63 Fun Facts About 90s Movie Quotes

Joe Pesci asks 'Funny like I'm a clown?' and 'I amuse you?' in which 1990 mob film?

Goodfellas: Pesci based the scene on a real exchange from his days as a waiter, when he told a mobster he was funny, and the dialogue was worked up in rehearsal improvisations with Scorsese.

Julia Roberts taunts a snooty shop assistant with 'Big mistake' and 'Huge!' in which 1990 film?

Pretty Woman: Vivian goes back to the Rodeo Drive boutique whose saleswomen turned her away for the way she looked, this time with her arms full of bags from other shops.

In which 1990 film does one lover answer 'I love you' with a single word: 'Ditto'?

Ghost: Sam always answers Molly's 'I love you' with 'Ditto', and in the final scene, as his spirit departs, he says the words and she replies 'Ditto'.

'Keep the change, ya filthy animal' comes from a fake gangster movie watched by a boy in which 1990 film?

Home Alone: the gangster picture Kevin plays to scare the pizza delivery man is not a real old movie; it was shot in a single day just before filming began, on black-and-white stock with period props.

Which 1990 comedy has Arnold Schwarzenegger shout 'It's not a tumor!'?

Kindergarten Cop: Los Angeles detective John Kimble, undercover as a teacher in a small Oregon town, snaps the line when a pupil suggests his headache might be one.

Which 1990 Stephen King adaptation features the chilling line 'I'm your number one fan'?

Misery: Kathy Bates won an Oscar as Annie Wilkes, who breaks her captive author's ankles with a sledgehammer; in King's novel she cuts off his foot with an axe.

Which film has Al Pacino growl 'Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in'?

The Godfather Part III: Michael Corleone says it as his attempt to take the family legitimate collapses, shortly before the strain brings on a diabetic stroke.

In which 1990 sci-fi film does Schwarzenegger shoot his wife, then say 'Consider that a divorce!'?

Total Recall: Quaid's wife Lori, played by Sharon Stone, turns out to be a minder planted to watch him, and he shoots her seconds after she pleads that they are married.

Which 1991 blockbuster made 'Hasta la vista, baby' a catchphrase?

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: young John Connor teaches the T-800 the slang as a way to brush people off, and the machine repeats it before shooting the frozen T-1000.

Which 1991 film features the line 'I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti'?

The Silence of the Lambs: Hannibal Lecter says it to FBI trainee Clarice Starling after she dares him to turn his insight on himself, a warning about people who try to test him.

Which 1992 comedy has two rock-mad friends bow down chanting 'We're not worthy'?

Wayne's World: Wayne and Garth chant it on their knees backstage before Alice Cooper, moments after the shock rocker has calmly lectured them on the history of Milwaukee.

Which Disney character laments having 'phenomenal cosmic powers' but an 'itty-bitty living space'?

The Genie, voiced by Robin Williams, is griping about life inside the lamp, and Aladdin later throws the same words at Jafar as the villain is sucked into a lamp of his own.

Which 1992 film features a brutal sales pep talk built on 'A-B-C: Always be closing'?

Glengarry Glen Ross: Alec Baldwin's Blake delivers it while announcing a sales contest in which first prize is a Cadillac, second prize is a set of steak knives and third prize is the sack.

In which 1992 courtroom drama does Jack Nicholson bellow 'You can't handle the truth!'?

A Few Good Men: Nicholson's Marine colonel roars it under cross-examination by Tom Cruise's Lieutenant Kaffee, then furiously admits ordering the 'code red' and is arrested.

In which 1992 film does Tom Hanks yell 'There's no crying in baseball!' at a tearful player?

A League of Their Own: Hanks's manager Jimmy Dugan yells it at right fielder Evelyn, who has burst into tears because he bawled her out for a throw that let the tying run reach second.

In which 1993 blockbuster does Samuel L. Jackson say 'Hold on to your butts'?

Jurassic Park: Jackson's chief engineer says it more than once, and after shutting the park's systems down for a reboot he heads out to restore the power and never returns.

In Jurassic Park, which character mutters 'Clever girl' just before a velociraptor ambushes him?

Robert Muldoon is the park's game warden, who had insisted that its raptors should all be destroyed, and he says it in grudging admiration a moment before one of them kills him.

Which character says 'I'm your huckleberry' in the 1993 western Tombstone?

Doc Holliday: Val Kilmer's ailing gunslinger says it to Johnny Ringo twice, the second time when he turns up for a duel in Wyatt Earp's place and kills him.

Which 1993 baseball film is the source of the line 'You're killin' me, Smalls'?

The Sandlot: catcher Ham groans it when new kid Smalls, offered a s'more, thinks he is being offered 'some more' and protests that he hasn't had anything yet.

Which 1993 film gave Matthew McConaughey his catchphrase 'Alright, alright, alright'?

Dazed and Confused: McConaughey says it as Wooderson in the first scene he shot for the film, and two decades later he used the line to close his Best Actor Oscar speech.

