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Ripley or MacReady? Test Your Aliens & The Thing Quote Knowledge in This Quiz

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Aliens and The Thing quiz

You’d be hard-pressed to find two sci-fi horror pics as emblematic and beloved as James Cameron’s Aliens and John Carpenter’s The Thing. Blending skin-crawling body horror with unsettling claustrophobia, paranoia, intense action, and extraterrestrials who would rather bite your head off than “phone home,” both Aliens and The Thing have seriously got it all.

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With The Thing‘s 40th anniversary looming, we thought that now would be the perfect time to test your knowledge on one of Hollywood’s most underrated otherworldly beasties. All you have to do is identify who said what and you’re golden.

Was it cinema’s most badass heroine, Ellen Ripley? Or was it the calm and collected helicopter pilot-turned-hero, R. J. Macready? It’s your call.

So, without further ado, heat up those needles for that blood sample test, grab those sticks of dynamite and those motion trackers, and come join us as we venture back to Hollywood’s most compelling sci-fi worlds. Will you be able to correctly identify who said what in all ten of these Aliens and The Thing quotes? Godspeed, and good luck!

Ripley or MacReady? Test Your Aliens & The Thing Quote Knowledge in This Quiz

"Cheating bitch."
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
"I don't know how. 'Cause it's different than us, see? 'Cause it's from outer space. What do you want from me?"
"Now I'll show you what I already know."
"Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?"
"How long after we're declared overdue can we expect a rescue?"
"Yeah, f*ck you too!"
"I feel like kind of a fifth wheel around here. Is there anything I can do?"
"You really think you can get a dangerous organism like that past ICC quarantine?"
"For your health!"

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Image Sources: 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures (via Industrial Scripts and Coming Soon)

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Dylan Chaundy

Dylan is a Senior Writer at Twinfinite and has been with the site for over two years, and in the games media industry for over a decade. He typically covers horror, RPGs, shooters, indie titles and movies, and loves reading, pizza and skateboarding; ideally, at the same time. He has a degree in English Literature from Aberystwyth University, Wales. He thinks FTL may be the most perfect game ever created.

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