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{{quote|'''Ginger''': You mean you never actually ''flew'' the plane?<br />
{{quote|'''Ginger''': You mean you never actually ''flew'' the plane?<br />
'''Fowler''': Good heavens, no! I'm a chicken! The Royal Air Force doesn't let chickens behind the controls of complex aircraft!|''[[Chicken Run (Animation)|Chicken Run]]''}}
'''Fowler''': Good heavens, no! I'm a chicken! The Royal Air Force doesn't let chickens behind the controls of complex aircraft!|''[[Chicken Run]]''}}


{{quote|''"Mega Man, Mega Man! Come in! There's these [[Frickin' Laser Beams|big yellow beams]] that [[One-Hit Kill|kill you]] if you-" "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, I don't need you!''|'''Roll''' and '''Egoraptor''' arguing in Quick Man's Stage on an episode of ''Sequelitis''.}}
{{quote|''"Mega Man, Mega Man! Come in! There's these [[Frickin' Laser Beams|big yellow beams]] that [[One-Hit Kill|kill you]] if you-" "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, I don't need you!''|'''Roll''' and '''Egoraptor''' arguing in Quick Man's Stage on an episode of ''Sequelitis''.}}


{{quote|'''Inspector Lestrade''' (''seeing a midget in Lord Blackwood's coffin''): That's not Blackwood!<br />
{{quote|'''Inspector Lestrade''' (''seeing a midget in Lord Blackwood's coffin''): That's not Blackwood!<br />
'''Holmes''': Now we have a firm grasp... of the obvious.|[[Guy Ritchie|Guy Ritchie's]] ''[[Sherlock Holmes (Film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''}}
'''Holmes''': Now we have a firm grasp... of the obvious.|[[Guy Ritchie|Guy Ritchie's]] ''[[Sherlock Holmes (film)|Sherlock Holmes]]''}}


{{quote|'''John:''' Fun? There's a woman lying dead!<br />
{{quote|'''John:''' Fun? There's a woman lying dead!<br />
'''Sherlock:''' Perfectly sound analysis, but I was hoping you'd go deeper.|''[[Sherlock (TV)|Sherlock]]''}}
'''Sherlock:''' Perfectly sound analysis, but I was hoping you'd go deeper.|''[[Sherlock]]''}}


{{quote|[[Exaggerated Trope|"That's air going into my lungs."]]|'''Colin Mochrie''', ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''}}
{{quote|[[Exaggerated Trope|"That's air going into my lungs."]]|'''Colin Mochrie''', ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]''}}


{{quote|"Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good."|''[[Doom (Comic Book)|Doom Comic]]''}}
{{quote|"Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good."|''[[Doom (Comic Book)|Doom Comic]]''}}
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{{quote|''[thousands of Confederacy starfighters stream past Yoda's window]''<br />
{{quote|''[thousands of Confederacy starfighters stream past Yoda's window]''<br />
'''Mace Windu:''' The city is under attack!<br />
'''Mace Windu:''' The city is under attack!<br />
'''Yoda:''' Defend the city we must!|''[[Star Wars Clone Wars]]''}}
'''Yoda:''' Defend the city we must!|''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''}}


{{quote|"That's a lot of fish!"|The 1998 American [[Godzilla]] movie}}
{{quote|"That's a lot of fish!"|The 1998 American [[Godzilla]] movie}}
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{{quote|Joseph was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered the 19 bullet-holes in his body. The attending physician later testified that Joseph was "probably in severe pain." Dr. Obvious likely went on to say that the red stuff pouring out of Joseph's body was "probably blood."|''Cracked.com'' [http://www.cracked.com/article_17573_7-fatal-injuries-that-people-somehow-survived.html 7 Fatal Injuries (That People Somehow Survived)]}}
{{quote|Joseph was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered the 19 bullet-holes in his body. The attending physician later testified that Joseph was "probably in severe pain." Dr. Obvious likely went on to say that the red stuff pouring out of Joseph's body was "probably blood."|''Cracked.com'' [http://www.cracked.com/article_17573_7-fatal-injuries-that-people-somehow-survived.html 7 Fatal Injuries (That People Somehow Survived)]}}


{{quote|''"I knew it!'' That sword... It's your weapon, isn't it?!"|'''Might Guy''', ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]''}}
{{quote|''"I knew it!'' That sword... It's your weapon, isn't it?!"|'''Might Guy''', ''[[Naruto]]''}}


