Poll: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Results of 684 votes:

1. 1.
   

   Christina Ricci in Addams Family Values (1993)

    

   Wednesday Addams: "To end its misery."
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   Frank Oz and Yoda in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

    

   Master Yoda: "Quicker, easier and more seductive, other side is."
3. 3.
   

   John Goodman in The Big Lebowski (1998)

    

   Walter Sobchak: "I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that a chicken could have the right to cross the road. You hear me? So if a chicken wants to cross the road, godammit this is a fr…
4. 4.
   

   Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977)

    

   Alvy Singer: "Screw the chicken, I cross the road everyday and don't make a fuss about it."
5. 5.
   

   R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    

   Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: "Because you were on the other side showing your d--- and the goddamn chicken mistook it for a worm!!!"
6. 6.
   

   Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)

    

   Don Vito Corleone: "As long as it doesn't interfere with our business, I approve its decision to cross the road."
7. 7.
   

   Terry Gilliam and Graham Chapman in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

    

   King Arthur: "What do you mean? A European or an African chicken?"
8. 8.
   

   Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

    

   Forrest Gump: "I guess it felt like crossing the road."
9. 9.
   

   Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future (1985)

    

   Doc Emmett Brown: "Because where it is, it still needs roads."
10. 10.
    

    Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

     

    Marty McFly: "Nobody calls me 'chicken'!!!"
11. 11.
    

    Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

     

    T-800: "Don't worry. It'll be back."
12. 12.
    

    Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

     

    Andy Dufresne: "Because it comes down to a simple choice: get busy leaving, or get busy frying."
13. 13.
    

    Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

     

    The Narrator: "I'm Jack's riddle for the ages."
14. 14.
    

    George Clooney in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

     

    Mr. Fox: "Burp!"
15. 15.
    

    Joe Pesci in Casino (1995)

     

    Nicky Santoro: "Now, why don't YOU cross the road before I stuff a real chicken up your ass?!"
16. 16.
    

    Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (2005)

     

    V: "To protest against the slaughter of mass-raised chickens by evil fast food corporations."
17. 17.
    

    Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

     

    The Monster: "Chicken... needs... friends."
18. 18.
    

    Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999)

     

    Cole Sear: "I see a dead chicken."
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    Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

     

    Randle Patrick R.P. McMurphy: "Well, at least it tries."
20. 20.
    

    Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II (1979)

     

    Rocky Balboa: "It ain't about the road, it's about how hard you can get hit by a car and keep moving forward!"
21. 21.
    

    Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind (1939)

     

    Rhett Butler: "You want to know how much I care about your chicken, my dear?"
22. 22.
    

    Mel Gibson

     

    Martin Riggs: "To run afowl the law, hahaha..."
23. 23.
    

    Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II (1974)

     

    Michael Corleone: "I know I didn't give the go-ahead."