[OT/Humor] What's your "Holy Grail"?

A lot of the above relpies ni our group (Python, Buckaroo, Simpsons, MST3K, BTLC, etc.)

Also many references to in-game events from years ago. Such as:

-"KAKOOTY-KOO!" the unofficial warcry of the group. Based on the lamest attempt ever at a "Secret Signal" birdcall in a GURPS game years ago.

-"How do you say that in Elvish?"
This one takes a bit of explaining. One of the players, after the FOTR movie, gave his impression of -if JRRT were still alive- how the Oxford don would respond to Tolkien "purist" criticisms of the film (shortly after the first royalty checks started to arrive).

Player: (in stuffy british accent) "Allow me to voice my feelings on the subject of your concerns in Elvish"

PBLPLPLBBBBT!!! ("rapsberry noises") while making vigorous "double deuce" gestures at the imaginary audience.

This last will bring play to a screeching halt for several minutes if timed properly.

We do a lot of family guy impressions as lil stewie is just a pit of veritable quotes. We actually try to limit the quotes as they really break the feel, but man do we fail.

Quotes from Star Wars, LotR, Simpsons, recently viewed movies, and just about anything else we can tie to the sesssion by stretching we toss out.

Whenever I put on some background music, the players would go -

"All right, all right - stop that, stop that."

Here's a small sampling of quotes that have at one point or other disrupted my campaigns:


*Shaking head* My father went the same way... (from one of the Naked Gun movies, said after an utterly improbable PC death)

Zugzug? (Warcraft - this is the official language of orc tribes and it's ALL they ever say)

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. (2001)

Do not call to God for help... he is on MY side! (The Abominable Dr. Phibes - great Vincent Price oldie with the perfect insane but brilliant BBEG)

Mister, I've travelled from one side of this universe to the other, and I just want you to know you're the most understanding person I've ever met. (Forbidden Planet)

Rage taking over... (Mystery Men)

Maybe you should put some clothes on if you want to keep fighting crime today. (Mystery Men)

If you do not learn to control your anger...
Let me guess... 'your anger will control you'!
*pause*
That's what you were going to say, wasn't it?!?!
Umm... not necessarily...

(Mystery Men is a great source of quotes. )

...unlike other Robin Hoods, I can speak with a British accent. (Robin Hood: Men in Tights)

Three from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock and about to die of asphyxiation (replace with appropriate circumstance), that I wish I had listened to my mother when I was a boy.
Why, what did she say?
I dunno, I wasn't listening.

(after a Deux ex machina save of the party)
Ford: Yeah... I planned it this way.
Arthur: What?!?
Ford: I told you, I planned it... Don't knock it, it worked. (from the BBC version of Hitchhiker's Guide - references the salvation of Ford and Arthur from deep space by being spontaneously teleported into Xaphod Beeblebrox's passing ship that is outfitted with an infinite improbability drive)

The answer is...
*pause*
...you're not going to like it...

And one from Zork (who remembers this one?):
*Covers eyes* If I can't see him, he can't see me.

Three most popular command words for wands IMC (I'm REALLY dating myself here):
XYZZY
Plugh
5 to the left, 5 to the right, 5 to the left

Other popular "in jokes:"

That's what SHE said... (repeated after every thing the other person says... this DOES get funnier after a while)

Prepare to receive your purification!!! (Clerics or paladins, referencing an old PC whose cleric literally went insane and would attack anything that moved, screaming this)

MST3K:

"Master Ninja Theme Song! Boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom-chicka!"

Also I have developed a habit, based upon an Old Man Murray article, of announcing a session's Start To Crate rating. PCs find a treasure chest, I glance up at the clock "Hmm. Start to crate one hour forty minutes. Better than last session." What's terrible is that I do this in games I DM.

Kanegrundar said:

Dwarves are constantly the butt of jokes since LotR ("Toss me").

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He says "Toast me" and I can proof it! See the attachment.

Futurama's also a treasure trove of quotes. Bender is good for rogue characters (I once made a Bender soundset for BG2). Some things have to be adapted a little to work, but it's fine.

"Hellooo, sexy Mama, wanna kill all humans?"

"BAM! In your face, Gandhi!"

(Bender Singing) "I love stealing, I love taking things."

"I never wanted to hurt you. Only to destroy everything you ever believed in."

I think just about anything others have mentioned is fair game at my table (although we don't have too much backchat, it comes from all over). In addition:

- "See my arms?"
A contraction of "Do you see how I have my arms?" *Holds arms far apart* "This is how much I don't give a @#$! what you think!". From the Adventurers! webcomic. Heck, I use this one in normal life as an expression of disdain or disinterest.

- Plenty of stuff from the Legacy of Kain series of games (even just imitating Michael Bell's Raziel voice or Simon Templeman's Kain is fun, for the apt moods - angst and scorn respectively).

- "Good, good" *Rubs hands together in an odd fashion*
Family Guy quote - originally spoken by a giant firebreathing insect

- My friend will take any opportunity to spit out two other Family Guy quotes at great length - the slow synthetic monotone of 'boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom shaka laka laka boom' (which is really annoying to sit through), and a long two-character exchange in which Quagmire realises he hasn't gone 'Oh!' yet and then does so. I don't partake in these recitations.

- Goon Show, of course. "You rotten swines you!" The Bloodnok curry roar. And other favourites, such as the more involved "It's the Atlantic Ocean!" "We're rich!" or "Hold tight Min, we're doing three miles an hour now!" or "Raise right leg! Now raise left leg!... *palpable absence of THUD* 'ere, Eccles, how come you got three legs?" "Ah, the fourth one fell off." or even asking whether someone's ever heard a man carrying a set of bagpipes getting run over by a steamroller. Although these aren't always going to come out at the gaming table, they certainly have their applications...

KaeYoss said:

He says "Toast me" and I can proof it! See the attachment.

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This is from the same source that tells us that the Gimli line commonly misconstrued as "bring your pretty face to my axe" is really "bring your {kitty} face to my {donkey}," no?

(Hopefully Eric's grandmother will let that one slide with the self-imposed censorship)

--The Sigil

Anything and everything is fair game. We are big movie buffs and we quote things all the time.

At my bachelor party my brother (not part of the group) remarked that we don't actually speak english, but "Movie Quote"

The Sigil said:

This is from the same source that tells us that the Gimli line commonly misconstrued as "bring your pretty face to my axe" is really "bring your {kitty} face to my {donkey}," no?

(Hopefully Eric's grandmother will let that one slide with the self-imposed censorship)

--The Sigil

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Yea, that one.