Category:Stock Phrases
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Stock Phrases are a line of dialogue which get repeated very often in different fictional works, but always carrying the same meaning each and every time they're used. In many cases, they will only be uttered in a specific situation, and often with the same exact words each time. In lampshade-heavy works, may be followed with "I Always Wanted to Say That".
If the phrase is a signature line closely associated with a single character or specific work, it becomes their Catch Phrase.
Closely related to the Stock Parodies. When you've heard the entire conversation before, it may have degenerated into a Cliché Storm. See also Stock Quotes, which can be attributed to a single source but get quoted over and over in the same way each time.
For "stock phrases" whose meaning is exclusive to Troper wiki culture, see the index of Predefined Messages.
See Also:
- Last Words
- Stock American Phrases
- Stock British Phrases
- Stock Legal Phrases
- Japanese Stock Phrases
- Viewer Stock Phrases
- Reviewer Standard Comparisons
- Reviewer Stock Phrases
- Other Stock Phrases
Subcategories
This category has the following subcategory, out of 3 total.
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Pages in category "Stock Phrases"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 737 total.
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- I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder
- I'm Alive!
- I'm Cold... So Cold...
- I'm Going for a Closer Look
- I'm Going to Disney World
- I'm Going to Hell For This
- Trope Workshop:I'm Here All Week
- I'm Melting
- I'm Not a Hero, I'm X
- I'm Not Doing That Again
- I'm Not Here to Make Friends
- I'm Okay
- I'm Standing Right Here
- I'm Your Biggest Fan
- I'm Your Worst Nightmare
- I've Come Too Far...
- I've Got an X and I'm Not Afraid to Use It
- I've Heard of That! What Is It?
- I've Never Seen Anything Like This Before
- If I Can't Have You
- If I Do Not Return
- If I Had a Nickel
- If I Wanted X, I Would Y
- If I Wanted You Dead...
- If My Calculations Are Correct
- If We Survive This
- If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...
- If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him
- If You Thought That Was Bad
- If You Want Something Done Right, Do it Yourself
- If You Won't, I Will
- Imagine the Audience Naked
- In Love with Love
- Incoming
- Is It Just Me?
- Is It Something You Eat?
- Is Nothing Sacred?
- Is That a Threat?
- Is That the Best You Can Do?
- Is That What He Told You?
- Is That What They're Calling It Now?
- Is There a Doctor In the House?
- Is This a Joke?
- Is This Thing On?
- Is This Thing Still On?
- It Amused Me
- It Belongs in a Museum
- It Can't Be Helped
- It Doesn't Mean Anything
- It Has Been an Honor
- It Has Only Just Begun
- It Is Not Your Time
- It May Help You on Your Quest
- It Meant Something to Me
- It Never Gets Any Easier
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time
- It Was a Gift
- It Was Here, I Swear
- It Wasn't Easy
- It's a Long Story
- It's All My Fault
- It's Like I Always Say...
- It's Not You, It's Me
- It's Personal
- It's Quiet... Too Quiet
- It's Showtime!
- It's the Best Whatever Ever!
- It's the Only Way
- It's What I Do
- It's X. I Hate X.
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- Ladies and Germs
- The Last Thing You Ever See
- Leave Him to Me
- Leave Me Alone
- Leave No Survivors
- Leave No Witnesses
- Let Me Get This Straight...
- Let Us Never Speak of This Again
- Let's Dance
- Let's Get Out of Here
- Let's Have Another Baby
- Let's Just Be Friends
- Lie Back and Think of England
- Life Isn't Fair
- Like a Son to Me
- Like an Old Married Couple
- Little Did I Know
- Look Behind You!
- Look, Ma! I'm on TV!
- Lost My Appetite
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- Make an Example of Them
- Makes Us Even
- Matter of Life and Death
- May I Borrow a Cup of Sugar?
- The Men First
- Metaphor Is My Middle Name
- Misery Builds Character
- Misplaced a Decimal Point
- Most Definitely Not Accompanying Us
- Move Along, Nothing to See Here
- My Card
- My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad
- My Eyes Are Up Here
- My God, What Have I Done?
- My God, You Are Serious
- My Grandma Can Do Better Than You
- My Hero!
- My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
- My Other Car Is an X
- My Way or the Highway
- My X Is a Y
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- Name One
- The Natives Are Restless
- Never Bring a Knife to a Gun Fight
- Never Heard That One Before
- Never Send an X to Do a Y's Job
- Never Tell Me the Odds
- Never Work with Children or Animals
- New Look, Same Great Taste
- No Hard Feelings
- No Intelligent Life Here
- No Matter How Much I Beg
- No One Could Survive That
- No One Is Indispensable
- No Questions Asked
- No Time to Explain
- No, Really, It's Okay
- No, You
- No, You Hang Up First
- Not a Game
- Not Afraid of You Anymore
- Not Big Enough for the Two of Us
- Not in Kansas Anymore
- Not in My Contract
- Not in the Face
- Not Like Other Girls
- Not Listening to Me, Are You?
- Not My Driver
- Not Now, Kiddo
- Not on the List
- Not Safe for Work
- Not What I Signed on For
- Not What It Looks Like
- Not with the Safety On, You Won't
- Not Your Daddy's X
- Not Your Problem
- NOT!
- Nothing Can Save Us Now
- Nothing Can Stop Us Now
- Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here
- Nothing Personal
- Now I Know How an X Feels
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
- Now It's My Turn
- Now You Tell Me
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- Oh God, Did She Just Hear That?
- Oh God, with the Verbing!
- Oh No You Didn't
- Oh, No, Not Again
- Oh, the Humanity!
- Oh, Wait!
- Once Upon a Time
- One from Column A and Two from Column B
- One of the Seven Signs of the Apocalypse
- One Thing Led to Another
- The One With...
- Open and Shut Case
- Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
- Or My Name Isn't
- Other Stock Phrases
- Ow, My Body Part