Duke Nukem is a series of platform, first-person shooter and third-person shooter video games created by 3D Realms (AKA Apogee Software).

Duke Nukem [ edit ]

You're wrong, Proton breath. I'll be done with you and still have time to watch Oprah!

Duke Nukem 2 [ edit ]

I'm back! (In reference to Terminator - "I'll be back!")

Duke Nukem 3D [ edit ]

Duke Nukem: Time to Kill [ edit ]

COME GET SOME!!!

Dying ain't much of a living, boy. (Reference to Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales )

) Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your chicks. (When Duke travels to the Roman Story)

Have you seen my rubber...duckie?

Hello? McFly? ( Back to the Future reference)

reference) Hey! Get your ass out of here and bring me back my chicks! (to a male stripper)

I'll blow you a new hole!

I'm God's gift to women!

I love the smell of bacon in the morning. (Reference to Apocalypse Now and the quote "I love the smell of the napalm in the morning")

and the quote "I love the smell of the napalm in the morning") I make this look good. [Reference to Men in Black ]

] Lara, is that you? [after picking up a pay phone and listening to a moaning babe. Reference to Tomb Raider' s Lara Croft]

s Lara Croft] Looks like it's TIME TO KILL! (when you 1st start the game) (Reference to Caleb, character of Blood I game by Monolith Productions)

game by Monolith Productions) My home away from home! [in reference to a strip club]

I prefer a good cigar, and a bad woman! [buying cigarettes from a vending machine]

Gimme a Jack and Coke anyday! [buying a soft drink from a vending machine]

Suck my boom stick! (After killing an enemy with a shotgun. Reference to the Evil Dead series.)

The bigger they are, the more they bleed!

…and I thought cigars smelled bad!

There's a new sheriff in town. (pronounced in a southern accent when in the western story)

You'll make a great belt. (after killing a lizard)

Little pig, little pig, let me in. Or I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll kick your ass in! [Reference to the " Three Little Pigs "]

"] Rubba-dub-dub. Get out of the tub.

It's locked, and I'm an ass kicker not a safe cracker.

Mmmm! Who wants bacon and eggs? (after killing Pig Cops)

So much for the new boots...Has anyone seen Mr. Hankey? (after jumping down a well in the Western story) [Reference to South Park and the character Mr. Hankey from the episode "The Christmas Poo" ]

and the character Mr. Hankey from the episode "The Christmas Poo" ] Is it true that Roman girls have Roman hands?

Lizard skin makes great boots.

Not in this lifetime! (if you press X while he's standing in front of a male poledancer.)

lifetime! (if you press X while he's standing in front of a male poledancer.) Where's Doc Brown when ya need him? (Refering to the time traveler Doc Brown from the Back to the Future series)

Who wants some?

Hey... what can I say? [Looking himself in front of a mirror]

Come on!

All aboard!

Let's settle this once and for all!

I'll kick you in the "nuts"!

Oh Yeah!

Ahhhhhhhh!

Shake it, baby!

I'm an ass kicker not a rock digger.

Die, you overgrown winged lizard from Hell!

Shut your hole!

What are you waiting for, Christmas?

IT'S ASS-KICKING TIME!

"Mmm, it's good to be king!"

Duke Nukem: Zero Hour [ edit ]

Blow it out your ass! (reference to Duke Nukem 3D ) (corrected due to being changed in the official game)

) (corrected due to being changed in the official game) Your face, Your ass what's the difference?

Don't worry about it, saving chicks is what I'm all about!

I ain't got time to bleed! (reference to Predator )

) Who the hell are you? My evil twin? (Talking to future self)

Alien boys, there's a new sheriff in town.

I don't die that easy boys. Come on time for a jail break.... by balls. (changed to "I don't die that easy boys. Come on time for a jail break" in the final game build for the nintendo 64 console)

I'm an ass kicker, not an aviator.

It ain't no bike, but﻿ it sure beats the hell outta walking. (when leaving the practice/training level when first staring the game)

Squeal piggy ! Squeal shove it in here ! [reference to Deliverance ] (correction: Squeal Piggy Squeal)

] (correction: Squeal Piggy Squeal) Oh boy, it's clobberin' time! [reference to The Thing from Marvel's Fantastic Four]

Eh... Just a flesh wound. [reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail]

nuts roasting... as I open fire (In reference to the Christmas carol 'Chestnuts roasting ON an open fire')

Ahhh, smell those traffic fumes. And no damn aliens! Time for some R & R!

