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{{quote|''"I never really said most of the things I said."''|'''Yogi Berra'''<ref>This too is also a misquote, although the correct quote has the exact same meaning</ref>}}

Lines that people associate with something or someone by way of [[Popcultural Osmosis]], despite the fact that they were never uttered by them, or only rarely were. Usually a misquotation or a slight paraphrase of something that actually ''was'' said or done, or a combination of several common or famous lines. The misquote provides context necessary to recognize or appreciate the reference, as in "[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke, I am your father]]", or fills in parts of the sentence that are orphaned from the interesting bit, as in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131102204858/http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/179300.html "Hell <nowiki>[</nowiki>has no<nowiki>]</nowiki> fury like a woman scorned"]. Sometimes [[TrailersNever AlwaysTrust a LieTrailer|the trailer shortened the quote]] to save time, and its version became better known. This is all well and good, but we here at All The Tropes think people should at least know what the line they're paraphrasing is ''meant'' to be.

The [[Trope Namer]] is '''"Beam me up, Scotty"''', never actually uttered in ''[[Star Trek: the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek theThe Original Series]]''. More often, Kirk said something along the lines of "Four to beam up," and he was talking to whoever happened to be at the Transporter console (hardly ever Scotty after the first season, him being the ''chief engineer'' and all). One of the films got pretty close, but even then, it was phrased "Scotty, beam me up" or "Beam me up, Mr. Scott." It is, however, actually said in ''[[Star Trek the Animated Series (Animation)|Star Trek the Animated Series]]''.

Subtrope of [[Common Knowledge]]. See also [[Dead Unicorn Trope]], [[CowboyMedia BebopResearch At His ComputerFailure]], [[Mondegreen]], [[God Never Said That]]. If the misassociated line is eventually co-opted into the source as a sort of [[Shout-Out]] to the confusion, it becomes an [[Ascended Meme]]. If the line is correct but lack of context changes the meaning, or if the line is chopped up to change its meaning, it is a [[Quote Mine]]. If the quote becomes the only thing associated with a person, it's a case of [[Never Live It Down]]. This trope can be extended to [[Iconic Item|Iconic Items]]s the character never actually had, such as Holmes' deerstalker. For tropes [[I Thought It Meant|actually about beaming characters up]], see [[Teleporters and Transporters]].

* Ricardo MontalbanMontalbán's famous commercials for Chrysler feature him praising the "soft Corinthian leather" of the seats, not "rich" or "fine."

* Meta-example: an ad for a cable company shows a movie-loving family communicating entirely in movie quotes. They must be phonies thoughHowever, because most of the quotes are examples of this Beam Me Up Scotties. Or- either they're posers, or it was just to avoid copyright issues.

* The ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' character Tsuruya-san never says "nyoro~n". She says "nyoro", and not even very often. Her [[Memetic Mutation]] [[Web Comic]] alternate self, Churuya, says "nyoro~n" at the end of every strip. Churuya and Tsuruya even met in the Churuya comic, saying their exact [[Catch Phrase|Catch Phrases]]s, and people continue to attribute one to the other.

* ''[[Jo JoJoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''

** Dio's memetic [[Combos]] is often thought to be [[Barehanded Blade Block]] -> [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|MUDADA]] -> [[Time Stands Still|ZA WARUDO]] -> [[Flechette Storm]] -> [[Anvil Onon Head|ROADROLLADA]] -> [[Kiai|WRYYY]]. However, this really owes itself to the [[Memetic Mutation|fan-made flash animation]], not either the manga or the game.

* ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'''s Ash never said "[[Memetic Mutation|Aim for]] [[New Rules Asas the Plot Demands|the horn!]]", he actually said "Pikachu! The horn!"

** Tobi did not ''himself'' say "[[Memetic Mutation|Tobi is a good boy]]", that was something ''Zetsu'' (well, [[Literal Split Personality|part of him]]) said ''about'' Tobi. [[TalkingInner to ThemselfDialogue|To himself.]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|It's complicated.]] It probably comes from Web cartoon ''Fun With Akatsuki'', which is on [[YouTube]]. Tobi says that a lot there, and it's been on for a few years.

* Shirou from ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' is notably popular for the quote, [[Captain Obvious|"People die if they are killed."]], which was an overly-literal (and out-of-context) line from a fansub. The full line was "People die when they're killed. That's the way it should be." In context, he was saying how [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|he didn't want the immortality that Avalon granted him]]. but fans ran with it and that line became [[Memetic Mutation|memetically]] popular.

* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'':

** Contrary to what [[Fanon]] says, the infamous "vital regions" [[Memetic Mutation|memetic line]] was ''never'' used by either Prussia or Russia. Austria (in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415200637/http://aph.starry-sky.com/mrt.html the "Maria Theresa" series]) said Prussia had done it. Spain also used it (in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415200600/http://aph.starry-sky.com/gift.html Spain's Lazy Morning"]) and Lithuania (in [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/118420.html Checkmating Poland]).

* In ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' and other games that feature ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', a common attack for Heero to use in Wing Zero is to hold out both sides of the [[Wave Motion Gun|Twin Buster]] [[BFG|Rifle]] and spin the mech around while firing them, creating a wide circle of destruction. Heero never actually did that move in the series or movie: {{spoiler|It was done by Quatre, after he first built Wing Zero [[Beware the Nice Ones|and went crazy]]}}<br /><br />Similarly, [[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]]'s [[Everything's Better With Spinning|God Slash Typhoon]], a move where he spins around like a tornado while holding his [[Dual-Wielding|twin beam swords]], is always used as an offensive attack in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' when in the series it was merely a defensive technique to ward off George's [[Attack Drone|Rose Bits]]. The God Gundam would otherwise barely have attack moves before going [[Super Mode]], so it can be forgiven.

** Also in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'', when Graham declared his [[Cargo Ship|love]] with Gundam, he didn't say the memetically popular "GUNDAM, I LOVE YOU!!!", but "This feeling... there's no mistaking it... it must be love!!". But since the first one explicitly declared just WHAT Graham is in love with, it became more popular and oft-used.

* [[Kirby|King Dedede]] in ''[[Kirby: ofRight theBack Starsat Ya!|Kirby: Right Back At Ya!]]'' spawned a meme with his inexplicably heavy Southern accent, coming from the phrase "I need a monstah to clobbah dat dere Kirbeh," from the intro, and also the memetic joke spelling "Kirbeh" of the title character. However, in the intro, and most of the time in the show, Dedede actually pronounces "Kirby" correctly, though the person singing the theme song pronounces it "Kirbeh" once or twice.

* The oft-quoted ''[[Spider-Man]]'' line "With great power comes great responsibility" is often attributed to Peter Parker's Uncle Ben, but the first appearance of the line was in fact just in a closing caption to the first story in ''Amazing Fantasy'', not said by any actual character. And even then, it was actually phrased "With great power there must also come great responsibility". In later retcons of Spider-Man's origin and in retellings such as that of [[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|the movie]], the line is shortened and attributed to Uncle Ben, so while that is what is [[Ret Canon|now in-continuity]], the line was not originally his.

{{quote| '''Uncle Ben''' You know your father, God rest his soul... Your father had a philosophy the he held to pretty strongly. And it's one that served him very, very well... He believed that if there were things in this world that you had to offer, things that you did well -- better than anyone else... things that you could do that helped people feel better about themselves... well, he believed that it wasn't just a good idea to do those things... he believed it was your responsibility to do those things. Don't try to be something else. Don't try to be less. Great things are going to happen to you and your life Peter. Great things. And with that will come great responsibility. Do you understand?}}

* One of [[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Rorschach]]'s most [[Narm|popular]] and [[Memetic Mutation|repeated]] lines "[[Ambiguously Gay|Possible homosexual?]] Must investigate further.", in reference to Adrian Veidt, actually reads as "Possibly homosexual? Must remember to investigate further." This is likely because the former seems to fit in more with his [[Beige Prose]] speaking pattern.

* In the trailer of ''[[300 (Film)|Three Hundred]]'', the quote "Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty, for tonight, we dine IN HELL!" is abridged to the often-quoted, "Spartans! Tonight, we dine IN HELL!"

* Rorschach lines from the opening monologue of ''[[Watchmen (Filmfilm)|Watchmen]]'' is often misquoted (thanks to the trailer) as "...and the world will look up and shout 'Save us!'... and I'll whisper 'no.'" The line in the actual film is: "All the whores and politicians will look up and shout 'Save us!' and I'll whisper 'No.'", but it was slightly censored for the [[Never Trust a Trailer|trailer]]. The original line is slightly different: "[A]nd I'll look down and whisper 'No.'"

{{quote| '''Rick:''' You know what I want to hear.<br />

'''Sam:''' ''[lying]'' No, I don't.<br />

'''Rick:''' You played it for her, you can play it for me!<br />

'''Sam:''' ''[lying]'' Well, I don't think I can remember...<br />

'''Rick:''' If she can stand it, I can! Play it!<br />}}

** Earlier in the film, Ilsa (Rick's love interest) also entreats him to "Play it, Sam." The more famous variant actually comes from a a Woodie Allen movie entitled "Play it Again, Sam" }}

* At no point in ''[[Star Wars|The Empire Strikes Back]]'' does Darth Vader say "[[Luke, I Am Your Father|Luke, I am your father]]." His actual line was:

{{quote| '''Darth Vader:''' Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.<br />

'''Luke:''' He told me enough! He told me ''you'' killed him!<br />

*:* In the NPR radio dramatization, however, Vader does indeed say "No, Luke, I am your father."

*:* The manner in which Vader says the line and the emphasis on words is usually done wrong in parodies and spoofs. Vader puts emphasis on "I", not "am." He also says the line in a quiet, chilling manner, not the loud and dramatic fashion usually seen in imitations. Also, Luke's [[Big No]] comes ''before'' he falls down the shaft.

**::* Demonstrated [http://wayofthemetagamer.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/30020 here] in ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]]''.

*:* Likewise, Obi-Wan Kenobi never says "May the Force be with you" to Luke (except in the trailer). Obi-Wan's line is, "The Force will be with you, always." A bunch of other characters ''do'' say "May the Force be with you," though. The first person to actually say "May the Force be with you" is General Dodonna after the briefing on Yavin 4, and the character it's usually next most attributed to is Han Solo (who did say it to Luke in Empire).

*:* The first title card always reads "''A long time ago'' in a galaxy far, far away...." "Long, long ago" is seen in the inside cover of a few novels, but never in the films.

