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- Published October 18, 2007 - 123 Comments
We all love film quotations but some of the most famous ones are actually misquotes of the original. This is a list of the top 15 film misquotes.
1. Dracula
Misquote: I want to suck your blood!
This quote, usually attributed to Bela Lugosi who played Dracula in 1931, was actually never spoken by Lugosi. However, it was used for humor in Tim Burton’s 1994 Ed Wood. Muahaha!
2. Frankenstein
Misquote: He’s Alive!
The actual phrase used is “It’s Alive”. This is true of both the original 1931 film and the comedy version in 1974 starring Gene Wilder.
3. Cagney
Misquote: You dirty rat!
Attributed to James Cagney, he never said this line in a movie. The closest he ever came to saying this phrase was “Mmm, that dirty, double-crossin’ rat”, in the 1931 Blonde Crazy.
4. Tarzan
Misquote: Me Tarzan, you Jane!
As believable as it seems, this line was not spoken in the 1932 film Tarzan, the Ape Man. Here is what was actually said:
Tarzan: (he points at her) Jane.
Jane: And you? (she points at him) You?
Tarzan: (stabbing himself proudly in the chest) Tarzan, Tarzan.
Jane: (emphasizing his correct response) Tarzan.
Tarzan: (poking back and forth each time) Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan…
Ah, such eloquence!
5. Darling Buds of Mae
Misquote: Come up and see me sometime.
Close but not close enough. What Mae West actually said in She Done Him Wrong (1933) was “Why don’t you come up sometime ‘n see me?”
6. Bengal Lancer
Misquote: “We have ways of making you talk.”
This is allegedly from the 1935 film Lives of a Bengal Lancer. The actual statement was “We have ways of making men talk.”
7. Snow White
Misquote: “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
This is an incorrect quotation. In Disney’s animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the wicked Queen asked: “Magic Mirror on the Wall, who is the Fairest one of all?”
8. Elementary
Misquote: “Elementary, my dear Watson!”
This is a big misquote – because Sherlock Holmes never said it – at least not in any of the books! This quote was rather found in a film review in the New York Times on October 19, 1929. It became popularized only after its trademark use in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) (the first Holmes film with sound), with Clive Brook and H. Reeves-Smith.
9. Casablanca
Misquote: “Play it again, Sam”
This is often believed to have been said by Bogart in Casablanca. In fact, he closest Bogart came to the phrase was this: “You played it for her, you can play it for me…If she can stand it, I can. Play it!” Interestingly, Ingrid Bergman’s character comes closest when she says: “Play it, Sam.”
10. White Heat!
Misquote: “Top of the world, Ma!”
Nope, before the tank explodes, James Cagney, in white heat, actually says: “Made it, Ma. Top of the world!”
11. Star Wars
Misquote: May the Force be With You
This quote is wrongly attributed to Obi Wan Kenobi who actually said: “The Force will be with you…always”, and “Remember, the Force will be with you…always”. Han Solo, on the other hand, did say this at one point in the film.
12. Star Trek
Misquote: “Beam me up, Scotty!”
This line was never uttered by Captain Kirk in Star Trek. The closest he ever came was “Scotty, beam me up”.
13. Forrest Gump
Misquote: “My mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
Okay – it is a minor point, but he actually says “Life was like a box of chocolates.”
14. Apollo 13
Misquote: “Houston, we have a problem.”
Also sometimes misquoted as: “Houston, we’ve got a problem.” Both are wrong. The correct historical phrase was: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
15. Badges
Misquote: “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”
In its original form in director John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), it was actually: “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”
Bonus: Star Wars
Misquote: “Luke, I am your father”
Commonly believed to have been said by Darth Vader, this quote did not actually occur at all. The actual quote was “No, I am your father” and it was not even delivered on camera – it was dubbed in later; what was originally said on camera was “Obi-Wan killed your father”.
Sources: Great Film Misquotes
October 18th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Wow, interesting list! I have never seen Casablanca (*gasp* scandal!) but I still could have sworn that I had heard that line played in some kind of montage. Crazy. =p
October 18th, 2007 at 8:39 am
I’ll have to disagree with you on the Star Wars line: May the Force be with You. This was a tag line from the movie, used on posters and such. It may not have been used in the movie but it was used for merchandising.
