The funny ones Shaun of the dead Quotes are just part of what makes Edgar Wright’s first movie his Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy A cult classic. The greatest success of Shaun of the deadStarring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, is that it is not a spoof of zombie movies. It works perfectly as a genuine zombie film in its own right – one that happens to be absolutely hilarious. The jokes are the cherry on top of the undead cake, and the best Shaun of the dead Quotes ensured the 2004 movie’s lasting legacy.
Edgar Wright Shaun of the dead remains one of the most popular comedies of the 21st century. It has the perfect blend of horror and hilarity, with both laugh-out-loud moments and moments of genuine terror in spades. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost even recreated a scene from Shaun of the dead For a viral video about the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, use lines from the original movie to tell people to stay home and stay safe. It shows that the best Shaun of the dead Quotes extends beyond just zombies Apocalypse.
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“No… I’m sorry Shawn.”
Ed (Nick Frost)
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s many collaborations together are elevated by the genuine friendship that is evident when they are together on screen. This is perhaps best seen in Shaun of the dead With the two playing old friends who love spending time together more than anything else. Their friendship is so effective that the audience quickly feels like they are in on Shawn and Ed’s inside joke.
After Sean criticizes Ed for being so inept as a roommate, Ed apologizes. Just as Shawn begins to soften and regret speaking to his friend like that, Ed says with more seriousness “No Sean…sorry” Only for Sean to suddenly get a taste of Ed’s quiet joy. It is a Hilarious moment that speaks to Ed as a character Since it looks like he takes responsibility for his inability, it becomes a joke.
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“Maybe it’s not as bad as all that—oh, no it’s them.”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
Creating a horror comedy that blends the genres effectively can be a challenge. One of the issues that often comes up is that the comedy overtakes the horror, making it feel like a silly spoof rather than actual terror. Shaun of the dead Does a wonderful job of keeping the stakes of the story high, but it also has some of
The casual way Shawn points out that the city is truly overrun with the undead is the perfect bit of silliness amidst the chaos of the movie.
After making their plan to save Sean’s loved ones, Sean and Ed decide to first check if the coast is clear before heading out. As Shawn peers out of the mail slot in the door, he sees that there are no zombies around Wonder if the situation is not as bad as they heard only to immediately see a horde of zombies. The casual way Shawn points out that the city is truly overrun with the undead is the perfect bit of silliness amidst the chaos of the movie.
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– Thank you, Grandma.
Sean (Simon Pegg)
While a large part of the movie is about Sean trying to win back his girlfriend Liz, the heart of the movie is really the friendship between Sean and Ed. As much fun as they have together, there are various people who comment on the relationship as too co-dependent and immature. It’s a suggestion that Shawn continuously denies and is also oblivious to the fact that he and Ed are extremely close.
While hiding in the Winchester, David criticizes Shawn for drawing attention to them, saying, “Well, I wasn’t the one who blew our cover with my boyfriend.” Sean angrily claims that Ed is not his boyfriend, but that Ed should kindly hand him a pint of beer and warn him that it is hot. Shawn doesn’t even recognize the irony when he winks and calls Ed “babe”.
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“I will do it on the night.”
Ed (Nick Frost)
It’s a lot of fun to see the various methods these wacky characters use to survive the zombie outbreak. One of the most inventive and funny ideas is when they decide to simply pretend to be zombies themselves so they can walk among the undead without trouble. In order to do this, the aspiring actor Dianne becomes an acting coach for the group judging by their best zombie impression. However, when it comes to Ed’s turn to show off his best work, he brushes it off and suggests he’ll just do it for the moment.
After Shawn insults his half-hearted attempt, Ed challenges Shawn to do better only to admit that Shawn’s was pretty good.
It’s a funny moment because Ed is simply unable to take any of this seriously. However, it turns even funnier when Shawn eggs and it becomes a competition between the two friends about who can do the better zombie. After Shawn insults his half-hearted attempt, Ed challenges Shawn to do better only to admit that Shawn’s was pretty good. It is a small moment of typical nonsense between friends amidst the horror.
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“David, kill the queen!”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
The “Don’t Stop Me Now” action sequence is one of the most iconic moments in the movie and a perfect example of Edgar Wright’s wild directing style. The editing, the music and the choreography are all perfect though The sequence also has the rapid-fire delivery of jokes that can sometimes get missed in all the chaos. As the song plays and the pub is thrown into chaos, Sean again steps up to take charge.