*:* Yoda never did say "There is no try, only do." The actual line is "Do or do not. There is no try."

* ''[[Forty42nd SecondStreet (film)|42nd Street]]'': "But you keep your feet on the ground and your head on those shoulders of yours and go out, and, Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!'' is misquoted in many ways, e.g. "You're going out (there) a youngster, but you're coming back a star!", "You're going out (on that stage) a nobody, (kid), but you're coming back a star!", or "You're going out a chorus girl, but you're coming back a star!"

* Quite possibly, the most famous line from ''[[Waterworld]]'' is, "Dry land is not a myth, I've seen it!" And yet, the line is never heard anywhere, in any form in the entire movie.

* [[Bram Stoker (Creator)|Bram Stoker]]'s original ''[[Dracula (Literaturenovel)|Dracula]]'' never said the line "[[Vampire Vords|I vont to suck your blood!]]", or anything like it. He was much too sophisticated, and had an English accent. It wasn't until Bela Lugosi played Dracula that the accent became forever rooted in our memory, but even then, the line is not spoken.

* ''[[Knute Rockne:, All- American]]'': Knute Rockne says "And the last thing he said to me, 'Rock,' he said, 'sometime when the team is up against it and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they got and '''win just one for the Gipper'''." Often quoted as "Win one for [[Ronald Reagan|the Gipper]]," or "Win this one for the Gipper."

* ''[[Lives of a Bengal Lancer]]'' (1935): it's "We have ways of making '''men''' talk," not "[[We Have Ways of Making You Talk]]." However, the latter has become a [[Stock Phrase]], and relatively few people have heard of the movie.

{{quote| '''Jane:''' (pointing to herself) Jane.<br />

'''Tarzan:''' (he points at her) Jane.<br />

'''Jane:''' And you? (she points at him) You?<br />

'''Tarzan:''' (stabbing himself proudly in the chest) Tarzan, Tarzan.<br />

'''Jane:''' (emphasizing his correct response) Tarzan.<br />

{{quote| '''Sue:''' "He's got a knife!"<br />

* The line "My God, it's full of stars" is never said or sort-of said in the movie ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. The closest the movie gets to this line is in a moment toward the end when a starfield bursts onto the screen, but not a single word is spoken during this [[Trippy Finale Syndrome|light show]] (or after it, for that matter). The line ''does'' appear in Arthur C. Clarke's novel (part of the same project), and the film version of ''[[Two2010: Thousand Ten theThe Year We Make Contact]]''.

* [[John Wayne]] did not say, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" in ''[[Hondo]]''. It's actually, "A man oughta do what he thinks is best".

* ''[[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Film)|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre]]'' never featured the line "We don't need no stinking badges!" The actual lines are:

{{quote| '''Bandit:''' We are ''[[Gratuitous Spanish|federales]]''. You know, the mounted police.<br />

'''Dobbs:''' If you're the police, where are your badges?<br />

*:* That said, if someone says, "We don't need no stinking badges!" they ''are'' quoting a movie: ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''.

*:* Another one -- Bogart never says "Can you help a fellow American who's down on his luck?" That's from the [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon short ''8 Ball Bunny''. The actual line is: "Say, mister, care to stake a fellow American to a meal?"

* In no film did James Cagney ever say "You dirty rat!" This is a misquote of a line from the 1931 film ''[[Blonde Crazy]]'', where he refers to another character as "that dirty double-crossing rat".

** It may have come from Cary Grant's film ''[[Only Angels Have Wings]]'' where Rita Hayworth's character is named Judy. Grant never repeats it in a row as in the quote but he says it a lot.

* Tony Curtis never said "Yonda liez da castle of me faddah". In ''[[Son of Ali Baba]]'', he said "Yonder lies the valley of the sun and beyond, the castle of my father."

* Mae West never said "Come up and see me sometime." The actual line, from the 1933 film ''[[She Done Him Wrong]]'', is "Why don't you come up some time, see me?" which mostly just moves words around but really changes the emphasis.

** Mae West didn't say "Is that a gun in your pocket [[Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?]]?" in any film. It's sometimes said to be in ''She Done Him Wrong'', but actually she said it in [[Real Life]] to a policeman who was escorting her.

** West did say this in a movie, but not until 1978, when she was 85 years old. She asks "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" in the movie ''[[Sextette]]''. You can see it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC9dde6NXIY here], with the line around 9:15.

* It's often said (rather inaccurately) that "Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels." The original quote is from a 1982 ''[[Frank and Ernest]]'' [https://allthetropes.org/wiki/File:Frank_and_Ernest_-_Ginger_Rogers.jpg cartoon]:

{{quote| Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did, backwards... and in high heels.}}

{{quote| I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species, and I found that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move into an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural existing resource is consumed, and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. ''Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague and we are the cure.''}}

*:* May [[Justified|account]] for some confusion that at least one of the [[Never Trust a Trailer|trailers]] cut this speech down to "Human beings are a disease ... and we are the cure."

*:* While not a line of dialogue, the iconic [[Bullet Time]] sequence with Neo dodging the bullets actually has the bullets graze and hurt him - nearly every parody of this scene has the character elegantly avoid harm, unless the joke is that they get harmed regardless.

* [[Clint Eastwood]] didn't say "Do you feel lucky, punk?" in ''[[Dirty Harry (Film)|Dirty Harry]]''. He said, "You'd better ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do you, punk?"

* The line from ''[[White Heat]]'' is not "Top of the world, Ma!"; it's "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" [[Lex Luthor]] misquotes it in the 1st season finale of ''[[Lois and Clark (TV)|Lois and Clark]]'', and ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has done it a few times.

* ''[[Clerks]]'' has Randal quoting ''[[Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (Film)|Indiana Jones and Thethe Temple of Doom]]'' with "No time for love, Doctor Jones!". But Short Round's actual line was "Hey, Dr. Jones, no time for love."

* ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'': Bogie says "The stuff that dreams are made of" at the end, not "It's the stuff that dreams are made of".

** Ginger Rogers, of all people, says "I want to be alone!" on a train with a thick Swedish accent in the film ''[[The Major and the Minor]]''. So apparently [[Billy Wilder]] heard Greta wrong too.

* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] is supposed to have said, "Actors are cattle." However, as he himself put it, "What I said was that all actors should be ''treated'' like cattle." He corrected himself after Carole Lombard, hearing him make the comment on the set of ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Smith]]'', set up an actual stable in the middle of the shooting set and put cattle in it with signs around the necks of the animals with the actors names on them.

* In ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman and Robin]]'', Mr. Freeze utters dozens of ice- and snow-related puns. "Ice to meet you" is not one of them. The line "Ice to ''see'' you" was previously used by McBain in a spoof of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s action films in ''[[The Simpsons]]''. And that line never appeared in the movie itself or the trailer.

* In the 1989 ''[[Batman (Filmfilm)|Batman]]'' movie, Batman does this in the movie: when Jack Napier kills his parents at the beginning, he asks young Bruce Wayne if he's ever danced with the devil BY the pale moonlight. Later on when Batman confronts Joker (Napier), he asks him if he's ever danced with the devil IN the pale moonlight. Even [[IMDb]] misses this one for some reason, but "by" and "in" are interchanged in the otherwise identical statements.

* "Come with me to the Casbah [...] we'll make beautiful music together" is not from the film ''[[Algiers]]'' (1938), but from a Yosemite Sam/Pepe LePew cartoon.

** No-one in ''Algiers'' utters the "Come with me" line, though [[Hedy Lamarr]]'s Gaby does ask Charles Boyer's Pepe le Moko, "Can't you leave the Casbah?" The "beautiful music" part doesn't even come from the same movie, but from 1936's ''[[The General Died At Dawn]]'', in which Gary Cooper says to Madeline Carroll, "We could make beautiful music together."

* [[Samuel L. Jackson|Jules Winnfield]]'s famous hamburger speech from ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' is often misquoted (by putting words or phrases in the wrong order) or quoted correctly but used in the wrong context:

{{quote| '''Jules:''' "What country you from?!"<br />

'''Brett:''' W-what?<br />

'''Jules:''' 'What' ain't no country ''I'' ever heard of! They speak English in 'what'?<br />

'''Brett:''' ...what?<br />

*:* The last line is often misquoted as "English, do you speak it, motherfucker?" Regarding context, Jules is sarcastically demanding that Brett give him a clearer answer than "what," but the line is often used in real life against people who are literally not speaking English well or at all.

*:* Jules has his own Beam Me Up Scotty with the Bible. The entire verse of Ezekiel 25:17 goes, from start to finish, "I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful chastisements. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon them." (RSV)

**::* While this is indeed an example of this trope, it's not because the passage doesn't match up to the Bible, but because it doesn't match up to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYT4JC2dd4 introduction to Sonny Chiba's ]''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LYT4JC2dd4 The Bodyguard]'', from which this passage (as well as its attribution as Ezekiel 25:17) is lifted almost exactly. The use in ''The Bodyguard'' would be a misquote of the Bible.

***:::* This all depends on what translation of the Bible you are using, of course. The quote from The Bodyguard is almost identical to the verse in the King James Version: [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2025:17&version=KJV\]

*:* In an example that's made its way into a trope name, [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face]] is actually "Aw man... I shot Marvin in the face..." with no "just"

* In ''[[Jaws (Filmfilm)|Jaws]]'', the line is "'''You're''' gonna need a bigger boat.", not "We're gonna need a bigger boat." The fact that Brody (the speaker) is on the boat as well undoubtedly contributes to the confusion.

* No ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' villain has ''ever'' said: "Good evening, Mr. Bond. We've been expecting you." Bits of it, yes, and sometimes they were said by other people, but never the entire quote. For example, one ofin ''[[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]'' one of the titular villain's henchmen shouts "We've been expecting you!" Blofeld says "We've been expecting you" in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'', and a minute later says "Good evening, Mr. Bond."

** Bond doesn't actually say "[[The name'sName Is Bond, James Bond]]" that often either, and rarely orders vodka martinis rarely too. ("[[Bond. James Bond]]", however, is in practically every film), and ordersin vodkasome martinisfilms, rarelyhe toodoes say "''My'' name ''is'' Bond, James Bond" — for example, at the start of ''Diamonds'', while he's questioning a couple of people about the whereabouts of his wife's murderer.

* Scarlett O'Hara says "Tomorrow '''is''' another day", not "Tomorrow's another day" at the end of ''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]''.

