Regularly spoken phrases
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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.
"Alone"
- "I'm alone now. On the island alone" - Shannon translating Danielle's distress recording ("Pilot, Part 2")
- "We are not alone." - Sayid ("Raised by Another")
- "You're not alone. Don't pretend to be." - Sayid to Charlie after he kills Ethan ("Outlaws")
- "I just wanted to let you know you're not alone." - Tracey to Sam Thomas in a voicemail in Find815.
- "I'm already alone." - Ana-Lucia to Libby as the Tailies abandon her with Shannon's body and a tied-up Sayid ("Collision")
- "It's nice to know I'm not alone. It's nice to know I've got an assistant." - Jack to Ethan ("Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack")
- "I'm so alone" - Jin to himself, after missing the putt. ("Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum On the Golf Course")
"Are you him?"
- "Are you him?" - Desmond to Locke. ("Adrift")
- "Are you him?" - Helen to Anthony Cooper. ("Lockdown")
- "Are you him?" - Kelvin to Desmond. ("Live Together, Die Alone")
"Clean up the mess"
- "You need to clean up your own mess, John." - Boone to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "It's your mess John, why would we clean it up?" - Ben to Locke, regarding killing Anthony Cooper ("The Brig")
- "I need you to help me clean up this mess I've made." - Ben to Mikhail ("Through the Looking Glass")
- "No, it's my mess. I'll clean it up." - Locke to Sawyer, regarding Ben ("Confirmed Dead")
- "Johnson, clean up this mess." - Captain Gault to Michael ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
"Coward"
- "Every trek needs a coward." "You're not a coward." - Charlie to Kate, and then Kate to Charlie ("Pilot, Part 1")
- "This morning when I went to get my tent back it (the boar) attacks me from behind and runs off into the jungle like a coward." - Sawyer to Kate ("Outlaws")
- "Because you're a coward." - Charles Widmore to Desmond ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "I don't know how you're doing what it is you're doing but I know a coward when I see one!" "Sorry I called you a coward." - Charlie to Desmond (both) ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- "But have the decency to admit that you are doing this because you are a coward!" - Penelope Widmore to Desmond ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- "Because I'm a coward." - Desmond to Charlie ("Catch-22")
- "Fortunately, your cowardice won out instead." - Charles Widmore to Desmond ("The Constant")
"Cowboy up"
- "Michael's going to cowboy up. We set sail tomorrow" - Sawyer to Kate ("Born to Run")
- "So you'd cowboy up. Crying in the jungle -- I thought you people were supposed to be tough." - Sawyer to Karl ("Stranger in a Strange Land")
"Dad?"
- "Dad?" - Jack to what appears to be Christian Shephard ("White Rabbit")
- "Dad?" - Someone on the Swan computer claiming to be Walt to Michael ("What Kate Did")
- "Dad?" - Locke to Anthony Cooper ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Dad?" - Claire to Christian Shephard ("Something Nice Back Home")
"Do not mistake coincidence for fate"
- "Do not mistake coincidence for fate." - Eko to Locke ("What Kate Did")
- "Don't mistake coincidence for fate." - Locke to Desmond ("The Cost of Living")
"Don't tell me what I can't do"
- "Just don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Randy ("Walkabout")
- "Hey, hey, don't you walk away from me! You don't know who you're dealing with! Don't ever tell me what I can't do, ever! This is destiny, this is destiny, this is my destiny...I'm supposed to do this, damn it! Don't tell me what I can't do! Don't tell me what I can't..." - Locke to the travel agent ("Walkabout")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Kate ("Walkabout")
- "Don't talk to me about the baby. I'm sick of everyone telling me what to do." - Claire to Jack ("Raised by Another")
- "No, don't tell me what I can't do." - Locke to Boone ("Deus Ex Machina")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Jack to Sun ("Do No Harm")
- "Don't tell me what to do, okay!" - Claire to Charlie and Sayid ("Exodus, Part 2")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Jack to Desmond ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "Don't tell me what to do!" - Jack to Locke ("Orientation")
