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* Three words: ''Governor'' [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
* Three words: ''Governor'' [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]].
** From ''[[Demolition Man]]'':
** From ''[[Demolition Man]]'':
{{quote| ''(Context: Huxley has just told Spartan that she did some research at the "Schwarzenegger Presidential Library")''<br />
{{quote|''(Context: Huxley has just told Spartan that she did some research at the "Schwarzenegger Presidential Library")''
'''John Spartan''': Stop, he was president?<br />
'''John Spartan''': Stop, he was president?
'''Lenina Huxley''': Yes! Even though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment, which states --<br />
'''Lenina Huxley''': Yes! Even though he was not born in this country, his popularity at the time caused the 61st Amendment, which states --
'''John Spartan''': [[The Un-Reveal|I don't want to know]]. }}
'''John Spartan''': [[The Un-Reveal|I don't want to know]]. }}
*** The list of convicts in ''Demolition Man'' also included one Scott Peterson, about a decade before the real-life murder case.
*** The list of convicts in ''Demolition Man'' also included one Scott Peterson, about a decade before the real-life murder case.
** From ''[[Last Action Hero]]'':
** From ''[[Last Action Hero]]'':
{{quote| '''Nick''': There's lots worse things than movies. There's politicians and wars and forest fires and... and famine and plague and... sickness, pain, warts, politicians--<br />
{{quote|'''Nick''': There's lots worse things than movies. There's politicians and wars and forest fires and... and famine and plague and... sickness, pain, warts, politicians--
'''Jack Slater''': [[Department of Redundancy Department|You already mentioned them]].<br />
'''Jack Slater''': [[Department of Redundancy Department|You already mentioned them]].<br />
'''Nick''': I know I did, they're twice as bad as anything else. }}
'''Nick''': I know I did, they're twice as bad as anything else. }}
** Also from ''[[Last Action Hero]]'':
** Also from ''[[Last Action Hero]]'':
{{quote| '''Mayor''': This is the Lieutenant Governor!<br />
{{quote|'''Mayor''': This is the Lieutenant Governor!
'''Jack Slater''': [punches the Lieutenant Governor] When the Governor gets here, call me. }}
'''Jack Slater''': [punches the Lieutenant Governor] When the Governor gets here, call me. }}
** The fight scene between Arnold Schwarzenegger and [[Jesse Ventura]] in the movie version of ''[[The Running Man (film)|The Running Man]]''. Tell anyone back then that both men would be elected as US Governors and they would have called you nuts.....heh. Arnold's character even says "I'm not into politics, I'm into survival!". And it gives new meaning to the "running" in the title.
** The fight scene between Arnold Schwarzenegger and [[Jesse Ventura]] in the movie version of ''[[The Running Man (film)|The Running Man]]''. Tell anyone back then that both men would be elected as US Governors and they would have called you nuts.....heh. Arnold's character even says "I'm not into politics, I'm into survival!". And it gives new meaning to the "running" in the title.
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* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (the original one) shows doctors wondering how Klaatu can heal so marvelously fast, soon coming to the conclusion that his medical science must be far more advanced than theirs. And then they all light up their cigarettes.
* ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (the original one) shows doctors wondering how Klaatu can heal so marvelously fast, soon coming to the conclusion that his medical science must be far more advanced than theirs. And then they all light up their cigarettes.
* In the 1993 film on AIDS, ''[[And the Band Played On]]'', a conference leads to Ken Jenkins asking this question, sure to inspire much inappropriate laughter in those who recognize him as Dr. Kelso on ''[[Scrubs]]'':
* In the 1993 film on AIDS, ''[[And the Band Played On]]'', a conference leads to Ken Jenkins asking this question, sure to inspire much inappropriate laughter in those who recognize him as Dr. Kelso on ''[[Scrubs]]'':
{{quote| '''Dennis Donahue''': When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?}}
{{quote|'''Dennis Donahue''': When the doctors start acting like businessmen, who do the people turn to for doctors?}}
* [[Memetic Mutation]] courtesy of ''[[300|Three Hundred]]'' makes any usage of "this is madness!" open to this, because of the [[Punctuated for Emphasis|impending "This! Is! SPARTA!" comeback]].
* [[Memetic Mutation]] courtesy of ''[[300|Three Hundred]]'' makes any usage of "this is madness!" open to this, because of the [[Punctuated for Emphasis|impending "This! Is! SPARTA!" comeback]].
