Phrase Catcher

""Wait, what?!""

- Just about everyone in Red vs. Blue in response to something Sister says.

It's common enough for a character to have a Catch Phrase but not everyone can spend all day spouting it themselves. A Phrase Catcher usually has that certain string of words in the air whenever they're around, but they'll be hearing it and someone else will be saying it.

Maybe anyone seeing them is immediately given to wonder whether they're a bird, a plane, or something else entirely, or maybe everyone feels compelled to announce that character's reputation in the world with a saying that's suspiciously similar each time, but as long as they keep getting a certain response and don't say it personally then they are a Phrase Catcher. If someone always gets a certain response, but always from the same person, then it's as much a Catch Phrase as a Phrase Catcher.

On a subnote, if someone has a Berserk Button about being fat, or feels keen to correct anyone who calls them a monkey instead of an ape, or need some other specific feeder line to start off on their own routine, you can rely on that line being fed. However, those examples really belong with their own tropes.

Popular variants include "Shut up, Tropee!" and the greeting Sitcom Archnemeses by saying their name.

Compare Strange Minds Think Alike, Got Me Doing It, and Never Heard That One Before.

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Anime and Manga
""Gray, your clothes.""
 * When each member of the Ayase family meets Yotsubato's tall friend Takashi "Jumbo" Takeda, they seem compelled to say, "You're huge!"
 * Excalibur, Soul Eater: "SO ANNOYING!" There's a particular facial expression that comes with it, too.
 * Hosaka, Minami-ke: "Disgusting..." (usually while in the middle of an Imagine Spot. And shirtless.)
 * Motemitsu of To LOVE-Ru exists solely for his friends to say "As expected of Motemitsu-Senpai!" whenever he tries to hit on a girl. He always fails miserably.
 * In FLCL, whenever someone gets a good look at Amaro's forehead, the usual response is "those eyebrows". Lampshaded when Naota gets in on it: "What about eyebrows?"
 * In Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei, whenever Nami says something, another character is bound to remark "How normal." This prompts her Catch Phrase "Don't say normal!"
 * From Machine Robo, after one of Rom Stol's speeches, the villain de jure will ask who he is. His response is a defiant "You do not deserve to know my name!"
 * In Fairy Tail when a guy strips, mostly Gray, someone usually comments "Why is he stripping?!"
 * Also after Gray unconsciously strips, someone always reminds him:

""That's Erza for you.""
 * Whenever, Erza does something wacky.


 * In Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?, all the recipients of Mystletainn Kick go: "That's not a kick!"
 * Upon first meeting Hayate in Hayate the Combat Butler, just about everyone remarks about how he has "poor" written all over him or something similar
 * In Steins;Gate, whenever Okabe calls someone out, he receives a "You are the last person I want to hear that from".
 * In Lucky Star, Hiyori often invokes Yutaka and Minami's "She's so strong" in relation to her The Chew Toy moments.

Comic Books
"Layla: I'm Layla Miller. Madrox: She knows stuff. Layla: You notice I haven't had to say that in a while? Everybody else keeps saying it for me."
 * X-Factor: Layla Miller's Catch Phrase, "I'm Layla Miller. I know stuff." mutates into:


 * Howard the Duck: "You're a talking duck!"
 * In the 2003 Batman limited series Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, nascent Super Villain Warren "The Great White Shark" White provokes remarks of "You're the worst person I've ever met," from almost everybody he meets. Including The Joker. And 
 * "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman!" First introduced in The Adventures of Superman.
 * In Young Justice, Robin would often be put in the role of explaining things for the benefit of his teammates (and the audience.) The exchange "How do you know that?" "Well, I was trained by the world's greatest detective," quickly morphed into someone saying "We can tell you were trained by the world's greatest detective" every time he pointed out something glaringly obvious.
 * Batman (and later Dick Grayson in his role as Batman) gets "I thought you'd be taller" absurdly often from people who have never met him before. Despite being 6'2". (Perhaps Batman's legendary reputation means people expect him to be ten feet tall. It makes a bit more sense for Dick, who's around 5'10".)
 * Reggie Mantle of Archie Comics is always called out as "somebody who talks about anything but himself."
 * "I thought I smelled wood burning." is a common phrase whenever Little Archie thinks up some Zany Scheme.
 * While Deadpool was cursed by Loki to look like Thom Cruz, he got "Say, aren't you Thom Cruz?" from pretty much everybody who saw him unmasked.
 * Fight-Man, "'cause one shot is all he needs!"

