Prize for the most unwieldy catchphrase has to go to Sam Slade ("That's S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!"), because by the time he's finished saying it, whichever robo he's hunting will either have made good their escape or killed him around the "L".
Plus it's hard to hear over all the shooting.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 01 November, 2022, 05:38:33 PM
Prize for the most unwieldy catchphrase has to go to Sam Slade ("That's S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!"), because by the time he's finished saying it, whichever robo he's hunting will either have made good their escape or killed him around the "L".
Plus all the problems Sam has with his bank statements, tax returns, library card etc.
"You've got my name wrong again!"
"But sir, you told us it was spelt S-L-A-Y-E-D!"
It reminds me of that Morecambe & Wise sketch where Des O'Connor is slapping Eric Morecambe across the chops as he spells out various words - "I'm TOUGH - T-O-U-G-H, tough!" - he slaps out a couple of other words then asks Ernie for a suggestion. "Unscrupulous!" comes the reply.
DR & Quinch's 'Eat plutonium death, you disgusting alien weirdoes!' may not quite trip off the tongue, but it has a lot going for it.
I try and slip it into everyday conversation as often as possible.
Most inapt catchphrase: "Let's Knife", as uttered by a soldier who uses a self-firing rifle most of the time.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 01 November, 2022, 05:38:33 PM
Prize for the most unwieldy catchphrase has to go to Sam Slade ("That's S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!")...
I've always rather liked Sam's other, somewhat overlooked, catchphrase ('The C stands for...)
It's part of his internal monologue - his narration for the reader - so it doesn't matter if it's a bit long or unwieldy, and it's often very funny. S-L-A-Y-E-D is funny the
first time, and then a bit preposterous.
Quiz answer: Clarence.
Before Dante began to grow on me, and it took a very long time, it really used to irk me how every time he said something that was meant to be snappy or memorable it was all in bold. 'I'm too cool to kill. ' 'Don't eat any yellow snow.' 'Look at this sentence. Look at it. It's funny and cool. Look. Are you still looking?.'
Quote from: AlexF on 02 November, 2022, 12:31:48 PM
Most inapt catchphrase: "Let's Knife", as uttered by a soldier who uses a self-firing rifle most of the time.
2000 AD special edition of The Great British Bake Off...
Fr1day: "[At last this makes sense] ... Let's knife!"
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 02 November, 2022, 01:35:43 PM
Before Dante began to grow on me, and it took a very long time, it really used to irk me how every time he said something that was meant to be snappy or memorable it was all in bold. 'I'm too cool to kill. ' 'Don't eat any yellow snow.' 'Look at this sentence. Look at it. It's funny and cool. Look. Are you still looking?.'
I think you might be onto something there.
Nikolai Dante ran for 15 years.
Now go and look at
Moon Runners.
What do you see?
No catchphrases in bold type.Never made it to a third series.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 02 November, 2022, 01:35:43 PM
Before Dante began to grow on me, and it took a very long time, it really used to irk me how every time he said something that was meant to be snappy or memorable it was all in bold. 'I'm too cool to kill. ' 'Don't eat any yellow snow.' 'Look at this sentence. Look at it. It's funny and cool. Look. Are you still looking?.'
'I'm too cool to kill' makes me wince to this day. It's a
horrible catchphrase.
Is there a snappier catchphrase than 'Credo!'?
Quote from: JWare on 02 November, 2022, 05:32:02 PM
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 02 November, 2022, 01:35:43 PM
Before Dante began to grow on me, and it took a very long time, it really used to irk me how every time he said something that was meant to be snappy or memorable it was all in bold. 'I'm too cool to kill. ' 'Don't eat any yellow snow.' 'Look at this sentence. Look at it. It's funny and cool. Look. Are you still looking?.'
I think you might be onto something there.
Nikolai Dante ran for 15 years.
Now go and look at Moon Runners.
What do you see? No catchphrases in bold type.
Never made it to a third series.
