Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Ace Ventura, played by Jim Carrey, in the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, directed by Tom Shadyac (1994).

Being a pet detective doesn't sound like a dangerous gig. What's a missing hedgehog or a runway ferret going to do to you? And no one actually loses a dangerous tarantula anyway.

Things do get real for Ace Ventura, pet detective, when he's called to investigate a missing bottlenose dolphin. And not just any dolphin—the Miami Dolphin. When Ventura climbs a ladder to explore the empty tank, he tells the people waiting for him, "If I'm not back in five minutes… just wait longer."

What could go wrong at the bottom of an empty dolphin tank?

Where you've heard it

You've heard this one if a friend is headed into an extremely mundane situation, like waiting in line at the bank, post office, or Redbox. 

No need to call for backup if they haven't returned in five minutes. They're probably just stuck behind someone paying for stamps with all pennies.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

This is the rare Ace Ventura quote that scores low on both the Pretentious Factor and the Annoyance Factor scales.