1980s Catchphrases

Fill the blanks in these memorable eighties catchphrases.

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First submitted	June 3, 2010
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Catchphrase

I pity the fool

Bad to the bone

Gag me with a spoon

Where's the beef?

This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

Go ahead - make my day

Girls just want to have fun

Don't worry, be happy

Catchphrase

If you build it, he will come

Now you know. And knowing is half the battle

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful

Grody to the max

Heroes in a half-shell. Turtle power!

Walk like an Egyptian

What you talkin' 'bout, Willis

I've fallen and I can't get up

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48 Comments

Level 65

Jun 21, 2011

I am truly a child of the 80's

Level 76

Jul 15, 2011

Born in 92 and I somehow got 14/16. I blame the internet.

Level 37

Oct 25, 2011

Only 60% for 'If you BUILD it, he will come'? Sadness. I literally got goosebumps when I first heard that line...

Level 59

Nov 24, 2020

Remarkably, it has stayed a similar percentage

Level 9

Feb 16, 2012

born in 1998 - 100% with 3:18 left

Level 38

May 22, 2012

@layniebug I did better on the '90s, and I'm the same age.

Just to tell you all, for the one with "what you talkin' 'bout, ____" I would have said Willie, only because of the awesomeness of Dark Shadows. Johnny Depp shares my fascination.

Level 26

Jun 11, 2012

I got them all and I'm 14...my parents are soooo 80s

Level 15

Oct 19, 2012

I was born in '94 and got them all on my first try with 3:14 left on the clock.

Level 71

Dec 5, 2012

Hah - I tried both fork and knife for "Gag me with a ___" Apparently I have a more violent subconscious.

Level 35

Jan 5, 2013

10!

Level 23

Jan 21, 2013

4/16. I guess cos I aint in the right country or right time.

Level 23

Apr 8, 2013

Wew, 5/16 XD!

Level 46

Apr 8, 2013

It's pathetic that the only quote made by the President is the one that's least known.

Level 36

Apr 17, 2017

Maybe that's because despite the current hype to the contrary, his tenure as president was, in fact, forgettable

Level 89

Sep 2, 2018

And because it was first a much more famous quote by a much more famous actor.

Level 89

Sep 2, 2018

Or did you mean "grody to the max" right before George Bush barfed all over the Japanese Prime Minister?

Level 36

Oct 7, 2018

^ Absolutely right, Someone2018!

Level 17

Apr 9, 2013

10/16, and I wasn't even born in the 80's!

Level 37

Aug 13, 2013

16 out of 16...Yeah baby !! Good quiz...like the nostalgia.

Level 14

Jan 29, 2014

Born in 1987, and I got more 80s phrases than 90s phrases. Guess I'm stuck in the past. :)

Level 22

May 14, 2014

Born in 1992 and only missed 2. I did better on this quiz than the 90s one...so sad

Level 47

Aug 14, 2014

Go ahead, make my day was from the 70s, not the 80s, FYI

Level 78

Oct 29, 2015

The quote is from Sudden Impact (1983), not the the first Dirty Harry movie (1971).

Level 20

Feb 1, 2015

You would think i grew up in the 80s...

Level 66

Oct 29, 2015

fastest quiz ever (I think)...28 seconds to finish.

Although, ginsu should also work with gag me with a...

Level 23

Nov 25, 2015

I grew up saying "growdy to the max" in the late 90's/00's

I heard "What you talkin bout Willis" on Hannah Montana

And I know "don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful" from that Pretty Girl Rock song.

I kept thinking, how is this an 80's quiz if I remember these things.

Level 63

Jan 11, 2016

100% in 43 seconds. Dang, I did grow up in the 80s!

Level 83

Jun 6, 2016

100% in 35 seconds. The 80's never leaves you. :-)

Level 68

Aug 28, 2016

Grouse!

Level 57

Oct 6, 2016

got 14/16 and i was born in 2000...

Level 62

Dec 5, 2016

100% with 3:26 left... I had no life as a kid.. And apparently still don't...

Level 36

Aug 24, 2017

I must have only hit my stride in the '80s, though by then, I should have outgrown this nonsense.

Level 80

Oct 24, 2017

That's not a quiz. THAT's a quiz.

Level 7

Oct 30, 2017

Thanks for the fun quiz!

Level 43

Nov 10, 2017

Missed six. Born in 2002. What did you expect?

Level 67

Feb 15, 2018

Ah, the memories

Level 26

Jul 5, 2018

Bad to the bone, DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN! B-b-b-bad..

Level 30

Jul 15, 2018

2 of these are from the 70's.

Level 81

Aug 16, 2018

I think I know the two that you are talking about, but they were being said all through the 80's, as were all these phrases. Took me about 15 seconds to do this quiz, growing up in the 80's.

Level 11

Sep 2, 2018

Only missed 3, born in 2000 <3

Level 47

Jan 23, 2019

Got them all in a few seconds. Gen X stereotype here.

Level 71

Jun 10, 2019

Dont know the 5 least guessed ones. but definitely never heard of the grody one.

Level 71

Oct 25, 2019

Are song lyrics really catchphrases, though?

Level 67

Dec 10, 2020

I was thinking the same thing.Not really

Level 67

Mar 10, 2020

Got the "brain on drugs" one only because Bill Hicks did a piece on it in on of his shows; and "Gag me with a spoon" because of Valley Girl by Frank Zappa. Also, it's "Girls just wanna have fun" not "want to". And Good Times, I thought that was in the 70's?

Level 56

Apr 20, 2021

Anybody else think of "Gag me with a DeLorean"?

Level 68

Feb 8, 2023

I only thought of Willis from a Migos line on Pure Water

Level 38

Jan 16, 2024

I feel even older. Aced the 90's and the 80's.

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