- "Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can't do?" - Locke to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "Do not tell me what I can't do." - Eko to Locke ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "You don't get to tell me what I can't do."' - Charlie to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "John, you fell eight stories and survived, okay? I don't wanna hear about what you can't do." - William Kincaid to Locke ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do, John." - Ben to Locke ("The Brig")
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" - Locke to a teacher in a flashback ("Cabin Fever")
"Dude"
"Every man for himself"
- "Every man for himself is not gonna work." - Jack to the other survivors ("White Rabbit")
- "In case you haven't noticed it's every man for himself, Chewie." - Sawyer to Jin ("...And Found")
- "...you said it was every man for himself... outta my way." - Sawyer to Charlie ("Dave")
- "We've gotta take care of us. It's every man for himself, Freckles." - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
- "Run. Just go. It's every man for himself." - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
- "What the hell are you doing? Kate! Damn it, Freckles, don't! Every man for himself!" - Sawyer to Kate ("Every Man for Himself")
"Fate"/"Free Will"
Main article: "Fate vs. Free Will"
"Fixing people/things"
- "Now you get to be the hero again, because that's what you do -- fix everything up all nice."- Sawyer to Jack ("Confidence Man")
- "One simple phone call and I could fix everything." - Christian Shephard to Sawyer ("Outlaws")
- "I'm going to fix this, okay? I am going to save you." - Jack to Boone ("Do No Harm")
- "Because you fixed me, I will dance at our wedding." - Sarah to Jack ("Do No Harm")
- "I didn't fix you, you fixed me." - Jack to Sarah ("Do No Harm")
- "Just one thing -- what if you did fix her?" - Desmond to Jack ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "I'm going to fix this. We're going to go back to the way things were. I'm going to fix this. I'm going to fix this." - Jack to Sarah ("The Hunting Party")
- "You...you will always need something to fix." - Sarah to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "I'm going to tell him you fixed me." - Rose to Isaac ("S.O.S.")
- "Now you've got something to fix." - Sarah to Jack ("A Tale of Two Cities")
- "It's not too late to fix this. I can fix this." - Locke to Mike ("Further Instructions")
- "You didn't come here to help me, you came here to try and fix a mistake that you made." - Claire to Christian Shephard ("Par Avion")
- "How long has it been since Jack fixed you?" - Locke to Ben ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "Jack, I can fix this" - Juliet to Jack ("One of Us")
- "If I fix her, you'll let me go" - Mikhail to Desmond, Charlie, Hurley and Jin ("D.O.C.")
- "Can you just not wait to get back to the hospital? Get back to fixing things?" - Ben to Jack ("Through the Looking Glass")
"From the dawn of our species, Man has been blessed with curiosity"
- Exact quote of Alvar Hanso (1967), as seen on official website, TheHansoFoundation.org, 2005 (The Lost Experience)
- "You know, somebody a whole lot smarter than anybody here once said: 'Since the dawn of our species, Man's been blessed with curiosity.'" - Tom to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
"Go back!"
- "We need you to come back, Jack... please?" - Kate to Jack ("The Greater Good")
- "We have to go back Kate...we have to go back!" - Jack to Kate ("Through the Looking Glass")
- "I think it wants us to come back..." -Hurley ("The Beginning of the End")
- "We're never going back!" -Jack ("The Beginning of the End")
- "I can't get back..." - Minkowski's dying words ("The Constant")
"Good people", "Bad person", etc.
"I'm not going anywhere with you."
- Walt to his father ("Special")
- Hurley to his father ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- Locke to Mikhail about Ben going with him ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- "No one's going anywhere with you, John. Because they're not crazy." - Jack to Locke about joining Locke's group. ("The Beginning of the End")
- "I'm not going anywhere with that man." - Rose to Bernard about joining Locke's group. ("The Beginning of the End")
- "He ain't going anywhere with you, you crazy son of a bitch." - Sawyer to Locke, regarding Hurley ("The Shape of Things to Come")
"I'm sorry."