** Rhett Butler's memorable final line, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn," is sometimes misquoted as "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn." The misquotation has appeared in several places where the line was used comically, including ''[[Clue (Filmfilm)|Clue]]'' and an episode of ''[[MamasMama's Family]]''.

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' - it's not uncommon for Theoden's pre-charge speeches to be merged when quoted. The line from ''The Two Towers'' is "Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath. Now for ruin. And the red dawn!" and the line from ''The Return of the King'' is "Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!" What you often get is combinations of the two, such as "Ride for wrath, ride for ruin and the red dawn/the world's ending" and "Now for wrath, now for ruin and the world's ending."

{{quote| Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!<br />

Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward.<br />

Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!<br />

*:* "Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red dawn," is taken from the last line of the verses spoken by Eomer in ''The Return of the King'' (with "nightfall" changed to "dawn" as was appropriate for Helm's Deep; a lot of people were pissed that this threw off the rhythm):

{{quote| Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising<br />

I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.<br />

To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking<br />

*:* And the movie version is taken from Théoden's Pelennor Fields speech in the book which is this:

{{quote| Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden!<br />

Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!<br />

Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,<br />

A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!<br />

*:* Éomer also shouts, "Ride, ride to ruin and the world's ending!" in the middle of the battle after he goes berserk after seeing his sister dead (or so he thinks) and the Rohirrim cry "Death" as with one voice. The movie moves these lines to the start of the battle.

*:* Aragorn's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Crowning Speech Of Awesome]] is often abridged and misquoted, mostly because of the ''Return of the King'' trailer. Ask any layman on the street what the speech was, and most who claim to remember will say "I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! Someday, the courage of men may fail, but it is not this day! This day, ''we fight!''" The actual speech is: "Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see, in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day... an hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is ''not this day!'' This day, we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you, ''stand''! '''''[[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|Men! Of! The West!]]'''''

* Possibly the most quoted line from ''[[Laurel and Hardy]]'' is Ollie's "This is another fine mess you've gotten me into, Stanley," (the "Stanley" is often omitted). This line was never spoken (Up until [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VRdc-bUxw0 now]].) in any of their films. The line that was actually frequently used by Ollie was, "This is another '''nice''' mess you've gotten me into," and he never added a "Stanley" to the line either. The confusion apparently stems from one of the L shorts entitled "Another Fine Mess."

* The line "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!" is a misquote of Dorothy's line in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. The actual quote is "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

{{quote| "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that '''you like me, right now, you like me'''!"}}

* Related phenomenon: While M. Bison really ''did'' say [[Memetic Mutation|OF COURSE!]] in the ''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|Street Fighter]]'' film the context of the line is frequently mistaken to be something he said after stating his goal to [[Take Over the World]], instead of in response to Sagat [[Captain Obvious|pointing out that Guile was alive]].

* ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]'': Norma's famous line -- "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up," -- is—is often misquoted as "I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille."

* People like to quote Ben Stein's character from ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Film)|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' as saying, "Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?" but that's not how it happened. When he's taking attendance, he says, "Bueller... Bueller..." Later on, when he's teaching, he asks for audience participation and that's when he says, "Anyone? Anyone?" Ferris is absent, so there's no reason to be calling on him to answer a question in class.

* ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' doesn't say "You come to me, on the day of my daughter's wedding?" He says "You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married and you ask me to do murder - for money." The phrase "day of your daughter's wedding" is used later, but not by Vito.

** Also -- thisAlso—this is a slightly nitpicky one, but that's what we're here for -- atfor—at the beginning, Michael tells Kay that "Luca Brasi put a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract." "Brains" and "signature" are often transposed -- presumablytransposed—presumably people think it [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|packs more of a punch if the horrible option comes last]], but that just ain't the way it is.

** Also, an example less of wording and more of intonation: "Help meeee!" is often done high pitched in parodies such as ''[[Beetlejuice (Film)|Beetlejuice]]''. In the original movie, however, it was more of a deep, nasal sound, like an insect buzzing.

* In ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'', the Black Knight's most memorable quote is [[Only a Flesh Wound|"It's only a flesh wound!"]] and has even been merchandised as such when he really said [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4 "Just a flesh wound."] The misquotation is possibly influenced by the scene where the knights first see Camelot and one of the servants remarks [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGAYk5VWkTw "It's only a model."] Additionally, the Black Knight does not make the "flesh wound" comment until ''both'' of his arms have been cut off and Arthur points it out. What he says after Arthur slices off his first arm is, "'Tis but a scratch."

** Also, Dennis the peasant says, "Help, help, I'm being repressed!" --— not "oppressed."

* Discussed in ''[[Frost /Nixon]]''. Frost is known for starting his broadcasts by saying "Hello, good evening and welcome," but, according to Frost, "I don't actually say that." In broadcasts shown within the film, he says "Hello. Good Evening." and "Good evening and welcome," but never says all three at once.

* [[Gene Wilder]] as [[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory (Filmfilm)|Willy Wonka]] says "good day, sir!" and "I said 'good day'!" but never "I said 'good day, sir!'"

{{quote| "The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms -- greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind."}}

*:* The sequel opens with Gekko saying, on being released from prison:

{{quote| "Someone reminded me I once said, 'Greed is good.' Now it seems it's legal, because everybody is drinking the same Kool-Aid."}}

* The most infamous quote from ''[[Mommie Dearest]]'' is often rendered as "''No more wire hangers!''" when in reality the quote is a very hammy "''No wire hangers '''EVAAAAR'''!!!''" (or simply "''[[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|No...more...]] '''[[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|HANGEEERS!!!]]'''''")

* Ellen Ripley never says "nuke it from orbit" in ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Aliens]]''. The actual line is "I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

* Another ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' example: Some people mistakenly think that "[[Star Trek II: theThe Wrath of Khan (Film)|KHAAAAAN!]]" was a [[Skyward Scream]], when Kirk actually just yelled it facing forward into his communicator, which was followed by an exterior shot of the planet.

{{quote| '''Lazarus:''' Everybody knows you never go full retard.<br />

'''Tugg:''' What do you mean?<br />

'''Lazarus:''' Check it out. [[Dustin Hoffman]], ''[[Rain Man (Film)|Rain Man]]'', look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks to your cards. Autistic, sure. Not retarded. Then you got [[Tom Hanks]], ''[[Forrest Gump]]''. Slow yes, retarded maybe, braces on his legs, but he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition? That ain’t retarded. He's a goddamned war hero, you know any retarded war heroes?<br />

'''Tugg:''' ''*Pauses, then shakes his head*''<br />

* An example involving [[Iconic Item|Iconic Items]]s: Despite a great number of items of fanart, marketing, parodies and simple popular perception showing so, Jason Voorhees of ''[[Friday the 13th]]'' has never used a chainsaw.

* "Elementary, my dear Watson" was never in a Conan Doyle ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' book or story. Although Holmes did express similar sentiments often [he said "elementary" on a couple of occasions and frequently addressed Watson as "my dear Watson" (or my dear fellow, or my dear doctor. Holmes was quite possessive), and [[Sherlock Holmes (Theatretheatre)|William Gillette's play]] came nearer with Holmes saying, "Elementary my dear fellow!", the actual phrase originates in a [[PGP. G. Wodehouse (Creator)|PG Wodehouse]] tale called ''[[Psmith (Literature)|Psmith, Journalist]]''.

{{quote| "I have the advantage of knowing your habits, '''my dear Watson'''," said he. "When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long one you use a hansom. As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom."<br />

"Excellent!" I cried.<br />

*:* In [[John Cleese (Creator)|John Cleese]]'s parody ''The Strange Case of the End of Civilization As We Know It'', this is lampshaded, with "Watson" calling for help on a crossword, and "Holmes" answering with repeated homonymns of "elementary", followed by "my dear Watson".

*:* Holmes is never described by Conan Doyle as [[Memetic Outfit|wearing a deerstalker]]. This came about from the original illustrations. William Gillette took inspiration from the Sidney Paget illustrations in costuming his play, and later Basil Rathbone used the same such costuming in his famous films, effectively cementing the image in the public mind. Later illustrations would have him wearing the rural hat in a city, quite a faux pas.

**::* The exact description is ''earflapped travelling cap''; Sidney Paget's classic illustration, showing a deerstalker, strongly suggests that few if any other types of headgear would be conjured by that description, just as the phrase "a straw hat" would (at that time) invariably suggest a boater.

**::* It is also worth noting that the cape and deerstalker were outdoor clothing, and would only have been worn when Holmes was active in rural settings. Sporting such attire in central London or indoors, as he is often portrayed in popular culture, would be equivalent to a modern detective wearing an anorak, walking boots, and a woolen hat in the same locations. In other words, he'd look pretty silly.

**::* One case of this being done correctly was the Classics Illustrated Junior adaptation of ''A Study In Scarlet'', where Holmes wears both quite often, because many scene take place in the Midwest, outdoors, at night. Even in summer, Midwestern nights can be very cold.

*:* In the early twentieth century, for whatever reason the popular catchphrase for Holmes was "Quick, Watson, the needle!" referring to the detective's drug habit. Not only was nothing like this line ever uttered in the stories themselves, but it doesn't even make sense as something that Holmes would say; Watson, who was bothered by Holmes' drug use, would be unlikely to assist him in it.

**::* That phrase actually comes from ''The Red Mill'', a 1906 comic operetta by Victor Herbert (of ''[[Babes in Toyland]]'' fame). It comes in a scene where the two [[Con Man]] protagonists are ''disguised'' as Holmes and Watson. (Basil Rathbone also uses a similar phrase - "Oh, Watson, the needle!" - in the 1939 film of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''.)

* There is no-one to say "follow the white rabbit" in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''; the line only appears in ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''.

* Hagrid's oft-quoted line "you're a wizard, Harry" appears only in the firstfilm of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Literaturefilm)|Harry Potter]]'' [[Harryand Potterthe (Film)|filmPhilosopher's Stone]]'' --— in the book, his line was "Harry -- yer a wizard".

* Coleridge's ''[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Literature)|The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]'' is often quoted as "Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink"; the actual line is "Water, water everywhere, '''nor any''' drop to drink"

** Naturally, [[Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV)|Garth Marenghi]] got it wrong.

** Well, at least most people don't think that it goes, [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|"Water, water everywhere, so let's all have a drink."]]

