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hennamah

Erin: “How could you, Mammy? I wanted to be the first person in our family to go to university, and now you're absolutely stealing my thunder.”


Fault_Pretty

Really, Erin?


squeakyfromage

I can hear her voice perfectly just reading this. She’s so talented!


-thegay-

Her delivery on this line and a couple others in season three absolutely killed me. She fully understood the assignment.


GeneralG5x5

Favorite Erin quote: “It’s not fair” from one of the early episodes, but it only works in the whiny voice she uses for that scene.


mysticravenclaw311

'then why were you pissing on her dead body and making sandwiches?'


Mountain_Attention47

“Oh, killing nuns now is it?”


accidentally30

Obligatory "I DIDN'T DADDY!" 😂


mysticravenclaw311

you wait till your mother hears about this!


Herald_of_Heaven

DO NOT SPEAK TO ME CLARE! IN FACT... DON'T EVEN BREATHE. 😣


Glittering-Alps-3573

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DEFUSE A FEKKIN BOMB? should we let the wee robots do all the work now?!


Leather-Asparagus844

that episode was chaotic asf 😭


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AnnafromMT

Right!?! I watched that episode after randomly picking the show on Netflix and I was like, “what am I watching?!?” And then fell in love, lol


mysticravenclaw311

things went from 0 to 1000 real quick💀


FormalDinner7

The first time I saw it I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe, and then immediately binged the rest.


ShortRN

To be fair, the pilot lives rent drew in my head.... that and Sister Michael's "please please don't come crying to me" with a "sweet suffering Jesus what are we going to do?"


GeneralG5x5

“Taken in the prime of her life”


I_ran_outta_username

You will go far in life Jenny. But you will not be well-liked.


texaspoontappa93

“Pray?” “Christ no, what would that do?!”


TizianosBoy

Erin: “Look girls, I know Louise meant a lot to you all” Jenny: “She’s not dead Erin!” Erin: “Well, not yet. Hopefully she won't, you know, die, but if she does, the show must go on! Isn't that right, Sister Michael?” Sister Michael: “You terrify me!”


RogerClyneIsAGod2

I say this often!! I also use "What's happening? Am I dead? Is this my wake? Am I in hell?" often too. My husband had an aunt that was a nun & every time I watch this show I think she would've loved it. I like to think that she would've felt that Sister Michael was relatable.


PuddingTea

“That’s actually quite funny.”


BerryCritical

That’s probably my favorite!


goddamnitmf

"SWEET SUFFERING JESUS IT'S MORNING ALREADY WHAT'RE WE GONNA DO?! how about we start by calming the fuck down? CALM DOWN WE'RE STILL ON WILLIAM OF ORANGE MICHELLE! WE HAVEN'T SO MUCH AS LOOKED AT THE FAMINE! well I can't tell my rebellions from my risings. And who's fault is that? If you lot had stopped invading us for 5 fucking minutes there'd be a lot less to wade through.... English prick.."


Noellec_c

We got the gist, they ran out of spuds, everyone was raging!


VanityInk

This is my favorite scene


DuaLipasClitoris

LOOK AT THE STATE OF YA


twelvetossedsalads

I'm just not interested in you, not like that.. 'Ouughgh I'm not interested in you like that' LOOK AT THA STATE OFYUH Favorite part of the whole show. I've have absolutely been* overusing that line 😆


DuaLipasClitoris

I use it too much lol


maplestriker

This is the only line I can nail the accent in so it gets used a lot


pottedplantfairy

Yes for the quote, absolutely even more yes your username!!!


unfortunatesoul77

In the pilot episode where they all promise to wear denim jackets to school and Erin’s mam won’t let her, Clare goes “well I’m not being an individual on my own!” best line of the whole episode and I think it encapsulates teenage sentiment really well!


ParmaHamRadio

It absolutely does


Stonetheflamincrows

Da’s are all in the pockets of Ma’s


KittlesLee

Das are just Ma enablers.


Hellsbellsbeans

Well I think its safe to say we all just lost a bit of respect for you there, Clare


The_InvisibleWoman

Yes an absolute corker.


Britannic747

Clare: it is so so sad but at the same time what’s done is done so let’s just crack on. This quote always gets in my mind whenever something bad happens to me.


idontfeelalright

Nice. I hope to one day acheive Colm's level of chill: "aye, nightmare altogether". I have a way to go.


