Now I Know How an X Feels

Boy, oh boy, working at All the Tropes has been really getting me into a rut. I feel like I deserve a good break after all of this. Now I know how a troper feels.

Wait a minute! I just created a new trope! This is basically a Stock Phrase that a character uses to describe the mood that he's in.

Anime and Manga
".Lupin III: Now I know how Jack Lemmon felt..."
 * Lupin III episode "Lupin Becomes a Bride"

Film
"Danny: Now I know how an ant feels."
 * Die Hard - Now I know what a TV dinner feels like.
 * My Little Pony: The Movie

"Julie Hampton: [after kissing hundreds of shipyard workers] Now I know how a trumpeter feels!"
 * Meet the People (1944)

"Michaelangelo: Now I know what a postal package feels like."
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze''. Michaelangelo has been spun in circles, been thrown through the air and hit a wall.

"Peter McGowan: [after a prostate exam] Now I know what a Muppet feels like."
 * How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog

"Nancy Staples: [dropping Fred off at work] Now I know what a mother feels when her child goes to school for the first time."
 * Patterns (1956)

"Roy Cohn: [after being paid a compliment by an opponent] Now I know what a pancake feels like after it's had syrup poured all over it."
 * Citizen Cohn

Literature
"Jam for breakfast Jam for meals Now I know how a jam jar feels Full. Of. Jam."
 * The classic children's book Bread and Jam for Frances after she goes through the Radish Cure.


 * The Hobbit. Bilbo, after being rescued from the top of a burning tree by an eagle, says that he now knows what a piece of bacon feels like when it is taken out of the pan and put back on the shelf.
 * After being smacked in the head with a baseball bat swung by Al Capone, Samurai Cat had the thought that he felt "remarkably like a home run."

Live Action TV
"Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange: March! Marty Deeks: Now I know how Cinderella felt with her evil stepmother."
 * NCIS: Los Angeles episode "Anonymous"

"Peggy: Al, how am I supposed to do my job and yours? I tell ya, now I know how Hillary [Clinton] feels."
 * Married... with Children Unknown episode

"Bud: [after being raped by a very large older woman] Now I know how Tom Arnold feels."
 * "Valentine's Day Massacre"

"Philip Banks: Now I know how Captain Ahab felt when he was chasing Moby Dick."
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "Sleepless in Bel-Air". Philip is bothered by a noisy cricket.

"The Doctor: Now I know how Hippocrates felt when the king needed him to trim a hangnail."
 * Star Trek: Voyager episode "Parallax". The Doctor is activated to provide hydroponics supplies.

"Bonnie Barstow: Now I know how Michael felt when K.I.T.T. was destroyed. Like half of me is missing."
 * Knight Rider episode "The Wrong Crowd"

"Jaime Sommers: Boy, now I know how Bambi felt on the first day of deer season."
 * The Bionic Woman episode "The Jailing of Jaime"

"Big Dee Dee Thorne: Well, since no one has offered to buy me a drink, I guess I'll buy my own. Now I know how Phyllis feels."
 * Half and Half

"Indiana Jones: [about the rugby match] Too bad I got pounded by British artillery. Now I know how the Turks feel."
 * The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones episode "Daredevils of the Desert"

"Curly-Joe: Now I know how Pinocchio felt."
 * The New 3 Stooges. Moe hits Curly Joe in the nose with a broom.

"Michael Scott: Now I know what the founders of Philip Morris felt like. You just want to give people a smooth, fun way to relax and suddenly you're just some terrible monster."
 * The Office episode "Cafe Disco"

"The Doctor: [being held in a giant cobweb] Now I know what a fly feels like."
 * Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Spiders: Part Five"

"Johnny Knoxville: [being doused with red wine] Now I know what it feels like to be my liver!"
 * Jackass:

"Glitter Rock: Those walls are gonna keep moving in, and hit with a big bang! Dyna Girl: Now I know what a sardine feels like!"
 * Electra Woman And Dyna Girl episode "Glitter Rock: Part 1"

Puppet Shows
"Jody Silver: [after being caught by the vine] Now I know what a tossed salad feels like."
 * The Puzzle Place episode "Cute Is as Cute Does"

Video Games
"Chowder: Now I know how taco meat feels."
 * Monster House


 * The Dig: After the first time he uses the planet's tram system, Commander Lowe comments, "Now I know what my pet hamster felt like."

Web Comics
""Now I know how the glass felt.""
 * In Gunnerkrigg Court, Annie, falling into a canyon, remembers dropping and breaking a glass, and thinks:

Western Animation
"Mario: Now I know how a meatball feels!"
 * From the Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi":

"Bill: Ha ha. Wait, what did... Did what I say make sense? Marty: Well, no, not really, Bill. Bill: Boy, now I know how the Pilgrims felt. Marty: What are you talking about, Bill?"
 * A Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade announcer does this on The Simpsons, to the perplexity of his colleagues.

"Bart Simpson: Stupid angry mob chasing me for shining a harsh light on modern society. Now I know how Dane Cook feels."
 * The episode "Mypods and Boomsticks":

"Homer: Now I know how Bob Stupak feels."
 * During the episode "Missionary Impossible", after Homer introduces gambling to the natives:

"Stewie Griffin: My God, they're at it again! All this time keeping people from having sex...now I know how the [Roman] Catholic Church feels. BA-ZING!"
 * Family Guy, "Emission Impossible" - Peter and Lois are trying for another baby, and Stewie doesn't fancy the competition:

"Peter Griffin: Oh man, this is the happiest day of my life. Now I know how Barbra Streisand must've felt the day she married James Brolin."
 * "Wasted Talent"

"Bobby Hill: Everybody's got a deer and I don't. Everything looks so Christmasy. Now I know how the Jewish kids feel."
 * King of the Hill:

"Beast Boy: Now I know how George Washington felt when Napoleon beat him at Pearl Harbor."
 * Teen Titans:

"Kwame: [While imprisoned in a net] Now I know how fish feel!"
 * Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "A World Below Us":

"Major Bludd: Now I know how Custer felt!"
 * G.I. Joe: The Cobra troops are surrounded.

"Clover: Now I know what sushi feels like."
 * Totally Spies!: The girls are tangled in seaweed.

"Clyde: Now I know what a statue feels like."
 * The Perils of Penelope Pitstop episode "Hair-Raising Harness Race", after the Ant Hill Mob land in fresh concrete:

"Wanda: Now I know how a tossed salad feels."
 * The Magic School Bus episode "Revving Up", while in the bus' carburetor: