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* Just about anything Glottis says: "Manny, until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar! Yeah... like ''eagles!'' On... ''pogo sticks!''"
* After talking Celso into buying tickets from Hector during act 4:
{{quote| '''Hector Le Mans:''' We've had a lot of openings in this office in the last couple of years, and frankly we've had trouble filling them. I could really use a closer like you on the team...}}
** Whereupon Manny is shown none other than ''his old office''...
* "Run you pigeons! It's Robert Frost!"
** The best part is that he squeaks the balloons afterward to punctuate it.
* (examining Eva)
{{quote| '''Manny:''' It's my boss's secretary, Eva.<br />
'''Eva:''' It's my boss's whipping boy, Manny. }}
** And later, when you discover that Eva's a member of [[La Résistance|the resistance]]:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' It's my boss's secretary's ''evil twin!''<br />
'''Eva:''' Just me, honey. }}
*** And near the end of the game
{{quote| '''Manny:''' It's my ex-boss's ex-secretary, Eva.<br />
'''Eva:''' Think you could let the secretary thing go, Manny? }}
* During Act 3, Manny and Glottis run into Chepito, a hapless traveler who's been stuck wandering around in circles at the bottom of the sea because he's trying to follow a light he thinks is the moon. Part of a solution to a puzzle involves having Glottis grab his lantern and drag Chepito along with them, leading to this exchange:
{{quote| '''Chepito:''' Where are you taking me?<br />
'''Manny:''' To the moon! }}
* You gotta love Bruno's very first line upon being freed from his mortal body and seeing [[The Grim Reaper|Manny]]. Keep in mind that you hear this after going through a great deal of fooforaw to get a car, driver and client, and the scene cuts to black the second after he says it:
{{quote| '''Bruno''': Nice bath robe.}}
** Bruno is a source of fun. He doesn't even qualify for a walking stick - he's packed in a ''casket'' for a four year trip as ''luggage'', though you do give him a complimentary gift: a mug reading "Today Is The First Day of the ''End'' of Your Life!" Later, in Year 4, [[Brick Joke|you find Bruno's casket]]. When it opens, it's the same tinkling sound you heard when freeing him from his mortal body. His reaction to seeing you is absolutely priceless.
{{quote| '''Bruno:''' '''YOU!!!''' ''You'' were the guy who packed me in there. You could have at ''least'' given me a magazine. Four years with nothing to read but this damn mug! What are you doing here? And if you were headed this way, why didn't you offer me a '''''lift'''''? Ah, phooey. [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|I'm getting out of here - this world is for suckers!]] }}
* Start experimenting with the 'pick up' command. Cat feces, women ([[Ho Yay|and sometimes men]]), the moon...
* An [[Easter Egg]]...try typing "BLAM" when playing. See what happens.
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* Olivia's poem, riffing on the beat-poetry of days gone by: Ashes, to ashes, to ashes, to ashes, to ashes, to me, to ashes, to ashes, to ashes.
* Here's a pretty clever one from the first act:
{{quote| '''Manny''': I think we should team up, be partners.<br />
'''Domino''': Oh, ''Manny'', I ''would'', but I'm too intimidated. I could never be partners with someone who was so much more of a ''man'' than me.<br />
'''Manny''': Oh, come on. I've seen your wife. }}
* Manny's lines in the Land of the Living are pretty funny.
** Revealing himself briefly to a living person:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' Boo!}}
** Then:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' Pssst. It's me, Death. I'll see you soon, okay?}}
** Revealing himself again will give him this gem:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' I know you can't hear me, but try to feel what I'm about to say deep down in your soul: Don't... eat... the... gazpacho...}}
** Looking at a hamburger:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' I have to say, this food looks pretty good. I can't reap hamburger. Cows are a whole other bureau, not to mention the lettuce.}}
** And the milkshake:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' Truth be told, I'd rather be setting this milkshake's soul free. Can't reap the milkshake. Can only smell it.}}
* Any and all of Manny's jabs at Domino:
{{quote| '''Manny:''' Look at all the diplomas!<br />
'''Domino:''' You have to have the proper attitude to get diplomas like those, Manny!<br />
'''Manny:''' Really? I thought you just had to have the proper postage. }}
* "What a relief. I was getting concerned that our transportation wasn't ostentatious enough."