Favourite TV character lines

[Batgirl]

Some TV characters have such memorable lines that it is surely worth having a thread for many of them. Sometimes they are funny, poignant or just cut to the chase perfectly.  



As I've just watched 'Life on Mars' and 'Ashes to Ashes' for the first time these are easy to remember/find. 

Life on Mars

Gene: "I think you've forgotten who you're talking to !"

Sam: "An overweight, over the hill, nicotine stained, borderline alcoholic homophobe with a superiority complex and an unhealthy obsession with male bonding".

Gene: "You make that sound like a bad thing".  


                 

Female witness referring to Gene Hunt: "What would I get for smacking him?"

Sam: "A round of applause from half the station."




Gene: "Did you hear that ? That's the sound of this case being closed."
  

The Sweeney 

Haskins: "He'll be back. He needs the job like an alcoholic needs booze."



Jack Regan: "We're the Sweeney son...and we haven't had any dinner !"



Batman: "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb". 

Robin: "Holy smoke Batman !" "Holy Hood wink Batman !" and plenty of others

[Gene Hunt]

The first three are simply first class.

The rest are just great

Here's another for you.

I once said to Sam....

"If I were you, I'd never fart for fear of shitting myself"

Gene Genie.

[Steve Austin]

Good thread this. Oz from AWP has many a good line but my favourite of all is when Dennis is giving Arthur Pringle at the Barleymow some sob story (with some success) in an effort to secure bed & board when a voice can be heard in the background - "Has that bastad given in yet Dennis?"  Love it!!

There's a line in The Likely Lads film when Bob, Terry & the girls are playing bridge (Terry badly) and Terry leaves the caravan to answer the call of nature.  As the three of them listen to Terry relieve himself, Thelma says "it's the first time I've known what he's got in his hand all night"

Then there's the classic "I'd offer you a beer but I've only got six cans" that Terry says to Bob.

Brilliant.

[Superclassic]

Rik Mayall in the episode of Bottom called 'Gas'.On seeing Eddie Hitler in the kitchen of Mr.Rottweilers' house after a huge explosion.Eddie is stood with a lighter in his hand,and has obviously attempted to quickly get rid of any excess gas that they have been illegally using from Mr.Rottweilers' supply.

Richie:"Eddie.What the bloody hell are you doing?"

Eddie:"I thought I'd burn it off".

Richie:"What.......your face?"

[Batgirl]

Ashes to Ashes

Alex Drake has some great lines. 

Alex: "I'd quite like to change out of red before Chris de Burgh writes a song about me." 

"So how do you know Marcus then ?"
Alex: "Well I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar..." 


Gene: "We're a team. Bodie and Doyle. I'm the one in the SAS, you can be the one with the girl's hair."

[Gene Hunt]

Aug 12, 2015 13:13:37 GMT Batgirl said:

Ashes to Ashes

Gene: "We're a team. Bodie and Doyle. I'm the one in the SAS, you can be the one with the girl's hair."

 Remember it well

Gene.

[The Saint]

Gene is a big fan of Bodie & Doyle

The Saint

[Arthur Pringle]

Since George Cole has sadly gone to the great lock up in the sky- you could pick most Minder episodes & find several great Arthur lines but this is one of my favourite Arthur Daley/Terry McCann exchanges from 'The Birdman Of Wormwood Scrubs'. A horrified Arthur sees the receipt for a pair of silk pyjamas & dressing gown Terry has just bought for old lag Ernie Dodds-

Arthur- "Where'd you get that stuff?"
Terry- "Liberty's"
Arthur- "You can say that again". "Pyjamas?! You can get a 3 piece suite for that!"

[The Saint]

Great stuff Mr Pringle

The Saint

[Terry Collier]

Ahem...

Bob Ferris to me in the church when we are evading Flint.

"Oh, I didn't know, I didn't know it was I spy with my little X Ray eye!"

TC.