De Grønne Slagtere, released internationally as The Green Butchers, is a 2003 Danish black comedy written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. Nikolaj Lie Kaas plays Eigil, the sweet natured apprentice working alongside Mads Mikkelsen's Svend in a struggling butcher shop. The line about not being threatened with the animal became a quotable Eigil moment among Danish fans, and short clips of it later circulated on soundboards and in edits. Its appeal lasts because Eigil's sincere, vulnerable delivery turns a strange little exchange into a recognisable reaction for feeling cornered by something trivial.