Memorable quotes from animated characters.

Every so often, just like their live-action counterparts, animated characters will deliver some bon mots that really stand out in the work. This thread is dedicated to those instances where a cartoon character says something especially poignant, or belly-laugh hilarious, or memorable in some other way. Try to name not only the character, but the work in which the character appears, and the quote. Additional context is also welcome.

From the Josie And The Pussy Cats episode The Melody Memory Mix-Up, Melody Valentine, the giggling blonde drummer of the group, is hiding from the villain's henchmen in a television studio. Melody ends up on camera on a quiz show. The emcee poses the softball question: "What did George Washington say when he chopped down the cherry tree?"

Melody responds with a hearty "Tim-ber!"

Of course, one would expect the usual, "I cannot tell a lie, father; it was I that chopped down the cherry tree." But Fridge Brilliance kicks in when one realizes that the usual quote likely came while George's father is glaring at him, shaving strap in hand, ready to paddle li'l George into the White House. Melody's answer likely came before George's angry father showed up, just after George had given the poor tree its last whack. Honestly, who's to say young George didn't say "tim-ber!" as the cherry tree fell?

Very good thread, OUB. I can throw in a good one here.

In the "Dungeons And Dragons" episode , "The Lost Children," Dungeon Master delivers one of his conundrums. The kids can't understand it, so wise guy Eric says, "I think the warranty expired on Dungeon Master's brain."

In a Pinky and the Brain episode, Brain asked Pinky, "are you pondering what I'm pondering?" Pinky responded, "I think so Brain, but if Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why does he keep doing it?"

Another one is from Bugs Bunny Rides Again when Bugs and Sam are playing Gin. Sam says, "Alright, alright don't rush me, I'm thinkin'! And my head hurts."

What's Opera Doc?
Elmer:♫ "Brunhilde, you're so woveweee(lovely)"♫
Bugs (disguised as Brunhilde):♫"I know..I can't help it."♫

Ducking The Devil
Daffy, moments after he beat the Tasmanian Devil to a pulp over a dollar.
Daffy: "I might be a coward, but I'm a greeeeedy little coward."

The writers on Invader Zim must've taken great
pleasure in writing very awkward phrases.

GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff
Gir: Your methods are stupid; your progress has been stupid;
your intelligence is stupid!

Hobo 13
*Sgt. Hobo: I'm looking forward to twisting you into a twisted horrible knot,
...made from you!
(* Sgt. Hobo voiced by character actor
R. Lee Ermey making it that much funnier)

Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars
Zim: You're nothing Earth boy! Go home and shave your giant head of smell with your bad self!
Dib: Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.

Tak: The Hideous New Girl
Dib: You're just jealous...
Zim: This has nothing to do with jelly!

Ms. Bitters: Children, your performance was miserable. Your parents will all receive phone
calls instructing them to love you less now.

Straydog

Here are a few more from Hanna-Barbera:

From a Flintstones episode:

Doctor: Say ah, please.

Fred: Ah, please.

Doctor: Say ah again, please.

Fred: Ah again, please.

From the "Scooby-Doo Meets Jeannie" episode of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies."

(Jeannie zaps an evil spirit that's tormenting Shaggy, Scooby, and Babu)

Shaggy: See? It was just a harmless joke.

Jeannie: It was no joke, Shaggy. And definitely not harmless.


From the "Jabberjaw" episode "The Bermuda Triangle Tangle."

(Jabber tries to bring the Neptunes out of their zombie states)

Shellly: I only obey Madame Sargasso, blubberhead!

Jabberjaw: No respect! Not even from a zombie!

Ah, yes. I remember some more.

From Rabbit of Seville.
Bugs singing to Elmer: "There, you're nice and clean. Although your face looks like it has been through a machine."

From Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk.
The Giant talking about Bugs: "Duh... well, he can't outsmart me. Because I'm a moron."

Permit me a moment to address a response or two.
"If Jimmy cracks corn, and nobody cares, why does he still do it?" - Pinky
Because cracking corn is one colloquialism for brewing corn liquor, a/k/a moonshine. Jimmy brews the moonshine, which the singer imbibes until he stopping caring and forgets his troubles. It's when Jimmy stops brewing the corn liquor that the singer takes issue.

As to Invader Zim speaking flawed English as his regular dialog: creator Jhonen Vasquez was smart enough to realize that immigrants to the US often fail to grasp the nuances of American English. Therefore an alien from another planet would likewise speak flawed English, unprepared for its many colloquialisms.

This one could almost be Dick Dastardly's catchphrase: "Muttley! Do something!" Once again, one of Dastardly's booby traps has backfired horribly on him, and he's in mortal peril from his own machinations. Now, if Dastardly had friends, they'd surely rush to save him by reflex. However, his underlings, especially Muttley, are usually content to simply observe Dastardly's demise. DD has to specifically order a rescue effort. Anyone can sound terrified about a mortal plight; Dastardly adds peevishness to it because he's surrounded by laggards and Starscreams. All kinds of kudos to the late, great Paul Winchell for nailing that much complexity of character into three words. "Muttley! Do something!"

I cannot hear that cry and still keep a straight face. :lol:

Now for the most memorable quote of all time:

Jessica Rabbit: I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

There's a doozy of a good one in "The Wearing of the Grin" in which after viewing Shamus O' Toole--or rather O' Pat the leprechaun remarks while standing right next to his "lower half" (in reality O' Mike the leprechaun) "Now isn't this sight enough to set the heart crossways in ye?"

