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{{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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A Signature Line is a line of dialogue that actually appears in the work. If the line is never actually spoken in the work, it's an example of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]].
Signature Lines are likely to succumb to [[Memetic Mutation]], and thereby result in viewers [[Watch It for
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
{{examples}}
▲== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
* "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" (''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'')
** "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"
** Hell, [[Fountain of Memes|most of what Kamina says]].
* "It's time to D-D-D-Duel!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'')
* "We mages of [[Fairy Tail]]...are experts at property damage!" ([[Fairy Tail]])
* "Omae wa mou shindeiru ([[You Are Already Dead]])" (''[[Fist of the North Star]]'')
* "Kamikorosu (I'll bit you to death.)" ([[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]])
* '''"USO DA!"''' (THAT'S A LIE!) (''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** "Repeat this in red..." (''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* "Mada Mada Dane... (You still have a ways to go)" (''[[Prince of Tennis]]'')
* "We're blasting off aaaggaaainnnn!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
** Also, "Wobbuffet!" and "Meowth, that's right!"
*** "Prepare for trouble!" "And make it double!"
* "Tsuki ni kawatte, oshiyoki yo!" ([[In the Name of
* "[[All According to Plan|Just as planned.]]" (''[[
** "I am JUSTICE!"
** "I will be the God of this New World!"
** "I'll take a potato chip...[[Narm|AND EAT IT!]]"
* "TETSUO!" "KANEDA!" (''[[
* ''"Yaranaika?"'' ("Let's do it.") (''[[
* "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" (''[[One Piece]]'')
** "[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* "With great power [[Comes Great Responsibility]]." (''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]'')
* "You crack me up, little buddy!" (''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'')
* "Hulk...SMASH!!" (''[[
* "Avengers Assemble!" (''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'')
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* "[[You Talkin' to Me?|You talkin' to me]]?" (''[[Taxi Driver]]'')
* "Heeeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!" (''[[The Shining]]'')
* "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!" (''[[Star Trek II:
* "Make him [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|an offer he can't refuse]]." (''[[
* "Never go against the family." (''The Godfather Part II'')
** "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart."
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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." (''[[
* "Don't mess with me, man. I'M A LAWYER!!!" (''[[
* "[[
* "[[Hello]]. [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]. [[You Killed My Father]]. [[Prepare to Die]]." (''[[The Princess Bride (
** "[[As You Wish]]..."
* "I take care of the place while the Master is away." (''[[Manos:
* "You'll shoot your eye out." (''[[A Christmas Story]]'')
* "Bond. [[James Bond (
** "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond! I expect you to die!" (''[[
* "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!" (''[[Soylent Green]]'')
* "I'll be back." (''[[Terminator]]'')
** "[[Come
* "Hasta la vista, baby." (''Terminator 2'')
* "Good? Bad? I'm the guy with the the gun." (''[[Evil Dead]]'')
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* "Well, nobody's perfect." (''[[Some Like It Hot]]'')
* "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" (''[[All About Eve]]'')
* "I never drink... wine." (''[[Dracula (
** "Listen to them. The children of the night! What music they make!"
* "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (''[[Gone
* "I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" (''[[Snakes
* "[[Ascended Meme|I'm the Juggernaut, bitch.]]" (''[[Film/X Men Last Stand|X Men Last Stand]]'')
* "Hey you guys!" (''[[The Goonies]]'')
* "There is no spoon." (''[[
* "I wish I knew how to quit you." (''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'')
* "Take your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!" (''[[Planet of the Apes]]'')
** "They blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!"
* "[[There Can Be Only One]]!" (''[[
* "Are you not entertained?!" (''[[Gladiator (
* "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." (''[[The Wizard of Oz (
