Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Duke is a collage of action heroes, and this is the loudest stitch: the swagger of a B-movie hero with a chainsaw hand, transplanted onto a bigger, louder hero with a pistol. Duke said it with such conviction that many players first heard it from the game, not the film. It became his unofficial coronation line, still printed on shirts and used whenever someone declares themselves in charge.
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In context
Spoilers for Duke Nukem 3DShow the scene
Duke Nukem 3D lets Duke chatter constantly as he fights through an alien-infested Los Angeles, and most of his one-liners are lifted from 80s and 90s action and horror films. This one is borrowed outright from Bruce Campbell's Ash in Army of Darkness (1993), where it is the theatrical cut's final line. In the game it is one of Duke's stock quips, spoken by Duke himself, rather than a line tied to one cutscene or boss.
Sources (3)
- Duke Nukem Wiki: Quotes from Duke Nukem 3DHail to the king, baby entryReference checked
- Duke Nukem Wiki: Duke Nukem (character)Trivia sectionReference checked
- Wikiquote: Army of DarknessLast Lines (Theatrical Cut)Reference checked
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