** In particular, there's the line "Clearly, Madame, genius has turned to madness" in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (which featured Gerard Butler in the title role). The line is already unintentional hilarity incarnate, but the ''300'' connection adds a whole new level of hilarity.
** In particular, there's the line "Clearly, Madame, genius has turned to madness" in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' (which featured Gerard Butler in the title role). The line is already unintentional hilarity incarnate, but the ''300'' connection adds a whole new level of hilarity.
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* In [[Barbra Streisand]]'s classic starring roles in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' and ''[[Funny Girl]],'' the overbearing narcissism of her characters is played for laughs. While it's true that Streisand was developing her reputation even then, it's only gotten progressively funnier...
* In [[Barbra Streisand]]'s classic starring roles in ''[[Hello, Dolly!]]'' and ''[[Funny Girl]],'' the overbearing narcissism of her characters is played for laughs. While it's true that Streisand was developing her reputation even then, it's only gotten progressively funnier...
** From ''Hello, Dolly!'':
** From ''Hello, Dolly!'':
{{quote| '''Dolly:''' I have always been a woman who arranges things<br />
{{quote|'''Dolly:''' I have always been a woman who arranges things
Like furniture and daffodils and lives. }}
Like furniture and daffodils and lives. }}
* The 1990 film ''Crazy People'' had the premise of someone in advertising being sent to a mental institution because they accidentally let print a set of really "honest" ads, such as saying Volvo's are "boxy, but they're good". Amusingly, most of the ads shown in the film are similar to the tongue-in-cheek advertising around today.
* The 1990 film ''Crazy People'' had the premise of someone in advertising being sent to a mental institution because they accidentally let print a set of really "honest" ads, such as saying Volvo's are "boxy, but they're good". Amusingly, most of the ads shown in the film are similar to the tongue-in-cheek advertising around today.
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** In the ''[[Doom]]'' movie Karl Urban playing a marine said the line "They're Marines, Sam, not poets." which almost sounds like a [[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder]]. Later in 2009's ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie he played Dr. McCoy.
** In the ''[[Doom]]'' movie Karl Urban playing a marine said the line "They're Marines, Sam, not poets." which almost sounds like a [[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder]]. Later in 2009's ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie he played Dr. McCoy.
** In the British TV show ''Spaced'', Simon Pegg's character remarks that every odd numbered ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie is "shit." In 2009, Simon Pegg appears in an odd-numbered Star Trek movie. He [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this in an interview after taking the role.
** In the British TV show ''Spaced'', Simon Pegg's character remarks that every odd numbered ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' movie is "shit." In 2009, Simon Pegg appears in an odd-numbered Star Trek movie. He [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] this in an interview after taking the role.
{{quote| '''Simon Pegg''': ''Fate put me in the movie to show me I was talking out of my ass.''}}
{{quote|'''Simon Pegg''': ''Fate put me in the movie to show me I was talking out of my ass.''}}
* Pick any scene with [[Kristen Stewart]] in ''[[Zathura]]''. It's about a zillion times funnier after ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''. Especially when she sniffs her hair, and when she says that the astronaut obviously feels very protective of her.
* Pick any scene with [[Kristen Stewart]] in ''[[Zathura]]''. It's about a zillion times funnier after ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]''. Especially when she sniffs her hair, and when she says that the astronaut obviously feels very protective of her.
* And now that we are talking about ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'': In the Japanese dub of the movie, Takahiro Sakurai voiced the vampire hero Edward Cullen. This is even funnier if you already know that Sakurai voiced in the Japanese version of ''[[Castlevania]]: [[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin|Portrait of Ruin]]'' for Nintendo DS the main hero Jonathan Morris, a '''vampire hunter'''.
* And now that we are talking about ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'': In the Japanese dub of the movie, Takahiro Sakurai voiced the vampire hero Edward Cullen. This is even funnier if you already know that Sakurai voiced in the Japanese version of ''[[Castlevania]]: [[Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin|Portrait of Ruin]]'' for Nintendo DS the main hero Jonathan Morris, a '''vampire hunter'''.
** How about {{spoiler|Cedric Diggory's ghost}} sparkling in the [[Harry Potter (film)|movie]] of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]''?
** How about {{spoiler|Cedric Diggory's ghost}} sparkling in the [[Harry Potter (film)|movie]] of ''[[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]''?