Fan Works

 * The Tamers Forever Series: "Shut up Chaos!"
 * And of course the unforgettable quote. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING GOGGLEHEAD!!"
 * In My Immortal, Ebony has "BECAUSE I LOVE HER!"
 * "Shut up, Ken." in Persona 3 FTW.

Film
"Ripley: "Yeah, I get a lot of that lately.""
 * "You'll shoot your eye out" from A Christmas Story.
 * In Prince Caspian, The Film of the Book, Reepicheep is often informed that "You are a mouse!" by those he is about to kill. This annoys him to no end ("You people have no imagination!")
 * Escape from New York: "I thought you were dead."
 * This phrase was used in the same manner ten years earlier in the 1971 John Wayne Western Big Jake; whether the more recent film was alluding to the earlier is not clear.
 * Later, in the sequel Escape From L.A.: "I thought you'd be taller."
 * Similarly, in Ed Wood, everyone says this about Bela Lugosi when Ed mentions Bela's involvement in his next movie.
 * Alien Resurrection: "Ripley! I thought you were dead!"


 * Referenced word-for-word with Shepard in Mass Effect 2.
 * Miller's Crossing: "Jesus, Tom!"
 * The Big Lebowski: "Shut the fuck up, Donny!" from Walter and The Dude.
 * Fargo: On a similar note, pretty much everyone who ever met Carl Showalter describes him as "kinda funny-lookin'." How so? "Oh, in a general kinda way."
 * Dante Hicks in Clerks gets two, one because of and one despite the "I assure you we're open" sign he has to write on a bedsheet with shoe polish because the shutters were gummed shut. For the rest of the day, people ask him "What smells like shoe polish?". Dante is also the catcher for the phrase "You open?", which almost every customer asks before entering the store...in spite of, again, the big honking sign out front.
 * The infamous Kaiju The Giant Claw is recurringly compared to a battleship (something James Rolfe really didn't understand).
 * All the main Predator films have the titular creature being called "one ugly motherfucker" (in the second, Harrigan stops midway but the Predator completes the sentence; in Predators, it's said in Russian).
 * Paul's grandfather in A Hard Day's Night is very clean, as everybody seems to notice (the reason is an Actor Allusion, since the actor played Alfred "You dirty old man!" Steptoe).
 * In The Hebrew Hammer people always remind Mordechai that "the fate of Hanukkah is resting on your shoulders", which just stresses him out.
 * Star Wars "I've got a bad feeling about this..." The phrase appears all over the Expanded Universe.
 * Not to mention once a film.
 * The Terminator: "Come with me if you want to live."
 * In Galaxy Quest, both human and alien fans of Alexander Dane greet him with "By Grapthar's hammer!", the catchphrase of his Proud Warrior Race character in the Show Within a Show. He's not amused.
 * In the film version of Big Trouble, everyone's first impression of the Suitcase Nuke is that "it looks like a garbage disposal."
 * Pirates of the Caribbean has an inanimate object as the phrase catcher. "Nice sword."

Literature

 * Harry Potter. A lot of people tell him that "You look like your father but you've got Lily's eyes". In the sixth book, he replies "I hear this all the time".
 * Steven Brust's Dragaera: "Shut up, Loiosh."
 * So common a phrase, Vlad doesn't always wait for Loiosh to say something before using it.
 * "Beep-beep, Richie" in Stephen King's IT.
 * "Yub yub, Commander" from the X Wing Series. Started as a fairly funny joke, but eventually became the phrase said whenever someone did something that annoyed or surprised Commander Wedge Antilles.
 * In the Han Solo trilogy, "Kibbick is an idiot."
 * Ravenor's Carl Thonious - the things he knows...
 * In a very meta case, Ciaphas Cain only ever refers to himself as a "Hero of the Imperium" (no bold) facetiously - the bombastic announcements of his status as a HERO OF THE IMPERIUM! is purely an invention of this wiki (though they do reflect the rest of the Imperium's opinion of him).
 * In Pyramid Power, a science-fiction novel playing with Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology with loads of showing their work provided by the Badass Unintentional, it seems that the everybody but his men seems to at least think "Odysseus, you bastard!" at some point about him.
 * In Magic's Promise, the second Heralds of Valdemar book about Vanyel, everyone he encounters tells him, "You look like hell." It's justified in that he does.
 * In Winds of Fury, the standard greeting Princess Elspeth gets while making her way home through Valdemar to the capital is "We heard you were dead!"
 * In the Vorkosigan Saga, Miles' cousin Ivan Vorpatril is referred to by all well-knowing individuals as "Ivan-you-idiot" or "that idiot, Ivan", and variations thereof.
 * To the point where it took the main character years to realize that "Ivan" wasn't his middle name.
 * Lampshaded in The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, when Kate Schecter deliberately tries to avoid uttering Dirk's professional Phrase Catcher. Too late.
 * In the Nightside series, Shotgun Suzie is known to be so much of a Phrase Catcher for "Oh Christ, it's her, run!" that it's effectively her other nickname.