Shakara! You might be onto something. Dry Run - no catchphrases - never made it past the first series.
"Just another day in the cube!" -
SEVEN series!
Harry 20?
Something unmemorable about weasels.
No sequel.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 01 November, 2022, 05:38:33 PM
Prize for the most unwieldy catchphrase has to go to Sam Slade ("That's S-L-A-Y-E-D to you!"), because by the time he's finished saying it, whichever robo he's hunting will either have made good their escape or killed him around the "L".
That's what I kind of love about it. It could
only work in comics. It would be impossible to say out loud, and look a bit shit in prose fiction, but combine it with an Ian Gibson pic of a droid being blasted to pieces and it looks amazing.
QuoteIt would be impossible to say out loud
I'm not sure about that. I only ever get looks of respect when I shout '
Sebek's blood!' in crowded places.
I knew you'd say that.
Quote from: Blue Cactus on 02 November, 2022, 05:32:32 PM
Is there a snappier catchphrase than 'Credo!'?
Glad you asked.
The answer, of course, is,
'
By the Bones of the Great Wolf Lord!'*
It was what made
Meltdown Man a strip for the ages.
*Only used once, mind. You wouldn't want to overdo it.
Editorial-aside catchphrases fondly remembered by everyone: "Grobbendonk spoke gibberish, a fringe world dialect".
That's not a catchphrase.
Or you could take it in the spirit it was intended?
Quote from: JWare on 02 November, 2022, 12:28:10 PM
DR & Quinch's 'Eat plutonium death, you disgusting alien weirdoes!' may not quite trip off the tongue, but it has a lot going for it.
I try and slip it into everyday conversation as often as possible.
I was quite pleased it made it onto a t-shirt. I'm still waiting for "
Mind the oranges, Marlon."
Quote from: Funt Solo on 02 November, 2022, 09:09:03 PM
Editorial-aside catchphrases fondly remembered by everyone: "Grobbendonk spoke gibberish, a fringe world dialect".
Not catchphrases, but I like some of the common phrases in Judge Dredd:
"That's a roj."
"See you on the streets."
"Thirty years in the cubes, creep!" (or similar pithy permutations thereof.)
Even calling them 'jays' has a great resonance to it; much better than "badges" or (ugh) "helmets". I also like all the skeds and underskeds and overzooms and stackers.
Insomuch as Dredd has a 'catchphrase', perhaps it's something like "HI-EX!" or "INCENDIARY!"
What other catchphrases are there?
Ooh, my heartsies
The sssentence isss death...
Quote from: Funt Solo on 02 November, 2022, 09:09:03 PM
Editorial-aside catchphrases fondly remembered by everyone: "Grobbendonk spoke gibberish, a fringe world dialect".
There was a lot of untapped potential here.
Think of other characters who might have benefited from editorial captions every time they opened their mouth.
'
Wulf spoke with a faintly comical, non-specific Germanic accent.'
or;
'
Walter spoke with an inability to pronounce his Rs – endearing to some, profoundly irritating to many.'
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:19:54 AM
Insomuch as Dredd has a 'catchphrase', perhaps it's something like "HI-EX!" or "INCENDIARY!"
Um... something about being the Law or something?
Quote from: JWare on 03 November, 2022, 07:54:12 AM
Quote from: Funt Solo on 02 November, 2022, 09:09:03 PM
Editorial-aside catchphrases fondly remembered by everyone: "Grobbendonk spoke gibberish, a fringe world dialect".
There was a lot of untapped potential here.
Think of other characters who might have benefited from editorial captions every time they opened their mouth.
'Wulf spoke with a faintly comical, non-specific Germanic accent.'
or;
'Walter spoke with an inability to pronounce his Rs – endearing to some, profoundly irritating to many.'
Carlos Sanchez Robostogie spoke with a cod-Spanish accent (despite the character hailing from Cuba) strongly reminscent of long-time collaborator Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 02 November, 2022, 09:09:03 PM
Editorial-aside catchphrases fondly remembered by everyone: "Grobbendonk spoke gibberish, a fringe world dialect".