- Michael to Ana Lucia, right before killing her. ("Two for the Road")
- Eko to Locke. ("?")
- Alex to Michael. ("Three Minutes")
- Hurley to Jack, expressing regret at having gone with Locke. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Ben to Juliet as he shows her that Goodwin has been murdered by one of survivors. ("The Other Woman")
- Michael to himself, as he's about to commit suicide. ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
"It doesn't work like that."
- Richard Malkin to Claire ("Raised by Another")
- Desmond to Donovan ("Flashes Before Your Eyes")
- Desmond to Charlie ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- Desmond to Hurley ("Exposé")
"It's not real, none of it is real."
- Jack to Locke ("Orientation")
- Locke to Desmond ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Desmond when he arrives on the freighter ("The Constant")
"I've seen enough."
- Eko: "Would you like to watch that again?" Locke: "No, no. I've seen enough." ("?")
- Ben: "I wanted to show you something first." Locke: "I've seen enough." ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
"Killer/Murderer"
- "I am not a murderer." - Jack to Kate ("Tabula Rasa")
- "We both know you ain't the killing type." - Hibbs retorts to Sawyer ("Outlaws")
- "Should you find you're not a killer, there's no refund." - The Australian gun dealer to Sawyer ("Outlaws")
- "I don't have murder in my heart." - Sgt. Austen to Kate ("What Kate Did")
- "You're not a killer, Sun." - Colleen to Sun ("The Glass Ballerina")
- "You're not a murderer. You're a good man." - Eddie to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "We're not murderers." - Ben to Sawyer ("Every Man for Himself")
- "I'm a con man, not a murderer." - Anthony Cooper to Locke ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "I'm not a murderer." - Locke to Sawyer ("The Brig")
"Let go"
- "Time to let go, Freckles." - Sawyer to Kate ("Confidence Man")
- "Let go. I know you want to." - Sawyer to Jack ("Confidence Man")
- "Let go of me." - Claire to Jack ("Raised by Another")
- "It's time for you to let go of some things." - Locke to Boone ("Hearts and Minds")
- "Time to let go." - Locke to Boone ("Hearts and Minds")
- "Let me go, Jack." - Boone to Jack ("Do No Harm")
- "The problem is you're just not good at letting go." - Christian Shephard to Jack ("Do No Harm")
- "Let me go. Just let me go." - Locke to Jack ("Exodus, Part 2")
- "We were there to get past him, to get on with our lives, to let him go." - Helen to Jimmy Bane ("Lockdown")
- "I'm never going to let go, brother." - Desmond to Kelvin ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- "Let it go." - Christian Shephard to Jack ("A Tale of Two Cities")
- "Why don't you let go of my wrist?" - Kate to Juliet ("Left Behind")
- "Just let it go." - Kate to Jack ("Something Nice Back Home")
"Let's do this"
- "Let's do this." - Jack to Kate and Charlie ("Pilot, Part 1")
- "Let's do this." - Kate to her Lawyer ("Eggtown")
- "Let's do this." - Locke to Hurley and Ben. ("Cabin Fever")
"Letting you off the hook"
- Rose to Jack ("Walkabout")
- "She (Locke's foster mother) thought the dog had come back to tell her the accident wasn't her fault. Let her off the hook." Locke to Kate and Sawyer about the dog his foster mother believed to be her daughter reincarnated ("Outlaws")
- Boone to Jack ("Do No Harm")
- Sarah to Jack ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
"Lift it up"
- "Lift it up." - Desmond to Jack at the stadium ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "Sursum corda" - ("Lift up your hearts" in Latin), on the blast door map ("Lockdown")
- "Lift up your eyes and look north" - Eko's stick has Genesis 13:14 inscribed on it ("I Do")
"Live together, die alone"
- "If we can't live together, we're going to die alone." - Jack's famous speech to the survivors ("White Rabbit")
- Sayid quoting Jack ("House of the Rising Sun")
