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Scarface (1983): “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy!” | Transcript

• October 20, 2023

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Tony (Al Pacino) has an argument with Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) in a crowded restaurant. When it’s over, Tony continues his rant, calling the diners out on their moral hypocrisy.

INT. RESTAURANT — NIGHT Drug lord Tony Montana (Al Pacino), his disaffected wife Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer) and his right-hand man Manny (Steven Bauer) are eating at a fancy restaurant. Tony has been drinking heavily and launches into a rant, revealing that Elvira is unable to have the baby they’ve been trying for. Furious, she hits back.

Elvira: What do you do? You deal drugs and you kill people. Oh, that’s wonderful, Tony. Real contribution to human history.

Tony: Go ahead. Tell everybody.

Elvira: You want a kid?

Tony: Come on, tell the world.

Elvira: What kind of a father do you think you’d ma—

Tony tries to leap up and grab her. Knocks glassware over. Manny jumps up to restrain him.

Tony: Sit the fuck down!

Elvira: You gonna drive him to school in the mornings? Are you even gonna be alive by the time the kid goes to school? You don’t even know how to be a husband!

Tony leaps up again. Manny restrains him. Now everyone in the restaurant is looking on. Waiters are rushing over to help, while Tony’s goons maintain order.

Tony: Sit down before I—

Elvira: Do we ever go anywhere without having six thugs hanging around all the time? I have Nick the Pig as a friend. What kind of life is that?

Tony sits down.

Elvira: Can’t you see what we’re becoming, Tony? We’re losers. We’re not winners. We’re losers.

Tony: Go home. You’re stoned.

Elvira: I’m not stoned. You’re stoned.

Tony: Hey, get her outta here.

Elvira: No. No. I’m not going home with you. I’m not going home with anybody. I’m going home alone. I’m leaving you. I don’t need this shit anymore.

Manny: Okay, but I’ll walk you out. I’ll take her home in a cab.

They leave.

Tony: Let her go. Let her go, man. Another Quaalude, she gonna love me again.

Tony is alone at the table. The other diners are staring at him in disgust. He fixes them with a stare and flings his napkin on the table, narrowly missing a candle.

Tony: What you looking at? You all a bunch of fuckin’ assholes. You know why? You don’t have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me.

He stands up with help from his goon, Ernie (Arnaldo Santana), and starts walking slowly to the exit, swaying and ranting as he does so.

Tony: You need people like me, so you can point your fuckin’ fingers and say, “That’s the bad guy.” So, what that make you? Good? You’re not good. You just know how to hide. How to lie. Me, I don’t have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So, say goodnight to the bad guy! Go on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on, make way for the bad guy.

As he disappears from view, we hear faintly:

Tony: There’s a bad guy coming through! Better get outta his way!

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Scarface (1983 film)

Scarface is a 1983 film about a determined Cuban immigrant who takes over a drug cartel in Miami in 1980 and succumbs to greed. It is a remake of the 1932 film .