It's gotten so I can't hear the word 'gibberish' without mentally adding, "a Fringe World dialect"!
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:20:46 AM
What other catchphrases are there?
Ooh, my heartsies
The sssentence isss death...
The most obvious ones that spring to my mind haven't yet been mentioned in this thread:
I Am The Law! - It has probably been a long time since Dredd last said that
Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave! - This is my favourite
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:15:06 AM
I was quite pleased it made it onto a t-shirt. I'm still waiting for "Mind the oranges, Marlon."
It wasn't until the controversy over Ash Sarkar's "three oranges" tweet that I realised where that came from. If you don't know what I'm talking about, consider yourself lucky.
Quote from: JWare on 02 November, 2022, 07:54:39 PM
Quote from: Blue Cactus on 02 November, 2022, 05:32:32 PM
Is there a snappier catchphrase than 'Credo!'?
Glad you asked.
The answer, of course, is,
'By the Bones of the Great Wolf Lord!'*
It was what made Meltdown Man a strip for the ages.
*Only used once, mind. You wouldn't want to overdo it.
Good point. I'll be using this in everyday speech from now on.
How do people feel about Gene's catchphrase 'Get Whet'? I'm not a fan.
Not sure it matters if one LIKES a catchphrase or not - the ability to have your lead character pulling a pose and yelling their phrase of choice makes any comic more likely to work. 'Get Whet' being a pretty clear example.
Not coincidence that one of the only 'successful' Alan McKenzie creations was Brigand 'Stand and be Delivered!' Doom (he got less good after he became zombified and stopped saying it in series 2)
My top fave most apt catchphrase would be Anderson's 'Don't even think it, creep!'
(Yes, yes, I know she never said it more than like once or twice)
Quote from: Blue Cactus on 03 November, 2022, 01:07:50 PM
How do people feel about Gene's catchphrase 'Get Whet'? I'm not a fan.
Your mouth is full of wrong.
"Get Whet" never did it for me. It should've been something like, "Bark f*cking bark, a$$hole!" But not that. Something like that. For you, my mouth is full of growl, kind of thing (but not that, either). You know what I mean. "Get whet" is just a little too contrived for my tastes, sitting there saying "oh, look at what a clever line I am." And it is clever. Too clever. It'll never be a "flies too smart for Fergee," or even "hur, hur, hur," will it? It doesn't quite fit with the character, for me. But then, my catchphrase is "oops," so what do I know?
Quote from: AlexF on 03 November, 2022, 02:41:02 PM
My top fave most apt catchphrase would be Anderson's 'Don't even think it, creep!'
"Grud on a greenie!"
(I've never really liked that catchphrase, but there it is - being a catchphrase.)
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 03 November, 2022, 03:44:21 PM
But then, my catchphrase is "oops," so what do I know?
That's a coincidence. My own catchphrase is '
nurgh', uttered whenever I lower myself into a chair, rise from a chair or – heroically – bend to pick up something I've dropped.
In a perfect world, of course, I'd want to be able to say things like, '
Seize him!' or, '
What is the meaning of this?'
I'm not a big fan of 'get whet' - like Canon Fodder's 'let us prey', it's a pun that doesn't quite work. I'm not mad about 'I'm too cool to kill' either, and felt a bit of schadenfreude-ish cheer when the Countessa responded to it with 'you're too old to be cool, Nikolai' (though that was soon replaced with existential despair as I thought of its more universal implications).
To be honest I don't think many characters need catchphrases- the people who use them in real life often tend to be utter gobshites: 'Strong and stable', 'get Brexit done', 'make America...' ...I can't even bring myself to finish that one. Even John Wagner stopped the 'I am the law' thing for many years .