* From ''The Singing Cowboy'' (1936):
* From ''The Singing Cowboy'' (1936):
{{quote| '''Gene Autry''': It's the same old story. The broadcasting companies say there's not enough color in the cowboy orchestra to appeal to the audience any more.<br />
{{quote|'''Gene Autry''': It's the same old story. The broadcasting companies say there's not enough color in the cowboy orchestra to appeal to the audience any more.
'''Smiley Burnette''' (sidekick): Well, if it's color they want, we can all put on [[Red Shirt|red shirts]]. }}
'''Smiley Burnette''' (sidekick): Well, if it's color they want, we can all put on [[Red Shirt|red shirts]]. }}
* In ''Harsh Times'', [[Christian Bale]] snaps when learning his LAPD job offer was refused, snapping at a driver next to him. Since the incident when Bale snapped at a Director of Photography, that incident has become funnier than first intended.
* In ''Harsh Times'', [[Christian Bale]] snaps when learning his LAPD job offer was refused, snapping at a driver next to him. Since the incident when Bale snapped at a Director of Photography, that incident has become funnier than first intended.
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** Yeah, and you know who one of the other kids was? Brigitte from ''[[Ginger Snaps]]''!
** Yeah, and you know who one of the other kids was? Brigitte from ''[[Ginger Snaps]]''!
* In ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]'', [[Winona Ryder]]'s opening monologue is ...
* In ''[[Girl, Interrupted]]'', [[Winona Ryder]]'s opening monologue is ...
{{quote| Have you ever confused a dream with life? '''Or stolen something when you have the cash?''' Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the '60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.}}
{{quote|Have you ever confused a dream with life? '''Or stolen something when you have the cash?''' Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the '60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted.}}
** ... which becomes rather funny after Ryder shoplifted US$5,500 of stuff on December 12, 2001.
** ... which becomes rather funny after Ryder shoplifted US$5,500 of stuff on December 12, 2001.
* In ''[[Stand by Me]]'', [[Wil Wheaton]] stars as Gordie LaChance. A year later, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' premieres with Wheaton as [[Creator's Pet|Wesley Crusher]], and features a character named Geordi LaForge.
* In ''[[Stand by Me]]'', [[Wil Wheaton]] stars as Gordie LaChance. A year later, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' premieres with Wheaton as [[Creator's Pet|Wesley Crusher]], and features a character named Geordi LaForge.
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* A classic example in the [[Cary Grant]] movie ''Only Angels Have Wings''. One of the characters says "I hate to [[Have a Gay Old Time|pull a boner]] on you" (it's supposed to mean "I hate to burst your bubble").
* A classic example in the [[Cary Grant]] movie ''Only Angels Have Wings''. One of the characters says "I hate to [[Have a Gay Old Time|pull a boner]] on you" (it's supposed to mean "I hate to burst your bubble").
* In the musical-cum-film [[1776]], "New York abstains - courteously." The state budget, in the year 2010, was several months overdue, just like every other year.
* In the musical-cum-film [[1776]], "New York abstains - courteously." The state budget, in the year 2010, was several months overdue, just like every other year.
{{quote| '''John Hancock''': Mr. Morris... WHAT THE HELL GOES ON IN NEW YORK?<br />
{{quote|'''John Hancock''': Mr. Morris... WHAT THE HELL GOES ON IN NEW YORK?
'''Lewis Morris''': I'm sorry Mr. President, but the simple fact is that our legislature has never sent us explicit instructions on anything!<br />
'''Lewis Morris''': I'm sorry Mr. President, but the simple fact is that our legislature has never sent us explicit instructions on anything!
'''John Hancock''': Never? That's impossible!<br />
'''John Hancock''': Never? That's impossible!
'''Lewis Morris''': Mr. President, have you ever ''been present'' at a meeting of the New York legislature? }}
'''Lewis Morris''': Mr. President, have you ever ''been present'' at a meeting of the New York legislature? }}
** This may not actually qualify, as the New York Legislature has been incredibly dysfunctional since Day One, and [[The Seventies]] (when the script was written), by all accounts, were no exception.
** This may not actually qualify, as the New York Legislature has been incredibly dysfunctional since Day One, and [[The Seventies]] (when the script was written), by all accounts, were no exception.
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* The movie, ''[[Scrooged]]'', had the main character talking to his boss who wanted to have a show that appeals to the pet demographic. Cross repeated dumbfounded about "A show surrounding animals." Now we have a [[Animal Planet|network surrounding animals.]]
