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{{trope}}
{{quote|''I'm not afraid
''So much to fear
''Hey, I can see my house from here...''|'''"[http://jeffmacdougall.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-song-fu-volume-1 High]", Jeff MacDougall'''}}
A [[Stock Phrase]] used by a character when he is extremely high up. [[Discredited Trope|Hardly ever played straight anymore.]] For added humor, the character may have been launched into the air, and some variation of this phrase will come drifting back to those left below.
A common inversion is "We're so high up they look like ants!" "
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime & Manga ==▼
* The title character of ''[[Yotsuba&! (Manga)|Yotsuba&!]]'' claims she can do this from a [[Shrines and Temples|hilltop shrine]]. Her father gently turns her 90 degrees to face the right direction.▼
* In the ''[[Bakugan (Anime)|Bakugan: New Vestroia]]'' dub, Dan claimed that he could see his house when he was flying on Drago. Except this would be impossible, as his house is on Earth and he was on New Vestroia. ▼
▲* The title character of ''[[
▲* In the ''[[Bakugan
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
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'''Tristan's Parents:''' ''(offscreen)'' Hi Tristan! }}
== Film ==
▲* Done in ''[[Up (Film)|Up]]''... while looking upwards.
** To elaborate: When Carl is trying to figure out how to return Russell home, he has an [[Imagine Spot]] of lowering him on a rope onto the roof a skyscraper. As Russell is being lowered, he comments, "Hey, I can see your house from here!"
* ''[[A
* At the end of ''[[
* ''[[Charlie and
▲* ''[[Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Film)|Willy Wonka And the Chocolate Factory]]''. Willy Wonka takes Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe up in the Wonkavator (flying glass elevator).
▲{{quote| '''Grandpa Joe:''' Look over here, Charlie! I think I see our house.}}
* ''Head in the Clouds''
{{quote|
'''[[Yuri Gagarin]]:''' Big. Cold. Beautiful.
'''John Thwaite:''' Can you see my house from up there?
'''Yuri Gagarin:''' Yes. All the houses. I see. }}
* Used during the first test flight of the ''Thunder Road'' in ''[[
* ''[[Shanghai Noon|Shanghai Knights]]'' uses a variation when Roy is stranded on the hands of Big Ben after being knocked through the clockface by Lord Rathbone.
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* Appears literally in ''[[
* ''[[Inspector Gadget (
* ''[[Police Academy]] 4: Citizens on Patrol'' has Zed say this when he, Mahoney, Tackleberry, Sweetchuck, and a female news reporter are flying after escaped prisoners in bi-planes.
== Literature ==
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
**
**
** In ''[[The Last Hero]]'', during the Silver Horde's climb to the home of the gods, which is seated on the Discworld's tallest mountain...
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* In one of [[George Carlin]]'s books, there is a scene in which Jesus is being interviewed about his life. He comments that when he was crucified, he could see his house from atop the cross (he also said that one never wants to be crucified on an empty stomach, but... yeah).
▲== Live Action TV ==
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▲* ''[[Star Trek Enterprise]]''.
* Inverted in the ''[[
▲{{quote| '''Klingon Captain Volok:''' ''(observing a holographic simulation of Kronos, the Klingon capital city)'' Hey. I can see my house from here.}}
▲* Inverted in the ''[[Stargate SG-1 (TV)|Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Fail Safe", to point out that the asteroid they're on is getting a little too ''low'' for comfort.
* A frequent variation used in ''[[
▲{{quote| '''Jack O'Neill:''' Carter... I can see my house!}}
▲* A frequent variation used in ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'':
▲{{quote| "I can see my house from up here! I can see ''everyone's'' house from up here!"}}
* A date in an episode of ''[[Frasier]]'' ''wonders'' if she can see her apartment from his balcony; he then makes a sly comment that if she can he owns a telescope.
* Seen in the episode "Stage Fright" of ''[[Dollhouse]]'' when Lubov comments on how high up they are on the penthouse balcony. He also uses several related phrases such as "the people look like ants."
* Joe on ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' says this when trying to talk Lowell off the steeple.
* The ''[[
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'''Rachel:''' No, no you can't. }}
* London Tipton invokes this trope on ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|The Suite Life On Deck]]'' while in space ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]). Paraphrased:
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'''Guy she's in space with:''' No you ca- Oh, that's a big house... }}
* Famously inverted by [[Tina Fey]] during the famous ''[[
* When the Bundy family of ''[[Married...