That said, Pat Mills in his heyday did it right. Sláine and Torquemada were just the kind of bombastic,bellicose, belligerent bastards who would shout the same thing over and over again.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 03 November, 2022, 06:15:55 PM
"Grud on a greenie!"
(I've never really liked that catchphrase, but there it is - being a catchphrase.)
I never liked it because it didn't make a lick of sense.
There's an ISIHaP game in there somewhere...
Quote from: JWare on 03 November, 2022, 06:23:08 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 03 November, 2022, 03:44:21 PM
But then, my catchphrase is "oops," so what do I know?
That's a coincidence. My own catchphrase is 'nurgh', uttered whenever I lower myself into a chair, rise from a chair or – heroically – bend to pick up something I've dropped.
In a perfect world, of course, I'd want to be able to say things like, 'Seize him!' or, 'What is the meaning of this?'
I *think* my catchphrase is "fuck trumpets" - which has the same meaning as Blackadder's "My path is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own herd", but doesn't take as long to say.
---
"Kiss my axe!" cropped up quite a lot. We could have had more use for "Nobody honks on an ABC Warrior and lives!"
On One, I ain't very nice at all.
On Two I get mean...
Quote from: Funt Solo on 03 November, 2022, 10:25:41 PM
We could have had more use for "Nobody honks on an ABC Warrior and lives!"
Never thought of it as a catchphrase before, but yeah – it could work.
Let's say the Warriors have never been away, and thus can't claim to be back.
Instead:
'
Nobody honks on an ABC Warrior and lives! Spread the Word!'
Aargh!
Everybody says "aargh!" at some point. It's a law, or an old charter, or something.
Don't know if you'd call his best-loved lines catchphrases or political slogans, but Torquemada was clearly well aware of the power of repetition
If nothing else, superhero movies have shown that when real people wear silly clothes and repeat catchphrases it's almost always dum - and yet in comics form it works SO well.
My 2000AD favourites where always:
"He didn't think not too many...indeed he didn't think it enough"
and the snappier
"Number four cartridge".
Have we mentioned 'thhhhe crrrimmmme isssssss lifffffe' yet? That one works for me - he repeats it because he's an evangelical-type obsssessssive. Do the other Dark Judges say it as well? I can't remember.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 05 November, 2022, 12:42:20 AM
Have we mentioned 'thhhhe crrrimmmme isssssss lifffffe' yet? That one works for me - he repeats it because he's an evangelical-type obsssessssive. Do the other Dark Judges say it as well? I can't remember.
(https://strayagaming.com/uploads/monthly_2016_01/Judge-Dredd-The-Dark-Judges-Miniseries.jpg.1b6555c19374fd91c42c622b3bbfdd56.jpg)
One of my students is into creating his own death metal, and one of his lines is "Life is a crime!"
Quaequam Blag! Surely 'Borag Thungg' and 'Splundig Vur Thrigg' count too!
Or are we just a bunch of Grexnixs'?
Quote from: Woolly on 05 November, 2022, 08:42:14 AM
Quaequam Blag! Surely 'Borag Thungg' and 'Splundig Vur Thrigg' count too!
Or are we just a bunch of Grexnixs'?
Soth! You shame us all, sir.
ANNIHILATE!!! was a good one. No frills, does what it says on the tin.
Quote from: JWare on 03 November, 2022, 08:07:25 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:19:54 AM
Insomuch as Dredd has a 'catchphrase', perhaps it's something like "HI-EX!" or "INCENDIARY!"
Um... something about being the Law or something?
I never thought "I am the law!" was an appropriate catchphrase for Dredd. What is he declaring? That he is enforcing the law? That he is the embodiment of the law? It sounds more like the kind of "I'm in charge" power-tripping remark that Cal would make. "Do what I say, because me, I'm the law, and that's all there is to it. What I say goes."
I do see how it fits in with the Judges being able to pass sentence as well as arrest people, but that capability's not unique to Dredd. If Dredd said it as a plain statement, "I am the law (here and now, in this situation we're dealing with)", it would make more sense. He is not the type to boast and swagger so emphatically referencing himself seems off. "I am the law! Do what I say, because what I say goes."