* The movie, ''[[Scrooged]]'', had the main character talking to his boss who wanted to have a show that appeals to the pet demographic. Cross repeated dumbfounded about "A show surrounding animals." Now we have a [[Animal Planet|network surrounding animals.]]
* It's a well-known fact that Snake Plissken from ''[[Escape from New York]]'' and ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'' was the main inspiration for Solid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' (and ''[[Metal Gear]]'' before that). One of Solid Snake's more notorious traits is his tendency to lapse into [[Parrot Exposition]] during conversations. Which makes the following exchange from ''[[Escape from New York]]'' a whole lot funnier:
* It's a well-known fact that Snake Plissken from ''[[Escape from New York]]'' and ''[[Escape From L.A.]]'' was the main inspiration for Solid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' (and ''[[Metal Gear]]'' before that). One of Solid Snake's more notorious traits is his tendency to lapse into [[Parrot Exposition]] during conversations. Which makes the following exchange from ''[[Escape from New York]]'' a whole lot funnier:
{{quote| '''Hauk:''' You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man.<br />
{{quote|'''Hauk:''' You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours, and you're a free man.
'''Snake:''' 24 hours, huh? }}
'''Snake:''' 24 hours, huh? }}
* The end of ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' had the president's daughter being played by [[Natalie Portman]] inheriting the role since the US's government was destroyed. A few years later, she ended up playing a [[Star Wars|queen who was voted into office.]]
* The end of ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' had the president's daughter being played by [[Natalie Portman]] inheriting the role since the US's government was destroyed. A few years later, she ended up playing a [[Star Wars|queen who was voted into office.]]
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** Also in the film, Anne Hathaway plays [[Catwoman]]. According to the Chinese Zodiac, Hathaway was born in the year of the ''dog''.
** Also in the film, Anne Hathaway plays [[Catwoman]]. According to the Chinese Zodiac, Hathaway was born in the year of the ''dog''.
* From the 1990 [[Clint Eastwood]] directed/Produced ''White Hunter, Black Heart'': (The clip was actually used in full for the montage that was made for his "Lifetime Achiements Awards")
* From the 1990 [[Clint Eastwood]] directed/Produced ''White Hunter, Black Heart'': (The clip was actually used in full for the montage that was made for his "Lifetime Achiements Awards")
{{quote| '''John Wilson (As [[The African Queen|John Huston expy)]]:''' Oh Bill! I'll die broke in a downtown Los Angeles flop house; And I won't be bitter! I'll have contributed maybe five-ten damn good pictures. They'll name a Special Academy Award after me. And you know something? All the wrong Guys will get it. And I will be in Hell laughing my ass off!}}
{{quote|'''John Wilson (As [[The African Queen|John Huston expy)]]:''' Oh Bill! I'll die broke in a downtown Los Angeles flop house; And I won't be bitter! I'll have contributed maybe five-ten damn good pictures. They'll name a Special Academy Award after me. And you know something? All the wrong Guys will get it. And I will be in Hell laughing my ass off!}}
* In ''[[Water for Elephants]]'', [[Robert Pattinson]] plays a character named "Jacob". This also happens to be the name of the romantic rival to Pattinson's character in a [[Twilight (novel)|popular film series]], also based on books.
* In ''[[Water for Elephants]]'', [[Robert Pattinson]] plays a character named "Jacob". This also happens to be the name of the romantic rival to Pattinson's character in a [[Twilight (novel)|popular film series]], also based on books.
* In ''[[Big]]'', Josh pitches the idea of an "interactive comic book", which was what amounts to an e-reader that used cartridges. The e-reader itself would cost $5 and each cartridge would cost $15. The idea is shot down for obvious reasons. Due to the rise of digital comics and real, self contained e-readers, this is probably even funnier now than it was back in 1988.
* In ''[[Big]]'', Josh pitches the idea of an "interactive comic book", which was what amounts to an e-reader that used cartridges. The e-reader itself would cost $5 and each cartridge would cost $15. The idea is shot down for obvious reasons. Due to the rise of digital comics and real, self contained e-readers, this is probably even funnier now than it was back in 1988.
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** From another angle, the overhyped media coverage of the high-speed chase is how most high-profile real-life chases are covered by the media today. As an added bonus, the film came out just three months before O.J. Simpson's famous white Bronco chase.
** From another angle, the overhyped media coverage of the high-speed chase is how most high-profile real-life chases are covered by the media today. As an added bonus, the film came out just three months before O.J. Simpson's famous white Bronco chase.
