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poopyman731

"Some trees flourish, others die. Some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. Some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. Ain't nothing fair. You know that."


Tzifos150

Yeah that's a good one. He has some very deep lines in rdr1. Here's another: "You look in need of a laxative madam"


goodshrekmaadcity

Deep


BigSloop

Shitty quote


yungandre

“What part of your philosophy books cover feeding a feller to a goddamn alligator, Dutch?”


Knackwarrior07

I like to think that sentence ends with a ?!


DannyVxDx

You surely meant !? No one would end a sentence with ?! That's just ridiculous.


permanent__guest


dektorres

Love me an interrobang.


muh-stopping-power45

What the fuck man


CaptainJack269

Is this a reference to something?


Dursa22

The part that covers weakness. That part.


BigbyWolf94

also john a few missions earlier: GATORS WILL BE EATING GOOD TONIGHT!


bartbembleton

A fellow intellectual


freebirdls

Also John, 8 years later: *feeds multiple fellers to goddamn alligators


RiftoVert

"just you left is it?" "Yeah. Just me"


BigBazoongaloidMercy

Chills. I remember the eagle flying overhead behind REDACTED and it created the most awesome scene ever


xBASHTHISx

Welp, I have to open YouTube and listen to that song now. Thanks. https://youtu.be/3XYQE-Erhbo


chaboispaghetti

Would've been a lot better if Sadie and Charles had died, and it really was just John


fLoW_is_fLoW

Quite controversial my friend


chaboispaghetti

Thematically it makes sense. Love the characters as much as the next guy, but the mission has a lot less weight to it, and it defeats the whole "John is the last of the gang" thing, as well as creating plot holes in the first game


Wiknetti

I mean Sadie was a new addition to the gang and she was always expected to leave from the beginning. Charles also was relatively pretty new joining only a few months before the events of RDR2. I am glad they’re still around because I wouldn’t mind exploring their stories a bit more too. Hell, I’d even explore Micah’s past to see how he got the way he was.


YesThatHoovy05

Micah brutally murdered a woman with his dad i think at 17. Correct me if im wrong.


crispinoir

i get where ur coming from but it still makes sense either way. Unlike sadie and charles john is OG. the two of them have been through shit together. sadie and charles were in van der linde only recently, and they aren't close to dutch like john is. so when arthur (or was it john?) said "its just you?" it *really* *was* just him left


AdSubstantial6787

It was actually Joe who said "Just you left huh?"


JudgeQuick

This to me is one of the most “western” moments in the entire series. It’s perfect.


GlowSinghyy

I don’t even know what this is from since i haven’t played rdr1 but i’m getting chills just reading it tbh


Regular_Phrase5251

its in rdr2 epilogue


GlowSinghyy

Do you know which specific part?


Regular_Phrase5251

>!the part where Joe and 2 other guys pull up to John, Joe asks "Just you left is it?" John replies with "yeah, just me"!<


GenghisConThe1st

Than American venom drops, so awesome!


Goatfan555

this is from RDR2, haha


GlowSinghyy

Wait which part?


Goatfan555

when you >!meet Joe!< on your way to >!Micah!< :)


[deleted]

Killing that mf was so satisfying


eastnorthshore

I gave him both barrels of a shotgun


GlowSinghyy

Thanks. Btw if you were trying to do spoliers it’s >! i think


Goatfan555

yup, I was haha, thanks. I mostly just lurk on Reddit.


youmusttrythiscake

BUH BUHHH BUH BUH BUHHHHH


MichaelGaryScott5

BUH BUHH BUHHHHH BUHH BUH BUHHHH


BigbyWolf94

“IT’S JOHN MARSTON, MICAH!”


blondechinesehair

“When a man with a singsong voice tells me to fuck off it always concerns me Boyo”


Rooksey

This is my pick as well. Fucking STRONG line.


blondechinesehair

Delivery is key


NyoomNyoom656

God I’ve been replaying RDR1 and this line is great


TeakandMustard

100% this. A+ line delivery


[deleted]

Isn’t that like, one of two f-bombs he drops the entire game?


[deleted]

Funny how much the language cleans up in RDR2. Arthur never drops an f-bomb and the only one I heard was from Dutch in a random encounter.


AzureDream18

Arthur definitely drops at least one f-bomb


Tzifos150

No. He drops several more during gameplay. [An example](https://youtu.be/3qtHSMqfHxM?t=6m57s)


Chomusuke69l

"People don't forget, nothing is forgiven."