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Tony Montana

• This is paradise. This is paradise, I'm tellin' you. This town's like a great big pussy just waitin' to get fucked. I'm tellin' you. I shoulda come here 10 years ago. I'd have been a millionaire by this time. By this time, I'd have had my own boat, my own car, my own golf course.
• What I try to tell you? This country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves.
• I never fucked anybody over in my life that didn't have it coming to 'em. You got that? All I have in this world is my balls and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one. You understand? That piece of shit up there, I never liked him, I never trusted him. For all I know he had me set up and had my friend Angel Fernandez killed. But that's history. I'm here, he's not. You wanna go on with me, you say it. You don't, then you make a move.
• You know what capitalism is? Gettin' fucked!
• Hey, fuck you man! Who put this thing together? Me, that's who! Who do I trust? Me!
• You don't have the guts to look 'em in the eye when you kill them, You gotta hide with that fucking shit. (Alberto: Callate. (Shut your mouth.)) [Chi-Chi: Tony. Tony, man, he's getting up. Come on, let's do it.] I bet you feel good, huh? It makes you feel good to kill a mom and her kids, huh, bet you feel, big, (Alberto: Callate! (Shut your mouth!)) like you big man. Well, fuck you! Who do you think I am? You think I kill two kids and a woman? Fuck that! I don't need that shit in my life! [sees that Alberto is about to detonate the car bomb] You die, motherfucker! [shoots Alberto in the face, killing him] What you think I am, huh? What you think I am, fuckin' worm , like you? I told you, man! I told you, don't fuck with me! I told you, no fuckin' kids! No, but you wouldn't listen! Well, you stupid fuck! Look at you now!
• [to the guests at the restaurant] What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, " That's the bad guy." So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie . Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!
• I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!
• Note: the bolded and italicized line is ranked #61 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema .
• [shouting defiantly after being shot several times] Hey, how'd you like that? Huh? You fuckin' maricón! Hey, cockroaches! You think you can take me?! You need a fuckin' army if you're gonna take me! You hear?! C'mon! I'll take you all to fuckin' Hell! Come on! Come on! Come to me! Okay! Who you think you fuckin' with? I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best! [while being shot repeatedly] Come on! I'm still standin', huh! Fuck! Come on! Go ahead! I'll take your fuckin' bullet! Come on! I'll take your fuckin' bullets! You think you can kill me with bullets?! I'll take your fuckin' bullets! Go ahead!
• The eyes, chico. They never lie.
• [while watching news on TV] I know that but you know why, Vic? 'Cause you got your head in your culo . That's why. That fucking guy; he never tells the truth. That motherfucker!
• Amigo , the only thing in this world that gives orders is balls, you got that? Balls.
• Why don't you try sticking your head up your ass? See if it fits.
• Do you know what a chazzer is, Frank? That's a pig that can't fly straight!
• [after killing Frank and Mel] You want a job, Ernie?
• I kill Communists for fun... but for a green card, I'm gonna carve 'em up real nice.
• He loved the American Dream . With a Vengeance.
• In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun washed avenues of Miami... wealth, power, and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana but the world will remember him by another name... Scarface.
• He wanted to live the American dream until the end.
• The World Is Yours.
• Al Pacino – Tony Montana
• Steven Bauer – Manny Ray
• Michelle Pfeiffer – Elvira Hancock
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio – Gina Montana
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• Robert Loggia – Frank Lopez
• Miriam Colon – Mama Montana
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• Tony Montana : I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
• Tony Montana : You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!
• [ Tony shoots ]
• Tony Montana : [ to the restaurant patrons ] What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!
• Frank Lopez : Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed!
• [ laughing ]
• Elvira Hancock : Lesson number two: Don't get high on your own supply.
• Tony Montana : [ to Sosa's assassins ] I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!
• Tony Montana : You know what? Fuck you! How about that?
• Tony Montana : This is paradise, I'm tellin' ya. This town like a great big pussy just waiting to get fucked.
• Frank Lopez : Tony, don't kill me, please!
• Tony Montana : I ain't gonna kill you.
• Frank Lopez : Oh Christ, thank you! Thank you!
• Tony Montana : [ Tony looks at Manny ] Manolo, shoot that piece of shit!
• Tony Montana : [ to Sosa ] I never fucked anybody over in my life didn't have it coming to them. You got that? All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break them for no one. Do you understand? That piece of shit up there, I never liked him, I never trusted him. For all I know he had me set up and had my friend Angel Fernandez killed. But that's history. I'm here, he's not. Do you wanna go on with me, you say it. You don't, then you make a move.
• Tony Montana : Me, I want what's coming to me.
• Manny Ribera : Oh, well what's coming to you?
• Tony Montana : The world, chico, and everything in it.
• [ last lines ]
• Tony Montana : Go ahead! I take your fucking bullets! You think you kill me with bullets? I take your fucking bullets! Go ahead!
• Tony Montana : Who put this thing together? Me, that's who! Who do I trust? Me!
• Tony Montana : [ turning to Bernstein ] Every dog has his day.
• Tony Montana : The only thing in this world that gives orders... is balls.
• Tony Montana : You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked!
• Tony Montana : In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.