* ''[[Taken]]''. [[Liam Neeson]] is a retired black ops superninja-type chap whose daughter is ''taken'' from him. He proceeds to hand the city of Paris (and a few gangsters) their collective asshole in the course of getting her back. Now, then. In ''[[Batman Begins]]'', [[Liam Neeson]] plays Ra's al-Ghul, a ninja master who is apparently killed at the end of the film, who canonically has a daughter named Talia, and one of whose lines in the Batman film includes:
* ''[[Taken]]''. [[Liam Neeson]] is a retired black ops superninja-type chap whose daughter is ''taken'' from him. He proceeds to hand the city of Paris (and a few gangsters) their collective asshole in the course of getting her back. Now, then. In ''[[Batman Begins]]'', [[Liam Neeson]] plays Ra's al-Ghul, a ninja master who is apparently killed at the end of the film, who canonically has a daughter named Talia, and one of whose lines in the Batman film includes:
{{quote| ''Ra's al-Ghul:'' I once had a wife...my great love. She was...''taken'' from me. I learned there are men who must be fought without pity, without any hesitation whatsoever.}}
{{quote|''Ra's al-Ghul:'' I once had a wife...my great love. She was...''taken'' from me. I learned there are men who must be fought without pity, without any hesitation whatsoever.}}
* The movie ''[[Alaska (film)|Alaska]]'' features a poacher is played by [[The Ten Commandments|Charlton]] [[Ben-Hur|Heston]]. He would go on to become president of the [[wikipedia:National Rifle Association|NRA]] from 1998 to 2003.
* The movie ''[[Alaska (film)|Alaska]]'' features a poacher is played by [[The Ten Commandments|Charlton]] [[Ben-Hur|Heston]]. He would go on to become president of the [[wikipedia:National Rifle Association|NRA]] from 1998 to 2003.
* In ''[[Time Bandits]]'', [[David Warner]]'s character rants about how he would've made the universe if God hadn't beaten him to the proverbial punch. Said rant includes a couple sentences which are quite hilarious in light of both ''[[Tron]]'' and the advancements in computers over the 30 years since the film's release in 1981:
* In ''[[Time Bandits]]'', [[David Warner]]'s character rants about how he would've made the universe if God hadn't beaten him to the proverbial punch. Said rant includes a couple sentences which are quite hilarious in light of both ''[[Tron]]'' and the advancements in computers over the 30 years since the film's release in 1981:
{{quote| '''Evil:''' It's a good question. Why have I let the Supreme Being keep me here in the Foretress of Ultimate Darkness? ... Look, SHUT UP, I'm speaking rhetorically. I let him keep me here in order to lull him into a false sense of security. When I have the Map, I will be free, and the world will be different, because I have understanding...of digital watches. And soon I shall have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time! Forty-three species of parrot! Nipples for men! Slugs!! He created slugs. They can't hear! They can't speak! They can't operate machinery! I mean, are we not in the hands of a lunatic? If I were creating a world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one!}}
{{quote|'''Evil:''' It's a good question. Why have I let the Supreme Being keep me here in the Foretress of Ultimate Darkness? ... Look, SHUT UP, I'm speaking rhetorically. I let him keep me here in order to lull him into a false sense of security. When I have the Map, I will be free, and the world will be different, because I have understanding...of digital watches. And soon I shall have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I shall have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, I shall be the Supreme Being! God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the silicon revolution. Look how he spends his time! Forty-three species of parrot! Nipples for men! Slugs!! He created slugs. They can't hear! They can't speak! They can't operate machinery! I mean, are we not in the hands of a lunatic? If I were creating a world, I wouldn't mess about with butterflies and daffodils. I would have started with lasers, eight o'clock, day one!}}
* [[Pineapple Express]] features a scene when Amber Heard's character gets upset about being called a lesbian. Years later, she's with a girl but still doesn't like being called a lesbian.
* [[Pineapple Express]] features a scene when Amber Heard's character gets upset about being called a lesbian. Years later, she's with a girl but still doesn't like being called a lesbian.
* In one scene in Disney's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', Jessica Rabbit tells Eddie Valiant, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Imagine that after 23 years, [http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world-europe/20110926/EU.Italy.Knox/ one defense lawyer said the same thing about Amanda Knox when comparing her with Jessica during the appeals trial] in that she was no [[Femme Fatale]]. [http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world-europe/20111002/EU.Italy.Knox/?cid=hero_media Amazingly, it was the same "Jessica Rabbit" defense that got Knox and her co-defendant cleared of murder.]