Quote from: Woolly on 05 November, 2022, 08:42:14 AM
Quaequam Blag! Surely 'Borag Thungg' and 'Splundig Vur Thrigg' count too!
Or are we just a bunch of Grexnixs'?
Does that count as catchphrases or just someone speaking a foreign language? Beethoven probably went around saying "Guten Morgen" at the start of each day. Was that his catchphrase?
Quote from: Dash Decent on 07 November, 2022, 07:18:20 AM
Does that count as catchphrases or just someone speaking a foreign language? Beethoven probably went around saying "Guten Morgen" at the start of each day. Was that his catchphrase?
Good heavens. Beethoven's catchphrase. I never realised he needed one.
I can see him now, hands on hips, cape blowing in the wind, saying something punchy but cheesy – witty but increasingly meaningless on closer examination.
Something like
Take the Fifth! perhaps?
Dah-dah-dah-DUM
Set Phasers to stun? More like: Ode, to Joy!
Do you want to pitch it to Marvel or will I?
Quote from: Dash Decent on 07 November, 2022, 07:15:07 AM
I never thought "I am the law!" was an appropriate catchphrase for Dredd. What is he declaring? That he is enforcing the law? That he is the embodiment of the law? It sounds more like the kind of "I'm in charge" power-tripping remark that Cal would make. "Do what I say, because me, I'm the law, and that's all there is to it. What I say goes."
I do see how it fits in with the Judges being able to pass sentence as well as arrest people, but that capability's not unique to Dredd. If Dredd said it as a plain statement, "I am the law (here and now, in this situation we're dealing with)", it would make more sense. He is not the type to boast and swagger so emphatically referencing himself seems off. "I am the law! Do what I say, because what I say goes."
From Prog 474:
Let the first law be that I am the law.
And let the second law be that what I say goes.
And let the third law be that anyone who says different's a dead man.One of my favourites.
We've not had "SHAKARA!!!" yet, have we? Or BIG JOBS!!! for that matter.
Thinking of Mek-Quake, one of the other Terra-Meks also gave us the snazzy "I have ten forward and five reverse gears and I must complete my work quota!"
Quote from: credo on 07 November, 2022, 10:55:39 AM
"I have ten forward and five reverse gears and I must complete my work quota!"
I'd forgotten that one.
It needs to go on a coffee mug at the very least.
S'right.
Quote from: credo on 07 November, 2022, 10:55:39 AM
We've not had "SHAKARA!!!" yet, have we? Or BIG JOBS!!! for that matter.
Ooh, yeah, Shakara's a good one. Totally unique. A character completely inseparable from his catchphrase, that's
also his name, that's
also the title of the strip!
In memory of Kevin O'Neill, not a catchphrase as such, but a memorable cover strapline:
"I operated on my own BRAIN!"
BIG JOBS!
Hmph.
Cwipes!
Death to the fleshy ones!
Maximum Kill Points!
Yup.
Ay Caramba!
Quote from: Dash Decent on 07 November, 2022, 07:15:07 AM
Quote from: JWare on 03 November, 2022, 08:07:25 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:19:54 AM
Insomuch as Dredd has a 'catchphrase', perhaps it's something like "HI-EX!" or "INCENDIARY!"
Um... something about being the Law or something?
I never thought "I am the law!" was an appropriate catchphrase for Dredd. What is he declaring? That he is enforcing the law? That he is the embodiment of the law? It sounds more like the kind of "I'm in charge" power-tripping remark that Cal would make. "Do what I say, because me, I'm the law, and that's all there is to it. What I say goes."
I do see how it fits in with the Judges being able to pass sentence as well as arrest people, but that capability's not unique to Dredd. If Dredd said it as a plain statement, "I am the law (here and now, in this situation we're dealing with)", it would make more sense. He is not the type to boast and swagger so emphatically referencing himself seems off. "I am the law! Do what I say, because what I say goes."