** "I'll get you, my pretty, [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]!"
** "Pay no attention to [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]!"
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** "Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
** "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
* "Rosebud." (''[[
* "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" (''[[White Heat]]'')
* "Shane! Come back, Shane!" (''[[Shane]]'')
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* "Nobody puts baby in the corner." (''[[Dirty Dancing]]'')
* "Get away from her, you BITCH!" (''[[Aliens]]'')
* "Say hello to my little friend!" (''[[
* "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!" (''[[Braveheart]]'')
* "You can't handle the truth!" (''[[A Few Good Men]]'')
* "You're [[Gonna Need More Trope|gonna need a bigger boat]]." (''[[Jaws (
* "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." (''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'')
* "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 (
* "[[Wax On, Wax Off
* "Pain don't hurt." (''[[Road House]]'')
** "I used to fuck guys like you in prison!"
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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'')
* "Stella! Hey, Stella!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "The calla lilies are in bloom again..." (''Stage Door'')
* "Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Rico?" (''[[
* "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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* "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." (''Yankee Doodle Dandy'')
* "Randy -- where's the rest of me?" (''Kings Row'')
* "E.T. phone home!" (''[[E.T. the
* "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!" (''[[The Room]]'')
* "Are you gonna bark all day little doggy, or are you gonna bite?" (''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'')
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* "[[Bela Lugosi|Pull the string]]! ''[[Large Ham|Pull the string]]!''" (''[[Glen or Glenda]]'')
** "Beware the ''big'' g[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]een d[[Trilling Rs|rrr]]agon that sits on your doorstep... he eats little boys!"
* "Next Saturday night, we're sending you [[Title Drop|back to the future]]!" (''[[Back to
* "'''ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER, DO YOU SPEAK IT!?'''" (''[[Pulp Fiction]]'')
** "'''DOES. HE. LOOK. LIKE. A BITCH!?'''"
* "Warriors... come out and play-ay!" (''[[The Warriors (
* "Ya best start belivin' in ghost stories, Miss Turner...you're in one." (''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: The Curse of the Black Pearl'')
** "So tell me...what's become of my ship?" (''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'')
== [[Literature]] ==
* "Call me Ishmael." (''[[Moby
* "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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* "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." (''[[The Hobbit]]'')
* "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, / One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'')
* "The rosy fingers of dawn." (''[[
* "And so it goes." (''[[Slaughterhouse
* "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink." (''[[
** "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean."
* "''Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate''" ("Abandon all hope, ye who enter.") (''[[The Divine Comedy]]'')
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* "No soup for you!" (''[[Seinfeld]]'')
* "I'm Rick James, bitch!" (''[[
* "Live long and prosper." (''[[Star Trek]]'')
** "To boldly go where no man has gone before."
** "[[He's Dead, Jim|He's dead, Jim.]]"
** "[[I'm a Doctor, Not
* "Make it so." (''[[Star Trek:
** "[[Resistance Is Futile]]."
* "Survey says..." (''[[
* "[[Quip to Black|Horatio]] [[Glasses Pull|* ...*
* "Tragic." (''[[Yes Prime Minister]]'')
** Oh, ''very'' droll, minister."
* "I have a cunning plan." (''[[
* "My name is Jack Bauer, and this is the longest day of my life." (''[[
* "Live, from New York, it's Saturday Night!" (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
* "Will the real [mystery guest] please stand up?" (''[[To Tell the Truth]]'')
* "[[For Science!|Science rules]]!" (''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'')
* "What's next?" (''[[The West Wing]]'')
* "I've made a huge mistake..." (''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'')
* "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!" (''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'')
* "Don't tell me what I can't do." (''[[
** "We have to go back!"
* "The Truth is out there." (''[[The X-Files]]'')
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** "Hello, I'm the Doctor!"
*** "Doctor who...?"
** "It's [[Bigger
** "Would you like a jelly baby?"
** "DE-LETE! DE-LETE!"
* "Get ta steppin'!! (''Martin'')
* "The avalanche has already started. It's too late for the pebbles to vote." (''[[
* "Henshin!" (''[[Kamen Rider]]'')
* "It's Morphin' Time!" (''[[Power Rangers]]'')
* "'Sanctuary For All' is not an empty motto." (''[[Sanctuary]]'')
* "Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once." (''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'')