{{quote|"Life is very important to Americans."|Bob Dole}}
{{quote|"Life is very important to Americans."|Bob Dole}}


{{quote|One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious, as in ''It's a nice day'', or ''You're very tall'', or ''Oh dear, you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right?'' At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behaviour. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one. If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. After a while he abandoned this one as well as being obstructively cynical and decided he quite liked human beings after all, but he always remained desperately worried about the terrible number of things they didn't know about.|''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''}}
{{quote|One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious, as in ''It's a nice day'', or ''You're very tall'', or ''Oh dear, you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right?'' At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behaviour. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one. If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. After a while he abandoned this one as well as being obstructively cynical and decided he quite liked human beings after all, but he always remained desperately worried about the terrible number of things they didn't know about.|''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''}}


{{quote|"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field."|'''John Madden'''}}
{{quote|"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field."|'''John Madden'''}}


{{quote|"Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered... and somebody is responsible."|Detective, ''[[Plan 9 From Outer Space]]''}}
{{quote|"Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered... and somebody is responsible."|Detective, ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''}}


{{quote|'''Grey Warden''': Thanks for stating the completely obvious, by the way.<br />
{{quote|'''Grey Warden''': Thanks for stating the completely obvious, by the way.<br />
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{{quote|"Use your weapons! They are designed to do damage!"|'''[[The Red Mage|Red Mage]]''', [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]}}
{{quote|"Use your weapons! They are designed to do damage!"|'''[[The Red Mage|Red Mage]]''', [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]}}


{{quote|"All toasters toast toast!"|'''Mario''', ''[[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]''<ref>To all of you who just went, "Toasters toast bread!" yes, that is true. They can also re-toast toast.</ref>}}
{{quote|"All toasters toast toast!"|'''Mario''', ''[[Hotel Mario]]''<ref>To all of you who just went, "Toasters toast bread!" yes, that is true. They can also re-toast toast.</ref>}}


{{quote|'''Father Ted:''' We need something that will keep them away from the house something to distract them...but what?<br />
{{quote|'''Father Ted:''' We need something that will keep them away from the house something to distract them...but what?<br />
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'''Legolas:''' A diversion! ''[In tones of one having a great revelation.]''|''[[Lord of the Rings]]''}}
'''Legolas:''' A diversion! ''[In tones of one having a great revelation.]''|''[[Lord of the Rings]]''}}


{{quote|[[Overly Long Gag|"If I kill you then you will die... If you die then you will be dead... If you're dead then you won't be alive... If you aren't alive you won't be able to breath and then you will die..."]]|'''[[Death Note (Manga)|Rem]]''', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUal-aTCL74&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=13 Death Note Abridged]'' }}
{{quote|[[Overly Long Gag|"If I kill you then you will die... If you die then you will be dead... If you're dead then you won't be alive... If you aren't alive you won't be able to breath and then you will die..."]]|'''[[Death Note|Rem]]''', ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUal-aTCL74&feature=PlayList&p=03389DC24AABE458&index=13 Death Note Abridged]'' }}


{{quote|'''Ron Weasley:''' You can't break an Unbreakable Vow.<br />
{{quote|'''Ron Weasley:''' You can't break an Unbreakable Vow.<br />
'''Harry Potter:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.]]|''[[Harry Potter (Film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''}}
'''Harry Potter:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.]]|''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''}}


{{quote|'''''It's a trap!'''''|(many characters in [[Star Wars]], but most famously) '''Admiral Ackbar''', ''Return of the Jedi''}}
{{quote|'''''It's a trap!'''''|(many characters in [[Star Wars]], but most famously) '''Admiral Ackbar''', ''Return of the Jedi''}}
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{{quote|'''Leela:''' Ow, fire hot!<br />
{{quote|'''Leela:''' Ow, fire hot!<br />
'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Professy will help! Oh, fire indeed hot!|''[[Futurama (Animation)|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]''}}
'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Professy will help! Oh, fire indeed hot!|''[[Futurama|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]''}}


{{quote|"You see those things that look like time bombs? Oh yeah! Those are time bombs."|A gem of advice from musclebomber2021 about Super <s>[[Bomberman (Video Game)|Bomber]]</s>[[Retsupurae|Bummerman]] 2}}
{{quote|"You see those things that look like time bombs? Oh yeah! Those are time bombs."|A gem of advice from musclebomber2021 about Super <s>[[Bomberman|Bomber]]</s>[[Retsupurae|Bummerman]] 2}}