Hey kids you remember i'm a professional, don't try this at home!

What the *bleep* (f**k) is goin' on here?!

This won't buuuudge. (final build: It wont budge)

Looks like the crap has hit the fan. (upon arriving at the thrashed Duke Burger)

Time for the shit (bleeped when blowing up the fan in the second level) to hit the fan

It ain't no bike but it sure beats the hell out of walking (walking out of the first training level)

Female Commander: New York is in trouble Duke, the alien scum have taken over of the area around Liberty Island. Without immediate intervention they'll get the whole damn city. Your helicopter is waiting, go kick some ass...

Marine: I'm cocked, locked, and ready to rock Duke! [reference to The Rock]

Past Duke: lookin' good, pal!



Present Duke: Who the Hell are you, my evil twin?

Past Duke: I'm you Genius, only back in time. Now hear me... Aliens have traveled into Earth's past to try and change history. I went back and fought them, but my time machine was destroyed, and I can no longer chase them through time. As result of their tampering, your time line will experience temporal disruptions! The military of your future should have time travel technology, but how you get there is your problem. But remember, if you don't go back in time and make things right, Earth's history will forever change, and mankind could be wiped out.

Present Duke: Well, so much for my vacation time. (Practice/training level of the game)

Mess with the best, die like the rest ( It's a quote from the movie Hackers )

) I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? (Reference to " Pulp Fiction ")

") Great, what am I supposed to use, harsh language? (reference to Aliens: Frost: What the hell are we supposed to use, man? Harsh language?)

Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes [ edit ]

Well, enough talk then. Come get some! Oh, Silverback, one more thing. I'm gonna enjoy pissin' on your dead body!

Welcome to "Cool's-Ville", Population: Me. [reference to The Iron Giant ]

] I'm your worst nightmare, you uninvited alien scum-sucker! And right now you're all that stands between me and a planet full of babes - so get ready to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye!

I'm climbing a ladder........to heaven. [reference to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven".]

Suck my dick you little alien fucks! (Note: "fuck" and "dick" are bleeped out.)

That hurt you more than it hurt me.

Damn you're ugly!

Bug off!

You guys suck!

The Bigger they are the harder they fall

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project [ edit ]

New York! It's my kind of town. // If I can kill 'em here...I can kill 'em anywhere! / Reference to Frank Sinatra's song "New York" ("If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere...") [just after door kick video sequences and player gets control over Duke Nukem]

/ Reference to Frank Sinatra's song "New York" ("If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere...") [just after door kick video sequences and player gets control over Duke Nukem] Aaah, I love the smell of sewers in the morning. I bet Morphix is hiding under a turd somewhere [when beginning E4L1]

Ahh, something smells rotten around here. [just before starting fight with boss at E4L3]

Ahh, that’s better! [in toilet]

All aboard the Midtown Express... to hell! [when reaching trains at lower parts of E3L3]

Babe: "Duke, you're my hero!" Duke: "You must be 18 or older to ride." [after rescuing a babe]

Babes, bullets, bombs. Damn - I love this job! [after rescuing a babe]

Batteries not included! [after killing a robot]

Bingo, the motherload! Sorry Morphix, I'm gonna have to flash your GLOPP factory

Call me now, for your free whipping!

Come on out, Morphix. There's only two ways this can end, and in both of them... you die! [before fight with Morphix's helicopter at E1L3]

Confucius say... DIE! [before killing a monkey or Chinese enemy with 2 guns]

Crouching mutant, hidden pipebomb! (reference to the Chinese proverb "crouching tiger hidden dragon")

Dance for me, baby! [after rescuing a babe]

Death before Disco! [when Duke enters E2L3]

Die bitch! [when duke shoots a female bot]

Don't get your panties all in a bunch. [during running into an office tower before door kick video sequence and after rescuing a babe]

Don't worry girls, there's plenty of Duke to go around [after rescuing a babe]

[beep, beep, beep] The number you have reached: 9-1-1 has been changed to a non-published number. [when Duke receives a phone at E3L1]

End of the line - last stop: Total destruction [after defeating the boss at E4L3]

Get ready for big trouble in little China. Duke style! Morphix, I'm right on your heels!

