Best/Worst Cartoon Quotes?

[Marty26]

I'm honestly surprised this hasn't been brought up sooner. What would some of you say are among the best/worst quotes in a cartoon?

Here's a brief list of my own to start us off (note: Some of these quotes are just paraphrased, so forgive me if they aren't totally accurate).

Best:

Bugs - "The moral of this story is 'Don't try to steal no 18 carrots from no rabbit." ~ Barbary Coast Bunny

Bugs - "And remember, 'mud' spelled backwards is 'dum.'" ~ Operation Rabbit

Worst:

Porky - "Tell me Mr. Homes, where did you go to school to learn to be a detective?"
Daffy - "Elementary, my dear Watkins. Elementary." ~ From Deduce You Say.

Bugs - "The guy thinks he's Napoleon. When, in real life, I am." ~ From Napoleon Bunny-Part

[Leviathan]

Granted, some of these aren't great on their own, but thier vocal execution makes them the best.

Easter Rabbit - "You can't quit! You'll give the Easter Rabbit a bad name"
Bugs - "I already HAVE a bad name for the Easter Rabbit"
~ Easter Yeggs

Magpie Huckster - "Yessir, this little wonder is guaranteed to rid you of all headaches. Now I'll tell you what I'm gonna do"
Alfalfa - "I ain't got no headache"
Magpie Huckster - "Oh yes you HAVE, brother!"
~ The Talking Magpies

Dan Backslide - "A runabout! I'LL STEAL IT!!!!! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!!!!!"

Tom: "Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Unhand her, Dan Backslide! Hey, we're gettin into a rut!"
~ The Dover Boys

Queen - "Am I the fairest in the place?"
Magic Mirror - "If I were you, I'd hide my face!"
~ Betty Boop in Snow White

Daffy: "SHOOT ME AGAIN!!!!!! I ENJOY IT!!!!! I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNT FEATHERS!!! AND GUNPOWDER!!! AND CORDITE!!!! I'M AN ELK!!! SHOOT ME!!!!! G'WAN, IT'S ELK SEASON!!!!! I'M A FIDDLER CRAB!!!! WHY DON'T YOU SHOOT ME?????!? IT'S FIDDLER CRAB SEASON!!!!!!!" ~ Duck! Rabbit! Duck!

Radio Cooking Show Host - "....and THAT's my recipe for roasting a duck"
Donald - "WHAT???? Over MY dead body"
~ Donald's Ostrich

Porky - "B-bb--b-b-b-bb-Butch? Heheh!"
Baby Percy - "Not Bbb-b-b-bb-b-bbb-b-bb-b-Butch! Uh-heheheheheheh! JUST..... PLAIN.....BUTCH!"
~ Brother Brat

Narrator - "What brutes! What cowards! What fiends!"
Wolf - "What lamb chops"
-Wolf! Wolf!

Bugs - "Hey, Ibetthatwassa... SAY, do you think that could've been... a GREMLIN?"
Gremlin - "It ain't VENDELL VILKIE!!!!!!!!!!!"
~ Falling Hare

Duck Referee - "In THIS corner... huhhuhheheheheheheh... he's a DOG.. heheheheheEHEHEHEEHEHE...... you can HAVE him..... heHEHEHEHAAHAHAHAHAH... what a TRAMP....HAHAHAHAHAHAHhhahahha huh... huh.... ELMER.... FUDD!!!!!!"
Elmer - "Hewwo!!!"
Ducks in Bleachers - "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
Laramore: "HOORAY!!!!!"
~ To Duck.... or Not to Duck

[nickramer]

Ranger Woodlore: "I should've stayed in the postal service!"
-Grand Canyonscope

TV Announcer: "Have you seen this dog? If you have, please deliver this dog back at the mansion at 5225 Maple Tree Lane. The finder of this dog will be rewarded $5,000!"
Porky: "Oh Boy! A thousand b-be, b-be bucks!"
TV Announcer: "No, five thounsands b-be, b-be bucks!"
-Dog Collered


Mickey to a bear: "Well I'm Mickey Mouse. You know, Mickey Mouse? I hope you heard of me, I hope."
- The Pointer

Babbit: Come on, give me the bird! Give me the bird!
Catstelo: If only the Hayes Office would let me, I'd give him the bird all right!"
-A Tale of Two Kitties

Bluebeard: "Mmm! Popovers!"
- Bye Bye Bluebeard

[kaseykockroach]

BEST:"Kissed a cow".
~Little Rural Riding Hood
"I'm throwing away a million dollars... BUT I'm HAPPY!!!!!!".
~Million Dollar Cat
Tom:"Hey,what's cookin?"
Female cat:"You are.Stupid."
Tom:*Giggles*
~Mouse Comes to Dinner
"A runabout. I'LL STEAL IT!! NOONE WILL EVER KNOW!!!!!!!"
~The Dover Boys
WORST:"Well, I know one thing. We're the first country to send a coyote into orbit!".
(Can't remember title).

[Marty26]

Actually, Speedy Ghost To Town had some pretty bad quotes (probably among the worst of any WB cartoon).