{{quote|"In the silent movie, there's no talking."|'''Natasha Bedingfield''', 'Silent Movie'}}
{{quote|"In the silent movie, there's no talking."|'''Natasha Bedingfield''', 'Silent Movie'}}
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{{quote|''Sarge, we need to get Donut air-lifted outta here.''<br />
{{quote|''Sarge, we need to get Donut air-lifted outta here.''<br />
''Could you put that in a memo, and entitle it "Shit I already know!"''|[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Sarge and Simmons]] on Donut, who was just blown up.}}
''Could you put that in a memo, and entitle it "Shit I already know!"''|[[Red vs. Blue|Sarge and Simmons]] on Donut, who was just blown up.}}


{{quote|'''Fry:''' Well, this is the end. There was so many things I wanted to say to you.<br />
{{quote|'''Fry:''' Well, this is the end. There was so many things I wanted to say to you.<br />
'''Leela:''' Like what?<br />
'''Leela:''' Like what?<br />
'''Fry:''' Like this is not the end.|'''''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]''''', ''Into the Wild Green Yonder''}}
'''Fry:''' Like this is not the end.|'''''[[Futurama]]''''', ''Into the Wild Green Yonder''}}


{{quote|'''Goon:''' "That's a dead dog."<br />
{{quote|'''Goon:''' "That's a dead dog."<br />
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{{quote|"Now I'm in a completely different place!"|''[[Rule of Three|Doom Marine]]'', you guessed it, '''Doom Comics'''}}
{{quote|"Now I'm in a completely different place!"|''[[Rule of Three|Doom Marine]]'', you guessed it, '''Doom Comics'''}}


{{quote|'''[[Animal Man (Comic Book)|Animal Man]]:''' You must be Robot-Man.<br />
{{quote|'''[[Animal Man]]:''' You must be Robot-Man.<br />
'''Robot-Man:''' And you must be the guy who states the obvious.|'''[[Doom Patrol (Comic Book)|Doom Patrol]]'''}}
'''Robot-Man:''' And you must be the guy who states the obvious.|'''[[Doom Patrol]]'''}}


{{quote|'''Darth Baras:''' RAAAAAAGH! I cannot break him!<br />
{{quote|'''Darth Baras:''' RAAAAAAGH! I cannot break him!<br />
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''Or...''<br />
''Or...''<br />
'''Sith Apprentice:''' I feel your anger, master.<br />
'''Sith Apprentice:''' I feel your anger, master.<br />
'''Darth Baras:''' A blind, deaf, comatose lobotomy patient could ''feel my anger!''|'''''[[Star Warsthe Old Republic]]''''', as Darth Baras [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhSIV0Xcs8 loses his patience.]}}
'''Darth Baras:''' A blind, deaf, comatose lobotomy patient could ''feel my anger!''|'''''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic]]''''', as Darth Baras [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhSIV0Xcs8 loses his patience.]}}


{{quote|My eye! I'm not supposed to get pudding in it!|'''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|Lenny]]''' ''when Homer hits him with pudding.''}}
{{quote|My eye! I'm not supposed to get pudding in it!|'''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Lenny]]''' ''when Homer hits him with pudding.''}}


{{quote|''Hey, he just stopped at that house over there! Hey, I just stated the obvious! Oh look, a chair!''|'''Tom''', ''Eddsworld''}}
{{quote|''Hey, he just stopped at that house over there! Hey, I just stated the obvious! Oh look, a chair!''|'''Tom''', ''Eddsworld''}}

Revision as of 17:24, 8 April 2014


Ginger: You mean you never actually flew the plane?

Fowler: Good heavens, no! I'm a chicken! The Royal Air Force doesn't let chickens behind the controls of complex aircraft!
"Mega Man, Mega Man! Come in! There's these big yellow beams that kill you if you-" "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, I don't need you!
Roll and Egoraptor arguing in Quick Man's Stage on an episode of Sequelitis.

Inspector Lestrade (seeing a midget in Lord Blackwood's coffin): That's not Blackwood!

Holmes: Now we have a firm grasp... of the obvious.

John: Fun? There's a woman lying dead!

Sherlock: Perfectly sound analysis, but I was hoping you'd go deeper.
"Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good."

Don Calfari: But I did not give the orders to wipe out the Spaldoni family. That is an order that I did not give.

Mobster: Okay, Don Calfari. If you didn't give the order, then what does that mean?