** "Good moaning."
* "[[And Now for Something Completely Different]]." (''[[
** "It's..."
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* "We have met the enemy, and he is us." (''[[Pogo (
* "Good grief." "You Blockhead!" (''[[Peanuts]]'')
* "I hate Mondays." (''[[Garfield]]'')
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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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** "Off with his head. So much for Buckingham." (A line ''added'' to Shakespeare's play by Colley Cibber)
* "All the world's a stage." (''[[As You Like It]]'')
* "''[Exit Pursued By a Bear] He exits, pursued by a bear.''" (''[[The Winter's Tale
* "Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock the meat it feeds on!" (''[[Othello]]'')
* "[[Major-General Song|I am the very model of a modern major-general]]." (''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'')
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** "If music be the food of love, play on!"
* "STELLA!" (''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'')
* "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" ([[A Midsummer
== [[Video Games]] ==
* "[[Feed It a Bomb|Dodongo dislikes smoke]]." (''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'')
** "It's dangerous to go out alone. Take this."
** "I am Error." (''[[Zelda II:
** "Mah boi!" and/or "I wonder what's for dinner?" (''[[The Legend of Zelda
*** "I wonder what Ganon's up to!" and "I'm so hungry I could eat an octorok!"
* "So zetta slow!" (''[[
** "Soh Cah Toa."
* "Feel the pain of those inferior beings as you burn in hell." (''[[
* "You jumped into a sword. You retard!" (''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'')
** "[[Game Over
* "[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|Our princess is in another castle]]." (''[[Super Mario Bros. (
** "It's-a me, Mario!" (''[[
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|"All your base are belong to us."]] (''[[Zero Wing]]'')
* "Die, monster! You don't belong in this world!" (''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]]'')
** "What is a man? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!"
* "WHAT A HORRIBLE NIGHT TO HAVE A CURSE." (''[[Castlevania II:
* "I, Garland, will knock you all down!" (''[[
* "[[Whatever]]." (''[[
* "[[Narm|DECAPITATIOOOOOO]][[Overly Long Gag|OOOOON!!!]]" (''[[Brutal Legend]]'')
* "[[That Was Objectionable|OBJECTION!!!]]" (''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'')
* "I choose you!" (''[[Pokémon]]'')
* "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!"
* "[[Do a Barrel Roll]]!" (''[[Star Fox (
** "Can't let you do that, Star Fox!"
* "Jackpot." (''[[Devil May Cry]]'')
* "[[Most Annoying Sound|RECO-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!]]" (''[[Mushihime-sama]] Futari'')
* "Girls do their best now and are preparing. Please watch warmly until it is ready." (''[[Touhou]]'')
* "Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! Get ready!" (''[[
* "Welcome to Violent City!" (''Armed Police Batrider'')
* "This guy are sick!" (''[[
* "I am Calypso and I thank you for playing ''[[Twisted Metal]]''!"
* "You [[Spoony Bard]]"! (''[[
* "Find the Computer Room." (''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'')
** "Where's that ''[[Precision F-Strike|damn]]'' fourth Chaos Emerald?!"
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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
* "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?"
== [[Web Original]] ==
* "I AM A MAN!!!" (''[[
* "I mean, ''really''!" (Mike Mozart of [[Jeepers Media]])
* "LEEROYYYYYYY JENKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" ([[Leeroy Jenkins]])
* "[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]!" (''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** "[[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
* "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" (Tweety Bird)
* Meep Meep (Roadrunner)
* "I'm ready! I'm ready!" (''[[
** "My leg!"
* "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for [[You Meddling Kids]]." (''[[Scooby Doo|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?]]'')
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* "[[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|What could possibly go wrong]]?" (''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'')
** "Uh, Internet?"
* "[[Ride of the Valkyries
* "Wham bam, we're in a jam!" (''[[The Amazing Chan and The Chan Clan]]'')
* "Bite my shiny metal ass!" (''[[Futurama]]'')
** "Good news, everyone!"
* "[[Death
* "Yes, yes, I killed your father. What is it with you women anyway? I killed my father too, and you don't hear me whining about it!" (''[[Street Fighter|Street Fighter: The Animated Series]]'')
** "BISOOOON!"
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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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