In The Lion King, which character says 'Long live the king' to Mufasa?

Scar hisses it as he throws his brother Mufasa into a wildebeest stampede, then convinces the grieving Simba that the death was the cub's own fault.

Which 1994 film explains that a Quarter Pounder is called a 'Royale with cheese' in Paris?

Pulp Fiction: John Travolta's hitman tells his partner on the drive to a job that the French, having the metric system, wouldn't know what a Quarter Pounder is.

In Pulp Fiction, who tells his girlfriend 'Zed's dead, baby'?

Butch Coolidge, Bruce Willis's boxer, says it to Fabienne after escaping a pawnshop basement, where he freed Marsellus Wallace, the crime boss he had just double-crossed.

Which 1994 prison drama gave us the line 'Get busy living or get busy dying'?

The Shawshank Redemption: Andy says it to Red while dreaming aloud of Mexico, leaving his friend afraid he means suicide, and at the next day's roll call his cell is empty.

Which 1994 action film has a mad bomber taunt a cop with 'Pop quiz, hotshot'?

Speed: Dennis Hopper's bomber, who turns out to be a retired bomb-squad officer, phones Keanu Reeves's cop to say a bus will explode if it drops below 50 mph.

Which 1994 film's hero says, 'My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates'?

Forrest Gump says it to a stranger on a Savannah bus-stop bench, where he tells his whole life story while waiting to visit Jenny, who has written asking to see him.

In which 1994 film does Jim Carrey cry 'Sssomebody stop me!'?

The Mask: Carrey's timid bank teller Stanley Ipkiss cries it once an enchanted mask has turned him into a green-faced, wisecracking trickster who can bend himself like a cartoon.

Which 1995 teen comedy made 'As if!' Cher Horowitz's signature put-down?

Clueless moves Jane Austen's Emma to a Beverly Hills high school, so Cher, like Austen's heroine, plays matchmaker for everyone else while misreading her own heart.

In Toy Story, which character's catchphrase is 'To infinity and beyond!'?

Buzz Lightyear believes he is a real Space Ranger, so Woody sneers that his flying is just 'falling with style', a jibe Buzz happily repeats when the pair finally soar.

Which 1995 film features the cry 'They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom'?

Braveheart: Mel Gibson's William Wallace shouts it to Scots who are ready to run rather than fight at Stirling, and the speech turns them round to rout the English army.

Which 1995 film ends with the line 'That'll do, pig'?

Babe: the taciturn Farmer Hoggett says it after his pig wins the sheepdog trials, having got the sheep to cooperate by asking them nicely instead of bullying them.

Which 1995 film turned 'Houston, we have a problem' into a catchphrase?

Apollo 13 tidied the tense: on the real flight Jack Swigert radioed 'Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here', and Jim Lovell then repeated that they had had a problem.

Which 1995 film has the line 'The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist'?

The Usual Suspects: Kevin Spacey's Verbal Kint says it of the crime lord Keyser Söze, and the tale he tells a customs agent turns out to be improvised from items around the office.

In which 1995 comedy does a principal say 'I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul'?

Billy Madison: the principal judging an academic decathlon says it after Billy's rambling answer, yet Billy stays a point ahead and wins when his rival cracks on business ethics.

Which 1995 comedy has Chris Farley sing 'Fat guy in a little coat'?

Tommy Boy: Farley's Tommy sings it to cheer up David Spade's sulking Richard on their sales trip, and the ditty earned its own track on the film's soundtrack album.

In which 1996 film does Will Smith punch out an alien and say 'Welcome to Earth!'?

Independence Day: Will Smith's pilot says it over an alien whose fighter he has just lured into a crash, then drags it across the desert in his parachute, grumbling about his lost weekend off.

Which 1996 horror film opens with a phone caller asking 'What's your favorite scary movie'?

Scream: the caller turns the chat into a horror quiz with Drew Barrymore's Casey playing for her boyfriend's life, and she loses by naming Jason when the first film's killer was his mother.

Which 1996 British film opens with a monologue that begins 'Choose life'?

Trainspotting: Renton's opening voice-over lists the trappings of a settled life and rejects them all for heroin, yet he ends the film promising to choose that life after all.

In which 1996 comedy does Adam Sandler brawl with a game-show host and snarl 'The price is wrong'?

Happy Gilmore: Bob Barker, host of The Price Is Right, plays himself as Happy's pro-am partner and wins the fistfight, which earns Happy a fine and a month's suspension.

Which actor plays Rod Tidwell, the football player who demands 'Show me the money!'?

Cuba Gooding Jr. won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the role, and when the orchestra began playing him off he kept shouting 'I love you!' until the audience was on its feet.

Which 1996 film features the line 'You had me at hello'?

Jerry Maguire: Renée Zellweger's Dorothy says it to Tom Cruise's Jerry, who has flown home and burst into her sister's divorcee support group to win her back.

Which director cried 'I'm the king of the world!' on winning an Oscar?

