Daily Dialogue — June 22, 2017

Jules is behind the wheel, Vincent in the passenger seat and Marvin in the back.

VINCENT: Ever seen that show "COPS?" I was watchin' it once and this cop was on it who was talkin' about this time he got into this gun fight with a guy in a hallway. He unloads on this guy and he doesn't hit anything. And these guys were in a hallway. It's a freak, but it happens.
JULES: If you wanna play blind man, then go walk with a Shepherd. But me, my eyes are wide fuckin' open.
VINCENT: What the fuck does that mean?
JULES: That's it for me. For here on in, you can consider my ass retired.
VINCENT: Jesus Christ!
JULES: Don't blaspheme!
VINCENT: Goddammit, Jules –
JULES: – I said don't do that –
VINCENT: – you're fuckin' freakin' out!\
JULES: I'm tellin' Marsellus today I'm through.
VINCENT: While you're at it, be sure to tell 'im why.
JULES: Don't worry, I will.
VINCENT: I'll bet ya ten thousand dollars, he laughs his ass off.
JULES: I don't give a damn if he does.

Vincent turns to the backseat with the .45 casually in his grip.

VINCENT: Marvin, what do you make of all this?
MARVIN: I don't even have an opinion.
VINCENT: C'mon, Marvin. Do you think God came down from Heaven and stopped the bullets?

Vincent's .45 goes BANG!

Marvin is hit in the upper chest, below the throat. He GURGLES blood and SHAKES.

MARVIN: What the fuck’s happening!
VINCENT: I just accidentally shot Marvin in the throat!

— Pulp Fiction (1994), written by Quentin Tarantino, stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Unexpected Death, suggested by Angry Cyborg.

Trivia: According to an interview with Phil LaMarr, it was John Travolta, who came up with the idea of the character Marvin being shot in the face. Marvin was originally supposed to be accidentally shot in the throat, and die a slow, painful death. Vincent and Jules decide that Marvin should be shot in the head, and put out of his misery. Knowing that this would make the characters unlikeable, Travolta took his idea to Quentin Tarantino and he agreed to it, figuring that a single-bullet kill would be funnier. Legend has it, that LaMarr was the one who came up the idea, but LaMarr denies this, in his appearance on the podcast “I Was There Too”.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Talk about unexpected! And the irony of the line Vincent delivers: “I mean do you think God came down from Heaven and stopped — “ And it’s on that last word — BAM!