What's the difference between a tagline and a catchphrase?
Tagline beats Catchphrase in Thunderdome.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
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tommyrot - Nov 27, 2006 3:47:37 pm PST #3307 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Nov 27, 2006 3:47:57 pm PST #3308 of 10007
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think to be a catchphrase, it has to be an actual spoken line from the show. "The truth is out there" was text on the screen at the end of the opening credits -- it wasn't something Mulder went around saying to people.
bon bon - Nov 27, 2006 3:51:06 pm PST #3309 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think it was on a poster in his office....or was that "I Want to Believe"?
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2006 3:51:47 pm PST #3310 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, the poster said, "I Want to Believe" with a picture of a UFO.
Topic!Cindy - Nov 27, 2006 3:55:21 pm PST #3311 of 10007
What is even happening?
Oh. I always thought of a catch phrase as a phrase from the show (V.O./narration or a line of dialogue) that made it into people's everyday speech.
Plus sort of what Jesse said. I think. Blame Narrator.
Tagline beats Catchphrase in Thunderdome.
Now it all makes sense.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2006 3:58:37 pm PST #3312 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it could go both ways. "Hey hey hey" is the character's catchphrase. "The truth is out there" is a catchphrase in the popular culture.
I'm just not crazy about the mixing, is what.
Jesse - Nov 27, 2006 3:59:55 pm PST #3313 of 10007
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
HIMYM: Was that Amy Sedaris as the mother's voice? Or someone like that? Or just some random?
Vortex - Nov 27, 2006 4:03:52 pm PST #3314 of 10007
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I think to be a catchphrase, it has to be an actual spoken line from the show. "The truth is out there" was text on the screen at the end of the opening credits -- it wasn't something Mulder went around saying to people.
and I think it has to be uniquely identified to the character or show. I dont think that something said once that became famous is a catchphrase, like "oh, my nose!" I mean, that was one show. And "resistance is futile" is the Borg catchphrase, not "picard as borg"
Jesse, I think you're right about HIMYM
megan walker - Nov 27, 2006 4:04:32 pm PST #3315 of 10007
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think to be a catchphrase, it has to be an actual spoken line from the show. "The truth is out there" was text on the screen at the end of the opening credits -- it wasn't something Mulder went around saying to people.
I've just started watching again from the beginning on SciFi and I believe he actually does say this in one of the first episodes.
HIMYM: I thought it was Megan Mulhally (or however you spell it).
Kathy A - Nov 27, 2006 4:40:48 pm PST #3316 of 10007
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think a bonafide catchphrase has to stand the test of time. "I knew Jack Kennedy...and you sir, are no Jack Kennedy" still pops up in everyday usage nearly 20 years later. "Hey hey hey" (and I only remember the Fat Albert version)? Not so much, although it is recognizable as an emblem of its time.
IO(cat)N, a great kitten video and its sequel!