• Tony Montana : Is this it? That's what it's all about, Manny? Eating, drinking, fucking, sucking? Snorting? Then what? You're 50. You got a bag for a belly. You got tits, you need a bra. They got hair on them. You got a liver, they got spots on it, and you're eating this fuckin' shit, looking like these rich fucking mummies in here... Look at that. A junkie. I got a fuckin' junkie for a wife. She don't eat nothing. Sleeps all day with them black shades on. Wakes up with a Quaalude, and who won't fuck me 'cause she's in a coma. I can't even have a kid with her, Manny. Her womb is so polluted, I can't even have a fuckin' little baby with her!
• Tony Montana : Okay Sosa; You wanna fuck with me? You fucking with the best! You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You little cockroaches... come on. You wanna play games? Okay, I play with you; come on. Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!
• Hector the Toad : You want to give me the cash, or do I kill your brother first... before I kill you?
• Tony Montana : Why don't you try sticking your head up your ass? See if it fits.
• Tony Montana : [ after disposing of Frank Lopez and Mel Berstein ] Okay, come on.
• Manny Ribera : What about Ernie?
• [ long pause ]
• Tony Montana : You want a job, Ernie?
• Ernie : [ breathes sigh of relief ] Sure, Tony.
• Tony Montana : Make you feel good, huh? Make you feel good to kill a mama and her kids, huh, make you feel *big*...
• Alberto the Shadow : [ in Spanish ] Shut your mouth!
• Tony Montana : ...Like, you big man. Well, fuck you. What you think I am? You think I kill two kids and a woman? Fuck that! I don't need that shit in my life.
• [ Alberto reaches for detonator's button ]
• Tony Montana : You die, motherfucker!
• [ Tony shoots him in the head, killing him ]
• Tony Montana : What you think I am, huh? What you think I am, fucking worm like you? I told you, man, I told you! Don't fuck with me! I told you, no fucking kids! No, but you wouldn't listen, why, you stupid fuck, look at you now.
• Mel Bernstein : Every day above ground is a good day.
• Tony Montana : Chi Chi, get the yeyo.
• Immigration Officer #2 : So where's your old man now?
• Tony Montana : He dead. He die. Sometime. Somewhere.
• Immigration Officer #2 : Mother?
• Tony Montana : She dead too.
• Immigration Officer #1 : What kind of work you do in Cuba, Tony?
• Tony Montana : Ah, you know, things. I was, uh... This, that. Construction business. I work a lot with my hands. Before that, I was in the army.
• Immigration Officer #1 : Any family in the States, Tony? Any brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, brother-in-law... anybody?
• Tony Montana : Nobody. Everybody's dead.
• Immigration Officer #1 : Have you ever been to jail in Cuba, Tony?
• Tony Montana : Me? Jail? No way. No.
• Immigration Officer #1 : Been in a mental hospital?
• Tony Montana : Oh, yeah. On the boat coming over.
• Tony Montana : The World Is Yours!
• Tony Montana : Hey, baby, what is your problem? Huh, you got a problem? You're good looking, you got a beautiful body, beautiful legs, beautiful face, all these guys in love with you. Only you got a look in your eye like you haven't been fucked in a year!
• Elvira Hancock : Hey, Jose. Who, why, when, and how I fuck is none of your business, okay?
• Frank Lopez : Hey, Tony. Remember when I told you when you first started working for me, the guys that last in this business, are the guys who fly straight. Low-key, quiet. But the guys who want it all, chicas, champagne, flash... they don't last.
• Tony Montana : [ scoffs ] You finished? Can I go?
• Frank Lopez : Yes, I'm finished.
• [ Tony exits, shrugging with indifference ]
• Tony Montana : Every dog has his day, huh, Mel?
• Mel Bernstein : I told him. It didn't make any sense, clipping you when we had you working for us. He wouldn't listen. He got hot tonight, about the broad, you know? He fucked up.
• Tony Montana : You too, Mel. You fucked up.
• Mel Bernstein : Don't go too far, Tony.
• Tony Montana : I not, Mel, you are.
• [ Tony shoots Bernstein in the gut; he gasps and groans ]
• Mel Bernstein : Fuck. You can't shoot a cop!
• Tony Montana : Whoever says you was one?
• [ Tony leans forward, aiming the gun at Bernstein ]
• Mel Bernstein : Wait a minute! You let me go, I'll fix this up.
• Tony Montana : Sure, Mel. Maybe you can hand out yourself one of them first class tickets to the Resurrection.
• Mel Bernstein : Fucking punk. Son of a bitch.
• Tony Montana : [ stands up ] So long, Mel, have a good trip.
• Mel Bernstein : Fuck you!
• Tony Montana : [ watching flamingos on TV ] Manny, look at the pelican fly. Come on, pelican!
• Alejandro Sosa : I only tell you once. Don't fuck me, Tony. Don't you ever try to fuck me.
• Tony Montana : You know what your problem is, pussycat?
• Elvira Hancock : What is my problem, Tony?
• Tony Montana : You got nothing to do with your life, man. Why don't you get a job? Do something, be a nurse. Work with blind kids, lepers, that kind of thing. Anything beats you waiting around all day, waiting for me to fuck you, I'll tell you that.
• Elvira Hancock : Don't toot your horn, honey, you're not that good.
• Tony Montana : Oh yeah? Frank was better huh?
• Elvira Hancock : You're an asshole.
• Tony Montana : Where are you going? COME HERE! Coño, HEY! ELVY! I was kidding. I WAS ONLY KIDDING!
• Tony Montana : [ into the phone ] Your guy Alberto... you know he's a piece of shit, you know? I told him to do something, he didn't listen to me, so I had to cancel the fucking contract.
• Alejandro Sosa : [ into the phone ] My partners and I are pissed off Tony.
• Tony Montana : That's okay, no big deal. There's other Albertos, you know. We do it next month.
• Alejandro Sosa : [ into the phone ] No, Tony. You can't do that. They found what was under the car, Tony! Now, our friend has got security up the ass! And the heat is gonna come down hard on my partners and me... There's not gonna be a next time, you fucking dumb cocksucker! You blew it!
• Tony Montana : Hey! Take it easy when you to talk to me, okay?
• Alejandro Sosa : [ into the phone ] I told you a long time ago, you fucking little monkey, not to fuck me!
• Tony Montana : [ strung out ] Hey, hey! Who the fuck you think you're talking to huh? You wanna fuck...
• [ Sosa hangs up ]
• Tony Montana : Who the fuck you think I am? Your fucking bell boy? Do you wanna go to war? We take you to war! Okay?
• Tony Montana : You wanna waste my time? Okay. I call my lawyer. He's the best lawyer in Miami. He's such a good lawyer, that by tomorrow morning, you gonna be working in Alaska. So dress warm.
• Tony Montana : [ to Manny ] It's those guys, Manny. It's the fucking bankers, the politicians, they're the ones that want to make coke illegal! So, they can make the fucking money and they get the fucking votes, they're fighting the bad guys, they're the bad guys! They fuck anything and anyone. Fuck, fucking bankers!
