What is the most UNINTENTIONALLY FUNNY line in movie history?

[battleknight24]

My vote:

"I love the Power Glove. It's so bad."

Spoken by Lucas in THE WIZARD, (1989)



Tons of people view this movie as one big commercial for Nintendo, and maybe that was the main intent, but it has a really depressing story line beneath the surface. Corey's (Fred Savage) biological mother is not in his life, his half-brother Jimmy, the wizard, watched his little sister drown, and Haley (Jenny Lewis) has no family close to her.

Whenever I watch this movie, I always get a little choked up near the end... not the part of video game competition.


Peace,

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. I can only think of a really bad one from television:

"Get the cheese to Sick Bay." -Captain Janeway, Star Trek: Voyager.

wow wow wow.

[sarge43]

10. I have to ask

:wtf:

[Fire Walk With Me]

75. Some exotic food brought onto the ship causes the organic computer to decay.

That doesn't help, though, does it?

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. "I just went gay all of a sudden" - Cary Grant

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Ah

Bringing Up Baby. One of the best.

[BarenakedLady]

69. Slapstick at it's finest.

:thumbsup:

Plus Katharine Hepburn...I mean, come on!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. That's the first one that came to my mind, too

Although it may not have been unintentional. I believe "gay" was an in-group word long before it was known to the general public, so it may have been a "sneak that one past the censors" moment.

[Westegg]

49. Agreed. Definite "subtext" there...

...although that subtext is rather right-on-the-surface, innit? The term "gay" for homosexual was indeed known and used in the 1930s, though not generally. This was a sly one indeed. I love it!

[BurtWorm]

42. There's a good possibility it was intentional.

At least from what I've heard.

[KitchenWitch]

3. "I love the smell of Napalm in the morning" - Apocalypse Now

[Westegg]

50. I don't think that's unintentional...

...I think it's Coppola (and writer John Milius) putting a seemingly absurdist statement into the midst of this horrible battle scene precisely because it shows the surreal madness of the conflict. It's no more unintentional than this line from the very same scene: "Well that's good, soldier, because you either surf, or fight!"

[FloridaJudy]

5. "Thou art beautiful in thy wrath,

Tartar wench!"

The Conqueror: John Wayne as Genghis Kahn (I am not making this up!). One of the unintentionally funniest movies ever made.

Also "Beware of Sodomite patrols!" - the first line from 1962's "Sodom and Gomorrah" - is a classic.

[Recovered Repug]

7. "Oh man, I just shot Marvin in the face"

I don't know if it was supposed to be funny (especially to Marvin), but the delivery always kills me.

[StrongBad]

26. Good choice n/t

[sharp_stick]

33. The delivery and the brains all over his head

I find that movie a laugh riot almost from start to finish.

[sarge43]

8. So many to choose from in this flick, but this is my fave

"Oh Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool."

Yup. The Ten Commandments.

[long_green]

90. My fave from "Commandments"...

"I wish every day were a shearing festival!"

[alphafemale]

9. "No Wire Hangers, EVERRRRRR!!!!"

Of course that whole movie is unintentionally hysterical.

[meegbear]

11. A classic!

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

12. "Mommie Dearest" is a treasure trove of hilarious dialogue.

"Tina...bring me the ax!"

[Mad_Dem_X]

13. "Don't f*ck with me, fellas!

This ain't my first time at the rodeo." :rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

52. I've been trying to work that line into casual dialogue

but I can't seem to find a good window for it!:rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

41. I ALWAYS feel compelled to shout that line when it comes up.

:rofl: And it's this really tiny tree, too. One that she could have just kicked over. And wasn't it potted?

[racaulk]

30. Totally agree!

That whole movie is so over the top (especially Faye Dunaway's acting) that it's hysterically funny, even though it was intended to be a serious drama.

"I should have known you'd know where to find the boys AND the booze!"

:rofl:

[Sugar Smack]

43. I ADORE that movie for the same reason.

:rofl: "I'm...not...one...of your...FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[alphafemale]

80. Making some scenes all the more hilarious is that they didn't cast a young teen Christina.

No. Let's let this grown woman in her mid-twenties play the role from the young teen through the rest of the movie.

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

14. "Today's a good day for an exorcism"

or was that intentionally funny?

[av8rdave]

15. "I could make that a unicorn."

An otherwise horrible film, but that line was almost worth it.

Can anyone guess the picture?

[Auggie]

16. "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."

[LynneSin]

17. Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash.

Top Gun is such a classic!