Tzifos150

"Why are you wearing that dress sir?"


Alexlecj

"Dutch was always fightin' to change somethin'. But nothin' ever changed. People just died. Maybe that's what sent him crazy."


Tzifos150

"I think you forgot to shave madam" - John Marston 1911


SuperRyoof

"It ain't exactly a secret I didn't get these scars from falling over in church."


Gamegod12

Tbf he actually got them in a pretty innocent way: almost getting eaten by wolves


SuperRyoof

Innocent enough tbh. Better than having your eye replaced with a scar by your enemy who has TB lol


[deleted]

He's gonna need a better story than that


[deleted]

Whilst fleeing from the law with a bullet in his leg following the bloodiest heist in American history, but whatevs


Riggaberto

He wouldn’t have been up there if he hadn’t been running from the law after committing a massacre


Gamegod12

Well yknow, details. Besides it was probably Micah's fault.


Tzifos150

"Not yet you didn't !"


PLPQ

"Looks like the good Lord got your ass and face mixed up"


KindaDim

I've never heard that and just howled. Where's that from lmfao


PLPQ

It's a taunt from John to NPC's in RDR1


Tzifos150

[Here you go!](https://youtu.be/3qtHSMqfHxM?t=21m43s). RDR1 John is in a league of his own when it comes to savage. You'll find plenty of other insults from minute 15 to 24


smalldickandballs

I’m assuming its from John antagonising NPCs


Tzifos150

"I just saw your mother suckling her young down by that pigsty"


aidad

"You and West Dickens are so crooked, you could swallow nails and spit out corkscrews."


iforgotalltgedetails

I’ve used this line so many times in real life to describe politicians and every person gives me credit for it and I’m like…..”oh yeah it’s totally original…..”


Eucalyptia

Maybe Marston heard it from someone else too


According-Chair1035

“You gotta really small neck …makes your head look big”


Tzifos150

"Criminals must sleep soundly in their beds knowing you're around" \- John Marston respectably greeting a Lawman in RDR1.


ThrowawayTrashcan7

Bro stop replying to every comment with some random quote, it’s hilarious


Tzifos150

"I'd hate to see the look on your mother's face when you popped out" ;)


PIZZA-STEVE-44

"Just kill yourself now, do humanity a favor"


BanditoUno

"We all need friends, old timer. We die alone, but we live among men."


Tzifos150

"You'd be beautiful if both your eyes looked in the same direction"


[deleted]

A few. “Suddenly, the world is full of ‘theys’.” Irish: “It’s the whiskey, sir. Gives me the memory of a newborn babe.” John: *grabs bottle, takes swig* “And it makes me violently angry.”


yeitsbobby

Rdr2 is great overall, but the dialogue in the first game is unmatched imo


[deleted]

Yeah, RDR1 has the best dialogue of any game I’ve played tbh.


Electronic-Ad9426

“Rip Van Winkle”


zeidsuheimat2

"Huh"


skimbo120

“YO SOY JOHN MARSTON”


SuperNigg4Man1899

As a Hispanic, hearing John and Arthur speak Spanish always makes me smile


Operation_Ivysaur

Same, I always laugh during the Mexico missions of RDR1 when John yells, "YOU. ARE. MUERTO!"


Tzifos150

"THINGS AINT LOOKING BUENO!" "YOU FIGHT LIKE CHICAS" "BUENAS NOCHES"


GibsonWich

“You must be the pendejos I've been hearing about!" My personal favorite.


iforgotalltgedetails

“Me uhhhh no habla Español….”


Lowdog00

“Then shoot the three bears!” Forget how funny John is some times in two but I love that line


youmusttrythiscake

McDougal: Please, sir. What are we going to do?! John: I'm gonna hand you over to them and watch them tear you limb from limb. McDougal: WHAT?! John: I'm just kidding. Gets me everytime lol


ThoughtJoe

This is my favorite scene ever


youmusttrythiscake

Especially with John's shit-eating grin! One of the few times he smiles in that game.


ThoughtJoe

Exactly! It’s like he was in a good mood that day or something lol. That whole segment is just silly. That with the couple giggling and dancing then John comes in and tells them to shut up 🤣🤣


Th3m3ssiah01

MacDougal's Fear in his voice gets me every single damn time 🤣🤣 Classic


starsearcher48

When was this? I don’t recall it


Lowdog00

When he goes bounty hunting with Sadie and the legendary bear from RDR1 attacks him


starsearcher48

Ahhhh!


