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Not to be confused with [[Your Worst Nightmare]] (which is about actual nightmares).
Not to be confused with [[Your Worst Nightmare]] (which is about actual nightmares).
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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
== [[Anime and Manga]] ==


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* Spoofed in ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'': The main characters use the line on a Canadian, only for the character to whom they say the line to describe their actual worst nightmare.
* Spoofed in ''[[Canadian Bacon]]'': The main characters use the line on a Canadian, only for the character to whom they say the line to describe their actual worst nightmare.
* ''Look Who's Talking Too'':
* ''Look Who's Talking Too'':
{{quote| '''[[Bruce Willis|Mikey]]:''' Who are ''you''?<br />
{{quote| '''[[Bruce Willis (Creator)|Mikey]]:''' Who are ''you''?<br />
'''[[Roseanne|Julie]]:''' I'm your worst nightmare! }}
'''[[Roseanne|Julie]]:''' I'm your worst nightmare! }}
* ''[[The Santa Clause]]'':
* ''[[The Santa Clause]]'':
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'''Tommy:''' Afraid so, Rita.<br />
'''Tommy:''' Afraid so, Rita.<br />
'''Kimberly:''' We're like, you're worst nightmare. }}
'''Kimberly:''' We're like, you're worst nightmare. }}
* Used for comical effect in an episode of ''[[Hermans Head|Herman's Head]]'' where Louise (Yeardley Smith, better known as the voice of Lisa Simpson) says it to a tyrannical boss two heads taller than her.
* Used for comical effect in an episode of ''[[Herman's Head]]'' where Louise (Yeardley Smith, better known as the voice of Lisa Simpson) says it to a tyrannical boss two heads taller than her.
* In the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] episode "Teenage Caveman" the bots have a squirrel say this to the title character when he has rather more trouble catching than he should.
* In the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] episode "Teenage Caveman" the bots have a squirrel say this to the title character when he has rather more trouble catching than he should.
* ''[[Tales From the Crypt]]'': One story has a woman tangling with three [[CIA]] agents. She has killed two of them (not bad for a housewife) and faces the last agent, woman to woman. The housewife tells the agent, "I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a woman with ''balls''!" The agents acts dismissive about it. {{spoiler|The housewife ends up revealing that s/he's the male rogue CIA agent they're looking for. S/he easily kills off the agent}}! She clearly wasn't kidding when she said that!
* ''[[Tales From the Crypt]]'': One story has a woman tangling with three [[CIA]] agents. She has killed two of them (not bad for a housewife) and faces the last agent, woman to woman. The housewife tells the agent, "I'm your worst nightmare. I'm a woman with ''balls''!" The agents acts dismissive about it. {{spoiler|The housewife ends up revealing that s/he's the male rogue CIA agent they're looking for. S/he easily kills off the agent}}! She clearly wasn't kidding when she said that!