McCoy: Well, I had to see it to believe it.
Spock: Explain.
McCoy: They’re about to lop off the captain’s professional head, and you’re playing chess with the computer.
Spock: That is true.
McCoy: Mr. Spock, you’re the most cold-blooded man I’ve ever known.
Spock: Why, thank you, Doctor.
Star Trek – Season 1: Episode 14 – “Court Martial”
Giles: He’s lying! Hit him!
Buffy: I don’t think he is, and shut up.
Giles: You’re *my* slayer, go knock his teeth down his…
Buffy: Giles! (to Ethan) What demon?
Ethan: I don’t remember.
(Buffy punches Ethan)
Giles: Yes!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 3: Episode 6 – “Band Candy”
When I stumbled upon the “You must remember this… a kiss is just a kiss” Blogathon for Valentine’s Day, I knew exactly what cinematic kiss I wanted to write about. Too bad it was past the blogathon’s cutoff year. Since I was late to the party, a lot of my favorite film kisses had been claimed, and I struggled to find a top romantic moment to write about. But I was intrigued by Second Sight Cinema‘s suggestion of a “phantom kiss,” a kiss that we the audience long for but which never happens, and I knew the perfect example of a phantom kiss is in City Lights, long considered one of the greatest romances of the silver screen but which contains not one kiss.
There were times when there was something very young and slightly ridiculous about Jack; it was a side of him that Sophie loved beyond measure; but no one looking at him now, or in action, would have believed in its existence.
HMS Surprise – Patrick O’Brian
(Mal collides with Inara while dancing.)
Mal: It’s possible you were right, and this ain’t mykind of party.
(Atherton grabs Inara by the arm and marches her away.)
Mal: Whoa now. Watch yourself. Ain’t no need for hands on.
Atherton: Excuse me, she’s not here with you, Captain. She’s mine.
Mal: Yours? She don’t belong to nobody.
Atherton: Money changed hands, which makes her mine tonight. And no matter how you dress her up she’s still a…
(Mal decks Atherton.)
Mal: Turns out this is my kind of party!
Firefly – Episode 4 – “Shindig”
The Love Pirate 