Movies are a part of our lives and some of the most famous dialogues are an irreplaceable part of our conversations. We love it when we get to use a famous dialogue in our daily life. Things like, ‘I like the smell of napalm in the morning’ can be used after beating your friends on Call of Duty. But some dialogues are misquoted because of general ignorance.
Here are a few misquoted dialogues from different popular movies:
1. Empire Strikes Back
Quoting it wrong: “Luke, I am your father.”
The Actual Quote: “No. I am your father.”
2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Quoting it wrong: “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
The Actual Quote: “Magic Mirror on the Wall, who is the Fairest one of all?”
3. Star Trek
Quoting it wrong: “Beam me up, Scotty!”
The Actual Quote: “Scotty, beam me up”.
4. Apollo 13
Quoting it wrong: “Houston, we have a problem.”
The Actual Quote: “Houston, we’ve had a problem.”
5. Jaws
Quoting it wrong: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat!”
The Actual Quote: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat!”
6. Dirty Harry
Quoting it wrong: “Do you feel lucky, punk?”
The Actual Quote: “Being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?”
7. Apocalypse Now
Quoting it wrong: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like victory!”
The Actual Quote: “You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn’t find one of ’em, not one stinkin’ dink body. The smell, you know, that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smells like victory.”
8. A Few Good Men
Quoting it wrong: “You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.”
The Actual Quote: (It’s a conversation between Nicholson and Cruise)
Nicholson: “You want answers?”
Cruise: “I want the truth.”
Nicholson: “You can’t handle the truth!”
9. Forrest Gump
Quoting it wrong: “My mama always said, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates.'”
The Actual Quote: “My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.”
10. Casablanca
Quoting it wrong: “Play it again, Sam.”
The Actual Quote: “You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”
11. Wizard of Oz
Quoting it wrong: “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”
The Actual Quote: “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
12. Silence of the Lambs
Quoting it wrong: “Hello, Clarice.”
The Actual Quote: “Good evening, Clarice.”
13. Aliens
Quoting it wrong: “Stay away from her, you bitch.”
The Actual Quote: “Get away from her, you bitch.”
14. Field of Dreams
Quoting it wrong: “If you build it, they will come”
The Actual Quote: “If you build it, he will come.”
15. Skyfall
Quoting it wrong: “Let the Skyfall”
The Actual Quote: “At Skyfall”
16. The Italian Job
Quoting it wrong: “I’ve got an idea”
The Actual Quote: “Hang on a minute lads, I’ve got a great idea.”
17. Justice for all
Quoting it wrong: “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole court is out of order!”
The Actual Quote: “You’re out of order! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They’re out of order!”
18. Sherlock Holmes
Quoting it wrong: “Elementary, my dear Watson!”
This was never said by Sherlock in any of the books and this phrase was first mentioned in a movie review in 1929.
Quoting it wrong: “Good evening, Mr Bond. We’ve been expecting you.”
These lines have never been used by any Bond villain ever. It’s just a pop-culture trope that stuck to our memories.
20. This is Spinal Tap
Quoting it wrong: “This one goes to eleven.”
The Actual Quote: “These go to eleven.”
Now that you know all the correct dialogues, you can definitely be fun at parties. Yay!
