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All I have to say about that is "asphinctersayswhat".
— Wayne's World • 1992
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is a schoolyard trap with a straight face: the line only works if the victim answers, and the answer is the punchline. Wayne uses it with such confidence that it became a 1990s catchphrase, a joke for catching someone who does not listen, and the one most closely tied to the sketch. It is the film's shortest proof that Wayne's world runs on teenage wordplay.
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In context
Spoilers for Wayne's WorldShow the scene
Wayne's World (1992). "Asphincter says what?" was already a catchphrase before the film: Mike Myers's Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey's Garth Algar used it in the Saturday Night Live sketches, where it works as a trap. Said very fast, it sounds like "a sphincter says what?", and anyone who asks "what?" has just admitted to being one. The film, set around Wayne and Garth's public-access cable show in Aurora, Illinois, brought the gag to the big screen, where Wayne uses it as another of his running jokes about the pompous and the fake.
Sources (3)
- Wayne's World (sketch) - Saturday Night Live Wiki (Fandom)Catchphrases listReference checked
- New Again: Wayne's World - Interview Magazinephone gag in the interviewReference checked
- Wayne's World (film) - WikipediaPlotReference checked
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