Catch Phrase: Difference between revisions

 

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An expression used by a character in numerous episodes of a show. Merely uttering this phrase in the office will key others in to the character you're referring to. For a line to be a catchphrase, it should be always the same, and not just catchy. '''Note''': To be a catchphrase, the phrase must be repeated multiple times—just because something is the most memorable line of a movie does not make it a catchphrase unless it is said more than once.

 

[[By the Power of Grayskull]] and [[In the Name of the Moon]] are forms of Catchphrase, as is [[Verbal Tic]]. [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] is a false or oft-misquoted catchphrase. If portions of the catchphrase vary depending on time, location, action, item, etc, then it's a [[Mad Libs Catchphrase]]. If the character has a [[Badass Creed]], that will probably double as a catch phrase. If one character is imitating another character, it's a [[Borrowed Catchphrase]]; if they get it ''wrong'', it's a [[Mangled Catchphrase]].

Contrast with [[Author Catchphrase]], which is when a phrase is recycled across unrelated works by the same author/actor/creator. When the ''audience'' adopts a character's line as a catchphrase, then we get [[Memetic Mutation]].

 

 

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