Live-Action TV
"Amy:"
 * On Community, Britta is frequently the recipient of a blunt "You're the worst!"
 * Also Todd. "No offense".
 * "Shut up, Leonard."
 * Everybody Hates Chris: Damn Risky!
 * "Hello...Newman" from Seinfeld, of a postal worker who was thought of by everyone to be obnoxious and disliked
 * "NORM!" of Norm of Cheers.
 * For Ace Rimmer of Red Dwarf: "What a guy!".
 * His regular counterpart has "Smeghead!". This has gone so far that Chris Barrie, his actor, has stated that people in Real Life will use this phrase if they recognize him on the street.
 * Family Matters: "Go home, Steve!"
 * The Bob Newhart Show: "Hi Bob!" Was said to Bob Newhart so often it created a Drinking Game.
 * Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?: "DO IT, ROCKAPELLA!"
 * Sister, Sister: "Go home, Roger!"
 * It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: "God damn it, Charlie!"
 * "So stupid, Charlie..."
 * Mystery Science Theater 3000: "Push the button, Frank." It was taken from The Great Race: "Push the button, Max!"
 * Prior to his makeover, Tommy of 3rd Rock from the Sun was often told "cut your hair, you look like a girl!" In one episode, he passed himself off as a girl and was told "put some makeup on, you look like a boy."
 * Doctor Who: "Yes, we know who you are," after Harriet Jones introduces herself.
 * And in the same show, someone will wonder aloud "Doctor who?" at least once per series.
 * The standard reaction to the TARDIS might qualify as well. This was Lampshaded/parodied back in the 70s. When Benton enters, the Doctor prompts him with "Aren't you going to say 'It's bigger on the inside'?" and Benton replied, "Well, it's pretty obvious, isn't it?"
 * Even more hilariously, in The Three Doctors, when the Brigadier sees the interior of the TARDIS for the first time, he doesn't believe it is bigger on the inside. "So this is what you've been doing with UNIT funds and equipment all this time. How's it done? Some sort of optical illusion?" "Oh no, they come like this."
 * In the revived series, the Doctor mouths the words along when Martha Jones says the phrase. He then blithely replies, "Is it? Hadn't noticed!"
 * Donna's first encounter with the TARDIS is when she materializes inside it, so her moment of realization comes when they land and she steps out, seeing for the first time that it's... smaller on the outside.
 * In "The End of Time", when Wilfred Mott sees the inside of the TARDIS, he looks expectedly shocked and awed. Before giving him a chance (they're in a hurry) the Doctor says, "Yes, it's bigger on the inside," to which Wilf replies, "No, I just thought it'd be... cleaner". (A possible Call Back to the days when the console room was minimalist white with silver/grey console.)
 * Played for drama in The Waters of Mars. As the Doctor goes into A God Am I mode, he brings the astronauts to Earth in the TARDIS. One says, "What is that thing? It's bigger on the inside! Who the hell are you?" before running away in terror.
 * The Eleventh Doctor asks Amy "Any passing remarks you'd like to say?"

