There's No Way You Can Match These Famous Quotes To The TV Show
- by Rachel Pacey
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With thousands of TV show options out there, it can be extremely difficult to find the right one for you. We are sometimes drawn to TV shows based on friend recommendations, seeing commercials that draw us in, or even the recommended for you section of Netflix or Hulu (after all, they do know what you like!). Occasionally, you may read a great quote from a show that you have never seen before. This quote may make you stop and think, "Wow, I should watch that!"
Well, if you've ever heard of any of these shows, you should be able to identify them based on one short quote that appeared at some point during the series. These shows are some of the more popular ones, that everyone talks about because it is on each week, or the ones most of us have binged a couple of times, because it is a little bit older. Regardless, if you are a Netflix, Hulu, or HBO connoisseur, you'll be able to match these quotes to the TV show they were featured on. If you can't do that, you should fire up your TV or computer, and get started on re-watching some of these awesome shows.
"The truth is out there"
"The truth is out there," is one of the more iconic lines from this 1990's television series. With a 2016 reboot on Fox, this show is still bringing in viewers every week. The show follows the FBI careers of agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. After Scully is reluctantly assigned to partner up with Mulder, the two begin an 11 season adventure working to discover the truth about phenomena that occurs all over the country. The biggest being the existence of aliens.
"The worst thing about prison was the Dementors"
"The worst thing about prison was the Dementors." This line was said during an episode where 'prison Mike,' was trying to tell the room what it was like while he was in prison, in order to teach them a lesson. Dementors are actually something from Harry Potter, and obviously Mike had never been to prison. Having no idea how to explain how terrible prison could be, he made it up completely. This is just one of the infamous quotes said by this cast member throughout the series.
"Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here and it says you have network connectivity problems"
"Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here and it says you have network connectivity problems," said by Andy while trying to help Leslie while she is sick. Unable to figure out the computer to use webmd, he gives her what he thinks is a diagnosis. Andy has similar antics through the entire series, he breaks a light switch with his briefcase, buys a giant gummy bear container at the drug store, and even falls in love with a coworker.
"Great, so now we don’t have a car or a jet? Why don’t we just take an ad out in 'I’m Poor' magazine"
"Great, so now we don’t have a car or a jet? Why don’t we just take an ad out in 'I’m Poor' magazine." Lindsay said this in a conversation with her brother Michael after finding out that he had sold the last two vessels for travel that they had. After their father's arrest, the family is struggling for money and Michael makes some hard decisions. Later in the episode, we find out that everyone has been driving Michael's father's car, without telling him.
"That's true. When I was seven, I used to sneak into my father's office to see his collection of antique globes"
"That's true. When I was seven, I used to sneak into my father's office to see his collection of antique globes." This line was said by the boss of the entire building to one of his fellow commanding officers. Holt, is typically a plain guy. He isn't crazy about certain things like other characters, Jake and Die Hard, or Terry and yogurt. He likes fancier things, and this globe example is something you would expect from him as a child.
"Okay, is everybody clear? We’re gonna pick it up and move it. All we need is teamwork, okay? We’re gonna lift the car… and slide it out. Lift… and slide."
"Okay, is everybody clear? We’re gonna pick it up and move it. All we need is teamwork, okay? We’re gonna lift the car… and slide it out. Lift… and slide." This line was said by a main character. He had parallel parked his car, and got stuck into the spot. He didn't think that he would be able to pull out while driving it. When he was talking to his friends, he suggested this. This isn't the first time he suggested a method of moving something large, where it did not belong.
"The brass ring in a career isn't the number of zeroes on your paycheck. It's when you become indispensable."
"The brass ring in a career isn't the number of zeroes on your paycheck. It's when you become indispensable." Said by Frank Reagan, who has had a long and decorated career with the NYPD. This show follows his family, his children and grandchildren, as they grow and continue with their lives. Some family members follow into his footsteps, heading into the police force. While others become a part of the district attorney office, to help put the criminals away for a long time.
"I want to take comfort in you, and I know it will cost me my soul, and a part of me doesn’t care"
"I want to take comfort in you, and I know it will cost me my soul, and a part of me doesn’t care," said from a sort-of main character, to the main character of the show. This character who said the line is actually a vampire. He is in love with this girl, but knows that loving her may cost him his life. He struggles with this over a few seasons, with his love interest also struggling. They have a weird relationship.
"What difference does it make? Because in the end, when you lose somebody, every candle, every prayer is not going to make up for the fact that the only thing you have left is a hole in your life where that somebody that you cared about used to be."
"What difference does it make? Because in the end, when you lose somebody, every candle, every prayer is not going to make up for the fact that the only thing you have left is a hole in your life where that somebody that you cared about used to be." This sad quote was said by one of the main characters. He was talking to a friend, Alaric, through their grave. This character is told from the other side that he is missed also.
"There is someone for everyone, someone you're meant to spend the rest of your life with. All right? You just have to be open enough to see it. That's all."
"There is someone for everyone, someone you're meant to spend the rest of your life with. All right? You just have to be open enough to see it. That's all." This line was said by Booth to his future wife. She believes that all relationships are temporary. She's dating two men at the same time, and when the two find out about each other, they break up with her. Booth is trying to convince her of her worth, and that she will find someone worthy of her eventually.
