "gonna need a bigger trope" moment when the party gets their first look at the Thorian, including - depending on party members and dialogue tree choices - the words, "We're going to need bigger guns."

** ''Mass Effect'' also includes the phrase "We're gonna need a bigger boot."

* The TV commercials for ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'': "You and your friends vs. 10 million zombies... ([[Dramatic Gun Cock]]) They're gonna need more zombies."

* ''[[Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor 2010]]'': When the operators realize they are facing a much larger force than their intelligence lead them to expect, one of the characters makes the classic reference to ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''...with the [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|classic misquote]].

** Von Clutch was also quoting his father.

 

== Web Comics ==

* Early in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Elliot realizes that a net is probably not the best item for catching sentient goo. Tedd's answer...

{{quote|'''Tedd:''' Blasphemy! We just need larger nets!}}

* [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002850 This] ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' [[Homestuck]] comic sets up [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002851 the trope illustrator.]

** Also in ''Complacency of the Learned'': "We're going to need more wands."

* From ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=260 "We're gonna need a bigger plan."]

* [[Inverted Trope]] in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'': When word gets out that Fenton's mother is a vampire bat, people start making excuses not to come to Fenton and Lindesfarne's wedding. Kevin comments "We're gonna need a smaller church."

 

== Web Original ==

* In the ''[[Bionicle]]'' web serial "Federation of Fear", [[Ax Crazy|Ve]][[Cloudcuckoolander|zon]] nearly quotes the Jaws line upon seeing the massive dragon form of the original Brotherhood of Makuta leader his team was assigned to free, before being cut off by Brutaka who replies: "A bigger boat. I know."

* In [[The Salvation War]], an old lady in a mall shoots a demon six times with her handgun to little effect. When interviewed afterwards, her only words are "I need a bigger fucking gun".

 

== Western Animation ==

* In the ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "Twilight", [[Batman]] pronounces upon viewing the city of the gods [[Floating Continent|in the sky]], "I'm gonna need a longer grapple."

* Raven on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', defeating a giant [[Biological Mashup]] in the second [[Season Finale]]: "We're gonna need a bigger jail."

* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' during the episode "Public Enemies," a massive group of Walker's goons invades Amity Park. Danny pulls out his thermos and remarks, "I'm gonna need a bigger thermos!"

* In ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', at one point, the titular team is about to go out for ice cream when the [[Psycho Rangers]] show up. Irma says "we're going to need more spoons."

* After the [[New Mutants]] were added to the ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'' cast, [[Wolverine]] noted, "We're definitely going to need more instructors. And maybe a couple of tanks."

* When Him has ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' fight a monster without their powers, Bubbles throws apples at him.

 

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[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:Just for Pun]]

[[Category:Stock Phrases]]