Catchphrase | Character/Person | Media source | First appearance | Notes |
"Bernie, the bolt!" | Bob Monkhouse | The Golden Shot | 1967 | |
"Ooh, you are awful... but I like you!" | Dick Emery | The Dick Emery Show | 1963 | |
"You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment" | Francis Urquhart | House of Cards | 1990 | |
"Don't panic!" | Lance-Corporal Jones | Dad's Army | 1968 | |
"You are the Weakest Link! Goodbye!" | Anne Robinson | The Weakest Link | 2000 | |
"Fantastic!" | Christopher Eccleston | Doctor Who | 2005 | |
"The Chase is on!" | Bradley Walsh | The Chase | 2009 | |
"Is that your final answer?" | Chris Tarrant | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1998 | |
"Permission to Speak, Sir!" | Lance-Corporal Jones | Dad's Army | 1968 | |
"They don't like it up 'em!" | Lance-Corporal Jones | Dad's Army | 1968 | |
"You stupid boy" | Captain George Mainwaring | Dad's Army | 1968 | |
"I don't believe it!" | Victor Meldrew | One Foot in the Grave | 1990 | |
"I'm Free" | Mr. Humphries | Are You Being Served? | 1972 | |
"Ooh Betty" | Frank Spencer | Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em | 1973 | |
"It's good night from me..." "...and it's good night from him" | Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker | The Two Ronnies | 1971 | |
"Nice to see you, to see you... nice" | Bruce Forsyth | The Generation Game | 1971 | |
"Didn't he/she/they do well?" | Bruce Forsyth | The Generation Game | 1971 | |
"Shut that door!" | Larry Grayson | The Generation Game | 1978 | |
"What a gay day!" | Larry Grayson | The Generation Game | 1978 | |
"Seems like a nice boy!" | Larry Grayson | The Generation Game | 1978 | |
"Look at the muck on 'ere!" | Larry Grayson | The Generation Game | 1978 | |
"You dirty old man" | Harold Steptoe | Steptoe and Son | 1962 | |
" Fab-u-LOUS!" | Craig Revel Horwood | Strictly Come Dancing | 2004 | |
"A complete dahnce di-SAH-ster" | Craig Revel Horwood | Strictly Come Dancing | 2004 | |
"Absolute filth... and I LOVED it!" | Craig Revel Horwood | Strictly Come Dancing | 2004 | |
"You'll like it, not a lot... but you'll like it" | Paul Daniels | The Paul Daniels Magic Show | 1979 | |
"Let's get the boys on the baize!" | Rob Walker | BBC TV snooker coverage | 2008 | |
"Are you ready? Ladies and Gentlemen! Let's...Play...DARTS!" | Martin Fitzmaurice & Lakeside audience | Darts World Ch'ships | 1985 | |
"A real bobby-dazzler" | David Dickinson | Bargain Hunt and Dickinson's Real Deal | 2004? | |
"Cheap as chips" | David Dickinson | Bargain Hunt and Dickinson's Real Deal | 2004? | |
"Can you hear me, mother?" | Sandy Powell | Radio | 1930 | |
"Does my bum look big in this?" | Arabella Weir | The Fast Show | 1994 | |
"I'll get me coat" | Mark Williams | The Fast Show | 1994 | |
"Silly Old Moo!" | Alf Garnett | Till Death Us Do Part | 1965 | |
"Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This Only Once" | Michelle Dubois | 'Allo 'Allo! | 1982 | |
"Lovely jubbly" | Del Boy | Only Fools and Horses | 1981 | |
"During the war..." | Uncle Albert | Only Fools and Horses | 1985 | |
"Eh! Eh! Alright! Alright! Calm down! Calm down!" | Harry Enfield | Harry Enfield's Television Programme | 1990 | |
"Is it cos I is Black?" | Ali G | Da Ali G Show | 2000 | |
"Exterminate" | Dalek | Doctor Who | 1963 | |
"How very dare you!" | Catherine Tate | The Catherine Tate Show | 2004 | |
"Am I bovvered?" | Catherine Tate | The Catherine Tate Show | 2004 | |
"What a Fucking Liberty!" | Catherine Tate | The Catherine Tate Show | 2004 | |
"Computer says no" | Carol Beer | Little Britain | 2003 | |
"I have a cunning plan" | Baldrick | Blackadder | 1983 | |
"Hello, sweetie." | River Song | Doctor Who | 2008 | |
"Spoilers." | River Song | Doctor Who | 2008 | |
Catchphrase | Character | Series | First appearance | Notes |
"Aaay!" | Fonzie | Happy Days | 1974 | |
"And that's the way it is." | Walter Cronkite | CBS Evening News | 1963 | |
