Regularly spoken phrases

A catch phrase (a memetic phrase) is a word, phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Some catch phrases become the de facto "trademark" of the character with whom they originated.

This is a page which lists the frequent appearance of certain thematically important phrases spoken by different characters at different times. This page is arranged alphabetically, and then within each phrase, by episode chronology.

Phrases

• A through F
  • "Alone"
  • "Are you him?"
  • "Believe in me"
  • "Clean up the mess"
  • "Cowboy up"
  • "Dad?"
  • "Do not mistake coincidence for fate"
  • "Do not mistake fate for coincidence"
  • "Don't say his name"
  • "Don't tell me what I can't do"
  • "Dude"
  • "Every man for himself"
  • "Fate"/"Free Will"
  • "Find your way"
  • "Fixing people/things"

• G through N
  • "Go back!"
  • "God help us all"
  • "Good people", "Bad person", etc.
  • "Happily ever after"
  • "Hey yourself"
  • "I didn't sign up for this."
  • "I have a right."/"It's my right."
  • "I'll be seeing you."
  • "I'm coming with you."
  • "I'm not going anywhere with you."
  • "Irreversible"
  • "It doesn't work like that"/"That's not how it works"
  • "It worked."
  • "It's a leap of faith."
  • "It's everyman for himself."
  • "I wish you had believed me."
  • "Killer"/"Murderer"
  • "The last time you had a gun..."
  • "Let go"
  • "Letting you off the hook"
  • "Lift it up"
  • "Live together, die alone"
  • "Not the enemy"

• O through U
  • "One, two, three, four, five."
  • "One of us"/"One of them"
  • "On my own"/"On their own"
  • "See you in another life"
  • "See you on the other side"
  • "Sooner than you think."
  • "Special"
  • "Starting over"
  • "Stay away"
  • "Terrific!"
  • "That's not Steve"/"That's Scott"/"Steve's dead"
  • "That's why the Red Sox will never win the World Series."
  • "The new sheriff"
  • "There's a line"
  • "Use the five iron"

• V through Z
  • "We have to go back"
  • "What did one snowman say to the other snowman?"
  • "What did you do?"
  • "What lies in the shadow of the statue?"
  • "Whatever happened, happened."
  • "Whatever you think I am, I'm not."
  • "What's done is done"
  • "Where he wants to be"
  • "Who are you people?"
  • "Why are you asking me these questions?"
  • "Why are you telling me this?"
  • "Why would I do that?
  • "Work to do"
  • "Wrong people for mission"
  • "You!"
  • "You can go now."
  • "You don't call, you don't write"
  • "You make your own luck"

Character-specific catchphrases

• Ben
  • "My name is Henry Gale and I'm from Minnesota"
  • "We're the good guys."
  • "A promise is a promise"
  • "I lied"
  • "You're mine"
  • "It's Dr. Linus]]"
• Caesar
  • "My friend"
• Widmore
  • "I'll be seeing you, boy!"
  • "Like rats/a rat"
• Charlie
  • "Have you ever heard of Driveshaft? The band?"
  • (singing in a high-pitched voice) "You all everybody!"
  • "Guys, where are we?"
  • "AARON!"
• Claire
  • "My baby!"
  • "I'm sick of everyone telling me what to do!"
• Faraday
  • "I don't know"
  • "Whatever happened, happened"
  • "You can't change the past"
• Desmond
  • "See you in another life, brother."
  • "Do I know you?"
  • "I love you, Penny"
  • "Aye."
  • "What are you doin' here?"
• Eloise
  • "All right. Let's get started."
  • "Who are you?"
• Hurley
  • "Dude..."
  • "I'm not crazy"
  • "The numbers are bad!"
  • "There is no curse! You make your own luck!"
• Ilana
  • "If that thing ever leaves this place..."
• Jack
  • "No you're not, Kate/whomever is relevant."
  • "If we can't live together, then we're gonna die alone."
  • "We have to go back, Kate!"
  • "Kate stays."
  • "Nothing is going to happen."
  • "We are going to be okay."
• Jacob
  • "I'm sorry this happened to you."
• Kate
  • "I'm going with you."
  • "My name isn't [insert alias here]."
  • "I can't!/I can't do this!"
  • "I couldn't find you..."
  • "We have to go back!"
• Lenny
  • "4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42..."
• Locke
  • "My name is John Locke"
  • "He was a sacrifice that the Island demanded."
  • "Everything happens for a reason!"
  • "The Island told me"
  • "Hello, Hugo"
  • "I wish you had believed me."
• The Man in Black
  • "They come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt. It always ends the same."
  • "One of these days i'm gonna find a loophole, my friend."
  • "It's good to see you out of those chains."
  • "I want to go home!"
  • "I'm the smoke thing"
• Michael
  • "WAAAAAALLLLLT!"
  • "They took my son!"
  • "It's a father's right."
  • "My son"/"My boy!"
• Richard
  • "Do I know you?"
  • "Put the gun down"
  • "We're all dead!"
• Rose
  • "You're not Rambo." (in reference to Bernard)
• Sawyer
  • "Hey Freckles."
  • "Hey yourself."
  • "Son of a bitch!"
  • "What can I do you for?"
  • "Open the damn door!"
• Sayid
  • "Nadia!"
  • "My name is Sayid Jarrah."
  • "I was a communications officer in the Republican Guard."
• Walt
  • "Vincent!"
  • "Don't open it!"

See also

• Waaalt.com
• Nicknames