The Avengers
1961
Emma Peel: Always keep your bowler on in time of stress, and watch out for diabolical masterminds.
(Mrs Peel is working undercover in a department store) John Steed: I asked the chief predator where to find you and he said, "Our Mrs Peel is in ladies' underwear." I rattled up the stairs three at a time. Emma Peel: Merry quips department on the fifth floor, sir.
Emma Peel: Would you like a drink? John Steed: Intravenously!
Julie: Is that a proposition? John Steed: More of a sly suggestion.
(repeated line) John Steed: Mrs Peel, we're needed.
John Steed: (Steed is magnetically attached to his car, Emma tries to help and becomes attached to him) Don't fight it Mrs Peel. We're inseparable.
John Steed: (Emma is bouncing on a trampoline) Look, do you mind? It's like watching a game of perpendicular tennis.
Dr Fergus Campbell: Your facetiousness, Mr Steed, covers an edgy temperament. In fact, I'd say your nerves mostly jangle like wires in the wind.
Emma Peel: You diabolical mastermind, you!
John Steed: (after killing an alien plant) I'm a herbicidal maniac, didn't you know?
Emma Peel: Now, take me to your leader. Or, lead me to your taker.
Emma Peel: (Emma is admiring an antique bed) I've always rather fancied myself in one of these. John Steed: So have I... I mean, I have too.
John Steed: (to Emma) Show him your bumps.
John Steed: (Steed is carefully inspecting Emma's box of chocolates as if it were a bomb) Whatever you do, don't touch the wrapped ones. Emma Peel: Why not? John Steed: Because I like them. (he unwraps one a eats it)
Emma Peel: I've come here to appeal to you, Mr Kirby. Stewart Kirby: You certainly do that.
Emma Peel: What happened to the shining armor? John Steed: It's still at the laundry.
Emma Peel: (on Steed's sword) That looks a bit droopy. John Steed: Wait until it's challenged.
John Steed: Known you all this time and never knew you could sew. Emma Peel: Well, our relationship hasn't been exactly domestic, has it?
Emma Peel: You know my wavelength. John Steed: I do indeed.
John Steed: (trying to fix Emma's toaster, it explodes and shoots toast through the ceiling) That's the first thing Great Britain's ever got into orbit.
Emma Peel: It's late, I'm tired, and I want to go to bed. Strange Young Man: In that case, how would you like me to tuck you up? Emma Peel: In that case, how would you like me to break your arm.
John Steed: There isn't a body. Emma Peel: There's no body? John Steed: There's no body. Emma Peel: There's ALWAYS a body!
John Steed: (picking up Emma, who is injured) Lean on me, Mistress Peel, as much as you like.
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