This has occurred to me as well. It's a variant on hammering on the door and saying "this is the law" but adapted to the more solitary law enforcement of MC1 - sure they do sometimes go around in pairs, but compare real-life police and the judges and the judges are much more likely to go around on their own, just their lawmaster to speak to.
Quote from: sheridan on 08 November, 2022, 07:01:54 PM
judges are much more likely to go around on their own, just their lawmaster to speak to.
"800 million people and
every one of them a potential criminal I've only you to talk to, my faithful Lawmaster."
Lawmaster: Have you considered shouting "I am the law!" when you confront perps?
Quote from: nxylas on 07 November, 2022, 04:35:21 PM
In memory of Kevin O'Neill, not a catchphrase as such, but a memorable cover strapline:
"I operated on my own BRAIN BRIAN!"
fixed (RIP Kev)
Quote from: sheridan on 08 November, 2022, 07:01:54 PM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 07 November, 2022, 07:15:07 AM
Quote from: JWare on 03 November, 2022, 08:07:25 AM
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 November, 2022, 03:19:54 AM
Insomuch as Dredd has a 'catchphrase', perhaps it's something like "HI-EX!" or "INCENDIARY!"
Um... something about being the Law or something?
I never thought "I am the law!" was an appropriate catchphrase for Dredd. What is he declaring? That he is enforcing the law? That he is the embodiment of the law? It sounds more like the kind of "I'm in charge" power-tripping remark that Cal would make. "Do what I say, because me, I'm the law, and that's all there is to it. What I say goes."
I do see how it fits in with the Judges being able to pass sentence as well as arrest people, but that capability's not unique to Dredd. If Dredd said it as a plain statement, "I am the law (here and now, in this situation we're dealing with)", it would make more sense. He is not the type to boast and swagger so emphatically referencing himself seems off. "I am the law! Do what I say, because what I say goes."
This has occurred to me as well. It's a variant on hammering on the door and saying "this is the law" but adapted to the more solitary law enforcement of MC1 - sure they do sometimes go around in pairs, but compare real-life police and the judges and the judges are much more likely to go around on their own, just their lawmaster to speak to.
I always thought it a variation of Louis IV, when told that he couldn't just raise a new tax according to the law, replied "Le loi, c'est moi" (I wonder if that's what Dredd says in the French translations?)
But if you want context, you have to go back to the original (I
think this is the first time he said it) in the Cursed Earth:
(https://i.imgur.com/ZOIbcVn.png)
Pat Mills does love a catchphrase (almost as much as seven member teams with cool nicknames). His poorest attempt though was in the ABC Warriors - remember those cops in the silent cyber-city who would leap out of their flyers shouting "Let's download!" That didn't catch on.
I'm trying to remember if Stogie had any catchphrases, or just crude hispanic jibber-jabber.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 November, 2022, 11:57:20 PM
I always thought it a variation of Louis IV, when told that he couldn't just raise a new tax according to the law, replied "Le loi, c'est moi"
He said it
in French? How pretentious are those French people?
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 November, 2022, 11:57:20 PM
remember those cops in the silent cyber-city who would leap out of their flyers shouting "Let's download!" That didn't catch on.
It just meant they were busting for the loo after being stuck in their car for a long time.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 08 November, 2022, 11:57:20 PM
Pat Mills does love a catchphrase (almost as much as seven member teams with cool nicknames). His poorest attempt though was in the ABC Warriors - remember those cops in the silent cyber-city who would leap out of their flyers shouting "Let's download!" That didn't catch on.
I mean... bold text aside, they said it all of
once, so I'm not sure it was really meant to.
I wonder if anyone has totted up how many times Dredd has actually said "I am the law" in dialogue as part of a strip (as opposed to in ads or on covers). I suspect it's not that many, but would be interested to know. I remember one strip during the "dark ages" when he yelled it for seemingly no reason, and how odd it seemed at the time.
