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Compare [[Even Evil Has Standards]] or [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]. Contrast [[Even the Rats Won't Touch It]], which is specifically about substandard food. |
Compare [[Even Evil Has Standards]] or [[Even Nerds Have Standards]]. Contrast [[Even the Rats Won't Touch It]], which is specifically about substandard food. |
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== Films -- Live Action == |
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* ''[[Chungking Express]]'': When Agent 223, who has been collecting pineapple cans with a May 1 peremption date in memory of his girlfriend dumping him, tries to give one to a beggar on the night of April 30, the beggar lobs it back at him. "It's past its sell-by date! you keep it!" |
* ''[[Chungking Express]]'': When Agent 223, who has been collecting pineapple cans with a May 1 peremption date in memory of his girlfriend dumping him, tries to give one to a beggar on the night of April 30, the beggar lobs it back at him. "It's past its sell-by date! you keep it!" |
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* Inverted in ''Material Girls''. The beggars ''would'' chose the beautiful Dolce and Gabbana clothes Hilary Duff's character donates to charity, but not many homeless people are a size 0. |
* Inverted in ''Material Girls''. The beggars ''would'' chose the beautiful Dolce and Gabbana clothes Hilary Duff's character donates to charity, but not many homeless people are a size 0. |
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* In ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', during [[The Villain Sucks Song]] "There Goes Mr. Humbug", when the vegetables on a market cart sing the line, "If he became a flavor you can bet that he'd be sour", the grocer quips, "Even the vegetables don't like him!" |
* In ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]'', during [["The Villain Sucks" Song]] "There Goes Mr. Humbug", when the vegetables on a market cart sing the line, "If he became a flavor you can bet that he'd be sour", the grocer quips, "Even the vegetables don't like him!" |
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