"Doctor: It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge on the inside, what's that about? Let me explain... Rory: It's another dimension. Doctor: Basically, it's another dimens... What? (Rory explains in length how he figured it out and the Doctor cuts in clearly annoyed.) Doctor: I like the bit when someone says 'it's bigger on the inside'. I always look forward to that..."
 * Subverted again with Eleven and Amy's boyfriend Rory:

"Brian: Anger. Pain. Fear. Aggression. Brian's Mum: Watercolours?"
 * In the season 6 episode "The Doctor's Wife",
 * Another which gets less used and is more specific to the Tenth Doctor, is "Help me," which wakes him out of a coma in "The Christmas Invasion" and to which he replies "Two words I never refuse" in "The Next Doctor," setting up a tragic irony in "Waters of Mars."
 * The Doctor often gives a good "Oh, Rory!" as a reaction to Rory, whether it be him acting dumb, kind or just so...human.
 * Spaced had some lasting an episode, such as Daisy being told to "Get off your arse!" on three separate occasions, or when Mike is dressed in jogging gear and everyone he met told him "Nice outfit". Over the series, people asked Brian the tortured artist what his work was about, then reply to his answer with a suggestion that didn't fit:

"Virtually all the Bluths: Her?"
 * "Hello Brian"
 * In the TV series The Saint, right before the opening credits, somebody would always refer to "... the _____ Simon Templar." (Fill in the blank with 'illustrious', 'infamous', or something like that.) Which would cause Simon to glance up and note the halo appearing over his head.
 * The opening of every episode of That Girl, in which someone calls attention somehow to Ann Marie, usually by saying something that ends in them speaking the show's title. (i.e. "I think the best one for this job is...that girl!")
 * One of the oldest examples is from The Buster Brown Show: "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" (Is That What They're Calling It Now?)
 * Due South: Eventually, everyone else takes over explaining that Fraser came to Chicago on the trail of the killers of his father and, for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, remained attached as liaison with the Canadian Consulate. Thank you kindly.
 * The Young Ones: "Oh! Have we got a video?"
 * In every episode of Police Squad! and The Naked Gun movies: "Cigarette?" "Yes, I know," or "Yes, it is."
 * Top Gear, of course, has it's "tame racing driver". Some say he can swim seven lengths underwater, and that he has webbed buttocks. All we know is, he's called The Stig.
 * Arrested Development has a few, but the most common is George Michael's girlfriend, Ann Veal.

"Rose: Well, back in St. Olaf--shut up, Rose. Dorothy: ...Well? Rose: Well, that's as far as I ever get!"
 * "I've made a huge mistake."
 * The Golden Girls has "Shut up, Rose" when the aforementioned Cloudcuckoolander tries to launch into a St. Olaf anecdote, to the extent of (and I'm almost certainly paraphrasing):

"Roz: I'm O, from The Story of O Anyone and everyone: Oooooohhhhh!"
 * In Misfits, the words "What a prick!" literally seem to follow Nathan around like a smell.
 * In Fawlty Towers, "It's okay, he's from Barcelona."
 * "Curse you, Decade!"
 * "Damn you...who are you?!", followed by "Just a Kamen Rider passing through. Remember that!"
 * The West Wing: "I serve at the pleasure of the President."
 * Scrubs "Hooch is CRAZY!"
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Thank you, Mr. Data," or some variation thereof, whenever Data gets too verbose.
 * "Who is that fat bastard?" of Alexi Sayle, in Alexi Sayle's Stuff.
 * Drug runners from The Wire on the streets of Baltimore when Omar Little is out in broad daylight: "Omar comin'!"
 * "Chuck, stay in the car!" That kinda stopped around season 3, but they could always have someone else catching the "Stay in the car".
 * iCarly: "Gibby!"
 * Frasier - When Roz turns up to a costume party in a black leather dress she has to explain who she is.

"(Someone has a problem) Claire: (pops out of nowhere, hands character in trouble her card) Claire Sawyer, Future Lawyer. Whoever Happens To Be Around: Claire. We've known you since pre-K."
 * Hawaii Five-O: "Book'Em Danno."
 * From Power Rangers Jungle Fury: "Breathe, Fran."
 * In the season 1 episode of How I Met Your Mother "The Limo", Ted's date has a habit to hug upon meeting a new person. Everyone she hugs replies with the same phrase: "Oh, you're friendly".
 * "Do you have hall-passes?" by any teacher In Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide when they see students up to wacky hijinks in the halls.
 * The show also has a character named Claire Sawyer, a student who strives to be a lawyer.


 * A fast-talking character in an episode of WKRP in Cincinnati couldn't figure out why people kept telling him "Speed Kills!"
 * Lucy Hatcher in The Practice tended to draw annoyed yells of "LUCY!" from the others at the firm.
 * St. Elsewhere, particularly throughout season 2: "You're a pig, Ehrlich".
 * From Leverage, there's "Dammit, Hardison!".
 * One Tree Hill: "Just say [Whatever Tim just said, but to the point & less Pretty Fly for a White Guy-like], Tim."

