Memorable quotes from animated characters.

Good old Springfield is usually good for a laugh, so I'll pluck a dandy line from Matt Groening's The Simpsons:
While cooling his heels in the prison exercise yard, Snake sees Homer Simpson driving Snake's former muscle car. Aghast, Snake bolts for the gate in the chain-link fence that encloses the yard. A sign on the gate specifies "No Escaping." Snake addresses this restriction thusly:
"To hell with the honor system."
Snake then simply opens the gate and escapes, pursuing his beloved car on foot. No lock on the gate, no audible alarm sounds, no sign that this prison break triggered any response at all. Budget cuts, indeed.

I never really got into Spongebob Squarepants--however, there have been a few episodes I enjoyed--and there are some memorable quotes.
The one that always got me was when Patrick attempts to cheer up Spongebob about being "ugly" (people are actually avoiding him because his breath smells) with a story in "Something Smells." "It's called the ugly barnacle. Once there was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died! The end." Spongebob then states the obvious: "That didn't help at all!"

Well, in honor of "The Amazing Spider Man 2" opening today, I decided to post this quote from the "Spiderman And His Amazing Friends" episode, "Seven Little Superheroes." When Spidey comes down the chimney of the Chameleon's mansion," he says, "It's just your friendly neighborhood Santa Claus."

Here is another response from Pinky after Brain asked "are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

"I think so Brain, but this time, you wear the tutu."

I don't know what episode this comes from.

How about this one from "Battle Of The Planets," when G-Force discusses the possibility of a two-headed monster?

Princess: Two heads are better than one.

Mark: Not on the same body!

Due to his peculiar command of the English language, Don Karnage will deliver a dandy line. One that stands out in my mind occurs during the introductory episode Plunder And Lightning, when Baloo, Rebecca and Molly are fleeing the air pirates within the caverns of Pirate Island. Karnage, furious at their deception, gives the order:
"Shoot them! A lot!"
As if there's a bullet quota for air pirates. Otherwise, Karnage's underlings would only shoot fleeing prisoners three times at most. Given that Karnage and his band routinely display towering lunacy and epic stupidity, this just might be the case, justifying the "a lot" quantifier.

At the very end of "What's Opera Doc?" Elmer is weeping while carrying off a "dead" Bugs Bunny. Suddenly Bugs lifts up his head and breaks the fourth wall: "Well what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending? " This very true and amusing remark is what always kept me from sobbing uncontrollably as a kid. I knew that Bugs wasn't really dead. Also, from "What's Opera Doc?" Elmer standing over Bugs' rabbit hole with his spear savagely chanting to "Flight of the Valkyries" "Kill the Wabbit! Kill the Wabbit!" always left me in stitches and to this day I can't hear this classical piece without picturing Elmer doing just that--and of course wanting to chant "Kill the Wabbit!" every time the refrain pops up.

In Bewitched Bunny, the kids say, "Ahhh, your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!"

Also, here's a Bugs quote from Baseball Bugs. "Eeeeeeh, watch me paste that pathetic palooka with a powerful, pachydermous, percussion pitch."

Here's a good one from "Courageous Cat And Minute Mouse." The Black Cat steals jewels from the basement of a wax museum. Courageous and Minute keep putting them back, but the criminal never sees this. So, he says, "The jewels! They're gone! Must be ghosts!"

One of my absolute favorites has to be Wile E. Coyote's opening in "Operation Rabbit" "Allow me to introduce myself."My name is Wile E. Coyote, genius. I am not selling anything, nor am I working my way through college."
Bugs tries to cut in with "I" but is immediately interrupted by Coyote continuing "So let's get down to cases: you are a rabbit an I am going to eat you for supper. Now don't try to get away! I am more muscular, more cunning, faster and larger than you, and I'm a genius, while you could hardly pass the examination exams to kindergarten. So I'll give you the customary two minutes to say your prayers."
Bugs then responds with "I'm sorry, Mac, but the lady of the house ain't home and besides, we mailed you people a check last week."
Walking off, Wile E. remarks to the audience: "Why do they always want to do it the hard way?"

The ending lines are great too. A defeated Coyote once more returns to address Bugs through his folding door: "Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Mud." before collapsing.
Bugs then remarks "And remember, mud spelled backwards is dumb."

Can't be complete without these memorable quotes:

From "Hare Brush:"

Bugs(hypnotized): I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.

And at the end of the short:

Elmer: I may be a scwewy wabbit, but at least I ain't going to Alcatwaz.

Bad ol' Dick Dastardly fired off a good one, though I'll need help citing the particular episode:
"I'm going to win this race fair and square, even if I have to cheat!"
Muttley, of course, snickers at this. This is the Dick Dastardly we're talking about. If Dick ever had an honest thought, it would make his brain itch. And I have to wonder what Dastardly considers "fair and square." No firearms or explosives? Leave survivors?
Actually, it makes sense for Dastardly to pursue cataclysmic cheating, especially in the later stages of the Wacky Races. At that point, Dastardly is so far behind in the standings that even consecutive victories won't earn him the overall championship. His only hope to become the Wackiest Racer is to eliminate all the other competitors. Dastardly wins the whole shootin' match by being the sole surviving entrant. Apparently, mass homicide isn't against the rules.

Here's one that kind of surprised me. In the Tom and Jerry Kids Droopy and Dripple episode "Droopio and Juliet" after Juliet swoons over Droopio, Dripple remarks "My pop's a real sex symbol." Now I had seen this episode plenty of times as a middle schooler, but never picked up on that line until a few years ago at college. I was pretty surprised to hear such a line in there and found it hilarious.

And lest we forget, there's a plethora of memorable quotes from "Rebel Rabbit:"

"They wouldn't take it unless I threw in a set of dishes."

"That fills up that hole."

"South America, take it away!"

(after swiping locks off the Panama Canal) "I got 'em! I got 'em!"

"Hair dye! That's a joke, son, and you missed it!"

"I'm game! Count me in!"

"Bugs Bunny! King Of The Beasts!"(imitates Tarzan yell).

"Could it be I carried this thing too far?" Later, at Alcatraz Prison "Eh, could be."

There's a really funny one from Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"-- but not from the intended comedy relief. After what was probably one of the darkest Disney villain songs ever, "Hellfire" in which Frollo sings of his burning lust for Esmeralda, Phoebus greets Frollo the next morning. "Morning, sir." Frollo replies with groaning and grabbing at his head--as if he's suffering from an extreme hangover. Concerned, Phoebus asks him "Are you feeling all right?" Frollo's response? "I had a little trouble with the fireplace." "I see," is Phoebus' reply.

"A little trouble with the the fireplace?" Is that what we're calling it, Frollo?

Here's one no one even thought about:

In a Pink Panther cartoon about Noah, we saw one of the few times that the Pink Panther spoke. At the end of the short, he asked, "Why can't men be more like animals?"

Jiminy Cricket (on seeing Pinochio come to life): [whistles] - What they can't do these days!"