Step Brothers
As one of the funniest movies ever made , there are manyStep Brothersquotes that fan are still recite and laugh at all these years afterward . Step Brotherswas one of many collaborations between Will Ferrell and writer - director Adam McKay . Though they had already render withAnchorman : The Legend of Ron BurgundyandTalladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby , Step Brothersallowed the duo to infix into the realm of R - rated drollery with this hilarious tarradiddle of two unfledged middle - older men ( Ferrell and John C. Reilly ) forced to live together when their parent get married .
The unproblematic premise leave for the two actors to cover these two horrid fiber in such a fun way as Dale ( Reilly ) and Brennan ( Ferrell ) go from enemies to friends throughout the story . Step Brotherswas a hit at the box office , and while the critical reception was not especial , it has earned a report asone of the best comedy movie of all time . Though the long - expect sequel will in all probability never happen give McKay and Ferrell ’s fall out , the flick remains a cult classic comedy thanks to the many memorableStep Brothersquotes that still remain uproarious years later on .
30"Well, I’m Not Going To. Ever! Even If There’s A Fire."
Brennan (Will Ferrell)
While the fresh footstep - chum family relationship is confrontational from the beginning , it is also not sluttish on the new parent . Brennan seems to be especially infantile about the whole thing as if he is a young child with a new father figure come into the house . While on their way to their new home , Brennan seems to think he is piss a bold declaration that he will never call Robert “ Dad , ” while his female parent suggest it would be unearthly if he did that .
However , Brennan double down on the supposed scourge when he vehemently insists he will never call him pa , even if there is a fervour . It is a hilarious scenario to think over why Brennan would feel that a fervor would guarantee him needing to call Robert his dad , and even funnier because Brennan seems to cogitate that is a very harsh decisiveness to make .
29"What If I Want Wings?"
Dale (John C. Reilly)
One of the aspects that makeStep Brothersso suspicious is how effectively Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly act as if they are unsufferable adolescent rather than 40 - year - sometime adults . This is find out from the very commencement of the movie when Robert is leaving Dale for the weekend as he goes to a league , and despite being a grownup himself , Dale still relies on his founding father to provide food for him .
Reilly deliver the whining and pathetic agate line perfectly .
Dale ensures that his father depart money for a pizza before he go , but when he learns that it is only $ 20,Dale questions what he will do if he wants wings as well and insist an full pizza pie for himself will not be enough . Reilly deliver the whining and pathetic line utterly . It would not voice as shady come from a teenage character , but it is hilarious that Dale can not fend for himself in the slightest .
28“We Go On Riverboat-Gambling Trips. We Make Our Own Beef Jerky.”
Many of Dale ’s in force second come from the raised opinion he has of himself . He likes to deliver his life as if it is something a fate more interesting and accomplished than it really is . He will outright dwell about all of this , even to his father . This is see when Dale begins to worry about how Robert ’s newfangled married woman will interfere with the male person - prevail menage that they have established over the years .
Dale run on a long rant about all the things that they require and want to do as men but will now be ineffective to do because there is a woman in the house . This includes repelling practices like using the bathroom with the door open and complete fantasies like going on riverboat play trips . When Dale is done with this gonzo voice communication , Robert caps off the second uproariously by point out that they have never done any of those things .
27"Hey, Nancy. Could You Make Me A Grilled-Cheese Sandwich?"
Once again , just as with Brennan refusing to call Robert “ Dad , ” the families coming together make for some awkwardness between Nancy and Dale as well . Nancy wants to make this new system work and she greets Dale heartily . However , Dale has other things in mind and shows his ego - focus outlook on what this kinship should be . As presently as Nancy get in at her new home , Dale greets her and ask her to make him a sandwich .
It is a clear sign that Dale ’s immatureness and spite have sex no bound .
It is another hilariously infantile moment to come from a grown military personnel . While Nancy is somewhat taken aback by the request , she agrees only for Robert to hilariously point out that Dale just ate and he is only doing that to essay Nancy and see what he can get away with . It is a clean star sign that Dale ’s immatureness and maliciousness know no bound .
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26“He Left College His Junior Year Because He Said He Wanted To Join The Family Business.”
Robert (Richard Jenkins)
While there have been demands foraStep Brotherssequelfor years , it would also be entertaining to see a prequel account before Dale and Brennan met , show how they fell into these lives of laziness and codependency . In Dale ’s casing , that appears to have happened quite early on as Robert explain that his son has always seek to coast by on Robert ’s own succeeder .
Robert goes on to describe how Dale leave alone college before he got his degree because he insisted that he want to get into the family business . When Nancy points out that does n’t make any common sense , since Robert is a medical Doctor of the Church , he tells her that Dale just kept insisting that “ It ’s all about who you know . ”The estimation that Dale thinks he could have been a MD only because his father was one demonstrate his disconnect from reality .
25"Today I Saw My Own Son Use A Bicycle As A Weapon."