[skypilot]

18. Can't think of...

...a funny line right now but the most unintentionally funny scene was in the Julia Roberts flick Sleeping with the Enemy. It was a scene near the end where she realizes that the abusive, anal retentive husband she fled from earlier in the movie has tracked her down and has been in her home. How does she know that he has tracked her down and been in her home? Because she opens a kitchen cabinet and sees that he has straightened all of her canned goods.

[soleft]

19. I don't know, but I bet its from Show Girls

[ironflange]

91. Any line from that movie would qualify

Not to mention that scene in the swimming pool.

:rofl:

[jobendorfer]

20. "Be careful -- there' s no sense being killed by a plant"

from _Day of the Triffids_.

Well, I guess ya had to be there.

J.

[undeterred]

21. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner"

from Dirty Dancing. Somewhat equal to Patrick Swayze's acting skills at the time. (Although his dancing skills are heavenly.)

[Pale Blue Dot]

22. Swayze himself hated that line.

I remember reading an interview with him in which he talked about what a crap line that was.

[undeterred]

27. Maybe the writers were on strike.

:shrug:

[unpossibles]

23. "Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?"

or perhaps “He’s got too much of his father in him.”

I love the original Star Wars trilogy, but Lucas is a crap writer.

[tigereye]

46. every time I see Luke blast the death star

I can't ignore all the sexual subtext and wonder if there's a bit of a wink and a nod, there.

[unpossibles]

48. my friend wrote a paper in college about that

how the X-wing and Y-wing fighters were competing for the giant egg, and only one could have the successful shot. I think the trench was mentioned as well as the Tie Fighters being like birth control.

[tigereye]

81. gotta love post-modernism!

:rofl:


I wonder if there's some commentary from Lucas somewhere that supports it...

[northzax]

47. or maybe...

"you came in that thing? you're braver than I thought"

or...

"Back door, huh? Good idea!"

or, perhaps the greatest of all time...

"Wedge, pull out, you aren't doing any good back there!"

[FVZA_Colonel]

92. He was really at his best when he had people AND technology to restrain him.

When those things vanished, well... the fucking Prequel trilogy happens, with some exceptions for parts of Episode Three (the few parts that were genuinely bad ass).

[unpossibles]

103. agreed

I think his success with the trilogy and its effect on a generation (or two) went to his head. Three had some great moments, but they were often overshadowed by the awful ones ("NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!")

[texas1928]

24. "Asshole? I am not the one that just got buttfucked on National TV. DWAYNE"

or...


"David, kill the Queen!"
"What?!?"
"the Jukebox!"

[quip]

25. "THAT GUY'S NUTS! GRAB'M!'

The End.

[Kashka-Kat]

28. "An intellectual carrot? The mind boggles." The Thing, 1950s sci fi

[Deep13]

29. "Ramses, have the days of darkness made you see the light?"

Charlton Heston as Moses in the 10 Commandments. The whole mood is so grave until he drops that silly line.

[havocmom]

31. Every single line in The Blair Witch Project

We laughed our asses off during the whole movie. No drugs or alcohol involved.

[Dr. Strange]

32. Plan Nine From Outer Space

One thing's sure. Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered. And somebody's responsible!

Let's not jump to conclusions, there, slick--maybe he was murdered on accident.

We contacted government officials. They refuse our existence.

I refuse to believe that.

The saucers are up there. And the cemetery's out there. But I'll be locked up in there. Now off to your wild blue yonders.

There, there.

Larry, you'll be out of that uniform before you know it.

I don't remember a foot-tapping bathroom scene in this movie!

Stronger. You see!? You see!? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!

Hey, buddy, you flew all the way here in a spaceship without packing a fire extinguisher. I wouldn't be throwing around the word "stupid." Aliens who fly in glass space ships and all...

Col. Edwards: This is the most fantastic story I've ever heard.
Jeff: And every word of it's true, too.
Col. Edwards: That's the fantastic part of it.

That's some fantastic dialogue!


And from another Ed Wood classic, The Violent Years

They're shooting back!

Whoda thunk that shooting at cops could result in such consequences?!

[SacredCow]

34. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner..."

I found "Dirty Dancing" to be difficult to sit through- formula-derived movies like that just bore me to tears. But when he said that line, and it was obviously supposed to sound all serious and crap, I just lost it. :rofl:

Apparently, Patrick Swayze thought the same thing...

[bookworm65t]

35. "I'm a virgin. I don't know if that is bad or good."

Spoken by Bo Derek in Tarzan The Ape Man".(1982) Worst jungle movie ever. The read tragedy was that it also starred George Kennedy and Richard Harris. Both must have needed the money very badly to be in this turkey.

My sisters and I used to watch this on cable all the time because it was so unintentionally hilarious.

