Quotes
 Zohan: I just want to make people silky-smooth! Claude: It`s not that big.
Zohan: No, not that. The bush, is biggest you ever seen, right?
Gail: Usually he`s harder than trigonometry.
[Zohan shows Gail the gel that was thrown at the salon; Gail tastes the gel]
Gail: Oh, that`s Neosporin! I use it on cuts and on genital sores.
Salim: [to the two women riding his cab] You are a stupid cow!
Zohan: I only be stiff for you.
Michael: What are you? Bionic?
Zohan: No, I only like the ladies.
Michael: Well, tonight`s our night for the Community Nightwatch.
Zohan: The Communism tight crotch? What?
Dalia: Zohan! He has a bomb... and puppies!
Zohan: No!
James: Imma blow up this whole block, Imma blow you up, Imma blow up these puppies! And we all gone` go to hell together, cause I hate these puppies!
Zohan: So let`s go.
Zohan: Unbelievable! This enema gets to live his dream...!
Zohan: [Zohan approaches apprehensive-looking young kid sitting in Barber chair] Young man! Look what I have found here, a nice balloon. Do you want it?
[hands kid balloon]
Zohan: You know, you shouldn`t jump around when this nice woman is holding a sharp pair of scissors. If you move she could slip and slice your jugular man, on accident. There is no way to stitch the jugular. All of your blood will be on the floor in four minutes. I have seen this. I have done this. You don`t want this.
[kid bursts into a flood of tears, Zohan nerve pinches him and the kid slumps unconscious in his seat]
Zohan: Well then, at least it is good time to shave his neck...
Zohan: [the limo passenger is battered about as Zohan hits warp-factor 10 speeding through the streets] Don`t worry! I will lose them!
Limousine Passenger: Nobody`s following us!
Exec 1: What`s `humus`?
Exec 2: It`s a very tasty diarrhoea-like substance.
The Phantom: Okay, okay, okay! What you want, huh?
Salim: I want muchentuchen restaurant chain.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: But if I tell, you no have chain anyway.
The Phantom: So, you not give any incentive.
Salim: Okay. I want 50 percent of muchentuchen chain. We call it "Phantom & Salim Muchentuchen".
The Phantom: No.
Salim: Twenty-five percent.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: I want yogurt shop attached to store, like food court.
The Phantom: Okay.
Salim: I get profits from store.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: Some profits.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: I get free yogurt when I come to store.
The Phantom: Okay. Within reason.
Salim: And... I want some of your wives.
The Phantom: How many wives you want?
Salim: Twenty.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: I sleep with one wife.
The Phantom: No.
Salim: She give one pee-pee touch.
The Phantom: Okay.
Trivia
Co-writer Robert Smigel revealed that the movie was mostly written in the year 2000, but it was delayed after 9/11 due to the terrorist themes in the film.
Zohan was loosely based on Nezi Arbib, a hairstylist and former Israeli soldier in Solana Beach, CA. Arbib taught Adam Sandler and the film crew different hairstyling techniques, while Sandler learned Arbib`s mannerisms.
Throughout the film, Zohan and other Israeli characters use various Hebrew words and phrases, including: Aba (father), Ima (Mother), b`seder (okay), and Yiddish words, including: faygelah (homosexual), tuches (butt).
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* Adam Sandler`s longtime friend and former college roommate Eric Lamonsoff, who was previously mentioned in both The Wedding Singer (1998) and Click (2006/I), makes his film debut here as Hamdi`s passenger.
Most of the guns used by the Zohan and the terrorists in the film are weapons manufactured by Israeli Military Industries (such as the Uzi submachine gun, Galil assault rifle, and the Jericho 941 and Desert Eagle handguns).
The Arabic text on The Phantom`s head band spells SH-B-H, or `Shabbah`.
Some of the jokes in the film are directly related to an old Saturday Night Live sketch, entitled "Sabra Price is Right". The sketch aired on 05/09/92 and the show was hosted by Tom Hanks. The specific jokes include the recurring "Disco! Disco! Good! Good!" saying, as well as "No-no-no-no-no-no". Also, the entire sketch revolves around bidding on cheap electronics that the host claims to have "Sony guts", or a variation of that brand, very similar to the electronics store salesmen in Zohan. The SNL sketch included many of the actors who appear in Zohan - `Adam Sandler`, `Rob Schneider`, Robert Smigel, Kevin Nealon, and `Chris Rock`.
Adam Sandler`s daughter Sadie Sandler and wife Jackie Sandler make an appearance at the end of the movie. His daughter is seen taking a "Goat Ride", while his wife holds onto her.
The opening scene on a Tel-Aviv beach strongly references the film Metzitzim (1972) starring Uri Zohar, Israel`s "bad boy" of the `60s and early `70s, who later became an orthodox rabbi. Zohan looks just like Zohar, including hairstyle and wardrobe.
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