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Related to [[Signature Scene]], a Signature Line is a quote of dialogue that everyone remembers from a work of fiction, and has become synonymous with it. When the general public thinks of the work, this is the one quote that immediately springs to mind, and may be the only reason to remember the work at all.

 

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* "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" (''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'')

** "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

* "Yippee ki yay, mother fucker." (''[[Die Hard]]'')

* "Don't mess with me, man. I'M A LAWYER!!!" (''[[Hook]]'')

* "[[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]." (''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'')

** "[[As You Wish]]..."

* "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" (''[[42nd Street (film)||42nd Street]]'')

* "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten us into!" (''Sons of the Desert'')

* "The stuff that dreams are made of." (''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'')

* "Rommel, you [[Magnificent Bastard]], I read your BOOOOOOK!" (''[[Patton]]'')

* "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." (''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'')

** "It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done..."

* "The things I do for love." (''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'')

* "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'')

* "[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series]]'')

** "[[Brooklyn Rage]]!"

** "...'cuz you dun goofed!"

** "I'll pop a glock in your mouth, and make a brain slushee!"

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