As Sean issues orders to everyone on how to handle the situation, he tells David “Kill the queen.” After David’s horrified and confused reaction, Sean clarifies that he meant the jukebox. The fast-paced comedy of Shaun of the dead And many of Wright’s movies allow for moments like this when one line can surprise the audience only to make for a bigger laugh when they realize the play on words.
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“Would anyone like a peanut?”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
When Shawn leaves the group to lead the horde of zombies away from the Winchesters, David criticizes Shawn’s self-appointed leadership. He says, “Do you think his master plan will be anything more than sitting around eating peanuts in the dark?After Sean arrives, and they ask him what his plan is, the film cuts to the characters sitting in the dark, and Sean is holding a bag of nuts and asks:Would anyone like a peanut?“
It also shows that David may be right about Sean, and this raises more questions in the group, whether they can and should trust Sean to lead them.
The Shaun of the dead Quotes do two things when it comes to the progression of the story. first, It shows that Sean really has no idea what he’s doing And that he should be above his head. However, it also shows that David may be right about Shawn, and it raises more questions in the groups’ minds about whether they can and should trust Shawn to lead them through the zombie apocalypse.
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“Who the hell is wearing that?” / “It’s random.”
Sean and Ed (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)
The exchange initially appears early in the movie, and is repeated at the end of Shaun of the dead. In both cases, Sean and Ed refer to songs playing on the jukebox at inappropriate times. After Liz dumps Sean, Chicago’s “If You Leave Me Now” plays on the jukebox, intensifying his heartache as Ed tries everything to cheer him up. Unfortunately, the music makes it impossible to get Sean to stop feeling bad about himself after the breakup.
Later in the movie, a zombified John enters the pub, and Sean, Ed and Liz fight him off with pool cues, and Quinn’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” starts playing. While the songs playing in both instances are seemingly random, they do play within the scenes. This is normal for most movie soundtracks, but what Edgar Wright does with this is hilarious Shaun of the dead Quote is pointing out how convenient it is that the random jukebox songs are contextually perfect for the moments they appeared, a little pulling back the curtain something,
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“Actually, I’d like to be shot.”
Ed (Nick Frost)
When Sean, Liz, and Ed retreat to the basement of the Winchesters, with the zombies with them, they consider suicide. They only have two shells left in the gun, so only two of them can go. Ed volunteers to be the one to shoot his friends and leave the zombies to kill him when all is said and done. However, he quickly changes his mind when Sean and Liz re-confess their love for one another and share a tender romantic moment. After this sweet moment, Ed wants to take the bullet to end it all.
Even though death was literally knocking at the door at that moment, Ed had to be Ed and give his friend a hard time.
It is especially hilarious Shaun of the dead quote because even during a zombie apocalypse, Ed doesn’t want to stop being himself and continues with ShaunAnd as a result, so does Liz, every chance he gets. Even though death was literally knocking at the door at that moment, Ed had to be Ed and give his friend a hard time, just when things got a little too romantic for his taste.
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“We might have to kill my stepdad.”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
When the zombie apocalypse begins and Sean and Ed finally figure out what’s going on, Sean calls his mother to see if she’s okay. She says that a “BeatyMan entered the house and Shawn was afraid that she had been bitten. She says that she was not bitten, but her husband, Philip. Shawn isn’t Philip’s biggest fan, so he sighs with relief. Ed asks for an update and Sean nonchalantly tells him, “We might have to kill my step-father.“
Sean spends a lot of the movie explaining to people why he hates his stepdad, though It all comes down to him and his step-father not understanding each other. Philip wants Sean to spend more time with his mother and call her more. However, all Sean sees is someone who “Is not his real father“Telling him what to do all the time. When Philip finally dies and tells Sean he only wants the best for him, it’s an emotional moment, and it Shaun of the dead Quote really helps set the scene surprisingly heartwarming.
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“This is the second album I’ve bought!”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
The significance that Sean projects on the second album he ever bought is hilariously relatable. In the end, the second album a person buys is not that important, but Sean still freaks out when Pete throws it out the window. There is a nostalgia attached to this album, although it ended up being used as a weapon against the first wave of zombies faced by Sean and Ed. Right before Ed throws it, and They get the idea to use Shawn’s record collection to fight them offSean repeats the line.