* Two members of the Casseta & Planeta troupe invoked the common inversion when they were at a balloon. The second one not only pointed out the people who "look like ants" were ants but also that they had yet to leave the floor.
== Music ==
* The page quote is from Jeff MacDougall's song "High", a tribute to David Bowie's "Space Oddity".
* Used to an extent in Jason Mraz's song "Plane". He sees ''her'' house.
{{quote|
''And I'm over the ground that you've been spinning
''And I'm up in the air, so baby hell yeah,
''Honey I can see your house from here.'' }}
* In 1979, progressive rock band Camel made an album entitled ''I Can See Your House From Here''. The cover art depicts an astronaut crucified on a perspex cross looking down on Earth from orbit.
* Toy Box's "Super Duper Man" has this exact line in its lyrics.
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Crackdown]]''
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* ''[[Grand Theft Auto
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* From ''[[
** Which refers back to ''Warcraft 2'' where the goblin zeppelins would say "I can see my house!"
** ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a goblin demonstrating a cannon proclaim "I can hit my house from here!"
* In ''[[
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* In ''[[Spider-Man (
* One character says "I think I can see my house from here" in ''[[Quake (
* ''[[
* In the Turkish museum heist level of ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Command
* The player's campsite is apparently visible from several places in the ''[[
* Spoken by Archie when the heroes {{spoiler|first arrive on the moon}} in the comedy, turn-based strategy game Highborn.
* Played with in the last Nazi Zombie map ,"Moon". Richtofen says, "Dempsey, I can see your house form here. It's on fire!"
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[A Modest Destiny]]'', Maxim swims to the top of a giant slime that is consuming his hometown and the surrounding countryside. Looking around, he says, "I can see my house from here!... What's left of it, anyway."
* ''[[
* In ''Dandy and Company'', Dandy and Bernard go on a roller coaster in a Disney World-esque theme park that goes so high up, Dandy exclaims he can see their house from up there. And it's ''in Ohio''.
* [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2003-07-03 This strip]{{broken link}} of ''[[Nodwick]]'':
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'''Lich-Lord Malignix:''' I might be able to say the '''same''' about '''you'''... }}
* ''[[
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'''Black Mage:''' [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|Not no mo' it ain't!]]
'''Thief:''' I can see my house from here. }}
** After being blown away by Lich, one of the Lawninja comments that he can see his "law-dojo" from here.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110807051051/http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/10/3/ In this Penny Arcade comic.] Gabe makes this comment as a joke about a trend chart.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150428205217/http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20100509 Said by Dixie] from ''[[What's New
* Said by Merlin in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' ... in [http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/0147.htm a parody] of the [[Wizard Duel]] between [[The Lord of the Rings
== Web Original ==
* Played with [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819162357/http://punditkitchen.com/2009/03/21/political-pictures-military-yo-mama/ here].
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"I can see ''[[Your Mom
* When [[Atop the Fourth Wall
* A variation appears in V1E1 of ''[[RWBY]]'': as the new students of Beacon Academy are being flown to the school, Yang notes that she can see Signal Academy (her old school) from the transport.
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
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* Parodied in an episode of ''[[
* Used in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Also:
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'''Marge:''' You could see our house in that photo! }}
* In an episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* From an episode of ''[[Taz
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* In ''[[
** A variant used by Hank upon skydiving, "Oh my God, I can see Strickland Propane from here. It's beautiful."
* Ikura from ''[[Sushi Pack]]'' utters this phrase after being turned giant-sized in "A Very Big Deal."
* In a story from ''Kipper'', Kipper and Tiger decide to make their own nest in a tree and Tiger points out "I can see my house!"
* In ''[[The Avengers:
* Said in the ''[[
* Used in an episode of ''[[El Tigre]]'' as Frida and Manny dangle from the golden eagle twins blimp.
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* The above-mentioned inversion is used almost verbatim by Michael Eisner and Bill Gates in ''[[
* [[Eek!
* In ''[[My Little Pony
* On an episode of ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', when Abis Mal becomes [[Large and In Charge]], he says "I can see our hideout from here."
* In an episode of "Ozzy and Drix" when unatural growth spurts happen throughout the city at one piont Drix says "I can see our office from here."
== Real Life ==
* Google Earth. It's essentially a globe that you can see your house on.
** If you live somewhere important enough that your house shows up...
** ...And if the satellite photos are current enough for you to see your house instead of the vacant lot it [[Time Travel Tense Trouble|will
* And so is all the other maps that has satellite imagery
* Of course, there's the
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