"¡Ay, Caramba!" | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons | 1988 | |
"Bazinga!" | Sheldon Cooper | The Big Bang Theory | 2007 | |
"Baby, you're the greatest" | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | 1955 | |
"Bam!" | Emeril Lagasse | Emeril Live | | |
"Bang, zoom, straight to the moon" | Ralph Kramden | The Honeymooners | 1955 | |
"Book 'em, Danno!" | Steve McGarrett | Hawaii Five-O | 1968 | |
"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" | Coach Taylor | Friday Night Lights | 2006 | |
"Come on Down!" | Johnny Olson | The Price is Right | 1972 | |
"Cut it out" | Joey Gladstone | Full House | | |
"Danger, Will Robinson" | Robot | Lost in Space | 1965 | |
"De plane! De plane!" | Tattoo | Fantasy Island | 1977 | |
"Denny Crane" | Denny Crane | Boston Legal | | |
"Did I do that?" | Steve Urkel | Family Matters | | |
"D'oh!" | Homer Simpson | The Simpsons | 1989 | |
"Don't make me angry." | Bruce Banner | The Incredible Hulk | | |
"Dude." | Hugo "Hurley" Reyes | Lost | | |
"Dy-no-mite!" | J.J. Evans | Good Times | 1974 | |
"Eat my shorts" | Bart Simpson | The Simpsons | 1989 | |
"Elizabeth, I'm coming!" | Fred Sanford | Sanford and Son | | |
"Everybody Lies" | Dr. Gregory House | House | 2004 | |
"Gee, Mrs. Cleaver" | Eddie Haskell | Leave it to Beaver | | |
"God'll get you for that" | Maude | Maude | | |
"Good night, and good luck" | Edward R. Murrow | See It Now | | |
"Good night, John Boy" | | The Waltons | 1971 | |
"Heh heh" | Beavis and Butt-Head | Beavis and Butt-head | | |
"Here it is, your moment of Zen" | | The Daily Show | | |
"Here's Johnny" | Ed McMahon | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1962 | |
"Hey now!" | Hank Kingsley | The Larry Sanders Show | | |
"Hey hey hey!" | Dwayne Nelson | What's Happening!! | | |
"Hey hey hey!" | Fat Albert | Fat Albert | | |
"Holy, Batman!" | Robin | Batman | | |
"Holy crap!" | Frank Barone | Everybody Loves Raymond | | |
"Homey don't play that!" | Homey the Clown | In Living Color | | |
'How sweet it is!" | Jackie Gleason | The Jackie Gleason Show | | |
"How you doin'?" | Joey Tribbiani | Friends | 1994 | |
"I know nothing!" | Sgt. Schultz | Hogan's Heroes | | |
"I love it when a plan comes together" | John "Hannibal" Smith | The A-Team | 1982 | |
"I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl..." | Larry | Newhart | | |
"I'm listening" | Frasier Crane | Frasier | | |
"I'm Rick James, bitch!" | Dave Chappelle as Rick James | Chappelle's Show | | |
"If it weren't for you meddling kids!" | Various villains | Scooby Doo, Where Are You! | 1969 | |
"Is that your final answer?" | Regis Philbin | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 1999 | |
"It's a good thing" | Martha Stewart | Martha Stewart Living | | |
"Jane, you ignorant slut" | Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin | Weekend Update / Saturday Night Live | | |
"Just one more thing..." | Columbo | Columbo | 1971 | |
"Kiss my grits!" | Flo | Alice | 1976 | |
"Legendary" | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | 2005 | |
"Let's be careful out there" | Sgt. Esterhaus | Hill Street Blues | 1981 | |
"Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" | | Adventures of Superman | 1952 | |
"Live long and prosper" | Spock | Star Trek | 1966 | |
"Make it so" | Jean-Luc Picard | ' | 1987 | |
"Make it work" | Tim Gunn | Project Runway | | |
"Makin' whoopee" | Bob Eubanks | The Newlywed Game | | |
"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! | Jan Brady | The Brady Bunch | | |
"Mom always liked you best" | Tommy Smothers | The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | | |
"Na-Nu, Na-Nu" | Mork | Mork & Mindy | 1978 | |
"Never assume..." | Felix Unger | The Odd Couple | | |
"Nip it!" | Barney Fife | The Andy Griffith Show | | |
"No soup for you!" | The Soup Nazi | Seinfeld | 1995 | |
"Norm!" | | Cheers | 1982 | |
"Now cut that out!" | Jack Benny | The Jack Benny Program | | |
"Oh my God, they killed Kenny" | Stan Marsh | South Park | 1997 | |