Newspaper Comics
"Satchel: Aren't you supposed to say your own catch phrase? Bucky: Satchel, when you're übergroovy, other people say it for you."
 * Bucky of Get Fuzzy spends a week trying to invent a catch phrase for himself which he expects Satchel to say, but Satchel doesn't quite understand the idea of a Phrase Catcher:


 * "Good ol' Charlie Brown."

Radio

 * The Lone Ranger: "Who was that masked man?" "I don't know... but I wanted to thank him."
 * The Goon Show: "Shut up, Eccles!" (Even Eccles joins in with it.)

Tabletop Games

 * Warhammer 40,000 fan's reactions to whatever Tzeentch does, "... which was probably what he planned anyway."
 * Alternately, they use a line from Death Note for anything Tzeentch does: "Just as planned"
 * Around these parts it's "I touched that!" since the general theory is that rather than actually having insanely convoluted plans, he just takes credit for everything anyone does ever and claims it's part of his plan.
 * It's hard to hear the Tyranids be mentioned without someone adding "Om-nom-nom-nom." at some point.
 * Mentioning the Imperial Guard will similarly bring any or all of up the topics of flashlights and laser sights, cardboard/t-shirt armour, Tank Goodness, and testicular fortitude.
 * ...and the Ultramarines will virtually always be decried as Games Workshop's pets.

Theater
"Try having people stopping you to ask you: "Whatchyou talkin' 'bout, Willis?" (Beat) It gets old."
 * If 1776 is to be believed, no one could refer to John Adams as anything other than "obnoxious and disliked". As a historical note, the phrase comes from Adams himself - it was his own description of how he was perceived by his Congressional colleagues in his later career.
 * Likewise the opening number and throughout has Adams the constant recipient of, "Sit down, John! For God's sake sit down!"
 * Cyrano De Bergerac: Christian. Everyone around him says: "He’s fair!". And Le Bret: Only Cyrano says to him: "Never scold".
 * In Avenue Q, Gary Coleman complains about people quoting his Diff'rent Strokes Catch Phrase back to him:

Video Games
"Did you do something with your hair? I didn't do shit to my hair!"
 * Saints Row:

"Vyers: As your personal life coach, moi am here to teach you what true strength is all about! Mao: True strength? You look more like you've got "Mid-Boss" level strength. Vyers: H-How did you know that infernal nickname!?"
 * Fate/stay night: Everyone calls Kotomine Kirei a "fake priest." For Tohsaka, it's because he's sort of like a double agent between the Church and the Mage's association. For Shirou, it's because he hates him.
 * Variations on "You're dead." follow Shepard a lot in Mass Effect 2.
 * Also variations of "We're with you no matter what." Appropriate given his/her incredible Magnetic Hero status.
 * As well as variants of "You might not agree with my methods, Shepard, but our goals are the same." Much to the annoyance of Paragon players, since this tends to be said by a villain trying to justify the crap you just called them out on.
 * Though, it worked pretty damn well with, even on Paragon Shepards as she countered the Shut UP, Hannibal right back with an excellent Shut Up, Kirk. Though she stated their methods were the same not the goal.
 * Fable: "The Chicken Chaser? Do you chase chickens?"
 * Note that you only get this reaction if you keep your default title. If you get a different one, townsfolk will instantly develop a new stock reaction to address you with.
 * Namecalling abound whenever a Special Infected spawns in Left 4 Dead. "Boomer!"
 * Fatal Fury: "Geese..."
 * Yukimaru from Disgaea 2, zam. And her unique way of building chakra, zam.
 * It started off as her Catch Phrase though, zam. Then everybody started doing it, zam.
 * As it turns out, even years after the first game and around people who have never met him, Vyers has never been able to shed his Mid-Boss monkier.

