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Source: Good Will Hunting

Speaker: Will Hunting

"How do you like them apples?"

Do you like apples? […] Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?

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Context

This famous line is spoken by Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon, in Good Will Hunting (directed by Gus Van Sant, 1997).

After getting his love interest's number in a bar, Will Hunting wants to impress his true love interest (Ben Affleck), so he taunts the man who didn't get her number.

Will bangs on the window of the Dunkin Donuts-meets-Frozen Yogurt shop the man is sitting in (neither drinking DD coffee nor eating frozen yogurt), and asks him through the glass if he likes apples.

When the man says yes ("a crisp Gala apple is delightful on a sunny fall day!"), Will slams the number against the window and says, "Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?" 

In Boston, that's called getting buhned.

Where you've heard it

If you ever want to insult someone—preferably with some surprising information—and jokes about the person's bad hair or sweater just won't do, you might pull this one out.

Explore the origin of the phrase here.

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.

What if the guy didn't like apples? Then what?

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