* In one scene in Disney's ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', Jessica Rabbit tells Eddie Valiant, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Imagine that after 23 years, [http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world-europe/20110926/EU.Italy.Knox/ one defense lawyer said the same thing about Amanda Knox when comparing her with Jessica during the appeals trial] in that she was no [[Femme Fatale]]. [http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-world-europe/20111002/EU.Italy.Knox/?cid=hero_media Amazingly, it was the same "Jessica Rabbit" defense that got Knox and her co-defendant cleared of murder.]
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* The third act of [[John Waters]]' ''[[Serial Mom]]'' deals with the media hoopla surrounding the title character's trial. The film came out a full year before the O.J. Simpson trial.
* The third act of [[John Waters]]' ''[[Serial Mom]]'' deals with the media hoopla surrounding the title character's trial. The film came out a full year before the O.J. Simpson trial.
* [[Canadian Bacon]] gives us:
* [[Canadian Bacon]] gives us:
{{quote| Secretary of State: We were thinking, what could be a bigger threat than aliens invading from space?<br />
{{quote|Secretary of State: We were thinking, what could be a bigger threat than aliens invading from space?
General Panzer: Ooh boy! Scare the shit out of everyone. Even me, sir!<br />
General Panzer: Ooh boy! Scare the shit out of everyone. Even me, sir!
U.S. President: Jesus, is this the best you could come up with? What about, ya know, international terrorism?<br />
U.S. President: Jesus, is this the best you could come up with? What about, ya know, international terrorism?
General Panzer: Well, sir, we're not going to re-open missile factories just to fight some creeps running around in exploding rental cars, are we, sir? }}
General Panzer: Well, sir, we're not going to re-open missile factories just to fight some creeps running around in exploding rental cars, are we, sir? }}
* In one scene of the classic Japanese 1957 film ''The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty'', one perpetrator [[Shameful Strip|takes off a woman's clothing]], all the while he says, "I feel... good..." and "I'm h-a-p-p-y!" and the woman shouts out, "''It hurts, it hurts!!''", ''right before he kills her!'' Seriously, how could you watch this scene [[Earthbound|and not be reminded of Giygas]]?
* In one scene of the classic Japanese 1957 film ''The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty'', one perpetrator [[Shameful Strip|takes off a woman's clothing]], all the while he says, "I feel... good..." and "I'm h-a-p-p-y!" and the woman shouts out, "''It hurts, it hurts!!''", ''right before he kills her!'' Seriously, how could you watch this scene [[Earthbound|and not be reminded of Giygas]]?
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* In the 1991 film ''Homicide'', [[Criminal Minds|Joe Mantegna's]] character moans about how the FBI are bunch of incompetent morons.
* In the 1991 film ''Homicide'', [[Criminal Minds|Joe Mantegna's]] character moans about how the FBI are bunch of incompetent morons.
* While obviously meant to be a satire of news media, Billy Wilder's 1974 remake of ''[[The Front Page]]'' becomes ''a lot'' funnier when you remember that just seven years after the film's release, Carol Burnett sued the ''National Enquirer'' for libel, making quotes like this one all the more [[Verbal Irony|ironic]]:
* While obviously meant to be a satire of news media, Billy Wilder's 1974 remake of ''[[The Front Page]]'' becomes ''a lot'' funnier when you remember that just seven years after the film's release, Carol Burnett sued the ''National Enquirer'' for libel, making quotes like this one all the more [[Verbal Irony|ironic]]:
{{quote| '''Earl Williams''': You don't have to answer this, Mollie, but is it true what they said in the papers?<br />
{{quote|'''Earl Williams''': You don't have to answer this, Mollie, but is it true what they said in the papers?
'''Mollie Malloy''': Is what true?<br />
'''Mollie Malloy''': Is what true?
'''Earl Williams''': That you were going to marry me on the gallows.<br />
'''Earl Williams''': That you were going to marry me on the gallows.
'''Mollie Malloy''': Well, if it's in the papers, it must be true. They wouldn't print a lie. }}
'''Mollie Malloy''': Well, if it's in the papers, it must be true. They wouldn't print a lie. }}
* In ''[[Labyrinth]]'', Sarah mistakenly calls Hoggle [[Harry Potter|"Hogwart"]].
* In ''[[Labyrinth]]'', Sarah mistakenly calls Hoggle [[Harry Potter|"Hogwart"]].
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