Video Games · 1996
It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all outta gum.
— Duke Nukem • Duke Nukem 3D
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Duke presents a confrontation as the next item on an absurdly casual list. The missing chewing gum leaves fighting as the only activity he proposes. The boast belongs to the game's extravagant action-hero persona; its resemblance to earlier film dialogue is not a claim that the game invented the catchphrase.
- GamesRadar+Quotation list entry for Duke Nukem 3D: Duke Nukem. Literal wording and named or written credit; original game edition qualified separately.Reference checked
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