11 Quotes from "Jaws" in the Era of Coronavirus


When’s the last time you heard someone say their favorite character in the movie “Jaws” was Mayor Larry Vaughn?

Typically, the conversation of favorite character revolves around one of three people- Chief Brody, Quint, or Hooper.

Rarely does anyone align with or relate to Mayor Vaughn as their favorite character. In fact, I don’t know that I’ve run into a single person who has ever come out and said they like Mayor Vaughn at all.

And the reason is simple. It’s because Mayor Vaughn is a dick.

Here are 11 quotes from the movie “Jaws” that replace the word “shark” or “fish” with “coronavirus”, (and one other minor change).

Don’t be a dick.

Hooper: “Well this is not a boat accident! It wasn’t any propeller! It wasn’t any coral reef! And it wasn’t Jack the ripper! It was a coronavirus.”

Mayor Vaugh: “Martin, it’s all psychological. You yell, flu, everybody says, what? You yell coronavirus, and we’ve got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.”

Hooper: “They caught a coronavirus. Not THE coronavirus.”

Chief Brody: “Why don’t we have one more drink and go down and cut that coronavirus open.”

Chairmember: “Is that $3,000 bounty on the coronavirus in cash or check?”

Quint: “This coronavirus, swallow you whole.”

Mayor Vaughn: “And what did you say the name of this coronavirus is?”
Hooper: “It’s covid-19. It’s a coronavirus.”

Quint: “Mr. Hooper, I’m not talking about pleasure boating or daily sailing, I’m talking about working for a living, I’m talking about coronavirusing!”

Hooper: “Boys, oh boys! I think the coronavirus has come back for his noon feeding.”

Mrs. Kitner: “I just found out...that a girl got killed here last week...and you knew it! You knew there was a coronavirus out there! You knew it was dangerous, but you let people go swimming anyway?”

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