Daffy - "Speedy Gonzales. Well, I'll follow that pesky rodent and see what he's up to."

Speedy - "Ha ha ha ha! That Daffy Duck, he's loco in la cabeza.
Miguel - "Si. He thinks he can catch you."

[Chow Hound]

Cat & Mouse to Dog: "This time, we DIDN'T forget the gravy!"

Chow Hound

[Pieless]

I wouldn't say it's anywhere near the best cartoon quote, or Looney Tunes quote, but one of my personal favorites is:

Tasmanian Devil: "What for you bury me in the cold, cold ground?"

I'm not even a huge Taz fan, but that line, especially the delivery, slays me every time.

[Bugsy-Kun]

"Rabbit Hood"
Prince John: "Don't so worry! Don't so fear! Robin Hood is something here!"

Bugs: "It's silly! It couldn't be him!"

"You Ought to Be in Pictures"
Daffy: "You call a job working cartoons, phoo!"


Daffy: "SHOOT ME AGAIN!!!!!! I ENJOY IT!!!!! I LOVE THE SMELL OF BURNT FEATHERS!!! AND GUNPOWDER!!! AND CORDITE!!!! I'M AN ELK!!! SHOOT ME!!!!! G'WAN, IT'S ELK SEASON!!!!! I'M A FIDDLER CRAB!!!! WHY DON'T YOU SHOOT ME?????!? IT'S FIDDLER CRAB SEASON!!!!!!!" ~ Duck! Rabbit! Duck!

I love this line. It's also this cartoon having some of my favourites quotes:

Daffy: "You're a dirty dog!"
Bugs: "nd you, you're a dirty skunk!"
Daffy" I'M A DIRTY SKUNK! I'M A DIRTY SKUNK!"

[angilbas]

Among the best:

"You're not gonna get me to fall for that trick again! But I can't take any chances!" -- Sam in 14 Carrot Rabbit.

Weasel While You Work has some good ones such as "That dog's as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal!" and "That dog's like taxes, he just don't know when to stop!" Then the weasel shows up and Foggy tells him, "Pay attention, boy, I'm cuttin' but you ain't bleedin'!" The dog isn't bad either: "What you want is a chicken. R-A-T, chicken!"

"Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out of it alive!" -- Bugs in Rabbit's Feat.

"Lucky for me, I still got all my buttons ... bachelor, that is!" -- Snagglepuss in Feud for Thought.


Among the worst:

"Never get cut off in the middle of a long-distance fall!" -- closing line in Hare-Breadth Hurry.

The Million-Hare sounds like a 1967 or 1968 release when Daffy says, "That was Bugs! He's ahead of me! I'll have to take the short cut and head him off at the pass!" Then when Daffy reads the "TO START AVALANCHE PULL KEY STONE" sign, he sounds like someone just a year or two past K.


-Tony

[Cartman]

Can't think of any worst at the moment, but as far as best go....

Prince Chawmin': What makes So White find you so hot? (not sure if it's exactly what he said)
Little Dwarf: Now dat is a military secret!
- Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves

I'll try to think of more later

[Matthew Hunter]

Best:

"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive!"
-Bugs Bunny from "Rabbit's Feat". (It was actually stolen for use in "National lampoon's Van Wilder", believe it or not.)

"Pay Attention boy! I'm cuttin' but you ain't bleedin'!"
-Foghorn Leghorn, "Weasel While You Work"



Worst:

"I was only foolin', Buddy!"
-villain from "Viva Buddy!"

[AndrewGilmore]

"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive."
-"Rabbit's Feat"...pretty good advice and a quote I've recently added to my Facebook page.

"I guess I showed that overstuffed turk-"
"WHAT??!!"
"Yipe."
"M-m-m-m-me too. Yipe!"
-"Porky Pig's Feat"- always makes me laugh, and again it's the vocal execution which makes it work.

[larriva9/11]

WORST:"Well, I know one thing. We're the first country to send a coyote into orbit!".
(Can't remember title).

"Compressed Hare". But considering how it followed what was, in effect, the "Whole Lotta Love" orgasm break 8 years ahead of schedule, Bugs's lame line can be forgiven...

[Speedy Boris]

"Maybe it's face north for a south-bound moose. Or is it the other way around in reverse?"- Bugs Bunny in "Bill of Hare"
"I guess I showed that overstuffed turk-"
"WHAT??!!"
"Yipe."
"M-m-m-m-me too. Yipe!"
-"Porky Pig's Feat"- always makes me laugh, and again it's the vocal execution which makes it work. Not to mention the comic timing of the hotel manager flying up to them. Tashlin is awesome.

[frizfrelengfan]

Best:

"Sam...You bit me." the dog says to the man in "Crazy Mixed-Up Pup." The way he says it always cracks me up.

"I can't help it, I'm a greedy slob—it's my hobby" -- Daffy Duck in "Ali Baba Bunny"

"The yams did it" -- Daffy in "Tom Turk and Daffy"

Worst: Can't think of any, probably because they're not memorable.

[oceansoul]

"I guess I showed that overstuffed turk-"
"WHAT??!!"
"Yipe."
"M-m-m-m-me too. Yipe!"
-"Porky Pig's Feat"- always makes me laugh, and again it's the vocal execution which makes it work.

