From iconic lines to unforgettable moments, some movie scenes have become cultural touchstones ripe for parody. Join us as we count down the film sequences that have inspired countless imitations and spoofs across pop culture. Whether it's dramatic declarations, action-packed stunts, or quotable one-liners, these scenes have left an indelible mark on cinema history.
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00:00This is Sparta!
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most iconic film scenes that have inspired the most parodies.
00:11Can you handle the truth? Let's see.
00:13I also changed my inspirational music to keep me motivated.
00:21Number 30. You can't handle the truth.
00:23A Few Good Men.
00:24Sorry guys, this scene from this legal drama should be familiar.
00:28Based on true events, the film follows two lawyers defending two U.S. Marines charged with murdering one of their own.
00:34When lawyer Daniel Caffey accuses Colonel Nathan Jessup of ordering the Code Red assault on the now-dead Marine,
00:39Jessup counters with this now-iconic line.
00:42You want answers?
00:43I think I'm entitled.
00:44You want answers!
00:45I want the truth!
00:46You can't handle the truth!
00:48Jack Nicholson's performance and delivery are memorable, in both their power and bathos.
00:53Sure enough, the line has been a standby in courtroom drama parodies, the most memorable of which includes The Simpsons.
01:00You can't handle the truth!
01:02No, truth handler, you!
01:04Bah! I deride your truth-handling abilities!
01:09We may not be able to handle the truth, but we can certainly handle these parodies.
01:13Number 29. The power of Christ compels you.
01:16The Exorcist.
01:17That the power of Christ compels you!
01:20The power of Christ compels you!
01:23This seminal horror film based on William Peter Blatty's 1971 novel is cemented in our cultural consciousness.
01:29There are many iconic moments from this film, but one of the most widely parodied is this line,
01:34as Father Damien Karras performs an exorcism on the possessed Reagan.
01:37Naturally, the line is humorously applied to non-demonic possession instances in parodies, mocking its theatrical religiosity.
01:44Apart from Family Guy and Austin Powers, the entire scene has been parodied at least twice by Saturday Night Live and in other shows.
01:51The power of Christ compels us to include this on our list.
01:54The bed must be on the floor!
01:57The bed is on my foot!
02:02Number 28. You're gonna need a bigger boat.
02:04Jaws.
02:07From its iconic John Williams score to its opening scene, many aspects of Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws have been spoofed.
02:13But perhaps the most parodied scene is this shark attack, and this phrase, said by Roy Scheider as Chief Brody.
02:20You're gonna need a bigger boat.
02:23Brody's fear-stricken line has been quoted in countless sitcoms and films, with many variations.
02:28Why is this particular dialogue stuck in our collective noggin?
02:32We're gonna need a bigger restaurant!
02:34Oh, come on. Sorry.
02:36There's a deadpan casualness in the words that Scheider's natural delivery can't quite overcome.
02:41Did you just witness the appearance of a primordial beast?
02:44You're gonna need a bigger boat. We must approve.
02:47Too many of them!
02:51We're gonna need a bigger chopper!
02:53Number 27. Any and every scene.
02:56The Wizard of Oz.
02:57Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
03:01We've been looking at specific scenes so far, but for this entry, it's the entire movie that's been baked into our cultural consciousness.
03:08This 1939 fantasy film is a timeless classic beloved by generations of audiences.
03:13The closest thing to an American fairy tale.
03:15So of course we're gonna poke fun at virtually everything, from actual scenes to the plot and the characters.
03:21And I think I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow.
03:24Oh, okay. That's kind of an odd thing to say.
03:26Yeah, sort of a weird comment right in front of all of us.
03:29Kind of thought this was a team effort.
03:30Yeah.
03:31Curiously enough, a bulk of spoofs have focused on the ending.
03:34With Dorothy and company having a more realistic reaction to Glinda's reveal.
03:38You could have sneezed or turned your head quickly.
03:42Any of those ways and you would have been home.