"I think you mean, why is there silverware in the pancake drawer?"
"I think you mean, why is there silverware in the pancake drawer?" Said by Turk after Carla moves into the apartment. She is attempting to clean up the disgusting mess that the two boys, Turk and JD, created living together. Carla is wondering why she found a pancake in the drawer that contains all of the silver wear in the kitchen. She's a trooper though, because she keeps cleaning and sticks with him for years after this strange pancake incidence.
"Okay… Here it is. Your choice, it’s simple her or me...So pick me, choose me, love me."
"Okay… Here it is. Your choice, it’s simple her or me. And I’m sure she’s really great. But, I love you. In a really, really big pretend to like your taste in music, let you eat the last piece of cheesecake, hold a radio over my head outside your window, unfortunate way that makes me hate you, love you. So pick me, choose me, love me." is the whole quote where Meredith is taking her shot, going for the man she truly wants, explaining to him how much she loves him.
"See, there's two kinds of doctors..."
"See, there's two kinds of doctors. The kind that gets rid of their feelings. And the kind that keeps them. If you're going to keep your feelings, you're going to get sick from time to time. That's just how it works." Mark says this to Carter, to help him get through the job. Mark actually is often the character in this show who offers up inspirational lines, or advice, to anyone who needs it. He's always there to help someone out.
From which show did this line come from?
"There’s something strange and disarming about looking at a homicide scene in the daylight of Miami. It makes the most grotesque killings look staged, like you’re in a new and daring section of Disney World: Dahmerland! People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well, that’s my burden, I guess." This was the opening dialogue during the very first episode! The main character brings you into his head during each episode, this being one of the creepy things he mentions.
"You two suck at peddling meth"
"You two suck at peddling meth," said by character Saul in this majorly famous show. Saul is giving some tough love to Walt and Jess after Combo gets murdered, and he proceeds to tell them this. During the show we see a lot of mistakes as the characters get comfortable in their new roles. Especially for Walt, as he is overcoming a death sentence diagnosis. He wants to ensure his family will be taken care of after he is gone.
“A wise man once told me, 'family don't end in blood.' But it doesn't start there either...."
“A wise man once told me, 'family don't end in blood.' But it doesn't start there either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them. Family is there, for the good, bad, all of it. They got your back, even when it hurts. That's family.” Main character Dean says this line. This show follows the mythical battles of two brothers. Dean and Sam, who have begun to hunt different creatures, anything from demons, to ghosts, and even monsters.
Which show did this line come from?
"I can’t tell you that this is definitely gonna work out. There’s no guarantees. But if this turns out to be a big mistake, then let’s make it the most fun big f**king mistake we’ve ever made," Fiona says this during an episode in season five. This tends to be her mentality in the start of the show, trying to enjoy what she has left of her life that has been spent raising her siblings. Until she "grows up" and starts really figuring herself out.
“Your ass is grass and I’m gonna mow it”
“Your ass is grass and I’m gonna mow it.” One of the show's main characters is Tina, a sex crazed 13 year old girl. She is particularly in love with Jimmy Jr., who lives down the street from her. She basically does everything to impress him, even saying things like this line! Although he isn't always interested, her brother Gene and sister Louise usually participate in some antic that leads to Jimmy Jr. being impressed with Tina by the end of the show.
On School: "...It’s not a place for smart people"
"I’ll tell you some, tell you how-how I feel about school, Jerry. It’s a waste of time, a bunch of people running around, bumping into each other. G-guy up front says, “two plus two.” The people in the back say, “four.” Then the bell rings, and they give you a carton of milk and a piece of paper that says you can take a dump or something. I mean, it’s—it’s not a place for smart people," the first of many drunken rants by the main character.
"Advertising is based on one thing: happiness..."
"Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It's freedom from fear. It's a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you're doing is OK. You are OK." Don says this line during the first episode. He is one of the higher-ups at a big advertising firm, and co-workers are often stuck. They come to him for advice, which he is better at in the beginning of the series than the end.
"What if I told you that, yes, zombies are real, and yes, they eat brains, but they're not monsters...most of them, anyway. They're just like you and me"
"What if I told you that, yes, zombies are real, and yes, they eat brains, but they're not monsters...most of them, anyway. They're just like you and me" The character who says this is Ravi. This show is about zombies who basically live in the regular world with us, without anyone knowing about them! The ones in this show, get food from the deceased who come into the morgue that the two, Ravi and Liv, work in. They are able to see memories of those people whose brains they eat, and work to solve murders.
"You're about to read a book that my foot wrote. It's called 'On the Road to in Your Ass'."
"You're about to read a book that my foot wrote. It's called 'On the Road to in Your Ass'." During almost every single episode of this series, Red finds a way to change up his most known threat, shoving a foot into the ass of his son Eric. The two have a love hate relationship, although Red mostly demonstrates hatred. But, when Eric moves to Africa, Red does tell him that he loves him, which is something everyone melted over.