[BrotherBuzz]

36. "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

[Shakespeare]

59. I think that one was quite intentionally funny. n/t

[BrotherBuzz]

64. Tell that to Bluto. He was very Series!1!!11

:rofl:

[quip]

37. Lighten up, Francis

[Westegg]

51. "Stripes"! I say this all the time...

...and I always get back, "Why are you calling me Francis?"

It's because you're acting like a friggin' psycho, okay?

"Nobody touches my stuff. If you do-- I'll kill ya."

[quip]

56. You have MQS! (Movie Quote Syndrome)

Westegg, you are a good egg! :P And you are into Tap as well? You're a winnah! :pals:

[Westegg]

60. Not just a syndrome, an actual disease...

...and quite debilitating at times, as it draws blank, uncomprehending stares from so many of the people I converse with. (I also have "rock quote syndrome," constantly quoting from songs.)

[quip]

62. You mustn't let the ignorance of the unwashed masses discourage you!

Quoting rock, however, can get one into trouble, depending upon what one chooses to cite.... :D

[Westegg]

67. It's usually something obscure, like...

..."Every other car is stacked and every other wall is cracked/But Baxter's is booming."

Or, from the same album: "No man is an island/He's a peninsula-insula-insula..."

[quip]

70. Well, to be fair, it's hard to keep track of a band that keeps changing its name all of the time!

:rofl:

[Westegg]

71. "WE BUILT THIS CITY!..."

...is another one I'm prone to interject at the most inopportune moments, along with, "He said 'Hold a dollar bill up to the mirror/And I'll tell you somethin' funny'..."

[quip]

38. What's wrong with being sexy?

Or virtually ANY line from This is Spinal Tap. :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

53. Never heard of it.

This band?

[quip]

54. That band? Never heard of them.

[Dr. Strange]

55. How could you have never heard of them?!?eleven??!

They have a reputation as one of DU's loudest bands!

Speaking of which, check out what I found:

[quip]

58. BAAAAAAH!!!!ELEVEN!! <= That is friggin HIGH-larious!!!!!ELEVEN!! I'm using it from now on!

And you'll have to speak up-- I can't hear over all of that noise! (That's the Majesty of Rock, the fantasy of Roll) :headbang:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

39. The last line (in English) of a popular Japanese film

This will require some explanation.

In 1977, there was a Japanese movie called "Ningen no Shoumei" or "Proof of Humanity."

It starts with a half-black entertainer being found murdered in the elevator of a Tokyo hotel (Played by the Hotel New Otani). The Japanese detective in charge of the investigation goes to New York to try to find the victim's American G.I. father, and during the course of his travels, two New York cops, played by George Kennedy and Broderick Crawford(!) take him around to various bars in Harlem.

The mystery is finally solved back in Japan, but there's an epilogue: George Kennedy is, for unknown reasons, wandering around alone in a burnt-out block of what looks like the South Bronx, when all of a sudden, a black man jumps out from behind a building and stabs George Kennedy to death shouting, "Japanese lover!"

By the way, that last scene was typical of the incredible hokeyness of the film as a whole. It has not been released in this country, and I don't have to wonder why.

[FloridaJudy]

57. "Why is everyone leaving Tokyo?"

"Godzilla".

From the original movie. That had to qualify as one of the most inane questions and obvious answers of all time.

[skypilot]

40. "I'm not of woman born...

...and I'm gonna kill ya."--Peter Boyle in "Men of Respect"

[NoGOPZone]

44. Any line from Showgirls nt

[azmouse]

45. "I've been to another planet, Ma."

From 'The Last Starfighter'.


MrMouse and I still use that line whenever we need a good laugh.

[quip]

72. Love that movie!

[underpants]

61. "The polar bear fell on me"

Last line of Roadhouse

[J-Lo Biafra]

63. "Look sir, droids!"

For some reason, I always thought that was a silly line.

[ET Awful]

95. Especially when you consider that he was holding up a metal washer or something . . .

like droids shed parts all day long :P

[Submariner]

65. Bill Murray to Dustin Hoffman in the movie "Tootsie"

"Youuu Slut!

[Westegg]

66. "You're what this is all about." ...

...Colonel Mike Kirby (John Wayne) to the South Vietnamese orphan boy in "The Green Berets" (1967).

Now that's what I'M talking about when it comes to Unintentionally Funny movie lines, baby!

[Deep13]

68. "God didn't make Rambo. I did."

That and all of Col. Troutman's over the top uber-macho lines.

[geardaddy]

73. Don't know if this was unintentional

but I always found it funny.