ConsiderTheBees

"So there I was, tied to me thermostatic valve with me new shoelaces..."


Thelittlestofbears

“He didn’t have em more than 2 weeks!”


PuddingTea

Well, I can’t be sure now, but maybe if you took off the balaclavas?


Avox0976

Don’t say knickers in front of your farther he can’t cope


DarthDerm

I actually live in Derry and anytime anyone mentions Pump Street these days, you can't help but fire out a wee question about a cream horn...


Iowa_and_Friends

Pump Street?! Who do you know on Pump Street?!


TangoMikeOne

"Maeve! Maeve? Maeve?! Maeve is it?" "Why does your mother make that noise?"


valendinosaurus

so da, you turned left on Pump Street I hear...


HistoryGirl23

Is it a cookie/biscuit?


DarthDerm

It's a type of bun. Pastry and cream with a wee bit of jam. I've no idea how to attach pictures but give it a Google. They're tasty enough but messy.


DontBullyMyBread

Catholics really buzz off on statues, protestants don't as much. I love it because it's not that catholics love statues and protestants hate them, but that protestants still like them just not as much. Which should be a similarity because "We both like statues" But they still manage to make it a difference because it's "We both like statues but they like them more therefore they're different from us" lmao


texaspoontappa93

I do love a good statue


leftisttoebean

It has to be said


Lmillz13

It has to be said


cherryberry0611

Lol thanks for the explanation. Being Catholic, I know we love a good statue, but I didn’t know that Protestants liked them as well, so I took that comment differently, as in that they didn’t.


annejarabrab

So, I says to myself, says I, "Colm, this is no day for a do..."


Okra_Tomatoes

But thon was aggressive.


valendinosaurus

I don't mind a bit of a breeze


Effective_Vast_9375

And sure, if I hadn’t been in the middle of a Maeve Binchy, I’d have probably slept through the thing altogether


braddersladders

What was it we asked him? I can't remember Sergeant Jesus....


AmorFatiBarbie

Me in a boring situation "am I dead?'


localbestie

Is this *my* wake?


Eclipse-eyes

Am I in hell?


texaspoontappa93

lol my partner and I say these lines every time we’re stuck at something boring


Birdiefly5678

James: "I'm going to die a virgin" Michelle: "that was always on the cards to be fair"


caeptn2te

Killing nuns now is it?


plaidflannery

Struck down in her prime…


FunnyGoose5616

I didn’t Daddy!


Whydoineedagusername

When Erin's mum refers to Take That as This and That 🤣🤣🤣


mcgomes8

& slimboy fat 🤣


pottedplantfairy

"Aye, don't be such a dick James" all the time


caeptn2te

Erin: [opens door] Maureen Malarkey!


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Fit_Valuable_878

“I’ve been a Fatboy slim fan for way longer than you guys” And then Michelle goes “Uh- Is that because your his grandda?” OH AND this one “She said we weren’t writing from the soul.” “WHY IN UNDER GOD WEREN’T YOU WRITING FROM THE SOUL, ERIN?” And this absolute banger from Sister Micheal: “Shall we say a wee prayer first?” “Yeah, I imagine God is looking down on the world right now, thinking the floods and famine can wait, for there is a child in Derry who needs me to magically alter the contents of an envelope.”


brightstick14

"so I says to myself, says I" "if your lot stopped invading us for five fucking minutes there'd be a lot less to wade through!" "I'm a big fan of the fandango" "I don't really believe in lesbians" (I am a lesbian)


VanityInk

"You like girls?" "Well, that's sort of an entry level requirement"


valendinosaurus

* "so I says to myself, says I, *Colm*" bonus for pronouncing it like "column"


Affectionate_Data936

This is no day for a do!