"I don't want to screw up what I have with you. You're too important to me"
"I don't want to screw up what I have with you. You're too important to me." One of the cutest lines of the show. Jess says this to Nick. The two were super close friends! Jess lived with him and their other roommates, but eventually the two started developing feelings for one another. They were both extremely hesitant, because of this. Jess loves Nick, and loves having him as a friend. When you get romantically involved, you risk losing that friendship all together.
"...I wanted to be the man that made you happy."
"You know when I was a little boy I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. Adults always ask little kids that. I never had a good answer. Not until I was twenty-eight. Until the day that I met you. That's when I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be the man that made you happy." Just one quote Jack says to Rebecca, that makes every person cry and dream of meeting that person for themselves.
"I'VE GOT A FEVER. AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL"
"I'VE GOT A FEVER. AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL." Christopher Walken had a guest appearance on this show one particular episode. This scene came from a weird recording studio featuring the cast members dressed as the Blue Oyster Cult band. One of the people in the recording studio, Walken, is desperate for more cowbell to be featured into the song. The song played is actually "Don't Fear the Reaper," and you will literally never hear it the same way after hearing it with the amount of cowbell Walken desires.
"She's our friend and she's crazy"
"She's our friend and she's crazy." Dustin says this after the boys are being harassed by the town bullies. Eleven ends up coming to save them, but the bullies don't believe that she can do anything. Dustin says this to them, to try to scare them off. Eleven usually comes along to help everyone out, because she has her abilities that allow her to move things using her mind. She would do anything to help the boys, even risk her life.
In what show did you hear this line?
"It's a top selling author, do we want that in here?" "No, we want bottom selling authors." Feminist bookstore owners, Women and Women First, are featured in this scene. The two regularly appear on the show, portraying frustrating characters who never help the customers out. The bookstore is said to be the first feminist bookstore in the city. Candace and Toni are often seen interacting with customers in ways that make us cringe, but also laugh! The two definitely are entertaining.
What show did this line come from?
"You know, sometimes I feel like I was born with a leak, and any goodness I started with just slowly spilled out of me, and now it's all gone. And I'll never get it back in me. It's too late. Life is a series of closing doors, isn't it?" This show features a main character who has sort of a dismal perspective of life. Episodes follow him through different real life issues, like depression, addiction, and the human experience, through a satirical but realistic lens.
This line came from which show?
"You can either curl up in a ball and die, like we thought Cyndee did that time, or you can stand up and say 'We're different. We're the strong ones, and you can't break us." This series follows the life of the main character, after her break out of a bunker that she had been kidnapped and kept in for years. She regularly brings up experiences from it, forgetting people don't relate, when talking to others. Although she's different, she has a great support system.
Where did you hear this?
"Chuck Bass waiting for the Jitney. A dozen roses in one hand, his heart in the other. You know what they say: A man is a good thing to come home for. But an even better thing to come home with. Ain't karma a bitch? We know Blair Waldorf is." This show follows many well-off teens in New York City. The crew is in high school, but being harassed by some online anonymous character. They write things about the characters online, but we find out who played this person in the last episode!
In which show did you hear this?
"If anybody's out there, you can come out. And if you're a monster or a ghost, you can stay where you are." Ash tends to be more afraid of certain things, like monsters and ghosts. Although he consistently tries to prove his bravery to himself, and the other trainers in the series. Misty and Brock, being the few that see right past his facade, and understand his fears. They also know that he is brave, and willing to do anything to reach his goals.
Where did you hear this?
"It’s like you become more you. Which normally is like [mimes a bomb going off] because the person, like, whoever, they chose to take all that on. All that weird stuff. But now it’s okay…whatever is wrong or bad or hiding in you, suddenly it’s alright. You don’t feel like such a freak anymore." Suzanne rambles on through a lot of ideas, but this one is pretty accurate. Although, she does think she is in love a few times during the show, once involving Piper.
This line came from what show?
"Every town has one, the spooky house that all the kids avoid. Ours was Thornhill, the Blossom family’s mansion, with it’s very own graveyard. And trapped within its walls, like some Gothic heroine, was Cheryl Blossom, who’s still grieving for her beloved brother Jason. Linked in death even as they were in life." The twins referred to here, Cheryl and Jason, are the plot line of this eerie show. After Jason's shocking death, the small down is moving forward, still not knowing who the killer was. The cast, a bunch of high school students, become determined to find the truth,
Where did you hear this?
"I guess that's the point of it all: No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same." One of the main ideas of this show, originally a book. We follow through from the perspective of Clay Jenson. Who was left with a set of tapes from Hannah, after she committed suicide. We follow different people as they are listening to the tapes, and beginning to see the struggles Hannah went through before she made her decision.
In which show did you hear this?
"Excuse me, could I get a fork perhaps? Did you know that experts credit Confucius with the advent of the chopstick. He equated knives with acts of aggression." One of his more typical lines, Reid is often the one to bring wisdom to his friends and coworkers. He is a genius after all. He is also an essential team member, who deals with a ton throughout the series, his mom's alzheimer's, being kidnapped and tortured, even losing who he believes is his soulmate to murder.