Don Calfari: That would mean someone had to give the order. Someone that was not me.
The Middleman, "The Pilot Episode Sanction"

[thousands of Confederacy starfighters stream past Yoda's window]

Mace Windu: The city is under attack!

Yoda: Defend the city we must!
"That's a lot of fish!"
—The 1998 American Godzilla movie
Magma is not a water source. Dwarves can't drink it or supply it to their wounded.
"I am murdered."
Spencer Perceval on his own assassination.
Joseph was rushed to the hospital where doctors discovered the 19 bullet-holes in his body. The attending physician later testified that Joseph was "probably in severe pain." Dr. Obvious likely went on to say that the red stuff pouring out of Joseph's body was "probably blood."
"I knew it! That sword... It's your weapon, isn't it?!"
Might Guy, Naruto
"Life is very important to Americans."
—Bob Dole
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious, as in It's a nice day, or You're very tall, or Oh dear, you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right? At first Ford had formed a theory to account for this strange behaviour. If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. After a few months' consideration and observation he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one. If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. After a while he abandoned this one as well as being obstructively cynical and decided he quite liked human beings after all, but he always remained desperately worried about the terrible number of things they didn't know about.
"Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field."
John Madden
"Inspector Clay is dead. Murdered... and somebody is responsible."

Grey Warden: Thanks for stating the completely obvious, by the way.

Alistair: No problem. It's nice to have a purpose.
Toxic waste is poisonous.
Game tutorial tip, Lego Batman
"Use your weapons! They are designed to do damage!"
"All toasters toast toast!"
Mario, Hotel Mario[1]

Father Ted: We need something that will keep them away from the house something to distract them...but what?

Father Dougal: A diversion! That's what it's called, a diversion!

Aragorn: Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves.

Legolas: A diversion! [In tones of one having a great revelation.]

Ron Weasley: You can't break an Unbreakable Vow.

Harry Potter: I'd worked that much out for myself, funnily enough.
It's a trap!
—(many characters in Star Wars, but most famously) Admiral Ackbar, Return of the Jedi
The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.
—attributed to Salvador Dali

Leela: Ow, fire hot!

Professor Farnsworth: Professy will help! Oh, fire indeed hot!
"You see those things that look like time bombs? Oh yeah! Those are time bombs."
—A gem of advice from musclebomber2021 about Super BomberBummerman 2
"In the silent movie, there's no talking."
Natasha Bedingfield, 'Silent Movie'

"It seems you have to defeat this one to win!"

Sarge, we need to get Donut air-lifted outta here.

Could you put that in a memo, and entitle it "Shit I already know!"
Sarge and Simmons on Donut, who was just blown up.

Fry: Well, this is the end. There was so many things I wanted to say to you.

Leela: Like what?

Fry: Like this is not the end.
Futurama, Into the Wild Green Yonder

Goon: "That's a dead dog."

Anton Chigurh: "Yes, it is."
"And so he brought forth a carrot. And said; 'Behold this! For it is a carrot.' And all about him knew that it was so. For it was orange. With a green top."
Rowan Atkinson, "Amazing Jesus" sketch
"In Economics, everything that is not obvious, is usually bullcrap."
—Mário Henrique Simonsen, Brazilian economist (original: Em Economia, tudo o que não é óbvio, normalmente é besteira. This phrase may extend to other fields.)
"And he speaks; 'I don't think those jewels belong to you.' (Beat) I salute you, World's Greatest Detective!"
—Catwoman, describing an early encounter with Batman: Cat Tales
"You are huge! That means you have huge guts!"
Doom Marine, Doom Comics
"Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!"
Doom Marine, again, Doom Comics
"Now I'm in a completely different place!"
Doom Marine, you guessed it, Doom Comics

Animal Man: You must be Robot-Man.

Robot-Man: And you must be the guy who states the obvious.

Darth Baras: RAAAAAAGH! I cannot break him!

Sith Apprentice: Is there some problem here?

Darth Baras: Who would ask such a stupid question?! Clearly, there's a problem here!

Or...

Sith Apprentice: I feel your anger, master.

Darth Baras: A blind, deaf, comatose lobotomy patient could feel my anger!

My eye! I'm not supposed to get pudding in it!
Lenny when Homer hits him with pudding.
Hey, he just stopped at that house over there! Hey, I just stated the obvious! Oh look, a chair!
Tom, Eddsworld
  1. To all of you who just went, "Toasters toast bread!" yes, that is true. They can also re-toast toast.