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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"And now, here it comes, the line you've all been waiting for..." (Also sprach Zarathustra plays in the background)''
|'''[[That Guy With The Glasses|Phelous]]''' in his ''[[Troll 2]]'' review}}
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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* The opening line or monologue of a famous work
* A line that evoked major controversy
* A line that is incredibly ridiculous or [[
* [[Wham! Line|The major twist]] [[It Was His Sled|in the work]]
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Signature Lines are likely to succumb to [[Memetic Mutation]], and thereby result in viewers [[Watch It for the Meme|Watching It For The Meme]].
Don't confuse this with a character's [[Catch Phrase]]; a signature line is something viewers might watch the entire show simply to hear, not just something that gets said a lot. If many different people in the show say it, it's the show's [[Arc Words]]. Sometimes, of course, a catchphrase or arc words can catch on and come to define the show in popular imagination, but it's rarer than you'd
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▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" (''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'')
** "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
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* "May the force be with you." (''[[Star Wars]]: [[A New Hope]]'')
* "[[Luke, I Am Your Father|No, I am your father!]]" (''Star Wars: [[The Empire Strikes Back]]'')
* "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]]..."
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* "Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes!" (''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure|Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'')
** EXCELLENT! ([[Air Guitar]])
* "Run away! Run away!" (''[[Monty Python and
** "It's [[Only a Flesh Wound]]!"
* "Get off my plane!" (''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'')
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* "[[I Coulda Been a Contender]]." (''[[On the Waterfront]]'')
* "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" (''[[Network]]'')
* "If you build it, he will come." (''[[Field of Dreams]]'')
* "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." (''[[Chinatown]]'')
* "No wire hangers, ever!" (''Mommie Dearest'')
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* "The calla lilies are in bloom again..." (''Stage Door'')
* "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" (''[[Little Caesar]]'')
* "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" (''[[
* "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten us into!" (''Sons of the Desert'')
* "...win just one for the Gipper." (''[[Knute Rockne, All
* "The stuff that dreams are made of." (''[[The Maltese Falcon]]'')
* "Rommel, you [[Magnificent Bastard]], I read your BOOOOOOK!" (''[[Patton]]'')
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== [[Literature]] ==
* "Call me Ishmael." (''[[Moby Dick]]'')
* "The first rule of Fight Club is 'You do not talk about Fight Club.' The second rule of Fight Club is 'YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB.' (''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]'')
* "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..."
* "You're a wizard, [[Harry Potter|Harry]]." (''[[
** "Snape killed...Dumbledore." (''[[
** "Not my daughter, you bitch!" (''[[
* "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]]'')
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** "[[Resistance Is Futile]]."
* "Survey says..." (''[[Family Feud]]'')
* "[[Quip to Black|Horatio]] [[Glasses Pull|* ...*
* "Tragic." (''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'')
** Oh, ''very'' droll, minister."
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* "In the [[Crapsack World|grim, dark future of mankind]], there is only [[Forever War|war]]." (''[[Warhammer
** "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!"
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* "I'm a Badass Freaking Overlord!" (''[[Makai Kingdom]]'')
* "That was too close. You were almost a Jill sandwich." (''[[Resident Evil]]'')
* "[[X-Men]], [[Intentional Engrish for Funny|welcome to die!]]" (''X-Men'' Arcade Game)
* "[[Finish Him!|FINISH HIM!!!]]" (''[[Mortal Kombat]]'')
** "FATALITY!"
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* "What you see is what you get, just a guy that loves adventure."
* "[[Transformation Sequence|Henshin a go-go, baby!]]" (''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'')
* [[Monkey Island|"I'm Guybrush Treepwood, Mighty Pirate!"]]
** "You fight like a dairy farmer!" "How appropriate, [[You Fight Like a Cow]]."
* [[Chew Bubblegum|"It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta gum."]] (''[[Duke Nukem 3D]]'')
* "Heaven or Hell? Let's Rock!" (''[[Guilty Gear]]'')
* "The Wheel Of Fate Is Turning..." (''[[
* "He is dead, and soon you will be too." (''[[Grange Hill]]'')
* "Are you okay? BUSTAAAAAH WOLF!" (''[[The King of Fighters]]'')
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** "Sonic Boom!"
** "Go home and be a family man!"
* "[[F-Zero|Falcon...PUNCH!]]" (''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'')
* "The original sin that man is responsible to! To protect the loyfe cycle!" (''[[House of the Dead|House Of The Dead 2]]'')
** "Suffer like G did?"
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* "[[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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* "Oh, my God, they killed Kenny!" "YOU BASTARDS!" (''[[South Park]]'')
** "[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|Screw you guys, I'm going home]]!"
* "To infinity and beyond!" (''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'')
* "[[Off with His Head|Off with her head]]!" (''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'')
* "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" (Tweety Bird)
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* "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few." - [[Winston Churchill]]
** "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat."
** "If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was their finest hour."
* "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]
* "''Veni; vidi; vici''." (I came, I saw, I conquered.) - [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]]
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* "That's one small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong
* "Let my people go." - Moses
* "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." - [[
* "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." - [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
* "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions." - Lillian Hellman
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** "What does not destroy me makes me stronger."
* "I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few." - [[Adolf Hitler]]
** "If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
* "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" - [[Thomas Jefferson]]
* "Time is money." - [[Benjamin Franklin]]
** "Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults."
** "God helps those that help themselves."
** "Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
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