Favorite Brannigan-ism?

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Also I love whenever he says "Champaggen" (HAHAHA!) and when he's like Leela, are you there? She says no and he's like "Oh yes you are." LOL.

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I've never heard of such a shocking injustice that I cared so little about!

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Originally posted by Shiny:
"You'd sacrifice a beautiful woman to save a moderately attractive monkey?" (His grasp of relative orangutan comeliness slays me...)

That one still has me alternately scratching my head and busting out laughing each time I think about it.

I don't know how much of it is West's delivery and how much is due to the writers having fun with the character but Zapp almost can't say anything that isn't funny. How many straight lines has he had in the whole series, five?

Come to think of it, his pickup lines themselves were not very funny, but the idea that he thought enough of them to write them down was pretty funny.

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"please,you give me to little credit".

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I like in Love's labour lost in space, after him and leela do it, and hes like, you'll come back after you get the urge for the Zapper then he points at his crouch and says "bam"

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But sooner or later, you'll come crawling back for another taste of sweet, sweet candy...

Bam.

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"It's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro!"

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A really good one is the love-nasium, and the part about rock crushed paper, etc., and the best Brannigan-ism perhaps of all time is this:
"The key element of war is surprise...SUPRISE!"

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Zapp: You're telling me you'd risk the life of a beautiful woman for this moderately attractive monkey?
From the problem with Popplers.
I love that line.

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My favorites:

"Fly the white flag of war!"

"The key to victory is the element of surprise. Surprise! [trap door opens, dropping troops]"

"Shut your bonghole you smelly hippie!"

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"You must have smoked some bad granola."

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It's been mentioned before, but it's one of my favorite lines: "I'm the man with no name... Zapp Brannigan."

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every word that comes out or zapps mouth makes me laugh. i love the 'yes, yes, that's what-ever you were talking about for you' i say that to my mates all the time to annoy 'um lol

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His entire book of pick-up lines. 
Imagine if all guys were like that

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I found the fact that he found a monkey 'moderatly' attractive quite scary

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I can’t believe nobody has said this 1
I dated a robot
Zapp: Now threes a wave of destruction that’s easy on the eyes
Lucy liu: hi-ya (throws him into the gutters drain)

Zapp: leela are you there

Leela: No

Zapp: Oh yes you are. I’m here by inviting you and your odd ball co-workers to a special reception to display the national silk surplus. I believe you know the heroic space stallion who captured it, show them my medal kiff.

Kiff :(sighs) He rented it with his tax refund.

Zapp: so leela will you have the pleasure?

Leela: what little there is to be had!

Zap: Tomorrow night at eight then smooches. (Kisses the monitor)

If only we could b half as great as he lol

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Originally posted by Shiny:

“Kif, come here and hold up the flag. (sotto voce) And wave it a little, for God's sakes.”
(It’s the delivery that makes this one absolutely priceless.  All hail Billy West!)
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(This one HAS been mentioned, but it's a BIG favorite of mine) "Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's whatever you were talking about for you."

I love those.  Also this scene in Where the Buggalo Roam:

Kif: I'll get your daughter back, sir. I swear.
Mr. Wong: Forget it, squishy. You the one lose her in first place. You done enough.
Mrs. Wong: Yeah. This time we get most decorated law man in the whole universe!
Kif: You mean-- Oh, no, please. I beg you! Oh, for the love of--
[Smash cut to Zapp.]
Zapp: I am the man with no name. Zapp Brannigan, at your service!
[Kif sighs.]

It's that smash cut right before, plus the line itself.  Kills me every time. 

Oh, and for fun:
I found this on Livejournal.

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Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
Welcome! Drop pants for PEEL initiation ceremony.

LOL

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Originally posted by PazuzuJr:
I found the fact that he found a monkey 'moderatly' attractive quite scary

I find the fact that he's a well liked in the universe scary.

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Every line of Zapp's is so carefully crafted and expertly delivered, that word for word, he's the funniest character going.  I'm too lazy to go back and check it, but on one of the dvd commentaries Billy West (I think) said that one of the inspirations for the voice is the top 40 morning Deejays who are so completely in love with the sounds of their own voices that they draw out every word and leave each one overdone and dripping with too much meaning.
"Mmm! That's got a nice feel to it."