"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" is a paraphrase of a line of dialogue from the 1948 film '' The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. That line was in turn derived from dialogue in the 1927 novel of the same name, which was the basis for the film. In 2005, the full quote from the film was chosen as #36 on the

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list, AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The shorter, better-known version of the quote was first heard in the 1967 episode of the TV series ''

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'' "It's a Nice Place to Visit". It was also included in the 1974

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Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilde ...

'', and has since been included in many other films and television shows.

History

The original version of the line appeared in

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's novel ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (1927): The line was popularized by

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's 1948 film adaptation of the novel, which was altered from its content in the novel to meet the

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regulations severely limiting profanity in film. In one scene, a Mexican bandit leader named "Gold Hat" (portrayed by

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) tries to convince Fred C. Dobbs (

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) that he and his company are ''

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'':

Appearances in media

Comics

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paraphrases a variation of that sentence ("Plans?! I don't need no stinking plans!") whilst using his cyborg systems to restore a stripped-down aircar.

Film

* In

's Western ''

'' (1974), the line was delivered as "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges." * In

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's animated film ''

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'' (1974), a stereotypical Mexican mouse character, wearing a sombrero and a bandolier (probably in a parody of

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), speaks the line as "I don't want your stinkin' badges!" * In the film ''

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'' (1980), when the asylum patients are quoting lines from movies, one quotes "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges." * In the sketch-comedy film ''

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'' (1981), one of the fake ad sequences portrays "an authentic Mexican bandito in a Mexican-American restaurant," whose sole line is "Nachos? We don't need no stinkin' nachos!" * In the movie '' Gotcha!'' (1985), the character Manolo says "Don't show me your badges; we don't know nothing about no stinking badges." * The movie '' Troop Beverly Hills'' (1989) contains the line "We don't need no stinkin' patches." * In the

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film ''

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'' (1989), when animal show host Raul (

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) is asked to take a consignment of badgers, he says "Badgers? Badgers?! We don't need no stinking badgers!" * In the film '' Flashback'' (1990), as the hooker is undressing the FBI agent, she discards his badge saying "We don't need no stinkin' badges." * In the

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film ''

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'' (1991), William Baldwin's character tries to refresh his nephew's memory by using a hand puppet to exclaim, "Spinach? We don't need no stinkin' spinach!" * In the film ''

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'' (1998)

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's character says in a bad Mexican accent "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!", then goes on to sheepishly mention that he was quoting from the 1974 film ''Blazing Saddles''. * In the film '' Bubble Boy'' (2001), when Jimmy offers Danny Trejo's character Slim patches for his motorcycle's flat tire he responds, "Patches? I could use some stinking patches." * In the film ''

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'' (2008), when Paco (Joey Medina) is told to obtain some wild animals to dispose of the bodies, he says, "Badgers? Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers." * In the film '' 6 Underground'' (2019), Three says the line while breaking into the enemy stronghold and going past the security desk. * In

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's American war drama film '' Da 5 Bloods'' (2020), when Desroche's gunmen first try to dispossess the Bloods of the recovered gold bars, the leader of the gunmen tells Paul, "We don't need no stinking official badges." * In the film "

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"(2021) Matt (

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) and his daughter say "Rules? We don't need no stinkin' rules." many times throughout the film.

Games

* The trading card game ''

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'' (1993) makes reference to a card that was to be included in the joke Unhinged set called, "We don't need no stinkin' Merfolk!" * The game '' FTL: Faster Than Light'' (2012) includes an achievement called, "I don't need no stinkin' upgrades!" * The game '' Ground Zero Texas'' (1993) has a dialog from actor Danny Trejo saying: "Badges, We don't need no stinking badges" * In the adventure game ''

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'' (2000), the main protagonist

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is given a dialogue option, when asked for ID by the bartender, "ID? I don't need no stinkin' ID!" * In the game '' Leisure Suit Larry 6: Shape Up or Slip Out!'' (1993), the main protagonist has the line of dialogue, "Badges? Ve don' need no steenkin' badges!" to Cavaricchi, the aerobics instructor. * In the adventure game '' Sam & Max: Chariots of the Dogs'' (2008), when asked by the protagonists why their prisoners aren't being kept in cages, the mariachi Pedro responds "Cages? We don't got no cages. We don't have to show you any stinking cages."

Literature

* In the

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novel '' It'' (1986), character

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repeatedly says, in a poor imitation of a Mexican accent, "Batches? We don't need no steenking batches." * In the Stephen King novel ''

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'' the narrator describes his denial of having writer's block by saying to the reader "Writer's block? What writer's block? We don't got no stinking writer's block." * The

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play ''I Don't Have to Show You No Stinkin' Badges'' (1987) draws its title from this quote, and makes a specific reference to ''Sierra Madre''. * In ''

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'' (2005), the second novel in

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series, a cobbler named Loring eschews the use of barges as a means of human transportation, saying, "Barges? We don't want no stinking barges." * In

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' report on the

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for ''Esquire'' magazine, Burroughs has a cop demand to see the permit of the candidate's entourage. The response is: "Permits? We don't have any permits. We don't have to show you any stinking permits. You are talking suh to the future President of America."

