Saxploitation Big Band quotes

Skullgirls Saxploitation Big Band

Being Selected

Quote	Audio Clip
Back on the beat!
What it is? (Unused)

Pre-round Introduction

Quote	Audio Clip
Sometimes you gotta put the "harm" back in "harmony."
It's "Big Band..." the "D" is silent.
Big Band's my name... and layin' licks is my game.
Mess with the oboe, you gots t'go.
Big Band don't "wadataaah" to the "shamaca", 'cause that's a "comacomalipachah", dig?
I'm gon' git'cha, sucka!
Girl... that is one wicked Jheri Curl. (vs. Filia)
You musta' had the whole bottle of Soul Glo. (vs. Filia)
Y'know... you got this fantasy in your head about getting out of a life. (vs. Cerebella)
Hey, little troublemaker. (vs. Peacock)
Baby... I'mma assign yo' pity on the runnin' kind. (vs. Parasoul)
Who's this beef jerky-lookin' cat? (vs. Ms. Fortune)
This 'bout to be a battle... but you already is one. (vs. Painwheel)
The bammies got you looking ragged, girl! (vs. Painwheel)
Ooooh-weeee! This pigeon built like a brick house! (vs. Valentine)
This yard dog drippin' all over my scene. (vs. Double)
This jive-turkey thinkin' he can be the real article?! (vs. Big Band)
You little in the middle... but you got much back. (vs. Squigly) (Removed in the June 26, 2023 update)
I'mma huff... and puff... and blow yo' house down! (vs. Beowulf)
I ain't never heard of a junkyard cat. (vs. Robo-Fortune)

Combat

Quote	Audio Clip
Armstrong! (s.HP)
Beat. (s.LK)
Solid. (s.HK)
Boot me. (s.HK)
Play it. (c.MK)
Dig it. (c.MK)
Get low. (c.HK)
It's jelly. (j.LK)
Shaking it. (j.LK)
Right on. (j. MK)
Get busy. (j. MK)
Rug cuttin'. (j. HK)
Am I the meanest? ( Ground Throw)
Am I the prettiest? (Ground Throw)
Wrong riff. (Failed grab)
Come close, baby. (Air grab)
Don't blow your rig. (Air grab)
Bring me down. (Failed air grab)
Jive-Turkey. (Escaping a grab)
Off the bridge, Jive! (Escaping a grab)
Downtown! (Brass Knuckles)
OW! (Brass Knuckles)
Put yo' hands together! (Cymbal Clash)
Make it clap! (Cymbal Clash)
Get down! (Cymbal Clash)
Honeycomb! (Cymbal Clash)
Get up! (Cymbal Clash)
Dance! (Giant Step)
Show off! (Giant Step)
Brick House! (Take The 'A' Train)
Take the soul train! (Successful Take The "A" Train H)
Give 'em the brass! (Strike Up The Band)
You done funked up now! (Strike Up The Band)
Time to beat that hive! (Tympany Drive)
Tympany Jive! (Tympany Drive)
Damn, that's funky! (Tympany Drive > Death Toll)
You're in trouble now, sucka! (Tympany Drive > Death Toll)
Whoop-ass! (Super Sonic Jazz)
Yeah, man! (Successful Noise Cancel)
Honey! (Successful Noise Cancel)
Solid! (Successful Noise Cancel)
Split! (Pushblock)
Get outta here! (Pushblock)

Switching/Tagging

Quote	Audio Clip
I can dig it. (Switching out)
Your move. (Switching out)
Boot me, player. (Switching out)
Filia! (Switching out with Filia)
Cerebella! (Switching out with Cerebella)
Biggy shorty! (Switching out with Cerebella)
Peacock! (Switching out with Peacock)
Slide yo' gears! (Switching out with Peacock)
Parasoul! (Switching out with Parasoul)
Dicky duchess! (Switching out with Parasoul)
Painwheel! (Switching out with Painwheel)
Soundtrack! (Switching out with Painwheel)
Valentine! (Switching out with Valentine)
Beninja. (Switching out with Valentine)
Ms.Fortune! (Switching out with Ms.Fortune)
Double! (Switching out with Double)
Dirty D! (Switching out with Double)
Squigly! (Switching out with Squigly)
Beowulf! (Switching out with Beowulf)
Yo' turn, Jack! (Switching out with Beowulf)
Eliza! (Switching out with Eliza)
What up blood? (Switching out with Eliza)
Robo-Fortune! (Switching out with Robo-Fortune)
Dyn-o-mite! (Switching in)
Sa-da-tay! (Switching in)
Gimme some skin. (Switching in)
Cartoons Plural! (Switching in with Peacock)
I am smiling. (Switching in with Parasoul)
What up my dilly? (Switching in with Beowulf)
Step off, square! (Outtake)
Ain't havin' none o'that! (Outtake)
Outta sight. (Outtake)