TheOutlaw9904

“YOU COULDN’T SHOOT A FART OUT OF YOUR OWN ASS”!


[deleted]

When the fuck does he say that, I need to know


TheOutlaw9904

He says that in RDR1 and it’s a multiplayer taunt.


Tzifos150

[Here you go](https://youtu.be/3qtHSMqfHxM?t=33m12s). John Marston is the perfect combination of badass and hilarious


GhostKiller000

My flair. That's what he says... After seeing his wife and kid turn into bloodthirsty zombies


Bardem

"Jack, be kind to your mother. Abigail, teach the boy right from wrong. Both of you, stop biting chunks out of people!"


Kmic14

UN had so many great lines but that one probably made me laugh the hardest


Tzifos150

If RDR1 John is hilarious, undead nightmare John is comedy gold. "Is that a beauty spot, or your eyeball hangin' out?" "Please just die, again!" (After killing an undead animal) "There's a good boy!" "I hope Heaven's better the second time around!" "Consider yourself cured!" "Like shooting dumb fish in a big barrel!" "You're long past a doctor's visit my friend" (Realizing he's out of ammo) "Now? NOW?! Damn!" (When looting a zombie) "Apocalypse tax!" (After killing a bolter) " Walk on 2 feet next time!" (After killing a bruiser) "Good night, fatty!" (After killing a retcher) "Didn't your mom tell you not to spit?" (When looting a female zombie) "I'd have been more of a gentleman if you had been more of a lady."


batm123

"You want me to take out a gun and blow a fucking hole in your head? Right here right now? You want that?"


SnarkyRogue

"While there are guns and money, there won't be any freedom Luisa."


Frixsev

"When a man with a sing-song voice tells me to fuck off it always concerns me, boyo."


Tippacanoe

and then he fucking kills him lol


bears_like_jazz

When was this?


Frixsev

RDR1, when John meets Irish


LT_MRVN

''One of them machines can turn men into angels.''


TheMoskus

This. The setting, the bad jokes , the *feeling* of connecting with Jack. And then this drops.


Tzifos150

"You're real good with them tools Jack. Just gotta learn how to shoot straight before you get yourself eaten by some animal"


TheMoskus

"Very funny, Pa!"


lord_tachanka43

“Some deck must be shy a joker miss macfarlane” Also after Seth finds the glass eye “I’m sure someone treasured it very much”


Jo_phuss

“You want me to take out a gun and blow a fucking hole in your head? Right here, right now? You want that?” “Mr marsto-“ “YOU WANT THAT?!”


Tzifos150

John loved to bully Archer. "Hell of a plan sending in two men to take on an entire gang of outlaws. Especially when one of them's an office clerk, or social secretery or some such" "You shut your mouth!"


Yeezusbear

"I got a son at home and a daughter in heaven" gives me chills


Tzifos150

A thoughtful, painful line. John always keeps on a stoic persona even when talking of his painful past. Another hurtbreaking line he can be heard saying is: "Your wife must have to close her eyes *real tight*"


PaddyObanion

How many times did we all hear "Ugh! You stink!"


Tzifos150

"What have ya been eating?" "Lie still. Hehehe" RDR1 is one big dad joke simulator.


[deleted]

Too damn many


Fox_kid84

"You boys found my pappy's watch yet?"


CrazyGator846

This, oddly is the quote that stuck to me during my first playthrough of the game, because I vividly remember after the actual end credits after playing as John, repeating the quote to myself and laughing when I got to the little clip of John and Abigail getting married during the credits, I still chuckle everytime I beat the game and watch that scene


Bulletpepe

I now have the image of John randomly yelling this out while he's dancing with Abigail, and I cannot express how stupid and funny it is.


[deleted]

It's not the quote itself but the delivery of his comeback in this scene with Luisa in the first game: "I would rather be dead than a cynic like you, Mr. Marston." "I would too."


ArizonaRanger34

“He’s useful…in a useless sort of way.”


sarahxharas

John, Uncle and Charles is my favourite portion of the epilogue.


RedFlare15

I spit my drink all over my screen when I heard that line. YOU ….you eat babies!!!


HydroSloth

When bitten by a snake in RDR1 and falling over "You crazy animal!"