Nancy (Mary Steenburgen)
While Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly of trend steal the show as Brennan and Dale , every member of the cast has at least one hliariousStep Brothersquote , including Mary Steenburgen as Brennan ’s mom Nancy . Mild - mannered adjoin on timid when she ’s first bring out , Nancy is pushed to her limits when she come home to ascertain Brennan and Dale cause a full - on free-for-all in the front grand ( with the neighbors watch over ) . subsequently , she and her husband , Robert ( Richard Jenkins ) , Dale ’s father , discipline the grownup children like they were really kids .
Part of this involves them sitting Dale and Brennan down to explain on the button what the pair had done wrong . Nancy ’s input of"today I saw my own boy use a wheel as a weapon"comes totally out of nowhere and is laugh - out - loud hilarious both because of the random specificity and because of how mortified Nancy sounds by the very theme . There are several neat quotes from this specificStep Brothersscene , but few match Nancy Huff being outraged by Brennan attacking Dale with a cycle .
24"I Want To Roll You Into A Little Ball And Shove You Up My Vagina."
Alice (Kathryn Hahn)
Kathryn Hahn has experienced something of a calling resurgence in late years , primarily thanks to her roles in MCU TV showsWandvisionandAgatha All Alongas Agatha Harkness , as well as appearing in movies like 2022’sGlass Allium cepa . However , she got her outset in comedy movie in the 2000s , and one of her funniest early appearances was as Alice , the wife of Brennan ’s brother , Derek ( Adam Scott ) , inStep Brothers . Since their matrimony is , in no unsure term , incredibly scurrilous , Alice instantly latches on to Dale when she larn how Dale punched her husband .
However , what makes this moment inStep Brothersso funny is because of how Alice tries to seduce Dale on the doorstep of the family dwelling house . Kathryn Hahn gives a hilarious performance , made all the fishy by John C. Reilly ’s perplexed reaction to Alice ’s foreign and oddly specific admittance of luxuria . She goes into extensive detail about how she want to wander Dale up and store him in her genitals , even going so far as to point out how she ’d enjoy the intuitive feeling of his curly hairsbreadth tickling her .
23"I Teabagged Your Drum Set!"
Even after they ’ve moved past their initial animus and become friends , Dale Doeback ’s office drum set is a bone of contention between the two adult stepbrothers . before on in the movie , Dale makes it clear to Brennan that , in no changeable term , he should never touch the drumfish kit . Of course , Brennan decides to do so at the early chance , deal himself to a solo seance in Dale ’s office when Dale is out of the house . Dale notices flat away and present Brennan , which Brennan initially denies .
However , Brennan takes thing to the next point during this debate by deciding that he ’d go and allude Dale ’s drum outfit again , this time in a much more explicit manner . To Dale ’s repulsion , Brennan marches on a higher floor and begin to scratch his testicles all over the barrel outfit . This hilariousStep Brothersquote from Will Ferrell immediately abide by the number , with the heart - aged serviceman proudly declaring " I teabagged your drum lot ! " .
Of course , this human activity leads to Dale and Brennan then have a full - on fight in which the drum set gets incredibly damaged , which only serves to make the incredibly infantile line all the funnier .
22"Last Week I Put Liquid Paper On A Bee… And It Died."
One of the funniest scenes inStep Brothersis , without a doubt , when Brennan and Dale present their music picture for their trackBoats and Hoesat Derek ’s natal day company . However , the build - up to this mo is just as hilarious and take one of Will Ferrell ’s funniest quotes in the 2008 comedy .
Dale and Brennan decide that rather than get real jobs , they ’d set up their own multimedia amusement society named Prestige Worldwide . The duo decide that Derek ’s political party is the perfect opportunity to bring some investors on circuit card , and have created a brusk presentation to deal the idea of Prestige Worldwide to Derek and his node .
During the demonstration , slides appear that advertise the various services Prestige Worldwide can offer , each with a hilariously badly posed photo of Brennan and Dale . One of these services is simply"research and growing " , though they do n’t pin down on what . After Dale proudly announce that the brace can " put in the human race hours to discover the science of what you need",Brennan shyly watch up with his admission about put liquid paper on a bee . Ferrell ’s bringing makes the parentage dead unforgettable , as his inflections sound almost exactly like one would suppose an actual youngster would make the same statement .
21"I’m Gonna Take A Pillowcase, Fill It With Bars Of Soap, And Beat The S**t Out Of You."
Brennan and Dale initially do n’t get on when they meet , and their first night together is defined by the conversation they partake in while both are in layer . Dale , not happy about Brennan and Nancy propel into the Doeback class family , berates Brennan . Brennan bites back , though , of course , is a small more sensitive than his stepbrother . However , Brennan also is n’t afraid to elevate from abuse to full - on threats , either . After Dale informs Brennan that he ’ll be punch square in the face should he descend asleep , Brennan makes an incredibly specific threat of his own .
Brennan ’s idea to replete a pillow slip with bars of soap is specific enough to be laughable on its own , but Will Ferrell ’s delivery makes it perfectly hilarious . Like many of Brennan ’s good lines inStep Brothers , he stammers a minuscule and sound unsure of himself at first , with Ferrell somehow negociate to almost cheer the mannerisms of an actual fry without really utter like one . Considering just how fierce Brennan ’s mind in reality is , this dash of delivery ensures the threat is a laugh - out - loud bit .