03:45Oh, you psycho glitter b****!
03:48Add in the millions of references and allusions throughout film and TV,
03:52and The Wizard of Oz just might be a contender for the most parodied movie of all time.
03:57Number 26. Bond.
04:00Dr. No.
04:01Sean Connery's turn as Ian Fleming's suave spy in this legendary film franchise
04:05has had a massive influence in popular culture.
04:08It even led to a whole franchise spoofing The Smooth Secret Agent,
04:11the also popular Austin Powers series.
04:14But one of the most iconic lines has to be Connery's diamond-cut self-introduction in the casino scene.
04:19I admire your luck, Mr...
04:22Bond. James Bond.
04:26Not only has this famous phrase been repeated throughout the franchise,
04:29it's also become a standard introduction for many characters.
04:33Bueller. Ferris Bueller.
04:37A funny tweet parodying the phrase even achieved meme status.
04:41This surname-name template is very much everywhere for good reason.
04:44It just sounds so impressive in its brevity.
04:47What's your name, dude?
04:48Uh, Mart...
04:51Eastwood.
04:53Clint Eastwood.
04:55Number 25. You shall not pass.
04:58The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring.
05:01Speaking of blockbuster fantasy film franchises,
05:03this one had several phrases that were just ripe for spoofs.
05:06You shall not pass!
05:11Ian McKellen's Gandalf the Grey turned white has some memorable moments,
05:15but none more beloved than this exhortation,
05:18delivered with McKellen's Shakespearean gravitas.
05:20From epic power-flexes to your high school teacher saying you're gonna fail their class,
05:24you shall not pass has become a meme that you can whip out for a variety of occasions.
05:28You shall not pass!
05:31Aha! En garde! Take that!
05:34There is also the emaciated Gollum,
05:36whose creepy obsession with the One Ring has led to countless parodies as well.
05:40These precious spoofs all pass our test.
05:43My precious.
05:51Number 24. I'm flying. Titanic.
05:54I'm flying. Jack.
05:58From the endless arguments about Jack fitting and not fitting on that door,
06:01to the My Heart Will Go On theme,
06:03this film has provided a lot of fodder for parodies.
06:06Wherever you are...
06:09Okay, yeah, great. Love theme from Titanic.
06:13Good, but not really appropriate.
06:15But it's this famous scene with Rose and Jack together on the Titanic bow
06:19that is perhaps the most recognizable and the most mocked.
06:22Director James Cameron had wanted to film it with an actual sunset,
06:26which meant Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio had to rush to do it on the spot,
06:30an experience Winslet described as, quote, hilarious.
06:33And then we'd have like two minutes of just endlessly doing this clinch,
06:36and the clinch, and again, and the clinch,
06:39and then God forbid if we started laughing.
06:41Say no more, Kate.
06:42Spoofs of this scene include animated recreations,
06:45to live-action recreations,
06:47to clever-if-catty edits.
06:49Never underestimate the power of a T-pose.
06:56Tennessee Williams' classic play got a classic film adaptation,
06:59one that launched Marlon Brando's film career.
07:06Brando's seminal performance as the oafish, loud Stanley Kowalski
07:09is best remembered by this now-famous criticur,
07:12calling his much-abused wife's name.
07:14Since then, the scream has been heard everywhere,
07:17from a Simpsons musical parody to Modern Family's Cam
07:20searching for the Pritchett-Delgado family's dog.
07:22Hell, you even got real-life screaming contests of the scene.
07:32There is, obviously, a thin line between powerful and pathetic,
07:35which makes this line terrific for memes and parodies.
07:38Nothing beats Brando's star power, though.
07:45Number 22.
07:47It's alive!
07:48Frankenstein.
07:49Fun fact.
07:50This phrase isn't anywhere in Mary Shelley's classic 1818 novel.
08:00In the book, Dr. Frankenstein flees in wordless horror
08:03at the sight of his creation.
08:04But that didn't stop this film adaptation from making its mark.
