Glossary:Catch Phrase

Catch Phrase

An expression or battle cry used by a character. For a line to be a catch phrase, it should be always the same, and not just catchy. To be a catch phrase, the phrase must be repeated multiple times just because something is the most memorable line does not make it a catchphrase unless it is said more than once.

Prominent Catch Phrases

• Stan Lee: "Excelsior!" and "'Nuff said!" were expressions used to cap off his columns
• Avengers: "Avengers Assemble!" (battlecry usually shouted by the team's leader)
• Luke Cage: "Sweet Christmas!" (expression of surprise)
• Namor the Sub-Mariner: "Imperius Rex!" (battlecry)
• Thor:
  • "By Odin's beard!" (expression of surprise)
  • "For Asgard!" (battlecry)
  • "For Midgard!" (battlecry)
  • "I say thee nay!" (denial statement)
  • "Have at thee!" (battlecry)
• Doctor Strange: "By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth!" (expression of surprise)
• The Thing:
  • "It's clobberin' time!" (battlecry)
  • "Wotta revoltin' development!" (expression of surprise)
• Human Torch: "Flame on!" (when turning into his plasma form)
• Hulk:
  • "Hulk smash!" (battlecry)
  • "Hulk is the strongest one there is!" (used as a gloat, or a threat)
  • "Leave Hulk alone!"
  • Referring to humans, including his alter-ego, with the adjective of "puny."
• Spider-Man:
  • "With great power comes great responsibility."
  • "My Spider-Sense is tingling!" (when his extrasensory ability is triggered)
• Runaways
  • "Try not to die."
  • "Runaways, run away!"
• Bullseye: "Bullseye." (when hitting his target)
• Howard the Duck: "Waugh!" (used as an exclamation, or expression of frustration)
• X-Men: "To me, my X-Men!" (recited by the team's leader, usually Professor X, to call their teammates)
• Wolverine:
  • "I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do isn't very nice."
  • Referring to people as "bub."
• Beast: "Oh, my stars and garters!" (expression of surprise)
• Layla Miller: "I know stuff."
• Colossus:
  • "By the white wolf!" (expression of surprise)
  • Prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, he was known to say "Lenin's ghost" or "Lenin's beard."
• Storm: "Goddess!" (expression of surprise)
• Nightcrawler: "Unglaublich!" (expression of surprise, German for "That's incredible!")
• Silver Surfer: "To me, my board!" (when calling his surfboard)
• Rom of the Spaceknights: "Gods of Galador!"
• Namorita: "Suffering Shad!"
• Miss Thing: "Thing Rings, do your thing" (when activating her Thing Rings)