October 18th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Dan-the star wars line was used in the sequals by Han as well as others but obi wan never said it which is what is being implied
October 18th, 2007 at 8:53 am
I think that the sentence that most people quote wrong, is the sentence “Luke, I’m your father”. Darth Vader doesn’t actually say this.
Luke says that he (Darth Vader) has killed his father and DV answers with: “No. *I* am your father.”
EDIT: here’s the proof:
October 18th, 2007 at 8:57 am
^^ Good point, a lot of people do get that wrong as well. Should be an honorable mention at least
October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Martin is right, I was just going to post that before I read his. My friend is a Star Wars superfan and constantly corrects people on this error.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Gee – how did I know that Star Wars would be the main topic of discussion on this post?
October 18th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Juggz- fair enough
October 18th, 2007 at 9:40 am
Jamie: Because Star Wars rules!
October 18th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Juggz: hehe very unbiased
October 18th, 2007 at 10:10 am
On a non Star Wars note, I use “Badges” all the time. So what if it’s wrong.
Jeremy Brett was the best Sherlock Holmes ever. Now if I can just save up the money for that massive DVD box set. I’m not sure but I think he says the line a few times in that series.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Jamie: What? I though it was fact!
But I’m one of those wierdos who loves the prequals to.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:23 am
i’m not quite sure what it says about me but i’m familiar w/ all these misquotes. *sigh* maybe i should get out more?
October 18th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Sean the pryo: it is said in adaptations of the books – but it is not said at all in the books – so it is a film misquoting a book to be exact.
Juggz: hehe – I lost you at the prequels though sorry. Shame on you!
Cyn: maybe you should just rent foreign films and turn off the subtitles? Less likely to get quotes stuck in your head
October 18th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Since you are the top commentor on here, I would agree that you need to get out more lol.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Sean the pryo: haha – poor Cyn!
October 18th, 2007 at 10:38 am
okay..i am a quote hound so there’s that. as for Sean..i can not live w/out listverse. i would sooner die than not keep up here and comment.
uh…too dramatic? *wink*
October 18th, 2007 at 10:40 am
Regarding the “Badges” quote, it was used in Blazing Saddles.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Jamie: I wont say the acting was top notch and there were mistakes made. But i thought the prequals fleshed out the story line enough and made it a very well rounded story.
October 18th, 2007 at 11:27 am
One can’t forget “Dirty Harry”. “Do you feel lucky, punk?” was never said by Eastwood. I have seen this in print, internet articles, on t-shirts… it drives me crazy when people use movie quotes wrong. Most of the time, these are the same people who think that the only quotes worth (mis)using are the ones used in the trailer. These are the same morons, that when asked what their favorite part of a movie was, will invariably select a scene that was prominent in the trailer. Why do they bother seeing the entire movie, when obviously, all that is remembered are scenes/quotes from the trailer?
Harry Callahan: I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
October 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am
Another hack list… Jeez whats going on here? Whoever wrote this was MAJORLY stretching on some of those. Especially #’s 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
tekno: Thanks for the comment. As far as number 5 goes, I have never heard it quoted correctly so it seemed a worthy inclusion. And don’t forget – a quote is meant to be verbatim – so they all technically fit
October 18th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
juggz: I must confess I did enjoy number 1 – but not 2 and 3 so much.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Cary Grant’s alleged “Judy, Judy, Judy” is another famous-quote-never-said.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Ill admit it Im just a sucker for lightsabers, i supose it doesn’t mater who is swinging them or what there saying while swinging them. You have to admit though that Darth Maul was awesome.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
The big one for me is from “Sunset Boulevard.”
The quote, “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille,” is never uttered.
It’s “And now, Mr. DeMille, I am ready for my close-up.”
October 18th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
this list sucks. how old are the people who wrote it – 75? i’m 35, so i’m not young, but this list has absolutely no relevance to me, or anyone else my age.
October 18th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
The cleaned up the original Badges quote for the movie actually.
While they listed the 1948 movie as the source, the original source from the 1927 book was:
“”Badges, to ***-****** **** with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don’t need badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges, you ***-****** ****** and *****’ tu madre! Come out there from that ****-**** of yours. I have to speak to you.”
