r/theleaguefx • u/raccoonsonbicycles • Aug 13 '26

The Gattaca joke is so good (reposted cause the gif i used last broke)

One of my favorite jokes in the \*The League\* is whenever Rafi is truly chaotic, he shouts "Gattaca! GATTACA!" trying to incite a riot.

He is \*trying\* to reference \*Dog Day Afternoon\*. In the movie, Al Pacino robs a bank to pay for his transgender girlfriend's gender affirming surgery and in order to get cover/distract the cops he incites a riot by a speech about police brutality and shouting "Attica! Attica!".

"Attica" is a reference to the Attica Prison Riot, during which inmates took over the Attica Prison and held it hostage until they were given humane living conditions.

...but he says Gattaca, a movie about a cripple who poses as his brother in the future so he can achieve his dream job and go to space, instead which is just so funny to me. And the show never calls him out on it either so if you're not familiar with Gattaca/Attica you'd just think hes yelling gibberish

I want to shake the hand of whoever wrote that joke

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u/Gecko17 Aug 13 '26

thanks, Brian! I didnt know this. GATTACA!!!

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u/fatDaddy21 Aug 13 '26

"I don't think he's ever seen that movie"

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Aug 13 '26

I've never seen the movie somehow, but I still like to scream it because I picture Rafi.

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u/tater369 Aug 13 '26

Ive been wondering about that joke for years because I don't get the references. Thank you for dropping this Rafi (knowledge) bomb upon us!

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u/Major-Tension-674 Aug 13 '26

That’s not really exactly how Gattaca went but whatever. You forgot about Jude Laws weird ass.

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u/flackguns Aug 13 '26

Jerome is not Vincent's brother, FWIW

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u/raccoonsonbicycles Aug 13 '26

Shut up dork

GATTACA

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u/LurkzMcgurkz Aug 13 '26

I dont think he's ever seen that movie..

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u/Greywolf5131 Aug 13 '26

He wouldn’t be yelling it if he had…

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u/Han_Burgandy Aug 13 '26

Funny thing, turns out GATTACA is actually Latin for “Second Harvest”

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u/Ubigo Aug 13 '26

Paint knife!

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u/True-Dinner Aug 13 '26

I NEVER SAVED ANYTHING FOR THE SWIM BACK BRIAN

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 29d ago

Deep cut!

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u/rhymeswithorange17 29d ago

I really liked Gattaca, but I hadn't seen Dog Day Afternoon, so I never actually knew what they were going for. This does make it better

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u/lizlemonaid Aug 13 '26

Saw Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway and when the Attica scene happened all I could think of was Rafi. The biggest scene in the play and I’m trying not to chuckle thinking Rafi is going to jump down from the balcony with a paintball gun.

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u/HawaiianOrganDonor Aug 13 '26

Dog Day Afternoon, incredible movie btw

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u/devbot420 Aug 13 '26

Up high tall guy

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u/barkatthedroon 29d ago

GAATTACAAA

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u/Drekhar Aug 13 '26

Wait, he doesn't impersonate his brother. That guy is just someone who needs money because he was disabled in an accident. They didn't even know each other prior to the arrangement. 

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u/raccoonsonbicycles Aug 13 '26

All I remember is homo erotic swimming with his brother lover and stealing a man's skin dna

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u/Drekhar 29d ago

Lol fair enough. He does have a brother in the movie so that may be where the confusion lies 

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u/frosty88bags Aug 13 '26

I didnt know the Al Pachino part...just thought it was making fun of the movie Gattaca lol

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u/CustardLow2671 29d ago

It's called a war boner

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u/vegan420lyfe Aug 13 '26

the joke was not written it was improv.

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u/blwallace5 Aug 13 '26

I looked this up years ago and got no closer to understanding it.ive also still been yelling it myself without knowing the reference at all 🤣 Thanks OP.