** [[Iron Maiden (Music)|Iron Maiden]] got it right, though.

* Not a quote, but reference is frequently made to [[Robinson Crusoe (Literature)|Robinson Crusoe]] finding Friday's footprint in the sand. The footprint he finds could have belonged to any one of several dozen "savages"; it was almost certainly not Friday's.

** [[wikipedia:The Spider and the Fly chr(28)poemchr(29poem)|The poem]] at [[The Other Wiki]], in case you didn't even realize it was a (mis-)quotation in the first place.

* ''[[The DevilsDevil's Dictionary]]'' said the brain was "An apparatus with which we think '''what''' we think", not "An apparatus with which we think we think."

* In Spanish-speaking countries, it is very common to attribute to ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'' the expression ''"Ladran, Sancho, señal que cabalgamos"'' ''("There's barking, Sancho, it shows that we're riding")'' -- in—in other words, to succeed, one has to face criticism from envious people. This is an abbreviated version of the following exchange:

{{quote| '''Sancho:''' Señor, señor, que nos ladran los perros.<br />

{{quote| '''Sancho:''' Sir, sir, that dogs bark at us.<br />

'''SanchoDon Quijote:''' A sign that we ride, Sancho. }}

{{quote| ''Don Quixote took the lead, and having gone a matter of two hundred paces he came upon the mass that produced the shade, and found it was a great tower, and then he perceived that the building in question was no palace, but the chief church of the town, and said he,''' "It's the church we have lit upon, Sancho.'''"''}}

* The title line from [[John Donne (Creator)|John Donne]]'s "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is often misquoted as "Ask not for whom the bell tolls", though it is actually "And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls".

* Ask "What is the meaning of life?" on the Internet and it's almost guaranteed that somebody will respond "[[The HitchhikersHitchhiker's Guide to Thethe Galaxy|42.]]" Technically, 42 isn't the meaning of life - rather, it is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, whatever that may be.

* "The best-laid plans of mice and men go oft awry," is frequently attributed to [[Robert Burns (Creator)|Robert Burns]], but the actual line in his poem ''To a Mouse'' is: "The best-laid ''schemes'' o' mice an' men ''gang'' aft ''agley''"—which means the same thing.

* Dante never referred to ''[[The Divine Comedy (Literature)|The Divine Comedy]]'' (''La Divina Commedia'') by that name: he simply called it ''Commedia'' ("comedy"). The epithet "divine" was added by [[Giovanni Boccaccio (Creator)|Boccaccio]].

{{quote| The following anecdote is a case in point. It is too valuable to be lost, and too true to be doubted; ...he unluckily tried the edge of his hatchet on the body of a beautiful young English cherry-tree, which he barked so terribly, that I don't believe the tree ever got the better of it. The next morning the old gentleman, finding out what had befallen his tree, which, by the by, was a great favourite, came into the house; ... Nobody could tell him anything about it... "George," said his father, " do you know who killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden? " This was a tough question; and George staggered under it for a moment; but quickly recovered himself: and looking at his father, with the sweet face of youth brightened with the inexpressible charm of all- conquering truth, he bravely cried out, '''"I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet."''' "Run to my arms, you dearest boy," cried his father in transports, [[Narm|"run to my arms; glad am I, George, that you killed my tree;]] for you have paid me for it a thousand fold. Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees, though blossomed with silver, and their fruits of purest gold."}}

* A number of lines and names associated with ''[[Frankenstein (Literaturenovel)|Frankenstein]]'' are not in the original novel:

** Frankenstein never said, "It's alive!" when he gave life to his creature. This line first arose in the [[Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 film adaptation]].

* This phenomenon is discussed in ''[[More Information Than You Require]]'', which [[Little-Known Facts|jokingly claims]], among other things, that when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] said "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," he was, in fact, referring to just his cabinet, who were protected by a thick steel wall. "Normal Americans need to [[The Fly|be afraid, very afraid]] indeed. And not just of the Depression, but also flash floods, night-stabbers, and plague."

** The popular chant "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion", while it sounds like something from the books and is [[Memetic Mutation|quoted all the time]] by sci-fi [[Geek|geeksgeek]]s, is nowhere found in the original book, nor is the premise quite the same. It was written by Lynch for the movie.

* ''[[The Three Musketeers (Literaturenovel)|The Three Musketeers]]''' "One for all, all for one." D'Artagnan only said it once, when he was trying to convince Athos, Porthos, and Aramis that he wasn't committing a selfish act by letting the husband of his lover be taken to jail by the Cardinal's guards.

* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'': Gandalf never said "You shall not pass!" in the book, only in the movie. His full line in the book goes:

{{quote| 'You cannot pass,' he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. 'I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.'}}

*:* Note also that he says the lines in a calm manner, as opposed to [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|dramatically shouting them]] like he does in the movie, and perhaps similar to Obi-Wan's demeanor when facing Vader for the last time in ''Star Wars''. Gandalf also says "You cannot pass!" again after blocking the Balrog's sword strike, but never "You ''shall not'' pass". Also, in the book, he says "Fly, you fools!" ''during'' his fall down the abyss.

*:* Gandalf's defiance of the Lord of the Nazgul at the gates of Minas Tirith is similar:

{{quote| 'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'}}

* The often misquoted line from ''[[The Aeneid (Literature)|The Aeneid]]'', "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts," is actually a mistranslation of the original phrase, ''"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."'' The correct translation is, "I fear the Greeks, even if they bear gifts." <ref>The error comes from thinking that "et" means "and", as it usually does. Here, however, it's short for "etiam", which means "even".</ref>

* In [[Lewis Carroll (Creator)|Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]'', if your snark turns out to be a boojum, "You will softly and '''suddenly''' vanish away, / And never be met with again." Not "softly and ''silently''", as generally misquoted.

* In ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' by [[HGH. G. Wells]], Ogilvy ''never said'' "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a [[Million-to-One Chance|million to one]]." Instead he said "The chances against anything ''manlike'' coming from Mars are a million to one." The first quote is from [[Jeff WaynesWayne's Musical Version of theThe War of Thethe Worlds|the musical by Jeff Wayne]].

* The famous British magazine ''[[Punch]]'' contained many satirical cartoons with captions, all of which are understood in the popular imagination to end with a dry, brief line like "Collapse of Stout Party" when in fact of none of them did. Ronald Pearsall notes this in the introduction to his book ''Collapse of Stout Party: Victorian wit and humour'':

{{quote| To many people [[Victorian Britain]] wit and humour is summed up by ''Punch'', when every joke is supposed to end with "Collapse of Stout Party", though this phrase tends to be as elusive as "Elementary, my dear Watson" in the Sherlock Holmes sagas.}}

* ''[[Peter Pan]]'': The line is [[Peter Pan|"Second to the right and straight on till morning."]] The [[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Disney version]] changed it to "Second ''star'' to the right...", probably in an effort to make more sense...even though it wasn't supposed to make sense, since Peter had made it up on the spot in an effort to impress Wendy. The whole "think happy thoughts and you'll be able to fly" thing was a similar made-up bit of information by Peter--hePeter—he wanted to confuse Wendy and her brothers by trying to make them fly before they had any fairy dust, the thing you ''really'' need to fly. (And it's ''fairy'' dust, not ''pixie'' dust). But try telling that to any adaptation...

* [[Useful Notes/Philippines|José Rizal]]'s poem popularly known as ''Mi Ultimo Adiós'' was originally untitled. The title was added posthumously, and the phrase itself nowhere appears in the text.

* [[Friedrich Nietzsche (Creator)|Friedrich Nietzsche]] is variously quoted as writing something like "when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back", or a myriad of variations. The original phrase used by Nietzsche in ''Beyond Good and Evil'' is: "And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."

* From ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' (apart from the [[Trope Namer]], above):

** While we're talking Scotty, he has likely never said ''"She canna' take much more of this!"'' onscreen. It's in the theatrical trailer of ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country (Film)|Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country]]'' but was cut from the version seen in theaters.

** Another ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' example: The Borg are oft quoted as saying "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." While they arrange those sentences in any number of ways in their various appearances (sometimes in the midst of a full paragraph or two), they never use that one. The closest they come is in the ''Next Generation'' episode "I, Borg", where the Borg, "Hugh", says, "We are Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." Ironically, the story treatment for the ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' premiere calls the Borg's line "immortal words," even though the construction they used had yet to be spoken in any form of [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]].

** Bones never said "Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a --" He said "[[I'm a Doctor, Not Aa Placeholder|I'm a doctor, not a --]]" and similar phrases very often though: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVhcB9ucmdg see here]

*** The original timeline's Bones may never have said "dammit", but it became an [[Ascended Meme]] in the [[Star Trek (Filmfilm)|2009 movie]].

{{quote| Within range of our sensors, '''there is no life''', other than the accountable human residents of this colony beneath the surface. '''At least, no life as we know it'''.}}

*:* The opening narration is occasionally misquoted as "These are the voyages of the Star Trek ''Enterprise''," which doesn't even make ''sense''. The phrase "Star Trek" is in fact never used in the movies or television series, outside of the [[Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics]], until spoken in ''[[Star Trek First Contact (Film)|Star Trek: First Contact]]'' by Zefram Cochrane. "And you people, you're all ... astronauts ... on ... some kind of [[Title Drop|star trek]]." Prior to this, the closest phrasing was "your trek through the stars," said by [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|Q]] in the ''[[Star Trek: the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek theThe Next Generation]]'' series finale "All Good Things..."

*:* A small scale ''Star Trek'' [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] occurred among the cast and crew of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Apparently they were under the impression that the Original Series episode "This Side Of Paradise" contained the line "I'm not going back, Jim". The line became an in joke and they even used it in the riffing on [[Touch of Satan]]. However, they later rented the episode and realized that no such line appears.

* Whether or not [[Gaius Julius Caesar (Creator)|Julius Caesar]] actually said "Et tu, Brute?" ("You too, Brutus?") is heavily contested by scholars; in fact, it's one of two possible things Caesar said when he died, as reported by Roman historian Suetonius (who himself wrote that he believes Caesar said nothing at all). Modern historians now consider that if he said it, he meant it as a curse, that he too will fall.

{{quote| The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.}}

* "Just the facts, Ma'am" came not from ''[[Dragnet]]'', but from the various [[Stan Freberg (Creator)]] parodies of the show. The phrase Jack "Joe Friday" Webb actually used on the show was "All we want are the facts, Ma'am" (and sometimes "All we know are the facts, Ma'am").