This is one of several Shaun of the dead Quote which is also slick foreshadowing
This is one of several Shaun of the dead Citing that is also slick foreshadowing, which is something Edgar Wright specializes in when making his movies. Pete throwing the album out the window led to Sean’s funny comment, but it also led to the moment when the specific record came into play to help Sean and Ed survive a very slow zombie attack. Of course, his sentimentality goes out the window when it comes to survival.
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– What is the matter, David? Never taken a shortcut before?”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
This Shaun of the dead Quote works two-fold when rewatching the movie today. On first viewing, it’s a funny gag that undercuts Sean’s arrogance with some well-timed (and well-performed) slapstick. But since the movie, it’s been a recurring gag in the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy. It’s a lot of nostalgic fun to hear Sean say the line, “What’s the matter, David? Never taken a shortcut before?Before falling over a garden fence.
The way that Sean gets up and pushes himself off, trying to pretend it never happened, is the icing on the cake of the moment. Things work out much better for Simon Pegg in Hot fuzzWhere he not only made it over the fence but flipped over several more before Nick Forrest stumbled right through the fence. The end of the world Caps the joke by having a Cornetto rapper get caught in the wires of a fence, unable to pass it either.
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– You have red on you.
Various letters
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have a way of making repeated lines work brilliantly for comedy in their movies – for example, “the greater good” line from Hot fuzz – Because the events of the movie force the context to change. In the beginning of Shaun of the deadOne of his rude co-workers tells him, “You have red on you,” referring to the red ink stain on his shirt pocket. What makes this joke work so well is that people tell it more than once in the movie, and it has nothing to do with ink.
At the end of Shaun of the deadThe “red” on his white shirt is a bunch of blood spatter stains from hitting zombies with a cricket bat.
At the end of Shaun of the deadThe “red” on his white shirt is a bunch of blood spatter stains from hitting zombies with a cricket bat. The line was so popular that it ended up being the name of the book that detailed how Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost made the zombie apocalypse cult classic (You’ve Got Red On You: How Shaun From The Dead Was Brought To Life).
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“The Batman Soundtrack.” / “Throw it.”
Sean and Ed (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost)
One of the funniest gums in Shaun of the deadAnd one that would stand alone as a sketch outside of the movie is the one where Sean and Ed go through Sean’s record collection and decide which records to throw at the zombies. It’s funny because even though the flesh-eating monsters are approaching the guys, and they want to eat their brains, Sean doesn’t want to break up any of his favorite albums yet.
So, when Ed suggests the classics, he turns him down: “Purple rain.” “No.” “Sign on the Times.” “Of course not.” “The Batman soundtrack.” “Throw it.” It was funny because Batman has always been controversial thanks to the dance beat playing over a Batman movie. However, the joke also has another level of humor. Not only was this a Batman soundtrack, but it is officially Prince’s 11th studio album. This joke, Shawn admitted that Prince’s Purple rain And Sign on the Times are classics, but these Batman Soundtrack is expendable.
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“He’s got a hand off!”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
As soon as the news plays on TV that civilians are advised to keep their doors and windows locked in the zombie apocalypse, Shawn quickly remembers that Ed tends to leave the front door unlocked, and also cracked open. When they are watching the TV broadcast, something pushes open the door and walks in, and then the camera starts panning out, and it shows a zombie in the house. One of his arms is missing, which is the first thing Shawn notices When it grows in the room.
This Shaun of the dead Quote is one of several that are great examples of horror and comedy being weirdly intertwined
“He lost an arm!Shawn ends with a scream as they start throwing things at him to slow him down. Ed ends up taking the guy out with an ashtray and then stands over his corpse, panting for a while. This Shaun of the dead Quote is one of several that are great examples of horror and comedy that are strangely intertwined to allow both the fear and hilarity that comes from Sean and Ed facing a ridiculous situation.
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– We’re coming to get you, Barbara!
Ed (Nick Frost)
Sean’s mother is called Barbara Is A direct reference to the character of the same name in George A. Romero’s Night of the Living DeadArguably the most important zombie film ever made, as the one that changed the zombie genre to what Hollywood has been producing for the last 50 years. At the beginning of the original movie, when the zombies first show up, Johnny mockingly says, “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!“
Later, when Sean is on the phone with Barbara, and she doesn’t want him to bother coming to see if she’s okay, Ed paraphrases the movie when he yells into the phone: “We’re coming to get you, Barbara.“The moment caught the attention of George Romero himself. Still Shaun of the dead The director kindly paid homage to Romero’s zombie franchise, inviting Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg to comeo. land of the dead Movie like zombies themselves.