- "Live together die alone, right?" - Kate quoting Jack ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Jack to Michael, and also the episode title ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Kate to Sawyer ("Every Man for Himself")
- "If you say 'live together, die alone' to me Jack, I'm gonna punch you in the face." - Rose to Jack, quoting Jack ("Through the Looking Glass")
"Mine"
- "It's mine". - "Kate to Sawyer ("Whatever the Case May Be")
- "You're mine, and I love you. I love you so much." - "Claire to Aaron" ("Maternity Leave")
- "After everything I did to get you here, after everything I've done to keep you here, how can you possibly not understand... that you're mine?" - "Ben to Juliet ("The Other Woman")
- "Because he thinks that I'm his. And he knows how I feel about you" -"Juliet to Jack ("The Other Woman")
"Making an excellent point"
- "He is making an excellent point." - Danielle, to Sayid, regarding Mikhail's argument for killing him ("Enter 77")
- "She makes an excellent point." - Mikhail, to Greta, regarding Bonnie's belief in following orders ("Through the Looking Glass")
"Never say never"
- "I've learned never to say never." - Ben to Jack, about returning to the Island ("King of the Castle")
- "Never say never, dude." - Hurley to Jack, about returning to the Island ("The Beginning of the End")
"Not the enemy"
- "Believe it or not, Michael, I am not your enemy." Juliet to Michael ("The Deal")
- "But despite what you may think, I'm not the enemy. We are not the enemy." Colleen to Sun ("The Glass Ballerina")
"One, two, three, four, five."
- Jack, recounting his surgery story to Kate. ("Pilot, Part 1")
- Kate, trying to battle the fear of the Monster in the jungle. ("Pilot, Part 1")
- Kate, trying to overcome her fear while being lowered down the Hatch by Locke. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Sawyer, conning Cassidy and waiting in a car, counts "Mississippis" to five before returning to her house for the $600,000. ("The Long Con")
- While neither Kate nor Jack actually make reference to this particular "phrase":
- Jack tells Kate to re-tell him the story once she reaches safety. ("I Do")
- Kate re-tells the story to Jack via the walkie-talkie. ("Not in Portland")
- Hurley counts to five to make Jacob's cabin disappear. ("The Beginning of the End")
- Hurley counts to five to make Charlie disappear. ("The Beginning of the End")
"On my own"
- "I'm already on my own, Jack." - Juliet, before she "heals" Claire ("One of Us")
- "No, I’m on my own and at least I know that now." - Claire to Charlie when she thinks he is sabotaging her plan for rescue ("Par Avion")
- "No I was never undercover, James. I'm on my own journey now." - Locke to Sawyer ("The Brig")
"Running like the devil's chasing you"
- Desmond to Jack at the stadium ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Locke to Ana Lucia when she has been jogging on the beach ("The Whole Truth")
"See you in another life"
- "You'll find me in the next life, if not in this one" - Nadia to Sayid ("Solitary")
- "See you in another life, yeah?" - Desmond to Jack ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- "See you in another life, yeah?" - Desmond to Jack ("Orientation")
- "See you in another life." - Dave to Hurley ("Dave")
- "I'll see you in another life, brother." - Desmond to Locke ("Live Together, Die Alone")
"See you on the other side"
- "See you on the other side, son." - Anthony Cooper to Locke ("Deus Ex Machina")
- "See you on the other side." - Ben to Jack ("I Do")
"Special"
- The episode with this name
- "I'm an ordinary man Jack, meat and potatoes, I live in the real world. I'm not a big believer in magic. But this place is different. It's special." - Locke to Jack ("White Rabbit")
- "She's smart and special in a lot of ways." - Boone to Locke, about Shannon ("Hearts and Minds")
