My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die.'

The infamous line from 'The Princess Bride' has been repeated the world over by fans of the cult classic but some Aussies on a Qantas flight on Sunday didn't appreciate the humor.

Wynand Mullins boarded his Sydney flight wearing a T-shirt with the movie quote and was asked to change his attire after his fellow passengers complained that they felt threatened.

He said that while he waited to board his plane, bound for his native Auckland, New Zealand, he did receive a few looks from other passengers.

When he finally boarded the flight, a Qantas flight attendant informed him that other passengers felt intimidated by the message of his shirt.

The flight attendant said to me, "Are you able to remove it because some of the passengers are quite intimidated by it." I thought it was all a bit silly. The person next to me was laughing, because they knew the movie,' he told the website.

He told the airline employee that he didn't have a change of clothes and joked that he hoped he could wear the pilot's shirt.

The flight attendant ended up dropping the issue and never returned to Mullins' seat.

'I wouldn't be surprised if they had someone watching me the whole time,' he said, calling the experience 'a bit over the top, but also a bit comical.'