Gotta find the exit now [after rescuing the babe first and finding the key]

Guns don't kill mutants, I kill mutants [after killing any pig cop].

kill mutants [after killing any pig cop]. Half man, half animal, all dead. (Reference to Robocop: "Half man, Half machine, all cop") [after killing a pig cop]

Hey, careful with those things! [after rescuing a babe]

Hey, I know this classy place where you put quarters into the bed and the... [after rescuing a babe]

Hmm, that stuff doesn’t look bio-degradable

Hmm, so there is life after death... [after respawning]

life after death... [after respawning] Hmm, no lights... must be part of Morphix's energy conservation plan. [at E5L1 when following little blue lights]

Hmm...the other white meat. [when Duke spots a pig cop]

Hmm, wonder what this does. [when attempting to solve light riddle at E5L2]

I always said, if there was a way to go, it'd have something to do with women, whips, and oil... Let's rock [before encountering a fight with a robot babe at E7L3]

I am the king of the world, baby! (reference to the 1997 film "Titanic") [after rescuing a babe and after credits - in video sequence with babes and confetti, black screen appears for a moment and Duke says this phrase]

I better get the hell out of here

I'm﻿ an equal opportunity ass kicker!

I'm not gonna fight you, I'm gonna KICK YOUR ASS! [before fighting boss at E2L3]

I can do this all day... [after respawning]

I could use some new boots. [when Duke encounters a mutant crocodile]

I don't do windows [when encountering window cleaning platforms at E1L2]

I did not have sexual relations with that robot

I go where I please, and I please where I go. [after rescuing a babe]

I hate pigs! [after killing a pig cop]

I kill bugs...DEAD! [after killing a mutant roach or fly, old Raid insect killer slogan]

I like big guns, and I cannot lie. [when Duke chooses rocket launcher, reference to Sir Mix-A-Lot's song "Baby Got Back")

I love the smell of bird crap in the morning. (reference to the film Apocalypse Now : "I love the smell of napalm in the morning", spoken after entering tanker deck at E6L1)

: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning", spoken after entering tanker deck at E6L1) I see dead people. [when he blows multiple enemies up with X3000 gun, reference to the film The Sixth Sense ]

] I want a damn refund! This cruise sucks! [before fighting boss at E6L3]

It's a good day to die! (reference to Worf from Star Trek: The Next Generation) [after going through weapon detector at E8L1 and respawning]

It's clobbering time! (when double damage is picked, Reference to "The Thing" of the "Fantastic Four")

It's my way or... Hell, it's my way! [after blowing a subway car up at E4L2]

It's scares tripping time! [when spotting a robot]

Let's rock! (before engaging the final fight with Morphix and after respawning)

Life is like a box of ammo. (when assault rifle is selected, reference to the film Forrest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolates...")

Looks like I'm on Candid Camera (allusion to a tv-show pranking people) [when Duke sees a shooting camera]

Looks like Morphix puts workers' safety first... Right after everything else [before switching lights on at early parts of E5L1]

Looks like your hardware's gone a little soft, Morphix! [when trashing Morphix's robot and after damaging his helicopter at E1L3]

Looks like you've gotten ahead of yourself there

Looks like we're about to reach our final destination. [just before boss fight at E3L3]

Makin'...bacon! [after killing a pig cop]

Mimic that!

Morphix and his GLOPP rig are going down faster than Enron. Let's rock. (when starting E6L1, Reference to the bankrupt Enron Corporation)

Mother F-[beep] keycards! [when a keycard is needed to open the door]

My gun's bigger than yours. [when pulse cannon is selected]

No goin' back now! [when attempting to move back at E1 (all levels), E2L3 and E6L2]

No token? No ride! [when he kills a mutant on the subway and after a boss fight at E3L3] (reference to Indiana Jones "Zeppelin Scene")

No disassembly required. [after killing a robot]

Now I'm really pissed off! [after respawning]

Oops, I did it again! (when he blows enemies with X3000 gun, reference to the Britney Spears song)

Ooh... That's gonna leave a mark. [when Duke Nukem blows enemies up]

Pigs will fly before Morphix rules the world on my watch [right before starting E2L1]

Pucker up, buttercup! (when Duke encounters a fembot)