- "I want to tell you that you're special, very special." - Emily Locke to Locke ("Deus Ex Machina")
- "She told me I was special." - Locke to his anger management group ("Orientation")
- "He's a very special boy." - Tom to Jack, Locke and Sawyer, about Walt ("The Hunting Party")
- "You’re special, love." – Megan Pace to Charlie ("Fire + Water")
- "John's a very special guy." - Mike to Eddie Colburn ("Further Instructions")
- "We think you're special, Dr. Burke." - Richard Alpert to Juliet ("Not in Portland")
- "...Adam had something special." - Peter Talbot to Locke, about Anthony Cooper (Adam Seward) ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "I think you're fine because deep down a part of you knows that the place we're taking you to is special." - Richard Alpert to Juliet ("One of Us")
- "'Cause when word got back here that there was a man with a broken spine on the plane, who could suddenly walk again...well, people here began to get very excited because that...that could only happen to someone who was extremely special. But Ben doesn't want anyone to think you're special, John." - Richard Alpert to Locke ("The Brig")
- "But I thought I was special?" - Locke to Ben ("The Brig")
- "He's very special." - Juliet to Michael, about Walt ("The Deal")
- "Jacob wanted him here. He's important. He's special." - Ben to Juliet, presumably about Walt ("Room 23")
- "You're here because you can see the cabin and that makes you special." - Locke to Hurley ("Cabin Fever")
- "I run a school for kids who are extremely special, and I have reason to believe that you might be one of them." - Richard Alpert to young Locke ("Cabin Fever")
- "I was told a lot of things, too: that I was chosen, that I was special." - Ben to Locke ("Cabin Fever")
"Starting over"
- "Three days ago we all died. We should all be able to start over." - Jack to Kate ("Tabula Rasa")
- "Everyone gets a new life on this island, Shannon. Maybe it's time you start yours." - Locke to Shannon ("...In Translation")
- "We all have setbacks. I mean God knows, it's just life. We'll start over." - Michael to Walt, about the first raft burning ("...In Translation")
- "I want to go back to the beginning. Can't we just start all over?" - Sun to Jin ("...In Translation")
- "I wish I could start over." - Jin to his father ("...In Translation")
- "Everyone gets a new life on this island. I'd like to start now." - Shannon to Sayid ("...In Translation")
- "Never too late for a fresh start." - David Reyes to Hurley ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
"That was a long time ago"
- Jack: "Is that what you people are? What's left over of the Dharma Initiative?" Juliet: "That was a long time ago." ("A Tale of Two Cities")
- Annie: "Is that what happened to the volcano on our island?" Olivia: "Exactly, Annie. But that was a long time ago." ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
"That's the spirit"
- Kelvin to Desmond ("Live Together, Die Alone")
- Juliet to Sayid ("Confirmed Dead")
"There's a line"
- "There's a line, son. You know it's there. And pretending it's not -- that would be a mistake." - Christian Shephard to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "Right here there's a line. You cross that line, we go from misunderstanding to something else." - Tom to Jack ("The Hunting Party")
- "I didn't cross the line! We had a truce!" - Mikhail Bakunin to Sayid ("Enter 77")
"Use the five iron"
- "Take the five iron, I never use it." - Paulo to Desmond ("Every Man for Himself")
- "I'd use the five iron" - Mr. Avellino to Sayid ("The Economist")
"What did one snowman say to the other snowman?"
"Whatever you think I am, I'm not."
- "I'm not who you think I am. My brother made me an addict." - Charlie to Eko ("The 23rd Psalm")
- "Whatever you think I am, I'm not." - Ben to Sayid ("One of Them")
- "Whatever you think I am, I'm not. I'm not a leader. I'm a mess." - Juliet to Richard Alpert ("Not in Portland")
"Where are we?"