08:07Today, the scene is irrevocably tied to the very idea of Frankenstein.
08:12Sure enough, every time a monstrous creation comes to life
08:15in a film or TV show,
08:17someone has to ham it up and proclaim the obvious.
08:25Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein parody
08:27is among the most celebrated, of course,
08:29but there are countless others as well.
08:31It's alive!
08:32Is alive and well.
08:34Number 21.
08:35Say hello to my little friend.
08:37Scarface.
08:38Say hello to this killer line.
08:40When a character lifts their weapon against an enemy,
08:42it's almost inevitable that this phrase is going to be the very next thing they say.
08:53Al Pacino's star turn in this remake of a 1932 film
08:56is a classic and is replete with memorable lines.
08:59Among the most beloved moments, though,
09:01has to be when Pacino's Tony Montana faces off against Sosa's men.
09:05Say hello to my little friend.
09:07Since then, any character with any kind of weapon in their hands
09:10is under contract to say this right before the kill.
09:12Or at least it seems that way to us.
09:14You want creamy goodness? I'm your friend.
09:16Say hello to my chocolate blend.
09:19Number 20.
09:20That opening walk.
09:21Saturday Night Fever.
09:26The opening scene of Saturday Night Fever
09:28sees the protagonist, Tony Manero,
09:30strutting down the streets of Brooklyn
09:32carrying a can of paint on an errand for his day job.
09:34While the camera angles are interesting
09:36and the focus on his feet is often replicated,
09:38it's Tony's and, by extension, actor John Travolta's
09:41swagger in the scene that's made it so iconic
09:43and has made it the subject of frequent parody.
09:46There's only one thing to do in a moment like this.
09:48Strut.
09:49With the stand-ins who reference the moment
09:51often failing to live up to the high marks
09:53set by the original in a comedic way.
10:03Number 19.
10:05One of Us.
10:06Freaks.
10:11Unless you're a fan of 1930s cinema,
10:14you've probably never even heard of this movie.
10:16But you've most certainly seen this scene referenced somewhere.
10:25The movie follows a trapeze artist
10:27who marries her circus's short man
10:29in an attempt to get his money by murdering him.
10:31Nevertheless, at their reception,
10:32the various carnival freaks chant their acceptance of her,
10:35repeating,
10:36One of Us.
10:37One of Us.
10:38The phrase has frequently been used throughout pop culture,
10:40often as an ironic, faux-sinister way
10:42to induct someone into a group.
10:44One of Us.
10:45One of Us.
10:46Gooba Gobble.
10:47One of Us.
10:48One of Us.
10:49One of Us.
10:50Gooba Gobble.
10:51Gooba Gobble.
10:52Gooba Gobble.
10:53The Gooba Gobble part of the chant
10:55has been slightly less popular, though.
10:57One of Us.
10:58One of Us.
10:59Gooba Gobble.
11:00Gooba Gobble.
11:01One of Us.
11:02Okay, that's a really creepy one.
11:03What? You never saw freaks?
11:05Number 18,
11:06Badges,
11:07The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
11:14A famed adventure western film,
11:16The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11:18also contains one of the most widely quoted,
11:20or at least paraphrased, lines in cinema.
11:30The scene in question sees the protagonists
11:32accosted by a group of bandits
11:34who claim to be federales.
11:35When asked to present badges to prove it,
11:37their leader replies with that now legendary quote.
11:48This is usually paraphrased down to
11:50badges,
11:51we don't need no stinking badges
11:52whenever it's quoted in TV or film,
11:54though the actual subject of the request
11:56can vary depending on the scene in question.
12:00Then let's see your badges.
12:03Uh, Debbie,
12:04I don't think they need no stinking badges.
12:06Regardless,
12:07it's become a great catch-all response of rejection.
12:10Bagels?
12:11We don't need no stinking bagels!
12:15Number 17,
12:16The Chestburster,
12:17Alien.
12:24It's one of the most famous scenes in science fiction,
12:26or horror for that matter.
