List of catchphrases - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of catchphrases, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression which has gained usage beyond its initial scope. The list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

In American culture

Notable Catchphrases In American Culture
Catchphrase	Character/Person	Media Source	First Appearance
"Man's best friend"	George Graham Vest George Graham Vest George Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...	Courtroom speech	1870
"Let's roll Let's roll "Let's roll" is a catchphrase that has been used extensively as a term to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. After the September 11 attacks, the phrase, especially in the United States, has come to symbolize heroism, self sacrifice and initiative in a tough situation... "	Todd Beamer Todd Beamer Lisa Beamer was born on april 10, 1969 in Albany, New york.Lisa Beamer is the widow of Todd Beamer, a victim of the United Flight 93 crash as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States....	September 11 attacks	2001
"Holy mackerel!"	Kingfish Tim Moore (comedian) Tim Moore was a celebrated American vaudevillian and comic actor of the first half of the 20th century. He gained his greatest recognition in the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS television series, Amos 'n' Andy...	Amos 'n' Andy Show	1928
"D'oh! D'oh! "D'oh!" is a catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons . It is typically used when Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something stupid, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him... "	Homer Simpson Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...	The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...	1989
"¡Ay, caramba! ¡Ay, caramba! ¡Ay, caramba! comes from the Spanish interjection ¡ay! and caramba ,; which is an exclamation used in the Spanish of Spain to denote surprise... "	Bart Simpson Bart Simpson Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...	The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...	1989
"More cowbell More Cowbell "More cowbell" is an American pop culture catchphrase originally derived from an April 8, 2000, Saturday Night Live comedy sketch which fictionalized the recording of the song " The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult... "	The Bruce Dickinson Christopher Walken Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	2000
"Git-R-Done!"	Larry the Cable Guy Larry the Cable Guy Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....	Comedy monologue	1991
"Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? was a commercial campaign for Anheuser-Busch Budweiser beer from 1999 to 2002. The first spot aired during Monday Night Football, December 20, 1999. The ad campaign was run worldwide and became a pop culture catchphrase... "	A group of friends	Commercial, Budweiser	1999
"Where's the beef? Where's the beef? "Where's the beef?" is a catchphrase in the United States and Canada. Since it was first used as an advertising slogan, it has become an all-purpose phrase questioning the substance of an idea, event, or product.-History:... "	Clara Peller	Commercial, Wendy's	1984
"Danger, Will Robinson Danger, Will Robinson “Danger, Will Robinson!” is a catchphrase from the 1960s’ American television series Lost in Space spoken by voice actor Dick Tufeld. The Robot, acting as a surrogate guardian, says this to young Will Robinson when the boy is unaware of an impending threat. In everyday use, the phrase warns someone... "	The Robot Robot B-9 The B-9, Class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot was a character in the television series Lost in Space. Known and addressed simply as "Robot", his full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show.-History:...	Lost in Space Lost in Space Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968...	1965
"Beam me up, Scotty Beam me up, Scotty "Beam me up, Scotty" is a catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek. It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, when he needs to be transported back to the Starship Enterprise.Though it... "	James T. Kirk James T. Kirk James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...	Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...	1966
"Live long and prosper Vulcan salute The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture consisting of a raised hand, palm forward with the fingers parted between the middle and ring finger, and the thumb extended. Often, the famous line, "Live long and prosper", is said after it. The salute was devised and popularised by Leonard Nimoy, who... "	Spock Spock Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Spock also appears in the animated Star Trek series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, seven of the Star Trek feature films, and numerous Star Trek...	Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...	1967
"Who loves ya, baby?"	Theo Kojak Telly Savalas Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz...	Kojak Kojak Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...	1973
"The devil made me do it!"	Geraldine Jones Flip Wilson Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...	1968
"Turn on, tune in, drop out Turn on, tune in, drop out "Turn on, tune in, drop out" is a counterculture phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1967. Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and uttered the famous phrase, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, Leary... "	Timothy Leary Timothy Leary Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...	Human Be-In Human Be-In The Human Be-In was a happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol as the center of an American counterculture and introduced the word 'psychedelic'...	1967
"He's dead, Jim"	Leonard "Bones" McCoy Leonard McCoy Leonard "Bones" McCoy is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series, McCoy also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in numerous books,...	Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...	1966
"I'm a doctor, not a..."	Leonard "Bones" McCoy Leonard McCoy Leonard "Bones" McCoy is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series, McCoy also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in numerous books,...	Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...	1966
"Resistance is futile"	The Borg	Star Trek Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...	1987
"I've fallen… and I can't get up! I've fallen and I can't get up! "I've fallen… and I can't get up!" was a catchphrase of the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture based upon a line from a United States-based television commercial.-The source of the line:... "	Mrs. Fletcher	Commercial, LifeCall	1989
"You look... mahvelous!"	Fernando Lamas Billy Crystal William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes...	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1985
"Yada, yada, yada"	Multiple characters	Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...	1997
"Book 'em, Danno"	Steve McGarrett Jack Lord John Joseph Patrick Ryan , best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord appeared in feature films earlier in his career,...	Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...	1968