- "Guys... where are we?" - Charlie to the other survivors ("Pilot, Part 2")
- "If this isn't hell, friend, then where are we?" - Anthony Cooper to Sawyer ("The Brig")
"Where he wants to be"
- "I'm exactly where I want to be." - Miles to Kate ("Eggtown")
- "He's exactly where he wants to be." - Harper about Benjamin Linus ("The Other Woman")
"Work to do"
- "I'm sorry. I had work to do." - Eko to Charlie, in reference to his journey to the "?" ("Three Minutes")
- "Get up. We've got work to do." - Hurley to Sawyer and Jin about fixing the DHARMA Van ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- "All right detectives, that's enough. Mr. Locke has work to do today." - William Kincaid to detectives Reed and Mason ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- "You have work to do." - Walt to Locke ("Through the Looking Glass")
- "He has work to do." - Christian Shephard, in reference to Jack ("So It Begins")
- "I've got work to do." - Charlotte Lewis to Frank Lapidus ("The Economist")
- "You've still got work to do, Mike." - Tom to Michael ("Meet Kevin Johnson")
"Wrong people for mission"
- "These are the wrong people for a mission like this." - Naomi speaking to Matthew Abaddon ("Confirmed Dead")
- "You're not the best candidate for this kind of mission." - Sayid speaking to Jack ("The Economist")
"You can't help me!"
- Hurley to Libby ("Dave")
- Jack to Dr. Hamill ("Through the Looking Glass")
"You don't call, you don't write"
- "Boy, you bunk with a guy for 48 days -- now he doesn't call or write." - Bernard to Eko ("S.O.S.")
- "So, you wake up in the middle of the night; you grab your Jesus stick; you race off into the jungle. You don't call, you don't write?" - Charlie to Eko ("Three Minutes")
- "So you're gone for a whole day after a massive hatch detonation -- you don't call, you don't write?" - Charlie to Locke ("Further Instructions")
"You make your own luck"
- "You make your own luck, Mr. Reyes. Don't blame it on the damn numbers." - Martha Toomey to Hurley ("Numbers")
- "You make your own luck, Hugo." - Hurley's dad to Hurley ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- "Let's make our own luck." - Hurley to Charlie ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
- "We make our own luck." - Hurley to himself ("Tricia Tanaka Is Dead")
"You'll speak when you have something worth saying"
- "You'll speak when you have something worth saying" - Boone to Locke ("Further Instructions")
- "I bet he will when he has something to say." - Horace to Roger ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
"You don't seem to know much about him"
- "Well, for someone who wants to retain his paternal rights so badly you don't seem to know much about your son, Mr. Dawson. - Lizzy to Michael. ("Adrift")
- "For someone who wants his son back so badly, you don't seem to know much about him, Michael. - Bea Klugh to Michael. ("?")
Character-specific "trademark" catchphrases
- "WAAAAAALLLLLT!" (Michael)
- "My son/boy!" (Michael)
- "They took my son/boy!" (Michael)
- "My baby!" (Claire)
- "Dude..." (Hurley)
- "Whoa..." (Hurley)
- "I'm not crazy" (Hurley)
- "The numbers are bad!" (Hurley)
- "I'm going with you." (Kate)
- "No you're not, Kate/whomever is relevant." (Jack)
- "Don't tell me what I can't do!" (Locke)
- "Everything happens for a reason!" (Locke)
- "...., brother/sister!" (Desmond)
- "See you in another life, [brother/yeah]." (Desmond)
- "Aye" (Desmond)
- "What can I do you for?" (Sawyer)
- "Son of a bitch!" (Sawyer)
- "Open this damn door!" (Sawyer)
- "Bloody hell!" (Charlie)
- "Oh, bollocks." (Charlie)
- "Sodding..." (Charlie)
- "My name isn't [insert alias here]." (Kate)
- " ..., be my guest." (Locke)
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