Full quote can be found on wikipedia
October 18th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
“We don’t need no stinkin badges.” comes from one of my all time favorites:
BLAZING SADDLES
October 18th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
Tissot- you have to be the most mature 35 year old I have had the pleasure of meeting. /sarcasm
October 18th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
I forgot all about blazing saddles, how could I miss that.
October 18th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
One of the biggest is from The Empire Strikes Back. The line, “No, I am your father” is always misquoted as Luke, I am your father.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
I don’t know about the Snow White quote. It may never have been said in the film, but the story has been around for hundreds of years pre-dating the film.
October 18th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
a fun list, yup. It’s gotta be they way of reducing to a jist or to a catch- phrase- sreamlining the basic essence of the form. Or like it says simple…”misquotes”
I dont see Casablanca t-shirts or Hallmark cards selling well with the caption under Bogart’s mug, saying “You played it for her, you can play it for me…If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”
then again, maybe.
October 18th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
#15 was actually used in Blazing Saddles.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Yeah, I agree with TTFK, I was going to make the same point that #15 is used in Blazing Saddles(Mel Brooks classic) when Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) is recruiting an army to run the Sheriff out of town.
Two thirds or so into the movie.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Can’t believe ‘No Luke, I am your father’ isn’t on the list.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:11 am
where the hell was the infamous “luke, i’m your father line”?
October 19th, 2007 at 12:18 am
I’m not quite sure about the Frankenstein misquote. I’ve never heard anyone say “He’s alive!” instead of “It’s alive!”
October 19th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Okay – due to popular demand (and rather angry commenters) I have put “Luke, I am your father” on the list! enjoy.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Diogenes: great comment
October 19th, 2007 at 12:47 am
If you’re going with the historical verson of the Apollo 13 quote you have to remember there’s an “origianal” version of the Snow White quote in the fairytale, and your “misquote” is the exact translation of the brothers Grimm’s German original.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Cecilia: hehe okay – either way, someone is misquoting something in Snow White history
October 19th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Another misquote is “Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?”
October 19th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Misquote: “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”
this is not a misquote, it was said like this in the film Blazing Saddles.
October 19th, 2007 at 5:44 am
“Play it Again, Sam” is not a misquote exactly: there is a point later in the film where Rick leans into Sam’s ear and whispers something. Sam glances at him with pity, then relents. Due to the brilliant screenplay and the restraint of the director the line was there but not heard… and audiences loved it because they were “in” on the whisper — they didn’t need to hear it, because they heard it in his head. Most current directors would Foley in the line, and is yet more more example of why this is one of the best films of all time.
October 19th, 2007 at 5:49 am
I think it’s worth noting that one of the best films in history isnt even on this list.
“Hello, Clarice” is one of the most popular quotes from The Silence of The Lambs and it was NEVER said in the film. Hannibal either says “Good evening Clarice” or he just goes right into his hyper-intelligent clues.
October 19th, 2007 at 6:01 am
Great list but I have to agree with MarcDom7 that the line from Sunset Blvd. is missing.
I’m not sure but maybe Woody Allen’s Play It Again, Sam popularized the line of the same name.
The actual German quote from Snow White is “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand, wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?” (Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most beautiful in the country?) I know the word-for-word translation isn’t very catchy.
And yes, Star Wars rules (even the prequels)!!!
October 19th, 2007 at 6:38 am
I thought the title was Top 15 film mosquitos.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have clicked it…
October 19th, 2007 at 7:02 am
I’m glad so many people are aware that Darth Vader never says “Luke, I am your father!”
Being as that my name is Luke, I constantly hear people misquote that line (and with very bad Darth Vader impressions at that).
October 19th, 2007 at 7:10 am
Staaxyo: heh I hope you didn’t mind the content anyway
Luke: Haha – I can just imagine what you are describing. Tell your friends to come here to sort them out
October 19th, 2007 at 8:03 am
jamie, this list is on today’s IMDB hit list at the bottom
October 19th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Jackie: wow – how exciting – thanks for pointing that out
I love IMDB.
October 19th, 2007 at 8:13 am
how cool to be on IMDB! congrats.
