Q: What is that? A: They call it [MOVIE TITLE]
August 9, 2010 10:14 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for movie (and other media) quotes that follow a similar model:
Character 1 asks a question.
Character 2 answers with the name of the movie.
This seems like a subset of Title Drop (TVTropes), however I am also interested in times when the question is asked and NOT answered. Some examples:
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Neo: The Matrix?
Second scenario (example below fictitious):
Q: Who was that masked man?
A: I have no idea but he owes me a new horse.
This seems like a subset of Title Drop (TVTropes), however I am also interested in times when the question is asked and NOT answered. Some examples:
Morpheus: I know exactly what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind -- driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
Neo: The Matrix?
Second scenario (example below fictitious):
Q: Who was that masked man?
A: I have no idea but he owes me a new horse.
"Guess we'll have to register you as a... LETHAL WEAPON" was more of a rhetorical question, but what the hell.
posted by Joe Beese at 10:26 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by Joe Beese at 10:26 AM on August 9, 2010
Basically, the entire Aristocrats movie. I think.
posted by alex_skazat at 10:28 AM on August 9, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by alex_skazat at 10:28 AM on August 9, 2010 [3 favorites]
This is a one-off from what you're looking for (great question, BTW!). In Star Trek: First Contact, some of our Enterprising heroes confront Zefram Cochrane with who they really are and why they've traveled to his century and need his help. As Cochrane tries to puzzle it out he says to them, "And you're all astronauts on some kind of ... star trek."
posted by bryon at 10:28 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by bryon at 10:28 AM on August 9, 2010
Dr. Emmett Brown: This is it! This is the answer. It says here... that a bolt of lightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04pm, next Saturday night! If... If we could somehow... *harness* this lightning... *channel* it... into the flux capacitor... it just might work. Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future!
posted by alchemist at 10:32 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by alchemist at 10:32 AM on August 9, 2010
dammit. i'm sorry! no question was asked beforehand. Just so excited that I had thought (erroneously) of something :(
posted by alchemist at 10:33 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by alchemist at 10:33 AM on August 9, 2010
Why's he running, Dad?
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.
posted by karminai at 10:37 AM on August 9, 2010
Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.
posted by karminai at 10:37 AM on August 9, 2010
Alchemist: I will redeem you!
Last scene of Back to the Future:
Doc: Marty! You've gotta come back with me?
Marty: Where?
Doc: Back to the Future!
posted by brainmouse at 10:42 AM on August 9, 2010
Last scene of Back to the Future:
Doc: Marty! You've gotta come back with me?
Marty: Where?
Doc: Back to the Future!
posted by brainmouse at 10:42 AM on August 9, 2010
oops, that first questionmark should have been an exclamation point... I apparently jumped the question gun...
posted by brainmouse at 10:43 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by brainmouse at 10:43 AM on August 9, 2010
This happens regularly in Doctor Who.... but the title is actually the question. (But since the character is not called Doctor Who in the show's universe -- except in error -- it's not as clunky as you might think... though it's rarely what one would call 'clever')
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:14 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by MCMikeNamara at 11:14 AM on August 9, 2010
Who you gonna call?
posted by googly at 11:20 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by googly at 11:20 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
What are you calling your business? Ghostbusters.
(I imagine there are probably a lot of quotes along those lines, that start with a "what are we calling our crime/evil fighting organization?" lead-in)
posted by phoenixy at 11:21 AM on August 9, 2010
(I imagine there are probably a lot of quotes along those lines, that start with a "what are we calling our crime/evil fighting organization?" lead-in)
posted by phoenixy at 11:21 AM on August 9, 2010
At the end of You Can Count On Me, the two main characters are talking:
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Terry: C'mon Sammy. You can trust me. C'mon Sammy, look at me. Look at me. Hey Sammy, remember when we were kids? Remember what we used to always say to each other?
Sammy: Of course I do.
Terry: Remember when we were kids?
The two embrace.
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I could be completely off, but I always thought that what the said as kids was "you can count on me".
posted by backwards guitar at 11:21 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
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Terry: C'mon Sammy. You can trust me. C'mon Sammy, look at me. Look at me. Hey Sammy, remember when we were kids? Remember what we used to always say to each other?
Sammy: Of course I do.
Terry: Remember when we were kids?
The two embrace.
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I could be completely off, but I always thought that what the said as kids was "you can count on me".
posted by backwards guitar at 11:21 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Private Joker: Are those... live rounds?
Private Gomer Pyle: Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket.
posted by Skot at 11:26 AM on August 9, 2010
Private Gomer Pyle: Seven-six-two millimeter. Full metal jacket.
posted by Skot at 11:26 AM on August 9, 2010
Cobb: What do you want?