LOL, that is always killing me. :D

[Fibber Fox]

"Rabbit Hood"
Prince John: "Don't so worry! Don't so fear! Robin Hood is something here!"


"So" worry?

Maltese's fake 17th century English is great in this. I posted my favourite from this cartoon in another thread not too long ago.

"Odds, fish. The very air ABOUNDS in kings!"

I love the home sale bit, too.

F. Fox.

[Speedy Boris]

"Nothin' wrong with THIS gun. Must be YOU."- Bugs Bunny in "Hare-Less Wolf"

"Thanks for the sour persimmons, cousin."- Daffy Duck in "Duck Amuck"

"What a trip. What a trip! Blizzard all the way. Snow twenty feet deep, but we had to get the serum through. It was mush, mush, mush all night. Come on! Mush! Mush! Mush! Mush! Mush! Suddenly the glacier cracks! There's a roar! Tons of ice! No escape! AAAHH!!! How's things been with you?"- Daffy Duck in "Daffy Duck Hunt"

"...Anyone for tennis?"- Daffy Duck in "Drip-Along Daffy"

"I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law."- Bugs Bunny in "High Diving Hare"

"Uh oh, I know. The jealous lover. Monsieur, I salute you. You wish to risk your life over this fair one. An affair of honor. I can see it now: Two grim figures, the cold light of dawn, a misty meadow. We select our weapons- pistols, perhaps. Back to back we stand, ramrod straight, we are very brave, monsieur. (counts in French) We turn, I fire. BANG!....... I miss. I await your shot like a soldier of France. Down comes the terrible weapon. BANG! Right through the heart. I am dying. My blood gushes forth............. I resume dying. I fall. I expire. Au revior, mon cheri. She runs to my side, she cannot believe me. She beseech me not to go, but it is too late. I am a gone goose............ where is everybody?!"- Pepe LePew in "Louvre Come Back to Me"

[AndrewGilmore]

"Maybe it's face north for a south-bound moose. Or is it the other way around in reverse?"- Bugs Bunny in "Bill of Hare"
Not to mention the comic timing of the hotel manager flying up to them. Tashlin is awesome.

Exactly. The timing is a big part of what makes that exchange so funny.

[Surenity]

I've always been fond of "He don't know me very well, do he?" It was said in quite a few cartoons I think, mostly Tex Avery ones.

"Oh Frankie!"
-All of the girl rabbits in "Little 'Tinker"

"Well~ What did you expect to find back here?"
-a sign behind a painting in "Who Killed Who?"

"GOOOD NIIIGHHT!!"
*in a whisper* "good night..."
"SHUT UP! QUIET!!! I SAID QUIET!! WHATS THE MATTER, YOU 'DEEF' OR SOMETHING?!"
- from "Rock a Bye Bear"

[Daffysleftfoot]

Stupor Duck (by Bob McKimson c. 1956)

Daffy gets punched in the face by a construction worker: POW!

:daffy: - And the lights went out all over the world.

[larriva9/11]

"I can see you through the KEY-hole!" ***BLAM***

[Marty26]

Stupor Duck (by Bob McKimson c. 1956)

Daffy gets punched in the face by a construction worker: POW!

:daffy: - And the lights went out all over the world.

Love that one!

Also, in Good Noose.

:daffy: - Now your card has to be, uhhh, The Joker!

::BOOM!!!::

:daffy: And I think I know WHO the joker is...

[angilbas]

Tweety's S.O.S. gives the bird a few gut-busters as he talks to an unwell Sylvester: "You wose something?" and "That's a neat twick, I wish I could turn gween wike that!"


-Tony

[dandu]

A risque quote from "Bimbo's Express" (1931)
Betty: I can't open the door now, I'm in my nightie.
Bimbo: Allright, I will wait until you take it off.

[larriva9/11]

To play off my name again, I might as well offer "EAT, STUPID"

[Mibbitmaker]

"DEAR RICH DORA STANDPIPE! HOW I LOVE HER -father's money." - Dan Backslide (Dover Boys)

"There's something awfully screwy about this fight, or my name isn't Laramore - and it isn't." - Laramore(?) (To Duck or Not To Duck)

"...Nah, I better not look. I just might be in there!" (It's all in the context) - Foghorn Leghorn (Little Boy Boo)

And the entire Daffy Duck "I don't like pain. It hurts me." monologue in "Abominable Snow Rabbit"

[larriva9/11]

In light of current events in New York, Charlie Dog's line "50% Spitz *ptoo-ding*" has become a mindworm of sorts

[janiepooh34]

"DEAR RICH DORA STANDPIPE! HOW I LOVE HER -father's money." - Dan Backslide (Dover Boys)

Oh, you beat me to it!

[larriva9/11]

There's always the "hoppy, hoppy, grasshopper" bit from "Two Crows From Tacos"...

[larriva9/11]

And how could I forget, from Dough Ray Me-ow:

"Breathe, stupid, breathe! You forgot to breathe again!"

That line should have appeared on Art Davis's headstone.