Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The joke is how gloriously overblown the fake gangster picture is, and how well it works as a weapon when Kevin pipes it through his front door at a real person. The line exists only inside the film's invented movie, yet it has outlived the plot as a stock phrase for stiffing someone, growled in a 1940s mobster voice, 'ya' and all.
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In context
Spoilers for Home AloneShow the scene
The line is not Kevin's. It belongs to Johnny, the gangster in Angels with Filthy Souls, the fake 1940s film that young Kevin McCallister, left home alone after his family's hurried departure, watches on video. In the film-within-the-film Johnny gives his rival Snakes a count of ten to get off his property, then opens fire on him and snarls the line. Later Kevin plays the clip at the front door so the Little Nero's delivery man hears "Johnny" refuse to pay and threaten him, and the man flees.
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- Wikiquote: Home AloneAngels with Filthy Souls scenesReference checked
- Springfield! Springfield! script: Home AloneGangster film and pizza-delivery scenesReference checked
- Wikipedia: Home AloneCast and productionReference checked
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