"I see nothing–NOTHING!"	Sergeant Schultz	Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. Bob Crane had the starring role as Colonel Robert E...	1965
"I get no respect, I tell ya Rodney Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield , was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect!," "No respect, no respect at all... that's the story of my life" or "I get no respect, I tell ya" and his monologues on that theme... "	Rodney Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield Rodney Dangerfield , was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect!," "No respect, no respect at all... that's the story of my life" or "I get no respect, I tell ya" and his monologues on that theme...	Comedy monologue	1962
"Yeah! That's the ticket!"	Tommy Flanagan	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1985
"That's a joke, son! Senator Claghorn Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945... "	Senator Claghorn Senator Claghorn Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...	The Fred Allen Show	1945
"Pay attention now, boy! Senator Claghorn Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945... "	Senator Claghorn Senator Claghorn Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...	The Fred Allen Show	1945
"Well, isn't that SPE-CIAL?!"	The Church Lady The Church Lady The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1986
"How con-VEEN-ient!"	The Church Lady The Church Lady The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1986
"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!"	Stuart Smalley Stuart Smalley Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by satirist Al Franken. The character originated on the television show Saturday Night Live, in a mock self-help show called "Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley." It first aired on SNL's February 9, 1991 episode hosted by Kevin Bacon...	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1991
"What a revoltin' development this is! The Life of Riley The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series , and a 1958 Dell comic book... "	Chester A. Riley William Bendix William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley...	The Life of Riley The Life of Riley The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series , and a 1958 Dell comic book...	1945
"KnoWhutImean? (Vern)"	Ernest P. Worrell Ernest P. Worrell Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character most principally portrayed by the late American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials, and later in a television series as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created by the Nashville advertising agency Carden and Cherry and was...	Commercial	1980
"Sorry, Charlie Charlie the Tuna Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot tuna for StarKist Tuna, was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency after StarKist hired Leo Burnett in 1961. StarKist Tuna is the name of a brand of tuna currently owned by Dongwon Industries.... "	Charlie the Tuna Charlie the Tuna Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot tuna for StarKist Tuna, was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency after StarKist hired Leo Burnett in 1961. StarKist Tuna is the name of a brand of tuna currently owned by Dongwon Industries....	Commercial, StarKist	1961
"Up your nose with a rubber hose!"	Vinnie Barbarino John Travolta John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...	Welcome Back, Kotter Welcome Back, Kotter Welcome Back, Kotter was an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta.It originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...	1975
"Excuse Me Let's Get Small Let’s Get Small was an album by American comedian Steve Martin. It included Excuse Me, a comedy bit whose title went on to become a national catchphrase... "	Steve Martin Steve Martin Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....	Comedy monologue	1977
"Like buttah"	Linda Richman	Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...	1991
"Gabba Gabba Hey Gabba Gabba Hey "Gabba Gabba Hey" is a catchphrase associated with the punk rock band the Ramones. The phrase is included in the song "Pinhead" , which contains the lyrics: "Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us." The song ends with: "Gabba gabba hey, gabba gabba hey!..."- History :The phrase comes... "	Ramones Ramones The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...	Pinhead (song)	1977
"What you see is what you get"	Geraldine Jones Flip Wilson Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...	1968
"Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!"	Pigmeat Markham Pigmeat Markham Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...	Comedy monologue	1940's
"Here come de judge! Here Comes The Judge Here Comes The Judge is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position... "	Pigmeat Markham Pigmeat Markham Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...	Comedy monologue	1940's
"Ke-mo sah-bee Ke-mo sah-bee Ke-mo sah-bee is the term of endearment and catchphrase used by the intrepid and ever-faithful fictional Native American sidekick, Tonto, in the very successful American radio and television program The Lone Ranger. It is sometimes translated as "trusty scout" or "faithful friend" in Potawatomi... "	Tonto Tonto Tonto may mean:* Tonto, a band of Apache native Americans.* Tonto, the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger.* "Tonto", a song by the American math rock band Battles, from their album Mirrored.** "Tonto+", the EP centered around said song....	The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....	1933
"Who's Yehoodi? Who's Yehoodi? The catchphrase "Who's Yehoodi?" originated when violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the popular radio program of Bob Hope, where sidekick Jerry Colonna, apparently finding the name itself humorous, repeatedly asked "Who's Yehudi?" Colonna continued the gag on later shows even though Menuhin... "	Jerry Colonna	Bob Hope Bob Hope Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel... radio program	1940
"I'm smarter than the average bear!"	Yogi Bear Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...	The Yogi Bear Show The Yogi Bear Show The Yogi Bear Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions about a fast-talking picnic basket stealing bear named Yogi. The show debuted in syndication on January 30 and ran for 33 episodes until December 30 in 1961 and included two segments, Snagglepuss and Yakky...	1961
"Hey there, Boo Boo!"	Yogi Bear Yogi Bear Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...	The Yogi Bear Show The Yogi Bear Show The Yogi Bear Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions about a fast-talking picnic basket stealing bear named Yogi. The show debuted in syndication on January 30 and ran for 33 episodes until December 30 in 1961 and included two segments, Snagglepuss and Yakky...	1961
"One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingies..."	Ernestine Lily Tomlin Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...	1970
"You bet your sweet bippy!"	Rowan & Martin	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...	1968

