I'm Going to Hell For This: Difference between revisions

A [[Stock Phrases|Stock Phrase]] used to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] the inherent immorality or tastelessness of an action, a statement, or a joke. The action itself does not even need to be something that will ''certainly'' [[Moral Event Horizon|send you straight to Hell]]. [[Face Doodling|Draw on the Pope's face in sharpie?]] "I'm going to hell for this". Pull extensive and hysterical pranks on a cripple (such as pushing them down the stairs, wheelchair and all)? "I'm going to hell for this." [[Poke the Poodle|Ignore the]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|"Keep off the grass" sign?]] You guessed it.

 

 

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In the English dub of ''[[One Piece]]'', Nami manipulates Zoro into catching bounties to pay her back the money she gave him (even though he didn't spend it and gave it right back).

 

== Comic Books ==

== Live-Action TV ==

* In ''[[Firefly]]'', Mal is warned to not take advantage of his [[Accidental Marriage]] to Saffron, who at the time is believed to be just an innocent farmgirl.

** And when Saffron seduces Mal:

{{quote|'''Mal:''' Oh, I'm going to the special hell.}}

* ''[[Friends]]'': In response to a prank on Monica, Rachel told Ross, "I hope it's still funny when you're in Hell!"

** Specifically, Monica accidentally banged Ross's son Ben's head and he pretended that the injury gave Ben brain damage (forgetting letters and numbers, messed up limb movements, etc.).

** When the audience starts clapping along, he usually calls them out on it; "What a horrible thing to do!"

* Shortly after Dean of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has ''returned'' from Hell, he spends some time in the past and comments on how attractive his mother was as a teenager. Then he adds, "I'm going to Hell. Again."

== Music ==

* Stephen Lynch's completely tasteless (yet oh-so-hilarious) song "Special Olympics" actually includes a statement to this effect in the lyrics, and he usually mentions a few extra times whenever performing it live.

* The [[Insane Clown Posse]] song "To Catch a Predator" has this as part of the chorus (though "burn" might also refer to the electric chair):

{{quote|''I'm probably going to burn for this''

* A running joke in the [[Fark]] community is to utter this after making or laughing at a particularly tasteless joke. It has become ubiquitous enough that most people don't even bother to say it, just "One ticket, please" or request a window seat. At least one commenter has requested the "bitch seat" (sitting between two other passengers), reasoning that on any plane or bus to hell, every seat is a bitch seat.

 

* After an extended impression of Jesus-As-Twilight-Years-[[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] (with him asking for cheeseburgers and oral sex from Mary Magdalene, while noting that he has a colostomy bag that needs emptying and he just voided his bowels), [[Denis Leary]] muses:

{{quote|''I'm goin' to hell for that bit...and yer all comin' with me! And don't try and get out of it, either -- 'But we didn't laugh at that bit, Jesus! Pleeeease?' 'Shut up, get on the bus with Leary and [[Martin Scorsese|Scorsese]]; you're going right ta fuckin' hell!' ''}}

 

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