Rest in pieces! [when he blows camera up]

Say hello to my little friend! (when pipebomb is selected, reference to "Scarface")

to my little friend! (when pipebomb is selected, reference to "Scarface") Sewer scum! [when Duke encounters a mutant rat]

Should've stayed in the swamp! [after killing a mutant crocodile]

So many babes, so little time. [after rescuing a babe]

So much for the rat pack! [after killing a mutant rat]

So, who wants to dance? [after rescuing a babe]

Someone's gonna pay for making me find these friggin' key cards... [when a keycard is needed to open the door]

Something tells me this won't pass any safety inspections... [when riding a platform leading to exit door at E5L1]

Sometimes I even amaze myself [when passing the light riddle at E5L2]

Son of a bitch! (after respawning, throwing & exploding 8 pipebombs, before encountering a mutant at E4L3, and when machines run out of energy drinks at E2L1 and E3L1)

Sorry, honey, I've got some ass kickin' to do first! [after saving a babe]

Squeal like a pig! [when Duke encounters a pig cop] (reference from Deliverence )

) Stop eyeballin' me! [when Duke encounters a flying shooting camera]

Surprise, surprise, I need a keycard. [when a keycard is needed to open the door]

Take that, you dirty rat! [after killing a mutant rat]

The deeper I go, the worse this city smells [after reaching farther parts of E4L1]

This is why I have games named after me! [after rescuing a babe]

Time for mutation-mutilation! [when GLOPP ray is selected]

Time for a reboot! [when Duke encounters a robot]

Time to deliver max pain on the A-Train... now where'd I put that subway token? (A reference to the video games Max Payne and A-Train ) [when starting E3L1]

and ) [when starting E3L1] Time to de-worm the Big Apple... [after door kick video sequence, player gets control over Duke]

This'll be a barrel of laughs [when shotgun is selected]

This room is bugged [when Duke encounters a mutant roach or fly]

This train is going nowhere fast [when starting a subway ride at last parts of E3L3]

This thing’s a train wreck waiting to happen

The queen must be around here somewhere… That bitch is gonna pay!

What a pussy! [after killing a fembot]

What am I? A frog? [reference to the game Frogger as Duke tries to run between cars at E2L2]

What the hell does Morphix need all this GLOPP for? [when reaching a big sea of GLOPP when bridge is raised at E5L2]

Where is a light switch when you need one?

Who wants to glow in the dark? [when GLOPP ray is selected]

You’re beautiful when you dying [when killed a fembot]

You're goin' down faster than the XFL! (Reference to the short-lived XFL Football League, when fighting boss at E6L3)

You're starting to bug me. [after killing a mutant insect]

You are the missing link. Goodbye. [Reference to the game show The Weakest Link - or to the "missing link" species between ape and human in misunderstood evolution theory]

Your kung-fu's through! [after killing a mutant crocodile]

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Duke Nukem. My continuing mission: to explore strange new babes, to seek out new aliens and kick their asses.

Reference to the TV series Star Trek (Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new world, to seek out new life forms and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.) [when starting E8L1]

Jeez… You’d think Morphix got afford a few light bulbs?

I oughta break a broomhandle off in your ass.

Quit wasting my time.

Duke Nukem Forever [ edit ]

Okay, cycloid shithead, happy now? (First battle with Cycloid Emperor) (Reference on Moonwing Warrior )

(Reference on ) Take your tentacles back to Japan, you freak! (after killing an Octobrain)(This is a reference to tentacle hentai.)

Take those tentacles and shove `em up your ass! (after killing an Octabrain)

My balls, your face.

Have a taste of my ball! (after crushing a condemned building full of enemies with the wrecking ball)

All right, time for my reward! (while meeting with the Holsom Twins)

Looks like those alien bastards drank all my beer.

[ slapping alien breasts ] Got milk?

] Got milk? Hmm... convenient.

Holy shit!

I'm from Las Vegas, and I say: kill 'em all. (reference to Rico's quote in Starship Troopers)

I guess pigs DO fly! (after causing an explosion that makes a pig-cop fly)

It's down to you and me!

It's good!

