you got into harvard law
what like it's hard welcome to watch
mojo and today we're counting down our
picks for the top 20 movie comeback
lines
what gives you the right what's the
difference between you and me
i'm not wearing hockey pads
for this list we're looking at the best
rebuttals delivered by characters in
films and if you haven't seen all these
movies yet consider this your spoiler
alert what movie comeback line do you
love let us know in the comments
number 20. warthog faced buffoon the
princess bride the princess bride is a
timeless story of adventure romance and
devastating insults when the noxious
prince humperdink finds his supposed
bride buttercup with the supposed dead
wesley he proposes a duel to the death
to the death but wesley proposes one to
the pain the prince doesn't understand
and before he explains wesley gives him
this all-time great takedown i'll
explain and i'll use small words that
you'll be sure to understand you warthog
faced buffoon and his verbal undressing
of humperdink doesn't stop there telling
him about the horrible fate he wishes to
befall him and calling him a miserable
vomitus mass this moment shows how words
are capable of inflicting just as much
pain as the sharpest sword number 19 i
have to go shopping now pretty woman
in sales good customer relations are
everything but somehow the sales clerks
at this fashion retailer did not get the
memo when escort vivian visits a
high-end clothing store in the hopes of
purchasing a new outfit she's treated
with hostility and told to leave look i
got money to spend in here
i don't think we have anything for you
you're obviously in the wrong place
please leave they may think they've
triumphed over the dejected vivian but
their victory is short-lived the next
day vivian returns in a sensational new
outfit she's not looking for an outfit
but to tell them what a mistake they
made and that she won't be giving them
her business i was in here yesterday you
wouldn't wait on me
oh
you work on commission right
uh yes
big mistake
big huge
i have to go shopping now hopefully they
thought twice about judging a customer
by their outfit again number 18 i ain't
got time to bleed predator
in real life injuries like being shot
require immediate medical attention but
in action movies like predator you can
delay treatment so you can deliver a
cool comeback in the heat of battle
heavy gunner blaine is told by
explosives expert pancho that he's been
hit son of a is dug in like an
alabama tick
you're hit you're bleeding man i ain't
got time to bleed not at all phased
blaine reacts to this injury like it's
nothing more than a stubbed toe and he's
not the only one who gets to deliver a
cool line right after pancho lets off
some grenades and asks splain if he has
time to duck before they explode you got
time to
duck without arnold this predator scene
is peak action movie coolness number 17
an insult to stupid people a fish called
wanda the bigger one's ego is the easier
it is to damage it when jewel thieves
and lovers otto and wanda get in a spat
over wanda's seduction of barrister
archie leech and otto's subsequent
reaction he protests her use of a
certain s-word to describe him don't
call me stupid
all right to call you stupid would be an
insult to stupid people she agrees but
not in the way he intended as wanda puts
it otto's intelligence isn't even equal
to that of sheep and all sorts of things
he claims to be true are in fact false
now let me correct you on a couple of
things okay
aristotle was not belgian
the central message of buddhism is not
every man for himself
and the london underground is not a
political movement jamie lee curtis's
sharp tongue and kevin kline's wounded
reaction to her undressing of his
arrogance are just two reasons why a
fish called wanda continues to be a
comedy classic number 16. i am big it's
the pictures that got small sunset
boulevard when you're on top it's hard
to believe that could ever change that's
the theme of sunset boulevard billy
wilder's classic noir about a faded
silent film star when screenwriter joe
gillis recognizes norma desmond and
refers to her previous fame norma has a
comeback for the ages get out or shall i
call my servant
your norma desmond
used to be in silent pictures used to be
big it isn't that she lost her power
instead it's the films themselves that
weren't worthy of her talent i am big
it's the pictures that got small
gloria swanson herself a silent film
star packs every syllable of this line
with total conviction norma might not
have spoken much in her films but she
sure knows how to make her words count
number 15. your mother was a hamster and
your father smelt of elderberries monty
python and the holy grail we weren't
around in the middle ages but we don't
think they talked exactly like this in
one scene from this classic medieval
comedy king arthur and his men come by a
castle settled by some french soldiers
seeking the titular chalice if he will
give us food and shelter for the night
he can join us in our quest for the holy
grail well i'll ask him but i don't
think he'll be very keen
uh he's already got one you see
what the representative for the soldiers
claims they already have a grail and
refuses arthur's request to see it
things get pretty personal from there
with the frenchman going after both
arthur's mother and father with his put
downs which are as creative as they are
hilarious i fart in your general
direction your mother was a hamster and
your father's smelt of elderberries you
know what we'd watch a whole movie of
this man and his insults number 14 but
you have heard of me pirates of the
caribbean the curse of the black pearl