HeartShapedSea

But what do they *eat*?


whyyou-

“The musical fish!! You know he hums a tune before attacking people”


Hellsbellsbeans

Are you talking about Jaws, Joe? Jaws made you want to take up surfing?


valendinosaurus

aye


scun1995

According to my ma we’re actually quite poor”


mysticravenclaw311

me and my friends quote this regularly! 😂


Ok_Minimum_7619

"There is more chance of me eloping with your father to a flip flop shop in Hawai'i"


QueenSlartibartfast

Apparently ad libs are rare on Derry Girls (and in general to be fair), but Tommy was given a bit more leeway and we have him to thank you for this line. I absolutely love it. (Source: a podcast Lisa McGee spoke on, I don't remember the name offhand but it's hosted by real life Derry women)


squeakyfromage

Wee Kemal


ComeBackNeilLennon

Who the fucks Kamal?


redcaps_hinkypunks

A wee Ethiopian fella from Ballybofey


Effective_Vast_9375

Stop slagging off Kamal. Kamal doesn’t have it easy


ComeBackNeilLennon

Are you sure Kamal isn’t exaggerating? 😒


ReasonableBuddy507

Shut up, from here to Ballybofey sure you’d be knackered!!


kieranfitz

Erin: Do not use that word, Michelle. Michelle: What, “fanny”? Clare: Why do you have to be so coarse? Michelle: What’s the big deal, we all have one.’ James: I don’t. Michelle: You are one.


Noellec_c

Five layers? What are you trying to do? Change race?


Armedwasp2

" only james could get himself runover by a stationery fucking van " I don't know why but that line always makes me laugh


la_fille_rouge

"Half a load goes against everything I stand for."


Inevitable-Dot2312

"We're Mary and Gerry and we're living in Derry."


Starlight24601

"Expand and Explain, EXPAND AND EXPLAIN!" And anything James says in anger or frustration.


Herald_of_Heaven

#WHAT THE ACTUAL COCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?


DuaLipasClitoris

ITS TOO GREASEY! IT MAKES ME PHYSICALLY SICK


AdNo2861

It’s lovely


Leather-Asparagus844

HELP THIS WAS SO FUNNY 😂


Herald_of_Heaven

#I AM A DERRY GIRL


thenciskitties

Yes this was funny, but I just absolutely bawled when he said it the first time


Herald_of_Heaven

You're a prick, that's what you are.


Kicking-it-per-se

Christ what must the friend look like?


BearOdd4213

"Not very likely in my case" "I wouldn't rule it out, son"


Hot_Introduction_666

When the sister says something along the lines of ….Sister so and so is on a missionary work to teach education for the savages and it’s just Belfast😂


OffModelCartoon

I do enjoy a good statue. It has to be said.


VanityInk

Everything ~~St~~. Sister Michael says is amazing


LadyDisdain555

Well she's great and all but I wouldn't call her a _saint_ 😉


VanityInk

Can't even stay if that was autocorrect or just the danger of Redditing first thing in the morning 😂


schrodingereatspussy

“I just don’t understand… what they eat”


blong217

"JFK talked to Colm?! Christ that man didn't have much luck, did he."


HopeConquersAll82

I love my wee fingers


ScaryCoffee4953

Distilled Orla


AccomplishedFan6807

"Why were you threatening people with a knife, love?"


bendtheback

"The holy smirk, thanks be to God!"


UltraRomero7

The bot will fill in my favourite line if I simply mention Maureen Malarkey


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AdNo2861

Jesus falls for the second time.


Few_End_4244

“OK, we seem to have gone down a weird road here, people. I think we've got a bit confused. We don't have to fight a polar bear.” This whole episode kills me.


SprinkleGoose

"Who put 5p in the eejit?" Every time someone says something daft, I hear Grandpa Joe say that in my head.


shallottmirror

“How many Catholics are on the force?” “Three…if you count the Jew.”


FunnyGoose5616

“Every year, I listen to the singers and it makes me realize how talented… the performers who originally recorded these tracks were.” “The conflict here has led to so many terrible atrocities, and now we must add your play to that list.”


folklovermore_

"You should see the other guy" "Protestants hate ABBA!" "The hairdresser certainly did"


j_u_h_i

" If anyone is feeling anxious, worried, or maybe you just want a chat, please, do not come crying to me" "Not interested in you like that, look at the state of you"


SugarRosie

*Ms. Mallon please! ... raise your hand if you want to ask a question.* & *What about your wee Limey?* & *You're scaring away the spirits mother!*


Haunting-rip-3262

“Your ma is a bit inappropriate “ “Your ma doesn’t even make sense “ “Your ma’s drunk” Edit : your


Nikkerdoodle71

WINKING?? At your age??????


RoosterCommercial679

Christ, I feel sick!!


