135 Movie Quotes about Waking Up (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Sep 25, 2026

Memorable quotes about waking up, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 What's this? I can't believe my eyes. I must be dreaming. Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair.

Quote from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2 Wake up and smell the seaweed, you little fool.

Tim Curry as Drake The Evil Penguin in The Pebble and the Penguin

3 Wake up, Mr. Alex. Wake up, Mr. Alex. Rise and shining. Wakey-waking, Mr. Alex! Wake up! Alex!

Quote from Madagascar

4 Alice, wake up! Please wake up, Alice. Please wake up, Alice.

Quote from Alice in Wonderland (1951)

5 Wake up, honey.

Quote from The Wizard of Oz (1939)

6 Hello. This is your wake-up call.

John Cleese as Jean Bob in The Swan Princess

7 Genie, wake up and smell the hummus.

Robin Williams as Genie; The Genie Of The Lamp in Aladdin (1992)

8 Wake up! Start up ya engine, boy!

Jeanette Nolan as Ellie Mae in The Rescuers (1977)

9 Hey, kids! -What? -Get your lazy bottoms out of bed and do jumping jacks with Binky the Clown. One, two!

Thom Huge as Binky The Clown in Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)

10 Sometimes I wake up and don't know where I am.

Quote from Rambo 1 - First Blood