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[[File:Why_So_SiriusWhy So Sirius.jpg|frame|What happens when [[Harry Potter (film)|worlds]] [[The Dark Knight Saga|collide.]]]]
 
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'''PS: Just in case you're wondering what happened to the memes from [[Batman and Robin (film)|the]] [[Batman (film)|Batman]] [[The Dark Knight Saga|movies]], they are now on [[Batman/Memes|a separate page.]]'''
 
''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' also has [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Memes|its own section of memes]] for films that it has [[MST|MSTed]]ed.
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** "My God! It's full of stars!"
* ''[[300|Three Hundred]]''.
** Most common is an exchange that is initiated when one person mentions [[Madness Tropes]], triggering the other to respond, "Madness? [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|This...is...SPARTAAA]]!!!" <ref> Spoken by Leonidas as he kicks a messenger into a pit.</ref>
** It's been so overused that some forumites have already gone meta, responding to mentions of Sparta with, "Sparta? This...is...[INSERT MEME HERE]!!!"
** When we talk about the trope created through that line on this very wiki, we will type! WORDS! LIKE! THIS!
*** "Madness? [[Renamed Tropes|PUNCTUATED! FOR! EEEMPHAASIIISSSSS!!!]]"
** A lesser parody is also taken from the quote "Tonight we dine in HELL!!" [http://www.filehurricane.com/viewerthumbnails/528200810456PM_300_arbys.jpg Example here] <ref> Taken from a sorta-inspirational speech Leonidas uses to get his men to fight.</ref>
*** Hello? Is this HELL Restaurant? I want a reservation for 300!
*** ... I forget where we are dining tonight.
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** Reee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-heeally...
** La-hoo-sa-her!
** LAAAAAAA...AAAAAA...AAAAAH!!! <ref> Sliding door scene</ref>
** Holy Testicle Tuesday!
** '''Do NOT...go in there!'''
** '''LACES OUT!''' <ref> Ray Finkle said that if Dan Marino had positioned the football with the laces out, his field goal kick would've won them the Super Bowl.</ref>
* ''[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert|The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert]]''
** And no more fucking ABBA!
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** A meme, what is it? A meme is an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture but that's not important right now.
** "CALM DOWN, GET A HOLD OF YOURSELF!"
** "[He/She/I] had the fish." <ref> The reason everybody was sick on the flight was because they had fish instead of chicken for dinner.</ref>
*** This made a hilarious appearance in ''[['Allo 'Allo!|Allo Allo]]'' when Herr Flick was convulsing on the floor after a failed assassination attempt on somebody else. When asked what was wrong with him Helga replied "He had the fish" when everybody was served chicken.
* ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]''
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** "I didn't sign up for this shit."
* ''[[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]]'':
** "Big man in a suit of armor. Take that away and what are you?" <ref> As [[Captain America (comics)]] demands of [[Iron Man]] in the trailer.</ref>
*** "[[Iron Man|Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist]]?"
*** "[[Actor Allusion|Sherlock Holmes]]."
*** "NAKED!"
** "Hulk? Smash." <ref> Captain America giving the Hulk a simple and easy-to-understand order.</ref>
** "Kids, it was the summer of 2012 when your Aunt Robin joined the Avengers." (Or a variation thereof.) <ref> Cobie Smulders, who plays Maria Hill in [[The Avengers]], also plays Aunt Robin Scherbatsky in [[How I Met Your Mother]].</ref>
* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'':
** Anything that Doc says!
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*** MOMMY! MOMMY!
* ''[[Borat]]''
** Most, if not all, of [[Borat]]'s [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]s.
* Thanks to the movie ''[[Bottle Rocket]]'', signaling someone with "Ca-CAW!" is now a popular pastime.
* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]''
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** These cowboys wish they knew how to quit you.
** Want to make instant [[Ho Yay]]? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omB18oRsBYg Make] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgt-BiFiBek a] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uwuLxrv8jY Brokeback] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCDh3lNzNo montage].
** Another popular meme is to put [[Maggie Gyllenhaal|Jake's sister]] with another actress<ref> [[Zooey Deschanel]] is a popular choice, for some reason.</ref> in ''Brokeback 2: [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|Best Movie Ever]]''.
* ''[[Bruce Almighty]]''
** B-E-A-utiful.
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** Dude, where's my X?
