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{{quote|''"Fetchez la vache!"'' |
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|'''Frenchman''', '''''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'''''}} |
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A term originally coined by the members of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' on the subject of sketch comedy—if a scene is starting to go on too long, drop a cow on somebody. '''Dropping the Cow''' refers to any point where, if the comedy dialogue is wearing thin, you skip to silliness. You can also use [[Everything Explodes Ending|explosions]]. |
A term originally coined by the members of ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' on the subject of sketch comedy—if a scene is starting to go on too long, drop a cow on somebody. '''Dropping the Cow''' refers to any point where, if the comedy dialogue is wearing thin, you skip to silliness. You can also use [[Everything Explodes Ending|explosions]]. |
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For other gratuitous uses of cows, see [[Everything's Better with Cows]]. Also, note that this trope is not [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]—that is to say, just because someone gets a cow dropped on them doesn't mean it's Drop the Cow. Also, you don't have to drop [[Literal-Minded|a female bovine]] for it to be Drop the Cow, either. |
For other gratuitous uses of cows, see [[Everything's Better with Cows]]. Also, note that this trope is not [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]—that is to say, just because someone gets a cow dropped on them doesn't mean it's Drop the Cow. Also, you don't have to drop [[Literal-Minded|a female bovine]] for it to be Drop the Cow, either. |
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==Anime and Manga== |
==Anime and Manga== |
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* The [[Omake]] of ''[[Ga-Rei]]'' manga employs this kind of humor. The author is prone to long rambling about inane things which may or may not be related to the story. Then he would realize it, pull a detonator out of nowhere [[Stuff Blowing Up|and then push it]]. |
* The [[Omake]] of ''[[Ga-Rei]]'' manga employs this kind of humor. The author is prone to long rambling about inane things which may or may not be related to the story. Then he would realize it, pull a detonator out of nowhere [[Stuff Blowing Up|and then push it]]. |
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