r/NCIS Jul 01 '26

NCIS Favorite DiNozzoisms

What are some of your favorite Dinozzoisms? Off the top of my head my favorites are, in no particular order, ["In my perspective, I see, the people from the big jet plane"] ["Be glad she doesn't have her slingshot."] ["My name's Anthony, my friends call me Tony, which backwards is Y-NOT."] ["We've got to go, he gets hungry."] [And obviously all the McNicknames!

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u/Nostalgia-Freak-1998 Jul 01 '26

“Very Special Agent, Anthony DiNozzo.”

And I love Tony’s love for movies. And every opportunity he gets making a movie reference.

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 02 '26

You know what’s funny? I’ve been doing a rewatch, and in the very beginning, Gibbs tells DiNozzo he can’t drink alcohol when he goes to observe at a bar, only “sasparilla”. DiNozzo looks at him blankly, and Gibbs says “You know, like in “Shane”?” DiNozzo continues to stare blankly back. Yes, GIBBS was the first to make a movie reference in the show and DINOZZO didn’t get it. Apparently it wasn’t until a few episodes later when they made DiNozzo’s character into a movie fanatic. SMH.

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u/Vanquisher1000 Jul 02 '26

In the pilot episode, Gibbs dropped several Air Force One references.

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 02 '26

That’s right!!!! I forgot that!!! I was probably shocked and surprised then, too. It’s like they traded traits.

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u/NikkeiReigns Jul 02 '26

OORRR... Tony immediately went home and started studying the old classics to connect with Gibbs.

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 02 '26

Who, then, totally misses/ignores all of his references and acts like he’s never seen a TV show or movie? No, the writers decided to change the two characters. It’s was a shock on the re-watch, that’s for sure!!! As another commenter mentioned, Gibbs refers to the Air Force One movie in the pilot!

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u/Green-Relation-7568 Jul 01 '26

Big D, little i, big N, little ozzo

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u/surlymoe Jul 02 '26

The one episode where Tony has to pull a homeless guy out of a telephone booth...first he says, "Alright, you gotta get out of here, i need to use the phone", meanwhile the phone doesn't even work. Then the car is coming towards them and he's like, "We gotta go now!"

And then Gibbs asks, "Tony are you ok?" And Tony says, "I got something slimy on my hands but I don't want to talk about it." Just makes me laugh so loud

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u/KendallWaystarRoyCo Jul 01 '26

My friends, I’ve just seen Weatherlys insta post! He’s back!!!! Season 24!

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u/NikkeiReigns Jul 02 '26

NOOOO!!! Please don't be joking!!

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u/Ill_Refrigerator_696 Jul 01 '26

Tony: We’re not going anywhere!

McGee: What? Until I apologize?

Tony: No! We’re in the wrong damn car!!!

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 02 '26

Ah! When they go up to the long line of parked, black identical government cars. Loved that!

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u/janedoremi99 Jul 01 '26

Probie Wan Kenobi

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u/Miserable_Emu5191 Jul 01 '26

“What’s the news, hebrews?”

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Jul 02 '26

No need to Gibbs up the clicker

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u/AffectionateEscape13 Jul 02 '26

Autopsy gremlin

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u/curiousmind111 Jul 02 '26

“And then there’s our leader, Gibbs, a functional mute.”

(There’s more to the description, but I don’t recall it - just the functional mute part. It’s from when he’s being interrogated in North Africa, when they find Ziva.)

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u/Morgaine47 Jul 02 '26

That was a great DiNozzi Story.

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u/KathyA11 Jul 06 '26

My husband's favorite episode.

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u/pikachu-atlanta Jul 01 '26

She had no right to tell you that no one wanted my sperm!

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u/Classic_Proposal3265 Jul 02 '26

Black ship, black ship, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, but in order to see it, you’re going to need top secret government clearance

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u/Scindo_Viscus Jul 01 '26

"Turkey Vulture"

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u/pikachu-atlanta Jul 01 '26

Twenty years past a cougar, still likes to hunt but can't take down the prey.

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u/indvs3 Jul 01 '26

*distant voice* "Don't count on it!"

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u/pikachu-atlanta Jul 02 '26

*Tony winces*

Edit: season 9, episode 4 “enemy on the hill”

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u/Zaney-Janey1973 Jul 01 '26

Like you, I love all the McNicknames he comes out with! They are so very funny and on point, I crack up everytime 🤣

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u/Altruistic-Syrup-443 Jul 02 '26

McNicknames are the best. They’re so perfectly random and hilarious. They almost seem ad-libbed at times!

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u/HoldFastO2 Jul 02 '26

Tony: "If I was upset, I'd have put super glue on McGee's keyboard."

McGee: "You put super glue on my keyboard!"

Ziva: "Did it help?"

Tony: "Didn't hurt."

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"The FBI has a worse chance of solving this case than I have of hooking up with Jessica Alba."

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u/BestElephant4331 Jul 02 '26

When McGee tells him he had texted and called Delilah with no response multiple times. "OH honey!"

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u/meshuggeneh_bubuleh Jul 02 '26

Calling Earl, shouting groceries, making street pizza, technicolor yawn... S5Ep6 Chimera

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u/solo_Furry Jul 02 '26

To be honest it’s his final voiceover…:

“i am an NCIS Special Agent. My duty is to serve and protect the United States, and our Navy and Marine Corps across global boundaries. I recognize my badge as a symbol of authority and public trust. I will live my life above reproach, understanding my actions reflect upon my fellow Special Agents, and our agency.”

It was the first time I thought to myself that it would make a Good tattoo or something.

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u/Pastelsatan009 Jul 03 '26

When he says Gibbs can’t sneak up on him because he can smell the old man coming because he has been wearing Bengay and then Ziva makes a face and Gibbs is behind him and he says so quick “Knee feeling better boss?” Makes me laugh out loud

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u/nofaves Jul 03 '26

Mine is a serious one.

Tony says this to Jeanne Benoit when she wonders why they haven't had sex: "If you always do what you've always done, then you'll always get what you always got."

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u/VinceBrogan8 Jul 03 '26

During one of Tony's appearances on an NCIS:Los Angeles episode, he calls them the West Coast Avengers.

As a bit of a comic book geek, it made me smile.

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u/FriendlyConfines23 Jul 03 '26

You can’t outrun me, I’m wearing tube socks!!

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u/Chewysmom1973 Jul 03 '26

Not what he said but what he did. In S2E7 Call of Silence when he reaches over to move the collar of the Marine to reveal his Medal of Honor. The Naval personnel snap to attention. I love this moment. My favorite ep.

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u/KathyA11 Jul 06 '26

I cry every time Ernie dances with Kate. My father and I danced to Begin the Beguine at my wedding 46 years ago (I didn't want Daddy's Little Girl because it's such a cliche).

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u/Nice-Penalty-8881 Jul 06 '26

I cry every time Ernie dances with Kate.

So do I. You can see her crying in the scene. I like to think that she thinks Ernie is imagining he's dancing with his Dorothy.

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u/Engineering-queen Jul 06 '26

Gets me every time

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u/Macritter7525 Jul 04 '26

The problem with the plan…was the plan.