October 19th, 2007 at 8:22 am
What about “Frankly, Scarlett, I don’t give a damn”? In Gone with the Wind (both the book and the movie) the phrase is correctly “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
Just a bit of info to break up all the Star Wars commentary…
October 19th, 2007 at 8:48 am
its nice to see that people are as weird as me about misquoting…..it drives me insane when people misquote a beloved movie…..I feel the need to correct them and then I become a freak
October 19th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Donna: I have never heard it at “Frankly Scarlet”. Everytime I hear it quoted it IS quotes as “Frankly My Dear”
October 19th, 2007 at 9:04 am
cyn: thanks
K: Welcome to the site – we are all freaks so it is okay
October 19th, 2007 at 9:59 am
I agree with most of these but I think Forrest Gump IS splitting hairs! And, as someone whose mother was one of the biggest Star Trek fans ever, I grew up knowing “Beam me up, Scotty,” was incorrect. It doesn’t even have a *ring* to it like some of the quotes do.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:00 am
PS – Staaxyo – that is hilarious!!! And I actually thought I read that at first, too! I was like, “Mosquitos? What the…?”
October 19th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Good list, thanks. Two quibbles:
The phrase “May the Force be with you.” does not occur in Episode IV. The first person in the original trilogy to say it is the dispatch chick in the Hoth base who’s telling the carriers when to leave – random nugget of memory from the Star Wars Trivial Pursuit game.
Also, the Apollo 13 quote – it’s on the poster as “Houston, we have a problem,” so while the movie may have misquoted history, it’s not a misquote from the movie.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:30 am
In the film Apollo 13, whether it is historically accurate or not, Tom Hanks does say “Houston, we have a problem.”
October 19th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Not a bad list, I was surprised that “Play it again, Sam” wasn’t #1. Two points – You say “before shooting himself, James Cagney, in white heat, actually says: ‘Made it, Ma. Top of the world!’ ” He doesn’t shoot himself. The gas storage tank he’s on explodes around him. (I think he might have been shooting it, but not himself.) Also, Donna said “In Gone with the Wind (both the book and the movie) the phrase is correctly ‘Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.’ ” Actually, in the book it’s just “My dear, I don’t give a damn.”
October 19th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Wow – we are suddenly getting inundated with brilliant comments – thanks guys
I will take all your points on board and consider them when making my next list! Don’t be too harsh on me – I am actually extraordinarily nice 
October 19th, 2007 at 11:04 am
johandav: Thank you for pointing that out – I must have been thinking of a top 10 suicides list when I wrote that line of text. I have corrected it!
October 19th, 2007 at 11:58 am
This list is sort of lame. Especially the Apollo 13. That’s not a film mis-quote. It may be different than what was said in history, but as far as films go,”houston, we have a problem” is a correct quote. And “may the force be with you” is not a misquote either. It is said in the star wars films. Who cares who said it. When people quote that line, they’re not specifically quoting obi wan.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
The Casablanca correction is actually STILL wrong. Though I’m not going to refute what Tom from DC said, I’ve always figured the misquote that most people know came from Ilsa’s line. What she says is not, “Play it, Sam,” but, “Play it once, Sam, for old time’s sake.”
October 19th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Hmmm. “life was like a box of chocolates” doesn’t make much sense.
October 20th, 2007 at 7:38 am
At least I know “May the schwartz be with you!” is correct.
Plus of course “I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate.”
October 20th, 2007 at 7:41 am
NeckRomancer: heh – I like the last one
October 20th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
“The actual quote was ‘No, I am your father’ and it was not even delivered on camera – it was dubbed in later…”
Umm, since James Earl Jones did Vader’s voice, but wasn’t wearing the Vader suit, weren’t ALL of Darth Vader’s lines “dubbed in later”?
October 20th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
here’s one you definitely left off.
“get away from her you bitch!” from aliens
i’ve heard this one misquoted as “stay away from her you bitch” so many times.
they even go so far as to make a reference to it in the film “scream 2″ which is bizarre in itself because somebody quotes it correctly and jamie kennedy’s film buff character corrects him with the incorrect version.
October 20th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Here’s one that was not mentioned and should have been. With Jaws a lot of people assume Roy Schedier’s line is “I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat”, when its actually “You’re gonna need a bigger boat”. Yeah. Good one.
