The iconic quote was an ad-lib Piper himself came up with. Looks like we're almost outta beer." (Note that this movie was filmed in 1993 but set in 1976, and so the character in the movie wouldn't have known about the movie They Live.)įormer wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper, who played the protagonist in They Live, died five days prior to the publication of this comic so this comic is most likely a tribute to him. Furthermore, the phrase has itself been parodied by British comedy IT Crowd, and by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in the episode 521 "Santa Claus" ("Ho-ho-ho! I'm here to kick butt and lick candy canes, and I'm all out of candy canes!"), and a version appeared in the 1993 movie Dazed and Confused, where Clint says, "I only came here to do two things, kick some ass and drink some beer. This phrase was also used by the title character of the video game Duke Nukem 3D and is often mistakenly believed to have originated in it.
This comic spoofs the iconic quote from the 1988 action movie They Live, where the armed protagonist, upon entering a bank, states that "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum." This implies that the protagonist will soon fight the inhabitants of the bank, as he cannot do the other objective he came there for (chewing bubble gum). Title text: I came here to chew bubblegum and say no more than eighteen words.
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