From River's Edge

Layne (Crispin Glover): This is like some fuckin' movie. Friends since second grade, fuckin' like THIS (crosses fingers) and then one of us gets himself in potentially BIG trouble, and now we've gotta deal with it; we've got to test our loyalty against ALL odds. It's kind of... exciting. I feel like... Chuck Norris, y'know?

[Chovexani]

74. 70+ posts and no one mentions the first X-Men movie?

I'm ashamed of you, Lounge.

(Also I LOVE THE WIZARD OMG. :loveya:)

[alphafemale]

76. Another fav of mine "This IS SPARTA!" AAAIIIIEEEE!!

I laughed out loud, and replayed that scene several times before proceeding with the movie.

[Arkham House]

77. From *King Richard and the Crusaders*--

...war, war, war! That's all you ever think about, Dickie Plantagenet!

[trof]

78. "Yondah is de castle of my fahdah."

Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) with (evidently) no dialog coach in some swashbuckling potboiler whose name escapes me now.
It was definitely forgettable.

[Hardrada]

93. The movie was Taras Bulba

and it was about the Cossacks (good or anyway OK) versus the Poles (treacherous and bad).

[hisownpetard]

79. "I don't know you, and I'm very busy."

Gregory Peck to a telephone caller, in "Gaslight," before he hangs up on them.

[pokerfan]

82. From Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

McCoy: You're hiding. Hiding behind rules and regulations.
Kirk: Who am I hiding from?
McCoy: From yourself, Admiral.
Kirk: Don't mince words, Bones. What do you really think?

It was either the cheesy script or the way the Shat delivered the line, but everyone in the theater laughed.

[Skittles]

83. "Now you get outta my way 'cause I got a MAN waiting for me!"

the Judy Garland-character in Valley of the Dolls, right before Neely tears off her wig. :D

[JVS]

84. What happened to the kid's voice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjE2z_x5k8

[GRLMGC]

85. "Bees! Bees! Millions of bees!"

Delivered in a monotone voice.

[Strawman]

86. Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol"

When Scrooge brings the goose and Tiny Tim says: "I'd like to stroke it!"

My sister and I always got a good laugh at that one when it was inevitably on our family TV around the holidays.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

87. I am a golden god

from Almost Famous

[Patsy Stone]

88. "But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters."

Luke, you're such a whiner.

[skater314159]

89. "I can make The Kessel Run In 12 Parsecs"

It's either funny or annoying... can't decide which.

:eyes:

[DarkTirade]

104. It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.

Jeez, get it right. :P

[Hardrada]

94. "It's quiet tonight. It's too quiet. I don't like it."

This line is in just about every White Man Outpost in the Jungle flick there is and always cracks me up.

[Auggie]

96. "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it."

Bogart says it in The Maltese Falcon.

[Perry Logan]

97. "Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn."

[Perry Logan]

98. "Use your feelings, Luke."

NO! Use your instruments, Luke!

[DarkTirade]

105. They did that in Thumb Wars

"I will use the power of the thumb."

"Use the instrument panel, Loke."

"What?"

"The instrument panel. Machinery designed to hit very small targets."

"Oh."

[Frank Cannon]

99. NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I actually laughed out loud in the theater at that line.

It's amazing how many of these unintentionally funny quotes come from the Star Wars movies.

[Snarkturian Clone]

100. This one is from TV, not a movie, but

it's good. Remember in Star Trek: The Next Generation, episode "Q Who" when they are kicked into deep space by Q and Guinan warns to get the fuck out (because of the Borg), the next captain's log is:

"Despite Guinan's warning, I feel compelled to investigate this unexplored sector of the galaxy before heading back."

I laugh and laugh every time I see it because if he just turned his ass around and headed home, he would not have encountered the Borg. Of course, Guinan could have been a little more specific.

[Road Scholar]

101. "Pimpleton what in the hell ae you doing here? I thought you said your part!!"

"Git him outta here"
John Wayne to George Plimpton on the set of Rio Lobo. 1970

[Amerigo Vespucci]

102. "You...COMPLETE...me."

[CBHagman]

106. I think Fred Astaire said this in "The Bandwagon" (1953)

"What's happened to Times Square?" I first heard that line in at a movie theater in the student union, and a huge laugh went up from the audience. It was the 1970s, and lot of the students at the university were New Yorkers and would have known that Times Square was, at that point, in a particularly sleazy state and nothing like the colorful and benign place encountered by Astaire in the movie.

[badgerpup]

107. Dune..."So beautiful!"

Paul upon seeing Chani for the first time...
:loveya:


Only she's got a tube up her nose, her face partly obscured, her hair screwed up in a bun, and she's pointing a gun at him...
:rofl: