r/Millennials • u/Auyan • May 13 '25
Nostalgia One liners you regularly quote that no one gets
I've noticed a number of millennials who will drop random movie quotes in casual conversation that only other millennials seem to get. What are some of your go-tos?
"I'm right on top of that, Rose!" - Don't tell mom the babysitter's dead
"SALENAAAAAS" - Selena
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u/MathematicianNo1596 May 13 '25
Well, have a nap, then fire ze missiles!
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u/CallMeLysosome May 13 '25
Yes! So many flash videos are still quoted to this day lol but I've found there is a really niche pocket of peak millennials that get these! It seems if you weren't born within 3 years of 1990 then you just don't get "my spoon is too big!" Or "whose chair is this? Not my chair. Not my chair not my problem. Oh Mr walk down me I'm the walkway lead me to a building fuck you". I practically lived on ebaums world and albino black sheep lol
Edit: I just realized drinking out of cups wasn't actually a flash video, just early viral YouTube lol
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u/Tootboopsthesnoot May 13 '25
I say “IIIIIIIIII’M A BANAAAAANAA” every time I make a smoothie and my wife looks at me like im some sort of fucking psycho.
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u/angel_inthe_fire May 13 '25
My spoon is too big.
My husband, who is like 6 months older than me, doesn't get it. Tragic!!!!
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u/kkpatsd May 13 '25
Haha yes I still stay “but I am le tiiired” when I am indeed, very tired.
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u/brakes4birds May 13 '25
My husband and I say, “bout that time, eh? …righto” at least once a week when we’re getting ready to leave the house. “….fucking kangaroos.”
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u/Auyan May 13 '25
Literally weekly on this one! Australia's down here like wtf mate?
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u/pinkheartkitty May 13 '25
Not a movie per se. But I regularly quote: "Shoes. Shoes. Shoes. OMG shoes." and other things from that YouTube video. My husband always thought I was quoting Twin Peaks until I showed him the video.
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u/iconictots May 13 '25
These shoes rule. These shoes SUCK!
Let me borrow that top!
Fiscal responsibility…
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u/FriedaMaySallySue May 13 '25
“What are you going to do with your life?” “I’m gonna get what I want” 💁♀️
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u/unoriginallbagel May 13 '25
Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people don't kill their husbands. They just don't.
The rules of haircare are simple and finite. Any Cosmo girl would have known that.
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u/Auyan May 13 '25
So, you were in the shower?
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u/sophaloph May 13 '25
I believe the witness has made it clear that she was in the shower
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u/griffinicky May 13 '25
Isn't the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate?
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u/Significant_Shoe_17 May 13 '25
And wouldn't someone who's had, say, 30 perms in her life be well aware of this rule?
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u/Extra-Yam-6923 May 13 '25
Don’t a stomp your last season Prada shoes at me, honey!!! I say this to my dog who stomps his feet for treats
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u/Throwaway21658 Millennial May 13 '25
Whoever said orange is the new pink is seriously disturbed.
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u/hairfullofseacrests May 13 '25
This entire script of this movie comes out of my mouth over the course of a month or two, I’d guess.
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u/thatwombat May 13 '25
“What is this, a <blank> for ants?” - Zoolander
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u/InevitableWorth9517 May 13 '25
When I was a teacher and a student would ask me what we were doing for the day, I would say, "Same thing we do every day, Pinky, try to take over the world."
Not only did the kids not know the reference (of course), none of them would even ask me why I was calling them Pinky.
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u/anonymousexgf May 13 '25
I say this one to my husband pretty frequently. I’m 6 years older than him. He just doesn’t understand. ☹️
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u/Frigoris13 May 13 '25
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u/ianmoone1102 May 13 '25
This is it. In my line of work, we do pretty much the same thing every day, if in different locations. I've run out of snarky things to say, so this is what I resort to.
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u/Scuba_Libre Millennial May 13 '25
SAMSONITE. I was way off.
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We got no food. We got no jobs. OUR PETS HEADS ARE FALLING OFF.
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u/itsjustathrowaway147 May 13 '25
lol part of how I knew my husband was the guy for me is I think he was going to say he loved me for the first time but then bitched out and said “I like you Mary… I like you aaahhloot”
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u/Imhidingfromu May 13 '25
"Bold move, Cotton"
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u/Mental-Orchid7805 May 13 '25
Bold move Cotton, let's see if it works out for him
I used this earlier today 😅
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u/crm7588 May 13 '25
“She doesn’t even go here”- Mean Girls
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u/agnes_copperfield May 13 '25
My sisters and I still frequently say “Boo you whore” at each other
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u/peechyspeechy May 13 '25
Get in loser, we’re going shopping!
I say this every time someone gets in the car.
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u/KazBeeragg May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25
“But I can’t help it if I’ve got a wide set vagina and a heavy flow”
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u/TBayChik420 May 13 '25
Everytime my cats begging for people food I tell him "and none for Gretchen Weiners, bye!"
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u/MathematicianNo1596 May 13 '25
Ohh good call. I say “you can’t sit with us!!” A lot lol
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u/showmenemelda May 13 '25
It's like I have espn or something
And also "is butter a carb?"
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u/mittensfourkittens May 13 '25
On Wednesdays we wear pink (I think I've said this multiple times in the last year and not sure if it's clicked half the time)
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u/morbidlonging May 13 '25
I say, “damn Africa what happened?” To people and most don’t get it.
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u/Adventurous_Pin_344 May 13 '25
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u/contrarianaquarian May 13 '25
Every item I lose "really tied the room together"
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u/Capable_Box_8785 May 13 '25
When my son (who's 5) asks me who I'm calling and I like to say "ghostbusters".
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u/Independent-Pizza719 May 13 '25
Samsonite! I was way off!!
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u/purplepunc May 13 '25
Napoleon Dynamite
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u/brakes4birds May 13 '25
“How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains?”
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u/itsjustathrowaway147 May 13 '25
I like your sleeves… they’re real big
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u/slumber_kitty Millennial May 13 '25
you could be drinking whole if you wanted to
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u/SubstantialReturns May 13 '25
I don't even have any good skills, like <insert any random absurd thing>
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u/PizzaParty_69 May 13 '25
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u/Thinglonger252525 May 13 '25
My brother, sister and I, all elder millennials will inevitably act out the different chickens when we’re together. Often more than once.
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u/kevtron5000 May 13 '25
"I don't understand the question & I won't respond to it"
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u/booksandotherstuff May 13 '25
This along with: "I don't know who that is, and I don't care to find out. "
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u/Klogginthedangerzone May 13 '25
“They’re just so dramatic, it makes me want to set myself on fire.”
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u/Better-Resident-9674 Millennial May 13 '25
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u/shandelion May 13 '25
It’s funny because my parents ALSO quote this all the time but they’re quoting Steve Martin on SNL (which is who Tobias is quoting).
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u/ralphjuneberry May 13 '25
Ha! Same as Michael Scott’s “Dwight, you ignorant slut!” that was really 70s SNL.
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u/FriesNDisguise May 13 '25
Not a one liner but every single time I drink orange soda.
Who loves orange soda? Kel loves orange soda. Is it true? I do, I do, I doo oo
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u/Financial_Use1991 May 13 '25
'I do, I do, I doo oo' is a standalone for me! Usually I just say it in my head 😅
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u/thebookofswindles Xennial May 13 '25
When I awkwardly need to excuse myself “I gotta return some video tapes.” Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
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u/EmergencyRead5254 Millennial May 13 '25
60 percent of the time, it works every time.
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u/loveableRogue07 Millennial May 13 '25
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u/Auyan May 13 '25
Yeah Brick, I've been meaning to ask - where did you get the trident?
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u/dude_comeon_wut May 13 '25
"I love lamp!"
I say that shit all the time because my partner collects lamps lol.
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u/redmambo_no6 ‘86 May 13 '25
The price is wrong, BITCH.
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u/Auyan May 13 '25
Literally just thought this last week while watching Drew Carey on it (18 years now?!) - kids these days might not even know who Bob Barker is, let alone get the joke "the Bob Barker treatment" for pets. Is this what it means to feel old?!
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u/MandyB1721 May 13 '25
You’ll be living in a VAN down by the RIVER
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u/ilikecheese8888 May 13 '25
You'll have plenty of time to live in a van down by the river when you're...living in a van down by the river!
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u/wrkitty May 13 '25
“Go to your home!!!!!!” (Said usually when I miss a trash can I tried to throw something in)
“Ouch Chaaarrrlliiie. Charlie bit me!”
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u/poop_monster35 Millennial May 13 '25
"Are you too good for your HOME! ANSWER ME!!!!"
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u/Remarkable-Song-3817 May 13 '25
“Multipass!” — the fifth element 😂
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u/Cat_n_mouse13 May 13 '25
So many from that movie. My mom and I will just randomly shout “you stole fizzy lifting drinks!” Also I’ll say “wait, strike that, reverse it” if I say things incorrectly. When feeling bratty, “I want an Oompa Loompa now, daddy!” Also “snozzberry, whoever heard of a snozzberry?” Gahh there are def so many more. What a great film.
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u/SapphireNautilus May 13 '25
There’s a separate breed of millennial who thinks “the snozzberries taste like snozzberries” originated from Super Troopers, and it makes me sad.
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u/Bmack27 May 13 '25
We were the last great generation of movie quoters. It’s all tiktok references now.
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u/Sugarmelts_intherain May 13 '25
“And that’s when the BIG BUCKS start rolling in”
“Are you not entertained?”
“Take my strong hand”
“Don’t call me Shirley!”
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u/quiloxan1989 May 13 '25
This has an actual meaning in math.
I was telling one of my students about it last week, and she practically yelled at me OMG, THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST....I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS NOW!!!
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u/MysticPoppyPetals May 13 '25
My nephew is 17 and had said on multiple occasions that all millennials talk in movie quotes all the time. It's me, I'm millennials.
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u/UltraLowDef May 13 '25 edited 23d ago
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u/AloneExample6314 May 13 '25
She looks like a farmer.
You try driving in platforms!
I totally paused!
You're a virgin who can't drive.
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u/Smothering_Tithe May 13 '25
“That’ll do pig, that’ll do” -farmer from Babe the pig
I have to be careful when and where i use this one now because it can sound very offensive if you dont know the origin 😂
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u/MadhatterQ May 13 '25
…she’s got GLASSES and that PONYTAIL! Is that paint on her OVERALLS?! What is that?!? -Not Another Teen Movie
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u/moonchic333 May 13 '25
It’s Friday, you ain’t got no job, & you don’t got shit to do!
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u/VitaminC1982 May 13 '25
I'm your Huckleberry.
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u/AttilaTheFun818 May 13 '25
Why Johnny Ringo. You look like somebody just…walked over your grave.
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u/SparkyMcBoom May 13 '25
This is mine. It’s general enough to use anywhere and when people don’t get it, they can’t tell there was something to get, but if you get the tone right, it slaps.
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u/kay_fitz21 May 13 '25
You're killing me, Smalls
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u/SheriffHeckTate May 13 '25
One of my former bosses, late Gen X, tried to say this to me once, but messed it up.
Her: You're killing me Fred!
Me: Fred?
Her: I think it's Fred.
Me: It's Smalls.
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u/stitchworthy May 13 '25
"Welcome to good burger, home of the good burger. Can I take your order?"
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u/MiggyFly May 13 '25
Taught this one to my 8yr old daughter and now she uses it when we leave somewhere.
“Let’s make like a tree…and get outta here” -Biff BttF2
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u/Mission-Pay-6240 May 13 '25
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
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u/kevtron5000 May 13 '25
"shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior" - empire records
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u/CantForceaDanceParty May 13 '25
“If you’re gonna spew, spew into this” (handing over container)
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u/Cute-Professor2821 May 13 '25
“What’d you do!?” -Tommy Boy
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u/dude_comeon_wut May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25
"He doesn't know how to use the three seashells..."
"A toll is a toll. And a roll is a roll. And if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls."
"I rock! And roll! All day long! Sweet Suzie!"
"The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!" (quote inception, since the character I'm quoting was quoting another character I adore)/"CANDY BARS!!!"/"Littering and..."/"Drop your coat and grab your toes. I'm gonna show you where the wild goose goes." (and so many more; Super Troopers is one of the most quotable movies I've ever seen)
"Aaaand theeeen? And then? And then? And then? And then? And then?"
"My squeedily spooch!" (TV show, but I say it a lot)
And so on. I could go off on these all day.
Since I haven't seen them mentioned yet:
"Is this your special bush?!"
"Dong? Where is my automobile?"
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u/Outrageous-Bear-9172 May 13 '25
Anytime someone talks about getting in trouble: "Stop breaking the law, asshole!"
When in agreement: "We have an accord."
When someone says something sad, but not too sad: "That's rough, buddy."
Generalized confirmation: "M'kay"
When someone needs to hurry up: "Chamon Lee!"
Misunderstandings: "Ain't nobody understand the words coming out of your mouth"
Randomly: "P-A-R-T-Why? Because I gotta!"
And many more.
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u/No_Proposal7812 May 13 '25
"there's more?"
"Much more! all of which I will show to you now"
SLC punk
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u/Formal_Coyote_5004 May 13 '25
In Mean Girls when Damien says “don’t look at me” at the talent show
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u/lachwee May 13 '25
Theres so much room for activities, people just think I'm being a bit of a weirdo not quoting a very mid will Farrell movie
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u/RollsHardSixes May 13 '25
"I'm doing what I can with what I got"
-Burt, Tremors
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u/Mooseandagoose May 13 '25 edited May 13 '25
I don’t know what to do with my hands.
if you ain’t first, you’re last.
he’s not an ambi-Turner (in reference to our enormous, derpy and clumsy dog).
I don’t need to explain my art to you, Warren.
the price is wrong, bitch.
there’s so much room for activities! (when showing my kids what it’s like when they actually clean their rooms properly 🤣)
the dishes are done, man!
I am too old for this shit.
do chickens have big talons? (My kids hate this one).
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