""Odd girl." "I agree." "Me, too.""
 * Another meta example from this series that is used on this very wiki is to always refer to Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth! using his full title, bolded and with the exclamation mark. It went so far as to naming a trope all on its own.
 * Mega Man Zero: "You are Zero, the legendary Reploid". He does need the reminders though.
 * Whenever it's suggested that Kinzo from Umineko no Naku Koro ni did something crazy, everyone responds with "I wouldn't put it past Father."
 * "When something smells, it's usually the Butz." Larry Butz from the Ace Attorney games, that is.
 * Memry from Ghost Trick. Her eccentric behavior earns the following series of remarks a few times:

Web Comics

 * The Last Days of Foxhound: "A talking dog? No freakin' way!"
 * Freefall: "DOGGY!"
 * Chugworth Academy: "Too slow!"
 * The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob: "Bob, what da %#$?! is goin' on?!" / "Wow, I get asked that question a lot."
 * Like the above Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, this wiki always refers to a character from Girl Genius as Othar Trygvassen, Gentleman Adventurer! Unlike Cain, he actually calls himself that in a hammier way than we do, and means it.
 * On the occasional times where he doesn't say it, someone else will feel compelled to add it (or, in the case of Krosp, get partway through then ask himself "What am I doing?").
 * Taken to absurd extremes in the rather surreal Something Happens "We thought it'd be interesting if everyone in the world constantly repeated the same sentence whenever he's around."
 * Xawu'': "Not much of a talker huh?" will turn into this, according to the creator.
 * Any time the titular amorph of Schlock Mercenary tackles someone is invariably followed by, "You're faster than you look."
 * Homestuck has "He is already here" and variations thereof. The phrase has been connected to both Jack Noir and Lord English.

Web Originals
"Grandpa: Shut up Mokub- Mokuba: No, YOU shut up! Mokuba: Oh God, I'm so sorry."
 * "Shut up, Mokuba" in Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series. Also was originally Seto Kaiba's Catch Phrase, but it spread. To the point where nobody says anything else at all to him in The Movie.
 * Even when they're asking Mokuba a question. Mokuba finally gets fed up with it in episode 30.

""I am NOT a freaky fish guy!" "Mako's a freaky fish guy!""
 * "Get bent, ya freaky fish guy!"

""Yeah... or we could raid the medical supplies for morphine." (Death by aspirin overdose) "I know! I didn't think it was possible. And trust me, I've tried." "Yeah? Well they say girls can't ejaculate either. But guess what?!" "Yeah, sorry, doesn't sound like I have any of the skills you need. Unless you wanna see my ping pong ball trick!" "But I thought, you know, who wants to be known as the girl who's had seven abortions?""
 * In the Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged movie, I'm pretty sure every character says "Dammit, Hinageshi!" at least once.
 * The Fanart special had a contributor use the phrase as part of a Stupid Statement Dance Mix. It's pretty catchy, actually. "D-D-Damn it, Hinageshi!"
 * Red vs. Blue has several:
 * If a character is about to die, expect to hear "HURK! Bleeeehhhh..."
 * "Son of a bitch!" after an explosion, attack, or death.
 * "Shotgun!" as soon as the Reds get their hands on a vehicle.
 * If someone is being possessed by a ghost expect to hear "Heauegerkergerk!"
 * And of course, the response to any of Sister's statements is a confused "Yeah! Wait, what?!"

""Krillin!" "What?" "Too Soon!" "God dammit, Nappa""
 * In Season 9, any mention of Agent Maine doing battle with someone gets "I almost feel sorry for them" as a response.
 * Several examples in AH Dot Com the Series, the most common being "Blame Thande!" when Thande's in the room.
 * Dragon Ball Abridged:

"Gohan: "I need an adult?" Not Gohan: "I am an adult.""


 * In articles on Cracked.com, anything remotely Badass mentioned in an article will have mentions of testicular hardness follow.
 * The Classic Doctor Who Twitter Blog likes to announce explosions with "And then there was a s'plosion!" and variations thereof.
 * The Funday Pawpet Show gives us Blitz, a young German Shepherd who is often on the receiving end of the mocking line "I don't even know what that iiiiiiiis!"
 * Mentions of The Room on That Guy With The Glasses lead to "Ohai [contributor's name here]".
 * Atop the Fourth Wall: "BEEEEAAAAR!"
 * In the Mortal Kombat parody sprite cartoon, someone will always call Baraka "the ugliest mofo they've ever seen". Also, "Shut yo spittin' ass up!" after Kabal goes on his rants.

