Bring It On (2000) - Quotes

Cheerleading Enthusiasm in Action

Taglines: One, Two, Three, CHEER!

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The Pursuit of Cheerleading Excellence

Taglines: A Comedy About The Crazy Things Girls Do To Be On Top

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Competitive Spirit in Dance Showdown

Taglines: May the best moves win.

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Winning as the Ultimate Goal

Taglines: Winning isn't Everything—It's the Only Thing

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Sibling Perspectives on Judgment and Loyalty

Missy: Forget Cliff. He's an idiot.

Torrance: He's your brother. You don't see him the way I do.

Missy: Yeah, and that's a good thing. Cause that would be a crime.

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The Pressure of Cheerleading and Its Consequences

Missy: I don't know what's scarier: neurotic cheerleaders, or the pressure to win. I could make a killing selling something like "Diet Prozac".,

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Points for Alacrity and Effulgence

Darcy: Remember, they give extra points for alacrity and effulgence.

Kasey: Did we… bring those?

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Uncomfortable Conversations About Objectification and Oversharing

Cliff: What are you doing?

Missy: Making money from guys oogling my goodies.

Cliff: Oh... oh, I didn't need to hear that. That was an overshare.

Missy: [to Cliff; to Torrance] Let's just get this over with. My brother wants to check out your rack.

Cliff: You know, I begged my parents for a brother.

Torrance: He'd look a little ridiculous in that bikini, now wouldn't he?

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Defining Sexuality and Attention in Cheerleading

Jan: Everyone comes to see you ladies anyway.

Missy: Cause we're such fine athletes.

Jan: Oh, live with it! You'll be fighting off major oglers while we're defending our sexuality.

Missy: What is your sexuality?

Les: Well, Jan's straight, while I'm... controversial.

Les: Oh, fluently.

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Misunderstandings Among Friends and Relationships

Whitney: You're, like, totally his eye-candy.

Courtney: God, I can't believe you'd do that to Aaron.

Whitney: Especially with him.

Torrance: What are you talking about?

Whitney: Don't play dumb with us. We're better at it than you.

Courtney: You were having cheer-sex with him.

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The Pressure of Cheerleading Diets

Sparky: I want you to think of what you ate today. Got it? Now cut that in half. This is called a diet, people, everyone start one today! Darcy, you should stop eating. You see, when you skip a meal, your body feeds off its fat stores. And if you skip enough, maybe your body will eat your ass!

Courtney: Why does everyone have to go on a diet?

Sparky: Because! In cheerleading we throw people into the air. And fat people don't go as high.

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Choreography and Cheerleading: A Transformative Perspective

Sparky Polastri: I am a choreographer. It's what I do. You are cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are dancers who have gone retarded. What you do is a tiny, pathetic subset of dancing. I will attempt to transform your stiff, robotic routines into poetry written with the human body. Follow me or perish, sweater-monkeys.

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Ending a Relationship with Honesty

Torrance: Is this a bad time?

Aaron: Yeah I worked on this project... and I'm....

Torrance: [butting in] Yeah you sound super busy.. I guess that's it, you were too busy to believe in me! No no but wait, you weren't too busy to sell me out to Courtney and Whitney were you? Gee... now I'm confused. Well, I hope you're not too busy to hear this. Kiss my ass Aaron. It's over!

Torrance: You're a great cheerleader Aaron. It's just that maybe you're not exactly boyfriend material. Buh-bye!

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Misunderstandings in Love and Public Spaces

Torrance: Get OUT of here!

Justin: This is the living room. It's public domain.

Justin: It's not my fault you're in love with a big gay cheerleader who won't return your phone calls.

Torrance: Aaaron is not gay!

Justin: Oh, what — so somebody just made him become a cheerleader?

Torrance: He's just... busy!

Justin: Yeah. Busy scamming on guys!

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Accusations of Cheerleading Theft

Torrance: What the hell is up? I go out on a limb for you and you just bail?!

Missy: I'm not about stealing here!

Torrance: What are you talking about?

Missy: You ripped off those cheers!

Torrance: Listen Missy, our cheers are 100% original, count the trophies.

Missy: Well, your trophies are bullshit because you're sad-ass liars.

Torrance: Okay, that's it. Get off the car I'm gonna kick your ass!

Missy: [''pauses for a second''] Oh really, . You're in for rude awakening, get in.

Torrance: What?! No way.

Missy: For real, get in.

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Facing Humiliation and Potential Confrontation

Torrance: They humiliated us — on our own turf!

Missy: [sarcastically] We might have to have a rumble!

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Cheerleading Leadership and Conflict Dynamics

Torrance: Courtney, this isn't a democracy, it's a cheer-ocracy. I'm sorry, I'm overruling you.

Courtney: You are being a cheer-tator, Torrance, and a pain in my ass!

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Misplaced Blame for an Injury

Les: You know, people are saying that your ambition broke Carver's leg.

Torrance: When really it was the angle at which she slammed into the ground.

Mother-Daughter Dynamics and Cheerleading Pressure

Torrance: Will Advanced Chem get you off my back?

Christine Shipman [Torrance's mom]: Not completely, but it'll help.

Torrance: [starts to leave, then turns back] Done. You know, mothers have killed to get their daughters on squads.

Christine Shipman: That mother didn't kill anybody. She hired a hit man.

Character Insults in Bring It On Scene

Whitney: She puts the "itch" in "bitch.

Courtney: She puts the "whore" in "horrifying.

Cheerleading Concerns and Complaints

Complaining Girl: [after a few more people; after a few more people] How many cheers do we actually have to memorize? Do we get paid for this? Do I have to provide my own uniform? Oh, and I see you guys are wearing red. That just does not work for me. Do I really have to wear those little underwear things,'cause I don't like wearing underwear.

Torrance: Thanks.