** Where's your X, dude?
** And then? <ref> The chinese fooood drive-thru scene. The drive-thru lady keeps responding with this despite anything they say</ref>
* ''[[Easy Rider]]''
** BOOOOORN TO BE WIIIIIIIILD!!!
* ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]''
** "What do you know? Haven't you heard of [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|suspension of disbelief?]]" <ref> Spoken by Ed Wood when questioned about the sudden day to night transitions in ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''. Frequently used by internet reviewers to mock various [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] moments.</ref>
* ''[[The Elephant Man]]''
** Let the record show that Mr. John Merrick (or perhaps Joseph) is not an elephant, nor is he, indeed, any kind of animal. Mr. Merrick is a human being. He is, more specifically, a man.
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** This movie was also the origin of the internet phrase "troll face" after the face Ernest makes right after the above quote.
* ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'':
** E.T. phone home. <ref> Spoken by E.T. while hovering a telephone, in order to communicate the movie's main conflict: he needs to find a way to contact someone to get home.</ref>
* ''[[The Exorcist]]''
** The power of Christ compels you!
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*** MOOOLTEEEPAAAS!
* ''[[Fight Club]]''
** 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. <ref> When introducing new members to Fight Club, they have to learn the rules.</ref>
** "[[In-Universe|His name is Robert Paulson]]!"
*** [[Madness Mantra|HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...HIS NAME IS ROBERT PAULSON...]]
** I want you to hit me as hard as you can. <ref> Much stems from the fact that Brad Pitt [[Enforced Method Acting|was hit as hard as he could.]]</ref>
** On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
** You are not your ''fucking'' khakis!
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** "Not to mention the ''pincers''..."
** "Just keep talking about that ball of light touching your heart and she'll come around."
** [[Large Ham|TROOOOOOLL IN THE DUNGEON!]] has become one when talking about, [[Captain Obvious|well]], [[Troll|trollstroll]]s.
** That awkward moment when Voldemort hugs you.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVU-4Yjh2c NYEEAAHH!]
** '''AVDAKGHAVFRA''' <ref> Voldemort casting "Avada Kedavra" in ''Deathly Hallows Pt. 2'' came out as total gibberish.</ref>
** "Turn to page three hundred and ninety-'''four'''."<ref> Alan Rickman's delivery of this line is really sexy.</ref>
* ''[[Heathers]]''
** I love my dead gay meme.
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*** Bad dates.
*** "Asps. Very dangerous. You go first."
** "No camels!" <ref> As compensation for his brother-in-law's car, destroyed by a Nazi tank, Sallah gets camels, but Indy only wants horses.</ref>
** Only the penitent man will pass...
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''
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** What the fuck is the internet?
** [[Ben Affleck|The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come together to bitch about movies and share pornography with one another.]]
** [[Cluster F-Bomb|Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, / Mother, mother fuck, / Mother, mother fuck, fuck / Mother fuck, mother fuck, / Noise noise noise, / 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, / Noise, noise noise / Smokin' weed, smokin' wizz, / Doin' coke, drinkin' beers, / Drinkin' beers, beers, beers, / Rollin' fattys, smokin' blunts, / Who smokes the blunts? / We smoke the blunts. / Rollin' blunts and smokin'... ]]
*** Uh, let me get a nickel bag.
**** [[Ear Worm|/ Fifteen bucks, little man, / Put that shit in my hand, / If that money doesn't show, / Then you owe me, owe me, owe, / My jungle love, yeah, / Owe-ee, owe-ee, owe, / I think I want to know ya, know ya, / Yeah, what?]]
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** I'M A COP, YOU IDIOT!
* ''[[King Kong]]'':
** Perhaps one of the earliest memes is the mental image of [[King Kong]] [[Signature Scene|climbing up the Empire State Building, carrying a blond-haired girl and attacking planes whenever you see the aforementioned building.]] And remember, it wasn't the airplanes, [[It Was His Sled|it was beauty killed the beast.]] <ref> The very last line of the film, it speaks the main message: that Kong's love for his person was so great that he was willing to kill himself in order to "protect" her.</ref>
* ''[[Knocked Up]]''
** Fuck you, hormones!
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** At that moment, he learned a valuable lesson about memes... '''THEY HURT LIKE CRAP, MAN!!!'''