Western Animation
"Scruffy: "I'm Scruffy, the janitor.""
 * Magic School Bus: "CARLOS!"
 * In Futurama, nobody likes "Wernstrom!" either.
 * "Who are you"/"Who's that"

"Mr. Incredible: Frozone! Ice to see you drop by! Frozone: Ha! (deadpan) Never heard that one before."
 * "Scooby Doo! Where are you?"
 * "You Meddling Kids!"
 * Courage the Cowardly Dog: "Stupid Dog!"
 * The Incredibles implies that this is the case for Frozone.

"Stacy: Hey, where's Perry? What, I'm like the only one who hasn't said it."
 * King of the Hill: "Thatherton!" This started out as Hank's Catch Phrase, but everyone got so used to it that someone would fill in when he wasn't there.
 * Fairly Oddparents "Dinkleberg!"
 * In the American Darkstalkers cartoon series, every single character, at some point or another, remarks that Rikuo is "strangely attractive for a fishman".
 * In the last episode, he wearily replies, "So I've been told..."
 * Everyone seems compelled to ask Phineas and Ferb "Aren't you a little young to be _____?" But it's also a Catch Phrase, because they always respond with "Yes. Yes, we are." (On other occasions, this or variations of this will be done by other characters - for example, someone asking if Candace is a little old for something.) It's played with when a contractor delivering construction supplies says it, and another replies "Yes, yes he is. Sorry, Phineas, he's new."
 * "Hey, where's Perry?" whenever Perry isn't around, and then "Oh, there you are, Perry" when he returns home from his mission. Usually said by Phineas, but increasing spread around the cast, which is naturally Lampshaded like crazy.

"Moviegoer 2: You bastard!"
 * Perry catches a lot of phrases, including some of Dr. Doofenshmirtz's Catch Phrases, mostly "CURSE YOU, PERRY THE PLATYPUS!" and in earlier episodes "Ah, Perry the Platypus. Your timing is ]. And by that I mean COMPLETELY [UN-ADJECTIVE]!"
 * The Emperors New School: "Pull the lever, Kronk!" "WRONG LEVER!" "Why do we even have that lever?"
 * Metalocalypse: By now, the Metal Masked Assassin should know that "That's my bread and butter you're fucking with."
 * Kim Possible's Arch Enemy usually tells her "You think you're all that, Kim Possible! But you're not!" Sometimes she'll do something remarkable or say she's planning to do so, and someone will say "It's impossible!". Ron's responds "Check the name." (About the only time the punny names are noticed In-Universe.) Wade often catches "You rock, Wade" from Kim and Ron.
 * Animaniacs:
 * There will always be an Only Sane Man to call out Chicken Boo on his Paper-Thin Disguise: "He's a chicken, I tell you! A giant chicken!"
 * "Hello, Nurse!" for Hello, Nurse!, of course.
 * "Thwip Thwip!" often said to Spider-Man (and Peter Parker too, strangely enough) in Ultimate Spider-Man
 * Chowder: "I'm not your boyfriend!"
 * From The Simpsons: "SKINNER!"
 * "AAAAAH! Sideshow Bob!"
 * In the episode about The Stonecutters, Lenny repeatedly lets slip a secret to Homer, and Carl tells him "Shut up!" The third time this happens, Carl is eating, so Homer says it for him.
 * The Penguins of Madagascar: "Kowalski, options" or "Kowalski, analysis," always spoken by Skipper.
 * Re Boot: MIKE!
 * Freakazoid!: In the episode that introduces Professor Jones, people keep asking him "Weren't you in a show with a robot?"
 * George of the Jungle: "Watch Out for That Tree!"
 * South Park with Kenny's deaths, on occasion. While it's usually Stan and Kyle shouting the "Oh my god, They Killed Kenny!" exchange, there have been occasions where Kenny dies and other characters say similar things in the exact same tone of voice:
 * Charles Manson: Oh my god, they killed the little orange-coat kid!
 * Moviegoer 1: Oh my god, I found a penny!


 * "Ay, Dios Mio! Mataron El Pollo Loco!" "Bastardos!"
 * Wakfu: "Iop brain!"
 * "Shut up, Meg" in Family Guy.
 * In the short-lived Sam and Max Freelance Police animated series, the Cold Open would generally end with someone asking "Who are these guys?"
 * Beast Wars: "Shut up, Rattrap!"
 * My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Being the only member of the mane cast with actual hands, Spike gets a lot of "Spike, take a letter..." Even from Twilight Sparkle, who can easily write using her telekinesis.

