So we all know the famous line Halle Berry’s Storm delivers before she kills Toad with a strike a of lightning.
“Do you know what happens to a toad when it gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.”
While I know there’s the old joke where the answer is “it croaks”. But I think that is corny as hell and too silly.
However telling Toad that the same thing that happens to everything else she’s basically telling Toad he ain’t shit. That he’s nothing special and that he’s going to get electrocuted and most likely die from the lightning strike, like a normal person or animal would.
She’s taunting him, telling him he isn’t a threat, and he’s nothing compared to her.
I don’t understand the hate for that line, and it’s one of my favorites if I’m being honest.
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You just Wrong. Take my upvote.
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
I mean, I don’t think it stacks up with “Here’s lookin’ at you, Kid,” or “Frankly, My Dear, I don’t give a damn,” or “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” but it’s not a terrible line.
There’s deleted scenes with Toad constantly making “do you know what happens to a toad…” jokes throughout the movie. Storm’s line is supposed to clap back, but since they cut all the set up it comes out of nowhere.
Maybe if it was another actress it would have landed better.
Well, in the original cut of the movie, Toad was spouting ‘toad facts’. “Do you know why a toad” “Did you know that a toad” So Storm’s line in the movie was her turning that back on him. All of his dialogue was cut though, so her line is just weird without that context.
My understanding was that originally Toad was supposed to repeatedly say, “Do you know what happens when a toad does X?” Or similar as part of his character.
Storm’s line was meant as a rejoinder to his repeated phrase, but all the other scenes with him saying it were cut, making Storm’s line come off weaker without any previous setup.