[In Star Trek, every time Spock Vulcan nerve pinches someone, he should ejaculate, "you've been Vulcanized!"]
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 09 November, 2022, 12:12:55 PM
[In Star Trek, every time Spock Vulcan nerve pinches someone, he should ejaculate, "you've been Vulcanized!"]
Sir, this is a family thread. You may take that sort of thing to the rubber fetishists.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 09 November, 2022, 12:12:55 PM
In Star Trek, every time Spock Vulcan nerve pinches someone, he should ejaculate
McCoy: "My God, man! It's green!"
Quote from: nxylas on 09 November, 2022, 12:12:15 PM
I wonder if anyone has totted up how many times Dredd has actually said "I am the law" in dialogue as part of a strip (as opposed to in ads or on covers). I suspect it's not that many, but would be interested to know. I remember one strip during the "dark ages" when he yelled it for seemingly no reason, and how odd it seemed at the time.
I may have a spreadsheet around here somewhere...
And, this (http://i%20am%20the%20law!).
I'm pretty sure I know how many times they said "beam me up Scotty" in Star Trek.
Zero.
What they used to say was "3* to beam up, Mr Scott."
* or how ever many there were.
As Sherlock Holmes almost certainly never said, "a gentleman only ejaculates when it's absolutely necessary for adding verbal thrust, Watson. Now put that away."
If I may be permitted to restore some dignity and relevance to this thread, then let me submit:
Zog!
Zog! Zog! Zog!
Zog!
Flippy neck.
I've got my pride.
Pride is an itchy figleaf.
Quote from: JWare on 09 November, 2022, 11:03:20 PM
I've got my pride.
That was a great one. A clear stand-in for 'gizza job' but it worked very well.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 10 November, 2022, 12:08:29 AM
Pride is an itchy figleaf.
And that's a catchphrase in search of a hero.
(But you gotta wonder at what sort of character would have that as a catchphrase, and the circumstances in which he'd use it.)
The catchphrase of Snake Boy, sidekick to Adam Man, the original superhero from Eden City.
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 10 November, 2022, 02:15:25 PM
The catchphrase of Snake Boy, sidekick to Adam Man, the original superhero from Eden City.
A superpower no more interesting than a knowledge of good and evil.
A lot of apple-centred storylines.
But on the other hand – gratuitous nudity!
Quote from: JWare on 10 November, 2022, 03:12:42 PM
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 10 November, 2022, 02:15:25 PM
The catchphrase of Snake Boy, sidekick to Adam Man, the original superhero from Eden City.
A superpower no more interesting than a knowledge of good and evil.
A lot of apple-centred storylines.
But on the other hand – gratuitous nudity!
What about the female characters? It's important to be Eve-n handed.
I'll get my coat...
Eve would be Adam Man's tough, cigar-chewing boss.
Her catchphrase might be, "how do you like them apples, creep?"
Adam Man himself would be too cool to have a catchphrase, he'd just be sarky in the Name of God.
'It's good but it's not right...'
Humour irrelevant.
(https://i.postimg.cc/0NgZT4Qq/tumblr-oso5lxw5-Ro1rqazj9o7-400.png) (https://postimages.org/)
How is "Bojemoi!" pronounced?
I always assumed it was something like "BOW-ZHem-MoY!"
I know nothing of phonetics.
Well now, it wasn't 2000ad, and I can't work out whether it was a great catchphrase or a terrible one, but:
'My gun fires seven shades of shit... What's your favourite colour, punk?'
- Marshal Law, though google tells me that My Chemical Romance quoted it in a song.
That reminds me of the dramatization movie of the Mount St' Helens eruption (the cunningly titled St. Helens from 1981).
Anyway, there was a die-hard old dude who lived on the mountain (Harry R. Truman) and refused to leave despite the warnings from volcanologists (not to be confused with people who study Spock).