12:28We see the crew of the Nostromo celebrating
12:30after apparently escaping an encounter
12:32with an alien creature,
12:33only for a man previously attacked
12:35to have an infant alien violently
12:37burst free from his torso,
12:38killing him in the process for good measure.
12:40The scene has become the gold standard
12:42for anything involving body horror,
12:44and has naturally been frequently parodied
12:46by having aliens or other creatures
12:48pop out from people's chest or stomach.
12:50What is that?
12:56Sup, bro?
12:57Actor John Hurt even went back
12:59for another go-round in Spaceballs.
13:01Oh, no.
13:03Not again.
13:06Number 16,
13:07The Upside-Down Kiss,
13:08Spider-Man.
13:09Wait.
13:14The Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies
13:15delivered plenty of memorable scenes,
13:17but arguably their most iconic
13:19is the Upside-Down Kiss.
13:20After saving his crush Mary Jane Watson
13:22in the rain,
13:23Peter Parker,
13:24in his wall-crawler alter-ego,
13:25hangs upside-down and they kiss.
13:27The imagery is striking and novel
13:29as well as romantic,
13:30and the moment has been called back
13:32to many times in other media.
13:34While only a few of the parodies
13:35approach the atmosphere of the original,
13:37the effort is still appreciated,
13:39as there are so few romantic moments
13:41that are widely parodied.
13:42Hey,
13:43Spider-Man kiss?
13:44No.
13:46Okay, maybe later.
13:47Number 15,
13:48Run, Forrest, run!
13:50Forrest Gump.
13:51Run, Forrest, run!
13:53This famous dramedy features
13:54a box of chocolates
13:55full of quotable and memorable scenes,
13:57but perhaps its most mocked scene
13:59occurs when the title character
14:00is a young boy,
14:01and he and his friend Jenny
14:02are being chased by bullies on bikes.
14:04Run, boy!
14:05Run!
14:07Run, Forrest, run!
14:10Jenny gives Forrest the famed advice,
14:11which he takes,
14:12while escaping his own leg braces.
14:14The line is a highly recurring one
14:16in pop culture,
14:17and it's very easy to adapt.
14:19Run, Forrest!
14:23Run!
14:25Whether it's a direct parody
14:26of the specific scene,
14:27or just some jerk yelling at someone
14:29who happens to be running
14:30or being chased.
14:31Run, Forrest, run!
14:34Number 14,
14:35Khan!
14:36Star Trek II,
14:37The Wrath of Khan.
14:38Khan!
14:41Khan!
14:43The Wrath of Khan
14:44is arguably the best Star Trek film,
14:46and has plenty of scenes
14:48that have been beamed
14:49into our collective consciousness,
14:50but this one takes
14:51the freshly replicated cake.
14:52Khan!
14:54Khan!
14:56Khan!
15:00After the vengeful Khan Noonien
15:01sings strands Admiral Kirk and company
15:03on a seemingly lifeless rock,
15:05much as Kirk had done to Khan years prior,
15:07the good Admiral lets out a famous scream
15:09of his rival's name so loud
15:11you could hear it in the vacuum of space.
15:13Khan!
15:19While the loud screaming
15:20of someone's name is relatively common in film,
15:22Wrath of Khan did it so memorably
15:24that people have been parodying it
15:25for decades since.
15:27Wee-tah!
15:31Wee-tah!
15:34Wee-tah!
15:37Number 13,
15:38You talkin' to me?
15:39Taxi Driver.
15:40You talkin' to me?
15:44You talkin' to me?
15:45Taxi Driver follows unhinged wannabe tough guy
15:48Travis Bickle,
15:49who grows tired of his time
15:50in his titular profession
15:51and decides to become a vigilante.
15:53I'm, uh, Taxi Driver De Niro.
15:55Yeah, I meet the fuck as De Niro.
15:57While practicing for his new career path
15:59in front of the mirror with gun in hand,
16:01Travis acts out a famous mock encounter
16:03with someone in which he aggressively asks
16:05if they're talking to him.