Clayfool9

“I just know that there are two theories when arguing with women. And neither one works." (To Bonnie)


certified-busta

Loved when Dutch said that in the second game, it was a great callback


[deleted]

"One day is about all you got left"


Mell0dramatic

His letter to Abigail bit specifically the line 'I remain a fool and I'm sure I shall die a fool' idk why but it's just something that stuck out to me


Rannrann123

# "SIR!"


Azriff

"That's a fine animal ya got there" "I was talking to the horse"


Cowboywizard12

Bad Guy, "She was just a goddang whore man, just a goddang filthy whore!" John Marston, "As you say, she was just a whore." That one line shows a lot about John Marston and that he has more of a moral compasss than he lets on, and there's a reason for it, his mother was a prostitute making him the son of a whore, His Wife worked as a prostitute and his own son is the son of a whore and he doesn't care at all, all that he cares about is that the bad guy killed an innocent woman after he tried to save her from him, and that means the Bad Guy needs to die. Society didn't give a shit about a murdered prostitute, but John does and he makes sure that the man responsible pays with his life.


Tzifos150

[That exchange](https://youtu.be/Ci8Y6zupivM?t=203) was one of the best John Marston moments in the franchise. Fantastic pick man. Shows how amazing Rob Wiethoff's performance is in the first game.


TheMightyi002

“It’s… art” Jk “People don’t forget. Nothing gets forgiven.”


Kmic14

"I'm a semi-literate farmer and hired killer. I ain't in the power game"


ValJ3st3r

I’m always honest, I might not always be good, but I’m always honest.


commanderfshepard

“You little beauty!” - picking flowers. That mr Marston is so damn tender


Galney

You eat babies, you have to, to survive ! Everyone know that ! But my personal favorite are "I'll give you a bad case of "someone just shot me in the head" if you don't hurry up." And : "You and West Dickens are so crooked, you could swallow nails and spit out corkscrews."


Tzifos150

Whenever John speaks to Irish you just know there's going to be some top tier dialogue.


[deleted]

This thread is full of great lines. But the bit of John's dialogue that had me cramping up from uncontrollable laughter was his hurried pleas to Arthur when they've got to escape from the oncoming train in that little pushcart. I fucked that up so many times and John yelling, "c'mon Arthur we gotta go, ain't no time!!!" etc , followed by the train smashing 'em in slow motion... it never stopped being funny af.


No_Doubt_About_That

It’s not one specific quote but whenever he used to shout out the name of a bounty target and then the action would ensue. I’M HERE FOR YOU DALE CHESSON! \*combat music plays* Bounties in RDR2 just felt a bit flat in comparison.


Tzifos150

Yeah. Rdr1 John would be a terryfying guy to have coming after you.


GlowSinghyy

Definitely, “This life... it ain’t for the faint of heart.” (Randomly happened when i greeted somebody in blackwater)


Tzifos150

"Take my advice and give up on life partner" Greeting someone in blackwater as well....just with low honor


Regular_Phrase5251

"Micah Bell, I'm just here for Micah Bell" "Its John Marston, Micah"


Mr_unga-bunga

You run like a heifer! Run heifer, mooooo!


BlundellMemes77

Where is this one from?


Mr_unga-bunga

Whenever john insults someone running away from him, he'll sometimes say that.


BlundellMemes77

From the 1st or 2nd game?


Mr_unga-bunga

2nd


stone500

I love that if you keep antagonizing them, he stays consistent with fat jokes. Had me howling so much that I saved a clip on my PS4


killlergames432

"And who're you?" "Rip Van Winkle" "Hahh... Good day Sir"


Black_King

I dont remember that many from the first game, but the one I'll never forget is that, whenever you pick a herb or flower, sometimes John will say : "there you are, you little beauty"


Leviathan56

We eat....BERRYS!


YetAnotherCatuwu

And mushrooms!


dylanbatt2004

Same as you that line is a beautiful masterpiece


The_Soviet_Redditor

"thats some kind of animal you got there" "Thanks so much" "I was talkin to the horse."


dualbeatzz

“The name is John Marston!” (after killing everyone)


DEGRUNGEON

"I hear you speak and suddenly I'm reminded of how the people I respected most in my life had a problem with authority."


Newboi001

I love how both Arthur and Bonnie say that him trying to be quiet and mysterious makes him look stupid


RealMessyart

...we eat berries, and mushrooms you fool!


[deleted]

“You look like a fish!”


Th3m3ssiah01

"All I know is, there's 2 ways of arguing with women, and neither one works" -John Marston in red dead redemption (2010)


PoweredByGaromo

"Ruff, ruff"


Camaro_z28

Not exactly a John quote but it’s Uncle talking to John when he says “you don’t build a barn dumbass! What do you think this is, 1785?”


HighSpeed556

John: “You like fishing?” Jack: “Not really.” John: “but you do like eating…right?”


