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'''Marge:''' GASP! Oh my goodness!

'''Homer:''' Wait a minute...Bart's teacher is named Krabappel? I've been calling her Crandall! Why didn't someone tell me? Oh, I've been making an idiot out of myself! }}

:* Mr. Burns got a good one when he was trying to get a biopic of himself made:

{{quote|'''Burns:''' All right, Spielbergo, I want you to do for me what Spielberg did for Schindler.

'''Kyle''': And you don't see any parallel between that and anything else in history?

'''Cartman''': Hmmm, nope. I have no idea what you're talking about Kyle. }}

:* Though given that it IS Cartman, this could just be Eric being a [[Jerkass]].

:* One more! In the episode where Wendy fights Cartman, Cartman is terrified that Wendy might actually be able to beat him, which would be terribly uncool. He manages to get her into enough trouble so that she'll be severely punished if she goes near him, effectively defusing the situation... at which point [[What an Idiot!|he starts taunting her again]], which makes her even more determined to fight him. ''[[Too Dumb to Live|Repeat about three times]]''. When they finally fight [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|she beats the crap out of him]] (even declaring [[There Will Be Blood|"I'm finished!"]]). When Cartman gets back onto his feet he tells the boys that since he's been beaten by a girl he'll be uncool. The boys tell him ''they never thought he was cool to begin with''. Cartman decides that since this is obviously impossible, the boys are lying to spare his feelings because they think he's so cool.

'''Pleakley''': Because of that horseshoe shape on his head?

'''Lilo''': Because he needs shoes. He doesn't have any. }}

:* Next instance: Experiment 251, who [[Chained Heat|binds together uncooperative people]] with an indestructible putty (though they find out later that Earth wasn't one of the planets taken into account when calling it indestructible; it dissolves in mud). When Lilo and Myrtle capture it...

{{quote|'''Lilo''': I think I'm gonna name him...Link.

'''Katara''' ''(reading the note)'': "If you wanna see your daughter again, bring five hundred gold pieces to the arena..." It's signed Xin Fu and The Boulder.

'''Sokka''': I can't believe it... ''(grabs the paper from Katara)'' I HAVE THE BOULDER'S AUTOGRAPH!" }}

{{quote|'''Zuko''': ...and I never should have sent that Fire Nation assassin after you. I'm gonna try to stop--

'''Sokka''': Wait, you sent Combustion Man after us!?

'''Zuko''': Well, that's not his name... }}

{{quote|'''Suki:''' I lost someone I care about. He didn't die, he just went away. I only had a few days to get to know him, but he was smart, and brave, and funny...

'''Sokka:''' (offended) Who is this guy? Is he taller than me?

'''Suki:''' No, he's about your height.

'''Sokka:''' Is he better looking?" }}

{{quote|'''Bumi''': Wait! Someone's missing from your group! Someone very important! Where's Momo?!

'''Sokka''': He's gone. And so is Aang.

'''Bumi''': Oh, well. So long as they have each other, I'm sure we have nothing to worry about. }}

{{quote|'''Katara''': What happened?

'''Sokka''': Zuko's gone crazy! I made a sand sculpture of Suki and he ''destroyed it!'' [beat] Oh, and he's attacking Aang. }}

* On the ''[[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'' episode "Arthur Goes Crosswire," Arthur gets paired with his class's shallow [[Rich Bitch]], Muffy Crosswire to work on a project, and he quickly begins to act like her. At the episode's climax, all of Arthur's friends start acting like Muffy to show him how obnoxious he's being. Muffy thinks they're trying to flatter her:

{{quote|'''Muffy''': I didn't mind when Arthur started acting like me, but I'm sorry, there's only one me, and that's enough.}}

* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Greece Lightning," Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the nemesis of superspy Perry [[Everythings Better With Platypus|the Platypus]], watches an old educational film and finds out that [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|due to the effects of encroaching development]], "the enemy of the platypus is Man!" So . . . he builds a giant robot man, complete with business suit, to defeat Perry the Platypus with.

** In the episode "The Doof Side of the Moon," Doofenshmirtz plans to rotate the moon so that [[Artistic License Astronomy|the "dark side" always faces the Earth]]. At the end of the episode, he realizes his mistake (moonlight is reflected sunlight), and chastises himself, "[[Gratuitous German|Dummkopf!]] I should have rotated the ''sun''!"

{{quote|'''Maurice:''' Do you, uh, notice anything different about Mort?

'''Julien:''' Well yes, he's obviously doing something different with his hair! It's nice actually. }}

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'': In the future, Mandy has mutated into a giant slug creature to obtain immortality and ruled the Earth with an iron fist, keeping a collection of artificially grown Billy clones to keep her company. Demonstrating the same cluelessness as his predecessor, Billy clone 2188, upon activation, asks if Mandy got a new haircut.

* In ''[[The Critic]]'' episode "Miserable":

** Done once again by Scootaloo in "The Cutie Mark Chronicles":

{{quote|'''Scootaloo:''' Argh! These namby-pamby stories aren't getting us any closer to our cutie marks! They're all about 'finding out who you are' and boring stuff like that!}}

{{quote|'''Pinkie Pie:''' Something strange is definitely going on around here, Gummy. Sure Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had to house-sit for that vacationing bear, but what are the chances all my other friends would have plans this afternoon too? Rarity ''(the fashionista)'' has to wash her hair? Applejack ''(the farmer)'' has to pick apples? Twilight ''(the student)'' is behind on her studies, and has to hit the books? The more I think about it, the more those are starting to sound like… (gasps) excuses!}}

* In an episode of the 2010 ''[[Pound Puppies]]'', McLeish attempts to keep his mother from finding out he's a dog catcher, but when his ruse fails, his mother threatens to cut him out of her will, remove him from the family scrapbook, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and disinvite him from Thanksgiving]]. McLeish's comment: "But the turkey!"

[<nowiki></nowiki>[[Beat]] as the worm starts humping the ship]

'''Professor Farnsworth:''' Because it lacks pigment. }}

{{quote|'''Joey Mousepad:''' This guy's an ox! He's got oxen-like strength. Hey, he needs a nickname, right? Let's call him Clamps!}}

* In ''[[The Oblongs]]'', Pickles tries to teach Milo that she's cool because she married a great guy and had great kids. Milo reaches the conclusion that he must marry his father.