* Carl Sagan's TV appearances were famous for his distinctive pronunciation of the word "billions" -- but—but the phrase "billions and billions" so commonly associated with him actually came from a ''[[Tonight Show]]'' parody by Johnny Carson.

* Ralph Kramden never actually said "Bang-zoom, to the moon!" on ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' -- it—it's actually a blend of two different catchphrases, "One of these days, one of these days. Bang! Zoom!" and "To the moon, Alice, to the moon!". Similarly, many other catch phrases associated with that show and Jackie Gleason are mixes-and-matches of bits of actual catch phrases. Also, "Pow, right in the kisser!" was allegedly a Kramden [[Catch Phrase]] in the (now lost) early variety show sketches, but did not actually appear in the regular series.

* The phrase "[[Reverse Polarity|Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!]]" , despite being seen as a [[Techno Babble]] [[Catch Phrase]] of the Third Doctor in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', was never used in that form in his era of the show, with, aside from an instance in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S8 E5/E05 The Daemons|The Daemons]]'' ("Reverse the polarity!" [of the electrical power in general]), the closest thing to it being his warning to [[Evil Counterpart|the Master]] in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S9 E3/E03 The Sea Devils|The Sea Devils]]'' that "I reversed the polarity of the neutron flow", and that things were thus about to get explosive (although he reversed the polarity of other things quite a bit, and once "fused the controls to the neutron flow"). He repeated it when he reappeared in the 20th anniversary special. Ironically, the line was used by the Fifth Doctor more than the Third Doctor, and has been used a number of times by other Doctors, ''because'' it was seen as a [[Catch Phrase]].

** "It's bigger on the inside!" really isn't uttered all that much. Just about the only times it is used is when it is [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed out that people say it]]. There are many similar reactions (the first being Ian's "But it was just a telephone box!") but one of the first times (if not THE first) times the actual quote is said it is by the Doctor in [[Doctor Who/Recap/S10 E1/E01 The Three Doctors|The Three Doctors]]. The 10th Anniversary episode.

{{quote| (In a short with Mr Bill driving a car) ''Mr Hands'' : Oh no, Mr Bill! Looks like you have a flat! Good thing Mr Sluggo has a jack....}}

*:* The clay person might have{{verify}} said "Oh no, Mr Bill!" in an early episode before they decided who was Mr Bill. In some episodes, the hands were Mr Bill and the clay person went unnamed. In others, the hands went unnamed. It confused me for a while.

* The (in)famous Bishop and the Nightie" affair on ''[[The Late Late Show]]'' never had a woman say she was "naked" on her wedding night. In February 1966, there was a segment on the show where a Mr and Mrs Fox had to answer questions about their marriage; Mrs Fox was asked what colour nightdress she wore on her wedding night; she said "Transparent," then admitted "I didn't wear any!"; after the audience stopped laughing, she changed her answer to "white." There was no outcry -- onlyoutcry—only three phone complaints, and one telegram from Thomas Ryan, Catholic Bishop of Clonfert (''"Disgusted with disgraceful performance."''), who later offered extreme criticism of the show, calling on "all decent Irish Catholics" to protest. They didn't.

* The German crime series ''[[wikipedia:Derrick chr(28)TV serieschr(29series)|Derrick]]'' often has Derrick send his assistant Harry to get the car to drive him somewhere. Thus, the phrase "Harry, hol schon mal den Wagen" ("Harry, go get the car in the meantime") was coined, though none of the 281 episodes of the legendary show actually featured the renowned phrase. The line was finally included in a tongue-in-cheek animated special made after the live action version had been cancelled.

** It should also be noted that no [[Engaging ChevronsPadding|chevrons were engaged]] on Stargate SG-1 until around season 3. Even after that, they were "encoded" most of the time.

* There is not a single episode of ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]'' in which [[Timmy in Aa Well|Timmy falls down a well]]. He fell down just about everything else, yes, but Lassie had never had to get help for Timmy falling down a well.

{{quote| "Why do these films always forget to put their most famous line in?"}}

* The [[Memetic Mutation]] "Yo/sup dawg, I heard you like..." was never said by [[Xzibit]].

* Speaking of game shows, the catch phrase on ''[[Family Feud (TV)|Family Feud]]'' is "(our) survey ''said''," not "says" (although Steve Harvey sometimes uses "says"). And it's only used in the [[Bonus Round|Fast Money]] round, not the main game. Ricki Lake got the latter wrong on ''Gameshow Marathon''.

* [[Ronald Reagan]] never once said, "The driver is either missing, or he's dead" in ''Death Valley Days''; this is a misunderstood [[Memetic Mutation]] in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. The line was typically exclaimed during a scenic shot that resembled Death Valley, which led the many audience members to believe it was indeed a Reagan quote. In fact, it ties back to an earlier [[MST3KMystery Science Theater 3000]] episode where someone on screen who sounds almost exactly like Reagan says, "The driver is either missing, or he's dead;" an audience member then capitalized on his voice by saying, "Welcome to Death Valley Days!" From then on, it became [[Running Joke]].

* The [[Trope Namer]] is subject to [[Conversational Troping]] (naturally, by Reid, the show's usual source of random trivia) in the ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' episode "What Happens At Home".

* ''[[MashM*A*S*H (Filmfilm)|MashM*A*S*H]]'' has an in-universe example: in the episode "Movie Night," the gang entertain themselves with Father Mulcahy impersonations, one of which involves the use and over-use of the word "jocularity." The thing is, Mulcahy has never used this exclamation-- — at least not yet. He does so once, but in a ''later'' episode.

** In the short story [https://web.archive.org/web/20121229041806/http://www.stanleythewhale.com/StW/index.php/issue-1/issue-1-short-stories/45-the-van-on-atlantic-street "The Van on Atlantic Street"] by Desmond Warzel, one character does an imitation of the Mulcahy imitation, upon which he is told that Mulcahy never said "jocularity." The ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' [[Trope Namer]] and [[Casablanca|"Play it again, Sam"]] are also referenced by way of explanation.

* Another in-universe occurrence is in the 1995 TV remake of the musical ''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]'' (this troper can't remember if the following phrase was in the stage musical, but it wasn't in the more famous 1963 movie version, at least not exactly the way it was worded). Having become frustrated with her fiancé, Rose De Leon (here played by Vanessa Williams) makes the following remark about men: "They're all alike - from puberty to stupidity, from Benedict Arnold to [[Godwin's Law|Mussolini]]." The heroine of the story, Kim McAfee, overhears Rosie and later truncates the quote in front of her parents: "Rosie was right! Men are all alike - from puberty to Mussolini!" (This causes her father, Harry, to complain: " 'Puberty' and 'Mussolini' - [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|two words I would have never wanted to hear coming from my daughter's mouth]]!")

* Most people believed that [[Barney and Friends (TV)|Barney and Friends]] said the message, "A stranger is a friend you haven't met." He never actually said that! Not once. The closest anyone's ever come to saying that lin, was in "Playing It Safe!" In the episode, it was ''Derek'' who uttered, "Strangers are people you don't know."

** It has also been attributed to [[Creator/Yeats|Yeats]]... and it doesn't even sound like him.

* Despite naming [[Recruit Teenagers Withwith Attitude|a trope in its own right,]] the phrase "Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude" never appeared in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]].'' What Zordon actually said was that he wanted "Five overbearing and overemotional humans," to which Alpha replied "Not that, not ''teenagers!''" That line '''was''' used in the introduction and theme song, however it was only a shortened version of the actual dialogue.

* Ricky used the word "'splain" a couple times on ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', [https://www.shmoop.com/quotes/lucy-you-got-some-splainin-to-do.html but never the phrase "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin' to do."]

* ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' has a mild example. While Robin's infamous "Holy [relevant phrase]!" [[Catch Phrase]] ''did'' appear constantly, he usually ended it at that--hethat—he rarely ever said "Holy [relevant phrase], Batman!", as most people quote him. This one's a [[Justified Trope|justified]] case, though, since "Holy [noun]!" is such a generic phrase in Western culture that people might not otherwise associate it with ''Batman''.

* [[The Beatles (Musicband)|"Yellow Submarine"]] is invariably misquoted: it's "In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea / And he told us of his life in the land of submarines." Pretty much everyone will sing "In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed '''the''' sea / And he told us of his life in '''a yellow submarine'''."

* [[John Lennon]] never said that [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] were "[[Bigger Than Jesus]]," it was:

{{quote| "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. We're '''more popular than Jesus''' now - I don't know which will go first, rock and roll or Christianity."}}

{{quote| Nearly seven hours into the concert in London, Bob Geldof enquired how much money had been raised; he was told £1.2 million. He is said to have been sorely disappointed by the amount and marched to the BBC commentary position. Pumped up further by a performance by Queen that he later called "absolutely amazing", Geldof gave an infamous interview. David Hepworth, conducting the interview, had attempted to provide a list of addresses to which donations should be sent; Geldof interrupted him in mid-flow and shouted: "'''Fuck the address, let's get the numbers!'''" After the outburst, giving increased to £18,000 per minute.}}

{{quote| Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!}}

* "[[Black Sabbath (Music)|I, am, Iron Man! Ne-ne-ne-ne-ne-ne ne neeear, near near!]]"

{{quote| "I...am...grate...ful...grape...fruit!"}}

*:* Doesn't make things clearer.

* Rick James never said "[[Memetic Mutation|I'm Rick James]], [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]!" at any point in his life. It was made up by Dave Chappelle for his ''[[ChappellesChappelle's Show]]'' sketch spoofing Rick James' life, which was [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]] cast member Charlie Murphy tells. So naturally, [[Seltzer and Friedberg]] didn't realize that while making ''Epic Movie''.

* Neal Hefti's theme for the 1966-1968 ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' TV show is misquoted by just about everyone. The only time "Nonna nonna nonna nonna, Batman!" is sung verbatim at the very end of the song; people tend to sing the ''whole'' song that way.

* [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] references a common use of this trope in his song "Stop Forwarding That Crap to Me": "And by the way, your quotes from 'George Carlin' aren't really [[George Carlin]]..."

** Here are pictures of the [http://www.urbachletter.com/0612/OvaltineDecoderRing_200x223.jpg Ovaltine] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106032451/http://www.hudekfamily.com/items/orphan_annie_secret_decoder.jpg Orphan Annie] decoder rings.

