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== [[Western Animation]] (this folder is about Western Animation) ==
{{quote|All examples found in cartoons made in America or Europe are here!}}
* From the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Thehas Honking":many
** From the episode "The Honking":
{{quote|'''Leela:''' The tracks lead here!
'''Fry:''' Thanks, eagle eye. }}
:** From the movie ''Bender's Game'':
{{quote|'''Fry:''' So. It is down to this. [[Dungeons & Dragons|A dungeon... and dragons]]!
'''Zoidberg:''' I didn't see it coming. }}
:** "From the makers of Futurama"
:** From the first "Tales of Interest" anthology:
{{quote|'''Professor Farnsworth:''' You killed me! You killed me!
'''Leela:''' Oh, what have I done?
'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Didn't I just tell you? You killed me! }}
:** From "Crimes of the Hot"
{{quote|'''Zoidberg:''' Strange. Why would Nixon, an awkward, uncomfortable man, suddenly throw a party, one of the most social events imaginable! (Snaps claw.) It's a trap, is why! They're going to deactivate all the robots!... I don't hear any gasping.
'''Leela:''' We already figured that out. }}
:** From "Love's Labours Lost in Space":
{{quote|'''Computer:''' This is Vergon 6.
'''Professor Farnsworth:''' This is Vergon 6.
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* In the ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' episode "Spooky Space Kook", the gang enters a building which has a large sign that says "Machine Shop". Upon entering...
{{quote|'''Daphne:''' It looks like a shop!}}
** Scooby gave us any number of "no duh" moments.
{{quote|([[Monster of the Week]] comes in, roaring loudly)
''"It's the (name of monster)!"'' }}
{{quote|''"He's chasing us!"''}}
** The biggest offender was Velma's line in the green ghost episode:
{{quote|"They went out the door!"}}
* Played straight in ''[[South Park]]'' where he takes on the form of Captain Hindsight.
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'''Katara:''' Really? No kidding. Is that why we're sitting in a wooden cage right now? Gee, how'd you figure out it was a trap?
'''Toph:''' Not for us, Katara. We're the bait. He wants Aang. }}
** Played straight with Zuko's completely sincere declaration that:
{{quote|'''Zuko''': Doing nothing is a waste of time!}}
** And also
{{quote|'''Katara''': Haru not being able to Earthbend is like me not being able to Waterbend!}}
** Plus
{{quote|'''Hakoda''': Everything okay?
'''Katara''': We're fine, dad.
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'''Hakoda''': I guess you're right.
'''Aang''': [Shaking Hakoda's hand] Nice to officially meet you, Chief Hakoda. }}
*** With a worse variation in the film:
{{quote|'''Haru''': Dad! ''(to the Gaang)'' This is my father.
[[Riff Trax|Kevin Murphy: The guy you just called "Dad?" Get out!]] }}
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{{quote|'''Ron:''' Okay, that looks suspicious.
'''Kim:''' Thank you, Captain Obvious. }}
** Drakken has them too, after Kim and Ron escape from being chained to a wall ''without'' being guarded, he gives this insight:
{{quote|'''Drakken''': ''They've escaped!''
'''Shego''': ''[[Sarcasm Mode|No, really?]]'' }}
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'''Alexis,''' [to Rad and Carlos, who are standing right next to her and watching the same fight] Oh, no! You guys, Optimus is ''down!''
'''Rad:''' Oh, no! }}
** And then ''[[Transformers Energon]]'' came along and [[It Got Worse]]. Mostly it was due to an incomplete translation, though. Time would often be filled with Optimus saying to people who ''probably have some idea as to why they came to some dangerous place locked and loaded'', "Remember, our ''mission'' is to ''protect the planet/Energon/injured character.''" Also, the first third or so of the series consists of episodes in which bad guys will steal a cache of Energon that the good guys just discovered. ''Every single time,'' someone (maybe more than one someone) will say "They're ''after'' our ''Energon!''" Similarly, the bad guys would talk about their plan and say "We need more Energon!" as if they'd just come to the conclusion. In fact, ''all'' of the repetitive dialogue that plagues the series is delivered as if it's something that's just dawned on the person who has said it twice already.
* The line from an episode of ''[[South Park]]'', which [[Too Dumb to Live|Randy]] delivered like it was a huge revelation.
{{quote|'''Randy:''' If we're still alive in the morning, then we'll know that we aren't dead.}}
** The "Coon and Friends" saga has an actual super hero, Captain Hindsight, who arrives at the scenes of disasters to point out that the accident could have been prevented and then leaves. Usually the rescue workers then pack up and leave as well.
* A line from ''[[American Dad]]'':
{{quote|'''Hayley''': They think you're Kevin Bacon!
'''Roger''': Yes, Hayley, I understand things that happen around me. }}
** And in another episode:
{{quote|'''Steve''': It's the last clue!
'''Stan''': DUH! REALLY?! Sorry, it's been a really long night. }}
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'''Homer''': I just thought I'd remind everybody. After all, we did agree to attend this self-help seminar.
'''Bart''': [[Lampshade Hanging|What an odd thing to say...]] }}
** In the episode "Treehouse of Horror IX":
{{quote|'''Lisa''': Of course, somehow Snake's hair is controlloing dad and making him-
'''Marge''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Oh Lisa, everybody already figured that out a while ago.]] }}
** In "Last Tap Dance in Springfield": Chief Wiggum, caught in a rat trap baited with cheese says "My mistake was grabbing the cheese".
** In "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Bart exclaims "My arm! It hurts where the tiger's biting it!"
** Combine with [[Idiot Hero]] / [[Captain Oblivious]] and [[Overly Long Gag]]:
{{quote|'''Cult Member''': We're having a free get-acquainted session at our resort this weekend.
'''Homer''': How much is this free resort weekend?
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* In the [[Droopy]] cartoon "The Three Little Pups", after Wolfie (playing the part of [[The Big Bad Wolf]], fails to blow down Droopy's brick house, he tries to break into it by pulling on the door, then ramming it with his shoulder, then using an axe, and then a sledgehammer; when all of this fails to even scratch it, he [[Breaking the Fourth Wall| turns to the viewer and exclaims]], "Now ''there's'' a well-built doghouse, man!"
** [[If It Was Funny the First Time| This joke was re-used]] in "Blackboard Jumble", with "house" replaced by "door".
* In the ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' episode "It's How you Play the Game", where Coach subjects the captured Clover to his muscle-enhancing nanomachines: '''Coach:''' Hmm, maybe I shouldn't have given you three... ''(Camera pans to Clover, who now has a build worthy of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]])'' '''Clover:''' Oh, ''you think??''
 
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