James Cameron borrowed the cry of Titanic's Jack, the penniless artist who won his ticket at poker, telling the Oscar audience his heart was 'full to bursting' on a night of 11 wins.

In Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, what ransom does Dr. Evil first demand?

$1 million sounded huge when Dr. Evil froze himself in 1967; told that his own company now makes over $9 billion a year, he raises the demand to $100 billion.

In Good Will Hunting, who repeats 'It's not your fault' until Will breaks down?

Sean Maguire, Robin Williams's therapist, says it again and again over the file on Will's abusive foster homes, stepping closer each time until Will sobs in his arms.

Which 1997 film has Jack Nicholson tell Helen Hunt 'You make me want to be a better man'?

As Good as It Gets: Nicholson's obsessive-compulsive novelist means it as a compliment, explaining that her rebuke made him start taking the pills he hates.

Which 1997 sci-fi film features the line 'Leeloo Dallas multipass'?

The Fifth Element: Milla Jovovich's Leeloo keeps repeating it at a spaceport check-in while Bruce Willis's cab driver Korben Dallas passes her off as his new wife.

Which 1997 action film has Nicolas Cage warn 'Put the bunny back in the box'?

Con Air: Cage's hero is a newly paroled Army Ranger flying home to meet the daughter born while he was in prison when the other convicts seize the plane.

In which 1997 film does Harrison Ford growl 'Get off my plane!'?

Air Force One: Ford's President Marshall, a Medal of Honor veteran, hides in the cargo hold instead of leaving in the escape pod, and says it as he finally kills Gary Oldman's hijacker.

In Men in Black, which agent tells his recruit 'Elvis is not dead, he just went home'?

Agent K, Tommy Lee Jones's deadpan veteran, says it after slotting an Elvis eight-track into the car stereo, when his rookie partner points out that the singer is dead.

Which 1998 Coen brothers film gave us the line 'The Dude abides'?

The Big Lebowski: Jeff Bridges's easygoing slacker says it at the bowling alley, and his outlook later inspired Dudeism, a religion that ordains 'Dudeist priests' online.

Which 1998 war film has a dying captain tell a young paratrooper 'Earn this'?

Saving Private Ryan: Tom Hanks's Captain Miller says it as he dies defending a bridge, and decades later the elderly Ryan stands at his grave hoping he has lived a life that earned it.

Which film's hero signs off 'In case I don't see ya: good afternoon, good evening, and good night'?

The Truman Show: Truman's cheery daily catchphrase becomes his farewell when he finds the exit door, says it to the hidden cameras, bows and walks off the set for good.

Which 1998 buddy-cop film has a detective yell 'Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth'?

Rush Hour: Chris Tucker's Detective Carter yells it at Jackie Chan's Inspector Lee, assuming he knows no English, and is stunned later to find that Lee speaks it perfectly well.

In The Matrix, which character replies 'Show me' when Neo announces 'I know kung fu'?

Morpheus says it after combat skills have been uploaded straight into Neo's brain, then tests him in a sparring program built with the same bendable rules as the Matrix.

In Fight Club, which character lays down the rule 'You do not talk about Fight Club'?

Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, states it as both the first and the second rule, and the film's twist is that he exists only in the sleepless narrator's head.

Which 1999 film gave us 'I'm also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her'?

Notting Hill: Julia Roberts's film star says it in Hugh Grant's bookshop and he turns her down, then races across London to her press conference to take it back.

Which 1999 sci-fi comedy features the vow 'By Grabthar's Hammer ... you shall be avenged'?

Galaxy Quest: Alan Rickman's Shakespearean actor is sick of his old TV catchphrase, until he says it in earnest over Quellek, a dying alien who idolised his character.

Which 1999 film features the whispered confession 'I see dead people'?

The Sixth Sense: Haley Joel Osment's Cole whispers it to Bruce Willis's psychologist, adding that the dead do not know they are dead, which is the clue to the film's twist.

The dismissive send-off 'Bye, Felicia' originated in which 1995 comedy?

Friday: Ice Cube's Craig mutters it to brush off Felisha, a neighbour who is always trying to mooch off others, and the two-word dismissal later spread online as a meme.

In which 1993 thriller does a marshal answer 'I didn't kill my wife!' with 'I don't care!'?

The Fugitive: Tommy Lee Jones's Marshal Gerard says it to Dr. Richard Kimble in a storm drain, just before Kimble leaps from a dam, yet by the end it is Gerard who believes him.

In L.A. Confidential, what name does Ed Exley invent for any criminal who escapes justice?

Rollo Tomasi is the name Exley made up for the unidentified man who shot his father, and Dudley Smith gives himself away by asking about it after a dying Jack Vincennes whispers it.

In Point Break, what are the bank robbers in rubber presidential masks called?

They wear masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson; Bodhi later chases a 'once-in-a-lifetime' 50-year storm.

Which 1999 comedy has the mumbling Milton protest 'I believe you have my stapler'?

Office Space: Milton, laid off years earlier but still paid through a payroll glitch, loses his red stapler to his boss and ends up burning the building down.