If you asked her, Gina Linetti from Brooklyn Nine-Nine would tell you that she is many things. A dancer. A star. And the most perfect goddess that has ever existed. Gina has a big ego and isn’t afraid to let people know what she thinks about them.
Whether it’s her dismissal of Amy and Charles or her scathing takedowns of Terry, Jake, and Holt, she has a sassy comment for any situation. While Chelsea Peretti departed the show in season seven, Gina’s impact will be felt for the show’s entire run. As such, for the common masses, here are the sassiest Gina Linetti quotes from the show.
Updated January 19th, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: Brooklyn Nine-Nine has a great cast of hilarious characters trying to do their best job working in Brooklyn, New York at the Nine-Nine. It’s a popular series that is still just as engaging after being on the air for a few seasons. Brooklyn Nine-Nine has over-the-top hilarious characters and dialogue from each character on the show whether they’re part of the main cast or a supporting or recurring character. Gina Linetti is known for her hilarious and sassy dialogue and Gina has some of the most iconic and quotable lines in the series.
“I’d describe the workflow today as dismal with a tiny dash of pathetic.”
Gina is constantly complaining about her job and the mundane tasks she has to do around the department. Gina also likes to look down at her co-workers and thinks she could easily do their job even though she’s had no training to be a police officer. She’s vocal about her feelings throughout the series and likes to tell everyone how much she hates her own work, how she has more important things to do, and typically doesn’t care about the work of others in the department.
“Okay, no hard feelings, but I hate you. Not joking. Bye.”
Amy doubts Gina’s skills because she’s not a police officer and says that she probably can’t help, but of course, Gina Linetti doesn’t accept that she can’t help because she can do anything. Gina wastes no time in responding with this sassy, devastating, and blunt line. Gina doesn’t let anyone get away with saying that she can’t do something because she genuinely believes that she can do anything.
“Is there any way I could skip doing that, and instead not do that?”
Gina tries to avoid work at all costs even though she has proven that she’s great at her job when the team really needs her she still hates the busy work her job requires. She doesn’t try to hide the fact that she hates actually focusing and working on mundane tasks and even asks her boss, Captain Holt, outright on multiple occasions if she can just not work on any of it.
“Every time you talk I hear that sound that plays when Pac-Man dies.”
Gina typically doesn’t have time to talk to people unless the topic is something that she’s interested in like dancing or social media or the topic is literally Gina Linetti. Charles tries to talk to her and Gina can’t take it anymore eventually delivering this hilarious line. Gina says she can’t even hear what Charles is saying because she just hears Pac-Man noises.
“If I die, turn my tweets into a book.”
Gina is known for her online presence and for having a large following on social media that she is very proud of in the series. She’s even done a live show for her fans and she loves the attention that social media like Twitter is able to give her. She’s proud enough of her tweets that she asks her co-workers to put a book together consisting of her tweets when she dies.
“It’s Gina’s phone. Leave me a voice-mail. I won’t check it ‘cause it’s not 1993.”
If there’s one thing Gina is obsessed with more than Beyoncé or fame, it’s her phone. Because she is a social media savant, she is quick to use her phone in a variety of ways to shame or embarrass the officers of the Nine-Nine.
That being said, she’s also quick to remind others that she has no obligation to respond back to them. Gina works on her time and her schedule, and if people don’t like it, then that’s just too bad for them.
“Jake, why don’t you just do the right thing and jump out a window? Captain Holt will never fire me if he knows I’m mourning the death of a close friend.”
While it’s not brought up often, one of the more interesting character dynamics is between Jake and Gina. The two have known each other their entire lives, and are the closest thing the two have to siblings. While Gina may know Jake better than almost anyone, it doesn’t mean she’s above exploiting that relationship to get what she wants. Despite caring for him, Gina would still somewhat selfishly put her own interests and well being above her friends.
“The only reason I didn’t tell you is I don’t value you as people, so why be honest?”
Gina doesn’t have time for social niceties or pleasant conversation. She is someone who considers her time to be extremely valuable, and she doesn’t have time to play at being nice. She will tell Amy or Charles to their face how much she dislikes them, and she isn’t afraid of telling random strangers what she feels about them as well. While it saves her time from having to put up with someone she doesn’t care for, it certainly doesn’t earn her that many favors either.
“You should make me your campaign manager. I was born for politics. I have great hair and I love lying.”
Gina is confident in her abilities to perform. Oftentimes, this confidence is extremely misplaced and overinflated. That still doesn’t stop Gina from wanting to do whatever she sets her mind to. Whether it’s being a dancer, app developer, campaign manager, or mother, Gina believes she will be the best in that field no matter what. While sometimes her abilities don’t match her confidence, more often than not she surprises the officers and detectives of the Nine-Nine.
“You don’t wanna start a battle of the wills with Gina Linetti because you will emerge from that battle a broken man. Not to brag, but I was name-checked in my kindergarten teacher’s suicide note.”
While Gina is kind and supportive to the people she cares about, she is downright ruthless to the people she hates or dislikes. Gina’s ability to tear down the confidence and sanity of most people borders occasionally on psychopathic. In true Gina fashion though, she tends to walk along the razor’s edge, never fully committing to being what might be viewed as cruel. Still, her takedowns and insults can be extremely personal, making it that much harder if it’s directed at someone she cares about.
“You think you can just bully people, but you can’t. It’s not okay. I’m the bully around here. Ask anyone.”
Most people might shy away from being referred to as a bully. Not Gina. Gina delights in the status and power she has, knowing that people tend to give her what she wants as a result. While she never takes things a little too far, she’s not above doing things like giving Amy coffee filled with cement and mocking or insulting Boyle.
“The only thing I’m not good at is modesty because I’m great at it.”
Gina’s insults and opinions of other people are often grounded in some kind of reality. When it comes to her though, Gina’s ego causes her to massively inflate her own opinion of herself.
Although she will admit mistakes or faults on occasion, there is almost always a hidden caveat that stops her from taking full responsibility. She truly believes can do no wrong, and while her confidence is admirable it also tends to be her downfall.
“I need someone to take this personality test for my psych class. I was hoping to wow my professor with a genuine psycho. Like Amy. Or Hitchcock. Or Charles would be great.”
Even though Gina manages to display textbook narcissism, she still views the problems of other people to be more damning than her own. She views detectives like Hitchcock, Scully, Boyle, and Amy to be fundamentally flawed, especially since they don’t act like her. While they all do have their own faults and vices, Gina is quick to remind them of how she views them all as slightly lesser, and how she is definitely better.
“My mother cried the day I was born because she knew she would never be better than me.”
Despite being described as “the complete overlap of Ego and Id”, Gina is fine with how she treats people. She’s not above admitting she’s wrong or that she’s made a mistake; it’s just that those things rarely, if ever, happen. She manages to outwit an entire police precinct filled with detectives who underestimate her during one of the Halloween heists. While her comments may be eyebrow-raising, it’s hard to deny that she sometimes has a point with how great/brilliant/amazing/perfect/etc she is.
“Hi, Gina Linetti, the human form of the 100 Emoji.”
Despite Gina’s massive egocentric nature and devastating comments, it can’t be denied that she does have a tenacity to her. She survived being hit by a bus and was back for work in a few weeks. When she feels like giving up or that she can’t do something, she’s quick to bolster herself back up and say that she can do it. She is tough, snide, and completely wrapped up in herself. But she is Gina Linetti, and she will use that same energy to bolster up others when she can and help them out. It’s Gina’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