16:07The scene is often parodied
16:08by characters who look into a mirror
16:10or else as an all-purpose line
16:11for those who want to appear tough to others.
16:13Are you talkin' to me?
16:15Yes.
16:16Are you talkin' to me?
16:17Yes!
16:18Few of them can approach
16:19the level of the original scene, though,
16:21even when Robert De Niro references himself.
16:23Are you talkin' to me?
16:26Are you talkin' to me?
16:30Then who else are you talkin' to?
16:34Are you talkin' to me?
16:35Number 12,
16:36The Head-Turning,
16:37The Exorcist.
16:38Who lives and reigns
16:40with the Father
16:41and the Holy Spirit!
16:44Deviant!
16:46A seminal horror film,
16:47The Exorcist features a teenage girl
16:49possessed by the devil.
16:50One infamous scene in particular
16:52sees young Regan throwing things around her room
16:54and assaulting her mother.
16:55To cap it all off,
16:56her head rotates 180 degrees
16:58to face behind her.
17:06This unsettling, impossible maneuver
17:08has become a stock way in media
17:10to indicate that a character is possessed
17:12or otherwise show that they're creepy or evil.
17:14Hey, ghost!
17:17The parodies also may or may not include
17:19them climbing up the wall like a spider
17:21or vomiting,
17:22other hallmarks of Regan's possession,
17:24but the head turn is usually the biggest clue.
17:26We toys
17:28can see
17:29everything.
17:33So play nice.
17:35Number 11,
17:36Bullet Time,
17:37The Matrix.
17:39The Matrix drew plenty of parodies
17:41after it lit the zeitgeist on fire
17:43with its phenomenal fight scenes
17:45and cool leathers.
17:46But easily,
17:47its most parodied and famous scene
17:49happens when Neo and Trinity face off
17:51against an agent on a rooftop
17:53who fires bullets at Neo,
17:54who manages to not only dodge them,
17:56but for bonus points,
17:57does so in slow-mo.
18:00Alright, alright.
18:02Hold on a second.
18:03Just give me a moment.
18:04This moment especially receives frequent parody
18:06due to how popular it is
18:08and how well it illustrated and popularized
18:10the bullet time concept of showing things
18:12in slow motion.
18:15There's no dodging how pervasive
18:17these parodies are.
18:18They're just so much fun to watch.
18:20And if you're a fan of the Matrix,
18:22this is the movie for you.
18:24It's got a lot of fun,
18:25it's got a lot of fun,
18:26it's got a lot of fun,
18:27it's got a lot of fun,
18:28but it's got a lot of fun.
18:29There's no dodging how pervasive
18:30these parodies are, though.
18:43Number 10.
18:44This is Sparta.
18:45300.
18:46This is blasphemy!
18:47This is madness!
18:49300 made itself an easy target for parody
18:51with its incredibly memorable trailer lines
18:53and numerous memorable lines
18:55that spawn catchphrases.
18:56IS DECAP!
18:58The most famous scene though, occurs when a Persian messenger offends King Leonidas of Sparta,
19:04prompting him to hold the man at sword point in front of a nearby pit.
19:07When the messenger calls it madness to threaten a messenger, Leonidas replies,
19:12Madness?
19:14THIS IS SPARTA!
19:17Before kicking the man into the pit.
19:19While TV and movies have parodied the scene plenty,
19:22the true glut of parodies and references have been the result of internet means spawned from the scene.
19:26Most notably, several remixes.
19:28THIS IS SPARTA!
19:33Number 9, Mrs. Robinson's leg, The Graduate.
19:37Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me.
19:42Aren't you?
19:43An iconic coming of age film, The Graduate has several memorable and much parodied scenes.
19:48But this is easily the most famous.
19:50The scene follows Benjamin as he becomes increasingly aware that a married friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson,
19:55is indeed trying to seduce him.