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“My friend? A failed actress and at **H? / “I didn’t call Diane a failed actress!”
Liz and Sean (Kate Ashfield and Simon Pegg)
The best jokes in Edgar Wright movies often leave things for the audience to figure out. Your acting training comes later Shaun of the dead When the characters have to pretend to be zombies. This quote comes when Liz is talking to Sean about his attitude towards her friends, Diane and David. however, Sean only takes credit for some of her accusationsSaying that he never said anything bad about Dien, although he did not deny the grave insult against David.
Dinah’s pipe dream of being an actress begins as a throwaway gag in the movie with this line.
Dinah’s pipe dream of being an actress begins as a throwaway gag in the movie with this line. However, it later becomes an integral part of the story because it is Diane’s skills as an actress that helped save the whole group, and showed that she is not the “No different actress“That Liz claimed Sean accused her of being. Based on the story, that line may have come from David considering his treatment of her and Sean.
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“F**ka-doodle-you!”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
The climax in Shaun of the dead See the zombies manage to break into the pub and kill most of the characters of the movie. As with all great zombie movies, the characters are set as the main group and the ones the audience is most invested in staying alive to fight a final battle. This means that Sean, Ed and Liz are there to fight the final battle. It gets intense as the trio’s options for survival begin to dwindle.
They have lost all hope to repel the invasion of zombies from the pub, and now all they can do is go to the basement – where they will be trapped underground. One moment lightens the mood like Ed spots his and Shawn’s roommate, the zombified PeteAnd Sean says:F**ka-doodle-doo!“This comes long after Pete makes some very harsh comments to Sean about how he has no direction in his life, and at this point, Sean is the hero and Pete is already zombified.
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“Okay…but dogs can look up.”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg really know how to weave jokes into their scripts. They’ll bring something up in an early scene—either through dialogue or just by showing something on screen—and then pay it off in a later scene. One example comes when Ed tells Sean that the gun above the bar in the Winchester is a functioning firearm. Shawn doesn’t believe him. Ed says, “Big Al says so,” and Sean replies, “Yes, but Big Al also says that dogs can’t look up!“
It is a blatant example of Chekhov’s Gun.
Later, they were in the bar and the zombies attacked. This leads to a moment when the gun goes off, completely shocking Shawn. After that, Ed says, “Big Al was right!“And Sean replies,”ok…” Shawn, who has a dart stuck in his head from an accident at the bar, finally pulls the dart out of his head and then drops the rest of the quoteSaid, “…But dogs can look up.” It is a blatant example of Chekhov’s Gun.
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“We’ll have a bloody mary first thing…”
Ed (Nick Frost)
Shaun of the dead is praised for many things, but especially its screenplay by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. The script is tight, with well-drawn characters and organic story arcs. Wright’s direction brought it all to life in inventive and groundbreaking ways. The script uses spectacular foreshadowing, As Nick Frost’s character Ed unravels the entire plot of the movie after he and Shawn realize that there is actually a zombie outbreak, and they need to save their loved ones.
Ed begins to say, “We’re going to have a Bloody Mary first [they kill a zombie named Mary]Have a bite of the king’s head [Shaun’s stepdad gets bitten in the side of the head]Couple in the little princess [they pick up Shaun’s girlfriend Liz and the couple she lives with]Stagger here [they imitate zombies to get through the crowd]And then bang! Back in the bar for shots [they shoot zombies in the pub].”
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“How’s that for a slice of fried gold?”
Sean (Simon Pegg)
After coming to terms with the reality of the zombie apocalypse and grappling with all of his responsibilities—namely, his mother and his girlfriend—Shawn comes up with several different plans. One involves going back to the house, where it’s broken into. Windows and zombie bodies all over the place, so someone else went to stay in Liz’s apartment, even though Ed wouldn’t be comfortable there because he couldn’t smoke or drink. After racking their brains a bit, they settle on the perfect place that will suit everyone’s needs and keep them safe in an undead uprising.
They all go to the pub, which plays at the beginning of the movie. When Liz dumped Sean, she said they never had anything else when they went out. It always went to the pub. However, when it came time to find a place to stay and try to survive the zombie apocalypse, this pub was the perfect option – which is yet another one of the Shaun of the dead Quotes that paid off a previous moment in the movie, and was so clever that it became a meme unto itself.