October 21st, 2007 at 3:06 am
What about Field of Dreams? I haven’t seen that movie in at least fifteen years, but the famous line is not, “If you build it, they will come”, it’s “If you build it, he will come”.
October 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am
Chadster – In the context, “Life was like a box of chocolates” makes sense because he delivers the line in past tense. However, it is bad english because Forrest is quoting his mom. It’s a common grammatical error.
We are missing one of the major reasons why films are misquoted; because the original versions are classic lines, but either have mistakes in them that don’t mkae them quotable (like the “Gump” line) or they just aren’t all that catchy when repeated (like the “Sierra Madre” line). People just changed them to make them more quotable over the years.
I do have an issue with #1 though; I have heard people say “I vant to suck your blood” (pronounced with the “v”), but I don’t think I know anyone who thinks it came from the film itself.
October 21st, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Here’s another one: Cary Grant never said: “Judy, Judy, Judy.”
Perhaps some of these misquotes can be traced back to people impersonating celebrities. For instance, did Fernando Lamas ever really say: “You look Mahhvelous, Dahling?” I don’t think so, but that was Billy Crystal’s take on it, and it stuck.
I think (as Rev Ben and Diogenes said similarly,) these quotes get simplified and condensed and then they resonate more than the original.
October 21st, 2007 at 6:58 pm
I’ve also heard the ‘Gone with the Wind’ line several times as “Frankly, Scarlet…” instead of “Frankly, my dear…”
But, the “Scarlet” version of the line does exist in movie history. It was used by Wodsworth in the movie “Clue”, a much more entertaining film in my opinion.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:36 pm
I am reliably informed from “The Star Trek Concordance” that the line “Beam me up Scottie” was actually used in the 1973/4 animated Star Trek series. As such it is not a misquote.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:53 pm
We don’t need no stinkin’ badges was in Blazing Saddles.
October 21st, 2007 at 8:11 pm
The Snow White misquote comes from the original German story, “Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand, wer ist am schoensten in ganzen Land?” which literally translates to, “little mirror, little mirror on the wall, who’s most beautiful in all the land.” In any case, the original line (before Disney f****d it up was, “Mirror, mirror…”
October 21st, 2007 at 10:04 pm
One mis-quote that should have made it was from Wall Street. “Greed is good” is a major mis-quote. It’s actually, “…greed, for lack of a better word, is good”
October 21st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Talk about splitting hairs. Forest does say “was” but, on his mothers death bed she says “life is like a box of chocolates Forests,you nev….”
October 21st, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Excellent comments guys – thanks for all the clarifications and additions – this could easily have been a top 20!
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
My mind has been blown, am I just a figment of someone’s sick game? A game that forces people to believe they’ve heard something?! I’m just kidding. This was quite interesting.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:45 am
you know what, misquotes are not a bad thing. they are actualy really funny
October 31st, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Didn’t Han Solo say “May the force be with you” to Luke before the final Deathstar battle in Episode IV?
Why is it assumed that it was Obi Wan who was being quoted all these years?
November 4th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Actually, Cagney says “You dirty rat, I’m going to get rid of you just like you gave it to my brother” in the 1931 movie “Taxi!”
So the misquote should be “You dirty rat, you killed my bruddah!” which I think has gotten into the lexicon through a ninja turtle movie. And the correction is as above.
Enjoy!
November 4th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Carteeg Struve:
Wadsworth said “frankly, Scarlet….” because he was talking to Miss Scarlet….
There-in lies the joke no one seems to get but me.
Tim Curry is the master.
November 13th, 2007 at 3:24 am
I forgot the real line but another misquote from “Jaws” is Richard Dreyfus’ character saying “This was not a boating accident!” (while looking at a mangled body). What he actually says is something such as “This damage didn’t result from a boat.”
November 17th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I’ve also heard that HAL never said “Good morning, Dave”.