it didn't take long for audiences to
fall in love with captain jack sparrow
it's not that the pirate was
particularly dashing or heroic in fact
it was the lack of those qualities that
made him endearing after assessing
sparrow's low-quality supplies royal
navy officer norrington declares him to
be the worst pirate i've ever heard of
eager to get the last word sparrow
points out that norrington does know who
he is which is validation enough but you
have heard of me
jack sparrow might be a lousy pirate but
when it comes to handling insults he is
an absolute pro number 13 no mr bond i
expect you to die
goldfinger james bond is one of the
coolest characters ever created but we
have to admit his enemies are pretty
charismatic themselves the evil gold
fanatic auric goldfinger captures bond
and in true movie villain fashion straps
into a table with a laser pointing right
at his nether regions i think you've
made your point goldfinger thank you for
the demonstration
choose your next criticism carefully mr
bond it may be your last as the laser
burns through the table bond realizes
his options are limited but he still
asks goldfinger if he's expecting
information goldfinger counters this
saying what he truly expects of bond do
you expect me to talk
no mr bond i expect you to die we know
that the scene isn't going to be the end
of double 07 but it is still a
suspenseful encounter with a great line
number 12 you brought two too many once
upon a time in the west there's so much
to appreciate about the opening of
sergio leone's epic spaghetti western
from its gorgeous landscapes to its
sound design but there's one line that
lets you know this isn't going to be
your typical gunslinger tail three men
wait at an empty train depot exchanging
glances but not words then a train
arrives and office steps a man playing
the harmonica
[Applause]
the other three have been sent to kill
him and laugh about how he's outnumbered
but this is charles bronson as soon as
he lowers his eyelids and shakes his
head you know it's about to go down
looks like we're shy of one horse
you brought two too many the guns go off
and the men go down including harmonica
unlike his foes though he lives to see
another day
number 11. why don't you go piss your
pants again super bad if you do
something embarrassing when you're
younger you better hope that others
don't remember or if they do hope that
they don't use it against you when
classmate greg gets upset with evan for
his lack of interest in their current
soccer game seth brings up a traumatic
moment that's clearly burned into greg's
memory hey greg why don't you go piss
your pants again
that was like eight years ago
when greg brings up how long it's been
since that particular incident seth
nonchalantly retorts with how people
don't forget this isn't just a great
comeback it's also a great way to
establish a relationship between
characters in under a minute number 10.
no
have you
aliens the xenomorphs aren't the only
ones exhibiting slimy behavior in this
sci-fi sequel but that doesn't mean it's
left unchecked when cocky private hudson
sees fellow colonial marine vasquez
doing pull-ups he smugly asks her hey
vasquez
have you ever been mistaken for a man
without missing a beat vasquez says she
hasn't and throws it right back at him
to the praise of her fellow soldiers no
have you
you're just too bad
it's pretty impressive to affirm one's
femininity while also challenging
another's masculinity in three words
hudson doesn't seem too hurt by it
though and later on he has much bigger
problems to worry about number nine yes
it's true ghostbusters being a
ghostbuster is tough you have to deal
not only with supernatural menaces but
also skeptical bureaucrats like epa
inspector walter peck people think
they're seeing ghosts
and they call these bozos who
conveniently show up to deal with the
problem with a fake electronic light
show fortunately things are a bit easier
when you have bill murray or peter
venkman among your ranks when peck rants
about the ghostbusters and their
supposed fraudulence to mayor kloch
fenkman looks on with total disinterest
when the mayor asks if these claims are
true thankman instead affirms something
about peck's manhood much to his fury is
this true
yes it's true
this man has no dick
murray is the king of deadpan roasts and
this scene is one of his finest hours
number eight your mom's chest hair mean
girls we all have those high school
memories of being insulted and not being
able to think of a good comeback in time
in these moments we wish we could be
janice ian when an obnoxious classmate
makes a rude comment about her hair
janna snaps back with a cutting response
about his mother nice wig janice what's
it made of your mom's chest hair it's a
brief moment and right after she's
introducing herself to katie in a
friendly manner i'm janice
hi i'm katie janice is one of the most
likable characters in the mean girls
ensemble but she's not about to take
insults without dishing out some of her
own number seven your opinion man the
big lebowski a great comeback doesn't
need to be particularly inspired it
doesn't even need to be said with any
kind of energy when lewd bowler jesus
quintana taunts the dude walter and
donny about how they're going down in an
upcoming competition i see you roll your
way to the semis
they use me omar
the dude stumbles his way into perhaps
the most polite comeback we've ever
heard he's a lot more on his mind than
bowling but his response epitomizes the
laid-back nature of the dude yeah well
you know that's just like uh
your opinion man if you're ever in an
argument that you want to get out of as
