Movie quotes we've gotten wrong!

By Walter

June 23, 2017

You probably quote your favorite movies in conversation pretty often, but did you ever stop to think that you're getting them all wrong?

A British scientist coined the term "The Mandela Effect" to describe the phenomenon of one person getting something wrong – and, like a game of telephone, having everyone else follow along. That comes into play a lot with movie quotes most of us misuse, like:

"E.T, phone home": The creature actually said "E.T. home phone."

"Luke, I am your father": Darth's real line was "No, I am your father."

"Fly, my Pretties, fly" : The Wicked Witch of the West only said "Fly, fly, fly."

"Life is like a box of chocolates": A technicality, but Forrest Gump really revealed, "Life was like a box of chocolates."

The idea even extends to our favorite children's stories: The Big Bad Wolf never threatened to "blow the piggies' house down. He said he'd blow it in. (Daily Mirror)

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