• Elvira Hancock : Can't you stop saying fuck all the time?
• Tony Montana : Hey, Frank, you're a piece of shit.
• Frank Lopez : What are you talking about?
• Tony Montana : You know what I'm taking about about, you fucking cockroach.
• Tony Montana : You a communist? Huh? How'd you like it, man? They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel. Do you wanna be like a sheep? Like all those other people? Baah! Baah!
• Immigration Officer #3 : I don't have to listen to this bullshit!
• Tony Montana : You wanna work eight, ten fucking hours? You own nothing, you got nothing! Do you want a chivato on every corner looking after you? Watching everything you do? Everything you say, man? Do you know I eat octopus three times a day? I got fucking octopus coming out of my fucking ears. I got the fuckin' Russian shoes my feet's comin' through. How you like that? What, you want me to stay there and do nothing? Hey, I'm no fuckin' criminal, man. I'm no puta or thief. I'm Tony Montana, a political prisoner from Cuba. And I want my fuckin' human rights, now!
• [ slams desk ]
• Tony Montana : Just like the President Jimmy Carter says. Okay?
• Immigration Officer #1 : Carter should see this human right. He's really good. What do you say, Harry?
• Immigration Officer #3 : I don't believe a word of this shit! They all sound the same to me. That son of a bitch Castro is shittin' all over us. Send this bastard to Freedom Town. Let them take a look at him. Get him outta here.
• Tony Montana : You know somethin'? You can send me anywhere. Here, there, this, that; it don't matter. There's nothing you can do to me that Castro has not done.
• Immigration Officer #3 : Get him outta here!
• Tony Montana : Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education... but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top.
• Elvira Hancock : You know what you're becoming, Tony? You're an immigrant spick millionaire, who can't stop talking about money...
• Tony Montana : Who the fuck you calling a spick, man? You white piece of bread. Get outta the way of the television.
• Tony Montana : *Now* you're talking to me, baby.
• Elvira Hancock : Don't call me "baby". I'm not your "baby".
• Tony Montana : [ during the final shootout with Sosa's assassins ] You think you can take me? You need a fucking army if you gonna take me!
• Tony Montana : Look at that, a junkie... I got a junkie for a wife. Her womb is so polluted, I can't even have a fucking little baby with her!
• Manny Ribera : C'mon, Tony.
• Elvira Hancock : You son of a bitch!... You fuck!
• [ throws wine in Tony's face ]
• Elvira Hancock : How dare you talk to me like that? What makes you so much better than me? What do you do?
• Manny Ribera : [ trying to dry off Tony's clothes ] Don't worry.
• Elvira Hancock : [ as shocked restaurant clients looks on aghast ] You deal drugs and you kill people. Oh, that's wonderful, Tony. Real contribution to human history.
• Tony Montana : Go ahead. Just tell everybody. Come on.
• Elvira Hancock : You want a kid?
• Tony Montana : Tell the world.
• Elvira Hancock : What kind of a father do you think you'd make?
• [ Tony tries taking a swipe at her ]
• Elvira Hancock : Who's gonna drive him to school in the mornings? Are you even gonna be alive by the time the kid goes to school?
• [ Tony glowers at her in rage ]
• Elvira Hancock : You don't even know how to be a husband!
• Tony Montana : [ snarls ] Sit down before I...
• Elvira Hancock : [ as Manny and guards try to calm her down ] Do we ever go anywhere without having 600 thugs hanging around us all the time?
• [ sobbing: ]
• Elvira Hancock : I have Nick "The Pig" for a friend. What kind of a life is that?
• Manny Ribera : Come on.
• Elvira Hancock : Can't you see... what we're becoming, Tony? We're losers. We're not winners.
• Tony Montana : Go home. You're stoned.
• Elvira Hancock : I'm not stoned. You're stoned.
• Tony Montana : Get her out of here!
• Manny Ribera : Come on. Come on.
• Elvira Hancock : No! No! I'm not going home with you!
• [ sighs, vainly trying to brush her hair back ]
• Elvira Hancock : I'm not going home with anybody! I'm going home alone. I'm leaving you. I don't need this shit anymore.
• Manny Ribera : Okay, I'll walk you out.
• [ tapping Tony on the shoulder: ]
• Manny Ribera : I'll take her home in a cab.
• Tony Montana : Let her go, let her go. Another Quaalude, she gonna love me again.
• Gina Montana : I like Fernando. He's a fun guy and he's nice... and he knows how to treat a woman.
• Manny Ribera : [ laughing ] Knows how to treat a woman? By taking you to the toilet to make out?
• Frank Lopez : Elvira! Baby! Where've you been? It's 10:00, honey, I'm starving!
• Elvira Hancock : You're always hungry. You should try starving.
• M.C. at Babylon Club : Is that coke in your bra or are you just happy to see me?
• Elvira Hancock : Can't you see what we're becoming, Tony? We're losers. We're not winners, we're losers.
• Tony Montana : Go home. You stoned.
• Mama Montana : Son? I wish I had one! He's a bum! He was a bum then and he's a bum now! Who do you think you are, hm? We haven't heard a word from you in five years. Cinco anos. You suddenly show up here and you throw money at us? You think you can *buy* me with your money?
• Tony Montana : Come on, mama.
• Mama Montana : You think you can come in here with your hot-shot clothes and make fun of us?
• Tony Montana : Mama, you don't know what you're talking about.
• Mama Montana : No that is NOT the way I am, Antonio! That is *not* the way I raised Gina to be. You are not going to destroy her. I don't need your money. Gracias! I work for my living. *I don't want you in this house anymore!* I don't want you around Gina! So come on, get out! And take this lousy money with you! It stinks!
• Tony Montana : I work hard for this. I want you to know that.
• Elvira Hancock : It's too bad. Somebody shouldv'e given it to you. You wouldv'e been a nicer person.
• Omar Suarez : Watch my back.
• Tony Montana : Better than your front, lemme tell you. Much easier to watch.
• Elvira Hancock : Nothing exceeds like excess. You should know that, Tony.
• Tony Montana : What you tell 'em?
• Manny Ribera : I told 'em what you told me to tell 'em, I told 'em I was in sanitation. They didn't go for it.
• Tony Montana : Sanitation? I told you to tell 'em that you was in a sanatorium. Not sanitation, sanatorium.