19:57A fact he states, with a little uncertainty, while framed by her upraised leg.
20:02The line about her trying to seduce him, or a misquoted version of it,
20:05has been a much referenced one in pop culture.
20:08And has been a stock phrase used whenever someone is curious as to whether another character is coming on to them.
20:13I have one word for you, Luke.
20:15Plastics.
20:16I don't think he knows that movie, honey.
20:17Mrs. Dunphy, you're trying to seduce me.
20:19In addition, Mrs. Robinson's pose has become an iconic image, synonymous with seduction.
20:24Mrs. Krabappel, you're trying to seduce me.
20:28Number 8, Do I Feel Lucky, Dirty Harry.
20:31You've got to ask yourself one question.
20:33Do I feel lucky?
20:35Well, do you, punk?
20:37The original rogue cop, Dirty Harry and Clint Eastwood's status as the ultimate tough guy was helped in large part by scenes like these.
20:44You've got to ask yourself one question.
20:46Do I feel lucky?
20:48Well, do you, punk?
20:50Oh, Mr. Harry.
20:52You're really not gonna like what I have to say.
20:54The first Dirty Harry film sees the detective confront perps in two separate scenes with his trusty .44 Magnum,
21:00and deliver the same speech in which he claims to have lost track of how many shots he fired.
21:04You've got to ask yourself a question.
21:08Do I feel lucky?
21:15Well, do you, punk?
21:17This is, of course, capped with that oh-so-famous question.
21:20Now, you have to ask yourself one question.
21:24Do I feel lucky?
21:26Well,
21:30do you,
21:32punks?
21:33The scenes have frequently been imitated when characters need to intimidate an opponent with a gun,
21:37although the actual wording of the line usually gets shortened to,
21:40Do you feel lucky, punk?
21:42You feeling lucky, punk?
21:44Easy, Ironhide.
21:46You're just kidding. I just wanted to show him my cannons.
21:53A seminal film in the slasher and horror genres,
21:56Psycho begins by following Marion Crane,
21:59a secretary who, after stealing a large sum of money,
22:01stays at the Bates Motel,
22:03a beaten-down establishment under the management of Norman,
22:06an oddball caretaker to say the least.
22:08It's there, while taking a shower, that she is famously stabbed to death by an unseen killer,
22:13with her blood going down the drain.
22:17Why are you in my bathroom?
22:19Get out! Out! Out!
22:20I need the shower! I have poop time!
22:23The scene has become a frequent subject of parody,
22:25due to its distinctive use of a shadowed assailant,
22:28as well as the film score's signature sharp string stings that play in time with the stabs.
22:34Ah!
22:35Ah!
22:36Ah!
22:37Ah!
22:38Ah!
22:39Number 6.
22:40The Rolling Boulder, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
22:47The Indiana Jones films have a ton of memorable scenes that have been imitated over the years,
22:51but few of them have been parodied quite as often as the opening scene,
22:54with Indy retrieving a golden idol.
22:56Removing the golden tumor.
23:01Dr. Jones' attempts to remove the artifact are hindered by numerous traps,
23:05including a large rolling boulder.
23:07Everything about the scene, from the idol swap to the dart traps to the boulder,
23:11has become emblematic of adventure and danger.
23:14And the scene has been lampooned many times,
23:16particularly by those who grew up watching the film.
23:19Are you little...
23:27Number 5.
23:28Here's Johnny, The Shining.
23:30Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house in.
23:38Ah!
23:39Another landmark horror film,
23:41The Shining has plenty of moments and imagery
23:43that have been embedded into our collective consciousness in part because of parody.
23:47Come play with us, Danny.
23:49Those creepy twin girls who ask Danny to play with them, for example.
23:53Come play with us, Stewie.
23:55Forever and ever and ever.
23:58However, easily the most iconic part of the film
24:01is when Jack tries to get at his wife by chasing her with an axe,
24:04breaking a hole in the door she hides behind,
24:06and sticking his head through to say,
24:08Here's Johnny.
