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Mystery Men (1999)

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Directed by
Kinka Usher

Written by
Bob Burden, Neil Cuthbert

Cast
Hank Azaria, Claire Forlani, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Kinnear, William H. Macy [more]


Release Date
• USA: Aug 6, 1999
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 11, 2000
• R2: 21 Jul 2003

Budget $68,000,000

Official Website:
Mystery Men Website

MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for comic action violence and crude humor.

Running Time
2 hours, 1 minute

Country USA

Studio Dark Horse Entertainment

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 Quotes from Mystery Men (1999)
1
The Blue Raja: I'm a superhero, Mother. An effete British superhero.

  67.272727272727% (11 votes)
2
The Sphinx: We are number one. All others are number two, or lower.

  58% (10 votes)
3
The Blue Raja: May the forks be with us.

  62.222222222222% (9 votes)
4
The Shoveller: We've got a blind date with Destiny - and it looks like she's ordered the lobster.

  57.5% (8 votes)
5
Mr. Furious: I don't need a compass to know which way the wind shines.

  57.142857142857% (7 votes)
6
Monica: I don't find you threatening.
Mr. Furious: Well, you're... kind.
Monica: At all.

  
7
The Shoveller: We're not your classic heros. We're the other guys.

  
8
The Shoveller: God's given me a gift. I shovel well. I shove very well.

  
9
The Bowler: [to her father's skull, after avenging his death] OK, now I'm going back to graduate school. That was the agreement.

  
10
Mr. Furious: Right now I'm kinda like a powder keg.

  
11
Mr. Furious: After all, I am a ticking time bomb of fury.

  
12
The Sphinx: To learn my teachings, I must first teach you how to learn.

  
13
The Sphinx: You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums.

  
14
The Sphinx: He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions.

  
15
The Sphinx: You must be like wolf pack, not six-pack.

  
16
The Shoveller: We fight crime. Call it what you will.

  
17
[Invisible Boy becomes visible in front of everyone and he's naked]
The Bowler: Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you want to keep fighting evil today.

  
18
Mr. Furious: Don't mess with the volcano my man, 'cause I will go Pompeii on your... butt.

  
19
Mr. Furious: You must've torn out the "Q" section in my dictionary, because I don't know the meaning of the word "quit".

  
20
[Mr. Furious tries to balance a hammer on his head]
Mr. Furious: Why am I doing this?
The Sphinx: If you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack.
Mr. Furious: And why am I wearing the watermelon on my feet?
The Sphinx: [looks at the watermelon on Mr. Furious' feet] I don't remember telling you to do that.

  
21
Mr. Furious: Looks like tonight the lone wolf rides... alone

  
22
Vic Weems: I'm a publicist, not a magician.

  
23
The Bowler: There's another chicken. Crazy chicken world.

  
24
The Sphinx: When you care what is outside, what is inside cares for you.

  
25
[Commenting On The Disco Boy's arsenal]
Mr. Furious: What? Guns? That's your power, you shoot guns?
The Blue Raja: There's no theme at all here.
Mr. Furious: Weak.
The Blue Raja: At best.
[They high-five each other]
Mr. Furious: See, you've got a chain, I would at least make it a gold chain.
[a Disco Boy wields a pipe]
The Shoveller: And who are you, the Disco Plumber?

  
26
[the heroes talk about hero recruits]
The Blue Raja: Well, there's The Sphinx.
Mr. Furious: Who?
The Blue Raja: The Sphinx.
The Shoveller: Yeah, I've heard of this guy. He's a big crime-fighter down south.
Mr. Furious: What's his power?
The Blue Raja: Well, he's terribly mysterious.
Mr. Furious: That's his power, he's mysterious?
The Blue Raja: He's TERRIBLY mysterious, actually.
The Shoveller: Yeah, plus he can cut guns in half with his mind.

