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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* ''[[Quantum of Solace]]'' |
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{{quote|'''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. |
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'''Felix Leiter:''' I'll take that as a compliment, coming from a Brit. }} |
'''Felix Leiter:''' I'll take that as a compliment, coming from a Brit. }} |
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* ''[[High School Musical]] 2'' |
* ''[[High School Musical]] 2'' |
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{{quote|'''Sharpay Evans:''' When did you become... one of them? |
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'''Ryan Evans:''' You know, I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Ryan Evans:''' You know, I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[Home |
* ''[[Home on the Range]]'' |
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{{quote|'''Piggy:''' Gee, you're the biggest cow I've ever saw! |
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'''Maggie:''' Well, if you're in charge, I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Maggie:''' Well, if you're in charge, I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''Amy'' |
* ''Amy'' |
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{{quote|'''Bill Trendle:''' Jesus, lady, you're worse than my wife! |
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'''Tanya Rammus:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Tanya Rammus:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''Flash III: Deadly Nightshade'' |
* ''Flash III: Deadly Nightshade'' |
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{{quote|'''Dr. Desmond Powell:''' (wolf whistles) |
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'''Rebecca Frost:''' I'll take that as a compliment, you sexist pig. }} |
'''Rebecca Frost:''' I'll take that as a compliment, you sexist pig. }} |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Unquiet Dead" |
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{{quote|'''Doctor:''' Blimey, you look beautiful...considering. |
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'''Rose:''' Considering what? |
'''Rose:''' Considering what? |
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'''Doctor:''' That you're human. |
'''Doctor:''' That you're human. |
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'''Rose:''' I ''think'' that's a compliment... }} |
'''Rose:''' I ''think'' that's a compliment... }} |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Daleks in Manhattan" |
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{{quote|'''Dalek Caan:''' You think like a Dalek. |
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'''Mr. Diagoras:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Mr. Diagoras:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[Star Trek Voyager]]'' episode "Life Line" |
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "Life Line" |
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{{quote|'''Dr. Zimmerman:''' Well, the last beautiful woman to walk in here turned out to be ''him''. |
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'''The Doctor:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''The Doctor:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[Star Trek Enterprise]]'' episodes |
* ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episodes |
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** "A Night in Sickbay" |
** "A Night in Sickbay" |
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{{quote|'''Dr. Phlox:''' My children all left the nest years ago, captain. |
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'''Archer:''' I would have never guessed. You don't look that old. |
'''Archer:''' I would have never guessed. You don't look that old. |
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'''Dr. Phlox:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Dr. Phlox:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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** "Azati Prime" |
** "Azati Prime" |
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{{quote|'''Ensign Travis Mayweather:''' ''(Instructing Archer in flying the Xindi shuttle)'' Good. You're starting to think like an Insectoid. |
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'''Captain Jonathan Archer:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Captain Jonathan Archer:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[Queer |
* ''[[Queer as Folk]]'' |
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{{quote|'''Vic:''' Once upon a time I was a pretty decent chef. |
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'''Debbie:''' 'Decent?' He was another Sara Lee! |
'''Debbie:''' 'Decent?' He was another Sara Lee! |
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'''Vic:''' I'll take that as the compliment I'm sure was intended. }} |
'''Vic:''' I'll take that as the compliment I'm sure was intended. }} |
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* ''[[News Radio]]'' episode "French Diplomacy" |
* ''[[News Radio]]'' episode "French Diplomacy" |
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{{quote|'''Dave:''' Bill is certainly not John F. Kennedy. |
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'''Bill:''' I'll take that as a compliment, because if I was, I'd be dead now. }} |
'''Bill:''' I'll take that as a compliment, because if I was, I'd be dead now. }} |
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* ''Holby City'' episode "Invasion" |
* ''Holby City'' episode "Invasion" |
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{{quote|'''Percy 'Abra' Durant:''' You're a fine surgeon, Mr Jordan. But you have the charm of a salt-encrusted slug. |
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'''Nick Jordan:''' I'll take that as a compliment. |
'''Nick Jordan:''' I'll take that as a compliment. |
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'''Percy 'Abra' Durant:''' I knew you would. }} |
'''Percy 'Abra' Durant:''' I knew you would. }} |
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* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' - when snarky old ladies collide... |
* ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' - when snarky old ladies collide... |
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{{quote|'''Lady Grantham:''' You are quite wonderful the way you see room for improvement wherever you look. I never knew such reforming zeal. |
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'''Mrs Crawley:''' I take that as a compliment. |
'''Mrs Crawley:''' I take that as a compliment. |
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'''Lady Grantham:''' I must have said it wrong. }} |
'''Lady Grantham:''' I must have said it wrong. }} |
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* ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Fannysmackin' " |
* ''[[CSI]]'' episode "Fannysmackin' " |
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{{quote|'''Greg:''' Sara... |
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'''Sara:'''I didn't think you could see me |
'''Sara:'''I didn't think you could see me |
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'''Greg:'''I can't...I know that Sidle scent... |
'''Greg:'''I can't...I know that Sidle scent... |
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'''Sara:'''I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Sara:'''I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[3rd Rock |
* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'': |
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{{quote|'''Strudwick''': Dick, without your cowardice and courage we wouldn't be right back where we started! |
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'''Dick''': Thank you, Strudwick, I'll take that as a compliment. |
'''Dick''': Thank you, Strudwick, I'll take that as a compliment. |
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'''Strudwick''': I meant it as an insult! |
'''Strudwick''': I meant it as an insult! |
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'''Dick''': Too late, it's a compliment! }} |
'''Dick''': Too late, it's a compliment! }} |
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== [[Tabletop Games]] == |
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* ''[[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. |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' |
* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' |
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{{quote|'''Terra:''' Brother? At first glance, I thought he was some bodybuilder who had strayed from his gym... |
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'''Sabin:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''Sabin:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''Dissidia Final Fantasy [[Prequel|Duodecim]]'' |
* ''Dissidia Final Fantasy [[Prequel|Duodecim]]'' |
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{{quote|'''[[Final Fantasy VIII|Squall]]:''' Typical dirty Chaos trick. |
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'''[[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]]:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''[[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]]:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
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* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' ([[Rabid Cop]] page quote) |
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'' ([[Rabid Cop]] page quote) |
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{{quote|'''FBI Agent Norman Jayden:''' Blake, you are an unbalanced, psychopathic asshole! |
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'''Lieutenant Carter Blake:''' I'll take that as a compliment. }} |
'''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! |