* ''[[Labyrinth]]'':
** Thanks to ''[[Labyrinth]]'', [[David Bowie]]'s ''crotch'' has achieved levels of [[Memetic Badass|Memetic Badassery]]ery surpassing that of Chuck Norris. There's a freaking CHURCH devoted to worshipping The Area. <ref> The scene from which this meme originates had ''many'' shots of David Bowie's crotch.</ref>
** And, of course, there's the [http://www.areaology.com David Bowie's Area Institute] from which the [[Fan Nickname]] came.
** Can't leave out...You remind me of the babe.
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** My...preeeecciiiioooouuus.....
*** Must have the preeeecciiiioooouuus........ They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses!
** One does not simply [http://g.virbcdn.com/cdnImages/resize_510x1500/Image-28290-203612-rockintomordor.jpg ROCK into] [[Mordor]]... or [[media:One_does_simply_PING_into_MordorOne does simply PING into Mordor.gif|maybe yes...]]
*** Alternatively, a [http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/02/28/one-does-not-simply-tank-cat-into-mordor/ Tank Cat] is fine too.
*** One does not [http://roflrazzi.com/2009/12/14/celebrity-pictures-john-cleese-silly-mordor/ silly walk], either.
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*** "Stop it! You're ignorant!"
* ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'':
** [http://myspace.roflposters.com/images/rofl/myspace/1229421116613.jpg.%5Broflposters.com%5D.myspace.jpg Implied Facepalm]<ref> [[Tommy Lee Jones]] is the demotivator poster boy for where an idea is so retarded that a [[Patrick Stewart|full and proper]] [[Face Palm]] is unnecessary.</ref>
* ''[[Office Space]]''
** I believe you have my [[The Red Stapler|stapler]]...
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** Yeah, about that...I'm gonna have to ask you to come in on Saturday.
** "PC Load Letter"? What the fuck does ''that'' mean?
** ''[[Geto Boys|Die, motherfucker, die, motherfuckin' still!]]''<ref> Plays during the famous printer beat down scene.</ref>
** "Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison".<ref>Bolton worries that when they get caught because of Peter's money-laundering scheme, they'll be sent away to do hard time instead of going to a "[[Luxury Prison Suite|white-collar resort prison]]".</ref>
* ''[[Om Shanti Om]]''
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** Tequila!
* ''Pejzaži u magli'' (''Landscape in the Mist'')
** [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yes-this-is-dog "Hello. Yes, this is dog."] <ref> During the film somebody wishes to speak to their dog, so somebody places the headset at the dog's face. This (thirty years later) became a popular image macro series with the caption "Hello. Yes, this is dog."</ref>
* ''[[The Pink Panther]]''
** From the 2006 movie, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz0IT4Uk2xQ "I WOULD LIKE BUY A EHM-BYUH-GYUH!"]
** "DOONFURDUR!!"
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''
** I got a jar of dirt[[! I got a jar of dirt]]! And guess what's inside it~! <ref> Jack hides Davy Jones' heart inside a jar of dirt to prevent him from getting at it. He later taunts Jones with this.</ref>
** But why is the rum gone? <ref> While marooned on a deserted island, Elizabeth forms a huge beacon of smoke by burning all the food, shade and rum on the island. Jack expresses dismay at the last.</ref>
** Parlay!
*** [[Kingdom Hearts II|Barley?]]
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**** '''''English, motherfucker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?'''''
**** Crossing over with ''Lord of the Rings'', this troper has seen Legolas 'shopped in place of Jackson's character, with the caption, "Elvish, motherfucker! Do you speak it!" in an elaborate font.
***** [[media:Elvish-_do_you_speak_it do you speak it.jpg|Here]]
*** I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker, say "what" one more goddamn time!
*** Does Marcellus Wallace look like a bitch?
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** Unlike some other Robin Hoods, [[Averted Trope|Cary Elwes]] [[Fake Brit|can speak with an English accent.]]
** "I CAN ''SEE''!" * CRASH!* "No, I was wrong."
** [[Cough-Snark-Cough|* cough* Bullshit!* cough* * cough* Bullshit!* cough* ]]
** "Hey Abbot!" "I hate that guy!"
** [[Creator Cameo|Faygeles?]]
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** [[Mythology Gag|It's good to be the king!]]
* ''[[RoboCop]]'':
** "I'd buy that for a dollar!" This one made its way into ''Smash TV'' as one of the {{spoiler|evil}} game show host's [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]s.