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Tony Montana: Let her go. Let her go, man. Another Quaalude, she gonna love me again. What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That the bad guy." So...what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide--how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Betta get outta his way!

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“I’m bad. And that’s good. I will never be good. And that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be than me.”

From: Wreck-It Ralph

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Who said it?:  Various video game baddies

The story behind the quote:  Wreck-It Ralph is a CGI Disney movie released in 2012. The titular character is a “bad guy” in a fictional video game called Fix-It Felix, Jr. Ralph’s job in the game is to wreck an apartment building while the “good guy,” Fix-It Felix, Jr., fixes whatever he destroys. Being the villain of the game (and since his job is to wreck the building), no one in the apartment complex really likes Ralph. Wanting acceptance, he believes that, if he gets a medal just like the one Felix gets when be beats the game, he will finally earn some respect.

The quote comes early in the movie where Ralph attends a Bad Guy support group which other video game villains like Zangief (?) and M. Bison from the Street Fighter series and Clyde from Pac-Man meet. At the end of the meeting, after Ralph expresses his want to stop being the bad guy, they stand up and give the Bad Guy Affirmation.

Geek wisdom : A lot of people miss the point of the quote. It’s actually okay to try to better yourself. The message here is more of accepting oneself for who we are and not how others think of you. In fact, the last line of the Bad Guy Affirmation says this pretty clearly: There’s no one I’d rather be than me .

There are a lot of people that are not satisfied with their race, color, gender or whatever. And they hate themselves for it.

You are who you are. Trying to pretend that you’re something else is not the answer. The best thing to do is to accept who you are and love yourself because you are unique and special because of what you are.

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What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be? You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So… what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!

I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!

I never fucked anybody over in my life didn't have it coming to them. You got that? All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break them for no one. Do you understand? That piece of shit up there, I never liked him, I never trusted him. For all I know he had me set up and had my friend Angel Fernandez killed. But that's history. I'm here, he's not. Do you wanna go on with me, you say it. You don't, then you make a move.

You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked!

The only thing in this world that gives orders... is balls.

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Is this it? That's what it's all about, Manny? Eating, drinking, fucking, sucking? Snorting? Then what? You're 50. You got a bag for a belly. You got tits, you need a bra. They got hair on them. You got a liver, they got spots on it, and you're eating this fuckin' shit, looking like these rich fucking mummies in here... Look at that. A junkie. I got a fuckin' junkie for a wife. She don't eat nothing. Sleeps all day with them black shades on. Wakes up with a Quaalude, and who won't fuck me 'cause she's in a coma. I can't even have a kid with her, Manny. Her womb is so polluted, I can't even have a fuckin' little baby with her!

Okay Sosa; You wanna fuck with me? You fucking with the best! You wanna fuck with me? Okay. You little cockroaches... come on. You wanna play games? Okay, I play with you; come on. Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!