In British culture

Notable Catchphrases In British Culture
Catchphrase	Character/Person	Media Source	First Appearance
"42"	Douglas Adams Douglas Adams Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...	1978
"Don't Panic"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1978
"Knowing where one's towel is"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1978
"Mostly Harmless"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1978
"Not entirely unlike"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1980
"Share and Enjoy"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1978
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"	Douglas Adams	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	1984

In cinema

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| "I'll be back

I'll Be Back

"I'll be back" is a catchphrase associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which he first used in his role as the title character from the 1984 science fiction thriller film The Terminator. In the original shooting script, the line was written as "I'll come back". On 21 July 2005, it was chosen as #37...

" || Terminator || The Terminator

The Terminator

The Terminator is a 1984 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, co-written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr., and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, and Linda Hamilton. The film was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Orion Pictures, and filmed in Los...

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This is a list of catchphrases, where a catchphrase is a short phrase or expression which has gained usage beyond its initial scope. The list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.

In American culture

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| "Man's best friend" || George Graham Vest

George Graham Vest

George Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...

|| Courtroom speech || 1870 ||
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| "Let's roll

Let's roll

"Let's roll" is a catchphrase that has been used extensively as a term to move and start an activity, attack, mission or project. After the September 11 attacks, the phrase, especially in the United States, has come to symbolize heroism, self sacrifice and initiative in a tough situation...

" || Todd Beamer

Todd Beamer

Lisa Beamer was born on april 10, 1969 in Albany, New york.Lisa Beamer is the widow of Todd Beamer, a victim of the United Flight 93 crash as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States....

|| September 11 attacks || 2001 ||
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| "Holy mackerel!" || Kingfish

Tim Moore (comedian)

Tim Moore was a celebrated American vaudevillian and comic actor of the first half of the 20th century. He gained his greatest recognition in the starring role of George "Kingfish" Stevens in the CBS television series, Amos 'n' Andy...

|| Amos 'n' Andy Show ||1928 ||
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| "D'oh!

D'oh!

"D'oh!" is a catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from the long-running American animated sitcom The Simpsons . It is typically used when Homer injures himself, realizes that he has done something stupid, or when something bad has happened or is about to happen to him...

" || Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...

|| The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

|| 1989 ||
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| "¡Ay, caramba!

¡Ay, caramba!

¡Ay, caramba! comes from the Spanish interjection ¡ay! and caramba ,; which is an exclamation used in the Spanish of Spain to denote surprise...

" || Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson

Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...

|| The Simpsons

The Simpsons

|| 1989 ||
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| "More cowbell

More Cowbell

"More cowbell" is an American pop culture catchphrase originally derived from an April 8, 2000, Saturday Night Live comedy sketch which fictionalized the recording of the song " The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult...

" || The Bruce Dickinson

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken is an American stage and screen actor. He has appeared in more than 100 movies and television shows, including Joe Dirt, Annie Hall, The Deer Hunter, The Prophecy trilogy, The Dogs of War, Sleepy Hollow, Brainstorm, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

|| 2000 ||
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| "Git-R-Done!" || Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy

Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....

|| Comedy monologue || 1991 ||
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| "Whassup?

Whassup?

