Hasta Lasagna

Ryan said it throughout the film as a creative take on Schwarzenegger's "hasta la vista"

The phrase existed long before it became part of a catch phrase spoken in an action film.

Aside from that, the full catch phrase is "hasta la vista, baby" if you want to apply it that way.

...and, not only all of the above but "hasta lasagna" isn't even original - I'm fairly certain it existed in some form or another (ex. "hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya!" etc) years before whoever wrote the dialogue for this film decided to slide it in for the film.

In fact, I'm pretty sure it was even used in another film though I'm blanking on which one at this exact moment.

Plus - why wouldn't the character use it? The whole shtick throughout the film when and after Ryan and Mary are introduced is that they're both quirky and overly/eerily perky and cheery, so using what some might consider irritating shortcuts in speech or just general nonsensical blather helps drive the point (hamfistedly, I suppose) to the viewer.

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