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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Coconuts
Guard: Halt! Who goes there?
King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
Guard: Pull the other one!
King…
Read the full quoteBring out your dead
Dead Collector: Bring out jer dead!
Large Man: Here's one.
Dead Collector: Nine pence.
"Dead" Man: I'm not dead.…
Read the full quoteMust be a king
Large Man: Who's that then?
Dead Collector: I dunno. Must be a king.
Large Man: Why?
Dead Collector: He hasn't got shit all over him.
Read the full quoteA self-perpetuating autocracy
King Arthur: Old woman!
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.…
Read the full quoteThe Black Knight
King Arthur: You fight with the strength of many men, sir Knight. [The Black Knight looks at him in Silence] I am Arthur, King of the Britons. [The Black Knight doesn't respond as Arthur looks at Patsy and back at the…
Read the full quoteTurned me into a newt
Bedevere: How do you know she is a witch?
Peasant: She looks like one.
Bedevere: Bring her forward!
Girl: I'm not a witch.…
Read the full quoteThe quest for the holy grail!
God: Arthur! Arthur! King of the Britons!
God: [In an annoyed tone] Oh, don't grovel! If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people groveling.
King Arthur: Sorry.
God: And don't apologize! Every time I try to talk to…
Read the full quoteFrench taunts
Frenchman: You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person! I blow my nose at you, so-called Ah-thoor Keeng, you and all your silly English K-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-niggets! [makes…
Read the full quoteKnights who say Ni
Head Knight: The Knights Who Say Ni demand a sacrifice!
King Arthur: Knights of Ni, we are but simple travelers who seek the enchanter who lives beyond these woods--
Knights who say Ni: Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!
King Arthur: Oh…
Read the full quoteIt's a silly place
Sir Lancelot: Look, my liege! [trumpets blare to a shot of a castle]
King Arthur: [awed] Camelot!
Sir Galahad: Camelot!
Sir Lancelot: Camelot!…
Read the full quoteHoly hand grenade
King Arthur: [Holding the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch] How does it... um... how does it work?
Sir Lancelot: I know not, my liege.
King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments.
Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two…
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