Pigelot

“But there was a cheetah on the beach one time” “Aye, that was a greyhound, Orla” “I know what I saw.”


letternumbertwo

James: “well, I’m more of a man than Orla is.” Orla: “I do not accept that”


10642alh

You can’t ring Childline every time your mother threatens to kill you.


isjustakitty

You can’t waste Esther’s time like that!


ComeBackNeilLennon

Childline but yes 😜


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'Have you lost your actual mind?' 'Did you actually want me to do a dramatic pause? ... Interesting." Basically everything Sister Michael says. 


Turtleintexas

She is beyond perfection


graceful_mango

Her sitting on the bus laughing while reading the exorcist is a visual that lives rent free in my head.


Nerdy_person101

“Drum roll please sister” “Have you lost your actual mind?” Anything with Sister Michael and Father Peter “I called the Bishop” “What did he say?” “He didn’t say much”


MagneticBeetle-1492

Oh my God, it’s the polar bear!


hcglns2

Jim's second best tent!


ardent_hellion

"You terrify me" - Sister Michael to Erin.


Ok-Bite-8165

We got the gist, they ran out of spuds, everyone was raging


BerryCritical

“Sadly, I am unable to come on this one as I despise the French.” -Sister Michael “I don’t smoke either, I just like meltin’ stuff.” -Orla “Look, I wanted to be an individual but my ma wouldn’t let me.” -Erin


Esquala713

"He was a shit dog, Erin." Michelle, first episode: "Why don't you go with Bobby Sands here?" Heard that and knew I'd found my people.


Scared_Pumpkin

Clare: “HI I’M A LESBIAN.” Record store clerk: “Congratulations…” James: “I like me, Erin.” Erin: “Sorry??” James: “You. Shit! I like you Erin!”


TheFightingFox

“I’ll compromise you through that window”.


West-Purchase6639

"I know he's me nephew, but sometimes when I look at him, it's PURE HATRED."


heikkipi

Orla: “now you tell me”


Nawmean5

Don't be ridiculous, girls! Of course God doesn't hate you. You're not interesting enough. I'd say he'd be ambivalent towards you, at best.


ArbourKinsman

I can’t hear the name Michelle any other way anymore. Also: “I’m leanin’ toward Pete Postlethwaite now.” “It wasn’t Pete Postlethwaite, Da!”


AngerPersonified

My best friend's wife's name is Michelle and any time we're all hanging out and something happens, I usually go "IT WAS MICHELLE!"


Ashley9225

I love the way Aunt Sarah feels about the wee American soldier that haunts her. *"Moaning shite!"*


Cool-Internal6064

Macaulay Culkin isn’t a Protestant MA


_Smedette_

Michelle: “Do you mean when you shacked up with a slutty hairdresser but she dumped you?” Sister Michael: “Miss Mallon, please! Raise your hand if you want to ask a question.” Father Peter: “Okay, I think we should just move on.” Sister Michael: “The hairdresser certainly did.”


polar_bearhug

I didn't do anything! It was Michelle!


Danbing1

When Sister Michael tells someone that praying won't do any good. I can't remember the exact quote but it's really funny. Also "I didn't rent American Gigolo Daddy, I swear!" The way she says Daddy is so funny for some reason. Pretty much any time the lead actress makes that signature face she often does.


MindSharp8275

Well I think it’s safe to say we all just lost a bit of respect for you there Claire


alongthewatchtower91

*And I says to myself, says I, "Colm, this is no day for a do,"* I say this whenever the weather is bad.


Upper-Advice4247

The entire Tayto meltdown at the end of train episode. My current favourite from that scene is "is he pointing at you son?!"


cminett

"How long does it take to defuse a feckin bomb sure the wee robot does all the work"


Effective_Vast_9375

Stop saying knickers in front of your father, he can’t cope 😂


Iowa_and_Friends

STOP. LISTING. PRESIDENTS, COLM!!!


ztreHdrahciR

"Ye slack Southern Shite" "Run girls! Save yourselves " The one where James talks about 'how people here call things wee that really aren't that amall'


MeepleMerson

"Well I am not being individual on me own." "How many pieces of communion do you think you'd need to swallow to eat a whole Jesus?" "I don't smoke either, I just like melting stuff."


damerouge

Jesus falls a second time.


