Catch phrases

He told me to get my knee off his chest.

Spenser with an "S", like the poet.

That's the second biggest ... I've ever seen.

"You don't look it."

"Not the Craw! The Craw!"

"Zis is KAOS! Ve don't [blank] here!"

"Ah-mazing"

"It's a shame he didn't use his [blank] for niceness... instead of evil."

"Ehhh?" (in the final season)

"Good thinking, 99!" (for some reason this caught on mainly in Australia)

George Carlin: It's all bullsh-t and it's bad for ya.

One of the great things about those catch phrases is that most of them were at times said by someone other than the person who usually said it. Without recalling particular episodes, I can distinctly remember a time when the chief said, "and loving it." Another time 99 said that one. The Chief at least once almost injured Max and calmly said, "Sorry about that, Max."

I always got a kick out of those times when someone else used the line we knew.










Why don't we just shoot 'em down and be through with it?

Get Smart has a wide range of hilarious quotes including,

"Sorry about that, Chief." Said by Max to (Mainly the Chief) after bumping up again, quite commonly after banging his fish on the ashtray on the CHief’s desk, causing a spray of cigarettes over him.
"Missed it by that much." Said by Max.
"Would you believe...", a more complex one that signals a form of inverted Inflationary Dialogue. For example:
Max: At the moment, seven Coast Guard cutters are converging on us. Would you believe it? Seven.
Villain: I find that hard to believe.
Max: Would you believe six?
Villain: I don't think so.
Max: How about two cops in a rowboat?
In one late episode, it was subverted in that the Chief actually HAD surrounded the building with CONTROL agents!
"Of course! It's X! It's obvious it's X! Uh, just one question, Chief... What is X?
At one point, the Chief actually recites that last part with him. (Max)
"[insulting crack about x]"; Punch! Punch! Punch! Uh Oh...; "I hope I wasn't out of line with that [insulting crack about x] comment..." (Max)
[following a statement like "We'll be in mortal danger every second of this mission."] "...and loving it." Said by Max to the Chief after he is issued his latest mission (Usually suicide)
"Oh, Max..." [by 99, usually in a disappointed or dismayed tone after Max has fouled up yet again]
"That's the second biggest [whatever] I've ever seen." (Max)
"99, don't tell me [something bad has happened or is about to happen]" "[Statement of that explicit thing which has happened or is about to happen.]" "I asked you not to tell me that, 99." (By Max)
"Zis is KAOS. Ve do not [onomatopoeia] here!" By Siegfried Max’s greatest, bitter enemy, by also friend with a certain code of conduct. Usually said by Siegfried to Sharker, his henchman, like for example:

99: How can you move around an island this size?
Siegfried: I don't suppose you've seen the back of this island, have you?
Maxwell Smart: No, why?
Siegfried: We have the biggest outboard motor you ever saw!
Starker: The biggest!
[imitates motor sound]
Siegfried: Starker! This is KAOS! We don't
[imitates same sound but much duller]
Siegfried: here!
"If you don't mind, I'd like to handle this, 99." Followed by a repetition of whatever she just suggested. Said by Max, after she suggests a good plan for the mission.
[after an Expodump] "Would you mind repeating that last bit?", "Which bit?", "That bit after 'Ok, now listen here, Max...'" Guess who said it!
"Of course, the old [incredibly specific description of what just happened] trick!" Said by Max (Of course)
"That's the second time I've [or 'they've'] fallen for that this month/week/year!" -Max

Variants of the following conversation:
Max: Wait a minute, chief. Isn't this classified information?
The Chief: Yes, Max.
Max: Shouldn't we activate the Cone of Silence?
The Chief: Max, do we have to?
Common responses from Max being "I demand the Cone of Silence!" and reminding the Chief about CONTROL regulations. (The joke, of course, is that the Cone of Silence never works properly.) Except once... and the Chief is trapped inside it at the time, so no one can hear him when he yells for help!
[after a KAOS agent meets a karmic death]: "If only he used his talents for good/niceness, instead of evil." -Maxwell Smart.