Whassup? was a commercial campaign for Anheuser-Busch Budweiser beer from 1999 to 2002. The first spot aired during Monday Night Football, December 20, 1999. The ad campaign was run worldwide and became a pop culture catchphrase...

" || A group of friends || Commercial, Budweiser || 1999 ||
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| "Where's the beef?

Where's the beef?

"Where's the beef?" is a catchphrase in the United States and Canada. Since it was first used as an advertising slogan, it has become an all-purpose phrase questioning the substance of an idea, event, or product.-History:...

" || Clara Peller || Commercial, Wendy's || 1984 ||
|-
| "Danger, Will Robinson

Danger, Will Robinson

“Danger, Will Robinson!” is a catchphrase from the 1960s’ American television series Lost in Space spoken by voice actor Dick Tufeld. The Robot, acting as a surrogate guardian, says this to young Will Robinson when the boy is unaware of an impending threat. In everyday use, the phrase warns someone...

" || The Robot

Robot B-9

The B-9, Class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot was a character in the television series Lost in Space. Known and addressed simply as "Robot", his full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show.-History:...

|| Lost in Space

Lost in Space

Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968...

|| 1965 ||
|-
| "Beam me up, Scotty

Beam me up, Scotty

"Beam me up, Scotty" is a catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek. It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, when he needs to be transported back to the Starship Enterprise.Though it...

" || James T. Kirk

James T. Kirk

James Tiberius "Jim" Kirk is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. Kirk was first played by William Shatner as the principal lead character in the original Star Trek series. Shatner voiced Kirk in the animated Star Trek series and appeared in the first seven Star Trek movies...

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "Live long and prosper

Vulcan salute

The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture consisting of a raised hand, palm forward with the fingers parted between the middle and ring finger, and the thumb extended. Often, the famous line, "Live long and prosper", is said after it. The salute was devised and popularised by Leonard Nimoy, who...

" || Spock

Spock

Spock is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Spock also appears in the animated Star Trek series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, seven of the Star Trek feature films, and numerous Star Trek...

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1967 ||
|-
| "Who loves ya, baby?" || Theo Kojak

Telly Savalas

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas was an American film and television actor and singer, whose career spanned four decades. Best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama Kojak, Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Birdman of Alcatraz...

|| Kojak

Kojak

Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, bald New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS. It took the time slot of the popular Cannon series, which was moved one hour earlier...

|| 1973 ||
|-
| "The devil made me do it!" || Geraldine Jones

Flip Wilson

Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "Turn on, tune in, drop out

Turn on, tune in, drop out

"Turn on, tune in, drop out" is a counterculture phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1967. Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and uttered the famous phrase, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". In a 1988 interview with Neil Strauss, Leary...

" || Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...

|| Human Be-In

Human Be-In

The Human Be-In was a happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967. It was a prelude to San Francisco's Summer of Love, which made the Haight-Ashbury district a symbol as the center of an American counterculture and introduced the word 'psychedelic'...

|| 1967 ||
|-
| "He's dead, Jim" || Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Leonard McCoy

Leonard "Bones" McCoy is a character in the Star Trek media franchise. First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the original Star Trek series, McCoy also appears in the animated Star Trek series, seven Star Trek movies, the pilot episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in numerous books,...

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "I'm a doctor, not a..." || Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Leonard McCoy

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "Resistance is futile" || The Borg || Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...

|| 1987 ||
|-
| "I've fallen… and I can't get up!

I've fallen and I can't get up!

"I've fallen… and I can't get up!" was a catchphrase of the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture based upon a line from a United States-based television commercial.-The source of the line:...

" || Mrs. Fletcher || Commercial, LifeCall || 1989 ||
|-
| "You look... mahvelous!" || Fernando Lamas

Billy Crystal

William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1985 ||
|-
| "Yada, yada, yada" || Multiple characters || Seinfeld

Seinfeld

Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...

|| 1997 ||
|-
| "Book 'em, Danno" || Steve McGarrett

Jack Lord

John Joseph Patrick Ryan , best known by his stage name Jack Lord, was an American television, film, and Broadway actor. He was known for his starring role as Steve McGarrett in the American television program Hawaii Five-O from 1968 to 1980. Lord appeared in feature films earlier in his career,...

|| Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for twelve seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. The show featured a fictional state police unit run by Detective Steve McGarrett,...

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "I see nothing–NOTHING!" || Sergeant Schultz || Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. Bob Crane had the starring role as Colonel Robert E...

|| 1965 ||
|-
| "I get no respect, I tell ya

Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield , was an American comedian, and actor, known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect!," "No respect, no respect at all... that's the story of my life" or "I get no respect, I tell ya" and his monologues on that theme...

" || Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield

|| Comedy monologue || 1962 ||
|-
| "Yeah! That's the ticket!"|| Tommy Flanagan ||Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1985 ||
|-
| "That's a joke, son!

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

" || Senator Claghorn

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

|| The Fred Allen Show || 1945 ||
|-
| "Pay attention now, boy!

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

" || Senator Claghorn

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

|| The Fred Allen Show || 1945 ||
|-
| "Well, isn't that SPE-CIAL?!" || The Church Lady

The Church Lady

The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1986 ||
|-
| "How con-VEEN-ient!" || The Church Lady

The Church Lady

The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1986 ||
|-
| "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!" || Stuart Smalley

Stuart Smalley

Stuart Smalley is a fictional character invented and performed by satirist Al Franken. The character originated on the television show Saturday Night Live, in a mock self-help show called "Daily Affirmation With Stuart Smalley." It first aired on SNL's February 9, 1991 episode hosted by Kevin Bacon...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1991 ||
|-
| "What a revoltin' development this is!

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, is a popular American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a long-run 1950s television series , and a 1958 Dell comic book...

" || Chester A. Riley

William Bendix

William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, best remembered in movies for the title role in the movie The Babe Ruth Story and for portraying clumsily earnest aircraft plant worker Chester A. Riley in radio and television's The Life of Riley...

|| The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

|| 1945 ||
|-
| "KnoWhutImean? (Vern)" || Ernest P. Worrell

Ernest P. Worrell

Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character most principally portrayed by the late American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials, and later in a television series as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created by the Nashville advertising agency Carden and Cherry and was...

|| Commercial || 1980 ||
|-
| "Sorry, Charlie

Charlie the Tuna

Charlie the Tuna, the cartoon mascot tuna for StarKist Tuna, was created by Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency after StarKist hired Leo Burnett in 1961. StarKist Tuna is the name of a brand of tuna currently owned by Dongwon Industries....

" || Charlie the Tuna

Charlie the Tuna

|| Commercial, StarKist || 1961 ||
|-
| "Up your nose with a rubber hose!" || Vinnie Barbarino

John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...

||Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter was an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta.It originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...

|| 1975 ||
|-
| "Excuse Me

Let's Get Small

Let’s Get Small was an album by American comedian Steve Martin. It included Excuse Me, a comedy bit whose title went on to become a national catchphrase...

" || Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....

|| Comedy monologue || 1977 ||
|-
| "Like buttah" || Linda Richman || Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1991 ||
|-
| "Gabba Gabba Hey

Gabba Gabba Hey

"Gabba Gabba Hey" is a catchphrase associated with the punk rock band the Ramones. The phrase is included in the song "Pinhead" , which contains the lyrics: "Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us." The song ends with: "Gabba gabba hey, gabba gabba hey!..."- History :The phrase comes...

" || Ramones

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

|| Pinhead (song) || 1977 ||
|-
| "What you see is what you get" || Geraldine Jones

Flip Wilson

Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!" || Pigmeat Markham

Pigmeat Markham

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...

|| Comedy monologue || 1940's ||
|-
| "Here come de judge!

Here Comes The Judge

Here Comes The Judge is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position...

" || Pigmeat Markham

Pigmeat Markham

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...

|| Comedy monologue || 1940's ||
|-
| "Ke-mo sah-bee

Ke-mo sah-bee

Ke-mo sah-bee is the term of endearment and catchphrase used by the intrepid and ever-faithful fictional Native American sidekick, Tonto, in the very successful American radio and television program The Lone Ranger. It is sometimes translated as "trusty scout" or "faithful friend" in Potawatomi...

" || Tonto

Tonto

Tonto may mean:* Tonto, a band of Apache native Americans.* Tonto, the fictional sidekick to the Lone Ranger.* "Tonto", a song by the American math rock band Battles, from their album Mirrored.** "Tonto+", the EP centered around said song....

|| The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked Texas Ranger who, with his Native American companion Tonto, fights injustice in the American Old West. The character has become an enduring icon of American culture....

|| 1933 ||
|-
| "Who's Yehoodi?

Who's Yehoodi?

The catchphrase "Who's Yehoodi?" originated when violinist Yehudi Menuhin was a guest on the popular radio program of Bob Hope, where sidekick Jerry Colonna, apparently finding the name itself humorous, repeatedly asked "Who's Yehudi?" Colonna continued the gag on later shows even though Menuhin...

