Napoleon Dynamite set the popular culture world ablaze when it was launched 21 years in the past, and everybody from youngsters to adults was quoting that film again in 2004. Whether or not we have been calling individuals an “fool” whereas mimicking his voice or rocking a “Vote for Pedro” shirt, and apparently a few of us are nonetheless doing that in 2025. Out of all of the quotes for the film which have circulated all through the years, Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez each had picks for those they hear probably the most.
I had the consideration of talking with each actors at San Diego Comedian-Con, as they’re within the midst of touring and internet hosting screenings of Napoleon Dynamite throughout america. After listening to about how they are not uninterested in speaking in regards to the movie all these years later, Jon Heder informed me the road followers quote at him probably the most:
Most likely ‘Tina, you fats lard.’ That is most likely probably the most quoted… Individuals will nonetheless say something about tots, you recognize, however that is type of like the very first thing, you recognize, ‘Napoleon! Tots.’
I am not shocked one of many choices from our funniest Napoleon Dynamite quotes was the one Heder hears probably the most usually, however I’m shocked at which one resonates with followers probably the most. If insulting Tina the llama was actually that fashionable amongst followers, I would hate to be anybody Tina! I am additionally not shocked that tater tots get a point out, given we talked about it when the celebrities reunited near a decade in the past, and I consider the film anytime I eat them.
Efren Ramirez’s quote is probably going simpler to guess. Regardless that he is been as much as so much within the performing world since Napoleon Dynamite left theaters, everybody likes to remind him of his character’s political aspirations within the comedy:
They will say, ‘Oh my God, Pedro, are you able to be our President, please? I voted for you,’ or ‘I am gonna vote for you.’
Yeah, no shock there that Efren Ramirez is listening to that as the 2 journey together with co-star Jon Gries (Uncle Rico) to display screen Napoleon Dynamite for audiences and reminisce in regards to the film. Little doubt, that is solely going to make followers extra desperate to lastly see a sequel, and in accordance with Ramirez in an interview final yr, that is not off the desk but.
A sequel for Napoleon Dynamite may be excellent, given Jon Gries fame as of late for his position as Greg in The White Lotus. With this, mixed with the tour, now may be the time to drag the set off and be part of the rising variety of cult traditional movies that determined to make use of streaming as a car for his or her second film.
If that is not within the playing cards, at the least we nonetheless have one nice film and loads of enjoyable quotes to fall again on. These feeling nostalgic can take a look at the film proper now with a HBO Max subscription, or examine the tour schedule and see the place Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez might pop up subsequent!
Readers can get pleasure from Napoleon Dynamite on HBO Max, although I wish to assume I’ve many of the strains nonetheless memorized at the back of my thoughts. Thankfully, I do not keep in mind the dance strikes to the auditorium sequence towards the top, in any other case I would nonetheless be doing it to today.