  
27
[the Spleen is shot in the rear]
The Spleen: I CAN'T FEEL MY ASS. I CAN'T FEEL MY ASS.
Invisible Boy: Doe's your power still work?
The Spleen: Uh-oh, weapons check. Pull my fingers.
[Invisible Boy pulls. Spleen lets loose a wind of gas, wiping out an entire gang]
The Spleen: It'll do.

  
28
Mr. Furious: Rage... taking over...
Casanova Frankenstein: Yes, yes, we've heard that before.
Mr. Furious: No. Rage... REALLY taking over...

  
29
Capt. Amazing: I knew you couldn't change.
Casanova Frankenstein: I knew you'd know that.
Capt. Amazing: Oh, I know that. AND I knew you'd know I'd know you knew.
Casanova Frankenstein: But I didn't. I only knew that you'd know that I knew. Did you know THAT?
Capt. Amazing: Of course.

  
30
The Blue Raja: Am I to understand that you have inserted your father's skull in that ball for bowling?
The Bowler: No, the guy at the pro shop did it.

  
31
The Shoveller: We struck down evil with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not bickering.

  
32
Mr. Furious: What kinda crazy man blows up a crazy house?

  
33
Roy's Boss: When are you going to tear down that jeep out there?
Mr. Furious: Now we went through this yesterday. That "jeep" is actually an armored car of some kind. It was made to withstand bombs, I can't just rip it apart with a crowbar.

  
34
Mr. Furious: I'm a Pantera's box you do not wanna open.
Casanova Frankenstein: It is "Pandora."
Mr. Furious: Please don't correct me, it sickens me.

  
35
The Spleen: Hiya fellas. Word on the street is you're lookin' for superheroes.

  
36
The Bowler: I would like to dedicate my victory to supporters of local music and those who seek out independent films.

  
37
Mr. Furious: I just want to tell you that if I don't call you it's because I'm dead.

  
38
[while trying to berate Mr. Furious/Roy]
The Sphinx: You dress in the manner of a male prostitute.

  
39
Mr. Furious: We're an elite cadr-cadrey...
The Bowler: Cadre.
The Shoveller: You're in.

  
40
Lucille: If just one person vomits in my pool, I'm divorcing you.
The Shoveller: That's fair.

  
41
The Blue Raja: You're boy's a limey fork-flinger, Mother. What *will* the bridge club say?
Blue Raja's mother: You need more forks?

  
42
The Shoveller: If we had a billionaire like Lance Hunt as our benefactor...
Mr. Furious: That's because Lance Hunt *IS* Captain Amazing
The Shoveller: Don't start that *again*. Lance Hunt wears glasses. Captain Amazing *doesn't* wear glasses.
Mr. Furious: He takes them off when he transforms.
The Shoveller: That doesn't make any sense, he wouldn't be able to see.

  
43
[the Spleen walks to the Bowler making kissing noises and clicks tongue]
The Bowler: There's not enough beer in the world Spleen, I'm sorry.

  
44
The Bowler: See now, this is why mad scientists are generally less desirable than your common or garden variety scientist.

  
45
Invisible Boy: I'm invisible. Can you see me?
Rest of Mystery Men: YES.

  
46
Mr. Furious: Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? "If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right." It's...
The Sphinx: Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage...
Mr. Furious: ...your rage will become your master? That's what you were going to say. Right? Right?
The Sphinx: Not necessarily.

  
47
The Shoveller: So what do you say? Do we all gather together, and go kick some Casanova butt? Or do I eat this sandwich?

  
48
The Shoveller: You're the master of cutlery. You can't throw a knife somtimes when someone's trying to kill me?
The Blue Raja: No, I can't. You can't use a rake sometimes?
The Shoveller: No, I'm the Shoveller.
The Blue Raja: Well, I'm the Blue Raja. I'm not Stab Man. I'm not Knifey Boy. I'm the Blue Raja.

  
49
Mr. Furious: Frack you later, Frankenpuss.

  
50
Mr. Furious: That could work. I'm a loose cannon. I'm unpredictable. I stormed off, why can't I storm back?
Monica: Or, you could just say you're sorry.
Mr. Furious: Do you think there's a really angry way I can say I'm sorry?

  


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