Hey, baby, what is your problem? Huh, you got a problem? You're good looking, you got a beautiful body, beautiful legs, beautiful face, all these guys in love with you. Only you got a look in your eye like you haven't been fucked in a year!

You wanna waste my time? Okay. I call my lawyer. He's the best lawyer in Miami. He's such a good lawyer, that by tomorrow morning, you gonna be working in Alaska. So dress warm.

Your guy Alberto... you know he's a piece of shit, you know? I told him to do something, he didn't listen to me, so I had to cancel the fucking contract.

It's those guys, Manny. It's the fucking bankers, the politicians, they're the ones that want to make coke illegal! So, they can make the fucking money and they get the fucking votes, they're fighting the bad guys, they're the bad guys! They fuck anything and anyone. Fuck, fucking bankers!

You a communist? Huh? How'd you like it, man? They tell you all the time what to do, what to think, what to feel. Do you wanna be like a sheep? Like all those other people? Baah! Baah!

You wanna work eight, ten fucking hours? You own nothing, you got nothing! Do you want a chivato on every corner looking after you? Watching everything you do? Everything you say, man? Do you know I eat octopus three times a day? I got fucking octopus coming out of my fucking ears. I got the fuckin' Russian shoes my feet's comin' through. How you like that? What, you want me to stay there and do nothing? Hey, I'm no fuckin' criminal, man. I'm no puta or thief. I'm Tony Montana, a political prisoner from Cuba. And I want my fuckin' human rights, now!

Okay, here's the story. I come from the gutter. I know that. I got no education... but that's okay. I know the street, and I'm making all the right connections. With the right woman, there's no stopping me. I could go right to the top.

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What does Tony mean when he says "You need people like me"?

In this scene from Scarface , Tony says "You need people like me". What does it mean in this context?

Does it mean rich people use people like Tony to get the drugs but they don't get the blame but label Tony as the bad guy?

Also what does "Me, I don't have that problem." mean here?

If someone can explain this scene's meaning it would be awesome.

• 1 Related: The meaning of the line, “I always tell the truth, even when I lie.” –  Napoleon Wilson Commented Jan 15, 2019 at 20:37

Context from wikiquote (I removed the foul language)

You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your [beep] fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem.

They need him to make themselves look good - by comparison. When you put your finger into cold water, even lukewarm water will appear hot afterwards to you. But the lukewarm water is not really hot, it's just hot in comparison. And the same principle applies here - just because he is the obvious bad guy doesn't actually make them good.

On the contrary, they are just deceivers and liars, while he, Tony Montana, doesn't need to hide and lie. He is open about it and that's why he doesn't have their problem. He doesn't have to put up a big front and appear like a good guy. So, in a way, he is free, free from these social norms. While they, as he puts it, "don't have the guts to be what [they] wanna be.", they are constrained by the social norms. But deep down they want to be like him.

Here is how The Guardian interprets it:

Foul-mouthed Tony pushes the buttons of middle America in this scene, claiming the only reason they hate him is because they can't be like him. The world needs a bad guy in order to make themselves look good. To hide their deficiencies and discrepancies in his cloak of evil. How many times have you told yourself, "At least I'm not as bad as so and so"?

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Tim Walz couch joke explained; what he said about JD Vance

Minnesota governor and Democratic VP pick Tim Walz waded into internet meme territory Tuesday with a snappy one-liner about JD Vance.

During the Harris-Walz rally in Philadelphia , Walz delivered a couch-related zinger to Republican VP nominee Vance .

Here's what Tim Walz said about JD Vance and the much-discussed couch .

Tim Walz tells JD Vance to 'get off the couch' and agree to debate

During his speech at the Harris-Walz rally at Temple University in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Walz set up the zinger by telling the crowd that JD Vance doesn't represent the midwesterners Walz grew up with.

"JD studied at Yale, had his career funded by Silicon Valley millionaires, and then wrote a bestseller trashing that community," Walz said. "C'mon; that's not what middle America is."

Then came the zinger.

"And I gotta tell ya; I can't wait to debate this guy," Walz continued, before pausing for dramatic effect. "That's if he's willing to get off the couch and show up.

"See what I did there?"

The joke appeared to be off-script, given the facial reaction of running mate Vice President Kamala Harris, which sent the partisan crowd at the Liacouras Center into a frenzy.

@meidastouch Gov. Tim Walz obliterates JD Vance: I can't wait to debate the guy — that is if he's willing to get off the couch and show up. #timwalz #jdvance #couch #meidastouch ♬ original sound - MeidasTouch

JD Vance couch joke explained

Tim Walz' jab at JD Vance has many levels, and grew out of the false allegations that JD Vance had sex with his couch .

That many respected news outlets ran with it as fact only fueled the joke, which lead to the creation of several JD Vance couch sex-related memes and spawned dozens of related social media accounts.

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Social media then amplified the JD Vance couch sex rumor even further by tying it to Vance's book, " Hillbilly Elegy ," a best-selling memoir written by Vance in 2016 and made into a film in 2020 .

