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They aren't saying they don't remember, they are asking if their memory of the quote is correct.
The phrasing is overused and annoying for sure.
OP's point is that they say this and then follow it with a verbatim quote. It's dumb.
It's a rhetorical question when presented like that
Most of the viewers won't know the quote, so the character is telling the viewer that this is a quote from Somebody Fancy, meaning that the character is clearly Very Cultured.
I prefer it when they butcher quotes. See also “the brother of all fuck ups” and “revenge is like eating cold cuts”.
I think a character trying to remember an obviously well known movie is far worse. I think sometime in the Three Body Problem did it recently with Shawshank Redemption. "That prison movie".
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2024
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