** '''BITCHES LEAVE.'''
** "IIIIIIIII LIKE IT!" upon one of the mooks firing a BFG.<ref>(again, a variant of this phrase later found its way into Smash TV)</ref>
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** "He's a cop killer."
* ''[[Robot Monster]]'':
** Pre-Internet example: Ro-Man from ''[[Robot Monster]]'' was [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=8h2QJ44HnrM popular] all throughout [[The Fifties]] for just how [[Nightmare Retardant|terrifying a monster he wasn't]].
** Interestingly enough the Columbus OHIO annual 24 hour science fiction marathon keeps the memory of Ro-Man alive by mentioning him, and running the trailer for his film. As far as some people know that particular character has yet to be elected to that fine body's hall of fame.
* ''[[Rocky (film)|Rocky]]''
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** I aim to misbehave
* ''[[Sesame Street]] Presents: Follow That Bird''
** [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|WHERE'S...MY...JELL-OOOOOOOOO?!!!!]]<ref> This partly non-sequitur exclamation happens at the end of the grouch diner scene just as it fades out.</ref>
* ''[[Se7en]]''
** WHAT'S IN THE BOX!?
* ''[[Shane]]''
** "Shane, come back!" <ref> A misquoted line from the [[Tear Jerker]] ending to the western film Shane; often rendered as "Come back, Shane!"</ref>
* ''[[Shark Attack 3: Megalodon]]''
** "[[Throw It In|What do you say I take you home and eat your pussy?]]"
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* From ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', the scene where Andy plays opera music for the prison has been edited many times on [[YouTube]]. Said opera music has been replaced by various kinds of music, from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhbjxRHmMtc pop music] to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwBpTrfE4Q heavy metal,] and even to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPVF95HoDU flea market ads.] To be fair, the reactions of the prisoners and the warden made it pretty ripe for parody.
** "I like to think the last thing that went through the warden's mind, apart from the bullet..."
* "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" .<ref> Mae West's most famous misquoted lines from the pre-Code film "She Done Him Wrong". Has often appeared in many classic animated shorts, especially [[Looney Tunes|the ones from Warner Bros.]] [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|Often misheard]] as "Come up and see me some time".</ref>.
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
** "You've never complained about my methods before." [[The Watson|"I've never complained! When have I ever complained about you...practicing the violin at three in the morning, or your mess, your general lack of hygiene, your experiments on my dog, or the fact that you steal my clothes?"]]
** "Get that out of my face." "It's not in your face, it's in my hand." "Get what's in your hand out of my face."
** Be...a lady...[[Groin Attack|* oof!* ]]
*** [[Fan Service|Madam, I need you to stay calm, I am a professional. Underneath this pillow lies the key to my release.]]
** [[Ho Yay|"Don't get excited."]]
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* ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]''
** This drink.....I like it! (throws cup of coffee to the ground) '''ANOTHER!'''
** CONVENIENT ODINSLEEP <ref> Odin falls into a coma right in the middle of being shouted at by Loki for alleged [[Parental Favoritism]]</ref>
* ''[[A Time to Kill]]''
** "'''YES, THEY DESERVED TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!'''"
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** [[Bi the Way|Man, everyone is gay once in a while! It's Hollywood!]]
** "That's the theme song from ''[[The Jeffersons]]''!" "Man, just cause it's a theme song don't make it not true."
** [[Land Mine Goes Click|* click* ]] [[Oh Crap|Oh dear.]]
*** [[All Part of the Show|It's corn syrup, guys! Corn syrup and latex!]]...[[Squick|Warm, blood-flavored corn syrup.]]
** [[Here We Go Again]]... [[Sequelitis|Again.]]
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**** That's it! I'm going into catering after this!
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''
** "This is the skin of a killer, Bella!" [[Bishie Sparkle|*sparkle* ]]
* ''[[Videodrome]]''
** Death to [[Videodrome]]! Long live the New Flesh!
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* ''[[You Got Served]]''
** "You got served!" This is mostly limited to dancing, but can be extended to thorough beatdowns in other media. Computer gamers refer to this process as "[[Leet Lingo|pwnage]]".
** Hence, mounts on [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]]s may be referred to as "[[Just for Pun|pwnies]]".
* ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''
** Because of a certain scene in the movie, "Take It Barry" has come to be used to refer to [[Ass Shove|the rather unusual sex act depicted in said scene]].
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** A [Blank] for ANTS?!
 
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