* From [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]: '''(Note: Considering The Bible is the most translated text in the world, and was not originally written in English, take many of the following with a grain of salt)''' A line frequently quoted from the Bible is "money is the root of all evil". While technically a correct quote, it leaves out three important words. The full quote (from the somewhat [[Macekre|Macekred]]d King James version anyway) is "''the love of'' money is the root of all evil." Another translation is "the love of money is '''a''' root of all kinds of evil," which changes the meaning almost entirely.

*** The snake is simply a snake, and is not identified as the devil. (Ironically it's the ''Qu'ran's'' version of the story, not the Bible's, which explicitly identifies the tempter as Satan--thoughSatan—though it ''doesn't'' say anything about him being a snake at the time.)

*** The ''periy'' ("fruit") is never specified as an apple (the word though is hard to translate into English as it means any plant product -- fruitproduct—fruit, grain, nuts, berries, edible leaves, etc.) - the idea of it being an apple comes from the Latin word ''malus'', which means both "apple" and "evil", and perhaps from the apple sent by Eris, which led to the Judgment of Paris and the [[Trojan War]]. Muslims traditionally say the forbidden fruit was dates, though the Qu'ran doesn't specify either.

** [[Pride]] [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe|cometh not]] before a fall. Rather, what [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] really says is, "Pride cometh before ''destruction'', and the haughty spirit before a fall".

** Another alcohol-related misquote: The angel tells Zacharias that John "shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink" -- the—the word ''sikera'', usually translated as the vague "strong drink", actual means "barley beer".

*** All these things being true enough, the Bible DOES clearly frown upon the consumption of alcohol: [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus%2010:9&version=KJV Leviticus 10:9] prohibits use of "wine nor strong drink" in religious services, particularly by priests themselves (supported by [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2044:21&version=KJV Ezekiel 44:21] and [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-tim/3.2-3?lang=eng#2 Timothy 3:2-3]). Under the law of the Nazarite, the children of Israel are told to separate themselves from wine and strong drink as well as [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%206:3&version=KJV ''non-alcoholic'' grape juice or even grapes themselves]. Proverbs 20:1 also says: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise." Isaiah promises "woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink" ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%205:22&version=KJV Isaiah 5:22]). Furthermore, in the first two chapters of the book of Daniel, Daniel is blessed with the power to interpret King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams in part due to his choice to honor the covenant he had made with the Lord and refrain from consuming the king's wine [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%201:8&version=KJV\]. Clearly, there is considerable scriptural basis (setting aside any scriptures BESIDES the Bible) to justify religious prohibition on the consumption of alcohol, in excess at the very least if not completely.

{{quote| The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.}}

*:* None of St Paul's letters say "When in Rome, do as the Romans do"; the quote is from St Ambrose: ''si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi'' ("if you are in Rome, live in the Roman way; if you are elsewhere, live as they do there."

*:* "[[I Am Legion]]" does not appear in most translations. The actual line is "My name is Legion". (Mark 5:9)

**::* And in some versions its "My names are Legion".

**::* While Luke's version simply says "Legion", with "there were many demons" given as explanation.

*:* The number of ''magoi'' that come to visit the baby Jesus is never explicitly mentioned, but many think that it was three, perhaps because they offered three types of gifts. "Magi" referred to a Mediterranean perception of Zoroastrians (Persian monotheists who follow the prophet Zarathustra and the god Ahura Mazda) as skilled astrologers who could control the fates.

*:* KJV gets yet another wrong with Luke 2:14 - it reads "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men," when it should actually be saying something like "on Earth peace towards men of good will," or maybe "of His good will" - in any event, the sentiment is not that all men get peace, but only those in God's favor. Many translations, of course, get this right, but they're not the ones everyone quotes.

**::* The KJV version of this verse is an accurate, literal translation from the Latin Vulgate. One ''might'' be able to argue that the Vulgate is not an accurate translation from the original Greek, but that's not the KJV's fault.

*:* One that's not only a misquote, but also somewhat changes the meaning, 1 Corinthians 15:32 is often misquoted as, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die," when it's actually, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." The former implies the line is about the uncertainty of the future, that you should make the best of it because you don't know what's going to happen. The latter, however, implies the line is about the certainty of death, subtly changing the meaning to, "make the best of it, because you won't be here forever."

**::* This is often further misquoted as "Let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die". This is a blending of the verse with Ecclesiastes 8:15 "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun."

** Other book titles are also a bit confused -- econfused—e.g. Deuteronomy comes from the Greek for "second law", a mistranslation of ''mishneh ha-torah ha-zoth'', "a copy of this law", while Psalms is from the Greek Ψαλμοί ''Psalmoi'', "music of the lyre" or "songs sung to a harp", which is pretty different from the Hebrew ''Tehillim'' ("praises").

* [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] does not forbid masturbation. The only time it is mentioned is when Onan in Genesis 38 "spills his seed" by not giving his brother a rightful heir and is struck down. He was struck down because he did not give his brother a rightful heir, not because he "spilt his seed". There are also those who think Onan probably spilled his seed by coitus interruptus, not masturbation.

** The media has always repeated Jesus' lesson in John 8:7, [[Wanton Cruelty to Thethe Common Comma|"Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone."]] It actually says, "He who is without sin ''among you, let him'' cast the first stone ''at her''."

* The classic ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' [[Ruined FOREVER]] forum post is [http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=31914 "My hate of d02 know no limit"]. Not "my ''[[Nice Hat|hat]]'' of d02 know no limit".

* There are a few [[William Shakespeare (Creator)|Shakespearean]] examples of this.

** "Lead on, Macduff", which is a common misquotation of [[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]'s "Lay on, Macduff", often used in a completely different context from how it is used in the play. Macbeth is challenging Macduff to attack him in the final scene, threatening that it will be no holds barred. Macduff then fights Macbeth, killing him off-stage.

** Also from ''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'', Queen Gertrude never said "Methinks the lady doth protest too much," partly because it doesn't match the iambic pentameter verse structure. It was actually "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Which isn't terribly different but is certainly drier.

{{quote| '''Hamlet''': Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it.}}

***:::* Of all things, '''Highlander 2''' got this right, you can hear the people in the theatre getting started on that scene before [[Connery Reborn]] pops into existence.

**::* Also, this scene in which he is holding Yorick's skull is completely separate from the ''"To be or not to be"'' soliloquy earlier in the play where he holds no skull.

*:* And while we're on "To be or not to be," most people get the words right, but are so far off on the tone of voice that it loses its meaning. Hamlet is at that point contemplating suicide, not something normally done in a loud and powerful voice with raised fist.

**::* Also, "more honored in the breach than in the observance" actually means "it is more honourable not to do it", not "it is rarely done".

*:* Also from ''Hamlet'', Polonius is often quoted as saying, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be, but to thine own self be true." That quote comes from two different sentences in the scene where he is giving advice to Laertes.

**::* It should also be noted that "To thine own self be true" is most likely not quite as noble as it may seem. In context, it can be more accurately be rendered as "Don't stoop below your station" or "Remember and honor your nobility," rather than "Be yourself."

*:* And another thing, Horatio says "Good-night, sweet prince; And '''flights of angels''' sing thee to thy rest", not "a flight of angels".

*:* ''[[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]'': "Double, double toil and trouble.", not "Bubble bubble" ''or'' "Hubble, bubble". If nothing else, they rhyme it with "bubble" in the next line, so it'd be a pretty lazy rhyme.

**::* Also, they used toe of ''frog,'' not toad. Though they threw a ''whole'' toad in there too.

*:* Prospero from ''[[The Tempest]]'' has a line that is frequently misquoted as "the stuff that dreams are made of." He is actually talking about the transience of human life, and the line goes: "We are such stuff / As dreams are made on, and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep."

**::* That misquote may have originated in the movie ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', and its final two lines:

{{quote| '''Detective Tom Polhaus''' (holding the Maltese Falcon): Heavy. What is it?<br />

*:* "Romeo, Romeo... Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Not a misquote but a common misinterpretation; it doesn't mean "Where are you, Romeo?" but "Why are you Romeo?" i.e., "Why is it the one named Romeo [[Feuding Families|Montague]] that I love?" This one is so firmly ingrained (by a million comedy skits that have Romeo replying "I'm down here!") that when David Beckham named his son Romeo, one British newspaper felt it had to alter the quote to ask '''WHY''' FOR ART THOU ROMEO? Poor dears thought they were punning. The dating website [[OK Cupid]] uses this as a shibboleth to help theater and literature nerds find each other.

*:* "A rose by any other name smells just as sweet." - it's actually: "What's in a name? '''That which we call''' a rose by any other '''word would smell''' as sweet."

*:* ''[[King John]]'': "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily" was shortened to "gild[ing] the lily", which makes less sense.

**::* Which may or may not be the point.

*:* Doesn't exactly fit, but an example in the same vein, from ''[[Richard III]]'': ''"Now is the winter of our discontent / made glorious summer by this sun of York"'' - it means "Our winter of discontent has now been ended by this sun [son] of York". "Now is the winter of our discontent" is often used or cited on its own as a complete thought, to express sorrow, even though it of course makes no sense in the context of the play or even the full sentence.

*:* ''[[Julius Caesar (Theatretheatre)|Julius Caesar]]'': "Stand on ceremony" is used to mean "be ceremonious and formal", when it actually means "pay attention to omens and portents", which when you think about it, makes "stand on" make more sense.

*:* ''[[Twelfth Night (Theatre)|Twelfth Night]]'': "If music be the food of love, play on" is quoted a fair bit, without the next part, "Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,/The appetite may sicken, and so, die." It's not a cheery request for more music to arouse more love, it's an order/prescription for an emotional purgative: give me enough to make me (metaphorically) throw up and stop being in love.

*:* ''[[The Winter's Tale (Theatre)|The Winters Tale]]'': The "most famous piece of stage direction in history" is "[[Exit, Pursued Byby a Bear|Exit, pursued by a bear]]", not "[[Villain Exit Stage Left|Exit stage left]], pursued by a bear". Perhaps people are mixing up Shakespeare and Snagglepuss?

*:* Also, "Hell hath no fury like a [[Woman Scorned]]" is actually "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned."

* In ''[[You Can't Take It Withwith You]]'', Kolenkhov never says "Confidentially, it stinks," though he more than once says "it stinks" and once, in reference to Essie, says, "Confidentially, ''she'' stinks."

* ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' and ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]:''

** In a similar vein, Geese Howard never actually says "[[Gratuitous English|I strain my hams with your bra]]" in any of the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'', Real Bout or KOF games. The line actually originates from the [[SNSNK Kvsvs. Capcom]] series. Unfortunately, its also become an irritating case of [[Never Live It Down]] as well.

** While a lower-grade, more obscure variant, Rose never accused Raiden of having a room that was 'empty like your soul' in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]''. The misquote was popularised by the webcomic ''[[VG Cats]]'' and is quoted more often than the (not quite as stupid) real line, "A lifeless room...almost like your empty heart."

** One that's rather widespread on this very[[TV wikiTropes]]: After you beat ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' once and [[New Game+|unlock the Patriot]], equip it and call Sigint, Snake explains why it has [[Bottomless Magazines|infinite ammunition]]. He does not say the ''magazine'' is shaped like an infinity symbol, he says ''its internal feeding mechanism'' is.

* "[[Welcome to Corneria]]" from ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', while the original line in ''[[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|Final Fantasy I]]'' was "Coneria, the city of dreams" (also note there is only one r, thought that's more a case of [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]).

* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'':

** People seem to have a habit of quoting the Mushroom Retainers' line from ''[[Super Mario Bros. (Videovideo Gamegame)|Super Mario Bros]]'' as "Sorry, Mario, but our princess is in another castle!", when it's "Thank you, Mario! But our princess is in another castle!" Sometimes it's misremembered as "your princess".

** Waluigi has never actually said "Too bad, Waluigi time". That line comes from the [[Brawl in The Family (Webcomic)|Brawl in Thethe Family]] comics.

* In ''[[The LegendofLegend of Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda: The Faces of Evil]]'', the phrase "MAH BOI!" is commonly associated with the screenshot of King Harkinian holding up a finger, that is actually during the word "for". When he actually says the phrase, it is an upper-body shot in which he holds a chalice of wine. It is also often misquoted as "LINK MAH BOI".

* Coach from ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' is commonly viewed as someone who is not only obsessed with chocolate, due to him eating a chocolate bar in the intro and Nick teasing Coach about the escape chopper being made of chocolate. Coach never makes any reference to chocolate at all in the game. This is probably due to his visual similarities to Doc Louis from [[Punch -Out!!]]. In the Wii version Doc IS obsessed with chocolate. From the first game, on this very wiki one could find ten different versions of Bill's "if I start to turn" speech from the elevator in No Mercy. And all of them would be wrong. Oddly enough, they also always correctly write Francis' response.

* Giygas of ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' is often quoted as saying, ''"I... feel... h...a...p...p...y."'' He separately said ''"I... feel... g...o...o...d,"'' and ''"I'm ... h...a...p...p...y"'', but never together as ''"I... feel... h...a...p...p...y..."'' It's also quite common to see his [[Madness Mantra]] mashed together as ''"nessnessnessnessnessnessnessnessnessness"'' etc, but each iteration of "[[Say My Name|Ness]]" (or [[Hello, Insert Name Here|whatever the player called him]]) is actually properly punctuated and spaced as ''"Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness..."'' etc.

* {{spoiler|Adachi}} from ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'' is often associated with the phrase "Bitches and Whores", though he never said it once in the game. However that ''does'' pretty much sum up his opinion on girls.

* No one in ''[[Half-Life 2 (Video Game)|Half-Life 2]]'' says "We don't go to Ravenholm." The misquote is likely taken from the title of the chapter that is displayed when the player enters Ravenholm for the first time. The actual quote;

{{quote| '''Alyx Vance:''' That's the old passage to Ravenholm. We don't go there anymore.}}

{{quote| ''Why are you casting magic missile? There's nothing to attack here.''<br />

* The famous line from ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja (Webcomic)|The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'', "They can't grab me if I'm on fire," is meant to refer to ninjas, so it is commonly quoted as "Ninjas can't grab me if I'm on fire," [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|which does make a little sense.]]

* Lampshaded in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110901202314/http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1096 this] [[Doghouse]] comic.

* There's quite a lot of this in the ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' fandom. Karkat's solitary use of the term "fuckass" is wildly exaggerated by fans unable to duplicate the more florid profanity he favours in story, and use of the ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff|SBaHJ]]''-[[Rouge Angles of Satin|isms]] "jegus" and "gog" by any character is through the roof, depite being respectively used sparingly and exactly once in canon.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'', Kaiba only says "[[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]" ''once'', in the first episode. Every other time he references that [[Catch Phrase]] - and it happens often - it's a [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]] (for instance, "Screw the rules, I have green hair!" or "Screw the Yules, I have money!").

* Even [[TV Tropes]] isn't immune to this. Many quotes will be presented in [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!|This Is Sparta]] format, when it wasn't said like that. Partly why it was renamed to [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!]].

* [[Step Three: Profit]] from ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' ("Gnomes") is often given as "Stage 1 [xxx], Stage 2 ?????, Stage 3 Profit!" -- the—the actual one was:

{{quote| Phase 1 - Collect underpants [''the word "Phase", not "Stage"'']<br />

Phase 2 - ? [''only one question mark'']<br />

* In ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Radioactive Man", during the acid flood segment, a line given by [[The Ahnold|Rainier Wolfcastle]] is often falsely quoted as "The goggles, they do nothing!", when the actual line is "My eyes! The [[Goggles Do Nothing|goggles do nothing]]!"

*** Which it is, essentially, since ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' itself acknowledged this. In the 1993 episode "Bart's Inner Child," Apu imitates Bart by hotdogging on a skateboard and shouting "Cowabunga!"

* No ''[[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]]'' villain ever said "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for [[You Meddling Kids|those meddling kids]]." This is a pastiche of various quotes (most called them "meddlers", not "meddling kids"), and many villains said nothing as they were carried off.

* Two episodes of ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' spoof Apache Chief from the ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'' shouting "Apache Chief! Ee! Nay! Chuck!" to activate his powers. The phrase he actually used to activate his powers is variously written as "Inukchuk," "Inyuk-Chuk," "Inekchuk" or something similar, depending on where you looked (they weren't very big on details on ''[[Super FriendsSuperfriends]]'', so you pretty much have to pick it up phonetically) but he clearly doesn't pause as distinctly between the first two syllables of his phrase as ''Family Guy'' suggests, and never says his own name before doing it.

* ''[[Ka BlamKaBlam!]]'' a few times has been associated with a certain quote. It starts with Henry going, "June, will you help me?", and June replying, "And I would do that ''why''!?". It was never used in the show, though it was used in a few advertisements.

* A [[Memetic Mutation]] has a screenshot of Superman from ''[[Superman /Batman: Apocalypse]]'' (usually edited to have the features of another character, with [[Uncanny Valley|disturbing]] results) with the caption "[name], I..." In the movie, Superman does not actually say that line, he is instead saying "She is my cousin".

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has two examples, both of which have since become official via [[The Merch|licensed shirts]] but still haven't been used in the show itself.

* The [[God Save Us From the Queen|evil queen]] from ''[[Snow White and Thethe Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'' never said "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" in the Disney version, where she actually said "Magic Mirror on the Wall."

{{quote| '''Hugo''': (''Picks up and starts squeezing Daffy'') Just what I always wanted, my own little bunny rabbit! I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him...<br />

'''Daffy''': (''Complete deadpan even though he should have trouble breathing'') I'm not a bunny rabbit.<br />

'''Hugo''': ...and pat him and pet him and...<br />

'''Daffy''': (''Still deadpan'') You're hurting me. Put me down, please.<br />

'''Hugo''': (''Squeezing Daffy into a ball'') ...and rub him and caress him and--<br />

** [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s supposed proverb, "The proof is in the pudding" is actually, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating", and it is a bit older than Benjamin Franklin, dating at least to 1615, when it was used in ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]''. Furthermore, most people don't even understand what that's meant to mean. In the above quote, the term "proof" means "test", not "evidence". Possibly the reason for the original misquote.

*** The quote did not necessarily originate with Franklin, it's an excerpt from a letter written in 1755 from the Assembly to the Governor of Pennsylvania. That said, Franklin was a prominent member of the Assembly--beingAssembly—being a leader of the anti-proprietary party<ref>Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony, i.e., the prerogatives of the Crown were exercised by a proprietor, which for Pennsylvania was the head of the Penn family. The Penns lived in London and saw the colony as a moneymaking venture; the Governor was the representative of the proprietor, and a focal point for anti-proprietary anger.</ref>--in—in 1755, so it's possible that it did issue from his pen.

{{quote| "Well, that's a judgment that you are making. I promise you that if you look at it from outside, and perhaps you're taking rather a parochial view at the moment, I don't think that other people in the world would share the view that there is mounting chaos."}}

*:* The headline was probably inspired by [[Supertramp]]'s 1975 album, ''Crisis? What Crisis?''.

* "After me, the deluge" is often attributed to Louis XIV and presented as a kind of [[Genre Savvy|worried]] [[Foreshadowing]] about the future decadence and destruction of the French Bourbon monarchy, further proof of what a clever statesman he was. But in reality it was said years later by Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour (though even this is disputed) and it had the exact opposite meaning: she was trying to convince her lover to ''not'' worry after the loss of France's North American colonies following the [[Seven Years' War]], under the reasoning that whatever happened to France after them wouldn't be their business, since they wouldn't be there to see it anyway. It's also a [[Older Than They Think|derivation of an Ancient Greek stock phrase]] that translates more or less as "When I die let earth and fire mix; I don't care, since my business will not be affected".

** ''Apres moi, le deluge'' was also chosen as the squadron motto of the Royal Air Force 617 Squadron, the famous Dambusters, in reference to their famous raid, and they cited Louis XIV as the source. They naturally meant it [[Kill It Withwith Water|rather more literally]].

** There is no proof that Louis XIV of France ever said "[[Useful Notes/L'État, Etat Cestc'est Moimoi|L'état, c'est moi]]" ([[I Am the Trope|I am the State]]). Indeed, what he is recording as having said (as his final words, or near as) conveys the precise opposite meaning: "Je m'en vais, mais l'État demeurera toujours." ("I depart, but the State will remain forever.")

{{quote| I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got '''on his bike''' and looked for work, and he kept looking 'til he found it.}}

* [[Queen Vicky|Queen Victoria]] ''never'' said "We are not amused." (Which didn't stop Rose of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from trying to get that phrase out of her anyway. Maybe she didn't know that... or maybe she did and was trying to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].)