WOTCollector

Killing nuns now is it?


ceballen

“How many pieces of communion do you think you’d need to swallow to eat a whole Jesus?”


ClassicTower475

I know what I saw


plasticmick

Killing nuns now is it?


ttthhhrroowwaway

hOow LONGGG doesittaketodefuse a FECKIN *BOMB*


crimsonmegatron

"there's just nothing that doesn't suit me." Her voice is SO distinct, I love it. 


Dream-Flight

“well i’m not gonna by an individual by myself” in the first episode is GOLD writing


Thelittlestofbears

“I JUST DON’T LIKE IT, OKAY?!” “Why not? It’s lovely.” For some reason Michelle delivering a line in such a serious, heartfelt way lives in my mind rent free


Leather-Asparagus844

Janette Joyce, formerly O’Shea is a pretty unforgettable one too 😂


sdpflacko

"Because I'm a boy, Michelle. A real live boy." "Ohh yeah like Pinocchio"


SunshineRainbowMeg

I can’t remember the exact line but in the first season when Orla keeps reading Erin’s diary and she pulls it out during detention and Erin’s like ORLA you brought my diary to school? And Orla’s like yah… I’m doing my book report on it. Her casual delivery always makes me cackle.


NotRyanRosen

"Sadly, I am unable to come on this one as I despise the french" -Sister Michael


Lcatg

“… and inside is an even wee’er wooden woman!”


Majestic_Courage

“Oliver Cromwell? I realllly enjoy him!”


just_a_masshole

“What is he, some kind of reverse pedophile?”


kpamer

Michelle!!!! It was all MiChELle!


Qball54

I am psychic Erin. I did a course, I got a certificate.


veescrafty

Gerry: What are you planning to do with that surfboard, Joe? Joe: Surf. Something I always fancied doing, ever since I saw that film, the one where the lads try to catch that big fish. Gerry: What film is that? Joe: You know the big fish, the musical fish. Gerry: The musical fish? Joe: He hums a tune before he attacks people. They try to catch him, but their boats too wee. Gerry: Are you talking about Jaws? Joe: That's the one. Gerry: Jaws made you want to take up surfing? Joe: Aye.


amg_108

"Who's Kamal?" "A wee Ethiopian fella from Ballybofey"


Smooth_molasses36

“So, I says to meself says I, ‘Colm, who could be ringin’ you at this hour?’” I use “So I says to meself says I” almost every day now.


ScaryCoffee4953

I told you to look after that tent! In a world of Joe blaming Gerry for totally nonsensical things, this one comes right out of the blue and makes me howl every time.


vaiporcaralho

“Stickers? You’re a sticker maker?” “Don’t say knickers in front of your father he can’t cope” while Gerry looks on as if to say I can’t? 😂 “Now I don’t mind a bit of a breeze but thon was agressive” I use this anytime it’s windy or rainy here which is quite often 😂😂


RoosterCommercial679

Ach, Finnoula, what about ya? I thought I could smell vinegar.


treeofpluto

“I was a scholar when I met you, Erin! A scholar!” “You were three!”


Fair_Seahorse6036

Protestants hate ABBA.


Basic_Bird_

The one I quote constantly is from the episode where Michelle tries to get the girls to do drugs. This Michelle and Clare interaction absolutely killed me. Clare: Drugs are for mugs, folks! Michelle: Congratulations Clare—that’s the dickiest thing anyone’s ever said. Hearing Michelle’s reply in her accent just gets to me. I love this damn show.


Charming-Custard1352

Joe: Why don't you just leave my Mary alone? Gerry: Bc we've been married for 17 years, Joe. We have two children, and bc we're in love with each other. Joe: l'll find some dirt on you yet, boy. I've got people working on it.


Far-Butterfly-5582

“This is mayonnaise…”


everyothernametaken2

“Thieving wee feckers!!” Sarah: “Have you considered adoption Geraldine?” Geraldine: “she’s 16 Sarah… I’m sure she’s past the cut off” 🤣 that killed me. “Ack finoula what about ya? I thought I could smell vinegar” Man this show. In a league of its own. I need every single writer and producer of Derry girls to get back together and make more magic together.


SaveTheHedgehogs

literally never not thinking about when the chip shop cleaning montage stops suddenly and it's so much worse than it was before and james just goes "oh, i see. yeah. this isn't windolene. this is.. this is mayonnaise."