The Dover Boys

(the villainous Backslide slips from the tavern, finds an unattended automobile and dramatically announces...)
Dan Backslide:“A runabout. I'll steal it!
No one will ever know!!

Rabbit Seasoning

Bugs: Would you like to shoot me now or wait 'til you get home?
Daffy: Shoot him now! Shoot him now!
Bugs: You keep outta this! He doesn't have to shoot you now!
Daffy:He does so have to shoot me now!
(to Elmer) I demand that you shoot me now!
BAM!!!



Rocky and Bullwinkle/Mr. Know-It-All
Rocky:For those of you who want to soak up some extra knowledge,
here he is,Mr. Know-It-All.
Bullwinkle: Hello sponge-heads.

Rocky:For all those wise men who wish to become wiser,
here's Mr. Know-It-All
Bullwinkle:Hello wise guys.

Rocky: For all of you who want to be tigers in the field of journalism, here's Mr. Know-It-All.
Bullwinkle: Hello, copycats.

(Boris creates a football team of roughs and thugs to play Wattsamotta U. and disguises them as a girls team to drive the odds higher.)
Rocky: A girls' school? Gosh, Bullwinkle, what kind of games can you play with girls?
Bullwinkle: Gee, this really is a children's show! Why parcheesi, of course.

Straydog

Ooh, I'd forgotten those Bullwinkle J Moose quotes, and I have the first three seasons of Rocky And Bullwinkle on DVD. Good catches.
Now for a Roger Rabbit quote to compliment Jessica's:
"Oh, Jessica. Say it isn't so. P-l-l-l-l-lease?"
The same Roger Rabbit who can have refrigerators dropped on his head and walk it off, who can brush off 12-guage buckshot like dandruff, who can get blasted with nitro and merely shake the soot out of his fur ... but show him pictures of his beloved wife playing literal patty-cake with Marvin Acme, and Roger Rabbit dies by degrees in a rain-soaked alley. Giving a Screwy Squirrel comic character a Break-The-Cutie scene like that is mighty fine scripting.

In the pilot episode of Cow and Chicken "No Smoking" we are treated to one heck(no pun intended) of an entrance by The Red Guy "Hello, it's me the devil! I stand for all that is bad. Also, I'm naked."

Another from "The New Scooby-Doo Movies," this one from "The Dynamic Scooby-Doo Affair."

(Batman examines a counterfeit $5 bill).

Batman: A clever feat of duplication. But they made one little slip-up. President Lincoln never wore a turtleneck sweater.

From Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves:
Bluto: "You wanna make a fool of me?"
Popeye: "Nature beat me to it."

Another one from the same cartoon:
Popeye: "I'd make a sandwich if I had a witch."

And this, from "Water, Water, Every Hare:"

Mad Scientist: Now be a good little bunny, and let me have your brain.

Bugs: Sorry, doc, but I need what little I've got.

From "Baby Buggy Bunny"
"Finster's shaving his age? And tattooed? And smoking a cigar?"

In the Phineas and Ferb episode "The Curse of Candace" there is an extremely clever actor allusion bit in which the boys' mother, Linda remarks that she's heading out, and if they need anything, their father is inside watching a horror movie. We then cut to Lawrence (their father) remarking "Well, this isn't much of a horror movie. Where are the rock and roll musical numbers?" He's obviously making a reference to the film version of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." However, there's a bit more to it than that--The voice actor for Lawrence just so happens to be Richard O'Brian who wrote "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and was Riff Raff in the film version.

I'm reminded of a Bugs quote from Haredevil Hare. This is right after Bugs stops Marvin from blowing up the Earth.
Bugs: "HEY! All the people I know are on the Earth!"

Time for a classic:
"Help! Jane, stop this crazy thing!" - George Jetson.
From the closing animation of Hanna-Barbera's The Jetsons series, George Jetson is taking his dog Astro out for a walk. They're using treadmill built for the purpose that extends from the ledge of the apartment building out into space, thousands of stories up, with no safety rails. A high-wire act across Niagara Falls would be safer. Of course, things Go Horribly Wrong when a cat appears and leaps in front of Astro, who gives chase. This causes the treadmill to speed up to the point where George can't keep up, and he falls, disappearing off the back edge. Well, this dog-walker must have its own gravity system, because George doesn't fall thousands of feet to his doom; instead, he adheres to the underside of the track, and reappears at the front, passing beneath the feet of the cat and Astro as he does so. The cat and Astro find George's lumpiness in their path inconvenient, so they simply leap onto the window ledge to watch poor George cry out for help, fall prone, roll off the far edge, reappear on the near edge, regain his feet, and cry out some more. Schadenfreud at its finest.

In "The Day the Ed Stood Still" from Ed, Edd, 'N Eddy, Ed remarks "I am just a monster in a boy's body." That's pretty profound for a fellow who mostly spouts nonsense and has a fondness for buttered toast and gravy...

Now here's a verbal exchange from "Forward March, Hare," that always leaves me laughing:

Bugs: Private Bugs Bunny reporting, sir.

Sergeant: Private Bugs Bunny, eh? Well, I'm Sergeant Porky Pig.

Colonel: And I am Colonel Putty Tat.

Lieutenant: Corporal! General Tweety Pie was asking for you, sir.