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Westley
- We are men of action. Lies do not become us.
- The entire To the Pain speech.
- "It's possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again... perhaps I have the strength after all. Drop. Your. Sword."
- "They were both poisoned."
- Climbing the Cliffs of Insanity, Vizzini cuts the rope the Man in Black was using...only to see that he is still climbing the sheer cliffs with his bare hands.
Inigo Montoya
- Hello. My Name Is Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die
- The scene where Inigo has Count Rugen cornered, begging for his life, builds up to a truly awesome line:
Inigo: HELLO! MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA! YOU KILLED MY FATHER! PREPARE TO DIE! |
- There is more awesome to be had when you realize how thoroughly Inigo is in command of this fight, as soon as he gets his second wind. It's not just the cheek slashes; he gives back to Rugen every single wound the latter gave to him, with precision.
- The whole fight is awesome. From the book:
Slowly, inch by inch, Inigo forced his body up the wall, using his legs just for pushing, letting the wall do all the supporting that was necessary. |
Westley and Inigo
- Inigo: I Am Not Left-Handed.
Westley: I'm not left-handed either. - "Kill me quickly."
"I would as soon destroy a stained-glass window as an artist like yourself."
Buttercup
- "You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are a coward, that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth."
- I-I-I... AM... THE... QUEEEEEEEEEEN.
The Grandfather
- The sardonic, punctuating wit with which he keeps his grandson in place needs to turn up just a few times to be highly memorable. One of the best bits:
Yes. You're very smart. Shut up. |
Fezzik
- "The Dread Pirate Roberts has come for your SOUUUUUULLLLLL!"
- The villains' last line of defense: A cleverly-hidden poisonous green spider, on a cute little equally-green doorknob on the last door separating the invaders from the bad men inside. Its placement is masterful, and its description genuinely creepy. One problem: Our grief-stricken man-with-a-mission Fezzik has no use for these inefficient things you call doorknobs.
- At the end: he comes with four white horses he procured in case he ran into Inigo and Westley after they saved the lady ("Hello, Lady!") and explains it in a much more articulate way than his simple nature would allude to. As Inigo points out, Fezzik, you did something right. ("Don't worry, I won't let it go to my head.")
Vizzini
- True to his word, he managed to determine exactly which goblet the iocane powder was in. His only mistake? The inconceivable notion that Westley would actually poison both drinks!