“Meatballs” quotes

(1979)
Movie Meatballs
Ivan Reitman directed this movie in 1979
Title Meatballs
Year 1979
Director Ivan Reitman
Genre Comedy
Interpreted by
Plot – In an isolated summer camp for students, the most frenetic guys of the school bully the tutors, called "meatballs", making fun of them until they are exhausted. Moreover, they spend their free time with the girls.
All actors – Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin, Kate Lynch, Russ Banham, Kristine DeBell, Sarah Torgov, Jack Blum, Keith Knight, Cindy Girling, Todd Hoffman, Margot Pinvidic, Matt Craven
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  • “It's a weird moon. The moon kills, you know. It feeds off the earth. On a night like this, one of us could get up in the middle of the night, grab an ax, and cut somebody's head off.”

    Bill Murray - Tripper
    [Tag:killing, moon]
  • “- Fink: You had her in the woods and you just talked? You didn't do anything. You didn't do anything?
    - Spaz: I held her hand when we walked home.
    - Fink: Held her hand? Spaz, you're on your way! Held her hand. In the woods! And it was dark!”

    Keith Knight - Fink
    Jack Blum - Spaz
    [Tag:date, naivety, talking]
  • “- Rudy: I like her.
    - Tripper: You're not exactly known for your taste. I'll probably just use her for the rest of the summer and then throw her on the scrap heap with all the rest of the women that I've destroyed.”

    Chris Makepeace - Rudy
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “- Tripper: Is that a bra you're wearing, or are you expecting an assassination attempt?
    - Roxanne: Are those Clorets in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
    - Tripper: Ok, we're even. 3 years of this. I don't think I have many lines left. Frankly, Roxanne, I'm frightened.
    - Roxanne: No. Don't go human on me now, Tripper.”

    Bill Murray - Tripper
    Kate Lynch - Roxanne
    [Tag:dancing, flirting]
  • “- Tripper: I'm takin' the CITs on an overnight for the next couple days so you're gonna have to do your own training, son. I want you to run two miles today and two and a half tomorrow.
    - Rudy: I've never run that far.
    - Tripper: Neither have I but somebody's gotta do it. I can't be expected to do it. Somebody's gotta do it, and it can't be me....” (continue)
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    Bill Murray - Tripper
    Chris Makepeace - Rudy
  • - Tripper: Roxanne, I have what doctors call "very active glands". You're the first person I've told, my folks don't even know.
    - Roxanne: Maybe you can have surgery without them knowing.
    - Tripper: Heck with surgery! Let's wrestle!

    Bill Murray - Tripper
    Kate Lynch - Roxanne
    [Tag:disease, sharing]
  • “- Wendy: Tripper, I'm looking forward to some action this summer. I hope you can supply it.
    - Tripper: I'll supply it for you, but the guy you gotta watch out for is Spaz!”

    Cindy Girling - Wendy
    Bill Murray - Tripper
    [Tag:friends, sex]
  • “Alright, virgins to the left, non-virgins to the right. You guys split 'em up however you want.”

    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “Even if we win, if we win! Even if we win! Even if we play so far above our heads that our noses bleed for a week to ten days; even if God in Heaven above comes down and points his hand at our side of the field; even if every man woman and child held hands together and prayed for us to win, it just wouldn't matter because all the really good...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Bill Murray - Tripper
    [Tag:money, winning, women]
  • “- Rudy: Do you like her?
    - Tripper: I feel sorry for her, you know. She's got a glass eye. And, uh, I'm one of the few people who knows exactly which eye to look at when they're talking to her, so she's sort of fixated on me.”

    Chris Makepeace - Rudy
    Bill Murray - Tripper
    [Tag:pity, women]
  • “What's the matter? You're pacing like an expectant father with the clap.”
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • Kids are starving in India and you're walking around with a sombrero full of peanuts.”
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “The real excitement of course is going to come at the end of the summer, during Sexual Awareness week. We import two hundred hookers from around the world, and each camper, armed with only a thermos of coffee and two thousand dollars cash, tries to visit as many countries as he can. The winner of course is named King of Sexual Awareness week and...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “- Tripper: He's a sex machine.
    - Wendy: He couldn't wake me up with a trumpet and a drum!
    - Tripper: I went out with him one night and he got off six nurses by himself, and four of them couldn't report to work the next morning!”

    Bill Murray - Tripper
    Cindy Girling - Wendy
    [Tag:ability, sex]
  • “Attention all campers, it's 9:30... and that's lights-out time here at Camp Northstar, 9:30 as you know. Tomorrow is parents day, and you must look rested or Morty will be sent to the state penitentiary.”
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “- Roxanne: Where would I stay?
    - Tripper: My place, what do you think?
    - Roxanne: Is it big enough?
    - Tripper: It's got a double bed. What's the matter with you, haven't you ever lived with anybody before?
    - Roxanne: No. Have you?
    - Tripper: Pets, you know, a dog, a fish. No, I haven't. I've never asked anybody before.”

    Kate Lynch - Roxanne
    Bill Murray - Tripper
  • “Attention campers, afternoon swim schedule is as follows. Advanced dolphins, report to the dock for survival swimming and I.Q. testing. All senior silverfish, meet on the beach for nude sunbathing. All junior salmon, trout, and herring, report to the nearest delicatessen. And 6-year-old tadpoles, report to the swamp. And all lobsters, get out of...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Bill Murray - Tripper
    [Tag:fish, swimming, threat]
  • “- Fink: How did you make out?
    - Spaz: We just kind of talked.”

    Keith Knight - Fink
    Jack Blum - Spaz
    [Tag:date, talking]
  • “Important announcement. Some hunters have been seen in the woods near Piney Ridge trail and the fish and game commission has raised the legal kill limit on campers to three. So, if you're hiking today, please wear something bright and keep low.”

    Bill Murray - Tripper
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