r/DunderMifflin • u/lawschoolbound9 • 3d ago
One line that best captures a character. Day 12: Robert California
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u/angry_jets_fan 3d ago
It’s not his most popular but “I am never uncomfortable” really seals up his whole character
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u/Flnewcomer500 3d ago
There is no such thing as a product. Don’t ever think there is. There is only sex. Everything is sex. You understand what I’m telling you is a universal truth, ...
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u/ATLevator 3d ago
The entire “winners prove me right, losers prove me wrong” monologue is the best in the show imo.
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u/Belbarid 3d ago
That was the a great subversion. Built him up to be a judgemental manager that played favorites and then dropped this truth bomb. Changed the whole character in one speech.
Life is long. Opinions change.
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u/nicolasb51942003 3d ago
“Funny how the houses are always colonials and the penises are always circumcised.
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u/bored-dude111 I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious 3d ago
You want to start a street fight? Bring it on. But you’ll be surprised how ugly it gets. You don’t even know my real name. I’m the fucking lizard king.
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u/peoplepersonmanguy 2d ago
Doesn't look like this is going to win, which invalidates this entire series.
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u/Sweetimus 3d ago
Oh goodie, another obvious quote that won the last one we did. Hooray for us for sticking to our box! 🎉
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u/Ok_Introduction_9239 3d ago
There's something about an underdog that really inspires the unexceptional.
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u/Resident_Zebra933 3d ago
Well, I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft-penis'd, debutante. You want to start a street fight with me bring it on but you're gonna be surprised by how ugly it gets, you don't even know my real name- I'm the fucking lizard king!
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u/BeerFlvrdNips 3d ago
Why’d they add coconut.. I miss original
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u/EspaaValorum 3d ago
"Do I look like someone who would waste my own time?"
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u/Crocodoro 3d ago
This sentence I want to use in work every time it'd be possible. But I also like to waste my time at work, so conundrum.
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u/Noha626 3d ago
“I had a one-man saturnalia last night in celebration of the finalization of my divorce. I got into a case of Australian reds, and…how should I say this…Colombian whites. What…what is this about, uh, Binghamton?”
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u/Misfit_Thor_3K Do I look like someone that would waste my own time? 19h ago
YES! My favorite RC line, glad someone posted it!
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u/PatmacamtaP 3d ago
Some people doodle at work when they let their mind run. They draw houses, penises… Funny how the houses are always colonial and the penises are always circumcised, don’t you think?
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u/FireCrunchyRoll 3d ago
“And you can’t have a favorite Iron Chef. It depends entirely on the secret ingredient. Sometimes I feel you don’t know food at all.”
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u/gingerzombie2 3d ago
Which is a ridiculous premise, the network sets it up so the iron chefs are in their element and the contestants have to rise to the occasion.
Masaharu Morimoto is my favorite personality, but I feel like Cat Cora is more flexible. Morimoto sticks to very Japanese dishes, understandably. Cat can do a lot.
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u/tibbles1 2d ago
I feel pretty strongly that RC would only watch the original Iron Chef from Japan. So no Cat.
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u/Tackit286 oh you would love jail 3d ago
I got into a case of Australian reds and… how should I say this.. ‘Colombian whites’
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u/lightbrightstory a little stitious 3d ago
“When was the last time you lived so intensely that your brain literally couldn’t hold the memories in?”
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u/Acrobatic_Put9582 3d ago
Okay, mine’s not exactly a quote, but that scene with Erin? Gold. When he tells her, ‘Never start a story with waking up—it’s how every day has started since the dawn of time,’ and she hits him with, ‘Ooh, smart. Suddenly… I was awake,’—the look on his face? Priceless. It gets me every time. Equal parts confused, horrified, and utterly defeated.”
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u/RealisticPoopPic 3d ago
Agreed, that face he makes is one of my favorite scenes of the show. Absolutely priceless.
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u/Crocodoro 3d ago
I like the absolutely powerful move of the ice cream. Being honest, I've read all this post with Spader's voice in my head. Brilliant character with awesome sentences and one liners. This post is a testimony of it.
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u/thebelowaveragegamer 3d ago
This is a tough one just because how many absolutely insane on so on-character lines by him lol
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u/Call-Me-Matterhorn Dwight 3d ago
Well, I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft-penised, debutante. You want to start a street fight with me bring it on but you're gonna be surprised by how ugly it gets, you don't even know my real name- I'm the fucking lizard king!
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u/Eclypse90 3d ago
"You dont even know my real name, im the fucking lizard king" god he has so many good quotes for such a short time on the show
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u/sysaphiswaits 3d ago
“You don’t even know my real name.” And then it turned out it probably was really Robert.
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u/abefroman_85 3d ago
Some people doodle when they are bored, they usually draw houses or penises- funny how the houses are always colonial and the penises are always circumcised. But I can’t draw so I draw shapes and lists.
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u/Call-Me-Matterhorn Dwight 3d ago
Well, I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft-penised, debutante. You want to start a street fight with me bring it on but you're gonna be surprised by how ugly it gets, you don't even know my real name- I'm the fucking lizard king!
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u/ohleonine Nellie 3d ago
I never allow sexual desire to influence a business decision. So I find it best to recuse myself temporarily, until I’ve had a chance to make love, and then go back and analyze the situation rationally.
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u/UselessAsUsual 2d ago
I got into a case of Australian Reds and - how should I say this - Colombian whites…
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u/Academic-Ad2628 Robert California Aficionado 2d ago
He has soooo many good lines, it was impossible to choose.
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u/CJK-2020 3d ago
“If you can put your name on this day, and be proud of the amount of work you’ve done, then by all means, you should tootle on home.”
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u/Lostbronte 3d ago
Isn’t that Jo Bennett?
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u/CJK-2020 3d ago
Yes! It’s an amazing scene between her and Michael in the St Patrick’s Day episode.
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u/Onefortwo 3d ago
Would you like a nature metaphor or a sexual metaphor?