" || Jerry Colonna || Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Bob Hope, KBE, KCSG, KSS was a British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in radio, television and movies. He was also noted for his work with the US Armed Forces and his numerous USO shows entertaining American military personnel...

radio program || 1940 ||
|-
| "I'm smarter than the average bear!" || Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear is a fictional bear who appears in animated cartoons created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than...

|| The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions about a fast-talking picnic basket stealing bear named Yogi. The show debuted in syndication on January 30 and ran for 33 episodes until December 30 in 1961 and included two segments, Snagglepuss and Yakky...

|| 1961 ||
|-
| "Hey there, Boo Boo!" || Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

|| The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show

|| 1961 ||
|-
| "One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingies..." || Ernestine

Lily Tomlin

Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960's when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in...

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1970 ||
|-
| "You bet your sweet bippy!" || Rowan & Martin || Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1968 ||
|}

In British culture

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ Notable Catchphrases In British Culture
|-
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Catchphrase
! scope="col" | Character/Person
! scope="col" | Media Source
! scope="col" | First Appearance
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

|-
| "42" || Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...

|| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...

|| 1978 ||
|-
| "Don't Panic" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1978 ||
|-
| "Knowing where one's towel is" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1978 ||
|-
| "Mostly Harmless" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1978 ||
|-
| "Not entirely unlike" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1980 ||
|-
| "Share and Enjoy" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1978 ||
|-
| "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" || Douglas Adams || The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy || 1984 ||

|}

In cinema

I'll Be Back

" || Terminator || The Terminator

The Terminator

In American culture

George Graham Vest

|| Courtroom speech || 1870 ||
|-
| "Let's roll

Let's roll

" || Todd Beamer

Todd Beamer

|| September 11 attacks || 2001 ||
|-
| "Holy mackerel!" || Kingfish

Tim Moore (comedian)

|| Amos 'n' Andy Show ||1928 ||
|-
| "D'oh!

D'oh!

" || Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson

|| The Simpsons

The Simpsons

|| 1989 ||
|-
| "¡Ay, caramba!

¡Ay, caramba!

¡Ay, caramba! comes from the Spanish interjection ¡ay! and caramba ,; which is an exclamation used in the Spanish of Spain to denote surprise...

" || Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson

|| The Simpsons

The Simpsons

|| 1989 ||
|-
| "More cowbell

More Cowbell

" || The Bruce Dickinson

Christopher Walken

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 2000 ||
|-
| "Git-R-Done!" || Larry the Cable Guy

Larry the Cable Guy

Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....

|| Comedy monologue || 1991 ||
|-
| "Whassup?

Whassup?

" || A group of friends || Commercial, Budweiser || 1999 ||
|-
| "Where's the beef?

Where's the beef?

" || Clara Peller || Commercial, Wendy's || 1984 ||
|-
| "Danger, Will Robinson

Danger, Will Robinson

" || The Robot

Robot B-9

|| Lost in Space

Lost in Space

|| 1965 ||
|-
| "Beam me up, Scotty

Beam me up, Scotty

" || James T. Kirk

James T. Kirk

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "Live long and prosper

Vulcan salute

" || Spock

Spock

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1967 ||
|-
| "Who loves ya, baby?" || Theo Kojak

Telly Savalas

|| Kojak

Kojak

|| 1973 ||
|-
| "The devil made me do it!" || Geraldine Jones

Flip Wilson

Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "Turn on, tune in, drop out

Turn on, tune in, drop out

" || Timothy Leary

Timothy Leary

|| Human Be-In

Human Be-In

|| 1967 ||
|-
| "He's dead, Jim" || Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Leonard McCoy

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "I'm a doctor, not a..." || Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Leonard McCoy

|| Star Trek

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...

|| 1966 ||
|-
| "Resistance is futile" || The Borg || Star Trek

Star Trek: The Next Generation

|| 1987 ||
|-
| "I've fallen… and I can't get up!

I've fallen and I can't get up!

"I've fallen… and I can't get up!" was a catchphrase of the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture based upon a line from a United States-based television commercial.-The source of the line:...

" || Mrs. Fletcher || Commercial, LifeCall || 1989 ||
|-
| "You look... mahvelous!" || Fernando Lamas

Billy Crystal

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1985 ||
|-
| "Yada, yada, yada" || Multiple characters || Seinfeld

Seinfeld

|| 1997 ||
|-
| "Book 'em, Danno" || Steve McGarrett

Jack Lord

|| Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "I see nothing–NOTHING!" || Sergeant Schultz || Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes

|| 1965 ||
|-
| "I get no respect, I tell ya

Rodney Dangerfield

" || Rodney Dangerfield

Rodney Dangerfield

|| Comedy monologue || 1962 ||
|-
| "Yeah! That's the ticket!"|| Tommy Flanagan ||Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1985 ||
|-
| "That's a joke, son!

