Outer Banks: 10 Funniest Quotes
Netflix’s Outer Banks may be a thriller-mystery, but with a group of teens as the core characters, there are plenty of lighthearted, comedic moments. Here are 10 of the funniest quotes from season 1.
Though Netflix’s Outer Banks is a treasure hunting thriller/mystery, it’s also pretty funny. The main characters are sixteen-year-olds who love their fair share of one-liners. They’re constantly making fun of each other and getting into the weirdest situations.
The script is true to the way teens converse, and with characters as egotistical as the Pogues can be, they’re bound to deliver some memorable lines. Here are ten of the funniest quotes from season 1 of Outer Banks.
10. “I’ll Be So Safe.”
When the Pogues plus Sarah venture to Parcel 9, which also happens to be the home of an elderly ax murderer, the girls decide to approach the house alone so they can switch off the motion sensor lights. John B tells them to be safe. Pope and JJ wait until they’re out of earshot before turning towards one another.
JJ takes Pope’s face in his hands and with an adoring look says, “Be safe.” Pope returns the look and replies, “I’ll be so safe … for you.” John B threatens to kill them both. Pope asks, “But how would that keep us safe?”
9. "I Was On The Math Team!”
When John B and JJ break into Scooter’s motel room in the pilot episode, they don’t yet know that this room belongs to a dead man. The cops come to investigate while the boys are inside. Luckily, Pope and Kiara are on the lookout.
They rush to the side of the building to warn the boys. Pope tries tossing stones at the window but they don’t even come close to hitting the wall. Kiara stares at him. “Didn’t you ever play baseball?” she asks, horrified. “I was on the math team!” he hisses.
8. "Pentagon … We Have Security Clearance.”
The day after the hurricane, John B and JJ embark on a fishing trip. But they can’t go without their fellow Pogues. They swing by Pope at work after JJ notices Miss Amy “totally” look at him. John B confirms that he saw it.
The boys imitate holding walkie-talkies and call Pope for a “safety meeting — attendance mandatory”, but Pope’s dad won’t let him go. JJ calls his dad a “pussy”, which Heyward hears. JJ counters by saying the day after a hurricane’s a free day. Heyward asks him, “Who the hell made that up?” JJ says, “Uh, Pentagon, I think. We have security clearance. I have a card.”
7. "Stop Barking At The Snakes!”
The Pogues are trying to break into the graveyard where John B’s great-great-grandmother, Olivia Redfield, is buried. Just when they’re about to bust through the tomb, a large moccasin slithers out, startling them all — except JJ.
JJ starts barking at it. “They’re afraid of dogs, everybody knows that.” The others tell him to shut up before someone sees them, but JJ starts barking into the tomb, too.
6. "It’s A Little Tootsie Roll!”
After security guards find the Pogues in the graveyard, they make a run for it. Everyone deftly climbs the fence until Pope gets stuck. His shorts are caught at the top. Kiara runs back to pull him down, but he panics and keeps repeating, “You’re gonna rip it, you’re gonna rip it …”
The guards are fast approaching when Kiara finally gets him down, leaving his shorts hanging off the fence in tatters. They bolt for the van, Pope crouching and covering himself while the others tease him: “Nice, dude … It’s a little Tootsie Roll!”
5. "Did You Just Yeet Over That Chain?”
John B is on the run from the cops, as usual, this time on a stolen bike. He speeds up a ramp and over a fence where a group of kids watches with awe. “Stay in school!” he calls over his shoulder, only to find another kid in front of him. He swerves and spots a chain barring his access to the main roads. He brakes and flies over the chain, landing painfully on his side.
Sarah Cameron happens to be leaving a nearby store and rushes over to help. “Dude! Did you just yeet over that chain?” she says, before helping him to his feet.
4. "Bucks? What’s A Buck?”
Sarah is going to get John B into the Kook library archives to find more information about the treasure he’s searching for, but they can’t get in the way they’re outfitted — not to mention with the filth they gathered in the boat on the way there.
She takes him to a fancy store and makes him try on posh clothes that he wouldn’t otherwise be caught dead in. She suggests he try on seersucker and bucks. Already embarrassed and uncomfortable, John B is now bewildered. “Bucks? What’s a buck?”
3. "Just Be So Careful, John B. Oh, Just Give Me That John D, Already!”
JJ persists in encouraging John B to make a move on Kiara, who he’s convinced likes John B. Right before the two boys head up to Scooter’s motel room, Kiara tells John B to be careful.
When they’re out of earshot, JJ starts massaging John B’s shoulders and mocking Kiara. “Just be so careful, John B. Oh, just give me that John D, already!” John B rolls his eyes and pokes fun at JJ’s obsession with girls.
2. "Well, Well, Well.”
Pope is the master of dad jokes and inappropriately timed humor. For instance, when they discover the well under an ax murderer’s house, he comes out with, “Well, well, well.”
With utmost seriousness, John B comments, “That was a good dad joke.” Meanwhile, a serial killer is asleep only two floors above, while $400 million worth of gold is hidden below.
1. ".. I’d For Sure Put His Skull Into The Ground But Like I Said, I’m Not A Jealous Guy. I Don’t Really Care At The End Of The Day.”
Topper is absolutely a jealous guy, which is revealed the second Sarah even talks to another guy. Before he has any proof that she’s seeing John B — before she even does start seeing him — Topper becomes aggressive and constantly interrogates her. But when he finds Wheezie as a decoy in Sarah’s bed one night, he confesses his feelings.
After Midsummers, Topper is afraid that Sarah wants to break up with him, so after getting drunk, he comes to see her. Unaware that it’s Wheezie he’s speaking to, he tells her he doesn’t really care who she went to Chapel Hill with, but that if he did know, he’d “for sure put his skull into the ground but like I said, I’m not a jealous guy. I don’t really care at the end of the day.” He’s so inebriated that he has no idea how ridiculous he sounds while attempting to be nonchalant and reasonable.
Originally shared with ScreenRant.
