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Kind of between the [[Insult Backfire]] and [[Compliment Backfire]], the reaction of ''smart'' people when addressed with an ambiguous compliment (which can be, often intentionally so, a genuine compliment and a [[Backhanded Compliment|backhanded one]] at the same time).
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
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'''Felix Leiter:''' I'll take that as a compliment, coming from a Brit. }}
* ''[[High School Musical]] 2''
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'''Ryan Evans:''' You know, I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[Home
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'''Maggie:''' Well, if you're in charge, I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''Amy''
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'''Tanya Rammus:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''Flash III: Deadly Nightshade''
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'''Rebecca Frost:''' I'll take that as a compliment, you sexist pig. }}
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
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'''Rose:''' Considering what?
'''Doctor:''' That you're human.
'''Rose:''' I ''think'' that's a compliment... }}
* ''[[
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'''Mr. Diagoras:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Life Line"
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'''The Doctor:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episodes
** "A Night in Sickbay"
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'''Archer:''' I would have never guessed. You don't look that old.
'''Dr. Phlox:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
** "Azati Prime"
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'''Captain Jonathan Archer:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[Queer
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'''Debbie:''' 'Decent?' He was another Sara Lee!
'''Vic:''' I'll take that as the compliment I'm sure was intended. }}
* ''[[News Radio]]'' episode "French Diplomacy"
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'''Bill:''' I'll take that as a compliment, because if I was, I'd be dead now. }}
* ''Holby City'' episode "Invasion"
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'''Nick Jordan:''' I'll take that as a compliment.
'''Percy 'Abra' Durant:''' I knew you would. }}
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' - when snarky old ladies collide...
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'''Mrs Crawley:''' I take that as a compliment.
'''Lady Grantham:''' I must have said it wrong. }}
* ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Fannysmackin' "
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'''Sara:'''I didn't think you could see me
'''Greg:'''I can't...I know that Sidle scent...
'''Sara:'''I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[3rd Rock
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'''Dick''': Thank you, Strudwick, I'll take that as a compliment.
'''Strudwick''': I meant it as an insult!
'''Dick''': Too late, it's a compliment! }}
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''; in general, if you call a drow a traitor or betrayer, she will be flattered. Their society is hinged on this, and it's almost a certainty that a drow in a position of authority got there by double-crossing whoever previously held the post.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''
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'''Sabin:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''Dissidia Final Fantasy [[Prequel|Duodecim]]''
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'''[[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]]:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' ([[Rabid Cop]] page quote)
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'''Lieutenant Carter Blake:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }}
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Latest revision as of 02:36, 25 February 2018
Kind of between the Insult Backfire and Compliment Backfire, the reaction of smart people when addressed with an ambiguous compliment (which can be, often intentionally so, a genuine compliment and a backhanded one at the same time).
Film
James Bond: You know I was just wondering what South America would look like if nobody gave a damn about coke or communism. It always impressed me the way you boys would carve this place up. |
Sharpay Evans: When did you become... one of them? |
Piggy: Gee, you're the biggest cow I've ever saw! |
- Amy
Bill Trendle: Jesus, lady, you're worse than my wife! |
- Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
Dr. Desmond Powell: (wolf whistles) |
Literature
- In the third Ciaphas Cain book, Cain says that "there's only room for one lethally dangerous woman in [his] life". This is accompanied by a footnote from the book's in-universe editor, Cain's close personal friend Amberley Vail: "Which I decided to take as a compliment."
Live Action TV
- Doctor Who, "The Unquiet Dead"
Doctor: Blimey, you look beautiful...considering. |
- Doctor Who, "Daleks in Manhattan"
Dalek Caan: You think like a Dalek. |
- Star Trek: Voyager episode "Life Line"
Dr. Zimmerman: Well, the last beautiful woman to walk in here turned out to be him. |
- Star Trek: Enterprise episodes
- "A Night in Sickbay"
Dr. Phlox: My children all left the nest years ago, captain. |
- "Azati Prime"
Ensign Travis Mayweather: (Instructing Archer in flying the Xindi shuttle) Good. You're starting to think like an Insectoid. |
Vic: Once upon a time I was a pretty decent chef. |
- News Radio episode "French Diplomacy"
Dave: Bill is certainly not John F. Kennedy. |
- Holby City episode "Invasion"
Percy 'Abra' Durant: You're a fine surgeon, Mr Jordan. But you have the charm of a salt-encrusted slug. |
- Downton Abbey - when snarky old ladies collide...
Lady Grantham: You are quite wonderful the way you see room for improvement wherever you look. I never knew such reforming zeal. |
- CSI episode "Fannysmackin' "
Greg: Sara... |
Strudwick: Dick, without your cowardice and courage we wouldn't be right back where we started! |
Tabletop Games
- Dungeons and Dragons; in general, if you call a drow a traitor or betrayer, she will be flattered. Their society is hinged on this, and it's almost a certainty that a drow in a position of authority got there by double-crossing whoever previously held the post.
Video Games
Terra: Brother? At first glance, I thought he was some bodybuilder who had strayed from his gym... |
- Dissidia Final Fantasy Duodecim
- Heavy Rain (Rabid Cop page quote)
FBI Agent Norman Jayden: Blake, you are an unbalanced, psychopathic asshole! |