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

" || Senator Claghorn

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

|| The Fred Allen Show || 1945 ||
|-
| "Pay attention now, boy!

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

" || Senator Claghorn

Senator Claghorn

Senator Beauregard Claghorn of Charleston, South Carolina, was a popular radio character on the "Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show beginning in 1945...

|| The Fred Allen Show || 1945 ||
|-
| "Well, isn't that SPE-CIAL?!" || The Church Lady

The Church Lady

The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1986 ||
|-
| "How con-VEEN-ient!" || The Church Lady

The Church Lady

The Church Lady was a recurring character in a series of sketches on the American television show Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1990, with later appearances in 1996, 2000, and 2011...

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1986 ||
|-
| "Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!" || Stuart Smalley

Stuart Smalley

|| Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1991 ||
|-
| "What a revoltin' development this is!

The Life of Riley

" || Chester A. Riley

William Bendix

|| The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

|| 1945 ||
|-
| "KnoWhutImean? (Vern)" || Ernest P. Worrell

Ernest P. Worrell

|| Commercial || 1980 ||
|-
| "Sorry, Charlie

Charlie the Tuna

" || Charlie the Tuna

Charlie the Tuna

|| Commercial, StarKist || 1961 ||
|-
| "Up your nose with a rubber hose!" || Vinnie Barbarino

John Travolta

||Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter

|| 1975 ||
|-
| "Excuse Me

Let's Get Small

Let’s Get Small was an album by American comedian Steve Martin. It included Excuse Me, a comedy bit whose title went on to become a national catchphrase...

" || Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....

|| Comedy monologue || 1977 ||
|-
| "Like buttah" || Linda Richman || Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

|| 1991 ||
|-
| "Gabba Gabba Hey

Gabba Gabba Hey

" || Ramones

Ramones

The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...

|| Pinhead (song) || 1977 ||
|-
| "What you see is what you get" || Geraldine Jones

Flip Wilson

Clerow Wilson, Jr. , known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show...

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1968 ||
|-
| "Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls!" || Pigmeat Markham

Pigmeat Markham

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...

|| Comedy monologue || 1940's ||
|-
| "Here come de judge!

Here Comes The Judge

" || Pigmeat Markham

Pigmeat Markham

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African-American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor...

|| Comedy monologue || 1940's ||
|-
| "Ke-mo sah-bee

Ke-mo sah-bee

" || Tonto

Tonto

|| The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

|| 1933 ||
|-
| "Who's Yehoodi?

Who's Yehoodi?

" || Jerry Colonna || Bob Hope

Bob Hope

radio program || 1940 ||
|-
| "I'm smarter than the average bear!" || Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

|| The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show

|| 1961 ||
|-
| "Hey there, Boo Boo!" || Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

|| The Yogi Bear Show

The Yogi Bear Show

|| 1961 ||
|-
| "One ringy-dingy...two ringy-dingies..." || Ernestine

Lily Tomlin

|| Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1970 ||
|-
| "You bet your sweet bippy!" || Rowan & Martin || Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

|| 1968 ||
|}

In British culture

Douglas Adams

|| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

In cinema

I'll Be Back

" || Terminator || The Terminator

The Terminator

|| 1984 ||
|-
| "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" is a catchphrase from the 1939 film Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh.It was spoken by Gable, as Rhett Butler, in his last words to Scarlett O'Hara. It occurs at the end of the film when Scarlett asks Rhett, "Where shall I go? What...

" || Rhett Butler

Rhett Butler

Rhett Butler is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.-Role:In the beginning of the novel, we first meet Rhett at the Twelve Oaks Plantation barbecue, the home of John Wilkes and his son Ashley and daughters Honey and India Wilkes...

|| Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...

|| 1939 ||
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| "Here's looking at you, kid" || Rick Blaine

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....

|| Casablanca

Casablanca (film)

Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in...

|| 1942 ||
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| "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" || Don Vito Corleone

Vito Corleone

Vito Andolini Corleone is a fictional character and the main character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, as well as Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, where he was portrayed by Marlon Brando in The Godfather and by Robert De Niro in The Godfather Part II. Premiere Magazine listed Vito...

|| The Godfather

The Godfather

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...

|| 1972 ||
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| "Go ahead, make my day

Go ahead, make my day

"Go ahead, make my day" is a catchphrase written by Joseph C. Stinson and spoken by the character Harry Callahan from the 1983 film Sudden Impact. In 2005, it was chosen as #6 on the American Film Institute list, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes. The "Make My Day Law" passed in most U.S...

