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Stock Phrases used in situations involving racing or being chased. Variants with involve substitutes for the "Dust" part.

Examples of Eat My Dust include:

Film[]

  • In Finding Nemo, Marlin telling Dory "You're about to eat my bubbles!"
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, A gazelle mocks Diego after outrunning him.
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 Gazelle: Eat my dust, dingo!

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 Clark Griswold: I'm going to pull around them... Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber!

Rusty Griswold: Dad, I think you mean burn rubber and eat my dust.

Clark Griswold: Whatever, Russ.

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  • Year One: While Cain is trying to flee his father Adam on a slow-moving camel:
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 Cain: Eat my dust, father!

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  • This is the title of a Roger Corman film starring Ron Howard, who only agreed to star in it after Corman promised to let him direct a later film.

Video Games[]

  • Nintendo game Eliminator Boat Duel features character "Vicious Vicky". Right before the second race against her, she says, "We're gonna have a drag [race] and you're gonna eat my wake!"
  • One of the lines said by the Scout in Team Fortress 2.
  • Sega Genesis game Road Rash 3: When you place poorly in a race, you'll sometimes be treated to another racer telling you, "I was trying to get you to eat my dust, but it settled before you got there."

Western Animation[]

  • SpongeBob SquarePants, "The Fry Cook Games": when SpongeBob gives Patrick this line, Patrick responds with "I'll be eating my own dust!"
  • Transformers Prime: said by Knock Out when he was pursued by Arcee with Vince as his hostage.