No! Come on! No! (after grabbing the piece of crap)

I'm the Duke, I'm A-number 1. (Reference to The Duke of New York City in Escape From New York )

) Now what am I doing? (after taking a piece of crap)

Oh yeah! I'm bringing sexy back. (A possible reference to Justin Timberlake's song 'SexyBack')

A turd in the hand is worth two in the bush. (while holding a piece of crap)

Power armor is for pussies! (while looking at a suit of armor resembling that of a Master Chief's from HALO)

Size only matters when you're full grown, baby!

This is taking forever. Time to stop pissing around and get this big guy back into action. Woah, that water's cold. (while pissing at the beginning of the game, a reference to the protracted and extensive development time of Duke Nukem Forever ) A reference to a famous old joke involving John Holmes, the late porn star. I say this as he then adds "And deep too"

) A reference to a famous old joke involving John Holmes, the late porn star. I say this as he then adds "And deep too" Tonight, You dine in hell! (reference from the movie 300)

A crowbar would come in handy right about now. (While looking at boarded mine. Reference to Gordon Freeman and the use of crowbars in Half-Life series)

[ after solving a gear puzzle ] Duke one, gears none.

] Duke one, gears none. Bonjour, le hot stuff.

Squeal piggy! Squeal [reference to Deliverance. Could be also a reference from the first Unreal Tournament "Squeal boy, squeal!" as DNF is based on Unreal Engine]

Dammit Leroy! [reference to a famous line from a World of Warcraft video called Leeeeroy Jenkins]

That's one Dead Space marine [reference to Isaac Clarke, Dead Space's main character and is also an allusion to a classic line from Duke Nukem 3D in reference to Doom.]

America, fuck yeah [In reference to the movie Team America]

Good, Bad, I'm the guy with the gun! [Reference to Army of Darkness as well as Blood.]

Crumble like a shit cookie! [Multiplayer Quote.]

I don't dig on swine. [Samuel L. Jackson, Pulp Fiction]

Douche.

I'm going to kill you old style. [Reference to Peggy from the video Ventrilo Harassment - Duke Nukem Forever ]

] I hate valve puzzles! [While solving a puzzle that includes pipes and valves. Reference to Half-Life ]

] [ barrels rolling down a long stairway ] Where's a hammer when you need one? (Reference to Donkey Kong )

] Where's a hammer when you need one? (Reference to ) [ after killing the foe throwing barrels ] Huh, I was expecting a monkey. (Also a reference to Donkey Kong )

] Huh, I was expecting a monkey. (Also a reference to ) You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like. (Reference to Small Soldiers )

) I'd buy this for a dollar. (Reference to Robocop )

) If I promised to kill you last, I lied. (Reference to Commando )

) Duke wins.... Fatality! [Reference to the 1992 arcade fighting game by Midway, Mortal Kombat )

) If it bleeds, I can kill it (Reference to Predator )

) What am I, a Chimpanzee? (after grabbing the piece of crap)

What's new, pussycat? (Reference from Tom Jones "What's new pussycat")

What kind of sick motherfucker picks up wet feces? (after grabbing the piece of crap)

What the hell?

Yeah, this should help.

Yeehaw, motherfucker! (During the "Highway" levels)

Vroom vroom, motherfucker! (During the "Highway" levels)

You wanna touch it, don't you? (while admiring himself in the mirror)

[ meeting the first Battlelord ] You're one ugly motherfucker. (Reference to Predator )

] You're one ugly motherfucker. (Reference to ) I got balls of steel!

Who wants white meat? Who wants it? [after killing a pig cop]

Dear diary... Jackpot! [Reference to a Quagmire scene in Family Guy )

) Seriously, a nut-less monkey can do your job (Reference to Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder.)

This is gonna fuck up my hair!

I've got balls of fail![after losing the at the "Balls of Steel" pinball machine]

Time to redecorate, in brain matter grey.

Dick!

Quit bleeding, pussy!

Another day, another disembowelment.

Just call me "Frankenstein." (After running down an enemy with the monster truck: Reference to Deathrace movie masked driver: Frankenstein)

Aww, and it got such good gas mileage! (After the monster truck sinks)

Time to paint the town red (possible Reference to Clint Eastwood's Movie High Plains Drifter - where the town was painted red and renamed to "hell")

Pork chop sandwiches! (After exploding a Pig Cop) Reference to one of Fenslerfilm's G.I. Joe PSA parodies.

From the Doctor who Cloned me