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For the song, see I'll Be Back (song).

"I'll be back" (pronounced Ahhl-be-bahhk) is best known as a catch phrase associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger's title character from the 1984 science fiction film The Terminator. The original screenplay had the line scripted as "I'll come back".[1][2] The American Film Institute honored the quote on 21 July 2005 by ranking it #37 on a list of the best movie quotes in the past 100 years of film.

Ahhll-be-bahhk phrase is often used as an erroneous impersonation of Arnold Schwarzenegger. It became an unmistakable accent of the five-time Mr. Universe and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as many humorists started making jokes about it. Such jokes also include referring to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Governator.

Variations

Since The Terminator, variations of the line have been in a number of other Schwarzenegger's films:

  • The Terminator (1984) - "I'll be back." (said before leaving the police station. Returns by driving a car through the front door.)
  • Commando (1985) - "I'll be back, Bennett!" (before being put on an aeroplane against his will.)
  • The Running Man (1987) - "Killian, I'll be back!" (to Damon Killian, who does not expect Schwarzenegger's character to survive)
  • Twins (1988) - "If you're lying to me, I'll be back!" (to the doctor who headed the experiment that created him)
  • Kindergarten Cop (1990) - "I'm back!" (returning to the classroom full of kids)
  • Total Recall (1990) - "I'll be back!" (being taken back to Rekall)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - "Stay here, I'll be back." (leaving the Cyberdyne Systems Corporation building during the battle with the police. Returns by driving a truck through the front door.)
  • Last Action Hero (1993) - "I'll be back.... Ha! Bet you didn't expect me to say that!" (After a kid tells him he is too predictable.)
  • The Sixth Day (2000) - "I may be back..." (to pet store owner)
  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - "She'll be back." (in reference to the enemy TX android) and "I'm back!" (after emerging from the wreckage of a crashed helicopter)
  • The Fairly Oddparents (2004) - "I'll be back... with weapons." (said by the fictional actor Arnold Schwarzengerman's during a parodied version of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet')

Schwarzenegger has since used the phrase during public speeches as part of his career as the governor of the U.S. state of California.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Terminator scripts, retrieved August 11, 2006
  2. ^ "The Terminator", Arrow in the Head movie reviews, 2004
  3. ^ http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/world/?content_id=3967
  4. ^ http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_4095330
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