Music

* The song "Badges" (1984) by

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quoted the line as: "We have no badges... we don't need no badges... we don't need no stinking badges". * The song "Medicine Show" (1985) by

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sampled the quote by Alfonso Bedoya from the film ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''. The song prominently featured quotes sampled from other westerns as well, including several by or making reference to the Eli Wallach character Tuco from the film ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''. This association — as well as the similarity of voice and accent employed by both actors in their respective bandito roles — reinforces the common misconception that Wallach delivered the famous line. * Julian Cope's semi-eponymous song "Julian H Cope" from his album ''

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'' (1992) featured the line: "Badges? Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges! So sissified, civilised, I want to be a savage". * The

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song "The Good, the Bad, and The Skinnee" (1998) from the album '' SuperMercado!'' features the line "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges" sung as a refrain five times in a row. * At the beginning of the song "Big Fat Money" off the album ''

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'' by

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, someone (probably

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) asked, "Al, you want a click on this one?" to which

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replied, "I don't need no stinkin' click!" * The New York-based jamband Moe often uses the line humorously during a pause in their song "Mexico" when playing it live. * The

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song "Barons to Break," from the album ''Native Heart'' (2017), includes the line in the chorus. *The

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song "Little Seed, Big Tree" has the phrase at the beginning of the song.

Television

* In the episode "It's a Nice Place to Visit" (September 11, 1967) of ''

'',

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delivers the line as "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges". * In the episode "Filthy Pictures" (1980) of ''

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'', Johnny Fever is telling a story "I said show me some badges, and the guys says, Badges! uh, we don't need no stinking badges". * In a 1983 episode of ''

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'', the character Marko (played by Walter Olkewicz) delivers a spoof of the line as "Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers". * In the episode "There Goes the Neighborhood" (December 3, 1985) of ''

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'', Murdock reacts to fake badges with "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges". * In the episode "Sledge in Toyland" (December 3, 1987) of ''

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'', Sledge and his partner arrive at the office of the murdered toy tycoon and the security guard sticks a visitor's badge on his chest. Sledge throws it on the counter saying: "Heeeey, I don't need no sticking badges." * In the episode "Darkstar Rising" (2008) of '' Ben 10: Alien Force'', when Kevin is lamenting the loss of his plumber's badge, Ben says, "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges." * In a 2014 episode of '' Transformers: Rescue Bots'', Kade Burns says "Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers." * In an episode (season 1, episode 2: "A Better Mousetrap") of the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, Michelangelo intones, "Chill, bro — we don't need no stinking surface world." * In the ''

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'' episode "The Treasure of Sara Madre" (1991), the gang is digging for buried treasure, and Z.Z. finds a junior park ranger's badge, about which Michael states, "Badges? We don't need no stinking badges!" * In the ''

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episode "The One with the Baby Shower" (2002), the quote is mentioned as one of Joey's training questions for the show ''Bamboozled''. * In the "A Beautiful Mine" (2003) episode of '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', Sheen says, "Uh, Libby, I don't think they need no stinkin' badges." This entire episode is a parody of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. * In the "Stuck with Dick" episode (1998) of ''

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'', Harry says "Bagels? Bagels? We don't need no stinkin' bagels!". * In the "Ghost in the Machine," episode 82, season 3 (1986) of '' The Transformers'', the Ghost of Starscream tells Decepticon guards Runabout and Runamuck by saying, "Passes? Passes? I don't have to show you no stinking passes!" * In the TV movie ''

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'', when asked to see some identification badges, the leader of a group of live action video game players responded with "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" * In the episode "Musta Been a Beautiful Baby" (Episode 28, October 13, 1993) of ''

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'', Scratch and Grounder masquerade as police officers from the "Department of Lost Kids", and when asked for their badges, reply "Badges? We don't need no stinking—" before being cut off and thrown out. * In the episode "Gumby with a Pokey" (Season 7, Episode 21, May 17, 2010) of ''

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'', Berta and Charlie are quoting movies while high, and Berta says the line "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" using a popsicle as a mustache. * In the 43rd episode of Jessie, the episode is titled "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges". * In the episode "Blood Drive" (Season 5, Episode 18, March 5, 2009) of ''

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'', Michael is talking at a Valentine's Day singles party and says "Relationships? We don’t need no stinkin’ relationships!"

Theatre

* In the

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production of '' American Idiot'', between the songs "St. Jimmy" and "Give me Novocaine" the character, St. Jimmy, proclaims that "We don't need no stinkin' badges!" before Johnny and Whatsername initiate an intimate moment in the center stage bed.

References

External links

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