Many JD couch-meme creators have identified themselves and seem to enjoy that these memes generated so much traction that well-known publications had to issue corrections and retract stories that stated it as fact that JD Vance had intercourse with his couch.

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Trump's press conference was not good. But he's still better for America than Harris.

A donald trump press conference is a fact-checker's nightmare. he speaks without notes, without pausing − and much of what he says seems off-base, if not blatantly fabricated..

A Donald Trump press conference is like a ride on the fastest rollercoaster at an amusement park. It's simultaneously thrilling and boring, fast and slow, fun and terrifying. There are ups and downs, smears and self-congratulations, facts and myths all packed into one dizzying ride.

The former president's question-and-answer session with reporters on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida was classic Trumpian stream of consciousness. The Republican presidential nominee smeared his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz . He repeatedly slammed the state of the country, citing myriad issues, including inflation, the cost of electric vehicles and the chaos at the border.

It wasn't great; it wasn't terrible. But a few things stood out.

Trump did show up. He should get credit for that. Harris has been on the campaign trail for nearly three weeks and has yet to hold a similar news conference, complete with questions from reporters. She also has refused interview requests since late June .

Trump on Thursday showed some chutzpah, which Harris has yet to show.

During the news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said a few things that made sense − and a lot of things that didn't quite make sense.

He also said he has agreed to debate Harris on Sept. 10 on ABC News. The network released a statement saying that Harris also has agreed to the debate .

Trump smears Kamala Harris' intelligence

A Trump press conference is a fact-checker's nightmare. He speaks without notes, without pausing − and much of what he says seems off-base, if not blatantly fabricated. However, every now and then, he throws in a few incisive comments to keep Republicans smiling.

Trump took umbrage, as he should, at the fact that Democratic primary voters supported President Joe Biden for a second term and now Harris is running for president without facing the primary gauntlet . It's not unconstitutional, but it's not exactly democratic, either.

Trump is correct that we have all witnessed a historic turn of events, and that it's not how the election process is supposed to work. A lot of conservatives have struggled with how Harris captured the nomination. The fact that Biden was pushed aside and Democrats embraced Harris with glee, and with little scrutiny, still seems strange.

" The presidency was taken away from Joe Biden − and I'm no Biden fan," Trump said.

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Trump also said that when it comes to leftist policies, Harris " is worse than Biden ."

" If she becomes president , our country is going to be a giant fail," he said. "Kamala's record is horrible; she's a radical left person."

Republicans agree on those charges for sure.

With Walz as her VP, Harris doubles down on her far-left plans. Republicans must use this.

However, Trump couldn't resist predictable and superficial attacks.

"I'm not a big fan of his brain," Trump said about Walz, "but I think that (Harris is) actually not as smart as he is ."

Trump also said Harris isn't " smart enough to do a news conference ." If she is smart, she'll take him up on that challenge.

Trump says the country is in a 'dangerous position'

Trump led off his remarks with concern about the country, specifically the economy. He's right to do that. It's the issue at the forefront of most Americans' minds .

"Our country is right now in the most dangerous position it's ever been," Trump said , when it comes to our economic position. "We have leadership that has no clue."

Are we heading to a recession? As stock markets plummet, ask yourself: Do you really want Harris running the economy?

While Trump didn't go into detail on what his fiscal policy would look like in a second presidential term, he did tout the idea of eliminating the federal income tax on tips.

The proposal, a regular part of his campaign messaging, might actually gain bipartisan support . Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has already introduced the proposed tax cut in Congress.

Trump's style isn't improving

In typical Trump fashion, the news conference gave him a platform to praise himself. Donald Trump's praise for Donald Trump is often effusive, superficial and wrong.

On Thursday, he claimed that he had drawn a larger crowd than the one that gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic " I Have a Dream " speech in 1963. In reality, an estimated 250,000 people attended the March on Washington, where King spoke.

That's Trump. He's narcissistic and full of braggadocio, heavy on innuendo and false claims, light on facts and details.

Trump is not a great politician, a gifted speaker, a kind man or a compelling candidate. Yet, he is who the Republican Party has chosen. His press conference Thursday was further proof that he is not the best choice to represent the GOP, conservatives or America.

But is he better than Harris? I believe conservative policies are better for the country, so if he can implement those, then yes.

Harris is a more conventional politician, but she's also to the left of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Trump is a stranger to facts, but he does hold some conservative ideas.

The bar for the presidency is so low it's been buried. This is America 2024.

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Why Republicans are calling Walz 'Tampon Tim' — and why Democrats embrace it

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, pictured at a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday, is getting attention for a law he signed last year requiring public schools to provide free period products. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

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Republican critics of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz have given him a new nickname: “Tampon Tim.”

After Vice President Harris announced her pick , Stephen Miller, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, tweeted , “She actually chose Tampon Tim.” Chaya Raichik, who runs the far-right social media account Libs of TikTok, photoshopped Walz’s face onto a Tampax box.