"Oh, my nose!" | Marcia Brady | The Brady Bunch | | |
"Resistance is futile" | Borg | ' | | |
"Ruh-roh" | Astro | The Jetsons / Scooby-Doo | | |
"Say good night, Gracie" | George Burns | The Burns & Allen Show | | |
"Schwing!" | Wayne and Garth | Wayne's World / Saturday Night Live | | |
"Smile, you're on Candid Camera" | | Candid Camera | | |
"Sock it to me!" | | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | 1968 | |
"Space, the final frontier..." | Captain Kirk | ' | 1966 | |
"Stifle!" | Archie Bunker | All in the Family | 1971 | |
"Suit up!" | Barney Stinson | How I Met Your Mother | | |
"Tell me what you don't like about yourself" | Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy | Nip/Tuck | | |
"Thank you veddy much" | Latka Gravas | Taxi | | |
"That's hot" | Paris Hilton | The Simple Life | | |
"The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat" | Jim McKay | ABC's Wide World of Sports | | |
"The Tribe has spoken." | Jeff Probst | Survivor | 2000 | |
"The truth is out there" | Fox Mulder | The X-Files | | |
"This is the city..." | Joe Friday | Dragnet | 1951 | |
"" | | ' | 1966 | |
"To the Batmobile!" | Batman | Batman | 1966 | |
"Two thumbs up" | Siskel & Ebert | At the Movies | | |
"Up your nose with a rubber hose" | Vinnie Barbarino | Welcome Back, Kotter | 1975 | |
"We are two wild and crazy guys!" | Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys | Saturday Night Live | | |
"Welcome to the O.C., bitch" | Luke Ward | The O.C. | | |
"Well, isn't that special?" | The Church Lady | Saturday Night Live | | |
"We've got a really big show!" | Ed Sullivan | The Ed Sullivan Show | | |
"We've got a situation." | Mike "the Situation" Sorrentino | Jersey Shore | | |
"What'choo talkin' 'bout, Willis?" | Arnold Jackson | Diff'rent Strokes | 1978 | |
"What you see is what you get!" | Geraldine Jones | The Flip Wilson Show | | |
"Who loves ya, baby?" | Kojak | Kojak | 1973 | |
"Will you accept this rose?" | | The Bachelor | | |
"Would you believe...?" | Maxwell Smart | Get Smart | 1965 | |
"Yabba dabba doo!" | Fred Flintstone | The Flintstones | 1960 | |
"Yada, yada, yada" | Elaine Benes | Seinfeld, episode "The Yada Yada" | 1997 | |
"Yeah, that's the ticket" | Tommy Flanagan, the Pathological Liar | Saturday Night Live | | |
"You eediot!" | Ren Hoek | Ren & Stimpy | 1991 | |
"You look mahvelous" | Billy Crystal as Fernando | Saturday Night Live | | |
"You big dummy!" | Fred Sanford | Sanford and Son | 1972 | |
"You rang?" | Lurch | The Addams Family | | |
"You're fired!" | Donald Trump | The Apprentice | 2004 | |
"You've got spunk..." | Lou Grant | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | | |
Catchphrase | Character/Actor | Movie | First appearance | Notes |
"I'll be back" | Terminator | The Terminator | 1984 | |
"I am Your Father" | Darth Vader | The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | |
"Hasta la vista, baby" | Terminator | | 1991 | |
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning" | Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore | Apocalypse Now | 1979 | |
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" | Rhett Butler | Gone with the Wind | 1939 | |
"Here's looking at you, kid" | Rick Blaine | Casablanca | 1942 | |
"I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse" | Don Vito Corleone | The Godfather | 1972 | |
"Go ahead, make my day" | Harry Callahan | Sudden Impact | 1983 | |
"You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" | Harry Callahan | Dirty Harry | 1971 | |
"You talkin' to me?" | Travis Bickle | Taxi Driver | 1976 | |
"Yippee Ki Yay, Motherfucker" | John McClane | Die Hard | 1988 | |
"Say hello to my little friend" | Tony Montana | Scarface | 1983 | |
"Release the Kraken!" | Zeus | Clash of the Titans | 2010 | |
"The name is Bond, James Bond" | James Bond | Dr No | 1962 | |
"We have ways to make men talk" | Mohammed Khan | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | 1935 | |