The movie version of him utters the immortal line "Don't give me any shit, boy! I've got a turd in every pocket!"
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 04 February, 2023, 05:55:26 PMI can't work out whether it was a great catchphrase or a terrible one
I can't work it out either.
I suppose it's all to do with context, but if the context happens to be a later outing of Marshal Law, then I'm going to come down on the side of terrible.
(It's a sad thing, prejudice.)
"Aint no Flies on Fergee ...
... Easy the Ferg!"
"Let me tell you what I think..."
Me.
:lol:
Catchphrases that needed some more work:
"Pucker up and kiss my axe!"
"The name's Slade. That's S-L-A-D-E – just like it sounds."
"I'm too moist to kill!"
"The ABC Warriors are back – after these messages!"
"Let's spoon!"
"Be pure! Be vigilant! Be on time in future!"
"Oh my poor arses!"
Quote from: JohnW on 24 September, 2023, 10:11:24 AMCatchphrases that needed some more work:
"I AM THE LAst one to throw stones!"
And, if shouting out gun settings counts as a catchphrase - "Tex/Mex!"
"I'm Sam C. Slade. The C is for Christmas..."
"Nup" (Oh, the hilarity!)
"Your mouth is full of molars."
"Long way to Hondo, Dredd. Desert's gonna be full of creeps and bushwhackers all the way."
"Yeah? Well you tell me, Alpha...
...Who the hell's gonna give us directions?"
'Kiss me quick!'
'Be pure, be vigilant, be excellent to each other.' (air guitar)
'The crimmme issss lifffffffe.... the sssssentencccce issss "the crimmme isss lifffffe."'
'Fukky nell!'
Quote"I'm Sam C. Slade. The C is for Christmas..."
'He didn't think it too merry.'
Quote from: Funt Solo [R] on 09 November, 2022, 07:08:32 PMQuote from: nxylas on 09 November, 2022, 06:41:37 PMQuote from: Funt Solo on 09 November, 2022, 06:12:41 PMAnd, this (http://i%20am%20the%20law!/).
Linky no worky.
Fixy bixy. (https://youtu.be/wvJiYrRcfQo)
And for balance: this is how it's done (https://youtu.be/ccF3uvpJ96I?si=FkcVJDCFpx52M_8J&t=18)
Quote from: JohnW on 24 September, 2023, 10:11:24 AMCatchphrases that needed some more work:
"Let's vape!" - MC1 Smokatorium.
"See you on the slippery dip!"
"Are you hangry?"/"You look hangry."
"Number four printer cartridge!"
'I represent the police!' - Judge Dredd
Ukko, "I knew you'd slay that."
Chopper, "I knew you'd spray that."
Dante, "I knew you'd lay that."
Quartz, "I knew you'd pay that."
(All characters as portrayed by Sylvester Ragamuffin Stallone.)
Dark Judge Slightly Queasy - "Gaze into the face of quease!"
Judge "Tight Boots" Dredd - "Gaze at my ingrown toenail!"
No contest, there. Slightly Queasy bokes into his own helmet, and has to excuse himself. And some classic Bolland art, where he's used as reference a photograph of Boris Karloff's ingrown toenail taken during the filming of Bride of Frankenstein.
---
Quote from: The Legendary Shark on 26 September, 2023, 04:41:47 PM(All characters as portrayed by Sylvester Ragamuffin Stallone.)
(https://i.imgur.com/NySj2yV.png)
Quote from: Funt Solo [R] on 26 September, 2023, 08:29:57 PM(https://i.imgur.com/NySj2yV.png)
Jesus wept, I've had a horrific flashback to that Millar Robohunter with the Fat Slags in it.
Good to see Derek Griffiths getting into the picture.
Quote from: Dash Decent on 27 September, 2023, 03:57:13 AMGood to see Derek Griffiths getting into the picture.
I saw him in Gogol's The Government Inspector at the Royal Exchange in the 80s - a surprisingly fine actor