soon as possible this line always comes
in handy number six yippie kaye die hard
evil mastermind hans gruber thinks his
plan to take over nakatomi plaza and
steal from it is foolproof but he didn't
count on matching wits with the likes of
a detective named john mclean when
mclean introduces himself over a
walkie-talkie recovered from one of
gruber's dead henchmen grouper starts to
sense that his scheme might have a new
obstacle who are you then
just the fly in the ointment horns the
monkey in the wrench the pain in the ass
his cold and sneering tone might
intimidate some but for the armed and
dangerous mclean gruber is a coward
hiding behind a facade of power do you
really think you have a chance against
us mr cowboy
with one softly spoken profane comeback
john mcclane gets us amped up even more
than we already were number five genius
billionaire playboy philanthropist the
avengers part of what makes superhero
movies like the avengers so good is how
they create compelling conflict not only
between heroes and villains but also
between heroes and other heroes when the
avengers are initially assembled there's
more hostility and less camaraderie
between the members nuclear deterrent
because that always calms everything
right down remind me again how you made
your fortune start i'm sure if you still
made weapons stark would be neck d wait
wait hold on how is this now about me
i'm sorry isn't everything i thought
humans were more evolved than this steve
rogers questions tony stark's hero
qualifications out of his iron man suit
and stark rings off four impressive
attributes starting with genius big man
in a suit of armor
take that off what are you
genius billionaire playboy
philanthropist black widow's facial
reaction to this comeback pretty much
matches ours fortunately captain america
and iron man were eventually able to
work with each other not against number
4. how do you like them apples goodwill
hunting it's great to be educated but
not if you're using your intellect as a
way to demean others clark learns this
the hard way in this scene from good
will hunting after flexing his supposed
genius at a neighborhood bar the
arrogant history student is confronted
by an actual genius in will hunting who
dresses down clark and his unoriginal
arguments is that your thing you come
into a bar you read some obscure passage
and then pretend you pawn it off as your
own
as your own idea just to impress some
girls embarrass my friend this takedown
doesn't stop there later will manages to
get the lovely skyler's phone number in
fact he is eager to share with clark do
you like apples
yeah
well i got a number
how do you like them
from this point on boston and apples
would be forever linked number three
they call me mr tibbs in the heat of the
night things are unbearably heated in
this mystery and we're not just talking
about the temperature in its southern
setting after philadelphia detective
virgil tibbs is wrongfully arrested in
the small town of sparta mississippi
he's asked to help with a murder
investigation but tibs's detective
skills aren't enough to earn him the
respect of chief bill gillespie who
charges at him with racist insults and
demands to know what he's called in
philadelphia what do they call you up
there disgusted by gillespie's bigotry
but not willing to lose his cool tibs
responds that he's addressed with
respect in the city of brotherly love
they call me mr tibbs gillespie and
tibs's relationship later becomes a
respectful one and tibs showed he
wouldn't let anyone disrespect him no
matter what their position is
number two you can't handle the truth a
few good men movies like a few good men
make courtrooms look as exciting as any
battlefield and it's only fitting that
this particular case happens to involve
the military when lawyer daniel caffey
cross-examines colonel nathan jessup
about his involvement in the murder of a
marine jessop starts to lose his cool
you said he was being transferred
because he was in grave danger that's
correct you said he was in danger i said
grave danger you said israel recall what
i said yeah the court reporter read back
to you i know what i said i don't have
to have it read back to me after caffey
demands the truth jessup delivers one of
the most powerful exclamations in movie
history it's even great as he continues
trying to argue that his rank lets him
get away with things others could never
you want answers i think i'm entitled
you want answers i want the truth you
can't handle the truth the passion
between jack nicholson and tom cruise is
felt in every syllable and expression
jessup soon falls on his own sword but
he goes out with total force before we
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number one
frankly my dear gone with the wind being
dumped is hard it's even harder when the
person breaking up with you can barely
muster any passion that's what happens
at the end of classic romance gone with
the wind after realizing that he and
scarlett o'hara's marriage cannot
withstand any further tragedy rhett
butler leaves atlanta and where are you
going
i'm going to charles back where i belong
please please take me with you
no
i'm through with everything here
scarlett chases after rhett and pleads
with him to stay asking how she'll get
along without him rhett simply tells her
that's none of his concern and walks off
into the fog
oh what shall i do
frankly my dear i don't give a damn
clark gable manages to charm us even
when he's being callous and after all
these years this line is still the best
movie comeback of all time do you agree
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