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Catch phrase
A
catch phrase
is a phrase or expression that is popularized by a real person or fictional
character
. They are especially common among
cartoon
characters.
Well-known catch phrases
"And away we go!" -
Jackie Gleason
"Book 'em, Dan-o." Hawaii Five-O
"Come up and see me some time." -
Mae West
"D'oh!" -
Homer Simpson
"Did I do that?" -
Steve Urkel[?]
"Dy-no-mite!" -
Jimmie Walker[?]
"Eat my shorts!"
Bart Simpson
"Good Grief!" -
Charlie Brown
"Good night, Mrs. Calibash, wherever you are." -
Jimmy Durante
"He fallen in the water!"
Spike Milligan
as Little Jim in the
Goons
"Holy cow!" -
Phil Rizzuto[?]
,
Harry Carey[?]
"I am outta here!" -
Dennis Miller[?]
"I don't get no respect." -
Rodney Dangerfield
"I love it when a plan comes together" - Hannibal Smith on
The A-Team
"I'm free!" John Inman in
Are You Being Served
(the feed line is "Are you free Mr Humphries?")
"I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy" -
Kenneth Williams
in
Round the Horne
"I pity the fool!" -
Mr. T
on
The A-Team
"I'm smarter than the average bear!" -
Yogi Bear
"No Problem!" -
ALF
"Oh, Matron!"
Kenneth Williams
again, this time in
Carry On
films
"Oh my God, they killed Kenny!" -
South Park
"Well, excuuuuse me!" -
Steve Martin
"What's up Doc?" -
Bugs Bunny
"Yabba Dabba Do!" -
Fred Flintstone
"Ying tong iddle i po" - The
Goons
"You stupid boy!" - Captain Manwaring to Frank Pike in
Dad's Army
see also:
Stock phrase
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