Saito: Inception. Is it possible?
posted by jrishel at 11:28 AM on August 9, 2010
Saito: Inception. Is it possible?
posted by jrishel at 11:28 AM on August 9, 2010
A character states the name of the film during a conversation in Inland Empire. He is explaining something, I think, but it is perhaps directly in response to his companion. I can't recall exactly now and it's not mentioned on the TV Tropes page.
posted by yz at 11:43 AM on August 9, 2010
posted by yz at 11:43 AM on August 9, 2010
Family Guy riffs on this phenomona.
Superman: The only way for me to resolve this crisis is to be Superman IV - The Quest for peace.
Peter Griffin: Oh - That's why they call it that.
Also - There was a
posted by seanyboy at 11:44 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Superman: The only way for me to resolve this crisis is to be Superman IV - The Quest for peace.
Peter Griffin: Oh - That's why they call it that.
Also - There was a
posted by seanyboy at 11:44 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
God. I suck at HTML.
posted by seanyboy at 11:48 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by seanyboy at 11:48 AM on August 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is not quite the question/answer format you're looking for, but it's close. At the end of the movie While You Were Sleeping, the main character says (in a voice over) something along the lines of:
Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack, and I told him, "It was while you were sleeping."
posted by cider at 11:49 AM on August 9, 2010
Peter once asked me when I fell in love with Jack, and I told him, "It was while you were sleeping."
posted by cider at 11:49 AM on August 9, 2010
I think the OP is looking for something way more specific than "character says the name of the movie in a line of dialogue".
I think this is more in line with the intent:
"Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge." (Rob Lowe, to a suicidal Demi Moore in St. Elmo's Fire)
posted by mkultra at 12:18 PM on August 9, 2010
I think this is more in line with the intent:
"Jules, y'know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge." (Rob Lowe, to a suicidal Demi Moore in St. Elmo's Fire)
posted by mkultra at 12:18 PM on August 9, 2010
Brian Johnson: Does that answer your question?... Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.
posted by blue_beetle at 12:25 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by blue_beetle at 12:25 PM on August 9, 2010
Sidney Poitier's character in In the Heat of the Night (1967) did this, but IN THE FUTURE.
He starred in the film In the Heat of the Night as a character named Mr. Tibbs. From that film:
- What do they call you up there?
- They call me Mister Tibbs!
and then 3 years later he starred in a film titled They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
posted by iconomy at 12:57 PM on August 9, 2010
He starred in the film In the Heat of the Night as a character named Mr. Tibbs. From that film:
- What do they call you up there?
- They call me Mister Tibbs!
and then 3 years later he starred in a film titled They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
posted by iconomy at 12:57 PM on August 9, 2010
This might not be verbatim, but:
"You wanna take his face?"
"Yes. His face...off!"
posted by tetralix at 1:46 PM on August 9, 2010
"You wanna take his face?"
"Yes. His face...off!"
posted by tetralix at 1:46 PM on August 9, 2010
Oh man, I can't believe I forgot this gem:
"It must be some kind of... Hot Tub Time Machine!"
posted by mkultra at 2:33 PM on August 9, 2010
"It must be some kind of... Hot Tub Time Machine!"
posted by mkultra at 2:33 PM on August 9, 2010
I am really impressed at the feats of recall displayed in this thread!
posted by Sutekh at 2:55 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Sutekh at 2:55 PM on August 9, 2010
Don Corleone: Do I have your loyalty?
Clemenza: Yes, always Godfather.
posted by Sutekh at 3:03 PM on August 9, 2010
Clemenza: Yes, always Godfather.
posted by Sutekh at 3:03 PM on August 9, 2010
'Forget it Jake, it's just Chinatown'....
posted by Mintyblonde at 4:07 PM on August 9, 2010
posted by Mintyblonde at 4:07 PM on August 9, 2010
TV example, from Buffy, from the third season premiere "Anne."
Scary monster guy is browbeating new slaves in a hell dimension, going down the line asking them "Who are you?" and beating them until they answer "I'm no one.". Gets to Buffy:
"Who are you?"
"I'm Buffy, the vampire slayer. And you are?"
*ass kicking commences*
posted by yellowbinder at 6:48 PM on August 9, 2010
Scary monster guy is browbeating new slaves in a hell dimension, going down the line asking them "Who are you?" and beating them until they answer "I'm no one.". Gets to Buffy:
"Who are you?"
"I'm Buffy, the vampire slayer. And you are?"
*ass kicking commences*
posted by yellowbinder at 6:48 PM on August 9, 2010
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Maverick: I thought of being an instructor, sir.
Stinger: Top Gun?
Maverick: Yes, sir.
Stinger: God help us.
posted by bgrebs at 10:21 AM on August 9, 2010