#TamponTim pic.twitter.com/eBPyEOSWPC — Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) August 6, 2024

“Tampon Tim is hands down the best political nickname ever,” tweeted conservative commentator Liz Wheeler. “It’s so… savagely effective. In one word tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Tim Walz’s dangerous radicalism.”

The moniker refers to a law that Walz, the governor of Minnesota, signed last year, requiring public schools to provide menstrual products — including pads and tampons — to students in 4th through 12th grades.

The products are free for students, with the state paying about $2 per pupil to keep them stocked throughout the school year.

Takeaways from Tim Walz's introduction to the national stage

The law, which was the result of years of advocacy by students and their allies, took effect on Jan. 1, though students say the rollout has so far been smoother in some school districts than others .

It makes Minnesota one of 28 states (and Washington D.C.) that have passed laws aimed at giving students access to menstrual products in schools, according to the Alliance for Period Supplies.

The issue enjoys broad popular support: 30 states have eliminated state sales tax on menstrual products, and Trump himself signed a 2018 package that requires federal prisons to provide them.

But Republicans appear to be taking issue with the wording of the legislation, which says the products must be available “to all menstruating students in restrooms regularly used by students.”

Some Minnesota Republicans initially tried to limit the initiative to female-assigned and gender-neutral bathrooms, but were unsuccessful. Even the author of that amendment ultimately voted for the final version of the bill, saying his family members “felt like it was an important issue I should support.”

The bill’s inclusive language reflects that not all people who menstruate are women, and not all women get periods, which was important to those who lobbied for the legislation.

“It will make it more comfortable for everyone … then people can use whatever restroom they want without being worried,” Bramwell Lundquist, then 15, told MPR News last year.

But some in the Republican Party — which has increasingly promoted anti-transgender policies and rhetoric — see that aspect of the bill as a reason to attack Walz.

“Tim Walz is a weird radical liberal,” the MAGA War Room account posted on X, formerly Twitter. “What could be weirder than signing a bill requiring schools to stock tampons in boys' bathrooms?”

'Midwestern Nice' and 'Fun Dad' posts abound after Tim Walz is named VP pick

Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt made a similar argument in a Tuesday appearance on Fox News .

“As a woman, I think there is no greater threat to our health than leaders who support gender-transition surgeries for young minors, who support putting tampons in men’s bathrooms in public schools,” she said. “Those are radical policies that Tim Walz supports. He actually signed a bill to do that.”

LGBTQ rights groups have cheered Walz’s selection and praised his track record, which includes a 2023 executive order making Minnesota one of the first states to safeguard access to gender-affirming health care, as dozens of states seek to ban it .

Walz, who once earned the title “ most inspiring teacher ” at the high school where he taught and coached football, hasn’t responded publicly to the “Tampon Tim” taunts. But he had strong words for his Republican opponents on Tuesday night.

“I'll just say it: Donald Trump and JD Vance are creepy and, yes, weird,” he tweeted , repeating the put-down he helped popularize in recent days. “We are not going back.”

Many on the left see “Tampon Tim” as a compliment

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Sandra Feist, the chief sponsor of the bill in the state House, sold it as a "wise investment" , explaining to her colleagues last year that “one out of every 10 menstruating youth miss school” due to a lack of access to menstrual products and resources.

She defended it again in a tweet on Wednesday morning, saying she was grateful to have partnered with Walz to address period poverty .

“This law exemplifies what we can accomplish when we listen to students to address their needs,” she wrote. “Excited to see MN representation at the top of the ticket!”

Feist ended the tweet with the hashtag #TamponTim.

Other Democratic figures have embraced both the hashtag and the policy behind it.

The case for free tampons and pads in schools

Many social media users responded that providing tampons in schools isn’t the bad thing that Republicans are making it out to be — and in fact, they see it as the opposite.

Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said it was “nice of the Trump camp to help publicize Gov. Tim Walz’s compassionate and common-sense policy,” adding, “Let’s do this everywhere.”

Former Georgia State Rep. Bee Nguyen said Walz, as a former teacher, understands how the lack of access to menstrual products impacts educational outcomes.

“This makes me an even bigger fan of Tampon Tim,” she added.

Nearly 1 in 4 students have struggled to afford period products in the United States, according to a 2023 study commissioned by Thinx and PERIOD. Experts say period poverty is more than just a hassle : It’s an issue of public and personal health, dignity and more.

The Minnesota students who lobbied for the bill testified last year about having to miss class because they were unable to afford menstrual products, being distracted from schoolwork and tests and feeling that adults didn’t take their concern seriously.

“We cannot learn while we are leaking,” high school student Elif Ozturk, then 16, told a legislative hearing in 2023. “How do we expect our students to carry this burden with them during the school day and still perform well? The number one priority should be to learn, not to find a pad.”

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