" || Harry Callahan || Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact is a 1983 American crime thriller and the fourth film in the Dirty Harry series, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood...

|| 1983 ||
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| "You talkin' to me?

You talkin' to me?

"You talkin' to me?" is a catchphrase delivered by Travis Bickle, a character played by Robert De Niro in the 1976 movie Taxi Driver. The quotation and the scene it was featured in have become a pop culture icon. In 2005, it was chosen as #10 on the American Film Institute list, AFI's 100 Years.....

" || Travis Bickle

Travis Bickle

Travis Bickle is a fictional character from the 1976 film Taxi Driver, played by Robert De Niro. He is widely considered one of the most iconic characters in film history, and De Niro earned an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of him....

|| Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, and Cybill Shepherd. The film was nominated for four Academy...

|| 1976 ||
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| "Hasta la vista, baby" || Terminator || Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 science fiction action film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron and William Wisher Jr.. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong...

|| 1991 ||
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| "Eh... What's up, doc?

Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...

" || Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny

|| Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...

|| 1940 ||
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| "Play it again, Sam

Play it again, Sam

Play it again, Sam is originally a misquotation from the 1942 film Casablanca. It may also refer to:* A misquotation from the 1946 Marx Brothers' movie A Night in Casablanca...

" || Rick Blaine

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey DeForest Bogart was an American actor. He is widely regarded as a cultural icon.The American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema....

|| Casablanca

Casablanca (film)

|| 1942 ||
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| "To infinity and beyond!" || Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is a character and the main deuteragonist of the Toy Story franchise. Buzz is a space ranger action figure and the co-leader of Andy's Room. He has also appeared in the movie Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and the television series spin-off Buzz Lightyear of...

|| Toy Story

Toy Story

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...

|| 1995 ||
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| "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" || Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.-Early life:...

|| The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1930. It is 28 minutes in duration and was made from three-reels. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM.-Plot:...

|| 1930 ||
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| "My Little Chickadee" || W. C. Fields

W. C. Fields

William Claude Dukenfield , better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer...

|| If I Had a Million

If I Had A Million

If I Had a Million is a Paramount Studios anthology film. There were seven directors: Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone...

|| 1932 ||
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| "Come up and see me sometime" || Mae West

Mae West

Mae West was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades....

|| She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong

She Done Him Wrong is a Pre-Code 1933 Paramount Pictures comedy romance film starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Others in the cast include Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., Louise Beavers and Rochelle Hudson....

|| 1933 ||
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| "Sufferin' succotash" || Sylvester

Sylvester (Looney Tunes)

Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr., Sylvester the Cat or simply Sylvester, is a fictional character, a three-time Academy Award-winning anthropomorphic Tuxedo cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies repertory, often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper...

|| Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes

||1945||
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| "That'll be the day" || Ethan Edwards

John Wayne

Marion Mitchell Morrison , better known by his stage name John Wayne, was an American film actor, director and producer. He epitomized rugged masculinity and became an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height...

|| The Searchers

The Searchers (film)

The Searchers is a 1956 American Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, and set during the Texas–Indian Wars...

|| 1956 ||
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| "I see dead people" || Cole Sear

Haley Joel Osment

Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks' title character’s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M...

|| The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense is a 1999 American psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film tells the story of Cole Sear , a troubled, isolated boy who is able to see and talk to the dead, and an equally troubled child psychologist who tries to help him...

|| 1999 ||
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In literature

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| "Elementary, my dear Watson" || Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

|| Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...

|| 1887 ||
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| "Time's a-wastin" || Snuffy Smith || Comic strip, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Barney Google, is a long-running American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck . Since its debut on June 17, 1919, the strip has gained a huge international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries...

|| 1919 ||
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| "Leapin' lizards!" || Annie || Comic strip, Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut on August 5, 1924 in the New York Daily News...

||1924 ||
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| "Take me to your leader

Take Me to Your Leader

"Take me to your leader" is a cartoon catchphrase, supposedly said by extraterrestrial aliens who have just landed on earth in a flying saucer to the first human they happen to meet...

" ||Extraterrestrial Aliens || Cartoon, Alex Graham

Alex Graham (cartoonist)

Alex Graham was a British cartoonist best known as the creator of the cartoon strip "Fred Basset". He was educated in Dumfries at the academy there....

||1953 ||
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