24:11While the quote itself is actually the catchphrase of Ed McMahon
24:14from the Carson-era Tonight Show,
24:16it's become arguably more recognizable from this scene
24:19due to the numerous parodies of it.
24:21Here's Johnny!
24:23Don't!
24:24David Letterman!
24:27Hi, David. I'm Grandpa.
24:30Number 4.
24:31I'll Be Back, The Terminator.
24:33I'll be back.
24:34The Terminator films have produced numerous catchphrases and parodied scenes,
24:38such as hasta la vista, baby, from the second film.
24:42Hasta la vista, baby.
24:44However, there's only one scene that could make our list.
24:47The original film sees the titular cyborg assassin go to a police station
24:51and pretend to be a friend of Sarah Connor's in order to kill her.
24:54When he's told to wait, the Terminator examines the window
24:57and tells the officer he'll be back,
24:59returning shortly afterward by crashing a car through it.
25:02The simplicity of the quote has led to frequent parodies,
25:05usually accompanied by an impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
25:07What, did I embarrass you?
25:09You embarrassed me. I'll be back, please.
25:11Heard a cop say that.
25:13The quote has become something of a catchphrase for the actor himself, too.
25:16I'll be back.
25:18Ha! You didn't know I'm gonna say that, did you?
25:20That's what you always say.
25:22Number 3.
25:23The Training Montage, Rocky.
25:29The Rocky movies didn't start training montages,
25:31but they certainly popularized them.
25:37The Perpetually Plucky Boxer's training to become stronger,
25:40accompanied by a catchy tune,
25:42has been a staple of each movie.
25:44But the first movie's is arguably the most frequent subject of tribute and mockery,
25:48with Rocky's training and running through the streets of Philadelphia
25:51often being replicated to show a character improving themselves
25:54in preparation for a challenge or competition.
25:56And yes, it's true.
25:58Rocky's training and running through the streets of Philadelphia
26:01often being replicated to show a character improving themselves
26:04in preparation for a challenge or competition.
26:06And usually accompanied by the famous song,
26:09Gonna Fly Now.
26:10Steps may or may not be climbed, too.
26:17Number 2.
26:18I am your father.
26:19Star Wars Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back.
26:28When it comes to parody,
26:29the bigger the franchise, the bigger the target.
26:32And it doesn't get much bigger than Star Wars.
26:34Although practically every moment in at least the original three films
26:37has been parodied extensively,
26:39one scene stands above the others.
26:50Luke Skywalker's lightsaber duel against Darth Vader in Cloud City
26:53leaves the young Jedi soundly defeated.
26:55But the kicker is the revelation that the villain,
26:58the very baddie he's set to kill,
27:00is actually his father.
27:04Uh, okay.
27:05No.
27:06I am your father.
27:08Well, that's fine, but I don't see how that affects-
27:12While nobody gets the quote right,
27:14tons of people have attempted or at least paraphrased the line
27:17throughout pop culture.
27:18I am your father.
27:22Really?
27:25No, not really.
27:27I can't back that up.
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27:56The Godfather is one of the most acclaimed films ever made,
28:00and with attention has come frequent mockery and tributes from other media.
28:04You come here unannounced on the day my daughter is to be married.
28:07Well, actually, we were brought here against our will, so-
28:09Offers that can't be refused,
28:11requests made on the days of daughter's weddings,
28:14body parts found in beds,
28:16wives asking about their husband's business.
28:18We could go on.
28:19I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.
28:21The point is,
28:22nearly every scene in this iconic mafia movie
28:24has been recreated or parodied by others,
28:26to the point where you could probably remake it several times over
28:29using parodies alone.
28:31If imitation is the greatest form of flattery,
28:33then the creators of The Godfather should be very flattered indeed.
28:41Which other classic movie scene do you feel has been spoofed to death?
28:44Let us know in the comments below.
28:46You maniac!
28:48You burned it up!
28:51Darn you!
28:53Darn you all to heck!
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