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Super Troopers is a 2001 comedy from the Broken Lizard troupe about a group of Vermont highway patrol troopers competing to keep their station open. Kevin Heffernan plays Officer Farva, the loud, eager and often excluded member of the team whose radio check ins became some of the film's most quoted moments. The Unit 23 assistance line spread through quote clips and soundboards because it sums up Farva in one exchange, turning his desperate need to join in into a reusable joke for any unwanted offer of backup.
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Farva asking Unit 23 do you need my assistance over the radio in Super Troopers, a short movie quote used for funny offers of unwanted help.
This nine second clip captures Officer Farva on the police radio in Super Troopers, eagerly checking in with the line Unit 23, do you need my assistance. His tone is overly keen and a little smug, like he is desperate to be included in whatever is happening. The radio style delivery makes the offer sound official, which is exactly why it lands as comedy. Played over an ordinary moment, it turns a simple offer of help into an intrusive, needy interruption that viewers instantly recognise as Farva trying too hard.