Recovery

Quote	Audio Clip
Rat soup eatin'... (Ground recovery)
Cuttin' the rug! (Ground recovery)
That's on time. (Ground recovery)
Fresh. (Ground recovery)
Get owned up. (Ground recovery)
No time for dribble. (Ground recovery)
Hush, now. (Opponent recovery)
Hush, child. (Opponent recovery)
Crank that artichoke! (Opponent recovery)
You off tone. (Opponent recovery)
Bow, sucka! (Opponent recovery)
Solid gold. (Oppenent recovery)

Win

Quote	Audio Clip
Guess I won't be hangin' up this high hat anytime soon.
Brass to the face puts a fool in their place.
You shoulda known I got the black belt in baritones.
Get outta here 'fo I whoop yo' ass again.
Take a hike, cool breeze.
Tough crowd, but not as tough as me.
From the clock's chime to the cock's crow is but an instant. I must go.
Hair's like a woman; you treat it good, and it treat you good. (vs. Filia)
Your skypiece is active. (vs. Cerebella)
I won't hesitate to lay the hammer down on any clown that comes around. (vs. Cerebella)
He's honking at you, kid (vs. Peacock)
This skypiece's spouting that off time jive! (vs. Peacock)
This skypiece is running up the wrong riff. (vs. Peacock)
You might be the princess, but I'm the king, sista'. (vs. Parasoul)
A soldier can never think by his heart, ma'am. He gotta think by the book. (vs. Parasoul)
Thought you could beat me? Ninja, please. (vs. Valentine)
You're a baaaaad mammajama! (vs. Painwheel)
I got 99 problems and a lich ain't one. (vs. Squigly)
This canary's got my joints jumpin'! (vs. Squigly)
Too funky for myself. (vs. Big Band)
Jive-ass dude ain't got no brains anyhow. (vs. Beowulf)
You really laid some iron in this show, Jack. (vs. Beowulf)
Show's over... Cleopatra Bones. (vs. Eliza)
Damn, girl, you must got the Devil in you. (vs. Double)
I am going backsides, straight up straight down, miss six o'clock. (vs. Robo-Fortune)
This junk done sunk. (vs. Robo-Fortune)
A monster you cannot control has taken over your very soul. (vs. Bloody Marie)
Close the book on this Jive turkey! (vs. Marie and Bloody Marie)

Loss

Quote	Audio Clip
Ain't hearin' it.
The Grim Reaper...
You honey-crunch lookin'... (vs. Cerebella)
You jive-ass little... (vs. Peacock)
Cut me some slack! (vs. Painwheel)
You crispery crackery... (vs. Eliza)
Got you actin' a fool out here. (Time-out loss)
Play me off that slow, slow beat. (Time-out loss)

References

• "Saxploitation" is wordplay of Blaxploitation, an ethnic subgenre of exploitation films.
• Saxploitation Big Band's rhyming couplets (e.g. "Brass to the face puts a fool in their place") are a reference to the character, Bullhorn, from the 2009 movie, "Black Dynamite", who speaks in rhyming couplets nearly all the time.
• "Sa-da-tay!", "Baby... I'mma assign yo' pity on the runnin' kind.", and "Big Band don't "wadataaah" to the "shamaca", 'cause that's a "comacomalipachah", dig?" are all references to the 2001 movie, "Pootie Tang".
• "I'm gon' git'cha sucka!" is a reference to the 1988 blaxploitation movie, "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka".
• "Am I the meanest?" and "Am I the prettiest?" are references to the character, Sho'nuff, from the 1985 movie, "The Last Dragon".
• "You a baaaaad mamma jama!" is a reference to the song "She's a Bad Mamma Jama" by Carl Carlton.
• "I got 99 problems and a lich ain't one" is a reference to the song "99 Problems" by Jay-Z.
• "Ooooh-weeee! This pigeon built like a brick house!" is a reference to the song "Brick House" by The Commodores.
• "Dyn-o-mite!" is the prominent catch phrase used by James "J.J" Evans Jr. in the 70's sitcom Good Times.
• "Cartoons Plural!" is the name of one of the characters in Key & Peele's "East-West Bowl" sketch.
• "Crank that artichoke" is the name of rapper Sgt. Gutter's hit single in the animated TV series The Boondocks.
• "Jive-ass dude ain't got no brains anyhow." references the "Jive Talk" scene from the 1980 film Airplane.
• "You little in the middle.... but you got much back." is a reference to Sir-Mix-a-Lot's song "Baby Got Back". This was removed likely due to the sexual implications of the quote.