{{quote| At the dances I was one of the most untiring and [[Have a Gay Old Time|gayest]]. One evening a cousin of Sasha [Alexander Berkman], a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt the Cause. I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business, I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown into my face. '''I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from conventions and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy.''' I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement should not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. "I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everyboy's right to beautiful, radiant things." Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world--prisons, persecution, everything. Yes, even in spite of the condemnation of my own comrades I would live my beautiful ideal.}}

* [[Useful Notes/Otto Von Bismarck|Otto Vonvon Bismarck]] is said to have said "To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making." The earliest such quote is in 1869 by John Godfrey Saxe, who said, "Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made."

{{quote| The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in lace of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.}}

{{quote| The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect '''a man falsely shouting fire in a theater''' and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.}}

* François Guizot famously said "Not to be a republican at 20 is proof of want of heart; to be one at 30 is proof of want of head." (referring to mid-19th century French republicanism) It's been often changed to conservative/liberal or communist/capitalist, and attributed to many, including [[Useful Notes/Otto Von Bismarck|Otto Vonvon Bismarck]] and [[Winston Churchill]] (very unlikely, as Churchill crossed from Conservative to Liberal aged 30, then went back to the Conservative Party aged 50).

{{quote| Because the fact is that the hoodie is a response to a problem, not a problem in itself. We - the people in suits - often see hoodies as aggressive, the uniform of a rebel army of young gangsters. But, for young people, hoodies are often more defensive than offensive. They're a way to stay invisible in the street. In a dangerous environment the best thing to do is keep your head down, blend in, don't stand out. For some, the hoodie represents all that's wrong about youth culture in Britain today. For me, adult society's response to the hoodie shows how far we are from finding the long-term answers to put things right. [...] '''So when you see a child walking down the road, hoodie up, head down, moody, swaggering, dominating the pavement - think what has brought that child to that moment.'''}}

{{quote| I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. Even though large parts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, '''we shall fight on the beaches''', we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.}}

**::* Very few people know that it's actually a quote partially taken from George Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France during the [[World War OneI|First World War]]:

{{quote| "The Germans may take Paris, but that will not prevent me from going on with the war. We will fight on the Loire, we will fight on the Garronne, we will fight even in the Pyrenees. And if at last we are driven off the Pyrenees, we will continue the war at sea."}}

*:* Also, someone once wrote to ''The Strand'' magazine complaining that someone had ended a sentence with a preposition. Somebody commented in reply, ''"This is nonsense up with which I will not put,"'' often attributed to Churchill but it almost certainly wasn't him. This misattribution may originally owe to the simple expedient that the kind of [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] who still insists on following this "rule" ''decades'' after it was thoroughly discredited as an artificial construct with less bearing on how English is actually used than Japanese verb conjugation would be more swayed by a sentence constructed to prove its absurdity if it comes from someone known for eloquent, moving speeches than from some random person writing to a magazine.

*:* "Any man who is under thirty (or twenty) and is not a liberal has no heart, and any man who is over thirty (or forty) and is not a conservative has no brain."

*:* "He is a modest man, with much to be modest about." (supposedly said with regard to his deputy and later successor as Prime Minister, [[Clement Attlee]].)

**::* "An empty car pulled up in front of Downing Street this morning, and Clement Attlee got out."

*:* In Germany, the quote "I'll never believe in a statistic I haven't forged myself" or paraphrases thereof is almost always associated with Churchill, and many Germans react surprised when Anglophones have never heard of it. That's because that line was attributed to Churchill by the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, in an attempt to downplay casualty reports broadcasted to Germany by the BBC. This background faded out of public consciousness, and today it's often cited to emphasize the arbitrariness of statistics, similar to Twains "Lies, damned lies and statistics". That the snarkiness of the quote actually fit with Churchill's public perception probably helped.

** Which, as anyone who has read ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' will know, is probably using "nice" in its less well-known sense of "requiring great precision".

** The "Sleeping Giant" quote is actually from the movie ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'' which is where everyone remembers it from, even though the historical Yamamoto never actually said it.

{{quote| If we give in to fear, if we aren't able to do these simple and ordinary things, '''the terrorists have won the war'''.}}

{{quote| I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.}}

{{quote| "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. '''And, you know, there is no such thing as society.''' There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation."}}

{{quote| There grows the stuff that won Waterloo.}}

** Not to mention that opium was more than an addictive and dangerous drug -- itdrug—it was the source of fantastic visions of the "opium eaters", a painkiller used in medicine, and a treatment for cholera.

* Ethan Allen, <small>[[Memetic Mutation|HERO OF THE REVOLUTION!]]</small> never said [[In the Name of Thethe Moon|"In the Name of the Great Jehovah, and the Continental Congress!"]] when he defeated the British commander in upstate New York. He actually said "Come on out of there, you Damned old Rat." In any case, as one historian noted, [[Deadpan Snarker|He had a commission from neither one]].

* After the Battle of Lake Erie during the war of 1812 U.S. Naval Master Commandant (the equivalent of the current rank of commander) Oliver Hazard Perry sent a famous battle report to Major General (and future president) [[William Henry Harrison]] that is often misquoted as "We Have Met the enemy and he is us". However Perry report actually said "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." We can probably thank ''[[Pogo (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Pogo]]'' creator Walt Kelly for the misquote as he used it first as an attack against McCarthyism and later as an Earth Day slogan.

{{quote| "Not many people know that." This is my Michael Caine impression. You see, Mike's always quoting from the ''Guinness Book of Records''. At the drop of a hat he'll trot one out. "Did you know that it takes a man in a tweed suit five and a half seconds to fall from the top of Big Ben to the ground? Now there's not many people who know that!"}}

*:* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raFycoDdIs0 According to Caine], also on ''Parkinson'', Sellers also used his Caine impression, and "Not many people know that" as his answerphone message, "So everyone who phoned him heard me saying 'not many people know that'!"

*:* Caine did, however, say "Not many people know that" in ''[[Educating Rita (Theatre)|Educating Rita]]'', but that was an [[Actor Allusion|in-joke]] because everyone ''thought'' he said it.

* Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is often claimed to have said "I don't see any God up here" during his space flight. Another common attribution is "The Earth was blue, but there was no God." Both versions and their many variants are a favorite of [[Hollywood Atheist|Hollywood Atheists]]s, are listed in many quote repositories, and used in works such as ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3''--[http://www.cosmoworld.ru/spaceencyclopedia/gagarin/index.shtml?doc10.html but Yuri Gagarin never said either of them]. In fact, the former was actually [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011075607/http://www.interfax-religion.ru/orthodoxy/?act=interview&div=73&domain=1 the words of Nikita Khrushchev], said during a speech on the progress of the USSR's anti-religious propaganda machine. The latter is a corruption of Yuri saying "The Earth is blue [...] How wonderful. It is amazing" during his space flight, blending his words with Khrushchev's.

{{quote| ''I got $25 from Reader's Digest last week for something I never said. I get credit all the time for things I never said. You know that line in You Bet Your Life? The guy says he has seventeen kids and I say: "I smoke a cigar, but I take it out of my mouth occasionally"? I never said that.''}}

* Popular belief holds that [[Useful Notes/Columbine|Columbine]] High School shooting survivor Cassie Bernall was confronted by the killers if she believed in God, and said "yes" in response. Harris had actually confronted another survivor, Valeen Schurr, with this question, after she supposedly yelled out "Oh God," but she didn't even say yes--heryes—her actual words were "No--yes--no ... ?" Which caused Harris to laugh and walk away.

** This phrase is also wrongly attributed to the late [https://web.archive.org/web/20120618151209/http://www.rachelschallenge.org/LearnMore/MeetRachel.php Rachel Scott], another victim, probably due to people finding out about her good deeds through her Rachel's Challenge foundation.

** The term "Twinkie defense" is a pre-Internet meme--itmeme—it came from the press, after another politician gave a interview on the courthouse steps after the ruling, while waving a Twinkie around in the air.

** And to go even further, the car was initially not available ''at all'' in black at the initial launch. Several colors--greencolors—green, gray, red, blue, but not black. In 1912 Ford started painting all Model T's in dark blue (switching to black two years later), apparently due to the lower cost and faster drying time of the darker paint.

* [[GKG. K. Chesterton]] never said "When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing - they believe in anything."

** He also didn't say "[[Ten Percent90% of Your Brain|We only use ten percent of our brain]]." In fact, The [[Church of Happyology]] made that up.

** Another quote attributed to Einstein is: "I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." While he did say somthing similar, [http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/16/future-weapons he used "rocks" instead of "sticks and stones".] But similar statements using "spears" and "bows and arrows" and attributed to other people also exist.

* [[Bill Gates]] did not say, "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one," it was Charles J. Sykes.

** [[Mark Twain]]He did not say "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." He did, however, say "The report of my death is an exaggeration."

* William of Ockham (or [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Occam, Hockham, etc.]]) (1288-1348) never said "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily" (''Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem'') -- the closest he ever got was "Plurality must never be posited without necessity" (''Numquam ponenda est pluralitas sine necessitate'', "Sentences of Peter Lombard") and "It is futile to do with more things that which can be done with fewer" (''Frustra fit per plura quod potest fieri per pauciora'', "Summa Totius Logicae"), and it wasn't called "Ockham's Razor" until 1852. Ockham didn't really invent it either, versions appear in Aristotle, Alhazen, Moses Maimonides and Duns Scotus.

* [[HLH. L. Mencken]] is often quoted as saying "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" (with "taste" being substituted for "intelligence" in some versions). This is a paraphrase of what Mencken wrote in an article called "Notes on Journalism", published in the ''Chicago Tribune'' on September 19, 1926: "No one in this world, so far as I know — and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me — has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."

* A meta version: J. Robert Oppenheimer is commonly held to have quoted from the ''[[Bhagavad Gita (Literature)|Bhagavad Gita]]'' after the Trinity test: "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This comes from an interview where he said that the phrase popped into his head at the sight of the atomic explosion, but eyewitness accounts simply have him saying "It worked," or nothing at all.

** To be fair, Oppenheimer didn't say, at least in his most frequently quoted recollection, that he actually ''said'' the ''[[Bhagavad Gita]]'' quote at the time of the Trinity test. He simply said he ''remembered'' it. The fact that people interpreted him as having said it could be considered a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] of its own, I guess.

* [[JKJ. K. Rowling]] never called Harry/Hermione shippers "delusional." The interviewer did, and she laughed before diplomatically veering the conversation into more neutral territory. However, many people still attribute the word to her.

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