Real Life
"Gary Coleman: Try having people people stopping you to ask you, "Whatchoo talkin' bout, Willis?" It gets old."
 * Celebrities with catchphrases soon tire of hearing them from every fan they meet.
 * Parodied in the Avenue Q song "It Sucks To Be Me"

"Tall Person: Fair to partly stupid."
 * Averted by Mandy Patinkin. He has not tired of being known for The Princess Bride's Inigo Montoya. In all fairness, however, that one role is awesome, and his fans do generally know him for some other work as well. In fact, surprisingly enough, there are fans who really only know him for his work in Chicago Hope and Yentl.
 * Any tall person will quickly get tired of 'How's the weather up there?'


 * (Spits) Rainy.
 * Or how about "You're really tall." ...Thanks...or "How did you get so tall?"
 * Also, anyone who's ever had a haircut will be familiar with the trope, as they'll probably have to come up with a few stock phrases to last them a couple of weeks. "You've had a haircut!" isn't particularly inane, ("You have a remarkable eye for detail,") but "Did you have a haircut?" Er, "Yes. Yes I did."
 * Every cashier at any cash register with a barcode scanner at any store ever, upon having difficulty scanning an item, will hear from the customer some variation of, "No price? I guess that means it's free!" This is usually followed by a polite chuckle from the cashier.
 * Window cleaners just love being told: "You've missed a bit!"
 * Kikuko Inoue's Running Gag and Catch Phrase is claiming herself to be '17 years old'. This caught on to her characters saying so, and when that happens, you can bet that there'll be someone who'll respond with "Oi oi..."
 * Little kids hear 'you grow up so fast' all the time and may get annoyed because they usually don't feel they grow up that fast.
 * Pregnant women tire very quickly of being told "You're so big" or "You sure it's not twins?" or asked "When are you due?" or "Is it a boy or girl?" Think twice before you go to say any of this to a pregnant woman. You're probably the fifth one that day and she's likely to snap.
 * And woe betide someone who say these phrases before they've ascertained whether said woman is pregnant or not...
 * People who look far younger than their actual age also get this all the time, especially when they're in their 20s. "You've graduated from university?! How old are you?" "I'm twenty-two" followed by the inevitable "Wow, I thought you were only 17!"
 * The older they get, though, the less they complain about that happening.
 * People who costume as Star Wars characters will get "These aren't the droids you're looking for" thrown at them several times a day, irrespective of if they're dressed as Storm Troopers or Rebel pilots. Also expect a Storm Trooper to be asked if they aren't a little short for the job, even if they're six feet tall.
 * The nurses and medical assistants who room patients have heard about fifty billion comments and jokes about how evil the scale is. No patient can resist.
 * High school seniors get some variation on "So, where are you going to college?" from everyone they meet.

"Mel Gibson: Hi everybody. (Brief pause) Dr. Nick: (from the back of a crowd) Hi Mr. Gibson!"
 * "Yes, Minister", until a season finale where Jim Hacker rose to power: "Yes, Prime Minister." (After that, both series and catchphrase were "Yes, Prime Minister.")
 * Saturday Night Live: "Jane, you ignorant slut!"
 * Well, excuuuse me Princess! (The Legend of Zelda cartoon)
 * The Simpsons - "Hi, everybody!" is the Catch Phrase, then comes "Hi, Doctor Nick". Even people suing him for negligence say it. Even animals say it.
 * Inverted in Mel Gibson's cameo.

"Reed: Thank you. Thank you very much. Adam: I thought something was weird!"
 * The Reduced Shakespeare Company Radio Show - "Yes, ladies and gentlemen, and that's because (name of famous actress) is not actually (name of famous actress), but our own Reed Martin, Professional Impressionist!"

"Rattrap: "It's like I always say: We're all gonna die." [Everyone glares] Rattrap: "I know, I know, 'Shut up, Rattrap.'""
 * Sam and Max: "You crack me up, little buddy!"
 * Transformers: Beast Wars: Rattrap's Catch Phrase ("We're all gonna die.") is always shortly followed by "Shut up, Rattrap."
 * Lampshaded by Rattrap himself at one point.


 * Actually subverted in the finale. When Rattrap says this, Rhinox follows with a straight "Yep".
 * The Wind in the Willows: Whenever Toad declares some fad "the only thing", the others—Badger, if no one else—say, "Oh, Toad..." The one time Mole does it, the others say, "Oh, Mole..." instead.