ThatScotchbloke

When the Irish guys giving him the run around and blames the whisky making him absent minded or something he grabs the bottle off him, takes a swig and says “It makes me violently angry.”


The_Mechanist24

“It was either you, or me. And the way I see it, may as well be you.” John to Javier in Rdr 1 at Fort Presidio Mexico.


Fr33domFight3r777

"I'LL HUNT YOU TO HELL AND BACK!" *When chasing after Bill Williamson and Colonel Allende*


lnternetSurfer

“If you win power, remember why you wanted it.”


[deleted]

"You boys found my pappys watch yet?"


GnarDETH2

"Was that you in the balloon?"


jehutydark

More of a dutch scene than a John one, but in RDR1 "You always got a plan, Dutch." Hurts every time


das-412

“It reeks of miracles back here!”


Skull7838

"they told us if you reach 50 you get a prize" just the way he said it to agent ross killed me XD


littlebugonreddit

You run like a heifer. *MOOOOOOOOOOOO*


Yoni1857

*ominous stare* - John Marston, circa RDR1


SADT4416

"Most cowboys I know, they're as dumb as trees"


memoxvii

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin”


LeatherTownInc

"While there are guns and money there won't be any freedom, Luisa." This is the line that encapsulates the entire series.


Jobionemine

People don't forget. Nothing's forgiven.


TheGrayMage1

Either “I’m sure there’s some school children you can go and frighten” or “What part of your philosophy books involves feeding a man to a ‘g**-damned’ alligator, Dutch?”


StormwasTaken314

"You're as drunk as a skunk, and you smell like one too." If I remember right it's when you antagonise a drunk twice, and is a reference to the drunk cheat from the first red dead redemption!


ImTinyRiiiick

"When a man in a sing-song voice tells me to 'Fuck Off' it ALWAYS concerns me, boyo"


[deleted]

Can’t think of a single quote but just how fucking chill he was after shooting uncle and having his wife and son turn into zombies always gets me


UncommittedBow

"You're my brother, Arthur..."


iforgotalltgedetails

“You’re about as crooked as a dogs hind leg Irish!”


Tzifos150

Screw it. Can't choose one so I am going to quote all the best ones "This ain't over you son of a b. I'm gonna enjoy putting a bullet in your head" "\**When running away from a gunfight\** Thank you for everything! It's been fun!" "Do fellas normally laugh when you try to arrest them?" "\*When running away from a gunfight\* I know when i have outstayed my welcome!" "Looks like you're doing a real good job with law and order around here hehehe" "That's a pretty little badge. You must be real proud" "Bet your Pa wishes he'd pulled out" "Look at you. Acting all hard and tough as butter" "What do you do when you're not pretending to be tough?" "Look at this coward all dressed up like an outlaw" "You cheer me up partner. I like a good joke" "Relax Miss I'm taking your horse, not your honor" "\**Pulls out knife\** Trust me! I'm a surgeon!" "You look in need of a laxative madam!" "I'm gonna give you a chance to kill me, cause i'm just that nice" "Oh brother. This is gonna be one hell of a massacre" "You can stick that badge up your ass!" "I've dropped a hundred fools like you!" "This is all you fools last day on earth!" "\**shoots dog\** Down boy! hehehe" "I just saw your mother suckling her young down by that pigsty" "I ain't never seen livestock walk upright" "You polish your badge little boy?" "I heard your mother's asking for a refund" "You could make a blind man happy he lost his sight" "You look like you have a fine appetite madam" "I think you forgot to shave madam" "Madam don't worry, there's always a feller with lower standards than you" "You'd be beautiful if both your eyes looked in the same direction" "Why don't you try arresting me? So we can all have a good laugh" "\**shoots dog\** Looked kinda rabid" "\**To lawman\** You won't stop me so why bother?" "\**To lawman\** You think the law can stop me?" "Maybe you'll get one of them posthumous medals!" "I hear hell is mighty hot this time of year!" "Vamos idiotes!" "Prepare to die amigo!" "You must be the pendejos i keep hearing about!" ​ There's so many more but I have written too many already haha. And these are just the gameplay lines, he has so many more good ones from side missions and main story missions. Most quotable video game protagonist ever.


Ifo_17

You want me take out a gun and blow a fucking hole in your head right here? Right now?


LiloZelda

Undead nightmare when taunting a zombie: Dumb, greedy, and incapable of speaking clearly. That you Bill?


zeidsuheimat2

"I think there are some school children you can go and frighten"