Gonna Need More Trope: Difference between revisions

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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 ==

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== Comics ==

* In [[Garth Ennis]]' ''[[Preacher]]'', the Saint of Killers -- who is functionally immortal -- is hit by a nuclear bomb. When the smoke clears, he simply says "Not enough gun".

* In [[Garth Ennis]]' ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', the Saint of Killers -- who is functionally immortal -- is hit by a nuclear bomb. When the smoke clears, he simply says "Not enough gun".

* 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".

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== Films -- Animation ==

* ''[[~~Nine~~ (Animation)|Nine]]'' has [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"We're gonna need a full barrel."]]

* ''[[9 (Animation)|Nine]]'' has [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|"We're gonna need a full barrel."]]

== Films -- Live Action ==

* Perhaps the most famous example appears in ''[[Jaws (Film)|Jaws]]'': ([[Beam Me Up Scotty|often misquoted as]] "We're...")

* Perhaps the most famous example appears in ''[[Jaws (Film)|Jaws]]'': ([[Beam Me Up, Scotty|often misquoted as]] "We're...")

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

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* In the film ''Calendar Girls'': Chris says this to Lawrence, the terrified photographer as he's about to take the first photograph (one of Celia topless behind a pile of iced bun thingys)- "[[Crowning Moment of Funny|We're going to need]] [[Gag Boobs|considerably bigger buns]]."

* In ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'', {{spoiler|after the helicopter explodes, police chief Duane T. Robinson says, "We're gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess."}}

* ''[[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.}}

* ''[[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.}}

* In the film ''Fly Away Home'', a father is attempting to build an ultralight craft. His first attempt barely gets off the ground, and crashes spectacularly after a short flight. His two friends, standing nearby, murmur: "We need a bigger engine." "Yeah! Yeah!"

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** ''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]].

* ''[[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]].

* To quote [[Crash Bandicoot|Ebeneezer Von Clutch]]: "When in Doubt, Build a bigger Tank!".

** Von Clutch was also quoting his father.