November 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
that star trek one still cracks me up…ive known that forever, i think i actually almost got into a fight with my 6th grade advisory teacher over that…ah good times good times
November 30th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Finally, FINALLY I find a website that FINALLY gets the Treasure of the Sierra Madre quote correct. When I first saw that movie I was SO DEPRESSED. I didn’t know when it was going to happen but I had an idea based on the pictures I had seen. When I heard the dialog my first reaction was WTF?!?!?! Then Dammit, they (every idiot who quotes this wrong) screwed it up again. Excellent JF most excellent. (Now you need lyrics misquotes, I know there is a website, so what. My wife told me “Do the Funky Lady” was “Dude Looks Like a Lady.” I like hers better.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Number 15 on the list is only HALF correct! The quote “Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!” is actually what the ORIGINAL line was in John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). However, in Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles (1974), the line uttered is actually “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!” as the ‘misquote’ says it is. Blazing Saddles is a movie that mainly makes fun of westerns and all the cliches involved with those kinds of films.
BOTH quotes are actually correct depending on which film you are referencing. That vast majority of the time, when people are saying and thinking of the line “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”, they are actually thinking of Blazing Saddles and not The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:50 am
Um this is really uninteresting! I mean come on most are one word or something…the first couple are really great but then…eck
December 20th, 2007 at 10:17 am
My friend is a huge star wars geek and corrects everybody all the time on those two quotes, its really frickin’ annoying.
December 27th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
I thought I would share this: When I was searching around for other interesting lists on this site I saw this one and misread it as “Top 10 Mosquitoes” (I actually do suffer from dyslexia).
Anyway when I saw Dracula it still made sense because of the blood sucking thing. But then it didn’t as I looked at the rest of the list. Anyway maybe other people with dyslexia out there can relate to this as well.
At lest this disability has taught me how to laugh at myself. Thank goodness for spell-check.
February 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Quick Question… In the Disney Tarzan, Didnt Tarzan say ” Me Tarzan You Jane” because then it wouldnt be a misquote would it?
March 4th, 2008 at 12:40 am
what about hannibal he never says hello clairese, instead he says good evening clairese
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
The “badges” line from Blazing Saddles was attempting to quote from Sierra Madre, but instead used the popular misquote. Same thing with the Disney Tarzan and the various spoofs of Casablanca.
A later film misquoting the original source is still a misquote
April 11th, 2008 at 12:04 am
Tarzan meets Jane
Actually when Jane met Tarzan in the jungle she was very attracted to him. She had wondered if ever in his life how he managed for sex. So Jane positioned herself before Tarzan
and explained to him what sex was.
She lifted up her skirt & laid down on the ground and spread her legs wide. “Here,” she said,”You must put it in here”.
“Oh, ungh see”. And hoofs Jane right in her love hole.
Horrified, rolling around on the ground moans “DO! me! properly!!”.
Tarzan removed his loincloth, stepped closer and said “first Tarzan check for BEEZ!”
July 5th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
You’re missing a KEY mis-quote from Star Wars….
“Impressive, most impressive…but you’re not a jedi yet”
It was NEVER SAID! This is what a “misquoted line” looks like, not using “was” instead of “is”.
The actual line, “Impressive, most impressive, Obi Wan has taught you well” is used by Vader in “The Empire Strikes Back” during the light-saber fight with Luke….the “you’re not a jedi yet” part comes in at a different point when he Vader says “The force is with you young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.”
September 29th, 2008 at 9:25 am
YES! Thank God for you including Snow White on here.
October 9th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
titanic – “i’m the king of the world”
November 30th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
what about the wizard of oz the line “fly my pretties fly” wasn’t said she said something like “fly fly”.
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 am
good
March 8th, 2009 at 12:30 am
wow…i’m so idiotic! I thought this was some list of famous film MOSQUITOS..-_-
March 8th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Badgers!! I don’t need no stinkin’ badgers!!! UHF – another great geek movie
March 12th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
No. 9 Casablanca, what’s interesting is that there was a woody allen movie called “play it again, sam” in 1972′
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:37 pm
The Silence of the Lambs..
“Hello, Clarice” is a misquote, it should have been ” Good Evening, Clarice”, when they met for the second time…
April 11th, 2009 at 8:04 am
What about “you sure do got a pretty mouth” from Deliverance? The line is actually “He’s got a real pretty mouth on him, don’t he?”
April 15th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I saw Star Wars in the southern U.S. where Darth Vader was heard to say “Luke, I am your father AND your uncle”!