Trix Commercial Quotes
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Source: Trix Commercial
Speaker: Kids
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!
Context
This line is spoken by the kids in the TV commercial for Trix cereal (1970-present).
For over 40 years, a harmless rabbit has just wanted to eat some cereal, but a bunch of cruel kids keep him from tasting it.
The poor bunny has to resort to costumes in order to trick the children, but when he comes close to tasting that delicious fruity goodness, his ears always spring free, exposing his true identity.
Where you've heard it
In its most menacing incarnation, Kill Bill's O Ren Ishii calls The Bride a "silly rabbit" before unleashing at least 88 of the bloodthirsty Crazy 88s. A cereal commercial tagline as a prelude to violence? Only in a Quentin Tarantino movie.
More generally, the phrase "silly rabbit" can be used to refer to someone who is too stupid to know that they're never going to succeed, especially if they keep trying the same thing over and over and over again.
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.
Why can't the rabbit just have some cereal? What's the harm in that? Actually, the pretension of this phrase depends on if you're citing the Trix commercial (low pretension, because deliciousness) or Kill Bill (high pretension, because Tarantino).